21 hours ago21 hr No minor league stats yet. Was he injured coming out of high school? On paper seems like very little relative to a guy who can hit (even if he is positionless). Hoping to find out he got an outsized bonus to sign or something. I do get that Sosa wasn't getting the playing time here anyway but this seems like yet another Getz deal where goforward outbound WAR will be better than incoming WAR.
21 hours ago21 hr It was inevitable. I guess we will see what this kid has for us. Was he an overslot pick?
21 hours ago21 hr 5-7 140lbs out of HS. Not a big guy at all. No stats anywhere. But at least it's a position player.
20 hours ago20 hr 1 minute ago, Ozzie for Manager said:5-7 140lbs out of HS. Not a big guy at all. No stats anywhere. But at least it's a position player.5'7" 140? Holy crap!
20 hours ago20 hr 4 minutes ago, Ozzie for Manager said:5-7 140lbs out of HS. Not a big guy at all. No stats anywhere. But at least it's a position player.I’m seeing 5’10” 175lbs on n his MiLB and BRef page.
20 hours ago20 hr 3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:5'7" 140? Holy crap!Well I guess the good news is he's only 18. Maybe the kid will still grow.
20 hours ago20 hr 2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:5'7" 140? Holy crap!More research shows other sites have him at 170 lbs so that might have been a mistake
20 hours ago20 hr 2 minutes ago, SoxAce said:Well I guess the good news is he's only 18. Maybe the kid will still grow.I see another source that has him at 5'10" 175.BlueJaysNationBlue Jays select Jordan Rich 502nd overall<p>With their 17th-round pick, the Blue Jays have selected Jordan Rich, a prep outfielder from American Heritage School in Florida. Rich stands at 5’10”, 175 lbs. The outfielder is from Ho
20 hours ago20 hr Put me on record — this is stupid. Offense-starved team refuses to give a shake to a young cost-controlled player who can hit a little bit. Maybe the skeletons will suddenly fall out of the closet to make this make more sense but to me this is just Getz not liking Sosa's game on an aesthetic level and feeling unwilling to figure out how to use him.
20 hours ago20 hr 2 minutes ago, Ozzie for Manager said:More research shows other sites have him at 170 lbs so that might have been a mistakeI went to prefect game high school writeup. It says 140 in article but then lists him at 175 in his stats. I assume it's 175
20 hours ago20 hr Apparently going into his senior year, he was a pretty highly thought of CB in football as well, connected to some lower d1 programs.https://www.mlb.com/news/blue-jays-2025-draft-day-2
20 hours ago20 hr 3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:I see another source that has him at 5'10" 175.BlueJaysNationBlue Jays select Jordan Rich 502nd overall<p>With their 17th-round pick, the Blue Jays have selected Jordan Rich, a prep outfielder from American Heritage School in Florida. Rich stands at 5’10”, 175 lbs. The outfielder is from HoSee look. He already grew!
20 hours ago20 hr 12 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:No minor league stats yet. Was he injured coming out of high school? On paper seems like very little relative to a guy who can hit (even if he is positionless). Hoping to find out he got an outsized bonus to sign or something. I do get that Sosa wasn't getting the playing time here anyway but this seems like yet another Getz deal where goforward outbound WAR will be better than incoming WAR.Not surprising a young-for-his-year, late-round HS sign didn't play any official games yet. Probably just not ready. Doesn't mean he can't be good but projecting anything from this kind of player is extremely difficult. He could be out of baseball a couple years from now.
20 hours ago20 hr 1 minute ago, Jake said:Not surprising a young-for-his-year, late-round HS sign didn't play any official games yet. Probably just not ready. Doesn't mean he can't be good but projecting anything from this kind of player is extremely difficult. He could be out of baseball a couple years from now.This looks like the definition of a lottery ticket, based on a couple of potential plus tools, and a very athletic kid.I get Sosa had pretty much zero market value, but eh.
20 hours ago20 hr Kid clearly has his man body, so to speak. Looks muscular and strong. Presumably hitting against professional pitching is a very big obstacle at this juncture. He's got some time to start figuring it out but I think if you just put his name out of your mind today, you'll never need to know it again.
20 hours ago20 hr 14 minutes ago, Jake said:Put me on record — this is stupid. Offense-starved team refuses to give a shake to a young cost-controlled player who can hit a little bit. Maybe the skeletons will suddenly fall out of the closet to make this make more sense but to me this is just Getz not liking Sosa's game on an aesthetic level and feeling unwilling to figure out how to use him.Oh boy!! This is not a good move. White Sox will regret this.......I guarantee you that Sosa will hit 25+ homers this year with regular playing time and will be a very solid player for the Jays.
20 hours ago20 hr Watch Sosa suddenly play the outfield for Toronto. Lottery ticket return, who knows.
20 hours ago20 hr I’m not going lose any sleep over Sosa, but I’d love to know what this organization hated about him. I hope (for peace of mind) that he’s uncoachable or something. Because it really doesn’t make sense to stick with players that are clearly much worse hitters.
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