Dunedin Blue Jays Grab 4 All-Star Spots, Lansing Lugnuts Land 5 All-Stars
By Jay Blue
Blue Jays from Away
The Blue Jays’ #2 prospect leads the list of the Dunedin Blue Jays being sent to the Florida State League All-Star Game on June 18 in Fort Myers.

Pitchers Conner Greene and Tim Mayza, along with infielders Jason Leblebijian and Ryan McBroom have been selected to the All-Star Game.

Greene has put up some decent numbers, with a 3.12 ERA but a 1.52 WHIP, mostly due to 30 walks in 60 2/3 innings and only 36 strikeouts. Still, Greene is the owner of some electric stuff and has a ton of potential that he’s still figuring out how to harness.
 
Tim Mayza has, arguably, been the Blue Jays’ best reliever this year. Throwing in the high 90s with a wipeout slider, Mayza has a 1.48 ERA in 30 1/3 innings (usually throwing multiple innings in an appearance), striking out 37 and walking only eight.

Leblebijian may not play in the All-Star Game since he’s been promoted and has played three games with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, getting at least a hit in each of them and hitting a double and a home run in 13 at bats. In 200 at bats in Dunedin, Leblebijian hit .295/.362/.420 with seven doubles and six home runs.

Finally, while Ryan McBroom isn’t having the MVP-calibre season he had last year, he is hitting .248/.292/.414 in 222 at bats in the FSL, a notoriously tough league on hitters. He’s tied for third place in the league with eight home runs (although Lakeland’s Christin Stewart’s 16 dingers has lapped the field) and is in the top 10 in doubles with 13. 

And further down the ladder ... 

While the Lansing Lugnuts are currently scuffling in fifth place in the Eastern Division of the Midwest League, fans were heartened on Tuesday when it was announced that five Lugnuts earned All-Star selections for the Midwest League All-Star Game on June 21 in Cedar Rapids.

Headlining the group is starter Jon Harris who has had only two rough starts throughout the year, compiling a 2.36 ERA in 42 innings in his first year of full-season baseball after he was the Jays’ first-round draft pick last season. Harris has 39 strikeouts and 17 walks so far this year but has turned things around dramatically from his 2015 season in which he had a rough time in Vancouver.

Joining Harris on the Eastern Division pitching staff are starter Angel Perdomo and reliever Dusty Isaacs. Like Harris (and teammate Sean Reid-Foley, who was not made an All-Star), Perdomo has been dominant, posting a 1.28 ERA and 0.89 WHIP through 49 1/3 innings in the Midwest League. Perdomo, 22, has been in the Jays’ system since making his Dominican Summer League debut in 2012 but his time with the Lugnuts is his first in full-season baseball. Perdomo has been among the league’s best strikeout artists this season, fanning 62 in just 49 1/3 innings.

Isaacs, 24, leads the MWL with 11 saves and is carrying a 1.38 ERA and 0.85 WHIP, walking just four and striking out 35 in 26 innings.

The three pitchers are joined by first baseman Juan Kelly, a 21-year-old Dominican who ranks second in the MWL with 19 doubles already. Kelly also started his career in 2012 but has turned things on this year, hitting .265/.335/.476 in 185 at bats with four home runs and four triples.

Also heading to Cedar Rapids for some All-Star action is 23 year old Andrew Guillotte. The Louisianian is off to a solid start to his second professional season with a .266/.345/.353 slash line, stealing 11 bases and hitting 12 doubles and two home runs.

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