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Blue Jays sign Un-Drafted Free Agents; C Hayden Gilliland, 3B/C Peyton Powell, IF/C Jacob Lojewski & RHP Jay Schueler.

  • July 17, 2024


Will update if more are signed…

Baseball America on C Hayden Gilliland:

  • Gilliland is a 5-foot-11, 175-pound catcher who hit over .300 in three of his four seasons at Tennessee Tech. This spring the lefthanded-hitting backstop slashed .325/.433/.569 with 13 home runs and 12 doubles while posting a career-low 9.4% strikeout rate and solid 15% walk rate. He has a fairly well-rounded offensive profile based on his batted ball data, which includes an 83% contact rate, 19% chase rate and solid but unspectacular top-end exit velocities.

Source: https://x.com/eXposureBB/status/1813554611632185639

3B/C Peyton Powell (23): .318/.406/.485 with a .891 OPS in 60 GP.

Source: https://x.com/TexasBaseball/status/1813577804912701881

IF/C Jacob Lojewski (22): .326/.409/.554 with a .967 OPS in 55 GP.

Source: https://x.com/FGCU_Baseball/status/1813589633575346237

RHP Jay Schueler (23): 2.35 ERA, 1.43 WHIP & 15 SO in 7.2 IP.

Source: https://x.com/Okotoks_Dawgs/status/1813385520489112048

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  1. **Recently Jays History of UDFA:**

    * 2016 Signed IF Alfredo Bohorquez. Released in 2017.
    * 2016 Signed RHP William Ouelette. Free Agent in 2019.
    * 2017 Signed RHP Connor Law. Free Agent in 2022.
    * 2018 Signed RHP Ryan Thurston. Released in 2019.
    * 2018 Signed RHP Jackson Rees. Released in 2024.
    * 2019 Signed LHP Kyle Huckaby. Released in 2021.
    * 2019 Signed C Anthony Morales. Retired in 2023.
    * 2019 Signed RHP Alex Nolan. Released in 2023.
    * 2020 Signed OF Zac Cook. Released in 2023.
    * 2020 Signed OF MacKenzie Mueller. Released in 2024.
    * 2020 Signed 2B Harrison Ray. Released in 2022.
    * **2021 Signed RHP Justin Kelly (25). (2.51 ERA in 32.1 IP between A+/AA in 2024)**
    * 2021 Signed LHP Harry Rutkowski. Released in 2023.
    * **2022 Signed RHP Alex Amalfi (23). (3.03 ERA in 38.2 IP in A+ in 2024)**
    * **2022 Signed OF Devonte Brown (24). (.765 OPS in 263 AB in AA in 2024)**
    * 2022 Signed C Jerry Huntzinger. Released in 2024.
    * **2022 Signed SS/RHP Ryan McCarty (25). (.764 OPS in 281 AB between A+/AA in 2024)**
    * 2022 Signed LHP Kelsey Ward. Released in 2023.
    * **2023 Signed INF Bryce Arnold (22). (.667 OPS in 202 AB between A/AA in 2024)**
    * **2023 Signed C Nate LaRue (22). (Injured All Season (3 AB) in 2024)**
    * **2023 Signed LHP JJ Sanchez (24). (2.94 ERA in 33.2 IP in A in 2024)**

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