Toronto Blue Jays Draft History

_{All tables below are based on the amount of WAR each player produced during their first seven seasons in Major League Baseball. The WAR totals for each draft class include both Pitching and Hitting WAR, but excludes any player that did not sign with their drafting team. The total WAR also reflects the total value the drafted player provided, not just the value to his drafting team.}

_{^{*Data accurate through 2019 season.}}

Top Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1997	Toronto Blue Jays	51.7
1978	Toronto Blue Jays	47.8
1989	Toronto Blue Jays	38.2
1982	Toronto Blue Jays	37.3
1995	Toronto Blue Jays	35.8

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1979	Toronto Blue Jays	-0.8
1980	Toronto Blue Jays	0.0
1985	Toronto Blue Jays	0.7
1981	Toronto Blue Jays	0.8
1984	Toronto Blue Jays	0.8

This list excludes any season past 2010, since those draft classes have a multitude of active players.

Top Five Draft Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1978	5	106	Dave Stieb	28.9
1977	9	233	Jesse Barfield	26.1
1995	1	17	Roy Halladay	20.9
1989	3	79	John Olerud	20.5
2010	1	38	Noah Syndergaard	20.3

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1982	1	2	Augie Schmidt	No MLB Experience
1980	1	2	Garry Harris	No MLB Experience
1979	1	3	Jay Schroeder	No MLB Experience
1996	1	4	Billy Koch	3.9
1981	1	5	Matt Williams	-0.2

List made from first round picks that produced less than 5.0 WAR in their first seven seasons and ordered by lowest overall pick.

Top Five Value Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1989	20	523	Jeff Kent	17.6
1997	43	1280	Orlando Hudson	14.1
2011	32	979	Kevin Pillar	11.8
1997	20	599	Mark Hendrickson	11.1
1999	17	523	Reed Johnson	8.1

List made from top five WAR values where a player was drafted outside of the first ten rounds.

Top Five Unsigned Draft Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
2010	18	546	Kris Bryant	27.8
1985	36	826	Jim Abbott	22.4
1988	44	1140	Scott Erickson	18.4
2009	1	37	James Paxton	17.0
2011	22	679	Aaron Nola	16.5

List made from top five WAR values where a player did not sign with the team.

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