Gulf Coast League Blue Jays

Gulf Coast League Blue Jays Founded in 1981 Dunedin, Florida
Team logo
Class-level
Current	Rookie
Minor league affiliations
League	Gulf Coast League
Division	West (1981–1982) Northern (1983–1985) Southern (1991–1992) Northern (1993–1995, 2007) North (2008–2012) Northwest (2013–present)
Major league affiliations
Current	Toronto Blue Jays (1981–1985, 1991–1995, 2007–present)
Minor league titles
League titles (0)	None
Division titles (2)	1992 2015
Team data
Ballpark	Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers Communications)
Manager	Cesar Martin
General Manager	Michael Nielsen

The Gulf Coast League Blue Jays are a Rookie level minor league affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. The team began play in 1981 and played until 1985. It did not play again until 1991 and was then a Rookie team again for the Blue Jays until 1995.^[1][2]

In 2007, it replaced the Pulaski Blue Jays in the Blue Jays farm system.^[3] The GCL Blue Jays are based in Dunedin, Florida at the Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex.^[4]

Year-by-year records

Year	Div.	Finish	W	L	W%	Manager	Playoffs
1981	West	9th	26	39	.400	Rich Hacker	No playoffs until 1983
1982	West	6th	30	33	.476	Hector Torres
1983	Northern	4th	15	46	.246	Epy Guerrero
1984	Northern	4th	29	34	.460	Ray Webster
1985	Northern	4th	23	39	.371	Rocket Wheeler
1991	Southern	2nd	31	28	.525	Omar Malavé
1992	Southern	1st	35	24	.593	Omar Malavé	Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Expos (1 game to 0)
1993	Northern	4th	22	38	.367	Héctor Torres
1994	Northern	2nd	26	34	.433	Doug Ault
1995	Northern	4th	19	40	.322	Rocket Wheeler
2007	Northern	2nd	36	24	.600	Clayton McCullough
2008	North	6th	26	32	.448	Dave Pano
2009	North	3rd	30	28	.517	John Schneider
2010	North	2nd	31	28	.525	John Schneider
2011	North	4th	27	32	.458	Omar Malavé
2012	North	5th	22	38	.367	Omar Malavé
2013	Northwest	3rd	28	32	.467	John Schneider
2014	Northwest	4th	18	41	.305	Kenny Graham
2015	Northwest	1st	39	19	.672	Cesar Martin	Lost League Finals vs. GCL Red Sox (2 games to 0) Won in first round vs. GCL Tigers (1 game to 0)

Roster

Gulf Coast League Blue Jays roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 54 Wilfri Aleton 53 Maximo Castillo -- Alvery De Los Santos 41 Bobby Eveld 71 Alvaro Galindo 31 Yonardo Herdenez 45 Travis Hosterman 46 Dany Jimenez -- Ronald Magdaniel 91 Mitch McKown 22 Juan Meza 74 Daniel Moritz 37 Jose Nova 26 Juan Nunez 88 Tyler Olander 67 William Ouellette 75 Orlando Pascual 33 Randy Pondler 48 Jairo Rosario 21 Josh Winckowski		Catchers  6 Ryan Gold Infielders 19 Bo Bichette 13 Alfredo Bohorquez  5 Sterling Guzman 82 Jesus Navarro 77 Yorman Rodriguez  1 Kevin Vicuna Outfielders 39 Dominic Abbadessa 24 D. J. Daniels 57 Antony Fuentes 28 Norberto Obeso 55 Francisco Rodriguez 23 Freddy Rodriguez 32 Chavez Young		Manager 36 Cesar Martin Coaches 33 Paul Elliott (batting) 47 Juan Rincon (pitching) 7-day disabled list * On Toronto Blue Jays 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated December 4, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Toronto Blue Jays minor league players

References

1. 1981 GCL Blue Jay Statistics. Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
2. Toronto Blue Jays affiliate history. The Baseball Cube. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
3. "Blue Jays Join Growing Gulf Coast League". Baseball America. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
4. "Toronto Blue Jays Front Office Directory". MLB.com. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

External links

• "GCL Blue Jays". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
• GCL Blue Jays