Drafted in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft,
Toronto Blue Jays catching prospect had a memorable fairly memorable debut
season in professional baseball. Unfortunately, he’s now got a pair of shoulder
surgeries to show for it.
This is a tremendous blow to a minor league
catching depth chart that has seen its share of hits in recent seasons. After
trading Travis d'Arnaud (which I’m still not pleased about)
to the New York Mets prior to 2013, the Blue Jays have watched J.P. Arencibia devolve and then get non-tendered. Let’s
be honest we all saw that one coming; the man was a strike out machine. Which
is not a good thing if you are not a pitcher. Meanwhile, the heir-apparent A.J. Jimenez has struggled to stay healthy,
recovering slowly from Tommy John surgery in 2012.
Needless to say, the Blue Jays were counting
heavily on a quick ascension for Max, who the team drafted with the 11th
pick of the 2014 draft (two picks after Jeff Hoffman). Pentecost rewarded that
high-draft slot with a .324/.330/.419 slash-line across 25-games between the
Gulf League Blue Jays and Short-A Vancouver.
Let’s give him a couple seasons to recover because
we do have Russell Martin who is slotted to be freaking awesome. Max could be a
Cinderella story but only time will tell.
-Ace
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