The Book on Brett Cecil

Prospect Info

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Brett Cecil
Born 7/2/1986
LHP, TOR

A lefthanded closer in college -- and a dominant one at that -- Cecil is nonetheless being developed as a possible starter in the Blue Jays system. While he's a long way away from MLB consideration, the early signs are good: while stretching him out in low A ball from single innings to an outing of seven (his longest), coaches were rewarded with a 1.28 ERA and a stunning 0.96 WHIP across 50 scattered innings.

Cecil works with a moving fastball in the mid 90's, mixing in an average change and using a plus slider as his strikeout pitch. As he transforms into a starter, the fastball will likely lose a few mph as he learns to use it with greater accuracy.

His next stop will be AA, and if he puts together a solid season in which he shows he can throw 120 innings or more, he's a good candidate to be tested for the Blue Jay rotation in 2009.

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Player Updates and Notes

Brett Cecil was promoted this week from class A Dunedin up to AA New Hampshire. The Jays are still committed to developing him as a starter, though they've been very conservative with his workload as they prepare him for the career to come. He's put in only 18 innings of work in six starts this year.

5/13/2008 by Kenji

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