The Toronto Blue Jays added more depth behind the plate this week, selecting catcher Will Brick with their fourth round pick in this year's draft.
Catching depth has become a real theme for this front office lately, and Brick joins an organization that just added another catching prospect in a trade last month.
Toronto sent reliever Tommy Nance to the Twins for Ryan Sprock, a catcher who quickly earned an assignment to High-A Vancouver after the deal.
Now Brick enters the same pipeline, giving the Blue Jays multiple young options at a position that always takes longer to develop than most.
Catching prospects face a different path than hitters at other positions, since the physical and mental demands behind the plate slow down even the most gifted bats.
It's the kind of pick that won't matter to the big league roster for years, but positions like this only get stronger with more depth added behind them.
Toronto's front office has shown a consistent pattern of stockpiling catching depth this season, whether through the draft or the trade market.
Why catching depth keeps becoming a priority in Toronto
Alejandro Kirk remains the everyday option at the big league level, but organizations rarely stop adding depth at a position this demanding physically.
A fourth round selection carries real expectations too, even if the payoff is still years away from showing up in the majors.
It's a bit like stocking a pantry well before you need it. Nobody notices until the moment it actually matters.
Does adding another catching prospect this early in the same summer signal a real organizational plan at the position, or is it simply the value that fell to Toronto at that pick?
Brick now begins his professional career in an organization that's clearly betting on catching depth as part of its long-term build.
Whether he ever pushes his way toward the majors will take years to answer, but the Blue Jays have made their intentions at the position pretty clear this summer.
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