Yahoo Sports 
Blue Jays select D.J. Davis and Marcus Stroman in the first round of the MLB draft
The Toronto Blue Jays scouting and management staff have made their mark on the first round of 2012 Major League Baseball draft selecting outfielder D.J. Davis out of Stone County HS (Miss) 17th overall and right-handed pitcher Marcus Stroman out of Duke 22nd overall.
The six foot 175-pound Davis is considered to be one of the fastest players in the draft and is strong defensively in centre field. The left-handed batter's draft stock rose after an improvement at the plate and his type of athleticism is something Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said he wanted to address in the 2012 draft.
Anthopoulos told Sportsnet 590 the FAN Monday morning:
"Generally speaking I think [we want to put] an even greater emphasis on athletes … Makeup as well. I know everyone talks about it and it's not so much well is this a good kid would you have them marry your daughter? It's baseball makeup, championship makeup, really a burning desire to be great and sometimes you have a little bit of I don't want to say a jerk but for lack of a better word someone who has a little bit of an edge isn't a bad thing either."
Stroman could pitch as a starter or a reliever and according to the MLB.com mock draft "If Stroman were 6-foot-3, he'd be gone long before [24th.]" But he isn't exactly your typical looking pitcher standing just 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds.
But unlike other major sports where in many cases top-round selections are expected to make an immediate impact, it may take years for prospects like Davis and Stroman to flourish into big-league players.
Look no further in the Jays organization than ace Ricky Romero.
Romero was a sixth overall pick in the 2004 draft, but didn't start a game on the mound for the Jays until 2009 when he won 13 games in 29 starts.
And while top picks garner the most attention, like in all other major sports there are no guarantees that a top-round pick will ever flourish into a fulltime big leaguer. Jays left fielder Travis Snider who was taken 14th overall in 2006 — just four picks prior to the Philadelphia Phillies selection of starting pitcher Kyle Drabek, who of course was a main piece in the deal that moved Roy Halladay from the Jays to the Phillies in 2009 — was described in Baseball America's 2006 mock draft as "arguably the best hitter in the draft."
As Jays fans know, Snider has yet to make a lasting impact in the Majors and has spent the majority of his career thus far slugging it out with the Las Vegas 51's, the Jays AAA affiliate.
First baseman David Cooper is another example of a player who has taken time to find a grove in the MLB. The 25-year-old was the Jays first-round selection (17th overall) in 2008 and has played just 36 games in the majors. His slower development juxtaposes the quick and uncommon rise of third baseman Brett Lawrie who just four years after being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers — just one pick prior to Cooper — is considered by some as one of the top third basemen in the American League.
The Jays are considered to have one of the top minor league systems in all of baseball — Baseball America rated them fifth in their annual organizational rankings back in March — and their strong list of prospects includes catcher Travis d'Arnaud, shortstop Adeiny Hechvarria, starting pitcher Jesse Chavez and center fielder Anthony Gose.
