Article: Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Bisons Get A Black Eye

[Brian Labude]

The Triple-A Buffalo Bisons did not exactly get off to a hot start this week.

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 1-3
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 0-0 (Season not started)
• Vancouver Canadians: 0-0 (Season not started)
• Dunedin Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started)
• FCL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started)
• DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) 

TRANSACTIONS

• The Blue Jays made the following minor league transactions on 4/3:
• Toronto Blue Jays sent LHP Richard Lovelady outright to Buffalo Bisons.
• RHP Eliander Alcalde assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• RHP Yondrei Rojas assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• Vancouver Canadians placed RHP Chris McElvain on the 7-day injured list.
• Vancouver Canadians placed LHP Kendry Rojas on the 7-day injured list.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo 7, Memphis 13 Game 1
Box Score
This game was more reminiscent of a high-scoring Pacific Coast League game in the summer than an International League game in early April. Hits came in bunches for both teams, as all but Michael Turconi recorded base knocks for Buffalo. In all, there were 30 hits in the game (12 for Buffalo and 18 for Memphis). Damiano Palmegiani got the scoring started for the Bisons with an RBI single in the first inning, followed by an Addison Barger double, and an RBI ground out by Michael Stefanic. Jake Bloss would get touched up in the first inning as well, giving up a couple of RBI doubles himself. After a few turns of back-and-forth run-scoring, Ali Sánchez would tie the game up at six with a home run to left field that had an exit velocity of 97.5 mph in the top of the third inning. Unfortunately, the Bisons would lose the lead in bottom of the fourth on a Yohel Pozo home run and never threaten Memphis again. In hindsight, committing three errors was never going to help fuel a victory, only defeat.

 

Jonatan Clase: 2-4, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB
Clase tried to will the Bisons to victory by doing a little bit of everything on the field Tuesday, good and bad, as he also had an error in the game. One of his singles was a rope, coming off the bat at 105.3 mph.

Jake Bloss: 4 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Jake Bloss began his quest to make it back to Toronto with his first start at Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday night. He featured six pitches, but leaned on four (fastball, slider, curveball, and changeup). The fastball averaged 93.9 mph and topped out at 95.5 mph. He was hit hard tonight, giving up seven balls in play with an exit velocity over 101 mph. 

Buffalo 3, Memphis 15 Game 2
Box Score
This turned into a bullpen game for Buffalo after starter Lazaro Estrada was touched up for eight runs in the first inning. The errors continued to be a problem for the Bisons in the field. Addison Barger had two more errors, bringing his total to four on the season, and Michael Turconi had one, making two on the season for him. Orelvis Martinez made his season debut, recording a walk but nothing more. Barger had the hardest hit ball of the night, with an exit velocity of 115.5 mph. Even the bullpen didn't do much better than Estrada, they gave up seven more runs (three unearned), as Memphis steam rolled Buffalo. 

 

Jonatan Clase: 2-3, 1 R, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB
Clase continued his blazing-hot start to the season, bringing his batting average up to .357 and his stolen base total up to four in just four games.

Bobby Milacki: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Milacki came into the game in the second inning to relieve Andrew Bash. He registered the most swings-and-misses by a Buffalo pitcher on the night, with six. He generated four of those whiffs on his cutter that averaged 88 mph. 

Buffalo, Memphis Game 3 PPD

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
No Games

Vancouver Canadians
No Games

Dunedin Blue Jays
No Games

FCL Blue Jays
No Games

DSL Blue Jays
No Games

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period
Hitter of the Period: OF, Jonatan Clase, Buffalo Bisons: 4-7, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 SB
Pitcher of the Period: RHP, Jake Bloss, Buffalo Bisons: 4 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

Prospect Summary (Last Three Games)
1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - DNP
2. Trey Yesavage (Dunedin) - DNP
3. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP
4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 0-3, 1 BB, 2K
5. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - 4 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
6. Alan Roden (Toronto) - 3 for 6, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 0 BB, 0 K
7. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - DNP
8. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP
9. Khal Stephen (Dunedin) - DNP
10. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - DNP
11. Adam Macko (Buffalo) - DNP
12. Landen Maroudis (Dunedin) - DNP
13. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - DNP
14. Will Wagner (Toronto) - 3 for 5, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K
15. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP
16. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP
17. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP
18. Juaron Watts-Brown (Vancouver) - DNP
19. Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire) - DNP
20. Dahian Santos (New Hampshire) - DNP

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[Laika]

Damn, Bloss got pummeled. That velo is a couple of ticks lower than his spring showing. Maybe the weather, maybe just the demotion let down. 

Barger's exit velo numbers are extremely exciting - borderline elite. Real chance to be an MLB player but his game is just a mess outside of the batter's box lol.