Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Pitching Shines in the FCL, Bats Start Slugging in Buffalo, and Walks Come in Bunches

[Daniel Labude]

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 30-43
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 29-40
• Vancouver Canadians: 38-30
• Dunedin Blue Jays: 35-33
• FCL Blue Jays: 22-15
• DSL Blue Jays Blue: 6-9
• DSL Blue Jays Red: 6-9

Transactions

• 06/23/25 - SS Bryce Arnold assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 06/23/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Yimi García on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays.
• 06/23/25 - Buffalo Bisons sent RHP Hayden Juenger on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays.
• 06/21/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Ryan Burr on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons.
• 06/21/25 - Vancouver Canadians placed RHP Bo Bonds on the 7-day injured list retroactive to June 20, 2025.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (10), Worcester (6) - 6/21
Box Score

Saturday kicked off just right for the Buffalo Bisons, with Michael Stefanic launching a two-run home run in the top of the first inning to get the Bisons going early versus Worcester. Nathan Hickey of the Red Sox would trim that lead to one by way of an RBI single in the second inning. Buffalo started to widen the gap in the third inning with a two-run RBI single by Riley Tirotta, scoring Josh Rivera and Will Wagner, who had reached base by a single and a walk. In the bottom of the fourth, things spiraled out of control for the Buffalo starting pitcher, CJ Van Eyk. He would surrender three home runs in the inning and an additional run in the fifth to give the Red Sox a 6-4 lead. In the top of the seventh, the Bisons tied things up and took the lead by one from an RBI double to center field off the bat of Josh Rivera, to go with Stefanic blasting his second home run of the game. In the eighth, two wild pitches added to the Buffalo lead, and they capped off the scoring in the ninth with a run via an error. Buffalo would win this one 10-6. 

Michael Stefanic: 2-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 HR

Trenton Wallace: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

Buffalo (10), Worcester (12) - 6/22
Box Score 

The weather is getting hot quickly, and so are the bats around Triple A, with the Sunday matchup between Buffalo and Worcester turning into a slugfest. Buffalo struck first, again in the top of the first inning, when Joey Loperfido blasted his sixth home run of the season. In the second inning, the Red Sox chipped away with an RBI single, but Yohendrick Pinango hit a hanging slider over the fence to give Buffalo the two-run lead in the third. The bottom of the third saw the Red Sox take the lead back, with Kristian Campbell hitting an RBI triple and Jhostynxon Garcia hitting a two-run home run. In the fourth, Pinango walked to bring in a Buffalo run, and the Red Sox launched two more balls over the fence, including a grand slam to take an 11-4 lead. In the fifth, Stefanic continued his hot stretch, crushing a grand slam of his own to bring Buffalo closer. Buffalo would add an RBI single from Pinango, but two more runs from the Red Sox would see the Bisons lose this one 12-10. 

Yohendrick Pinango: 3-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR

Tommy Nance: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
New Hampshire (2), Somerset (11) - 6/21
Box Score

Saturday was another rough game for New Hampshire in the series against Somerset. Devereaux Harrison was on the bump and had some struggles, to say the least. Somerset got the first run of the game in the top of the second inning. Brendan Jones singled in Garrett Martin before the inning ended on a double steal, with New Hampshire getting the out at home. Peyton Williams wasted no time and tied it up in the bottom half of the inning on a solo blast to center field. Later in the inning, Robert Brooks gave the Fisher Cats the lead with an RBI double, scoring Gabriel Martinez. It was all downhill for New Hampshire from there, as they would not get another run across home plate and gave up 10 unanswered runs, highlighted by a solo home run from Dylan Jasso. The Fisher Cats’ arms just could not find the strike zone, as they walked 11 batters on the day, leading to a lopsided loss, 11-2. 

Peyton Williams: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR

Devereaux Harrison: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 3 K

New Hampshire (5), Somerset (12) - 6/22
Box Score

It was a brutal weekend of baseball for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The offense was better, but the pitching was considerably worse, if that was even possible. New Hampshire coughed up three home runs on the day, including one to Somerset's big bat, Spencer Jones. Somerset tallied 15 hits on the day and scored in six of the nine innings. At least New Hampshire showed some fight in this one. In the bottom of the third inning, they scored three runs, one on Jay Harry's single and two on Peyton Williams’ single. In the bottom of the sixth, Charles McAdoo continued his hot streak since coming off the development list, getting a hold of a pitch and sending it over the right field wall for his fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot. Unfortunately, that would be it for New Hampshire, who fell 12-5.

Charles McAdoo: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR

Grayson Thurman: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Vancouver Canadians
Vancouver (), Eugene () - 6/21
PPD

Vancouver (4), Eugene (0) - 6/22
Box Score

After the previous day's game was postponed, the Canadians had another strong game, with a pair of homers carrying the way offensively, while Khal Stephen headlined a shutout. Sean Keys got them going with an RBI groundout in the first inning, and then Je'Von Ward hit his third homer of the season in the second, before Victor Arias scored Nick Goodwin on a single to make it 3-0 for the Canadians. Keys scored the last run of the game with a solo homer of his own to increase the lead by one, as the Emeralds only mustered up three hits on the night against Stephen, and the Canadians' bullpen pitched three no-hit innings with hard-throwing righty Colby Martin making his Vancouver debut. 

Sean Keys: 1-4, 1 H, 1 R, 2 RBI

Khal Stephen: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Stephen had another stellar outing for the Canadians, and although his strikeout stuff wasn’t there, he went six innings for the third time out of six starts in High A. The second-rounder will be pushing to get promoted to New Hampshire if he keeps this up. 

Dunedin Blue Jays 
Dunedin (7), Clearwater (0) - 6/21 
Box Score

Dunedin paired strong pitching and hitting together, as the pitchers combined for a four-hit shutout, while the offense had four doubles and three homers on the night. Edward Duran scored the first run of the game thanks to a fielding error from the Threshers’ second baseman in the first, and then in the second, Jean Joseph hit his fifth homer of the season to double that lead. It took until the fifth inning for the Jays to score again. This time, Kendry Chirinos hit his own solo homer, and then Duran continued to have a strong season with an RBI single to left field. Sam Shaw had not hit a homer since Simon Li's article about his power came out on Jays Centre, but he had homer number six with a 105.3-mph blast to right field that went 368 feet. For the last run of this dominant performance, Peyton Powell grounded into a double play, but Manuel Beltre scored regardless. Hayden Juenger was solid on rehab assignment, and Benett Flynn and Javen Coleman each pitched two strong innings to finish the game off. 

Edward Duran: 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B

Kendry Rojas: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Rojas’ velocity looks like it has gone up a couple of ticks compared to last season, as he’s been comfortably sitting 94-95 mph on the fastball, and it’s made him impossible to hit in Single A. He’ll eventually get promoted back to High A once he’s built back up, so it’s nice to get to see Statcast data from the lefty when he’s still in Dunedin. 

Dunedin (3), Clearwater (4) - 6/22 - 10 innings
Box Score

The Jays just couldn’t muster enough in extra innings to win this ball game. It took until the top of the sixth for the Jays to score a run on a sac fly from Tucker Toman. In the seventh, Bryce Arnold hit his ninth homer of the year before getting replaced by pinch-runner Alexis Hernandez in the 10th. The bullpen did its job to keep the game close, but the offense couldn’t score after the seventh, which led to an anti-climactic loss for the D-Jays. 

Bryce Arnold: 1-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
Arnold earned a promotion to Vancouver partially due to his performance in this game, as he hit his team-leading ninth homer of the season and scored another on a sac fly. 

Silvano Hechavarria: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 4 K
The big righty pitched excellently in relief, and he made a really nice play in the infield to keep a runner off base. 

FCL Blue Jays
F-BLU (11), F-YAN (1) - 6/21
Box Score

In another minor league game where the Blue Jays took the early lead with a home run, it was Yorman Licourt's turn to hit a solo blast. In the third, the Yankees tied the game on an RBI single. From there, it was all the Blue Jays via bad pitching by the Yankees. The Blue Jays added five runs on bases-loaded walks, two runs on bases-loaded hit-by-pitches, and a run from a wild pitch, all from the seventh inning to the ninth. The Blue Jays won the game decisively, with a final score of 11-1.

Yorman Licourt: 1-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

Eduar Gonzalez: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

F-BLU (8), F-PHI (2) - 6/23
Box Score

Johnny King took the mound for the Blue Jays' squad after Yimi García and Hayden Juenger each pitched one inning, with no runs allowed and five strikeouts between them. King continued to look good, striking out seven over 4.2 innings, allowing just three hits, two walks, and zero earned runs. Offensively, Dariel Ramon and David Beckles each had two-run RBI singles. In the fifth and sixth, Enmanuel Bonilla had two sacrifice flies sandwiched around RBI singles from Maykel Minoso and Yorman Licourt. The seventh inning saw two runs scored on King, both unearned, due to a fielding error by the first baseman Beckles. The Blue Jays would go on to win this one 8-2. 

David Beckles: 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K

Johnny King: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K

DSL Blue Jays Blue 
D-BJB (5), D-PIB (3) F/7 - 6/21
Box Score

BJB was slow to get things going in Thursday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Black Team (PIB). BJB was kept off the scoreboard until the fifth inning of the seven-inning game. Down 3-0, Cristopher Polanco reached on a throwing error by the pitcher, a play that would score Yeicer Crespo and Elian Reyes. Angel Guzman added a sacrifice fly, scoring J.T. Bain. In the top of the seventh, Guzman walked, stole second base, and then scored on Darwin Núñez's double. Juarlin Soto followed it up by smacking a line drive to left field, scoring Nuñez. BJB took this game by a score of 5-3. 

Juarlin Soto: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 2B

Michael De La Cruz: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

D-BJB (14), D-CUB (4) F/7 - 6/23 
Box Score 

BJB went on a scoring bender in Monday's game against the Chicago Cubs' Blue team (CUB). Franklin Rojas started the day off with a sacrifice fly, scoring Polanco. Soto singled home Rafael Flores, then Daniel Dominguez got in on the action with an RBI single, scoring Guzman. The next two runs of the inning scored via a wild pitch and a bases-loaded walk. Polanco singled in his second plate appearance of the inning, and Dominguez came around to score. BJB was still not done. Flores added a two-run single before Polanco scored his second run of the inning. After the first inning, BJB had an 8-1 lead, but was far from through with putting runs up on the scoreboard. In the bottom of the second inning, BJB got a grand slam from Bain to bring the lead to 11. Carlos Garcia added an RBI single in the fifth, and Rojas capped the scoring with an RBI single in the sixth. BJB routed the Cubs' team 14-4.

J.T. Bain: 1-3, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

Cristhian Duarte: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

DSL Blue Jays Red
D-BJR (5), D-TI1 (4) F/10  - 6/21
Box Score

BJR was in a tough one against the Detroit Tigers' 1 team on Saturday. BJR took the early lead with a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the second, scoring Pascual Archila. The Tigers’ team took back the lead in the fifth on an RBI double and then a wild pitch that scored Samuel Sanchez from third base. They added two more in the sixth to build a three-run lead. In the bottom half of the inning, BJR cut into the lead by one on a Nestor Urbina double that scored Diego Arce. A sacrifice fly and a wild pitch tied the game up for BJR in the seventh, ultimately sending the game into extra innings. Kennew Blanco's single scored the ghost runner in the bottom of the tenth, walking it off for BJR, as they won 5-4. 

Nestor Urbina: 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 2B

Edgar Gallegos: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

D-BJR (7), D-GIB (9) - 6/23
Box Score

BJR was in a massive 8-0 hole when the seventh inning started in this game against the San Francisco Giants’ Black team (GIB) on Monday. BJR got back-to-back home runs from Archila and Arce to start their comeback attempt. After they gave one run back in the bottom half of the inning, Archila hit his second home run in as many innings, this one a three-run shot to right field. In the bottom of the ninth, Juan Sanchez's two-run single cut the lead to two. Blanco and Randy Soto couldn't get on base though, and the comeback fell short. BJR lost 9-7.

Pascual Archila: 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 K, 2 HR

Johandi Medina: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period

• Pitcher of the Period: RHP Eduar Gonzalez (FCL Blue Jays): 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
• Hitter of the Period: 2B Michael Stefanic (Buffalo): 4-10, 3 R, 8 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 3 HR

Prospect Summary (Last 3 Days)

Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters
Rank	Player	Team	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS
1	Arjun Nimmala	Vancouver	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	Alan Roden	MLB	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	Orelvis Martinez	Buffalo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	Yohendrick Pinango	Buffalo	9	2	4	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0
13	Josh Kasevich	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Jonatan Clase	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	RJ Schreck	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Sam Shaw	Dunedin	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0
20	Victor Arias	Vancouver	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

 

Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers
Rank	Player	Team	BF	G	GS	IP	H	HR	ER	BB	K
2	Trey Yesavage	New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ricky Tiedemann	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Khal Stephen	Vancouver	20	1	1	6	3	0	0	1	3
7	Johnny King	FCL Jays	20	1	0	4.2	3	0	0	2	7
8	Kendry Rojas	Dunedin	13	1	1	4	1	0	0	1	4
9	Landen Maroudis	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Gage Stanifer	Vancouver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jake Bloss	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Juaron Watts-Brown	New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Adam Macko	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Brandon Barriera	FCL Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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