Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Pitching Falters, Eddinson Paulino Shines, And Juan Sanchez Is On Fire

[Brian Labude]

CURRENT W-L Records
-Buffalo Bisons: 39-59
-New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 38-56
-Vancouver Canadians: 51-43
-Dunedin Blue Jays: 43-45
-FCL Blue Jays: 35-23
-DSL Blue Jays Blue: 16-22
-DSL Blue Jays Red: 19-19

Transactions
07/25/25 - Vancouver Canadians activated C Aaron Parker from the 7-day injured list.
07/24/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent CF Daulton Varsho on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons.
07/24/25 - LHP Joe Mantiply assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
07/24/25 - 3B Sam White assigned to FCL Blue Jays.
07/24/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred C Robert Brooks to the Development List.
07/24/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated SS Eddinson Paulino from the 7-day injured list.
07/24/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated RHP Geison Urbaez.
07/24/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats placed RHP Khal Stephen on the 7-day injured list.

Buffalo Bisons

Buffalo (7), Columbus (1) - 7/24
Box Score

Buffalo starting pitcher Adam Macko was very good in this game. From the start, he was baffling the Columbus hitters, as he went five innings, only allowing one hit, no runs, just walked two batters, and struck out five. Buffalo jumped out to a two run lead in the second inning, when Alan Roden pulled a line drive to right field for a two-run RBI double. In the top of the sixth, Yohendrick Pinango doubled the Buffalo lead with a two-run RBI as well. Pinango would later score on a wild pitch to bring the Bisons’ advantage to five. Alan Roden's ball in play in the top of the seventh resulted in an error that scored Josh Rivera to bring the lead to six. The lone Columbus run in the game came in the bottom of the eighth by way of a Kody Huff RBI double. In the top of the ninth, Riley Tirotta added another insurance run on a ground ball to center field. Buffalo would win this one pretty easy by a score of 7-1. 

Alan Roden- 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 2B, 1 SB

Adam Macko- 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Buffalo (10), Columbus (3) - 7/25
Box Score

After a rain delay, Michael Stefanic and Buddy Kennedy hit doubles in the first inning, with Stefanic scoring to make it 1-0 Buffalo. In the second inning, Christian Bethancourt had an RBI groundout and then Daulton Varsho smacked a two-run home run. In the seventh, Buffalo had another big inning. Orelvis Martinez had an RBI groundout, an error scored a run, Ali Sánchez drove in another run with a single, Jonatan Clase walked bringing in a fourth run, and Stefanic singled to cap off the scoring for a five run inning. In the eighth, Sánchez doubled in the tenth run of the night for Buffalo. The big hit in the game for Columbus was a Milan Tolentino home run in the eighth inning, which scored two runs. The Bisons would go on to win this one easily though, as their pitchers were able to manage the trouble that giving up 11 hits caused. Buffalo won 10-3. 

Ali Sánchez- 3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 2B

Easton Lucas- 3 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

New Hampshire (3), Hartford (6) - 7/24
Box Score

Kendry Rojas stepped on the mound Thursday evening with high hopes of repeating the stellar performance from his last start, it went sideways fast. Rojas started the game with a strikeout of Cole Carrigg, then came five straight hits. The highlight of the hit string was an RBI double by Bryant Betancourt, but they scored an additional two runs on two RBI singles as well. In the bottom of the second inning, Je'Von Ward knocked a single to right field, moving Eddinson Paulino to third base. A wild pitch would score Paulino, Gabriel Martinez doubled home Ward, and then scored on Alex De Jesus’ single to right. With the game all-squared at three headed into the third inning, Kendry Rojas again had some more trouble, coughing up a lead-off home run to Jared Thomas. It was again poor pitch placement for Rojas in the fourth, as Zach Kokoska got a hold of a pitch and sent it over the fence to right field for a solo home run. New Hampshire had a few more scoring opportunities in the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings, but they were snuffed out on a double play ball and then a strikeout to end the game. The Fisher Cats dropped the game 6-3.

Gabriel Martinez: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B

Nate Garkow: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

New Hampshire (7), Hartford (3) 7/25
Box Score

New Hampshire was in for another tough matchup against Hartford on Friday night. The Fisher Cats had Juaron Watts-Brown going for them on the mound and Hartford countered with McCade Brown toeing the rubber. New Hampshire got on the scoreboard first, getting a lead-off walk from Jackson Hornung and then a two-run home run from Eddinson Paulino. In the bottom of the second, McCade Brown got touched up again. Dasan Brown was hit by a pitch, stole second base, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and then scored on a balk. Paulino crushed his second two-run home run of the game later in the inning, after Hornung reached via a hit by pitch as well. Hartford finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the third inning, with an RBI single from Juan Guerrero. Hornung would get that run back in the bottom of the sixth with a sacrifice fly, scoring Gabriel Martinez. Paulino then added to his monster game with an RBI single, bringing the New Hampshire lead to six. Despite the Fisher Cats bullpen coughing up two runs in the ninth, they took this game easily, 7-3.

Eddinson Paulino: 4-5, 2 R, 5 RBI, 1 K, 2 HR

Juaron Watts-Brown: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

Vancouver Canadians

Vancouver (4), Eugene (3) - Game 1 - 7/24 - F/11
Box Score

In a back and forth game, the Canadians managed to hang on with a very depleted bullpen. The Canadians got to an early lead on a double steal from Arjun Nimmala and Cutter Coffey stealing home. Chris McElvain pitched a solid five innings, but gave up a run on a double play ball in the top of the fifth inning. The Emeralds got two more runs on a sac fly from Drew Cavanaugh and a homer from Jack Payton as the Canadians had to resort to a position player pitching in the recently promoted Peyton Powell. However, an Arjun Nimmala RBI-single and a Nick Goodwin RBI double tied the game up in the bottom of the ninth to send it to extras. Peyton Powell somehow went two scoreless innings after the ninth, and Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit a walk-off fielder’s choice to win it for the Canadians. 

Cutter Coffey - 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB

Kai Peterson - 3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Vancouver (1), Eugene (5) - 7/24- Game 2 - F/7
Box Score

Bo Bonds got the start as the Canadians attempted to do a bullpen game after their 11 inning battle earlier. Bonds pitched two scoreless innings, but Irv Carter gave up a run in the third on a single to Jonah Cox. In the bottom of the fourth, Nick Goodwin committed an error which resulted in a four unearned run inning for Carter. Goodwin got one run back with a ground rule double in the sixth inning, but no one else scored for the remainder of the game. 

Nick Goodwin - 2-3, 1 RBI, 2 2B

Bo Bonds- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Vancouver (5), Eugene (6) - 7/25 - F/10
Box Score

The Canadians went back and forth with Eugene in this game, with them going down early with a Charlie Szykowny single against Jackson Wentworth scoring two runs. Carter Cunningham came back with a homer in the bottom of the second, and then Cutter Coffey helped the Canadians take the lead with a two-run homer. The Emeralds scored another two runs in the fourth inning against Wentworth off a Guillermo Williamson two-RBI single. They tacked on an insurance run in the seventh, but Cutter Coffey hit an RBI-double to bring it within one in the bottom of that same inning, and Bryce Arnold had his first Vancouver homer to tie it up in the bottom of the ninth. The Emeralds were able to score the ghost runner against JJ Sanchez who took his fifth loss and the Canadians couldn’t score the runner on second. 

Cutter Coffey - 3-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR

Coffey had another two extra base hit night as he’s been showing off the power with the weather warming up. 

Jackson Wentworth 6 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

Wentworth went six innings again, although he faced more traffic this time. This is his fourth time going six innings in the last month. 

Dunedin Blue Jays

Dunedin (0), Tampa (0) - 7/24 - Game Suspended after 5
Box Score

Joe Mantiply made his debut for the Jays organization with a no-hit inning, and then Holden Wilkerson pitched three scoreless innings before the game was suspended. 

Dunedin (4), Tampa (3) - 7/25 - Continuation of Suspended Game from June 29th - F/11
Box Score

The game resumed in the top of the 11th inning, with Jay Scheler pitching a scoreless top of the 11th after technically being taken out of the game earlier. Tucker Toman started off as the ghost runner, and Lizandro Rodriguez singled on a bunt attempt and Jean Joseph walked it off with a sac fly. 

Jay Schueler - 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K

Alexis Hernandez - 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR

Dunedin (2), Tampa (6) - 7/25
Box Score

Landen Maroudis continues to have control issues, as he walked five batters with a hit-by-pitch in three innings and gave up three earned runs. The offense also sputtered along for the D-Jays, as the only two runs scored were on a pickoff attempt throwing error by Carlos Castillo that scored Manuel Beltre, and then an RBI groundout that same inning from Jean Joseph scored Kendry Chirinos. After two strong innings from Juanmi Vasquez, Gilberto Batista also continued his struggles, giving up three runs in two innings, as the Jays couldn’t muster up a fight to come back. 

Alexis Hernandez - 1-3, 1 BB, 1 2B

Juanmi Vasquez - 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

FCL Blue Jays

F-BLU (4), F-PHI (1) - 7/24
Box Score

In the last game of the FCL regular season for the Blue Jays team, the pitching really came through at the right time. Mason Olson almost ended up with a quality start, finishing at 5 2/3 innings, surrendering three hits, one earned run, walking two, and striking out seven. The bullpen pitched 3 1/3 innings and only gave up three hits and no runs. On the offensive side, the Blue Jays team took the lead in the fourth inning on a Brock Tibbitts single that brought in Aldo Gaxiola. In the fifth, David Beckles drove in Raimundo De Los Santos to add to the lead. The Phillies got their run in the sixth by a Isaias Dipre single. In the seventh, an RBI single from Yorman Licourt added a run and Dariel Ramon drove in a run via a ground-rule double in the eighth. The Blue Jays team would go on to win this one, 4-1. 

Raimundo De Los Santos- 2-5, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K

Mason Olson- 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K

DSL Blue Jays Blue 

D-BJB (7), D-CUB (8) F/10 - 7/24
Box Score

BJB was in a tough matchup against CUB on Thursday morning. The BJB bats were shut down until the fifth, where they woke up and broke out for a monster inning. Already down 5-0, Elian Reyes got things started with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Franklin Rojas. Darwin Nuñez doubled home Yeicer Crespo,  before Cristopher Polanco walked to load the bases up. Angel Guzman then tripled, clearing the bases and tying the game up at five, but BJB wasn't done yet. Rafael Flores capped off the inning with an RBI single, knocking in Guzman and giving BJB the one run lead. After coughing up the tying run in the next half inning, BJB got an RBI single in the top of the eighth from Flores to take back the lead. Unfortunately, BJB coughed up a late run to send the game into extra innings, where CUB loaded the bases. Enyer Dominguez would hit the CUB batter and the winning run crossed home plate, BJB fell 8-7 in 10 innings. 

Angel Guzman: 1-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 3 SB

Edrwin Veras: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

D-BJB (7), D-CUR (6) - 7/25
Box Score

BJB took on the Red team from the Chicago Cubs organization on Friday. In the top of the second inning, Cristopher Polanco cleared the bases with his three-RBI triple to right field. Angel Guzman followed it up with a sacrifice fly, scoring Polanco and giving BJB a big 4-0 lead early in the game. In the top of the third inning, Juarlin Soto added to the lead with a sacrifice fly of his own, scoring Franklin Rojas. Rojas would continue the offensive barrage with an RBI double in the top of the fourth. After coughing up two runs in the bottom half of the inning, BJB got one of those runs back in the fifth on an RBI single from Guzman. The BJB bullpen made it interesting, surrendering four more runs, but hanging on to a one-run lead late and taking this game 7-6. 

Angel Guzman: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 SB

Angel Rivero: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

DSL Blue Jays Red

D-BJR (11), D-WSX (6) F/7 - 7/24
Box Score

BJR is playing well on the backs of Juan Sanchez's breakout play. Thursday was no different, as Sanchez led the BJR offense with another monster day at the plate. Elaineiker Coronado got the scoring started for BJR in the bottom of the first inning with a single to left, scoring Sanchez. A couple of walks then loaded the bases up and Luis Felipe singled, scoring all three aided by an error. BJR scored another run on an error and then Endry Reyes singled home Keegan Pieternella to cap off a big six-run inning. In the bottom of the third, Pascual Archila knocked in two runs on his single. BJR added three more runs in the fourth on RBI doubles from Coronado and Kennew Blanco, and the last run on Diego Arce's single. BJR would cruise to an 11-6 win. 

Elaineiker Coronado: 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B

Bryan Borbon: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

D-BJR (0), D-ANG (7) F/7 - 7/25
Box Score

BJR had been having a hot stretch lately, fueled by Juan Sanchez's breakout and Elaineiker Coronado's stellar play. Unfortunately for BJR, their good fortunes turned bad and quickly on Friday against ANG. They only managed two hits, two walks, and a hit by pitch in the game. Both Pascual Archila and Randy Soto collected singles, while Archila and Campos drew the walks. On the pitching side, only Antony De Los Santos had a performance to write home about. He pitched 3.1 innings and didn't allow a run, while the rest of the pitchers combined to surrender seven runs on the day. BJR fell to ANG in a shutout, 7-0. 

Pascual Archila: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB

Antony De Los Santos: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day
Pitcher of the Period: RHP Juaron Watts-Brown (New Hampshire): 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

Hitter of the Period: SS Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire): 4-8, 3 R, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HR

Prospect Summary (Last 2 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	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0
2	JoJo Parker	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Alan Roden	Buffalo	6	2	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0
10	Orelvis Martinez	Buffalo	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
11	Yohendrick Pinango	Buffalo	11	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0
13	Josh Kasevich	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	RJ Schreck	Buffalo	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
17	Victor Arias	New Hampshire	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
19	Jonatan Clase	Buffalo	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0

Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers
Rank	Player	Team	BF	G	GS	IP	H	HR	ER	BB	K
3	Trey Yesavage	New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ricky Tiedemann	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Khal Stephen	New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Johnny King	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Kendry Rojas	New Hampshire	21	1	1	4.1	9	2	5	0	7
8	Gage Stanifer	Vancouver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Landen Maroudis	Dunedin	17	1	1	3	4	0	3	5	1
14	Juaron Watts-Brown	New Hampshire	23	1	1	7	3	0	1	1	6
15	Jake Bloss	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Brandon Barriera	FCL Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Adam Macko	Buffalo	17	1	1	5	1	0	0	2	5

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