Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Championship Baseball in the FCL and Washouts in Buffalo

[Daniel Labude]

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 39-59
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 39-56
• Vancouver Canadians: 52-44
• Dunedin Blue Jays: 44-46
• FCL Blue Jays: 36-23 (3-0 FCL CHAMPS!!)
• DSL Blue Jays Blue: 17-22
• DSL Blue Jays Red: 20-20

Transactions

• 07/28/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LF Alan Roden.
• 07/28/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned LF Alan Roden to Buffalo Bisons.
• 07/27/25 - Buffalo Bisons released RHP Kevin Gowdy.
• 07/27/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Trenton Wallace from the 7-day injured list.
• 07/27/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Bobby Milacki.
• 07/27/25 - Toronto Blue Jays selected the contract of C Ali Sánchez from Buffalo Bisons.
• 07/27/25 - Vancouver Canadians sent C Hayden Gilliland on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/27/25 - C Hayden Gilliland assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from Vancouver Canadians.
• 07/27/25 - RHP Eliander Alcalde assigned to FCL Blue Jays from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/27/25 - OF Yeuni Munoz assigned to FCL Blue Jays from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/27/25 - FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Eliander Alcalde.
• 07/27/25 - Vancouver Canadians sent C Hayden Gilliland on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/27/25 - C Hayden Gilliland assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from Vancouver Canadians.
• 07/26/25 - Toronto Blue Jays recalled LF Alan Roden from Buffalo Bisons.
• 07/26/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays activated C Brock Tibbitts from the 7-day injured list.
• 07/26/25 - LHP Joe Mantiply assigned to FCL Blue Jays from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/26/25 - Vancouver Canadians placed C Aaron Parker on the 7-day injured list.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (), Columbus () - 7/26
Postponed

Buffalo (), Columbus () - 7/27
Postponed

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
New Hampshire (6), Hartford (0) - 7/26
Box Score

Saturday was Trey Day! Trey Yesavage was on the mound for New Hampshire, and it was perfection from him and near-perfection from the bullpen. He went only four innings (48 pitches), but it was his best start at Double A this year. Harford's hitters went 12 up, 12 down against Yesavage and struck out five times, all swinging.

New Hampshire took full advantage of the gem, with an offense led by Jackson Hornung. He doubled in the first inning, then scored on Ryan McCarty's single to left field. Devonte Brown led off the bottom of the second with a solo home run to left field, giving New Hampshire a 2-0 lead. Hornung got in on the long ball fun as well, launching his third home run to right field, a solo shot, in the bottom of the third. Alex Amalfi came in for Yesavage in the fifth and kept the perfect game alive, notching a one-two-three inning. Unfortunately, history would not repeat itself for the Fisher Cats, as Juan Guerrero doubled in the sixth to break up the perfect game and no-hitter. The bullpen would coast from there, though, with the double being the only baserunner Hartford would get on the day. New Hampshire added three more runs in the eighth on Cade Doughty's RBI single, Brown's sacrifice fly, and a runner coming home on a passed ball. The Fisher Cats dominated on the way to a 6-0 win. 

Jackson Hornung: 2-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR, 1 2B

Trey Yesavage: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

New Hampshire (), Hartford () - 7/27
Postponed

Vancouver Canadians
Vancouver (5), Eugene (3) - 7/26 - F/10
Box Score

The Canadians had a bullpen day after the 'pen was stretched thin with some extra-inning games and a doubleheader the previous couple of days, but the pitching was pretty good. Edinson Batista did give up three runs in 3.2 innings, but Johan Simon and Julio Ortiz blanked the Emeralds after that. Carter Cunningham got the scoring going for the Canadians with a solo homer in the sixth to bring the lead to within two, then, in the bottom of the eighth, Nick Goodwin reached on a fielding error that led to Cunningham scoring again. After that, Bryce Arnold walked with the bases loaded to score Goodwin. The game remained tied going into the 10th inning, and Ortiz prevented the ghost runner from scoring. The Canadians walked it off on a huge Sean Keys homer in the bottom of the frame.

Sean Keys - 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Keys showed off his power with his 12th homer of the season to win the game in extras for the Canadians. 

Johan Simon - 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Vancouver (0), Eugene (1) - 7/27
Box Score

Runs were hard to come by for both teams, as the starting pitchers were excellent in this game. Gage Stanifer pitched five strong scoreless innings with eight strikeouts, and Cesar Perdomo went 6.1 scoreless innings himself. The only run to score in the whole game was from a Charlie Szykowny double off of Colby Holcombe, who has struggled recently. In the bottom of the eighth, the Canadians had a chance to tie it with Edward Duran hitting his second double with two outs, but Cunningham grounded out. That was all they wrote for the Canadians, as they lost a nail-biter. 

Edward Duran - 2-4, 1 2B

Gage Stanifer - 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
After a few shaky starts, Stanifer had what was possibly his best start of the season, only allowing two baserunners and striking out eight in five scoreless innings. 

Dunedin Blue Jays
Dunedin (7), Bradenton (1) - 7/26
Box Score

Off the back of a strong start from Austin Cates, the D-Jays earned a nice win against the Marauders. The Marauders struggled to stay in the zone, as in the first inning, the Jays scored their first run on a bases-loaded walk. In the fifth inning, there was an offensive explosion, as an Alexis Hernandez double added to the lead, and then Kendry Chirinos drew a walk in another bases-loaded situation. Manuel Beltre almost cleared the bases with a double, and then Lizandro Rodriguez added another run on a lineout to make it a five-run inning for the D-Jays. Daniel Guerra relieved Cates and went four strong innings himself, as he’s been much better in relief, only allowing a solo homer to Edward Florentino. Beltre added to a strong day with a single in the ninth to give him his third RBI of the night. 

Manuel Beltre - 3-5, 3 RBI, 1 2B

Austin Cates - 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Austin Cates has been too good for Dunedin, as shown by his sub-2.00 ERA over his past 12 appearances. He should push his way up to higher levels given his strong performances. 

Dunedin (6), Bradenton (8) - 7/27
Box Score

The Jays faced off against Bradenton again, and they loaded the bases early in the second inning but were unable to capitalize fully, as Beltre grounded into a double play, and only one run scored. Braden Barry flew out right after. Hernandez and Tucker Toman helped score two runs in the third, however, as they both doubled. Johnny King let in a run after a passed ball from Hayden Gilliland but got out of the inning after facing traffic. The issues started for the D-Jays when the 'pen was in, as Bennett Flynn gave up five runs himself, three being earned, and Eric Pardinho gave up two runs. The defense didn’t do them any favours with three errors and a passed ball this game. The Jays made a comeback in the ninth after being down five runs with a Chirinos sac fly scoring one run, and then a Barry double scoring two more with two outs, but they couldn’t complete the comeback. 

Tucker Toman - 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2

Johnny King - 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 3 BB, 7 K
King struggled hard with his command, with two wild pitches, three hit batters, and three walks. However, he was strong at keeping runners from scoring once they got on base, with seven strikeouts and only an unearned run scoring. 

FCL Blue Jays
F-BLU (4), F-AST (3) - F/10 - 7/26
Box Score

Saturday's game marked the first game of the FCL playoffs for the Toronto Blue Jays' squad, and it was against the Houston Astros' team. This game was a pitcher's duel from the get-go, with Troy Guthrie pitching lights out for the Blue Jays. He went five innings, gave up just two hits and two walks, struck out four, and held the Astros scoreless. The Blue Jays were carrying a one-run lead that they got in the top of the first from a David Beckles groundout, which scored Raimundo De Los Santos on a throwing error. In the seventh, the Astros tied the game when Arturo Flores doubled in a run. Beckles quickly turned that back into a one-run lead on an RBI single to right field in the eighth. The back and forth continued in the bottom half of the inning, as the Astros tied the game on a run-scoring balk. The win-or-go-home game came down to extra innings. The Blue Jays struck first in the 10th, as a Drew Jemison single and a throwing error brought in a run, and then Aldo Gaxiola hit an RBI single of his own to put the Blue Jays up two. Diego Dominguez came in to pitch the bottom of the frame and gave up a single, a sacrifice fly, and another single to the first three batters. He locked in from there, getting the last two hitters on a pop out and ground out. The Blue Jays' team moved on to the finals.

Raimundo De Los Santos - 2-4, 2 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 2B

Troy Guthrie - 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

F-BLU (2), F-TWI (1) - 7/27
Box Score

There was no rest to be had, as the Toronto Blue Jays' club took on the Minnesota Twins' team in the FCL Championship. It was another game dominated by pitching, and baserunners were hard to come by in this one. Sann Omosako shined for the Blue Jays, going five shutout innings, giving up just two hits and four walks, and striking out two hitters. Juan Cota matched him from the Twins side, only surrendering three hits and no runs as well in five innings. In the seventh, the lid was pried off the plate when Isaac Pena singled home a run for the Twins. The bottom of the eighth came around, and the Blue Jays still needed to get on the scoreboard. Gaxiola hit a double to center field, scoring De Los Santos and tying the game. Yorman Licourt then came to bat and drove in Gaxiola to give the Blue Jays a one-run lead. That was it, as Franly Urena shut the door on the Twins and the Blue Jays took Game 1 of the best-of-three series. 

Aldo Gaxiola - 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 2B

Sann Omosako - 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

F-BLU (7), F-TWI (5) - 7/28
Box Score

Championship Monday had a good ring to it for the FCL Toronto Blue Jays team, as they looked to finish a somewhat unlikely playoff run. Samuel Colmenares kicked things off on the mound for the Blue Jays' team, and he was successful in holding the Twins' squad in check. He gave up just one walk and no runs, while striking out one in 2.2 innings. The Blue Jays took the lead in the fourth inning of the game when Dylan Leach roped a bases-clearing three-run double to right field. Things turned upside down in the bottom half of the inning, as the Twins scored on an error, a bases-loaded walk, and a sacrifice fly to tie the game at three. In the seventh, Gaxiola came through for the Blue Jays by driving in two runs on a single to center field.

With a two-run lead, De Los Santos hit an RBI single in the eighth, and David Beckles put the Blue Jays up four with a bases-loaded walk. It all came down to the bottom of the ninth, where things got wild. A groundout, a single, another groundout, and a walk put the Blue Jays one out from taking the Championship Series after four hitters, but the Twins weren't ready to have their season end. Dominguez came on to finish the game, and he was a bit jittery. He threw a wild pitch to allow a run to score, then he walked his first batter on another wild pitch, allowing a second run to score. He then hit the second batter he faced, bringing Eduardo Beltre to the plate. Dominguez threw the first pitch to Beltre, and that was it: a long fly ball to right field……..falling into the glove of Licourt. The Blue Jays FCL team had won the FCL Championship!!!

Raimundo De Los Santos - 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 SB

Samuel Colmenares - 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

DSL Blue Jays Blue
D-BJB (5), D-MRN (4) - 7/26
Box Score

BJB was in a tight game on Saturday against MRN. In the bottom of the first, BJB got on the scoreboard with a big inning. They loaded up the bases on a walk, single, and hit by pitch. Yeicer Crespo singled home Cristopher Polanco, Juarlin Soto was hit by a pitch with the bases still loaded, and Darwin Núñez grounded into a double play to score the third run. In the second, they added another run on Rafael Flores’ sacrifice fly that scored J.T. Bain. MRN tied the game up with two runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Polanco led off the bottom of the sixth with a single and moved to third base on Angel Guzman's single. Flores gave BJB the lead back when he smacked a ball to right field for a sacrifice fly, aided by a fielding error. The bullpen held strong the rest of the game, not giving up another hit, giving BJB the 5-4 win. 

Cristopher Polanco: 1-2, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K

Michael De La Cruz: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K

D-BJB (0), D-PIB (11) S/4 - 7/28
Box Score

BJB was down big on Monday against PIB when rain washed out the game, causing it to be suspended in the middle of the bottom of the fourth. BJB only had two hits in the game, a double from Elian Reyes and a single from Crespo. On the flip side, their pitchers gave up 11 runs through three innings and part of the fourth.

DSL Blue Jays Red
D-BJR (16), D-NAT (3)  - 7/26
Box Score

BJR had an offensive explosion with the bats on Saturday down in the Dominican Republic. Juan Sanchez continued blistering baseballs, racking up three hits, including two doubles. His partner in crime was again Elaineiker Coronado, and the two have formed a fearsome duo at the top of the order. Coronado racked up four hits in this game, as BJR torched the baseball to the tune of 16 hits in this one. BJR had three big innings, the first of which was the top of the third. Sanchez started things off by doubling in Nicolas Vergara and then scored on Kennew Blanco's single. Randy Soto then shot a ball to left for a sacrifice fly, and Pascual Archila capped it off with an RBI double. Sanchez added another RBI double in the fifth, scoring Luis Felipe and then crossing home himself on Blanco's double-play ball. In the top of the eighth, Vergara and Felipe had RBI singles, Sanchez added an RBI groundout, and Felipe scored on a balk. In the top of the ninth, BJR loaded the bases, and Coronado cleared them with his single to third base and a throwing error by the third baseman. BJR coasted to a 16-3 win. 

Juan Sanchez: 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B

Edgar Gallegos: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

D-BJR (0), D-TI1 (6) F/7 - 7/28
Box Score

If Saturday was an A-grade performance, Monday was an F for BJR. They were shut out and held to only four hits, two by Coronado. Luis Fonseca did fairly well on the mound, going four innings and not walking anyone, while giving up four hits, two runs (one earned), and striking out three. The big damage against BJR came in the top of the sixth when their pitcher, Luis Victorino, committed a throwing error, allowing two runs to score. BJR fell to Ti1 6-0. 

Elaineiker Coronado: 2-3

Luis Fonseca: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period

• Pitcher of the Period: RHP Gage Stanifer (Vancouver Canadians) – 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
• Hitter of the Period: SS Raimundo De Los Santos (FCL Jays) – 4-12, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 2B

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

Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers
Rank	Player	Team	BF	G	GS	IP	H	HR	ER	BB	K
3	Trey Yesavage	New Hampshire	12	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	5
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	15	1	1	3	1	0	0	3	7
7	Kendry Rojas	New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Gage Stanifer	Vancouver	17	1	1	5	1	0	0	1	8
12	Landen Maroudis	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Juaron Watts-Brown	New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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