Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Alek Manoah Continued His Rehab Assignment, While The Farm System Saw A Lot Of Strikeouts

[Brian Labude]

CURRENT W-L Records
-Buffalo Bisons: 41-67
-New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 45-60
-Vancouver Canadians: 57-49
-Dunedin Blue Jays: 49-52
-FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete
-DSL Blue Jays Blue: 19-29
-DSL Blue Jays Red: 24-24

Transactions
08/08/25 - C Robert Brooks assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons.
08/07/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated C Phil Clarke.
08/07/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed SS Leo Jiménez on the 7-day injured list.
08/07/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Alek Manoah on a rehab assignment to New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
08/07/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats placed RHP Ryan Watson on the 7-day injured list.
08/07/25 - Vancouver Canadians placed RHP Austin Marozas on the 7-day injured list.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (1), Worcester (2) - 8/7
Box Score

In the Thursday contest between Buffalo and Worcester, it was a rough game for hitters from both teams. Adam Macko was on the mound for Buffalo and went four innings, only giving up two hits, surrendering one run, struck out four, but did struggle finding the strike zone (walking five batters). Kyle Harrison and Tyler Uberstine pitched for Worcester and were lights out, striking out 15 hitters over nine combined innings and only allowing three hits. Worcester scored first in the second inning, when Nick Sogard walked with the bases loaded. Riley Tirotta hit a solo blast in the eighth inning to tie the game for Buffalo. In the bottom half of the inning, Nate Eaton smacked a ball over the left center field fence, giving Worcester the lead. Buffalo lost this one 2-1. 

Riley Tirotta- 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

Adam Macko- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K

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Buffalo (2), Worcester (5) - 8/8
Box Score

For a team searching for some offense, Buffalo still could not find it in the game on Friday night. Connelly Early shut down Buffalo, going five innings, striking out seven, and only giving up two runs on a Riley Tirotta home run in the second inning. The first inning saw both teams trade runs, a sacrifice fly from Michael Stefanic for Buffalo and a Kristian Campbell RBI ground out for Worcester. In the fourth and fifth innings, Worcester tacked on two more runs via an RBI double and a sacrifice fly. Jhostynxon Garcia smashed a home run in the eighth inning to finish off the scoring, as Buffalo lost this game as well, 5-2. 

Riley Tirotta- 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

CJ Van Eyk- 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

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New Hampshire Fisher Cats
New Hampshire (3), Reading (4) - 8/7
Box Score

Thursday's game against Reading had eyes from all Blue Jays fans on it, as Alek Manoah continues to work his way through the minor leagues on a rehab assignment. It was his first start at Double A and the first real big test of his arm. To open the game, he induced some weak contact and got a strikeout to end the top of the first. In the top of the second, he got a little wild with his command, surrendering a walk followed by two consecutive singles that brought home a run. He then hit the next batter, before getting a groundout from Carson DeMartini to escape the jam. The third inning was better for Manoah, he got two groundouts and a strikeout, with a double and a walk sprinkled throughout the inning. Unfortunately for Manoah, another double and a walk chased him from the game in the fourth. Geison Urbaez would come in for him and throw a wild pitch, allowing a run to score before getting out of the inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Je'Von Ward continued his hot stretch and launched his third home run for New Hampshire, a two-run blast tying the game. Jackson Hornung's RBI single in the sixth gave the Fisher Cats a one-run lead, which they would hold onto until the top of the ninth. Felix Reyes singled home a run for Reading and sent the game to extra innings. Each team was blanketed, until in the top of the twelfth, when Reading got an RBI single from Reyes in what would become the winning run. New Hampshire lost this game 4-3, fueled in part by striking out 18 times (11 by Reading's starter Griff McGarry).

Victor Arias: 4-6, 2 R, 1 K, 1 3B

Alek Manoah: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

New Hampshire (3), Reading (5) - 8/8
Box Score

Friday night was another Trey Yesavage day for the fans, but they would have to wait for him to come into the game, as Chay Yeager started the game. He gave up a double and a stolen base to Reading's Aidan Miller, then a groundout scored him. In the bottom of the second, New Hampshire got on a roll, getting an RBI single from Dasan Brown, a sacrifice fly from Robert Brooks, and an RBI double from Victor Arias. Yesavage finally entered the game to begin the top of the third and he was off early before settling in and getting on a roll. In the fourth, he coughed up a solo home run to Dylan Campbell, but struck out the side in the fifth and added two more strikeouts in the sixth. In the seventh it was Campbell again, smacking a double, stealing third base, and coming around to score on a sacrifice fly. With the game tied at three, Yesavage was replaced by Conor Larkin who struggled mightily. He gave up back-to-back singles, a sacrifice fly, and an RBI double, putting New Hampshire in a two-run hole that they would not climb out of. The Fisher Cats fell 5-3.

Cade Doughty: 2-4, 1 R, 2 K

Trey Yesavage: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 9 K

Vancouver Canadians
Vancouver (4), Hillsboro (1) - 8/7
Box Score

The Canadians wanted to bounce back after a couple of rough losses in a row, and it started with some excellent pitching from both sides. However, when Bryce Arnold walked in the third, he was then moved to second on a J.R. Freethy single. After that a throwing error by the Hops catcher Kenny Castillo on a pickoff attempt allowed Arnold to score. Arjun Nimmala drove in Freethy a few batters late, as the Canadians went up early. Edinson Batista was taken out after five scoreless innings, and Irv Carter came in and gave up a run off of a Druw Jones double and an Angel Ortiz single. However after that, Carter was also excellent, striking out four batters and going scoreless after that. The Canadians got two more with a Bryce Arnold single, as they won this game four to one. 

Bryce Arnold - 3-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB

Edinson Batista - 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

After a shaky last couple of outings, Batista had his best appearance as a Jays’ prospect as he went five scoreless innings.

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Vancouver (1), Hillsboro (3) - 8/8
Box Score

This was a great pitching duel, as two strong pitching prospects went head to head. Daniel Eagen and Gage Stanifer both had ten strikeouts each as they made it very difficult for the opposing team’s hitters to do much. Stanifer did allow a run early though, as Druw Jones drove in a run in the first, but until the fifth inning Stanifer prevented runs from scoring, before Slade Caldwell made it a 2-0 lead. Kai Peterson also gave up his first run in a while in the eighth, but also pitched well, as he saved the pen with three innings of one run ball. Meanwhile the Hops went eight innings without allowing a single hit before Alexis Hernandez broke the no-hitter in the ninth off of Edgar Isea with a single, and then Bryce Arnold was hit by a pitch before Freethy loaded the bases with a single. Carter Cunningham helped score a ruin with a sac fly, but that’s all the Canadians could get.

JR Freethy - 1-3, 1 BB

Gage Stanifer - 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K

Dunedin Blue Jays 
Dunedin (), Palm Beach () - 8/7
PPD

Dunedin (8), Palm Beach (2) - 8/8 - F/7 - Game 1
Box Score

Austin Cates started for the D-Jays, and he did let the Jays go down early, allowing a single run early to a wild pitch, but the Jays picked him up. The second inning was pretty big with Jake Casey knocking in two runs in the second with his dad in attendance and then Kendry Chirinos and Josh Kasevich both got RBI base hits to make it four to one. Palm Beach got their second and last run of the game in the third, as the D-Jays continued to pile on more. Yorman Licourt had his first couple of hits. Maddox Latta tripled in the fifth and Kendry Chirinos hit a single to make it a final score of eight to two. 

Maddox Latta - 3-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B

The undrafted free agent has been red-hot since joining the Jays org, he’s hitting .429 on the season so far with a 1.049 OPS. 

Daniel Guerra - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

Guerra continues to dominate as a bullpen piece, this time being the bulk guy to Austin Cates’ opener. 

Dunedin (), Palm Beach () - 8/8 - Game 2
PPD

DSL Blue Jays Blue 
D-BJB (0), D-GIO (1) - 8/8
Box Score

It was a tough day down on the island for BJB. They only managed four hits in the game and two walks. The only big hit they had was a solo home run by Angel Guzman in the top of the sixth inning. He actually ended the day adding a single and a walk, being responsible for half of the baserunners BJB would have. On the flip side, the pitchers for BJB struggled most of the game, surrendering eight runs on 10 hits. Their fielding was also sub-par, an error on Juarlin Soto and Cristopher Polanco would keep the doors open and lead to three of the eight runs being unearned. BJB just didn't have it on this day, falling to GIO 8-1. 

Angel Guzman: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR

Edrwin Veras: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

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D-BJB (1), D-PHR (4) - 8/8
Box Score

If Thursday's game was bad for BJB, Friday's game against PHR was terrible as well. BJB managed to have even less hits in this one, only recording two base knocks, singles by Darwin Nuñez and Franklin Rojas. It wasn't all doom and gloom though, BJB did rack up 10 walks in the game. It was a large number of baserunners, but they were offset by the massive 11 strikeouts in the game. BJB had only one run cross home plate, it was Nuñez's RBI single in the bottom of the third that scored Soto from second base. BJB fell in another rough game, 4-1. 

Darwin Núñez: 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K

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

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DSL Blue Jays Red
D-BJR (4), D-TI2 (1) - F/7 - 8/7
Box Score

The Thursday game down on the island between the Blue Jays Red team and the Tigers 2 team was not full of offense. TI2 took the early lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly double play to right field. In the third inning, J.T. Bain scored on a wild pitch and Randy Soto roped a double, scoring Elaineiker Coronado and Kennew Blanco. Blanco added to the BJR lead in the fifth, when he hit a single to right field, bringing in Juan Sanchez to score the fourth run of the game. BJR would go on to pull off the victory over the TI2 team, winning 4-1. 

Kennew Blanco- 2-3, 1 R. 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 2B

Victor Espiritu- 4 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

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D-BJR (3), D-ANG (12) - F/7 - 8/8
Box Score

The Friday game down on the Island saw BJR take the lead in the second inning. Diego Arce hit a ball in play that resulted in an error, scoring Pascual Archila. In the third inning, Kennew Blanco smashed his third home run of the season to bring the BJR lead to two. In the seventh, a bases loaded walk brought the BJR score to three runs, but between the third and seventh innings, the Angels DSL team kept rounding the bases. 12 runs scored for ANG, including three home runs, a triple, a couple singles, and a few bases loaded walks. It was a day to forget for the BJR pitching staff. BJR would lose this one easily, 12-3. 

Elaineiker Coronado- 3-3, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K

Wilfredo Cordero- 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day
Pitcher of the Period: RHP Gage Stanifer (Vancouver): 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K

Hitter of the Period: 3B Riley Tirotta (Buffalo): 2-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 3 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	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
2	JoJo Parker	N/A
9	Alan Roden	TRADED
10	Orelvis Martinez	Buffalo	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0
11	Yohendrick Pinango	Buffalo	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	Josh Kasevich	Dunedin	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
16	RJ Schreck	Buffalo	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0
17	Victor Arias	New Hampshire	11	2	5	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0
19	Jonatan Clase	Buffalo	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers
Rank	Player	Team	BF	G	GS	IP	H	HR	ER	BB	K
3	Trey Yesavage	New Hampshire	19	1	0	5	4	1	2	0	9
4	Ricky Tiedemann	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Khal Stephen	TRADED
6	Johnny King	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Kendry Rojas	TRADED
8	Gage Stanifer	Vancouver	21	1	1	5	5	0	2	2	10
12	Landen Maroudis	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Juaron Watts-Brown	TRADED
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	19	1	1	4	2	0	1	5	4

 

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