Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Shane Bieber Powers Buffalo, Juan Sanchez Continues Hitting, and Fernando Perez Dazzles

[Daniel Labude]

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 43-67
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 45-62
• Vancouver Canadians: 58-50
• Dunedin Blue Jays: 50-53
• FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete 
• DSL Blue Jays Blue: 20-30
• DSL Blue Jays Red: 27-24

Transactions

• 08/11/25 New Hampshire Fisher Cats released RHP Michael Dominguez.
• 08/11/25 New Hampshire Fisher Cats released RHP Johnathan Lavallee.
• 08/09/25 DSL Blue Jays Red activated LHP Danny Martinez from the 7-day injured list.
• 08/09/25 RHP Brett Garcia assigned to Vancouver Canadians from FCL Blue Jays.
• 08/09/25 Vancouver Canadians activated C Aaron Parker from the 7-day injured list.
• 08/09/25 Vancouver Canadians placed 3B Cutter Coffey on the 7-day injured list retroactive to August 8, 2025.
• 08/09/25 Vancouver Canadians activated RHP Aaron Munson from the 7-day injured list.
• 08/09/25 RHP Brett Garcia assigned to Vancouver Canadians from FCL Blue Jays.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (5), Worcester (3) - 8/9
Box Score

Buffalo was in control of this game despite it being close. They managed to get to Worcester for 13 hits on the day and RJ Schreck started off the scoring with a two-run homer in the third inning. Worcester answered with a Nick Sogard RBI double and a Nathan Hickey homer to tie the game. Schreck put Buffalo back on top in the seventh with an RBI single. A wild pitch let Worcester tie the game, but Yohendrick Pinango broke things open for good with a two-run RBI single in the ninth. Buffalo won this one 5-3. 

RJ Schreck - 2-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, HR

Shane Bieber - 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

Buffalo (6), Worcester (3) - 8/10
Box Score

In the final game of the series between Buffalo and Worcester, the Bisons faced off against Payton Tolle in his Triple-A debut. The Bisons hit the ground running in this one, as they loaded the bases in the top of the first. Riley Tirotta quickly cleared them when he launched a grand slam home run. Buffalo wasn't done, as two batters later, Orelvis Martinez smashed his 13th home run of the season, a two-run shot to put Buffalo up six. Kristian Campbell added a two-run homer for Worcester, and Nick Sogard tacked on an RBI single, but Buffalo would win this one 6-3. 

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

Lazaro Estrada - 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
New Hampshire (1), Reading (16) - 8/9
Box Score

Saturday's game between Reading and New Hampshire was a bullpen day for the Fisher Cats. They sent Alex Amalfi to the mound against Charles King for the Fightin Phils. The day started off badly for New Hampshire, and it got progressively worse as the game wore on. In the top of the first inning, Felix Reyes got Reading on the scoreboard with an RBI single to left field, scoring Aidan Miller. Je'Von Ward got the run back in the bottom half of the inning, his RBI single scored Jackson Hornung. From there, it was all Reading all the time. In the top of the second, they scored two on an RBI single and a sacrifice fly. The game was broken open in a big way in the fourth, with three RBI singles by Reading's Bryson Ware, Miller, and Carson DeMartini. Nick Dunn contributed to the Fightin Phils’ lead with a two-run home run in the seventh, but they weren't done. Back-to-back RBI doubles in the eighth brought home two more, and then an RBI single made it a 12-1 lead. Four more runs in the top of the ninth capped off a crazy 16-1 beatdown of New Hampshire by Reading. 

Jackson Hornung: 2-4, 1 R, 1 SB

Pat Gallagher: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 2 K

New Hampshire (1), Reading (2) - 8/10
Box Score

After a brutal loss on Saturday, New Hampshire had Grant Rogers on the mound to right the ship and see if he could continue to rack up quality starts. Aidan Miller was again the thorn in New Hampshire's back, doubling to lead off the game, moving to third on a passed ball, and then scoring on a sacrifice fly. It was all Rogers the rest of the way, as he would not allow a runner to get to second base for the next five innings. He wound up getting another quality start, going six innings, only giving up four hits and one lone run, walking two and striking out two. As for the bats, they were non-existent from start to finish. Reading kept the New Hampshire hitting from doing anything at all; they would head into the ninth inning while still being no-hit. Fortunately for New Hampshire, Charles McAdoo came through in a big way, smacking a line drive double to center to tie the game up at one and send it to extra innings. Unfortunately, Reading's Erick Brito doubled home a run, and New Hampshire grounded into a double play to end the game, losing 2-1. 

Charles McAdoo: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 SB

Grant Rogers: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

Vancouver Canadians
Vancouver (2), Hillsboro (1) - 8/9
Box Score

Fernando Perez just continues to dominate High A, this time with a stellar seven-inning outing where he struck out eight batters. He still has not walked anyone. The Canadians didn’t have to do much offensively to take advantage of that start, as Edward Duran was able to get the first run on the board with an RBI single to score Carter Cunningham. Perez’s lone blemish was a run scored on a double play, but in the bottom of the eighth, Cunningham reached on a fielding error with two outs on an 0-2 count, which resulted in Jay Harry scoring and winning the game for the Canadians eventually.

Eddie Micheletti Jr. - 1-3, 1 BB

Fernando Perez - 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
The young Nicaraguan righty has dominated High A, showing some real strikeout stuff after not being able to strike out much to start the season. He’s now earned a promotion to Double-A New Hampshire due to his most recent performances. 

Vancouver (5), Hillsboro (7) - 8/10
Box Score

The Canadians had a very strong start, with Arjun Nimmala giving them an early lead with a three-run homer in the third, and Chris McElvain pitched five innings of shutout ball, which put them in a great spot. Unfortunately, Colby Holcombe’s struggles continued, as he was only able to get two outs and allowed five runs to balloon his ERA to 15.88 in Vancouver. Johan Simon came in and got an out, but also allowed two runs to score in the seventh as well. The Canadians had one more chance in the bottom of the seventh, as Nimmala was up to the plate with the bases loaded after Dawson Brown had lost their command, resulting in walks and a wild pitch that scored a run. Unfortunately, Nimmala was only able to muster up a sac fly, as the scoring opportunities disappeared after that. 

Arjun Nimmala - 1-3, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR
Nimmala had been on a homer drought since hitting homer number 12, and he’s finally hit number 13. The 2023 first-rounder has slowed down quite a bit since his hot start, and hopefully this homer marks the end of that slump. 

Chris McElvain - 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Dunedin Blue Jays 
Dunedin (3), Palm Beach (2) - 8/9
Box Score

The weather continues to be an issue for the D-Jays, as once again they had to deal with delays caused by rain. Johnny King was able to pitch two innings of two-run ball, and he struck out four batters despite giving up two homers. King was taken out after the weather delay, and Juanmi Vasquez had another stellar outing, going four scoreless with seven strikeouts. The D-Jays rallied back in the bottom of the seventh; this was the first game of a doubleheader, as the game was postponed to the next day. Maddox Latta drove in the first run with a groundout to score Eric Snow, and then Matt Scannell evened it up with an RBI double. Josh Kasevich did what he does best with a single to right field to knock in Latta for a walk-off win.

Josh Kasevich - 2-4, 1 RBI

Juanmi Vasquez - 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Vasquez had a slow start to the season but has been red-hot over his past few games. In his last four appearances, he’s struck out 23 batters in only 12 innings of work. This earned him a promotion up to Vancouver, along with fellow D-Jays Austin Cates and Silvano Hechavarria. 

Dunedin (), Palm Beach () - 8/9 - Continuation of 8/8 game
Cancelled

Dunedin (0), Palm Beach (4) - 8/10
Box Score

The D-Jays got three-hit in the second game of the doubleheader, as the team apparently used all their offense up in the seventh inning earlier in the day. Hechavarria was inefficient, with 69 pitches in under three innings, which resulted in the bullpen coming in after he gave up a run. Nate LaRue and Danny Thompson Jr. kept it within one, but Carson Myers then gave up a run on a single that went off his glove, and Jack Eshleman struggled, giving up five hits and allowing two more runs for a disappointing 4-0 shutout loss. 

Maddox Latta - 1-2, 1 BB

Silvano Hecavarria - 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

DSL Blue Jays Blue 
D-BJB (7), D-CUR (1) F/7- 8/9
Box Score

Against CUR on Saturday, BJB rode the wave of two big innings to a victory. In the first, they got one run on a sacrifice fly from Franklin Rojas. It was in the fifth that they broke the game open, with a sacrifice fly from Juarlin Soto and a two-run double from Carlos Garcia. In the seventh, they added three more runs to their big lead. Fabian Gonzalez singled home Soto, Esmeiquel Arrieche's RBI single would get Cristopher Polanco across home plate, and Darwin Núñez's groundout scored another run. Michael De La Cruz was solid on the mound for BJB, giving up just one hit in four innings, striking out four and not allowing a run to score. 

Fabian Gonzalez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI

Michael De La Cruz: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

D-BJB (4), D-PHR (10) - 8/11
Box Score

It was a rough day on the mound for BJB, as they surrendered 10 runs, on 10 hits, and seven walks. Angel Guzman had himself a day at the plate, with three doubles and three runs scored, but it would be nowhere near enough to make up for that bad pitching. Some of the highlights of their scoring were Juarlin Soto's RBI double in the bottom of the sixth and Fabian Gonzalez's RBI single that scored Guzman in the eighth. It was a rough day for BJB as they fell 10-4. 

Angel Guzman: 3-5, 3 R, 3 2B

Cristhian Duarte: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

DSL Blue Jays Red
D-BJR (4), D-ARR (2) - F/7 - 8/9
Box Score

Blue Jays Red took on the Arizona Red team on Saturday. There were not a lot of hits to be had, but both teams made them count. ARR took the lead in the first on an Adriel Radney RBI single and Victor Santana's sacrifice fly. In the fifth, Elaineiker Coronado drove in a run with an RBI single, and a wild pitch allowed Juan Sanchez to score to tie the game. That is where the game sat in the bottom of the seventh when Sanchez came back up to the plate. Continuing one of the best DSL seasons this year, he launched a ball over the wall for a walk-off, two-run home run. 

Juan Sanchez- 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR

Edgar Gallegos- 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

D-BJR (12), D-RNB (3) - 8/11
Box Score

The Monday game on the island between the Blue Jays Red team and the Rangers Blue team was lopsided from the start. BJR collected 18 hits to seven walks and 12 runs. Juan Sanchez, Elaineiker Coronado, Pascual Archila, Kennew Blanco, and Randy Soto all had three hits apiece, including one double each. BJR won this one easily, 12-3

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

Luis Fonsesca - 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period

• Pitcher of the Period: RHP Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
• Hitter of the Period: SS Juan Sanchez (DSL Blue Jays Red)- 4-9, 4 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 SB

Prospect Summary (Last 3 Days)
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[John_Havok]

Sucks seeing Cutter Coffee get hurt, he's been raking the past month.