Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Alek Manoah Starts in Buffalo, and Several Pitchers Are Promoted

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 44-68
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 45-63
• Vancouver Canadians: 58-50
• Dunedin Blue Jays: 50-56
• FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete 
• DSL Blue Jays Blue: 20-30
• DSL Blue Jays Red: 27-24

Transactions

08/13/25: Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Alek Manoah on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons.
08/12/25: RHP Trey Yesavage assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
08/12/25: RHP Diego Dominguez assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
08/12/25: RHP Austin Cates assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
08/12/25: RHP Dayne Pengelly assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
08/12/25: RHP Silvano Hechavarria assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
08/12/25: LHP Grif Hughes assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
08/12/25: LHP Juanmi Vasquez assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
08/12/25: LHP Johan Simon assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.
08/12/25: RHP Fernando Perez assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.
08/12/25: LHP Kai Peterson assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.
08/12/25: RHP Yondrei Rojas assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (6), Lehigh Valley (0) - 8/12
Box Score

Buffalo started a series with Lehigh Valley on Tuesday, and they faced off against a rehabbing Aaron Nola. Nola made easy work of the Buffalo lineup, going 5.2 innings and only giving up one run in the sixth inning, while another scored after he left the game. In all, he was as special as you might expect, striking out 11 Buffalo hitters. In the sixth inning though, the Bisons added on the runs after Nola left. Buffalo scored five runs in the inning, Clase had an RBI double, Yohendrick Pinango an RBI single, Phil Clarke drove in two aided by an error, and a wild pitch scored the fifth run. In the seventh, Riley Tirotta added an RBI single to cap off the scoring for the game. Buffalo would win this 6-0. 

Jonatan Clase - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 2B, 1 SB

Easton Lucas - 5.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Buffalo (4), Lehigh Valley (9) - 8/13
Box Score

In the Wednesday game between Buffalo and Lehigh Valley, it was the Bisons’ turn to have a rehabbing major leaguer on the mound. Alek Manoah made his return to the Bisons, as he is working his way back to the major leagues following Tommy John surgery last season. It was a mixed bag for him in this game, though. In the first, he struck out the first batter he faced, then went walk, fly out, walk, and pop out. Buffalo gave him four runs in the bottom of the first on RBI doubles by RJ Schreck and Yodendrick Pinango, to go with an RBI single from Josh Rivera. However, in the second inning for Manoah, things went south. After an out, he gave up a single, hit a batter, walked one, then gave up a two-run double to Justin Crawford. After an RBI groundout from Alec Bohm, Manoah hit his pitch limit for the inning and was taken out. After zeroes in the third inning, Lehigh Valley scored six runs in the next five innings, including a Bohm home run. Buffalo lost this one badly, 9-4. 

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

Bobby Milacki - 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
New Hampshire (3), Binghamton (5) - 8/12
Box Score

Tuesday brought with it the start of a new series, this one against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Binghamton got out on top first with a big home run from Chris Suero, a two-run shot in the bottom of the first inning. Later in the inning, Nick Lorusso would add to their lead with an RBI single, scoring Jacob Reimer. In the top of the third, Charles McAdoo cut into Binghamton's lead with a big blast of his own, his 13th home run of the year. Binghamton got another home run in the fourth to add to their lead, this one of the solo variety by William Lugo. The next half inning saw New Hampshire answer back with an RBI single from Je'Von Ward, scoring Victor Arias. In the bottom of the fifth, Binghamton continued their power stroke with another solo home run and brought their lead to three. The Fisher Cats kept fighting though, getting an RBI groundout by Arias in the seventh, but it just wouldn't be enough, as they fell 5-3. 

Charles McAdoo: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

Pat Gallagher: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

New Hampshire (), Binghamton () - 8/13
PPD

Vancouver Canadians
Vancouver (10), Spokane (3) - 8/12
Box Score

The Canadians yet again headed to Spokane, trying to go 10 games above .500. It started off great, as two walks to start the first led to a Nick Goodwin RBI single to give the Canadians an early lead. JR Freethy then knocked in another run in the second with a double. Sean Keys hit a homer in the fifth to extend the lead even further. Jackson Wentworth had another dominant start, as he’s been excellent over the past few starts, and the Canadians held Spokane scoreless during Wentworth’s start.

In the sixth inning, Vancouver tacked on two more runs with a Bryce Arnold single scoring Alexis Hernandez after he hit a triple, and then Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit his 20th double of the season to score Arnold. JJ Sanchez came in and continued the pitching dominance, with two innings of scoreless baseball, and the Canadians added more runs with a Carter Cunningham triple and an Arnold homer to make it seven straight runs unanswered. Jonathan Todd replaced Sanchez and let in a run in the eighth on a single to Blake Wright, before the Canadians loaded the bases for a Freethy bases-clearing double to make it 10-1. Jonathan Todd struck out two more batters in the bottom of the ninth but allowed two runs to score. Altogether, the Canadians put on a dominant performance both offensively and pitching-wise.

J.R. Freethy - 2-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2 2B

Jackson Wentworth - 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
Wentworth tied his career high in strikeouts with nine, and since June 24, he has a 3.09 ERA with 45 strikeouts in 46.2 IP. He’s been much better at avoiding homers, and his walk rate is 7.5%. The 2024 fifth-rounder is really rounding into form. 

Vancouver (6), Spokane (5) - 8/13
Box Score

After the big win the previous night, the Canadians tried to carry that momentum into this game. Again, they struck first with a Goodwin RBI groundout in the first, but Aidan Longwell continued to do well against the Canadians as he’s done all season and had one of his own to tie it up. Gage Stanifer had another strong start, as after that, he didn’t allow a run until the sixth inning. The Canadians took the lead back with Freethy’s third double of the series to score Arnold, and Micheletti drove him home on a single to add to the lead. Stanifer let in another run on a Max Belyeu solo-shot, but Jay Harry came right back with a two-run homer of his own to tack on some insurance runs. Aaron Munson came in relief and pitched one and two-thirds scoreless innings with the help of a triple play.  Cunningham got some more insurance with an RBI groundout, and it turned out that the Canadians needed all of it, as Spokane scored three runs on two normally very reliable relievers, Bo Bonds and Javen Coleman, but Vancouver was able to hang on to win 6-5.

Jay Harry - 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR

Gage Stanifer - 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 4 K

Dunedin Blue Jays 
Dunedin (1), Tampa (3) - 8/12 - Completion of Jul 24 Game
Box Score

The D-Jays returned to the past, as they finished off a delayed game starting in the fifth inning, with Holden Wilkerson returning right where he left off. The lineups changed, as a lot of the hitters that were on both teams have since been promoted or left the organizations, and what began in July was now to be finished in August. Roderick Arias started the scoring in the sixth off of Wilkerson with a single, but the Jays answered with a Hayden Gilliland double. However, that was all they could do offensively, as they couldn’t score after that. Meanwhile, Wilkerson pitched deep into the ninth, but with two outs and a runner on second, he left a four-seamer up in the zone, and Marshall Toole hit a two-run homer, which resulted in a Dunedin loss.

Hayden Gilliland - 1-1, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B

Holden Wilkerson - 7.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 8 K

Dunedin (2), Tampa (6) - 8/12 - F/7
Box Score

Mason Olson got the start for the D-Jays in the second game of the day, and he put up a bunch of threes. Three innings, three hits given up, three runs, three walks, and three strikeouts. Dunedine got the first run with a Brock Tibbitts sac fly, but the Tarpons fired off six straight runs without an answer. Matt Scannell hit a homer in the seventh, but it was too little too late as the D-Jays went quietly in the second game of the doubleheader.. 

Matt Scannell - 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
Scannell continued his hot start in a Jays uniform, as he hit his second homer of the season. His OPS is nearing 1.000. 

Dunedin (6), Tampa (13) - 8/13
Box Score

After Dunedin's tough loss the night before, the Tarpons made it even harder on them, more than doubling the score despite the D-Jays also scoring six runs themselves. Maroudis is still struggling to find his stuff; he didn't strike out a single batter and only went three innings. Gilberto Batista has also struggled hard since a strong start at the beginning of the season, and this time he gave up five earned runs before Eminen Flores ballooned his ERA to almost 9.00. Allowing 13 runs in only six innings of work is tough. Kasevich, Beckles, and Tibbitts each got hugs at least, as well as doubles. 

Brock Tibbitts - 1-2, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B 

Carson Myers - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

DSL Blue Jays Blue 
D-BJB (), D-TI1 () - 8/12
PPD

DSL Blue Jays Red
D-BJR (2), D-GIB (1)  - 8/12
Box Score

It was a hard-fought game down on the island for BJR. They got good pitching from their starter Roberto Castellanos, who went four innings, only giving up one run without allowing a walk and striking out three. The lone run he gave up came in the fourth on a Vinicius Dos Santos double that scored Albert Jimenez. In the bottom of the seventh, J.T. Bain launched his second home run of the season, a solo shot to left, tying the game up at one. An inning later, Keegan Pieternella put a ball in play that resulted in an error on GIB, and what would be the winning run came across home plate. The bullpen was up to the task of shutting down GIB, as they combined to throw five innings and gave up just one run. BJB took this close game 2-1. 

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

Roberto Castellanos: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period

• Pitcher of the Period: RHP Jackson Wentworth - 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
• Hitter of the Period: 2B/OF J.R. Freethy - 3-7, 3 R, 5 RBI, 7 BB

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