Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Offences Begin To Click In The Upper Levels

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 17-26
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 16-21
• Vancouver Canadians: 17-22
• Dunedin Blue Jays: 23-16
• FCL Blue Jays: 7-5

DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started)

TRANSACTIONS

• 05/18/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed C Christian Bethancourt on the 7-day injured list.
• 05/17/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed 3B Will Wagner on the 7-day injured list.
• 05/17/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Adam Kloffenstein from the 7-day injured list.

Buffalo Bisons

Buffalo (6), Worcester (5) - 5/17

Box Score

In Saturday's game, Buffalo was first to get on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning. Davis Schneider got all of a hanging slider from Worcester starter Tyler Uberstine. The ball left the bat at 107.5 MPH and with a 32° launch angle and was long gone by the time it landed 432 feet away. Worcester answered with a run in the top half of the second inning on a wild pitch, before Josh Rivera doubled on a line drive in the bottom half to give Buffalo a 2-1 lead. 

Davis Schneider drove in the third run for Buffalo, also in the second inning on a sacrifice fly. Immediately in the top of the third, Worcester returned the favor by scoring two more runs of their own on a single and a groundout. From there, the Bisons bullpen started to shut down the Worcester offense and the Buffalo hitters added a run to take the lead in the bottom of the seventh. In the eighth inning, Marcelo Mayer drove a hard hit line drive to left field to tie it up at five. Later in the inning, Nate Eaton would take the lead for Worcester with a sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the eighth, Josh Rivera came up to bat and launched a hanging slider for his first home run for Buffalo. The 378-foot blast would be the game-winning hit, as Ryan Jennings shut down Worcester in the ninth to secure a 6-5 win.

Josh Rivera- 2-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 2B, 1 HR

Ryan Jennings- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Buffalo (8), Worcester (4) - 5/18

Box Score

In the series finale with Worcester on Sunday, the Bisons continued their hot stretch with the bats. Riley Tirotta would start the day with an RBI single to right field, driving in Joey Loperfido. In the top of the third, Trayce Thompson would answer, blasting a home run off of Buffalo starter Anders Tolhurst to tie the game. In the bottom of the third, Tirotta again drove in Loperfido, this time with a rocket double to left field. Orelvis Martinez would reach base immediately after, on an error by the Worcester third baseman, scoring the third run for Buffalo.

In the fourth inning, Worcester would chase Tolhurst from the game, scoring two more runs to take the lead 4-3, on double and a single. In the bottom of the fourth, Rainer Nunez would tie the game again, by hitting a curveball almost off his shoes for a home run, that would just clear the fence. In the fifth inning, Martinez hit a missile 107.4 MPH over the left field wall for a 404-foot two-run home run. In the next inning, Tirotta would mash another double, bringing in two more runs for Buffalo. Eric Pardinho and Tommy Nance would help shut the door by dominating the Worcester offense the rest of the way, ending the game with a Buffalo win.

Riley Tirotta- 3-5, 1 R, 4 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 2B

Paxton Schultz- 3 IP 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
New Hampshire (8) Reading (7) F/7 - 5/17 - Game 1

Box Score

Weekend baseball kicked off with another double header for New Hampshire. In game one, the Fisher Cats sent Ryan Watson to the mound against Reading's bats. RJ Schreck was quick to give the lead to the Fisher Cats, on a first-pitch home run to center field. A couple of doubles and a single in the bottom of the second inning scored two, giving Reading the lead, 2-1. Yohendrick Pinango led off the top of the third inning and launched his seventh home run of the season, squaring things back up at two. After scoring a run on a double play ball in the bottom half of the inning, Reading added a two-run homer by Felix Reyes in the fourth. New Hampshire quickly answered, tying things back up at five in the fifth inning, on a solo shot by Ryan McCarty and a two-run single by Peyton Williams. Not stopping there, they scored a run on a balk and two more on bases loaded walks to leave the fifth up 8-5. Reading would add two more runs to cut the lead to one, but Conor Larkin shut the door for a New Hampshire win.

Ryan McCarty: 2-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1K, 1 HR

McCarty is swinging a hot bat in the month of May, raising his slash line up to .423/.500/.654 over nine games. 

Conor Larkin: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

New Hampshire (4), Reading (3) F/7 - 5/17 - Game 2

Box Score

In game two of the double header, Devereaux Harrison led the way by allowing just one run through the first five innings. He was far from efficient, walking three while racking up 96 pitches (59 strikes), but he stranded five of the base runners he gave up. As for the offense, they continued their roll from game one, scoring a run in the first on a Devonte Brown single that scored Yohendrick Pinango. In the fourth, Jace Bohrofen homered, giving New Hampshire a 2-1 lead. An RJ Schreck two-run home run extended the lead to 4-2 after the fifth inning. Hunter Gregory would give up a couple of late runs, but was strong enough to wrap the game up, as New Hampshire swept the double header, winning game two 4-3.

Jace Bohrofen: 3-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR

After a decent April, hitting five home runs, Bohrofen has been in a big slump during May. With this three hit game, his batting average for the month is still south of .200. He could use it to propel him to a hot second half of the month.

Devereaux Harrison: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

Harrison was missing just off the barrel of the bats of Reading. He got seven outs via the ground ball, to go with the six strikeouts. He was one out shy of his second straight quality start and is really improving with the warmer weather of May. 

New Hampshire (5), Reading (6) - 5/18

Box Score

New Hampshire went with a bullpen day to wrap up the week-long series with Reading and it did not produce the expected results. Geison Urbaez made his first start of the season and was the lone bright spot among the arms who pitched on the day. He stifled Reading for three innings and left the game with a 4-0 lead for New Hampshire. The Fisher Cats scored on Jace Bohrofen’s second homer in as many days, a Jay Harry two-run shot, and a single by Charles McAdoo. Reading tied the game up in the fifth inning on runs from a bases-loaded walk, a passed ball, and a wild pitch. After a sacrifice fly gave Reading the lead, an RJ Schreck home run tied it all up at five in the top of the seventh inning. Unfortunately for New Hampshire, a Seth Beer home run in the bottom half of the inning would prove to be the game winning hit, as the Fisher Cats fell 6-5.

Jay Harry: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

Harry now has two home runs since his promotion to Double-A, but he has not been nearly as strong with the bat as he was at High-A (hitting .226 with New Hampshire). 

Geison Urbaez: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Urbaez has been spectacular in all of the roles New Hampshire has given him. He lowers his ERA down to 0.63 on the season. 

Vancouver Canadians
Vancouver, Everett - 5/17

PPD

Vancouver (0), Everett (1) - 5/18 - Game 1

Box Score

Due to the day before’s game getting postponed, the Canadians and AquaSox had a double header. The first game was a quiet performance from both offenses, as each team struggled to muster anything with the bats, combining for just five hits between the two teams. Juaron Watts-Brown and switch pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje had a pitching duel, with Cijntje getting the better of Watts-Brown. The switch pitcher didn’t give up a run, whereas Watts-Brown gave up an RBI double in the third to Michael Arroyo for the only run scored of the game. With only seven innings to play due to the doubleheader, the Canadians couldn’t do anything even after Cijntje was taken out in the seventh, even after admiral performances from JJ Sanchez and Aaron Munson in the pen to keep the game within one. 

Juaron Watts-Brown - 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K

Watts-Brown had yet another high strikeout start, K’ing eight batters, raising his K% to almost 40%. He did walk two, but his walk rate stayed under eight%, giving him a 32.1 K%-BB % rate. Watts-Brown earned a promotion to Double-A after this performance, along with Grant Rogers, as Trey Yesavage, Khal Stephen and Gage Stanifer all moved up to Vancouver to replace those two.

Vancouver (2), Everett (10) - 5/18 - Game 2

Box Score

Vancouver ran a bullpen day after the first loss of the day, with Kevin Miranda starting again and getting two runs scored on him in only two and a third innings, while walking four. The offense again struggled out the gate, only scoring one run on AquaSox starter Evan Truitt on a Je’Von Ward triple. After Miranda was taken out, Pat Gallagher continued his excellent season, going longer than Miranda did by a third of an inning and only allowing a single run. However, after he came out of the game, the bullpen collapsed, as Nate Garkow gave up three runs in less than an inning, and Julio Ortiz raised his ERA to 17.10, by giving up four runs in two-thirds of an inning as well. The Canadians scored again in the sixth on another Je’Von Ward extra base hit, but after the poor pitching from the bullpen, they could not recover.

Je’Von Ward - 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B

Pat Gallagher - 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Dunedin Blue Jays 
Dunedin (5), Bradenton (13) - 5/17

Box Score

Gilberto Batista took the mound for the D-Jays, and had his worst start of the season, giving up five runs in the first three innings on three homers. The Jays also struggled to get things going against Victor Cabreja, only scoring two runs on a pair of groundouts against the Marauders’ starter. Batista gave up another run in the fifth, before getting taken out of the game, although he did strike out seven batters to go along with 10 hits allowed. The bullpen fared even worse than Batista, as they gave up seven earned runs themselves, and despite a homer from Yhoangel Aponte, and some RBIs from Duran and Chirinos, the deficit was far too great for them to overcome, as the Jays suffered their worst loss of the season, 13-5.

Yhoangel Aponte - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 1 2B

Aponte had six total bases on the night, and has been showing a lot more power recently, as he hit his third homer of the series.

Juanmi Vazquez - 2.1 IP, 1 ER

Dunedin (6), Bradenton (1) - 05/18

Box Score

The D-Jays bounced back from a rough game against the Marauders the previous night, with Austin Cates returning to the rotation after being bumped for a rehab start the previous outing. Kendry Chirinos has been one of the more consistent hitters for Dunedin, hitting his third bomb of the season in the second inning. Axiel Plaz tied it up for the Marauders in the fourth on a homer of his own, which was the only run given up by Cates before he was taken out of the game. 

The bullpen really locked it down for the Jays, as Eminen Flores, Javen Coleman, and Colby Martin combined for 12 strikeouts in only five and a third innings of work, without allowing a run, and only allowing two hits and two walks combined. Meanwhile, the offense was able to get to the Marauders ‘pen, as Edward Duran hit his fourth triple on the season to give Dunedin a 3-1 lead in the fifth. The Jays poured it on in the eighth, as Bryce Arnold hit into a fielder’s choice that resulted in a run after an error, and then Yhoangel Aponte hit his seventh extra base hit of the series with an RBI rouble to finish off the scoring for the Jays.

Yhoangel Aponte - 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B

Aponte had an amazing series, hitting .385 with an .885 slugging percentage in these six games against Bradenton. He raised his wRC+ to 128 on the season, as he may be figuring out Low-A in his second year there.

Eminen Flores - 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Flores was electric, striking out five batters while generating 13 whiffs. Flores relied on his high-80s slider to get most of his whiffs, and also sat 97 mph on his fastball. He has won his third game of the season from the ‘pen.

FCL Blue Jays
F-BLU (5), F-YAN (1) - 5/17

Box Score

Silvano Hechavarria got the start in this one for the Toronto Blue Jays squad, but the New York Yankees team got to him quickly. Brando Mayea hit a home run in the top of the first inning to give the Yankees an early lead. It was all they would get though, as Hechavarria settled in quite well. He pitched four innings, while giving up just two hits, one earned run, surrendered only one walk, and struck out three. The Blue Jays answered the home run quickly in their half of the first inning, as Alexis Hernandez drove in a run on a single and then he scored on a passed ball. Later in the inning, Luis Meza would drive in the third Blue Jays run on a sacrifice fly. In the third, a run would score on a throwing error by the Yankees’ catcher trying to throw out a runner stealing and Luis Meza would drive in the fifth run for the Blue Jays in the fifth. After Hechavarria left the game, the Blue Jays relievers pitched five nearly perfect innings, allowing zero hits and only two walks to finish the game with a Blue Jays win.

Alexis Hernandez- 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 SB

Silvano Hechavarria- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

F-BLU (2), F-YAN (7) - 5/19

Box Score

In the rematch of the Saturday game, the Yankees team jumped on the Blue Jays starting pitcher Sann Omosako. Brando Mayea homered again in the first inning for the Yankees to take the lead at the start the game. They also added a run-scoring double play to take a 2-0 lead. David Beckles would drive in the two Blue Jays runs on the day via a ball in play with an error on the shortstop for the Yankees. In the third inning, a Yankees home run scored two more and in the fourth inning they would add three additional runs on two singles. From there, both teams went silent, with only the Blue Jays having two hits the rest of the game and the Yankees having none. Unfortunately, the Yankees would win this one 7-2. 

David Beckles- 2-4, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K

Lluveres Severino- 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

DSL Blue Jays
No games

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day

• Pitcher of the Period: RHP Juaron Watts-Brown (New Hampshire) - 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
• Hitter of the Period: OF RJ Schreck (New Hampshire) - 4-12, 4 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 3 HR

Prospect Summary (Last 3 Days)

1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 1-6, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 2B
2. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP
3. Trey Yesavage (Dunedin) - DNP
4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 1-8, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
5. Khal Stephen (Dunedin) - DNP
6. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - DNP
7. Alan Roden (Buffalo) - 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
8. Landen Maroudis (FCL Jays) - DNP
9. Jonatan Clase (Toronto) - 1-3, 1 K, 1 SB
10. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP
11. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - DNP
12. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP
13. Gage Stanifer (Dunedin) - DNP
14. Adam Macko (FCL Jays) - DNP
15. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - 3-9, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB
16. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - DNP
17. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP
18. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - 0-8, 4 K
19. Juaron Watts-Brown (Vancouver) - 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
20. Jace Bohrofen (New Hampshire) - 4-11, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, 1 SB

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