Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Jay Harry Is Blazing Hot, JoJo Parker Power Surge Continues, Hedbert Perez The Hero

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (June 27 - June 30)

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons
Series vs Iowa Cubs (Chicago White Sox): 4-2
Season Record: 39-42

Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats 
Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 4-2
Season Record: 38-35

High-A Vancouver Canadians
Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks): 2-3
Season Record: 31-44

Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays
Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees): 1-5
Season Record: 33-41

FCL Blue Jays
Week Record: 3-2
Season Record: 29-13

DSL Blue Jays Blue
Week Record: 3-2
Season Record: 9-12

DSL Blue Jays Red
Week Record: 3-1
Season Record: 8-12

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons

Season Record: 39-42
Series vs Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs)

June 27: After hitting .325 in 48 games for Double-A New Hampshire, Jay Harry was promoted to Triple-A Buffalo and stepped up his game even more. He has gone on a tear in 13 games since he debuted for Buffalo, and Saturday was probably his best game. He joined William Simoneit and Josh Rivera to lead the Bisons' offense against Iowa. Harry set the tone at the top of Buffalo's lineup, going 4-5, scoring two runs, and knocking in two. One of his four hits was a solo home run in the first inning; it was his third in the series against Iowa this week. Je'Von Ward added a solo shot of his own in the top of the second inning. Harry would add on another run in the inning before it was over, singling home Simoneit. With an early lead, Grant Rogers pitched relatively well, throwing five innings and only giving up three runs. Despite the early scoring, the Buffalo bats went silent, as the game stayed tied until the 11th inning. In the eleventh, Simoneit doubled home two runs, then Rivera blasted a three-run home run to break the game open in extra innings. Buffalo stayed even in the one, long enough for the bats to wake back up in extras, as they won 9-3. 

June 28: Sunday, Buffalo's offense was again led by Jay Harry, but this time he was joined by Josh Kasevich. Harry added two more hits to his total for the week and three RBI. The Bisons would again jump out to an early lead, getting a run on Willie MacIver's RBI groundout in the first inning. C.J. Stubbs would add a run later in the inning from an RBI single to right field. In the second, Kasevich extended the Bisons' lead with a timely two-run blast to left field. In the next inning, Carlos Mendoza hit a ball to right field for a sacrifice fly, followed by a bases-clearing double by Harry to break the game open for Buffalo and give them an 8-0 lead. From there, Buffalo's pitchers would slowly leak runs to Iowa. Richard Gallardo and Devereaux Harrison combined to give up five runs. Brendon Little, Brendan Cellucci, and Chase would come through for Buffalo, though. They threw 3.1 innings and didn't give up a run, securing the win for the Bisons 8-5.

Double-A New Hampshire

Season Record: 35-34
Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees)

Game 1: In the first game of the doubleheader on Saturday between Somerset and New Hampshire, it was the Fisher Cats who struck first. In the bottom of the first, Jorge Burgos yanked a changeup down the line for an RBI single, which was followed up by an Eddie Micheletti Jr. RBI groundout. In the second, Somerset answered with an RBI double and then three runs in the third on an RBI double and a two-run single. An inning later, New Hampshire tied the game with a Cade Doughty RBI triple and a Victor Arias RBI double, both just missed by the centerfielder. Dub Gleed added an RBI double in the fifth, and Somerset responded with an RBI single to tie it back up in the sixth. In the bottom of the seventh, Hedbert Perez launched an opposite field double to left center with one out, Carter Cunningham sprinted around the bases and scored easily for the walk-off  New Hampshire win. The Fisher Cats won this one 6-5. 

Game 2: The second game of the doubleheader was not as good for New Hampshire. Danny Thompson Jr. was the bright spot for the Fisher Cats. He went five innings, only gave up three hits, allowed one run, surrendered one walk, and struck out five batters. Victor Arias had given New Hampshire the one-run lead in the third inning with his seventh home run of the year. In the seventh, Somerset got two RBI doubles and an RBI single to go up four runs. Unfortunately, the Arias home run was the only hit New Hampshire got in the game, as they lost this one 5-1. 

June 28: Sunday started badly for New Hampshire against Somerset. Jace Avina hit an RBI double, and Coby Morales hit a two-run home run. In the second, the Fisher Cats answered with two runs when Cutter Coffey hit an RBI single, and a second run scored on a throwing error. In the sixth inning, Jackson Hornung doubled in two runs, and then Coffey launched a solo home run in the eighth inning. New Hampshire would hold on to win this one, 5-3. Javen Coleman picked up his third save at Double-A. 

High-A Vancouver 

Season Record: 31-44
Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks)

June 27: Landen Maroudis had another tough night, and unfortunately for him and the team, it is coming more often than it is not. He’s now raised his ERA to 7.52, allowing three runs in two innings. Gilberto Batista replaced him, and although he went six innings and saved the bullpen’s arms, he allowed four runs, putting the Canadians down 7-0 early. Edward Duran’s first homer of the season got the Canadians on the board in the fourth inning, and in the sixth inning, with the bases loaded, Jacob Sharp hit a three-run double to bring it within three. The Canadians once again loaded the bases, but Maddox Latta struck out with the bases loaded, and Peyton Williams just grounded out to second to waste a big scoring opportunity. The Canadians only had one more baserunner after the sixth inning as they lost seven to four to the Hops.

June 28: It was the Canadians’ turn to score seven straight runs without an answer, as they scored two runs in the first inning without looking back. Quebecois Mathieu Vallee had his best game since returning from the 60-day Injured list with a three-hit night, including a three-run double in the seventh inning to break the game open. Manuel Beltre hit a double to score Vallee, making it seven to nothing for the Canadians. The pitching was also excellent from the Canadians, as Jack Nedrow had his best outing after getting promoted to Vancouver, allowing 0 runs in four innings of work. Trace Baker and Jonathan Todd pitched three scoreless innings, and although Carson Myers allowed a solo homer, a throwing error from Latta allowed another run in, Myers struck out three as the Canadians won seven to two. 

Single-A Dunedin

Season Record: 33-41
Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees)

June 27: It was a tough showing for the Dunedin Blue Jays as the pitching, defense, and offense all struggled. Troy Guthrie had his worst showing of his professional career, he allowed three runs in the first inning, then in the second inning, hit a batter, gave up a single, and then a double for four earned runs. Unfortunately for Guthrie, after striking out Brandon Mayea, he allowed a hard hit ball that could not be fielded by Juan Sanchez, which was recorded as one of the three errors that Sanchez had on the night, allowing two unearned runs to score. A throwing error in the fifth allowed another runner to score for the Tarpons, resulting in the seventh run given up by Guthrie. The pen was the lone bright spot for the Jays, as Luis Vectorino and Lluveres Severino pitched four scoreless innings despite shaky command. The offense only had two hits as they sputtered in an 8-0  loss.

June 28: Carson Messina couldn’t get out of the first inning due to pitch count, and he walked three batters and allowed a run in the first inning. Bradley Wilson came in and was great in relief, going four and a third innings and striking out five batters to keep the Jays in the game, only allowing a single run. The Jays were able to get a run in from an Ismael Munguia sac fly in the fourth inning, and the game stayed two to one until the seventh inning, where Angel Obanda gave up a homer to make it a two-run lead. Obanda allowed an unearned run in the eighth after an error from JoJo Parker, but Parker made up for that error in the bottom of the same inning with his fifth homer in nine games to tie it up. Franly Urena allowed the ghost runner to score in the tenth, and Josh Tiedemann (Not to be confused with Ricky Tiedemann) got the save for the Tarpons for a close loss in extras.

FCL Blue Jays

Season Record: 29-13

June 27: Saturday saw the FCL Blue Jays take on the FCL Yankees. The Blue Jays got on the board first with a Pascual Archila home run in the fourth inning and then an RBI single from Max Viera in the sixth. Wilberson De Pena doubled in two runs for the Yankees in the fifth inning. It was all even in the bottom of the seventh, when a fielding error by the catcher Juan Rosas allowed the winning run to score. The Blue Jays lost this one in a walk-off loss, 3-2. 

June 29: In a rematch between the FCL Blue Jays and the FCL Yankees, the game was reminiscent of the Saturday game. The Blue Jays just two runs on the day, a sacrifice fly from a rehabbing Arjun Nimmala (who went 0-2, with a walk and the RBI) and an RBI groundout in the ninth inning by Reynel Campos. Wilberson De Pena led the way for the Yankees again, hitting a two-run home run in the seventh, as the Blue Jays lost this one 5-2. Max Viera went 2-4 on the day and increased his batting average to .412. 

DSL Blue Jays Blue

Season Record: 9-12

June 27: It took a full team effort for BJB to come away with the win against the San Francisco Giants Orange team. On the mound, it was Sahir De La Cruz, who went 4.2 innings; he struck out just one but only gave up three runs. He would do enough to keep BJB in the game and allow the bats to finally start producing runs. Going into the bottom of the fifth inning, BJB had just two runs up on the scoreboard. One run came in the first inning, when a wild pitch allowed Sebastian Casanova to score from third. The second run was the result of Michael Mesa's double to right field in the fourth inning, Juan Caricote scampered home for the second run of the game. It was in the bottom of the fifth that a near level was unlocked for BJB. They would put up six runs in the inning on four hits and two walks. The first two runs of the inning were the result of Luis Felipe's first home run of the season, a two-run blast to left. After a wild pitch scored Cristopher Polanco, Mesa hit a ball to third that resulted in an error and another run coming home. Fabian Gonzalez then ripped a double to left, scoring Mesa and Isay Veras. BJB cruised to a 8-4 win. 

June 29: BJB had to make a comeback towards the end of Monday's game to scrap together back-to-back wins. This game featured a trio of standouts, the same as Saturday's game. Luis Felipe singled in Darwin Nunez in the fifth inning, while Juan Caricote and Michael Mesa each had RBI doubles in the sixth. BJB would add an insurance run in the sixth on a Sebastian Casanova's shot to third base, which resulted in an error, and Polanco came in to score. Roberto Castellanos had a good game on the mound to help give BJB the win. He pitched five innings, walked three, surrendered three hits and one run, while striking out three. BJB won the game 4-2. 

DSL Blue Jays Red

Season Record: 8-12

June 27: Against the San Francisco Giants Black team on Saturday, BJR had just six hits in the game, but did manage to walk a crazy 13 times. BJR scored eight early runs in the game, a mix of wild pitches, groundouts, fielder’s choices, passed balls, and even a run scored on a double play. The only RBI base hit was Ayberson Ortega's single in the second inning that scored two. In fact, Ortega's RBI base knock was the only one in the game for BJR. BJR's bullpen faltered, allowing the Giants to tie the game, thanks in part to a few errors of their own. The game went into extra innings, and BJR finally broke through in the ninth. Just like with the first few innings of the game, BJR would score three runs in the ninth, but not on a single RBI base knock. They scored one run on an error by the Giants pitcher, another on Elian Reyes’ sacrifice fly, and then a third on a bases-loaded walk by Alex Linares. BJR would hold on in the ninth and win the game 11-8, while having just one RBI base hit in the game. 

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