Blue Jays Minor League Recap: There Was a Run on Runs This Period

CURRENT W-L Records

-Buffalo Bisons: 18-28
-New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 16-25
-Vancouver Canadians: 17-26
-Dunedin Blue Jays: 24-19
-FCL Blue Jays: 9-6
-DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started)

TRANSACTIONS
05/23/25: FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Holden Wilkerson from the 7-day injured list.
05/22/25: DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP Bryan Borbon from the restricted list.
05/22/25: DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP Freigher Barco from the restricted list.
05/22/25: Dunedin Blue Jays placed RHP Christian Mracna on the 7-day injured list retroactive to May 21, 2025.
05/22/25: Dunedin Blue Jays activated LF Alexis Hernandez from the 7-day injured list.

Buffalo Bisons

Buffalo/Lehigh - 5/22
PPD

Buffalo (14), Lehigh (6) - 5/23

Box Score

In a Friday night shootout, the Buffalo Bisons were hitting on all cylinders on their way to 14 runs and 19 hits. They got things started in the first inning with a Davis Schneider single and a Riley Tirotta ground ball single to right field. This set the stage for Orelvis Martinez, who hit a double down the right field line to score both runs. In the third inning, Tirotta launched his sixth home run to give Buffalo a 3-0 lead. Later in the inning, Martinez would rocket a triple, though he was stranded on the bases. In the fourth inning, Rainer Nunez pulled a hanging slider for a 361-foot home run, continuing his recent hot stretch. In the fifth inning, Buffalo kept things going and piled on the runs. After loading the bases, Nunez brought in two more runs on a double down the left field line. Josh Rivera would then add to his hit total on the night with a two-RBI single. From there, Buffalo went quiet, and Lehigh kept chipping away at the lead. By the eighth inning, the Buffalo lead was down to 8-6, but the Bisons got back to their hitting ways. Joey Loperfido added an RBI single, Martinez another RBI double, and then four more RBI singles followed. Buffalo would stampede away with this game 14-6.

Orelvis Martinez- 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HBP, 1 K, 2 2B, 1 3B

Justin Bruihl- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

New Hampshire/Somerset - 5/22
PPD

New Hampshire (6), Somerset (9) -  5/23

Box Score

After another rainout on Thursday, New Hampshire was ready to play some baseball Friday. Somerset was prepared to match them on the cold and dreary night. The Patriots got on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning, when Cole Gabrielson singled home two runs, before Ryan Watson was able to escape the jam. New Hampshire tried to match in the bottom half of the inning, with Peyton Williams scoring from third base on an error by the catcher. In the third inning, Garrett Martin smashed a home run off of Watson to extend Somerset's lead to two. In New Hampshire's half of the inning, Eddinson Paulino hit a home run of his own. The line drive to right field scored two, himself and RJ Schreck who had walked. In the fifth inning, Hunter Gregory replaced Watson on the mound and promptly gave up a two-run home run to Brennan Davis. Somerset would add another run in the top of the sixth inning on the backs of errors by Paulino and Alex De Jesus. In the bottom half of the inning, De Jesus would make up for his error and triple in Dasan Brown. Schreck tried to play hero in the next inning, when he sent a ball over the right field wall for a home run, scoring two and tying the game up at six apiece. Unfortunately, the bullpen could not keep New Hampshire within striking distance of Somerset, as they gave up three runs in the top of the eighth inning. The Fisher Cats fell to the Patriots in a fun game, 9-6. 

RJ Schreck: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 SB

Schreck gave a hanging breaking ball a ride out of the ballpark for his eighth home run of the season. He showed a little more depth to his profile with a stolen base as well. He brought his average up to .272 and his OPS up to .958 on the season. Despite his strong numbers, he does seem to still be flying under the radar some. 

Grayson Thurman: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

Vancouver Canadians

Vancouver (5), Eugene (6) - 5/22

Box Score

After Trey Yesavage’s debut on Tuesday, Khal Stephen had his chance to debut for Vancouver, and although he struggled with command hitting two batters and walking two more, he was decently effective in three innings of work, as he struck out four batters and only allowed a single run off a homer from Jonah Cox. Arjun Nimmala hit his ninth homer on the year, which leads the Northwest League to even it up at one apiece in the fourth. Kai Peterson and Yondrei Rojas were excellent in relief after Stephen was taken out, as they pitched a combined three no-hit innings with four strikeouts, with Yondrei Rojas continuing to not have allowed a single earned since coming back from the injured list. Nimmala continued to help lead the charge offensively, getting a double in the sixth which led to Gabriel Martinez scoring almost immediately after, and then scoring himself in the eighth off of a wild pitch. Unfortunately, the bullpen could not hold its excellence, and Aaron Munson blew his third save of the year allowing three runs in one inning of work. Bo Bonds has also struggled a bit recently, allowing two runs himself, making it much more difficult for the Canadians to come back. Nimmala managed to get on from an error which led to a bunch of traffic and two runs came in during the ninth inning, but they were unable to get over the hump and tie the game back up. 

Arjun Nimmala - 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR

Nimmala has the fourth-highest wRC+ in the Northwest League at only 19 years old, two or three years younger than many players above him. His progression has been so shocking that he may get the opportunity to move up to New Hampshire sometime this year if he manages to keep this up. 

Khal Stephen - 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HR

Some first game jitters plagued Stephen’s start, but he’s a smart guy with a great feel for what he wants to do and improve on. Although the secondaries weren’t nearly as sharp nor in the zone, Stephen proved that he could hold his own against High-A hitters. 

Vancouver (5) , Eugene (8) - 5/23

Box Score

The Canadians continued to get off to slower starts,  with them allowing three earned runs in only the first three innings, as Wentworth dealt with a lot of traffic. In the fourth inning the Canadians had a big one, with five runners scoring for them. Unfortunately, those were the only runs scored for the Canadians, as Irv Carter took the mound to replace Wentworth and immediately gave up a run to put the Emeralds within one. He almost got through the fifth inning unscathed, but was taken deep in the bottom of the fifth to raise his season ERA to 11.40. 

Sean Keys - 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K

Keys has an OBP .150 points higher than his batting average, as he’s been one of the most consistent hitters at getting on base. The power/discipline combo has been just as advertised. 

Jackson Wentworth - 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

This was Jackson Wentworth's second straight start giving up four earned runs to go along with six strikeouts. He has struggled with command and hitters being able to get a bunch of base hits off on him in recent memory. If he could reign in his command while remaining to be an effective pitcher with strong stuff he could be a key member of the Vancouver rotation. 

Dunedin Blue Jays 

Dunedin (4), Tampa (7) - 5/22

Box Score

Colby Holcombe took the bump for the D-Jays, but the hitters had to face a strong starter themselves. Griffin Herring has been one of the better pitchers in Low-A to start the season, and the Jays had to withstand the full brunt of his power, as he went six no-hit innings with 10 strikeouts, as the D-Jays hitters had no clue how to deal with it. Erik Swanson made his second rehab appearance and didn’t allow a run yet. Eminen Flores was wild again, striking out three hitte and three batters

Colby Holcombe - 5.0, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Holcombe had another solid start, and if not for the performance from Tarpon’s pitcher Herrin, would have put the Jays in a strong position to win. He sat 94 mph on the fastball and although he didn’t get many whiffs on it, he pounded the zone to keep hitters honest.

Edward Duran - 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB

Duran has been on a bit of a heater, he’s on a 16-game hitting streak and has been the second best hitter for the D-JAys so far this season. The strong defensive catcher took a half-day off as the designated hitter for Dunedin. 

Dunedin (13), Tampa (9) - 05/23

Box Score

Daniel Guerra could not get out of the inning for the Blue Jays, as he was taken out in two-thirds of an inning allowing three runs, while only striking out one batter. Edward Duran continued his hitting streak up to 17 now, and Peyton Powell brought it within one in the bottom of the 1st as well to help pick up Guerra’s poor start. Juanmi Vazquez came in after Guerra, and he pitched great, allowing a solo shot in the third to Tyler Wilson, but kept it close for the Jays, striking out six hitters in 3 1/3 innings of work. Bryce Arnold evened it up with a two run homer to score the fourth run of the game for the D-Jays. In the fifth, the Jays went ahead with a four-run inning and Lizandro Rodriguez hitting his first RBI in A-Ball, but some shaky defense in the seventh resulted in three unearned runs scoring for the Tarpons in the seventh. Johan Simon was good other than that, not walking a batter and striking out four in four innings of work. The D-Jays continued to tack on, scoring another four runs in the bottom of that inning, and the Jays finally broke their losing streak. 

Bryce Arnold - 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

Utility man Bryce Arnold has been great offensively for the Jays and has played all over the field for the Jays. He now has the team lead in homers with six. 

Juanmi Vazquez - 3.1 3 H, 1 ER, 6 K

FCL Blue Jays

F-BLU (10), F-PHI (2) - 5/22

Box Score

This was one of the more complete Complex League wins the Toronto Blue Jays have had. From the first pitch, the Blue Jays pitchers commanded the game. Adam Macko, who is rehabbing, got the start and pitched almost three perfect innings. Ultimately, surrendering just one walk and no hits, while striking out five. From there, a rehabbing Landen Maroudis took over and went 3 1/3 innings and gave up just one hit, one earned run, one walk, and struck out one. Jack Eshleman came on and finished the game out with 2 2/3 innings of no-hit ball himself. He walked one and gave up one unearned run, while striking out five hitters. On the hitting side, David Beckles had the big hit in the third inning, a two-run home run to left field. In the fifth, the Blue Jays added four runs on three RBI singles. In the sixth, Yorman Licourt and Beckles supplied the power with RBI doubles. Enmanuel Bonilla added a sacrifice fly, as the Blue Jays won this one 10-2. 

David Beckles- 2-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1 2B

Adam Macko- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

F-BLU (4), F-TIG (1) - 5/23

Box Score

The Friday Complex League game turned into a showcase day for a pair of rising 18-year-old Blue Jays prospects. Johnny King starred on the mound and Andres Arias added the power at the plate, as the Blue Jays cruised to a victory in this one. The Toronto pitching dominated, led by King, who threw three innings, gave up only one hit, allowed zero runs, zero walks, and struck out five batters. Holden Wilkerson threw three innings of no-run ball and Samuel Colmenares only surrendered one run in his three innings of work on the mound. Aldo Gaxiola had an RBI single in the first inning and Arias launched a home run to left field in the second frame. Josh Kasevich, who is rehabbing, went 3-for-4 on the day and added an RBI single to the Blue Jays total. Toronto would finish this one out and win 4-1. 

Andres Arias- 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

Johnny King- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

DSL Blue Jays
No games

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day

Pitcher of the Period: LHP Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

Hitter of the Period: 2B Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 K, 2 2B, 1 3B

Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days)

1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 4-9, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 2B
2. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP
3. Trey Yesavage (Vancouver) - DNP
4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 K, 2 2B, 1 3B
5. Khal Stephen (Vancouver) - 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
6. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - DNP
7. Alan Roden (Buffalo) - 1-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K,  2B
8. Landen Maroudis (FCL Jays) - 3.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
9. Jonatan Clase (Toronto) - 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 SO, 1 2B, 1 SB
10. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP
11. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - 3-8, 2 RBI, 1 BB
12. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
13. Gage Stanifer (Vancouver) - DNP
14. Adam Macko (FCL Jays) - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
15. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - DNP
16. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - DNP
17. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP
18. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - 3-8, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB 
19. Juaron Watts-Brown (New Hampshire) - DNP
20. Jace Bohrofen (New Hampshire) - DNP

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