Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Trey Yesavage Takes The Mound While The Farm System Recalibrates Following A Bunch Of Trades

CURRENT W-L Records
-Buffalo Bisons: 40-62
-New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 41-57
-Vancouver Canadians: 54-46
-Dunedin Blue Jays: 47-48
-FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete
-DSL Blue Jays Blue: 19-24
-DSL Blue Jays Red: 22-21

Buffalo Bisons

Buffalo (1), Syracuse (2) - 7/31
Box Score

In the Thursday game between Buffalo and Syracuse, the Bisons were up against a very tall task while taking on the Mets' starting pitcher Brandon Sproat. Sproat has been on a big-time roll, allowing only two earned runs in his last five games. This game was no different. He used a deep pitch mix and an upper-90s fastball to repeatedly fool and beat the Buffalo hitters. He went five innings, not allowing a run and striking out nine batters. Adam Macko was on the mound for the Bisons and was pretty solid himself. He went four innings, only surrendered one run, on three hits, but walked six batters. The Mets took the lead by one in the second inning on a Luis De Los Santos RBI double. They extended the lead to two with an RBI single in the eighth by Yonny Hernández. Buffalo mounted a rally in the bottom half of the inning, as Orelvis Martinez rocketed a double to left field, scoring Buddy Kennedy. That would be all the scoring the Bisons could do, losing the game 2-1.

Adam Macko- 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 6 BB, 2 K

Buffalo (3), Syracuse (5) - 8/1
Box Score

Buffalo kicked off August in a hole, as Syracuse jumped out to a three-run lead in this game. They would score a run in each of the first three innings, a Jared Young solo blast, a run scoring on a David Villar double play ball, and Luke Ritter drove in a run with a single. In the sixth, Buffalo got on the scoreboard via a two-RBI single from the rehabbing Alejandro Kirk. Later in the inning, Buddy Kennedy knocked in a run on a sacrifice fly. Things went south in the seventh and eighth innings for Buffalo, as Hayden Senger and Luke Ritter both launched solo home runs to center field. Luke Ritter's home run was a mammoth one, traveling 446 feet. Buffalo would struggle to add hits in this game as well, Syracuse shut them down to finish this one out and defeat the Bisons 5-3.

Alejandro Kirk- 1-3, 0 R. 2 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K

CJ Van Eyk- 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

New Hampshire (), Chesapeake () - 7/31
PPD

New Hampshire (7), Chesapeake (5) - 8/1
Box Score

After Thursday's game against Chesapeake was rained out, New Hampshire was in store for a pitcher's duel on Friday night. Trey Yesavage was on the mound facing off against Trey Gibson for Chesapeake. From the start of the game it was as advertised, with Gibson striking out Jackson Hornung and Charles McAdoo. Yesavage couldn't match him in the bottom half of the inning, only striking out one. In the second, Gibson continued with his swing and miss stuff, striking out two more. It was Yesavage's turn next and he was dealing, getting three strikeouts (all swinging), with just a single in between them. In the third, New Hampshire got their first hit of the game, a single by Dasan Brown, but the hit and the inning were wiped out by a double play.

Chesapeake got on the scoreboard first in the bottom half of the third, it was a double by Jalen Velasquez and then a sacrifice bunt scored him when Alex Stone threw the ball away. After a single to the next batter and in a jam, Yesavage settled in and struck the next three batters out (one swinging and two looking). New Hampshire fought back in the top of the fourth with Charles McAdoo getting on from a single and then stealing second base. From there, he would score when Ryan McCarty put a ball in play that resulted in an error on Chesapeake's shortstop. Both starting pitchers were magnificent and left the game in a 1-1 tie.

In the sixth, New Hampshire's Eddinson Paulino launched his tenth home run of the season to give them a one-run lead. Later in the inning, Ryan McCarty singled home Victor Arias to make it a two-run game. That is where things stood until the eighth inning, when another error by Chesapeake allowed two runs to score and give New Hampshire some breathing room. They would add another run in the inning on a wild pitch that allowed McAdoo to score. In the ninth, the Fisher Cats put three more up on the scoreboard with a bases-loaded walk by McCarty, Paulino scoring on another error, and McAdoo scoring on yet another wild pitch. New Hampshire took the early pitcher's duel 9-2, with some late game miscues from Chesapeake and only three hits in the game. 

Eddinson Paulino: 1-2, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

Trey Yesavage: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K

Vancouver Canadians

Vancouver (4), Tri-City (1) - 7/31
Box Score

This was a day of pitching excellence from the Canadians, as Jackson Wentworth started the Canadians off with five scoreless innings. The Canadians offense also threatened early, as the bases were loaded with no outs in the top of the second inning, but the Canadians got the dreaded NOBLETIGER, not scoring a single run. The game would remain scoreless until the fifth inning, where after a Nick Goodwin walk, Arjun Nimmala hit a single to move him to second, Carter Cunningham then walked to get to third, and then Alexis Hernandez continued his excellence since arriving at Vancouver, scoring the first run of the game with an RBI-single.

The next inning the Canadians continued to score more runs, with the Dust Devils continuing to put them on base, as Jay Harry got hit by a pitch and Bryce Arnold and Goodwin both got walked to load the bases once again with no outs, and Sean Keys added to the lead with an RBI-groundout. In the top of the seventh, the Canadians added another, after Peyton Powell made his way to third after a walk, wild pitch and a ground out from Jay Harry, before Arnold scored him with a single. The Dust Devils had their first run of the game against Javen Coleman in the bottom of the eight on a double, but the Canadians answered back with a Harry double and then Coleman completed the save winning the game. 

Alexis Hernandez - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B

Hernandez has had a .625 avg and a 2.167 OPS since joining Vancouver. 

Jackson Wentworth - 5 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Vancouver (3), Tri-City (4) - 8/31
Box Score

Edinson Batista took the bump and struggled mightily, only being able to get two outs while allowing four walks and a HBP to allow three earned runs to score. Johan Simon replaced him in the first inning and got out of it, but the Canadians were still down three runs early. Bryce Arnold hit a double to score Jay Harry in the second to score the first run for Vancouver, but Cole Fontenelle answered back with a single to make it four to one. The Canadians pitching would not allow a single run after that, as the bullpen was excellent, with 12 strikeouts in seven and a thirds innings pitched, to help keep them in the game. Alexis Hernandez reaching on an error helped Carter Cunningham cross the plate for another run to cut the lead to two, and Arjun Nimmala added another run with an RBI-single in the fourth, but they were unable to score after that, only getting on base five more times without an extra base hit. 

Arjun Nimmala - 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB

Julio Ortiz - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K

Dunedin Blue Jays 

Dunedin (4), Lakeland (3) - 7/31 - F/11
Box Score

Landen Maroudis had a better start, only walking three batters this time in four innings of one run ball. He did walk Zach MacDonald with the bases loaded in the first, but settled down after that. His stuff quality has not recovered yet but he’s been able to get outs despite that. Maddox Latta continues to have a good start to his pro career, with an RBI single to score Toman in the second to tie it up. The D-Jays took the lead in the fourth with a sac fly from Manuel Beltre, but then the Flying Tigers bounced back against Gilberto Batista, as a homer in the sixth from Cristian Santana and another run scored off an error in the seventh gave them the lead. The Flying Tigers gave up the lead right after, with the Jays getting on base with a few singles, and after Braden Barry got caught stealing second base and a Jaxson West walk, Antonio Florido gave up a run on a balk. Mason Olson came in to replace Batista, and was nearly perfect, with four scoreless innings, and the game remained tied going into extras. The 10th inning had no runners get on base, as Olson continued to pitch well, but in the bottom of the 11th Tucker Toman had the walk-off hit to end the game. 

Tucker Toman - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB

Mason Olson - 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Dunedin (0), Fort Myers (4) - 8/31
Box Score

Austin Cates wasn’t as sharp today, as he had a rough fifth inning where Marek Houston singled to score a run, and then after Cates was taken out of the game, Daniel Guerra gave up a homer to allow the two inherited runners to score immediately after. The D-Jays offense sputtered for the first time since the new players had arrived, as they were only able to muster up five hits and a walk without scoring any runs. The closest a D-Jay was to scoring was in the top of the first, with Manuel Beltre getting to third after a double and a wild pitch, but he was left stranded.

Manuel Beltre - 2-4, 1 2B

Daniel Guerra - 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K

DSL Blue Jays Blue 

D-BJB (5), D-PIB (14) - 7/31
Box Score

It was a really bad day down in the Dominican Republic for BJB. They coughed up 14 runs on only eight hits. How is that possible you might be wondering, well here's the answer, 20 walks! BJB pitchers gave up free pass, after free pass this game and the carousel kept turning. Down 14-0 in the top of the sixth, BJB finally got on the scoreboard. Elian Reyes singled home Juarlin Soto and the comeback was on. In the seventh inning, Angel Guzman added a run on a an RBI single and another run scored on Yeicer Crespo's gound out to third. Cristopher Polanco knocked in a run in the eighth with a single to center, but Reyes was thrown out at home trying to score as well. BJB also got a run in the ninth from Soto's sacrifice fly. It was a brutal loss, 14-5 for BJB. 

Elian Reyes: 4-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B

Juan Ramirez: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 1 K

D-BJB (6), D-WSX (7) F/7 - 8/1
Box Score

BJB got their first run of the game in the top of the second inning, an RBI on Carlos Garcia's sacrifice fly, scoring Fabian Gonzalez. After relinquishing the lead, BJB cut into the WSX lead in the top of the fifth with an RBI double by Yeicer Crespo. In the top of the sixth, Garcia's single scored two and gave BJB the lead back by one. Later in the inning, Rafael Flores’ double scored one and extended the lead to two. Unfortunately for BJB, they had to play the seventh inning. After giving up a double, BJB's Enyer Dominguez hit two batters and was replaced by Jhon Rivas. With the bases loaded, Rivas walked the first batter, gave up a sacrifice fly to tie the game, and then threw a wild pitch to give WSX the walk-off win 7-6. 

Yeicer Crespo: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 2 B

Geremy Barroso: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

DSL Blue Jays Red

D-BJR (2), D-GIB (3) - 7/31
Box Score

The DSL Blue Jays Red team took on the San Francisco Giants Black team on Thursday. Alessandro Duran put GIB up one in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI single to center field. GIB would tack on one more run in third with a bases-loaded walk. In the fifth, BJR finally got things started when Pascual Archila knocked in Elaineiker Coronado and Kennew Blanco. In the sixth, a wild pitch would bring in a run for the GIB team and would be the difference in this game. BJR only had two hits in the nine inning game, but did manage to walk seven times. GIB won this one 3-2. 

Pascual Archila- 1-2, 0 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 2B

Bryan Borbon- 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

D-BJR (3), D-MRN (0) - F/7 - 8/1

Box Score

The DSL Blue Jays Red team squared off against the DSL Mariners team down on the island on Friday. In the first inning, Juan Sanchez got BJR started with a walk to begin the game. Then Elaineiker Coronado hit a single and later in the inning a run scored when MRN picked off the runner on first base. In the sixth, Nicolas Vergara doubled to left field, scoring Keegan Pieternella and Diego Arce giving BJR a three-run lead. In the seventh. Orlando Marcelin made quick work of the MRN team, sitting them down in order to get the two inning save. BJR won this one 3-0. 

Nicolas Vergara- 1-3, 0 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 2B

Miguel Pantoja- 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day
Pitcher of the Period: RHP Trey Yesavage (New Hampshire): 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K

Hitter of the Period: SS Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire): 1-2, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days)

Transactions
08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Easton Lucas.
08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons transferred C Robert Brooks to the Development List.
08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons released LHP Amir Garrett.
08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed RHP Anders Tolhurst on the temporarily inactive list.
08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Lazaro Estrada.
08/01/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent C Alejandro Kirk on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons.
08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons released RHP Eric Pardinho.
08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons released RHP Jacob Barnes.
08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Eric Pardinho from the 7-day injured list.
08/01/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Buffalo Bisons.
08/01/25 - RHP Hunter Gregory assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons.
08/01/25 - 3B Damiano Palmegiani assigned to Buffalo Bisons from Dunedin Blue Jays.
08/01/25 - OF Devonte Brown assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
08/01/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP David Hernandez from the 60-day injured list.
08/01/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays released OF Jaden Rudd.
08/01/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays released RHP Bennett Flynn.
08/01/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats released RHP Grayson Thurman.
07/31/25 - C Brandon Valenzuela roster status changed by Buffalo Bisons.
07/31/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LF Alan Roden.
07/31/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Justin Bruihl.
07/31/25 - RHP Edwin Francisco assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red.
07/31/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red placed IF Endry Reyes on the 7-day injured list.
07/31/25 - RHP Edwin Francisco assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red.
07/31/25 - LHP Mason Olson assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
07/31/25 - RHP Logan Hewitt retired.
07/31/25 - C Brandon Valenzuela assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
07/31/25 - Vancouver Canadians placed LHP Connor O'Halloran on the full-season injured list.

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