Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Vancouver Goes On A Scoring Bender & Trey Yesavage Makes His Double-A Debut

CURRENT W-L Records
-Buffalo Bisons: 28-37
-New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 28-33
-Vancouver Canadians: 33-28
-Dunedin Blue Jays: 31-29
-FCL Blue Jays: 18-12
-DSL Blue Jays Blue: 2-6
-DSL Blue Jays Red: 4-5

Transactions
06/13/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated 3B Will Wagner from the 7-day injured list.
06/13/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Max Scherzer on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons.
06/13/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays sent 2B J.R. Freethy on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays.
06/12/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Nick Sandlin on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons.
06/12/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP Jhon Rivas from the restricted list.
06/12/25 - RHP Trey Yesavage assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.

Buffalo Bisons

Buffalo (1), Columbus (7) - 6/12

Box Score

Thursday night baseball wasn't much fun unless you were the Columbus Clippers. Parker Messick pitched four great innings for Columbus, holding Buffalo to just three hits, two walks, and no runs. On the other hand, Adam Kloffenstein and Nick Sandlin were lit up by Columbus’ offense. Columbus would hit two home runs in the first; the second one was a 457-foot bomb by Jhonkensy Noel. The homers didn't stop there, as they would hit two more in the sixth off of Sandlin; again, Noel was at it, blasting a 419-foot home run this time. Joey Loperfido would drive in the lone Buffalo run in the seventh on a double, as they would lose this one 7-1. 

Michael Stefanic- 2-4, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 2B

Paxton Schultz- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Buffalo (6), Columbus (5) - 6/13

Box Score

In the Friday night contest between Buffalo and Columbus, all eyes were on Max Scherzer making a rehab start. He started the game well, needing only nine pitches to get through the first inning and only surrendering a double. In the second inning, he started off by giving up a home run to C.J. Kayfus on a fastball over the middle of the plate. He finished the inning strong though, striking out the last two batters of the inning and using all of his pitches. In the third, it was another quick inning for Scherzer, as he was peppering the strike zone all night. In the fourth, he got into some trouble with a leadoff double, a single, and a sacrifice fly. He finished the inning well though. He came out for one batter in the fifth and got him swinging for his fourth strikeout. Offensively, Joey Loperfido had an RBI single in the first and an RBI double in the third. With the score tied at two, Kyle Datres and Phil Clarke traded home runs in the seventh to see the score still tied. The eighth inning saw Columbus take a one-run lead on an RBI single. Not to go quietly, Buffalo tied the game in the ninth via a sacrifice fly and a Will Wagner double. Riley Tirotta legged out an infield single to second base for the walk-off win. 

Phill Clarke- 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR

Max Scherzer- 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

New Hampshire (7), Reading (9) - 6/12

Box Score

Thursday night was a special game for Toronto Blue Jays and New Hampshire fans, Trey Yesavage made his Double-A debut. He started off shaky, walking the first three batters he faced to load the bases. He worked his way out of the jam by getting a pop-up, a fly out to right that would score one run, and another pop-up. It was mostly smooth sailing for him from there, getting four strikeouts and not allowing another run for the next three innings. He would depart after the fourth inning, having thrown 68 pitches and having a 2-1 lead on the back of Eddinson Paulino's two-run home run in the top of the third. Yesavage gave way to Grayson Thurman in the fifth, who struggled immediately. He gave up five runs in the inning, highlighted by Alex Binelas’ three-run home run. Devonte Brown would lead the charge put forth by New Hampshire in the next half of the inning, hitting a two-run home run. Dasan Brown would score on a wild pitch as well, cutting Reading's lead to 6-5. Peyton Williams tied the game up at six on a groundout in the top of the seventh. Unfortunately, Reading scored two in the bottom half of the inning and would take the win 9-7. 

Eddinson Paulino: 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

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

New Hampshire (1), Reading (11) - 6/13

Box Score

Grant Rogers took the mound on Friday night against the Reading Fightin' Phils. He got two quick outs in the bottom of the first inning, then the flood gates opened. Five straight hits, including a two-run home run by Seth Beer would give Reading an early 5-0 lead. New Hampshire got a lead-off double and then a single to start the top of the second inning, but Gabriel Martinez, Robert Brooks, Jay Harry all stuck out to shut the door on the rally. Hendry Mendez's triple added a run to Reading's lead in the bottom half of the inning. New Hampshire finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth from a Brooks home run, a solo shot to left field. Reading matched and then topped that in the their half of the fifth, Felix Reyes hit a solo home run and Leandro Pineda launched a two-run home run. Reading would cap the scoring for the day with a two-run shot by Cade Fergus in the bottom of the seventh, as they won big 11-1. 

Charles McAdoo: 2-4, 1 K, 2 2B

Kevin Miranda: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Vancouver Canadians

Vancouver (10), Spokane (6) - 6/12

Box Score

Gage Stanifer made his first start of the season, and although he let in three runs in the first inning, he was absolutely dominant after that. What helped a lot was the Vancouver offense, which picked up Stanifer after a tough first inning, with the Canadians scoring five runs in the bottom of the first. The Canadians continued to rack up the runs in the bottom of the third inning, with Hayden Gilliland having himself a game after coming back from New Hampshire. He had a two-hit night with three-RBIs. Sean Keys capped off the scoring outburst with a three-RBI double. Edinson Batista continued the strong pitching, striking out three batters in two innings. Julio Ortiz and Kai Peterson were less effective, as they gave up three runs total. The Canadians still won despite that, as their 10-3 lead was too high for Spokane to overcome. 

Sean Keys - 2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B

Sean Keys is an RBI-machine, this time hitting a three-run double in the third inning to make it a ten-run game for the Canadians. He’s now up to 38 on the season and it looks like he isn’t slowing down. 

Gage Stanifer - 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 10 K

Stanifer dealt with a ton of early traffic, and although he walked a couple of batters and got hit a round a bit, he struck out the side in the first inning. After that inning he was practically unhittable as he relied heavily on his slider to rack up the whiffs and the strikeouts. 

Vancouver (15), Spokane (0) - 6/13

Box Score

This game was utter domination for the Canadians, as they dropped 15 runs on Spokane after putting a ten-spot on them the night before. The whole team combined for 16 hits, and nine walks, and every hitter on the team who played in the game got on base more than once. They scored eight runs alone on Alberto Pacheco, who the Indians left to die after struggling with the usage of bullpen arms prior. The Spokane bullpen barely fared any better, as they also let in seven runs, whereas the Canadians pitchers continued to keep the Indians scoreless. Aaron Munson’s second go in Vancouver was quite successful, with three scoreless innings to drop his season ERA to 3.51, and Jonathan Todd pitched two scoreless innings of his own. 

Je’Von Ward - 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 1 2B

Ward was signed after being released by the Brewers, and he’s been one of the weirdest profiles in the minor leagues. Prior to this game, he’s walked over 30% of the time, and he’s somehow increased that rate with a three walk game. He’ll be in contention to break the High-A single-season walk rate record. 

Chris McElvain - 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 K

McElvain had a better start after his first start back in Vancouver, and he was very solid, only allowing three hits in four innings, and still striking out four batters. The pitcher that was acquired for Santiago Espinal is still building up after recovering from Tommy John surgery, which is why he was taken out after four innings. 

Dunedin Blue Jays 

Dunedin (4), Fort Myers (3) - 6/12 - Game 1 (7)

Box Score

This game had a ton of delays as the weather in Dunedin refused to cooperate. Kendry Rojas was scheduled to start this game on the 11th, but the game was postponed to the 12th, where he pitched a grand total of one inning before the game was postponed until the 13th. Tucker Toman helped Dunedin score the first run of the game with an RBI single in the first with two outs, and it took another day before Alexis Hernandez scored two more runners of his own with his single. Those were all the runs that the Jays needed as the Mighty Mussels could only muster up two runs after Austin Cates and the bullpen pitched strong innings after Rojas was taken out. 

Tucker Toman - 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B

Austin Cates - 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Dunedin (1), Fort Myers (0) - 6/13 - Game 2 (7)

Box Score

Landen Maroudis made his first start in Dunedin since going down with elbow surgery early last season. The velocity wasn’t up to where it was last season but he mixed his deep arsenal well and he allowed no hits in four innings of work. Offense was slow for both teams, but in the fourth inning, Sam Shaw got on with a single that was deflected by the third baseman Caleb McNeely, then promptly stole second base. Kendry Chirinos struck out afterward, but Yhonagel Aponte moved Shaw to third on a single. Manuel Beltre came up to the dish and drove in Shaw for the only run of the game. Gilberto Batista came in after Maroudis was taken out and completed the shutout, giving up two hits in three innings and striking out six batters. 

Sam Shaw - 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB

Gilberto Batista - 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 K

FCL Blue Jays

F-BLU (1), F-YAN (7) - 6/12

Box Score

It was all Yankees in this one as the Blue Jays squad struggled at the plate and in the field. They committed almost as many errors as they had hits, four hits to three errors. The Yankees team scored three in the third on a ground out, sacrifice fly, and bases loaded walk. A David Beckles RBI groundout would pull the Blue Jays within two. Unfortunately, the Yankees team went on a scoring bender in the seventh inning, adding four more runs on double and a single. The Yankees would win this one easily, 7-1. 

Drew Jemison- 1-3, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 2B

Lluveres Severino- 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

F-BLU (5), F-YAN (4) - 6/13

Box Score

Brandon Barriera got the start in this one and it didn't really go well. He struck out the first batter, walked the next two, and then was removed in the middle of the fifth batter of the inning. Hopefully, it was just a hard pitch count removal and not another injury. From there, a wild pitch and a two-run single scored three runs for the Yankees team. The Blue Jays team got on the board in the bottom of the second with a run-scoring single from Raimundo De Los Santos. In the bottom of the sixth, David Beckles drove a ball over the fence for his fourth home run of the season, bringing the Blue Jays team within two runs. In the final inning, the seventh, the Yankees threw the ball around the diamond and let the Blue Jays come back. The Blue Jays team scored three runs, including the walk-off on an error. 

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

Troy Guthrie- 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

DSL Blue Jays Blue 

D-BJB (0), D-BJR (12) - 6/12

Box Score

It was another game of the two Blue Jays teams facing each other. The first two innings were fairly quiet. BJR started the game by getting a single from Kennew Blanco and a walk by Randy Soto, before Pascual Archila struck out to end the threat. BJB got two men on as well, Rafael Flores was hit by a pitch and Juarlin Soto walked. Carlos Garcia ended their rally with a groundout to the pitcher. In the bottom of the second, BJB again had something going, loading the bases with three straight singles. Cristopher Polanco hit one hard, but it was a line drive to right field and ended the inning. Things unraveled quickly for BJB in the top of the third. BJR loaded the bases and then scored on two hit by pitches, three on a single and an error from Rafael Flores, and another from a single by Elaineiker Coronado. BJR added a seventh run to the scoreboard from a sacrifice fly by Luis Felipe in the fourth. They added two more in the fifth and sixth, both on wild pitches. Endry Reyes got their tenth run of the game on his single in the fifth. BJR wasn't done, they scored a run in the 8th on yet another wild pitch and their twelfth and final run from an error in the ninth inning. BJB was beat down by their organizational mates on the BJR team 12-0. 

Darwin Nuñez: 2-4, 1 K

Jose Andrades: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

D-BJB (5), D-RCK (11) F/7- 6/13

Box Score 

BJB took on the Rockies DSL team on Friday and it was the Juarlin Soto show. He launched his first home run of the season in the top of the first, scoring Rafael Flores who had reached on an error. With BJB down 4-2 in the third, he roped a line drive to right field for an RBI double. BJB pitchers struggled once again with runners on base, allowing a run to score via a hit by pitch and three runs on three wild pitches (just as in their previous game). In the top of the sixth, BJB got two RBI doubles from Esmeiquel Arrieche and Angel Guzman to cut the lead to 11-5. Neither team would add any more runs as BJB fell again. 

Juarlin Soto: 2-2, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HR, 1 2B

Juan Ramirez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

DSL Blue Jays Red

D-BJR (12), D-BJB (0) - 6/12

Box Score

It was another game of the two Blue Jays teams facing each other. The first two innings were fairly quiet. BJR started the game by getting a single from Kennew Blanco and a walk by Randy Soto, before Pascual Archila struck out to end the threat. BJB got two men on as well, Rafael Flores was hit by a pitch and Juarlin Soto walked. Carlos Garcia ended their rally with a groundout to the pitcher. In the bottom of the second, BJB again had something going, loading the bases with three straight singles. Cristopher Polanco hit one hard, but it was a line drive to right field and ended the inning. Things unraveled quickly for BJB in the top of the third. BJR loaded the bases and then scored on two hit by pitches, three on a single and an error from Rafael Flores, and another from a single by Elaineiker Coronado. BJR added a seventh run to the score order from a sacrifice fly by Luis Felipe in the fourth. They added two more in the fifth and sixth, both on wild pitches. Endry Reyes got their tenth run of the game on his single in the fifth. BJR wasn't done, they scored a run in the 8th on yet another wild pitch and their twelfth and final run from an error in the ninth inning. BJB was beat down by their organizational mates on the BJR team 12-0. 

Kennew Blanco: 3-5, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 2B

Bryan Borbon: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

D-BJR (3), D-CUR (10) - 6/13

Box Score

BJR was down seven runs, before they got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth inning. Nestor Urbina tripled home Pascual Archila, who had reached via a walk. They added a second run on a wild pitch that scored Urbina. BJR scored their final run of the game in the seventh from Renyel Campos’ sacrifice fly. BJR was blown out in this one, losing 10-3. 

Nestor Urbina: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 3B

Raduan Perez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day
Pitcher of the Period: RHP Gage Stanifer (Vancouver) - 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 10 K

Hitter of the Period: SS Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire) - 4-8, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 2B

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