Blue Jays Minor League Recap: A Pair of Jacksons Show Out as the Second Half of the Season Begins

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 30-45
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 30-41
• Vancouver Canadians: 39-31
• Dunedin Blue Jays: 35-34
• FCL Blue Jays: 22-16
• DSL Blue Jays Blue: 7-9
• DSL Blue Jays Red: 7-9

Transactions

• 06/25/25: Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Robinson Piña to Buffalo Bisons.
• 06/25/25: LHP Javen Coleman assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 006/24/25: Buffalo Bisons sent LHP Amir Garrett on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays.
• 06/24/25: Buffalo Bisons transferred 3B Damiano Palmegiani to the Development List.
• 06/24/25: DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP Gabriel Brito from the restricted list.
• 06/24/25: 3B Alex De Jesus assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
• 06/24/25: New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred C Robert Brooks to the Development List.
• 06/24/25: RHP Pat Gallagher assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.
• 06/24/25: C Jackson Hornung assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (1), Lehigh Valley (4) - F/10 - 6/24
Box Score

Buffalo kicked off a series at home against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Tuesday night. The IronPigs struck first, when Weston Wilson launched a cutter from Adam Kloffenstein over the center field wall. That would be the extent of the runs Lehigh Valley would score off of Kloffenstein, who went four innings, gave up just four hits and two walks, striking out five. In the bottom of the fifth, Buffalo would get their lone run off of the IronPigs starter, by way of an Ali Sánchez home run to center field. In the seventh inning, Rainer Nunez and Josh Rivera singled for Buffalo in one of their lone scoring chances. Unfortunately, Will Wagner grounded out to end the inning. The game went to extras, and it was all IronPigs from there. They scored the automatic runner via a sacrifice fly, and then a two-run single put them up three. In the bottom of the 10th, Buffalo went quietly on a strikeout, groundout, and strikeout as they lost 4-1. 

Ali Sánchez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR

Adam Kloffenstein: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Buffalo (1), Lehigh Valley (7) - F/10 - 6/24
Box Score

The Wednesday game had an early start, but a rain delay at the beginning would set the tone for the game, and it wasn't good for Buffalo. The first five innings went by quickly, with both teams putting up zeros, and then the sixth inning happened. A walk, a single, and a walk loaded the bases with nobody out. Two RBI singles, an RBI groundout, and a two-run single put Lehigh Valley up five. In the seventh, Rivera doubled in a run for Buffalo to inch closer. That would be all they could push across the plate in the game though, as the IronPigs added another RBI single and a Justin Crawford home run in the ninth to win this one 7-1. 

Josh Rivera: 1-4, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 2B

Bobby Milacki: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
New Hampshire (1), Hartford (3) - 6/24
Box Score

Tuesday saw a new series begin for New Hampshire, this one with Hartford. The Yard Goats took the early lead in the bottom of the first inning on a groundout that scored Cole Carrigg, following his lead-off triple. Juaron Watts-Brown, who was on the bump for New Hampshire, made it through the next two innings without surrendering a run, despite some traffic on the basepaths. However, he wouldn't be so lucky in the fourth inning. After the bases were loaded on a fielder's choice, he walked in the second run of the game. The scoring died off until the eighth inning, when New Hampshire got on the scoreboard and cut the lead to one. Jace Bohrofen singled, then moved to third base on Jackson Hornung's single. From there, he would score when Hartford's pitcher threw the ball away on a pickoff attempt. Braiden Ward singled in an insurance run the following half inning, giving Hartford a 3-1 lead. New Hampshire would go down in order in the top of the ninth inning and fall in the opener to Hartford. 

Jace Bohrofen: 3-4, 1 R, 1 3B

Alex Amalfi: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

New Hampshire (2), Hartford (1) - 6/25
Box Score

Wednesday saw a top-tier starting pitcher matchup in a game that was surely billed as a pitchers' duel (Trey Yesavage against Sean Sullivan). In the first inning, both teams got a baserunner and a stolen base but nothing more, as Sullivan got a couple of pop-ups and Yesavage struck out two. In the top of the second inning, New Hampshire struck first, getting a walk, another stolen base, then an RBI single from Gabriel Martinez. Yesavage racked up two more strikeouts in a clean bottom half of the inning. A walk, a stolen base, and another single by Martinez would lead to a run by New Hampshire in the top of the fourth inning. In the bottom of the fifth, Yesavage sat down two more hitters by way of the strikeout, ending his night having only allowed two baserunners and striking out eight. The bullpen came in for Yesavage and was up to the task of holding the lead, only surrendering one run, as New Hampshire won 2-1. 

Gabriel Martinez: 2-4, 2 RBI

Trey Yesavage: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K

Vancouver Canadians
Vancouver (6), Tri-City (3) - 6/24
Box Score

The second half of the season officially started, and the Canadians kicked it off against the Tri-City Dust Devils. Ryan Johnson and Jackson Wentworth went head to head, as they both didn’t allow a run to score until the sixth inning, when Wentworth dealt with a bit of traffic, which resulted in a sac fly to give the Dust Devils the first run of the ballgame. Sean Keys answered back with a homer, and then Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit his 10th homer of the season to make it 3-1 for the Canadians. Wentworth was taken out in the seventh for Jonathan Todd, who gave up a homer himself, and then allowed another sac fly to even it up at three apiece. Victor Arias took the lead back, scoring Nicolas Deschamps on a seeing-eye single, and then Je’Von Ward hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to put the game out of reach for good. Chay Yeager earned the save with two scoreless innings.

Eddie Micheletti Jr.: 2-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
Micheletti is now the third Canadian to hit the double-digit homer mark. The 2024 eighth-rounder has shown a lot of pop and has taken his walks all season. 

Jackson Wentworth: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
Wentworth has struggled in the past month or so, but he really put it together, as he had his best start of the season, inducing 20 whiffs in a career-high six innings. His nine strikeouts were also a career best. Hopefully, he can bring this strong start to the second half of the season to the remainder of his year. 

Vancouver (4), Tri-City (5) - 6/25
Box Score

In game two of the second half of the season, the Canadians got off to a great start, with Gage Stanifer striking out the first six batters he faced and an Aaron Parker two-run homer giving the Canadians an early lead. Stanifer struck out batter number seven before facing some trouble, as he lost his command, hitting a batter and then immediately walking the next. He ended up allowing two runs to score after he hit another batter, as Matt Coutney hit a two-RBI single to tie it up for the Dust Devils. Stanifer threw another two strong scoreless innings before Edinson Batista gave up two runs himself in the sixth inning. Aaron Munson allowed another run on a couple of doubles back-to-back, and the Canadians were then down 5-2. Micheletti hit homer number 11 to bring it slightly closer, and the Canadians had an opportunity to win it in the ninth after Cutter Coffey walked and Keys hit a single to put two men on. Parker flied out, and then Ward hit a grounder to score Coffey, but Micheletti couldn’t win the game as the Canadians fell just short. 

Aaron Parker: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR

Gage Stanifer: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
Stanifer had his longest outing of the season, and although he faced traffic in the third inning, he managed to settle down and didn’t allow a run after that.

Dunedin Blue Jays 
Dunedin (2), Bradenton (3) - 6/24
Box Score

Juanmi Vasquez had his first start of the season, and the rust showed, as he allowed three runs to score in the first inning. After that, the Jays locked it down, as they combined for 14 strikeouts on the night, not allowing another run. Alexis Hernandez hit a double in the bottom of the second to reduce the Marauders' lead. The game was then scoreless until the bottom of the eighth inning, when Sam Shaw hit his seventh homer of the year, but it was too little, too late. 

Sam Shaw: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
Shaw has homered in consecutive games, as his power drought has ended. 

Johan Simon - 3 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 K

Dunedin vs. Bradenton - 6/25
PPD after three innings

FCL Blue Jays
F-BLU, (4), F-PHI (6) - 6/24
Box Score

Amir Garrett started the game for the Blue Jays team, and it did not go well. It began with a double, then a single, double, double, home run, and a double, with a strikeout in the middle. Another run would score after he was pulled, and Garrett was charged with five runs. In the second inning, an error would allow a run to score, and the Blue Jays team was down six quickly. In the third, a hit-by-pitch would bring in the first run for the Blue Jays' squad. In the seventh, a two-run single by Dariel Ramon would add two runs, and a wild pitch put the Blue Jays within two. The game ended, though, with the Blue Jays losing 6-4. 

Dariel Ramon: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K

Sann Omosako: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

DSL Blue Jays Blue 
D-BJB (8), D-MRN (6) F/7 - 6/24
Box Score

The power was on display from the BJB on Tuesday against the Mariners’ DSL team (MRN). Angel Guzman flexed his muscles first, with a solo shot to center in the top of the first inning. In the top of the second, BJB scored a run on a wild pitch and another when Rafael Flores walked with the bases loaded. Guzman added two more runs on his single, Flores would score on another wild pitch, and Franklin Rojas made sure to join the party with his RBI single. In all, it was a six-run second inning for BJB and a 7-0 lead. MRN worked their way back from the deficit and cut the lead to two heading into the fifth inning. Daniel Dominguez made sure to add a welcomed insurance run with a flex of his own, a solo home run to left field. BJB took this game 8-6. 

Angel Guzman: 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR

Jorge Gonzalez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

DSL Blue Jays Red
D-BJR (11), D-ARR (3) - 6/24
Box Score

BJR had some big innings on Tuesday against the Red team of the Arizona Diamondbacks (ARR). They scored three runs or more in three of the nine innings, but only had seven hits in the game. It was the 13 walks they had at the plate that would fuel their scoring bursts.

BJR got their scoring started in the third with Luis Felipe scoring on a wild pitch, Elaineiker Coronado singling home a run, and Juan Sanchez coming home on a groundout by Kennew Blanco. In the fifth, a couple of walks and a single loaded the bases for BJR. They would score one on Pascual Archila's walk and then two on wild pitches. Two more walks would load the bases up again, before Felipe hit a sacrifice fly, bringing the score to 7-1. In the bottom of the sixth, Sanchez walked, then advanced to third, and scored on three straight wild pitches. Three consecutive walks then loaded the bases up again, followed by a run scoring on a hit-by-pitch. Diego Arce singled home a run, and Felipe hit a sacrifice fly to wrap up the scoring for BJR. They won big with an 11-3 victory. 

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period

• Pitcher of the Period: RHP Jackson Wentworth (Vancouver): 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
• Hitter of the Period: Jackson Hornung (New Hampshire): 6-10, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 2B

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