Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Big Games for Schreck and McAdoo, While Barger Detonates in Dunedin

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 4-May 6)

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons
Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 1-1
Season Record: 16-19

Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats 
Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 1-0
Season Record: 16-10

High-A Vancouver Canadians
Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 0-1
Season Record: 11-17

Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays
Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates): 0-2
Season Record: 11-18

FCL Blue Jays
Week Record: 3-0
Season Record: 3-0

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons

• Season Record: 16-19
• Series Opponent: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies)

May 5: The Buffalo Bisons opened a new series on Tuesday, this one against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The game was placed into the relievers' hands from the start, as it was a bullpen game for Buffalo. Hayden Juenger and Devereaux Harrison pitched well, combining for four innings and allowing zero runs to cross home plate. Brendan Cellucci and Brendon Little were next up out of the pen, and they imploded in an epic way. Cellucci surrendered a three-run home run in his inning of work. Little then was bit by an error. After getting a double play ball, Little walked two, with a runner reaching on Riley Tirotta's error in between. Otto Kemp then blasted a grand slam off of Little; it went 104 mph off the bat and traveled 423 feet. While the pitching and fielding put Buffalo in a bind in the middle innings, the bats were nonexistent until the end of the game. There were a couple of standouts at the plate, though. Charles McAdoo and Ismael Munguia were almost perfect on the day. McAdoo collected five hits, while Munguia added three. Having only scored one run up until the top of the ninth, Buffalo tried to pull off a comeback down 7-1. Josh Kasevich knocked in a run on a single, and then McAdoo notched his fifth and final hit of the game, a big three-run home run to left field. The comeback was nearing completion, but Josh Rivera struck out to end the game, with Buffalo falling 7-5. 

May 6: Wednesday's game against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs was by far the best and most complete game Buffalo has played on the season. The bats came alive early and never stopped. The Bisons recorded 15 hits on the day, including five doubles. With two more base knocks, Ismael Munguia continued his torrid start to his time at Triple-A. He ended the game with his batting average at .375. Jonatan Clase opened up the scoring by knocking in Munguia following his double to lead off the game. RJ Schreck began his big game with an RBI single to score Clase. In the second inning, Charles McAdoo doubled home a run, and then Schreck doubled in two more. Schreck was 3-for-5 for the game, with two doubles, five RBI, and two runs scored. On the pitching side, Austin Voth pitched four strong innings, not allowing a run to score and only giving up three hits. Yariel Rodríguez and Jesse Hahn wrapped up the final 3.1 innings and didn't allow a run either. Buffalo took this game with ease in a full team effort, 11-1. 

Double-A New Hampshire

• Season Record: 16-10
• Series vs. Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox)

May 5: New Hampshire kicked off their series with the Portland Sea Dogs in a fast manner. In the top of the first, Jace Bohrofen lifted a ball over the right field fence for his eighth home run of the season to give the Fisher Cats a one-run lead. In the fourth, New Hampshire would strike again. This time, a Cutter Coffey double scored a run. Nate Baez and Johanfran Garcia launched home runs in the fourth and seventh innings, respectively, for Portland to tie the game. In the top of the ninth, Aaron Parker took his turn at crushing a solo home run, as the Fisher Cats took a one-run lead. Conor Larkin came in and closed the game for his fourth save and a 3-2 New Hampshire win. 

May 6: Postponed 

High-A Vancouver 

• Season Record: 11-17
• Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants)

May 4: The Canadians had to face the red-hot Emeralds, who have won every single series they have played this season. Danny Thompson Jr. bounced back from his previous start, although he got tagged for a two-run double in the first inning. He still struck out six batters in four innings of work and didn’t allow a run after that. The Canadians threatened in the second inning, loading the bases with one out, but J.R. Freethy grounded into a double play. That was the only time the Canadians threatened the Emeralds’ starter Charlie McDaniel, who went a little over four innings of scoreless pitching. Reece Wissinger has struggled since getting promoted to Vancouver, and he gave up two more runs to make it a 4-0 ball game. Kelena Sauer, on the other hand, continued to pitch well, with three strikeouts in a perfect inning. The Canadians answered back in the seventh inning, with Peyton Williams continuing his hot start, driving in two with a double, and the Canadians had runners on second and third with one out in the eighth inning, but all they could muster was a sac fly from Tucker Toman, leading to a close 3-4 loss. 

Single-A Dunedin

• Season Record: 11-18
• Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates)

May 5: After losing the first three-game series against Bradenton, the D-Jays hoped to turn it around this series. Dylan Watts was once again solid in his second pro start, showing good velocity and allowing only two runs in 4.2 innings, including one homer to the “Password” Jhostynxon Garcia, who was on a rehab assignment for the Pirates. Utilityman Dariel Ramon, who’s played six different positions already early on in this season, hit a double to score Blaine Bullard to get Dunedin on the board in the fifth, and Yorman Licourt hit a solo shot to tie it up in the sixth inning. Diego Dominguez struck out five people in over three innings of work in relief, keeping it a tie for the Jays, but in the top of the ninth, Jack Eshleman gave up a solo homer, which ended up losing the game for the Jays, who couldn’t get Will Cresswell in after he hit a double with two outs. 

May 6:  The Jays were undone once again by their own poor defense. Brayden Heidel started this game, and despite three walks, he was able to prevent any damage, going nearly four innings of scoreless baseball. Luis Victorino replaced Heidel and pitched well into the sixth inning, but a throwing error broke the game open for the Marauders, and after Victorino hit a batter with a pitch, he was replaced for Carson Myers. Unfortunately for Myers, a catcher’s interference loaded the bases, and he gave up a grand slam to make it a five-run inning for Bradenton. Eduar Gonzalez was the new pitcher after Myers was taken out, and after allowing a run to score on an RBI single, Juan Rosas made another mistake defensively with a passed ball, leading to another unearned run to score, making five of the seven for Bradenton off of Dunedin miscues. Addison Barger prevented the shutout with a towering homer to right field, but that was it for the Jays.

FCL Blue Jays

• Season Record: 3-0

May 5: The FCL Blue Jays faced off against the FCL Tigers in a game dominated by pitching on Tuesday. Carson Messina was back on the mound for the Blue Jays squad after only pitching two innings last season before getting hurt. He was fantastic, going three perfect innings, not allowing a hit, walk, or run, and striking out three. Edgar Gallegos went two innings without giving up a run, and Josbel Garcia closed the game with two perfect innings and one strikeout for the save. The FCL Blue Jays won 2-0. 

Transactions

05/06/26     New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated RHP Yondrei Rojas from the 7-day injured list.
05/06/26     New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated CF Victor Arias from the 7-day injured list.
05/05/26     Buffalo Bisons activated LF Jonatan Clase from the 7-day injured list.
05/05/26     Buffalo Bisons transferred RF Je'Von Ward to the Development List.
05/05/26     Dunedin Blue Jays placed RHP Dayne Pengelly on the 7-day injured list.
05/05/26     SS Owen Gregg assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
05/05/26     SS Eric Snow assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
05/05/26     OF David Guzman assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
05/04/26     RHP Michael De La Cruz assigned to FCL Blue Jays from DSL Blue Jays Blue.
05/04/26     Dunedin Blue Jays placed SS Raimundo De Los Santos on the 7-day injured list.
05/04/26     Dunedin Blue Jays placed OF Enmanuel Bonilla on the 7-day injured list.
05/04/26     New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred RHP Fernando Perez to the Development List.

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