Blue Jays Minor League Recap: Tiedemann Finally Returns, Thompson Excels, and Keys Can't Stop Homering

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (June 13-15)

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons
Series vs Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox): 1-1
Season Record: 34-37

Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats 
Series vs Birmingham Rumble Ponies (New York Mets): 2-0
Season Record: 33-30

High-A Vancouver Canadians
Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 0-1
Season Record: 26-39

Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays
Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers): 2-0
Season Record: 30-34

FCL Blue Jays
Week Record: 0-1
Season Record: 22-10

DSL Blue Jays Blue
Week Record: 0-1
Season Record: 3-9

DSL Blue Jays Red
Week Record: 0-1
Season Record: 4-8

Triple-A Buffalo Bisons

• Season Record: 34-37
• Series vs Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox)

June 16: Buffalo faced off against a Charlotte Knights squad on Tuesday that featured a number of major league players on rehab assignments. Noah Schultz, Kyle Teel, and Jordan Hicks would all be in the game for the Knights, but Buffalo had an answer for most of them. Teel did get a hold of a pitch from Lazaro Estrada in the top of the first inning for a two-run home run, but Buffalo answered with a two-run blast of their own from Sean Keys off of Schultz in the bottom half of the inning. Jonatan Clase then unloaded on a pitch from Hicks in the fourth inning for a three-run home run. C.J. Stubbs got in on the home run party in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run to left, his first of the season at Triple-A. The Knights got two solo home runs as well in the top of the sixth inning that cut the Buffalo lead down to 6-4. Buffalo would pull away, though; they scored three more runs in the bottom of the sixth, highlighted by Keys’ RBI single to left. Buffalo ran away with this game and won 9-5 against some of the Chicago White Sox's major league players. 

June 17: Shane Bieber was on the mound Wednesday for Buffalo, in a start that will hopefully be the last of his rehab assignment. He looked serviceable in the first inning, getting a fly out and a double play, following a lead-off walk. It went south in the second, he gave up an RBI single and a three-run home run, putting Buffalo in a big 4-0 hole early in the game. In the third, Bieber again needed a double play to wipe out a walk. In the fourth, Bieber loaded up the bases before getting a strikeout to end the inning. While in the fifth, it was again a double play that aided him in working around runners on base. Buffalo did send Bieber out to start the sixth inning, but yanked him after he gave up a lead-off home run to Ryan Gelanie. The bats were about as bad as Bieber was on the mound. They only managed six hits and one run, the lone run being a Sean Keys solo shot to right. Buffalo fell in a game that was rough all around, 5-1. 

Double-A New Hampshire

• Season Record: 33-30
• Series vs Birmingham Rumble Ponies (New York Mets)

June 16: Danny Thompson Jr. was on the mound for New Hampshire as they kicked off their series against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Tuesday. It was his first Double-A start, and he was fantastic, going four innings and not allowing a hit, with one walk holding him back from being perfect over those innings. He also struck out three batters. Alex Amalfi came in for Thompson and was almost equally good. He threw four innings as well and only allowed one hit, a solo home run, while striking out five. The double great pitching performance set the tone for New Hampshire, who hit two home runs in the fourth inning. A solo home run from Aaron Parker and a two-run shot from Hedbert Perez in his first Double-A game. Carter Cunningham doubled home a run in the seventh, as New Hampshire held on to win this one 4-1. 

June 17: New Hampshire found themselves in an early hole in the Wednesday game against Binghamton. Vincent Perozo hit a solo home run to right field in the bottom of the second inning, which was answered in the next half inning by Jorge Burgos’ RBI single for the Fisher Cats. In the bottom of the third, Binghamton took the lead again, this time by a two-run double to center field. Dub Gleed responded with a solo home run to bring New Hampshire within one run. In the fifth inning, Victor Arias and Cade Doughty teamed up to bring in three runs for the Fisher Cats, when Arias hit an RBI single, and Doughty drove in two runs on an infield single and an error. JT Schwartz drove in a run for Binghamton the next half inning, but that is where the scoring halted. New Hampshire held on for the 5-4 victory. 

High-A Vancouver 

• Season Record: 26-39
• Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies)

June 16: It was a high-scoring affair between Spokane and Vancouver in the first game of the series. Nolan Perry skipped his last start due to workload reasons, and he must have felt rusty. He had his first bad start of the season, allowing six hits and five runs in 2.1 innings, striking out only two batters. Jack Nedrow wasn’t much better, as he replaced Perry in the third inning, striking out five batters, but also giving up five runs in three innings, including two homers. The Canadians were able to get three runs in, but when Reece Wissinger came in, he also gave up three runs to make it 13-3. The Canadians roared back in the eighth inning, as Kendry Chirinos and Manuel Beltre hit two RBI singles before Sam Shaw hit his second homer of the season to make it 13-8. Matt Scannell then joined Shaw with another three-run homer to bring the game within two runs. Unfortunately for the Canadians, the comeback was spoiled as Jay Schueler gave up a two-run homer to make it a four-run game, and the offense couldn’t score in the ninth for a tough 15-11 loss.

June 17: Johnny King had yet another solid start for Vancouver, although he yet again had a shaky first inning, allowing two runs. The Canadians kept it close with some extra base hits, however, as Maddox Latta hit a run-scoring double in the second to bring it within one, and Peyton Williams and Eric Snow both hit homers in the fourth inning to take the lead. King gave up a homer in the fifth inning, which evened it up again, but still struck out seven batters in the five innings he pitched. Sam Shaw hit a clutch go-ahead homer in the eighth inning for his third homer in just eight games back in Vancouver, but Jonathan Todd couldn’t close the game out in the ninth inning, allowing a run-scoring single, which sent the game to extras. The Canadians couldn’t get the ghost runner in, and Carson Myers was unable to prevent the ghost runner from scoring in another close loss for Vancouver. 

Single-A Dunedin

• Season Record: 30-34
• Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers)

June 16: Jake Casey made his return to Dunedin, as he was out at the beginning of the season due to injury. The Jays were able to get on the board early, with Blaine Bullard hitting his 10th double of the season to score Jake Cook in the first and Aldo Gaxiola hitting his ninth homer of the season in the second inning. Troy Guthrie had an excellent start for Dunedin, allowing only one run in the fourth inning after allowing runners on the corners with no outs, but was able to limit the damage, giving up a run for a double play. Guthrie went six innings, getting his second quality start of the season, but Angel Obando blew the save in the seventh, giving up a three-run homer to Nick Dumesnil, giving Guthrie a no-decision. Casey immediately made his presence known, as with runners on second and third, he hit a two-run double to tie the game up in the eighth, then scored to take the lead as Yendy Gomez balked him in. Will Cresswell gave them an insurance run in the ninth, and Franly Urena got the save for a solid 6-4 win. 

June 17: The D-Jays rallied off another win with strong performances from their two, three and four hitters, as Blaine Bullard, JoJo Parker, and Juan Sanchez each knocked in two runs and had at least two hits each. Parker hit his fifth homer of the season in the third inning to give the Jays the lead in the third. On the pitching end, Carson Messina hasn’t had the velocity that he displayed in Rookie ball, but he showed strong stuff despite allowing three runs in just over three innings pitched. Denis Samudio also made his debut for the Jays organization, as he just came over from the Pirates in exchange for Connor Seabold. He went four innings and struck out seven batters, but also allowed two homers. He ended up getting the win in his first appearance with Dunedin, as the Jays had a big five-run inning in the seventh, with Bullard, Sanchez, and Adam Hackenberg each hitting singles that drove in runs that inning. The Jays would maintain that lead thanks to Samudio, and Lluveres Severino closed it out with a scoreless ninth inning. 

FCL Blue Jays

• Season Record: 22-10

June 16: It was Ricky Tiedemann day for the FCL Blue Jays, and that was the biggest story there was in the organization on Tuesday. Tiedemann pitched the first inning for the Blue Jays squad, and it was his first time on the mound in 706 days. He gave up a double to the first batter, struck out star prospect Cris Rodriguez, gave up a run-scoring double, then finished the inning with a groundout to himself and another strikeout. The results weren't that significant for his first appearance, but two strikeouts are a good sign, and the fact that he is pitching again. Offensively, Giaconino Lasaracina had a double and a solo home run for the Blue Jays. Alex Stone had two hits as well, but the Blue Jays were looking up at the scoreboard most of the game, as they gave up 15 runs and 17 hits on their way to losing 15-2. 

DSL Blue Jays Blue

• Season Record: 3-9

June 16: BJB faced off against Cubs Red (CUR) on Tuesday in the Dominican Summer League. Michael Mesa continues to be a bright spot for the team; he went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI in the game. He had an RBI single in the third and a two-RBI single in the fourth. In that fourth inning, BJB scored four runs: Mesa's single scored two, Samuel Orellana had a double that scored one, and Cristopher Polanco had an RBI single. Unfortunately for BJB, their bullpen got tagged in the last inning again. They gave up a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to lose 6-5. 

DSL Blue Jays Red

• Season Record: 4-8

June 16: BJR had a very forgettable game on Tuesday against the Nationals DSL team. They only had three hits in the game and were shut out until they got a rally going in the bottom of the seventh inning. Alex Linares doubled and then scored on Elian Reyes’ single. Unfortunately for BJR, Fabian Gonzalez popped out to end the game, with BJR losing 2-1 in a lackluster game. 

Transactions

06/17/26     Toronto Blue Jays recalled RHP Chad Dallas from Buffalo Bisons.
06/16/26     Buffalo Bisons activated C C.J. Stubbs from the 7-day injured list.
06/16/26     Buffalo Bisons transferred RHP Conor Larkin to the Development List.
06/16/26     Buffalo Bisons sent LHP Ricky Tiedemann on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays.
06/16/26     Buffalo Bisons released SS Ryan McCarty.
06/16/26     Buffalo Bisons released RHP Nate Garkow.
06/16/26     Dunedin Blue Jays activated RHP Denis Samudio.
06/16/26     Dunedin Blue Jays placed CF Jean Joseph on the 7-day injured list.
06/16/26     Vancouver Canadians sent OF Jake Casey on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays.
06/16/26     LHP Giacomo Taschin assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
06/16/26     RHP Dylan Watts assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
06/16/26     Buffalo Bisons sent LHP Ricky Tiedemann on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays.
06/16/26     FCL Blue Jays placed RHP Michael De La Cruz on the 7-day injured list.
006/16/26  New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated LF Hedbert Perez from the 7-day injured list.
06/16/26     New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred OF Jackson Hornung to the Development List.
06/16/26     New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated 2B Cade Doughty from the 7-day injured list.
06/16/26     New Hampshire Fisher Cats placed RHP Austin Cates on the temporarily inactive list.
06/16/26     RHP Danny Thompson Jr. assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.
06/16/26     Vancouver Canadians sent OF Jake Casey on a rehab assignment to Dunedin
06/15/26     Buffalo Bisons sent LF Ismael Munguia on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays.

Interested in learning more about the Toronto Blue Jays' top prospects? Check out our comprehensive top prospects list that includes up-to-date stats, articles and videos about every prospect, scouting reports, and more!