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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 8-10) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles): 4-2 Season Record: 56-58 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 3-3 Season Record: 51-55 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 4-2 Season Record: 49-59 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers): 3-2 Season Record: 50-54 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-5 Season Record: 18-31 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 3-1 Season Record: 29-18 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 56-58 Series vs Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) August 8: Saturday was a big-time power surge for the Bisons, and they needed all of it and then some. Josh Rivera and William Simoneit started the scoring for Buffalo in the bottom of the second inning, each getting an RBI on singles to center. Later in the frame, Daz Cameron added an RBI on a groundout and gave Buffalo the 3-2 lead. After Norfolk tied the game in the top of the fifth, Yohendrick Piñango blasted his sixth home run of the season for Buffalo, a solo shot to right. Buffalo wouldn't stop there in the inning, getting a timely blast from Willie MacIver for a grand slam. With a bullpen day fully in effect, Norfolk slowly trimmed the Buffalo lead and tied it back up in the top of the eighth. Nearing the end of the game, Charles McAdoo came up clutch and rocketed a ball 103.8 mph that traveled 425 feet over the center field fence for a two-run home run. Buffalo won the game 10-8 on the backs of a trio of long balls. August 9: CJ Van Eyk had the mound for Buffalo on Sunday, and he did a really good job of keeping the Bisons' bats close and in the game. Van Eyk threw 4.1 innings and allowed just one run, while scattering three hits and four walks. While the pitching was strong in this game, the bats stayed hot, with Josh Kasevich starting the scoring on a fly out to right field for a sacrifice fly in the third. Carlos Mendoza gave Buffalo the lead back in the fourth, when he singled to left and brought home William Simoneit. After a Rece Hinds two-run double off of Sam Gardner in the seventh, Buffalo trailed 3-2 headed into the bottom half of the inning. Simoneit came through and tied the game up with an RBI single on a line drive to left. Later in the inning, Daz Cameron opened the game up for Buffalo with their second grand slam of the weekend, a big blast to left. Up five in the eighth, Charles McAdoo added a solo home run, his fourth blast in as many games, putting the game out of reach for Norfolk. Buffalo won going away late, 9-3. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 51-55 Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) August 8: The Saturday game between New Hampshire and Portland was a great one all around for the Fisher Cats. Danny Thompson Jr. had another great game on the mound for New Hampshire. He went six innings, didn't allow a run, surrendered five hits, struck out seven, and didn't issue a walk. While he was locking down the Portland offense, the bats for the Fisher Cats went wild. The third inning saw two runs come home on a groundout and a Dub Gleed RBI single. In the fifth inning, Aaron Parker launched a grand slam to center field. Tucker Toman hit his first Double-A homer in the sixth inning, then Victor Arias capped off things in the eighth with a grand slam of his own. New Hampshire won this one 14-0. August 9: The Sunday finale between New Hampshire and Portland didn't go as well as Saturday's game. Mason White homered in the second inning to give Portland the early lead. Eric Snow responded in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single. Will Turner hit a three-run homer in a four-run inning for Portland in the third. Carter Cunningham answered for New Hampshire with a solo shot in the next half inning, but things kept going south. White would hit another home run, a three-run shot for Portland. Victor Arias continued a hot stretch with a home run in the bottom of the fifth, but the bats went cold from there. New Hampshire lost this one 9-6. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 49-59 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) August 8: Ty Southisene showed off his wheels with a leadoff triple to start off this game, and Jake Casey drove him in with a two-run homer to start it off for a high-scoring affair. Johnny King was effective for the first two innings, striking out four batters without allowing a run, but it fell apart in the third inning. After getting two quick outs, he also walked two batters, which hurt him immediately as he gave up a three-run shot to Brandon Eike to lose the lead. Austin Smith had his second homer as a Canadian to even it up right after, and Bryce Chance and Southisene both tacked on a run with an RBI single. King’s struggles were exacerbated by some poor defense from Ryan Sprock as well as shaky command, as after King allowed a single, Sprock gave up two passed balls to allow the runner to get to third. King then gave up a hit which brought the game within one. The next batter reached on a fielder’s choice as Raimundo De Los Santos committed an error, then King walked another batter and got taken out. Reece Wissinger was able to get two outs, which allowed all three inherited runners to score, losing the lead once again. The extra base hits kept coming for Vancouver as Maddox Latta had a homer, then Chance had an RBI double to tie it up, and Peyton Williams gave the Canadians the lead for good with a three-run homer. Chance had his third RBI for an insurance run in the seventh, and the bullpen managed to give up only one run to win it 11-8. August 9: Ty Southisene has some first-inning magic, as he once again had an extra-base hit as the leadoff hitter of the game, this time with his first homer ever as a professional baseball player, going deep to dead center. Dasan Hill was the starter for Vancouver in his debut in the Blue Jays organization, and he struggled with his command, walking two batters and allowing two runs, but he showed off his strikeout stuff, striking out three batters over two innings. Holden Wilkerson replaced Hill, and he went five strong innings with five Ks and only one earned run given up. The Canadians were able to take the lead back after Gable Mitchell walked, then Austin Smith hit a double, and both were driven in by Edward Duran with a two-RBI double. Peyton Williams hit his second homer in two days to add to the lead, which helped as the AquaSox mustered up a run in the seventh to make it a one-run game. The Canadians were able to take advantage of some poor defense in the eighth inning, as after Jack White walked the bases loaded, Bryce Chance hit a grounder to the shortstop in what looked like a double play ball, but the shortstop flipped the ball to the second baseman, who ended up dropping the ball, allowing a run to score with no outs being recorded. Southisene got hit by a pitch, which drove in another run, then Jake Casey hit a two-RBI double, and Williams capped off the inning with an RBI single, which made it 9-3. That ended up being the final score. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 50-54 Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers) August 8: Postponed August 9: It was a low-scoring affair for both teams, as Denis Samudio had his best game, getting his first quality start, going six innings, allowing only a single run, while striking out five batters. The Flying Tigers had a bullpen day, with six pitchers covering the nine innings. Aldo Gaxiola was the first to drive in a run with a sac fly in the second inning against Kelvis Salcedo. Samudio gave up a run in the bottom of the fifth on a single to Anibal Salas, which evened the game up. Jake Bennett came up to the plate with a runner on third and drove in the go-ahead run with a 105.9 mph double, which ended up being the winning run. Jack Nedrow, Isaac Williams, and Dax Dathe then all pitched scoreless innings to clinch the win, a 2-1 victory for the D-Jays. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 18-31 August 8: BJB had a terrible go at it on Saturday down on the island. They only managed to get one hit in the game, an RBI double by Yariel Cordero that scored Deret Gonzalez. Even the free passes were hard to come by, as they only had three of them, one each by Juan Caricote, Gonzalez, and Juarlin Soto. It wasn't the same for the Tigers 2 team, as they collected eight walks, four hits, and scored eight runs. BJB lost big, 8-1, in a game where the bats didn't show up and the pitching was lackluster at best. August 10: BJB got even fewer free passes on Monday, but the hits were there and then some. In a hole already in the second inning, BJB got an RBI double from Eiker Lothar, an RBI sacrifice fly by Fabian Gonzalez, and an RBI single by Cristopher Polanco. Isay Veras added to the BJB lead in the fifth with his third home run of the season, a solo blast to right. With a 4-3 lead headed into the final inning, BJB saw their lead crumble, as they fell into a massive hole. Their bullpen surrendered six runs in the top of the seventh, and they only got an RBI double by Michael Mesa in the bottom half of the inning. BJB lost 9-5 in a game they led by one heading into the final inning. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 29-18 August 8: BJR had their bats going all game on Saturday, 14 total hits on the day, including five players with two base knocks. Diego Arce launched his third home run of the season in the second inning. Luis Nunez had a two-RBI single in the third that scored Aneudi Severino and Samuel Orellana. The Tigers 1 team would claw back and cut the BJR lead to one heading into the bottom of the sixth. In the bottom of the sixth, Darwin Nuñez doubled home two runs, and Luis Nunez knocked in one on his RBI single. Abrahan Diaz was the best pitcher on the mound for BJR, throwing three scoreless innings and striking out six, while allowing just two hits. BJR won going away late, 10-6. August 10: Monday was more of the same for BJR; nine more hits and nine walks fueled the offense. Elaineiker Coronado, Gabriel Porras, and Samuel Orellana all had two hits in the game, and Coronado had the most highlights, as he tripled in two runs in the second inning and doubled to start the fifth. BJR went on an RBI double spree, with three of them across the fifth and sixth innings. Darwin Nuñez doubled in a run in the fifth, then in the sixth Porras notched two runs on his double and Orellana brought in one on his double to center. BJR’s pitching was not up to par in this game, as they trailed 9-7 in the top of the seventh. Aneudi Severino tried to fuel a comeback, bringing home a run on a line drive single to center. It wasn’t meant to be, though, as BJR failed to score any more runs in the frame and fell 9-8. 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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 1-3) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 3-3 Season Record: 52-56 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies): 2-4 Season Record: 48-52 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 3-3 Season Record: 45-57 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets): 3-2 Season Record: 47-52 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-3 Season Record: 18-26 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 4-0 Season Record: 26-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 52-56 Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) August 1: Simeon Woods Richardson had the mound on Saturday for Buffalo, as they took on Lehigh Valley and Alan Rangel. While the two starting pitchers were in the game, it was a complete pitchers' duel. The only thing that would break up the string of zeros on the scoreboard would be an error that left open the doors for Buffalo to score a run when Charles McAdoo scampered home from third base on a wild pitch. Woods Richardson ended his outing by going 5.1 innings, giving up just three hits, only one walk, and striking out seven. Javen Coleman would be the man Buffalo turned to pitch the bottom of the eighth inning, up 1-0. The game was all tied up after the first batter Coleman faced, as he gave up a solo home run to Kameron Misner. After Coleman proceeded to load the bases, Pat Gallagher relieved him and wasn't much better. Gallagher gave up RBI singles to the first two batters he faced and then a sacrifice fly, putting Buffalo into a 4-1 hole. The Bisons didn't have a lot of time to make a comeback, just the top of the ninth. Daz Cameron would get a single, but that would be all, as Buffalo fell 4-1 in a game they only managed four hits. August 2: It was a bullpen game for Buffalo on Sunday, with Jack Nedrow up from High-A Vancouver starting on the mound. Nedrow worked around a triple in the first inning to make it out of that frame with a zero still up on the scoreboard. Unfortunately for Buffalo, his troubles put them in a hole in the second inning. A two-RBI double and an RBI single created a three-run deficit for Buffalo. In the fourth, Sean Keys cut into the Lehigh Valley lead with an RBI double that scored Ismael Munguia. Daz Cameron followed that up with a big two-run home run, tying the game up at three. Still in the fourth, CJ Stubbs launched a home run of his own, a solo blast to right, 103.4 mph off the bat. Cameron had himself a game, providing more scoring for Buffalo in the fifth, getting a two-RBI double to center to knock in Nick Goodwin and Munguia. In the sixth, the Bisons extended their lead on a Keys sacrifice fly and when Josh Kasevich scored from third base on a wild pitch. Buffalo's bullpen was on top of its game, shutting down Lehigh Valley the rest of the way, with the exception of two unearned runs that crossed the plate. Tanner Andrews pitched a perfect eighth and ninth to get the save and the win for the Bisons, 8-5. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 48-52 Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) August 1: Saturday was a new day for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, but the woes continued. Danny Thompson Jr. was on the mound for New Hampshire and had himself a pretty great game. He pitched a quality start, going six innings, allowing five hits, giving up just one run, and striking out seven. Probably the best part of the day for him was that he didn't issue a walk. Alex Amalfi came in and gave up three runs, which was a rough task for the Fisher Cats once again. New Hampshire only managed two runs on nine hits. Aaron Parker singled in a run in the sixth inning, and Cade Doughty did the same in the seventh. New Hampshire fell in this one 4-2. Arjun Nimmala was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk. August 2: Things were looking up for New Hampshire on Sunday in the week finale against Hartford. Jackson Wentworth threw a quality start, continuing a good run for the Fisher Cats’ starting pitchers. He went six innings and didn't allow a run. The offense had his back this time. In the first inning, Victor Arias drove in a run with a single, and then he hit a three-run home run in the third inning. Dub Gleed finished off the scoring with a two-run double to left field in the eighth inning. In his final game with the Blue Jays organization, Arjun Nimmala went 1-for-4, with a single and a walk while scoring a run. New Hampshire won 6-0. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 45-57 Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies) August 1: Silvano Hechavarria has not found the form he had last season, as the Cuban righty has now given up 27 runs since getting promoted to Vancouver in only five starts. The Canadians went down nine runs early, as Hechavarria gave up two big homers in the second and the fourth inning, and the offense did not have enough firepower to come back from it. The only run of the game for the Canadians happened with runners on second and third with no outs, but Bryce Chance could only muster up an RBI groundout. Reece Fields had his first minor league appearance and pitched five scoreless innings with five strikeouts after Hechavarria was taken out to keep it at nine in a tough loss for Vancouver. August 2: The offense went off on a Johnny King start, as the Canadians skunked Spokane 14-0. King went five strong innings, striking out seven batters without allowing a run, although he did walk three batters. Jake Casey and Alexis Hernandez both hit some big homers to extend the lead in the fifth and sixth. Ryan Sprock had himself a day as well with a three-hit night capped off with his first homer as a member of the Blue Jays’ organization. Carson Myers and Reece Wissinger each pitched two scoreless innings each as the Canadians ran away with this one 14-0. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 47-52 Series vs St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets) August 1: Denis Samudio took the mound for the Jays and gave up two runs early in the first as Ryan Tayman tagged him for a two-run double. Samudio was able to go five innings without allowing another run, striking out six batters with 11 whiffs. JoJo Parker had some sixth-inning heroics as he hit a two-run blast to tie the game up with an absolutely massive 114.2 mph exit velocity, 446 ft homer. Unfortunately for the Jays, Dean West made an error in the seventh, which ended up scoring, putting the Jays down one heading into the bottom of the seventh. Down to their last three outs in the ninth, Jake Cook and Ryan Franden both got on base, and Brayden Martin was able to move Cook to third before West made up for his error with a sac fly to tie it and send it to extras. Noah Palmese allowed three runs in the 10th, however, and the Jays were not able to move the ghost runner over in a 6-3 extra-innings loss. August 2: Canceled FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 18-26 August 1: Yoenis Morales had the mound on Saturday for BJB in the DSL and put in one of the better pitching performances there. He threw four innings, gave up just one hit, walked one, and struck out eight. He did see three unearned runs cross the plate in the top of the first inning thanks to two errors, though. BJB answered Cubs Red's big first with a big inning of their own in the bottom of the third. Frelian Flores and Juan Caricote each had RBI singles, then both would score on wild pitches later in the inning. The runs and hits in the third inning were all BJB would have on the day, but it was enough, as they won the game 4-3 behind Morales' pitching. August 3: Monday was another bad day at the plate for BJB's bats. They only managed to get three hits in the game, matching Saturday's total, but Isay Veras did provide a little thunder. Veras swatted a fifth-inning, two-run home run, his first of the season. In the seventh, Randy Soto scored on an error, giving BJB three runs for the game. Unfortunately for BJB, their pitching was terrible for the day, giving up 13 hits, seven walks, and 10 runs. BJB lost 10-3. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 26-17 August 1: BJR had a fun day on Saturday, tallying 13 hits, 10 walks, and 11 runs for the game against the Mets Blue DSL team. 17-year-old Jose Gori provided the fireworks, blasting his first career home run in the fifth inning. The home run was a grand one, bringing home four runs for a grand slam! Luis Nunez and Darwin Nuñez each had good games as well. Darwin Nuñez had a double, three singles, and scored three times. Luis Nunez was on base four times, with two singles and two walks, while also knocking in three. BJR won going away 13-2. August 3: Luis Nunez and Darwin Nuñez continued to hit on Monday for BJR. Luis Nunez had an RBI single in the fourth, while Darwin Nuñez had a two-RBI double in the same frame. Elaineiker Coronado provided the cherry on top for BJR, his second home run of the season. His solo blast cleared the right field fence in the bottom of the seventh and capped off another good game for BJR, as they won 6-2. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 25-27) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 3-3 Season Record: 49-53 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 1-5 Season Record: 46-48 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks): 2-4 Season Record: 42-54 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates): 3-3 Season Record: 44-50 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 2-0 Season Record: 38-20 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-2 Season Record: 16-22 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 3-0 Season Record: 20-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 49-53 Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals) July 25: On Saturday, Chad Dallas took to the mound, and he continued his excellent season with another good outing. Facing off against the Rochester Red Wings, Dallas was nearly perfect for three innings. Rochester didn't record a hit or run across Dallas’ three scoreless frames. The only baserunners that reached were two batters who walked, one in the first and one in the third. Dallas also struck out four in the game, all in a row between the second and third innings. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Buffalo broke through on the scoreboard first, getting a big two-run home run to center from Je'Von Ward. The home run was his third in his last four games and would be his last with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Ward was officially released from the team on Sunday. Following Ward's home run, the game stalled out in the runs department, that is until Brady House cut the Buffalo lead in half with a sacrifice fly in the sixth. In the bottom of the seventh, Charles McAdoo got the run back for Buffalo, tripling home Ismael Munguia. The Bisons turned to Javen Coleman for the ninth, and he rewarded them with the save and a 3-1 win. July 26: In the finale of the series on Sunday, Buffalo sent Simeon Woods Richardson to try and get Buffalo on a roll in the win column. Woods Richardson had a little different result than Buffalo would have wanted. He made it through four innings, but coughed up three runs. Buffalo would have the lead when Woods Richardson departed the game, thanks to a Sean Keys RBI single in the third, and a timely three-run blast from CJ Stubbs in the fourth. Sam Gardner came in for Woods Richardson to start the fifth and promptly got into trouble. He would give up an RBI single and an RBI groundout before getting out of the inning. Buffalo struggled the rest of the way, only getting one hit, a single from Charles McAdoo. They did have a really good scoring chance in the bottom of the eighth, getting three straight walks to load the bases with just one out. Unfortunately for the Bisons, Riley Adams and Rudy Martin Jr. each struck out to end the inning and the threat. Buffalo would fall to Rochester 5-4. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 46-48 Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees) July 25: New Hampshire was again taking on Somerset on Saturday, and again things went south, and quickly. DJ Gladney started things off in unusual fashion, with a two-run home run in the top of the first inning. New Hampshire would inch closer with Nick Goodwin's RBI double in the second inning, but things would spiral out of hand after that. In the third inning, Somerset piled on three more runs on three RBI singles. New Hampshire starting pitcher Danny Thompson Jr. gave up five runs on the day over four innings, but only two of them were earned runs. In the fifth inning, a sacrifice fly and a Thomas Frick home run put Somerset way out in front. New Hampshire managed three more runs in the game via a groundout, bases-loaded walk, and an RBI double from Arjun Nimmala. New Hampshire fell in this one 9-4. July 26: The week finale between New Hampshire and Somerset was again a repeat of the blowout losses on the rough week for the Fisher Cats. Somerset would score the first three runs and the last nine runs. Miguel Palma hit two home runs for Somerset and Kevin Verde crushed a grand slam. On offense, New Hampshire didn't put up much of a resistance to Somerset starting pitcher Ben Hess. He went five innings, struck out seven, and only allowed two unearned runs. Cade Doughty and Nick Goodwin ended up supplying those runs with a sacrifice fly for both of them. New Hampshire would lose badly again, this time 12-2. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 42-54 Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks) July 25: Everyone on the team contributed in this win against the Hops, as every hitter got a hit and the pitchers threw a combined shutout. Landen Maroudis had his second straight start going five innings or more, as he threw a career-best six innings, striking out four batters and allowing zero runs, lowering his season ERA to 6.23. The game was tied until the third inning, when Jake Casey got the runs rolling in with an RBI single to center. Alexis Hernandez returned from rehab assignment and drove in two more runs with an RBI double, returning where he left off offensively. Eric Snow also had two RBIs this game, with an RBI single in the third and one in the seventh. Ryan Sprock had a good game as well, stealing a base that led to a throwing error to score in the fourth, and got on base three times with a hit and two walks. The Canadians won this one 7-0. July 26: The Canadians did not have a good time with this one, as they faltered both offensively and on the pitching end. Silvano Hechavarria was the starter and immediately put the Canadians in a hole, allowing three runs in the first inning. Alexis Hernandez had one of five hits for the Canadians, with a solo homer in the second to put the Jays on the board, but Hechavarria allowed two more runs in the second inning. Carson Myers replaced him, and they were able to get out of the inning. Myers was solid in relief, striking out three batters, but allowed a solo shot in the fourth inning. Gilberto Batista was performing much better recently, but unfortunately did not have a good day, as he gave up two homers in the fifth inning, making it 9-1. The Canadians added a run in the sixth inning, but Jonathan Todd allowed another run in the ninth, making it a 10-2 loss. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 44-50 Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates) July 25: It was a disappointing one for the D-Jays, as they looked like they were in command of this game for the majority of it. Juan Sanchez hit a ringing double for the first two runs of the game to score Jake Cook and the rehabbing Jesús Sánchez. Giacomo Taschin’s command wasn’t all there, as he walked four batters, which led to a run scoring on a sac fly in the first, but he kept it a 2-1 ball game. Yimi García pitched a scoreless outing in his rehab appearance, but unfortunately it seems like he’s still dealing with some neck issues. Colby Holcombe came into the fourth but had a disastrous appearance. He gave up a solo shot to Spencer Horwitz, an RBI single after that, then walked in a run with the bases loaded before he was put out of his misery with a bases-clearing double, making it 7-2 for the Marauders. Noah Palmese was able to get out of the inning, and the Jays made a comeback in the top of the seventh in a doubleheader game, with Cook and Blaine Bullard both hitting RBI singles, and a passed ball allowed the speedy Cook to score another run, but it was just too late, as they fell 7-5. July 26, Game 1 (Continuation of yesterday’s game): Carson Messina struggled with his command in this one, allowing three walks and a run in just under three innings pitched. Jake Cook was able to tie it up in the third with an RBI single, as the speedy outfielder had begun to find his footing. Luis Fonseca replaced Messina and struck out two batters without allowing a run. TJ Brock continued that strong relief pitching as he struck out the side in just 13 pitches, before the game was delayed due to rain. Ricky Tiedemann pitched in a rehab game and looked sharp, striking out two batters of his own, allowing just one hit, and topping out at 97.7 mph. Unfortunately for the Jays, the stretch of great pitching ended, as Franly Urena replaced Tiedemann and immediately gave up a double. A sac bunt moved the runner to third, and an RBI single won the game for the Marauders. July 26, Game 2: This was a tight game, and Denis Samudio was excellent once again, showing really strong stuff since getting traded to the Blue Jays. He struck out eight batters over four innings of work, allowing two runs in the third on a sac fly and a solo homer. Raimundo De Los Santos had a homer of his own in the top of that inning, and Aldo Gaxiola added to the homer list with his tenth of the season. Jesús Sánchez took the lead in the seventh with a sac fly, but Richard Ramirez hit a clutch double against Bradley Wilson in the bottom of the inning, sending it to extras. Enmanuel Bonilla had the third homer of the game for the Jays to put them up two in the ninth inning, but Ramirez struck again with a homer of his own to tie it up, then Antonio Pimentel walked it off against Josbel Garcia with a two-run homer. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 July 25: The FCL Blue Jays took on the FCL Rays on Saturday in the playoffs of the Florida Coast League. In the second inning, the Blue Jays jumped on the scoreboard first, as Max Viera and David Guzman hit RBI singles to bring home Andres Arias and Viera. Blue Jays starting pitcher Angel Rivero was great on the day. He only allowed four hits, gave up two walks, but didn't surrender a run. He also struck out four batters on the day. Edrwin Veras came in to pitch for him in the fifth inning, and things went sideways. He allowed an RBI single, a bases-loaded walk, and a wild pitch to give the lead over to the Rays. In the seventh inning, Taitn Gray launched a home run to put the Rays up two. That is where things would stand. The Blue Jays managed to walk eight times in the game, but could only get three singles. The Blue Jays lost 4-2, ending their season and playoff run. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 16-22 July 25: Against one of the two Yankees DSL teams, Sebastian Casanova led BJB to a statement win in a game that the bats came to play. Casanova ended the day going 4-for-4 at the plate, also scoring two runs, knocking in two on a double in the second inning, stealing two bases, and walking twice. The walks actually stacked up in the game, with BJB drawing nine walks and also getting 13 hits. Five players had two walks and four ended with two or more hits. Cristopher Polanco joined Fabian Gonzalez as the only batters to not record a hit. Polanco did walk twice and score three times, though. Other notable plays were Michael Mesa's RBI single in the first, Juan Caricote's RBI single in the second, and Randy Soto's RBI double in the third inning that went to right field. The rest of the runs in the game were scored on wild pitches, groundouts, and sacrifice flies. BJB won big 12-6. July 27: After Sebastian Casanova's best performance of the season, his next game was drastically cut short. Casanova was hit by a pitch in the top of the first inning and promptly left the game, taken down for a pinch-runner. His replacement was Eiker Lothar, and he did his best to step up for Casanova. He ended the game going 2-for-3 and scoring three runs. Juan Caricote started the scoring for BJB with an RBI double in the top of the first, driving in Lothar. A fielding error by the White Sox DSL team and a bases-loaded walk by Ruben Sanchez would bring in two more in the inning. BJ would add two more in the second, one on a wild pitch and then Michael Mesa doubled home Lothar. Despite leading 7-2, the White Sox jumped all over the BJB bullpen. They were led by Sebastian Romero. Romero ended the game going 2-for-2 and hit his ninth home run of the season. He also added an RBI on a single. Despite the poor pitching, BJB still had a lead going into the final frame, that was, until they gave up a single, followed by four walks, bringing in the tying run and the walk-off winner. BJB fell 8-7. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 20-17 July 25: On Saturday, Carlos Olivo, Fayon Dumorne, and Jose Melo combined to throw a shutout, in what amounted to a dominant pitching day for BJR. BJR only gave up four total hits and walked just three batters in the game. For the DSL, it was brilliance. As for the bats, Jose Gori doubled home Ayberson Ortega in the second inning, a line drive to center. Alex Linares would bring home Gori on a ground out later in the inning. In the fourth, Ortega reached on an infield single that scored Aneudi Severino. Ortega would get another RBI on a double play ball to the shortstop in the sixth. BJB cruised to a 4-0 win. July 27: It was Darwin Nuñez and Luis Nunez that powered the offense on Monday. Luis Nunez started the scoring with a three-RBI triple in the fourth inning that cleared the bases and broke the game open for BJR. In the fifth, BJR scored five more runs, highlighted by Elaineiker Coronado's RBI single to center, Darwin Nuñez's two-RBI double to left field, and another RBI for Luis Nunez on a groundout. The pitching was again really good, with only one run being allowed to cross home plate. Franiel Severino pitched four innings, only surrendering the one run on a bases-loaded walk. BJR moonwalked to a 9-1 win. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 18-20) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets): 2-1 Season Record: 46-50 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals): 1-2 Season Record: 45-43 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels): 2-1 Season Record: 39-51 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies): 0-2 Season Record: 41-47 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 5-0 Season Record: 37-19 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 2-2 Season Record: 15-20 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 2-2 Season Record: 17-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 46-50 Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets) July 18: Taking on the Syracuse Mets on Saturday, Buffalo's bats were mostly missing when they needed them the most. The Bisons tallied eight hits in the game, as they faced off against one of the Mets' better starting pitchers, Jonah Tong. While eight hits is a decent number, five of them came from just two hitters, three by Josh Kasevich and two by Daz Cameron. Buffalo finally broke through and got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning. Yohendrick Piñango led it off with a single and moved to third on Charles McAdoo's double. Cameron brought both runners home when he ripped a line drive into the left-center gap for a double. Those would be the only runs Buffalo got across home plate all night. While they did score, it wouldn't matter much, as the Mets crushed Buffalo's pitching all night long. Devereaux Harrison, Conor Larkin, Sam Gardner, and Pat Gallagher all gave up at least three runs. In fact, the only pitcher who did not give up a run was Buffalo's starting catcher, William Simoneit, who came on to pitch the eighth inning. Buffalo lost big 15-2. July 19: In the final game of the shortened series with the Syracuse Mets, Buffalo battled tough until the very end. Je'Von Ward got Buffalo the early lead with a solo blast to right field in the top of the third inning. The home run had an exit velocity of 99.4 mph and was his ninth long ball of the season. Yohendrick Piñango gave Buffalo the lead back in the top of the sixth inning, when he roped a ball to right field for a two-run home run. On the mound for the Bisons was Chad Dallas, and he was excellent. He threw into the fifth, going 4.1 innings, didn't walk anyone, struck out four, and gave up just one run. He had his cutter working, getting two strikeouts on the pitch and using it a lot. Mason Olson took over for him and, in his Triple-A debut, was decent. He pitched 3.2 innings and gave up the game-tying, two-run blast to Christian Arroyo in the sixth. The game stayed tied headed into the ninth inning, when the Bisons finally broke through. Eloy Jiménez singled home a run, followed by Josh Rivera knocking in one with a single as well, then Jiménez scored on an RBI groundout by Carlos Mendoza. The scoring in the inning wrapped up with another RBI single, this one by Josh Kasevich. With a four-run lead, Tanner Andrews came into the game and shut the door on the Mets, striking out two and securing the 7-3 win for Buffalo. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 45-43 Series vs Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals) July 18: Saturday was a day for hits, as New Hampshire and Harrisburg would combine for 21 of them. Unfortunately, runs weren't as abundant. Jackson Hornung singled home a run in the second inning and immediately was matched by Ethan Petry tying the game with an RBI double for the Senators. In the fourth, Carter Cunningham hit an opposite-field single to bring in a run, but again Petry answered. This time he crushed a three-run home run. It was Petry's show, as he again had an RBI single in the eighth inning. New Hampshire couldn't get Petry out on the day, with him going 4-for-4 and was a triple shy of the cycle. The Fisher Cats added two runs in the ninth inning on an Eddie Micheletti Jr. double, but it wasn't enough. New Hampshire lost this one 7-4. July 19: It was a bad finale to the week-long series for New Hampshire against Harrisburg and not solely because of the result in the game. Nolan Perry was the starting pitcher for the Fisher Cats, and it was a short outing for him. After one inning and a hit, Perry surrendered a second hit, and it hurt. The Harrisburg hitter crushed a 104 mph line drive that came back right to Perry's head. It was a scary sight, but it appeared to not be as bad as it could have been. Perry would leave the game with a towel on the side of his head, but he walked off under his own power. The rest of the game wasn't much to see for the Fisher Cats. Arjun Nimmala had a double and New Hampshire added two singles, but that was it, just the three base runners in the game. New Hampshire lost this game 2-0. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 39-51 Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels) June 18: Jacob Sharp had a 4-for-4 night as he helped power the Canadians to their second straight win, and the rest of the middle of the lineup made significant contributions as well. Peyton Williams was the first one to do so as in the fourth inning, he hit a two-run homer which became a lead that the Canadians never relinquished. Troy Guthrie earned the promotion to Vancouver after pitching great for Dunedin, and went five solid innings to get the win in his first start. He gave up a run in the fourth after Williams' homer, but the Canadians were able to get three more runs, this time with Jake Casey tripling to score the first run of the inning, then Eric Snow and Sharp both hit doubles to knock in two more. Guthrie gave up only one more run before getting taken out for Gilberto Batista, who’s been much better in shorter stints as of late, who struck out two batters in two scoreless innings to keep it five to two. Sharp had hit number four in the ninth to drive in the sixth run for the Canadians, and Austin Marozas got his first save of the season with five Ks in two innings of work to end it 6-2. June 19: The Dust Devils spoiled Landen Maroudis’ best start of the year, as the righty went five innings, striking out a career-best seven batters, only allowing three hits and a run off of a homer from Randy De Jesus. Ryan Sprock also had his first homer in the Jays’ organization in the third inning. Reece Wissinger replaced Maroudis in the sixth inning, and in the seventh inning Harold Coll homered, which ended up being the deciding run of the game as the Canadians could not buy a hit against the Dust Devil relievers, only getting on once with a walk in the ninth inning before the Dust Devils were able to close it out, for a close 2-1 loss. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 41-47 Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies) June 18: Carson Messina’s command faltered against the Threshers, as they were able to tag him for three runs as he walked three batters while giving up three hits, putting the Jays down early three to nothing. However, Juan Sanchez struck back with his sixth homer of the season, lasering one over the left field wall. The Jays had a chance to make that inning even bigger, with runners on second and third with just one out, but were unable to capitalize. The Jays brought it within one after Jean Joseph hit a double, as when Brock Tibbitts hit a grounder to the third baseman Robert Phelps, Phelps threw it in the dirt, allowing Joseph to score. Shortly after, the Jays were victims of their own error, as JoJo Parker couldn’t handle a grounder, which led to an RBI double and then a two-run homer, making it 6-2 for the Threshers. The Jays got an RBI groundout in the seventh, then in the ninth were able to get runners on second and third again, but this time Giaconino Lasaracina got an infield hit to score another to bring it within two. That was just too little too late as the Threshers were able to pull away with the win. June 19: Postponed FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 37-19 July 18: The FCL Blue Jays took on the FCL Phillies on Saturday. It was a slow day for the Blue Jays offense, despite five runs scored. They only managed three hits in the game. A wild pitch scored a run in the second for the Blue Jays, and Angel Guzman doubled in a run during the third inning. The Phillies scored four in the third, with the big hit being Jack Barker hitting a triple. In the fourth, Guzman drove in two runs on an RBI single and then scored on a balk. The Phillies took control in the fifth inning, when a grand slam from Gabriel Flores did the damage. The Blue Jays lost 11-5. July 20: It wasn't much of an eventful game for the FCL Blue Jays against the FCL Tigers on Monday. The Blue Jays took a three-run lead in the second inning. Kennew Blanco doubled in a run, and Gavin Smith crushed a two-run home run. The Tigers then scored seven straight over a few innings. Cris Rodriguez had the big hit, with a two-run home run. Blanco would make the game closer with a two-run single in the fifth, but another Tigers home run would put the game away. The Blue Jays lost this one 8-5. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 15-20 July 20: On Monday, BJB got power from the top of their lineup, and the bottom part got on base to provide scoring opportunities. For BJB, the offense finally started in the fifth inning. Cristopher Polanco singled to right, scoring Luis Felipe, but Eiker Lothar was thrown out at third base to kill the rally. Down two in the bottom of the seventh, BJB really unlocked the power. After two singles, Polanco ripped a ball over the right field wall for a three-run home run. BJB wasn't done, though. After Sebastian Casanova walked, Juan Caricote followed Polanco's lead and took a ball over the right field wall as well, which was good for a two-run home run. Roberto Castellanos was solid again for BJB on the mound, going six innings and giving up just two unearned runs. Ire Martinez would get the call to close the game out, and he came through, as BJB won 6-3. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 17-17 July 20: BJR had a daunting task ahead of them on Monday: They faced off against a potent Yankees lineup and one of the best teams in the DSL. Five errors in the game for BJR made it almost impossible to come out on top, as did their pitching. Franiel Severino gave up four runs and also committed two of those errors. Alexander Garcia also gave up four runs, though at least he didn't commit any errors. For BJR, the bats didn't match up with the Yankees either. They finally got on the scoreboard in the sixth inning. Alex Linares and Gabriel Porras each walked and would come in to score on Samuel Orellana's RBI double and Darwin Nuñez's two-RBI single. The three runs were all BJR would score in the game, as Yostin Pena powered the Yankees team to a 9-3 win. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 11-13) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees): 2-4 Season Record: 44-49 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 3-3 Season Record: 44-41 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 3-3 Season Record: 37-50 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers): 3-3 Season Record: 41-45 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 3-1 Season Record: 34-17 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 2-3 Season Record: 13-18 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 3-2 Season Record: 15-15 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 44-49 Series vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees) July 11, Game 1: After dropping every game so far this week to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Buffalo needed an offensive explosion with the bats to get back on track. They got the fireworks they needed from Charles McAdoo and Davis Schneider. Both Bisons hitters crushed solo home runs. McAdoo took Kyle Carr deep in the first inning, and Schneider took him deep in the fifth inning. In between the big bombs, C.J. Stubbs added a run on an RBI single to center field in the second inning. In the third, Yohendrick Piñango matched him with an RBI single to center, and Willie MacIver tacked on another run in the third on his RBI double to center. Simeon Woods Richardson was on the mound and got tagged for two solo home runs, one each by Spencer Jones and Kenedy Corona. Other than the two blasts, Woods Richardson pitched rather well. He kept off the scoreboard after that, just giving up the two runs. He only struck out two, though, pitching mostly to contact. Buffalo took the first doubleheader shortened game 5-2. July 11 Game 2: In the second game of the doubleheader Saturday, Jake Bloss had the mound and was dialed in. He didn't go deep into the game, only pitching four innings, but he only walked one, gave up just one unearned run, and just four hits. He, too, didn't get many swings and misses, or strikeouts, getting only two batters on strike three. While it wasn't an innings-eating game for Bloss, he did keep Buffalo in it long enough for the bats to finally break through and put enough runs on the scoreboard for the win. Yohendrick Piñango provided most of the offense for Buffalo. He scored on an error in the second inning, had a solo home run in the fourth, and drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning. Lazaro Estrada and Conor Larkin combined to throw three scoreless innings in relief of Bloss, giving Buffalo the 3-1 win and a sweep of the doubleheader. July 12: In the final game of the week-long series against the RailRiders, Buffalo had their bats dialed in and loaded for doubles. Five different players had doubles for Buffalo, including Willie MacIver's RBI double in the second inning and Yohendrick Piñango's two-RBI double in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings. Brendon Little, who pitched the ninth and struck out three, got a groundout and walked a guy in the 10th. Tanner Andrews came in for Little and promptly gave up a three-run home run to Jonathan Ornelas. Down three, Buffalo tried their best in the bottom half of the inning to match the RailRiders. Davis Schneider led it off by being hit by a pitch, then Eloy Jiménez followed that up with a single to load the bases up. One run would score on a fielder’s choice, and Je'Von Ward would hit a ball to left field for a sacrifice fly, bringing the deficit down to just one. After Ismael Munguia grounded into a force out, Jay Harry hit a missile, 104.4 mph off the bat, to center field. Unfortunately for Buffalo, the ball fell short of the wall and into a RailRiders' glove, as the Bisons fell 8-7. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 44-41 Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) July 11: It wasn't a fun day for New Hampshire pitchers on Saturday against Portland. Portland took a two-run lead in the first on an RBI single, but Dub Gleed brought things closer with an RBI triple in the second inning. The third and fourth innings saw two more runs for Portland on singles, before Hedbert Perez stopped the scoring drought for New Hampshire with a big home run to right field. Unfortunately, Portland kept hitting just about everything. They ended the day with 16 hits and added three more runs in the eighth inning. New Hampshire lost this one 8-3. July 12: Mason Olson was on the mound for the Sunday contest between New Hampshire and Portland. He set the tone for the game, going four innings, only allowing one run on five hits, and striking out four. With Olson shutting down the Sea Dogs' offense, the Fisher Cats were on full go with their bats. Eddie Micheletti Jr. started things off in the first inning with a two-run home run, his 13th on the season. In the third inning, newly promoted catcher Adam Hackenberg launched a solo home run. In the fourth, New Hampshire scored three times without getting a hit to score the run. They got a bases-loaded walk, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, and a sacrifice fly. They continued the barrage in the sixth inning. Carter Cunningham had an RBI single, Hackenberg a sacrifice fly, and Arjun Nimmala added an infield single driving in a run. New Hampshire would go on to win easily, 10-3. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 37-50 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) July 11: It was another strong Johnny King start, but once again he was plagued by an early first-inning run and command issues as he walked four batters despite striking out seven. He pitched into the sixth inning after the Canadians grabbed the lead with a Jake Casey RBI groundout in the third, a Kendry Chirinos sac fly in the fourth, and a Tucker Toman double in the fifth, with King in line for the win. However, King couldn’t get out of the fifth as he gave up a run, and Reece Wissinger came in to replace him. Things did not go better for him as he gave up a three-run homer to put the Canadians down three. Another sac fly from Manuel Beltre inched it closer, and Peyton Williams came up big in the eighth inning, pinch-hitting for Chirinos with a two-RBI double to tie up the game. Beltre had another clutch RBI with a single, which ended up being the winning run as Wissinger settled down and got the win. July 12: The Canadians were once again comeback kids, as they fell early with Jack Nedrow’s ERA continuing to balloon with seven earned runs in the first four innings. Down seven runs, the Canadians did not give up at all, firing back with a four-run inning of their own, starting with a Jacob Sharp single to score the first run, then a Mathieu Vallee two-RBI double, before Kendry Chirinos drove in Vallee. Austin Marozas replaced Nedrow and gave up a homer to make it a four-run game again, but the Canadians loaded the bases in the fifth inning, with Vallee coming up and walking to bring it back to a three-run game. The pitching completely fell apart for the AquaSox in the seventh inning with the Canadians once again loading the bases, but this time they walked in not one, not two, not three, but four batters in the seventh inning, which led to the Canadians' win, as Jonathan Todd and Gilberto Batista were able to keep Everett from scoring in another comeback close win. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 41-45 Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers) July 11, Game 1: This was a continuation of the suspended game from June 10, and Carson Messina pitched well, going 3.1 innings and allowing one run due to a Brock Tibbitts missed catch. Luis Fonseca replaced him and finished the fourth inning before the game was postponed due to rain until the next day. Bradley Wilson took the mound, then hit a batter, allowed a stolen base, then a single and a double to make it 2-0 for the Flying Tigers. The Jays loaded the bases in the sixth inning, but all they could get was a single run after Will Cresswell hit a single to score Jake Cook. The D-Jays tied it up in the seventh inning, with Dariel Ramon hitting a single that led to an error which allowed Tibbitts to score, and with the bases loaded once again the Jays capitalized with a Juan Sanchez 104.8 mph grand slam to blow the game open. Wilson gave up his second run of the game on a homer, but the Jays got that run back as well with a Jake Cook single that drove in Raimundo De Los Santos after he tripled. Diego Dominguez was able to get the last two outs after Wilson gave up a double in the ninth for a nice commanding win. Game 2: The Jays got a strong performance from Denis Samudio, who struck out nine batters in over five innings pitched, and the offense helped support him with a four-run inning in the second inning after loading the bases. Jake Cook walked to score the first run, then Blaine Bullard hit a bases-clearing double, although he was thrown out trying to get to third. Samudio gave up a single in the fourth, but cruised until the sixth inning, where he allowed a homer to Beau Ankeney, then allowed a hit before getting taken out of the game. Lluveres Severino allowed that runner to score after loading the bases himself, then hitting a batter. Severino allowed the tying run in the seventh inning after a fielding error by Raimundo De Los Santos, which sent the game to extras. The Tigers were able to get their ghost runner to score, advancing the runner twice with a lineout and a sac fly, but the Jays managed to tie it up with a passed ball before the manager and pitcher for the Tigers were ejected in the middle of the inning. Cook ended up being the walk-off hero as he hit a single for the winning run in a crazy ending to an extra-innings game. July 12: After sweeping the doubleheader the day before, the Jays didn’t seem as sharp on this day. Blake Purnell gave up three runs in four innings, despite only two of them being earned, as a throwing error allowed another run to score. Blaine Bullard made his best effort to keep the Jays in the game, however, driving in three runs by himself with a sac fly in the bottom of the third inning, and after Hunter Dobbins scored in the fourth, Angel Guzman had his first RBI as a D-Jay in the fourth to make it 3-1. The Flying Tigers put up a four-spot in the fifth inning off of Purnell and Luis Victorino. Bullard hit his eighth homer of the season on a two-run homer in the eighth, but that was all she wrote for Dunedin, as they lost 4-2 to spoil Bullard’s night. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 34-17 July 11: It was a back-and-forth matchup between the FCL Blue Jays and the FCL Tigers on Saturday. The Blue Jays jumped out to a three-run lead in the first inning. Franklin Rojas hit an RBI single, followed by Denzer Guzman bringing in two runs on a single and an error. In the top of the second inning, the Tigers scored four, though. One on a bases-loaded walk, one on a wild pitch, and two on a single. Guzman responded by tying the game in the third on a line drive single to right field. Andres Arias brought in two runs on a double in the fourth and another run on a single in the sixth. The Blue Jays won 7-4. July 13: In the Monday rematch between the FCL Blue Jays and FCL Tigers, Jackson Jobe was on the mound for the Tigers in a rehab appearance. He went three innings and only allowed two hits. Once he came out, the game became closer. The Blue Jays scored four in the fourth inning. Two on a single and two on a stolen base and throwing error. The Tigers tied the game at four, and it remained there until the sixth inning, when Kennew Blanco tripled home the winning run. The Blue Jays won 5-4. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 13-18 July 11: Sunday was another good day on offense for BJB. They combined to have nine base hits, nine walks, and stole five bases, all resulting in seven runs. Juan Caricote led the way for BJB with the bat; he racked up four singles in his five at-bats, also knocking in two runs. The only other registered RBI came from Sebastian Casanova, while he also scored twice and had two hits. BJB scored four runs in the game that were not RBI, one scored in the second on a double steal of home and second, one scored in the fourth on a wild pitch, another scored on an error in the seventh, and the last scored in the eighth on a wild pitch. Despite BJB's lack of RBI base hits, they were up 6-3 in the bottom of the seventh, when the bullpen imploded and coughed up the lead and sent the game into extra innings. They again had the lead going into the bottom of the eighth. Here it was the bullpen that failed them. Orlando Marcelin gave up two runs, and BJB took the loss 8-7. July 13: Roberto Castellanos had himself a good game on the mound Monday. He worked a strong six innings, staying in command on the bump by just walking one, surrendering just three hits, and striking out five. He did get tagged for an RBI double in the fourth and a solo home run in the fifth. The two runs were all that he and BJB would give up in the game. While the pitching did their job, the hitting did not. Deret Gonzalez doubled home Randy Soto in the second; it was the only run BJR would score in the game. They only had five hits: Gonzalez added a single to his double, Sebastian Casanova had two singles, and Fabian Gonzalez also had a single. BJB lost this one in a lackluster game, 2-1. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 15-15 July 11: After the first two innings, BJR was down 7-0, with Carlos Olivo being charged with all seven runs. BJR tried to make a comeback, scoring one in the fourth, when Darwin Núñez scored on a throwing error. In the fifth, Luis Nunez hit a ball to right field for a sacrifice fly. Darwin Núñez then doubled home Gabriel Porras, and Ayberson Ortega singled in Núñez. Unfortunately for BJR, it was the closest they would come, as their bullpen coughed up a few more runs. BJR dropped the game 10-4. July 13: Aneudi Severino and Gabriel Porras each had monster games at the plate for BJR on Monday. Severino led the way with a 3-for-4 day, scoring two runs, knocking in three, and hitting his fourth home run of the season. Porras didn't have as many hits, but he did more damage with his base knocks. He went 2-for-5, scored once, but knocked in six. Three of his RBI came from a ninth-inning three-run blast. He also had a two-RBI single in the seventh and an RBI groundout in the third. Pitching and fielding were terrible for BJR, though. They committed three errors, and their starter (Franiel Severino) gave up 10 runs (nine earned). Thanks to Porras’ ninth-inning home run, BJR still had a chance to win. Later in the ninth, Samuel Orellana singled home Severino and brought BJR to within one. Unfortunately, BJR stranded runners at first and second, following a pop-up, a strikeout, and a groundout. The game ended with BJR losing 12-11. View full article

Round 6, Gable Mitchell - SS The Toronto Blue Jays selected Gable Mitchell at #193 in the 2026 MLB Draft. Gable Mitchell is a SS at the University of Iowa. The slot value for the pick is $330,300. Gable Mitchell was not ranked on our MLB Draft Consensus Board. Mitchell is another prototypical Blue Jays draft selection. Standing 5-foot-9, he is not an imposing stature on the field, but in 2026, he hit .360/.452/.535, with 33 walks, and only 18 strikeouts over 56 games. He is a contact machine that should likely find his way to 2B moving forward as he climbs the minor league levels. Round 7, Dean West - OF The Toronto Blue Jays selected Dean West at #222 in the 2026 MLB Draft. Dean West is an OF at UCLA. The slot value for the pick is $262,300. Dean West was not ranked on our MLB Draft Consensus Board West is a carbon copy of Gable Mitchell, but instead of playing on the infield, he is an outfielder. Like Mitchell, West is a 5-foot-9 contact oriented hitter who this season at UCLA hit .277/.418/.417, added 11 stolen bases, and seven home runs. Power likely won't be a strong point in his profile, and this pick probably will come in under slot, setting up some potential high school picks in the later rounds. Round 8, Jake Bennett - C The Toronto Blue Jays selected Jake Bennett at #252 in the 2026 MLB Draft. Jake Bennett is a C at Dallas Baptist University. The slot value for the pick is $219,500. Jake Bennett was not ranked on our MLB Draft Consensus Board Sticking with the college focus of this draft, the Blue Jays took Bennett in the eighth round. He is a 6-foot-2, 231-pound catcher out of Dallas Baptist. This season he had stellar numbers, crushing 19 home runs and hitting .346/.475/.776. This is a bat-first profile that could end up at first base or DH, if he doesn't stick at catcher. Round 9, Joey Urban - OF The Toronto Blue Jays selected Joey Urban at #282 in the 2026 MLB Draft. Joey Urban is an OF at the University of Southern Mississippi. The slot value for the pick is $202,100. Joey Urban was not ranked on our MLB Draft Consensus Board. Urban is a four-year college outfielder who stands 6-foot. He offers a bit of power and contact in his profile, and he likely won't be a zero on the bases. His last year at Southern Mississippi, he hit .320/.426/.574. As a four-year college player, this could be another under-slot potential for the Blue Jays. Expect Urban to start out his minor league career with some aggressive placements if he does sign. Round 10, Bryce Chance - OF The Toronto Blue Jays selected Bryce Chance at #312 in the 2026 MLB Draft. Bryce Chance is an OF at Mississippi State University. The slot value for the pick is $191,200. Bryce Chance was not ranked on our MLB Draft Consensus Board Like Urban, Chance is a four year college outfielder. He played all four years in the SEC at Mississippi State University. He doesn't offer much power, but is another super high level contact bat. He only had 18 strikeouts in 62 games his last year in college. His slash line was .349/.437/.469 and he added 13 stolen bases. As one of the older players selected, Chance should see at-bats quickly if he signs. He is 23 years old already and a likely under slot deal potentially for the Blue Jays. View full article

The Toronto Blue Jays selected Cole Carlon at #39 in the 2026 MLB Draft. Cole Carlon is a starting pitcher at Arizona State University. The slot value for the pick is $2,571,700. Cole Carlon was ranked #20 on our MLB Draft Consensus Board. Here’s what our write-up of Cole Carlon by Jamie Cameron from our MLB Draft Consensus Board said of Cole Carlon. Carlon is one of the fastest-rising college arms in 2026 in a demographic that has suffered from injuries and inconsistent performance. After contributing to the Sun Devils immediately as a freshman bullpen arm, Carlon improved his sophomore season significantly, cutting his ERA in half and flashing far more dominant stuff. It's a good-looking delivery from Carlon. While there aren't outlier release traits, he hides the ball well during his delivery and has an ideal pitcher's frame at 6'5, 220 pounds. He's moved from the bullpen to a starting role in 2026. The results have been spectacular. Carlon had a 4.30 FIP through 83.2 innings of work this season while striking out 38% of hitters. The stuff is as explosive as ever, his fastball sits 94-96 mph, but he's run it up to 100 mph. His slider is one of the best in the class, a mid-80s gyro offering that generates a ton of swing and miss. Carlon mixes in a curveball and a changeup, too. There's still some refinement needed to the strike throwing, but Carlon's walk rate has improved from 11.3% in 2025 to 8.9% in 2026. Carlon is looking like a first-round prospect with starter traits who should move quickly as a pro. Analysis: Cole Carlon is an arm that will fit in nicely with the group of players the Toronto Blue Jays have selected over the last couple of drafts. He has great stuff, but will need to develop a third pitch. The fastball/slider combo will let him succeed while he is moving through the system. At Arizona State University, the strikeouts were the big draw, taking a big leap his Junior season, striking out 133 in 83.2 IP. The pick looks good as Carlon appears to be a future workhorse starter that can eat innings and go deep into games, while striking out a lot of batters. At this stage, he appears to be a college version of Johnny King. The stuff is there, but the finer command is a work in progress and shows there is still a ton of potential in the projection down the road. Expect Carlon to slot into the top five of the Blue Jays prospects when he signs. View full article