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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 23-May 25) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets): 2-4 Season Record: 25-26 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies): 1-4 Season Record: 23-19 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 2-4 Season Record: 18-27 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins): 4-2 Season Record: 19-26 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 3-2 Season Record: 14-3 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 24-25 Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets) May 23: Postponed May 24, Game 1: It was another doubleheader for Buffalo on Sunday afternoon, and at least the weather cooperated for the teams to get both games in. Grant Rogers was on the mound for the first game, and he would take care of most of the innings for Buffalo. He made it through the fifth, but again pitched mostly to contact. At this point in his career, a contact pitcher is really all he ever will be. He makes it work for most starts, just like he did on Sunday. He allowed three runs, only two earned, while only giving up four hits and one walk. Syracuse got to him in the bottom of the third inning with an RBI single, then again in the bottom of the fifth on a fielder’s choice and a sacrifice fly. During this game, he threw a heavy dose of sinkers and splitters, which drives the high contact rates against him. Luckily for Buffalo, RJ Schreck was in the lineup, and he really carried the bats. Schreck got the scoring started for Buffalo in the first inning, a missile that shot off the bat at 107.2 mph and went over the right field fence for a solo home run. The blast was Schreck's sixth of the season and went 372 feet. In the third inning, it was Schreck again. This time, it was a three-run home run. With the lead at just one in the sixth inning, Schreck was yet again in the middle of the action for Buffalo. He walked and then came in to score a few batters later on Willie MacIver's sacrifice fly. Je'Von Ward then added another run with an RBI single. In the bottom half of the sixth, Ryan Clifford got ahold of a pitch from Brendan Cellucci to lead off the inning with a solo home run. It was the closest Syracuse would get, as Hayden Juenger came into the game in the ninth and recorded two strikeouts on his way to earning the save. Buffalo won 6-4. May 24, Game 2: For Buffalo, the bats decided that their performance in game one of the doubleheader was enough and stayed holstered for the entirety of the second contest. They only recorded two hits, singles from William Simoneit and Ryan McCarty. While the bats played peekaboo, the pitching was locked in. Austin Voth got the start and pitched into the fourth inning. He only surrendered one run, walked none, and gave up just three hits. Brendon Little came into the game in the fifth inning and pitched two perfect frames, six up and six down. Syracuse only had three hits in the game, scoring their lone run in the fourth inning on Ryan Clifford's 10th home run of the season. Buffalo fell 1-0. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 23-19 Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) May 23: Jackson Wentworth was on the mound for the Saturday game between New Hampshire and Hartford. He pitched well this time around, going five innings, only allowing one run, giving up four hits, and striking out two. New Hampshire took the lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single to center field from Sean Keys, on which Arjun Nimmala and Jace Bohrofen scored. In the top of the second, Dyan Jorge brought in a run for Hartford on a sacrifice fly. That is where the game remained until the ninth inning. Conner Capel launched a game-tying home run to right field. Then, GJ Hill smacked an RBI single to right field, which gave Hartford a one-run lead. In the bottom of the ninth, Jay Harry would knock a single to left field, but he would be stranded on base when Jackson Hornung grounded out to end the game. New Hampshire lost 3-2. May 24: Postponed High-A Vancouver Season Record: 18-27 Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies) May 23: With the series tied up two apiece, the Canadians had a chance to win the series with two straight wins. Danny Thompson Jr. was once again the starter for Vancouver, but he had a tough third inning, giving up a walk and three hits, which resulted in three earned runs. The Canadians offense tied it up, scoring two runs in the fourth off a Maddox Latta single and a Carter Cunningham sac fly. Then Alexis Hernandez continued his hot hitting, knocking in J.R. Freethy with a double. The game went back and forth as Jay Schueler replaced Thompson, and gave up two solo home runs in the sixth inning, but the Canadians came back with Freethy’s first homer of the year in the seventh and Hernandez's second RBI double of the night. An error from Peyton Williams turned into the third homer given up by Schueler on the night, and Reece Wissinger allowed two doubles, leading to two more runs scoring for Spokane. He then gave up another homer in the eighth inning, which was the fourth homer given up by the bullpen on the night. Down four in the ninth inning, Williams hit a double with no outs, but all Vancouver could do was drive him in with a groundout, spoiling a chance at another comeback victory. May 24: It was Johnny King day, and it seemed very likely that Vancouver could earn the series split with who was on the mound. Alexis Hernandez is a doubles machine, as he hit his third in two games to give Vancouver an early lead. Things did not go to plan in the bottom of the inning, as King raised his ERA to 2.60, not being able to get out of the first inning and giving up five runs with three walks and four hits. The Canadians slowly clawed their way back, with Hayden Gilliland recording an RBI in the second. A wild pitch made it 5-3 in the third inning, and Gilliland had a solo shot in the fourth inning to make it a one-run lead. J.R. Freethy tied it up in the fifth inning with a double, and then the Canadians took the lead when Spokane’s third baseman threw it away on a grounder to third on a throw to second. Holden Wilkerson came in after Carson Pierce replaced King, and he pitched well, going four innings with four strikeouts, but in the sixth inning, he took the loss as he gave up three hits and two runs, which ultimately became the last runs of the game as the Canadians could not get on base after that. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 19-26 Series vs Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins) May 23: The Jays’ plundering of independent ball seems to have been paying off, as Jack Nedrow had his third straight great appearance in a row, with his second straight quality start. The offense supported his good start, as they took advantage of some shaky defense. Yorman Licourt got an RBI single in the bottom of the second, then scored in the bottom of the fourth on a dropped third strike. The Jays got their third run of the night on a passed ball, then their fourth unanswered run with an Eric Snow single. Nedrow gave up the first runs of his professional career in the seventh inning with a two-run homer, but Eduar Gonzalez came in and continued pitching well with two scoreless innings. JoJo Parker gave the Jays much-needed insurance with a two-run single in the eighth, which ended up mattering, as in the ninth, Lluveres Severino gave up what would have been the game-tying runs without Parker’s clutch hitting. May 24: Jake Bloss looked great in his first game back in Dunedin on a rehab assignment. The righty sat 95.8 mph on his fastball, topping out at 97 mph. He went four strong innings, with his only blemish being a solo shot in the fourth inning. The Jays were able to get a run in on a balk in the first inning, so the game was tied. The Jays' bullpen was solid, as Ramon Suarez kept it tied into the sixth inning. Blaine Bullard then hit a two-run homer, scoring Jake Cook and giving the Jays a two-run lead. Franly Urena gave up a run on an RBI groundout in the eighth inning, but Jack Eshleman got save number six to shut the door and give the Jays another win. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 14-3 May 23: Miguel Pantoja was on the mound to begin the Saturday FCL game between the Blue Jays' and Tigers' squads. He again went over four innings, this time 4.1. He gave up three hits, three runs, a walk, and struck out two. The big hit for the Tigers was a home run in the fourth by Cris Rodriguez. It was another good outing from Pantoja, one of the youngest players in Rookie ball. On offense, the top of the order did the damage for the Blue Jays. Angel Guzman tripled in a run in the first inning and would score later himself on an RBI single from Franklin Rojas. Sam White would have a big day, going 3-for-3, with two singles, three RBI, a home run, and a stolen base. His home run in the bottom of the sixth scored two runs and gave the Blue Jays team the lead for good, as they went on to win 5-4. May 26: Shane Bieber started the Monday FCL game between the Blue Jays and the Yankees. He went two innings, allowing just three hits, and didn't give up a run. He would strike out three batters and not walk a batter. Seojun Moon came in next, but didn't have a good start in his first game out of the bullpen. After a double and two walks, Moon would allow a run on a wild pitch and two more on an RBI single. He would settle in and almost get through two innings overall. An error would extend the inning, and he finished his day with another walk and a hit-by-pitch. Overall, he seemed to be a bit wild on the day. The Blue Jays team took the lead in the second inning on an Andres Arias home run. In the fifth inning, Brock Tibbitts would cap off a five-run inning with a three-run home run to right field. The Blue Jays team would win again, this time 8-3. View full article

Here we are, a little more than one month into the minor league season, and we have made our first in-season update to the Jays Centre Top 20 Prospect rankings. It has been a roaring start for some and a slow crawl for others. Let's check out a few of our prospects that moved up and down the rankings, as well as a couple of new entries to the list altogether. Blue Jays Top 20 Prospects: Key Risers No. 3 Johnny King, SP - Vancouver Canadians Johnny King has been a force to be reckoned with down in High A for the Vancouver Canadians. At just 19 years old, he has been slowly ramping up his pitch count and innings over the first month of the season, but those innings have been fantastic. He currently has an ERA of 0.81 to go with a sparkling batting average against of just .130. He is not allowing many hits at all, just 10 in seven games and 22.1 innings pitched. He is still excelling with some great swing and miss numbers, striking out 35.9% of hitters, but the walks have seen a jump up to 15.2% so far this season. Fastball command may be a key factor in the walk rate rising, and it could be because his fastball now sits in the mid-to-upper 90s at times, which is a great sign for his overall stuff. He just needs to control it more frequently, which he should, with more experience. No. 10 Sean Keys, 1B/3B - New Hampshire Fisher Cats Sean Keys has taken the Double-A world by storm in the first month-plus of the season. At one point, he was the hottest and best hitter at the level, launching 10 home runs in just 36 games played, to go with a slash line of .290/.413/.581 and a wRC+ of 155. He has been getting on base, taking walks, hitting for power, and limiting the whiffs some. He has a walk rate of 12.7% and a strikeout rate of 26.0%. If he keeps going at this pace, he could see the bump up to Triple-A Buffalo sooner rather than later. No. 8 Yohendrick Piñango, OF - Buffalo Bisons/Toronto Blue Jays Yohendrick Piñango was enjoying a solid beginning to his year at Triple-A Buffalo, slashing .288/.370/.488, with three home runs, two stolen bases, and a wRC+ of 122 over 22 games. His jump in the rankings, though, largely comes from his first 16 games as a Toronto Blue Jay. He has hit .333/.373/.438, launching one home run with three walks and just six strikeouts. There may not be enough room in the Blue Jays’ outfield for playing time when everyone is healthy, but he is certainly making a case for more at-bats at the moment. Blue Jays Top 20 Prospects: Key Fallers Landen Maroudis, SP - Vancouver Canadians Landen Maroudis has actually pitched well at times this season, and his velocity has started to return to its 2024 level. Over eight games and 27.1 innings pitched, he has a 4.61 ERA and a 3.93 FIP. His walk rate is down considerably this season at 9.6%, but his strikeout rate is only 20.8%. He has been getting outs, but he needs to see his swing and miss stuff tick back up. Brandon Barriera, SP - Dunedin Blue Jays Brandon Barriera had put together a couple of good starts before the injury bug again landed him on the IL. The numbers weren't great as a whole this season (5.29 ERA, 5.43 FIP), but four of his last five games saw him give up no runs or one run. Hopefully, he returns soon and gets back in a groove on the mound. Yeuni Munoz, OF - Released Yeuni Munoz didn't play a lot of games with the Blue Jays organization due to injuries, but he did show a good ability to hit the ball hard and often. Toronto released the outfielder before the season. Blue Jays Top 20 Prospects: Newcomers No. 17 Nolan Perry, SP - Dunedin Blue Jays/Vancouver Canadians Nolan Perry began the season with Single-A Dunedin and has been making up for lost time quickly. He missed the 2025 season with Tommy John surgery, but you wouldn't know it by watching him this year; he has been one of the best pitchers in the minor leagues. Over five games and 22 innings with Dunedin, he pitched to a 1.71 ERA and 2.50 FIP, with a strikeout rate of 41% and a walk rate of just 7.7%. Single-A hitters couldn't get much contact against him, and when they did, it wasn't very good either, with his batting average against coming in at .114. After a promotion to High-A Vancouver, Perry hasn't lost a step, as his numbers have gotten even better. In two games, he has pitched 10 innings with 18 strikeouts (47% strikeout rate), only allowing one run (0.90 ERA). This season, Perry has been using a deep pitch mix when he attacks hitters and does so with a good deal of command on all of his pitches. The fastball is in the mid-90s and occasionally has gotten into the upper 90s, with good ride up in the zone. The pitch comes with a very good amount of induced vertical break as well (averaging 18 inches at Dunedin). His slider and curveball are fantastic pitches with sharp break and tunnel well off of his four-seam fastball. Perry also has above-average extension on his pitches at 6.5 feet. His fourth pitch, a changeup, needs some more work, but it could be a good pitch down the line as well. Perry currently ranks in the 92nd percentile or better in strikeout rate (98th), K-BB% (98th), BAA (97th), SwStr% (94th), WHIP (99th), ERA (93rd), FIP (92nd), and xFIP (97th). This is all in his first season back after Tommy John surgery. Assuming he keeps improving and his command gets even better, we could see him make the jump up to Double-A New Hampshire at some point and cement himself as one of the best pitching prospects in the Blue Jays organization. No. 20 Dylan Watts, SP - Dunedin Blue Jays Dylan Watts has pitched in eight games for Dunedin and has thrown 23.1 innings. Currently, he has a 4.63 ERA and a 4.57 FIP, with a 26.2% strikeout rate, a 9.7% walk rate, and a batting average against of .272. Watts has five pitches he can control effectively, and that deep pitch mix has done well at generating swing and misses so far this season. He has a mid-90s four-seam fastball, which has great ride up in the zone, with 17.5 inches of induced vertical break and 10 inches of horizontal break. His sinker can be the reverse of his four-seam fastball, with more horizontal break than induced vertical break. His strikeout pitches are his cutter and changeup, coming in at whiff rates above 40% and 60%. His last pitch is a slider, and it generates a high percentage of whiffs, but he currently doesn't throw it much. Look for Watts to keep working on his pitch mix and finding a way to minimize contact from hitters. If he can get into a good spot and string together some better games, he could get the bump up to High-A Vancouver come June or July when the next wave of promotions is likely to happen. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 16-May 18) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox): 4-2: Season Record: 23-22 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Reading Fighting Phils (Philadelphia Phillies): 3-4 Season Record: 22-15 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 3-3 Season Record: 16-23 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees): 2-4 Season Record: 15-24 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 4-1 Season Record: 11-1 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 23-22 Series vs Worcester Red Sox May 16: Buffalo got a little bit of a gift on Saturday, as it seemed the good karma they have built up by enduring an endless amount of postponed games the last two seasons was cashed in. Josh Fleming was on the mound and was excellent. Over five innings, he kept Worcester to only one extra-base hit and three singles, while only walking one. At the plate, Buffalo had the power swing going early in this one. In the second inning, Josh Rivera launched his sixth home run of the season, a solo shot to left field. The blast had an exit velocity of 103.1 mph and went over the fence, landing 391 feet from home plate. Two batters later, Je'Von Ward smacked his second home run in as many games. His was nearly identical off of the bat, 103.9 mph, and it went 383 feet. After a 31-minute rain delay, the game was called after Worcester hit in the top of the fifth, giving Buffalo the 2-0 win and moving them to two games above .500. May 17: After a decent streak of games where the bats couldn't miss the ball, Buffalo went cold on Sunday and didn't get anything going at the plate. They were able to get three singles and four doubles, but nothing would come of it, as they were shut out in the game. Josh Kasevich had one of the hits and one of the walks, raising his batting average for the season to .293. Austin Voth pitched rather well, throwing five innings, only surrendering four baserunners (three hits and one walk). He did give up one run, a solo blast in the third to Nathan Hickey. Pat Gallagher came in for Voth to start the sixth inning, and things went south fast for Buffalo. Gallagher coughed up three runs on a single, triple, and a double to the three batters he faced, handing it off to Hayden Juenger. Juenger would not fare much better, giving up another run on an RBI single, before he loaded the bases up with a walk to Hickey. Braiden Ward would ground out and let Buffalo off the hook of a massive inning. With Buffalo down 4-0, they would go down in order the remainder of the game, 12 up and 12 down. The loss brought the Bisons back to the edge of .500 for the season. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 22-15 Series vs Reading Fighting Phils (Philadelphia Phillies) May 16: The Saturday tilt between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and the Reading Fightin Phils was one to forget for New Hampshire. From the start of the game, things went south for the Fisher Cats. Starting pitcher Jackson Wentworth only went one inning and gave up an unearned run. After that the relievers were pile driven into submission. Reading ended the game with 22 hits, seven walks, and the Fisher Cats had three errors. That is 32 baserunners. On the other side, New Hampshire couldn't get on base, only managing four singles and one walk. New Hampshire lost this one 20-0. May 17, Game 1: In the first game of the Sunday doubleheader, Chris McElvain was on the mound for New Hampshire against Reading and had one of his best starts. He went six innings, only allowed two hits, didn't give up a run, and only walked two batters. He struck out four hitters. Conor Larkin came on for the seventh and pitched a clean inning with a strikeout to finish off the seven-inning shutout. The New Hampshire offense was not its usual dominating self, but they did manage five hits and two runs. Victor Arias had an RBI single in the third, and Eddie Micheletti Jr. launched his sixth home run of the year in the sixth inning. New Hampshire would win game one 2-0. Game 2: Game two of the doubleheader was just as lacking in the hitting department for both teams. New Hampshire managed just four hits, and only two hitters (Jay Harry and Nick Goodwin) collected those four hits. Goodwin had an RBI single and an RBI double, with Victor Arias adding an RBI groundout. It wasn't enough, as Reading managed five runs on five hits, and New Hampshire lost 5-3 High-A Vancouver Season Record: 16-23 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) May 16, Game 1: Landen Maroudis had his first blow-up start for the Canadians, as he gave up eight hits, a walk and six runs in a little over three innings of work. That raised his season ERA to 4.61 and earned him his first loss of the season. The offense tried to catch up, with Tucker Toman leading the charge with a three-RBI night, but the AquaSox got up to a 7-2 lead in the top of the fourth inning after Reece Wissinger replaced Maroudis and gave up a two-run double. An error from Peyton Williams made the lead even bigger in the sixth inning, and although the Canadians scored two more runs off of a bases-loaded walk from Williams and a sac fly from Dub Gleed, that was the closest it got, as they couldn’t hit Brock Moore, who took the win for Everett. Game 2: Gilberto Batista started for the Canadians in the second game of the doubleheader and gave up an RBI double in the first inning with two outs. Kendry Chirinos tied it up with an RBI double of his own, and it remained tied until the fourth inning, when Batista’s shaky command led to a bases-loaded walk to lose the lead for Vancouver. Kelena Sauer took over in the fifth inning for Vancouver and faced trouble himself, with a leadoff triple setting up the inning for failure. He allowed two runs in two innings, while giving up three hits and two walks, despite striking out four batters. Matt Scannell’s first homer of the season brought the lead to two, but Jonathan Todd gave up two more runs in the seventh, for another disappointing Vancouver loss. May 17: The Canadians were able to turn it around on the last game of the series, as an Alexis Hernandez solo shot and a two-RBI Peyton Williams double made it an early 3-0 lead. Daniel Guerra’s newfound velocity has led him to be a breakout pitching prospect for the Jays, as he had his second double-digit strikeout game of the season. He allowed a single run in the third on a triple to Josh Caron but was able to limit damage other than that. Danny Thompson Jr. relieved Guerra in the fourth inning, and although he immediately gave up a solo shot, he also pitched well despite some shaky command, striking out four batters in 2.1 innings. The Canadians' offense also took those runs right back, as after Peyton Williams hit a triple, Carter Cunningham hit a two-run homer to bring the lead back to three. Another two-run homer, this time from Manuel Beltre, gave the Canadians their seventh run of the game and gave them insurance for a shaky Trace Baker appearance, who came in after Juanmi Vasquez pitched two scoreless innings, allowing the Canadians to win at least the last game of the series. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 15-24 Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees) May 16: The Dunedin Blue Jays got 12 hits on the night, but were outhit by the Tarpons in a near blowout. Eric Snow got it going for the Jays with an early RBI single to score Blaine Bullard, but starter Dylan Watts gave up the first run for the Tarpons in the first after two errors were committed in a row. Watts gave up four singles in the second inning to allow another two runs. The Jays were able to get to Henry Lalane again in the fifth inning with two RBI doubles from Snow and Juan Sanchez, to even up the game. Eduar Gonzalez replaced Watts in the fourth inning, and in the fifth inning loaded the bases, before walking in a run. Franly Urena was able to replace him and get out of the inning, however. A David Beckles double tied it up once again for the Jays, but Urena gave up four runs in the seventh inning, and Luis Victorino gave up two more runs, putting the Jays in a big hole that they couldn’t recover from. May 17: Jack Nedrow’s second professional appearance and first start was another scoreless one; this time, Nedrow had his first quality start and first win. Dariel Ramon was able to get on through a fielding error to the pitcher and stole second, and Jake Cook moved him over to third on a single. Blaine Bullard grounded into a force out, but Ramon was able to score. Bullard stole second base and after Parker struck out, Juan Sanchez just missed a homer off the top of the wall for a booming RBI double to give the Jays a two-run lead. The Tarpons could not touch Nedrow, who only gave up four hits and a walk all day, and after he was replaced by Edgar Gallegos, they still couldn’t get anything going off him either, as he went three innings with only one hit given up for his first save of the season. Aldo Gaxiola had the cherry on top with a two-run shot in the top of the ninth inning to end the series off with a bang. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 11-1 May 16: In the Saturday FCL matchup for the Blue Jays squad, Seojun Moon was on the mound to start against the FCL Yankees. Moon pitched well again, going two innings and allowing just an infield single, to go with three walks, and no runs. He struck out three batters. Miguel Pantoja came in after him and was equally as good. He threw three innings, allowing just one hit; he struck out six, didn't give up a run, but did surrender four walks. On the offensive side, Sam White drove in a run in the first, as did Brock Tibbitts. A couple of bases-loaded walks, a wild pitch, and a Kennew Blanco single put the Blue Jays team up six in the sixth. The Yankees got things going in the bottom of the seventh, putting up six runs to push the game into extra innings. In the seventh, Tim Piasentin doubled in a run, Owen Gregg tripled in three runs, and Angel Guzman had an RBI single. The Blue Jays won this one, 11-7. May 18: Jake Bloss started this one for the FCL Blue Jays and pitched 2.1 clean innings, only allowing one hit and striking out three batters. Tim Piasentin drove in a run when the Yankees team committed an error in the second inning. A double steal for the Yankees tied the game in the third inning. Sam Shaw would quickly break the tie with a two-run blast to right field. In the sixth, five runs would score for the Blue Jays, this time on an Owen Gregg single, a Brock Tibbitts single, and a Pascual Archila bases-loaded walk. The Blue Jays would go on to win this one, 8-4. View full article

Lock in for Vladito tonight

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been better than these players so far this year Shohei Ohtani Kyle Tucker Gunnar Henderson Fernando Tatis Jr. Cal Raleigh Ronald Acuna Jr. Just found it hilarious lol

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 9-May 11) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 4-2 Season Record: 19-20 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 4-1 Season Record: 19-11 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 2-4 Season Record: 13-20 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates): 2-4 Season Record: 13-20 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 5-0 Season Record: 7-0 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 19-20 Series Opponent: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) May 9: RJ Schreck continued his torrid stretch in May, collecting four more hits on his way to leading Buffalo to a victory Saturday. He smashed his second home run of the series with Lehigh Valley and hit another double, bringing that total to five for the week as well. Buffalo kicked the scoring off with two bases-loaded walks in the second inning, one each by Carlos Mendoza and William Simoneit. In the third inning, Josh Kasevich added a run with an RBI single, scoring Jonatan Clase. Then, after a Charles McAdoo walk, Riley Tirotta smoked a ball 108.1 mph over the left field fence for a three-run home run. The lead didn't last long, as CJ Van Eyk coughed up four unearned runs in the bottom of the third inning and Devereaux Harrison surrendered three more runs in the fifth. With Buffalo now trailing by a run, Josh Rivera squeaked a ball over the left field fence at just 93.1 mph for a solo shot. The next inning, Schreck came to the plate and pummeled a ball 104.1 mph for a two-run home run and gave Buffalo the lead for good. Tanner Andrews pitched the ninth and struck out two. Earning the save and the win for Buffalo, 9-7. May 10: On Sunday, Buffalo put an exclamation point on the week-long series with Lehigh Valley, as the bats were sizzling hot. Four players had multiple hits, and three of them had at least three hits, including RJ Schreck. He will surely be disappointed when Buffalo leaves Lehigh. He tallied 15 hits in the series, six doubles, two home runs, and 16 RBI. In the game Sunday, he had four of the RBI, one on an RBI single in the first inning, two from a two-RBI double in the fifth, and the last one on an RBI single in the eighth. While Schreck was a big performer in the game, Willie MacIver had an even bigger day. He had himself a 4-for-5 day, with four RBI, a double, and a home run. The home run was a three-run blast that went just over 400 feet to right-center field. Ismael Munguia stayed hot at the plate as well, collecting three hits in the game and raising his batting average at Triple-A to .359. On the mound, Josh Fleming pitched five innings of one-run ball and handed it over to the bullpen with a big lead. The bullpen did its job and finished the game, only allowing one unearned run. Brendon Little continues to push for a promotion back to the big league club. He pitched another scoreless inning and struck out one. Buffalo ran away with this game and won 11-2, pulling to within one game of their kryptonite .500 record. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 19-11 Series vs. Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) May 9: Postponed May 10: In the Sunday finale between New Hampshire and Portland, the Fisher Cats got to see one of the top breakout starting pitchers in the minor leagues, Anthony Eyanson. New Hampshire struggled with him in his Double-A debut, only managing four hits off of him in four innings. Victor Arias did launch a home run in the second inning. Jace Bohrofen added a two-run home run in the sixth, and Jorge Burgos brought in a run with a groundout in the seventh. Franklin Arias and Brooks Brannon carried the Portland offense to a big day, as the Fisher Cats lost 12-4. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 13-20 Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants) May 9, Game 1: The Canadians had a doubleheader against the Emeralds, and Dub Gleed got them on the board in the first at-bat of the game with a homer off of Yunior Marte. Landen Maroudis was the starter for this game and dealt with shaky command, walking four batters in four innings. He allowed the Emeralds to tie it up in the second inning, but in the fourth inning, the Canadians pulled ahead with a J.R. Freethy two-RBI single. Maroudis had a scoreless fourth inning, but in the fifth inning walked the leadoff batter and was pulled for Eminen Flores. Flores walked the next batter, then gave up a three-run homer to give the lead back to the Emeralds. Trace Baker struggled as well, as after a Maddox Latta error, he allowed three more runs to score, putting the Canadians down four. In the seventh inning, Peyton Williams walked and Alexis Hernandez hit his first homer of the season to bring it back within two runs, but the Canadians couldn’t capitalize, losing the first game of the doubleheader. May 9, Game 2: The offense sputtered for the Canadians after a relatively high-scoring first game, as Vancouver only had four hits against the Emeralds. On the other hand, Gilberto Batista gave up five runs, with four of them coming in the second inning, as his ERA climbed to 8.46 on the season and he earned his second loss of the season. The Canadians got one run after Carter Cunningham tripled and Manuel Beltre then drove him in with a single, but that was all they could do against the domineering Emeralds. May 10: The Canadians put up a fight in the last game of the series. Although Daniel Guerra struggled for the first time this season, giving up seven runs in just over three innings, Vancouver didn’t give up. The Canadians were able to get a couple of runs in on a Hayden Gilliland double, but were down 12-2 after Juanmi Vasquez gave up five more runs once Guerra was taken out. Carter Cunningham started the comeback with his seventh homer of the year, scoring Williams and himself, and after a Gleed sac fly in the ninth, Alexis Hernandez hit his second homer in two games to bring it within four runs. Sadly, the lead was insurmountable, and the Canadians fell short once again against Eugene. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 13-20 Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates) May 9: After a dominating start in his first rehab game, Silvano Hechavarria could not get out of the first inning. He got two quick outs immediately, but then allowed a hit, walk and another hit for the first run of the game. Juan Sanchez then committed a fielding error, and Hechavarria lost all control, with three wild pitches in a row leading to four runs scored in the first. Diego Dominguez replaced him and got out of the first inning, but in the second inning, disaster struck once again for Dunedin. Dominguez allowed the first four hitters on base, and after an RBI groundout, allowed a three-run homer for another big inning for Bradenton. The Jays got on board with a Dariel Ramon double leading to a JoJo Parker RBI single, but the Marauders got that run back the inning after. Yorman Licourt hit a sac fly in the bottom of the ninth, but it was much too little and too late. May 10: Dylan Watts took the bump for the last game of the series and didn’t have his best stuff or command. He allowed two hits and a walk right away in the first inning, with the Jays going down early. Yorman Licourt answered back in the second inning, however, as the Cuban outfielder hit a 102.1 mph homer to left center to take the lead. Watts allowed his second run of the game right after in the third inning, as he walked three more batters and allowed a game-tying single. Once again, the Jays got the run back; this time, Owen Gregg and Blaine Bullard got on base, and after Eric Snow moved the runners over, JoJo Parker hit a sac fly. Franly Urena and Carson Myers pitched well in relief for the Jays after the lead was taken back, as they combined for five scoreless innings while striking out five batters. The Jays also got some insurance runs, as they hit three doubles in a row from Bullard, Snow, and Parker to make it 5-2. Jack Eshleman got his fifth save of the season despite allowing another run, but the Jays ended the series on a high note after struggling against Bradenton. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 7-0 May 9: The FCL Blue Jays faced off against the FCL Yankees on Saturday. It was the minor league debut on the mound for Toronto Blue Jays prospect Seojun Moon. He had a shaky first inning, giving up a single and a walk, but gathered himself and finished the inning with three groundouts between the baserunners. In the second inning, Moon started strong, getting two strikeouts, one swinging and one looking, before a popout ended the inning and his debut. Next up was Miguel Pantoja, who fired off four innings and struck out six, only allowing two hits. On the offensive side of the ball, the Blue Jays took an early lead in the second inning on a Pascual Archila two-run single. A sacrifice fly from Sam White, a wild pitch, and a bases-loaded walk scored three more the next inning. A groundout and an error allowed two more to score for the Blue Jays in the seventh, as they went on to win 7-4. They had only managed four hits, but 10 walks (three by Tim Piasentin) carried them to victory. May 11: It was another banner day for the Toronto Blue Jays' FCL pitching on Monday. Four pitchers combined for nine innings of one-run ball, which was unearned. Giacomo Taschin went three innings with five strikeouts, and Deiker Pineda matched the five strikeouts and went two innings. On offense, the second innings saw the Blue Jays score three runs: one on a Kennew Blanco groundout, and then one each on RBI singles from Rafael Flores and Angel Guzman. Later in the game, Tim Piasentin added an RBI single, and so did Pascual Archila. The FCL Blue Jays would beat the FCL Phillies 7-1. View full article

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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 2-May 4) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees): 2-4 Season Record: 15-18 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Binghamton Rumble Ponies (New York Mets): 5-2 Season Record: 15-10 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks): 2-4 Season Record: 11-16 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Jupiter Hammerheads (Miami Marlins): 2-4 Season Record: 11-16 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 2-0 Season Record: 2-0 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 15-18 Series Opponent: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees) May 2: Saturday's game against the RailRiders was a true team win. All across the diamond, players did their part to take down one of the better Triple-A teams. The offense was paced by newly cemented lead-off hitter Ismael Munguia. He had two hits in the game, a double in the first and an RBI single in the third to get the scoring started for the Bisons. After a double by Rafael Lantigua to begin the sixth, Munguia laid down a sacrifice bunt to move him over to third base. Josh Kasevich cashed in the run with a single to left field, tying the game up at two. All eyes would turn to the bullpen when CJ Van Eyk exited in the sixth. Van Eyk pitched relatively well; he went five innings, gave up six hits and two earned runs, walked two, and struck out six. His only real blemish was giving up a home run to Yanquiel Fernandez in the bottom of the third. Once the bullpen came into the game, the arms were relentless, not surrendering a single run the rest of the game, and that included two extra frames. In the 11th, Munguia was the ghost runner that started at second base. He moved to third on a Kasevich single and then scored on an RJ Schreck sacrifice fly. The next batter, Willie MacIver, would knock in Kasevich with a single, giving the Bisons a 4-2 lead. That would eventually be the final score, as Tanner Andrews came into the game and recorded two groundouts and a strikeout to earn the save. May 3: José Berríos was on the mound, completing another rehab start. The outing had a lot of ups and downs to it, as Berríos started the game off by surrendering a monster blast to the second batter he faced, Spencer Jones. It had an exit velocity of 117.4 mph and went 422 feet to right field. From there, Berríos would work through the next 10 batters with relative ease, only giving up a single and three walks. In the bottom of the fourth, it all unraveled quickly for Berríos. He gave up a two-run home run to Seth Brown and then loaded the bases up for Jones. Berríos left a sinker over the middle of the plate, and Jones hammered it for his second home run of the game, this one a grand slam. In the fifth, Josh Fleming came into the game and pitched flawlessly, only giving up one walk, zero hits and striking out four. The lead was too much for Buffalo to come back from though, as they only recorded six hits on the day. Their lone run came on a Je'Von Ward RBI single in the top of the second, scoring Charles McAdoo. Buffalo fell 7-1 in a game that was decided by Berríos and his inability to keep the ball in the park. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 15-10 Series vs Binghamton Rumble Ponies (New York Mets) May 2: Suspended May 3, Game 1: New Hampshire and Binghamton started the day completing Saturday's game that had been suspended. New Hampshire had taken the lead in the bottom of the second inning with a two-run home run to left field by Nick Goodwin. In the fourth, a sacrifice fly by the Rumble Ponies brought the game within one. Eddie Micheletti Jr. changed that in the sixth though, with his fourth home run of the season. In the ninth inning, Binghamton made it close by scoring two runs on an RBI single and an RBI double. Conor Larkin finished the game by getting the last out on a line drive to right field. It was good for the save and the 4-3 win for the Fisher Cats. May 3, Game 2: In the Sunday finale and the second game of the doubleheader, New Hampshire never really got going. Adrian Pinto continued a good start to his season with New Hampshire by getting on base four times on two singles and two walks. Sean Keys had a single, and Cutter Coffey added a single as well, but neither of them brought in any runs. Jackson Wentworth pitched well, but surrendered two runs in the first inning. Binghamton would add a sacrifice fly in the seventh and go on to win. New Hampshire only managed four hits and four walks in this one and lost a pitching-dominant game, 3-0. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 11-16 Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks) May 2: It was a big comeback for the Canadians, as Vancouver went down early. With the bases loaded, Kendry Chirinos made a throwing error to home, allowing the first run to score. Slade Caldwell knocked in the second run for the hops on an RBI single off the wall, but got hung up in between first and second. Dub Gleed made a great tag to get Caldwell out, then threw out the runner at home for a crucial double play to stop the bleeding. Landen Maroudis pitched well heading into the fifth inning, but allowed a single and a walk before getting replaced by Gilberto Batista, who gave up a three-run homer. He then gave up a walk to Caldwell, and two wild pitches allowed him to score as well, giving the Hops a six-run lead. Gleed once again made a big play, this time with his first homer in the Jays organization, to get two runs. Arjun Nimmala added another run on an RBI double, bringing the Canadians within three runs. Batista gave up his second homer in the seventh inning, but the Canadians once again fired back in the bottom of the same inning, with Jacob Sharp hitting his first homer of the year to bring it within two. Vancouver was still down going into the ninth inning, but patient approaches prevailed, as four of the first batters walked, and Manuel Beltre hit a walk-off single to win the game after being down by six. May 3: The Canadians once again went down early after an error from Manuel Beltre allowed two runs to score in the first. Peyton Williams got a run back with an RBI single, and in the fifth inning, Dub Gleed tied it with an RBI single of his own. Vancouver’s bullpen woes continued with Juanmi Vasquez and Eminen Flores walking seven batters and allowing three runs to score. Matt Scannell was able to score on a balk in the seventh, but the Canadians couldn’t complete the comeback. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 11-16 Series vs Jupiter Hammerheads (Miami Marlins) May 2: The D-Jays took it to extra innings, with Troy Guthrie having another decent start, allowing only two runs in over four innings. The Jays got to an early lead off an Aldo Gaxiola RBI single and an error to put them up three. Guthrie did give up a two-run homer, but the Jays were still up one. In the seventh and eighth, things changed, as the bullpen would give up two more homers. Austin Smith hit a clutch homer to tie the game in the ninth, and in the 10th inning, Blaine Bullard hit a walk-off single for the first time in his career. May 3: Silvano Hechavarria finally made his return, working his way back in a rehab start in Dunedin, where he pitched four perfect innings before handing it off to the 'pen. Addison Barger also made his return to game action, hitting a two-run homer in the fourth, which helped Dunedin get out a bit earlier. The Jays bullpen could not hold on to the lead though, as shaky command led to 10 walks and eight runs scored against just the bullpen in five innings of work. Dunedin scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to make it interesting, but the Jays lost once again, along with the series. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 2-0 May 2: The FCL Blue Jays kicked off their season on Saturday against the Phillies' Rookie ball team. The Phillies squad took the early lead on a wild pitch, but 2025 draftee Tim Piasentin brought home the tying run in the bottom of the first on a groundout. David Guzman put the Blue Jays team up two with an RBI double in the third, which was followed by a Piasentin RBI double. Franklin Rojas had an RBI groundout to put the Blue Jays up four. Angel Guzman singled home a run in the sixth, and again Piasentin drove in another run with a groundout. Andres Arias would cap off the scoring with an RBI single, giving the Blue Jays eight runs. The Phillies would make it close, scoring on a few singles and groundouts of their own in two three-run innings, but fell short, as the Blue Jays won this opener 8-7 May 4: The Rookie ball team was in action again on Monday afternoon and looked good for a second straight game to open the season. Giacomo Taschin was on the mound for the Jays, and he was lights out in his first professional start. He went four innings, struck out three, walked one, and only gave up two hits. He kept the opposing team off the scoreboard entirely after a rough first inning, in which he coughed up a single, a walk, and a double, but no one scored. He had three 1-2-3 innings after the trouble and handed it off to the bullpen with a 5-0 lead. The scoring for the Jays came off of an Angel Guzman RBI single in the second, before Owen Gray added a run on a balk. Gray drew a bases-loaded walk in the third, which was followed by Pascual Archila driving in a run on a fielder’s choice. Their fifth and final run came on a Guzman sacrifice fly. Tim Piasentin was hitless on the day, with two strikeouts. The Jays won 5-1 over the Phillies' Rookie ball team. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (April 25-April 26) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs. Columbus Clippers (Cleveland Guardians): 3-3 Season Record: 13-14 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs. Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia Phillies): 2-3 Season Record: 10-8 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs. Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels): 3-3 Season Record: 9-12 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs. Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins): 1-5 Season Record: 9-12 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 13-14 Series Opponent: Columbus Clippers (Cleveland Guardians) April 25: Postponed April 26, Game 1: It was another doubleheader on tap for Buffalo on Sunday afternoon. The pitchers only needed to cover seven innings because of the shortened game, and they struggled to do so. They would end up walking eight Columbus batters, but were ultimately able to pitch around most of them. Josh Fleming, who started the game for Buffalo, had the most trouble of the pitchers; he walked three across his four innings of work. Two of his walks came in the first inning and aided the Clippers in getting a run across home plate. Buffalo answered quickly, getting a monster half inning of their own in the bottom of the second. It started with Josh Kasevich knocking in two runs on a single to right field. RJ Schreck followed up the single with a big three-run home run to right field. His third blast of the season had an exit velocity of 96 mph and went high in the air with a launch angle of 39°. Oddly enough, Riley Tirotta added on a run in the bottom of the fifth that had the same 39° launch angle, but a snail's pace of an exit velocity (90.1 mph). Brendon Little was one of the arms out of the bullpen and had a little bit of trouble. He walked two but was able to escape the jam, continuing his scoreless streak by getting Nolan Jones to line into a double play. Tanner Andrews closed the game out with a scoreless inning of his own in the ninth, his first save of the season. Buffalo pulled back to .500 with the 6-2 win. April 26 Game 2: Buffalo once again looked to finally break the .500 mark with a win in game two of this doubleheader. CJ Van Eyk went deep into the shortened game, almost making it through the fifth inning. He wasn't flawless, though, as he gave up three runs in the third inning on three straight RBI singles. The big inning for Columbus took the lead back from Buffalo, who had jumped out on top with a Charles McAdoo solo home run in the bottom of the second inning. He crushed the ball 422 feet to left field at an exit velocity of 104.7 mph. McAdoo had been in a slump recently, seeing his batting average fall to below .290. Down two runs in the bottom of the sixth, Josh Rivera launched a two-run home run to square things back up and ultimately send the game into extra innings. It was the closest Buffalo had come to breaking the .500 mark on the season, but it wasn't meant to be. In the eighth, Columbus got a two-run home run from Juan Benjamin off of Devereaux Harrison. Buffalo couldn't match them in the bottom half of the inning, and they lost 6-4. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 10-8 Series vs. Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia Phillies) April 25: Postponed April 26: The New Hampshire Fisher Cats had an uphill climb in this one, as they started in the hole when the Fightin Phils scored three in the third inning. Fisher Cats starter Fernando Perez gave up an RBI double to Bryan Rincon, and then Alex Binelas hit a two-run home run. Reading added another run on a groundout in the fourth, before Eddie Micheletti Jr. finally got New Hampshire on the board with a solo home run. Kehden Hettiger hit a solo homer of his own to put Reading back up four. Sean Keys brought the game to within three with an RBI single to center in the sixth, but again the Fightin Phils answered with an RBI double this time. New Hampshire would be hard-pressed for hits in this one and ultimately runs, as they fell short, losing 6-2. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 9-12 Series vs. Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels) April 25: The Vancouver Canadians once again got a solid start from Austin Cates, whose uptick in velocity has contributed very well to his effectiveness. He went five scoreless innings, leaving in line for the win, as the Canadians took the lead in the fourth on a Jacob Sharp single. The Canadians got an insurance run in the seventh inning despite Matt Scannell getting caught stealing at third base, as J.R. Freethy was still able to drive in Manuel Beltre at second. The Canadians were one out away from getting out of the eighth inning unscathed after Juanmi Vasquez got two quick outs, but he gave up a hit to Matt Coutney. Kelena Sauer came in to replace Vasquez and gave up a double to Ryan Nicholson, though Coutney was held at third. Sauer induced a grounder at third to Beltre, who couldn’t come up with it cleanly, which allowed a run to score. Unfortunately for the Canadians, they would allow two more runs to score on two more hits, relinquishing the lead. They got one more chance in the bottom of the ninth, and despite Dub Gleed striking out, Maddox Latta walked, then stole second base, Scanell walked, then Beltre got hit by a pitch to load the bases up. Freethy came up and struck out swinging, and the red-hot Carter Cunningham could not get it done, as he grounded out to first to end the game on a heartbreaker. April 26: The Canadians hoped to end the series on a win to clinch the series, but the Dust Devils had other plans. Landen Maroudis put up another scoreless outing, going 3.1 innings, finally showing the promise that people expected out of him before his injury. A solid fourth inning where a Carter Cunningham walk led to an Arjun Nimmala double to put runners on second and third. Peyton Williams hit a sac fly, then Alexis Hernandez drove in Nimmala with a single, which knocked out the starter Keythel Key. Tucker Toman walked, then Gleed reached on an error, loading the bases for Brennan Orf, who grounded into a force out but allowed a runner to score. Gilberto Batista once again followed Maroudis in relief, and the young Dominican pitched well through three innings before a disastrous seventh inning struck. After a leadoff double, Batista was able to induce two grounders, hopefully only allowing a single run to score, but his command faltered, walking the next two batters, then giving up a single to the third. Carson Pierce couldn’t stop the bleeding after he replaced Batista, walking the bases loaded, and then the Dust Devils took the lead on a Ryan Nicholson single. Pierce then gave up a three-run homer, making a comeback seem unlikely. The Canadians fought back a little in the eighth, getting two more runs, but Jonathan Todd gave them up right back in the ninth, stopping the comeback attempt there. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 9-12 Series vs. Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins) April 25: The D-Jays really wanted to turn it around after going 1-3 in the first four games of the series. Starter Brandon Barriera’s velocity finally ticked up a bit; he touched 96 mph on his fastball and showed off his sharp slider, striking out four batters in two innings of work, giving up only an unearned run. Lluveres Severino replaced him and also went two scoreless, and Mussels’ pitcher Ramiro Villanueva went four shutout innings, as the game was close heading into the fifth inning. The fifth inning went horribly for the Jays, as the Mussels were all over Brayden Heidel, who gave up five hits and six runs, five of them being earned. The defense didn’t help either, as they gave up two errors, leading Carson Myers to also give up two unearned runs after he replaced Heidel. Yorman Licourt and Will Cresswell hit a couple of doubles to prevent the Jays from going scoreless, but the lead was insurmountable, making it so that the Jays lost their series against the Mussels. April 26: Victor Arias returned on rehab assignment after starting the season injured, but was one of only three Dunedin players to get on base, as the Jays were no-hit by the Mighty Mussels. The Jays got some solid pitching performances from Troy Guthrie, whose strong command has led to a great start, as well as Reece Wissinger, whose stuff has been lighting up the models with his high-riding fastball. Unfortunately for them, they each gave up a run, and Franly Urena gave up a run as well, leading to a 3-0 loss on a night where the Jays did not have it going offensively. View full article