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Jays Centre is counting down the top 20 prospects in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Check out prior entries in the series here: No. 20 to 16 No. 15 to 11 No. 10 No. 9 No. 8 No. 7 No. 6 No. 5 We are entering the home stretch of our countdown of Jays Centre's top 20 prospects. We have already breezed through numbers 20-16, 15-11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and now we have reached inside the top five to No. 4. Starting off this coveted tier of prospects is someone who sat at the top in prior iterations of this list, but now has fallen just a little: Arjun Nimmala, a prospect who oozes talent and is ready to climb back up to the top of this list with a hot start to 2026. Let's take a look at what he has done, what he does well, where he needs to improve, and what lies next for this budding star. No. 4: SS Arjun Nimmala (High-A Vancouver) PA H 2B 3B HR OPS wRC+ K% BB% 543 106 29 3 13 .694 92 21.4% 10.1% Out of Strawberry Crest High School in Dover, Florida, Nimmala was selected 20th overall in the first round of the 2023 MLB draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He signed for just $3 million, which was slightly under slot value, but it was more than enough for him to jump into professional baseball and forego playing in college. He managed to get into a few Rookie ball games that same year, collecting five hits across nine games, including a double, triple, and a stolen base. What was extremely impressive during the small sample was his 14 walks, good enough for a walk rate of 35%. It was a sign of his potential talent and gave Blue Jays fans plenty of optimism heading into his first full season the following year. In 2024, the Blue Jays sent Nimmala straight to Single-A Dunedin, where he promptly looked like a stud. In his first three games, he hit a home run, knocked in three, and racked up four hits. For the season, he played in 83 games at the level, slashed .232/.313/.476, and hit 16 home runs. His power was on full display, as he added 17 doubles and six triples to his home run total. In all, he had 39 extra-base hits on the year and was starting to get a ton of national attention in the prospect world. He did, however, show some worrying signs through all of the good; he had a strikeout rate of 31.3% and walked at only an 8.3% clip. His contact rate was also a little low at 69.9%. Then came his 2025 season. Last year was one in which Nimmala saw improvements in some aspects of his game, but regression in others. He played the entire year at High-A Vancouver, where he had 543 plate appearances across 120 games. Health was a bright spot for him, and so was his strikeout rate, which dropped from 31.3% the prior season to 21.4%. Despite the big change in his swing and miss profile, his slash line dipped to .224/.313/.381, and he only had 13 home runs on the season. Nimmala did make up for some of the lack of power with 29 doubles and three triples, but they just don't affect the game as much as the flashy home runs do. He did pick up his impact on the basepaths last year, swiping 17 bags in 20 attempts. His newfound speed adds an extra layer to the multitude of ways he can help his team win games. What To Like Nimmala has loads of power in his bat, and he's shown a tremendous ability to get to it, whether it is in the form of home runs, doubles, or triples. He impacts the game and can do it at an elite level. Last season, his home run total took a step back while at High-A Vancouver, but the 13 home runs he did have were good enough for the 87th percentile in all of the minor leagues. He made up for the drop in home runs by hitting a crazy amount of doubles, 29 (97th percentile). With Vancouver's ballpark being a notoriously pitcher-friendly environment, expect to see some of his home run power return when he moves up a level. However, his home ballpark may not be able to account for all of his dramatic drop in home runs per flyball last year. It could be just a matter of adjusting his swing path to tap back into the juice in his bat, but it is something worth monitoring as he moves through the minor leagues. What To Improve On Despite his budding power, Nimmala has had some issues with his bat-to-ball skills. His contact rate at Single-A Dunedin was 69.9%, and at High-A Vancouver it was 73.6%. He has made some improvements over the years in that arena, but his batting averages are really subpar at best. He's never hit over .232 in a minor league season and needs to make large strides towards improvement in that area in 2026. If he can become a much better contact hitter, his ceiling will drastically jump up into stardom status. Unfortunately, through two seasons so far, he has not shown any signs of becoming better at making more contact, let alone more quality contact. His next stage in development will really hinge on whether or not he can make the improvements needed to become a .250 or .275 hitter, or if his destiny is a profile similar to Lenyn Sosa. What's Next Nimmala is not quite ready for the Double-A level and is back at High-A Vancouver to start the 2026 season. He knows the areas he needs to improve in and what he needs to continue to do well. If he can become a better contact hitter and keep his power going, he has an elite ceiling he can reach. If not, he will be looking more like a platoon bat with power than a star. This season is extremely important to his outlook as a prospect and should give the Blue Jays organization and fans more insight as to what his future trajectory will be. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (April 9-April 10) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets): 3-1 Season Record: 6-7 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs. Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 2-2 Season Record: 3-3 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs. Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 1-3 Season Record: 1-6 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs. St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets): 2-1 Season Record: 3-3 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 6-7 Series Opponent: Syracuse Mets (New York Mets) April 9: Thursday's Buffalo Bisons game was one that is the definition of embarrassing. Five errors by Buffalo led to three unearned runs and ultimately a loss that should have been a win. Three batters after an RBI double by Ryan Clifford in the fourth inning, a throwing error by Josh Kasevich allowed the third run of the game to score. The very next batter, Hayden Senger, hit a ball to Ryan McCarty at second base, who misplayed it, leading to another run crossing the plate. The errors weren't just one-sided, as Syracuse helped Buffalo mount a comeback in the sixth. Down 4-0, RJ Schreck started the rally with an RBI single, scoring Yohendrick Pinango. Then a single to right field by McCarty scored Eloy Jiménez, and Cristian Pache threw the ball away, allowing Schreck to score on the play as well. The very next batter, Josh Rivera, hit a ball to the Mets’ shortstop Jackson Cluff, who also had trouble with the throw, committing yet another error that let McCarty score to tie the game up at four. In the seventh, Buffalo was back to playing like the Bad News Bears, as Hayden Juenger threw the ball away on a pick off attempt, moving Pace from second to third. He would then score when Cluff hit a sacrifice fly that would have ended the inning. The run was ultimately the game winner, with the Bisons falling 5-4. Jiménez remains one of the more consistent players for Buffalo. With a walk in the game, he has now been on base in seven of the nine games he has played in. On the mound, the only real standout performance was by Devereaux Harrison. He went two innings in what amounted to a bullpen game, didn't allow a hit or walk, and struck out two. April 10: Buffalo rode a power surge from the bottom of the batting order to their sixth win of the season. Riley Tirotta got a hold of an 84 mph cutter down in the zone and launched his first home run of the season. The big play of the game came off the bat of Josh Rivera in the bottom of the third inning. Following a single from RJ Schreck and walks by Josh Kasevich and Triotta, Rivera unloaded on a 79 mph hanging slider down the middle, sending it over the centerfield fence for a grand slam. For Rivera, the home run came just six days after his first of the season. Unfortunately for the Bisons, he had gone 0-9 in the games in between his home runs. The seven-run lead Buffalo had at the end of the third inning was more than enough for the team, as Chad Dallas was again masterful on the mound. He pitched four innings, giving up two hits and two walks, but no runs at all. He would strike out two, while again limiting hard contact by focusing on more of his offspeed pitches. Brendon Little pitched in relief of Dallas, and he walked a batter before getting a strikeout and then inducing a groundball for a double play. The game went into over a 30-minute rain delay before it was called, and the Bisons won 7-1, as it was an official game at that point. Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Season Record: 3-3 Series vs. Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) April 9: New Hampshire was up against a tough challenge in a big lefty from the Boston Red Sox organization, Eduardo Rivera. Rivera went four innings pitched and only surrendered three hits and one run, as he struck out seven batters. New Hampshire surrendered runs in the first on an RBI single and a home run in the fourth inning by the Sea Dogs’ Drew Ehrhard. In the sixth inning, Cutter Coffey put the Fisher Cats within one run with an RBI triple after Nick Goodwin drove in a run in the fifth. New Hampshire tied it with a Jackson Hornung RBI single to center field, but the pitching couldn't silence the Sea Dogs. Ahbram Liendo smacked a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth as New Hampshire lost this one 4-3. Pitching note: Javen Coleman pitched two clean innings and struck out five batters for New Hampshire. He could be on the fast track to the Blue Jays bullpen if he keeps putting up zeros. April 10: New Hampshire jumped out to an early lead in this one, with two runs in the top of the first inning. Sean Keys smacked an RBI double and then would score later in the inning on a sacrifice fly from Geovanny Planchart. Gage Stanifer was on the mound for the Fisher Cats and was looking exceptional for two innings. He struck out 3 batters and got 6 outs pretty cleanly. In the third inning, things got bumpy. Nate Baez hit a three-run homer to left field, and in the fourth, another run scored on a double, single, and double. Once Stanifer was pulled, another run came in. His final line was 3.2 innings pitched, nine hits, five earned runs, zero walks, and six strikeouts. That said, he really pitched much better than his line showed. He collected 19 whiffs on just 66 pitches. He had 47 strikes to 19 balls. He was really focused on peppering the strike zone tonight, and the pitches were looking very good. For results, though, he may have been in the zone too much. After the fourth inning, hits were hard to come by for both teams, as New Hampshire lost this one, 5-2. High-A Vancouver Canadians Season Record: 1-6 Series vs. Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants) April 9: After a five-game losing streak to start the season, Vancouver really needed a win to stop the skid. Landen Maroudis took the mound again and, despite not looking as sharp as he did in his first start, was able to pitch around two walks and four hits by striking out three batters and only allowing a single run. Gilberto Batista also looked much better in relief, with four strikeouts on the night, and pitching nearly four innings. Carson Pierce earned the save in relief, and although he was wild also struck out three batters. The pitching was not the big story, however, as Vancouver’s offense exploded, with outfielder Carter Cunningham and infielder Dub Gleed leading the way with four RBIs apiece. The Emeralds had struggles keeping the ball in the zone, leading to a ton of baserunners for the Canadians, as they walked 12 times, leading to 14 runs scored and, finally, a well-needed win. April 10: The Canadians tried to carry the momentum of their last win over to this game, as Daniel Guerra took the mound. Guerra struck out six batters, but shaky command resulted in four walks, five hits, and four runs given up. Danny Thompson Jr. came in relief and shoved. He too struck out six batters, with the one run he gave up being on an error on a pickoff attempt. The Canadians clawed their way back from the early deficit, as Carter Cunningham continued to produce, with a homer to cut the lead to two in the bottom of the fifth, and in the bottom of the ninth tied the game to send it to extras with an RBI single. The Canadians lost their second game in extras, though, as Kelena Sauer gave up a hit to allow the ghost runner to score, and they couldn’t score their own ghost runner. Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Season Record: 3-3 Series vs. St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets) April 9, Game 1: Game 1 was a continuation from the suspended game on April 7, and Trey Yesavage had his second outing. Bad luck with batted balls spoiled his first inning, as he allowed four singles and a walk in his first inning, which resulted in four earned runs. His pitches did look sharp despite that, and he struck out six batters in only two and two-thirds innings. Two 2025 draftees also showed some pop as Blaine Bullard hit his first professional homer, and JoJo Parker had his first double and RBI in the same inning. 24-year old Brayden Heidel, signed out of indie ball, had his first affiliated outing and struck out four batters without allowing a run in three innings, touching 99 mph with his fastball to keep the Mets from adding to the lead, but the Jays couldn’t get any more runs. April 9, Game 2: In the second game of the day, the Jays came out blazing, with Yorman Licourt scoring on a pickoff attempt, and JoJo Parker with his second RBI double to give them an early 3-0 lead. Troy Guthrie continued to pitch well, going four innings, allowing only a single earned run and striking out four. Austin Smith made his pitching debut as a two-way player but struggled with his command, allowing two walks. Peyton Williams had himself a day, going 3-for-4, including an RBI triple to centerfield as his third one. The Mets rallied back against Diego Dominguez, who gave up three hits and two earned runs, but Jack Eshelman shut the door, striking out the side and earning his first save. April 10: The Jays had their highest scoring game of the season, in an effort to get back to .500. Nolan Perry’s return to the mound after UCL surgery has been fruitful, and despite slightly less sharp fastballs, he utilized his breaking balls extremely effectively, getting nine of his 11 whiffs of the night. The Dunedin offense was really effective against starter Frank Camarillo as they didn’t strike out a single time against him and tallied up seven hits. After Camarillo was taken out, the Jays switched their approach and walked eight times, and scored six more runs as a result. Eric Snow had himself a day, with two hits, two RBIs, and two walks, leading the offensive production for the game. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (March 27-April 1) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (New York Yankees): 1-2 Series vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (Kansas City Royals): 1-1 Season Record: 2-3 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Season begins Friday, April 3 High-A Vancouver Canadians Season begins Friday, April 3 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Season begins Thursday, April 2 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 2-3 Series Opponents: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (New York Yankees) and Omaha Storm Chasers (Kansas City Royals) Series Standing: 1-2 vs. SWB, 1-1 vs. Omaha March 27: The Buffalo Bisons opened the 2026 season in abysmal fashion, taking a thumping from the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Grant Rogers started the game for the Bisons and made it through the first inning with ease before surrendering six runs over the next two innings. The highlight of the scoring barrage came off the bat of New York Yankees star prospect Spencer Jones, a two-run double to left field. Lazaro Estrada (recently promoted to the Blue Jays) and Adam Macko came on in relief and held the RailRiders in check over the next 4.2 innings, only allowing one hit. The Bisons’ bats were non-existent, though, striking out 12 times and looking completely overmatched against Brendan Beck, who tallied nine of those punch-outs himself. The Bisons nearly got on the board in the seventh when they loaded the bases with two singles and a walk, but Josh Rivera grounded into a double play, ending the scoring threat. An Opening Day loss was all but fitting for the Bisons after their terrible year in 2025. March 28: Postponed March 29 Game 1: Chad Dallas returned to the mound after completing his rehab from Tommy John surgery and was magnificent in his three innings. He struck out five, giving up only three hits, zero walks, and one run. Jonatan Clase got the Bisons on the scoreboard for the first time in 2026 with a sacrifice fly in the third. Eloy Jiménez extended his hit streak to two games with his second single of the year. Josh Kasevich also had himself a nice game, scoring two runs after getting on via a single and a walk. Unfortunately, the back end of the Bisons’ bullpen faltered in extra innings, with Chase Lee and Jorge Alcala surrendering runs in the ninth and 10th innings, leading to Buffalo falling to 0-2 to start the season. March 29 Game 2: Jonatan Clase and his running shoes helped to lead the Bisons to their first win of the year in Game 2 of the doubleheader on Sunday. He had two singles and a walk, while also stealing two bases and scoring two runs. RJ Schreck and Riley Tirotta got in on the fun as well, swiping a bag each themselves on their way to also scoring runs. The Bisons’ big inning came in the fourth, where they scored six runs, which was highlighted by Tirotta's two-RBI single. On the mound, Austin Voth got the start and had some struggles, coughing up solo home runs to Spencer Jones and Yanquiel Fernandez. Devereaux Harrison and Michael Plassmeyer wrapped up the game in relief, finishing the final four innings and only allowing one run. The Bisons finally got in the win column with a 7-3 victory over the RailRiders. March 31: Buffalo kicked off their series with the Omaha Storm Chasers in winning fashion. CJ Van Eyk got the start for Buffalo and put together a strong four innings, only surrendering six hits, one run, one walk, and striking out five batters. Adam Macko tossed 1.1 innings after Van Eyk; he didn't allow a run and struck out two. The batters got things going in the second inning, when Brandon Valenzuela hit a 112 mph RBI single, scoring two runs. Jonatan Clase added a home run the next inning, and Charles McAdoo continued his hot start with an RBI triple. Yohendrick Pinango smacked a 115.4 mph RBI double to cap off the scoring for the Bisons, while Chase Lee finished the game with a two-inning save. April 1: The Bisons were on the losing end of this one, as the bats were silent the entire game. Buffalo only managed three hits, with Charles McAdoo accounting for two of them. Josh Fleming took the loss, as he gave up one run over 3.2 innings. Michael Massey of the Storm Chasers had the big hit of the day, hitting a home run off of Buffalo's Devereaux Harrison. View full article

Jays Centre is counting down the top 20 prospects in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Check out prior entries in the series here: No. 20 to 16 No. 15 to 11 No. 10 No. 9 No. 8 We are well into our coverage of Jays Centre’s top 20 prospects now. We have gone through #20-16, #15-11, #10, #9, #8 and now we reach #7 on our list, Juan Sanchez. He is a prospect that has gained an insane amount of attention, notoriety, and a boost in national rankings this past offseason. Let's get to know him a little more and see what he does well, what he needs to work on, and what the future may hold for this up-and-coming phenom. No. 7: SS/3B Juan Sanchez (DSL Blue Jays Red) PA H 2B 3B HR OPS wRC+ K% BB% 253 73 16 4 8 1.004 156 17.4% 10.3% In January of 2025, Sanchez signed with the Toronto Blue Jays for $1,000,000 as a shortstop out of Cotui, Dominican Republic. He began his professional career that same year, playing in the Dominican Summer League (DSL) on the Blue Jays Red squad. He played in 56 games and quickly separated himself as one of the best players on the field down on the island. For the season, he slashed .341/.439/.564, hit eight home runs, 16 doubles, and four triples, and swiped four bags. His plate discipline was about average for the league, as he had a strikeout rate of 17.4% and a walk rate of 10.3%. Yet, his wRC+ of 156 showed his overall production at the plate was anything but average. His final month was truly remarkable, as he slashed .423/.483/.712 across 14 games. After such a dominant performance in 2025, Sanchez was ready to come stateside and become a household name for Toronto Blue Jays fans. He did just that during the Spring Breakout game against the Philadelphia Phillies’ prospects, in which he laced a bases-clearing double into the left-center field gap. It came off the bat with an exit velocity of 105.6 mph, a sign of things to come for this budding star prospect. What To Like Sanchez has a lot going for him, but one of his biggest tools is his power. He stands 6-foot-3 and is listed at 180 pounds. This gives ample projection for his future power output, and when coupled with his current numbers, you get a prospect with the potential to hit 30-40 home runs. He hit eight home runs in 2025 in the DSL, while adding 16 doubles and even four triples. He looks to have good pull-side power already, with a 44.8% fly ball rate and a 55.8% pull rate. What has driven his prospect status through the roof has been his hit tool. He hit .341 as a 17-year-old in the DSL, and on the backfields during spring training, he continued to have success with the bat. His power and hit tool will drive his value through the roof and provide him a very solid floor in his attempt to reach his astronomical ceiling. What To Work On Being very young still, just 18-years-old, Sanchez has a lot to work on. One of the biggest aspects of his game that could use improvement is his potential swing-and-miss concerns. Despite an absurd .341 batting average in 2025, he was just around league average with his strikeout rate of 17.4%. Coming stateside in 2026, he could see this number creep up, which will ultimately lead to his hit tool dropping down some in response to more whiffs. Being less reliant on a pull-side profile could help to ensure he doesn't have any regression or a step backward with regard to his hit tool. In 2025, he hit 44.2% of his balls in play to center and right field. If he can boost that number up to around 50% while maintaining his power, he could soar onto top 50 prospect lists and even into the top three of our Jays Centre prospect rankings. What's Next Sanchez has made the move stateside from the Dominican Republic and is on the verge of his debut at either Rookie ball in the Florida Complex League or at Single-A Dunedin. It is more likely that he will debut in Rookie ball, but with a hot start, he could be promoted to Single-A Dunedin rather quickly. Don't be shocked to see him end the year on nationally renowned top 50 prospect lists, if he can maintain similar production to his 2025 numbers from the DSL. View full article

You've made it through numbers 20-16 and 15-11, and now we begin our coverage of Jays Centre's top 10 prospects by taking a much deeper look at each of the players that made it into this most coveted top-tier territory. Coming in at number 10, we have Jake Bloss, someone who has traversed the country toward his goal of making it to and sticking at the major league level. No. 10: SP Jake Bloss (Buffalo) IP G GS ERA FIP xFIP K% BB% 23.2 6 6 6.46 4.76 4.85 20.9% 11.3% After a four-year college career, where he played three years at Lafayette and one year at Georgetown, Bloss was drafted in the third round of the 2023 MLB draft by the Houston Astros. After some token innings to end the season at Rookie ball and Single-A Fayetteville, he would start the 2024 season at High-A Asheville. In his first full professional season, he would accomplish a feat virtually unheard of in today's baseball world. He would play in games at four different levels, including the major leagues, and for two different teams after being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays at the trade deadline. In the minor leagues that season, he pitched in 21 games for a total of 93.1 innings, amassed a 3.18 ERA, and a 3.92 FIP. He had a 23.3% strikeout rate, a 9.5% walk rate, and a 1.07 WHIP. His time in the major leagues for Houston was not nearly as rosy. In three starts (11.2 innings), he had a 6.94 ERA and an insane 7.92 FIP. In 2025, Bloss was looking to get back on track at Triple-A Buffalo for the Toronto Blue Jays and even make it back to the major leagues. However, fate intervened when he had Tommy John surgery after just six starts. Those six outings were rough to say the least; he had a 6.46 ERA in 23.2 innings, but a more respectable 4.76 FIP. His season would end with him having a 20.9% strikeout rate and a walk rate that ballooned to 11.3%. He had begun to turn a corner before his injury; in two of his last three starts, he went a total of nine innings, didn't give up an earned run, and struck out 12. What To Like Bloss has a very big pitch arsenal for a pitcher in the minor leagues. He used five pitches in 2025, with his four-seam fastball grading out as one of his best pitches. He sat just under 94 mph with the offering and averaged 18.3 inches of induced vertical break (IVB). His above-average extension of 6.9 feet also helps to boost how the fastball plays against hitters. It works to give him the appearance of a slightly faster pitch, and when coupled with his high IVB, makes his fastball a near plus offering. His other nearly elite pitch was actually his curveball, which he only used 12.4% of the time. What he was doing well with his pitches in 2025 was setting up batters with his fastball high and then getting swings and misses down in the zone from his secondaries. He had 55.6% and 73.3% whiff rates just below the zone on each side of the plate. It can also be seen in his 13.2% swinging strike rate (SwStr%), which was his highest mark since his debut in 2023. What To Work On Bloss has a daunting task ahead of him. Not only does he have to rehab and return healthy from Tommy John surgery, but he also has to get back to what made him so good in 2024. The first thing he will have to do is focus his control/command, which will help him to miss less often high and to the arm side. The vast majority of his pitches in 2025 were missed there, and it undoubtedly led to his 11.3% walk rate (41st percentile). He also needs to stay away from the middle of the zone with his pitches, where he gave up high slugging rates. He needs to work hitters down in the zone and on the edges, as his pitches give him the best success when located there. One of the easier, but most effective things he can improve on is his first pitch strike rate (F-Strike%). In 2025, his F-Strike% sat at 47%; in 2024, it was 51.2% in the minors and 60% during his three starts in the majors. What's Next? Bloss is still working his way back from Tommy John surgery and, as such, won't likely return to games until late in the season, if at all this year. He is still one of the better starting pitching prospects in the Blue Jays organization and will immediately look to regain the 2024 form that saw him shoot all the way up to the major leagues. If he can do so, he will have an upside of a poor man's SP2 but will most likely land as a back-of-the-rotation starting pitcher. He was on the cusp of being a contributor at the major league level, but he will have to get healthy and find the stuff that made him a prized piece at the 2024 trade deadline. It's an uphill battle for him, but he's got all of the talent to get there and maybe even shine while doing so. View full article

With the 2025 Minor League Baseball season wrapped up, fans can now turn their attention to the Arizona Fall League (AFL), where teams send players to get a little extra work in before the winter break. Some players who have appeared in the AFL in past years have broken out and ridden their success all the way to monster major league debuts for their big league clubs or into increased prospect notoriety. The Toronto Blue Jays recently announced the players they would be sending to Arizona, and it's a pitching-heavy group that gets to continue to play organized baseball. There are two hitters and five pitchers representing Toronto. The two hitters are Josh Kasevich and Edward Duran, while the pitchers are Angel Bastardo, Alex Amalfi, Kai Peterson, Yondrei Rojas, and Chay Yeager. The Blue Jays players are playing for the Glendale Desert Dogs, joining others from the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago White Sox. Let's take a closer look at each of the players Toronto sent out to Arizona. We'll talk about what they did this year and what they might be looking to work on down in the desert. Josh Kasevich: 42 G, 160 PA, .228/.331/.243, 0 HR, 2 2B, 0 SB, 3 CS Kasevich is the prototypical prospect you see get sent to the AFL. He missed more than half of the 2025 season, and in the games he did play, he was far from what was expected. In 2024, Kasevich slashed .296/.348/.385, adding 28 doubles, six home runs, and 13 stolen bases. He will almost assuredly be focusing on getting his timing back at the plate and regaining some of his power stroke from prior years. He doesn't have a lot of power in his bat, but he has shown a solid ability to hit doubles and will need to find that swing again to make it to the big league club. Edward Duran: 100 G, 431 PA, .275/.362/.405, 8 HR, 15 2B, 7 SB, 4 CS Duran is not one of the prototypical prospects that make up most of the lineups in the AFL. He played the full season in 2025, 100 games between Single-A Dunedin and High-A Vancouver. At 21 years old, he is a prospect Toronto is sending down to the desert to test him against better competition. Hopefully, this will allow him to see what he will need to work on over the offseason. While Duran was at Single-A Dunedin, he put up great numbers (.296/.378/.439) but was on the older end of the age spectrum for the level. When he was bumped up to High-A Vancouver, his numbers dropped across the board (.230/.329/.336). I think he will find he must work on his bat control and getting the barrel to the ball more. Angel Bastardo: DNP Bastardo missed all of the 2025 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. He came to the Blue Jays after he was selected in the 2024 Rule 5 draft. Toronto will need him to be on the major league active roster in 2026 for the required amount of time, or else they will have to offer him back to the Boston Red Sox. This will undoubtedly force him to the bullpen, but it should be a role in which he can excel, and in a big way. Before his injury, Bastardo's fastball was electric, popping the mitt in the mid-90s and reaching 97 mph. If he comes back healthy and can return to form, it's not inconceivable that his fastball could be in the upper 90s out of the bullpen. He also has a devastating changeup that plays well off of the fastball. His goal in the AFL will be to shake off the rust from missing the season, get innings on his arm, and try to get back to his pre-surgery form. Alex Amalfi: 34 G, 11 GS, 87.2 IP, 4.41 ERA, 1.335 WHIP, 26.6% K%, 12.5% BB% Amalfi started the season coming out of the bullpen at Double-A New Hampshire, but then, either out of necessity or because the team saw something, he moved into the starting rotation. He made six starts from August 1 onward, pitching 36 innings with a 3.50 ERA, a 22.2% strikeout rate, and a 10.4% walk rate. Toronto might have selected him for an AFL assignment to continue to stretch him out and get more innings on his arm against some more top-level hitters. The organization needs to find out if his move to the starting rotation should be a permanent one. The answer to that question could have long-term implications for him and the team. Kai Peterson: 38 G, 0 GS, 50.1 IP, 3.04 ERA, 1.351 WHIP, 27.6% K%, 13.1% BB% Peterson pitched most of the season at High-A Vancouver, and while he was age-appropriate for the level, he was ready for a promotion to Double-A New Hampshire. He finally got his promotion in late August, but only pitched in nine games there. His inclusion on the AFL roster will be to continue his progression, while giving him more exposure to tougher hitters. Yondrei Rojas: 30 G, 0 GS, 37.2 IP, 1.43 ERA, 0.876 WHIP, 32.4% K%, 7.6% BB% Rojas was in a similar position to Peterson. He dominated High-A Vancouver before getting a late-season call-up to Double-A New Hampshire. During the 2025 season, he emerged as one of the top relief pitcher prospects in the Blue Jays organization and has put himself on a path towards the major leagues. He needs to continue to face tougher competition and get the exposure needed to make adjustments against top-level opponents. He will get that exposure in the AFL, and with a good showing there, he could become a weapon for the Blue Jays down the stretch in 2026. Chay Yeager: 42 G, 1 GS, 55.2 IP, 2.75 ERA, 1.006 WHIP, 29.1% K%, 9.1% BB% Yeager is an older pitcher who dominated in the bullpen for High-A Vancouver but struggled mightily in his brief stint with Double-A New Hampshire (4.50 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP). The Blue Jays will be sending him to the AFL to test him against tougher competition to see if he can sink or swim. Yeager will turn 24 during the 2026 season and needs to start translating his success in the lower minors to the upper levels and eventually the majors. He will be Rule 5 draft eligible after the 2026 season, so the Blue Jays need to be more aggressive with him, and the AFL is the perfect place to test him. View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 60-84 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: Season Complete) -Vancouver Canadians: Season Complete -Dunedin Blue Jays: Season Complete -FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Transactions 09/19/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed SS Leo Jiménez on the 7-day injured list. 09/19/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated C Phil Clarke. 09/18/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent LHP Ryan Borucki outright to Buffalo Bisons. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (2), Scranton Wilkes-Barre (0) - 9/18 Box Score Thursday night was a tough fought pitcher's duel between Buffalo and Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Alek Manoah was pitching for the Bisons and had one of his better starts again. He went 4.2 innings, only allowed a single hit, gave up no runs, and struck out four. Unfortunately, there were still some growing pains, as he would walk five batters in the game. Buffalo took a one run lead in the bottom of the first inning, when RJ Schreck drew a six pitch walk and then scored on a Buddy Kennedy RBI double. In the fifth inning, rehabbing Anthony Santander launched his second home run of the series, a solo shot to left field that left the bat at 111.5 MPH. Both teams would be shut out after that, with Buffalo holding the RailRiders to just two hits in the game and only managing five hits of their own. Buffalo won this game 2-0. Anthony Santander- 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Alek Manoah- 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 4 K Buffalo (2), Scranton/Wilkes Barre (10) - 9/19 Box Score With only a few games left in the regular season for Buffalo, they looked to wrap up the year and give the fans some good games to watch. However, Friday would not be one of the good ones. Adam Kloffenstein was on the mound for the Bisons, and he got into trouble from the start. Jorbit Vivas and J.C. Escarra singled and then both came around to score on Spencer Jones’ two-RBI double to right field. Jonatan Clase provided some fireworks in the bottom half of the inning, with a lead-off inside the park home run to right field. From there, Kloffenstein settled in and made it the next three innings without surrendering a run. In the top of the fifth, the RailRiders got to Kloffenstein again, this time it was a big inning. Jose Rojas cranked a home run to right, scoring Escarra and then Jones chased him from the game with another double. Lazaro Estrada came in for Kloffenstein and did not fare any better, giving up an RBI single to the first batter he faced and then Bryan De La Cruz muscled up for a two-run home run with an exit velocity of 107.4 mph. Escarra added another run for the RailRiders in the sixth, on his RBI double that came screaming off the bat at 108.3 mph. Josh Kasevich got a ball up in the air for a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning. Unfortunately for Buffalo, Vivas and Escarra each had RBI base knocks in the eighth, as the RailRiders steamrolled Buffalo 10-2. Jonatan Clase: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 SB Hayden Juenger: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Alek Manoah (Buffalo): 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 4 K Hitter of the Period: OF Jonatan Clase (Buffalo): 3-7, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 SB Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 JoJo Parker N/A 2 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 9 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 10 Victor Arias New Hampshire 11 RJ Schreck Buffalo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 Juan Sanchez DSL Blue Jays 16 Josh Kasevich Buffalo 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 Orelvis Martinez Released 19 Charles McAdoo New Hampshire 19 Yeuni Munoz Dunedin 19 Tim Piasentin N/A 19 Blaine Bullard N/A Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Johnny King Dunedin 5 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Gage Stanifer New Hampshire 7 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 12 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 14 Fernando Perez New Hampshire View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 59-81 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 56-81 (Season Complete) -Vancouver Canadians: 75-57 (Season Complete) -Dunedin Blue Jays: 60-66 (Season Complete) -FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Transactions 09/15/25 - Toronto Blue Jays selected the contract of RHP Trey Yesavage from Buffalo Bisons. 09/14/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred RHP Fernando Perez to the Development List. 09/14/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated RHP Justin Kelly from the 7-day injured list. 09/13/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred RHP Chay Yeager to the Development List. 09/13/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated LHP Johan Simon from the 7-day injured list. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (4), Rochester (3) - 9/13 Box Score Saturday's matchup between Buffalo and Rochester was another nail-biter. Buffalo jumped out in front in the first inning with three runs, started by Anthony Santander rocketing an RBI double. Riley Tirotta and Josh Kasevich followed with RBI singles as well to give Buffalo the 3-0 lead. Trey Lipscomb and José Tena brought Rochester within one with RBI doubles of their own in the third and fourth innings. CJ Stubbs would tie the game in the sixth inning, when he launched a home run to center field. In the top of the ninth, Phil Clarke hit a single to left field, scoring Kasevich. Buffalo would shut the door on Rochester in the bottom half of the inning, as they would go on to win 4-3. Josh Kasevich - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K Adam Kloffenstein - 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K Buffalo (4), Rochester (5) - 9/14 Box Score The Sunday finale in the matchup with Rochester would mirror that of a lot of the games from the week, going down to the wire at the end of the game. Buffalo would again take the lead first, this time when Leo Jiménez knocked in RJ Schreck with an RBI single. Nick Schnell answered immediately in the bottom half of the inning with a two-run home run to center field. In the second and third innings, Rochester would tack on four more runs via RBI singles from Darren Baker, Phillip Glasser, and a two-run single from Juan Yepez. Dasan Brown started the comeback for the Bisons, as he launched his first Triple-A home run, a solo shot, in the sixth inning. Schreck's bases-loaded walk in the eighth and Brandon Valenzuela's solo home run in the ninth gave Buffalo a chance, as they got within one run. Unfortunately, Buffalo would lose the game when Michael Stefanic grounded out to end it. Buffalo lost a close one, this time 5-4. Brandon Valenzuela - 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Lazaro Estrada - 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (2), Chesapeake (1) - 9/13 Box Score The weekend set of games against Chesapeake would start on Saturday, with New Hampshire riding a four-game win streak and looking to end the season on a high note. Fernando Perez took the mound for his final start of the season and faced off against Blake Money for the Baysox. Perez got through the top of the first inning with relative ease and struck out two batters. Money had a little more trouble, surrendering two singles, but got out of the inning unscathed with two strikeouts himself. The top of the second saw Perez get into some trouble, coughing up a single and a walk, but escaping with a strikeout. In the third, Perez wasn't as lucky. He gave up a single to Chesapeake's Carter Young and then threw the ball away on a grounder back to him, allowing Young to scamper home for the first run of the game. Each starting pitcher locked in from there, like it was a playoff game for them. Perez would end up going five innings, walking one, striking out seven, and only giving up the one unearned run. Unfortunately for New Hampshire, Money was even better. He went seven innings, gave up four hits, no walks, struck out 10, and didn't surrender any runs. The Fisher Cats came to bat in the bottom of the ninth with their winning streak on the line and down one run. Damiano Palmegiani got a base knock to left, Je'Von Ward followed it up with one to left as well. After a pitching change, Peyton Williams struck out and put New Hampshire just one out from losing. Cade Doughty walked and brought up Eddinson Paulino. The first pitch of his at-bat got away from the catcher, and Palmegiani scurried home to tie the game up at one. Three pitches later, Paulino poked one through the shifted infield for a New Hampshire walk-win, 2-1. Eddinson Paulino: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K Fernando Perez: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K New Hampshire (7), Chesapeake (3) - 9/14 Box Score Sunday marked the final game of the season for New Hampshire, as they didn't make the playoffs. With a five-game win streak on the line, the Fisher Cats turned to the reliable Grant Rogers to drive the ship into port, so to speak. Chesapeake got to Rogers quickly with two runs in the second from Young's RBI single and Aron Estrada's sacrifice fly. The bats for New Hampshire had his back though, putting five runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth. Ward singled home Palmegiani, Williams had an RBI double, and J.R. Freethy launched a three-run home run to right. Estrada singled in a run in the top of the seventh for Chesapeake, cutting New Hampshire's lead down to two. In the bottom of the eighth, Ryan McCarty tacked on two more runs for the Fisher Cats, with his fourth home run at Double-A. Nate Garkow came into the game in the ninth and was locked in, setting down Chesapeake in order. New Hampshire won 7-3 and ended the season on a six-game win streak. Ryan McCarty: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR Grant Rogers: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period Pitcher of the Period: RHP Fernando Perez (New Hampshire): 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Hitter of the Period: INF Ryan McCarty (New Hampshire): 3-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 JoJo Parker N/A 2 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 9 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 Victor Arias New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 RJ Schreck Buffalo 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 Juan Sanchez DSL Blue Jays 16 Josh Kasevich Buffalo 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 Orelvis Martinez DFA 19 Charles McAdoo New Hampshire 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Yeuni Munoz Dunedin 19 Tim Piasentin N/A 19 Blaine Bullard N/A Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage Toronto 20 1 1 5 3 0 1 2 9 4 Johnny King Dunedin 5 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Gage Stanifer New Hampshire 18 1 1 4 3 1 2 4 4 7 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 12 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 14 Fernando Perez New Hampshire 21 1 1 5 4 0 0 1 7 View full article

Current W-L Records Buffalo Bisons: 57-79 New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 52-81 Vancouver Canadians: 75-57 (Season Complete) Dunedin Blue Jays: 60-66 (Season Complete) FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Transactions 09/09/25 - Toronto Blue Jays recalled LF Joey Loperfido from Buffalo Bisons. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (4), Rochester (5) - F/10 - 9/9 Box Score The Buffalo Bisons began a series with the Rochester Red Wings on Tuesday. The Bisons were the first on the scoreboard, when René Pinto launched his first Bisons home run in the first inning, a two-run shot scoring Michael Stefanic. In the fourth inning, Trey Lipscomb hit a three-run home run to give the Red Wings their first lead of the game. They would add to their lead by one in the eighth inning on a Phillip Glasser triple to right field. Buffalo made a late-inning comeback in the top of the ninth inning, as Yohendrick Pinango and Josh Kasevich drove in runs, each with an RBI single. The game would go to extra innings, and Buffalo would fail to score in their half of the 10th inning. Unfortunately, Rochester would walk off the Bisons on an RBI single from Lipscomb for the win. Buddy Kennedy - 3-4, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 2B CJ Van Eyk - 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K Buffalo (9), Rochester (2) - 9/10 Box Score The Buffalo Bisons ran out in front of this game from the start, with five runs in the first inning. Pinango got the scoring started with a double that scored Jonatan Clase. Pinango would score on Riley Tirotta's single along with Buddy Kennedy. Later, Kasevich had an RBI single, and Stefanic hit a sacrifice fly. In the second, Pinango drove in another run with an RBI groundout. Glasser homered for Rochester before Buffalo added three more runs on two bases-loaded walks and a Brandon Valenzuela sacrifice fly. Buffalo would win this game 9-2. Buddy Kennedy - 2-4, 3 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K Trey Yesavage - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Yesavage was locked in during this outing, as he sat down all nine batters he faced on 34 pitches. He started this game after coming out of the 'pen his last time out. If he is to get a chance on the major league roster, the next two weeks could see him make that push with more games like this one. New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (3), Chesapeake (2) - 9/9 Box Score New Hampshire and Toronto Blue Jays minor league fans can finally relax – though just a little. The 13-game losing streak came to an end on Tuesday night, and it felt like a huge weight was lifted off of the Fisher Cats, heading into the final couple of weeks of the season. With Grant Rogers on the mound, New Hampshire gave him some run support early in the game. Damiano Palmegiani singled home Charles McAdoo, who doubled to lead off the inning. Je'Von Ward then grounded out, with Jace Bohrofen coming in to score. In the bottom of the second, Eddinson Paulino added to the New Hampshire lead with a solo home run to right field. Chesapeake finally got on the scoreboard in the next half inning. Austin Overn and Creed Willems each doubled home a run. From there, Rogers, Devereaux Harrison, Nate Garkow, and Yondrei Rojas combined to shut down and shut out the Baysox, giving the Fisher Cats their first win in over two weeks, 3-2. Eddinson Paulino: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR Grant Rogers: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K New Hampshire (3), Chesapeake (2) F/10 - 9/10 Box Score Wednesday night saw New Hampshire try to build on their win Tuesday and avoid going back into the losing column. They sent Bobby Milacki to the mound to tackle the Chesapeake lineup, with Trace Bright toeing the rubber for the Baysox. The first two innings had some scoring threats, but neither team could get a run across, and the third inning started with the score still tied at zero. New Hampshire would be the first team to crack the scoreboard. Peyton Williams singled to right field and scored Bohrofen, followed up by an RBI groundout by Cade Doughty. Chesapeake cut into New Hampshire's lead in the seventh, when Brandon Butterworth doubled to left and scored Ethan Anderson. Later in the inning, Carter Young singled, driving in Butterworth and tying the game up at two. The game still stood all square at two when New Hampshire's Paulino lined out in the bottom of the ninth, sending the game into extra innings. The Fisher Cats would take advantage of Chesapeake failing to score in the top half of the 10th, McAdoo put down a sacrifice bunt and moved the winning run over to third base. After two intentional walks, Ward knocked a line drive to right that found the outfield grass for a walk-off single. New Hampshire won this game 3-2, giving them two wins in a row. Je'Von Ward: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K Pat Gallagher: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period Pitcher of the Period: RHP Trey Yesavage (Buffalo) - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Hitter of the Period: 1B Buddy Kennedy (Buffalo) - 5-9, 4 R, 2 BB, 1 2B Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 JoJo Parker N/A 2 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 9 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 10 1 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 10 Victor Arias New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 RJ Schreck Buffalo 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 Juan Sanchez DSL Blue Jays 16 Josh Kasevich Buffalo 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 17 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Charles McAdoo New Hampshire 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Yeuni Munoz Dunedin 19 Tim Piasentin N/A 19 Blaine Bullard N/A Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage Buffalo 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 Johnny King Dunedin 5 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Gage Stanifer New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 12 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 14 Fernando Perez New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 55-77 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 50-79 -Vancouver Canadians: 74-56 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 60-65 -FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Transactions 09/05/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Dillon Tate to Buffalo Bisons. 09/05/25 - Toronto Blue Jays recalled RHP Braydon Fisher from Buffalo Bisons. 09/05/25 - 3B Damiano Palmegiani assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 09/05/25 - SS Raimundo De Los Santos assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from FCL Blue Jays. 09/05/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats placed C Jackson Hornung on the 7-day injured list. 09/05/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats placed RHP Rafael Sanchez on the 7-day injured list. 09/05/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats placed LHP Johan Simon on the 7-day injured list retroactive to September 3, 2025. 09/05/25 - RHP Gage Stanifer assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (5), Syracuse (1) - F/7 - 9/5 - Game 1 Box Score Friday, a doubleheader between Buffalo and Syracuse was kicked off because of a rainout on Thursday night. Buffalo jumped out in front of this one when RJ Schreck launched a three-run home run to right field in the third inning. Later in the inning, Yohendrick Pinango hit a line drive RBI single to left field to give the Bisons a four-run lead. Luke Ritters’ RBI single in the top of the fourth inning was the lone run for Syracuse. Buddy Kennedy capped off the scoring in the game with an RBI single of his own in the next half inning. Buffalo took the first game of the doubleheader, 5-1. RJ Schreck- 2-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K Adam Kloffenstein- 4 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Buffalo (1), Syracuse (7) - F/7 - 9/5 - Game 2 Box Score In the second game of the doubleheader Friday night, Buffalo could not do anything right. They only managed two hits in the game and they both came on back-to-back plays in the fifth inning, Yohendrick Pinango singled and Brandon Valenzuela singled right after him. Josh Rivera hit into a double play, scoring Pinango for the Bisons' only run. Syracuse conversely had a huge fourth inning to take control of the game. They would score six runs on an RBI single, RBI double, a sacrifice fly, a bases-loaded walk, another bases-loaded walk, and a second sacrifice fly. Buffalo would lose this game easily, 7-1. Yohendrick Pinango- 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K Mason Fluharty- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (1), Somerset (4) F/5 - 9/4 Box Score Wednesday brought with it yet another chance for New Hampshire to snap the dismal skid they have been on for almost two weeks. Coming into the game, they had lost nine in a row and 11 of their last 13. Somerset put New Hampshire in a bind early, when they jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a Dylan Jasso RBI ground out. In the second, Diomedes Hernandez knocked in a run on an RBI single to center and moved up a base on a throwing error by Jace Bohrofen. Luckily it didn't hurt New Hampshire, as the next batter grounded out to end the inning. In the third, Somerset tacked on two more runs, one on a solo home run by George Lombard Jr. and the second on an RBI triple by Garrett Martin. New Hampshire finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth inning, Robert Brooks shot a ball center for a sacrifice fly, scoring Ryan McCarty. Unfortunately for the Fisher Cats, the rain came down and would not stop, as the game was called after the top of the fifth, with Somerset winning 4-1. Ryan McCarty: 2-2, 1 R, 2 2B Pat Gallagher: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K New Hampshire (0), Somerset (4) - 9/5 Box Score Ten games in a row, 12 of their last 14, that's how bad the current stretch of games has been for New Hampshire. They sent Gage Stanifer to the mound on Friday night, in hopes he would be their savior and end this horrid streak. It would be Stanifer's debut at Double A, a tall task under normal circumstances, but with terrible play and Somerset countering with their ace Carlos Lagrange, New Hampshire was crawling in mud, uphill, in a rain storm. Stanifer breezed through the first inning in just seven pitches, highlighted by a strikeout looking of top 100 prospect, George Lombard Jr. The second saw Stanifer record two more strikeouts and look about as dominant as advertised. Then came the third. Stanifer surrendered a walk and single, followed by a delay when the Fisher Cats’ manager was ejected from the game for arguing a safe call at second on a double steal, an ominous sign of things to come. Somerset drew another walk when play resumed, loading the bases with zero outs. Stanifer then walked the next two batters and gave Somerset a two-run lead. Jace Avina would drive home a third run when he grounded into a double play. Stanifer would get the next hitter to ground out as well and end the damage. Unfortunately for New Hampshire, Jackson Castillo would lead off the fourth inning with a solo home run, before Stanifer got the next three outs, another double play ball and a strikeout. Ultimately, the up and down debut for Stanifer was not going to affect the game. Lagrange was throwing so hard and accurate, I could swear flames were coming off of the ball by the time it hit the catcher's mitt. He went only five innings, gave up just two hits, only one walk, and struck out 10. Somerset's bullpen took care of the rest, as New Hampshire lost again, this time 4-0. The losing streak is now at 11 games. Je'Von Ward: 1-4, 1 K, 1 2B Bobby Milacki: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (6), Everett (2) - 9/4 Box Score The Canadians made history today, as a pair of prospects achieved milestones and Canadians records. Jackson Wentworth took the bump, and pitched five strong innings, striking out four batters in the process. This allowed him to eclipsed the Canadians record for strikeouts, as he had 116 on the season. Arjun Nimmala reached on a fielder's choice, and then the third baseman Brandon Eike committed a throwing error, which scored the first run for Vancouver. Edward Duran singled shortly after, scoring Micheletti Jr., but Nimmala was thrown out at home. Jackson Wentworth allowed a run on a wild pitch after a Edward Duran pick off error. Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit his 24th double of the season to earn RBI number 70, and cushioned the Vancouver lead a bit. Nate LaRue came in relief after Colby Holcombe pitched a scoreless inning, and he allowed a run on a single to Charlie Pagliarini to bring the lead within one. Sean Keys also made history hitting his 18th homer of the season, tying the Vancouver Canadians franchise record. Peyton Powell added to the score with a two-run single, as the Canadians won 6-4 on a historic night. Sean Keys - 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HR Jackson Wentworth - 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 4 BB, 4 K Vancouver (1), Everett (4) - 9/5 Box Score After a historic night, there was less activity in this game. However, there were some nice highlights on both ends, as the pitching combined for 15 strikeouts, with Edinson Batista having one of his best starts of the season, striking out six batters in four innings. Jonathan Todd struck out four batters himself in two innings, although he allowed two earned runs, and Julio Ortiz pitched three innings with five strikeouts. The offense was slow to get going, as the Aqua Sox got out to a four run lead before Sean Keys hit a solo homer to break the franchise record in a single season with 19. That was all she wrote for the Canadians however, as they went out quietly other than that. Sean Keys - 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Edinson Batista - 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (0), Bradenton (4) - 9/4 Box Score Unfortunately, this was a common occurrence for a Landen Maroudis start, as he couldn’t last two innings without being replaced. He once again walked multiple batters, as well as hitting a batter. He had 53 pitches through 1 1/3 innings before getting replaced by Grif Hughes. Hughes pitched well, going two and two thirds innings without allowing a single run, and Gilberto Batista then replaced him. Batista was struggling recently, but he had a good relief appearance, striking out five hitters in four innings and only allowed a single run. The D-Jays could barely threaten, with the only extra base hit from Kendry Chirinos and an inability to score the few runners in scoring position. Dariel Ramon: 2-4, 1 2B Gilberto Batista: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Dunedin (4), Bradenton (1) - 9/5 Box Score Johnny King had a bounce back start after a couple of shaky outings, as he went four and two-thirds innings of scoreless baseball. David Beckles hit his first homer as a D-Jay in the fourth to give Dunedin an early lead, and it was not relinquished until the sixth inning, where Jay Schueler gave up a double to Brent Iredale. The Jays got a few more runs, and the bullpen pitched very well, both Eminen Flores and Danny Thompson Jr. striking out six batters. David Beckles - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Johnny King - 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: LHP Johnny King (Dunedin) - 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K Hitter of the Period: 3B Sean Keys (Vancouver) - 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 HR (Broke Vancouver’s franchise season record) Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 JoJo Parker N/A 2 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 Victor Arias New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 RJ Schreck Buffalo 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 13 Juan Sanchez DSL Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Josh Kasevich Buffalo 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 19 Charles McAdoo New Hampshire 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 19 Yeuni Munoz Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Tim Piasentin N/A 19 Blaine Bullard N/A Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Johnny King Dunedin 17 1 1 4.2 1 0 0 3 7 5 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 6 Gage Stanifer New Hampshire 17 1 1 4 2 1 4 5 4 7 Jake Bloss Buffalo 8 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 9 1 1 1.1 2 0 3 3 1 12 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 14 Fernando Perez New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

Trey YesavageJoJo ParkerGage StaniferArjun NimmalaJohnny KingRicky TiedemannOrelvis MartinezYohendrick PinangoLanden MaroudisCharles McAdooVictor AriasTim PiasentinBrandon BarrieraJosh KasevichRJ SchreckJuan SanchezYeuni MunozGrant RogersBlaine BullardJake Cook

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 52-74 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 50-73 -Vancouver Canadians: 70-54 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 57-63 -FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Transactions 08/29/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Dillon Tate from the 7-day injured list. 08/28/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed LHP Trenton Wallace on the 7-day injured list. 08/28/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats sent OF Jace Bohrofen on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (5), Indianapolis (3) - 8/28 Box Score The Thursday game between Buffalo and Indianapolis saw things kick off with some fireworks in the second inning for the Bisons. A wild pitch scored Yohendrick Pinango from third base and Josh Rivera doubled in a run to give the Bisons a two-run lead. Then, Jonatan Clase launched a laser beam home run to right field, a three-run shot that scored Rivera and Christian Bethancourt. In the sixth inning, Ryan Kreidler homered for Indianapolis to give them their first run of the ball game. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Indianapolis tried to make a comeback. Jase Brown hit a triple that would score two runs for the Indians. After the triple, Joe Mantiply shut the door on the comeback though, getting the last out of the game via a groundout. Buffalo would win this game 5-3. Jonatan Clase- 1-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR CJ Van Eyk- 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Buffalo (3), Indianapolis (5) - 8/29 Box Score In the Friday night game between Buffalo and Indianapolis, the Bisons would struggle all night to find some hits. Indianapolis would take the early lead on the back of Brett Sullivan's solo home run in the second inning. In the fifth inning, Buffalo tried to find some momentum, but would only muster an RBI groundout from Michael Stefanic to tie the game. Sammy Siani's solo home run in the bottom half of the inning would quickly give Indianapolis the lead back in the game. Indianapolis would keep adding runs to their total in the sixth inning, this time from a Nick Solack RBI single to right field and then Rafael Flores cleared the bases with a two-run home run. Riley Tirotta hit a hard single to center field that would score two runs for the Bisons in the eighth, but it would not be enough. Buffalo only managed five hits in the game, as they would lose this one 5-3. Riley Tirotta- 1-4, 0 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K Lazaro Estrada- 2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (2), Erie (10) - 8/28 Box Score Thursday's game was another chance for Grant Rogers to add to his season total of quality starts, as well as help New Hampshire get back on track against a tough Erie team. Things were looking good on both accords through the first two innings. New Hampshire took the lead in the bottom of the second inning, when Jackson Hornung launched his fifth home run of the year at Double-A, this one a solo shot to right. It all went south from there for the Fisher Cats and Rogers. In the top of the third, Josue Briceño doubled home fellow top prospect Max Clark. It was followed up by both Thayron Liranzo and Briceño scoring on a Justice Bigbie single to right field. Jake Holton then capped off the big inning by doubling him Bigbie. In the bottom half of the inning, Charles McAdoo helped New Hampshire get back into the game with an RBI single that scored Jacob Sharp. A Danny Serretti solo home run in the fourth extended Erie's lead by one, before they added four more in the fifth. Rogers would leave the game in the idle of the inning, but was on the hook for some of those runs, ending his night surrendering eight runs (seven earned). It just wasn't in the cards for New Hampshire, as Erie added another run in the seventh and won easily, 10-2. Jacob Sharp: 2-3, 1 R, 2 2B Kai Peterson: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K New Hampshire (3), Erie (4) - 8/29 Box Score New Hampshire opened up Friday night's game against Erie in a great spot. After Rafael Sanchez set down Erie in order in the top of the first inning, New Hampshire's bats put up a crooked number to set the tone for the game. Je'Von Ward singled home Victor Arias and then stole second base, before scoring himself on Ryan McCarty's single. Alex De Jesus would cap off the scoring for the inning and smack a ball to center for a sacrifice fly. In the top of the second, Erie clawed back with two runs of their own, two RBI singles from Seth Stephenson and Roberto Campos. In the third, Jake Holton singled home a run for Erie and tied the game up at three. Everything stood stagnant until the eighth, when Campos singled home his second RBI of the game and gave Erie a one-run lead late in the game. In the bottom half of the inning, New Hampshire got two singles from McCarty and Dasan Brown, but Gabriel Martinez flew out to end the inning and the scoring threat. New Hampshire had one last chance to get a run and tie it up in the bottom of the ninth, but Charles McAdoo struck out swinging to end the game. New Hampshire fell to Erie, 4-3. Ryan McCarty: 2-4, 1 RBI Devereaux Harrison: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (14), Hillsboro (11) - 8/28 - F/11 Box Score This was a barn burner of a game, as the Hops and the Canadians went back and forth trading blows, with the first couple of runs coming from Cutter Coffey, who just returned from a short IL stint, as he hit a two-run blast off of Denny Larrondo. Silvano Hechavarria had his first middling start, as the third inning went poorly for him. He allowed three runs with two RBI-triples from Jansel Luis and Cristofer Torin, and a Druw Jones sac fly in between them. He did pitch well after that, and the Canadians picked him up with a Peyton Powell RBI-single that led to J.R. Freethy’s eighth double of the season, to give the Canadians the lead back. The Hops balked in a run, then a wild pitch scored another, which led to a three run cushion for Vancouver. Silvano Hechavarria was sent out in the sixth, and allowed a single, before he was replaced with Juanmi Vasquez. He did not have a great showing, allowing a single, a walk, and a double to clear the bases to tie the game up. The Canadians punched back again, with Jay Harry knocking in Edward Duran, and Nick Goodwin scored on a wild pitch to take a two-run lead. Vasquez was not taken out, and he immediately gave up a homer, and gave up a couple more hits before getting taken out. Aaron Munson replaced him and allowed both inherited runners to score on a single to lose the lead. The Hops pitching once again lost control however, as Tucker Toman was walked, Goodwin was hit by a pitch, and after Harry moved the runners over with a grounder to short, another wild pitch allowed Toman to score to tie the game up once again. The game went to extras after scoreless innings from Munson and Javen Coleman, and the Canadians had runners on the corner after Arjun Nimmala moved to third on a wild-pitch walk to Sean Keys. Duran stopped the momentum with a double play, but Nimmala was able to score. Brett Garcia came in the tenth, and allowed the ghost runner to score on a single to Slade Caldwell but struck out two batters to bring it to the 11th. J.R. Freethy hit a big RBI single to get the lead in the ninth, and after Arjun Nimmala was intentionally walked and Sean Keys hit a sac fly, Tucker Toman hit a two-RBI double to make it 14 to 10. Garcia allowed another ghost runner to score, but that was the only run they could get. JR Freethy - 2-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB Silvano Hechavarria - 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Vancouver (4), Hillsboro (6) - 8/29 Box Score After the crazy game from the day before, it looked like the Canadians were going to score a ton of runs again, with them going out to an early lead after Carter Cunningham and Alexis Hernandez both hitting a sac fly in the first, and Eddie Micheletti Jr. with a 2-RBI double in the second. However, Jackson Wentworth allowed two runs in the second inning, and after allowing a couple of singles, Nate LaRue came in to replace him. Modelfi Marte singled to Tucker Toman, and a couple runners scored with Toman’s throwing error to tie it up. The Canadians couldn’t score after the second inning, and after Larue hit Adrian Rodriguez with a pitch, Druw Jones hit an inside the park homer to give the Hops the lead. Colby Holcombe came in after with a solid one and two-thirds innings with three strikeouts, but that was all for the Canadians. Nick Goodwin - 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 2B Colby Holcombe - 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (2), Fort Myers (5) - 8/28 Box Score Landen Maroudis’ struggles after coming back from Tommy John are still prevalent, as he only pitched two innings, this time he did strike out more batters than he walked, but it took 53 pitches for him to do so. He also gave up an early two run homer in the first inning to put the Jays down early. Eliander Alcalde replaced him in the third inning, and pitched two scoreless innings before Gilberto Batista came in. Batista was dominant, striking out eight batters, but gave up a double to Yilber Herrera, before Enrique Jimenez hit a homer off of him. The D-Jays got a couple of runs on their own with a sac fly from Jean Joseph and a solo homer from Manuel Beltre, but the Mighty Mussels kept them to just that. Eminen Flores pitched two and a third innings with four strikeouts, but he walked three batters and allowed a run as a result. Eric Snow - 2-4, 1 BB Gilberto Batista - 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K Batista went fastball heavy, throwing it over 70% of the time as he was generating a ton of whiffs and chase, with a 45.5% whiff rate. Other than a two-run homer, Batista may have had his most dominant appearance as a Jay in relief. Dunedin (4), Fort Myers (11) - 8/29 Box Score Johnny King may be hitting the wall, as the third rounder out of high school has pitched over 50 innings and now has had his second “poor” start in a row. King walked four batters in two and a third innings, and he allowed four runs, with three of them being earned. Still his strikeout stuff was there, with five strikeouts and ten whiffs. The Jays and the Mighty Mussels did go back and forth, with the Jays getting on the board first with a Brock Tibbitts RBI single. A fielding error from Johnny King allowed the first run to score, but after Braden Berry got on with an error, he subsequently stole second and third before a Will Criswell groundout scored him to take the lead back. Daniel Pena hit an RBI single against King to tie the game, and King was taken out for Grif Hughes who gave up a three-run homer, allowing the two runners that King left on to score. Hughes did not have a good time for the rest of the game either, allowing three more runs, and two more homers, walking four batters as well. Maddox Latta hit an RBI single and scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to five, but that was all the D-Jays could do on offense. Maddox Latta - 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB Jack Eshelman - 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Gilberto Batista (Dunedin) - 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K Hitter of the Period: INF Nick Goodwin (Vancouver) - 2-5, 4 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 2B, 2 HBP Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 JoJo Parker N/A 9 Alan Roden TRADED 10 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 RJ Schreck Buffalo 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 Victor Arias New Hampshire 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 19 Jonatan Clase Buffalo 8 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Khal Stephen TRADED 6 Johnny King Dunedin 16 1 1 2.1 4 0 3 4 5 7 Kendry Rojas TRADED 8 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 11 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 14 Juaron Watts-Brown TRADED 15 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Adam Macko Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 49-71 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 49-68 -Vancouver Canadians: 66-52 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 56-60 -FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Transactions 08/22/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays activated RHP Daniel Guerra from the temporarily inactive list. 08/22/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays placed OF Yorman Licourt on the 7-day injured list. 08/21/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Braydon Fisher to Buffalo Bisons. 08/21/25 - RHP Nate LaRue assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/21/25 - Vancouver Canadians activated RHP Nate LaRue. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (3), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (5) - F/7 - 8/21 - Game 1 Box Score In the first game of the double header Thursday between the Bisons and the RailRiders, Trey Yesavage took the mound for Buffalo. It was a start that showcased the top end talent of Yesavage and the growing pains. After an easy first that included two strikeouts, Yesavage hit some trouble in the second inning. A single and two doubles brought in two runs and then another single later in the inning brought in a third run. Yesavage would settle down and strike out two more batters to end the inning. He struck out two in the third and fourth inning, before leaving in the fifth after 4.2 innings pitched. RJ Schreck doubled in a run in the third and Yohendrick Pinango drove him home with a single to cut the lead to one. In the sixth, Christian Bethancourt tied the game with a home run. The seventh inning saw the RailRiders take the lead for good from a Braden Shewmake RBI triple and a Duke Ellis RBI single. Buffalo lost this one, 5-3. RJ Schreck- 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 2B Trey Yesavage- 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 8 K Buffalo (4), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (3) - F/9 - 8/21 - Game 2 Box Score In a game that was short on hits, the RailRiders jumped out to the lead in the top of the third inning on a J.C Escarra RBI single. The lead was short lived though, as Jonatan Clase launched a 413 FT solo home run to right field. Everything was quiet until extra innings in this game. Starting in the eighth inning, the RailRiders scored two runs on a triple from Escarra and a single from Duke Ellis that scored Braden Shewmake. In the bottom of the inning, it was Clase again driving in a run, this time via a sacrifice fly. Joey Loperfido doubled in the tying run later in the inning and the game continued. In the ninth, the TailRiders were held scoreless and that set up the Bisons in their half of the inning. Phil Clarke hit a single to second base that would score Brandon Valenzuela from second, for the walk-off Buffalo win. Joey Loperfido- 3-4, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 2B, 1 SB CJ Van Eyk- 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Buffalo (4), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (7) - 8/22 Box Score It was a rough game Friday night for the Buffalo Bisons, with hits not falling. Brandon Valenzuela gave the Bisons the lead in the bottom of the second inning with a two-run home run to center field, scoring RJ Schreck who had walked. The RailRiders would put up seven runs in the top of the next inning. It was fueled by two doubles, two singles, two walks, and a Jeimer Candelario grand slam. Yohendrick Pinango gave Buffalo some life with an RBI double in the eighth, but it wasn't enough as the Bisons fell 7-4 in this game. Brandon Valenzuela- 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Andrew Bash- 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (1), Akron (4) - 8/21 Box Score Thursday's games between New Hampshire and Akron turned into a game marred by errors at inopportune times. In the bottom of the second inning, Joe Lampe got Akron onto the scoreboard first with a hard hit line drive that made it over the fence for a solo home run to lead-off the inning. The next two batters for Akron would walk, then on a sacrifice bunt, Fernando Perez threw the ball away, allowing a run to score. It was followed by a steal of second base, on the play Robert Brooks threw the ball away as well, allowing the runner from third to score. Later in the inning, Angel Genao added another run on an RBI single, capping off a big four-run inning. In the top of the third, New Hampshire finally got on the scoreboard with a sacrifice fly by Brooks, scoring Gabriel Martinez. From there, the pitching for both teams stepped up and were lights out, with neither team scoring another run in the game. New Hampshire fell to Akron 4-1. Charles McAdoo: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB Pat Gallagher: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K New Hampshire (3), Akron (7) - 8/22 Box Score The game Friday night between New Hampshire and Akron was another chance for Grant Rogers to add to his quality start total for the year. Dasan Brown's RBI single in the top of the first got the scoring started. In the bottom half of the first, Akron got to Rogers with a big two-run home run from Alfonsin Rosario. In the second, Rogers got tagged again, this time it was an RBI single by Christian Knapczyk. After a Je'Von Ward double to lead-off the third, Charles McAdoo singled him home and cut the Akron lead to 3-2. Jackson Hornung grounded out in the fourth on a play that would see Gabriel Martinez score and tie the game up at three. Unfortunately for Rogers and New Hampshire, his recent string of quality starts came to an end in the bottom of the fourth, Alex Mooney singled home two runs and Akron took the lead back. The RubberDucks would score two more runs in the bottom of the seventh, on their way to a 7-3 win. Charles McAdoo: 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K Chay Yeager: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (2), Tri-City (3) - 8/21 Box Score Chris McElvain continued to do well in his starts, with a four inning performance with one run allowed and six strikeouts. Randy De Jesus hit an RBI-single off of him but he was able to keep runners off balance after that. Nick Goodwin took the lead back with his 12th homer of the season. Jonathan Todd had two strong scoreless innings with three strikeouts, before Edinson Batista came in the game and blew the lead for his second blown save of the season and his fifth loss. Nick Goodwin - 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR Chris McElvain - 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K Vancouver (2), Tri-City (3) - 8/22 Box Score Silvano Hechavarria pitched a gem, as he went nearly seven innings allowing only three base runners and striking out four. Arjun Nimmala hit a single, then Carter Cunningham moved him to third with one of his own. Alexis Hernandez grounded into a double play, but Nimmala was sent home and scored despite that. Jay Harry broke the game open with a double after Alexis Hernandez walked and Sean Keys hit a single to score them both. Sean Keys hit his 15th homer of the season to add some insurance runs, and Juanmi Vazquez didn’t allow a hit and stuck out two batters to complete the shutout and earn the save. Sean Keys - 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR Silvano Hechavarria - 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (3), Lakeland (9) - 8/21 Box Score Johnny King experienced growing pains for almost the first time this season, only lasting two and two-thirds innings allowing five runs while walking four. He still struck out three batters, but he gave up a career high in homers as well. Manuel Beltre hit a sac fly in the second inning and Yeuni Munoz, who just returned from the IL, continued to hit the ball ridiculously hard with a 112.2 mph single to bring the score within two. The homers continued for Lakeland when Diego Dominguez replaced King, and Ricardo Hurtado hit a two-run homer off of him to double the lead. Jack Eshelman allowed two runs himself after Dominguez went a bit over three innings and allowed two runs himself. The poor start from King prevented them from getting any momentum. Yeuni Munoz - 2-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB Yeuni Munoz would have been one of the biggest position player breakouts in the Jays system if he hadn’t gotten hurt, and now has pushed his OPS over 1.000 with a strong game. His breakout is seemingly more real. Diego Dominguez: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Dunedin (1), Tampa (3) - 8/22 Box Score The offense sputtered after a strong first two games of the season, despite Daniel Guerra showing out on the mound. Guerra was sitting 95 mph on the mound, but was taken out of the game with two outs in the fifth inning, and Eliander allowed the inherited runner to score. Jake Casey showed off his power with his third homer of the season to tie the game in the sixth, but Alcalde gave up another two runs after loading the bases and giving up a single to Christian Santana. Grif Hughes struck out three batters in two scoreless innings, but the Jays could not muster up a threat, only having two hits on the night. Jake Casey - 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HR Daniel Guerra - 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP CJ Van Eyk (Buffalo) - 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Hitter of the Period: 3B Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire): 4-8, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 JoJo Parker N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Alan Roden TRADED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 16 RJ Schreck Buffalo 9 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 17 Victor Arias New Hampshire 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 Jonatan Clase Buffalo 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 19 1 1 4.2 4 0 3 2 8 4 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Khal Stephen TRADED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Johnny King Dunedin 15 1 1 2.2 4 2 5 4 3 7 Kendry Rojas TRADED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Juaron Watts-Brown TRADED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Adam Macko Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article