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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (September 19-20) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 2-4 Season Record: 68-79 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats: Season Complete High-A Vancouver Canadians: Season Complete Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays: Season Complete FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 68-79 Series vs Rochester (Washington Nationals) September 19: Buffalo had Grant Rogers on the mound Saturday, toeing the opposite rubber as Zak Kent of Rochester. Rogers got into trouble from the start of the game. In the first inning, he gave up two doubles that led to a run and an RBI single, putting the Bisons in a 2-0 hole early. In the second, Rogers almost worked around a lead-off double, but Rochester cashed it in with an RBI single to left. While the first two innings were rocky for Rogers, he settled in and was perfect in the third and fourth innings. Yohendrick Piñango was able to cut into the deficit for Buffalo by blasting a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning. The round-tripper was his ninth of the season at Buffalo and came off the bat at 112.4 mph, going 425 feet to right field. Buffalo couldn't keep Rochester in check, though, as they added four more runs and held a 7-1 lead entering the bottom of the ninth. In the final frame of the game, Anthony Santander ripped an RBI double to right, and Daz Cameron knocked him in on a sacrifice fly to right field. Buffalo just could not get the bats going enough to climb out of their early hole; they fell 7-3. September 20: Sunday was the final game of the season for Buffalo, and their bats came to play, but their pitching would ultimately let them down. Yohendrick Piñango cranked out two big blasts, and Josh Rivera also had a home run. The game started with three scoreless innings from Josh Winckowski. Things went south after he left the game, though. John Klein, Daniel Guerra, and Devereaux Harrison all surrendered runs, with Klein and Harrison giving up five each. Sam Gardner even gave up three runs, but all three were unearned. Buffalo scored a bunch of runs in the game, starting with Rhylan Thomas’ two-RBI single in the second and another run when Piñango walked with the bases loaded. In the fourth, it was Piñango's first home run that provided the scoring, a two-run blast to right field. In the seventh, it was a solo shot from Piñango, while in the eighth, Josh Kasevich walked with the bases loaded to bring home a run. Rivera smacked his solo home run in the ninth, which would ultimately be the final run scored for Buffalo on the season. The Bisons fell 15-8, ending their season nine games under .500. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 59-74 Season Completed High-A Vancouver Season Record: 64-66 Season Completed Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 62-66 Season Completed FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 20-35 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 33-18 Playoffs: 2-1 Season Completed View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (September 16-18) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 2-2 Season Record: 68-77 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats: Season Complete High-A Vancouver Canadians: Season Complete Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays: Season Complete FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 68-77 Series vs Rochester (Washington Nationals) September 16: Buffalo sent Josh Stephan to the mound to take on Rochester Wednesday evening. Stephan had a perfect 1-2-3 inning in the first, getting a flyout, lineout, and strikeout. Hopes were high that he would have a strong start after a string of rough ones. The second inning was nearly a repeat of the first, two flyouts and another strikeout in a three-up, three-down frame. The third inning was another stellar one, as Stephan induced two groundouts and registered his third strikeout of the game, completing the first three innings perfectly. The quest for perfection would end in the fourth, as would any hopes of a stellar game. Stephan opened up the frame by hitting a batter, then gave up three singles and a walk leading to two runs. A third run would score and tie the game up at three on an RBI groundout. Buffalo had taken the early lead thanks to a two-RBI single by Peyton Williams and an RBI single by Josh Kasevich. In the bottom of the fourth, Rhylan Thomas singled home Shawn Ross to give the Bisons the lead again, but back-to-back home runs to open up the fifth and an RBI single gave the lead to Rochester for good. Stephan ended up throwing 4.2 innings and coughing up six runs on the day. The Buffalo bats stayed quiet the rest of the game, as their bullpen surrendered more runs. The Bisons lost in a runaway game, 12-4. September 17: The Thursday matchup between Buffalo and Rochester was a pitcher's duel. Richard Gallardo was on the mound for Buffalo and threw a quality start. He went six innings, allowed seven hits, gave up three runs, and struck out three. Daniel Guerra came on next and starred over 1.2 innings with his elite fastball. He gave up two doubles, but struck out three, and his command was better, not walking anyone. His cutter was still a bit wild at times. He definitely showed improvement from his last appearance. Lazaro Estrada finished things off with 1.1 innings, giving up one hit and no runs. Unfortunately for Buffalo, the bats weren't as good. Lenyn Sosa drove in the lone run on a double-play groundout. Jay Harry, Josh Kasevich, and Rhylan Thomas had two hits apiece. Buffalo lost this one 3-1. September 18: Buffalo's offense had a monumental task ahead of them on Friday evening: They had to solve the massive Jarlin Susana problem that faced them on the opposing mound. Susana throws gas like very few in all of baseball can. He routinely tops 100 mph and can run it up even higher on the radar gun; it's what has propelled him to being one of the top pitching prospects in baseball. On Friday night, however, Buffalo worked him over from the start of the game. In the first inning, Daz Cameron walked, Jay Harry singled, and Josh Kasevich walked to load the bases up. They couldn't cash in any of the base runners though, as Susana got RJ Schreck to fly out to end the threat. In the second inning, Nick Goodwin doubled to lead off the inning, unfortunately for Buffalo, Susana quickly squashed that threat with a groundout and two strikeouts. Buffalo opened up the third inning with Rhylan Thomas walking and Daz Cameron singling on a ground ball up the middle. Harry then ripped a line drive to left field for a two-RBI double. After Susana was removed in the inning, Peyton Williams roped a 112.5 mph double to right field that scored two more. Buffalo would add more runs in the eighth on back-to-back home runs by Schreck and Goodwin, then an RBI single from Cameron. The game was never really in question after the big Buffalo third inning, as CJ Van Eyk threw a gem, seven innings, giving up just two hits, one run, and striking out two. The Bisons rolled to a 7-1 win. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 59-74 Season Completed High-A Vancouver Season Record: 64-66 Season Completed Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 62-66 Season Completed FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 20-35 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 33-18 Playoffs: 2-1 Season Completed View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (September 10-11) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox): 1-3 Season Record: 66-74 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Harrisburg Senators (Washington Senators): 1-2 Season Record: 59-74 High-A Vancouver Canadians Championship Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 3-0 Season Record: 64-66 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays: Season Complete FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 66-74 Series vs Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox) September 10: Thursday provided an opportunity for Buffalo to get back on track against the Charlotte Knights. The bats for the Bisons came ready to rock and roll; they jumped out to an early lead and just kept on hitting. Lenyn Sosa smoked a 107 mph, 432-foot solo home run in the top of the third inning, which was followed by a Daz Cameron RBI double. With the game tied at two in the sixth, Buffalo got hot and just kept rolling. Yohendrick Piñango hit a solo home run to start the scoring for the frame, Sosa knocked in Jay Harry on a double to left field, CJ Stubbs singled in Josh Kasevich, and Rhylan Thomas’ single brought home Sosa. Buffalo would keep things going in the seventh, as Stubbs had an RBI single, Rudy Martin Jr. lined a two-RBI triple to right, and Thomas had another RBI single. Harry would cap off the Buffalo scoring for the game with an RBI single in the eighth. In all, Buffalo tallied 17 hits, led by Thomas’ four base knocks, while Piñango and Sosa also added three hits each. Gage Stanifer and Daniel Guerra both pitched out of the bullpen, with mixed results. Stanifer threw two innings, struck out three, and gave up just one run. Guerra made it through the seventh without giving up a run and walked just one. It was the eighth that gave Guerra trouble; he walked the first two batters before striking out Jake Cave, then walked Tim Elko to load the bases. Brendan Cellucci came in to relieve Guerra once the bases were loaded, but walked in a run and allowed another to score on a groundout. Guerra didn't give up a hit, but was ultimately charged with two runs. Having a big lead, Buffalo was able to absorb those runs and take the easy 11-4 win. September 11: Friday was September 11 and brought with it a national day of remembrance, as Buffalo and Charlotte faced off against each other on the baseball diamond. Charlotte would jump out to the early lead in this game. Joey Wiemer got a hold of a fastball from CJ Van Eyk and deposited it over the left field wall for a two-run home run. Van Eyk was on point this game outside of the one pitch to Wiemer. He threw six innings, giving up just the two runs, didn't walk anyone, and struck out four. Sam Gardner came on in relief of Van Eyk and was nearly perfect for two innings, allowing just one walk while striking out two. With the Knights held in check, it was up to the bats to get the lead back for the Bisons. Unlike Thursday's game, hits were scarce to come by, with Buffalo only collecting five of them for the game. In the sixth inning, the Bisons finally got on the scoreboard, thanks to Davis Schneider's solo home run, a 103.9 mph 418-foot blast. Unfortunately for Buffalo, it was all of the scoring they would get in the game, as they lost 2-1 in a pitcher-heavy duel. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 59-74 Series vs Harrisburg Senators (Washington Senators) September 10: It was a Thursday to forget for New Hampshire when they faced off against Harrisburg. In the fourth inning, Harrisburg took the lead with an RBI single from Caleb Farmer, aided by an error on Aaron Parker. Later in the inning, Farmer would score when Eli Willits reached on an error from Dub Gleed. In the fifth and sixth innings, Devin Fitz-Gerald and Kevin Pichardo added home runs for Harrisburg, bringing the lead to five. Harrisburg would add three more runs, as New Hampshire had a rough day. The Fisher Cats only managed five hits, zero runs, and had four total errors. New Hampshire lost this one 8-0. September 11: The Friday Night game was almost a carbon copy of the Thursday game, except the pitching was the star attraction for New Hampshire in their game against Harrisburg. Nolan Perry was on the mound and had probably his best Double-A start. He went 4 innings, didn't give up a run, only allowed one hit, just walked one batter, and struck out six. Mason Olson and Devereaux Harrison came in behind Perry and matched his success. Olson went three innings of no-run pitching, while giving up just one hit and one walk, and striking out three. Harrison did almost the same as well, allowing just one hit and one walk, with zero runs. He did strike out five. In the tenth inning, Harrisburg scored one in their half of the inning, which set up the Fisher Cats in the bottom of the frame. Carter Cunningham was the first batter of the inning, and he got a hold of a pitch and launched it deep into the night for his tenth home run at Double-A and a walk-off home run. New Hampshire won this one 2-1. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 64-66 Championship Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants) September 11: After winning the first two games in Nat Bailey Stadium, the Canadians traveled to PK Park to try to clinch the NWLCS. Landen Maroudis faced off against Hunter Dryden in the starting pitching matchup. Austin Smith once again had a big homer in this series, striking first in the second inning, crushing a homer into right field. Maroudis struggled in his last two starts in the regular season, but pitched a solid game to keep the Canadians close, going 5.2 innings, although he allowed three runs, including two runs in the third inning to allow the Emeralds to take the lead. The Canadians were able to take the lead back in the fourth inning, as Dameury Pena tied it up with an RBI double. With runners on second and third, Jaxson West hit a fly ball to center field to score Pena, but then Maddox Latta gave up the out at third base to end the inning. Maroudis gave up the third run of the night in the fourth inning, tying the game up at three apiece. The game stayed tied into the seventh inning, and the Canadians were threatening, as West hit a single with one out to put runners on the corners for JoJo Parker, but he grounded out into a double play, which ended the inning. Carson Myers came out for his second inning after finishing the sixth for Maroudis, but things went awry, as he walked the first two batters, then allowed a two-run double to Jhonny Level. Bradley Wilson replaced Myers, but also faced traffic, allowing a walk and a stolen base, which allowed Charlie Muniz to make it a four-run ballgame with a two-RBI single. Down to their final six outs in the eighth, Austin Smith came up big yet again with his 6th RBI of the series, hitting a single to reduce the lead by one. Gilberto Batista pitched a scoreless inning to keep the lead to three, and the Canadians led off the ninth with a single from Gable Mitchell. The Emeralds lost focus, as Level threw the ball away to allow West to reach. Parker struck out with runners on the corners, but a wild pitch from reliever Liam Simon allowed Mitchell to score and West to move up to second. Ryan Sprock struck out to make it one more out for the Emeralds to take their first win of the series, but Richmond Hill’s very own David Calabrese, who was released by the Angels earlier this season, came up ginormous with a clutch two-run homer to tie the game up in the ninth. Jack Eshleman continued the heroics for the Canadians, as he replaced Batista in the ninth inning and pitched a scoreless inning to send it to extras. The Canadians moved the ghost runner in to score on a fly out and a ground out, but Eshleman gave up the run back as the Emeralds were able to move their ghost runner over to third on a sac bunt, and a soft bunt single allowed that run to score. The game continued, and Eshleman and Nate Nabholz traded scoreless innings to bring the game to a 12th inning. Ryan Sprock clutched up in the 12th as he hit a single to score Parker as the ghost runner, and Eshleman once again came out in the bottom of the 12th. Despite the Emeralds laying down a good sac bunt again, Eshleman struck out the last two batters, clinching the championship for the Canadians in a dominant second half in a 3-0 sweep for their sixth Northwest League title. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 62-66 Season Completed FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 20-35 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 33-18 Playoffs: 2-1 Season Completed View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (September 3-4) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox): 0-3 Season Record: 64-70 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Birmingham Rumble Ponies (New York Mets): 1-3 Season Record: 57-71 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels): 3-1 Season Record: 64-66 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees): 1-3 Season Record: 61-65 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 64-70 Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox) September 3/4: Thursday's game against Worcester would span two days, after the game was suspended and finished up on Friday. Romy Gonzalez would get Worcester on the scoreboard first, knocking a single off of Buffalo starter John Klein to left and scoring Mikey Romero. The Bisons answered quickly. Rhylan Thomas and Josh Kasevich opened up the bottom of the first with singles. The base hits were followed by Yohendrick Piñango grounding into a double play, which scored Thomas and tied the game up at one. Klein got into more trouble in the second, coughing up two RBI singles. After yet another single, given up by Klein in the fourth, Daniel Guerra came into the game and was lights out. Guerra would get two flyouts and a groundout to strand the runner on the basepaths. In his second inning of work, Guerra would give up two singles to open the frame, before inducing a lineout and two groundouts to escape the jam. His fastball was 94-95 mph in his first inning of work, but was routinely 96-97 mph in his second frame. The game continued on with neither team doing much of anything until Buffalo got a walk from Kasevich, a single from Yohendrick Piñango, and a sacrifice fly by Davis Schneider in the eighth inning. In the bottom of the ninth, Buffalo loaded the bases up with walks, and then Schneider drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Before the 10th inning would start, the game was delayed and then suspended due to rain. On Friday, the game would resume, and Buffalo probably wished it didn't. Vinny Capra hit a three-run home run in the top of the tenth for Worcester and only got an RBI single by Carlos Mendoza. Buffalo fell 6-4 in a game spanning two days. September 4: A day that started out bad for Buffalo, with losing the suspended game, would get much, much worse when the regularly scheduled game started. CJ Van Eyk was on the mound and struggled, to say the least. Van Eyk gave up 11 hits on the day and fought jam after jam throughout his start. In the first inning, a sacrifice fly by Worcester put Buffalo in a hole early. An RBI groundout in the third extended the Buffalo deficit, but it was a monster fourth inning that crushed the Bisons. Worcester cranked out a three-run home run and a two-run home run in the frame and put Buffalo down 7-0. On the flip side, Worcester's starter John Holobetz was too much for the Buffalo lineup. Holobetz threw six innings and only gave up three singles and three walks. The Red Sox bullpen threw three hitless innings to follow Holobetz and secured the shutout. Buffalo even resorted to pitching catcher William Simoneit in the ninth inning; he only gave up one run. Buffalo lost big, 10-0. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 57-71 Series vs Birmingham Rumble Ponies (New York Mets) September 3: The Thursday game between New Hampshire and Binghamton became the Dub Gleed show. The Fisher Cats started hitting and never slowed down, with Gleed as the centerpiece of just about everything that went on. In the third inning, Eric Snow and Dub Gleed had RBI singles before Carter Cunningham launched a three-run blast for a home run. The next inning saw much of the same, with Adrian Pinto hitting an RBI single and then Gleed crushed a three-run home run himself. Aaron Parker would cap off the inning with a huge home run of his own as well. Up 10-0, New Hampshire put it on repeat, as they continued hitting. Pinto and Gleed added RBI singles in the fifth, as Victor Arias, Edward Duran, and Pinto again added runs in the sixth inning. Cutter Coffey finished things in the eighth inning with a home run to put New Hampshire up easily in this one. New Hampshire won this one 17-5 on the back of their 21 hits and six walks. September 4: The Friday game between New Hampshire and Binghamton was a much different one from the previous day. Nolan Perry was on the mound and had his best all-around performance at Double-A for the Fisher Cats. Perry took a no-hitter across his five innings, only allowing two walks and didn't give up a run. He struck out eight as his swing-and-miss stuff was finally showing at the level. Unfortunately, the bats were not as equally good. Alexis Hernandez had a double, and Mathieu Vallee, Carter Cunningham, and Eric Snow contributed singles. That was the extent of the Fisher Cats' offense. In the eighth inning, Binghamton ended up with a hit-by-pitch, a walk, and then a double by Mitch Voit to score two runs. New Hampshire lost this one 2-0, even though they outhit Binghamton four hits to two. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 64-66 Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels) September 3: There may be a bit of a hangover after the Canadians clinched the playoffs, as they got blown out by the Dust Devils. Troy Guthrie struggled to miss bats, as in 4.1 innings pitched, he gave up 11 hits, only striking out three batters and allowing seven runs, with six of them being earned. The offense struggled to score despite having 11 runners in scoring position; they were only able to get home three runs, with two of them coming from a Jean Joseph homer. Brandon Barriera also didn’t miss many bats, striking out one batter in three innings of work, and was hurt by some shaky defense as he allowed three runs, but only one of them was earned. This was a tough loss at 10-3. September 4: This looked like a lost cause early on, as Landen Maroudis gave up a first-inning three-run homer to Kevyn Castillo. Dameury Pena knocked in a run on a groundout, and Austin Smith brought it within one with an RBI single in the third, but a five-run inning from the Dust Devils seemingly put this game out of reach. JoJo Parker started off a rally in the sixth inning, however, as his RBI double broke open the floodgates. Jake Casey’s 12th homer of the year brought the lead to just three, then Gable Mitchell was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it a four-run inning. Gilberto Batista gave up a solo shot to Adrian Placencia to make it a three-run lead again, but Casey hit a sac fly the next inning, then Maddox Latta brought the lead to just one with an RBI single, and David Calabrese took the lead with a two-run homer. Batista gave up his second homer to make it an even game in the seventh, and that lasted through the ninth, leading to extra innings. Reece Wissinger was awesome, allowing just one hit in three innings of work, striking out three batters, and that helped the Canadians take the win in the tenth, as Ryan Sprock walked with the bases loaded, Jaxson West then drove in a run on a single, before Daumery Pena capped it off with another RBI single. The Canadians won this barn burner 13-10 in extras. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 61-65 Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees) September 3, Game 1: Miguel Pantoja was nearly able to work his way around five walks, as he pitched 3.1 innings, allowing two runs due to a two-run shot in the fourth inning. The Jays scored the first run, however, as a throwing error on a stolen base attempt and a wild pitch allowed Enmanuel Bonilla to cross home plate. Brayden Heidel struggled in relief after replacing Pantoja; the lead grew to four runs as he gave up six hits, including two homers in the sixth inning, which resulted in three earned runs. Jake Bennett hit his sixth homer of the season in the seventh inning to cut the lead in half, but with the game being the first of a doubleheader, there was not enough room to complete the comeback, in a 5-3 loss for the D-Jays. September 3, Game 2: The second game of the doubleheader was a whimper from the D-Jays, although both teams only allowed two hits each, Carson Messina almost walked the Tarpons’ entire lineup with seven walks. Despite those walks, he was mostly able to prevent hits, with the biggest one being in the second inning: an RBI double that scored one batter, before Messina walked in another run. The Jays weren’t nearly as patient, as they only had two walks, and despite getting some runners on base, they kept on killing rallies with inning-ending double plays. They fell to the Tarpons 2-0. September 4: Some solid pitching and hitting led to a good outcome for the D-Jays. Victor Espiritu and Josh Winckowski pitched four scoreless innings combined, only allowing two hits and striking out seven. Aldo Gaxiola and Ryan Cooney both drove in runs in the top of the fourth inning to take the lead, and Jack Nedrow made a throwing error to allow one run to score in the fifth, but Brayden Martin’s insurance RBI single ended up making the difference, as in the seventh inning Luke Pettitte homered off of Nedrow to make it a one-run game. Rehabbing RJ Schreck helped the Jays score extra insurance with a homer, and some shaky pitching and defense allowed two more runs to score on a wild pitch and throwing error. Reese Bassinger did give up a homer in the bottom of the ninth, but the Jays still pulled away with this one, 6-3. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 20-35 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 33-18 Playoffs: 2-1 Season Completed View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 27-28) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 1-1 Season Record: 63-64 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies): 1-1 Season Record: 55-65 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 1-1 Season Record: 58-64 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Palm Beach Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals): 1-1 Season Record: 57-61 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Red: Season Complete Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 63-64 Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals) August 27: Rochester took the early lead against Buffalo on Thursday, scoring three runs in the bottom of the third inning. The Bisons answered Rochester, scoring two runs on an error in the top of the fifth inning and adding a third run on Josh Smith's bases-loaded walk. The game wasn't tied at three long, as Rochester countered with Trey Lipscomb ripping a ball to right for a three-run home run. Buffalo kept fighting though, getting three runs in the sixth, one on a fielder's choice and two on two RBI groundouts. Buffalo ultimately could not keep the game tied through nine, coughing up a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to Phillip Glasser. The Bisons fell 7-6 in a game they scored six runs without a single RBI base knock. August 28: Buffalo turned to Jameson Taillon to give their arms a boost, as he made a rehab start on Friday. For the first three innings, he was nearly perfect, only allowing a single in the bottom of the third inning. The fourth inning, however, would be a problem for Taillon. After a walk and a single, Cayden Wallace doubled off of Taillon and brought home one run. Following another walk that would load the bases, Taillon was removed for Sam Gardner, who promptly gave up a bases-clearing three-run double to the first batter he faced. The troubling frame for Buffalo surrendered the lead they had gained the prior half inning. In the top of the fourth, Jay Harry doubled home Yohendrick Piñango and Lenyn Sosa plated Harry on a single to left. In the fifth, with Buffalo down 4-3, Sean Keys ripped a 104.5 mph triple that scored Josh Smith and cut the Rochester lead to one. Rochester would answer the RBI triple with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the fifth inning. As the score sat 5-3, the second half of the game featured a few walks and just a single base-hit by both teams in what became a pitchers' duel by the respective bullpens. Buffalo lost this one 5-3, only managing to get five base knocks on the day. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 55-65 Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) August 27: Thursday night saw Johnny King take the mound for New Hampshire against Hartford. King was again masterful on the mound. Despite some baserunners in a few innings, he managed to work through the innings without allowing a run, while getting outs in the strike zone mixed with six strikeouts. He allowed just one hit, an infield single on a soft groundball. He did give up three walks in his four innings pitched, but they were on close pitches that could have gone either way. It was probably his most complete start at Double A. Aaron Parker gave the offense a boost in the first inning, when he launched a mammoth home run to put New Hampshire up three. In the third inning, Carter Cunningham added an RBI double and Mathieu Vallee drove in two runs with a single. New Hampshire held on and won this one 7-3. August 28: Friday night was a rough one for New Hampshire. They jumped out to a 4-1 lead over Hartford in the fourth inning, but things went south from there. Tucker Toman and Eric Snow had RBI singles, and Edward Duran added a sacrifice fly. From there it was almost all Hartford. They put up two runs in the fifth, one in the sixth, and three in the seventh inning. They capped their unanswered run with another one in the ninth inning. Hartford outhit New Hampshire 14-6 on the day, but New Hampshire did add 11 walks; they just couldn't drive them home. New Hampshire lost this one 8-4. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 58-63 Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies) August 27: Dasan Hill pitched into the fifth inning for the first time this season, as the lefty that was acquired in the Jeff Hoffman trade struck out six batters, only walking one batter and allowing a single unearned run in the first. The Canadians tied it up with a Jake Casey triple in the second inning, then Casey came up again in the fifth inning with two runners on with no outs, but struck out. In the seventh, Casey came up again with a runner on first and second, but drove in a run to take the lead with his second XBH of the night. That started a big inning, as Ryan Sprock drove in two runs on a single, then Jean Joseph drove in two more on a triple of his own. Casey had his third hit and third RBI of the night with a single in the eighth. Holden Wilkerson was awesome in relief, as he pitched 4.1 two-hit innings, striking out six batters with no runs allowed, allowing the Canadians to win this one handedly 8-1. August 28: This game was an absolute roller coaster, as it seemed like the Canadians would easily cruise to a victory, as they tacked on eight runs in the second inning, with Jaxson West blowing the game open with a grand slam. Spokane did not quit, however, as they halved the lead down to just four against Canadians starter Troy Guthrie. The Canadians' offense kept it pouring in the fourth inning, with another big inning, as they tallied five more runs, with West raising his RBI count to six in just this one game. Troy Guthrie was sent out in the fifth inning and struggled, allowing Spokane to score three runs, knocking him out of the game for Carson Myers, who was able to get out of it. Brandon Barriera’s debut in Vancouver did not go well, as his command lost him; he walked three batters and hit two of them. That resulted in a five-run seventh inning, and Spokane was within just one. Gilberto Batista allowed an RBI double in the eighth, and the game was tied, which resulted in the game going to extra innings. Game stayed even until the 10th inning, when Jack Eshleman allowed the automatic runner to score on a wild pitch, but in the bottom of the 10th, a throwing error from Parker Coddou allowed the ghost runner to score for the Canadians, then Bryce Chance laid down a sac bunt to put Austin Smith on third. This gave Max Viera the opportunity to walk it off, and he did it in absurd fashion, as Justin Loer committed a walk-off balk, for a 15-14 extra innings win. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 57-61 Series vs Palm Beach Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals) August 27: The D-Jays jumped out to an early lead with a three-run second inning, thanks to Dean West’s RBI single and Rhylan Thomas’s two-RBI double. The pitching could not withstand the Cardinals’ offense, however, as they tied it up with a three-run homer off the starter Miguel Pantoja. The Jays took the lead right back in the bottom of the second, as Brayden Martin drove in a run on a single and Jake Cook grounded out to score another run. Josbel Garcia got five straight batters out after replacing Pantoja, but then walked the leadoff hitter in the sixth, then allowed three runs to score as he threw a wild pitch, allowed a stolen base, and a couple of doubles. Nolan Higgins replaced him and allowed a homer in the eighth to make it a two-run lead for the Cardinals. That ended up being the final run as the Jays lost 5-7. August 28: Carson Messina was effectively wild, walking three batters in four innings, but only allowing a single run as Giaconino Lasaracina allowed a passed ball in the third inning. Messina’s fastball was great, with a 47.4% whiff rate on the night, as the righty struck out five batters with 14 whiffs total. Lasaracina had his second miscue in the fifth with a throwing error to allow the second unearned run to cross the plate. Rhylan Thomas drove in the first run for Dunedin with a double to bring it within one, but the Jays yet again gave up an unearned run thanks to a Juan Sanchez throwing error, his 27th error of the season, then Brayden Heidel walked in a run which put the Cardinals up three. Jake Bennett came up to the plate with runners on second and third and brought the game within one with a clutch two-RBI single, and Ryan Franden won the game with a two-run blast for his first homer as a professional, as the Jays won this one 5-4. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 20-35 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 33-18 Playoffs (2-1) Season Completed View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 20-21) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 1-3 Season Record: 61-63 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers): 2-2 Season Record: 54-62 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 2-2 Season Record: 56-62 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies): 3-2 Season Record: 55-60 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 20-35 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 1-0 Season Record: 34-18 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 61-63 Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) August 20: John Klein made his fourth start for Buffalo on Thursday, and it was a relatively short outing with more downs than ups. Klein would only last three innings, giving up four hits and two runs, while striking out just three. Devereaux Harrison would be the first man out of the bullpen for the Bisons, and he fared about the same as Klein. Harrison would also throw three innings, but gave up just three hits, struck out two, and surrendered three runs. With the pitching having a rough day, there was a lot of pressure on the bats to perform and do it at a high level. The hits were aplenty, but out of their 13 hits, 11 were singles and just two went for extra-base hits. Jay Harry paced Buffalo with three singles, while Carlos Mendoza and Nick Goodwin each had two singles. Peyton Williams only had one hit, but it was one of the two extra-base hits, a solo blast in the second inning. In the third, Yohendrick Piñango hit a ball to center for a sacrifice fly that scored Harry. Later in the inning, Goodwin singled home Sean Keys. Mendoza cut the Lehigh Valley lead to one in the sixth with a single to right, scoring Ismael Munguia. Down by three in the ninth, Buffalo tried to mount a rally, getting an RBI single from Keys, but that would be all they would get. The Bisons fell to Lehigh Valley 7-5. August 21: Sean Keys decided to provide all of the fireworks needed for the Friday night festivities. Keys smoked a three-run blast to center in the third inning. The home run came off the bat at 103 mph and went 413 feet to center field. In the fifth, it was Keys again, this time hitting a moonshot to right field with a launch angle of 40 degrees. The result was a two-run home run, and the Buffalo lead extended to 5-0. In the sixth, Jay Harry had an RBI single and Yohendrick Piñango had a two-RBI single. With the offense rolling, Buffalo put on cruise control, as Richard Gallardo, Austin Marozas, and Lazaro Estrada combined for a shutout. The Bisons won 8-0 thanks to two long balls by Keys. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 54-62 Series vs Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers) August 20: In the Thursday matchup between New Hampshire and Erie, it was the Aaron Parker show. He went 2-for-4, with two home runs and three RBI. He crushed a home run in the first and then again in the fifth inning. In between, pitcher Danny Thompson Jr. had some issues on the mound. He gave up four runs on four hits and four walks. Alexis Hernandez continued his hot hitting by reaching base twice, on a double and a walk. That would be a good chunk of the offense, though, as New Hampshire lost this one 6-3. August 21: Johnny King was on the mound to start the Friday game between New Hampshire and Erie. He got the first two batters to fly out, then got behind Peyton Graham, who launched a fastball off the top of the wall for a double. King got behind Thayron Liranzo as well, who crushed a line drive off of King for an RBI single. King finished the inning and then was shaky in the second inning with his command. He still managed to get a strikeout and allowed just a walk. In the third through fifth innings, King locked in and cruised through the innings. He finished with five innings pitched, only allowed the two hits, maybe more importantly walked just one, and gave up one run total. King struck out three on the day, as he gave way to Gage Stanifer for his second appearance out of the bullpen this week. Stanifer looked very good this go-around. Pitching two innings, not allowing a hit or a walk, and striking out two. Dub Gleed's RBI double was the offense for New Hampshire until the ninth inning. Carter Cunningham had a sacrifice fly, and Cutter Coffey drove in two with a single. New Hampshire held on and won this one 4-2. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 56-62 Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants) August 20: This was a back-and-forth offensive game, as the starters for both teams struggled. Connor O'Halloran pitched two scoreless innings, but had a rough third inning, allowing five straight singles, walking a batter with the bases loaded, then allowing an RBI groundout for four runs to score in that inning. Jean Joseph hit a three-run homer to right to even it up, and the inning after Bryce Chance and Gable Mitchell both hit RBI singles to make it a two-run lead. The Emeralds took it to a one-run game with a homer from Damian Bravo, but Jake Casey made it a two-run game again with an RBI double. A JoJo Parker throwing error allowed the Emeralds to even it up, and an inning after Jack Eshleman gave up a three-run homer, which ended up being the winning runs as they lost 10-7. August 21: It was another slugfest, and Austin Smith started it off with a bang with a leadoff homer. Bryce Chance had an RBI groundout to make it a 2-0 lead, but Dasan Hill gave back a run in the first inning. Jake Casey added back two runs for the Canadians with a double, but Hill couldn’t get out of the third inning, as the Emeralds tied it up. The game continued to go back and forth as JoJo Parker’s RBI grounder took the lead, then Holden Wilkerson lost it on a two-run homer to Jose Ramos. Casey’s second extra-base hit of the night flipped the lead again, then Wilkerson ended up giving the lead right back. Dariel Ramon made it nine runs for the Canadians in regulation, but the Emeralds would not go away, as the game was tied in the eighth inning, sending the game to extras. Casey officially won it for Vancouver as he hit a three-run homer in the tenth, and despite Carson Myers allowing the automatic runner to score, he had his fourth save of the season as they won it 12-10 in extras. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 55-60 Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies) August 20: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. made his return to his old stomping grounds, as he was placed on rehab assignment after being put on the seven-day concussion IL. He immediately made an impact, driving in the first run of the game on an RBI double in the first. He also walked twice before being taken out. The starter for the Jays was Carson Messina, who struck out six batters in just 2.2 innings pitched, but struggled with his command, giving up four hits and two walks, which resulted in two earned runs given up. Deiker Pineda replaced him in relief and allowed two more runs, which gave the Threshers the lead. The Jays tied it up with Jake Cook’s fourth homer of the season, and Aldo Gaxiola gave them the lead an inning after with one of his own, and they never looked back. They added some insurance runs with some RBI singles from Owen Carapellotti and Blaine Bullard, while Josbel Garcia and Dax Dathe closed it out in relief without allowing a run. August 21: Denis Samudio bounced back from his last rough start, going five innings of one-run ball, striking out five batters, but walked four batters. The Jays got their first run of the game on a strike-em-out, throw-em-out double play, as Blaine Bullard showed some heads-up baserunning and stole home, tying the game up. The Jays were able to break the game open in the fifth inning, as they tallied five hits and a walk, capped off by Dameury Pena’s two-RBI double for a big five-run inning. They kept their foot on the gas in the sixth inning, this time scoring four in the sixth inning, thanks to a Jake Cook two-RBI triple. The Jays have now won three in a row, this time winning 10-2. FCL Blue Jays Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 33-18 Playoffs: 2-0 (now 2-1) August 20: BJR began pool play for the DSL playoffs on Thursday. Their first opponent was the Tampa Rays’ DSL team (TAM). Aneudi Severino and Darwin Núñez each had RBI singles in the first inning to jump BJR out to an early lead. After TAM tied the game in the top of the third, Gabriel Porras and Samuel Orellana gave it back to BJR with RBI singles of their own in the bottom half of the frame. In the bottom of the fifth, Elian Reyes really broke the game open for BJR; he smacked a double to right with the bases loaded, scoring two, while Darwin Núñez was thrown out at home. BJR got another run in the frame with an RBI groundout by Ayberson Ortega. In the sixth, two sacrifice flies by Severino and Jose Gori, as well as an RBI single from Darwin Núñez, extended the BJR lead further. Porras wrapped up the scoring for BJR in the seventh with an RBI single. BJR rolled to a big 11-5. August 21: In their second pool play game, BJR faced the Cubs’ DSL team (CUB). It was Cristhian Duarte who was the bright spot for BJR. Duarte threw five innings of one-run baseball and struck out five to give BJR a solid chance at winning their second game in a row. An RBI single by Samuel Orellana in the first and a sacrifice fly by Darwin Núñez gave BJR an early lead again. Aneudi Severino and Ayberson Ortega each had two-RBI singles in the third inning, and Gabriel Porras doubled home a run in the fourth. BJR cruised to a 7-2 win, going 2-0 in their first two games of the DSL playoffs. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 13-14) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox): 2-2 Season Record: 58-60 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 0-4 Season Record: 51-59 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels): 3-1 Season Record: 52-60 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees): 2-2 Season Record: 52-56 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-3 Season Record: 18-34 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 3-0 Season Record: 31-18 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 58-60 Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox) August 13: On Thursday, Josh Stephan got a chance to make his second start in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, after his first was one that opened some eyes as to his future role with the team. His second outing definitely did not go as swimmingly as his first; he got rocked hard in this game. From the opening frame onward, he was in trouble. A double, a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first saw Stephan and Buffalo down one quickly. In the second, it was an RBI double and an RBI single that brought in runs for Worcester. Then in the fourth, it was a two-run triple, an RBI single, and a two-run home run that broke the game wide open for Worcester. Stephan would finish the fifth clean, bringing his outing to a close, throwing five innings and giving up eight runs; it certainly was not the second start he or the team was hoping for. Down 8-0, Buffalo finally got on the scoreboard in the sixth, on a Yohendrick Piñango RBI single to left, scoring Sean Keys. Buffalo kept fighting until the end, though, adding two more runs in the ninth from CJ Stubbs’ two-run home run, his sixth of the season for Buffalo. The hole Stephan dug for the Bisons was just too large to climb back out of, as Buffalo lost 10-3. August 14: On Friday, John Klein made his second start in a Buffalo uniform as well; his outing went a little better than his first. Klein didn't make it out of the third inning in his first start. In this one, he completed four innings and gave up just two runs on three hits. Pat Gallagher came on in relief and was lights out, throwing four innings himself, but he didn't allow a run and surrendered just one hit. Peyton Williams would tie the game up at one in the second inning, with a rocket RBI double to center that came off the bat at 111.9 mph. In the third, Yohendrick Piñango joined him with a missile to center, an exit velocity of 106.3 mph, going 433 feet to center for a two-run home run. Ismael Munguia added to the Bisons' lead with an RBI single in the sixth. In the seventh, Sean Keys ripped a solo home run to right, and Rudy Martin Jr. capped off the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Buffalo won in a much better all-around performance, 6-2. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 51-59 Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees) August 13: Thursday game between the Fisher Cats and Patriots was a slow burn for both offenses in terms of getting hits. Carlos Rodón was on the mound for the Patriots, getting a rehab start in on his way back to the big leagues. Over 4.1 innings, New Hampshire hitters got nothing off of him, except for two hits and striking out seven times. In the second inning, Rodón got all the offense he needed when Josh Moylan hit a grand slam off Austin Cates. Eric Snow would homer for New Hampshire in the ninth inning, but that was their lone run of the game. New Hampshire lost this one 5-1. August 14: Hits were again at a premium for the Friday contest between New Hampshire and Somerset. Danny Thompson Jr. was on the mound for the Fisher Cats and was fantastic again. He threw his third straight quality start. This time going six innings, only allowing one hit, issuing two walks, and striking out five. A wild pitch and an Eric Snow RBI single had New Hampshire up two by the second inning. Josh Moylan homered for the Patriots, but that was answered by Carter Cunningham driving in a run with an RBI single to left field. Cutter Coffey would bring in a run in the sixth on an RBI groundout. Gage Stanifer came in for the last two innings again out of the bullpen, but things fell apart in the ninth. He had some base runners in the eighth, after a walk and a single, but finished the inning getting a double play. The ninth went horribly wrong, though. Stanifer walked the first two batters and then left a 3-2 fastball over the plate to Omar Alfonzo, who smashed a walk-off three-run home run. New Hampshire lost this one 5-4. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 52-60 Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels) August 13: The Canadians ran wild on the Dust Devils as they stole a combined six bases, with Ty Southisene and Jaxson West with a pair apiece. Dylan Watts opened the game for the Canadians and went two scoreless innings, despite giving up three walks. Jake Casey started off the scoring for the Canadians with an RBI single in the first inning. The Dust Devils tied it up, but the Canadians took the lead back, capitalizing on a throwing error, as Southisene scored his second run of the game, and Ryan Sprock drove in another run with an RBI triple. Silvano Hechavarria replaced Watts and pitched well heading into the seventh inning, but a passed ball and throwing error allowed three runs to score, losing the lead. Once again, the Canadians took the lead back, as with two outs, Maddox Latta hit a three-run homer. Bryce Chance made it a five-run inning with a two-run double. They had another big inning in the eighth, as this time they scored six runs, capped off by Max Viera’s first homer as a Canadian with a grand slam to make it 14-4, which ended up being the final score. August 14: Mississauga’s very own Connor O’Halloran had his first start in Vancouver since April 13 of last year, and he pitched well despite some obvious rust, as he walked four batters and had two errors, allowing an unearned run to score on a sac fly. Jean Joseph was able to take the lead back in the sixth inning as he hit a two-run bomb, but caused a kerfuffle as he slowly jogged his home run trot, causing the benches to clear for a bit. Bradley Wilson pitched two scoreless innings in his first outing as a Canadian, but the third inning went poorly for him, as the Dust Devils took the lead back with a two-RBI single. Jean Joseph had his third RBI of the night on a sac fly to tie it up in the bottom of the seventh, but the bullpen got burned by a JoJo Parker throwing error, resulting in two unearned runs scoring. The Canadians brought it within one on a wild pitch that scored Austin Smith, but they couldn’t pull off the comeback, losing 5-4. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 52-56 Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees) August 13: The Jays got down early, as Karson Ligon was unable to get out of the second inning, hitting his pitch limit at 44, allowing two runs and three walks. Giacomo Taschin allowed two more runs, leading to a four-run deficit in the third inning. Jake Bennett, an eighth-round pick who signed for just $1,000, tied it up with one swing as his first professional homer was a grand slam. Taschin allowed four homers in a single game, however, and the Jays continued to bleed runs as Isaac Williams allowed three more runs, although not on homers. The only other bright spot was Bennett once again, who homered for the second time, but to no avail, as the Jays lost it 11-7. August 14: After a string of good starts, Carson Messina had another dud, this time not getting out of the first inning, allowing four runs and three walks and no strikeouts. Jake Bennett could not be denied as he hit his third homer of the series, with a 105.6 mph homer to right field to put the Jays on the board. In the fifth inning with the bases loaded, Dean West hit a two-run single to bring it within one, but despite loading the bases once again, they could not score another run, which unfortunately resulted in a loss, as they couldn’t find a solid scoring opportunity after that, and they lost 5- 4. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 18-34 August 13: Thursday was a rough day all-around for BJB, poor pitching, errors, lack of hitting, all added up to a loss. A fielding error at shortstop by Cristopher Polanco opened up the doors for a three-run inning by the Arizona Black team in the bottom of the first. In the third, a throwing error by third baseman Juarlin Soto led to two more unearned runs scoring. A wild pitch and an RBI groundout got BJB on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth. Michael Mesa and Luis Felipe each had two hits, but nothing would come of them, as BJB got trounced 8-1. August 14: BJB was in a hole early against the Pirates Black team on Friday. They tried to climb out of it with a big five-run inning, which began with Fabian Gonzalez scoring on a wild pitch. Michael Mesa would then double home two runs with a rope knock to right field. Luis Felipe then singled in two runs as well, with a base hit to left. The Pirates team took the lead back in the top of the fifth, before BJB got an RBI single from Juan Caricote to tie the game back up in the bottom half of the inning. It wasn't meant to be for BJB, though. They gave up a two-RBI single and three runs on three wild pitches in the seventh, as they fell 11-6. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 31-18 August 13: Cristhian Duarte had a good game on the mound for BJR on Thursday. Duarte pitched five solid innings, only surrendering one run on five hits, struck out four, and walked none. BJR would take the lead in the first. Aneudi Severino brought home a run on an RBI groundout, followed by Samuel Orellana's RBI double and Luis Nunez's RBI single. Darwin Nuñez would add a run onto BJR's lead in the third from a sacrifice fly that scored Gabriel Porras. BJR almost gave the game away, though, coughing up two unearned runs in the seventh, but they held on for the 4-3 win. August 14: Elaineiker Coronado had himself a game on Friday: three singles, a walk, two RBI, and a run scored. He paced an offense that walked seven times and added six hits. Darwin Nuñez had a two-RBI single in the first inning, Coronado had an RBI single in the second, and another run would cross home on a wild pitch. In the fifth, Elian Reyes brought in two on his single, then two more runs would score on bases-loaded walks. Luis Nunez would cap off the scoring for BJR with a sacrifice fly in the sixth. With all of the runs scored, BJR had an easy win, as Abrahan Diaz was great on the mound. He pitched four scoreless innings and gave up just three hits. BJR cruised to a 9-4 win. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 6-7) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles): 2-2 Season Record: 54-58 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 2-2 Season Record: 50-54 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 2-2 Season Record: 47-59 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers): 2-2 Season Record: 49-54 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-3 Season Record: 18-29 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 2-0 Season Record: 28-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 54-58 Series vs Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) August 6: Thursday was a day filled with excitement in Buffalo for the Bisons game against Norfolk. Spencer Arrighetti took the mound in his first appearance with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Although he was hoping to face his old team for the big league club, he had to settle for a rehab assignment to Triple-A. Arrighetti struck out one in his first inning of work, on a 93 mph fastball. To start the second inning, Arrighetti was wild, walking the first two batters, with the majority of his pitches not being remotely competitive. He would get a fly out and two ground outs to escape the jam, but most of his pitches were still nowhere near the zone. Arrighetti began the third with continued wildness but did get the first batter to pop up. Following the at-bat, Arrighetti was lifted when he reaggravated his foot injury. At the time, Buffalo had a 2-0 lead, thanks to Charles McAdoo's first-inning two-run home run. Heston Kjerstad tied the game up for Norfolk with a two-run home run of his own in the fourth. Rudy Martin Jr. gave the lead back to Buffalo in the seventh on a sacrifice bunt and throwing error. Later in the inning, McAdoo drove in another run with a single to center. In the eighth, Yohendrick Piñango scored on a passed ball, and Willie MacIver knocked in two with a line drive single to left. The bullpen kept Norfolk in check for the rest of the game, highlighted by Simeon Woods Richardson throwing four scoreless innings. Buffalo won 7-4, in a game marred by disappointment with Arrighetti leaving injured. August 7: It was another exciting game for Blue Jays and Bisons fans on Friday. Newly acquired Josh Stephan was on the mound for Buffalo, facing off against a rehabbing Chris Bassitt. Bassitt had the Bisons' number from the start, and it didn't get much better as the game went on. At the end of the outing, Bassitt had thrown six scoreless innings against the Bisons, only surrendering three hits and walking two. On the flip side, Stephan matched him rather well, considering Stephan has yet to make his major league debut. Stephan threw seven innings, scattered seven hits, walked two, struck out five, and allowed just three runs (two earned). Down 3-0 in the eighth, Buffalo finally broke through and got a big-time, three-run blast from Charles McAdoo to tie the game up. The home run had an exit velocity of 107.1 and went 429 feet to center. With the game tied, it headed into extra innings, where Norfolk scored three in its half of the 10th, and Buffalo was blanked. The Bisons fell 6-3 in a very encouraging game for the future of the Blue Jays. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 50-54 Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) August 6: Thursday saw New Hampshire take on Portland, and the Fisher Cats were fueled by the two-headed monster of Nolan Perry and Gage Stanifer. Perry went three innings, didn't allow a hit, didn't surrender a run, only gave up one walk, and struck out four. He was using mostly his fastball and curveball to get hitters out. Stanifer came in as the piggyback starter and was almost as equally unhittable. He went four innings, only gave up one hit, allowed one run to score, but he did issue five walks, which were countered by his five strikeouts. Stanifer just couldn't locate his fastball most of the day. His stuff was unhittable outside of the walks, though. Offensively, Alexis Hernandez started the first inning scoring with an RBI single. In the sixth inning, New Hampshire scored four on the back of a massive three-run home run from Dub Gleed. New Hampshire won this game 5-2. August 7: The Friday contest between New Hampshire and Portland started out as a back-and-forth game. Brooks Brannon launched a home run for Portland in the third inning, which was followed by Alexis Hernandez hitting an RBI single for New Hampshire in their half of the frame. Hedbert Perez also singled home a run in the inning. In the fifth inning, Aaron Parker increased New Hampshire's lead with a two-run home run. Things went south in the seventh inning when Portland scored six runs, the big hit coming on a Miguel Bleis three-run home run. New Hampshire lost this one 7-4. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 47-59 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) August 6: Peyton Williams almost won this game himself, as the Iowa Meat Truck hit a homer in the fourth inning to give the Canadians an early lead. Landen Maroudis has looked quite a bit better in his most recent starts, but gave up two homers, one to break the tie in the fourth inning and another to put the Canadians down two in the fifth inning. Over his last four starts, Maroudis has pitched to a 3.00 ERA with a 16.5 K-BB%. Carson Myers replaced Maroudis in the sixth and struck out five batters over two innings, but allowed another run to give the AquaSox a three-run cushion. Williams hit his ninth homer of the year in the ninth inning to bring it within two runs, and the Canadians were able to get runners on second and third with no outs after a Gable Mitchell double. Unfortunately, they could only muster up one more run, as Austin Smith could only get an RBI grounder to second, and they couldn’t complete the comeback, falling 4-3. August 7: Silvano Hechavarria had a much-needed bounce-back start, as he had his first quality start of the season, going six innings, allowing two runs, albeit on two homers given up. Austin Smith had himself a career night, as he not only had his first homer as a Canadian in the third inning to give Vancouver an early one-run lead, but he had a four-hit night, scoring two runs, and driving in two more. Hechavarria’s two homers given up lost the lead for the Canadians in the fifth inning, but in the seventh inning, the Canadians roared back to take the lead. After Peyton Williams was hit by a pitch, the Canadians hit six straight singles to score six runs, making it 7-2. They were able to bat around the order, with Williams coming back up and striking out in the same inning. Reece Fields relieved Hechavarria in the seventh inning and got the three-inning save, striking out five batters, but he did allow a two-run homer in the ninth. However, the Canadians still won this one pretty comfortably, for a 7-4 win. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 49-54 Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers) August 6: Postponed August 7, Game 1: Karson Ligon hasn’t looked nearly as sharp since returning from injury, and he was unable to get out of the first inning, giving up two homers and five runs. Bradley Wilson didn’t fare much better after replacing him, as he gave up a triple to allow the inherited runner to score, then allowed two more runs the next inning. Giacomo Taschin couldn’t stop the bleeding as he gave up four more runs, putting the Flying Tigers up 11-0 heading into the seventh inning. Adrian Pinto was able to score a run after Juan Sanchez hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to prevent a shutout, but it was a thrashing as they lost 11-1. August 7, Game 2: JoJo Parker took over this game, as Jays Centre's No. 1 prospect absolutely crushed the ball, with two doubles and a homer to give the Jays an early lead that they would not relinquish. His first was a 98.6 mph double to right to score the first run of the game, then in the second inning he hit his 13th homer of the season, 95.7 mph to left field, to make it 6-0. His last one of the day was a 105.8 mph scorching liner to right field. The biggest question for Parker now is when he’ll get the call to Vancouver. Carson Messina had his longest outing of the season, making it two straight starts where he hasn’t given up a single run. Reese Bassinger and Landon Waters both chipped in a scoreless inning apiece to complete the shutout for a great 6-0 win. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 18-29 August 6: BJB out-homered the DSL Rockies team on Thursday, but it wasn't enough for them to take home the win. Isay Veras launched his second home run of the season, with a blast to right field in the top of the third inning. The two-run shot extended an early BJB lead to 3-1. Fabian Gonzalez hit the second BJB home run of the game in the seventh inning, a solo rocket to center. While the offense had plenty of pop on the day, the pitching for BJB imploded in the fourth inning. The DSL Rockies scored ten runs, highlighted by a two-run blast by William Ferrufino. Another notable performance from the game was a two-double day by Michael Mesa. They just couldn't overcome the DSL Rockies' 10-run inning. BJB lost 14-5. August 7: Fabian Gonzalez followed up his homer on Thursday with a double and a run scored on Friday. Frelian Flores knocked in a run on his single to right in the fourth. Eiker Lothar followed that up with a two-run double to left, scoring Flores and Gonzalez. BJB just couldn't handle the baserunning in the game from the DSL Giants Orange team. BJB allowed them to score twice on double steals of second and home. Another time, they scored on a throwing error by the BJB catcher on a stolen base attempt of second, which allowed the runner from third to score. BJB put up another dud, losing this one 8-4. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 28-17 August 6: Alieski Torres continued to be one of the better looking pitchers in the DSL with his start on Thursday. He threw 5.1 scoreless innings, walked two, didn't give up a hit, and struck out two. He dropped his season ERA down to 0.89. Jose Melo pitched in relief and was just as good, throwing 3.2 scoreless innings himself, allowing just one hit, and striking out four. The game was a pitchers' duel throughout, with zeros on the scoreboard all the way until the 10th inning. In the extra frames, the Mets Orange team scored their ghost runner in the top half of the 10th. Then BJR had their turn. Luis Nunez knocked in a run with his single to right. With the bases loaded and the game on the line, Alex Linares stepped to the plate, but never had a chance to swing. He took a pitch off his body for the game-winning, walk-off hit by pitch. BJR won 2-1 in 10 innings. August 7: BJR walked 10 times in the game on Friday, led by Luis Nunez's four walks. They only had four hits in the game, all singles, including Aneudi Severino's RBI single in the first inning. BJR still managed to score despite the lack of hits, they scored twice in the second, thanks to two wild pitches with a runner on third. In the third inning, BJR executed a double steal of second and home by Luis Nunez and Darwin Nuñez. Then they scored three runs in the top of the seventh to pull away from the Mets Blue team. Two passed balls led to two runs, and the third run came across thanks to a wild pitch again. BJR won 8-6 on the backs of bad opposing pitching and receiving by the catcher. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 30-31) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 2-2 Season Record: 51-55 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies): 1-3 Season Record: 47-51 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 2-2 Season Record: 44-56 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets): 3-1 Season Record: 47-51 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-2 Season Record: 17-25 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 2-0 Season Record: 24-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 51-55 Series vs Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Philadelphia Phillies) July 30, Game 1: It was a doubleheader on the books for Buffalo on Thursday, and in game one, they started off with some good pitching. Grant Rogers took the mound first and threw three scoreless innings, surrendering just two hits and two walks. From there, it was up to the bullpen to keep the Leigh Valley bats in check. Brendan Cellucci was next on the mound, followed by Beau Philip and then Chase Lee. All three combined to throw four scoreless innings, only allowing two hits along the way. With the pitching in the doubleheader shortened game being superb, it was up to the Buffalo bats to put some runs up on the scoreboard. In the top of the first inning, Charles McAdoo knocked in Ismael Munguia with a single to third base. Buffalo would scatter hit after hit the rest of the game, collecting nine of them in total, but they could never bring anyone else home. Munguia and Carlos Mendoza each had two hits, while Jesús Sánchez continued his rehab assignment with a double. Buffalo won game one of the doubleheader 1-0, in a very active but not fruitful game. July 30, Game 2: In the second game of the doubleheader, it was much more of the same for the Buffalo bats: Eight hits and five walks saw the basepaths cluttered with runners all game. The Bisons just struggled to get them across home plate. They had some better success than the prior game, but it was still a little bit of a microcosm of what the big league club has been experiencing. Rudy Martin Jr,, Ismael Munguia, and Eloy Jiménez all had at least two hits, with Munguia having three. Buffalo broke out on top in the second inning, when Martin singled home Nick Goodwin with a line drive to center. After Lehigh Valley tied the game up in the third with a home run off of Richard Gallardo, Buffalo answered with a two-RBI single from Martin in the fourth. Lehigh Valley would take control of the game in the fifth though; they got a two-run home run from Tommy Pham and a two-RBI single to take the lead 5-3. In the seventh, Munguia doubled to give Buffalo a fighting chance, but Charles McAdoo and Sean Keys struck out to end the threat and the game. Buffalo fell 5-3. July 31: Buffalo turned to Devereaux Harrison on Friday to help put them in a good position to get back in the win column. He did a decent job, but a second inning error on Charles McAdoo helped Lehigh Valley to score two unearned runs off of him. The two runs gave Lehigh Valley the lead after Buffalo got it first from a Carlos Mendoza RBI double in the top half of the inning. A wild pitch by Buffalo relief pitcher Sam Gardner would add to Lehigh Valley's lead in the fourth. In the fifth, Daz Cameron doubled home CJ Stubbs to cut into their deficit. It just wasn't meant to be for Buffalo as Conor Larkin coughed up four runs in the sixth. Buffalo just couldn't get any hits this game, only connecting on the two RBI doubles and two singles. The Bisons fell 7-2. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 47-51 Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) July 30: The Thursday game between New Hampshire and Hartford started out close before it took a sideways turn, despite both teams ending with 12 hits each. Hartford took the lead in the bottom of the first, when Andy Perez drove in a run with a single. In the third, Hedbert Perez roped a double to left field that went off the glove of the left fielder for an RBI double. In the fourth, two home runs and a sacrifice fly gave Hartford a five-run lead. In the seventh, New Hampshire answered, scoring four runs on a Jacob Sharp groundout, Arjun Nimmala sacrifice fly, and a Dub Gleed two-run home run to center field. Unfortunately, Hartford ran wild in the bottom of the inning. Roc Riggio hit a three-run home run, and a bases-loaded walk gave Hartford a four-run lead. New Hampshire lost this one 10-5. July 31, Game 1: Friday night saw New Hampshire and Hartford play two games in a doubleheader. Gage Stanifer was on the mound for the first game, and it was a tale of two halves for him. After Aaron Parker launched a two-run home run in the first inning, Stanifer got the first six hitters out. Three came via a strikeout, and he walked one, which was thrown out at first by the catcher on a pickoff. In the third, Stanifer was a little wild, walking the first batter, getting hit by a ground ball and throwing the ball away toward first, then surrendering a safety squeeze after a wild pitch; he struck out a batter and gave up an RBI single before finishing the inning. The fourth was then a disaster. After a groundout, Stanifer allowed a single, walked a batter, and hit another. He started leaving pitches over the plate and surrendered a bases-clearing double and a home run. After a single and another walk, he left the game, probably his worst game in a while. In the fifth, Aaron Parker hit a sacrifice fly, and Dub Gleed homered, making it a one-run game. Cade Doughty would later homer, sending the game into extra innings. In the ninth, New Hampshire scored on a walk, but an RBI groundout and RBI fielder's choice would walk off the game. New Hampshire lost this one 9-8. July 31, Game 2: Austin Cates was on the mound for New Hampshire in game two of the doubleheader and had one of his best games at Double-A. He went 5.2 innings, gave up just four hits, allowed two walks, surrendered two runs, but struck out ten batters. There weren't many hits in the game, but all the runs came on home runs. Carter Cunningham in the third, J.R. Freethy in the fourth, and Dub Gleed in the seventh. Cates only allowed two solo home runs as well, so Austin Marozas came on to finish the game, throwing 1.1 innings and not allowing a run. New Hampshire won this one 3-2. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 44-56 Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies) July 30: A couple of pitchers made their return to the Canadians after getting put on the injured list and pitching in some rehab games. Daniel Guerra was one of them, and he struggled with his command, allowing three walks in two innings of work, resulting in Spokane getting on the board with a run. Alexis Hernandez continues to be red hot after returning from injury, as he drove in the first two runs of the game for the Canadians on an RBI groundout in the first and his 16th double of the season in the third. Eric Snow, Peyton Williams, and Edward Duran all drove in runs that same inning, putting Vancouver up five to one. Mississauga’s own Connor O’Halloran returned to Vancouver after missing the entirety of 2025 due to injury, and the rust showed, as he walked the first two batters he faced and gave up a double that allowed two runs to score. Colby Holcombe replaced O’Halloran and allowed a homer immediately after, which reduced the lead to just one, but he settled in, getting seven straight batters out after that. The Canadians added some insurance on a Maddox Latta two-RBI single in the sixth, but after Gilberto Batista replaced Holcombe, he fell apart in the ninth inning, allowing five runs to score in the ninth to lose the game. July 31: The Canadians once again jumped out to an early lead thanks to Alexis Hernandez, who homered for the 13th time this season to score himself and Jake Casey. Eric Snow added another run with a sac fly to make it 3-0 in the third inning. Landen Maroudis carried over the success from his last couple of starts, as he pitched four shutout innings before facing some trouble in the fifth inning, allowing a run to score on a balk with the bases loaded, then a groundout and a single allowed two more runs to score and the score evened up. Franly Urena replaced Maroudis in the sixth and allowed a run to score after a failed pickoff throw, then he allowed another run in the seventh. A throwing error from Spokane in the eighth inning brought the game within one, and Tucker Toman hit a clutch homer to tie it up in the ninth. The game went to extras as a result, but a fielding error from Gabie Mitchell let Spokane take a two-run lead, and they couldn’t score in the bottom of the 10th for a tough extra-innings loss. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 47-51 Series vs St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets) July 30: The Jays got a solid performance from Giacomo Taschin, who gave up two runs in nearly four innings pitched, with one of the runs being unearned due to a Ryan Cooney error. Blaine Bullard and JoJo Parker carried the offense, as each had two or more hits on the night. Parker was able to tie up the game with a two-RBI single in the third inning, then two more runs scored after a wild pitch and a throwing error. The Jays did not look back as another wild pitch allowed Parker to score another time. Edrwin Veras allowed just one run in 3.1 innings pitched, and then Nolan Higgins and Gavin Seebold got the hold and the save, respectively, with clean innings each. July 31: It was a very close game as both teams did not allow the other one to score, as the game remained deadlocked at zero to zero for nearly eight innings. Carson Messina pitched the bulk of the innings for the Jays, and he went 4.1 innings, striking out seven batters while only walking a single batter for the best and longest start of his pro career. The Jays threatened in the eighth inning after Brayden Martin led off the inning with a walk, then Jake Cook was hit by a pitch. Blaine Bullard drove in the first runner of the game with a single, and Ryan Cooney had his second professional RBI with a single to score another run. With two outs, Jake Bennett hit his first pro double to add two more runs. The Mets’ manager got ejected immediately after that as frustrations boiled over, and a wild pitch allowed Bennett to score for good measure. Josbel Garcia earned the win as he struck out two batters over two scoreless innings, clinching the shutout for the D-Jays. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 17-25 July 30: Juan Caricote led the BJB charge on Thursday against the Arizona Black team. He started off the scoring when he hit a ball to center for a sacrifice fly that scored Cristopher Polanco in the first inning. In the fourth, BJB got a two-RBI single from Fabian Gonzalez to take back the lead from Arizona. It was in the fifth when Caricote tattooed a ball and sent it over the right field fence on a line drive. The blast was his fourth of the season and gave BJB a 4-2 lead. Then the game turned into a pitching nightmare, with BJB pitchers imploding in the sixth. They coughed up six runs, one on an RBI single, then one on a bases-loaded hit by pitch, followed by a bases-loaded walk, and then the carousel opened up. Three straight runs would score on three wild pitches, then a double steal of second and home would plate the final run. BJB still had some fight. Frelian Flores doubled home two runs in the bottom of the sixth, and Michael Mesa singled in Flores. The three runs, though, weren't enough to match Arizona's big inning, as BJB fell 9-7 July 31: Postponed DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 24-17 July 30: Cristhian Duarte had a good game on the mound for BJR on Thursday. He threw 4.1 innings and only surrendered two runs, while striking out six batters. He did give up a home run to one of the top hitters in the DSL, Wandy Asigen, but was otherwise effective. Down a run in the fourth, Darwin Nuñez knocked in one on an RBI single to left, Diego Arce brought home a run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Alex Linares drove home two on his single to left. BJB would add a run in the fifth from Samuel Orellana's RBI double. Then Arce got some revenge, as he crushed a ball for his second home run of the season, a solo blast to left. BJR took the game with relative ease and won 6-3. July 31: Postponed View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 23-24) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 2-2 Season Record: 48-52 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 1-3 Season Record: 46-46 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks): 1-3 Season Record: 41-53 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates): 3-0 Season Record: 44-47 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 2-0 Season Record: 38-20 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-2 Season Record: 16-22 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 3-0 Season Record: 20-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 48-52 Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals) July 23: On Thursday, Buffalo sent Richard Gallardo to the mound, and he rewarded them with an excellent start. Gallardo threw four scoreless innings, struck out six, walked just one, and gave up three hits. He gave the Buffalo bats a great chance to get ahead early and get a win. Buffalo's lineup did at least half of that, as they took the lead 1-0 in the third inning with Josh Kasevich scoring on a wild pitch. After a Brady House triple scored two runs for Rochester, Buffalo answered in the fifth inning by scoring a run on Ismael Munguia's bases-loaded walk. Devereaux Harrison pitched three scoreless innings out of the bullpen to help keep the game all square at two and send it into extra innings. In the additional frames, Rochester scored three, while Buffalo didn't score any. Sean Keys ended the game by striking out. Buffalo fell 5-2 in a game that really never felt like they were in control. July 24: After a lackluster showing on Thursday, Buffalo's bats came to play Friday night. Not only did Buffalo tally 11 hits in the game, they swatted five home runs and would need every one of them, as the game was a close one. After a sacrifice fly by Charles McAdoo in the first inning, Daz Cameron laid into an 88 mph fastball and obliterated it, 107.4 mph off the bat, and it went 440 feet. CJ Stubbs and Carlos Mendoza went back-to-back to start the second inning. The solo home runs gave Buffalo a 5-0 lead at the time. In the third inning, Je'Von Ward got into the home run party, smacking his tenth long ball of the season, a solo blast to right. Buffalo's starting pitcher (Grant Rogers) and bullpen arm (Chase Lee) would combine to cough up six runs themselves, leaving the game tied. Josh Kasevich would score the last run of the game on a solo home run in the eighth inning. It was his fourth of the season, and he ended the day going 3-for-4, raising his batting average to .307. He looks ready for a call-up to the major leagues when the need should arise. Buffalo won this game 7-6 on the backs of five home runs and a lot of fireworks! Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 46-46 Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees) July 23, Game 1: In the first game of the Thursday doubleheader, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats started in a hole and could never climb out. DJ Gladney started things in the first inning for Somerset with a two-run home run. Arjun Nimmala answered with a home run in the third for the Fisher Cats. Somerset would go on to score seven straight runs from that point. Owen Cobb had two RBI singles in that span, and Gladney added an RBI single. Two errors also allowed runs to score. Eddie Micheletti Jr. would break the scoring run for Somerset when he hit a low line drive home run to right field, scoring two more for New Hampshire. It wasn't enough, though, as the Fisher Cats fell 9-3. July 23, Game 2: Game 2 of the doubleheader had more promise for New Hampshire with Gage Stanifer on the mound. Things went about the same though overall. Stanifer would walk Jace Avina, who then scored after a groundout moved him to second and a single brought him home. The second inning was better for Stanifer, just allowing a single. Cutter Coffey would hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the bottom of the inning. The third inning was the best for Stanifer, who walked Avina again, but then got the next three batters via a strikeout. In the fourth, a run scored on a soft shallow fly ball after a leadoff double for Somerset. In the fifth, Stanifer walked another batter after a long battle and ended up hanging a slider for a two-run home run. He would strike out two more batters as well. On the day, he went five innings, gave up five hits, struck out seven, walked four, and gave up four runs. In the sixth, Somerset got two more home runs to take a big lead again. New Hampshire would lose this one 8-3. July 24: In the Friday matchup between New Hampshire and Somerset, things were again bad for the New Hampshire pitchers. They would give up just five runs, but allowed 15 hits on the day. Somerset took a two-run lead in the second and third innings, from a Jace Avina home run and a sacrifice fly. Dub Gleed would launch a home run to tie the game in the sixth inning to tie things up. In the ninth, things got interesting. Somerset scored three runs on two RBI singles and a sacrifice fly. New Hampshire put a comeback together in the bottom of the ninth, though. Victor Arias drove in a run with an RBI groundout to short and was followed by an RBI single by Cade Doughty. After a walk to load the bases, Aaron Parker came up to the plate and went down swinging. That left Eddie Micheletti Jr. as the last chance, but he roped a line drive to center field that was caught for the final out. New Hampshire lost 5-4. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 41-53 Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks) July 23: Holden Wilkerson was on the mound for Vancouver on Thursday and struggled a lot with his command. He walked four batters and coughed up five hits, leading to four runs in the first four innings of the game. His outing would not be a long one, as he was pulled in the fourth inning. Vancouver was at least in a decent position after the fourth; they scored four runs in the first two innings of the game. Peyton Williams started the scoring with an RBI double that brought home J.R. Freethy in the first inning. Tucker Toman would then single to bring in Williams. Sacrifice flies by both Ryan Sprock and Williams would give Vancouver a 4-1 lead after the second inning. In the sixth, Sprock grounded into a double play, which would score Maddox Latta and give Vancouver the 5-4 lead. In the bottom half of the inning, Hillsboro tied the game up at five with an RBI single. All was still square until the eighth inning, when Hillsboro launched a three-run home run off of Carson Myers. It would give Hillsboro a three-run lead that they would hold until the end of the game. Vancouver fell 8-5. July 24: Friday didn't bring much luck to Vancouver, as their starting pitcher was again a bit wild early in the game. Troy Guthrie walked two in the first two innings, and both came around to score: one in the first inning that scored on a two-run home run and one in the second on an RBI single. Vancouver was in a 4-0 hole quickly, but Guthrie locked in after the second inning. He would throw four more innings and not give up any more runs. During that span, Vancouver cut into the Hillsboro lead. Jake Casey singled home Ryan Sprock in the third inning, and Alexis Hernandez singled home a run in the fifth. Hernandez repeated the feat in the seventh, singling home another run and cutting the deficit to one. Unfortunately for Vancouver, the bullpen imploded in the eighth, giving up four runs highlighted by a three-run home run. Vancouver fell 8-4. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 44-47 Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates) July 23: The Thursday game between Dunedin and Bradenton was a rain-shortened one, but it still had its big moments. Daniel Guerra was on the mound, continuing his rehab back up to High A. He was fantastic on the day, going 3.1 innings, allowing just one hit, surrendering just one walk, striking out five, and not giving up a run. He mostly used his fastball and cutter on the day, slowly building up his pitch count and pitch usage again. The fastball was great, sitting 96 and 97 mph most of the time and touching 98 mph. Offensively, JoJo Parker had an opposite-field single for an RBI in the fifth inning, and Jake Cook homered to right field before the rain hit in the seventh inning. Blaine Bullard added a single for Dunedin. There were only five combined hits in the short game, but Dunedin did enough to get the win, 2-0. July 24: Postponed FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 July 23: The Thursday game between the FCL Blue Jays and FCL Phillies was the final one of the regular season, and it was a standout game for Angel Guzman along with Andres Arias. In the first inning, both Guzman and Arias homered to give the Blue Jays a two-run lead. In the third inning, Arias brought home Guzman, who had doubled earlier in the inning. Pascual Archila doubled to score Arias, then Max Viera tripled to bring in Archila. Guzman would walk and steal second base in the fifth inning, adding to his big game. Brandon Barriera started the game for the Blue Jays and set the tone on the mound, going 2.1 innings and allowing no hits, with just two walks, striking out four in his rehab appearance. The Blue Jays finished the regular season with a big victory, winning 8-1. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 16-22 July 23: Thursday was a rough day all around for BJB. Their pitchers surrendered 10 walks, 12 hits, and 14 runs. At the plate, it was a little better, but not a whole lot. Down 13-0 in the fifth inning, their lineup finally started to show some life. Cristopher Polanco drew a bases-loaded walk, Sebastian Casanova hit a ball to center for a sacrifice fly, and Juan Caricote matched him with a sacrifice fly as well. They scored three runs in the inning without a base hit. Isay Veras added two runs for BJB in the seventh, with a single to right that scored Casanova and Michael Mesa. It was all BJB could do, though, as they fell 14-5. July 24: On Friday, Kenyer Navarro was on the mound for BJB, and he kept the game close for the bats to try to score some runs and get a bounce-back win. Navarro threw five innings, only gave up two runs, but didn't register any strikeouts. Sebastian Rodriguez came on in relief of Navarro and held the DSL Twins down, throwing two scoreless innings. Despite the good pitching efforts, BJB was down 2-0 in the sixth, where they finally broke through and scored a run when Cristopher Polanco crossed home on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Polanco drew a bases-loaded walk and tied the game up at two. Sebastian Casanova then also drew a bases-loaded walk, giving BJB a walk-off win. BJB won 3-2, in a game in which they scored three runs and didn't put the ball in play to plate any of them. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 20-17 July 23: BJR had a whirlwind of a game on Thursday against the Tigers 1 team. BJR took the lead in the first inning when Luis Nunez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. After surrendering the lead, BJR took it back in the third on Darwin Núñez's RBI single and Nunez's sacrifice fly. They added to their lead in the fourth when Frelian Flores scored on a wild pitch and Gabriel Porras knocked in Alex Linares on a single to center. BJR's bullpen then imploded and coughed up seven runs in the top of the seventh, leaving them in an 8-5 hole. In the bottom half of the inning, an RBI groundout by Flores, a bases-loaded walk by Porras, and a sacrifice fly by Aneudi Severino tied the game up at eight and sent it into extra innings. Núñez would be the hero of the game, getting an RBI single to give BJR the walk-off 9-8 win. July 24: Friday's game for BJR was most uneventful until the last couple of innings. Aneudi Severino started off the sixth inning for BJR with some fireworks. He smoked a ball over the left field fence for a three-run home run, giving BJR the late lead. Arizona's Black team answered in the bottom half of the inning when they scored on a bases-loaded walk. In the top of the seventh, BJR broke it open, scoring four runs, highlighted by Luis Nunez's RBI single to center and Elian Reyes’ RBI double to right. BJR won going away late, 8-1. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 14-17) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets): 1-0 Season Record: 45-49 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals): 1-0 Season Record: 45-41 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels): 1-0 Season Record: 38-50 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies): 0-1 Season Record: 41-46 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 3-0 Season Record: 37-17 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-2 Season Record: 14-20 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 2-1 Season Record: 17-16 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 45-49 Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets) July 17: Bisons baseball is back, and they got back in a groove right away. They opened up a series against the Syracuse Mets on Friday and played a tight game all the way until the end. Buffalo got on the board first in the second inning. Eloy Jiménez singled to right field, moving Willie MacIver to third base, but he scored on the play when the Syracuse right fielder threw the ball away trying to throw him out. Ismael Munguia then sent a ball over the right field wall for a two-run home run. In the bottom of the third inning, Ronny Mauricio got a hold of a Grant Rogers splitter for a two-run home run. Buffalo extended their lead in the fourth, with RBI singles from Jay Harry and Yohendrick Piñango. Rogers then gave up another home run to the Mets in the sixth. Things stood pat at 5-4 until MJ Melendez homered for the Mets to tie the game up in the eighth. Davis Schneider would come up big though, smoking a two-run blast to left field in the top of the ninth and giving Buffalo the win, 7-5. Schneider now has hits in 11 of his 13 games since being sent down to Buffalo, including three multi-hit games. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 45-41 Series vs Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals) July 17: Gage Stanifer was on the mound for New Hampshire in their first game after the break on Friday night. They were taking on the Harrisburg Senators. Stanifer was good on the night, minus one or two batters where the command wasn't there. He went 4.1 innings, only allowed three hits, gave up just one run in the fifth inning, walked three, and struck out six. He generated 15 whiffs on the night over 84 pitches. New Hampshire grabbed the early lead in this one in the first inning. Hedbert Perez and Dub Gleed each had RBI singles, then in the seventh and eighth innings, Jorge Burgos drove in three runs. That was enough, as New Hampshire went on to win this one 5-2 in a sloppy game that saw seven errors combined between the teams. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 38-50 Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels) July 17: Holden Wilkerson had the best start of his professional career, going 5.2 no-hit innings against the Dust Devils, with the only base runner being a walk in the fifth inning. He struck out seven batters for his second straight great start in a row. The Dust Devils starter Jose Atencio also pitched well, with a quality start, but gave up a couple of runs. Peyton Williams started the scoring in the second with a homer to right-center. Edward Duran added an extra run with a sac fly in the fourth inning to make it two to nothing. Ryan Sprock made his Blue Jays organization debut with a hit and two walks, starting at third in this game as well. Unfortunately for Wilkerson, he was taken out in the sixth, but Carson Myers kept it scoreless over two innings, despite losing the no-hitter immediately after replacing Wilkerson. The Canadians got some insurance runs in the ninth, with Alex Stone and Jake Casey both driving in runs with singles to make it five to nothing. Jonathan Todd got the save despite giving up a run in the ninth and losing the shutout, but it was an impressive game for the Canadians after the All-Star break. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 41-46 Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies) July 17: The runs just kept on coming as the Threshers and the Blue Jays were just throwing haymakers back and forth against each other. The pitching was poor all around, as every pitcher who came into the game gave up at least one run. The Threshers had a better outing from their starter, as Zuher Yousuf went five innings, giving up three runs, whereas Giacomo Taschin was unable to get out the second inning, giving up four runs. It wasn’t much better as Bradley Wilson replaced him, giving up two runs over three innings, and the Jays were down 6-3 early on. The sixth inning was where it got interesting, as after Juan Sanchez was hit by a pitch to load the bases, an error from shortstop Juan Villavicencio allowed all three base runners to score, tying it up, before Enmanuel Bonilla took the lead with a sac fly. Villavicencio made up for the error, tying it up on a homer against Josbel Garcia. In the eighth JoJo Parker hit a sac fly to take the lead, but a throwing error once again tied it up from pitcher Lluveres Severino, who replaced Garcia. It looked like the Jays clinched the game in the eighth inning, with Will Cresswell and Jake Cook coming up with clutch RBI singles to make it a two-run game, but Severino gave those right back up, which sent the game to extras. The Treshers were able to finally pull away, as they dropped a six-spot on Diego Dominguez in the 10th, and the Jays were unable to answer with just one run scored on an error in the bottom of that inning, in a crazy loss. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 31-17 July 14: The Tuesday game between the FCL Blue Jays and the FCL Yankees was a wild one, at least for the pitchers. The Yankees walked nine times and the Blue Jays walked 11, for 20 combined walks between the teams. There were also 16 hits and 21 runs. One pitcher that didn't seem to have an issue was Seojun Moon. He pitched four innings and gave up four hits and three walks, but was able to limit the damage with five strikeouts, while only allowing two runs. The Yankees got home runs from George Lombard Jr. and Wilberson De Pena, but it wasn't enough. The Blue Jays scored early and often in this one. Max Viera hit a three-run home run in the second inning, and in the sixth, the Blue Jays scored five. Angel Guzman singled in a run, followed by Pascual Archila bringing in two. Later, Viera would triple in a run and double in a run, as he fell a single short of the cycle. The Blue Jays would win big on the day, winning 13-8. July 16: Postponed July 17, Game 1: The first game Friday was the continuation of a suspended game from July 10 between the FCL Blue Jays and the FCL Phillies. In the game before the suspension, Angel Rivero went four innings, allowing five hits, and didn't give up a run. When the game picked up on Friday, Daniel Guerra was pitching on a rehab appearance. He allowed a run in his first inning on a walk and a single, then a double steal scored the run. In the second, he struck out all three batters, and then finished his day getting the first two hitters of his third inning. He went 2.2 IP, gave up one hit, one run, one walk, and struck out four. Andres Arias had driven in three runs with a double before the suspension, and Renyel Campos tripled in a run. After the game resumed on Friday, both teams combined for just three hits and the lone run. The Blue Jays won this one 4-1. July 17 Game 2: The second game on Friday between the FCL Blue Jays and the FCL Phillies was much more exciting. Angel Rivero pitched and didn't allow a hit, walked one, hit two batters, and struck out five. Connor O'Halloran came on for a rehab appearance and only allowed a single hit, while also striking out five. Offensively, Pascual Archila reached base four times without a hit, three walks and a hit-by-pitch. Alexis Hernandez, who was rehabbing, had a two-run single and was followed by Andres Arias hitting a three-run double. An RBI single and a bases-loaded walk would put the Blue Jays up 7-0. They would add two more runs, and the Blue Jays would win the second game, 9-2. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 13-16 July 14: While the rest of baseball was off on Tuesday, baseball was still being played down on the island. BJB faced off against the Giants Black team in a rare nine-inning game. BJB pitching was terrible, and it started with Tomoya Kinjo and his bad command getting him into trouble. He walked three, gave up five hits, four runs, and only pitched 1.2 innings. It was a theme that would continue for the other pitchers BJB sent to the mound out of the pen. In total, BJB pitchers walked 14, gave up nine hits, and it all led to 11 runs. It was the complete opposite for BJB hitters. They only managed to get three base knocks, but did walk nine times. They just couldn't get runs across home plate, just three for the game. A wild pitch scored Sebastian Casanova in the first, Cristopher Polanco singled home Juarlin Soto in the fourth, and Fabian Gonzalez scored on Juan Caricote's groundout in the sixth. BJB lost big 11-3. July 16: It was another light-hitting day down on the island for BJB; they only managed to get two hits in the game and just two runs. The first run came in the bottom of the sixth, Sebastian Casanova tripled and then scored on a throwing error by the second baseman. With the game tied at one in the bottom of the seventh, Randy Soto and Isay Veras walked to open the inning. Eiker Lothar came to the plate and then singled to left field, bringing home the walk-off winning run. BJB won 2-1 in a game that featured just five combined hits. July 17: BJB continued a recent streak of light hitting games, only getting five hits on Friday. Sebastian Casanova led the way for BJB on the hitting side. He collected two of the five hits on the way to a 2-for-3 day. Michael Mesa had an RBI double in the top of the third inning, scoring Cristopher Polanco (who walked) and Casanova (who singled). Down 5-2, BJB made an attempt at a comeback in the top of the seventh inning. Juarlin Soto singled, Luis Felipe walked, then Casanova singled in Soto to cut the deficit to two. Unfortunately for BJB, Juan Caricote struck out and Mesa grounded out to end the game. BJB lost 5-3. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 15-13 July 14: It was a crazy game for BJR on Tuesday. The offense went wild, to say the least: 15 hits, 10 walks, and 14 runs. Darwin Núñez, Samuel Orellana, Ayberson Ortega, and Frelian Flores each had two hits. Alex Linares would top them, though. He ended the game with three hits. Some of the scoring highlights were Gabriel Porras' RBI triple to center in the fifth, Linares’ RBI single to center in the sixth, and Aneudi Severino's RBI double also to center in the seventh. Down 9-7 in the bottom of the ninth, Linares had his biggest hit of the game, a two-RBI double to left field that tied the game up. After exchanging runs in the 10th, Elian Reyes came up to the plate in the bottom of the eleventh with the bases loaded and the game all square at 10. With one swing, he ended the ball game in grand style: He smacked a walk-off grand slam to right, his only hit on the day. BJR won 14-10 in 11 innings. July 16: BJR was involved in another walk-off win on Thursday, but it would unfortunately not be them with the final at-bat. Aneudi Severino started the scoring in the top of the third inning, blasting his fifth home run of the season, a three-run shot to left. He has rather quickly become a must-watch name in the DSL; he has shown the power, but his batting average needs more work for sure, sitting below .225. After BJR scored a run on a wild pitch in the fifth, Darwin Núñez launched his second home run of the season in the sixth, a solo shot to left. Severino added an RBI single in the seventh to put BJR up 6-2. Their bullpen would waste it away from there, though. The Mariners DSL team scored three in the bottom of the seventh and then, down one run in the bottom of the ninth, walked it off with a two-RBI double. BJR lost another fun one, 7-6. July 17: BJR had more walks than hits on Friday, but it was enough to take home the win. They ended the day with 10 walks to five hits and, in the end, didn't score on any of the base knocks. They scored three runs on bases-loaded walks, a run on a wild pitch, and a run on a groundout. Alex Linares led the scoring charge; he didn't have a hit in the game, but walked three times and scored two of BJR's runs. Aneudi Severino tallied two more hits on the season, while the pitching was excellent in this game. Abrahan Diaz threw three scoreless innings and struck out five batters. Carlos Olivo came on in relief of Diaz and upped him. He also threw three scoreless innings but struck out six and walked just one. BJR won the game 5-0. View full article

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With the draft wrapped up, here are the Toronto Blue Jays' selections for picks 11-20. Round 11. Brayden Martin, 3B, Maryland The Toronto Blue Jays selected Brayden Martin at 342nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Martin is a third baseman out of the University of Maryland. In his junior season, he slashed .352/.488/.449, struck out just 20 times, while walking more than double that with 56 free passes. He only had two home runs, 13 doubles, and one triple, giving him 60 singles for the season. Reports have been circulating that he had a 96% contact rate this past season, an absurd number at any level. Martin stands at 5-foot-10 and is listed at 175 pounds, leaving little room to fill out or allow for any future power projection. He should be a big-time contact guy at the plate, someone who should be able to do all of the little things to help a team win. He should be more of a prototypical second baseman, two-hole type of hitter. Round 12. Santiago Garcia, P, LSU The Toronto Blue Jays selected Santiago Garcia at 372nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Garcia is a relief pitcher out of Louisiana State University. In 2026, he threw 22.2 innings, had a 5.96 ERA, a 1.588 WHIP, a 32.7 strikeout rate, and a 15.9% walk rate. During the Cape Cod League, he was used as a starting pitcher and fared much better, with a 2.35 ERA. Baseball America said he is able to compensate well for his undersized frame by pitching from some unique angles. They had his fastball in the 88-90 mph range while in the Cape Cod League, with his best secondary pitch being a 79-81 mph curveball. According to them, he also showed a changeup and slider, both of which were not up to the level of his curveball. It is still unclear what role the Blue Jays intend to use Garcia, but he will have to improve his pitch arsenal if there are any plans to have him work as a starter. Initial reactions tend to see him working as a relief pitcher who could have success due to his awkward pitch angles from the left side. If his control and velocity can tick up some, he could find success as a starter, though. Round 13. Mathis Nayral, SP, Kansas The Toronto Blue Jays selected Mathis Nayral at 402nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Garcia is a starting pitcher out of the University of Kansas. He only pitched in one season for the Jayhawks, throwing 69 innings in 2026. In his 18 games (18 starts), he had an ERA of 4.96, a WHIP of 1.435, a 22.8% strikeout rate, and a 9% walk rate. Nayral is an international player, being born and raised in France, before coming over to play at Kansas. Reports have him with a four-pitch mix, including a fastball in the low to mid-90s. He seems like the perfect project for the Blue Jays farm factory to work with him and get him to a more elite starting pitcher level. Round 14. Connor Kelley, P, Texas-San Antonio The Toronto Blue Jays selected Connor Kelley at 432nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Kelley is a pitcher out of Texas-San Antonio. In 2026, he pitched both as a starter and a relief pitcher. In 20 games (five starts), he amassed 66.1 innings, has an ERA of 2.98, a WHIP of 1.131, a strikeout rate of 26.7, and a walk rate of 8.1%. Kelley could be more of a relief pitcher mold, as he has hit in the upper 90s with his fastball. If Toronto can get a tick or two more out of him, he might turn into a late-inning demon that they so desperately need. Round 15. Oliver de la Torre, P, California The Toronto Blue Jays selected Oliver de la Torre at 462nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. De la Torre is a pitcher from the University of California. In 2026, he threw the third most innings in the ACC, topping out at 81.1 innings. He started 14 games and had a 3.76 ERA, a 1.143 WHIP, a 21.2% strikeout rate, and a walk rate of 6.8%. De la Torre is more of a fastball/changeup pitcher right now, which should bode well for his development. If he can improve his breaking ball, he will have a great foundation for a starting pitcher. His changeup though will most likely remain his biggest weapon, in 2025 the pitch had a 48.8% whiff rate. Round 16. Carson Cormier, P, Illinois State The Toronto Blue Jays selected Carson Cormier at 492nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Cormier is a pitcher out of Illinois State. He pitched out of the bullpen and as a starter in 2026, making 10 starts out of his 16 appearances. He threw 69 innings, had an ERA of 4.17, a WHIP of 1.377, a strikeout rate of 25.1%, and a walk rate of 4.1%. Cormier has shown he will throw strikes and can keep the walks to an extreme minimum. With his large 6-foot-6, 235-pound frame, Toronto might be able to get a boost out of his fastball and gyro slider. If they can, he has a frame to eat innings and go deep into games. Round 17. Landon Waters, RP, Mississippi The Toronto Blue Jays selected Landon Waters at 522nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Waters is a pitcher out of the University of Mississippi. In 2026, he pitched entirely out of the bullpen, throwing 24 innings in 24 games. He had an ERA of three, a WHIP of 1.417, a strikeout rate of 24%, and walked 11.5% of the batters he faced. Waters uses three pitches: a fastball close to the mid-90s, a cutter, and a slider. With him having success as a relief pitcher in the SEC, there is hope he could move more quickly than other pitchers, but he will need to show an improved fastball to be anything other than a middle reliever. Round 18. Jake McCoy, P, South Carolina The Toronto Blue Jays selected Jake McCoy at 552nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. McCoy is a pitcher out of the University of South Carolina. MLB Pipeline had this to say about him “Though McCoy recorded a 7.11 ERA in his first two seasons at South Carolina, a brief but dominant stint in the Cape Cod League last summer left some evaluators wondering if he might be the best college left-hander in the 2026 Draft. He struck out 25 of the 54 Cape batters he faced while issuing just three walks in three starts. He has the stuff and metrics to back up that performance and will have to show that he can sustain it, but he won't get the chance to do so this year after blowing out his elbow in January and requiring Tommy John surgery. McCoy's fastball gained a couple of ticks of velocity on the Cape, parking at 94-95 mph and peaking at 98 with natural cutting action. He also threw a nasty mid-80s slider with plenty of sweep and mixed in some true cutters at 87-91 mph. He doesn't have much trust in a fading upper-80s changeup that he struggles to locate. McCoy's low three-quarters arm slot and resulting low release height create pitches with an unusual combination of velocity and shapes that are hard for hitters to deal with. He lacks size, has effort in his delivery, and doesn't have much track record of success or strikes, so he might be more of a reliever than a starter. He looked like he could pitch in the front half of a rotation while on the Cape, and he has the arsenal for a high-leverage role if he does wind up in the bullpen.” I think with how the draft has gone for Toronto, they will make McCoy a large offer, well, probably along the lines of a second or third round pick, to try and keep him from returning to South Carolina. If they are able to pry him away from his college commitment, he might be one of the steals of the draft. Round 19. Cole Travers, SS, St. Neumann HS The Toronto Blue Jays selected Cole Travers at 582nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Travers is a shortstop out of St. Neumann HS. Similar to Jake McCoy, except a sizable offer is going to him to keep him from heading to college. Round 20. Eddie Rosado Jr., OF, Holy Ghost Prep School The Toronto Blue Jays selected Eddie Rosado Jr. at 612th overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Rosado Jr. is a outfielder out of Holy Ghost Prep High School. Listed at 6-foot and 180 pounds, Rosado Jr. can add some muscle to his build as he gets further out from high school. He will be another player with uncertainty as to their signability, but will the Blue Jays draft, you'd have to think they would have enough money to keep him from going to college and starting his pro career. View full article