Brian Labude

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 46-68 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 45-65 -Vancouver Canadians: 61-51 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 52-57 -FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 21-31 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 28-25 Transactions 08/15/25 Buffalo Bisons placed RHP Dillon Tate on the 7-day injured list. 08/15/25 Buffalo Bisons activated SS Josh Kasevich from the 60-day injured list. 08/15/25 Buffalo Bisons transferred 1B Rainer Nunez to the Development List. 08/15/25 DSL Blue Jays Blue placed OF Elian Reyes on the 7-day injured list retroactive to August 13, 2025. 08/15/25 Dunedin Blue Jays placed RHP Daniel Guerra on the temporarily inactive list. 08/15/25 RHP Eliander Alcalde assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 08/15/25 C Will Cresswell assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 08/15/25 OF Yeuni Munoz assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 08/15/25 SS Tucker Toman assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/15/25 SS Dariel Ramon assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 08/15/25 C Hayden Gilliland assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/15/25 OF Matt Scannell assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/15/25 RHP Eliander Alcalde assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 08/15/25 OF Yeuni Munoz assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 08/15/25 C Will Cresswell assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 08/15/25 SS Dariel Ramon assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 08/15/25 Vancouver Canadians placed C Aaron Parker on the 7-day injured list. 08/15/25 Vancouver Canadians released SS Jacob Lojewski. 08/15/25 Vancouver Canadians released SS Bryce Arnold. 08/15/25 OF Matt Scannell assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/15/25 SS Tucker Toman assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/15/25 C Hayden Gilliland assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/14/25 Toronto Blue Jays sent RF George Springer on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons. 08/14/25 C Keegan Pieternella assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. 08/14/25 C Keegan Pieternella assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (10), Lehigh Valley (5) - 8/14 Box Score Lehigh Valley jumped out on the scoreboard first in this game, when they scored on a bases loaded walk and a sacrifice fly. In the second inning, Buffalo got their first run on a wild pitch. The IronPigs built a bigger lead in the fourth on a two-run single by Christian Arroyo. Buffalo added a run in the bottom half of the inning on a double play groundout. In the fifth, Jonatan Clase started a big rally for Buffalo with his third home run of the season for the Bisons. Yohendrick Pinango added an RBI double and Buffalo was up 5-4. They would add five more runs on a Clase single, a RJ Schreck double, and a Pinango home run. Buffalo would win this one 10-5. Jonatan Clase- 2-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, HR Trey Yesavage- 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K Buffalo (2), Lehigh Valley (0) - 8/15 Box Score In the Friday contest between the Bisons and the IronPigs, Buffalo starting pitcher Shane Bieber took center stage. Bieber threw seven innings, didn't walk a batter, only gave up six hits, struck out four, and didn't give up a run. In the second inning, Orelvis Martinez drove in Yohendrick Pinango with an RBI double to left field. With the 1-0 lead, Buffalo added a second run the next inning, when a rehabbing George Springer launched a solo shot to right field. CJ Van Eyk came on in the eighth inning and pitched two innings to get the save, as Buffalo won 2-0. George Springer- 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Shane Bieber- 7 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (7), Binghamton (9) - 8/14 Box Score The New Hampshire Fisher Cats were in a wild game on Thursday against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. There were a ton of hits, strikeouts, walks, stolen bases, errors, and even some home runs. New Hampshire started strong with four runs in the top of the first inning. Eddinson Paulino and Alex De Jesus had RBI singles and Dasan Brown had the big hit, driving home two on his double to left. In the second, Jackson Hornung added a run to the lead with his fourth home run at Double-A, a solo shot to right. Alex Amalfi surrendered a run to Binghamton by way of a Kevin Parada single in the third. A throwing error on Binghamton's third baseman in the fourth allowed Brown to score and get the lead back to five. It was an exact repeat in the sixth, as another error on the Binghamton third baseman allowed Brown to score again. From there, the bullpen imploded, coughing up two runs in the eighth and three runs in the ninth, sending the game into extra innings. It just wasn't New Hampshire's night, as Jacob Reimer hit a walk-off home run and New Hampshire fell to Binghamton 9-7. The game featured a combined 16 runs, 20 hits, 16 walks, and 30 strikeouts. Dasan Brown: 3-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SB Devereaux Harrison: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K New Hampshire (2), Binghamton (4) - 8/15 Box Score Fernando Perez made his Double-A debut on Friday night for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Binghamton welcomed him to the level with a single and a stolen base, before Jacob Reimer's RBI single scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. Over the next three innings, Perez only gave up one single and sat the rest down in order. In the top of the fifth, Alex De Jesus tied the game up at one, with an RBI double to left that scored Ryan McCarty. In the bottom of the fifth, Jackson Hornung picked up Perez and threw out a runner at home, a big collision, but Robert Brooks held on to the ball to get the out. To open up the bottom of the sixth, Perez gave up two singles and then was replaced by Hunter Gregory. He would cough up a two RBI single, before being able to escape the jam. In the seventh, a run scored for Binghamton on a wild pitch and then the next half inning, Hornung hit into a double play, as a run came home. It was all New Hampshire would get, as they fell 4-2. Alex De Jesus: 2-4, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 2B Fernando Perez: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (10), Spokane (3) - 8/12 Box Score Austin Cates made his debut for the Canadians and started off well, not allowing a run in his three innings before allowing a homer to Aidan Longwell. Peyton Powell walked, then moved to second on a wild pitch before JR Freethy tied it up with a double. Then Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit one of his own to give the Canadians the lead. Nick Goodwin added another run with a hit to score Micheletti Jr., leading to a three run inning. Cates, however, did not have his best stuff in the fifth inning, allowing a double to Jesus Bugarin before getting two outs. Longwell once again gets a big hit against the Canadians with a double to score two runs, and then Edinson Batista replaced Cates in relief. Batista allowed another hit in this inning which scored Longwell, but then got out of the inning with a strikeout right after but the Canadians lost the lead. The feisty Canadians did not give up however, as Jay Harry and Jacob Lojewski both singled before Carter Cunningham tied it up again with an RBI double. A balk allowed Lojewski to score and Cunningham to move to third, and after Micheletti Jr. was hit by a pitch, Arjun Nimmala hit a sac fly to increase the lead to two. The score stayed the same for the next two half-innings, but in the seventh inning Batista gave up a hit to Tevin Tucker who immediately then stole two bases, and a wild pitch ended up scoring Tucker. Irv Carter replaced Batista and then walked a run in, but then got out of the inning. The Canadians again bounced back the next inning, with Cunningham getting on base and stealing second, and then advancing to third on a fly out. Micheletti Jr. hit a sac fly to take the lead back again, before a Nimmala double and a Goodwin single added an insurance run. Irv Carter then had a quick eighth inning before striking out three batters in the ninth to win the game. J.R. Freethy - 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B Irv Carter - 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Irv Carter has figured it out in High-A, now with a 2.67 ERA in since June 1st with a 22.6% strikeout rate to a 6.8% walk rate. Vancouver (4), Spokane (6) - 8/13 Box Score The game started out with a bang as J.R. Freethy hit his first High-A homer in the first at-bat of the game. Sean Keys joined in on the fun with a two run homer of his home that same inning, scoring himself and Micheletti Jr. Nick Goodwin got picked off after walking and a Cunningham strikeout ended the inning, but the Canadians were in a good spot early. Aidan Longwell continues to hit Canadians pitchers as he drove in the first run for the Indians with a single, and then in the fifth inning the Indians added another run with a homer from Max Belyeu. Julio Ortiz came in for Chris McElvain and was wild, walking four batters and with two wild pitches, which allowed two runs to score. Arjun Nimmala however tied the game up after Micheletti Jr. was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on two wild pitches with a double. Brett Garcia replaced Ortiz and allowed two runs himself on two homers given up and the Canadians couldn’t bounce back, leading to a six to four loss. Arjun Nimmala - 2-4, 1 RBI, 2 2B Nimmala added to his double total with 27 on the year now, and is up to 42 extra base hits on the season. Chris McElvain - 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K McElvain has been a steady contributor to the Canadians rotation after coming back from injury. The starter’s ERA is now 3.69, and despite mediocre strikeout rates he’s able to get outs consistently. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (1), Tampa (4) - 8/14 Box Score Daniel Guerra returned to starting in the first game of the double-header, but it didn’t go great for the big righty. He allowed a run in the second inning after Maddox Latta deflected a grounder into center field with a runner on second, and then in the third inning he loaded the bases with no outs, then allowed all three of those runners to score to put the Jays in a hole four to nothing. Nate LaRue replaced Guerra and pitched two scoreless innings and Austin Smith hit a homer to keep it from being a scoreless loss. Austin Smith - 2-3, 1 R. 1 RBI, 1 HR The 10th round pick out of San Diego has had a very strong pro debut so far, with a near .900 OPS and hitting his first homer as a professional. Nate LaRue - 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Dunedin (16), Tampa (7) - 8/14 Box Score This one was a laugher after a more quiet first game of the double-header. This was the make up game for a missed July 23rd game and the Jays tacked on 11 runs just on the starter Edinzo Marquez. Every single D-Jay had a hit, and Sean Casey, Yorman Licourt, Eric Snow, and Tucker Toman each had two hits or more. The D-Jays had 13 unanswered runs as Dayne Pengelly had a strong pro debut and Griff Hughes followed suit with two scoreless innings. However Hughes then allowed seven runs in the fifth inning before Jack Eshelman cleaned it up with three innings of scoreless ball. Tucker Toman hit his sixth homer of the season and earned a call up to Vancouver after his strong performance (and the release of Hamilton-raised Bryce Arnold). Eric Snow - 4-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B Snow had his best game as a pro, he hasn’t shown much power yet, but he’s had two of his three extra base hits on the season in this game alone. Jack Eshelman - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Dunedin (7), Tampa (6) - 8/15 - F/10 Box Score It was the return of Yeuni Munoz to the starting lineup after an extended IL stint after a great start to the season. Johnny King took the bump and faced only one over the minimum in a strong five inning scoreless outing. Kendry Chirinos hit his sixth homer of the season to give the D-Jays an early lead, and an Austin Smith double scored the second run of the game in the fifth before Chirinos had another RBI with a single that same inning. Lluveres Severino replaced King but immediately let in three runs to tie the game up. The D-Jays fired back with a three-run inning of their own as both Manuel Beltre and Austin Smith were hit by pitches before an Eric Snow single and a botched pick off attempt that led into a wild pitch scoring both Beltre and Smith. Eric Snow got out trying to go home, but Kendry Chirinos picked up another run with a double to double the Tarpons' score. Jay Schueler replaced Severino and in the bottom of the ninth hit a batter, gave up a single, and then allowed Marshall Toole to hit a three-run homer to tie the game. In extras, Manuel Beltre hit a sac fly after Dariel Ramon was put in as a pinch runner, and Schueler got three outs to escape with a win in extras. Johnny King - 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K King lowered his season ERA to 1.56 in a dominant performance, this time allowing no walks for the first time in Low-A. The talented lefty had seven whiffs on the night and was sitting 93 on his fastball. Kendry Chirinos - 3-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (0), D-TI1 (1) F/7- 8/14 - Game 1 Box Score In game one of the doubleheader, BJB was virtually blanketed across the board. Only Juarlin Soto and Cristopher Polanco had hits (singles) and only Soto and Yeicer Crespo walked. The pitching was great, Jose Andrades pitched four solid innings, only giving up one run, while Rodrigo Ramirez added three no-hit innings. BJB fell 1-0 in a pitchers duel. Juarlin Soto: 1-2, 1 BB Rodrigo Ramirez: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K D-BJB (), D-TI1 () - 8/14 - Game 2 PPD D-BJB (2), D-CUR (0) F/7 - 8/15 Box Score On Friday, BJB rode the power of Juarlin Soto to a victory. In the bottom of the third inning, Soto launched his third home run of the season. It was a solo shot to right field and gave BJB the 1-0 lead. They would add a second run to the scoreboard in the fifth, when Angel Guzman came around to score on Franklin Rojas’ double. On the mound, Angel Rivero and Edrwin Veras combined to shut out CUR and give BJB the 2-0 win. Juarlin Soto: 2-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Angel Rivero: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (5), D-GIB (3) - 8/14 Box Score The DSL Blue Jays Red team took on the DSL Giants Black team on Thursday. The dynamic duo of Juan Sanchez and Elaineiker Coronado got things started in the top of the first inning with singles from both, then a double play ball plated Sanchez for the first run. In the third, Kennew Blanco drove in Coronado and Randy Soto hit an RBI single, scoring Pascual Archila. BJR would go on to win this one, 5-3. Elaineiker Coronado- 2-3, 2 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K Victor Espiritu- 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K D-BJR (1), D-WSX (3) - F/7 - 8/15 Box Score It was a rough Friday on the island for the DSL Blue Jays Red team. They struggled with only seven hits and the only run scored in the fifth, when a dropped fly ball let Nicolas Vergara score. The pitching was great for BJR though, holding the WSX team to just three hits. Unfortunately, WSX scored three in the fifth inning. The big hit was a Yordani Soto home run. BJR would lose this one, 3-1. Juan Sanchez- 2-4, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 2B Miguel Pantoja- 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: LHP Johnny King (Dunedin) - 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Hitter of the Period: Juarlin Soto (DSL Blue Jays Blue): 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Will return next week. View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 41-67 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 45-60 -Vancouver Canadians: 57-49 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 49-52 -FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 19-29 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 24-24 Transactions 08/08/25 - C Robert Brooks assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 08/07/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated C Phil Clarke. 08/07/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed SS Leo Jiménez on the 7-day injured list. 08/07/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Alek Manoah on a rehab assignment to New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 08/07/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats placed RHP Ryan Watson on the 7-day injured list. 08/07/25 - Vancouver Canadians placed RHP Austin Marozas on the 7-day injured list. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (1), Worcester (2) - 8/7 Box Score In the Thursday contest between Buffalo and Worcester, it was a rough game for hitters from both teams. Adam Macko was on the mound for Buffalo and went four innings, only giving up two hits, surrendering one run, struck out four, but did struggle finding the strike zone (walking five batters). Kyle Harrison and Tyler Uberstine pitched for Worcester and were lights out, striking out 15 hitters over nine combined innings and only allowing three hits. Worcester scored first in the second inning, when Nick Sogard walked with the bases loaded. Riley Tirotta hit a solo blast in the eighth inning to tie the game for Buffalo. In the bottom half of the inning, Nate Eaton smacked a ball over the left center field fence, giving Worcester the lead. Buffalo lost this one 2-1. Riley Tirotta- 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR Adam Macko- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K Buffalo (2), Worcester (5) - 8/8 Box Score For a team searching for some offense, Buffalo still could not find it in the game on Friday night. Connelly Early shut down Buffalo, going five innings, striking out seven, and only giving up two runs on a Riley Tirotta home run in the second inning. The first inning saw both teams trade runs, a sacrifice fly from Michael Stefanic for Buffalo and a Kristian Campbell RBI ground out for Worcester. In the fourth and fifth innings, Worcester tacked on two more runs via an RBI double and a sacrifice fly. Jhostynxon Garcia smashed a home run in the eighth inning to finish off the scoring, as Buffalo lost this game as well, 5-2. Riley Tirotta- 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR CJ Van Eyk- 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (3), Reading (4) - 8/7 Box Score Thursday's game against Reading had eyes from all Blue Jays fans on it, as Alek Manoah continues to work his way through the minor leagues on a rehab assignment. It was his first start at Double A and the first real big test of his arm. To open the game, he induced some weak contact and got a strikeout to end the top of the first. In the top of the second, he got a little wild with his command, surrendering a walk followed by two consecutive singles that brought home a run. He then hit the next batter, before getting a groundout from Carson DeMartini to escape the jam. The third inning was better for Manoah, he got two groundouts and a strikeout, with a double and a walk sprinkled throughout the inning. Unfortunately for Manoah, another double and a walk chased him from the game in the fourth. Geison Urbaez would come in for him and throw a wild pitch, allowing a run to score before getting out of the inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Je'Von Ward continued his hot stretch and launched his third home run for New Hampshire, a two-run blast tying the game. Jackson Hornung's RBI single in the sixth gave the Fisher Cats a one-run lead, which they would hold onto until the top of the ninth. Felix Reyes singled home a run for Reading and sent the game to extra innings. Each team was blanketed, until in the top of the twelfth, when Reading got an RBI single from Reyes in what would become the winning run. New Hampshire lost this game 4-3, fueled in part by striking out 18 times (11 by Reading's starter Griff McGarry). Victor Arias: 4-6, 2 R, 1 K, 1 3B Alek Manoah: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K New Hampshire (3), Reading (5) - 8/8 Box Score Friday night was another Trey Yesavage day for the fans, but they would have to wait for him to come into the game, as Chay Yeager started the game. He gave up a double and a stolen base to Reading's Aidan Miller, then a groundout scored him. In the bottom of the second, New Hampshire got on a roll, getting an RBI single from Dasan Brown, a sacrifice fly from Robert Brooks, and an RBI double from Victor Arias. Yesavage finally entered the game to begin the top of the third and he was off early before settling in and getting on a roll. In the fourth, he coughed up a solo home run to Dylan Campbell, but struck out the side in the fifth and added two more strikeouts in the sixth. In the seventh it was Campbell again, smacking a double, stealing third base, and coming around to score on a sacrifice fly. With the game tied at three, Yesavage was replaced by Conor Larkin who struggled mightily. He gave up back-to-back singles, a sacrifice fly, and an RBI double, putting New Hampshire in a two-run hole that they would not climb out of. The Fisher Cats fell 5-3. Cade Doughty: 2-4, 1 R, 2 K Trey Yesavage: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 9 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (4), Hillsboro (1) - 8/7 Box Score The Canadians wanted to bounce back after a couple of rough losses in a row, and it started with some excellent pitching from both sides. However, when Bryce Arnold walked in the third, he was then moved to second on a J.R. Freethy single. After that a throwing error by the Hops catcher Kenny Castillo on a pickoff attempt allowed Arnold to score. Arjun Nimmala drove in Freethy a few batters late, as the Canadians went up early. Edinson Batista was taken out after five scoreless innings, and Irv Carter came in and gave up a run off of a Druw Jones double and an Angel Ortiz single. However after that, Carter was also excellent, striking out four batters and going scoreless after that. The Canadians got two more with a Bryce Arnold single, as they won this game four to one. Bryce Arnold - 3-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB Edinson Batista - 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K After a shaky last couple of outings, Batista had his best appearance as a Jays’ prospect as he went five scoreless innings. Vancouver (1), Hillsboro (3) - 8/8 Box Score This was a great pitching duel, as two strong pitching prospects went head to head. Daniel Eagen and Gage Stanifer both had ten strikeouts each as they made it very difficult for the opposing team’s hitters to do much. Stanifer did allow a run early though, as Druw Jones drove in a run in the first, but until the fifth inning Stanifer prevented runs from scoring, before Slade Caldwell made it a 2-0 lead. Kai Peterson also gave up his first run in a while in the eighth, but also pitched well, as he saved the pen with three innings of one run ball. Meanwhile the Hops went eight innings without allowing a single hit before Alexis Hernandez broke the no-hitter in the ninth off of Edgar Isea with a single, and then Bryce Arnold was hit by a pitch before Freethy loaded the bases with a single. Carter Cunningham helped score a ruin with a sac fly, but that’s all the Canadians could get. JR Freethy - 1-3, 1 BB Gage Stanifer - 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (), Palm Beach () - 8/7 PPD Dunedin (8), Palm Beach (2) - 8/8 - F/7 - Game 1 Box Score Austin Cates started for the D-Jays, and he did let the Jays go down early, allowing a single run early to a wild pitch, but the Jays picked him up. The second inning was pretty big with Jake Casey knocking in two runs in the second with his dad in attendance and then Kendry Chirinos and Josh Kasevich both got RBI base hits to make it four to one. Palm Beach got their second and last run of the game in the third, as the D-Jays continued to pile on more. Yorman Licourt had his first couple of hits. Maddox Latta tripled in the fifth and Kendry Chirinos hit a single to make it a final score of eight to two. Maddox Latta - 3-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B The undrafted free agent has been red-hot since joining the Jays org, he’s hitting .429 on the season so far with a 1.049 OPS. Daniel Guerra - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Guerra continues to dominate as a bullpen piece, this time being the bulk guy to Austin Cates’ opener. Dunedin (), Palm Beach () - 8/8 - Game 2 PPD DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (0), D-GIO (1) - 8/8 Box Score It was a tough day down on the island for BJB. They only managed four hits in the game and two walks. The only big hit they had was a solo home run by Angel Guzman in the top of the sixth inning. He actually ended the day adding a single and a walk, being responsible for half of the baserunners BJB would have. On the flip side, the pitchers for BJB struggled most of the game, surrendering eight runs on 10 hits. Their fielding was also sub-par, an error on Juarlin Soto and Cristopher Polanco would keep the doors open and lead to three of the eight runs being unearned. BJB just didn't have it on this day, falling to GIO 8-1. Angel Guzman: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Edrwin Veras: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K D-BJB (1), D-PHR (4) - 8/8 Box Score If Thursday's game was bad for BJB, Friday's game against PHR was terrible as well. BJB managed to have even less hits in this one, only recording two base knocks, singles by Darwin Nuñez and Franklin Rojas. It wasn't all doom and gloom though, BJB did rack up 10 walks in the game. It was a large number of baserunners, but they were offset by the massive 11 strikeouts in the game. BJB had only one run cross home plate, it was Nuñez's RBI single in the bottom of the third that scored Soto from second base. BJB fell in another rough game, 4-1. Darwin Núñez: 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K Angel Rivero: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (4), D-TI2 (1) - F/7 - 8/7 Box Score The Thursday game down on the island between the Blue Jays Red team and the Tigers 2 team was not full of offense. TI2 took the early lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly double play to right field. In the third inning, J.T. Bain scored on a wild pitch and Randy Soto roped a double, scoring Elaineiker Coronado and Kennew Blanco. Blanco added to the BJR lead in the fifth, when he hit a single to right field, bringing in Juan Sanchez to score the fourth run of the game. BJR would go on to pull off the victory over the TI2 team, winning 4-1. Kennew Blanco- 2-3, 1 R. 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 2B Victor Espiritu- 4 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K D-BJR (3), D-ANG (12) - F/7 - 8/8 Box Score The Friday game down on the Island saw BJR take the lead in the second inning. Diego Arce hit a ball in play that resulted in an error, scoring Pascual Archila. In the third inning, Kennew Blanco smashed his third home run of the season to bring the BJR lead to two. In the seventh, a bases loaded walk brought the BJR score to three runs, but between the third and seventh innings, the Angels DSL team kept rounding the bases. 12 runs scored for ANG, including three home runs, a triple, a couple singles, and a few bases loaded walks. It was a day to forget for the BJR pitching staff. BJR would lose this one easily, 12-3. Elaineiker Coronado- 3-3, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K Wilfredo Cordero- 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Gage Stanifer (Vancouver): 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K Hitter of the Period: 3B Riley Tirotta (Buffalo): 2-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 JoJo Parker N/A 9 Alan Roden TRADED 10 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 RJ Schreck Buffalo 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 17 Victor Arias New Hampshire 11 2 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 19 Jonatan Clase Buffalo 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 19 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 9 4 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Khal Stephen TRADED 6 Johnny King Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Kendry Rojas TRADED 8 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 21 1 1 5 5 0 2 2 10 12 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Juaron Watts-Brown TRADED 15 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Adam Macko Buffalo 19 1 1 4 2 0 1 5 4 View full article

We are deep into the heart of summer now, and as July wraps up, we take a look back at the stellar performances across the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league system and hand out the starting pitcher awards. We have the top five, which includes the Starting Pitcher of the Month and the honorable mentions to reveal. It was more challenging to come to a conclusion as to who would make it as an honorable mention and who was going to take home the mythical and coveted top spot as the best starting pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays' farm system. The pitching across July has been spectacular; unfortunately for the farm system, the Blue Jays traded three of their top pitching prospects and threw everything into chaos. Hopefully, those trades can propel the big league team to a magical and deep playoff run. Let's dive into the best starting pitchers for July. Honorable Mentions -Kendry Rojas, Double-A New Hampshire - 18.2 IP, 18 H, 8 ER, 2.7% BB-Rate, 40% K-Rate (Stats with the Blue Jays) Kendry Rojas would have been the starting pitcher of the month if he were still with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Unfortunately, or thankfully, depending on your view, he was moved at the trade deadline for help at the major league level. Rojas started the season late, after missing the first two months recovering from an injury. He coasted through four starts at Single-A Dunedin in June, before receiving a promotion up to Double-A New Hampshire at the start of July. Despite a rough debut for the Fisher Cats, where he was touched up for the first time on the season, in his next two starts, he showed off his ace-level pitch arsenal. He combined to go 9.2 innings, only surrendering one run, one walk, and striking out 18 hitters. Rojas has a good four-pitch mix, three of which have excellent metrics and grade out very well when considering in-game results. His fastball and sinker stand out above his other two pitches and are elite weapons for him. For the season, his swing and miss ability, control, and his skills at inducing weak contact have been well above average. If he can continue his run through Double-A to end the season, don't be surprised if he pushes for a major league call-up by mid-season in 2026. -Juaron Watts-Brown, 16.1 IP, 1.286 WHIP, 4.41 ERA, 13% BB-Rate, 24.6% K-Rate Juaron Watts-Brown is another pitcher that would have made the top five list, but instead the Blue Jays decided to ship him off to help the major league team make a run at the playoffs. For July, Watts-Brown had some ups and downs, but ultimately had bookend stellar games. In those two games, he went 12 innings, only gave up two runs, and struck out 12. On the season, Watts-Brown was nearly elite at getting swing and misses, as well as striking batters out. His struggles were in giving up hard contact when hitters did connect with his pitches. -Khal Stephen, Double-A New Hampshire - 16 IP, 0.750 WHIP, 2.81 ERA, 3.4% BB-Rate, 22.4% K-Rate Stephen was the most high-profile prospect traded by the Blue Jays and would have also been in the top five starting pitchers for the month. He was garnering top 100 prospect status across the majority of sites and is going to hurt the most by losing him. Stephen made three starts in the month, with his best two being the last ones at High-A Vancouver and his worst start being his lone appearance for Double-A New Hampshire. The good on the month was 12 innings, one earned run, 11 strikeouts, and only one walk. The bad, his four innings at Double-A, where he gave up five runs (four earned) over four innings, and struck out just two. Stephen possesses an elite strike-throwing ability and control, which leads to his high-end swing and miss stuff. His four-seam fastball is his elite pitch and graded out extremely well while he pitched at Single-A Dunedin. For the rest of the season, he needs to work on improving his secondary offerings, as they fall behind his fastball. 5. Bryan Borbon, DSL Blue Jays Red - 16.2 IP, 0.840 WHIP, 1.08 ERA, 4.6% BB-Rate, 18.5% K-Rate Borbon makes this list due to the many trades the Blue Jays made at the deadline, sending away a number of their top pitching prospects. Borbon is a 17-year-old, pitching in the Dominican Summer League, so his production carries a little more weight. In his best two games during July, he combined to throw nine innings, not surrendering a run, only walking one batter, and striking out six. He could be someone to watch more closely, especially if he comes stateside in 2026. 4. Anders Tolhurst, Triple-A Buffalo - 26.1 IP, 0.797 WHIP, 1.37 ERA, 4.0% BB-Rate, 23.0% K-Rate It has been a down season for Anders Tolhurst, but the month of July was his moment in the sun. He went five innings or more in all five of his starts in the month and only gave up runs in two of the games. In his three best starts, he combined to pitch 16 1/3 innings, only surrendering nine hits, and struck out 13. The best parts of those three games were the combined zero runs he gave up and only three walks. For the year, Tolhurst has had some major problems with getting weak contact, swings, and misses. His most used pitches are his fastball and cutter, but they have not been producing good results. He has given up 11 home runs on just those two pitches. He will need to have a repeat of July to remain relevant and keep any chance of a call-up in 2026 alive. 3. Austin Cates, Low-A Dunedin - 20 IP, 0.850 WHIP, 0.90 ERA, 4.1% BB-Rate, 29.7% K-Rate Austin Cates was the model of consistency during July. He made four starts, going five innings in all of them, giving up zero runs in three, and two runs in one. His best game came against a tough Bradenton lineup, which happens to have one of the hottest prospects in baseball, Edward Florentino. Cates made easy work of the team, going five strong innings, only surrendering two hits, one walk, striking out six, and did not let a runner cross home plate. Cates has a three-pitch arsenal and relies heavily on his fastball and splitter (80.9%). Of the two, his fastball grades out as the best pitch he throws, while his other offerings have been subpar. He has been getting hit harder this year when batters make contact and will need to focus on improving his command and control of his pitch mix to help him reduce the hard contact. 2. Grant Rogers, Double-A New Hampshire - 30.2 IP, 1.174 WHIP, 3.23 ERA, 2.3% BB-Rate, 13.3% K-Rate With the Toronto Blue Jays trading away three of the top pitchers for July, Grant Rogers gets a massive boost in this list and comes in second for starting pitchers. Rogers has been a quality start machine this season, and July was more of the same for him. He amassed three quality starts for the month and came close in the other two starts. He worked deep into every game, going six or more innings in four of them and 5 2/3 in his last one. The highlight of his month came in his two games against a potent Somerset lineup. To start that series, he went six innings but got touched up for four runs. He made some adjustments, and in his second game against Somerset that week, he went six innings again, but held their bats to just one run in the game. There is a major weakness that Rogers has right now: his lack of any swing-and-miss stuff. He doesn't get strikeouts and relies heavily on getting hitters to make weak contact. It would be great for his development if he could develop a pitch he can go to in order to get strikeouts and swing and misses, but to be a back-end of the rotation starter or a bulk relief pitcher, he can ride his control to the major leagues. Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Month 1. Johnny King, Rookie-Ball FCL Jays - 13 IP, 1.615 WHIP, 2.77 ERA, 19.4% BB-Rate, 43.5% K-Rate Johnny King has not only been one of the hottest Blue Jays starting pitchers but also one of the best pitchers in all of the minor leagues over his last few starts. He started his season late due to an injury and is now getting into a groove. Over his last three games in July, he combined to throw 11 innings, giving up only seven hits, one run, and striking out an eye-popping 23 batters (44% strikeout rate). His biggest weakness so far this year has been the walks. For the month, he walked 12 (19.4% walk rate) and wasn't able to control the running as much; seven bases were stolen on him. King has a filthy pitch arsenal that is led by his sinker and it grades out as an elite offering. His other two main pitches are a slider and curveball, which he throws much less often, but they garner a much higher percentage of swing and misses. For the remainder of the season, he needs to work on improving his strike throwing and command, as he ranks relatively low on those when compared to other pitchers in the minor leagues. Expect him to remain at Single-A Dunedin this season and start out at High-A Vancouver in 2026. View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 40-62 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 41-57 -Vancouver Canadians: 54-46 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 47-48 -FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 19-24 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 22-21 Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (1), Syracuse (2) - 7/31 Box Score In the Thursday game between Buffalo and Syracuse, the Bisons were up against a very tall task while taking on the Mets' starting pitcher Brandon Sproat. Sproat has been on a big-time roll, allowing only two earned runs in his last five games. This game was no different. He used a deep pitch mix and an upper-90s fastball to repeatedly fool and beat the Buffalo hitters. He went five innings, not allowing a run and striking out nine batters. Adam Macko was on the mound for the Bisons and was pretty solid himself. He went four innings, only surrendered one run, on three hits, but walked six batters. The Mets took the lead by one in the second inning on a Luis De Los Santos RBI double. They extended the lead to two with an RBI single in the eighth by Yonny Hernández. Buffalo mounted a rally in the bottom half of the inning, as Orelvis Martinez rocketed a double to left field, scoring Buddy Kennedy. That would be all the scoring the Bisons could do, losing the game 2-1. Adam Macko- 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 6 BB, 2 K Buffalo (3), Syracuse (5) - 8/1 Box Score Buffalo kicked off August in a hole, as Syracuse jumped out to a three-run lead in this game. They would score a run in each of the first three innings, a Jared Young solo blast, a run scoring on a David Villar double play ball, and Luke Ritter drove in a run with a single. In the sixth, Buffalo got on the scoreboard via a two-RBI single from the rehabbing Alejandro Kirk. Later in the inning, Buddy Kennedy knocked in a run on a sacrifice fly. Things went south in the seventh and eighth innings for Buffalo, as Hayden Senger and Luke Ritter both launched solo home runs to center field. Luke Ritter's home run was a mammoth one, traveling 446 feet. Buffalo would struggle to add hits in this game as well, Syracuse shut them down to finish this one out and defeat the Bisons 5-3. Alejandro Kirk- 1-3, 0 R. 2 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K CJ Van Eyk- 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (), Chesapeake () - 7/31 PPD New Hampshire (7), Chesapeake (5) - 8/1 Box Score After Thursday's game against Chesapeake was rained out, New Hampshire was in store for a pitcher's duel on Friday night. Trey Yesavage was on the mound facing off against Trey Gibson for Chesapeake. From the start of the game it was as advertised, with Gibson striking out Jackson Hornung and Charles McAdoo. Yesavage couldn't match him in the bottom half of the inning, only striking out one. In the second, Gibson continued with his swing and miss stuff, striking out two more. It was Yesavage's turn next and he was dealing, getting three strikeouts (all swinging), with just a single in between them. In the third, New Hampshire got their first hit of the game, a single by Dasan Brown, but the hit and the inning were wiped out by a double play. Chesapeake got on the scoreboard first in the bottom half of the third, it was a double by Jalen Velasquez and then a sacrifice bunt scored him when Alex Stone threw the ball away. After a single to the next batter and in a jam, Yesavage settled in and struck the next three batters out (one swinging and two looking). New Hampshire fought back in the top of the fourth with Charles McAdoo getting on from a single and then stealing second base. From there, he would score when Ryan McCarty put a ball in play that resulted in an error on Chesapeake's shortstop. Both starting pitchers were magnificent and left the game in a 1-1 tie. In the sixth, New Hampshire's Eddinson Paulino launched his tenth home run of the season to give them a one-run lead. Later in the inning, Ryan McCarty singled home Victor Arias to make it a two-run game. That is where things stood until the eighth inning, when another error by Chesapeake allowed two runs to score and give New Hampshire some breathing room. They would add another run in the inning on a wild pitch that allowed McAdoo to score. In the ninth, the Fisher Cats put three more up on the scoreboard with a bases-loaded walk by McCarty, Paulino scoring on another error, and McAdoo scoring on yet another wild pitch. New Hampshire took the early pitcher's duel 9-2, with some late game miscues from Chesapeake and only three hits in the game. Eddinson Paulino: 1-2, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Trey Yesavage: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (4), Tri-City (1) - 7/31 Box Score This was a day of pitching excellence from the Canadians, as Jackson Wentworth started the Canadians off with five scoreless innings. The Canadians offense also threatened early, as the bases were loaded with no outs in the top of the second inning, but the Canadians got the dreaded NOBLETIGER, not scoring a single run. The game would remain scoreless until the fifth inning, where after a Nick Goodwin walk, Arjun Nimmala hit a single to move him to second, Carter Cunningham then walked to get to third, and then Alexis Hernandez continued his excellence since arriving at Vancouver, scoring the first run of the game with an RBI-single. The next inning the Canadians continued to score more runs, with the Dust Devils continuing to put them on base, as Jay Harry got hit by a pitch and Bryce Arnold and Goodwin both got walked to load the bases once again with no outs, and Sean Keys added to the lead with an RBI-groundout. In the top of the seventh, the Canadians added another, after Peyton Powell made his way to third after a walk, wild pitch and a ground out from Jay Harry, before Arnold scored him with a single. The Dust Devils had their first run of the game against Javen Coleman in the bottom of the eight on a double, but the Canadians answered back with a Harry double and then Coleman completed the save winning the game. Alexis Hernandez - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B Hernandez has had a .625 avg and a 2.167 OPS since joining Vancouver. Jackson Wentworth - 5 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Vancouver (3), Tri-City (4) - 8/31 Box Score Edinson Batista took the bump and struggled mightily, only being able to get two outs while allowing four walks and a HBP to allow three earned runs to score. Johan Simon replaced him in the first inning and got out of it, but the Canadians were still down three runs early. Bryce Arnold hit a double to score Jay Harry in the second to score the first run for Vancouver, but Cole Fontenelle answered back with a single to make it four to one. The Canadians pitching would not allow a single run after that, as the bullpen was excellent, with 12 strikeouts in seven and a thirds innings pitched, to help keep them in the game. Alexis Hernandez reaching on an error helped Carter Cunningham cross the plate for another run to cut the lead to two, and Arjun Nimmala added another run with an RBI-single in the fourth, but they were unable to score after that, only getting on base five more times without an extra base hit. Arjun Nimmala - 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB Julio Ortiz - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (4), Lakeland (3) - 7/31 - F/11 Box Score Landen Maroudis had a better start, only walking three batters this time in four innings of one run ball. He did walk Zach MacDonald with the bases loaded in the first, but settled down after that. His stuff quality has not recovered yet but he’s been able to get outs despite that. Maddox Latta continues to have a good start to his pro career, with an RBI single to score Toman in the second to tie it up. The D-Jays took the lead in the fourth with a sac fly from Manuel Beltre, but then the Flying Tigers bounced back against Gilberto Batista, as a homer in the sixth from Cristian Santana and another run scored off an error in the seventh gave them the lead. The Flying Tigers gave up the lead right after, with the Jays getting on base with a few singles, and after Braden Barry got caught stealing second base and a Jaxson West walk, Antonio Florido gave up a run on a balk. Mason Olson came in to replace Batista, and was nearly perfect, with four scoreless innings, and the game remained tied going into extras. The 10th inning had no runners get on base, as Olson continued to pitch well, but in the bottom of the 11th Tucker Toman had the walk-off hit to end the game. Tucker Toman - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB Mason Olson - 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Dunedin (0), Fort Myers (4) - 8/31 Box Score Austin Cates wasn’t as sharp today, as he had a rough fifth inning where Marek Houston singled to score a run, and then after Cates was taken out of the game, Daniel Guerra gave up a homer to allow the two inherited runners to score immediately after. The D-Jays offense sputtered for the first time since the new players had arrived, as they were only able to muster up five hits and a walk without scoring any runs. The closest a D-Jay was to scoring was in the top of the first, with Manuel Beltre getting to third after a double and a wild pitch, but he was left stranded. Manuel Beltre - 2-4, 1 2B Daniel Guerra - 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (5), D-PIB (14) - 7/31 Box Score It was a really bad day down in the Dominican Republic for BJB. They coughed up 14 runs on only eight hits. How is that possible you might be wondering, well here's the answer, 20 walks! BJB pitchers gave up free pass, after free pass this game and the carousel kept turning. Down 14-0 in the top of the sixth, BJB finally got on the scoreboard. Elian Reyes singled home Juarlin Soto and the comeback was on. In the seventh inning, Angel Guzman added a run on a an RBI single and another run scored on Yeicer Crespo's gound out to third. Cristopher Polanco knocked in a run in the eighth with a single to center, but Reyes was thrown out at home trying to score as well. BJB also got a run in the ninth from Soto's sacrifice fly. It was a brutal loss, 14-5 for BJB. Elian Reyes: 4-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B Juan Ramirez: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 1 K D-BJB (6), D-WSX (7) F/7 - 8/1 Box Score BJB got their first run of the game in the top of the second inning, an RBI on Carlos Garcia's sacrifice fly, scoring Fabian Gonzalez. After relinquishing the lead, BJB cut into the WSX lead in the top of the fifth with an RBI double by Yeicer Crespo. In the top of the sixth, Garcia's single scored two and gave BJB the lead back by one. Later in the inning, Rafael Flores’ double scored one and extended the lead to two. Unfortunately for BJB, they had to play the seventh inning. After giving up a double, BJB's Enyer Dominguez hit two batters and was replaced by Jhon Rivas. With the bases loaded, Rivas walked the first batter, gave up a sacrifice fly to tie the game, and then threw a wild pitch to give WSX the walk-off win 7-6. Yeicer Crespo: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 2 B Geremy Barroso: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (2), D-GIB (3) - 7/31 Box Score The DSL Blue Jays Red team took on the San Francisco Giants Black team on Thursday. Alessandro Duran put GIB up one in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI single to center field. GIB would tack on one more run in third with a bases-loaded walk. In the fifth, BJR finally got things started when Pascual Archila knocked in Elaineiker Coronado and Kennew Blanco. In the sixth, a wild pitch would bring in a run for the GIB team and would be the difference in this game. BJR only had two hits in the nine inning game, but did manage to walk seven times. GIB won this one 3-2. Pascual Archila- 1-2, 0 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 2B Bryan Borbon- 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K D-BJR (3), D-MRN (0) - F/7 - 8/1 Box Score The DSL Blue Jays Red team squared off against the DSL Mariners team down on the island on Friday. In the first inning, Juan Sanchez got BJR started with a walk to begin the game. Then Elaineiker Coronado hit a single and later in the inning a run scored when MRN picked off the runner on first base. In the sixth, Nicolas Vergara doubled to left field, scoring Keegan Pieternella and Diego Arce giving BJR a three-run lead. In the seventh. Orlando Marcelin made quick work of the MRN team, sitting them down in order to get the two inning save. BJR won this one 3-0. Nicolas Vergara- 1-3, 0 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 2B Miguel Pantoja- 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Trey Yesavage (New Hampshire): 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K Hitter of the Period: SS Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire): 1-2, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 JoJo Parker N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Alan Roden TRADED 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 RJ Schreck Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Victor Arias New Hampshire 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 Jonatan Clase Buffalo 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 16 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 9 4 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Khal Stephen TRADED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Johnny King Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Kendry Rojas TRADED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 19 1 1 4 3 0 1 3 2 14 Juaron Watts-Brown TRADED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Adam Macko Buffalo 19 1 1 4 3 0 1 6 2 Transactions 08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Easton Lucas. 08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons transferred C Robert Brooks to the Development List. 08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons released LHP Amir Garrett. 08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed RHP Anders Tolhurst on the temporarily inactive list. 08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Lazaro Estrada. 08/01/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent C Alejandro Kirk on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons. 08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons released RHP Eric Pardinho. 08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons released RHP Jacob Barnes. 08/01/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Eric Pardinho from the 7-day injured list. 08/01/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Buffalo Bisons. 08/01/25 - RHP Hunter Gregory assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 08/01/25 - 3B Damiano Palmegiani assigned to Buffalo Bisons from Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/01/25 - OF Devonte Brown assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 08/01/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP David Hernandez from the 60-day injured list. 08/01/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays released OF Jaden Rudd. 08/01/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays released RHP Bennett Flynn. 08/01/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats released RHP Grayson Thurman. 07/31/25 - C Brandon Valenzuela roster status changed by Buffalo Bisons. 07/31/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LF Alan Roden. 07/31/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Justin Bruihl. 07/31/25 - RHP Edwin Francisco assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. 07/31/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red placed IF Endry Reyes on the 7-day injured list. 07/31/25 - RHP Edwin Francisco assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. 07/31/25 - LHP Mason Olson assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/31/25 - RHP Logan Hewitt retired. 07/31/25 - C Brandon Valenzuela assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 07/31/25 - Vancouver Canadians placed LHP Connor O'Halloran on the full-season injured list. 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CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 39-59 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 38-56 -Vancouver Canadians: 51-43 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 43-45 -FCL Blue Jays: 35-23 -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 16-22 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 19-19 Transactions 07/25/25 - Vancouver Canadians activated C Aaron Parker from the 7-day injured list. 07/24/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent CF Daulton Varsho on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons. 07/24/25 - LHP Joe Mantiply assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/24/25 - 3B Sam White assigned to FCL Blue Jays. 07/24/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred C Robert Brooks to the Development List. 07/24/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated SS Eddinson Paulino from the 7-day injured list. 07/24/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated RHP Geison Urbaez. 07/24/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats placed RHP Khal Stephen on the 7-day injured list. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (7), Columbus (1) - 7/24 Box Score Buffalo starting pitcher Adam Macko was very good in this game. From the start, he was baffling the Columbus hitters, as he went five innings, only allowing one hit, no runs, just walked two batters, and struck out five. Buffalo jumped out to a two run lead in the second inning, when Alan Roden pulled a line drive to right field for a two-run RBI double. In the top of the sixth, Yohendrick Pinango doubled the Buffalo lead with a two-run RBI as well. Pinango would later score on a wild pitch to bring the Bisons’ advantage to five. Alan Roden's ball in play in the top of the seventh resulted in an error that scored Josh Rivera to bring the lead to six. The lone Columbus run in the game came in the bottom of the eighth by way of a Kody Huff RBI double. In the top of the ninth, Riley Tirotta added another insurance run on a ground ball to center field. Buffalo would win this one pretty easy by a score of 7-1. Alan Roden- 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 2B, 1 SB Adam Macko- 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K Buffalo (10), Columbus (3) - 7/25 Box Score After a rain delay, Michael Stefanic and Buddy Kennedy hit doubles in the first inning, with Stefanic scoring to make it 1-0 Buffalo. In the second inning, Christian Bethancourt had an RBI groundout and then Daulton Varsho smacked a two-run home run. In the seventh, Buffalo had another big inning. Orelvis Martinez had an RBI groundout, an error scored a run, Ali Sánchez drove in another run with a single, Jonatan Clase walked bringing in a fourth run, and Stefanic singled to cap off the scoring for a five run inning. In the eighth, Sánchez doubled in the tenth run of the night for Buffalo. The big hit in the game for Columbus was a Milan Tolentino home run in the eighth inning, which scored two runs. The Bisons would go on to win this one easily though, as their pitchers were able to manage the trouble that giving up 11 hits caused. Buffalo won 10-3. Ali Sánchez- 3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 2B Easton Lucas- 3 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (3), Hartford (6) - 7/24 Box Score Kendry Rojas stepped on the mound Thursday evening with high hopes of repeating the stellar performance from his last start, it went sideways fast. Rojas started the game with a strikeout of Cole Carrigg, then came five straight hits. The highlight of the hit string was an RBI double by Bryant Betancourt, but they scored an additional two runs on two RBI singles as well. In the bottom of the second inning, Je'Von Ward knocked a single to right field, moving Eddinson Paulino to third base. A wild pitch would score Paulino, Gabriel Martinez doubled home Ward, and then scored on Alex De Jesus’ single to right. With the game all-squared at three headed into the third inning, Kendry Rojas again had some more trouble, coughing up a lead-off home run to Jared Thomas. It was again poor pitch placement for Rojas in the fourth, as Zach Kokoska got a hold of a pitch and sent it over the fence to right field for a solo home run. New Hampshire had a few more scoring opportunities in the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings, but they were snuffed out on a double play ball and then a strikeout to end the game. The Fisher Cats dropped the game 6-3. Gabriel Martinez: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B Nate Garkow: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K New Hampshire (7), Hartford (3) 7/25 Box Score New Hampshire was in for another tough matchup against Hartford on Friday night. The Fisher Cats had Juaron Watts-Brown going for them on the mound and Hartford countered with McCade Brown toeing the rubber. New Hampshire got on the scoreboard first, getting a lead-off walk from Jackson Hornung and then a two-run home run from Eddinson Paulino. In the bottom of the second, McCade Brown got touched up again. Dasan Brown was hit by a pitch, stole second base, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and then scored on a balk. Paulino crushed his second two-run home run of the game later in the inning, after Hornung reached via a hit by pitch as well. Hartford finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the third inning, with an RBI single from Juan Guerrero. Hornung would get that run back in the bottom of the sixth with a sacrifice fly, scoring Gabriel Martinez. Paulino then added to his monster game with an RBI single, bringing the New Hampshire lead to six. Despite the Fisher Cats bullpen coughing up two runs in the ninth, they took this game easily, 7-3. Eddinson Paulino: 4-5, 2 R, 5 RBI, 1 K, 2 HR Juaron Watts-Brown: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (4), Eugene (3) - Game 1 - 7/24 - F/11 Box Score In a back and forth game, the Canadians managed to hang on with a very depleted bullpen. The Canadians got to an early lead on a double steal from Arjun Nimmala and Cutter Coffey stealing home. Chris McElvain pitched a solid five innings, but gave up a run on a double play ball in the top of the fifth inning. The Emeralds got two more runs on a sac fly from Drew Cavanaugh and a homer from Jack Payton as the Canadians had to resort to a position player pitching in the recently promoted Peyton Powell. However, an Arjun Nimmala RBI-single and a Nick Goodwin RBI double tied the game up in the bottom of the ninth to send it to extras. Peyton Powell somehow went two scoreless innings after the ninth, and Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit a walk-off fielder’s choice to win it for the Canadians. Cutter Coffey - 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB Kai Peterson - 3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Vancouver (1), Eugene (5) - 7/24- Game 2 - F/7 Box Score Bo Bonds got the start as the Canadians attempted to do a bullpen game after their 11 inning battle earlier. Bonds pitched two scoreless innings, but Irv Carter gave up a run in the third on a single to Jonah Cox. In the bottom of the fourth, Nick Goodwin committed an error which resulted in a four unearned run inning for Carter. Goodwin got one run back with a ground rule double in the sixth inning, but no one else scored for the remainder of the game. Nick Goodwin - 2-3, 1 RBI, 2 2B Bo Bonds- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K Vancouver (5), Eugene (6) - 7/25 - F/10 Box Score The Canadians went back and forth with Eugene in this game, with them going down early with a Charlie Szykowny single against Jackson Wentworth scoring two runs. Carter Cunningham came back with a homer in the bottom of the second, and then Cutter Coffey helped the Canadians take the lead with a two-run homer. The Emeralds scored another two runs in the fourth inning against Wentworth off a Guillermo Williamson two-RBI single. They tacked on an insurance run in the seventh, but Cutter Coffey hit an RBI-double to bring it within one in the bottom of that same inning, and Bryce Arnold had his first Vancouver homer to tie it up in the bottom of the ninth. The Emeralds were able to score the ghost runner against JJ Sanchez who took his fifth loss and the Canadians couldn’t score the runner on second. Cutter Coffey - 3-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR Coffey had another two extra base hit night as he’s been showing off the power with the weather warming up. Jackson Wentworth 6 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Wentworth went six innings again, although he faced more traffic this time. This is his fourth time going six innings in the last month. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (0), Tampa (0) - 7/24 - Game Suspended after 5 Box Score Joe Mantiply made his debut for the Jays organization with a no-hit inning, and then Holden Wilkerson pitched three scoreless innings before the game was suspended. Dunedin (4), Tampa (3) - 7/25 - Continuation of Suspended Game from June 29th - F/11 Box Score The game resumed in the top of the 11th inning, with Jay Scheler pitching a scoreless top of the 11th after technically being taken out of the game earlier. Tucker Toman started off as the ghost runner, and Lizandro Rodriguez singled on a bunt attempt and Jean Joseph walked it off with a sac fly. Jay Schueler - 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K Alexis Hernandez - 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR Dunedin (2), Tampa (6) - 7/25 Box Score Landen Maroudis continues to have control issues, as he walked five batters with a hit-by-pitch in three innings and gave up three earned runs. The offense also sputtered along for the D-Jays, as the only two runs scored were on a pickoff attempt throwing error by Carlos Castillo that scored Manuel Beltre, and then an RBI groundout that same inning from Jean Joseph scored Kendry Chirinos. After two strong innings from Juanmi Vasquez, Gilberto Batista also continued his struggles, giving up three runs in two innings, as the Jays couldn’t muster up a fight to come back. Alexis Hernandez - 1-3, 1 BB, 1 2B Juanmi Vasquez - 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (4), F-PHI (1) - 7/24 Box Score In the last game of the FCL regular season for the Blue Jays team, the pitching really came through at the right time. Mason Olson almost ended up with a quality start, finishing at 5 2/3 innings, surrendering three hits, one earned run, walking two, and striking out seven. The bullpen pitched 3 1/3 innings and only gave up three hits and no runs. On the offensive side, the Blue Jays team took the lead in the fourth inning on a Brock Tibbitts single that brought in Aldo Gaxiola. In the fifth, David Beckles drove in Raimundo De Los Santos to add to the lead. The Phillies got their run in the sixth by a Isaias Dipre single. In the seventh, an RBI single from Yorman Licourt added a run and Dariel Ramon drove in a run via a ground-rule double in the eighth. The Blue Jays team would go on to win this one, 4-1. Raimundo De Los Santos- 2-5, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K Mason Olson- 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (7), D-CUB (8) F/10 - 7/24 Box Score BJB was in a tough matchup against CUB on Thursday morning. The BJB bats were shut down until the fifth, where they woke up and broke out for a monster inning. Already down 5-0, Elian Reyes got things started with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Franklin Rojas. Darwin Nuñez doubled home Yeicer Crespo, before Cristopher Polanco walked to load the bases up. Angel Guzman then tripled, clearing the bases and tying the game up at five, but BJB wasn't done yet. Rafael Flores capped off the inning with an RBI single, knocking in Guzman and giving BJB the one run lead. After coughing up the tying run in the next half inning, BJB got an RBI single in the top of the eighth from Flores to take back the lead. Unfortunately, BJB coughed up a late run to send the game into extra innings, where CUB loaded the bases. Enyer Dominguez would hit the CUB batter and the winning run crossed home plate, BJB fell 8-7 in 10 innings. Angel Guzman: 1-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 3 SB Edrwin Veras: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K D-BJB (7), D-CUR (6) - 7/25 Box Score BJB took on the Red team from the Chicago Cubs organization on Friday. In the top of the second inning, Cristopher Polanco cleared the bases with his three-RBI triple to right field. Angel Guzman followed it up with a sacrifice fly, scoring Polanco and giving BJB a big 4-0 lead early in the game. In the top of the third inning, Juarlin Soto added to the lead with a sacrifice fly of his own, scoring Franklin Rojas. Rojas would continue the offensive barrage with an RBI double in the top of the fourth. After coughing up two runs in the bottom half of the inning, BJB got one of those runs back in the fifth on an RBI single from Guzman. The BJB bullpen made it interesting, surrendering four more runs, but hanging on to a one-run lead late and taking this game 7-6. Angel Guzman: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 SB Angel Rivero: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (11), D-WSX (6) F/7 - 7/24 Box Score BJR is playing well on the backs of Juan Sanchez's breakout play. Thursday was no different, as Sanchez led the BJR offense with another monster day at the plate. Elaineiker Coronado got the scoring started for BJR in the bottom of the first inning with a single to left, scoring Sanchez. A couple of walks then loaded the bases up and Luis Felipe singled, scoring all three aided by an error. BJR scored another run on an error and then Endry Reyes singled home Keegan Pieternella to cap off a big six-run inning. In the bottom of the third, Pascual Archila knocked in two runs on his single. BJR added three more runs in the fourth on RBI doubles from Coronado and Kennew Blanco, and the last run on Diego Arce's single. BJR would cruise to an 11-6 win. Elaineiker Coronado: 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B Bryan Borbon: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K D-BJR (0), D-ANG (7) F/7 - 7/25 Box Score BJR had been having a hot stretch lately, fueled by Juan Sanchez's breakout and Elaineiker Coronado's stellar play. Unfortunately for BJR, their good fortunes turned bad and quickly on Friday against ANG. They only managed two hits, two walks, and a hit by pitch in the game. Both Pascual Archila and Randy Soto collected singles, while Archila and Campos drew the walks. On the pitching side, only Antony De Los Santos had a performance to write home about. He pitched 3.1 innings and didn't allow a run, while the rest of the pitchers combined to surrender seven runs on the day. BJR fell to ANG in a shutout, 7-0. Pascual Archila: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB Antony De Los Santos: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Juaron Watts-Brown (New Hampshire): 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Hitter of the Period: SS Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire): 4-8, 3 R, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 JoJo Parker N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Alan Roden Buffalo 6 2 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 10 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 11 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 RJ Schreck Buffalo 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 Victor Arias New Hampshire 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 Jonatan Clase Buffalo 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 3 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Khal Stephen New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Johnny King Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Kendry Rojas New Hampshire 21 1 1 4.1 9 2 5 0 7 8 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 17 1 1 3 4 0 3 5 1 14 Juaron Watts-Brown New Hampshire 23 1 1 7 3 0 1 1 6 15 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Adam Macko Buffalo 17 1 1 5 1 0 0 2 5 View full article

Arjun NimmalaTrey YesavageRicky TiedemannJoJo ParkerJohnny KingGage StaniferKendry RojasOrelvis MartinezKhal StephenYohendrick PinangoAlan RodenLanden MaroudisJosh KasevichJuaron Watts-BrownRJ SchreckBrandon BarrieraCharles McAdooJuan SanchezJake CookVictor Arias

Arjun NimmalaTrey YesavageRicky TiedemannJoJo ParkerJohnny KingGage StaniferKendry RojasOrelvis MartinezKhal StephenYohendrick PinangoAlan RodenLanden MaroudisJosh KasevichJuaron Watts-BrownRJ SchreckBrandon BarrieraCharles McAdooJuan SanchezJake CookVictor Arias

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 35-57 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 35-53 -Vancouver Canadians: 45-37 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 39-44 -FCL Blue Jays: 33-22 -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 15-19 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 16-18 Transactions 07/18/25 - Buffalo Bisons transferred RHP Bobby Milacki to the Development List. 07/18/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LF RJ Schreck from the 7-day injured list. 07/18/25 - OF Nicolas Vergara assigned to DSL Blue Jays Red from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 07/18/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent CF Daulton Varsho on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/18/25 - Buffalo Bisons sent RHP Eric Pardinho on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/18/25 - C Maykel Minoso assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/18/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred 1B Peyton Williams to the Development List. 07/18/25 - C Peyton Powell assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/18/25 - CF Victor Arias assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians. 07/18/25 - OF Sam Shaw assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/18/25 - C Edward Duran assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/17/25 - OF Nicolas Vergara assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. 07/17/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Paxton Schultz on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 07/17/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent CF Daulton Varsho on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 07/17/25 - LHP Giacomo Taschin assigned to FCL Blue Jays from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 07/16/25 - OF Wilmer Blanca assigned to DSL Blue Jays Red from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 07/15/25 - OF Wilmer Blanca assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. 07/15/25 - Buffalo Bisons sent LF RJ Schreck on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (3), Omaha (7) - 7/18 Box Score In the first game out of the All-Star break for the Buffalo Bisons, they kicked off their series against the Omaha Storm Chasers. It was much the same with the Bisons. Bad offense and even worse pitching. The Storm Chasers got to Buffalo starting pitcher Adam Macko right away. A lead-off double was followed up later in the inning by a Carter Jensen single, a Dairon Blanco triple, and a Joey Wiemer double to put the Storm Chasers up three in the first inning. In the top of the fourth, the Bisons fell down by another run on an RBI single from Diego Castillo. A wild pitch in the fifth brought the Bisons a run closer, then Ali Sánchez and Yohendrick Pinango added RBI doubles to make it a one-run game in the sixth. Unfortunately, an RBI single for the Storm Chasers and MJ Melendez's solo blast put the game out of reach, as the Bisons lost this one 7-3. Rainer Nunez- 2-3, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K Hunter Gregory- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (1), Binghamton (3) - 7/18 Box Score New Hampshire came out of the All-Star break with a series against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. It was a real tough test for the Fisher Cats, as Binghamton sent budding star prospect Jonah Tong to the mound and they countered with a stud of their own, Kendry Rojas. Rojas started off in a jam, giving up back-to-back singles to begin the game. A wild pitch from him would score a run and put New Hampshire in a hole quickly. After walking another batter, Rojas escaped the early predicament by striking out Jacob Reimer and Chris Suero. In the bottom half of the inning, the Fisher Cats tried to match Binghamton. Jackson Hornung led-off the game with a walk, Charles McAdoo singled him over to third and then stole second base, putting pressure on Tong. Ryan McCarty grounded out, scoring Hornung and tying the game up at one. Unfortunately for New Hampshire, Je’Von Ward struck out swinging to end their at-bat and scoring threat. From there, both pitchers settled in really well and started striking out hitters left and right. Tong left the game after 5.1 innings and struck out seven, while Rojas just went 4.2 innings and struck out eight. Binghamton added RBI singles in the sixth and seventh innings and New Hampshire didn't manage to get another run across home plate, as they fell 3-1. Jackson Hornung: 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K Kendry Rojas: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (4), Spokane (1) - 7/18 Box Score Edward Duran got hit first start for the Vancouver Canadians as he just got promoted, and he helped Chris McElvain pitch a strong first four innings of no-run ball. McElvain struck out five batters as he’s slowly been very effective since coming back from injury. Brye Arnold was the main RBI-guy for the Canadians, as the Hamilton native knocked in two out of four of the runs scored by the Canadians. Johan Simon has been excellent since he was promoted, and he continued that with three strong innings, allowing only one hit. Bryce Arnold - 1-3, 2 RBI Johan Simon - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (4), Tampa (3) - 7/18 Box Score The D-Jays return after a break and after quite a few of their best players getting promoted to Vancouver, the Jays end up winning anyways. It was a team effort, as all but Braden Barry got on base at least one time. Landen Maroudis continues to struggle with his velocity and command, walking six batters in two and one-third innings pitched, but only allowing one run.The Jays went down after a throwing error from Pardinho in the fifth inning, and a wild pitch by Jay Scheler made it a two run lead. Jacob Loejwski hit a homer to tie it up after Yhoangel Aponte got on base, and then JR Freethy hit the game winning homer immediately after. Jacob Lojewski - 1-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Jay Schueler - 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 H, 1 K FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (4), F-YAN (0) - 7/15 Box Score Sann Omosako shined for the Blue Jays squad in this one. He shut down the Yankees team for five innings, while giving up just three hits, zero walks, zero runs, and striking out two batters. The bats weren't doing much for either side, but Aldo Gaxiola drove in a run in the fourth inning via an RBI single to left field. In the sixth, the Blue Jays added two runs on a catcher's interference and a ground ball single to center from Dariel Ramon. In the seventh, they put up their fourth run of the game on a balk. The Blue Jays team won this game 4-0 in a shutout. RJ Schreck- 1-3, 2 R, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K Sann Omosako- 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K F-BLU (3), F-YAN (0) - 7/17 Box Score In the Thursday game, the Blue Jays team faced off against the Yankees squad again and it was almost a carbon copy of their previous game. The Blue Jays had the same amount of hits and the Yankees equaled their hit total as well. It was a pitcher’s duel for six innings, then Andres Arias stole second base and he ended up scoring due to an error from the catcher and center fielder on the play. In the seventh, Yorman Licourt added a run for the Blue Jays on a sacrifice fly and David Beckles put them up three with an RBI single. The Blue Jays would win this 3-0. Andres Arias- 1-1, 1 R, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K Mason Olson- 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K F-BLU (5), F-YAN (3) - 7/18 Box Score The Phillies team took the lead in this one when Isaias Dipre singled home a run in the fourth inning and it was followed by Adrian Garcia driving in two more. In the sixth inning, David Beckles cut the deficit to two runs by driving in a run on a single himself. In the seventh, Drew Jemison brought the Blue Jays team within one, with another RBI single. In the ninth, two singles and a walk loaded the bases for Beckles, who cleared the bases with a line drive double to left field. Lluveres Severino would come on to pitch for the Blue Jays in the bottom of the ninth and he set the Phillies team down, 1, 2, and 3 to finish the game. The Blue Jays team won the game 5-3. David Beckles- 3-4, 0 R, 4 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 2B Troy Guthrie- 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (5), D-ANG (3) F/7 - 7/15 Box Score While much of the minor leagues was off for the All-Star break, baseball continued to be played down on the island. BJB faced off against ANG in a fun matchup. BJB was the first on the scoreboard, notching two runs in the second inning. One scored when J.T. Bain was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Esmeiquel Arrieche grounded out, scoring another. In the fourth inning, BJB added a run on a blast to left field from Wilmer Blanca, his first home run of the season. In the sixth, Bain singled to left field, scoring Juarlin Soto, but Blanca was thrown out at home on the play to end the inning. BJB coughed up two runs in the bottom half of the inning on a groundout and an error by Soto. They got one of those runs back in the top of the seventh, when Yeicer Crespo singled to left and scored Arrieche. In the bottom of the seventh, ANG got a run on an RBI double, but that was all they would get, as BJB won the game 5-3. Wilmer Blanca: 1-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Jose Andrades: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K D-BJB (0), D-GIB (3) F/7 - 7/17 Box Score Thursday was a really tough day for BJB down on the island. They only managed three hits, one walk, and two hit by pitches all game. With the runners few and very far between, BJB struggled to get on the scoreboard and in fact failed to do so. It was, however, a good day for their pitchers, despite the loss. Deiker Pineda and Edrwin Veras combined to throw nine innings and did not give up an earned run. All three runs that came across home plate were all unearned. BJB lost the game 3-0. Cristopher Polanco: 1-3 Deiker Pineda: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K D-BJB (12), D-TWI (9) - 7/18 Box Score The game Friday morning for BJB was a massive offensive outburst, they scored three runs in four separate innings. A bases-loaded balk kicked off the scoring for BJB, as Elian Reyes came in to score. Yeicer Crespo capped off the scoring in the fifth with a two-RBI double that scored Cristopher Polanco and Franklin Rojas. In the sixth, J.T. Bain doubled home Esmeiquel Arrieche, Daniel Dominguez scored on a wild pitch, and Polanco grounded out with Bain scoring the third run of the inning. The seventh saw two runs scored on a throwing error and another cross home plate on Reyes’ single. In the eighth, Crespo singled home a run and two more scored on Arrieche's double to left field. BJB needed all of those 12 runs, as their pitching was lit up just as much, surrendering nine runs to TWI, but they managed to win 12-9. Yeicer Crespo: 2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B Angel Rivero: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (3), D-NAT (0) - 7/15 Box Score In a low scoring game, BJR struck first in the bottom of the third inning. Juan Sanchez got an infield single, stole second base, then moved over to third on Elaineiker Coronado's ground out. The next batter, Kennew Blanco, singled home Sanchez to give BJR the 1-0 lead, but was thrown out stealing second base and ended the scoring threat. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Randy Soto came across home plate to score a run on a wild pitch. Later in the inning, Juan Sanchez got an RBI single, scoring Pascual Archila and adding to the BJR lead. The three runs was more than enough for BJR, as their pitchers shut out the bats from the NAT team which led to a 3-0 win. Juan Sanchez: 4-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, SB Roberto Castellanos: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K D-BJR (7), D-MEO (2) F/7 - 7/16 Box Score The only game in the entire organization on Wednesday took place in the DSL, with BJR completing a suspended game against MEO. One of the Mets’ good young players, Elian Peña, had homered in the first inning. Juan Sanchez actually matched him as well with his first home run of the season back on June 16th before the stoppage. Up 5-2 when the game resumed, BJR added two runs in the bottom of the sixth on Randy Soto's single. That's where the game would stand as BJR got the final out in the top of the seventh on a ground out to shortstop, they won this one 7-2. Juan Sanchez: 1-2, 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Bryan Borbon: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K D-BJR (4), D-ANG (5) - 7/17 Box Score BJR did most of their damage in this game in the third inning and in fact on one swing of the bat. Renyel Campos and Juan Sanchez got on base via singles, then Kennew Blanco walked to load the bases. Randy Soto came to the plate and with one swing cleared the bases on a triple to center field. Pascual Archila added a run from his double to right field in the top of the sixth inning, scoring Soto. BJR took the 4-0 lead into the bottom of the ninth, where the bullpen imploded in epic fashion. Aided by an error from Elaineiker Coronado, BJR coughed up four runs, but they weren't done. ANG would walk it off on a wild pitch, giving BJR the 5-4 loss. Randy Soto: 2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 2B 1 3B Miguel Pantoja: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K D-BJR (5), D-MEB (4) - 7/18 Box Score Down 3-0 in the bottom of the second inning, BJR had a big offensive outburst as well to match MEB. Two walks and a single loaded the bases up for Juan Sanchez, who smacked a single to drive in Pascual Archila from third base. Two batters later, Kennew Blanco would come up with a big hit himself, singling and scoring two more runs for BJR. With the game all tied up at three, Keegan Pieternella grounded out, scoring Archila and giving BJR the lead by one. In the bottom of the eighth with the game tied, Nicolas Vergara came up to bat and had his biggest hit of the season, not just in distance, but also in importance. He blasted a ball over the right field fence for his first home run of the year and would also provide BJR the winning run, as they won the game 5-4. Nicolas Vergara: 1-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Erinyel Marquez: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: LHP Kendry Rojas: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Hitter of the Period: SS Juan Sanchez (DSL Blue Jays Red): 8-15, 5 R, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 SB Prospect Summary (Last 4 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 Alan Roden Buffalo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich FCL Jays 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 14 Jonatan Clase Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 RJ Schreck Buffalo 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 19 Sam Shaw Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Victor Arias New Hampshire 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 2 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Khal Stephen New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Johnny King Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Kendry Rojas New Hampshire 18 1 1 4.2 4 0 1 1 8 9 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 14 1 1 2.1 1 0 1 6 4 10 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Juaron Watts-Brown New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Adam Macko Buffalo 20 1 1 4 6 0 4 2 2 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

After a whirlwind ride Sunday night for the first three rounds of the MLB Draft, Day 2 started off with a ton of talent still on the board and dreams ready to be made for those select few that hear their names called. The Toronto Blue Jays made two picks on Day 1: Jojo Parker and Jake Cook. A shortstop and centerfielder, furthering the draft philosophy of new Blue Jays Director of Amateur Scouting Marc Tramuta. He loves large bodied pitchers that fill up the strike zone and up-the-middle, athletic position players. Day 2 of the draft encompassed Rounds 4-20 and was fast-paced, pure chaos at times, so let's take a look at all of the players the Toronto Blue Jays drafted and what their future might hold. Micah Bucknam, 110th Overall Pick, P, 21, Dallas Baptist Michah Bucknam played two seasons in college for Louisiana State University and then one at Dallas Baptist, after transferring following his sophomore season. This was in fact the second time the Toronto Blue Jays selected him, the first being back in 2022, as a 16th-round pick. Originally born in Nelson, New Zealand, he played high school baseball in British Columbia and is an “adopted Canadian.” The Blue Jays really loved his makeup, enough so they drafted him twice. In his lone season at Dallas Baptist, he pitched 62.1 innings, striking out 80 (29.4%), walking 25 (9.2%), and carried a 4.62 ERA. MLB Pipeline is high on his secondary pitches, but lower on his fastball, giving the fastball a 50-grade, as it sits 92-96 mph with not the best shape or bat-missing ability. His slider gets a big grade of 65, a mid-to-high 80s pitch that can leak into the 90s. His curveball did not get as big of a grade, 60, but is almost as effective. They point out that better command of his fastball and changeup are the keys to him sticking as a starting pitcher. Tim Piasentin, 143 Overall Pick, 3B, 18, Foothills Composite (AB) Tim Piasentin is another Canadian product and the Toronto Blue Jays started off Day 2 with a theme: draft home grown players. He played his high school ball in Alberta and is someone with big raw power from the left side, as well as an ability to hit velocity. A move to 1B could be in his future; he has the arm to stick at third base, but his fielding is less than desirable right now. His future is in his bat, which is currently power over hit. Scouts have been mixed on his hit tool, as the swing and miss issues are present, but it is undetermined as to how prevalent they will be. Eric Snow, 172nd Overall Pick, SS, 21, Auburn Eric Snow played three seasons in college, two at South Florida and his junior year at the University of Auburn. In his junior season he played 57 games, had a slash line of .307/.403/.493, hit eight home runs, and 14 doubles. His plate discipline was really good with a 9.9% walk rate and a 10.3% strikeout rate. He made a lot of contact and showed a little pop in his bat. At 5-foot-8 and only 188 pounds he does not have much more to build out on his frame and will be more contact over power in his career. He played a utility infielder role for Auburn in 2025 and that may in fact be his future outlook at the big league level. Baseball America has him with fringe arm strength, which may limit him to second base, but expect him to play all over early in his professional career. Dylan Watts, 202nd Overall Pick, P, 20, Auburn Dylan Watts is coming to the Toronto Blue Jays organization from Auburn as well. He played in two seasons there and pitched almost exclusively out of the bullpen, 32 games with five starts. His college production is downright ugly, over a seven ERA in both years and strikeout rates south of 23%. It wasn't all negative for him, as he walked very few batters, around 4% and 8% for both seasons. Watts is a relief pitcher through and through; expect him to work on improving his pitches at the lower levels for a while. He is a project and almost assuredly a pick to save money to spend on other picks if he were to sign. Danny Thompson Jr., 232nd Overall Pick, P, 22, UNC Greensboro Danny Thompson Jr. is another true relief pitcher. He played five years in college, three at North Carolina Wesleyan and two at UNC Greensboro. He did average almost three innings an appearance in 2025, so he could conceivably be stretched out as a starter, but the bullpen is undoubtedly in his future. He has a knack for strikeouts, ending this season with a 33% strikeout rate. He did walk batters more than you'd like, sitting at a 9% walk rate. He can be a little wild at times, as seen with his six hit by pitches and four wild pitches. This is another cost-saving pick to help with signing other draft selections. He will be another project and needs to work hard in the lower minors to improve upon his skillset. Karson Ligon, 262nd Overall Pick, P, 22, Mississipi State Karson Ligon is another college draft pick, having played two seasons at the University of Miami and then two at Mississippi State. He was a starter for three of the four years in college ball and in 2025 started all 15 games he appeared in. Reports have come out that he has touched 100 mph with his fastball, but sits in the upper 90s. He features a changeup that is borderline plus and with refinement will be a huge weapon for him opposite the big fastball. His arsenal led to a 27.9% strikeout rate in the SEC this season and a respectable 11.1% walk rate. Ligon is an older prospect and could move quickly through the minor leagues if he can hit the ground running and not be wild with his command. Regardless of his initial placement, the upper minors is where he will need to be to amply test himself and hopefully succeed well enough to help the big league club within a couple of seasons. Austin Smith, 292nd Overall Pick, OF, 22, San Diego Austin Smith continued the Toronto Blue Jays theme of drafting heavily from the college ranks. In 2025, he slashed .353/.412/.528 at the University of San Diego. Despite his high contact skills, he only hit six home runs, but had 18 doubles. He is mostly a gap-to-gap doubles hitter, unless the Blue Jays can get him to tap into more of his raw power. Expect Smith to be a longer developmental project unless his contact abilities shine through in the lower minor leagues at the start of his career. Jared Spencer, 322nd Overall Pick, P, 22, Texas Our Jamie Cameron's draft analysis has Jared Spencer looking like a great pick for the Toronto Blue Jays. A left handed pitcher out of the University of Texas, he can get the fastball up to the upper 90s, and has a nice looking changeup. Cameron had this to say about Spencer prior to the draft: “Spencer is an Indiana State transfer who is a 2025 senior. Although he’ll be 22 on draft day, he caught plenty of attention this season with some tweaks to his arsenal and his stuff taking a step forward for the Longhorns. It’s a good frame for a starter although there’s a lot of effort in the delivery for me. His fastball will sit in the mid-90s, although he’s run it up to 97-98 mph in shorter stints or when he’s revved up. There’s a firm, upper 80s bullet slider that plenty of teams will value, in addition to a changeup he added this spring. He finished his 2025 season with 52.1 IP, a 3.89 FIP, a 29.3 K%, and a 10.2 BB%. Spencer was dealt a major blow, missing the culmination of the 2025 season after shoulder surgery in late April.” Spencer should be on a similar path as Austin Smith, he can be a fast mover if he hits the ground running, or have to grind it out if he doesn't. Blaine Bullard, 322nd Overall Pick, OF, 18, Klein Cain High School The Toronto Blue Jays dipped back into the high school ranks with Blaine Bullard. He has good speed and a great frame to work on filling it out and adding power. Jamie Cameron wrote: “Bullard is a prep outfielder out of Houston, currently committed to Texas A&M. He'll be on the older side of the prep class on draft day and is a prospect with a fairly wide range of rankings entering the end of the draft cycle. The switch hitting outfielder is a great athlete with good projection at 6'2, 190. There's plenty of quickness and twitch in his frame and swing. Offensively, it's a gap-to-gap approach with strong bat-to-ball skills and an ability to use the entire field to his advantage. There's some strong supplementary tools, too. Bullard has plus speed, making him a threat on the base paths in addition to helping him cover plenty of ground in the outfield. While he might be a tough sign given his commitment, there's 4 tools here that profile as average or better.” If Toronto can pry Bullard away from Texas it will be a huge boost to the farm system, as his upside is pretty rosy at such a young age. Trace Baker, 382nd Overall Pick, P, 21, UNC Wilmington Trace Baker played two seasons at UNC Wilmington, where he was predominantly a relief pitcher. 39 of his 41 appearances came out of the bullpen. In 2025, he rocked a 2.24 ERA, a 25% strikeout rate, and a 7% walk rate. Last year, his arsenal consisted of three pitches, a fastball in the mid 90s, a slider in the low 80s, and a mid 80s changeup. Expect Baker to stick as a relief pitcher unless the Blue Jays have some crazy idea of converting him to a starter. Noah Palmese, 412th Overall Pick, P, 21, Webber International University Noah Palmese is an off-the-radar pick, but reported pitch metrics on him look very promising. As of last year, he had a low-to-mid 90s fastball with 20 inches of iVB, a sinker in the low 90s, along with a slider and a splitter in the 80s. He might be a longer term project, but don't be shocked if the Blue Jays unlock some serious skills in his arm. Jake Casey, 442nd Overall Pick, OF, 22, Kent State Jake Casey is yet another four year college player and despite him playing against lower competition, he has some good looking tools. He showed above average pop in the bat, hitting 17 home runs in 2025. He slashed a robust .356/.500/.736 and had an OPS of 1.236. He even stole 20 bases during his last season in college, making him a potential all-around threat and complete player. Casey will have to show that his talents play up against tougher competition, so expect him to start off in the lowest level of the minor leagues and then he will dictate his future with how well or not as well he does against more formidable opponents. Jaxson West, 472nd Overall Pick, C, 21, Florida State Jaxson West played three seasons at Florida State and didn't really show any high-end tools. If he does sign, expect him to not be much more than organizational catching depth. The Blue Jays will really have to work to improve his power (2 home runs in 2025), speed (3 stolen bases in 2025), and bat skills (.236/.370/.311 in 2025). Jordan Rich, 502nd Overall Pick, OF, 18, American Heritage HS (FL) Jordan Rich was a dual threat in high school, launching seven home runs and swiping 38 bags his senior year. That type of power and speed combination has been largely lacking from a Toronto Blue Jays system, and more importantly from their outfield prospects. Will Cresswell, 532nd Overall Pick, C, 21, Washington State Will Cresswell is a four year college player out of Washington State University. There he was hampered by bad batting averages and low on-base rates until this season, when he really got locked in. He hit .329/.404/.523, with five home runs. It is another pick in this draft that kind of draws some double takes, but if the improvements stick, he could make for a very solid minor league catcher who will work to move up one level at a time in the minor leagues. Luke Kovach, 562nd Overall Pick, P, 22, Cal Poly (CA) With their next to last selection in the draft, the Toronto Blue Jays went with Luke Kovach, a pitcher who played at Cal Poly. He is a skinny lefty on the mound who doesn't have a big fastball. He struck out 17 hitters in 8.1 innings in 2025 though, so there is some strikeout potential, especially if the fastball can improve. Ty Peeples, 592nd Overall Pick, OF, 18, Franklin County HS (GA) To cap off the draft, the Toronto Blue Jays ended up selecting their fifth player out of high school. Ty Peeples has a good projectable frame and some noteworthy in-game power already. Perfect Game has him listed with a 94th percentile exit velocity for the 2025 class. He has some serious pop in his bat and a good approach for his age. He would be a great signing, but a commitment to play for the University of Georgia may make it difficult to get him to pro ball. What do you think of the Blue Jays' Day Two haul? Let us know in the comments! View full article

The 2025 MLB Draft kicked off on Sunday night, and the curveballs were being slung around often. All of the mock drafts and speculation were over; it was finally time to etch names into stone and for the players of the future to find out what fate awaited them. The Toronto Blue Jays began the night with only two picks on Sunday (Rounds 1-3), 8 and 81. They lost their second-round pick because of their offseason signing of Anthony Santander. The Athletic had a great piece that spoke about new Blue Jays Director of Amateur Scouting Marc Tramuta's draft philosophy and tendencies in relation to the 2025 draft. The overarching theme was up the middle, athletic position players and big, imposing pitchers that fill up the strike zone. Let's break down the picks and see who the Blue Jays selected and what they have to offer their farm system and, hopefully, one day, the major league team. JoJo Parker, 8th Overall Pick, SS, 18, Purvis HS (MS), 6’2”, 200 lbs, L/R JoJo Parker comes to the draft out of Purvis High School in Mississippi. He had a dominant season with the bat and on the mound. He provided plenty of power (13 home runs) and speed on the basepaths (30 stolen bases), showing his potential dual-threat abilities. His ability to hit is also very good, with a batting average of .489 on the year. On the mound, he pitched 55.2 innings and struck out 89 hitters, but his future is in the batter's box and not toeing the rubber. MLB Pipeline has given Parker a hit grade of 60, a power grade of 55, a run grade of 50, a 55 grade on his arm, and a 50 fielding grade. The power should continue to improve as he continues to fill out and add more muscle. He has a real chance to develop into a 20-30 home run hitter, while hitting for a solid average. It sounds like he might have a move to third base in his future, but the Toronto Blue Jays will give him every opportunity to stick at shortstop. Parker will enter the Blue Jays organization with massive upside and expectations for him. He will need to maintain his plate discipline from high school if he is going to be able to reach those lofty heights. Some scouts think he will end up as a two-hole hitter with above-average to potentially plus power. Jake Cook, 81st Overall Pick, OF, 22, Southern Mississippi, 6’3”, 185 lbs, L/L Jake Cook is the second draft pick of the night for the Toronto Blue Jays. He comes to the Blue Jays organization out of college at the University of Southern Mississippi. His calling card is his speed, double-plus by some reports and possibly the fastest player in the draft. Despite his speed, however, he did not utilize that talent on the basepaths at Southern Mississippi, with only six stolen bases in 64 career games. What he did well was his plate discipline and, more specifically, making contact. He had a 6.7% strikeout rate in his final season, adding to it a 10.9% walk rate. He slashed .350/.436/.905, while adding three home runs, three triples, and 13 doubles. MLB Pipeline gives Cook only a 30 grade for power, a 55 grade for hit tool, and an 80 grade for speed. He has a slap-hitter's approach and puts the ball on the ground a lot. He stands 6-foot-3, but only 185 pounds, giving him a lot of room to add muscle and fill out. At 22 years old, it remains to be seen how much he will be able to add. His speed should give him a great opportunity to stick at center field. Cook will need to work a lot on his base-stealing acumen. It's his best tool and the one that will ultimately decide how far he will be able to get in his career. His speed and defense will give him a solid floor as a fourth outfielder, while his hit tool will be the deciding factor as to what his ceiling will be. An MLB regular center fielder, stealing 50 or more bags, and hitting .250 would be great, but there is a ton of development needed to reach those lofty aspirations. How do you think the Blue Jays fared on Day One of the draft? Let us know in the comments! View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 35-54 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 34-51 -Vancouver Canadians: 48-36 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 38-43 -FCL Blue Jays: 28-22 -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 13-15 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 12-16 Transactions 07/11/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Bobby Milacki. 07/11/25 - Toronto Blue Jays selected the contract of RHP Tommy Nance from Buffalo Bisons. 07/11/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated RF Je'Von Ward from the 7-day injured list. 07/10/25 - Buffalo Bisons transferred RHP Bobby Milacki to the Development List. 07/10/25 - 1B Buddy Kennedy assigned to Buffalo Bisons. 07/10/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Amir Garrett from the 60-day injured list. 07/10/25 - Buffalo Bisons sent LHP Easton Lucas on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 07/10/25 - RHP Juan Ramirez assigned to DSL Blue Jays Red from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 07/10/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays sent C Brock Tibbitts on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (7), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (11) - 7/10 Box Score The Bisons put together a string of base runners in the first inning of this game. Michael Stefanic was hit by a pitch, Jonatan Clase moved him to third with a double, and Alan Roden drove him in with a sacrifice fly to give Buffalo the early lead. In the bottom of the inning, the RailRiders tied the game with a sacrifice fly of their own. In the third, Buffalo put up a four spot, when Roden had an RBI groundout, Buddy Kennedy followed with an RBI fielder's choice, and then Yohendrick Pinango blasted a two-run home run. The RailRiders again responded immediately with two runs on an RBI double and RBI single. In the fourth inning, two more runs were added for the RailRiders via RBI singles. The Bisons took the lead in the seventh on Riley Tirotta's RBI groundout. Unfortunately, the RailRiders responded quickly once more, this time with six runs on two more RBI singles and two errors from the Bisons. Tirotta added a late RBI double for Buffalo, but they would go on to lose big, 11-7. Michael Stefanic- 3-4, 2 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K Amir Garrett- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Buffalo (1), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (10) - 7/11 Box Score The Friday contest between the two teams was a slugfest, for just the RailRiders. They scored often against the Buffalo starting pitcher Adam Kloffenstein. In the third inning, it was a three-run home run from T.J. Rumfield that did the damage. Then in the fourth, an error resulted in a run, then an RBI single, and the inning was capped off with a Spencer Jones three-run blast. In the sixth, two more RBI singles would put the RailRiders up 10 runs. The lone run on the day for Buffalo came from a Yohendrick Pinango sacrifice fly in the seventh. Buffalo only managed to have three hits in the game, while giving up 13 to the RailRiders on their way to losing this one 10-1. Rainer Nunez- 2-3, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K Mason Fluharty- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (0), Somerset (1) - 7/10 Box Score Thursday's game between New Hampshire and Somerset was a breakout game for Fisher Cats starting pitcher Kendry Rojas. In just his second start at Double-A, Rojas made one of the statements of the year via his performance on the field. A statement saying “Don't forget about me!” He struck out two batters in the bottom of the first inning and one each in the second and third. From there, it was strikeout after strikeout for Rojas, six in a row to be precise. He wrapped up his day, throwing five innings, giving up only two hits, zero walks, and striking out an eye-popping 10 batters. The New Hampshire bats couldn't take advantage of the position Rojas put them in though, only managing one hit of their own in that span. Nate Garkow came into the game for Rojas and pitched just as well, keeping the game scoreless through seven innings. However, Somerset would break the tie in the bottom of the eighth inning when George Lombard Jr. smacked an RBI single to center field. New Hampshire got two men on in the ninth, but their rally fell short, as Alex De Jesus flew out to right to end the game, the Fisher Cats fell 1-0 in another pitcher's duel. Jackson Hornung: 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 2B Kendry Rojas: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K New Hampshire (3), Somerset (5) 7/11 Box Score Friday night's game against Somerset started off very poorly for New Hampshire. It was not just one strikeout in the first inning, or two, not even three, but four strikeouts. Charles McAdoo reached first base on a dropped third strike and throwing error by Somerset's catcher, allowing for the rare feat. In the bottom of the second inning, Juaron Watts-Brown got into a self-inflicted jam, losing the strike zone and walking the first three batters of the inning. After getting two outs without allowing a run to score, he lost the plate again and walked Max Burt, allowing the first run of the game to score. Pat Gallagher came in for Watts-Brown and walked the first batter he faced, before striking out Rafael Flores to get out of the inning with New Hampshire down 2-0. In the top of the fourth, the Fisher Cats evened up the game on the backs of a Robert Brooks RBI double and an Alex De Jesus RBI single. Brendan Jones got the lead back for Somerset with an RBI single of his own in the bottom half of the inning. Two solo home runs from Somerset's Dylan Jasso and Cam Edwn would extend the lead to three, 5-2. Gabriel Martinez cut into the deficit in the top of the eighth with an RBI single, but New Hampshire couldn't get any more runs and fell 5-3. Gabriel Martinez: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB Pat Gallagher: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (6), Hillsboro (1) - 7/10 Box Score Vancouver put together a complete game against the Hops, as the pitching kept the Hops to only one run, as Fernando Perez pitched five strong scoreless innings. Daniel Eagen outdueled Perez to a tune of six no-hit innings with six strikeouts, but once Victor Morales came in for him, the Canadians struck, with Eddie Micheletti Jr. driving in Cutter Coffey on a sac fly. Cutter Coffey was the RBI man in the next inning, knocking in Victor Arias with a single, and Irv Carter pitched three scoreless innings himself right after Perez was taken out. The Hops bullpen continued to struggle, with them walking the bases loaded and then walking two more batters to make it 4-0 Canadians. Cutter Coffey then hit double number 19 on the season to score two more runs, and Javen Coleman allowed one run to score before finishing off the game. Cutter Coffey - 3-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B Since May, Coffey has hit .289, with 15 doubles and three home runs for a 117 wRC+, walking 11.4% of the time and striking out 23.7% of the time. Fernando Perez - 5 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Perez continues his excellent summer, dropping his season ERA to 3.73 now. The Nicaraguan refuses to walk anybody and by being in the zone so often is able to generate some strikeouts. Vancouver (4), Hillsboro (3) - 7/11 Box Score Khal Stephen took the bump again and dominated, showcasing that he’s way too good for High-A. The 22-year old righty allowed the first run to score after a ground-rule double into another double, but then allowed no other runs in the rest of his six innings pitched. Sean Keys turned that lead into a tie game with a swing of the bat, going opposite field the half-inning after, and then with two runners on Carter Cunningham hit himself a three-run homer in the top of the sixth to make it 4-1 for the Canadians. Johan Simon made his Canadians debut and earned a three-inning save, allowing two runs (one unearned), while striking out two, and walking one. Sean Keys - 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Keys joined the double-digit homer club for the Canadians, hitting a solo shot to tie the game up. Khal Stephen- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (6), Palm Beach (9) - 7/10 Box Score Colby Holcombe had one of his worst starts as a professional, allowing five runs in the first inning and putting the D-Jays down early. Eliander Alcalde was also uncharacteristicly run-prone, as he allowed three more runs in two innings of work as the Jays struggled to get anyone out. After eight unanswered runs from the Cardinals, the Jays began to chip at the lead, with JR Freethy getting an RBI-single in the top of the fifth. Sammy Hernandez hit a bomb to make it an eight run lead again, but the Jays scored three runs in the top of the sixth, and Alexis Hernandez hit his fourth homer of the year to make it 6-9 for Palm Beach, but the D-Jays could not complete the comeback. JR Freethy - 4-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB Freethy got on base all five times he stepped up to the plate and has picked up where he left off before hitting the injured list near the start of the season. Jack Esheleman - 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Dunedin (5), Palm Beach (3) - 7/11 - F/6 Box Score It was a noon game for the D-Jays, and Holden Wilkerson made his Low-A debut. The Jays got up early on Leonel Sequera, scoring three runs in the second on a pair of singles, but the Cardinals rallied back a bit with two runs in the bottom of the third. Edward Duran made the lead a bit bigger with a single in the fifth, and that same inning Tucker Toman had an RBI-groundout to make it 5-2. The Cardinals scored one more run on Bennett Flynn before the game was called due to the rain. Edward Duran - 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI Holden Wilkerson - 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 4 K Wilkerson made his Low-A debut after a strong start in the FCL. FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (3), F-PHI (1) - 7/10 - Game 1 Box Score This matchup between the Blue Jays and Phillies squads kicked off in the second inning, continuing a suspended game from last week. Dariel Ramon singled in the third inning and was driven in for the first run of the game by a David Beckles single. In the fifth, a Jose Familia single would tie the game at one for the Phillies team. In the bottom of the sixth, Beckles singled, Yorman Licourt singled, and then Enmanuel Bonilla drove in a run with a single as well. With the one run lead, Aldo Gaxiola drove a double to left field, scoring Beckles who had singled again earlier in the eighth inning. The Blue Jays team would win this one 3-1. David Beckles- 3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, Brandon Barriera- 2 IP, 0 BB, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K F-BLU (1), F-PHI (2) - F/7 - 7/10 - Game 2 Box Score In the second game of the day versus the Phillies team, the Blue Jays would take the early deficit when they surrendered an RBI double to Cesar Mujica in the second inning. The Blue Jays would tie it in the third, when Brock Tibbitts drove in a run on an infield single to the shortstop. In the fourth, the Phillies took the lead on an RBI single by Lou Albrecht. The Blue Jays team would struggle to put together hits and base runners the rest of the game, as they lost this game 2-1. Brock Tibbitts- 3-3, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 2B Brett Garcia- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K F-BLU (3), F-PHI (9) - 7/11 Box Score In another game versus the Phillies squad, the Blue Jays team started behind on the scoreboard again. Francisco Loretto smashed a home run in the first inning, a two-run shot. Andres Arias and Juan Rosas tied the game up at two for the Blue Jays team with RBI singles in the second inning. It was quiet until the sixth, when Loretto launched his second home run of the game and Jaeden Calderon had an RBI single putting the Phillies team up two. In the seventh, the Phillies team added five runs on a walk with the bases loaded, an error, and three wild pitches bringing in runs. The Blue Jays team would add one more run via an Enmanuel Bonilla single, but it wasn't enough as they would lose the game 9-3. David Beckles- 3-5, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K Pedro Tucent- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (9), D-CLG (5) - 7/10 Box Score The BJB team got their swings back on track against CLG on Thursday morning down on the island. Already trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the third inning, BJB got an RBI single from Franklin Rojas to score Cristopher Polanco and a sacrifice fly from Juarlin Soto to score Rafael Flores. In the fifth, Polanco scored on a wild pitch to tie the game up at three a piece. In the sixth, J.T. Bain singled home Yeicer Crespo to tie it up at four. In the bottom of the seventh Esmeiquel Arrieche drew a bases-loaded walk to add a run and Crespo had a two-RBI single to left field to give BJB the lead 7-5. Later in the inning, Polanco added a two-RBI single of his own to increase the lead, Daniel Dominguez would get thrown out at third base on the play, ending the big rally. BJB held on from there, winning this one 9-5. Cristopher Polanco: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB Deiker Pineda: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K D-BJB (5), D-PIG (3) - 7/11 Box Score Friday's game saw BJB get on the scoreboard first, when Rafael Flores blasted a ball over the left field wall for his second home run of the season, this one a solo shot. Down 2-1 in the top of the seventh, Daniel Dominguez decided to see how far he could hit a ball, smacking his second home run of the season as well, tying it up at two. Later in the inning, Cristopher Polanco scored on a wild pitch to give BJB the lead. After PIG tied the game back up in the bottom half of the inning, Polanco singled home Carlos Garcia in the eighth. Esmeiquel Arrieche added a run on a sacrifice fly in the ninth, as BJB won the game 5-3. Rafael Flores: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Angel Rivero: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB 5 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (8), D-PHR (3) - 7/10 Box Score It was a hit parade on Thursday morning for BJR, as they tallied 15 base knocks in their game against PHR. The top of the first was the big inning for BJR, Kennew Blanco started it off with an RBI single, scoring Juan Sanchez. It was then followed up by a fielder's choice that scored Elaineiker Coronado. After a Pascual Archila single, Nestor Urbina tripled home Randy Soto and Archila. Nicolas Vergara capped off the scoring with an RBI single that gave BJR the early 5-0 lead. In the sixth, Blanco added another run on an RBI single to right field. BJR wasn't done though, in the ninth Urbina continued his monster day at the plate with an RBI double and then scored later in the inning on a double play ball. BJR coasted to a 8-3 win. Nestor Urbina: 5-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B Bryan Borbon: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K D-BJR (1), D-GIO (4) - 7/11 Box Score BJR did not have near the amount of success as they did in Thursday's game. In fact, the scoring for BJR was non-existent until the ninth. They had a good opportunity in the fourth, getting a lead-off double by Randy Soto and a walk by Pascual Archila. They had two men on and no outs, but Nestor Urbina would strikeout and Luis Felipe grounded into a double play. In the fifth, BJR had runners on second and third and only one out, but Elaineiker Coronado popped up to third base and Kennew Blanco flew out to center, ending the scoring threat. Down 4-0 in the bottom of the ninth, BJR got the bases loaded on three singles, then Keegan Pieternella singled home Archila, cutting the lead to three. Juan Sanchez then came to the plate to be a hero, failing in that endeavor, when he grounded out to third base to end the game, BJR fell 4-1. Pascual Archila: 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B Miguel Pantoja: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: LHP Kendry Rojas (New Hampshire) - 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K Hitter of the Period: 2B Nestor Urbina (DSL Blue Jays Red) - 5-9, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 K, 1 2B, 1 3B Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 Alan Roden Buffalo 9 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 8 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jonatan Clase Buffalo 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 RJ Schreck Buffalo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 19 Sam Shaw Dunedin 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 Victor Arias Vancouver 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 2 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Khal Stephen Vancouver 20 1 1 6 3 0 1 0 5 7 Johnny King Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Kendry Rojas Dunedin 17 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 10 9 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Juaron Watts-Brown New Hampshire 9 1 1 1.2 0 0 2 4 1 16 Adam Macko Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

CURRENT W-L Records Buffalo Bisons: 35-49 New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 33-47 Vancouver Canadians: 44-35 Dunedin Blue Jays: 37-39 FCL Blue Jays: 27-17 DSL Blue Jays Blue: 10-14 DSL Blue Jays Red: 11-13 Transactions 07/04/25 Buffalo Bisons placed LHP Trenton Wallace on the 7-day injured list. 07/04/25 Devereaux Harrison assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 07/04/25 Toronto Blue Jays optioned LHP Justin Bruihl to Buffalo Bisons. 07/04/25 Toronto Blue Jays selected the contract of RHP Lazaro Estrada from Buffalo Bisons. 07/04/25 New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated C Robert Brooks. 07/04/25 Devereaux Harrison assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 07/03/25 FCL Blue Jays activated 2B Edrick Felix from the 7-day injured list. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (8), Rochester (14) - 7/3 Box Score It was a wild game Thursday between Buffalo and Rochester, and the balls were flying out of the park. In the top of the first inning, Rochester got to Buffalo starting pitcher CJ Van Eyk in a big way. They scored five runs, all with two outs, on three singles, a walk, and a three-run blast from Jackson Cluff. Rochester took a six-run lead in the second inning, this time on a José Tena RBI double. Buffalo finally saw their bats come alive in the bottom of the second inning though. Will Robertson launched a two-run shot to center field and then Orelvis Martinez hit a mammoth majestic blast to center field as well, going back-to-back with Robertson. Michael Stefanic would single in a run, and then Riley Tirotta hit his ninth home run of the season, a three-run shot to put Buffalo up two. Unfortunately for the Bisons, that was where their runs on the scoreboard ended. Rochester went on to score eight unanswered runs, the biggest being a Nick Schnell three-run homer in the eighth. Buffalo would lose this one 14-8. Riley Tirotta - 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 SB Ryan Jennings - 1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K Buffalo (9), Rochester (6) - 7/4 Box Score Friday's game between Buffalo and Rochester started off fast for the Bisons. They got a double in the top of the first by Stefanic, who was then cashed in on an RBI single from Robertson to center field. Rochester finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning when they put up four runs. The damage was done by two RBI doubles, an RBI single, and a sacrifice fly. In the top of the fifth, Buffalo answered by way of a Phil Clarke double to right field and Stefanic driving in a run on a single. Tena's RBI double in the bottom of the fifth and an RBI groundout would put Rochester up three. In the sixth, Buffalo came roaring back with a big inning. They added five runs to their total, starting with a Yohendrick Pinango single to drive in Robertson. After an RBI single and RBI double, Joey Loperfido would cap off the scoring with an RBI double of his own. In the top of the ninth, Tirotta cashed in an insurance run on an RBI single to right field. Hayden Juenger would complete his second inning of the game for a six-out save, and Buffalo won, 9-6. Michael Stefanic - 2-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B Hayden Juenger - 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, K Buffalo (5), Rochester (8) - 7/5 Box Score The Saturday game of the week-long matchup between Buffalo and Rochester was a back-and-forth affair that turned sloppy for the Bisons. Buffalo took the lead by one in the first inning on a Stefanic home run. In the second inning, a single with an error from Tirotta resulted in two runs for Rochester. Alan Roden got the run back in the top of the third with an RBI single, but Schnell homered in the Rochester frame to give them the lead. In the fourth and fifth, Buffalo got solo shots from Josh Rivera and Martinez. It was the second game in a row that Martinez homered in. Tena homered in the fifth for Rochester, and Ali Sánchez doubled in a run for the Bisons in the seventh. Tena tied the game for Rochester with a double in the seventh and then Buffalo surrendered another run on an error to give them the lead. To finish off the scoring, Yohandy Morales drove in two runs in the eighth, handing Buffalo the 8-5 defeat. Orelvis Martinez - 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Adam Kloffenstein - 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (5), Portland (11) - 7/3 Box Score Thursday's game with Portland saw the Fisher Cats bring their walking shoes to the ballpark in their quest to get a win. In the bottom of the second inning, Portland's Brooks Brannon got them on the scoreboard with a solo shot to center. They added to their lead in the third with an RBI groundout. In the bottom half of the inning, Charles McAdoo continued to show improvements, launching his seventh home run of the season (and his third in the last seven games). It was a two-run shot, scoring Jace Bohrofen who had reached via a walk. After giving up a sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth, New Hampshire got one of their own from Ryan McCarty to tie it back up in the bottom half of the inning. They took the lead a few pitches later when Devonte Brown scored on a wild pitch. Another sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth for Portland tied the game back up at four, before a throwing error in the bottom of the sixth allowed Dasan Brown to score. A single by Portland's Mikey Romero tied the game back up in the seventh, as the teams continued to trade shots back and forth. New Hampshire finally took control of the game in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI double from Peyton Williams and a sacrifice fly from Cade Doughty. Rafael Sanchez came in and shut the doors on Portland, giving New Hampshire the 7-5 victory on the backs of eight walks and just six hits. Charles McAdoo: 1-4, 0 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR Ryan Watson: 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K New Hampshire (1), Portland (7) - 7/4 Box Score Fourth of July baseball for New Hampshire was a special one for starting pitcher Kendry Rojas, who was making his Double-A debut. He was up against a big challenge, as Tanner Houck and Payton Tolle were the scheduled pitchers for Portland. Rojas breezed relatively easily through the first four innings, racking up four strikeouts along the way. Unfortunately, he unraveled quickly in the fifth, surrendering a two-RBI single to Mikey Romero and getting chased from the game with a runner on first base. Alex Amalfi came into the game for Rojas and didn't fare too much better, coughing up another two-RBI single to Allan Castro. In the seventh, Portland added an RBI single and in the eighth, Romero launched a two-run home run. New Hampshire went into the ninth down 7-0. Williams prevented the shutout, crushing his eighth home run of the season to center, a solo shot. The Fisher Cats fell without much of a fight 7-1. Peyton Williams: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR Kendry Rojas: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K New Hampshire (4), Portland (2) - 7/5 Box Score Saturday night was a game that New Hampshire showed a lot of fight in. They jumped out to a lead in the top of the second inning with a double from Charles McAdoo, who scored later in the inning on Cade Doughty's single. Masataka Yoshida tied the game up in the bottom of the third with an RBI single of his own. Things stood all square until the bottom of the seventh, when Yoshida again had an RBI single to give the lead to Portland. Brown smacked a home run in the eighth to tie things back up late in the game. McAdoo then continued his torrid month by taking a first-pitch low and in over the left field fence for his eighth home run of the season. Two batters later, Doughty matched him by squaring up a low-and-in pitch as well for his second home run of the year. New Hampshire would win this one 4-2 on the back of three unanswered solo home runs. Charles McAdoo: 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 1 2B Juaron Watts-Brown: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (6), Everett (5) - F/10 - 7/3 Box Score Chris McElvain faced off against Ashton Izzi in the third game of the series, and both pitchers went scoreless for the first two innings of the game. Things changed in the bottom of the third inning, as Izzi walked three batters to load the bases, and then Arjun Nimmala started off the scoring with a two-run single. Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit one of his own to make it a three-run inning for the Canadians. McElvain immediately gave up two runs in the fourth, as he gave up a hit to Josh Caron, and Tai Peete homered off McElvain. He got one more out before getting replaced by Kai Peterson. Victor Arias got those two runs back in the inning after, with a two-run homer himself after Bryce Arnold hit a single. An error from Nick Goodwin into a wild pitch from Peterson allowed a run to score after Caron hit a single, which dropped the lead to two. After Aaron Munson pitched three scoreless innings, the Canadians turned to Chay Yeager in the ninth inning, but he allowed a run on two hits, and then a throwing error by Cutter Coffey allowed the runner on second to score. Yeager however didn’t allow a runner to score in the 10th inning, and Ben Hernandez walked Micheletti and hit Aaron Parker to load the bases. Jay Harry was the hero and singled to walk it off! Victor Arias - 2-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR Arias hit a triple in his past two games, and this time he hit a homer. He now has the same number of triples as homers on the season. Arias has always had strong exit velocities, but if he begins to lift the ball, he can turn that into extra-base hits. Aaron Munson - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Munson continued a strong June with his longest outing this season, only allowing one hit in three scoreless innings. Vancouver (9), Everett (2) - 7/4 Box Score After a tight one, Vancouver dominated against the AquaSox in this game. Fernando Perez took the bump and uncharacteristically walked four batters but still pitched 4.2 innings of two-run ball, allowing a homer to Charlie Pagliarini, which scored two runs. Micheletti tied the game up with a homer of his own the next inning. In the top of the fifth, the Canadians kept the runs coming. After Harry singled, Goodwin hit a double, and then Hayden Gilliland hit his second double of the season to score Harry and Goodwin. Perez could not finish the bottom of the fifth after loading the bases, and Edinson Batista replaced him and struck out Colt Emerson to end the inning. Gilliland continued an excellent game with his first professional homer in the seventh, and the hits kept coming. Arias hit a single, then Sean Keys hit one as well, and a run scored after a fielding error by Curtis Washington Jr. Coffey scored Keys on a double, and then Micheletti had his second extra-base hit of the night with a double to score Coffey. Parker had a single of his own to make it a five-run inning for the Canadians, which put the game out of reach for good. Eddie Micheletti Jr. - 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR Micheletti has been on a tear since June, as the hot weather has led to a bunch of extra-base hits. He’s now tied for the organization lead in homers. Fernando Perez - 4.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K Vancouver (3), Everett (0) - 7/5 Box Score This was a duel between two former teammates, as Jays second-rounder Khal Stephen faced off against the ace of Mississippi State and first-round pick for the Mariners Jurrangelo Cijntje. The switch-pitcher struggled early against the Canadians, as Nimmala hit an RBI double in the first inning after Keys was hit by a pitch. Cijntje then gave up another two runs in the third inning, with Arias hitting a single, and then Coffey hit his sixth homer of the season to give the Canadians a three-run lead. Cjintje was chased in the fifth inning after he walked Coffey, and Nimmala and Micheletti loaded the bases with singles of their own, but the Canadians could not score against Allan Saathoff. The bullpens for both teams kept the game scoreless after that, as Javen Coleman and Yondrei Rojas combined to give up one hit for the Canadians in three scoreless innings, which led to a Canadians victory to end the series. Cutter Coffey - 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Khal Stephen - 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Stephen once again showcased his dominance, showing that he’s been the better pitcher so far this season than his former teammate and ace of the Mississippi State Bulldogs. He lowered his High-A ERA to 1.49 and continued to show excellent command. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (), Lakeland () - 7/3 PPD Dunedin (0), Lakeland (4) - 7/4 Box Score The Dunedin Blue Jays were shut out for the second game in a row as they only mustered two hits on the night, and walked three times. Colby Holcombe started for the D-Jays but gave up seven hits and two walks which resulted in three runs scored, with Ricardo Hurtado hitting an RBI double in the second and Garrett Pennington and Cristian Santana both getting RBI singles in the third. The other pitchers were good for the D-Jays, as Amir Garrett had a strong second rehab appearance, striking out two batters in 1.1 innings of work, and Daniel Guerra allowed only one unearned run and struck out five in three innings. Yet, with no runs scored on the Jays' end, there wasn't much the arms could do. Sam Shaw - 2-4, 1 2B, 1 SB Daniel Guerra - 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 5 K Dunedin (), Lakeland () - 7/5 PPD FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (0), F-PHI (0) - 7/3 Suspended Box Score Brandon Barriera got through two clean innings in this one. He only walked one batter and struck out three. The game was suspended in the bottom of the second inning, with a Braden Barry single for the Blue Jays' squad being the only hit for either team. F-BLU (10), F-TIG (4) - 7/4 Box Score The fireworks were on full display early in the day for this game between the Blue Jays' team and the Tigers' squad. The Blue Jays got the scoring started with a balked-in run in the second inning. Then in the third, Yorman Licourt hit his sixth home run of the season, putting the Blue Jays' team up three. An RBI single for the Tigers' team brought the lead down to two, but then another home run for the Blue Jays' team saw it bounce back to three. In the fifth, two more home runs were launched by the Blue Jays' team, this time coming from Aldo Gaxiola and Enmanuel Bonilla. Up 8-1 in the fifth, the Blue Jays' team would go on to win by nine. Enmanuel Bonilla - 3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Troy Guthrie - 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K F-BLU (10), F-TIG (4) - 7/5 Box Score The Saturday matchup between the Blue Jays' and Tigers' teams was a lot less eventful, with only four hits for the Blue Jays. Two doubles in the fourth and fifth innings brought in three runs for the Tigers. After a double by Licourt and a single from David Beckles for the Blue Jays in the sixth, a wild pitch scored Licourt. That would be all the scoring the Blue Jays could get in this one and they would lose 3-1. Yorman Licourt - 1-3, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 2B Luis Quinones - 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (7), D-WSX (1) F/7 - 7/3 Box Score Angel Guzman started the game off right for BJB, hitting his second home run of the season in the first inning. Franklin Rojas added to their lead with a double in the third inning, and Juarlin Soto added two more on his double, scoring Rojas and Darwin Núñez. Guzman capped off his big day with an RBI triple in the sixth inning. Deiker Pineda had himself a day on the mound, going five innings with his only blemish being an RBI groundout in the fifth. BJB won the game easily 7-1. Angel Guzman: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 3B Deiker Pineda: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K D-BJB (6), D-PIB (2) - 7/4 Box Score Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth, BJB finally got on the scoreboard. Esmeiquel Arrieche scored on a throwing error by PIB's catcher and Rafael Flores scored on a wild pitch. BJB added four more runs in the bottom of the seventh; Cristopher Polanco and Núñez each drew bases-loaded walks, Rojas scored on another wild pitch, and Polanco came in on a passed ball. The runs were enough, as Angel Rivero had his best start of the season, going four innings, allowing one run on two hits, and striking out eight. BJB would win this one 6-2 without recording any RBI hits. Esmeiquel Arrieche: 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB Angel Rivero: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K D-BJB (3), D-BJR (4) F/7 - 7/5 Box Score Saturday saw both of the Blue Jays' DSL teams face each other in a seven-inning contest. BJR powered their way to be the first on the scoreboard, while Juan Sanchez hit his fourth home run of the season to left field. BJR added to their lead in the second with a two-RBI double off the bat of Renyel Campos. BJB cut the lead to two in the top of the third inning with an RBI single from Guzman. BJR got that run back when Elaineiker Coronado scored on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the inning. Guzman would again cut the lead to two with an RBI single in the top of the fifth. In the seventh, BJB was down two and needed to put something together for the comeback. They had two batters get hit by pitches, and then Polanco walked to load the bases with only one out. Núñez then grounded out to second base, scoring Rojas. Soto came to the plate to be the hero, but went down looking at strike three. BJR won this matchup of the Blue Jays, 4-3. Angel Guzman: 2-3, 1 RBI Geremy Barroso : 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (3), D-PIB (5) - 7/3 Box Score BJR loaded the bases up in the bottom of the second inning, and then Coronado singled home two of them. In the fourth, it was again Coronado who had the big hit, a single that would score Sanchez from first base, while he was thrown out trying to go for second base. A two-RBI single would extend the lead to two for PIB. They would then add another run late on an RBI, as they defeated BJR by a score of 5-3. Elaineiker Coronado: 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K Bryan Borbon: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K D-BJR (8), D-ARR (15) - 7/4 Box Score BJR got this high-scoring game started off in the top of the second inning, Nestor Urbina doubled home Pascual Archila and then stole third base, scoring on a throwing error by the catcher. Coronado singled in Luis Felipe and was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double, ending the inning. Down 10-3 in the top of the fifth, Urbina added to his monster day, launching his first home run of the season, scoring Campos. In the sixth, Campos got in on the fun with his first home run of the season, a two-run shot as well. BJR just had nothing going for them on the pitching side, coughing up 15 runs on 12 hits, as BJR fell 15-8. Nestor Urbina: 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 2B Carlos Almonte: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 D-BJR (4), D-BJB (3) F/7 - 7/5 Box Score Saturday saw both of the Blue Jays' DSL teams face each other in a seven-inning contest. BJR powered their way to be the first on the scoreboard, while Sanchez hit his fourth home run of the season to left field. BJR added to their lead in the second with a two-RBI double off the bat of Campos. BJB cut the lead to two in the top of the third inning with an RBI single from Guzman. BJR got that run back when Coronado scored on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the inning. Guzman would again cut the lead to two with an RBI single in the top of the fifth. In the seventh, BJB was down two and needed to put something together for the comeback. They had two batters get hit by pitches, and then Polanco walked to load the bases with only one out. Núñez then grounded out to second base, scoring Rojas. Soto came to the plate to be the hero, but went down looking at strike three. BJR won this matchup of the Blue Jays, 4-3. Juan Sanchez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR Edgar Gallegos: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period Pitcher of the Period: RHP Khal Stephen (Vancouver) - 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Hitter of the Period: 1B/3B Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - 4-11, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 K, 2 HR, 1 2B Prospect Summary (Last 3 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 10 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 5 Alan Roden Buffalo 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 9 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jonatan Clase Buffalo 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 17 RJ Schreck Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Sam Shaw Dunedin 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 20 Victor Arias Vancouver 15 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 2 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Khal Stephen Vancouver 20 1 1 6 2 0 0 1 6 7 Johnny King FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Kendry Rojas Dunedin 19 1 1 4.2 4 0 3 1 5 9 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Juaron Watts-Brown New Hampshire 21 1 1 5 4 0 1 2 6 16 Adam Macko Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 30-47 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 30-43 -Vancouver Canadians: 39-32 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 36-36 -FCL Blue Jays: 24-16 -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 7-11 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 8-10 Transactions 06/27/25 - DSL Blue Jays Blue placed LHP Ire Martinez on the 7-day injured list retroactive to June 26. 06/27/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red placed RHP Raduan Perez on the 7-day injured list retroactive to June 26. 06/27/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red placed LHP Danny Martinez on the 7-day injured list retroactive to June 26. 06/26/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Hayden Juenger from the 7-day injured list. 06/26/25 - Buffalo Bisons transferred RHP Bobby Milacki to the Development List. 06/26/25 - RHP Gabriel Brito assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. 06/26/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Yimi García on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (8), Lehigh Valley (12) - 6/26 Box Score The Buffalo Bisons were slow to get things going in this game, however, Lehigh Valley was not. Three singles, a double, and a triple got things started on the scoreboard for the IronPigs. Up 4-0, they weren't done though, as they put up another four spot in the top of the third inning on five singles, a hit-by-pitch, and a walk. The trouble for the Bisons didn't end there, unfortunately, Lehigh Valley again added three more runs in the top of the fourth inning. This time it came on a three-run home run off the bat of Garrett Stubbs. The Bisons wouldn't go easily into the night, they started chipping away at the lead. Will Robertson homered in the bottom of the fourth and Will Wagner blasted a home run of his own in the fifth, both solo shots. In the sixth, the IronPigs added a run on a sacrifice fly. Buffalo would add four to cut the deficit in their half of the sixth on three bases-loaded walks and an RBI single from Michael Stefanic. To make things interesting, Riley Tirotta drove in two runs on an RBI single in the seventh. That is where the scoring stopped for Buffalo, as they would go on to lose this one 12-8. Will Robertson- 3-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 2B Hayden Juenger- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K Buffalo (3), Lehigh Valley (8) - 6/27 Box Score In the Friday night contest between Buffalo and Lehigh Valley, pitching was the key factor and the Bisons were at a disadvantage. Andrew Painter, the Phillies top prospect, was on the mound and he did what he normally does. He made easy work of the Bisons for much of the game. He went 4.2 innings, gave up five hits, and just two runs. Conversely, CJ Van Eyk was the Buffalo starting pitcher and he threw the same 4.2 innings, but he surrendered seven hits, two walks, and seven earned runs. In a 7-1 game, Joey Loperfido singled in a run during the bottom of the fifth for the Bisons. Justin Crawford added the run back for Lehigh Valley on a sacrifice fly. Michael Stefanic would add an RBI single to center field in the ninth, but the Buffalo Bisons lost this one 8-3. Josh Rivera- 3-4, 2 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, Tommy Nance- 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (1), Hartford (2) - 6/26 Box Score It was another tough matchup for the New Hampshire bats on Thursday evening against Hartford. McCade Brown would toe the rubber for the Yard Goats and he has been a top tier strikeout artist on the season. New Hampshire's newest bat, Jackson Hornung, ended his first at-bat of the game in the first inning by squaring up a hanging slider and crushing it over the left field fence for a solo home run. Benny Montgomery tied things up in the bottom half with an RBI single back to New Hampshire's pitcher, Grant Rogers. A sacrifice fly from Bryant Betancourt in the bottom of the third inning gave Hartford the lead. Brown held the Fisher Cats in check for the rest of his day, going five strong innings. In the sixth, New Hampshire had something going with Eddinson Paulino ending up at third base following a double and advancing on an error. Unfortunately, the hot bat of Hornung could not cash him in, as he ended the inning with a strikeout. New Hampshire went quietly into the night from there, dropping the game 2-1 to Hartford. Jackson Hornung: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR Grant Rogers: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K New Hampshire (1), Hartford (3) - 6/27 Box Score The Friday night game in the series against Hartford was another rough one for New Hampshire. Ryan McCarty got a first inning double, but was stranded there when Peyton Williams grounded out to third base to end the threat. Ryan Watson, who was on the mound for New Hampshire, breezed through the bottom of the first, before running into trouble in the second inning. A walk, single, and a hit-by-pitch loaded up the bases and another hit-by-pitch brought in the first run of the game for Hartford. A ground out would bring in the second run of the inning, with Watson getting another ground out to escape the jam, giving up only two runs. New Hampshire had a good rally going in the sixth, led by Jackson Hornung's and McCarty's singles. Eddinson Paulino grounded into a double play to end the Fisher Cats’ hopes of a big inning, but Hornung did score on the play, cutting Hartford's lead to 2-1. Kyle Karros hit his third home run of the season in the bottom of the seventh, extending the Yard Goats’ lead to two. New Hampshire never got anything else going and fell 3-1. Ryan Watson: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Ryan McCarty: 2-4, 1 2B Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (), Tri-City () - 6/26 PPD Vancouver (2), Tri-City (3) - 6/27 Box Score Chris McElvain took the bump for the Canadians, who had one of his best starts of the season going four scoreless innings. Carter Cunningham was the only run producer for the Canadians, giving the early lead with a sac fly. Julio Ortiz gave up the lead back in the fifth inning, allowing an RBI-single to Alexander Ramirez. Carter Cunningham took the lead back with a solo homer, but then after Irv Carter pitched three scoreless innings, Yondrei Rojas blew his first save in the ninth to Adrian Palencia who hit a two-RBI double. Irv Carter - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Carter Cunningham - 2-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (3), Bradenton (2) - 6/26, completed 6/27 - Final/7 Box Score Yimi Garcia pitched a dominant inning in his last rehab appearance in Low-A before the game had to be postponed due to rain. He allowed an unearned run on a throwing error, but a couple of homers from Lizandro Rodriguez and Edward Duran had the Jays up 3-1. Alexis Hernandez had a good game with two hits, including the first run for the Jays. Jay Schueler earned a save despite allowing allowed a run, and the Jays ended up pulling it out. Rojas was sitting 95-96 with his fastball and touched 97. The lefty should be making his way up to New Hampshire after showing dominant stuff in his rehab outings. It looks like he made another velocity jump this season after starting off on the IL with a mid-section injury. Kendry Rojas - 5 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 9 K Edward Duran - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 H Dunedin (0), Bradenton (5) - 6/27 Box Score The Jays got blanked in the second game of the double-header. Eliander Alcalde went four strong innings but gave up a solo shot in the first to give Bradenton the lead for good. The bullpen for Dunedin gave up four runs, with Eminen Flores striking out three batters in two innings but losing control of the zone. Bennett Flynn had to deal with some shaky defense which resulted in an unearned run scoring in addition to an earned run. Kendry Chirinos - 1-2, 1 BB, 1 2B Eliander Alcalde - 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (4), F-TIG (2) - 6/26 Box Score The Tigers squad took the lead by one to start this game, in the third inning, on a Maikol Orozco RBI single. He scored via a Junior Tilien double to give them a two-run lead. In the bottom of the third inning, Enmanuel Bonilla drove in a run for the Blue Jays team. It was quiet until the fifth, when David Beckles drove in J.R. Freethy, who had tripled. Then Yorman Licourt hit his fifth home run of the season to put the Blue Jays team up 4-2. Diego Dominguez would pitch two innings to finish the game for a save and a Blue Jays win. Yorman Licourt- 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Diego Dominguez- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K F-BLU (4), F-TIG (3) - 6/27 Box Score The Blue Jays team took the lead 1-0, in the top of the first inning in the rematch between the two teams on Friday. Yorman Licourt hit an RBI single. In the bottom of the first, a rehabbing Brandon Barriera had command issues again, walking three. He also committed an error on a pickoff allowing a run to score and gave up a sacrifice fly. He would only get one out on the day before hitting his pitch limit. In the seventh, the Blue Jays team scored on an error and a single to tie the game. They would take the lead in the eighth, when Drew Jemison was hit by a pitch with the bases-loaded. The Blue Jays would go on to win this one 4-3. Raimundo De Los Santos- 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K, Troy Guthrie- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (0), D-PIB (8) F/7 - 6/26 Box Score It was a really bad day down on the island for BJB. Facing the Pirates Black team, BJB committed four errors and struck out 10 times in the seven inning game. They only managed to scrape together two hits in the game, a double from J.T. Bain and a single from Yeicer Crespo. BJB was routed in a forgettable game 8-0. J.T. Bain: 1-2, 1 K, 1 2B Cesar Cerezo: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K D-BJB (8), D-CUR (9) F/11 - 6/27 Box Score Friday saw a much improved BJB team, at least with the bats. Down 3-0 in the bottom of the first, BJB got two runs on the scoreboard from a ground out by Juarlin Soto and a wild pitch that scored Angel Guzman. In the second inning, Rafael Flores singled home Daniel Dominguez and Franklin Rojas added a single that scored Esmeiquel Arrieche, while Flores was thrown out at home on the play. In the third, Carlos Garcia reached first base on a single and then advanced through the bases and scored aided by three consecutive wild pitches. BJB got a run in the sixth on an RBI groundout, taking the lead 6-5. After exchanging runs late, the game headed to extra innings tied at seven. In the eleventh, CUR scored the ghost runner and one more, while BJB couldn't score any and fell 9-8. Rafael Flores: 2-6, 1 R, 1 RBI Edrwin Veras: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (6), D-NYY (1) F/7 - 6/26 Box Score BJR took on the New York Yankees DSL team Thursday morning. After falling behind 1-0, BJR tied it up in the bottom of the second inning when Nestor Urbina scored on a wild pitch. Urbina would give BJR the lead in the bottom of the fourth with a sacrifice fly that scored Nicolas Vergara. In the sixth, BJR added three more runs when Urbina doubled home Diego Arce, Juan Sanchez doubled him in, and Kennew Blanco hit a sacrifice fly. BJR took this game easily 6-1. Nestor Urbina: 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B Marcelino Theodore: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K D-BJR (5), D-ARR (12) - 6/27 Box Score BJR had a special day at the plate, but their pitching could not match the bats. BJR walked 14 times in the game, but only added six hits. In the top of the fourth, Luis Felipe grounded out, scoring Randy Soto. In the top of the seventh, a bases-loaded walk scored a run, followed by a wild pitch that added another. Juan Sanchez folded those up by launching his second home run of the season to left field, scoring two. ARR didn't stop scoring though, they managed to put up five runs in the bottom half of the inning and cruised to a 12-5 win. Juan Sanchez: 3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR Daniel De La Cruz: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: LHP Kendry Rojas (Dunedin) - 5 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 9 K Hitter of the Period: 3B Michael Stefanic (Buffalo) - 4-9, 2 RBI, 2 K, Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 Alan Roden MLB 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jonatan Clase MLB 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 RJ Schreck Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Sam Shaw Dunedin 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 Victor Arias Vancouver 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 2 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Khal Stephen Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Johnny King Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Kendry Rojas Dunedin 15 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 9 9 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Juaron Watts-Brown New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Adam Macko Buffalo 19 1 1 2.2 9 0 8 2 1 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 4 1 1 0.1 0 0 2 3 0 View full article