Brian Labude

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (June 11-12) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets): 3-1 Season Record: 31-36 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goat (Colorado Rockies): 1-3 Season Record: 30-29 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 3-1 Season Record: 26-35 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins): 2-2 Season Record: 27-34 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 0-2 Season Record: 20-9 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-4 Season Record: 3-6 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 2-2 Season Record: 2-7 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 31-36 Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets) June 11: On Thursday, Shane Bieber made another rehab start for the Buffalo Bisons, and it was by far his best to date. He would make it through the fifth innings without giving up a run and put Buffalo in a great position to earn a win against Syracuse. While the outing didn't result in Bieber allowing a run, each inning did seem to get worse for him. In the first inning, Bieber was flawless, getting the Mets in order, 1-2-3. In the second, he allowed a single, but pitched around it. The next inning, he gave up a lead-off double, followed by a single. Je'Von Ward picked up his pitcher though, throwing out the runner at home and keeping the Mets off of the scoreboard. In the fourth, Bieber saw the Mets get a single and a stolen base, then Buffalo got the runner out on a fielder’s choice, before getting out of the inning. In his last inning, Bieber was again working around trouble, allowing a walk and a double, but getting a ground out to strand the runners at second and third base. The Buffalo bats were doing much less work than Syracuse's were, as they also put up a zero on the scoreboard by the end of the top of the fifth, but with much fewer threats. In the bottom half of the inning, Carlos Mendoza finally broke the scoring drought from both teams. He launched his third home run of the season, a two-run blast to left field that brought home Ryan McCarty, who had walked. Later in the inning, Jonatan Clase doubled home Sean Keys, who had reached on a single to center. Buffalo closed the game out with 2.1 scoreless innings from Chad Dallas. The Bisons won 3-1 and stopped the slide they have been on, which saw their record plummet to 30-36 following the win. June 12: Josh Fleming was on the mound Friday, and he had what was possibly the best start of any pitcher this season for Buffalo. He dominated the Syracuse Mets lineup for six innings; his only blemishes in the game were two singles in the third inning, which resulted in one run. Outside of those two hits, he was perfect on the day and even struck out eight batters. Despite his near perfection on the mound, he handed the ball to the bullpen with a no-decision. Je'Von Ward singled home Jonatan Clase in the bottom of the fourth. Sean Keys gave Buffalo the lead in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI double. Eloy Jiménez added to the lead by following Keys with an RBI single on a line drive to left. Carlos Mendoza added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth with a sacrifice fly that scored William Simoneit. Buffalo turned to Brendon Little for the ninth, and he rewarded them with a 1-2-3 inning to earn the save and secure the win for, 4-1, for Buffalo. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 30-29 Series vs Hartford Yard Goat (Colorado Rockies) June 11: Jake Bloss got the start for New Hampshire as he continued working his way through the minor leagues on his rehab assignment. Hartford got to him quickly with Dylan Jorge hitting a double, and then he swiped third base, finishing off his trip around the bases with a steal of home. In the bottom of the second inning, a walk and a two-run home run from Zach Kokoska put Hartford up three. In the fifth, Roc Riggio doubled to give Hartford a four-run lead. New Hampshire finally got on the scoreboard in the seventh, when Victor Arias led off the inning with a monster line drive home run. He was quickly followed by Aaron Parker, who launched his sixth home run of the season to put the Fisher Cats down two. An RBI groundout later in the inning made the deficit just one. In the ninth, Cole Messina drove in a run on an error by Jorge Burgos. New Hampshire would go on to lose 5-3. June 12: In the Friday night game between New Hampshire and Hartford, the Fisher Cats fell behind early and often. Bryant Betancourt launched a home run in the second inning, a two-run shot. In the fourth inning, things went from manageable to ugly, as Hartford brought 13 men to the plate and scored eight runs. Betancourt continued his hot hitting against the Fisher Cats with two singles in the inning, and Hartford added two doubles, which scored five runs themselves. New Hampshire finally got on the board in the eighth inning, when Adrian Pinto launched his second home run of the season, a solo shot to left field. In the end, the Fisher Cats lost this one pretty easily, 11-1. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 26-35 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) June 11: The Canadians tried to win three straight against the Aqua Sox, and Johnny King taking the mound was a good way to go about that. The lefty went four innings, and despite allowing four walks, was able to prevent those runners from scoring, as the only run he gave up was a solo homer in the fourth inning. Tucker Toman, who’s been much better this season after dropping switch-hitting, hit an early two-run homer in the first inning. Reece Wissinger got the win, as although he gave up an RBI double in the fifth inning, he went four strong innings himself. The Canadians then took the lead in the eighth, with Alexis Hernandez having an RBI double himself, and J.R. Freethy scored him with a single right after. Trace Baker then came in the ninth and got the save, striking out the side for the Canadians' third win in a row. June 12: The Canadians did not have the fourth game of the series go their way, as the AquaSox bats woke up and scored 11 runs. Holden Wilkerson had his second start in a row, and he pitched well heading into the third inning. He got the first two outs, but then walked a batter, and gave up a double as the AquaSox took the lead. Wilkerson got the first out with a K, but then walked the next three batters, forcing in recently promoted Jack Nedrow. Nedrow got a grounder back to the mound, but was unable to field it cleanly, resulting in a run scoring. He then allowed a sac fly for a second run to score, before getting out of the inning with a pop-up. Nedrow allowed three more runs in the fifth inning, and then Jack Eshleman gave up a bomb in the seventh. The Canadians finally got on the board with an RBI groundout from J.R. Freethy, but the runs kept coming from Everett, as the Canadians lost 1 to 11. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 27-34 Series vs Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins) June 11: The D-Jays got their seventh straight win, with the offense doing a lot of damage in what was supposed to be the first game of the doubleheader. Hedbert Perez hit a homer at 106.9 mph in the first inning, with Juan Sanchez driving in JoJo Parker with an RBI double, which gave the Jays a two-run lead. Dylan Watts took the mound, and he didn’t look sharp, giving up a homer in the second inning and then another in the third as the Mighty Mussels tied it up. It stayed tied until the sixth inning, where Watts walked the first two batters and allowed a single to load the bases, before being taken out for Lluveres Severino without getting an out. Severino allowed a base hit and then allowed a sac fly for all three inherited runs to score. The Jays came back, however, loading the bases in the seventh themselves, and they put up eight runs in the seventh and final inning, as they won 10-5. June 12, Game 1: This game was supposed to be played the day prior, but it was suspended until the 12th, and Carson Messina ended up making his Dunedin debut. The talented righty didn’t show the velocity he had in the Florida Complex League, but he sat in the mid-90s, showing really strong shape with his fastball, striking out four batters in a little over two innings pitched. He did allow a run in the third inning, but the Jays tied it up with a Juan Sanchez single in the fifth. They went to extra innings, as Austin Smith, Angel Obando and Bradley Wilson kept it scoreless. Adam Hackenberg then took the lead for the Jays with an RBI single in the top of the eighth, scoring the ghost runner Blaine Bullard, but Wilson could not close it out in the bottom of that inning, as he gave up a three-run homer to lose on a walk-off to end the win streak. June 12, Game 2: Blake Purnell took the bump for game two, and the Mighty Mussels were able to tag him for a homer in the second inning. The Jays answered back with a three-run third, as Kolten Smith balked in two runners before allowing a sac fly. Purnell ended up giving up the lead as former D-Jay Alan Roden hit his first homer on rehab assignment to tie it up, and Purnell lost the lead in the fifth, giving up a sac fly. The Jays had a chance to tie it up in the top of the seventh, as they had the bases loaded with Aldo Gaxiola up to bat, but he grounded into a double play for a disappointing end to the game. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 20-9 June 11: Thursday saw the FCL Blue Jays take on the FCL Yankees. Miguel Pantoja was on the mound for the Blue Jays, and he continued to throw deep into games for a young pitcher in Rookie ball. He went 4.2 innings this time and allowed three runs on six hits, with three walks. He only struck out two. The runs came on a groundball single in the second inning and two solo home runs in the fourth. Giaconino Lasaracina homered in the second and the eighth inning for the Blue Jays. In between, Angel Guzman continued his hot hitting with a pair of RBI singles. It wasn't enough, though, as Wilberson De Pena homered for the Yankees to help them score seven. The Blue Jays couldn't match them, losing 7-6. June 12: Suspended DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 3-6 June 11: BJB had a 3-1 deficit and went into the seventh inning with a challenge to overcome. Cristopher Polanco rose to the challenge and, with bases loaded, smacked a bases-clearing triple to give BJB the lead. Juan Caricote then hit a ball to left field for a sacrifice fly, scoring Polanco. BJB turned to David Hernandez after a lead-off walk to open up the bottom of the seventh. He gave up a single and a walk to load the bases up, then a sacrifice fly and a single tied the game back up at five. Jonathan Valle for the Giants DSL team would provide the fireworks for the wrong team. He launched a walk-off three-run home run to left field. BJB fell late, 8-5. June 12: BJB had another rough game on Friday. They only reached base six times, which included only four hits. Juan Caricote had an RBI double in the sixth, which followed Michael Mesa's RBI groundout. The team didn't strike out much at all, only three times in the game, but just couldn't get anything going to get runs on the board. 19-year-old Manuel Parra was the best of the arms for BJB. He went 2.1 innings out of the bullpen, giving up just one hit and one unearned run. BJB lost this one by a score of 6-2. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 2-7 June 11: On Thursday, BJR sent Cristhian Duarte to the mound, and he was spectacular. He went five innings, struck out six, only walked one, allowed just one hit, and one unearned run. He actually left the game in line for a win, as the bats pushed two runs across the plate early in the game. In the second, Ayberson Ortega doubled, followed by a walk from Fabian Gonzalez, then a groundout by Frelian Flores scored a run. In the bottom of the third inning, Gabriel Porras singled, stole second, moved to third on a throwing error by the opposing catcher, then scored on a groundout from Elian Reyes. In the sixth, Duarte's replacement, Fayon Dumorne, was wild to begin with. He ultimately would give up two sacrifice flies, which would prove to be the game-winning runs. BJR lost this one 3-2. June 12: Friday's game was another competitive, but a heartbreaker for BJR. Elaineiker Coronado helped to get things started with a walk and two stolen bases in the first inning. Luis Nunez then had the only extra-base hit of the game for BJR, an RBI triple to right field. Diego Arce then singled Nunez home and gave BJR the 2-0 lead. After giving up four runs in the bottom half of the first inning, BJR got another run on an error from a pickoff attempt. BJR would get three more runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead back. They got one when Jose Gori was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, another on a wild pitch, and a third from a sacrifice fly by Coronado. With the game tied back up at six, it would be another loss on a walk-off home run for the Blue Jays DSL organization. Samil Serrano led off the bottom of the seventh for the Nationals with the walk-off blast, and BJR lost 7-6. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (June 4-5) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox): 1-3 Season Record: 28-33 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates): 2-2 Season Record: 28-24 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels): 2-2 Season Record: 23-32 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Daytona Tirtougas (Cincinnati Reds): 3-1 Season Record: 23-32 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 2-1 Season Record: 19-6 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-1 Season Record: 1-2 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 0-2 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 28-33 Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox) June 4: The Thursday and Friday games were both looking like sure-fire wins for Buffalo. They sent a rehabbing Dylan Cease and Max Scherzer to the mound against the Worcester Red Sox. Cease got the nod for Thursday's game and locked in during the bottom of the first; he got a quick 1-2-3, only throwing seven pitches in the inning. In the second inning, he sandwiched a double between two outs before he got touched up. An RBI single by Matt Lloyd and a two-run home run by Tsung-Che Cheng gave Worcester an early 3-0 lead in the game. The bottom of the third was bad for Cease as well; he gave up a lead-off home run to Braiden Ward and an RBI single to Allan Castro a bit later in the frame. Cease worked the fourth inning fairly well and ended his outing with a strikeout of Ward. On the day, he threw four innings, gave up six runs, struck out six, allowed six hits, and walked just one. Unfortunately for Buffalo, the bats followed Cease's lead and were about as poor as they have been in a while. The Bisons only managed to scratch one run across the plate, a seventh-inning solo home run by Jonatan Clase. Buffalo fell 5-1 in a game they should have won, at least on paper. June 5: Friday night's game saw Max Scherzer take the mound against the Worcester Red Sox. He was making his second rehab start with Buffalo, but this one wasn't exactly encouraging. In the first inning, he was able to make it through the frame, only giving up a double. The second inning saw him get Worcester 1-2-3, but he threw a number of pitches that were far from competitive. It was the third inning where he got into trouble, a single and a ground-rule double preceded a two-RBI single. He would get touched up again in the fourth, this one from a Matt Lloyd solo home run. For the game, he pitched 3.2 innings, gave up five hits and three runs, but did strike out five. Meanwhile, the offense struggled yet again. Davis Schneider continues to take a ton of walks (two in this game), but he hasn't been getting any hits when he swings the bat. Schneider would score the first run of the game for Buffalo following one of his walks in the fourth. He would walk, followed by Sean Keys’ first hit for the Bisons (a single), then Riley Tirotta would hit a ball to center for a sacrifice fly. Buffalo tried to get a rally going in the top of the ninth inning, Je'Von Ward smacked his sixth home run of the season, a two-run blast to right field. It was the closest the Bisons would get, as Worcester took the game 6-3 and bested Buffalo in two games that the Bisons should have won on paper. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 28-24 Series vs Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) June 4: The Thursday game between New Hampshire and Altoona was a big day for Sean Keys. In the second inning, he hit a line drive single to right field, followed by a double to right in the sixth, and then he scored New Hampshire's first run later in the inning. He would strike out in the fifth inning and then leave the game in the eighth inning, ultimately because he was promoted to Triple A. Back to the fourth inning, Altoona scored six in the frame on two three-run home runs. Cutter Coffey drove in Aaron Parker in the fourth, followed by Nick Goodwin hitting a sacrifice fly to give the Fisher Cats a 6-3 deficit. Altoona scored two more in the seventh inning, this time on the backs of two more home runs. New Hampshire lost this one 8-3. June 5: On the Friday night game between New Hampshire and Altoona, the Fisher Cats flipped the script from the previous game. New Hampshire and Altoona traded home runs in the third inning. First came Ivan Brethowr launching one for the Curve, and then Jace Bohrofen hit his 13th home run of the season for the Fisher Cats. Cutter Coffey would add a sacrifice fly in the inning as well to give New Hampshire the one-run lead. In the fifth inning, Coffey added a two-run double, as did Jorge Burgos to put the Fisher Cats up four. Eddie Micheletti Jr. tripled home the seventh run of the game later in the inning, and Adrian Pinto did the same in the seventh, with an RBI triple. New Hampshire won this one 8-3. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 23-32 Series vs Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels) June 4: The Canadians outhit the Dust Devils 11 to five on the night, but the end result wasn't the one they wanted. Danny Thompson Jr. had one of the best starts of his young pro career, going five innings, allowing just two walks and one hit, although that one hit was a solo homer, and striking out a career best nine hitters. The Canadians also got off to an early lead, as Dub Gleed has become a bright spot in the Canadians' offense, with his 23rd RBI of the season with a single in the first. Jacob Sharp drove in another run in the fifth with a groundout to make it 2-0. Thompson gave up the homer to Gage Harrelson in the fifth, but was in line for the win after finishing the inning. Reece Wissinger struggled after coming in the sixth inning, giving up three straight singles and then a three-run homer to lose the lead for Vancouver. Wissinger was solid for the rest of the game, but the Canadians' offense couldn’t catch up, as Edward Duran was only able to bring them within one with a single in the eighth, for a close loss 4-3. June 5: The Canadians once again outhit the Dust Devils, but this time they brought the power as well. Hayden Gilliland got it going with an RBI double in the first, and a couple of errors from Tri-City allowed two more runs to score for a three-inning first. Johnny King went a career high 5.2 innings pitched, striking out eight batters, tying his season high for the second game in a row. The offense teed off of the Dust Devils' pitching, with Tucker Toman having three hits, including a double and a homer. Brennan Orf had three hits as well, with a double and a triple, and there were four other Canadians with two hits. Every hitter in the Canadians' lineup got on base at least once. Trace Baker got his first career save, going 3.1, allowing just one hit and a walk without allowing a run for a dominating 14-2 win. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 23-32 Series vs Daytona Tirtougas (Cincinnati Reds) June 4: Dylan Watts had his second straight excellent outing in a row, and he took his scoreless streak to 11.1 innings. He struck out a season high seven batters in the longest outing of his career, six innings. The Jays scored a run in the second off an Aldo Gaxiola single, and they scored four more in the fourth inning, as they had a lot of runners on base, with Yorman Licourt driving in a run with a single, Raimundo De Los Santos walking with the bases loaded for another, and Dariel Ramon nearly clearing the bases with a two-RBI double. The bullpen let up a few runs, Diego Dominguez gave up a two-run homer in the seventh, and Angel Obando got the save but allowed a run to score after a missed catch from Brock Tibbitts, as the Jays won 5-3. June 5: The Dunedin Blue Jays won this game in the second inning, as the offense could not get out. Jake Bloss looked incredible in another rehab start, and he sat 96.3 mph on his fastball, generating eight whiffs and striking out five batters in 4.1 scoreless innings. The Jays were able to load the bases in the second, and Dariel Ramon hit a two-run double, followed by a two-run single from Jake Cook. JoJo Parker then walked with the bases loaded to make it five runs, before another two-run single from Eric Snow. The inning was then capped off with an Aldo Gaxiola RBI single. The Jays scored another run in the fourth inning off a 107 mph homer from Parker for his fourth of the season, and the bullpen finished off the shutout. Javen Coleman returned on rehab assignment and struck out three batters, before Jack Nedrow got his first save with three innings of one-hit pitching, for a dominating 9-0 win. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 19-6 June 4: The FCL Blue Jays blew out the FCL Yankees on Thursday, and the star of the game was Angel Guzman. He went 4-for-4, with two home runs, two doubles, and four runs scored, as well as five RBI and a walk. Hedbert Perez got the scoring going quickly in the first with a three-run home run. Later in the game, Andres Arias added an RBI double, and Kennew Blanco hit an RBI double of his own in the seventh inning. The FCL Blue Jays ended with 18 hits and 19 runs, to go with 10 walks. On the pitching side, Miguel Pantoja had another solid game. He pitched three innings and only allowed one run and one hit. The FCL Blue Jays won 19-3. June 5: In the Friday FCL game, the Blue Jays squad took on the Phillies FCL team. Jean Joseph got the Blue Jays on the board first with a long home run in the second inning. In the third, the Blue Jays scored two more, with the big hit coming from an RBI single by the hot-hitting Angel Guzman. Jalvin Arias and Guillermo Rosario hit home runs for the Phillies team to even the score at three in the fourth inning. That was when Guzman took over for the Blue Jays team, as he hit an RBI double, and then, in extra innings, he launched his third home run in two days. Gavin Smith followed suit on the next pitch for the back-to-back home runs, as the FCL Blue Jays won 8-5 in nine innings. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 2-3 June 4: Yoenis Morales and Kenyer Navarro gave up three runs and two runs, respectively, while on the mound for BJB. Isay Veras continues to be a bright spot for BJB, walking three times in this game. Michael Mesa and Samuel Orellana each walked twice, but the bats in general were kept quiet by the Pirates’ Black team. BJB only managed four hits into the game, highlighted by Eiker Lothar's two-RBI single in the top of the second and Ruben Sanchez's RBI single in the sixth. With the game tied up at five after the top of the sixth, the Pirates broke away in the bottom half of the inning and scored five to win 10-5. June 5: Friday's game down on the island was much more fun for BJB and Blue Jays fans. Michael Mesa launched a home run in the bottom of the fifth to extend the BJB lead and help give them a win. They had built a lead out in the third inning with a sacrifice fly by Juan Caricote, a double steal that included home, and two RBI singles by Samuel Orellana and Sebastian Casanova. Then Mesa added his two-run blast in the fifth, providing a couple of insurance runs. Mesa might be someone to watch out for, he is big-bodied for just 17 years old, standing 6-foot-2 and 209 pounds. David Hernandez capped off the game, throwing three scoreless innings out of the bullpen. BJB won 6-3. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 1-3 June 4: Cristhian Duarte took the mound for BJR on Thursday and was spectacular. It is his second season in the DSL, and he started it off right, throwing five innings, not walking a batter, giving up three hits and one run, and striking out seven. While Duarte put the team in a good position to win, the bats struggled mightily. BJR only managed to get two singles and only walked five times (two by Elaineiker Coronado). BJR dropped a very winnable game, 1-0. June 5: After getting shut out on Thursday, BJR exploded for 10 runs on Friday. Aneudi Severino had the best game among the BJR bats; he had a triple and a home run (his first of his career). Gabriel Porras had a good game as well, going 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a run scored. Victor Espiritu pitched his second game of the early season and did much better in this one. He threw four innings, gave up three hits and one run, while striking out four with zero walks. BJR won this one big 10-3. 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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 28-May 29) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 1-3 Season Record: 26-29 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 2-2 Season Record: 25-21 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 2-2 Season Record: 20-29 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies): 1-3 Season Record: 20-29 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 4-3 Season Record: 16-4 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 26-29 Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) May 28: Thursday's starter Josh Fleming has had a surprisingly good season thus far while at Triple-A Buffalo. He had only given up more than two runs in just one of his prior eight appearances. Unfortunately for Buffalo, Thursday would not continue that trend. Thanks in part to an error by Riley Tirotta in the second, Lehigh Valley capitalized on the extra out Buffalo provided them and had a monster inning. They would score six unearned runs in the frame, highlighted by Bryan De La Cruz's two-RBI double. After Lehigh Valley added two more runs in the sixth inning from Paul McIntosh's two-run home run, Buffalo sat in an 8-0 hole. Willie MacIver and Je'Von Ward tried to fuel a comeback for the Bisons in the bottom half of the sixth. MacIver tripled in two runs, and then Ward blasted a two-run home run to cut the lead down to four. Ward's blast came on a splitter middle-in and had an exit velocity of 106.1 mph and traveled 422 feet. It would be the closest Buffalo would get to Lehigh Valley, as the IronPigs added a late insurance run and took the game 9-4. May 29: After some excitement that Chad Dallas could be called up to make a start in Baltimore for the big league club, he had to settle for being the bulk pitcher behind Brendon Little at Triple-A for Buffalo. Little threw a perfect inning, and then Willie MacIver gave the Bisons the early lead with a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the first. Dallas entered the game at the start of the second inning and did well, until he was tagged with a two-run home run by Felix Reyes in the third inning. Dallas would then make it through the fourth and fifth innings without really any other trouble, before handing the ball off to Richard Gallardo in the sixth. In the bottom of the sixth, MacIver continued his big day with an RBI double that tied the game up at two. Gallardo would give up two runs in the seventh, before a big Riley Tirotta two-run home run to tie the game back up. With the game all square at four, it went into extra innings, where neither team scored in the tenth. Lehigh Valley then got an RBI single to break the tie in the eleventh, while Buffalo went 1-2-3 in the bottom half of the inning to lose 5-4. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 25-21 Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees) May 28: In the Thursday game between New Hampshire and Somerset, home runs were wild, and they were hit often for the Fisher Cats. Jay Harry started things in the first inning, this time with a rocket pulled to the right field corner for a solo home run. Later in the inning, a Jace Bohrofen RBI single and a Cutter Coffey two-run double would put New Hampshire up four runs quickly. In the fourth, a home run from Nick Goodwin and another home run from Sean Keys would give the Fisher Cats a commanding seven-run lead. The fifth inning was on repeat for New Hampshire, as Aaron Parker crushed a 115 mph home run that went 467 feet. Later in the inning, Goodwin launched his second home run of the game to put the Fisher Cats up nine. Harry would get in on the double home run feat, with his second in the seventh inning. It would be the last home run for the Fisher Cats, as they went on to win this one easily, 14-2. May 29: Fresh off of their six-home run night the day before, New Hampshire had the bats going from the start once again for the Friday night game. Jay Harry again started things with a home run in the first, but this time he was followed by Jace Bohrofen and Nick Goodwin also hitting home runs in the inning. With a six-run first, New Hampshire couldn't hold on though, as Somerset chipped away at the lead. In the fourth inning, Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit an RBI double to put the Fisher Cats back up three runs. Adrian Pinto would drive him in, putting the lead up to four. In the fifth inning, Goodwin would homer again, his fourth in two games. That put New Hampshire up 10-6, but it wouldn't last long. In the seventh inning, Somerset used two home runs and a couple of bases-loaded walks to take the lead by two. In the ninth, Patrick Winkel brought New Hampshire within one with an RBI single, but it wasn't enough. The Fisher Cats lost this one 12-11. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 20-29 Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants) May 28: Daniel Guerra struggled early on in his start against the Emeralds, giving up a run in the first after giving up three straight singles. In the second inning, he hit the leadoff batter and gave up another hit. He was able to pick off one of the baserunners but then allowed hits to Dakota Jordan and Gavin Kilen, leading to two more runs scored. He locked it in after that though, getting the next 10 batters out in a row in a solid five-inning start. A Manuel Beltre double and a wild pitch that sent him to third base led to a Maddox Latta RBI single to give the Canadians their first run in the bottom of the fifth, but Trace Baker gave that run back after a Beltre throwing error. Baker gave up an earned run in the seventh inning. Hayden Gilliland was able to knock in a run with his second hit of the night to make up for it, but the Canadians couldn’t catch up despite getting the same number of hits as the Emeralds on the night. May 29: The Canadians had some big extra-base hits to score the first runs of the ball game, with Carter Cunningham knocking in Jacob Sharp with his ninth double of the season and Brennan Orf hitting his first homer of the season in the second inning. Danny Thompson Jr. was the starter for the Canadians and had another good start, but gave up a homer in the third inning to lower the lead to one. The Canadians consistently pushed runs across the board though, as Sharp hit an RBI single in the third, and Orf had his second ribbie of the night with a single of his own in the fourth inning. Thompson gave up a two-run shot in the fifth to again make it a one-run game. Manuel Beltre kept up the scoring for Vancouver though, with an RBI single in the fifth inning to push the lead back to two. Reece Wissinger earned his first hold in Vancouver since getting promoted with three scoreless innings. A pair of sac flies from Sharp and Maddox Latta (after Orf had his third hit of the day with a triple) capped off the scoring for the Canadians, and Carson Myers finished the game off with a scoreless inning of his own for a great win to even up the series. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 20-29 Series vs Clearwater Threshers (Philadelphia Phillies) May 28: It was a high-scoring affair as the Threshers and the Blue Jays kept on trading blows. The Jays were the first to strike as Juan Sanchez got hit by a pitch, then Aldo Gaxiola continued his hot streak with a double to put a runner on second and third. David Beckles hit a chopper to third to score Sanchez and Gaxiola as Nolan Beltran threw the ball away. Dariel Ramon then hit his fourth homer of the season to make it a four-run inning for the D-Jays. Lazaro Estrada made his first rehab start and pitched two scoreless innings, but everything got away from him in the third inning, letting the first four batters on base and getting replaced by Austin Smith, who allowed two more inherited runs to score. Troy Guthrie replaced Smith and gave up a triple and a single immediately to give up the lead. Some errors allowed another run to score, and then, with a runner on third, Guthrie threw a wild pitch to put the Threshers up by two. The game was tied up once again as Eric Snow and Gaxiola both drove in runs. Guthrie also started to settle down, going four more strong innings without allowing another run to score. The game remained tied heading into the seventh, but a JoJo Parker HBP led to a Sanchez double to put runners on second and third with no outs. Gaxiola got his third hit of the night, a big double to put the Jays up two. Lluveres Severino came in the ninth for a save opportunity and generated a double play despite walking his first two batters. The Jays just needed one more out to get the win, but Severino could not hold on, allowing a two-run homer to even up the ball game and send it to extras. The Jays scored three runs in the 10th inning, and it looked like they could win it, but Severino allowed three doubles in a row to lose the game on a walk-off in the 10th. May 29: In a lower-scoring affair, the Jays and Threshers still ended up heading to extra innings. Karson Ligon was the starter for Dunedin and allowed two runs early on in the first inning. Sam Shaw got a run back for the Jays in the second, but Ligon allowed his third run of the game on a homer to Nolan Beltran. Dylan Watts replaced Ligon and used his changeup effectively in 5.1 perfect innings, striking out five batters. Still, the Jays remained behind until the seventh inning, as with the bases loaded, Juan Sanchez drove in two runs on a single to tie it up. The game stayed tied until extras, where the Jays exploded. JoJo Parker knocked in the ghost runner Shaw, then Aldo Gaxiola hit his seventh homer of the season to make it six to three. Jake Cook hit a single for his fifth time getting on base of the game to add another run, before a wild pitch capped off the scoring for a five-run 10th inning. Franly Urena didn’t allow a run in the inning, and the Jays finally won their first game of this series. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 16-4 May 28: It was a wild affair in the Thursday game between the FCL Blue Jays and the FCL Phillies. The Phillies scored three in the second inning on a wild pitch and a two-run triple. They would take a four-run lead in the third on a bases-loaded walk. In the fifth, the Blue Jays put up a five-spot, the big hit being a C.J. Stubbs three-run home run. Stubbs continued his big day by adding a two-run home run in the seventh, and Renyel Campos had an RBI single to put the Blue Jays up one. The score wouldn't hold, as a three-run burst for the Phillies in the eighth inning gave them a 10-8 lead, and that is where it ended, as the Blue Jays squad lost this one. May 29: Yimi García was on the mound for a rehab start in this one for the FCL Blue Jays against the Phillies squad again. Things didn't go well, as he gave up an RBI double, a sacrifice fly, and a home run in the first inning. In the fourth, the Blue Jays squad put up six runs, with the big hit being a two-run homer from Hedbert Perez, who also had a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch later in the inning. Angel Rivero had a great game on the mound for the Blue Jays. He went four innings, gave up four hits, one run, and struck out nine batters. The Blue Jays team would win this one 8-4. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 21-May 22) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets): 1-3 Season Record: 24-25 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies): 1-3 Season Record: 23-18 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 2-2 Season Record: 18-25 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins): 2-2 Season Record: 17-26 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 1-2 Season Record: 12-3 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 24-25 Series vs Syracuse Mets (New York Mets) May 21: Thursday's games against the Syracuse Mets really came down to whose bullpen flipped the worst. Buffalo was patient at the plate, walking 10 times in the game, and leading the way was Josh Kasevich. He would walk twice, have two singles, and score three times in the game. Charles McAdoo was also one of the big bats at the plate, knocking in three runs for the game. In the first inning, he started off his night with an RBI single, scoring RJ Schreck, who reached with a double. McAdoo got the lead back in the third inning, when he doubled home Kasevich and Schreck. Jonatan Clase extended the Buffalo lead to 4-2 in the fifth inning, with a big home run on a middle-middle fastball. With the game tied at four in the sixth inning, Brendon Little replaced CJ Van Eyk, as a runner was on first base. Little walked the first two batters he faced before hitting the third, allowing a run to cross home plate. After a strikeout, Ryan Clifford got a hold of a Little sinker and roped it for a bases-clearing double. Following another walk, Little was yanked with Buffalo in a huge hole. Pat Gallagher was almost as bad as Little, giving up three runs himself, in the bottom of the eighth. The Bisons would mount a little comeback, scoring four between the eighth and ninth innings, but the hole their bullpen dug was far too deep to climb out of, and Buffalo fell 12-8. May 22: Friday night's game was a much better display of pitching for Buffalo. Josh Fleming gave up a lot of hits (seven), but managed to work around them for the most part and make it into the fifth inning before being pulled. He would give up just two runs, both on sacrifice flies in the second and third innings. The runs would tie up the game, as Buffalo scored two in the top of the first, on a two-RBI double from Willie MacIver. The bullpen was magnificent in this one, combining to get 4.2 one-hit innings from Devereaux Harrison, Michael Plassmeyer, and Tanner Andrews. The performance was just enough to allow Buffalo to take the lead late in the game. In the eighth, Charles McAdoo launched his eighth home run of the season, a solo shot to left center. They added another run in the top of the ninth, on an RBI groundout by Josh Kasevich. Buffalo took a close game, 4-2, to begin their season record to 24-25. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 23-18 Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) May 21: In the Thursday game between New Hampshire and Hartford, Gage Stanifer took the mound for the Fisher Cats and fired off his fourth start of zero or one earned runs in his last five games. He gave up three runs, though, and New Hampshire was having trouble with the bats. Stanifer went 4.2 innings, gave up three hits, only walked one, and struck out four. The first two runs scored on a home run by Bryant Betancourt, after an Arjun Nimmala errant throw on a routine ground ball extended the inning. It was the only bad pitch from Stanifer on the night. His lone walk should have been a strikeout as well, but a bad ball call ended Stanifer's night, and after he left, the first batter doubled in the run. Overall, Stanifer didn't have his best stuff, but his split/change was a key in this game and has been improving immensely. Offensively for New Hampshire, Jay Harry homered in the second inning, and Jackson Hornung did so in the eighth. Both weren't enough, though, as New Hampshire lost this one 6-2. May 22: Friday night was another rough night for New Hampshire as the bats seemed to have been slowing down recently. A Jorge Burgos home run in the third inning was the whole offense in the game for the Fisher Cats. Sean Keys got on base four times, with two hits and two walks, but the team only managed six hits and the lone run. Roc Riggio had the big hit for Hartford, a home run in the sixth inning. The Yard Goats would get to New Hampshire for eight runs over the third, fifth, and sixth innings. The Fisher Cats lost this one as well, this time 8-1. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 18-25 Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies) May 21: Landen Maroudis seems to have been figured out, as although the defense didn’t help him with a few errors, he gave up three homers on the night, with two coming in the third inning before being taken out after taking a comebacker. The Canadians were able to load the bases up the next inning, but all they could come up with was a bases-loaded walk for Brennan Orf. Gilberto Batista was the replacement for Maroudis and was solid, although he gave up another three runs in the fifth inning to make it 9-1 for Spokane. The Canadians showed some signs of life with a three-run homer from Jacob Sharp in the seventh inning, but they couldn’t surmount such a large lead, leading to another loss. May 22: The Canadians’ offense had an explosion, as the team combined for 15 runs on seven hits and 10 walks. Daniel Guerra was also excellent starting for Vancouver, going five shutout innings with six strikeouts. Juanmi Vasquez matched the strikeout total in just three one-hit innings, and then Trace Baker also brought the punchies with three of them himself. On the offensive end, there were huge games from Alexis Hernandez, who hit his sixth homer of the season with a grand slam to break the game open in the fifth inning. Dub Gleed and Maddox Latta both also hit homers on multi-hit nights, each being a three-run shot. The Canadians just ran away with this one thanks to that power surge on the night. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 17-26 Series vs Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins) May 21, Game 1: The Dunedin Blue Jays just couldn’t close this game out. They went down early in the first inning as Silvano Hechavarria gave up a two-run shot in the first inning, adding on to his early-season woes, and then he gave up another two runs in the second inning to put the Jays behind. Blaine Bullard and Nathan Lukes cut the lead to two with two RBI-hits in the second inning, and in the fifth inning, the Jays were able to take the lead with a Lukes homer, a hard RBI single from Juan Sanchez, and then David Beckles had himself a two RBI double to make it six to four for the Jays. Newly signed Bradley Wilson could not hold the lead, however, as he gave up a two-run homer in the seventh inning to force the game to go to extras. Wilson struggled even more in extras, as the Mighty Mussels scored four runs in the eighth. Beckles had another big extra-base hit in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run homer, but the Jays could not score another run in a close loss. May 21, Game 2: It was another nailbiter in the second game of the doubleheader. Troy Guthrie and Matthew Dalquist both went five innings with four strikeouts, but Guthrie gave up two earned runs compared to Dalquist’s single earned run given up. Austin Smith then gave up a homer in the sixth inning, giving the Mighty Mussels a two-run lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning. The Jays were able to get within one after a wild pitch scored Jake Cook, but they were still down heading into the final inning of the game. Dariel Ramon hit a single to put the tying run on base, and Raimundo De Los Santos drove him in on an RBI triple to even it up. Cook was on deck and drove in De Los Santos for a walk-off victory in another close one. May 22: Walk-off magic happened again, this time with the other speedy outfielder for the Dunedin Blue Jays. Karson Ligon returned from the 7-day IL, sitting 95 mph and striking out five batters. The Jays scored the first four runs of the game unanswered, and the Mighty Mussels were only able to get on the board in the seventh inning against Dylan Watts, who went four innings with three strikeouts. Josbel Garcia allowed a couple of base runners in the eighth inning after Watts was taken out, and gave up a three-run homer to Luis Fragoza, making it a one-run game. An error led to an unearned run scoring in the bottom of the ninth, and the Jays yet again headed into extra innings. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 12-3 May 21: The FCL Blue Jays had their hitting shoes on for the Thursday game. They would pour in 12 hits, four walks, and 12 runs. They were doing damage with those hits as well, with the team hitting three home runs. Jean Joseph homered in the second, Sam White in the fifth, and Brock Tibbitts in the eighth inning. All of the starters had at least one hit, and Angel Guzman led the way with three of them. The FCL Blue Jays won this one 12-5. May 22: It was the opposite of the Thursday game for the FCL Blue Jays on Friday. They had seven hits, with two each from Angel Guzman, Franklin Rojas, and Andres Arias. Owen Gregg added a single as well, but the six singles and double from Rojas weren't good enough to score a run. The FCL Tigers scored two in the third inning and didn't look back in this one. They would add three more in the sixth inning, as the FCL Blue Jays lost easily, 5-0. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 14-May 15) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox): 3-1: Season Record: 22-21 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Reading Fighting Phils (Philadelphia Phillies): 2-2 Season Record: 21-13 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 2-1 Season Record: 15-21 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees): 1-3 Season Record: 14-23 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 2-1 Season Record: 9-1 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 20-21 Series vs Worcester Red Sox May 14: On Thursday, Buffalo sent Chad Dallas to the mound to start the game against the Worcester Red Sox. He has quickly climbed the ladder of the Bisons’ rotation and might in fact be the best starting pitcher they have right now. While he won't go deep into games just yet, he continues to build back up after recovering from Tommy John surgery. In Thursday's game, he started out a little shaky, but then finished his outing strong. In the top of the first inning, he gave up a lead-off home run to Nick Sogard, then a single and a walk. He managed to escape the inning without giving any more runs up, thanks to Nate Eaton getting caught stealing after his single. It would be the second inning that got him going. He struck out two and got a flyout for the easy 1-2-3 inning. Buffalo's bat woke up in the bottom half of the inning, dropping four runs on Worcester starter Jake Bennett. The scoring was highlighted by RBI singles from Josh Rivera and Ryan McCarty, and it was capped off by an RBI double to right field by RJ Schreck. Dallas would strike out two more batters in the third inning, on his way to completing a shutdown inning following the scoring barrage from the offense. He would end his day after the fourth inning, only giving up the one run and striking out five. The bullpen came in for him and kept going strong. Devereaux Harrison, Brendan Cellucci, and Jesse Hahn combined to throw four shutout innings and handed it off to Chase Lee for the ninth. Lee struggled, though, surrendering a single and a two-run home run, before getting the final out and earning the save. Buffalo would take the game 4-3 and get back to the .500 mark. May 15: On Friday night, the Toronto Blue Jays finally got a glimpse of Josh Kasevich and what he was supposed to be. After missing a lot of 2025, he has been getting into a groove at the plate, and it all came together for him to help lead the Bisons to a victory. He would finish the night going 3-for-4 and knocked in three runs on three RBI singles. His first came in the bottom of the first, scoring RJ Schreck. The second would come two innings later and knock in Je'Von Ward. Then the last RBI single came in the bottom of the fifth and plated Ward again. Ward wasn't done helping Buffalo, though; his monster game was capped off in the bottom of the seventh, when he launched his second home run of the season. On the mound, Buffalo got a good start from CJ Van Eyk, as he pitched into the seventh inning and only gave up two runs on the night. Tanner Andrews secured the win with a four-out save, while striking out two. Buffalo finally pulled their head above the .500 mark with a 5-2 win. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 21-13 Series vs Reading Fighting Phils (Philadelphia Phillies) May 14: Postponed May 15, Game 1: In the first game of the Friday doubleheader against the Reading Fightin Phils, Gage Stanifer was the starting pitcher for New Hampshire, and he unlocked the next level of his pitching evolution. He went five innings on 76 pitches, 51 of them for strikes. He gave up four hits, two walks, and two runs (one earned), while striking out nine. The unearned run scored in the first inning when Stanifer made an errant pickoff throw, and the second run in the third on a single. Overall, Stanifer was spectacular, though. He mixed his pitches well and quite frequently used his split, which was the best version he has displayed in the minor leagues. He generated 15 whiffs and looked dominant and in control of his pitches throughout the game. On the offensive side, Victor Arias hit his third home run at Double A, this time in the sixth inning to tie the game. In the top of the seventh, an Austin Murr home run gave Reading a two-run lead. New Hampshire would lose 4-2. May 15, Game 2: The second game of the doubleheader didn't go any better for New Hampshire, despite swapping home/away with Reading. Arjun Nimmala went 2-for-3, Jay Harry homered. And Sean Keys had another double. Cutter Coffey supplied the only other hit, as New Hampshire struggled to score. In the fifth inning, Alex Binelas hit a double to center field that would score two runs. Down two, Victor Arias made it closer by driving in a run on a groundout. That would be as close as it got, though, as the Fisher Cats lost this one 3-2. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 15-21 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) May 14: Nolan Perry continues to show excellence in his breakout season, striking out double-digit batters for the second time already this season in just five scoreless innings. He did allow three walks and three hits, and he loaded the bases in the fifth but managed to get out of it. The offense also did its job, with Maddox Latta knocking in the first run on a sac fly in the bottom of the second, and J.R. Freethy added another run in the fourth inning on an RBI groundout to make it two to nothing. But the game truly broke open in the fifth inning, as after an Alexis Hernandez single, Carter Cunningham smoked his eighth homer of the season to right field to double the lead. Jacob Sharp had his own RBI groundout in the seventh, and Brennan Orf put the game nearly out of reach with a two-RBI single in the eighth. Juanmi Vasquez had his best appearance of the season, going 2.2 innings, allowing only one hit and striking out three. Eminen Flores allowed two runs in the ninth inning, but Jonathan Todd replaced him and earned his second save of the season to get Vancouver a much-needed win. May 15: Postponed Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 14-23 Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees) May 14: It was close for the entire game, as Troy Guthrie took the mound for the Jays and the rehabbing Chase Hampton took it for the Tarpons. The Jays were able to get on the board first with Blaine Bullard scoring Owen Gregg on a groundout, and a Hampton wild pitch allowed Dariel Ramon to score that same inning. The Tarpons answered right back as Guthrie gave up an RBI groundout of his own, before giving up a solo shot to Jackson Lovich to even it up. Guthrie allowed another homer in the fourth to give up the lead, but in the top of the sixth inning, the Jays reclaimed the lead after Yorman Licourt hit an RBI double and Aldo Gaxiola scored him right after with a single. Austin Smith blew the save on a wild pitch in the bottom of the sixth, and with the score tied in the bottom of the eighth inning, the bullpen faltered again, this time with Jack Eshleman taking the L with Lovich hitting his second homer of the day against him, resulting in a close 5-4 loss for the Jays. May 15: The Jays were able to steal a close one today, as Silvano Hechavarria is still showing some rust after coming back from the injured list. He had a clean first inning despite two walks, and the Jays gave him the lead with an Aldo Gaxiola two-run shot and a Jake Cook sac fly to put them up early. Hechavarria couldn’t get out of the second inning, however, as he loaded the bases on a hit by pitch, a single, a balk, and a walk to start the inning. He got a flyout and a strikeout, but walked yet another batter, leading to Carson Myers replacing him. Myers caught the walking bug and walked in another run before giving up a two-run double to Luis Puello to lose the lead for the Jays. The Jays slowly climbed their way back as Gaxiola got his third RBI of the day on a groundout to bring it within one, and in the fourth inning, JoJo Parker tied it up with an RBI single. Myers was able to pitch well heading into the fifth inning, but was replaced mid-inning by Luis Fonseca, who got out of the fifth inning but allowed a three-run homer in the sixth inning to once again put the Jays in a hole. Juan Rosas inched it closer with an RBI single after pinch-hitting for Edward Duran in the eighth, and a Jake Cook RBI groundout led to an Eric Snow single to tie it up and send it to extras. Josbel Garcia pitched 3.1 scoreless innings in his Dunedin debut, and in the top of the 10th, Gaxiola had RBI number four to give the Jays the lead, and Lluveres Severino was able to prevent the ghost runner from scoring in the bottom of that inning, as the Jays just squeaked by the Tarpons. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 9-1 May 14: In the Thursday game between the FCL Blue Jays and the FCL Tigers, the game was a slugfest from the start. Cris Rodriguez homered for the Tigers squad in the second inning to put them up by five early. In the third, the Tigers would add home runs from Ronald Ramirez and Steven Madero. Renyel Campos launched a home run for the Blue Jays team in the bottom half of the inning, which was followed up by an Andres Arias RBI single and a bases-loaded walk. Angel Guzman and Pascual Archila would homer for the Blue Jays as well in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively. It wasn't enough though, as the Blue Jays squad would lose this one 11-8. May 15: The FCL Jays got another win on Friday, and it was in part thanks to a one-man show at the plate. Sam White, who the Toronto Blue Jays signed as an undrafted free agent, was the star of the game. He hit two solo home runs, the first came in the fourth inning. The second solo home run he would launch in the sixth, which would prove to be the game winner. In between those home runs, Angel Guzman added a two-run double in the fifth, scoring Pascual Archilla and Keegan Pieternella. The only other hit they would have in the game was a single by Sam Smith. On the mound, Angel Rivero had a nice start. He pitched 3.2 innings, surrendered five baserunners, two runs (none earned), and struck out four. The FCL Jays won 4-3. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (May 7-May 8) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 2-2 Season Record: 17-20 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 4-0 Season Record: 19-10 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 2-1 Season Record: 13-17 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates): 1-3 Season Record: 12-19 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 3-0 Season Record: 5-0 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 17-20 Series Opponent: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) May 7: RJ Schreck followed up his monster game Wednesday with another big game on Thursday. He led the offensive barrage from the Buffalo bats, as they broke through against Lehigh Valley with 13 runs, eight of them coming in a crazy fifth inning. Schreck started the scoring off in the top of the first inning with a two-run home run to right field, his fourth of the season. The lead was short-lived, with Otto Kemp connecting for a three-run home run off of Grant Rogers in the bottom half of the inning. After adding a couple of runs to take the lead back, Buffalo began the fifth inning with a lead-off walk and a single. Schreck then roped a ball to right center that scored a run. Later in the inning, Rafael Lantigua drew a bases-loaded walk to get another run across home plate, and then Carlos Mendoza was hit by a pitch to get the third run of the inning home. Buffalo wasn't done though. Ryan McCarty, Ismael Munguia, and Charles McAdoo all drew bases-loaded walks as well. Schreck would come back up in the inning and get a two-RBI single to cap off the big, eight-run inning. On the day, Schreck was 3-for-4, with five RBI, and three runs scored. Pat Gallagher was the best pitcher for Buffalo, going 2.2 innings, giving up just one hit, one walk, and striking out four. He brought his ERA down to 1.42 for the season and could be someone the big league club looks to if there comes a need for a relief pitcher over the summer. Buffalo took the game 13-5 and could have potentially started a win streak. May 8: With Chad Dallas on the mound Friday night as the bulk pitcher, Buffalo had a real shot to have a three-game winning streak heading into the final two games of the series this weekend. Dallas proved up to the task, coming in following Hayden Juenger's poor start. He gave up two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Dallas was cooking through four innings, giving up one unearned run. Other than that one blemish, he was great, striking out six and surrendering a measly two hits. He sat around 93 with his fastball and sinker, looking better the further out he gets from his Tommy John surgery. With the pitching keeping the game within reach, it was ultimately the bats that fell woefully short, only managing five hits in the night, only one going for extra bases. Buffalo was shut out on the offensive side of things, taking the loss 4-0 and falling to three games under .500 for the season. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 19-10 Series vs. Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) May 7, Game 1: Gage Stanifer was on the mound for the first game of the doubleheader against the Portland Sea Dogs on Thursday. He started out strong, getting six of the first seven batters out, three via the strikeout. In the third and fourth innings, he gave up four baserunners, but made it through without giving up a run. He got a couple of pop-ups, a couple weak fly outs, and a groundout. Stanifer would work his way around a single in the fifth inning to cap off his best Double-A start: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K. He also battled a very small strike zone on the day. On the offensive side of things, Adrian Pinto doubled in two runs in the third inning, and a groundout and error gave New Hampshire two more. They would go on to win game one by a score of 4-2. May 7, Game 2: In the second game of the day, Portland took the quick lead on a home run and an RBI single from Richard Gallardo. Gallardo would power through, though, and make it five innings, striking out eight batters without allowing another run. The New Hampshire offense picked it up, with two RBI groundouts and then an RBI single from Arjun Nimmala to tie the game at three. The game went to extra innings, and in the eighth and ninth frames, both teams traded runs. In the 10th inning, Nick Goodwin put New Hampshire up one with a sacrifice fly, and Eddie Micheletti Jr. laced an RBI single to give the Fisher Cats a two-run lead. It was enough, as Irv Carter held the Sea Dogs to nothing and New Hampshire won 7-5. May 8: In the Friday night game, pitching was truly optional. New Hampshire took a seven-run lead over the first two innings. The big hits were a Jay Harry three-run triple and a Harry RBI double. In the fourth, Jace Bohrofen launched his ninth home run of the season to put New Hampshire up seven runs again. Things went south the next few innings as Portland crushed two home runs. Eddie Micheletti Jr. would put the Fisher Cats up six runs with a three-run blast in the seventh inning. An Arjun Nimmala RBI double gave the Fisher Cats a three-run lead in the ninth, but the pitching again faltered, and Portland tied it up at 13 to go to extra innings. Thankfully, Portland was out of pitchers and brought in a position player to pitch. Sean Keys teed off on a pitch and crushed his 10th home run of the season. New Hampshire would finish off the Sea Dogs and win this wild one, 15-13. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 13-17 Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants) May 7: The dual-headed monster of Johnny King and Holden Wilkerson shut down the Eugene Emeralds. King struggled with his command again, walking four batters, but was still able to keep the runners on base from scoring, allowing only a single run in three innings pitched. Dub Gleed excelled in the lead-off spot, as he got on base four times. He ended up being the first run, as Alexis Hernandez hit a sac fly to score him to put the Canadians up one. Manuel Beltre hit his second homer of the year to add on to the lead. Peyton Williams had his seventh RBI for the Canadians this season with a single in the fourth. Wilkerson once again dominated in relief, pitching five innings of one-hit baseball, striking out five and lowering his season ERA to 1.52. Jonathan Todd gave up a run in the ninth but still got the save as the Canadians got a close win. May 8: The Canadians had another great pitching performance, this time from the recently promoted Nolan Perry, who’s been excellent since returning from injury. Other than a solo homer given up to Lisbel Diaz in the bottom of the third inning, Perry was nearly untouchable. He gave up only three hits and one walk, while striking out eight batters and generating 18 swings and misses. Tucker Toman and Jacob Sharp led the way for the offense, as both hitters had two-RBI nights; they turned a tied game in the top of the eighth into a three-run lead with two clutch singles. Kelena Sauer got his second save of the season, allowing a run but guaranteeing the win with two innings of solid pitching. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 12-19 Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates) May 7: Brandon Barriera’s velocity was down a bit, sitting only 93 mph, but he relied heavily on his slider to strike out four batters in three innings, allowing one earned run. A big night from Yorman Licourt led the way for Dunedin’s offense, as the slugger hit his fifth homer of the season and drove in five of the Jays’ nine runs. Oakville kid Owen Gregg got his first hit as a Dunedin Blue Jay as well, as the Jays ran away with this one early. Mason Davenport allowed four runs in the seventh inning to make it a bit more interesting, but a Licourt double took the lead back to three, and Lluveres Severino got his first save of the season to get the Jays their first win of the series. May 8: The Jays had to face the talented Seth Hernandez for the second time this season, and the 2025 sixth-overall pick one-upped his last outing against the Jays by striking out nine batters in six innings. Troy Guthrie struggled to put hitters away, allowing nine hits and five runs while only striking out three. Noah Palmese had his longest appearance of the season, going 3.1 innings in relief, allowing a run on a solo homer to the “Password.” The Jays' only runs of the game came in the bottom of the ninth inning, with Juan Sanchez finally showing some of the power that he was known for in the Florida Complex League, hitting his first homer of the season. Yorman Licourt ended up scoring on a balk that same inning, but they couldn’t get any closer than that. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 5-0 May 7: Thursday's game for the Rookie ball Blue Jays featured Sann Omosako pitching in his first game of the season. Yimi García started the game on his rehab assignment and got two outs before allowing two singles. Omosako came in for him and gave up a single himself, which would score a run. After that, he was solid, going 4.1 innings, not allowing another run to score, walking just one, and striking out one. With the game still up for grabs, Renyel Campos knocked in a run in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single, and then Jake Cook did the same in the bottom of the fourth. Cook would give the Jays the win with another RBI single in the sixth, capping off his 2-4 game, with two RBI. The Jays won 3-2, but Tim Piasentin is still searching for a groove, as he went 0-3, with a walk and dropped his batting average down to .071 through the first week of the season. May 8: The FCL Jays started the game against the FCL Yankees hot. Tim Piasentin drew a walk and then scored on Franklin Rojas’ RBI double. Two batters later, Kennew Blanco doubled home Rojas and gave the FCL Jays a quick 2-0 lead. In the next inning, the Jays added two more runs with a double from Angel Guzman that scored Pascual Archila and Rafael Flores, who had reached via walks. The Jays didn't score any more runs the rest of the game, but Piasentin did collect a single on a line drive to right field in the top of the fourth inning. The FCL Jays won 4-3 and stayed perfect on the season with a 5-0 record. View full article

Trey YesavageJoJo ParkerJohnny KingArjun NimmalaGage StaniferRicky TiedemannJuan SanchezYohendrick PinangoCharles McAdooNolan PerryBlaine BullardJosh KasevichTim PiasentinSean KeysLanden MaroudisBrandon BarrieraDaniel GuerraDylan WattsVictor AriasAdrian Pinto

Trey YesavageJoJo ParkerJohnny KingArjun NimmalaGage StaniferRicky TiedemannJuan SanchezYohendrick PinangoCharles McAdooNolan PerryBlaine BullardJosh KasevichTim PiasentinSean KeysLanden MaroudisBrandon BarrieraDaniel GuerraDylan WattsVictor AriasAdrian Pinto

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (April 30-May 1) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees): 1-3 Season Record: 14-17 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies (New York Mets): 4-1 Season Record: 14-9 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs. Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks): 1-3 Season Record: 10-15 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs. Jupiter Hammerheads (Miami Marlins): 1-3 Season Record: 10-15 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 14-17 Series Opponent: Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees) April 30: Buffalo took on a tough challenge Thursday, having to face one of the New York Yankees’ top pitching prospects, Carlos Lagrange. After falling down a run in the first, the Bisons jumped on Lagrange in the third and fourth innings, with an RBI double from Carlos Mendoza and an RBI single from Josh Rivera. Austin Voth would exit the game in the fourth inning after a suboptimal performance, only pitching 3.2 innings, giving up seven hits, and surrendering two runs. With the bullpen into the game, the Bisons allowed runs to trickle across home plate. Brendon Little gave up one run in the seventh inning from an RBI single. He had one of his worst outings since being demoted from the major league team. He was touched up for a hit and walked two. Tanner Andrews then replaced Little and got tagged for a solo home run to right field. Down two runs and headed into the ninth inning, Buffalo got a rally going. Rivera doubled home Willie MacIver, and then William Simoneit hit a ball to center that was misplayed, allowing Rivera to score. The Bisons almost took the lead on the play as well, but Simoneit was thrown out at home going for the little league home run, after the error on Spencer Jones. In the bottom of the 10th, Chase Lee couldn't keep the game going, as Jonathan Ornelas walked it off and gave the RailRiders a 5-4 win. May 1, Game 1: It was another doubleheader for Buffalo on Friday afternoon. Chad Dallas took the mound for the Bisons and had his longest outing of the season. He pitched 4.2 innings, only giving up five hits and two runs. He didn't walk anyone and struck out two. He used his four-seam fastball and sinker (93-94 mph) a lot more this game than in past starts, giving the appearance that he is getting more comfortable after missing last year recovering from Tommy John surgery. The bats couldn't take advantage of Dallas keeping the Bisons in the game, though. They would only get three baserunners all game and had no chance to take back the lead from the RailRiders, falling 2-0 in the doubleheader-shortened game. May 1, Game 2: In the second game of the doubleheader, Grant Rogers was on the mound for the Bisons and actually outperformed game one starter, Chad Dallas. Rogers gave up a lot of hits (seven) and walked one, but was able to pitch around the traffic. He would only surrender three runs (two earned) over his five innings. Unlike in game one, the bats were dialed in for this game. Ismael Munguia, who was called up to Triple-A Buffalo on Friday, had himself a nice day at the plate, going 2-4 with a run scored. The Bisons broke out on top in the first innings with a massive five runs to open the game, highlighted by Josh Rivera's three-run, bases-clearing triple. William Simoneit added two runs, with his first home run of the season at Triple A. Yariel Rodríguez pitched a flawless seventh, getting a one, two, three inning and earning the save, as Buffalo won 8-3. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 14-9 Series vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies (New York Mets) April 30: In the Thursday game between New Hampshire and Binghamton, Adrian Pinto put the Fisher Cats up one from the start with a leadoff home run. Binghamton tied it back up in the fourth inning off a sacrifice fly against New Hampshire starting pitcher Gage Stanifer. Stanifer did not have his fastball command at all in this one, and things went south in the fifth inning. Stanifer managed to get through four pretty easily despite the fastball, but in the fifth, he walked two and gave up an RBI single before leaving. Two more runs would be charged to Stanifer, and his final line was four innings, four hits, two earned runs, six walks, and six strikeouts – some good mixed in with his bad fastball command on the day. Eddie Micheletti Jr. added an RBI single and Pinto an RBI groundout, but it wasn't enough as New Hampshire lost this one 6-3. May 1: The Friday night game started off with another huge inning from the Fisher Cats. Jace Bohrofen drove in a run with a single, Sean Keys doubled him home, Jay Harry and Nick Goodwin added RBI doubles, and Jorge Burgos finished the run-scoring outburst with an RBI single. Six runs had crossed the plate in the bottom of the first for New Hampshire. In the seventh inning, New Hampshire piled on again, this time with Aaron Parker and Jackson Hornung launching solo home runs. Alex Amalfi got the three-inning save, and New Hampshire won an easy one, this time 11-4. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 10-15 Series vs. Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks) April 30: The sloppy play continues to rear its ugly head for the Canadians, as despite excellent pitching performances from Johnny King and Holden Wilkerson, who both pitched four strong innings, they ended up losing in extra innings once again. With two outs left in the top of the eighth, Wilkerson induced a hard hit grounder to Dub Gleed, who was unable to field it, leading to two runs scoring for the Hops. In the bottom of that inning, Tucker Toman walked, then advanced to third on a passed ball, before Alexis Hernandez walked, leading to runners on the corners with no outs. Toman made the first out at home plate on a J.R. Freethy grounder to the pitcher, but Jacob Sharp got the first run for Vancouver on a sac fly, and Freethy was able to get to third. Matt Scannell walked, and with Manuel Beltre at the dish, Scannell got hung up between the bases, allowing Freethy to score in the distraction. This brought the game to extra innings, and Jonathan Todd was able to get two outs but ended up loading the bases before throwing a wild pitch, allowing two runners to score with another error from Sharp this time. The Canadians couldn’t capitalize on their own ghost runner in the 10th, leading to a 4-2 loss. May 1: The Canadians once again took it to extras. This time, they took an early deficit, as Austin Cates pitched well but allowed two homers, which gave the Hops a three-run lead. The Canadians cut the lead to one as Hayden Gilliland crushed his first homer of the season in the fifth inning to score Beltre and himself. Gilly once again took to the plate in the bottom of the seventh and once again launched a ball over the fence, tying the game up in the seventh. The score remained unchanged once again, with Kelena Sauer and Carson Pierce pitching four and a half shutout frames, leading to Matt Scannell leading it off in the bottom of the 10th inning, where he walked it off with a double in the gap, finally breaking the Canadians’ losing streak. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 10-15 Series vs. Jupiter Hammerheads (Miami Marlins) April 30: Dariel Ramon led the charge offensively for the Blue Jays, as the diminutive hitter hit his third home run of the season already, scoring three runs and putting the Jays up early. Blaine Bullard continued to impress with an RBI single the same inning, giving the Jays a 4-0 lead. Dayne Pengelly didn’t allow a run despite four walks, and Yondrei Rojas looked good in his first rehab appearance. Things fell apart in the eighth inning as the Hammerheads got on the board with a two-run double against Lluveres Severino, and a disastrous ninth inning from 14th rounder Noah Palmese led to five runs scoring for the Hammerheads, losing the lead for good. With the bases loaded in the ninth, the Jays had a chance to come back, but Victor Arias grounded into a fielder’s choice double play, with Cresswell’s aggressive baserunning to home ending the game as he was hung up between third and home. May 1: The Jays got to an early lead after loading the bases in the first, and Aldo Gaxiola knocked in two runs with a single. However, Brandon Barriera did not have it in this game’s start, as he didn’t get out of the second inning, walking three batters, allowing four runs and not striking out anyone. The 'pen didn’t fare much better, as they gave up a total of 10 runs in an absolute rout of the Dunedin Blue Jays. The Jays only struck out four batters on the night, and gave up fourteen runs in total, and although they got a four-run scoring outburst in the bottom of the eighth, they were still down 11-6, before the Hammerheads got a three-run homer in the top of the ninth for extra insurance. View full article