Simon Li

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 21-22) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals): 1-1 Season Record: 47-51 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 1-0 Season Record: 46-43 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks): 1-1 Season Record: 41-51 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates): 2-0 Season Record: 43-47 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 1-0 Season Record: 37-20 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 15-21 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 1-0 Season Record: 18-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 47-51 Series vs Rochester Red Wings (Washington Nationals) July 21: On Tuesday, Buffalo opened up a new series, this one with the Rochester Red Wings. Simeon Woods Richardson had the mound and had an up-and-down start. The good came in the form of strikeouts and his ability to keep hitters from making quality contact. He only pitched three innings, but struck out five, only gave up one hit, and didn't allow a run. The bad was with his command at times. Across the three innings, he walked four, and in the at-bats, the misses were not competitive at all. While Woods Richardson was on a roller coaster, Josh Kasevich and Ismael Munguia led the offense. Charles McAdoo started the scoring for Buffalo with an RBI single that brought home Munguia in the bottom of the first inning. Later in the inning, Jay Harry continued his excellent season with an RBI single, scoring Kasevich. Carlos Mendoza added to the Bisons' lead by grounding out to first base, but Davis Schneider crossed home on the play. From there, the Buffalo bullpen imploded, yet again, highlighted by Abimelec Ortiz bringing home three runs on two doubles in the eighth and ninth innings. In all, Rochester scored six runs in the ninth, all charged to Pat Gallagher. Buffalo dropped the game 7-3, after leading 3-1 going into the final frame. July 22: It was the Max Scherzer show on Wednesday afternoon for the Bisons. Scherzer was making another rehab start and made this one count in a big way. Scherzer threw five perfect innings, no hits, no walks, no runs, and struck out seven. The start was perfect for Buffalo, as their bats were hot as well. Josh Kasevich and Jay Harry each had two-RBI doubles in the bottom of the second inning. Davis Schneider blasted a solo shot in the third on a first-pitch fastball. Then William Simoneit added to the Bisons' lead with an RBI single in the fifth. Finally, Buffalo scored two on a wild pitch in the fifth as well. The Bisons cruised to a 9-2 win, as Scherzer looks primed to be activated off of the IL before his next start. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 46-43 Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees) July 21: Postponed July 22: Wednesday was the first game of the series between New Hampshire and Somerset. Arjun Nimmala got things going in the bottom of the first. He doubled to left field and then scored on an Eddie Micheletti Jr. RBI single. DJ Gladney launched a home run for Somerset to tie the game in the second inning. In the third inning, it was Nimmala again, but this time he crushed an opposite-field home run. The exit velocity was 106 mph, and it went 432 feet. The next inning saw Josh Moylan homer to give the Patriots a one-run lead. Carter Cunningham tied things up in the seventh inning with his fourth Double-A home run. The eighth inning saw New Hampshire break things wide open. With the bases loaded, Jorge Burgos got all of a 1-0 pitch over the plate and crushed a grand slam to right field. New Hampshire would go on to win 7-4. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 42-50 Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks) July 21: The Canadians met up at Hops Ballpark with Hillsboro and were able to stave off a late-inning comeback from the opposition. A throwing error in the first inning on a pick-off attempt allowed J.R. Freethy to score the first run of the game, but the Hops responded with a two-run second inning off of Silvano Hechavarria. The game went back and forth until the seventh inning, where Jake Casey came up to the plate with two outs and hammered his third homer of the season that netted the Canadians two runs and the lead, for Casey’s fourth time on base of the game. Edward Duran quickly followed that up with a homer of his own, making it a 6-3 lead. Jack Nedrow came in the eighth inning and allowed a run-scoring double, but the Canadians had another multi-run inning in the ninth, as the Iowa Meat Truck Peyton Williams added a run with a ringing double, then Tucker Toman drove him home with his 10th homer of the season. That turned out to be just enough runs to survive the onslaught from the Hops, as they fired back with four runs against Nedrow in the ninth before Jonathan Todd shut the door for the save and the win. July 22: The Canadians once again rallied in the ninth inning in another close game against the Hops. Johnny King wasn’t his best in this start, giving up four runs, with three of them being earned. He did show some good stuff, with six strikeouts over his four innings pitched, but that put the Canadians in a hole early. Mathieu Vallee was able to get some runs across for the Canadians with a two RBI-single, but Austin Marozas couldn’t stop the bleeding as he allowed two more runs. The Canadians had the Hops on the ropes in the eighth, as they loaded the bases with no outs, but they were unable to fully capitalize, as Manuel Beltre drove in one run on an RBI single and Vallee was able to move another runner across with an RBI groundout, but the Canadians still trailed by two heading into the ninth. Gilberto Batista continues to do well as a short-inning reliever, allowing no runs in his two innings, and in the ninth inning, the Canadians showed life, with Ryan Sprock hitting a ball that bounced and hit the top of the wall, so Slade Caldwell assumed that it went over the fence, then bounced back in. However, Sprock kept on chugging and managed to get an inside-the-park homer. This must have shaken the Hops, as with two outs and runners on first and second, recently promoted Jaxson West had himself a clutch single to tie the game up. Jake Casey pinch hit for Beltre and took the lead with a single of his own, and Vallee had his fourth RBI of the night to give the Canadians the lead for good. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 43-47 Series vs Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh Pirates) July 21: This was a barnburner, as the Jays and Marauders traded runs back and forth. Denis Samudio did not have his best command, walking four batters in just under three innings, and was punished in the first inning, as rehabbing old friend Spencer Horwitz was able to walk and score on Brent Iredale’s two-run single. Aldo Gaxiola was able to hit an RBI triple to get the Jays on the board. The Jays tied it up after JoJo Parker hit a double, then advanced on a balk, and after Juan Sanchez got on base with a walk, he stole second, leading to a throwing error that allowed Parker to go home. The wind got an assist as Jean Joseph’s pop-up evaded Horwitz’s glove, putting the Jays up one. T.J. Brock made his return for the Jays on rehab assignment, and although the stuff was popping, he gave up a hit to Horwitz, then was taken deep to lose the lead. He gave up two hits but decided enough was enough, striking the last two batters swinging. Sanchez answered right back with a homer of his own for his seventh of the season, and another Gaxiola extra-base hit put the Jays up by four. The Marauders were hot on the Jays’ tail, as Josbel Garcia gave up three runs in the seventh and eighth, bringing it back to a one-run game. Gaxiola could not be denied, as he had his fourth and fifth RBIs of the game to put the Jays up three, and that was just what the doctor ordered, as Lluveres Severino gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth, narrowly escaping with a victory. July 22: This was a laugher for the Dunedin Blue Jays, as they got ahead early and really pulled away at the end of the game. Blake Purnell went six innings for a quality start, striking out four batters and allowing two runs. Although he gave up the first run of the game, the Jays quickly answered with a Jake Cook two-run double and a Blaine Bullard single, making it 3-1. Giaconino Lasaracina smoked one to center field, making it 4-1, and Bullard added to the extra-base hit fiesta with a two-RBI double in the sixth. Colby Holcombe returned on rehab assignment, but allowed a two-run homer to make it within two runs, but Raimundo De Los Santos had his second homer of the season to take a run back. JoJo Parker singled in the ninth, and after two quick outs, it looked like they were just going to head into the bottom of the ninth with a three-run lead, but the Jays just could not get out. They went single, double, single, single, walk, double, double, double, double, which ended up making for a nine-spot inning. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 37-20 July 22: It was not a good day for the FCL Blue Jays against the FCL Tigers on Tuesday. The Blue Jays only managed one hit and surrendered 16. Seojun Moon got the start for the Blue Jays and was doing well until the third and fourth innings. He allowed a solo home run to Cris Rodriguez in the third inning and a run on a single in the fourth. He left with two men on, and the Tigers immediately got to the next pitcher, Edgar Gallegos. Gallegos allowed a three-run home run, and things kept going downhill. In the sixth inning, the Tigers got two more home runs, including one from Rodriguez again. The Blue Jays lost this one big, 13-2. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 15-21 July 21: Tuesday's game for BJB started out rough and only got worse. Tomoya Kinjo was on the mound to start the game for BJB and didn't make it out of the first inning. In fact, he didn't even record an out; he walked all three hitters he faced. Manuel Parra replaced Kinjo and gave up two runs. BJB pitching did have one bright spot: They struck out 10 White Sox batters in the seven-inning game. Unfortunately, the strikeouts were overshadowed by 14 walks, five hits, and nine runs allowed. Sebastian Casanova continued his sizzling season with two more hits, bringing his batting average up to .363 for the season. BJB scored four runs in the game, three in the third and one in the sixth. In the third, Casanova had an RBI single, then Ruben Sanchez scored on an RBI groundout by Juan Caricote, and finally Casanova crossed home on a wild pitch. In the sixth, Isay Veras singled in Casanova. It was all for not through, as BJB pitchers couldn't find the strike zone all game. BJB lost 9-4. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 18-17 July 21: While BJB got a terrible game from their pitchers, it was a vastly different story for BJR on Tuesday. BJR almost pitched a full nine-inning no-hitter, getting five no-hit innings from Alieski Torres and three no-hit innings from Jose Melo. Torres drops his ERA to 0.95 for the season and looks like he might have a real shot to come stateside next year to start playing Rookie ball. Diego Arce launched his first home run of the season, while Alex Linares, Gabriel Porras, and Aneudi Severino each had two hits in the game. BJR cruised to an 11-1 win, allowing just one hit in the game. Transactions 07/22/26 Toronto Blue Jays recalled RHP CJ Van Eyk from Buffalo Bisons. 07/22/26 Toronto Blue Jays recalled LF Yohendrick Piñango from Buffalo Bisons. 07/22/26 Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Lazaro Estrada to Buffalo Bisons. 07/22/26 Vancouver Canadians sent RHP Colby Holcombe on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/21/26 LHP Mason Olson assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 07/21/26 LHP Javen Coleman assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 07/21/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated C Owen Carapellotti from the 7-day injured list. 07/21/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated C Aaron Parker from the 7-day injured list. 07/21/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats sent RHP T.J. Brock on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/21/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats released C Adam Hackenberg. 07/21/26 C Jacob Sharp assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians. 07/21/26 LHP Javen Coleman assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 07/21/26 LHP Mason Olson assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 07/21/26 Vancouver Canadians activated LF Alexis Hernandez from the 7-day injured list. 07/21/26 Vancouver Canadians released C Alex Stone. 07/21/26 C Jaxson West assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. View full article

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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 7-8) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees): 0-2 Season Record: 42-47 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 1-1 Season Record: 42-39 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 1-1 Season Record: 35-48 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers): 0-2 Season Record: 38-44 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 31-17 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 1-1 Season Record: 12-16 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 1-0 Season Record: 13-13 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 42-47 Series vs Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees) July 7: Buffalo opened a new series on Tuesday, this one against the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. It was a game that the Bisons will want to forget immediately. They used six pitchers to get through nine innings, and every one of them gave up at least one run, with five of them surrendering at least two runs each. Davis Schneider would provide all of the runs on the scoreboard for Buffalo. He drew a bases-loaded walk in the third inning, scoring Jay Harry. Then in the bottom of the eighth inning, Schneider connected on a fastball down the middle for a two-run home run. The blast came off the bat at 103.7 mph and went 426 feet to center. While the bats were relatively quiet, the RailRiders brought the fireworks; they hit six home runs, including a grand slam. Buffalo dropped this one 18-3. July 8: On Wednesday, it was Max Scherzer taking the mound for another rehab start; it went south from the very beginning. Scherzer gave up three singles in the top of the first inning, followed by a sacrifice fly and then a soul-crushing 426-foot, three-run home run. In the second inning, it was a single, stolen base, an error and another sacrifice fly that brought home the fifth run of the game for the RailRiders. For the game, Scherzer threw four innings, gave up six hits, five runs (four earned), and struck out five. CJ Van Eyk came in for Scherzer to begin the fifth and threw five scoreless innings to keep the game somewhat close. Unfortunately for Buffalo, they would get a single by Carlos Mendoza and then head into the ninth still with just that one hit. In the ninth, though, they would get on the scoreboard. Davis Schneider singled, moved to third on two passed balls, and then scored on Je'Von Ward's sacrifice fly to center. After a hot stretch last week with the bats, Buffalo falls in back-to-back games with almost no fight from the lineup at the plate. The final score was 5-1, with the Bisons losing. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 42-39 Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) July 7: Postponed July 8, Game 1: In the first game of the series against the Portland Sea Dogs, Gage Stanifer was on the mound for New Hampshire. He started off well; he struck out the second batter of the game and got a double play to end the first inning. He never really had good control of his slider or splitter, so much of his time was using the fastball a lot. He hung a slider to the first batter of the second inning, who hit it well for a solo home run. In the third inning, he got behind the second batter of the inning 2-0 and left a fastball over the plate that again was hit for a solo home run. In the fourth inning, Stanifer again fell behind the first batter 2-0 and ended up leaving a fastball over the middle of the plate two pitches later; it was deposited over the fence for the third solo home run he gave up. He came out a few batters later after allowing a soft single, getting a pop-up, then walking two after the third error in the field. His day was done at 80 pitches. The fastball was again very good at times, but he needed all of his pitches to get further in the game. He went 3.1 innings, gave up four hits, three runs, allowed four walks, and struck out five again. Offensively, Nick Goodwin led off the first inning with a solo home run and was followed by Arjun Nimmala hitting a solo shot in the third inning. That was all the offense for New Hampshire who had just three hits in seven innings. New Hampshire lost this one 3-2. July 8, Game 2: In the second game of the doubleheader, the offense was much better and again led by Nick Goodwin. He went 3-for-3 in the game, with two doubles. Dub Gleed doubled in a run in the second inning and was then brought home by a two-run blast from Carter Cunningham. Eddie Micheletti Jr. added a sacrifice fly the next inning, with Patrick Winkel hitting an RBI single in the fourth along with Victor Arias bringing in a run on a groundout. New Hampshire would go on to win 6-2. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 35-48 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) July 7: Eric Snow and Sam Shaw each had three-hit nights as the two hitters have been some of the best hitters for Vancouver since joining the team this season. Snow drove in the first two runs of the game in the first inning for Vancouver, and then scored for a three-run first inning. Dylan Watts walked three batters for the fifth start in a row, but was able to limit the damage, only allowing one run in four innings. The Canadians added some power in the second inning, with Alex Stone leading off the second with a solo homer, before Shaw added two more runs with a homer of his own. Peyton Williams joined in the fun with the third homer of the inning, and the Canadians got ahead with an eight-run lead. Watts gave up his only run of the game with a homer to Luis Suisbel in the fourth, and Jack Nedrow replaced him in the fifth. Suisbel homered on him in the sixth, and then Nedrow gave up his second homer in the seventh inning, which made it a four-run game. Shaw gave an insurance run, walking with the bases loaded, which was well needed as Nedrow gave up two more runs in the eighth inning. Jonathan Todd was able to help the Canadians win after replacing Nedrow and getting the five outs needed to get out of the eighth and the ninth. July 8: It was a really close game as Holden Wilkerson and Adam Maier had a pitching duel, as both starters had a quality start, allowing a single run each. The Canadians had a chance to add more after Manuel Beltre drove in their first run in the third, but Eric Snow grounded out into a double play, which ruined the rally. Things took a turn for the worse when the bullpen replaced Wilkerson, who had his longest outing of the season, as Jay Schueler gave up five runs in the seventh inning, including a grand slam to Josh Caron. The offense was not able to give a response as the Canadians lost the second game of the series. Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Season Record: 38-44 Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers) July 7: The Jays’ pitching faltered in the first game of the series against Lakeland, as the best pitcher of the evening for them was the position player Dariel Ramon, who pitched two scoreless innings in relief. The Jays were the first to strike on offense with Juan Sanchez driving in Jake Cook in the first, and despite the Tigers taking the lead in the second, the Jays were able to bounce back with an RBI groundout from Raimundo De Los Santos. Blake Purnell, Luis Victorino, and Diego Dominguez subsequently gave up 13 runs in three innings, putting Dunedin way behind, and even after Blaine Bullard’s three-RBI night with a homer and a double, there was nothing the offense could do to recover from that deficit, for a disappointing start to the series. July 8: The Tigers just seemed to have the number of Dunedin’s pitching, as although they didn’t go for double-digit runs like the previous game, no pitcher for the Jays was able to get out unscathed, as each one gave up two runs or more. Giacomo Taschin gave up three homers to start the game, and despite a Blaine Bullard RBI double in the third, the Jays were already down four to one in the fourth inning. Angel Obando gave up two runs in the sixth, and the Jays were only able to score one more run on a Will Cresswell single. Lluveres Severino gave up a two-run homer in the eighth, and the Jays lost the second game of the series despite outhitting the Tigers 13 to 11, as they left 15 men on base. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 31-17 July 7: Tuesday saw the FCL Blue Jays and FCL Yankees face off. Colby Holcombe got the start on the mound in a rehab appearance and went two innings, only allowing a lone hit and striking out one. Seojun Moon came on in the fourth inning and had probably his worst game of the year. He allowed a home run to Wilberson De Pena, as well as a sacrifice fly and a two-run double in the inning. The Blue Jays started chipping away at the deficit, though. Enmanuel Bonilla stole home in a double steal to get the scoring started. In the sixth inning, the Blue Jays got two bases-loaded walks, a bases-loaded balk, and an RBI groundout from Andres Arias. A wild pitch in the seventh tied the game for the Blue Jays. An RBI groundout from David Guzman tied the game again in the eighth inning, before the game eventually landed in extra innings. A sacrifice fly by the Yankees would be the only run scored in the extra frame, though, as the Blue Jays lost this one 8-7. Guzman was the best hitter for the Blue Jays, going 3-5, with two runs, an RBI, and a walk. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 12-16 July 7: Jose Andrades had the mound on Tuesday for BJB in the game against the White Sox DSL team (WSX). While Andrades did run into some trouble in the second and fourth innings, he managed to escape each inning just giving up one run: an RBI double and an RBI single off the bat of Felix Lebron. Outside of those two hits, Andrades struck out seven batters in his four innings and put BJB in a good position to win the game, as they had the lead 3-2 when he exited the game. In the first inning, Fabian Gonzalez scored on a fielder's choice to give BJB the early lead. In the second, Luis Felipe tripled home Isay Veras to give BJB the lead back. A throwing error in the fourth allowed Randy Soto to score and gave BJB the lead for good. Both Caricote and Soto had RBI singles in the fifth, giving BJB some much-needed insurance runs, as they coughed one up in the seventh. BJB would win this one 5-3. July 8: Tomoya Kinjo continued to struggle in a big way on Wednesday, so much so that it is becoming worrisome whether he will put things together. Kinjo is already 23 years old and should be doing much better against 17- and 18-year-olds. Kinjo walked six and gave up three runs in his two innings of work. After the game, he has an ERA of 9.45 and a ridiculous WHIP of 2.70 in 13.1 innings for the season. He wasn't the only pitcher shuffling with his command, as BJB pitchers walked 13 in the game. You can imagine what happened with all of the walks: They would come around and score in bunches. BJB saw 11 Pirates Gold runners cross home plate in the game. The bats struggled just as much, only managing five hits, and they struck out 10 times. Juan Caricote continued to be a bright spot. He went 2-for-3 with an RBI double in the third inning. The other two runs BJB would score in the game came from a wild pitch and a balk. BJB fell 11-3. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 13-13 July 7: Postponed July 8: Darwin Nuñez and Ayberson Ortega led the way with their bats on Wednesday for BJR. Both had two hits in the game. Nuñez went 2-for-3, with an RBI double in the fifth, and Ortega went 2-for-3 with a two-RBI single in the fourth inning. Alieski Torres started the game and threw three scoreless innings, keeping his ERA for the season at zero. He has been one of the better pitchers in the DSL for the Blue Jays. BJR needed a Luis Nunez sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth inning to win the game, as their bullpen coughed up a run late into the game. BJR won the game 4-3. Transactions 07/08/26 Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Max Scherzer on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons. 07/07/26 Buffalo Bisons activated C William Simoneit from the Development List. 07/07/26 Toronto Blue Jays optioned LF Yohendrick Piñango to Buffalo Bisons. 07/07/26 Toronto Blue Jays recalled RHP Chad Dallas from Buffalo Bisons. 07/07/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated 3B Aldo Gaxiola from the 7-day injured list. 07/07/26 Sent C Owen Carapellotti on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 07/07/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated SS Arjun Nimmala from the 7-day injured list. View full article

Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (June 30 - July 1) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs St. Paul Saints (Minnesota Twins): 1-1 Season Record: 40-43 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia Phillies): 1-1 Season Record: 38-35 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants): 1-1 Season Record: 32-45 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Jupiter Hammerheads (Miami Marlins): 2-0 Season Record: 35-41 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 1-0 Season Record: 29-13 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 9-13 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 1-1 Season Record: 9-13 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 40-43 Series vs St. Paul Saints (Minnesota Twins) June 30: The end of June and beginning of July brought with it a new series for the Buffalo Bisons, this one against the St. Paul Saints. Jay Harry and Josh Kasevich stayed hot for Buffalo. While Harry had a two-hit, two-run, two-RBI game out of the leadoff spot in the lineup, Kasevich provided the power with his third home run of the season. Harry had a two-RBI single in the third inning, with Willie MacIver adding an RBI single of his own as well. Davis Schneider continued to work his way back towards the major leagues; he had an RBI double to left in the fifth inning, then scored on a single by Kasevich. Kasevich's home run came in the eighth, a solo shot to left. While the offense was clicking, the pitching was abysmal, well mostly just one pitcher. Jake Bloss started the game, and after the first inning, he probably needed some therapy to erase the trauma he brought on himself. He gave up two home runs in the bottom of the first inning, including a soul-crushing grand slam to Cody Morissette. In the third, he gave up another solo home run, and in the fourth it was an RBI double and a two-run home run. All told, he gave up 11 runs in just four innings of work, and Buffalo never stood a chance to come back. They would lose 12-6. July 1: Wednesday's game for Buffalo had a much better performance from the pitchers than Tuesday's game did. Chad Dallas had the mound for Buffalo, and he threw a really good game. He struck out just four, but gave up only one run across his five innings of work. He would turn it over to the bullpen, and they nearly matched him, combining to throw four innings and also gave up just one run. Brendon Little looked the best of the bullpen arms, as he threw 1.1 innings and struck out three. With the pitching keeping Buffalo in the game, they jumped out to an early lead, 2-0 in the first inning, thanks to an RBI groundout by Jay Harry and a sacrifice fly from Davis Schneider. That was all of the scoring in the game for Buffalo until the ninth inning. With the game tied up at two, Carlos Mendoza played hero and smoked a 2-2 changeup over the right field wall for what would be the game-winning home run. Buffalo won a close game, 3-2. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 38-35 Series vs Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia Phillies) June 30: Nolan Perry was promoted to New Hampshire and got the start for the Fisher Cats on Tuesday in the first game of the week against the Reading Fightin Phils. Aaron Parker started the scoring with a first-inning home run for New Hampshire, then Perry took over on the mound. He went three innings, struck out seven, allowed just one hit and walked two batters. He didn't allow a run, but the two walks in the first and double in the second saw his pitch count get high. He threw 59 pitches in the three innings, and his command hasn't returned to the top-end mark we were seeing before his brief pause in the season. It was much better in this game, though. Cade Doughty homered, then later in the game Nick Goodwin doubled in a run, along with Hedbert Perez doing the same in the ninth. Unfortunately, Reading hit four home runs in the seventh and eighth innings to take a commanding lead. New Hampshire lost this one 9-6. July 1: In the Wednesday matchup between New Hampshire and Reading, Gage Stanifer was on the mound. It was a short outing for Stanifer on the hot day (felt close to 110° F). He pitched just two innings, gave up five hits, three runs, but didn't walk anyone and struck out five. One run scored due to a defensive gaffe and the other two from two doubles. His slider was great, and the fastball was pretty solid again. Definite signs of improvement still, despite the short outing. Offensively, Cutter Coffey started the scoring with a two-run triple in the second inning, which was followed by two runs scoring on an Aaron Parker double and Eddie Micheletti Jr. single in the third inning. Nick Goodwin and Parker both homered in the fourth, followed by an RBI single from Goodwin in the sixth and another home run by Parker. In the ninth, Jackson Hornung singled home the eleventh run of the game for New Hampshire, who would hold on to win a crazy game in the hot weather, 11-10. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 32-45 Series vs Eugene Emeralds (San Francisco Giants) June 30: Johnny King did not have his best stuff today against the Emeralds, as he walked five batters and only struck out three in just over four innings of work. He allowed two runs in the third, one in the fourth, and after allowing a hit in the fifth, Jack Eshleman replaced him, who allowed a homer, making it five to nothing for the Emeralds. The Canadians had the bases loaded in the sixth inning, and Peyton Williams came up to the dish but only got a groundout, which allowed one run to score, but the inning ended shortly after. They had another shot in the seventh, and a smart pinch-hit substitution swapping in Tucker Toman for Manuel Beltre led to an RBI single. J.R. Freethy came up right after him, and brought the game within one with a massive two-run double. Eshleman was great after allowing the homer, and went three innings more with three strikeouts, only allowing one more hit. Reece Wissinger replaced him and kept the score close, and with the Canadians trailing by one, down to their final out with the bases loaded, just like it was in the sixth inning. Williams delivered this time with a walk-off two-run single. July 1: Vancouver got off to an early lead on Canada Day as J.R. Freethy was able to score on a passed ball in the first, and Edward Duran then drove in two runners in the third inning with his second double of the season. Dylan Watts’ command once again failed him in his third start in Vancouver, as he walked six batters after walking five in his last start. He gave up all four of his earned runs in the fifth inning after being fine in the first four, giving up two walks and two singles. Gilberto Batista replaced him, and all hell broke loose, as he gave up eight earned runs and only got one out and had to be replaced by Jay Schueler to get out of the inning. The Canadians didn’t give up, however, as Freethy scored his third run of the game and Eric Snow scored another to claw back a couple of runs. Peyton Williams and Sam Shaw added two more runs in the seventh with a couple of RBI singles, and in the eighth inning the lead was cut to just three as Freethy scored his fourth run of the game. However, the fifth inning was simply too disastrous, as the Canadians fell on Canada Day 12-1. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 35-41 Series vs Jupiter Hammerheads (Miami Marlins) June 30: JoJo Parker continued to do damage, and in the first inning he drove in the first run of the game with an RBI double to knock in Blaine Bullard. Denis Samudio was the starter for Dunedin, and he allowed just one run in four innings of work, walking three and striking out the same amount, with five whiffs on the night. It was a team offensive effort for the Jays, as eight of the nine hitters had themselves a hit, and the team combined for nine walks as well. They took advantage of some shaky defense and a wild pitch to score four runs in the first two innings, and in the seventh added on three insurance runs for a solid 7-1 victory, as Luis Fonseca and Josbel Garcia pitched five innings of two-hit baseball in relief. July 1: There was a bit of déjà vu, as the Blue Jays ended up with the exact same score as the previous game, with another 7-1 victory, this time with a great start from Blake Purnell. Adam Hackenberg was the designated hitter for Dunedin, and he definitely hit, as he went 3-for-4, driving in the first run of the game in the first inning. Purnell gave up his only run of the game on a homer in the third, which evened the game up, but he pitched five strong innings other than that blemish. Will Cresswell took the lead for the Jays, driving in two runs in the fourth with a two-RBI single. Austin Marozas returned to Dunedin after rehabbing in the Florida Complex League and pitched 2.1 no-hit innings with four strikeouts, and Lluveres Severino added three more strikeouts for four straight scoreless innings in relief. The Jays got a few insurance runs as well in the eighth, as Raimundo De Los Santos and Jake Cook both had some ribbies for a 7-1 victory for Dunedin. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 29-14 June 30: It was a wild one for the FCL Blue Jays against the FCL Phillies on Tuesday night. Seojun Moon got things going on the mound, where he completed four innings again, striking out three, not allowing a hit, but giving up a run on three walks. He did strike out Tommy Pham. Offensively, the Blue Jays had an 8-1 lead in the fifth inning. They were led by a rehabbing Arjun Nimmala, who had three balls hit over 100 mph on the day. Angel Guzman was great again as well, going 2-for-3, with a 106 MPH double to lead off the game, and he added three walks to reach base five times. The big hit came from Pascual Archila, who hit his sixth home run of the year. The runs scored on two bases-loaded walks, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, an error, two sacrifice flies, a wild pitch, and the home run. Things flipped though in the sixth inning, when the Phillies scored 10 runs in the next four frames. The Blue Jays scored on a balk, but lost this one in the end 11-9. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 9-13 June 30: On Tuesday, BJB took on the Chicago White Sox DSL team, and it would be a battle. BJB got on the scoreboard first, with a wild pitch scoring Cristopher Polanco in the top of the first inning. Down 2-1 in the third, BJB had a big scoring inning to take the lead back. Sebastian Casanova had an RBI single, Juan Caricote added two runs on his single, and Michael Mesa knocked in one with a sacrifice fly. Sebastian Romero and Carlos Vielma of the White Sox would each homer in the third and fourth, giving them the lead back at 7-5. In the sixth, Polanco tried to help BJB mount a comeback with a sacrifice fly to cut the White Sox lead to one, but that would be as close as BJB would get. BJB lost 7-6. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 9-13 June 30: On Tuesday, BJR faced off against the Colorado Rockies DSL team, and the game did not feature many runs scored. Elaineiker Coronado had three of BJR's seven hits, two were doubles and one was a single. One of Coronado's doubles came in the sixth, and it scored Alex Linares. On the mound for BJR was Franiel Severino, and he continued his stellar first season in professional baseball. He threw four scoreless innings and struck out two. Unfortunately for BJR, they gave up an unearned run in the sixth, and the game would head into extra innings. In the extra frames, the Rockies scored their ghost runner, while BJR did not. They would lose 2-1 in 10 innings. July 1: BJR played a game against the New York Mets Orange team on Wednesday, one of two games that would be played down on the island. BJR used two big hits in the third inning to take an early lead; Gabriel Porras doubled home Diego Arce and Jose Gori, then Darwin Núñez hit a three-run home run to left field. The home run was the first of his season and the first of his career. BJR would add on in the fifth, getting a bases-loaded walk from Arce. They scored another run in the sixth on a groundout by Nuñez. On the mound, Alieski Torres paced the pitches, throwing three innings, striking out four, and not allowing a hit or a run. His ERA for the season still sits at zero. The 18-year-old might be someone to watch if he comes stateside next year. BJR won pretty easily, 7-3. Transactions 06/30/26 Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Lazaro Estrada. 06/30/26 Buffalo Bisons transferred 2B Carlos Mendoza to the Development List. 06/30/26 Buffalo Bisons activated DH Eloy Jiménez from the 7-day injured list. 06/30/26 Buffalo Bisons transferred C William Simoneit to the Development List. 06/30/26 Buffalo Bisons activated LF Ismael Munguia from the 7-day injured list. 06/30/26 Buffalo Bisons activated LF Davis Schneider. 06/30/26 IF Darwin Nuñez assigned to DSL Blue Jays Red from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 06/30/26 RHP Silvano Hechavarria assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 06/30/26 RHP Nolan Perry assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians. 07/01/26 Buffalo Bisons activated 2B Carlos Mendoza from the Development List. 07/01/26 Buffalo Bisons placed RHP Matt Bowman on the temporarily inactive list. 07/01/26 Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Simeon Woods Richardson outright to Buffalo Bisons. 07/01/26 Toronto Blue Jays recalled LF Jonatan Clase from Buffalo Bisons. 07/01/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats sent SS Arjun Nimmala on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/01/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats sent RHP Austin Marozas on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 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The summer months have now arrived, and so have some of these Blue Jays prospects. Although the power numbers might be slightly inflated by potential reduced drag on the baseballs, these players have taken big advantage of that and broken out. Honourable Mentions Sam Shaw - Dunedin, Vancouver - 18 G, .211/.438/.474, 152 wRC+, 28.7 BB%, 17.5 K%, 12 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR Shaw was put on the injured list near the end of last season due to some circulation issues, and that persisted into the beginning of the season. Shaw returned on a rehab assignment in Dunedin, then hit the ground running as he was promoted to Vancouver. His production has come from mostly his near-30% walk rate rather than strong power production or a high batting average, but it’s very nice to see him return with such discipline. Eric Snow - Dunedin, Vancouver - 20 G, .338/.409/.538, 151 wRC+, 11.8 BB%, 9.7 K%, 27 H, 4 2B, 4 HR Snow wasn’t known as much for the bat after getting drafted out of Auburn, with his glove being his main selling point. He made a lot of noise with his bat in June, however, as the infielder earned a promotion to Vancouver and started hitting even more than in the lower levels of the Florida State League, reducing his strikeout rate to just 6.1% and hitting for more power. 4. JoJo Parker - Dunedin 21 G, .297/.430/.662, 174 wRC+, 19.4 BB%, 20.4 BB%, 22 H, 5 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR Toronto’s 2025 first-round pick’s results didn’t match his peripherals in the first couple of months of the season, but the bat has come around with a lot of authority. JoJo Parker hit six homers in June while maintaining his excellent chase and walk rates, leading to an incredible month. He’ll be knocking on the door to Vancouver sooner than later if he continues to keep this performance up. He was making a lot of contact on pitches he swung at, and when he did, he was able to barrel the ball or pull it in the air. Parker was just named as a representative for the Blue Jays in the Futures Game as well. 3. Jay Harry - New Hampshire, Buffalo 24 G, .354/.407/.626, 167 wRC+, 6.5 BB%, 18.5 K%, 24 H, 10 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR I already spoke about Jay Harry in a recent article I wrote, but the utility man has been one of the biggest surprises in the Jays’ farm system. From a non-prospect to knocking on the door to the majors with some of the hottest hitting that I’ve seen, it’s been an incredible story for the young man. He’ll need to reduce his chase tendencies, but his aggressive approach has worked for him in the past month. 2. Tucker Toman - Vancouver 21 G, .338/.457/.716, 204 wRC+, 13.0 BB%, 22.8 K%, 204 wRC+, 25 H, 7 2B, 7 HR Tucker Toman was the second subject of the article I wrote alongside Harry, but the 2022 second-round compensation pick mashed in the month of June, with seven homers, seven doubles, and a solid BB-to-K ratio. After dropping switch-hitting, Toman may actually be an impactful player with the bat, and with his increasing defensive versatility, he now has a pathway to success for the future. Really nice to see a once-struggling prospect become one of the hottest in the system. 1. Sean Keys - New Hampshire, Buffalo 21 G, .301/.427/.781, 199 wRC+, 14.6 BB%, 21.3 K%, 22 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR Sean Keys’ numbers weren’t spectacular in 2025, although he set a Vancouver Canadians record with 19 homers in a season, but his underlying metrics were a lot better than his results. He was chosen as a breakout pick by many pundits, and that proved to be prescient, as the Bucknell University alum has not only surpassed the homer total he set last season, but he’s earned a promotion to the major leagues. Keys could just not stop homering. With an organization-leading nine homers on the month, he slugged just over .780, with the hard-hit numbers and exit velocities to match. It has come with a slightly increased chase rate, but if he’s continuing to mash like this, it’s a great trade-off for Keys to make. Hopefully, he can inject some power into the major league lineup. View full article

The headlines have surrounded Sean Keys and his 20 homers in just 280 plate appearances, and for good reason. He’ll be in consideration for the major league roster with how well he’s hitting the ball and the major league team's scuffles at the plate. I want to take a look at the two guys who haven’t hit as well as Keys, but have been the second and third best hitters in the Jays' minor league system so far this season. Meet Jay Harry and Tucker Toman, two batters with wildly different pedigrees and prospect status when they first came into the league, but were both considered almost non-prospects in the offseason prior to this year. Jay Harry was the Twins’ sixth-round draft pick in 2023, and despite having a name that matched the team name of the major league team he played for, he was an afterthought in the whirlwind 2024 trade deadline, as the confounding reliever Trevor Richards was sent to Minnesota to acquire him. Harry bounced between High-A Vancouver and Double-A New Hampshire, hitting under the Mendoza line with a sub-.300 OBP and SLG, and was primarily touted for his defensive versatility. Tucker Toman came to the Jays in a much different way, as one of the bigger signing bonuses that the Jays gave out in the 2022 MLB draft as their second round compensation pick for $2 million out of high school. He was known for having a solid hit tool with power potential as a switch hitter, but his prospect status quickly dwindled as he spent three years in Low-A Dunedin, where he was a below-average hitter until last season, when he earned a promotion to Vancouver and had 12 games of solid production. Things have taken a huge turn for those two this season, as Jay Harry has posted a 145 wRC+ in 223 PAs, slashing .330/.360/.592. Tucker Toman has been just as good with a 142 wRC+ in 238 PAs, with a .284/.403/.490 triple slash. As much as I would like to only celebrate their production, there are reasonable concerns regarding the sustainability of their production. First, let’s take a look at Jay Harry. The biggest thing that stands out about his profile is that he’s now walking just 3.6% of the time. A lot of it is in-zone aggression, although we don’t have his Double-A pitch-by-pitch data. In the small sample of 10 games in Triple-A, he swings at 84.7% of pitches he sees in the zone. Only Elias Diaz has swung at more than that in the major leagues (min 50 PAs). Harry is not at all selective, though, as he equally chases at an absurd amount, with a 51.8% chase rate, which is 4% higher than the swing-happy Ernie Clement. While Harry does do damage when he makes contact, with a 48.5% hard hit rate and a 90.4 mph average exit velocity, he actually whiffs a lot at the pitches he swings at out of the zone. His contact rate for pitches out of the zone was just 60.5%, and although his in-zone contact was good at 88.5%, it isn’t elite like a lot of swing-happy hitters. Despite the solid hard hit rate, Jay Harry also doesn’t have the best raw power either, with him having just a 106.1 mph Max exit velocity and a 103.6 90th percentile exit velocity being just slightly above average in Triple-A. He makes up for the lack of raw power with a pulled air-approach, which lets his power play up, but the question remains if his swing-heavy approach can be sustained against more advanced pitching. Right now, he’s buoyed by a .397 BABIP, and he’s normally been more than .100 points of BABIP lower than that throughout his minor-league career. Harry was never going to sustain a 140 wRC+, but he does have some makings of a good hitter in him. The biggest question is whether he can be a productive hitter despite his aggressive approach. A comparison that seems apt is with Edmundo Sosa of the Phillies, despite being a right-handed hitter instead of left-handed like Harry, their contact and batted ball metrics are remarkably similar, except Harry has better Air-Pull rates and swung at more pitches in the zone. For Harry to carve his way into a major league role, Sosa would be a great player to replicate as a platoon infielder with great defensive versatility, except Harry would be a strong-side platoon bat as a lefty. Harry has much better numbers against righties than lefties. Name O-Swing% Z-Swing% Swing% O-Contact% Z-Contact% Contact% EV EV90 maxEV HardHit% CStr% CSW% BB% K% SwStr% Pull Air% Edmundo Sosa 53.99% 72.68% 61.39% 64.50% 89.93% 76.42% 87.4 105.7 111.6 40.59% 12.91% 27.36% 2.16% 22.30% 14.45% 12.00% Jay Harry 51.80% 84.70% 60.80% 60.50% 88.50% 75.80% 90.4 103.6 106.1 48.50% 11.90% 26.60% 3.60% 22.90% 14.70% 21.20% (Data via FanGraphs, TJstats.ca) Moving on to Tucker Toman, the infielder finally made the decision to drop switch-hitting as his righty swing heavily lagged behind his more advanced lefty swing. This has led to an uptick in performance and has made his breakout much more compelling. The best part about Toman’s game is his plate discipline. Toman, despite his struggles, constantly ran near 10% walk rates or above, and he’s been walking at a career best 13.9% of the time. He’s not just walking because of passivity either; he’s been good at not chasing but also with reasonable amounts of in-zone swings at 68.4% of the time. Toman’s production has been carried by a stretch of nine games where he homered six times and added another six doubles, but there are legitimate qualms about Toman’s raw power. Although we don’t have publicly available batted ball metrics for this season, Toman’s data last season wasn’t very impressive, with his Max Exit Velocity at 108.7mph and his 90th percentile at 102.2mph. Some would assume that Toman dropping switch-hitting may have impacted his power numbers and that his power production was mostly from that, but there are other factors at play that need to be considered. As reported by JJ Cooper from Baseball America , the minor leagues have had an offensive explosion that we haven’t seen in a while, most likely due to changes in minor league baseball. Many hitters are experiencing gains in exit velocities and hard hit rates, perhaps not due to improvements as a hitter but due to changes in the baseball. Toman seems to be one of the bigger beneficiaries of those changes, as his batted ball profile is not conducive to hitting for power. He doesn’t lift the ball well at all with a 51.1% groundball rate, and when he does lift the ball, it’s often not pulled. With pulled flyballs being the easiest source of power for most hitters, it’s either that Toman has significantly improved his batted ball metrics or that he’s gotten really lucky with his flyballs. Prior to this season, Toman homered on around 7% of the flyballs that he’s hit, but this season he’s up to a 22.5% HR/FB rate (as of June 25th, 2026). Another problem for Toman is that although his patient approach works for him, he’s not very adept at hitting for contact, with just a 75.8% Z-Contact rate and a near 30% whiff rate, which has resulted in a below-average K rate. He is also running a quite high BABIP with a .365, although he seems to be a batter who naturally runs higher BABIPs. His middling contact rates mean that for Toman to continue to be a productive hitter, he needs to hit for power, or more advanced pitchers will challenge him in the zone as he moves up. I find it more unlikely for Toman to continue hitting for power at this rate with his prior middling raw power, whilst also having the same batted ball distribution that he has now. Those things need to have changed significantly for me to fully believe in the breakout. He has pulled the ball in the air more in previous seasons, and his worse results prior may mean that this works for him, but I’m still a bit skeptical about his abilities as a hitter. Harry's ultra-aggressive approach and Toman's questionable power indicators suggest that some regression is likely, but we should appreciate how much they've improved so far this season, as the two of them were afterthoughts in an improving Jays system. 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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (June 23 - June 24) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Iowa Cubs (Chicago White Sox): 1-1 Season Record: 36-41 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees): 1-1 Season Record: 35-34 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks): 0-1 Season Record: 29-42 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees): 0-2 Season Record: 32-38 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: 1-0 Season Record: 27-11 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 6-11 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 5-12 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 36-41 Series vs Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs) June 23: The Buffalo Bisons had themselves a power surge on Tuesday to open up a new series against the Iowa Cubs. Jay Harry was moved into the lead-off spot in the batting order and rewarded Buffalo with a big game. He went 3-5, scoring two runs, and knocking in four runs. His big hit came in the fifth inning, when he crushed a pitch up and away to right for a three-run home run. Je'Von joined him with a big blast of his own, a solo shot to center field in the seventh, which was smoked at 110 mph off the bat. While the bats were scoring left and right, the pitching was an utter disappointment. Richard Gallardo gave up two runs as the starting pitcher, CJ Van Eyk coughed up five in just 0.2 innings pitched, and then Justin Topa and Chase Lee each surrendered runs as well. The Bisons found themselves down two in the top of the ninth inning, when Carlos Mendoza came to the plate, following a Josh Rivera double. Mendoza lofted a pitch, at 38° launch angle, over the right field wall for a game-tying two-run home run. In the tenth, Sean Keys and Charles McAdoo each had RBI doubles, then Willie MacIver tacked in a big shot of his own. He roped a fastball 108.8 mph off the bat for a solo home run, giving the Bisons a three-run lead headed into the bottom of the tenth. Lee would get touched up in the tenth for the two runs he allowed, before giving way to Matt Bowman, who came up clutch for Buffalo. Up just one, with two on and nobody out, Bowman got a double play and a groundout to end the threat and the game. Buffalo squeaked out an 11-10 win in a game with a ton of fireworks and excitement. June 24: Wednesday's game against Iowa had just as many, if not more, fireworks on the field. Jonatan Clase joined the fun, smacking a two-run home run in the first inning. C.J. Stubbs would get one of his own in the ninth, a solo shot to center. It was the hardest hit home run for the Bisons over the last two days, a 111.8 mph rope that went 426 feet. Jay Harry even added two more hits out of the lead-off spot, chipping in two RBI, and scoring once. The standout of the day at the plate wouldn't be any of those Bisons, though; it would be Sean Keys. He continues to push towards a call-up to the big league club, knocking two more home runs in this game, both of the two-run variety. While the bats were alive and thriving for Buffalo, their pitching was even worse than on Tuesday. Jake Bloss surrendered five runs over his 3.1 innings, Devereaux and Conor Larkin each gave up six, and Yariel Rodriguez also coughed up a run. The Bisons scored a ton, but Iowa dropped 18 runs on them to take the win 18-11. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 35-34 Series vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees) June 23: Tuesday saw New Hampshire kick off a series against the Somerset Patriots. Jackson Wentworth was on the mound and put up one of his best starts at Double-A. He pitched six innings, only allowed three hits, didn't give up a run, walked three, and struck out five. Victor Arias broke open a 0-0 game in the sixth inning with a long home run to right field, his sixth of the year at Double-A. In the eighth inning, it was Arias again, this time with a two-run double. Later in the inning, Nick Goodwin brought Arias home with a single to right field. New Hampshire won this one 4-0. June 24: In the Wednesday game between New Hampshire and Somerset, it was the Patriots who got out to an early lead in the second inning. Jackson Castillo brought in two runs on a line drive double to left field. In the bottom half of the inning, Nick Goodwin hit a deep fly ball off the right field wall, which he was able to turn into a triple, scoring a run for New Hampshire. Somerset went on a scoring run after that, though, scoring eight straight on an RBI double, two home runs, and an RBI single. Cutter Coffey singled on a fly ball to right field in the ninth inning to make it an eight-run game. New Hampshire only managed three hits and two runs in the game, as they lost this one 10-2. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 29-42 Series vs Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks) June 23: Nolan Perry had his second mediocre start in a row, as he allowed five hits and a walk in just three innings to allow three runs. Jack Eshelman also gave up three runs, but one of them was unearned due to a throwing error by him. Down six to nothing, the Canadians fought back, with Alexis Hernandez with his 10th homer of the season to get it within four. Peyton Williams added another homer in the seventh inning, but a fielding error from Kendry Chirinos led to an unearned run scoring for the second time this game. That run turned out to be the difference between a loss and extra innings, as Alexis Hernandez’s second homer of the game brought it within one as he drove in three runners in the eighth inning. Unfortunately for the Canadians, they couldn’t score in the ninth, which led to a loss caused by some shaky defense. June 24: Johnny King once again faced traffic in the first inning, allowing the first two runners to get on with singles. He was able to get a groundout to shortstop, but after Maddox Latta threw it to second to get the forceout, Eric Snow made an ill-advised throw that skipped past the first baseman and allowed a run to score. King once again settled in, going five strong innings, only allowing that one run in the first inning to score, to go with six strikeouts. Jack Nedrow replaced King in the sixth, and allowed two runs to score on a triple. He gave up another triple in the eighth inning, and the runner ended up scoring, which was three runs given up by the righty. The Canadians loaded the bases in the top of the ninth, and Sam Shaw was able to put Vancouver on the board with a bases-loaded walk. Alexis Hernandez battled back from a 0-2 count with an eight-pitch walk to score another run. Peyton Williams couldn’t keep it going as he struck out, ending the game. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 32-36 Series vs Tampa Tarpons (New York Yankees) June 23: The Tarpons ruined Carson Messina’s strong start, as Messina pitched four no-hit innings, with a run scored only due to Lenyn Sosa making a fielding error in the second inning. The Jays' offense didn’t do Messina any favors either, as they scored their only run of the ballgame with Adam Hackenberg’s RBI single in the second. Denis Samudio replaced Messina in the fifth inning, and although he allowed two runs, he settled in, striking out five batters in less than four innings pitched. Ricky Tiedemann was supposed to pitch in relief, but was not able to due to neck soreness. Samudio ended up with the loss, as no one else was able to score despite the Jays out-hitting the Tarpons five to four. June 24: It was a tough day for Dunedin Pitching, as Blake Purnell and Bradley Wilson combined for seven runs given up in just the first five innings, with Purnell giving up three homers. It was a total shellacking as the Tarpons doubled the Jays' hit total with fifteen compared to just seven. JoJo Parker was one of the lone bright spots for the D-Jays as he hit a homer in the sixth for his eighth of the year and fifth of just this month. Luis Victorino allowed two more runs, and Blaine Bullard was able to get those back with a two-run double, but there was nothing else for the Jays. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 27-11 June 23: The FCL Blue Jays and FCL Phillies squared off against each other on Tuesday. Seojun Moon was on the mound for the Blue Jays, and he had one of his best games. He finished with 3.2 innings, gave up three hits, one run, walked one, and struck out six batters. Austin Marozas came in for Moon and pitched 1.1 innings and didn't give up a hit or run. Sann Omosako was next, and he put up a hitless performance. He went three perfect innings and struck out three batters. Nosh Palmese finished off the game with one inning; he gave up one hit and struck out one batter. Offensively, the Blue Jays scored all five of their runs in the fourth inning. A bases-loaded walk scored one run, and then David Guzman crushed a grand slam. The Blue Jays only had two hits in the game, but they made them count, as they won this one 5-1. DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 6-11 June 23: BJB was facing off against the Arizona Black team on Tuesday. Sebastian Casanova and Juan Caricote each had two singles, and each scored a run. Daret Gonzalez also had a single and scored a run. Gonzalez is someone to keep an eye on; he has just 22 at-bats for the season, but he does have one of the biggest bodies in the DSL, being listed at 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds. He has the type of frame scouts dream of for a 17-year-old. He will need to start hitting, though; his single today was just his second hit of the short season. While the bats slept at the plate, the pitching surrendered 13 runs, en route to the 13-3 loss. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 5-12 June 23: On Tuesday, BJR had a very forgettable game against the Arizona Red team in the DSL. Jose Gori had a single and Alex Linares drew a walk; that was it for the offense, just two baserunners for the entirety of the game. They would take the loss 1-0, in a game that neither team had more than two hits. Transactions 06/24/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated CF Jean Joseph from the 7-day injured list. 06/23/26 Buffalo Bisons sent LHP Ricky Tiedemann on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 06/23/26 Buffalo Bisons sent LF Ismael Munguia on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 06/23/26 Toronto Blue Jays sent 2B Lenyn Sosa on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 06/23/26 C Giaconino Lasaracina assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 06/23/26 C Juan Rosas assigned to FCL Blue Jays from Dunedin Blue Jays. View full article

Blue Jays Top 20 Prospects, June 2026 JoJo Parker SS - Dunedin Johnny King LHP - Vancouver Arjun Nimmala SS - New Hampshire Juan Sanchez 3B/SS - Dunedin (Previously #6) Ricky Tiedemann LHP - Buffalo (on Rehab assignment) Gage Stanifer RHP - New Hampshire (Previously #4) Sean Keys 1B/3B - Buffalo (Previously #9) Nolan Perry RHP - Vancouver (Previously #16) Blaine Bullard OF - Dunedin (Previously #8) Jake Bloss RHP - Buffalo (Previously #12) Victor Arias OF - New Hampshire Daniel Guerra RHP - Vancouver (Previously Unranked) Carson Messina RHP - Dunedin (Previously Unranked) Jake Cook OF - Dunedin (Previously #17) Josh Kasevich SS - Buffalo (Previously #10) Austin Cates RHP - New Hampshire (Previously Unranked) Tim Piasentin 3B - FCL (Previously #14) Charles McAdoo 3B - Buffalo (Previously #13) RJ Schreck OF - Buffalo (Previously #18) Adrian Pinto 2B - New Hampshire (Previously Unranked) The Jays’ prospect rankings looked quite a bit different after the graduations of both Trey Yesavage and Yohendrick Pinango, giving room for a few new faces. On the other hand, Landen Maroudis, Dylan Watts, and Silvano Hechavarria all fell off the list in place of four new faces. Hechavarria and Maroudis have struggled immensely since the start of the season, both with an ERA over 6 on the season. Watts, on the other hand, earned a promotion to Vancouver, but was lit up in his first start. He mostly fell off due to a number’s game, as his stuff is intriguing enough to warrant top 20 consideration. Juan Sanchez and Gage Stanifer swapped places due to Sanchez’s hot June, where he slashed .333/.371/.544 for a 140 wRC+. Sean Keys also took a slight jump after getting promoted to Buffalo and still mashed, with an elite pulled fly ball ability paired with 99th percentile 90th percentile exit velocities. The biggest jump, however, was from Nolan Perry from 16th all the way to 8th. He’s gone from a relatively unknown pitching prospect to a top 100 prospect in baseball, showing extremely strong stuff with a starter’s arsenal with decent command. Perry is now running a 39.2 K% despite a shaky start in his last outing. A pair of Jakes also saw rises, with Bloss showing very strong stuff after returning from injury. Jake Cook rose despite not showing impressive raw stats, but his speed has been impressive, stealing 12 bags in 29 games. Gage Stanifer has actually looked impressive, but fell more because of Sanchez’s excellence than any of his shortcomings. Tim Piasentin has walked a lot in the complex league, but hasn’t been able to make solid contact when challenged in the zone, causing him to fall three spots. Josh Kasevich, Charles McAdoo, and RJ Schreck have all performed decently but have been jumped over by the new, talented arms that have been added to the list. McAdoo had a short cup of coffee in the major leagues after some injuries to Lenyn Sosa and Addison Barger got hurt, and accumulated -0.2 fWAR, but was able to hit his first major league homer. RHP Daniel Guerra - #12 Daniel Guerra was an international signee out of Venezuela in 2022, and he slowly made his way stateside, making his Low-A debut in Dunedin in 2024. At age 21 he pitched a full season in Low-A Dunedin, and although he struggled a little bit in the first few months of that season, he began to really pick it up at the end of the 2025 season, the stuff jumped as he went later on in the season, where he capped off his season with a six perfect innings against the Mighty Mussels on August 30th, 2025. Guerra was promoted to Vancouver in the 2026 season and immediately made an impact, as heading into early June, Guerra was in the top five in all of the minors in strikeouts. Unfortunately for him, he was taken out early in a game on June 9th and was put on the 7-day IL to put a damper on his breakout season. Guerra has a prototypical starter's build, standing 6ft 6 inches and weighing 230 pounds. His delivery comes more over the top, leading to funky angles for opposing hitters, and with his increased mid-to-high 90s fastball velocity is very tough for hitters. Given his high slot, Guerra generates elite ride on his fastball, and he was able to get on it as well. His main secondary is a cut-slider that also jumped in velocity this season, into the high 80s, which was a great whiff generator for him. He has a developing third pitch with a changeup as well, but he’s still figuring out the feel for it. With two plus pitches and shaky command, Guerra’s future seems more likely in the back end of a bullpen, but if he can reign in the control and sharpen up the changeup there’s some rotation upside as well. RHP Carson Messina - #13 Carson Messina was a highly anticipated high school signing out of Summerville High School and pitched just two innings in 2025 before getting put on the injured list. His return to the mound in 2026 was domination, as he ranked near the top of many pitching leaderboards, before earning a promotion to Dunedin in June. He frequently touched the upper 90s in the Florida Complex League, but in his couple of starts in Low-A Dunedin his velocity was only sitting 93-94 mph, but he has shown the capability of reaching back for more topping out at 96 mph. The results haven’t been the prettiest with a 6.35 ERA in a tiny sample, but his stuff looked great despite the diminished velocity. His fastball showed plus ride with a -4.5 vertical approach angle which makes it harder for hitters to square up and he has an 80 mph curveball with a more than 34 inch vertical separation from his fastball that has generated a lot of whiffs. He does have a cut slider as well in the mid 80s. With the positive shape and movement of his pitches, Messina has carried a 32.2% K rate so far this season, but he also has struggled with his command, as more advanced Low-A hitters are less susceptible to swinging at his pitches out of the zone. The 6ft 3 righty has mid-rotation upside if he can continue his velocity uptick and improve his command. RHP - Austin Cates #16 Austin Cates was the Jays 7th round pick in 2024 out of UNLV, and had a very successful first professional season, pitching over 100 innings to a 3.12 ERA/3.55 FIP and finished the season stronger than he started after getting promoted to Vancouver. Cates got 24 innings in Vancouver before earning a callup to New Hampshire, where he has a 4.58 ERA/4.14 FIP with a 21.9 K% to a 12.6 BB%. Despite the middling numbers, the offensive environment in the minors has taken a jump so that’s actually a better than average performance in the Eastern League. The standout traits for Cates don’t really exist, as he’s an average sized pitcher with middling stuff, but he has a devastating splitter that he uses quite effectively. The fastball is only in the 91-93 range, but he’s topped out at 95 here and there with decent ride. The slider shape isn’t the greatest and doesn’t generate many whiffs, but is a pitch he can command. He introduced a curveball that he could use as a get me over pitch, but hasn’t shown much else. The main star of the show is the splitter in the mid 80s, and when it’s on can generate a ton of whiffs and chases. Cates’ command is just average, and with his middling fastball velocity, needs more than just one good pitch to be a rotation piece, but can work as a depth starter or multi-inning reliever if he progresses well. A bump in velocity or better breaking balls could put him in back-end rotation talks. 2B/OF Adrian Pinto - #20 The oft-injured player once again started the season on the injured list, but in his return, he has performed just enough to hop onto the list at the bottom rung. After returning from rehab assignment in Dunedin, Pinto has hit .245/.351/.439 in New Hampshire for a 110 wRC+, while walking just as much as he’s struck out at 13.8%. He wasn’t hitting homers at the rate he did in the small sample he posted in the previous season, but he’s shown some juice with four homers of the season to pair with a solid contact rate of 78.6%. Pinto’s ability to control his small zone, make hard contact when he makes contact whilst having a solid contact rate makes him an intriguing prospect in the system, and since he’s at least an average second baseman defensively with the capability of playing the outfield with solid speed despite not playing their yet this season, he’s an interesting look for a Jays team that’s lacking up the middle bats that hit righty with upside like this. The profile is unique and despite being traded for four years ago, he’ll turn just 24 this season. He will need to be added to the 40-man roster as he is rule-5 eligible, and the health will need to hold up for Pinto to have a path to the majors. With 147 PAs he’s already played more than he did in any season since 2023, and if he continues to hit like this very well might get added to the 40-man. View full article