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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (August 4-5) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles): 1-1 Season Record: 53-57 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox): 1-1 Season Record: 49-53 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners): 1-1 Season Record: 46-58 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers): 1-1 Season Record: 48-53 FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 18-27 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 0-0 Season Record: 26-17 Triple-A Buffalo Season Record: 53-57 Series vs Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) August 4: The Bisons opened up a new series with Norfolk on Tuesday in Buffalo and sent Grant Rogers to the mound in the hopes he would get them started with a win. Unfortunately, Rogers put them in a hole from the very start, and it just kept getting worse in each and every inning he pitched. Rogers gave up an RBI triple and an RBI groundout in the top of the first inning. Then in the second, two walks and a hit by pitch put him in a bind. Before it was over, that inning would see Norfolk get a run from a sacrifice fly, a run from an RBI single, and another run on Willie MacIver's throwing error. In the third, it was a two-RBI double that would extend the Norfolk lead to 7-1. Buffalo's only run through the first three frames came from a wild pitch that Daz Cameron scored on. Down 10-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Buffalo finally started to show some life at the plate. Josh Rivera, Carlos Mendoza, and Rudy Martin Jr. walked to load the bases, then Josh Kasevich grounded out to bring a run home. Charles McAdoo added a two-RBI single, followed by Cameron with an RBI single of his own. Sean Keys cut the deficit to four in the ninth with a solo home run to right field. The blast was smoked at 110.2 mph off the bat and went 411 feet. Despite the rough day for the Bisons, Cameron shined through, going 4-5 with the run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base. Buffalo would lose, though, in a mostly non-competitive game, 10-6. August 5: Wednesday's day game against Norfolk was a good one for a number of players. Daz Cameron continued to swing a hot bat; he went 3-for-4, with two runs scored and a stolen base. He already has seven hits in the first two games of the series. The most important performance of the game wasn't from Cameron or any of the bats, though. It was from Ricky Tiedemann. Tiedemann pitched a scoreless inning out of the bullpen, walking one. His fastball looked pretty good and topped out at 97.8 mph. Buffalo would trail by four runs heading into the bottom of the ninth, when their bats came alive. Ismael Munguia doubled home two runs and Charles McAdoo singled in two to tie the game up at six. Newly acquired center fielder Brett Bateman would then score the walk-off winning run by sprinting home on a wild pitch. Buffalo won 7-6 in a crazy comeback in the ninth. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 49-53 Series vs Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox) August 4: New Hampshire took on the Portland Sea Dogs on Tuesday in the week-long series opener. The Fisher Cats burst out to a big lead in the third inning. A wild pitch scored Carter Cunningham, followed by J.R. Freethy doubling in a run. Nick Goodwin roped a double to score a run as well, and Hedbert Perez capped off the inning with an RBI single. Portland came back in the fourth, though, scoring two runs on a Johanfran Garcia home run and a Miguel Bleis single. In the seventh inning, a groundout made it a one-run game before Dub Gleed launched his seventh home run at Double-A, giving New Hampshire a three-run lead. Bleis would again come through for Portland, this time with a home run. It wasn't enough, though, as New Hampshire won this game 6-4. August 5: The Wednesday game between New Hampshire and Portland wasn't a good one at all for the Fisher Cats. Nick Goodwin would go 4-5, including a double. Matt Olson had a solid game on the mound, only allowing two runs over 4.2 innings. The rest of the game was pretty much a throwaway, though. After the game was three to three in the third inning, Portland outscored New Hampshire by eleven the rest of the way, including eight runs in the ninth inning. Tyler McDonough had two home runs in the game for Portland. The big hit for New Hampshire came from Goodwin's hitting an RBI double. Cutter Coffey also had an RBI single. The Fisher Cats lost this game 15-4. High-A Vancouver Season Record: 45-58 Series vs Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) August 4: After going 5 innings or more in his past 8 starts, Troy Guthrie had his worst performance of his professional career, going only 1.2 innings, allowing seven hits and five runs. The offense also struggled, as although Gable Mitchell had a two-hit night, the rest of the team combined for only three more hits, and the team went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. The bullpen also got lit up as Holden Wilkerson was unable to finish an inning, allowing four more runs. Gilberto Batista and Colby Holcombe were better relative to the first two pitchers, as they only allowed two runs apiece, but that was enough for Vancouver to fall 13-0. August 5: Daniel Guerra had his second start since returning from the IL, and he pitched well in three innings of work. He struck out three batters, only allowing a single run. Ty Southisene made his debut after being the return for Kevin Gausman, and was hit by a pitch and got a hit. In the fourth inning, the Canadians added four runs to take the lead, thanks to a Gable Mitchell RBI double, then Edward Duran drove in two more runs with a single, and Jean Joseph added the fourth run with a sac fly. Jake Casey drove in Southisene for his first run as a Canadian, and Ryan Sprock added another run with an RBI groundout to make it a 6-1 game. Connor O’Halloran allowed only one run despite some shaky command in 2.2 innings to earn the win, and Jack Eshleman earned the save in a little over three innings pitched. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 47-52 Series vs Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers) August 4: Postponed August 5, Game 1: Early game heroics from Juan Sanchez and Aldo Gaxiola earned the Dunedin Blue Jays the win in the first game of this series. Sanchez hit a clutch two-run double in the first inning before Gaxiola drove him and Adrian Pinto in with a three-run blast to make it five to nothing in just the first inning. Brandon Barriera once again took the mound, and he walked the bases loaded in the first inning, but was able to get out of the jam. That boded well for the rest of his start, as he went 2.2 scoreless innings with four Ks. Edwin Veras went for 3.1 innings without allowing a run, striking out five batters, before Nolan Higgins completed the shutout with a scoreless inning to win the first game of the doubleheader and the first strikeout of his pro career. JoJo Parker had a big double in the fourth to score a couple of runs, and Giaconino Lasaracina had his 10th homer of the season to extend the lead to double digits in the seventh. Game 2: The second game of the doubleheader did not go nearly as well for the Jays as Brayden Heidel gave up three runs in just the second inning alone, as he allowed a triple, which was driven in, then he gave up a two-run homer to put the Jays down three. The Jays managed to even it up in the third inning, as they loaded the bases and scored runs on a wild pitch and a bases-loaded walk, and Owen Carapellotti hit a single to even it up with runners on second and third. They loaded the bases again the next inning, but JoJo Parker struck out, and Juan Sanchez popped out to strand them all. Josbel Garcia replaced Heidel, and he gave up a two-run homer to Zach MacDonald in the fourth inning, which ended up being the winning runs for the Flying Tigers. The Jays fell 6-3 in the second game of the doubleheader. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 18-26 August 4: Celwin Hurkmans pitched in his second game on Tuesday, and it went terribly for him and BJB. He pitched just 1.2 innings, but by the time he and David Hernandez had left the game, BJB was in a massive hole, down 11-0. Juan Caricote and Michael Mesa each had RBI singles in the third inning, where BJB also got a run from an RBI groundout by Ruben Sanchez. Cristopher Polanco would double home another run for BJB in the seventh. Polanco then knocked in another in the ninth with a single to left field. Polanco and Mesa had huge days at the plate, combining for seven hits and accounting for three of the five RBI for BJB on the day. It was not even close to enough, though, as BJB fell big 15-5. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 26-17 August 5: Postponed Transactions 08/05/26 Buffalo Bisons activated RHP John Klein. 08/05/26 Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Josh Stephan. 08/05/26 Buffalo Bisons activated CF Brett Bateman. 08/05/26 Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Ricky Tiedemann from the 7-day injured list. 08/05/26 Toronto Blue Jays recalled RHP Lazaro Estrada from Buffalo Bisons. 08/05/26 Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Chad Dallas to Buffalo Bisons. 08/05/26 Toronto Blue Jays recalled RHP Chase Lee from Buffalo Bisons. 08/05/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats sent 2B Adrian Pinto on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 08/05/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated RHP Karson Ligon from the 7-day injured list. 08/05/26 Vancouver Canadians activated LHP Dasan Hill. 08/05/26 Vancouver Canadians activated SS Ty Southisene. 08/04/26 Buffalo Bisons released DH Eloy Jiménez. 08/04/26 Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Devereaux Harrison from the temporarily inactive list. 08/04/26 Buffalo Bisons released RHP Jorge Alcala. 08/04/26 Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Grant Rogers from the temporarily inactive list. 08/04/26 Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Jorge Alcala from the 7-day injured list. 08/04/26 Buffalo Bisons released RHP Caleb Freeman. 08/04/26 Buffalo Bisons released RHP Conor Larkin. 08/04/26 Buffalo Bisons activated C William Simoneit from the temporarily inactive list. 08/04/26 LHP Mason Olson assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 08/04/26 RHP Jack Nedrow assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from Buffalo Bisons. 08/04/26 Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Lazaro Estrada to Buffalo Bisons. 08/04/26 SS Nick Goodwin assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 08/04/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated RHP Jack Nedrow. 08/04/26 RHP Jake Faherty assigned to FCL Blue Jays. 08/04/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats released 2B Cade Doughty. 08/04/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated SS Tucker Toman. 08/04/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats released CF Jorge Burgos. 08/04/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated LF Alexis Hernandez. 08/04/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated SS Eric Snow. 08/04/26 New Hampshire Fisher Cats released RHP Chris McElvain. 08/04/26 SS Eric Snow assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians. 08/04/26 SS Tucker Toman assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians. 08/04/26 LHP Mason Olson assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 08/04/26 LF Alexis Hernandez assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians. 08/04/26 SS Nick Goodwin assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 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Blue Jays Affiliate Overview (July 28-29) Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Series vs Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Philadelphia Phillies): 1-0 Season Record: 50-53 Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies): 0-1 Season Record: 46-49 High-A Vancouver Canadians Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies): 2-0 Season Record: 45-54 Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays Series vs St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets): 1-1 Season Record: 45-51 FCL Blue Jays Week Record: Season Record: 38-20 DSL Blue Jays Blue Week Record: 0-1 Season Record: 17-24 DSL Blue Jays Red Week Record: 1-0 Season Record: 23-17 Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Season Record: 50-53 Series vs Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Philadelphia Phillies) July 28: Postponed July 29: Buffalo traveled to Coca-Cola Park to open up a new series against Lehigh Valley. Tuesday's opener was postponed due to rain and would force Jesús Sánchez's rehab appearance back a day. While he finally started his rehab assignment on Wednesday and went 2-for-3, the spotlight was on Willie MacIver instead. In fact, MacIver was the one who made sure he had the spotlight, sending out a solo shot in the top of the second inning at 105.1 mph, giving Buffalo the early lead. MacIver wasn't done though. He squared another ball up in the fourth inning, 105.1 mph again. This time, it went further, 404 feet to left to be exact. The blast extended Buffalo's lead by one and gave them a little breathing room. Well, what's the saying? “Third time's the charm,” is that it? It must be for MacIver, as he crushed another ball, this one 102.6 mph and 414 feet, for a two-run home run in the fifth. A Sean Keys bases-loaded walk in the seventh would give Buffalo a 5-0 lead, and they would need every bit of the cushion to stay on top. After a four-inning scoreless and hitless effort on the mound from Lazaro Estrada, Pat Gallagher, Javen Coleman, and Tanner Andrews would combine to give up four runs, as Buffalo escaped with the victory 5-4. Double-A New Hampshire Season Record: 46-49 Series vs Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) July 28: New Hampshire started a series against the Hartford Yard Goats on Tuesday. Hartford owned the first inning, which has been a huge problem recently for the Fisher Cats. The Yard Goats scored three runs on two RBI singles. In the second inning, Jorge Burgos brought the game closer with a two-run double and was followed in the fifth inning by an RBI double from Arjun Nimmala. From there, the Yard Goats took over. GJ Hill added an RBI double of his own in the sixth inning. The next inning saw Hartford add three more runs, this time from a wild pitch, an RBI groundout, and an RBI single by Aidan Longwell. New Hampshire couldn't string together enough hits the rest of the way, as they fell in this one 8-3. July 29: Postponed High-A Vancouver Season Record: 45-54 Series vs Spokane (Colorado Rockies) July 28: A lot of changes happened within the organization, as newly drafted players began to make their way onto rosters, resulting in former top prospects getting released and new faces getting moved up. A new face for the Canadians is the oft-injured Jean Joseph, who immediately made an impact with a solo homer in the second to put the Canadians up one. Peyton Williams added one of his own in the fourth inning, and in the fifth inning Alexis Hernandez added one more run with a sac fly. Johnny King was once again excellent, going five scoreless innings, walking only two batters and allowing only two hits. Jack Eshleman replaced him in the sixth, and despite Eshleman allowing a run, the Canadians remained in the lead. The Canadians then had a big seventh inning, where they scored four runs on bases-loaded walks, and an RBI groundout from Maddox Latta scored another to cap off a big five-run inning and put the game out of reach. Reece Wissinger closed it out with two scoreless innings with three Ks for a big 8-1 win. July 29: Sixth-round pick Gable Mitchell (who ended up with his first hit and run) and 10th-rounder Bryce Chance both made their professional debuts with the Canadians in this game, and the Canadians were able to get out early in this game with an Alexis Hernandez double in the first. Troy Guthrie had a decent game, striking out five batters in five innings, but allowed the game to be tied up in the fourth on a sac fly (which also was a double play at the same time). Peyton Williams and Edward Duran took the lead right back with a pair of RBI doubles to give Vancouver a two-run cushion, but Guthrie faced traffic again in the fifth, allowing those runs to come right back. Hernandez and Williams both drove in a run in the fifth to give them a two-run lead again, and Holden Wilkerson shut the door with four no-hit innings to earn the save. Single-A Dunedin Season Record: 45-51 Series vs St. Lucie Mets (New York Mets) July 28: Blake Purnell got lit up by the St. Lucie Mets as he squared off against the rehabbing Clay Holmes. Holmes went four scoreless but allowed a couple of hits to some new draftees making their professional debuts, as third-round pick Ryan Cooney and seventh-rounder Dean West both notched their first hits on a solid MLB pitcher. Purnell allowed eight runs on the night, although he went five innings, and three of the runs were unearned thanks to a missed catch from JoJo Parker. Reese Bassinger had a successful debut as well, striking out two batters in his one inning in relief, but the Mets kept it pouring on Landon Waters and Mason Davenport, as they fell to the Mets 14-6. July 29: Brandon Barriera made his return to Dunedin, and some new faces made their Dunedin debuts in the lineup. Things did not go great for Barriera in his return, as he gave up four hits, two walks and five runs in just 1.1 innings pitched. JoJo Parker had himself a night with two homers that gave the D-Jays the lead. Juan Sanchez had a big double in the fourth to put the Jays up three, but Brady Heidel and Noah Palmese squandered the lead, as the Mets took the lead right back in the fifth. Parker and Sanchez could not be denied, as the two top prospects both had clutch RBI singles to take the lead back from the Mets for good. The bullpen then locked it in as well, as Ricky Tiedemann had another scoreless inning in rehab, and Dax Dathe and Isaac Williams both had scoreless outings in their Dunedin debuts. The Jays won this one 14-8. FCL Blue Jays Season Record: 38-20 Season Completed DSL Blue Jays Blue Season Record: 17-24 July 28: BJB faced off against the pesky DSL White Sox on Tuesday, and it was mostly a pitchers' duel. BJB only managed to get four hits in the game, two from Isay Veras and one each from Juarlin Soto and Fabian Gonzalez. The only scoring for BJB came when Gonzalez hit a ball to center, driving home Veras and Frelian Flores. The best pitcher for BJB was Johan Figuera, who threw two hitless and scoreless innings, while striking out four. BJB lost the game though, 3-2. DSL Blue Jays Red Season Record: 23-17 July 28: BJR didn't muster many hits on Tuesday, just five, but they were on the basepaths a ton with 13 walks. While on the bases, they used their speed and stole seven bases, two by Alex Linares and three by Darwin Nuñez. BJR took the early lead in the first inning. Gabriel Porras had an RBI single, followed by Aneudi Severino's RBI single. They also scored in the inning on a double play ball and a wild pitch. BJR would add another run in the ninth inning, bringing their lead to 5-1, where it would stay after a clean ninth. BJR won 5-1. Transactions 07/29/26 Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP CJ Van Eyk to Buffalo Bisons. 07/29/26 Toronto Blue Jays recalled RHP Chad Dallas from Buffalo Bisons. 07/29/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated LHP Brandon Barriera from the 7-day injured list. 07/29/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated RHP Brayden Heidel from the 7-day injured list. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated LHP Santiago Garcia. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated LHP Cole Carlon. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated OF Ian Taylor. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Mathis Nayral. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Isaiah Magdaleno. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated OF Joey Urban. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Connor Kelley. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Carson Cormier. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Oliver de la Torre. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated LF Rhylan Thomas. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated OF Eddie Rosado Jr. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Devon King. 07/29/26 FCL Blue Jays activated C Will Brick. 07/29/26 Vancouver Canadians activated RHP Daniel Guerra from the 7-day injured list. 07/28/26 Buffalo Bisons placed 2B Jay Harry on the 7-day injured list. 07/28/26 Buffalo Bisons sent RHP Jorge Alcala on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/28/26 Buffalo Bisons placed SS Josh Kasevich on the temporarily inactive list. 07/28/26 Toronto Blue Jays sent RF Jesús Sánchez on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons. 07/28/26 RHP Caleb Freeman assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 07/28/26 RHP Beau Philip assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 07/28/26 SS Nick Goodwin assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 07/28/26 2B Frelian Flores assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. 07/28/26 OF Deret Gonzalez assigned to DSL Blue Jays Red from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 07/28/26 2B Frelian Flores assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red. 07/28/26 OF Deret Gonzalez assigned to DSL Blue Jays Red from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 07/28/26 Dunedin Blue Jays released RHP Luis Victorino. 07/28/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated RHP Dax Dathe. 07/28/26 Dunedin Blue Jays activated C Charlie Saum from the 7-day injured list. 07/28/26 Dunedin Blue Jays released RHP Lluveres Severino. 07/28/26 Dunedin Blue Jays released C Brock Tibbitts. 07/28/26 Dunedin Blue Jays released LHP Luis Fonseca. 07/28/26 RHP Reese Bassinger assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/28/26 Dunedin Blue Jays released C Will Cresswell. 07/28/26 Dunedin Blue Jays released RHP Diego Dominguez. 07/28/26 RHP Gavin Seebold assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/28/26 C Jake Bennett assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/28/26 LHP Connor O'Halloran assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/28/26 OF Dean West assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/28/26 3B Ryan Franden assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/28/26 RHP Landon Waters assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/28/26 SS Raimundo De Los Santos assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 07/28/26 RHP Nolan Higgins assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 07/28/26 SS Ryan Cooney assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 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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. The remainder of the season will help determine how much of this breakout is actually real, and even if they aren't 140 wRC+ hitters by the end of the season, their development is another example of the progress that the Jays' development system has made. View full article