Fisher Cats & Lugnuts To Remain In The Blue Jays Nest Until 2020

Saturday, March 17 2018 @ 12:02 AM EDT

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed two-year Player Development Contracts with the Lansing Lugnuts and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

The Fisher Cats and Blue Jays have been in partnership since 2004 while the Lugnuts-Jays affiliation has been ongoing since 2005.

With the Vancouver Canadians in the fold until 2022, the only PDC's for the Jays yet to be extended are with Buffalo and Bluefield. Those agreements are set to expire after the end of the season. The Dunedin, Gulf Coast League and Dominican Summer League squad are only by the parent club.

Other stories of note around the minors...

• WIVB-TV has a story about the Bisons preparing for 2018.
• The Buffalo News says the Herd will have a Han Solo jersey this year.
• The New Hampshire Fisher Cats will be known as the Mountain Men for one game this summer.
• The Toronto Sun has a harrowing story about former Blue Jays minor leaguer Chris Emanuele.
• The Lansing Lugnuts are offering a special deal for their fans.
• The Lugnuts will honour the memory of Michigan Spartans punter Mike Sadler in May.
• The Toronto Observer has a story on catcher Riley Adams and another on lefty Travis Bergen.

And finally, I invite you to check out some interviews on CsPlusBaseball.ca with 2017 C's pitchers Kyle Weatherly and Donnie Sellers and second baseman Cullen Large in the latest instalments of C's Chat. Keep checking in regularly because there are more on the way.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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