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The affiliates were 4-1 on the strength of several good pitching performances.

BUFFALO 4 Louisville 0

Starter Scott Copeland pitched five shutout innings. Copeland struck out five and allowed two hits and two walks. Jonathan Diaz went three-for-three with a triple and a stolen base. Dalton Pompey was hitless, though he did steal a base as well. Sean Ochinko and Chris Dickerson both had multi-hit nights. Matt Hague leads AAA All-Star voting a week in.

BOWIE 10 New Hampshire 1

Bowie rapped out twenty hits on five different New Hampshire pitchers. Starter Casey Lawrence took the brunt of it, yielding fourteen hits in four and a third. Lawrence got tagged for eight earned runs. Fisher Cats’ hitters weren’t much better as the team generated just three singles on the night.

DUNEDIN 5 Brevard County 1

L.B. Dantzler went four-for-four, Matt Dean had two doubles, the hitting tornado J.D. Davis had two hits, and Jeremy Gabryszwski pitched six shutout as the petite Blue Jays went home victorious. Gabryszwski struck out four, walked two, and allowed two hits.

Burlington 1 LANSING 5

Conner Greene pitched six and a third shutout innings—striking out nine in the process. Greene allowed four hits and a walk. A number of Lugnuts had solid nights at the plate. Richard Urena had two doubles; Ryan McBroom, D.J. Davis, Mike Reeves, and Tim Locastro had two hits; and Locastro stole his league leading 27th bag. D.J. Davis looks to be turning a bit of a corner.

DSL D-Backs 1 DSL BLUE JAYS 7

Three Stars

3. D.J. Davis

2. L.B. Dantzler

1. Conner Greene, Jeremy Gabryszwski, and Scott Copeland

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hypobole - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 09:40 AM EDT (#301805) #
Anything new on Miguel Castro? Removed a week ago with either a hand injury or forearm stiffness, was DL'ed the following day, and was reported to be going to see a specialist.
Mike Green - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 10:21 AM EDT (#301806) #
John Lott reports on Tim Raines and the young Lansing hitters.  If Raines has a high opinion of Alford's approach to the game, that is a very good sign as far as I am concerned.  It looks like some of it may also be rubbing off on D.J. Davis.

I hope that Raines has time to pop in to Buffalo for some remedial work with Dalton Pompey...
Lylemcr - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 11:07 AM EDT (#301807) #
Man... I loved those Expos in the 80's.

My Favorite outfield ever still is Raines, Dawson, and Cromartie.

jerjapan - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 01:29 PM EDT (#301817) #
Any thoughts on Greene as a prospect? 7th round HS pick in 2013, he struggled in his first season but was good starting in rookie ball last year. He's had several rough starts this year but has been pretty good a number of nights as well, with last night his best start by far. He's a slim 6 ft 3 and seems to have potential to add muscle.
uglyone - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 01:41 PM EDT (#301820) #
his statsline for age and level has stood out all year as a "legit prospect" line, at least.

but i know nothing else about him. does he throw hard? any potential plus pitches?
John Northey - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 01:41 PM EDT (#301821) #
The pitching in the minors is very good indeed....
20+ IP ERA under 1: Felix Doubront;Wil Browning;Danny Barnes
20+ IP ERA in the 1's: Matt Boyd;Chad Girodo; Greg Infante; Alberto Tirado; Bo Schultz; Greg Burke; Rob Rasmussen; Randy Wolf; Scott Copeland

Of those groups, guys with 9+ K/9: Wil Browning, Danny Barnes; Chad Girodo; Greg Burke;
Boyd just misses with 8.9 as does Blake McFarland who has a 2.35 ERA in 23 IP with 11.7 K/9

4 are starters (Doubront, Boyd, Wolf, Copeland) with Rasmussen having 1 start.  Crazy numbers for a starter - relievers often can go on hot streaks and get video game numbers but it is a lot harder for starters especially 10+ starts like Boyd & Wolf.
uglyone - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 01:49 PM EDT (#301823) #
just read that Greene's draft day 90mph fastball was clocked as high as 96 last year. that's promising. and apparently his curve and change are pretty good too.
hypobole - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 02:08 PM EDT (#301826) #
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/evaluating-the-prospects-toronto-blue-jays/

Go down to #31
uglyone - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 02:21 PM EDT (#301828) #
hmm. looks like he has legit stuff and upside to go along with a pretty nice line at his last 2 stops. looking like another real prospect to follow.
PeterG - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 03:30 PM EDT (#301834) #
Newest BA mock(edition 5) has switched off Richie Martin and now has Jays taking lhp Nathan Kirby from U Virginia with pick 29.
hypobole - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 03:38 PM EDT (#301835) #
KLaw's last mock has Eric Jenkins to the Jays at 29.
hypobole - Friday, June 05 2015 @ 03:41 PM EDT (#301836) #
And Law has Kirby gone at 17 to Cleveland.
Gerry - Saturday, June 06 2015 @ 08:50 AM EDT (#301873) #
Friday games update:

Buffalo lost 2-1. Felix Doubront gave up two runs in the first inning and that was the margin of loss. Doubront went five innings but it took him 99 pitches to get there. Phil Coke pitched an inning with one hit off him.

Chris Dickerson and Dalton Pompey led the offense with two hits each, Pompey had the only RBI.

New Hampshire were shelled 12-1. They were shut down by "almost a Jay" Tyler Beede. Their only run came from a ninth inning home run by KC Hobson.

Taylor Cole gave up four runs on eight hits, Wil Browning gave up six and Danny Barnes two.

Dunedin were rained out, double header today.

Lansing lost 10-4 as Sean Reid-Foley only went two innings. Reid-Foley gave up one run in the first inning and four in the second. Reid-Foley in that inning had given up a run on a hit, walk, hit batter and an error but had two outs. But a bases clearing double made it a 4 run inning, all unearned. Reid-Foley faced eight hitters in the inning and presumably left due to his pitch count in that inning.

Lansing did have 11 hits, Tim Locastro had three hits including a home run. Jason Leblebijian and Rowdy Tellez each had two hits.
cruzin - Saturday, June 06 2015 @ 11:20 AM EDT (#301882) #
Speaking of Tim Locastro, I've never thought of HBP as being a skill, but if it can be classified as one then Locastro has it. According to the stats he seems to have good discipline at the plate with a 8% SO rate and a good OBP supported by a 6% walk rate and 8% HBP rate.

Interesting group of hitters at Lansing. Looking forward to see who gets prompted and separate themselves from interesting to something perhaps tangible when moved up to the pitcher friendly leagues that is the FSL.
Chuck - Saturday, June 06 2015 @ 02:13 PM EDT (#301888) #
I've never thought of HBP as being a skill, but if it can be classified as one then Locastro has it

You do something in 8% of your plate appearances, pretty safe it to call it a skill. And how over-the-top is 8%? Some players who spring to my mind as having had HBP as a skill:

Ron Hunt 4% of PA
Jason Kendall 3%
Don Baylor 3%
Craig Biggio 2%

The big worry about getting plunked 8% of the time, of course, is injury.

Gerry - Saturday, June 06 2015 @ 03:06 PM EDT (#301890) #
The Jays have sent Dalton Pompey to the Fisher Cats. Caleb Gindl came off the DL so there was a roster squeeze in AAA. Perhaps it will help Pompey get going.
cybercavalier - Saturday, June 06 2015 @ 07:21 PM EDT (#301898) #
If EE goes onto the DL or needs to rest, how about promoting 3B/1B Matt
Hague who has been on 40-men roster, hitting very well in Buffalo ?
Mike Green - Sunday, June 07 2015 @ 09:02 AM EDT (#301910) #
Draft today tomorrow. Jim Callis has the Blue Jays picking Nick Plummer at #29 with Mississauga-born Josh Naylor going to the Orioles at 36. Hmm.
hypobole - Sunday, June 07 2015 @ 09:33 AM EDT (#301911) #
Demi Orimoloye from Orleans (an Ottawa suburb) is another raw high scooler projected to go in the early rounds.
hypobole - Sunday, June 07 2015 @ 08:04 PM EDT (#302014) #
Looks like Andrew Albers is trying to open up a starting spot for Matt Boyd. Albers has given up 19 earned runs in 20 innings over his last 4 starts.

cybercavalier - Sunday, June 07 2015 @ 08:57 PM EDT (#302021) #
Albers has given up 19 earned runs in 20 innings over his last 4 starts.

Maybe he is more suited for relief ? For the Canadian awareness in Triple-A:
C Kottaras .933OPS 53PA in IL
1B/3B/LF/RF Romak .820 OPS 233 PA in PCL
SP Diamond 11GS 5-2 1.312WHIP in IL
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