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Minor League Update Manoah's Turn
Alek Manoah stepped up to AA and settled down to finish strong. Dunedin had the only win, while Buffalo were rained out.

Worcester at Buffalo - postponed

Portland 12 New Hampshire 5

Spokane 8 Vancouver 6

Dunedin 2 St. Lucie 1 - 11 innings


Three Stars

Third Star - Devereaux Harrison

Second Star - Garrett Spain

First Star - Eliander Alcalde


Boxes


NOTES


Alek Manoah went five innings for NH, ten K's one run allowed. Nick Fraze followed Manoah and immediately Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer took him deep. Fraze, Mason Fluharty and TJ Brock allowed eleven runs between them.


Steward Berroa homered in the fifth inning. Rainer Nunez and Trevor Schwecke had two hits each.


In Vancouver, Devereaux Harrison pitched well for five innings, one run two hits. But then in the sixth there was a walk, an error, a single and a home run. All four runs were unearned due to the error. The home run came on his 88th pitch.


Garrett Spain had three hits, Dasan Brown had two.


Dunedin won in 11 innings thanks to the always exciting wild pitch. The Jays had just five hits. Eliander Alcalde went five scoreless innings.


Posted by Gerry on Sunday, July 02 2023 @ 10:20 PM EDT.
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John Northey - Monday, July 03 2023 @ 01:09 AM EDT (#431008) #
Basically no pitching help coming from AA outside of Manoah I guess. Well, Kloffenstein is doing well (14 starts 2.84 ERA 3.9 BB/9 vs 10.23 K/9) but it appears not much else.
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bpoz - Monday, July 03 2023 @ 08:55 AM EDT (#431012) #
Being hopeful for much pitching help from the minors this 2nd half I consider optimistic for me. However anything can happen.

The following pitchers have spent enough time in the minors this year for me to consider them farm. Thornton, Hatch and Bowden have provided help so far but nothing crucial. I give Pearson a good grade. He is pitching well and is gaining confidence.

During next year if we need pitching we have a large quantity that are progressing well. A lot of relievers but few SPs. For SPs C Dallas, Kloff (fingers crossed that the high velo returns), Robberse. D Santos seems very confident but 2025 may be his ETA. There may also be a few surprises. I am expecting some disappointments which is the nature of pitching prospects.

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greenfrog - Monday, July 03 2023 @ 08:48 PM EDT (#431023) #
Looks like two-hit Horwitz is up to his old tricks for Buffalo. I would be interested to see what he could do over an extended run in the majors, in the right ballpark. On the season he's hitting .301/.417/.394 -- an unusual slash line, especially for a first baseman.

His teammate Lukes is having an excellent season in a small sample (15 games): .362/.448/.586

I wonder if some team will poach one of these players at the deadline, hoping to unearth the next Harold Ramirez.
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Ducey - Tuesday, July 04 2023 @ 05:21 AM EDT (#431027) #
Dont look now, but the Jays may have developed an option for the rotation: Paxton Schultz
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bpoz - Tuesday, July 04 2023 @ 11:22 AM EDT (#431032) #
In case anyone is wondering Ryu is pitching in the FCL.
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John Northey - Tuesday, July 04 2023 @ 05:26 PM EDT (#431054) #
Ryu did OK - 3 innings, 4 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 5 SO 2 groundouts, 0 flyouts

To me the big thing is 0 walks. He needs that control to succeed. I'm guessing he'll get another start up a level or two as they work his pitch count up. Sadly they don't list pitches thrown on MILB.com for the FCL.
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John Northey - Tuesday, July 04 2023 @ 05:31 PM EDT (#431055) #
More detail from the summary...
  • First batter pop out
  • Second K swinging
  • Third double
  • fourth double
  • fifth K swinging
  • Second Inning
  • Double, ground out to 3B, line out to LF, ground out 2B to 1B
  • Third Inning
  • Called out on strikes, Called out on strikes, single on ground ball to CF, called out on strikes
Seems he confused these low A hitters after a shaky first inning.
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greenfrog - Tuesday, July 04 2023 @ 08:38 PM EDT (#431080) #
Orelvis's improved approach continues to pay off. In four PA tonight, he has walked three times. OPS up to 837.
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Glevin - Tuesday, July 04 2023 @ 11:30 PM EDT (#431092) #
Dejsus has 2B, 3B, and HR so far. He's really been raking recently and in a year when the prospects have looked mostly pretty bad, he's rocketing up the team prospect rankings. Still has issues obviously but not hard to see path to being a big leaguer.
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hypobole - Tuesday, July 04 2023 @ 11:59 PM EDT (#431094) #
DeJesus only the 3rd Jays farmhard with double digit HR's. Orelvis 17 and Schneider 15 the others.
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John Northey - Wednesday, July 05 2023 @ 12:43 AM EDT (#431095) #
Beginning to wonder if the Jays might promote Orelvis soon to AAA just to push him a bit since he seems to have figured out AA now.
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