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Buffalo walked it off and the Dominican Jays were also winners. New Hampshire was shut out, Vancouver lost and Dunedin was no-hit.

Buffalo 7 Syracuse 6 (10 Innings)
Reading 2 New Hampshire 0
Hillsboro 4 Vancouver 2
Fort Myers 2 Dunedin 1 (6 Innings)
FCL Blue Jays 1 FCL Tigers 1 (6 Innings)
DSL Blue Jays 3 DSL Nationals 1

Boxscores



*** 3 Stars!!! ***

3. Devonte Brown, New Hampshire

2. CJ Van Eyk, New Hampshire

1. Riley Tirotta, Buffalo



Notes

Riley Tirotta ripped a three-run homer and drew a walk. Rafael Lantigua singled home two. The only Bison with two hits was Alan Roden. Damiano Palmegiani was 0-for-5 but drove in the winning run on a groundout. Aaron Sanchez gave up four runs (three earned) over five innings, including a two-run homer by Brett Baty. Sanchez surrendered five hits and three walks and hit two batters while striking out four. Paxton Schultz (1.2IP) and Brandon Eisert (1.1IP) both surrendered solo dingers. Yerry Rodriguez put up a scoreless ninth with two whiffs. Hayden Juenger was the winner with a perfect 10th.

CJ Van Eyk took the loss by giving up two runs on five hits, two walks and a hit by pitch over six innings. He struck out three and recorded seven outs on the ground. Dahian Santos struck out four over 1-2/3 innings but needed Adrian Hernández to strand a walk and a plunk. Hernández got the final four outs, including a strikeout. Devonte Brown and Gabby Martinez had two hits apiece with Brown getting a double and a plunking. Alex De Jesús had a two-bagger. Josh Kasevich and Rainer Nuñez drew a base on balls.

Dasan Brown homoered and Nick Goodwin singled home a Peyton Williams triple for the only two Vancouver runs. Williams and Goodwin had two hits apiece and Robert Brooks singled and walked. Pat Gallagher was roughed up for four runs in 2-2/3 innings to take the loss. Alex Amalfi stranded two runners for Gallagher and struck out seven over 3-1/3 scoreless stanzas. Aaron Munson rang up four batters over his two innings of work.

Christian Feliz walked, stole second and scored on an error in the second inning. That lead lasted until the sixth when Ryan Watson gave up two runs in the sixth for a six-inning complete-game loss. He was one out away from getting out of trouble but gave up a hit to former Jays farmhand Angel Del Rosario which was followed by two-run scoring doubles. Watson struck out four without a walk. Dunedin was held to three walks with Victor Arias and Nicolas Deschamps drawing the other free passes. Arjun Nimmala was 0-for-3 with a strikeout.

Sam Shaw and Dariel Gomez had back-to-back doubles to tie the game for the F-Jays in the fourth inning. Enmanuel Bonilla was 0-for-2 and is now hitting just .184. Daniel Guerra gave up a run on two hits and a walk with six Ks over four innings. Luis Torres struck out three batters and put up two goose eggs.

Dariel "Razor" Ramon singled home two runs for the Dom-Jays to snap a 1-1 tie in the fourth. Randy Soto had a perfect day at the dish by going 2-for-2 with two walks. Silvano Hechavarria strung together seven innings of one-run ball on three hits and a walk and struck out two. Diego Dominguez walked two and whiffed two over two frames for the save.



Extra Innings

C's Plus Baseball has a chat with former Jays farmhand Josh Mollerus and catcher Robert Brooks.
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soupman - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 01:41 AM EDT (#449859) #
Feliz is having some month of July. OPS well over 1 for the month. Really enjoy watching that dude play these days. I hope he's figured something out - just always doing something to win games right now.
Marc Hulet - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 11:45 AM EDT (#449870) #
I get the allure of the power but he has a 43% strikeout rate as a 21-yr-old in A ball and has hit under .200 for three straight years.

That's a non-prospect any way you slice it.
GabrielSyme - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 12:08 PM EDT (#449874) #
The Jays have signed Carson Messina for $550K, which is about 4th round money. They've also signed Austin Cates, saving about $30K against slot. Yesavage, and high-schoolers Terrell and Smith remain unsigned (and Martin-Grudzilanek). I imagine unless they get significantly under slot with Yesavage they don't sign Terrell.
Gerry - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 02:36 PM EDT (#449882) #
The Fisher Cats were shutout again today. They last scored a run on Friday. If they get shutout tomorrow they could make it a week between scoring.
Nigel - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 02:44 PM EDT (#449887) #
Unfortunately, I don't think that there is a single interesting position player prospect above Dunedin (that isn't in Toronto already). Roden remains the player I have the highest hopes for. There is zero help coming in the short term from the system.
Kelekin - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 02:55 PM EDT (#449888) #
A significant number of graduations this year have definitely left us with limited interesting offensive profiles in the upper minors. Roden and Nunez may be the only two of potential value.
uglyone - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 03:52 PM EDT (#449893) #
AAA

* XX Horwitz (26): 259pa, 17.0b%, 15.8k%, .401bip, .335avg, .179iso, 157wrc+
* XX Jimenez (23): 226pa, 13.3b%, 15.0k%, .300bip, .271avg, .160iso, 129wrc+
* XX Martinez (22): 269pa, 8.9b%, 24.2k%, .288bip, .260avg, .264iso, 118wrc+

* 1. 1B Tirotta (25): 176pa, 14.8b%, 27.3k%, .329bip, .266avg, .266iso, 142wrc+
* 2. 2B Cancel (27): 80pa, 12.5b%, 31.3k%, .333bip, .271avg, .314iso, 138wrc+
* 3. RF Lukes (29): 192pa, 9.9b%, 15.1k%, .375bip, .333avg, .146iso, 133wrc+
* 4. 3B Barger (24): 249pa, 16.1%, 19.3k%, .299bip, .260avg, .206iso, 125wrc+
* 5. CF Berroa (25): 239pa, 12.1b%, 23.8k%, .373bip, .296avg, .160so, 121wrc+
* 6. C Serven (29): 155pa, 16.1b%, 29.0k%, .370bip, .256avg, .116iso, 104wrc+
* 7. LF Robertson (26): 300pa, 11.3b%, 30.7k%, .297bip, .229avg, .205iso, 95wrc+
* 8. DH Palmegiani (24): 305pa, 11.5b%, 28..2k%, .259bip, .208avg, .170iso, 81wrc+
* 9. SS Lantigua (26): 318pa, 12.6b%, 21.4k%, .316bip, .244avg, .065iso, 76wrc+

* X. IF DeLosSantos (26): 73pa, 12.3b%, 26.0k%, .300bip, .233avg, .117iso, 91wrc+
* X. C Henry (27): 94pa, 7.4b%, 18.1k%, .273bip, .244avg, .151iso, 80wrc+
* X. UT Clarke (26): 83pa, 14.5b%, 18.1k%, .259bip, .217avg, .087iso, 75wrc+
* X. OF Eden (26): 294pa, 11.2b%, 26.9k%, .266bip, .206avg, .135iso, 67wrc+

* X. OF Roden (24): 94pa, 10.6b%, 17.0k%, .215bip, .195avg, .098iso, 53wrc+
* X. C McDowell (30): 123pa, 6.5b%, 30.1k%, .239bip, .188avg, .134iso, 48wrc+
* X. UT Hiraldo (23): 58pa, 8.6b%, 34.5k%, .313bip, .192avg, .019iso, 33wrc+
* X. IF Turconi (25): 77pa, 6.5b%, 35.1k%, .311bip, .194avg, .028iso, 21wrc+

* X. IF Arnold (22): 14pa, 0.0b%, 7.1k%, .250bip, .286avg, .286iso, 109wrc+
* X. OF Spain (23): 8pa, 12.5b%, 37.5k%, .250bip, .143avg, .143iso, 38wrc+


So the guys who deserved to graduate have graduated.

Barger continues to be borderline deserving - him finishing the year up here would be fine, but not exactly urgent.

Roden hasn't been good in AAA but i'd still say not disastrous either - his underlyings are decent and he's just some babip normalization away from a decent line. Though he's much further than that away from an actual good line for a 24yr old in AAA. Still, not hopeless.


AA

* XX Roden (24): 244pa, 11.9b%, 13.9k%, .287bip, .267avg, .165iso, 130wrc+

* OF De.Brown (24): 325pa, 12.6b%, 35.1k%, .406bip, .257avg, .145iso, 123wrc+
* 1B Nunez (23): 283pa, 9.2b%, 18.0k%, .289bip, .259avg, .149iso, 108wrc+
* IF Kasevich (23): 361pa, 6.6b%, 10.2k%, .315bip, .288avg, .081iso, 102wrc+
* IF Dejesus (22): 335pa, 8.4b%, 27.2k%, .329bip, .241avg, .099iso, 88wrc+

Not really anything in AA.

I really should stop listing Devonte Brown.

Nunez is maintaining a decent line but his apparent good raw power better show up soon.

Kasevich and Dejesus not worth tossing in the garbage just yet.


A+

* OF Da.Brown (22): 285pa, 11.9b%, 23.9k%, .339bip, .264avg, .157iso, 128wrc+
* 1B Orf (22): 103pa, 15.5b%, 24.3k%, .259bip, .212avg, .200iso, 114wrc+
* OF Bohrofen (22): 330pa, 13.3b%, 26.4k%, .286bip, .215avg, .161iso, 107wrc+

Promote Dasan Brown already. If he could be an even average hitter in AA at an age appropriate 22, then with his defense he starts to look like a legit prospect.

Orf and Bohrofen still holding on, but barely.



A

* OF Arias (20): 313pa, 10.9b%, 22.7k%, .348bip, .274avg, .171iso, 139wrc+
* IF Nimmala (18): 195pa, 10.8b%, 33.8k%, .278bip, .202avg, .226iso, 107wrc+
* IF Beltre (20): 334pa, 10.2b%, 19.2k%, .294bip, .240avg, .094iso, 100wrc+
* C Duran (20): 221pa, 13.6b%, 14.9k%, .281bip, .235avg, .066iso, 98wrc+
* OF Joseph (19): 244pa, 6.6b%, 25.0k%, .292bip, .227avg, .130iso, 91wrc+

Arias continues doing very well. He could be promoted at any point, but no need to rush him at his age either.

Nimmala's scorching hot streak is over but he's still maintaining a very good line for an 18yr old.

The other 3 all decent enough for their ages to be solidly in the prospect picture.



CPX

* XX Nimmala (18): 30pa, 30.0b%, 23.3k%, .308bip, .238avg, .333iso, 175wrc+

* IF Chirinos (19): 164pa, 9.8b%, 25.0k%, .412bip, .300avg, .143iso, 133wrc+

Chirinos with a legit good year at the right age. Looks like a prospect.
GabrielSyme - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 06:29 PM EDT (#449921) #
In the complex, I would add Sam Shaw as being of note:

OF Shaw (19): 206pa, 17.0bb%, 10.2k%, .243bip, .224avg, .085iso, 97wrc+

Great BB:K ratio, and if his babip were just a little better, the overall line would look pretty good.
Kelekin - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 06:36 PM EDT (#449922) #
Agreed on Shaw. Needs to develop power, but the rest is intriguing.

Chris McElvain put on the full-season injured list.
uglyone - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 06:44 PM EDT (#449925) #
yeah including Shaw makes sense. solid line. does he have any defense?
GabrielSyme - Wednesday, July 24 2024 @ 07:31 PM EDT (#449934) #
They've been playing him mainly in LF, a few starts in CF and RF. So I presume there won't be much defensive value, but honestly, when it comes to guys this low on the ladder, 90% of what I care about is their offensive profile.
John Northey - Thursday, July 25 2024 @ 02:20 AM EDT (#449967) #
Thanks for the update GabrielSyme on signings - this nice link shows the Jays have only about $200k left to go over budget, with Yesavage still to sign, along with picks 17/19/20. If Yesavage doesn't sign then that extra vanishes (it is pretty much the 5% his bonus comes with as extra space) so he is a must sign. D'Marion Terrell is the 19th pick but was ranked in the top 150 - based on that ranking he would be worth around $450k but the limit is $150k before going into the cap space which is very limited. Gavin Smith wasn't ranked by MLB but being a high school kid he probably wants a lot to skip college. Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek being a college kid already might sign for the $150k but has more college eligibility plus his dad was the ML player Mark Grudzielanek so he should have less pressure to sign than others who might never see that much money - doesn't hurt that his dad came up an Expo and was an all-star there I'd guess.
ISLAND BOY - Thursday, July 25 2024 @ 08:41 AM EDT (#449970) #
With Horwitz and Jimenez up with the big club, I haven't seen the farm system look so bare in a long time. As announced yesterday, Ricky Tiederman is getting 2nd and 3rd opinions from 2 more specialists on his arm but there's a good chance he'll have to have surgery. It's been a terrible year for the Jay's pitching prospects with so many of the top ones getting hurt and/or needing surgery. Mix in Orelvis getting suspended and top signing Emmanuel Bonilla ( 4.1 million) not doing well with the bat and it just seems like a disastrous year on the farm.
bpoz - Thursday, July 25 2024 @ 10:35 AM EDT (#449977) #
R Nunez has steadily improved his hitting May, June and July. Urbaez pitched in Dunedin. 2IP 97.3 on his sinker and 4 seam FB, he also has a changeup.
Marc Hulet - Thursday, July 25 2024 @ 10:40 AM EDT (#449978) #
Jays handed out walking papers today to seven Latin America players to make room for the influx of new North American college and high school signees. No surprises/names I expected to see on rosters in 2025.
mendocino - Thursday, July 25 2024 @ 01:17 PM EDT (#449987) #
The players Mr Hulet mentioned

released C Jonathan Peguero.
released RHP Carlos Meza.
released RHP Felipe Bello.
released IF Gregori Cano.
released RHP Jorge Guerra.
released OF Daniel Perez.
released SS Aneudi Escanio.
released C Faruk De La Cruz.
Glevin - Thursday, July 25 2024 @ 01:35 PM EDT (#449991) #
I didn't realize that Adrian Pinto was back. I guess he'll go to Dunedin or Vancouver soon.
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