Buffalo at Memphis - Postponed, DH Sunday
Buffalo 1 Memphis 3 - game 2
Binghamton at New Hampshire - Postponed, DH Sunday
Vancouver 3 Tri-City 0
Clearwater 1 Dunedin 4
Three Stars
Third Star - Adrian Pinto
Second Star - Jackson Wentworth
First Star - Jaden Rudd
NOTES
Jackson Wentworth was the Jays fifth round selection in the 2024 draft. It is interesting that the Jays round one and two pitcher picks are in Dunedin while the round five pick is above them in Vancouver. Why did the Jays decide to move him higher? Was it performance related or could it be because Wentworth has already had Tommy John surgery and so there might be a limited number of pitches in his arm?
In any event Wentworth justified his assignment with five shutout innings with six strikeouts.
The top three in the Vancouver order had seven hits between them. Adrian Pinto doubled, singled and walked. He could find himself in New Hampshire soon, assuming he stays healthy. Arjun Nimmala went 3-5 and Victor Arias 2-4. Cutter Coffey homered but struck out three times.
Jaden Rudd was the hero for Dunedin, he had a pair of two run doubles.
Sam Shaw, with his hot dogs and donut diet, singled again and walked in four at-bats.
Tucker Toman was 2-3 and was hit by a pitch. He had the top exit velocity in the game at 104 mph.
I like looking at Statcast when I can for pitchers. Daniel Guerra started and threw four innings just allowing an unearned run. He had one whiff. He was followed by Gilberto Batista, who came over in the Danny Jansen trade. Batista picked up nine whiffs in his four innings. Guerra struck out four, Batista six. Guerra relied on his 4 seam fastball, throwing it 76% of the time. Batista mixed his pitches, his slider was his most used pitch. The hardest thrower was closer Colby Martin who got it up to 98.5 and averaged 97.3.
