It seems as though the pitchers are ahead this early in the season. The Blue Jay pitchers, below AAA, have been excellent. The three starters on Sunday did not allow a run. Rafael Sanchez, Juaron Watts-Brown and Austin Cates were each excellent. Only two of the teams, New Hampshire and Vancouver, won. Dunedin lost. Buffalo were rained out again.

Buffalo at Memphis - DH Postponed

Binghamton 0 New Hampshire 1

Vancouver 10 Tri-City 2

Clearwater 1 Dunedin 4

Three Stars

Third Star - Rafael Sanchez

Second Star - Jay Harry

First Star - Juaron Watts-Brown

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NOTES

It was a cold 7C/45F day in New Hampshire and pitchers dominated. Rafael Sanchez and Ryan Watson held Binghamton to three hits. Sanchez went five innings and Watson four. Sanchez struck out eight and Watson five.

Peyton Williams had two hits and was involved in the only run. He singled and, when the right fielder threw the ball in the dugout, Jace Bohrofen scored.

Vancouver hit three home runs. Nick Goodwin got it started with a two run shot in the third inning. Arjun Nimmala and Jay Harry hit solo home runs. Harry also doubled and drove in three runs.

Juaron Watts-Brown went 4.2 inning and didn't allow a run. He didn't get the win because he hit his pitch limit, 76 pitches. He struck out ten. Scouts wonder if Watts-Brown's fastball is too straight. We will need to see if he can keep up this strikeout rate.

Kai Peterson had the touch of wild thing last season. He did get the save here but walked one and hit another, so more of the same in his first appearance.

Dunedin scored a run in the first, held it until the eighth when Jays relievers gave up two in the eighth and two more in the ninth. The Jays didn't have much offense, just four hits, and errors by Clearwater helped the Jays score each of their runs.

Austin Cates went five shutout innings. Cates was the Jays seventh round pick last year out of UNLV. Cates is not a hard thrower, his FB averaged 91 mph and he just had four whiffs in the game.