News and analysis of Toronto Blue Jays prospects
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.....for Toronto sports fans, it was mostly the latter yesterday, and the farm system was no exception, going 0-fer Saturday. In Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Buffalo ran into old friend Drew Hutchinson, who fanned 8 Bisons en route to a 10-4 win. Jordan Romano made his first … Continue reading Down on The Blue Jays Farm: April 13th
The Major League Baseball draft is less than two months away, and as is usually the case, the picture is becoming somewhat clearer. There is still the usual movement up and down the board, but the top prospects for the draft (Oregon St C Adley Rutschman, Cal 1B Andrew Vaughan) have long since separated themselves … Continue reading Another Look at the MLB Draft
The night that was in the Blue Jays farm system..... Buffalo fell 4-1 in a rain-shortened five inning affair to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ryan Tepera pitched a scoreless first inning in a rehab outing, while Jordan Patterson's HR provided the only Bison offence on the night. Sean Reid-Foley pitched a scoreless second and third innings, but was … Continue reading Down on the Blue Jays Farm – April 12th
Reports have surfaced over the past week that minor league baseball may add a second minor league team in Canada, as a group calling itself Professional Baseball Alberta made a presentation to Edmonton's city council community services committee about bringing an existing franchise to the Alberta capital. Don Stewart, representing the group, identified the Orem … Continue reading Is MiLB About to Return to Edmonton?
He's back, and he's incredible. Vladimir Guerrero Jr made his season AAA debut for the Bisons in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and he homered, doubled, and drove in 4 as Buffalo mounted a furious 7-run comeback, but fell 9-8 in 10 innings. Anthony Alford hit a three-run shot, and Cavan Biggio had a pair of hits. It was … Continue reading Down on the Farm – April 11th
Patrick Murphy was in complete control for the first five innings of New Hampshire's game with Reading last night. Sitting 94-96 with his fastball and touching 97, Murphy pared that heat with a curve and change that he much better command over compared to a week ago. Over the first 5, Murphy gave up only … Continue reading Down on the Blue Jays Farm 4/10
A wrap of the goings on in the Blue Jays system yesterday..... Dunedin travelled down the Gulf Coast to take on Fort Myers on a drizzly night. Nate Pearson tossed a pair of shutout innings, but was removed after a brief 2nd inning rain delay. Zeroes on the scoreboard were prominent on this evening until … Continue reading Down on the Farm – April 9th
This past weekend, the defending Eastern League champion New Hampshire Fisher Cats received a dozen innings of lights out ball from their scheduled starters. That would be their #3 and #4 guys in the rotation, Zach Logue and Yennsy Diaz, respectively. On Saturday, Logue tossed six frames, allowing just a pair of hits and an … Continue reading Fisher Cats Rotation Looks Promising
The four Blue Jays affiliates split their games last night. Cobi Johnson was lights out as Vancouver's closer in his pro debut season last year. One of those guys whose draft stock fell after missing all of 2017 because of Tommy John, and a shutdown for the last three weeks of his draft year, he … Continue reading Down on the Blue Jays Farm – April 8th
A 3-4 night in the Blue Jays system last night, which included a walk off W... The New Hampshire Fisher Cats received their second dominant starting pitching performance in as many days when Yennsy (say 'Jennsy' for those of you just finding out about him) Diaz tossed six dazzling innings of one-hit ball. Diaz … Continue reading Down on the Blue Jays Farm – April 7th