Ryan MuellerJoin Jays From The Couch Every Morning For Your Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Recap as well as Bichette and Conine Updates
The system went 1 and 5 with the Bisons earning the lone win.
Triple-A
Buffalo Bisons (54-48)
The Herd won 8 to 4. T.J. Zeuch was constantly battling and in trouble of letting the game get away from him; however, he was helped out by three double-plays thanks to 8 groundball outs.
HR- Patrick Kivlehan (19) and Jordan Patterson (13)
Starter- T.J. Zeuch 6.0IP, 10H, 4R, 5BB, 3K on 100 pitches
W- Conor Fisk (3-5, 5.52ERA)
Thursday, July 25th starting pitcher- Andrew Sopko
Double-A
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (43-58)
The Fisher Cats lost 5 to 3
HR-none
Starter- Nate Pearson 5.2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 8K on 74 pitches
L- Corey Copping (0-1, 9.00ERA)
Thursday, July 25th starting pitcher- TBD
Advanced-A
Dunedin Blue Jays (60-38)
Delayed like a Sunwing flight
Thursday, July 25th starting pitcher-TBD
A-Ball
Lansing Lugnuts (47-54)
HR-none
Starter- Juan De Paula 5.2IP, 4H, 1R, 3BB, 2K on 86 pitches
L- Sean Rackoski (2-2, 2.87ERA)
Thursday, July 25th starting pitcher- Fitz Stadler
Short-Season A-Ball
Vancouver Canadians (15-25)
The C’s lost 5 to 3
HR-none
Starter- Juan Diaz 6.0IP, 7H, 2R, 1BB, 4K on 81 pitches
L- Nicholas Medina (0-2, 8.53ERA)
Thursday, July 25th starting pitcher- TBD
Rookie Ball
Bluefield Blue Jays (14-18)
The Blue Jays lost 4 to 2
HR-none
Starter- Lazaro Estrada 5.0IP, 6H, 3R, 3BB, 3K, and 1HRA
L- Estrada (2-2, 6.26ERA)
GCL Blue Jays (10-13)
Delayed like a Sunwing flight
DSL Blue Jays (21-24)
Lost 7 to 4
HR-none
Starter- Jonatan Bernal 2.0IP, 2H, 3R, 2BB, 2K
L- Alcindo Pontes (0-2, 13.50ERA)
Top Performers:
- Buffalo Reese McGuire (3-for-5, RBI, K), Jonathan Davis (1-for-2, 2B, BB), Patrick Kivlehan (2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 3RBI, 3K), Richard Urena (3-for-5, R, RBI, K), Alen Hanson (2-for-5, 2B, RBI)
- NH’s Forrest Wall (1-for-3, 2R, BB, K), Santiago Espinal (2-for-4, 2B, 2RBI), Kevin Smith (2-for-4, K), Nate Pearson (see above)
- Lansing Jake Brodt (2-for-3, R, BB), Otto Lopez (2-for-4, R), Johnny Aiello (3-for-4, 2B, K), Rafael Lantigua (2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, K), and De Paula (see above)
- C’s Tanner Morris (2-for-4, R, 2B, K)
- Bluefield Spencer Horwitz (2-for-3, R, RBI), Julian Valdez (2.1IP, H, 4K)
- DSL Jorman Gonzalez (4IP, H, 3K), Gabriel Martinez (3-for-4, R, K), Emmanuel Sanchez (2-for-3, R, RBI), Francisco Fajardo (3-for-4, 2B, 2RBI)
Player of the Day
Wednesday, July 24th POD goes to Jordan Patterson
The 27-yr-old played RF and batted 8th for the Bisons. He finished a single shy of hitting for the cycle striking out and grounding out in his first two at-bats. Patterson doubled (17) in the 6th inning to cut the Knights lead down to 4-2.
Patterson homered (13) to RF leading off the 8th inning to tie the game, 4-4. After Reese McGuire hit into a double play, Jordan Patterson stoked a triple (2) to gap in CF and scored on a Alen Hanson (3) double to extend the Herd’s lead to 8 to 4.
In 84 games, Jordan Patterson is batting .252 with a .777OPS. He has scored 54 runs and driven in 40 RBI while walking 20 times and striking out 102.
The Bo Bichette and Griffin Conine Show
Bo Bichette went hitless in five at-bats. He walked once and struck out twice. The 21-yr-old hot prospect is batting .244 with 3HR over his last 10 games. Overall, Bo owns a .288 BA with 15 doubles, 2 triples, 8 HR, and 14SB in 52 games.
Griffin Conine is having a hard time. The 22-yr-old is hitless in his last 4 games without a walk and racking up 12K’s. He’s watched his batting average drop from .324 to .282 while batting just .119 over his last 10 games. The league’s adjusted, now he’ll need to adjust. This will be interesting to watch as we enter the final month of the MiLB season.
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