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The affiliates had two wins on Sunday. Anthony Alford had four hits in the Dunedin win including a walk off double in the ninth. Scott Copeland pitched seven shutout innings to lead Buffalo to a win. In the four losses the opponents scored four runs in either the first or first two innings to open deficits that were fatal to the chance for a win. A couple of pitching prospects had rough starts, Angel Perdomo, and Jonathan Harris were gone early.

Buffalo 2 Gwinnett 0

Scott Copeland was the man in this game, he went seven shutout innings with 8 hits allowed. Copeland had only one punch-out but he got 10 ground balls and they led to three double plays. New Bisons Ben Rowen and Joba Chamberlain each pitched an inning. Chamberlain has had a few rough outings so it was good for him to pitch a clean inning.

The Bisons got their first run in the fourth. Ezequiel Carrera walked and went to second on an errant pickoff. Alex Hassan singled him home. In the seventh Ty Kelly doubled and later scored on a bases loaded walk. Kelly and Matt Hague had two hits each. Dalton Pompey was 0-4.


New Hampshire 0 Bowie 8

Bowie scored four runs in the first two innings and that was more than enough. Scott Barnes started and did go six innings limiting the damage to those four runs. John Anderson is now pitching out of the pen but it cost him three runs on this day. Luis Perez pitched the eighth and was hit for a solo home run by Bowie's 1800's throw back, Quincy Latimore.

The Fisher Cats had just four singles and no walks, leading to four runners left on base.


Brevard County 6 Dunedin 7

The lead changed hands regularly in this offensive contest but the game was tied in the bottom of the ninth. In that inning Jorge Saez singled and was sacrificed to second by Andy Fermin. The Manatees chose to pitch to Anthony Alford and he doubled in the winning run. Alford had tripled to lead off the first and he scored when JD Davis homered. In the second inning, following a walk and an error, Fermin singled in a run as did Alford. Fermin and Derrick Loveless each homered in the fourth and that was it for the Jays until the ninth. Alford was 4-5 and was a home run short of the cycle. Fermin and Matt Dean each had two hits.

Jeremy Gabryszwski went five innings and gave up nine hits and five runs. Matt Dermody held the fort for two innings but Chris Smith was taken deep in the eighth for a blown save.


Beloit 9 Lansing 4

Beloit scored four in the first and could never catch up. Chase Mallard has had an up and down season but this was a downer, ten hits and six runs in five innings.

Lansing did have 11 hits but were 2-9 with runners in scoring position. Juan Kelly had three hits including a solo home run. Chris Carlson also had three hits, including a triple, and scored twice.


Everett 6 Vancouver 3

Jonathan Harris hasn't shown much since he was drafted. The Jays might have work to do in the instructional league. On Sunday he pitched four innings and put on nine base runners, five hits, three walks and a hit batter. All four runs off Harris came in the first inning. Sean Ratcliffe, from Ajax Ontario, conceded the other two runs in the sixth.

The C's scored two in the first, Ryan Hissey and Sean Hurley had a single and a double respectively to drive in runs. Andrew Guillotte doubled in the third and scored on a ground out. Hissey was the only hitter with two hits.


Bluefield 5 Elizabethton 6

Bluefield trailed 4-0 early but fought back to tie the game in the eighth, but the Twins scored in the bottom of the eighth and held on. Angel Perdomo had rough night, he was done in the fourth inning with ten hits on his record. Jackson Lowery held it down for 2.2 innings but Tyler Burden took the loss.

Matt Morgan started this game with a .151 BA so of course he goes 3-3 to lead the offense. All five runs for the Jays were unearned. Two errors in the seventh put runners on for Morgan to double one in. A second run scored thanks to a wild pitch. Two more errors led things off in the eighth. Freddy Rodriguez singled in two and later a walk to Morgan drove in the tying run. The Jays were outhit 16-6 and only made it close thanks to the Twins generosity.



3 Stars

3rd star: Andy Fermin

2nd star: Scott Copeland

1st star: Anthony Alford


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scottt - Sunday, August 09 2015 @ 11:42 PM EDT (#308312) #
Is Alford the future of the Jays outfield or is he destined to be traded for a pitching rental? Only time will tell.
TangledUpInBlue - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 07:41 AM EDT (#308326) #
The reason Anthopoulos negotiated with Dombrowski till three or four in the morning, when the basic framework (Norris and Boyd) was in place hours earlier, was to avoid trading Alford. Or Pompey. Those are the guys Dombrowski wanted, before settling for Labourt.

This is described in an Arden Zwelling article at Sportsnet, which is a fascinating day-by-day account of Anthopoulos's activity as the deadline approached. (And I don't think it's been mentioned here yet. The Jonah Keri piece at Grantland was mentioned but I find this one much more interesting.)

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/inside-the-48-hours-that-transformed-the-blue-jays/
ayjackson - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 07:45 AM EDT (#308327) #
Please TUIB, don't spoil the narrative, AA likes to trade all his top prospects for rentals.
uglyone - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 09:11 AM EDT (#308337) #
i said exactly which prospects i thought were good sell high candidates before the deadline and i was pretty stoked that that's mainly who AA traded - Norris and Hoffman were the prime ones, while Labourt and Tirado are guys i've long felt were heavily overrated. norris and hoffman are damn good prospects but as far as centerpieces of deals for impact players, they're the ones who i thought had more trade value than maybe they deserved.

There were also two kids who i thought were incredibly good prospects but weren't getting the credit they deserve and likely wouldn't have the trade value they deserve and that was Pompey and Alford.I'm still kind of stunned that we managed to add so much without giving up pompey or alford.

the names that kinda stung me were actually castro and Boyd....these guys are really good prospects to be considered throw ins to a deal.
John Northey - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 09:16 AM EDT (#308338) #
Part of me wonders if long term Boyd might be the best of the batch as he struggled year one at a new level then dominated it each time.

Still 2017 and beyond might see an outfield of Pompey/Pillar/Alford which would make every pitcher smile while the Jays hopefully resign Bautista to play DH/1B/backup OF.  Infield Travis/Tulo/Donaldson plus who knows at 1B.  Martin catching of course.  That team would be amazing on defense and offense.

scottt - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 09:38 AM EDT (#308341) #
Boyd is a finesse pitcher with no real plus-plus pitch. Estrada has a killer change up which he throws a third of the time while locating his fastball all over the place. I don't see any predictability in Boyd.

We get to see Graveman this week.

rtcaino - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 09:58 AM EDT (#308347) #
"Still 2017 and beyond might see an outfield of Pompey/Pillar/Alford which would make every pitcher smile while the Jays hopefully resign Bautista to play DH/1B/backup OF. Infield Travis/Tulo/Donaldson plus who knows at 1B. Martin catching of course. That team would be amazing on defense and offense."

It does seem that we have most of the skilled positions on the diamond spoken for. 1B, DH, and perhaps LF* are the only positions that do not have apparent solutions for 2017/2018.**

* Pompey/Pillar/Alford don't necessarily have bats that project as classic LFs. Though neither does Ben Revere, or Brett Gardiner for that matter.

** Also, the general caveat applies that it is a fool's errand to predict a 2018 line-up. Tulo and Martin should be expected to decline at some point. And any of the above mentioned could not develop as expected/completely fall apart, as tends to happen in this game. Still better to have apparent solutions than not!
scottt - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 11:03 AM EDT (#308355) #
That's the challenge with Bautista. The situation with Vernon Wells was horrible. He should not have been playing center field or hitting 3rd.

jgadfly - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 12:27 PM EDT (#308362) #
Can one ever tell with throw ins? ... They are who they are ... not necessarily an afterthought but definitely a gamble... Who knew (as per Sickels link below) that when Joe Musgrove was traded with 6 others in July 2012 to the Astros as part of the deal for J.A. Happ that 3 years later he would have 92/6 K/BB in 95 innings over 3 levels and be a possible top 50 MiLB talent?

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2015/8/8/9121179/dont-overlook-houston-astros-prospect-joe-musgrove
hypobole - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 12:46 PM EDT (#308364) #
From that same deal, Carlos Perez doubled and scored the winning run in the Angels extra inning win over the O's yesterday.

Also Asher Wojciechowski has been up and down with Houston - he got the last out in the Sonny Gray/Dallas Keuchel game a couple of days ago.
uglyone - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 01:26 PM EDT (#308372) #
i'm a little confused - are you bringing those names up with regret or schadenfreude?

perez: .561ops
woj: 7.16era
jerjapan - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 02:03 PM EDT (#308378) #
wow, I've totally slept on musgrove's season this year.  I knew he was legit, but that K/BB ratio is crazy. 

Musgrove was definitely not a throw-in though ...  he had some 33 innings pitched in the Jays system but he was a comp pick the year before the trade, so equivalent to a late 1st / high 2nd pick these days.

We traded three solid prospects in that deal, Rollins was the 4th guy, the 'thrown-in'.  
hypobole - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 02:27 PM EDT (#308385) #
Neither uglyone, just bringing them up.

As far as an opinion, Woj may have some future success as a reliever, don't see it as a starter.

Perez, though, despite his dismal hitting (similar to Pompey's), is a rookie with a rep for decent defence (again similar to Pompey). Don't think the Angels will regret dealing Conger for him.

uglyone - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 02:44 PM EDT (#308388) #

MLB

Pompey (21-22): 77wrc+
Perez (24-24): 58wrc+

AAA

Pompey (21-22): 124wrc+
Perez (22-24): 91wrc+

AA

Pompey (21-22): 158wrc+
Perez (22-22): 121wrc+

A+

Pompey (21-21): 150wrc+
Perez (21-21): 107wrc+

not so similar.
MatO - Monday, August 10 2015 @ 03:05 PM EDT (#308391) #
Dan Jansen has finally reappeared in the first game of a DH in the GCL on a rehab assignment going 0-2.
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