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#BlueJays affiliates racked up six wins in eight games Tuesday. #LetsGoBlueJays


Buffalo 11 Toledo 5

Andy Burns, Socrates Brito and Richard Urena all went deep. Michael De La Cruz had two hits.

Conor Fisk got the win by checking the Mud Hens on two runs (one earned) over six frames on three hits and two walks while ringing up seven.


Binghamton 2 New Hampshire - 7 innings

Thomas Hatch had a six-inning complete game, giving up two on six hits with a 5-0 K/BB total. Cullen Large and Vinny Capra had the only hits.


New Hampshire 3 Binghamton 1 - 7 Innings

Joey Murray yielded a solo homer among two hits, walked four and plunked another over five innings but he struck out eight for his first Double-A win. Jake Fishman had the two-inning save.

Cullen Large had two hits and drove in a run. Chad Spanberger was 1-for-3 with two RBI and has a nine-game hit streak but is hitting just .230 on the season.


Dunedin 8 Clearwater 3

Reggie Pruitt had two hits, a walk and a stolen base in the lead-off spot. Chavez Young, Kevin Vicuna and Nick Podkul also had two hits apiece with Podkul hitting his first Florida State League homer.

Kyle Johnston walked seven over five innings but still got the win by limiting the Threshers to three runs. Maverik Buffo pitched three shutout innings and Kyle Weatherly worked the ninth without incident.


Vancouver 9 Eugene 0

Tanner Morris had two hits, two walks and a stolen base and is hitting .316 in August. Jesus Lopez clubbed his first homer of the season.

Nick Fraze struck out three over three innings of one-hit ball. Luis Quinones got the win with four innings, striking out eight for his first pro win. His only blemish was a hit by pitch to the first batter he faced but Philip Clarke threw him out trying to steal second. His ERA is 0.86.


Bluefield 7 Bristol 5

P.K. Morris had a three-run homer to give him seven on the year and added a stolen base. Miguel Hiraldo had three hits to push his hitting streak to 12 games and is hitting .312. Eric Rivera is up to .301 after a 2-for-5 night.

Felipe Casteneda pitched five relief innings of one-run ball for the win to improve to 3-2. He was dinged for a solo homer among four hits, walking four and whiffing four.


GCL Blue Jays 4 GCL Phillies 2

The lone two-hit game was turned in by Orelvis Martinez. Hugo Cardona is hitting just .206 but has 18 stolen bases. Alberto Rodriguez singled, walked and swiped a base.

Coppertone was burned for a solo homer and struck out four over three innings. Rafael Monsion got the win with four shutout innings on three hits and two walks and struck out three to bring his ERA down to 1.71.


DSL White Sox 9 DSL Blue Jays 1

Amell Brazoban and Daniel Oliva had the only hits. Bejardi Meza spun five innings of one-run ball on three hits and three walks with three whiffs.




*** 3 Stars!!! ***

3. Luis Quinones, Vancouver

2. Joey Murray, New Hampshire

1. Conor Fisk, Buffalo
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Shoeless Joe - Wednesday, August 14 2019 @ 01:11 PM EDT (#379866) #
Baseball America updated its farm system rankings post deadline and the Jays moved up to #6 from #9.
uglyone - Wednesday, August 14 2019 @ 01:15 PM EDT (#379867) #
Keith Law is furious.
jerjapan - Wednesday, August 14 2019 @ 01:29 PM EDT (#379868) #
That's genuinely impressive given all the talent we've graduated this season.
uglyone - Wednesday, August 14 2019 @ 01:31 PM EDT (#379869) #
Keith Law is furious.
John Northey - Wednesday, August 14 2019 @ 02:23 PM EDT (#379871) #
Hard to imagine the Jays staying top 10 right now if you graduate out Vlad, Bo, Biggio, Jansen, SRF, even McGuire. None will be rookies in 2020. Bo & McGuire are still listed on prospect lists but not for much longer.

If after losing all those to the majors the Jays are still at top 10 then the current team running the Jays are doing a heck of a job.
Mike Green - Wednesday, August 14 2019 @ 09:20 PM EDT (#379880) #
Zeuch threw 6 shutout innings with 2 walks and 6 Ks tonight. He's due to be called up.
PeterG - Wednesday, August 14 2019 @ 10:12 PM EDT (#379882) #
Diaz in AA and Castillo in A both pitched 5+ shutout innings tonight as well.
dan gordon - Wednesday, August 14 2019 @ 11:38 PM EDT (#379885) #
Nice to see the pitching prospects having a good day. Zeuch's game was his 1st really good start in quite a while for Buffalo. I'd like to see a few more like tonight's game before he's called up. In his previous 6 starts, his ERA was almost 5.50, and his K:BB ratio was 19:18 in 36 2/3 IP. I see him as more of a 2020 possibility for the rotation.

Manoah pitched 3 innings tonight and gave up 2 runs, 1 earned, didn't walk anybody and struck out 2. After an error in the 1st inning, he gave up a HR to Spokane 1B Blaine Crimm, who was slashing .354/.410/.528/.938 heading into tonight's game.
John Northey - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 02:06 AM EDT (#379891) #
I doubt the Jays will call up any more real prospects this year. Not enough time to evaluate them, you'd just start their FA/arbitration clocks early. Just guys already on the 40 man, non-prospects, etc.
Mike Green - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 09:02 AM EDT (#379898) #
Dan, here's what Zeuch has done in his last 4 starts:

Jul 29- 7 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1W, 5K
Aug 3- 6 IP,  6H, 4 ER, 3W, 1K
Aug 8- 7.1 IP, 6H 4 ER, 2W, 4K
Aug 14- 6 IP, 4H, 0 ER, 2W, 6K

In the August 8 start, Zeuch had pitched brilliantly through 7, allowing 2 hits and 2 walks.  Toledo opened the 8th with a soft line drive, a pop-up and a bunt single to load the bases. Zeuch gave up a line drive single and a fly out, and was then pulled.  The reliever gave up a grand slam so he was charged with 4 ER. 

His game is the groundball, and he's continued to rack those up (he was 10-2 after 7 innings on August 8 and 7-2 yesterday).  You also have to bear in mind that triple A this year is an extreme hitter's environment.  Waguespack had an ERA of 5.30 in Buffalo, and Reid-Foley was at 6.26.  I think Zeuch is the best of the three. 

And as for service time, now is not the time to be playing service time games with Zeuch.  He's 24 years old and the club needs pitching.  He's had 30 high minors starts and succeeded at that.  Time to test the waters (when it doesn't matter) in the big leagues. 
uglyone - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 09:12 AM EDT (#379900) #
Zeuch's numbers have been legit good at age appropriate levels all the way up. His stuff grades well. His K rate isn't great but his groundball rate is elite.

Everything he has done so far tells me he has every chance to be an mlb SP.
Jonny German - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 09:19 AM EDT (#379902) #
2 other factors in favour of having Zeuch pitch in Toronto in September - he started his season 2 months late (lat strain), and he needs to go on the 40-man this winter regardless.
PeterG - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 09:58 AM EDT (#379903) #
I agree that Zeuch should be called up in September and think it likely that he is.
bpoz - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 10:08 AM EDT (#379904) #
Zeuch is adjusting fast to the AAA ball.
Shoeless Joe - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 10:25 AM EDT (#379905) #
I just don't think Zeuch will make it in the big leagues, there aren't too many pitchers who succeed without at least one big breaking pitch in todays MLB.
uglyone - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 11:30 AM EDT (#379909) #
the funny thing with Zeuch is despite the lack of Ks, he has to breakers that are usually graded pretty well and are potentially above average pitches - his curve and his slider.
scottt - Thursday, August 15 2019 @ 05:49 PM EDT (#379923) #
Usually, slider/sinker guys work in the bottom of the zone, so they don't strike out as many as guys who work all over the strike zone.

We'll see how his stuff plays when they bring him up.

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