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Rafael Lantigua again led the way for Buffalo. He reached base six times. Buffalo won easily with Bowden Francis returning. Sem Robberse and Trenton Wallace both pitched well for their teams but both took the loss anyway. Dunedin's game was suspended. Brandon Barriera threw 2.1 innings before it rained.

Buffalo 12 Lehigh Valley 2

New Hampshire 2 Portland 3

Vancouver 3 Spokane 7

Fort Myers 2 Dunedin 1 - suspended in 3rd inning


Three Stars

Third Star - Trenton Wallace

Second Star - Sem Robberse

First Star - Rafael Lantigua


Boxes


NOTES


Bowden Francis came off the IL and gave the Bisons starters a boost. He went four innings and struck out seven. He gave up an unearned run as Otto Lopez made an error. It was Lopez's third error in two games. Yosver Zulueta went two perfect innings, three K's. Zulueta has been pitching better recently and especially since he went to the bullpen. Jimmy Burnette made his AAA debut and pitched a clean inning with one strikeout.


Rafael Lantigua stayed hot. He was 3-3 with a double, three walks and three RBI. His OPS is up to .998. The Bisons had just eight hits, they walked 14 times.


Sem Robberse pitched well despite giving up three runs and taking the loss for New Hampshire. Through five innings he had just allowed two hits, although one was a solo home run. Then in the sixth the lead off hitter got on base through an infield hit. Then with two outs, and almost finished for the day, Robberse gave up another home run, a two run shot. He struck out seven in his six innings.


Orelvis Martinez had an unusual game, for him. He singled and walked twice. Miguel Hiraldo had two hits.


Trenton Wallace started for Vancouver and had a start like Robberse's. Through four innings Spokane had just one solo home run off him. But in the fifth he walked two, both of whom scored with a two out single. He struck out eight in his five innings. TJ Brock added a shutout inning. Through 18.1 innings this season he has a 0.79 WHIP and a K9 of 14.4. He could be following Mason Fluharty to New Hampshire before too long.


Rainer Nunez and Dasan Brown had two hits each. Nunez has an OPS over 1.000 in May after a slow start. For some reason he is hitting .391 on the road and just .230 at home. All of his home runs have come on the road too.


Brandon Barriera started for Dunedin and went 2.1 innings until the rain and lightening came. He was fine through two innings but hit the first two batters of the third. A double steal wasa followed by an RBI ground out and a single. Barriera threw 43 pitches and got nine swings and misses, five on the FB and four on the slider. His FB averaged 93 and was up to 95.

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bpoz - Friday, May 26 2023 @ 07:45 AM EDT (#429297) #
In Orelvis's last 4 games 10ABs, 3H, 1Hr, 6BB, 2 IBB and 2K. I know that he is a good slugger but I don't know how to calculate his OBP.

Elsewhere Eden had a SF, 2BB, 1K and 2SB yesterday. His Ks so far this year are high, OBP is good with a nice Avg and bb. He is helping Buffalo without much power .

There are other good things happening on the farm. Promotions are happening.
John Northey - Friday, May 26 2023 @ 12:46 PM EDT (#429303) #
Olevis had a solid 10 days there, 9 for 19 reaching OBP of 474. Slg of 600. Remove the IBB and his OBP is still good at 412. The patience is critical for him going forward. If he can walk more his OBP will be decent, and he will have better pitches to hit. Fingers crossed.
Mike Green - Friday, May 26 2023 @ 03:04 PM EDT (#429304) #
Orelvis has had real improvement over the last little while.  His W rate for the year is 10%; his K rate is 22%; his LD rate is 15%, his IFFB/FB is 22% and his HR/FB rate is 27%.  The last number is very good and the others range from below-average to so-so.  He has a BABIP of .100 and with a BABIP of .200 (which is his average over the last 3 years), he would have a decent line.  He needs another month in double A to hopefully consolidate and then he can move to triple A. 
GabrielSyme - Friday, May 26 2023 @ 03:19 PM EDT (#429305) #
I decided to take a look at the Blue Jays system production by looking at current big-leaguers drafted or signed by the Jays. Not a perfect measure, but I think a good rough look at how productive the Jays have been at turning minor-league talent into major-league producers.

The surprise to me was that the Jays have actually been quite good at producing talent over the last decade or so.

As a whole, the Jays have produced (at least) 42 players who have seen MLB playing time this year (teams have averaged 36.9 players this year). The hitters have been good (if a team, they'd be 3rd in WAR after the Rays & Rangers this year); the relievers likewise (tied for 4th with the Angels and Rockies). But our starters only be 21st in the majors. While we've got 6 regular starters in the majors right now, only Stroman and DeSclafani are having decent seasons.
bpoz - Friday, May 26 2023 @ 04:15 PM EDT (#429306) #
Chad Dallas pitching for NH tonight. His great 1st AA start was against the weak Rumble Ponies. Tonight he pitches against the very strong Portland Sea Dogs. So Kloffenstein did v well against them. Robberse did ok.
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