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News came yesterday that Trey Yesavage, Khal Stephen and Gage Stanifer are headed to Vancouver. Ryan Jennings get bumped up to Buffalo. We look at the Vancouver and Dunedin rotations below. On the field the FCL Jays were the only winners.

Worcester 10 Buffalo 3

New Hampshire 2 Reading 3

Everett 7 Vancouver 6

Bradenton 4 Dunedin 2

FCL Tigers 1 FCL Blue Jays 8


Three Stars

Third Star - Samuel Colmenares

Second Star - Yorman Licourt

First Star - Sean Keys


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NOTES


Easton Lucas gave up seven runs, Dillon Tate three, and Buffalo's hopes of winning were gone. The Bisons had just five hits, Riley Tirotta had two.


New Hampshire, like Buffalo, had just five hits. Edinson Paulino homered. Michael Dominguez went four innings, he was charged with two runs with three K's.


Vancouver took a 6-4 lead to the ninth but Bo Bonds gave up three runs and the C's lost. Sean Keys homered twice, singled, and drove in four runs. Eddie Micheletti also homered. Jackson Wentworth was taken deep twice with middle, middle pitches. In total Everett scored four off him in five innings.


With the news that three pitchers are heading to Vancouver, the question is what happens to the C's starting pitchers? First Kevin Miranda can drop out of the rotation. Grant Rogers, Wentworth and Fernando Perez don't have much experience in high A so they are unlikely to be promoted and also unlikely to be dropped out of the rotation. That leaves Juaron Watts Brown who could be promoted and probably is ready. That would open a second spot in the rotation. I would expect that Yesavage and Stephen will go into the rotation and Stanifer will stay piggybacking.


The Dunedin spots could be filled by Landen Maroudis and Austin Cates who recently dropped out of the rotation. There are also likely to be some more rehabbing pitchers on their way back soon.


Javen Coleman, who didn't get promoted gave up a run for Dunedin in his one inning.


The FCL Jays were the only winners. Johnny King, another pitcher who could go to Dunedin, gave up an unearned run in three innings. He struck out four. Samuel Colmenares threw four shutout innings but just struck out one. He had six ground ball outs and no fly ball outs. 21 year old Cuban, Yorman Licourt was 3-3 with a walk and a double.


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ayjackson - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 09:04 AM EDT (#460066) #
Looking back, it doesn't look like Gage Stanifer appeared in one single prospect list for the Blue Jays.

Marc Hulet - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 09:55 AM EDT (#460068) #
This is the first year Stanifer has been good. He stopped chasing velo and improved his command. I'm still hesitant to see him as anything but reliever given his lack of a third offering. He was solely FB/SL with Dunedin.
Glevin - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 05:52 PM EDT (#460090) #
Anytime I look at a NH box score and I see any runs I think "Pinango or Schreck?" because they are really hitting and nobody else hits at all. Sure enough, 2 runs today and it's a solo HR each from those two.
John Northey - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 08:18 PM EDT (#460094) #
Thought 'lets see where Trey Yesavage, Khal Stephen and Gage Stanifer were ranked pre-season'.

  • Yesavage: Overall #2, ranked #1 by 3, #2 by 4, 3rd by 2, 5th by 4.
  • Khal Stephen: Overall #13, 6th the highest by anyone, 2 more 9th, 7 times 11-20, 3 didn't list him.
  • Gage Stanifer: Never listed, not even as an 'others to watch'.
13 sites checked - full list at this article.
John Northey - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 08:19 PM EDT (#460095) #
Ryan Jennings was not listed on the top 10 by anyone, but did make 1 top 20, 4 in the 21-30 range, 1 in the 31-40. That's it for him.
greenfrog - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 08:36 PM EDT (#460096) #
Could Yesavage pitch for the Blue Jays this season? Guessing the answer is no. Maybe he'll get promoted to the majors in early or mid 2026. But the team could use a rotation upgrade this year.
jerjapan - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 08:44 PM EDT (#460097) #
There was talk of his being potentially a factor at the end of the year when he was drafted, if I recall correctly
John Northey - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 09:46 PM EDT (#460098) #
It is possible for Yesavage to do that, but it would be rare and require an incredible year. His inning limit should be reached before September and I can't imagine the Jays would want to risk his future for 10-20 innings in September/October this year.

1 1/2 months in A, lets assume the same in A+ (to end of June), then AA for July into mid-August, AAA mid-August to end of season. If his arm was A-OK he'd be available for the playoffs under that plan, but like I said, I can't imagine the Jays doing that. Too much risk for too little reward. I'd more expect A+ for 2 full months, then AA for the rest of 2025. AAA in 2026, ready for a call-up if healthy when someone goes down/flops/whatever.
Marc Hulet - Saturday, May 17 2025 @ 10:13 PM EDT (#460100) #
Just a reminder that Low-A ball is possibly a lower talent level than what Yesavage and Stephen faced in college. He hasn't even really had to mix in a third pitch consistently.

Just getting to AA in 2025 (and staying healthy) is probably an excellent goal.
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