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Eddie Micheletti Jr hit two home runs and drove in five runs in the first two innings of Vancouver's game. The C's went on to win. Yohendrick Pinango drove in all four of New Hampshire's runs as they won in extra innings. Juaron Watts-Brown had an excellent start. The FCL Jays also won while Buffalo and Dunedin lost.

Charlotte 5 Buffalo 3

New Hampshire 4 Hartford 3 - 10 innings

Hillsboro 1 Vancouver 8

Dunedin 10 Clearwater 4

FCL Blue Jays 10 FCL Phillies 7


Three Stars

Third Star - Juaron Watts-Brown

Second Star - Yohendrick Pinango

First Star - Eddie Micheletti Jr.


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NOTES


Buffalo scored three runs with six hits. Joey Loperfido scored two runs and had the only extra base hit, a double.


Adam Kloffenstein went five innings but continues to have control problems. He threw 35 strikes and 39 balls and walked four.


Juaron Watts-Brown was excellent for NH. He struck out eight in six innings. Hartford had just two hits in the six innings.


Yohendrick Pinango hit a three run home run in the third inning and added a sac fly in the tenth to account for all of NH's runs.


Eddie Micheletti Jr homered in his first two at-bats, a solo shot in the first and a grand slam in the second. Jackson Hornung hit a bases loaded triple in the seventh. The C's had just five hits but three of them were big ones.


Edinson Batista got the start but just went three innings.


The D Jays took one on the chin, conceding 10 runs. Colby Martin gave up two hits, to make it three for the season. His month long hitless streak came to an end. Edward Duran had a hit to keep his hitting streak going. Sam Shaw and Manuel Beltre had two hits each but also made an error. Jean Joseph and Tucker Toman also chipped in with two hits each.


Kendry Rojas made a rehab start for the FCL Jays. He went two innings. The Jays had ten hits, every hitter had one, Andres Arias had two.


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Glevin - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 07:31 AM EDT (#460676) #
From a prospect chat on Fangraphs apparently Johnny King's velocity is up to mid-90s from low 90s which is obviously huge.
GabrielSyme - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 09:49 AM EDT (#460680) #
A couple days ago Kelekin mentioned a BA podcast that discussed Nimmala and Yesavage. They also touched briefly on King, noting that his calling card is his breaking balls. If he's added a little velo, it should make his off-speed stuff play up as well.
Kelekin - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 10:39 AM EDT (#460682) #
Yep, King was a 2nd round talent for many with one of the big knocks being velocity (though I'm happier when kids are not throwing 100). Kiley McDaniel noted he's looking really good now too.
greenfrog - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 12:13 PM EDT (#460689) #
In his May 30 piece, "10 MLB Pitching Prospects Who Stood Out In May," Geoff Pontes of BA included Yesavage and described the Blue Jays farm system as "resurgent" this year. He highlighted the quality of Yesavage's "pitch mix and ability to keep hitters off balance" including his "high-ride, four-seam fastball" with excellent vertical break, along with his effective slider and splitter.
Nigel - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 05:48 PM EDT (#460708) #
At the Nat watching Yesavage. So far through 3 innings he’s been good but not dominant. Having the most success with the change in speeds between FB and splitter. FB velocity is consistently mid 90’s and beating some hitters with velocity but the FB looks really straight to me (next to no horizontal movement that I can see).
Nigel - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 06:22 PM EDT (#460710) #
Yesavage done after 4 1/3. No hits but 4BB and 5 Ks.
Marc Hulet - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 08:15 PM EDT (#460718) #
Looked liked the FB had arm-side run on video. But I do think he'll need to mix in a third pitch more once he hits AA (he should be doing it more now in preparation).

Schneider and Pinango both pulled after one AB.
Kelekin - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 09:18 PM EDT (#460720) #
Stanifer finishes the piggyback with 4 scoreless innings and 7 Ks. Hornung's average up to .323, definitely needs to be in AA.
greenfrog - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 09:40 PM EDT (#460721) #
How are Hornung’s catching skills?
Marc Hulet - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 09:52 PM EDT (#460722) #
Hornung is solely an outfielder now. He was not effective behind the plate. The Jays really haven't drafted anyone in a few years who can truly catch...
John Northey - Saturday, May 31 2025 @ 10:09 PM EDT (#460724) #
Of course with Kirk signed long term and Heineman being under team control until after 2028 there is no rush on developing more catchers. More a 'nice to have' thing. Might be a good idea to sign a few IFA's or draft a high schooler they can develop this year or next.

Now pitchers - those you need an endless supply of it seems.
knuckeler - Sunday, June 01 2025 @ 11:40 AM EDT (#460745) #
"Yesavage done after 4 1/3. No hits but 4BB and 5 Ks."

I was watching the Gameday stat cast and I don't know how accurate the pitches are fed into the stat cast but twice the batter should have easily been called out according to the pitches shown well inside the strike zone called balls by the umpire.

One thing for sure is he has lots of vertical movement on his pitches and is very hard to square up.

Another thing I have noted is if he's not striking out batters at an extreme high rate he is inducing playable ground balls. Very few are hit to the out field, typically 0 or 1 in his 4+ innings or so per start. Gotta love that.
greenfrog - Sunday, June 01 2025 @ 11:43 AM EDT (#460747) #
Heinemann is on the concussion IL. That injury might call into question his future viability as a catcher, especially if he’s had multiple concussions. That is what happened to Joe Mauer, I think.
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