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Vancouver was the only winner on Tuesday, and the C's needed to win as Everett remains on their tail for the first-half Northwest League pennant. New Hampshire was rained out.


Victor Arias belted his fourth home run of the season in Eugene on Tuesday.


Worcester 5 Buffalo 4
Somerset at New Hampshire, postponed (Doubleheader on Wednesday)
Vancouver 12 Eugene 8
Clearwater 2 Dunedin 0
DSL Marlins 7 DSL Blue Jays Blue 6
DSL Rangers Red 17 DSL Blue Jays Red 0

Boxscores



*** 3 Stars!!! ***

3. Arjun Nimmala, Vancouver

2. Cutter Coffey, Vancouver

1. Victor Arias, Vancouver



Notes

Will Wagner, Joey Loperfido and Yohendrick Pinango all had a double and a single for Buffalo. Leo Jiménez singled and walked and RJ Schreck took one for the team. Lazaro Estrada suffered a tough loss, giving up a solo home run among two hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings. Hunter Gregory gave up three runs in two-thirds of an inning and Nick Sandlin could not get any of the four batters he faced and was charged with a run. Bobby Milacki and Dillon Tate finished up 3-1/3 scoreless innings with Milacki getting seven outs.

Cutter Coffey led the Vancouver attack with four hits, two of them doubles. Victor Arias had a leadoff home run among his three hits and added a base on balls and a base stolen. Arjun Nimmala homered and heard ball four twice. Aaron Parker and Eddie Micheletti went yard and was plunked. Sean Keys doubled and singled. Jackson Wentworth lasted just 2-2/3 innings, yielding three runs on four hits and three walks while punching out four. Bo Bonds stranded both of Wentworth's runners and tossed 1-1/3 innings with three punchouts to get the win. Edinson Batista did not give up a run, striking out three while getting the last seven outs of the game. The Canadians control their destiny as they need to win on Wednesday and Thursday to punch their playoff ticket or have Everett lose their two remaining games. Everett holds the tie-breaker.

Kendry Chirinos doubled twice, Jean Joseph singled twice and Bryce Arnold walked twice for Dunedin. Chirinos was also hit by a pitch. Manuel Beltre was on base twice with a single and a walk. Colby Holcome was charged with the loss, giving up a solo home run among two runs while surrendering three hits and two walks over five innings. Ryan Burr, Jay Schueler and Javen Coleman all put up a zero with Coleman fanning two of the four batters between them.

In the FCL, Drew Jemison homered and walked. JR Freethy and Maykel Minoso had the other hits. Conner Overton opened the game with two innings of one-run ball, matching three walks with three strikeouts and recording four groundball outs. Sann Omasako got the loss by serving up a three-run home run over four innings.

In the Dominican, Yeicer Crespo homered and singled and Darwin Nuñez also had a two-hit game and drew a walk. JT Bain had an RBI double and a walk and Christoper Polanco got a free pass. Juan Ramirez had the best pitching line by stranding the bases loaded and recording 1-1/3 shutout innings of one-hit ball with two strikeouts for the DSL Blues squad. The DSL Blue Jays Reds squad were nearly no-hit. Randy Soto had the lone base knock and heard ball four twice. Elaineiker Coronado drew his 18th walk and struck out for just the second time in 11 games this season. Kennew Blanco was 0-for-4.



C's Plus Baseball has a chat with outfielder Eddie Micheletti.
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metafour - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 03:39 PM EDT (#461864) #
Kiley McDaniel released a new mock draft today:

8. Toronto Blue Jays
Ike Irish, C/OF, Auburn
Top 150 rank: 26

Irish will be ranked higher once I update my rankings, and his name is coming up a lot in the back half of the top 10 and into the teens. There's lots of buzz he will go ahead of Jace LaViolette -- and not that far behind Arquette, if not ahead of him. College bats are rumored to be rising late in the process this year (including Brendan Summerhill, Gavin Kilen, Wehiwa Aloy, Marek Houston, Caden Bodine and Andrew Fischer), and moving a high school player who's a late-first-round talent to a later pick is a common and often successful strategy. Toronto is often tied to the same prep bats as Miami and St. Louis, but the Blue Jays are believed to be going the college route if the right names with the right prices don't land here. Irish, Arquette, Willits, Parker and Billy Carlson seem to make up the group from which they'll probably pick.
Kelekin - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 04:50 PM EDT (#461874) #
Clear evidence Kiley McDaniel reads Batters Box, and has seen my constant Ike Irish mentions. Hi Kiley!
GabrielSyme - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 06:20 PM EDT (#461879) #
I've liked what I've heard of Ike Irish, but I worry he's rising a little higher than he otherwise would because he's the best of a very weak college hitter class. Eli Willits is unlikely to make it to us, but it would be an absolute coup if he did and the Jays took him.
Glevin - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 06:57 PM EDT (#461883) #
Willits doesn't excite me much. High floor, solid D, good hit tool, below average power. I guess it depends if Jays think they can get more power out of him. For me, below average power just leaves lot less wiggle room. He'd be fine to pick though. Just not a great draft at the top. Parker has a twin who is ranked around 100th best prospect so I assume whoever takes Jojo, takes the brother too.
Gerry - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 09:17 PM EDT (#461894) #
Yesavage finally hits some adversity in AA. He was good first time through the order but hit a bump the second time through. He gave up four runs and was pulled in the third inning.
John Northey - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 09:35 PM EDT (#461900) #
Probably good for Yesavage to hit a bump now - learn how to deal with adversity in the pros. Not at the point where he is ready but he is charging fast ala Manoah (Manoah lost 2020 or he'd have had more minor league time - A- in '19 (at age 21), 2020 skipped, '21 AAA-majors), Yesavage A-A+-AA at 21. So by age Yesavage is ahead of Manoah.
uglyone - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 09:37 PM EDT (#461902) #
Looks like Control is becoming a bit of an issue for him.
Nigel - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 09:42 PM EDT (#461903) #
Control is definitely the thing to watch.
John Northey - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 10:31 PM EDT (#461913) #
Mock drafts are fun, but to me #1 is to get the highest ceiling possible. Screw high floor, I want a star. First rounders for the Jays include 1 60+ WAR (Halladay), 2 30's (Shawn Green, Chris Carpenter), 5 20's (Vernon Wells, Moseby, Rios, Shannon Stewart, Aaron Hill, Stroman). 4 10's (Syndergaard, Musgrove, Paxton DNS, Karsay). 8 5-9.9's (inc Ricky Romero, Aaron Sanchez, Manoah, etc). 25 who never reached, 20 with negative WAR, 1 dead on 0.0 (Russ Adams over 286 games). This is out of 77 first rounders over 48 seasons. The last 3 haven't reached yet, but safe to say Yesavage and Nimmela are on track to reach by '27 at the latest. Brandon Barriera is a 'who knows?' with 24 1/3 IP lifetime over 3 seasons. Stroman was the last big success with Manoah a partial success (due to injury issues).

I like picks like Austin Martin (swing for the fences, even if it flops) over 'safe' guys like Russ Adams who might never provide value anyways. Round 1 is your best shot at a regular All-Star. Round 2 saw just 1 over 20 (David Wells at 53.4), and 2 in the 10's (Bo & Derek Bell), round 3 saw 2 'wow' in John Olerud (58.1, fell to round 3 due to being seen as unsignable), and Jimmy Key (48.9). Shawn Marcum is next at 13.4. Round 4 has been a flop for the Jays (16.3 WAR total over 48 drafts), Round 5 a big one with Dave Stieb (56.4), Pat Hentgen (32.6), Michael Young (24.7 for Texas), Mike Timlin (19) then big drop to Cavan Biggio. Mason Fluharty is a 5th rounder. After that it is rare to find any 'wows'. 20+'s are Casey Blake (7th), Jesse Barfield (9th), Jeff Kent (20th) - I stopped after 20 rounds. There were a couple of 20+'s who didn't sign (Kris Bryant, Ted Lilly) as well. Clearly round 1 is the best shot at 'WOW' and that is what a team needs to chase, especially with a top 10 pick.

13 times the Jays have had a top 10 pick. 2 were 'wow' - Lloyd Moseby and Vernon Wells. Ricky Romero at 9.9 is next best. 3 never reached - most infamous was Augie Schmidt (taken over Dwight Gooden). Highest bonus went to Austin Martin ($7 mil) who has flopped for Minnesota so far (-1.0 WAR) but has hit 438 over 9 games in AAA this year (out for over two months with a right hamstring strain).

Just one top 10 overall pick is with the Jays who they drafted - Jeff Hoffman after 9 years with other clubs (Colorado, Philly, Cincinnati) and he has just 3.4 lifetime WAR.
metafour - Wednesday, June 18 2025 @ 11:08 PM EDT (#461916) #
You need to be careful when evaluating "ceiling", because sometimes the boring prospect ends up being the guy with the best actual ceiling. Jacob Wilson is a good example, as he was "over-drafted" by the A's at #6 overall and was seen as a one-tool guy with little to no power. As it turns out, when that one tool ends up leading to hitting .360 against MLB pitchers while never striking out and sticking at shortstop, you end up with a superstar.
greenfrog - Thursday, June 19 2025 @ 09:24 AM EDT (#461918) #
Geoff Pontes of BA lists Gage Stanifer as one of the”5 Breakout MLB Pitching Prospects Who Have Raised Their Stock In 2025.” He notes Stanifer’s stuff includes:

-Mid 90s four-seam FB “that generates up to 20 inches of induced vertical break regularly”
-Mid-80s slider with slurvy shape and good depth
-Occasional changeup

In 2025 he has struck out 40.9% of batters faced, and he has a 17.5% swinging-strike rate and a 51.3% groundball rate.
Glevin - Thursday, June 19 2025 @ 09:26 AM EDT (#461919) #
I agree you never know ceiling and often with draft picks, we know even less. I just tend to like profiles that show power this early in the draft. The fewer skills you have, the less room for error so if you have an elite hit tool and not much else, you can't develop to just a good hit tool or you won't be a major leaguer. I wish there were real boppers available in this draft but looks more like hit over power guys mostly. That said, I'd be happy with any of the hitters mentioned by Kylie and I don't see a big difference between them. I don't usually like catching prospects but Irish is a bit different in that he doesn't need to stick at catcher to be a prospect. Too bad Jays don't have second rounder but 3rd and 4th are early picks 81 and 112 so should hopefully get a couple interesting guys there as well.
GabrielSyme - Thursday, June 19 2025 @ 12:04 PM EDT (#461925) #
If I remember correctly, BA had a discussion of Victor Arias on one of their podcasts a month or so ago, with the gist being that he had top-of-the-scale EVs, but hit too many grounders. He still has a 54% GB rate for the season, but his overall production is up to a 131 wRC+ and he's shown more power over the last month. He's improved on the basepaths this season - he was 18-10 last year for SB, and he's 11-1 right now. He should warrant a promotion to AA sometime around mid-season. There's a bunch of tools there, but he'll need to get the ball in the air more before he really pops as a prospect.

Cutter Coffey looks like he's stagnating - he's got a good line, but the power is down and he's making less contact. A .391 babip makes for a decent slash line, and I suppose that's a positive sign as he's never had even an average babip before. Perhaps he's changed his approach (he's also swinging appreciably more often) and sometimes it takes time to fully adjust.
Nigel - Thursday, June 19 2025 @ 01:00 PM EDT (#461932) #
I think I have said this before but Coffey is a hard guy to get a read on. You see him one day and he looks every bit of an interesting prospect. You see him another day and he looks completely lost at the plate. Every prospect has variability, but his seems far more extreme than most.
Marc Hulet - Thursday, June 19 2025 @ 01:14 PM EDT (#461937) #
Barriera's start today was not foe the faint of heart. Could not get out of the first inning for the 2nd straight start. 2 wild pitches, 1 HBP, 1 walk... he's throwing upper 90s in side sessions but doesn't look ready to be back on the mound in a game yet. Hes going to hurt someone (or himself again).

Hmmm, I feel like someone said Yesavage's control want as good as it seemed and AA would be a stiff test...
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