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Fernando Perez and two relievers combined to throw a one hitter as Vancouver won. Victor Arias hit two home runs off Juaron Watts-Brown, New Hampshire won. Dunedin scored six runs in the eleventh inning for their win. Silvano Hechavarria continued to pitch well. Buffalo were the only losers.

Syracuse 4 Buffalo 3

New Hampshire 9 Chesapeake 4

Vancouver 2 Tri-City 0

Dunedin 7 Fort Myers 1 - 11 innings


Three Stars

Third Star - Fernando Perez

Second Star - Brock Tibbets

First Star - Victor Arias


Boxes


NOTES


The Bisons had just five hits, Micheal Stefanic had two, RJ Schreck homered. The main story was Shane Bieber's start which is discussed elsewhere on here.


Juaron Watts-Brown started for the Baysox against New Hampshire. That's a difficult task, just a few days after being traded. Victor Arias led off with a home run and went deep against in the fourth inning. He had four RBI. Charles McAdoo and Jevon Ward each had two hits and two walks.


Ryan Watson started and went 5.2 innings. He was charged with four runs, three earned. Devereaux Harrison is back from AA, he nailed down the win by pitching the ninth.


Fernando Perez has been doing OK in Vancouver but the strikeouts have been a little lacking. Through the first three months of the season he struck out 48 hitters in 62 innings. But he has turned it up recently. Yesterday he faced Tri-City for the second time this week, usually a tougher task as the hitters remember how you pitched to them. But Perez held them to one hit over six innings, no walks and struck out seven. Since the start of July Perez had thrown 24.2 innings. He has given up 16 hits and 4 walks and struck out 28. It looks like he is moving back up in the prospect rankings. Yondrei Rojas struck out four in two perfect innings and Kai Peterson struck out two.


Eddie Micheletti Jr doubled in both Vancouver runs in the third inning.


The Dunedin game was a pitchers duel until the eleventh inning where the inning started at one all. Kendry Chirinos started the inning by doubling in the go ahead run. Three walks and a sac fly made it 4-1 then Brock Tibbets doubled in two to make it 6-1. It was Tibbets fourth hit of the game.


Silvano Hechavarria went five shutout innings with six K's. Strangely Hechavarria struck out just ten in 17 innings in the complex league. Now in A ball he has 44 K's in 40.2 innings. In his last four starts Hechavarria has given up one run in 19.1 innings with 23 K's. He has taken it up a notch. On Sunday Hechavarria threw 69 pitches using five different pitches. He had nine whiffs. His FB averaged 92.9 mph.


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Mike Green - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 11:07 AM EDT (#465370) #
Excellent header, Gerry.

I wondered about the recent Blue Jay catcher acquisition until I realized that a Fernando-Valenzuela batter couldn't lose.
Marc Hulet - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 12:06 PM EDT (#465373) #
Perez was always high on Jays prospects lists because he was always young for the levels he was at and showed above-average command. His stuff has never really been anything special.

During his time in Dunedin, he generated very few whiffs - especially with the fastball. Something has changed in the second half in Vamcouver.

His first five starts of the year resulted in a total of 27 whiffs - which was similar to his 2024 results. In his last five starts in July and August, he had 61 whiffs. That's a huge jump.

The pitching coach, Eric Yardley, in Vancouver is doing something right as McElvain recently had 17 whiffs in a game, Yondrei Rojas had 8 in 2 IP and Javen Coleman had 10 in 3.1 innings recently.
uglyone - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 01:56 PM EDT (#465379) #
Since being moved out this year:


OF Roden (25): MLB 10pa, .250babip, -30wrc+
OF Robertson (27): MLB 6pa, .200babip, -100wrc+ / AAA 47pa, .367babip, 148wrc+

OF Berroa (26): AAA 119pa, .403babip, 126wrc+
UT Wagner (26): AAA 9pa, .222obp, -4wrc+

IF Turconi (26): AA 85pa, .211obp, 48wrc+



RH Lawrence (37): MLB 5gms, 3.0ip/gm, 79era-, 107fip-, 114xfip- / AAA 12gms, 5.3ip/gm, 84era-, 90fip-, 99xfip-
LH Yarbrough (33): MLB 16gms, 3.5ip/gm, 97era-, 112fip-, 102xfip-
RH Urena (33): MLB 3gms, 2.3ip/gm, 94era-, 106fip-, 108xfip- / AAA 6gms, 2.2ip/gm, 84era-, 108fip-, 112xfip-
LH Lovelady (29): MLB 6gms, 1.1ip/gm, 202era-, 178fip-, 111xfip- / AAA 22gms, 1.1ip/gm, 31era-, 66fip-, 65xfip-
RH Green (34): ---
RH Swanson (31): ---

RH Walker (30): AAA 19gms, 1.1ip/gm, 82era-, 126fip-, 100xfip-
RH Turnbull (32): AAA 2gms, 4.0ip/gm, 203era-, 150fip-, 87xfip-
RH Rojas (22): AAA 0gms
RH Tolhurst (25): Korea
RH Pardinho (24): ---
RH Overton (32): ---
RH Barnes (35): ---

RH Boyer (28): AA 18gms, 1.6ip/gm, 158era-, 123fip-, 91xfip-
RH Stephen (22): AA 0gms




Am I missing anyone?
SK in NJ - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 02:10 PM EDT (#465381) #
Watts-Brown started against the New Hampshire yesterday in his first start since the trade. Went 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2 HR. Both home runs allowed were to Victor Arias.

Speaking of Arias, he now has a 147 wRC+ and 20.8 BB% in 13 games since being promoted to AA. If my math is correct, 61 of his 79 games in the minors this season have been in CF. If he's defense is plus there, combined with his bat, then he's a very interesting prospect.
uglyone - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 02:11 PM EDT (#465383) #
Ah yes Watts-Brown. Thanks.
Gerry - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 02:24 PM EDT (#465385) #
Hey SK, I assume you didn't actually read the MLU where I wrote about JWB starting and Victor Arias homering.
uglyone - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 02:49 PM EDT (#465388) #
Gerry I think he was responding directly to my question.
Gerry - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 03:14 PM EDT (#465390) #
OK then, did you read it? Just kidding.
uglyone - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 03:37 PM EDT (#465393) #
i read it!
uglyone - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 03:53 PM EDT (#465395) #
Asterisk = promoted
Double Asterisk = demoted


AAA

Excellers

OF Schreck (24): 72pa, 9.7b%, 18.1k%, .295bip, .279avg, .246iso, 142wrc+
IF Stefanic (29): 298pa, 12.1b%, 9.4k%, .338bip, .316avg, .116iso, 137wrc+
C Clarke (27): 123pa, 13.0b%, 9.8k%, .326bip, .308avg, .115iso, 124wrc+
IF Jimenez (24): 60pa, 15.0b%, 18.3k%, .351bip, .271avg, .063iso, 119wrc+

Schreck still looking very good. Probably a big reason why the likes of Roden/Wagner were expendable.


Average

IF Kennedy (26): 336pa, 11.9b%, 15.2k%, .298bip, .268avg, .141iso, 111wrc+
OF Loperfido* (26): 315pa, 7.6b%, 21.9k%, .350bip, .278avg, .144iso, 110wrc+
1B Tirotta (26): 329pa, 11.9b%, 31.6k%, .386bip, .268avg, .150iso, 109wrc+
C Sanchez* (28): 199pa, 9.0b%, 23.6k%, .346bip, .279avg, .140iso, 107wrc+
UT Schneider* (26): 160pa, 15.0b%, 28.7k%, .310azbip, .226avg, .165iso, 103wrc+
UT McCarty** (26): 28pa, 7.1b%, 28.6k%, .313bip, .240avg, .200iso, 102wrc+
OF Clase (23): 203pa, 11.8b%, 25.6k%, .350bip, .253avg, .109iso, 99wrc+
OF Pinango (23): 193pa, 12.4b%,, 20.7k%, .270bip, .234avg, .174iso, 98wrc+
1B Nunez (24): 269pa, 8.2b%, 23.8k%, .327bip, .261avg, .129iso, 97wrc+
UT Barger* (25): 45pa, 11.1b%, 28.9k%, .250bip, .211avg, .211iso, 94wrc+
OF Brown (25): 4pa, 0.0b%, 0.0k%, .250bip, .250avg, .250iso, 89wrc+
IF Rivera (24): 260pa, 13.8b%, 30.0k%, .336bip, .231avg, .104iso, 88wrc+

The only guys for whom it's ok to be just average here are the 23yr olds Clase and Pinango, who are holding their own in AAA at an age appropriate level.

Nunez was starting to look interesting but has slumped back down again. Still just a power surge away from being interesting again tho.


Strugglers

IF Martinez (23): 337pa, 11.9b%, 27.3k%, .230bip, .191avg, .181iso, 80wrc+
1B Palmegiani (25): 145pa, 12.4b%, 26.9k%, .221bip, .155avg, .078iso, 64wrc+
C Bethancourt (33): 170pa, 5.3b%, 22.9k%, .189bip, .175avg, .175iso, 46wrc+
C Valenzuela (24): 4pa, 0.0b%, 0.0k%, .250bip, .250avg, .000iso, 32wrc+
IF Kasevich (24): 0pa

This season isn't game over for Orelvis, given his young age, but it's pretty dang bad.

Let's see if Valenzuela can move up into the averagfe category.



AA

Young for Level

OF Arias (21): 53pa, 20.8b%, 24.5k%, .296bip, .238avg, .190iso, 147wrc+

Lovely start for Arias moving up to a very tough level at a young age. Looking like his early struggles in A+ this year are in the past now.


Age-Appropriate

IF Paulino (22): 248pa, 8.1b%, 25.4k%, .287bip, .238avg, .197iso, 120wrc+
OF Martinez (22): 164pa, 8.5b%, 18.3k%, .291bip, .238avg, .109iso, 93wrc+
C Deschamps (22): 6pa, 16.7b%, 50.0k%, .500bip, .200avg, .000iso, 73wrc+
IF Harry** (22): 141pa, 10.6b%, 23.4k%, .191bip, .153avg, .073iso, 47wrc+

Just a very solid year for Paulino through and through. He looks like a real prospect.

Martinez holding his own too.

Deschamps with the surprising (to me) promotion, after getting red hot in A+ for a little bit (after sucking for most the year). I don't really know how the org views this guy, due to his limited playing time, but there's always been enough interesting stuff in his stats line to make him interesting if he can actually catch. Him being moved up before Parker is very interesting, though i'm not sure that means they actually like him better than Parker.


Slightly Old for Level

OF Pinango* (23): 192pa, 14.1b%, 21.9k%, .357bip, .298avg, .224iso, 171wrc+
C Gilliland** (23): 7pa, 14.3b%, 57.1k%, 1.000bip, .200avg, .200iso, 156wrc+
IF McAdoo (23): 346pa, 9.2b%, 29.8k%, .328bip, .247avg, .170iso, 116wrc+
OF Bohrofen (23): 297pa, 10.4b%, 32.7k%, .295bip, .213avg, .186iso, 106wrc+
IF Dejesus (23): 139pa, 8.6b%, 32.4k%, .280bip, .183avg, .079iso, 53wrc+
OF Brown (23): 218pa, 10.6b%, 32.1k%, .248bip, .163avg, .049iso, 51wrc+
C Sharp (23): 145pa, 6.9b%, 26.9k%, .209bip, .151avg, .040iso, 43wrc+
C Stone (23): 107pa, 4.7b%, 21.5k%, .213bip, .180avg, .070iso, 42wrc+

McAdoo's almost turned his season completely around and might end up with a legit good line despite the horrific start.

Bohrofen injured now but held his own.

Tough times for the rest of the guys here - these kinds of hitting lines look like guys you want to write off completely, though I guess the catchers are always different.


Old for Level

OF Schreck* (24): 169pa, 15.4b%, 23.7k%, .311bip, .266avg, .252iso, 168wrc+
UT Hornung (24): 120pa, 9.2b%, 29.2k%, .426bip, .308avg, .183iso, 150wrc+
C Valenzuela (24): 374pa, 10.7b%, 22.2k%, .266bip, .229avg, .159iso, 106wrc+

Hornung's nice to topline seems mostly babip unfortunately. Valenzuela didn't suck before the jays put him in AAA.


A+

Very Young for Level

IF Nimmala (19): 426pa, 10.6b%, 20.4k%, .273bip, .234avg, .172iso, 102wrc+

Nimmala holding his own while 2yrs young for the level and playing a premium defensvie spot is still very good, but man would we all love it if he got hot again to end the year.


Young for Level

UT Shaw (20): 28pa, 3.6b%, 32.1k%, .167bip, .111avg, .037iso, -24wrc+

That's a tough start for Shaw, who was on a cold run before getting promoted here too.


Age Appropriate

OF Arias* (21): 318pa, 11.3b%, 20.1k%, .367bip, .294avg, .143iso, 128wrc+
IF Coffey (21): 390pa, 11.0b%, 23.3k%, .357bip, .279avg, .144iso, 119wrc+
C Duran (21): 55pa, 10.9b%, 18.2k%, .179bip, .143avg, .043iso, 23wrc+

Arias really finished strong here and earned his promotion. And Coffey isn't far behind tbh.

Tough start for Duran but nice to see him at the right level finally.


Slightly Old for Level

OF Hernandez (22): 17pa, 5.9b%, 17.6k%, .364bip, .375avg, .438iso, 225wrc+
IF Pinto (22): 85pa, 9.4b%, 16.5k%, .264bip, .284avg, .324iso, 165wrc+
3B Keys (22): 408pa, 15.4b%, 19.9k%, .247bip, .216avg, .164iso, 111wrc+
OF Martinez* (22): 65pa, 10.8b%, 24.6k%, .333bip, .236avg, .073iso, 92wrc+
C Deschamps* (22): 70pa, 10.0b%, 40.0k%, .393bip, .196avg, .089iso, 90wrc+
C Parker (22): 272pa, 7.7b%, 19.5k%, .263bip, .233avg, .155iso, 89wrc+
IF Harry (22): 133pa, 7.5b%, 20.3k%, .247bip, .207avg, .107iso, 61wrc+

Nice start for Hernandez after a somewhat deserved promotion.

Still hoping for better from Keys but the overall line is decent.

Deschamps really got scorching hot to save a horrible start so his promotion is arguably deserved. Parker might feel hard done by tho.

And too bad for Harry - for a while there he was looking pretty good in AA, then fell apart there, and now is falling apart here. This year has turned into a write off for him.


Old for Level

OF Micheletti (23): 363pa, 15.7b%, 16.3k%, .226bip, .221avg, .214iso, 119wrc+
IF Goodwin (23): 288pa, 13.2b%, 18.1k%, .253bip, .230avg, .159iso, 109wrc+
C Gilliland** (23): 54pa, 16.7b%, 38.9k%, .391bip, .233avg, .116iso, 98wrc+
C Stone* (23): 63pa, 6.3b%, 17.5k%, .222bip, .185avg, .074iso, 48wrc+

Why Stone is up in AA and Gilliland down in A i dunno.

Kinda wish they just promoted Micheletti to give us stats a fresh start to see if that babip is fluke or not.



A

Young for Level

C Minoso (19): 14pa, 0.0b%, 7.1k%, .000bip, .000avg, .000iso, -100wrc+`

Not sure why he was bumped up here tbh,.


Age Appropriate

UT Shaw* (20): 274pa, 16.4b%, 19.7k%, .303bip, .253avg, .164iso, 130wrc+
UT Chirinos (20): 293pa, 10.6b%, 26.6k%, .333bip, .250avg, .111iso, 101wrc+
OF Joseph (20): 243pa, 3.7b%, 19.8k%, .266bip, .227avg, .141iso, 88wrc+

Shaw cooled down significantly before his promotion. Still a very good line tho.

The other two holding their own.


Slightly Old for Level

OF Munoz (21): 71pa, 9.9b%, 29.6k%, .417bip, .323avg, .323iso, 188wrc+
C West (21): 13pa, 38.5b%, 15.4k%, .333bip, .250avg, .000iso, 164wrc+
C Duran* (21): 291pa, 8.9b%, 21.3k%, .370bip, .296avg, .142iso, 132wrc+
IF Toman (21): 332pa, 9.6b%, 25.9k%, .338bip, .253avg, .107iso, 103wrc+
IF Beltre (21): 251pa, 11.4b%, 15.4k%, .283bip, .245avg, .105iso, 98wrc+
IF Snow (21): 15pa, 0.0b%, 20.0k%, .091bip, .071avg, .071iso, -17wrc+

Well earned promotion for Duran. Tomand and Beltre still hanging on to relevance, barely.

Nice start out of the draft for West, not so much for Snow. Neither sample meaningful tho.


Old for Level

OF Casey (22): 20pa, 20.0b%, 5.0k%, .357bip, .333avg, .333iso, 218wrc+
IF Freethy (22): 189pa, 18.5b%, 21.2k%, .330bip, .259avg, .129iso, 136wrc+
OF Hernandez* (22): 200pa, 12.5b%, 22.0k%, .308bip, .249avg, .160iso, 122wrc+
C Tibbitts (22): 101pa, 11.9b%, 30.7k%, .358bip, .256avg, .171iso, 120wrc+
OF Smith (22): 17pa, 11.8b%, 5.9k%, .154bip, .143avg, .072iso, 62wrc+
C Gilliland (23): 20pa, 15.0b%, 35.0k%, .111bip, .125avg, .188iso, 60wrc+

Hernandez with a somewhat earned promotion. Freethy cuold be bumped up too.

Nice start out of the draft for Casey, not so much for Smith. Meaningless samples again tho. But both too old to muck around here.


Marc Hulet - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 04:03 PM EDT (#465396) #
Every year the org has a catcher that travels around filling in for other injured catchers... Deschamps movements have nothing to do with being promoted due to performance, he's just that guy.

He has always hit the ball very hard but he has a lot of swing and miss.
uglyone - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 04:16 PM EDT (#465398) #
Organizational Catcher update


MLB: Kirk 26, Heineman 34, Sanchez 28
AAA: Valenzuela 24, Bethancourt 33, Brooks 26, (Clarke 27)
AA: Sharp 23, Deschamps 22, Stone 23, (Hornung 24)
A+: Duran 21, Parker 22, (Powell 24)
A: West 21, Tibbits 22, Gilliland 23, (LaRue 23)


The guys in brackets i'm pretty sure aren't actually catchers anymore, but I could be wrong.

I imagine Sanchez has to be sent down very soon, which would push Brooks back down. Bethancourt doesn't seem to be playing much anymore, so they might have written him off already.

But i don't know that they need Brooks down in AA, though i guess they wouldn't care about pushing Stone down, and having Brooks as the #3.

If we get to a spot where our "real" catcher depth chart is

MLB: Kirk 25, Heineman 34
AAA: Sanchez 28, Valenzuela 24
AA: Sharp 23, Deschamps 22
A+: Duran 21, Parker 22
A: whichever of Gilliland/Stone/Tibbits/West is good

Then we might be getting to a pretty solid spot.
uglyone - Monday, August 04 2025 @ 04:21 PM EDT (#465400) #
you're probably right, but Deschamps was on a legit scorcher before getting called up. Actually more than just a scorcher - he had a 139wrc+ in 15gms in June and July, after a terrible May.

Given the offensive struggles of most of the other catching prospects, and given that Deschamps has some rep defensively I think, it would be a tad surprising to me if they had written him off as an org guy at age 22.

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