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Buffalo, Vancouver and the DSL Red Jays were winners. New Hampshire lost and Dunedin was swept in a doubleheader. The DSL Blue squad's game was rained out.


JR Freethy was on base four times and drove in four runs out of the leadoff spot for Vancouver on Tuesday.



Buffalo 6 Lehigh Valley 0
Binghamton 5 New Hampshire 3
Vancouver 10 Spokane 3
Tampa 3 Dunedin 1 (Completion of July 24 game)
Tampa 6 Dunedin 2 (7 Innings)
DSL Blue Jays Red 2 DSL Giants Black 1

Boxscores



*** 3 Stars!!! ***

3. JR Freethy, Vancouver

2. Easton Lucas, Buffalo

1. Jackson Wentworth, Vancouver



Notes

Jonathan Clase collected the game-winning RBI with a double to spark a five-run fifth. Clase had a single and a stolen base but was caught once. Still, he is 26-for-30 in that department. Riley Tirotta also went 2-for-4 and knocked home a run. Phil Clarke had a two-run single and drew a walk. Easton Lucas pitched 5⅓ innings of shutout ball, scattering a hit and two walks with four strikeouts. All eight of his outs were on the ground. Andrew Bash got the win with four Ks over two perfect frames.

Victor Arias, Charles McAdoo, Je'Von Ward and Cade Doughty all had two hits with McAdoo adding his 13th homer of the year and a walk. Dasan Brown entered the game as a pinch-runner and stole second and third before scoring to give him 24 thefts on the year. Rafael Sánchez was roughed up for two home runs and four runs overall in four innings of work, giving up seven hits and a walk while striking out two. Pat Gallagher gave up a run in two innings while Chay Yeager and Justin Kelly put up zeroes in their inning of work.

JR Freethy doubled twice, walked twice and drove in four runs out of the leadoff spot. Nick Goodwin had two doubles among his three hits. Carter Cunningham and Alexis Hernández had a triple and a single apiece with Cunningham adding a walk and Hernández stealing a base. Sean Keys and Bryce Arnold both went deep with Arnold also collecting a base hit and a base on balls. Jackson Wentworth allowed just one hit and two walks while punching out nine over five shutout innings for the win. His six outs in play were on the dirt. JJ Sánchez added two goose eggs.

In the completion of a July 24 game, Austin Smith singled, walked and stole two bases, Jean Joseph had two hits and Hayden Gilliland had a double. Holden Wilkerson took the loss but lasted 7⅔ innings in which he gave up three runs on six hits, including a homer, and two walks but he struck out eight. In the second game, Matt Scannell homered and was hit by a pitch. Eric Snow singled twice, stole a base and was also caught stealing. Mason Olson, save for the home run column, had nothing but threes in his pitching line to take the loss.

The DSL Red squad scored once in their final two at-bats to pull out the win. That's all the info I have as the boxscore link was not working at press time.



Extra Innings

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https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/farm-system-rankings-2025-midseason?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage


It’s no secret that the Los Angeles Dodgers have a successful franchise. They bring in talent in every manageable way, from free agency to trades to acquisition of prospects via the Draft and the amateur international market. But until now, they had only landed in the No. 1 spot on our farm system rankings just one since we started doing them ahead of the 2015 season, and that was preseason, 2016.

But they’ve ascended to the top spot in our in-season rankings of all 30 organizations’ prospects, supplanting the Tigers, who had a short-lived reign atop the ladder.

Team Top 30 Prospects lists:
ALE: BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR
ALC: CLE | CWS | DET | KC | MIN
ALW: ATH | HOU | LAA | SEA | TEX
NLE: ATL | MIA | NYM | PHI | WSH
NLC: CHC | CIN | MIL | PIT | STL
NLW: AZ | COL | LAD | SD | SF

These rankings are our first look at farm systems after the Trade Deadline and the 2025 Draft, giving us a snapshot of how teams changed via those two avenues of talent acquisition. The rankings are are based on long-term Major League value -- factoring in impact talent, depth, proximity to the Majors, balance between position players and pitchers and between ceilings and floors. The numbers in parentheses indicate where prospects sit on our newly updated Top 100 Prospects list.

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2025 preseason rank: 4
2024 midseason rank: 5
2024 preseason rank: 8
2023 midseason rank: 6

Top 100 Prospects: Josue De Paula, OF (No. 12); Zyhir Hope, OF (No. 19); Alex Freeland, SS/3B (No. 43); Eduardo Quintero, OF (No. 55); Mike Sirota, OF (No. 66)

The Dodgers just keep winning (two World Series titles in the last five seasons, 12 straight postseason appearances) and keep developing talent. They have the best collection of outfield prospects in baseball, highlighted by the four Top 100 Prospects above as well as Trade Deadline acquisition James Tibbs and Ching-Hsien Ko. Even though competing for championships is always the primary focus, four of their top five pitching prospects (Jackson Ferris, River Ryan, Adam Serwinowski, Christian Zazueta) arrived via trades -- as did Hope, Sirota and Tibbs.


2. Minnesota Twins
2025 preseason rank: 10
2024 midseason rank: 2
2024 preseason rank: 15
2023 midseason rank: 17

Top 100 Prospects: Walker Jenkins, OF (No. 14); Eduardo Tait, C (No. 54); Luke Keaschall, 2B/OF/1B (No. 64); Emmanuel Rodriguez, OF (No. 72); Kaelen Culpepper, SS (No. 77)

While Jenkins, Keaschall and Rodriguez have all had health issues, the Twins added a ton of talent at the Trade Deadline. Those deals brought in 10 prospects, six of whom are on the new Top 30. That group is led by Tait in the Top 100, coming over in the Jhoan Duran deal. Add in the five 2025 draftees now on their list, the Twins boast a nice combination of top-level talent (five Top 100 guys) and depth.


3. Seattle Mariners
2025 preseason rank: 5
2024 midseason rank: 9
2024 preseason rank: 18
2023 midseason rank: 19

Top 100 Prospects: Colt Emerson, SS/3B (No. 11); Kade Anderson, LHP (No. 22); Lazaro Montes, OF (No. 29); Harry Ford, C/OF (No. 40); Ryan Sloan, RHP (No. 42); Michael Arroyo, 2B/SS (No. 61); Jonny Farmelo, OF (No. 83); Jurrangelo Cijntje, TWP (No. 95); Felnin Celesten, SS (No. 97)

Sure, Cole Young graduated and they traded away six top 30 prospects at the Trade Deadline. But nearly all of the rest of their Top 100 guys took steps forward this year, and two arms from the 2024 Draft (Sloan and Cijntje) were added as the year went on. Folding in Anderson from the Draft gives the Mariners nine Top 100 players, by far the most in baseball.


4. Milwaukee Brewers
2025 preseason rank: 7
2024 midseason rank: 17
2024 preseason rank: 3
2023 midseason rank: 3

Top 100 Prospects: Jesús Made, SS (No. 5); Luis Peña, INF (No. 16); Cooper Pratt, SS (No. 53); Jeferson Quero, C (No. 65); Logan Henderson, RHP (No. 90)

The Brewers continue to turn over one of the deepest systems in baseball, consistently developing breakout names to replace those who graduate to the Majors. Peña has been tied at the hip with Made as the pair of 18-year-old infielders have reached High-A already in their first stateside seasons, and first-rounder Andrew Fischer gives the organization another impressive bat on the dirt after being one of college baseball’s best hitters in the spring. Breakouts from Marco Dinges, Josh Adamczewski and Ethan Dorchies are further proof Milwaukee can keep the developmental conveyor belt moving year in and year out.


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5. Cleveland Guardians
2025 preseason rank: 9
2024 midseason rank: 4
2024 preseason rank: 19
2023 midseason rank: 15

Top 100 Prospects: Travis Bazzana, 2B (No. 15); Chase DeLauter, OF (No. 56); Angel Genao, SS (No. 57); C.J. Kayfus, 1B/OF (No. 59)

Though they're known for developing pitching, the Guardians have a hitter-heavy system. Nine of their 11 best prospects are bats, led by 2024 No. 1 overall pick Bazzana, and they spent most of the 2025 Draft capital on more hitters, starting with outfielder Jace LaViolette and infielder Dean Curley, who slid after rocky seasons. They're doing a nice job of helping hit-over-power guys such as Kayfus and catcher Cooper Ingle discover more pop.

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6. Detroit Tigers
2025 preseason: 1
2024 midseason rank: 6
2024 preseason rank: 5
2023 midseason rank: 13

Top 100 Prospects: Kevin McGonigle, SS/2B (No. 2); Max Clark, OF (No. 9); Josue Briceño, 1B/C (No. 32); Bryce Rainer, SS (No. 35)

Detroit takes a slight drop from the top spot after the graduation of Jackson Jobe and some backsliding from Thayron Liranzo, but this remains a system with tons of ceiling, thanks to McGonigle’s Minors-best hit tool, Clark’s toolsiness and Briceño’s immense pop. Nice breakouts from Troy Melton, Max Anderson and Andrew Sears and a strong first DSL season from Cris Rodriguez keep the non-Top 100 portion of the list interesting while the Tigers have dealt with numerous pitching injuries at the lower levels.


7. New York Mets
2025 preseason rank: 12
2024 midseason rank: 13
2024 preseason rank: 13
2023 midseason rank: 11

Top 100 Prospects: Carson Benge, OF (No. 20); Jett Williams, SS/OF (No. 30); Nolan McLean, RHP (No. 37); Jonah Tong, RHP (No. 44)

The Mets have as many up arrows in their system as any other organization in baseball with Benge surging into the No. 20 spot in his first full season, McLean and Tong solidifying their places in the Top 50 overall and Jacob Reimer, A.J. Ewing and Will Watson making significant jumps in the Top 30 team list. That increased depth allowed New York to move several prospects at the Trade Deadline for bullpen help, while still maintaining an impressive system on the whole, and it makes you wonder what the organization could get out of 38th overall pick Mitch Voit as he moves to full-time hitter status in the pros.


8. Cincinnati Reds
2025 preseason rank: 11
2024 midseason rank: 14
2024 preseason rank: 10
2023 midseason rank: 5

Top 100 Prospects: Sal Stewart, 2B/3B (No. 31); Rhett Lowder, RHP (No. 63); Alfredo Duno, C (No. 75); Tyson Lewis, SS (No. 85); Steele Hall, SS (No. 89); Cam Collier, 1B/3B (No. 100)

Having six Top 100 prospects puts the Reds in a tie for second with the White Sox, even with the graduation of Chase Burns. Outside of Lowder, who would have joined Burns in the post-prospect world if it weren’t for injuries, it’s all about the bats here. You could form a pretty exciting future infield just with Top 100 prospects if you’re a little creative: Collier at first, we’ll put Lewis at second, 2025 draftee Hall at short and Stewart at third. Throw Duno behind the plate and you’re all set.

9. Pittsburgh Pirates
2025 preseason rank: 14
2024 midseason rank: 20
2024 preseason rank: 9
2023 midseason rank: 2

Top 100 Prospects: Konnor Griffin, SS/OF (No. 1); Bubba Chandler, RHP (No. 7); Seth Hernandez, RHP (No. 27); Hunter Barco, LHP (No. 87)

The system is a little top heavy, though the Pirates did add some depth with four Top 30 guys at the Trade Deadline (two in their top 10) and five members of the 2025 Draft class. But the top is very, very good, starting of course with the best prospect in baseball in Griffin. They join the Mariners as the only other team with three prospects in the top 30 of the overall Top 100. The addition of Hernandez via the 2025 Draft makes them the only organization with two pitchers ranked that high.


10. Tampa Bay Rays
2025 preseason rank: 2
2024 midseason rank: 1
2024 preseason rank: 6
2023 midseason rank: 7

Top 100 Prospects: Carson Williams, SS (No. 47); Theo Gillen, OF (No. 67)

The ceiling has been lowered by this Tampa Bay group with Williams’ Triple-A contact issues dropping him in the Top 100; Xavier Isaac, Tre’ Morgan and Brayden Taylor falling off that list and Chandler Simpson taking his 80-grade wheels to the bigs. But it’s still a relatively deep group, particularly when it comes to right-handed pitching with Brody Hopkins, Trevor Harrison, Santiago Suarez and Jose Urbina among the most intriguing arms. Gillen, last year’s 18th overall pick, got ample external support to climb higher on the Top 100 as one of the best overall bats from his Draft class.

11. Boston Red Sox
2025 preseason rank: 3
2024 midseason rank: 7
2024 preseason rank: 14
2023 midseason rank: 16

Top 100 Prospects: Franklin Arias, SS (No. 24); Payton Tolle, LHP (No. 28); Jhostynxon Garcia, OF (No. 78); Kyson Witherspoon, RHP (No. 94)

The Red Sox had three of baseball's 12 best prospects -- Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell, Marcelo Mayer -- to start the season but all of them have graduated to the big leagues. The cupboard is far from bare, however. Arias, Garcia and outfielder Justin Gonzales are the latest highlights from an international department doing fine work. Tolle and fellow lefties Brandon Clarke and Connelly Early are examples of the organization's improved pitching development.


12. St. Louis Cardinals
2025 preseason rank: 20
2024 midseason rank: 19
2024 preseason rank: 23
2023 midseason rank: 22

Top 100 Prospects: JJ Wetherholt, SS (No. 6); Liam Doyle, LHP (No. 34); Leonardo Bernal, C (No. 74); Rainiel Rodriguez, C (No. 99)

The Draft and Trade Deadline certainly helped St. Louis deepen its farm with nine members of its Top 30 arriving since the start of July, headlined by fifth overall pick Doyle, who brings a ton of fire to the pitching corps. But don’t overlook some of the internal development here too. Wetherholt has met the hype as a borderline plus-plus hitter with impressive pop in his first full season, Rodriguez has built on his 2024 breakout by reaching Single-A in his age-18 season and Bernal has hit enough at Double-A to be considered a well-rounded backstop in a group loaded behind the plate. Various pitching injuries to Quinn Mathews, Tekoah Roby and Cooper Hjerpe have been the biggest hit to the organization in the Minors.


13. Miami Marlins
2025 preseason rank: 16
2024 midseason rank: 15
2024 preseason rank: 29
2023 midseason rank: 24

Top 100 Prospects: Thomas White, LHP (No. 21); Aiva Arquette, SS (No. 39); Joe Mack, C (No. 76); Robby Snelling, LHP (No. 80)

The Marlins have had much more recent success developing pitchers than hitters, and the best stories in the system this year included the continued development of White and Snelling as well as 17-year-old right-hander Kevin Defrank. On the position player side, Mack has blossomed into one of the better all-around catching prospects in the game and the Draft brought in proven college performers such as Arquette and outfielder Cam Cannarella.

14. Athletics
2025 preseason rank: 21
2024 midseason rank: 22
2024 preseason rank: 25
2023 midseason rank: 26

Top 100 Prospects: Leo De Vries, SS (No. 3); Jamie Arnold, LHP (No. 36); Gage Jump, LHP (No. 58)

Talk about an overhaul! The A’s climb up into the top half of the rankings thanks to a blockbuster at the Deadline (and another smaller deal) to go along with the 2025 Draft. The big deal, of course, was for Mason Miller, which fetched De Vries – the highest-ranked prospect ever dealt at the Trade Deadline – and three others in the Top 30 (two in the A’s top 10). Adding in Arnold from the Draft (one of five from the class now on the To 30) makes them just one of two teams (Marlins) with a pair of southpaws on our Top 10 LHP prospect list.

15. Baltimore Orioles
2025 preseason rank: 15
2024 midseason rank: 3
2024 preseason rank: 1
2023 midseason rank: 1

Top 100 Prospects: Samuel Basallo, C/1B (No. 8)

The Orioles are holding serve here. They were VERY busy at the Deadline as sellers of big league talent with the season in Baltimore not going as planned. So while Basallo is their lone Top 100 representative, it’s a deeper system than it’s been in a while. They brought in 15 total prospects via trade, six who are on the new Top 30. Seven 2025 draftees are on the list as well, with four in the top 10. Outside of Basallo, Dylan Beavers and Enrique Bradfield Jr., that top 10 has all new names with those four Draft prospects, one from the Deadline (Boston Bateman) and a pair of exciting pop-up prospects in Esteban Mejia and Nate George.

16. Arizona Diamondbacks
2025 preseason rank: 22
2024 midseason rank: 21
2024 preseason rank: 16
2023 midseason rank: 12

Top 100 Prospects: Jordan Lawlar, SS (No. 23); Ryan Waldschmidt, OF (No. 69)

What Arizona lacks in top-top talent – Lawlar’s piling up injuries have taken some of the bloom off his rose – it’s made up for in depth at this year’s Draft and Trade Deadline. The D-backs got particularly stronger on the mound with Kohl Drake (No. 8), Patrick Forbes (No. 10), Mitch Bratt (No. 11), David Hagaman (No. 17), Dean Livingston (No. 18), Brian Curley (No. 19) and Ashton Izzi (No. 20) all joining the Top 20 via the Draft or a deal in recent weeks. Shortstop Kayson Cunningham, this year’s 18th overall pick, could be a future Top 100 prospect if his left-handed bat and plus run tool translate to the pros as well as expected.

17. Chicago White Sox
2025 preseason rank: 6
2024 midseason rank: 11
2024 preseason rank: 20
2023 midseason rank: 20

Top 100 Prospects: Braden Montgomery, OF (No. 33); Noah Schultz, LHP (No. 38); Colson Montgomery, SS/3B (No. 71); Billy Carlson, SS (No. 79); Caleb Bonemer, SS/3B (No. 88); Hagen Smith, LHP (No. 93)

The White Sox tied the Cubs for the biggest drop (11 spots) from our preseason rankings, but that's largely a reflection of graduating Top 100 Prospects Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero and others to the Majors. After struggling for most of two years in Triple-A, Colson Montgomery has gotten his act together in the big leagues, and Braden Montgomery and Bonemer also have developed positively at the plate during their 2025 pro debuts. Schultz and Smith ranked as the best southpaw pitching prospects in baseball to start the year but have regressed.

18. San Francisco Giants
2025 preseason rank: 28
2024 midseason rank: 23
2024 preseason rank: 17
2023 midseason rank: 14

Top 100 Prospects: Bryce Eldridge, 1B (No. 13)

The most improved system since our March rankings -- up 10 spots from No. 28 -- the Giants are loaded with young talent and poised to continue to climb. Eldridge is raking in Triple-A at age 20 but many of their best prospects have starred in Rookie ball this year, including shortstops Josuar Gonzalez and Jhonny Level and right-handers Argenis Cayama, Keyner Martinez and Alberto Laroche. Outfielders are becoming a strength of the system, led by Bo Davidson (signed as a nondrafted free agent) and Dakota Jordan.

19. Chicago Cubs
2025 preseason rank: 8
2024 midseason rank: 8
2024 preseason rank: 2
2023 midseason rank: 4

Top 100 Prospects: Owen Caissie, OF (No. 45); Moisés Ballesteros, C (No. 52); Jefferson Rojas, SS/2B (No. 62); RHP Jaxon Wiggins (No. 84)

The Cubs matched the White Sox for the biggest fall (11 places) since March, in part because their two best prospects at that time (Matt Shaw, Cade Horton) are now fixtures at Wrigley Field. The next step will be figuring out how to integrate Caissie, Ballesteros and former Top 100 Prospect Kevin Alcántara in the big league lineup before they stagnate in Triple-A. Right-hander Jaxon Wiggins and first baseman Jonathon Long have boosted their stock significantly, while outfielder Ethan Conrad was a sneaky-good get with the No. 17 overall pick in July.


20. Toronto Blue Jays
2025 preseason rank: 27
2024 midseason rank: 24
2024 preseason rank: 24
2023 midseason rank: 25

Top 100 Prospects: Trey Yesavage, RHP (No. 26); JoJo Parker, SS (No. 41); Arjun Nimmala, SS (No. 51)

After multiple pitching injuries last year, the Blue Jays have turned a weakness on the mound into a strength with impressive years from Yesavage, Johnny King and Top 30 newcomer Gage Stanifer. (This ranking doesn’t factor in the breakouts from Khal Stephen and Kendry Rojas, who were moved at the Trade Deadline.) With Parker and Nimmala in the same system, there could be healthy debate surrounding Jays shortstops for years, and don’t overlook Dominican Summer League star Juan Sanchez, who has placed himself squarely on the radar after signing for $997,500 in January.
mendocino - Wednesday, August 13 2025 @ 05:17 AM EDT (#466096) #
shit.. sorry.. don't know how to edit
Gerry - Wednesday, August 13 2025 @ 08:40 AM EDT (#466102) #
BA have just updated their rankings, they have the Jays at 23, noting that the positional prospects pool is not deep.
greenfrog - Wednesday, August 13 2025 @ 09:11 AM EDT (#466104) #
BA’s ranking of #23 is respectable considering the team just traded away Stephen, Rojas and JWB.

By comparison, AJ Preller and San Diego’s system is now ranked #30.

Watch out for Boston, which has a good MLB team and the #5 farm system, even after the Crochet trade last off-season.
ISLAND BOY - Wednesday, August 13 2025 @ 11:57 AM EDT (#466119) #
It was mentioned on the broadcast last night that Jake Casey, drafted in the 15th round by the Jays, is the son of former major leaguer Sean Casey. I don't think you can go wrong taking a flier on the son of a former pro player.

Well, I mean you can go wrong (eg. Cavan Biggio), but you know what I mean. Even then, Cavan was productive at times for the Jays.
John Northey - Wednesday, August 13 2025 @ 02:44 PM EDT (#466138) #
Biggio most forget was super-productive at first - led the team in bWAR in 2019, 2nd in 2020, but hasn't been over 1 WAR in a season since. In the 5 years post 2020 he has just 1.6 bWAR total vs 3.1 and 2.2 in 19/20. Such a shame, he looked like he'd be a key part of the team for years but post 2020 he has been no more than a backup, and not a very good one at that (87 OPS+, with negative dWAR in each of 23/24/25).
John Northey - Wednesday, August 13 2025 @ 02:53 PM EDT (#466140) #
For ranking of systems I much prefer top heavy ones like the Jays are at the moment to ones with tons of depth but little at the top - Rays have 2 top 100's but are 10th overall, O's 15th despite just 1 top 100. Jays have 3 top 100's but are 20th. Top heavy is more likely to get you a star, bottom heavy will provide lots of backup guys/back end bullpen guys, but few stars. If you are the Rays with no budget that is very valuable. If you are the Jays or Dodgers then you want the top end stuff more as you can pay a few mil for a 7th reliever and not kill your budget.

Now, there is a lot of value in having depth, but it is worth remembering the big bang is having MVP/Cy caliber guys in their pre-arb years (like Vlad & Bo in the early 20's, maybe Barger now, with luck Yesavage will be that too). The Jays can blow $20 mil a year on Gimenez, $6 mil on Straw for pure defense - the Rays can't. But no one can spend $30-40 mil on every position, the Dodgers are closest at $403 mil ($10 mil per guy on 40 man - even if you put that all on the 26 man roster you'd be at $15.5 mil per guy).
scottt - Wednesday, August 13 2025 @ 03:42 PM EDT (#466146) #
The system ranking rates guys like Orelvis Martinez, Tiedemman and Nate Pearson. It ignores guys like Barger.

Most of the highly ranked prospects end up on bad teams once they are traded for established players.

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