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Anoiher losing Tuesday on the farm, this is a recording. Buffalo and Dunedin were embarrassed and the FCL Jays lost by a run. The only winners were Vancouver and the DSL Blue squad. New Hampshire and the DSL Red squad were rained out.


Victoria, BC native Sam Shaw had plenty of reason to smile after a perfect night at the plate on Tuesday.



Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 18 Buffalo 3
Vancouver 10 Everett 7
Lakeland 15 Dunedin 6
FCL Yankees 8 FCL Blue Jays 7 (10 Innings)
DSL Blue Jays Blue 5 DSL White Sox 3

Boxscores



*** 3 Stars!!! ***

1. Sam Shaw, Vancouver
2. Blaine Bullard, Dunedin
3. Josh Kasevich, Vancouver



Notes

Richard Gallardo gave up a two-run home run among two hits and walked two while striking out three over three innings. Devereaux Harrisonwas dinged for two more runs in two stanzas. All six Bisons hurlers gave up runs, including Conor Larkin coughing up four runs and Pat Gallagher getting pasted for five. William Simoneit had to get the final out but not before surrendering four more runs. Josh Kasevich went 3-for-4 with a double and walk and Davis Schneider drove in three runs with a home run and also drew a walk. Isiah Munguia had a couple of hits and a base on balls. Eloy Jiménez had a base knock and two walks.

Blake Purnell took the loss as he was punished for five runs on four hits and two walks while whiffing four over 4⅔ innings. Diego Dominguez was beaten like a drum to the tune of seven runs in one inning, though four of the runs were unearned. The best mound performances came from Luis Fonseca, who struck out the only batter he faced and by position player Dariel Ramon , who walked one over two shutout innings while facing the minimum. Jake Cook and Blaine Bullard turned in three-hit games with Bullard driving in three and needing a triple for the cycle. Juan Sánchez had an RBI single and stole a base. JoJo Parker was 0-for-4 and made an error at short.


Alex Stone crosses the plate after hitting his first home run of the season.

Home runs by Sam Shaw, Alex Stone and Peyton Williams helped Monty's Mounties hold off Everett in a slugfest at The Nat. Sam Shaw was sublime at the dish by going 3-for-3 with two doubles and two walks. Eric Snow opened the scoring in the first inning with a two-run double as he went 3-for-5. Kendry Chirinos was 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. All nine C's hitters reached base safely once with eight recording a hit. Dyan Watts managed to limit the damage to a solo home run over four innings but had to work around four hits and three walks. He struck out three and needed 79 pitches to get a dozen outs. Jack Nedrow was knocked around for two home runs and six runs total on sevent hits, walking one and striking out four. Jonathan Todd walked the first two hitters he faced to load the bases in the eighth inning to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. However, he retired the next five hitters he faced to collect the win.

In the FCL, David Guzman had three hits and a stolen base and Kennew Blanco had two knocks and two stolen bases. Pascual Archila was the on-base leader with a single and three walks. Angel Guzman had a hit, a walk and a stolen base on the front end of a double steal that saw Emmanuel Bonilla steal home. Bonilla drew a walk in his six trips to the plate. Colby Holcombe opened with two shutout frames of one-hit ball with one strikeout and Luke Kovacs followed with a perfect third inning in which he struck out two. Seojun Moon was not nearly as fortunate as he was rocked for six runs over 2⅓ innings, including a two-run homer. Sann Omasako was nicked for a run in two innings. Jack Davenport allowed one of two inherited runners to score but tossed 1⅔ shutout stanzas. Edgar Gallegos took the loss.

In the Dominican, Isay Veras had the only two-hit game and Luis Felipe supplied the only extra-base knock with an RBI triple. Juan Caricote and Randy Soto had RBI singles. Fabian Gonzalez singled and stolen a base. José Andrades allowed two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts, four groundouts and no walks. Evington Gasco worked around a walk in a shutout fifth. Manuel Parra allowed a run on a hit, a hit by pitch and two walks in two innings but fanned three to get the win.



Extra Innings

Steve Ewen of The Province has a story on Sam Shaw.
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Glevin - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 10:20 AM EDT (#479864) #
Time to promote Shaw. He has a 26% BB% and a 169 WRC+. Shaw has rocketed up the prospect rankings with his performance. Probably missing someone but off the top of my head I'd have the top-10 as something like:
Parker
Nimmala
Perry
King
Sanchez
Keys
Stanifer
Bullard
Shaw
Tiedemann

First 5 are a tier to me and second 5 are another tier with a bunch of other guys close.
krose - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 10:31 AM EDT (#479865) #
Harry?
Glevin - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 11:25 AM EDT (#479867) #
Harry is close to second tier. Want to see more AAA numbers from him. His BB/K% stuff in AA just isn't really something you see much in the majors. Even with better numbers, he looks to me more like a utility player or a lower-end starter than an everyday player. (More like McAdoo/Bloss/Pinango sort of prospect which is very useful but doesn't move the needle much).
Mike Green - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 12:36 PM EDT (#479870) #
Thanks, #2JB, with the informative article about Sam Shaw- thoracic outlet followed by a resulting blood clot and then successful surgery.  He's emerged with a great attitude about it.  I don't know if his health will hold up, but if it does, he has a shot at being a star outfielder for a few years.  The Blue Jays would be well-advised to support him with the best exercise program they can find given his thoracic outlet- it's a rare condition among ballplayers.  I'm sure they know that.

The Blue Jays possibilities for 2028 look like this to me:
DH/1B- Keys, Santander
C- Kirk, Valenzuela
1B- VGJ
Middle infield- Clement, Gimenez, Kasevich, Nimmala, 
3B- Okamoto, Parker
OF- Barger, Lukes, Schneider, Shaw, Arias, Clase
SP- Cease, Yesavage, Perry, Miles, King, Berrios, Ponce, Bloss
RP- Varland, Rogers, Dallas, Fisher, Fluharty, Nance

You never know with pitching, but the starting looks to be a relative strength.  


Mike Green - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 12:36 PM EDT (#479871) #
Yep, forgot Jay Harry.  He's there also as a possibility.  
Gerry - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 03:32 PM EDT (#479876) #
Arjun Nimmala is back in New Hampshire.
Nigel - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 04:53 PM EDT (#479880) #
That's a reasonable list Glevin. I'd probably be lower on Nimmala and Stanifer than you and higher on Shaw and Perry but its all shades of grey.
uglyone - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 05:11 PM EDT (#479881) #
Wanted to do an A-Ball comp.


IF Bichette (19): 317pa, 8.8b%, 17.4k%, .452bip, .384avg, .239iso, 195wrc+
3B Guerrero (18): 318pa, 12.6b%, 10.7k%, .336bip, .316avg, .164iso, 146wrc+
C Alejandro (20): 96pa, 18.8b%, 8.3k%, .299bip, .299avg, .221iso, 167wrc+

IF Nimmala (18): 361pa, 8.3b%, 31.3k%, .301bip, .232avg, .245iso, 121wrc+
IF Parker (19): 316pa, 17.7b%, 25.0k%, .323bip, .249avg, .194iso, 126wrc+
OF Bullard (19): 310pa, 7.4b%, 27.7k%, .349bip, .261avg, .145iso, 98wrc+
IF Sanchez (18): 257pa, 7.4b%, 27.6k%, .304bip, .224avg, .116iso, 73wrc+

I cringe a little when anyone mentions the likes of Vladdy/Bo along with any of the new kids, because imo they were an entirely different class of prospect.

as for the current crop, I still take Nimmala's performance over Jojo's at the plate, and that's not even factoring in his likely better defense.


Nimmala (20, AA): 72pa, 9.7b%, 22.2k%, .408bip, .308avg, .067iso, 105wrc+
Nimmala (20, A+): 105pa, 15.2b%, 22.9k%, .283bip, .241avg, .241iso, 123wrc+
Nimmala (19, A+): 543pa, 10.1b%, 21.4k%, .266bip, .224avg, .156iso, 92wrc+
Nimmala (18, A): 361pa, 8.3b%, 31.3k%, .301bip, .232avg, .245iso, 121wrc+

Parker (19, A): 316pa, 17.7b%, 25.0k%, .323bip, .249avg, .194iso, 126wrc+

But it's close.
Nigel - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 05:27 PM EDT (#479882) #
I don't think that anyone should be doing cartwheels over Parker's performance but it has been steadily improving which is a good sign and the strike zone control is starting to look elite. At his age he's moving along very nicely. The problem for Nimmala is that since the beginning of last year he's put up a wRC+ of less than 100. Injuries play a part in that but you also can't ignore that.
TamRa - Wednesday, July 08 2026 @ 11:03 PM EDT (#479890) #
Admitting that it's impossible to know all the internal metrics the team uses to make a promotion decision - and that there's much more to it than stats - here is my (potentially incomplete?) list of prospects I expect to be promoted by early August:

Johnny King - McElvain is trending towards getting cut
Pantoja, Moon, and Rivero - once the Florida Complex season ends - if there's room
Javen Coleman & Mason Olson - both lefties
Carson Meyers - also a LHP to take some of that slack

Jon Parker, Jacob Sharp, & Franklin Rojas - I have less of a feel for how readily they move actual prospect at catcher (as opposed to the org guys who bounce around. Juan Caricote is impressive but they almost never jump a player directly from the DSL to Dunedin mid-season.

Nick Goodwin - Dude is on fire right now and there's no reason to let the Josh Riveras of the world hold him back. Plus with Arjun back SS is covered.

Victor Arias (?) - iffy on this one, but the reports say they love the guy so maybe a little acceleration?

Tucker Toman - Cutter Coffey certainly isn't blocking the path.

Adrian Hernandez - not a prospect, and the AA outfield is kind of crowded but sometimes you just reward a guy like this (see J'Von Ward)

JoJo Parker? Doug Fox thinks he'll start the second half in Vancouver. He's not "giving them no choice" exactly but there are so many raves about his "intangibles" that it seems credible - plus it lets them slide Sanchez (slumping hard for almost 3 weeks) back to SS to maybe regain some comfort

Pascual Archila (CF), David Guzman (LF) & Angel Guzman (2B) - if there's room on the D-Jays roster, once the FCL playoffs are over. Dunedin usually has to make room for some draftees around this time too so maybe there's not space (unless there are a lot of cuts)

Glevin - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 09:21 AM EDT (#479892) #
"Wanted to do an A-Ball comp."

I think it's hard to do comps over time especially for low minors. In 2017, in Lansing, Jays had 7 guys WRC+ over 120. This year, Parker is the only one. Among hitters with 50+ PAs, Parker is 24th in the league with a 124 WRC+. 24th in the MidWest League in 2017 had a 141 WRC+. A 124 WRC+ would have you 62nd.

In 2021, MLB slashed 25% of minor league teams in the low minors so A-ball teams were combined into one, meaning the (generally speaking) 25% worst players no longer play in organized ball. I don't know how you would quantify the difference when comparing numbers, I just know the low minors is significantly better quality now.
uglyone - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 11:59 AM EDT (#479895) #
I don't disagree with you on Nimmala, Nigel, but that performance after his first year also includes a significant improvement in the most worrisome part of his first year line - his strikeout rate - which is a bonus.

and now after yesterday's homerun, i believe he's at exactly a 100wrc+ since that first year - which is 543pa of 92wrc+ last year in A+ a .266babip, and a 120wrc+ in 201pa across 3 levels with a .336babip this year.

I believe he's on the way to marrying the lower strikeout rate with his elite power soon enough - the reduced K rate has carried through to AA this year, though the power has lagged a bit (elite in A+ this year and just average so far in AA).
uglyone - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 12:00 PM EDT (#479896) #
that's an interesting point Glevin - i struggle with how a league adjusted number can fluctuate that much, but you may be on to something.
Nigel - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 12:46 PM EDT (#479898) #
I have almost no concerns about Nimmala's strike zone control. I think he demonstrates a pretty solid knowledge of what's a strike and what isn't. It's his inability to discern what he should be swinging at within the strike zone that has was the issue all summer in Vancouver. It was like watching a whole summer of the "Bad Vladdy".
Nigel - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 12:50 PM EDT (#479899) #
None of this is to denigrate Nimmala as a prospect in the general sense. He's young and has shown solid improvement in strike zone control and he clearly has power. He looks like he might be able to stay at SS (I think reports of his defense being excellent are a little overrated but he certainly isn't a "must move off the position" candidate). I think he's a very good prospect but I think people should have some concerns about the bat.
hypobole - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 12:57 PM EDT (#479900) #
nigel, whose bats in our system should we have less concern about than Nimmala's?
Nigel - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 01:12 PM EDT (#479901) #
Shaw is the only one that I have seen in person that I like better but, of course, he has other issues (including his age) that Nimmala does not. It will be interesting to see Parker when he comes to town. I'm a fan of his current line in Dunedin. Nimmala might still be the best bat in system (taking age into account). On the whole, I think that the position player pool in the system is very thin. On the other hand, I think the pitching pool looks very promising.
hypobole - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 04:34 PM EDT (#479907) #
Parker and Sanchez have grabbed most of the comments, but Bullard has quietly had a really solid season. He's at 100 wRC+, solid for a 19 yr old. The big knock on him at FG was his 20 grade game power, but his 146 ISO is 50th percentile in the FSL, with 7 HR. He's a legit CF and is second in the league with 30 SB's (only 3 CS).

I'll be the contrarian, but I think Bullard is a better prospect than Sanchez, maybe even top 10 in the system.
TamRa - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 05:02 PM EDT (#479908) #
I don't know if he's better in the long run than Sanchez but I bet he'll be better than Cook will ever be
Nigel - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 05:19 PM EDT (#479910) #
Because of the defence and baserunning I would agree that Bullard is probably a better prospect than Sanchez. The one red flag for me is that Bullard's line (overall OPS and strike zone control numbers) has been deteriorating as the year has gone on rather than improving - however, he has picked things up in the last couple of weeks. I'm really not sure that there is a huge amount of difference between Nimmala, Parker and Bullard right now.
metafour - Thursday, July 09 2026 @ 05:53 PM EDT (#479911) #
Parker is pretty clearly the most advanced hitter out of the three. Ironically, he would likely have even better stats if he was more aggressive at the plate. Bullard may have the highest outright upside if everything clicks.

Parker's underlying data is more impressive than his base stats suggest. Its really advanced plate discipline with consistently hard contact. He's already hit a Max EV of 110+ MPH.
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