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Peyton Williams went 4-4 and Davis Schneider hit a go ahead two run home run in a good night on the farm. Dunedin were the only losers and they went to extra innings. Holden Wilkerson was the number one star as he was almost perfect in 5.2 innings. The news wasn't so good for Arjun Nimmala and Jojo Parker. Both were hitless and they made two errors each.

Buffalo 7 Syracuse 5

New Hampshire 5 Harrisburg 2

Vancouver 5 Tri-City 1

Clearwater 16 Dunedin 11 - 10 innings

FCL Phillies 1 FCL Blue Jays 4 - game one, completion of previously suspended game

FCL Phillies 2 FCL Blue Jays 9 - game two


Three Stars

Third Star - Davis Schneider

Second Star - Peyton Williams

First Star - Holden Wilkerson


Boxes


NOTES


Davis Schneider hit a two run home run in the top of the ninth to break a 5-5 tie. Schneider also walked twice. Ismael Munguia and Josh Kasevich had two hits each. One of Munguia's was a home run.


Grant Rogers started and went five innings, four runs allowed.


Gage Stanifer made the start for NH and he was just as he was before the all start break. In 4.1 innings he used 84 pitches, 47 strikes and 37 balls. He struck out six, good, but walked three, bad. But he only gave up one run, good.


Jorge Burgos, Eddie Micheletti and Deb Gleed had two hits each. Arjun Nimmala went oh-for-five and made two errors, ouch.


Peyton Williams had a day. He homered in the first inning, doubled in the fourth, singled in the sixth and singled again in the eighth. A nice 4-4 day. Alex Stone was close behind with three hits.


Holden Wilkerson has been battling over the last two months, he had an 8.05 ERA in June. But on Friday he retired the first 12 hitters in a row before walking a hitter. The then recorded five more outs before leaving after 5.2 almost perfect innings. He struck out seven.


Juan Sanchez and Jake Cook had two hits for Dunedin each out of the Jays eight in total. Jojo Parker was twice hit by a pitch, had a sac fly but made two errors.


Giacomo Taschin was charged with four runs in 1.2 innings. He is finding the FSL tougher than the complex league. HIs ERA is up to 7.16. The Jays bailed him out but then Clearwater scored six in the tenth inning.


A trio of rehabbers pitched in the two FCL games. Daniel Guerra, TJ Brock and Conor O'Halloran. Because one of the two FCL games was a suspended game we have an unusual stat. The starter of game one was Angel Rivero who went four shutout innings. The starter in game two was Angel Rivero who went four shutout innings. Rivero has an ERA of 2.36. He has 52 K's in 42 innings. His walks are a little high at 23. Rivero is listed at 5'11" so unless he has a growth spurt he will have to prove himself at every level.


Our new favourite DSL player, Sebastian Casanova had two more hits today, now hitting .364. Again, he is a 5'9" shortstop who is, for now, mainly a singles hitter. But we can dream.


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Mike Green - Saturday, July 18 2026 @ 09:26 AM EDT (#480301) #
Davis Schneider is a streaky hitter.  We know by now what a hot streak for him looks like, and it's not as though Blue Jay outfielders have been setting the world afire. It's time for him to return to Toronto.
uglyone - Saturday, July 18 2026 @ 12:40 PM EDT (#480307) #
yeah don't really have any choice with schneider other than bring him back up.

June Northey - Saturday, July 18 2026 @ 01:03 PM EDT (#480312) #
Schneider's numbers are getting there - 270/513/486 in AAA over 27 games, since going back down at the start of July he has hit 342/480/711 - yeah, that is pretty hot. Lukes in July is hitting 250/325/333 which isn't good. In July only 800+ OPS are Clase and Okamoto. 700's are Clement, Springer, Vlad & Kirk (hopeful if those last 3 are warming up),600s Valenzuela, Lukes, Keys. 500's Urias, Straw, 400s Gimenez, Pinango, and the nightmare 249 Varsho.

Yeah, at this point Varsho should go on the IL and call up Schneider. Put Lukes in CF, Schneider LF, Clase RF (or flip Clase/Lukes - whatever is best).
uglyone - Saturday, July 18 2026 @ 01:18 PM EDT (#480315) #
Had some catchers come in, some get healthy, and some move around. Wanted to check the depth chart now that the catchers are mostly healthy.



MLB: Kirk 27, Valenzuela 25

Very good, and clear cut.



AAA: MacIver 29, Simoneit 29, Stubbs 29

Any of them are probably serviceable emergency Cs, but all are very very disposable.



AA: Parker 23, Planchart 24 (IR 60), Winkel 26, Hackenberg 26

Parker is looking like a legit prospect, and could easily be promoted by now. Planchart has some promise too. The other two are just org filler.



A+: Duran 22, Sprock 21, Sharp 24, Stone 24

Duran and Sprock are the most interesting here, but Sharp and Stone are interesting too, at least to me. Too many catchers here to share catcher duty. Sprock played his first game with the team at third base as a result.

I wouldn't be surprised to see one of these guys get promoted soon - unfortunately Duran hasn't earned that promotion yet even though he's the top C prospect here.



A: Lasaracina 22, West 22, Cresswell 22, Tibbits 23, Saum 22 (IR 7), Carapellotti 23 (IR 7)

This looks crowded but not really.

Lararacina, West, and Cresswell are the actual catchers on the roster right now.

Tibbits is on the roster but has played zero games at C this year so is probably no longer a C.

Saum and Carapellotti are technically on the roster but are actually playing in CPX on apparent rehab stints but probably no room for them to move back up yet.




I do think we have to see some promotions soon. Parker to AAA seems the most deserving, and any of the 3 AAA catchers could be easily dropped to make room.

I doubt the two younger guys in vancouver Duran or Sprock would be promoted at this point, but Stone and Sharp could be just based on age alone, and I don't think Winkel or Hackenberg will stand in the way of anyone.

So maybe by the end of the year it will look something like:


AAA: Parker 23, MacIver 29, Simoneit 29 (Stubbs dropped)

AA: Sharp 24, Stone 24, and one of Planchart 24 / Winkel 26 / Hackenberg 26

A+: Duran 22, Sprock 21, Lasaracina 22

A: West 22, Cresswell 22, and one of Saum 22 / Carapalloti 23

TamRa - Saturday, July 18 2026 @ 03:08 PM EDT (#480318) #
Down goes Bloss

I wonder if he can be healthy by spring?

https://www.nbcsports.com/fantasy/baseball/player-news/2026-07-18/jake-bloss-elbow-suffers-teres-major-injury
Dr B - Saturday, July 18 2026 @ 03:52 PM EDT (#480321) #
If you can find video highlights of Parker it’s quite entertaining. He has this extremely whippy swing. You imagine him squirting it along the ground then beating out a single with his singular speed, but no. These being highlights he can trot around at his leisure touching them all. What is remarkable is the incrongruence between his truncated swing and how the ball sails out of the park. If he can stay at catcher, he's a prospect.
June Northey - Saturday, July 18 2026 @ 09:16 PM EDT (#480329) #
As an older Jays fan it is amazing to me to see so many half decent prospects behind the plate, plus 2 good young ones in the majors and a 3rd developed here and sent away as part of a trade. Can't think of that EVER being the case - closest was probably Borders/Myers in the late 80's, but nothing was coming behind them (Matt Stark was a great hope for a bit but not long). Most Jay catcher prospects in the past were backups at best, pure defensive guys. Now we might have Will Brick mixed in too (assuming he signs).

Dean West, the 7th round pick, didn't sign as cheaply as I expected - $196.73k vs slot value of $262.3. Given the others from 5-10 signed for under $15k total I figured he was going to be the same. The Jays do have LOTS of space now though to sign Brick. Cooney should be close to slot, and Carlton is reported to have signed below slot slightly ($2.57 slot, $2.4 signed) which makes up for West signing for near $200k - however it isn't officially reported on MLB.com yet in the draft tracker (the most official source I'd think) even though it was reported on MLB.com in the news section. Hopefully they get everyone signed. The more the merrier.
TamRa - Saturday, July 18 2026 @ 11:11 PM EDT (#480332) #
Callis (IIRC) reported that Cooney is signing for a little below slot
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