Baseball America has begun listing the top 20 prospects from each minor league.  The Arizona Rookie League was yesterday and today we see two Blue Jays in the GCL top 20.  BA will also have a chat following each list.  This thread will list all the Blue Jays making the lists over the next couple of weeks.

	GCL	Appy	NW	MidWest	FSL	EL	PCL
	#3 - DJ Davis, CF #12 - Alberto Tirado, RHP	#8 - Roberto Osuna, rhp #10 - Santiago Nessy, c #14 - Daniel Norris, lhp	#20 - Taylor Cole, rhp	#5 - Noah Syndergaard, rhp #6 - Aaron Sanchez, rhp #11 - Justin Nicolino, lhp	#11 - Jake Marisnick, CF	#9 - Jake Marisnick, CF	#2 - Travis d'Arnaud, CA #8 - Anthony Gose, CF #14 - Adeiny Hechavarria, SS
Webster Awards	Alberto Tirado, RHP	Christian Lopes, 2B/SS	Javier Avendano, RHP	Justin Nicolino, LHP	Daniel Barnes, RHP	Ryan Goins, SS/2B	Adeiny Hechavarria, SS

The new Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays is the Buffalo Bisons.  The Buffalo News reports that the two sides have signed off on a two-year Player Development Contract for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

Buster T. Bison and his ball club welcome Toronto with open arms, marking the return of the Blue Jays Triple-A affiliate to the International League after a four-year absence.

The Buffalo News is reporting the International League's Buffalo Bisons are talking to the Jays about becoming its new Triple-A affiliate in 2013.  Sunday marked the first day that major league and minor league teams could hold discussions about new Player Development Contracts.

The Blue Jays could have its Triple-A prospects playing at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo for at least the next two seasons if they reach an affiliation agreement with the Bisons this week.

The Canadians spit the bit on Saturday but Roberto Osuna sparkled.

Six run lead? Safe? don't count on it. that's good news out west, not so good closer to home.

The Dunedin Blue Jays were eliminated from the playoffs with their second consecutive loss to Lakeland. Meanwhile, Lansing suffered a loss in their playoff opener and now must win two in a row to stay alive. The Canadians had an off day before beginning their next playoff series.

The Vancouver Canadians have made it to the final of the Northwest League playoffs thanks to an all hands win over Everett.   Meanwhile the Blue Jays offense is so bad that even JP Arencibia and David Cooper couldn't prevent the Dunedin Jays from being shut out. Marcus Walden made one mistake and that was enough to take the loss. The D-Jays had several chances but couldn't deliver a key hit.

The playoffs have begun on one front while the regular season wrapped up on three others.



The Vancouver Canadians celebrate their playoff opening victory against Everett at Nat Bailey Stadium Monday afternoon.

Only one affiliate found the win column in four tries on Sunday.

The affiliates went 2-3 on the last Saturday of the regular season.

A 3-2 Friday night on the farm saw one of the affiliates clinch a playoff berth.


The Vancouver Canadians will get a chance to defend its Northwest League championship as they host Everett in Game 1 of the NWL West Division playoffs Monday afternoon at Nat Bailey Stadium.

Two stellar pitching performances distinguished the five games on the farm tonight, as two teams prepare for the playoffs and one still strives to qualify.

Vancouver took a beating while Eugene won, putting the Canadians a half game behind in their playoff race.   Las Vegas stayed mathematically alive thanks to Anthony Gose and Yan Gomes.  Their elimination number is one.  Bluefield lost their final game of the season.  New Hampshire lost in extra innings, Lansing also lost while Dunedin swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Yankees Tampa team.  Casey Lawrence pitched a complete game to win game one.  In game two Dunedin won 1-0 with new Jay Amadeo Zuzueta driving in the only run.

Playoff Situation

In: Dunedin and Lansing

Still competing:  Vancouver and Las Vegas (barely)

Out: New Hampshire, Bluefield and the GCL Jays

The affiliates were 3-1 on Monday with one rainout.  The club with the scheduled day off received some good news from the out of town scoreboard.

There wasn't much offense to go around but there were some interesting pitching performances on the day, including an 11-K performance by Deivy Estrada in Bluefield.