New Hampshire and Dunedin were your Tuesday night winners in a 2-4 effort on the farm. The lone Canadian club in the system had a horrendous night in Oregon.
Nothing to see here, move along. There weren't really any great performances from top prospects on Monday night - we're stuck with a decent outing from Chad Jenkins, a 1-4 with a HR from Anthony Gose... things like that. But hey, Kevin Patterson was great!
The top two affiliates went winless but the young guys managed to pull out four wins to make it a solid night on the farm... Oh, and the number two is featured prominently in this report.
4 for 4, 87 hits and 63 runs. That’s quite a show for our farm club. Individual performances continue to impress. Hechavarria, on a blistering 9 game hitting terror with AAA Las Vegas, went 2 for 5 with an RBI and now bats .513 with an OPS of 1.214. Nicholas Baligod slugged a walk-off slam for Vancouver. And the pride of North York and St. Michaels Col. School his his second slam in as many nights for Lansing.
Despite another great night at the plate for Hechavarria,
the 51s fall and quiet bats cost the Fisher Cats their game. Knecht lifted Lansing with a slam, Vancouver
lost a squeaker and Bluefield plated 3 in the seventh to win.
The affiliates may have gone just 3-5 on the night but the pitching. Oh, the pitching.
Wednesday was a huge night on the farm, with all affiliates in action and New Hampshire in action twice. Vegas and Dunedin won by huge margins, the GCL Jays won in 14 innings, and the farm as a whole went 6-3.
The long ball help Dunedin picked up the only win for the Jays affiliates, who went 1-5 Tuesday night. Other highlights included an awesome relief effort from an unexpected source, a good night at the plate for a recent call-up at Triple-A and an encouraging rehab outing at Double-A.
A quiet night on the farm with some late inning dramatics from out west, but for the good this (damn Mariners.)
The affiliates had a solid performance on Sunday with four wins in six tries. Former first rounder Kevin Ahrens had a big day, including a three-run homer. Today is Draft Deadline Day. By the end of today, the organization (hopefully) will have an influx of new, high-ceiling talent to help out an already-impressive system.
New Hampshire won last night in the only victory for the affiliates on the night. Drew Hutchison had a relatively poor start – for him – and still impressed. Noah Syndergaard and Griffin Murphy were also in action, while Adeiny Hechavarria continued to adjust to Triple-A.
In his first AB for Las Vegas, A-Hech doubles
and adds a single later to go 2 for 4.
He had a throwing miscue as well for his first error in AAA. A-Rod makes rehab appearance at Dunedin and goes
long on a solo blast in the first inning.
Six wins in nine tries for the affiliates including four performances by top pitching draftees.
Dustin McGowan pitched well in AA and Henderson Alvarez seemed pretty good in the ole MLB, but that doesn't count for these purposes anymore. Elsewhere, some hitting, some pitching, some wins, some losses.
The affiliates were 3-4 on the night with one rainout and another game called early. The highlights were Bluefield's pitching and Las Vegas' bats.