The Bobby Mattick Training Facility in Dunedin, Florida It’s that time of year that we begin our reports summarizing the season for the Blue Jays’ minor league affiliates. And so we begin our first post-season report in two years with the Florida Complex League Blue Jays. If you’re new to Blue Jays from Away, we summarize all six of the Blue Jays’ minor league teams in four parts: The Blue Jays from Away Awards, Starting Pitchers, Relief Pitchers and Position Players. Players are discussed with the team that they spent the most time with (by innings pitched for pitchers and at bats for batter ..read more

The Blue Jays DSL Facility. Photo by Pierre Lacasse We conclude our in-depth look at the DSL Blue Jays by looking at the hitters. Catchers Jonathan Peguero, who doesn’t even turn 18 until late July next year, was the club’s top catcher, playing in 31 games and hitting respectably for such a youngster. The Dominican catcher hit .266/.384/.372 with four doubles and two home runs in 112 plate appearances, walking in a stellar 14.3% of plate appearances and striking out in 17.0%. Peguero also threw out 31% of the runners who tried to steal against him. He could move up to the FCL next year but hi ..read more

The Blue Jays DSL Facility. Photo by Pierre Lacasse We continue our more in-depth look at the DSL Blue Jays by looking at relief pitchers. At the Rookie ball level, the distinctions between starting pitchers and relief pitchers are frequently fluid so we’re going to include anyone who made more than 50% of his appearances as a reliever (or didn’t have as many innings as someone who was a starter). We begin with the pitchers who made the most appearances and work our way downwards from there. With the DSL club, there isn’t much to go on scouting-wise, so we’ll basically be looking at the player ..read more

The Blue Jays DSL Facility. Photo by Pierre Lacasse We’re going to start our more in-depth look at the DSL Blue Jays by looking at starting pitchers. At the Rookie ball level, the distinctions between starting pitchers and relief pitchers are frequently fluid so we’re going to include anyone who made more than 50% of his appearances as a starter. That said, the DSL Blue Jays had a fairly stable starting corps throughout the season. We begin with the pitchers who made the most starts and work our way downwards from there. With the DSL club, there isn’t much to go on scouting-wise, so we’ll basi ..read more

The Blue Jays DSL Facility. Photo by Pierre Lacasse It’s that time of year that we begin our reports summarizing the season for the Blue Jays’ minor league affiliates. And so we begin our first post-season report in two years with the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays. If you’re new to Blue Jays from Away, we summarize all six of the Blue Jays’ minor league teams in four parts: The Blue Jays from Away Awards, Starting Pitchers, Relief Pitchers and Position Players. Players are discussed with the team that they spent the most time with (by innings pitched for pitchers and at bats for batters ..read more

Gabriel Moreno The Arizona Fall League, an annual league for prospects and minor league players looking to prove themselves going forward, has had their rosters released and the Blue Jays have seven young players on the roster for the Mesa Solar Sox for 2021, led by MLB’s top Blue Jays propsect, Gabriel Moreno. The roster, which includes players from the Blue Jays, Athletics, Marlins, Orioles, and Cubs, will feature four pitchers and three position players. Players can be included on the AFL rosters for a number of reasons. Frequently, players who are eligible for the Rule 5 draft this upcomi ..read more

Spencer Horwitz The minor league have released their end-of-season All-Star teams and the Dunedin Blue Jays had a great showing with five All-Stars on the team for the Low-A Southeast league while Spencer Horwitz was named the High-A West’s top prospect. In the Low-A Southeast, shortstop Orelvis Martinez led the way, after a stellar .279/.369/.572 slash line with 19 home runs in 171 games for the Blue Jays. The 19 year old was dominant in the league before moving up to Vancouver where he struggled a bit more, putting up a .214/.282/.491 slash line with nine more home runs (to lead the Jays’ o ..read more

Zach Logue The Buffalo Bisons continue to roll over the Syracuse Mets to pick up their 79th win as the season enters its final weekend. Buffalo Bisons 4, Syracuse Mets 1 The Buffalo Bisons’ (79-47) got another solid game from the entire team to beat the Syracuse Mets 4-1. Right fielder Gregory Polanco hit another home run, giving him nine in just 24 games with the Buffalo Bisons as he went 2/4 with the home run, an RBI and a run. Tyler White was 2/4 and Kevin Smith was 1/5 with his 21st home run of the year, driving in one and scoring once. Logan Warmoth was 1/3 with a walk and a double, sco ..read more

Otto Lopez The Buffalo Bisons dominated the Syracuse Mets to pick up their 78th win as the season enters its final weekend. Buffalo Bisons 12, Syracuse Mets 1 The Buffalo Bisons’ (78-47) beat up on the Syracuse Mets 12-1 on Friday. Right fielder Gregory Polanco continues to shine down the stretch for the Buffalo Bisons as he went 4/5 with a home run, two RBI, a walk and two runs in the big win. Mallex Smith hit a home run in his second consecutive game, going 2/5 with a walk, three RBI and two runs while Otto Lopez was 2/5 with a sac fly, an RBI and a run. Juan Graterol was 2/4 with a walk ..read more

Nick Allgeyer Outfielder Mallex Smith helped give the Buffalo Bisons their 77th win of the season. Buffalo Bisons 8, Syracuse Mets 5 The Buffalo Bisons’ (77-47) got a huge game from outfielder Mallex Smith as they triumphed again over the Syracuse Mets 8-5. Smith went 3/4 with a double, a triple, a home run, three RBI and two runs, stealing a base. Gregory Polanco was 1/5 with a double, an RBI and a run while Nash Knight was 1/4 with a double, an RBI and a run. Tyler White was 1/4 with a walk, an RBI and a run and Kevin Smith was 1/4 with a walk and a run. Forrest Wall was 0/3 but walked twi ..read more