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Jake Bloss surrenders nine hits and earns the loss in his 2025 debut with the Buffalo Bisons
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Veronica Chung
Apr 2, 2025, 07:00 EDTUpdated: Apr 2, 2025, 06:36 EDT
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Making his 2025 debut with the Buffalo Bisons last night, right-hander Jake Bloss opened the series against the Memphis Redbirds. With the Blue Jays’ starting depth being tested, quite a few fans tuned into the contest. 
The Greensboro-native had a tough go from the start, giving up one walk, two singles and two doubles in the first inning, which resulted in five runs for the Redbirds. With two outs under his belt quickly through the first three batters, a walk put runners on first and second, and a fielding error to Addison Barger would quickly load the bases. A Cesar Prieto single would score two runners, with a fielding error also being charged to left fielder Jonatan Clase on the play. Back-to-back doubles would plate the remaining three runs. 
As a result, the Bisons fell behind quickly despite the three-run lead they had at the top of the first. Bloss also couldn’t manage to hand out any strikeouts to all nine hitters he faced that inning, signaling some trouble with his command. 
The North Carolina-born pitcher’s woes continued as he headed into the bottom of the second. He led off the inning with a single on a line drive off the bat of José Fermín, who would eventually steal second base shortly after. While Bloss managed to get Matt Koperniak and Michael Helman to fly out subsequently, he gave up a single to Jimmy Crooks, which put the Bisons behind with the score of 5-6. 
Thankfully, the Bisons succeeded in tying up the score at the top of the third with an ​​Ali Sánchez home run to the left centre field. This time, Bloss kept a clean inning with two groundouts and his first strikeout of the game, even though he gave up a double to Ryan Vilade and a walk to Bryan Torres to make things interesting with runners on the corners and two outs before sitting down Fermín on a slider in the dirt to get the Bisons back on the stick. 
When Bloss came in at the bottom of the fourth for his final outing of the day with a tie of 6-6, his pitching seemed smooth, with a groundout and a popout to open up the frame. However, a high slider to Crooks would be driven down the left field line, putting a runner on first for Yohel Pozo. The centre fielder would swing at the first pitch he saw from Bloss, golfing a low slider over the centre field wall to plate two more runs, which put Memphis ahead with a score of 8-6. Bloss did ground out César Prieto to end the inning, but by then, the damage was done. 
Overall, Bloss pitched four innings in total with nine hits, eight runs (three earned), two walks, one strikeout and one home run. His fastball sat between 93 to 95 MPH for most of the game, and his slider sat around 85-87, touching 88 MPH on a few occasions. Interestingly, his strikeout and home run both came from his sliders, while the right-hander also mixed in a few curveballs and a couple of changeups during his outing. He threw 71 pitches and finished the outing with a 64.8% strike rate in the loss.
Ranked as the sixth-best prospect in the Blue Jays farm system on MiLB, Bloss didn’t exactly have the best start in terms of proving he is worth a shot in the Majors in the coming weeks. If the right-hander hopes to get a chance with the Blue Jays, he will have to enhance his command and work on limiting the damage. While the errors didn’t help his cause, he hung some pitches too much in the strike zone and still ended up with nine hits on the day.

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