List of Toronto Blue Jays minor league affiliates
Year Triple-A Double-A Class A Class A Short Season Rookie League
1989 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Dunedin Blue Jays , Myrtle Beach Blue Jays St. Catharines Blue Jays Medicine Hat Blue Jays , DSL Blue Jays
1988 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Dunedin Blue Jays , Myrtle Beach Blue Jays St. Catharines Blue Jays Medicine Hat Blue Jays
1987 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Dunedin Blue Jays , Myrtle Beach Blue Jays St. Catharines Blue Jays Medicine Hat Blue Jays
1986 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Florence Blue Jays , Ventura County Gulls St. Catharines Blue Jays Medicine Hat Blue Jays
1985 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Florence Blue Jays , Kinston Blue Jays - Medicine Hat Blue Jays , GCL Blue Jays
1984 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Florence Blue Jays , Kinston Blue Jays - Medicine Hat Blue Jays , GCL Blue Jays
1983 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Florence Blue Jays , Kinston Blue Jays - Medicine Hat Blue Jays , GCL Blue Jays
1982 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Florence Blue Jays , Kinston Blue Jays - Medicine Hat Blue Jays , GCL Blue Jays
1981 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Florence Blue Jays , Kinston Eagles - Medicine Hat Blue Jays , GCL Blue Jays
1980 Syracuse Chiefs Knoxville Blue Jays Kinston Eagles Utica Blue Jays Medicine Hat Blue Jays
1979 Syracuse Chiefs - Dunedin Blue Jays , Kinston Eagles Utica Blue Jays Medicine Hat Blue Jays
1978 Syracuse Chiefs - Dunedin Blue Jays Utica Blue Jays Medicine Hat Blue Jays
1977 - - - Utica Blue Jays -
1977–1989
The Toronto Blue Jays farm system consists of eight Minor League Baseball affiliates across the United States and in Canada and the Dominican Republic. Five teams are independently owned, while three - the Dunedin Blue Jays, Gulf Coast League Blue Jays and Dominican Summer League Blue Jays - are owned by the major league club. The Blue Jays have been affiliated with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Eastern League since 2004, making it the longest-running active affiliation in the organization among teams not owned by the Blue Jays. Their newest affiliate is the Buffalo Bisons of the International League which became the Blue Jays' Triple-A club in 2013. The longest affiliation in team history was the 31-year relationship with the Triple-A International League's Syracuse Chiefs from 1978 to 2008. Geographically, Toronto's closest affiliate is the Buffalo Bisons of the Triple-A International League which is approximately away. Toronto's furthest affiliate is the Vancouver Canadians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League some away.