ON a night when Trey Yesavage and Gage Stanifer pitched it was Rafael Sanchez who stole the show. Sanchez threw a six inning complete game shutout to get the win for New Hampshire. Yesavage and Stanifer were good too. Also Arjun Nimmala hit his third home run of the season.

Well, the first road trip began with the Jays getting swept in a three game series. They then visited an AL East opponent, and all was better.

The affiliates played five games on Thursday, New Hampshire played two, and Buffalo were the only winners. In the four losing games the Jays teams had 14 hits combined for an average of 3.5 hits per game. That's not a recipe for success.

Dunedin 6 Tampa 5

Binghamton 3 New Hampshire 0

Vancouver 4 Everett 2

Buffalo 6 Rochester 3

Buffalo 3 Rochester 2

Make up games in Buffalo, Dunedin win a close one, New Hampshire gets shut out, Vancouver heads down the I5.

Dunedin prevented a total disaster on an otherwise disappointing Tuesday. At least the Leafs won.

The second road trip of the season (4-5 on the first one) sees the Blue Jays visit two of 2024's division champs.

Nobody said it was supposed to be easy.

None of the affiliates were able to rise from the dead on Sunday. None of them had a lead in their games and they combined for 20 hits over four games. There was little to get excited about.

Three wins on Saturday with lots of excellent performances. Yohendrick Pinango led the way with four hits. Bryce Arnold and Ali Sanchez homered twice.

Eight home runs in the minor league today. Jace Bohrofen hit two, Yeuni Munoz hit one for his third day in a row. Several players got their first home run of the season. All those home runs just earned two wins for the affiliates.

Here is a summary of the prospect lists from an assortment of sites. I like to do this each year to get an overall view on the Jays top prospects.

The Mariners come to town, on Apple TV. I forgot to cancel, so I guess I can watch.

Pitching has been prominent over the first few weeks of the season. But not so on Thursday. Jackson Wentworth was the only starting pitcher who completed four innings. The three teams who did not get four innings from their starter lost. Vancouver, behind Wentworth, won by scoring 13 runs.

Dunedin 18 Lakeland 2

New Hampshire 10 Harrisburg 9

Vancouver 5 Eugene 2

Buffalo Syracuse PPD

p>*** 3 Stars!!! ***

3. Peyton Williams, HR, RBI, R

2. The Dunedin Blue Jays

1. The Dunedin Blue Jays

Buffalo was bombed, New Hampshire and Vancouver let one get away in the later innings and Dunedin also finished second on the scoreboard.

Could the Braves actually be... bad?