The Orioles roll into town for a rematch of last weekends series. In case you have blocked it out of your memory the Jays lost that series 2-1, thanks in part to "the Hoffman game". Today the Orioles and Jays have identical 30-33 records. One of them will have the better record by Sunday evening.

Angel Guzman had a heavenly day for the FCL Jays, two home runs, two doubles, 12 total bases and more! And he didn't play the whole game. Guzman helped the FCL Jays win. Dunedin also won behind Dylan Watts. The higher three affiliates all lost.

It was a perfect night, four wins and no losses for the affiliates and Dub Gleed had four hits. Buffalo and New Hampshire each scored double digit runs and every team had good pitching.

Just one win in seven games on a terrible Tuesday on the farm.

The Atlanta Braves are 40-20, eleven games better than your Blue Jays. The Braves have a 109 positive run differential, the Jays are at negative 7. Before we get too spooked, the Rays were riding high until they lost four in a row last week.

Two days ago the affiliates scored 38 runs, on Sunday the runs and the hits were in short supply. With ten runs total the affiliates won one game. The one win came from New Hampshire and it came from an eighth inning double by Jace Bohrofen. The games started by Max Scherzer and Shane Bieber were losses as was the game started by a not so perfect Nolan Perry.

Johnny King had his worst start last time out but he was back to top form on Saturday. King's start helped Vancouver to win. Buffalo were also winners thanks to a pair of late home runs. The high flying Fisher Cats and the FCL team also were unable to keep the good times going. To add to the misery Dunedin also lost. Jake Bloss hit a speed bump on his way back to the major leagues.

Buffalo and New Hampshire had tough one run losses but Vancouver, Dunedin and the FCL Jays all won. The five affiliates scored 38 runs so there were plenty of good hitting performances. Four hitters had three hits in their games, often there are nights with no one having three hits. The pitching wasn't as good as the hitting although Dylan Watts for Dunedin and Angel Rivero in the FCL had good days.

We all know that chicks dig the long ball. Well if it's long balls you want look no further than the Fisher Cats. They hit six on Thursday with Jay Harry and Nick Goodwin going deep twice. New Hampshire were the only winners among the full season affiliates last night. They are also the only full season affiliate with a winning record. The FCL Jays are having a great season, their record is 15-4.

The Orioles, like the Jays, are off to a slow start in 2026. However, they come into this series having won three in a row against the Tampa Rays. Does it mean things are turning around for them? The Jays hope things are turning for them. So it is a who is really turning it around battle this series. Even though the Jays are struggling to reach .500 they are in a tie for a playoff position now. Their first test of the weekend is to face ex-teammate Chris Bassitt tonight.

Meanwhile the "we have too many starting pitchers" Blue Jays have two TBD's listed for this series. One is likely an opener/Spencer Miles combo and it looks like Austin Voth will be a part of the other TBD day.

New Hampshire were the only winners on Wednesday. Cutter Coffey had a nice game. Pitching was the dominant story on the day. Prospects Landen Maroudis, Silvano Hechavarria and Gilberto Batista all had bad days. Gage Stanifer did OK but threw more balls that strikes. CJ Van Eyk put Buffalo in a position to win but the bullpen blew it.

Buffalo and Vancouver were in the winner's circle on Tuesday. New Hampshire and Dunedin were betrayed by their bullpens.

The 25-29 Marlins come into town to face the 25-28 Jays. There will be four major topics this series. They are:

1. The status of Vlad and Cease. Are the injuries minor or more serious?

2. The walking wounded. Bieber made a start in the FCL today. Is Lukas back? Who goes? Whither Barger, Scherzer and Kirk?

3. Canadian content. The Marlins feature three prominent Canadians. Former Jay Otto Lopez plus Liam Hicks and Owen Caissie.

4. The roof. Rumours suggest the roof could be open for Mondays game and weather suggests it can stay open for the series.

RJ Schreck homered twice to help Buffalo win the first game of their doubleheader. Game two didn't go so well. Blaine Bullard is very hot right now, his home run was the difference in Dunedin's win. Johnny King had the worst start of his career and Vancouver lost. New Hampshire were rained out.

Jake Bloss pitched well for four innings for Dunedin in his third rehab start. It is hard to predict the path of pitchers recovering from Tommy John. Its easy to see a jump up to Buffalo for his nest start, or he could remain in Dunedin to build up to five innings.

Dunedin got a very good start from Jack Nedrow and three hits from Juan Sanchez on their way to another win. The FCL Jays also won with Canadian Sam White having a nice game. New Hampshire and Vancouver lost while Buffalo were rained out.