So the Houston series did not go as planned, now the Jays have four games to turn it around. After the series loss this week the Jays are two games under .500, they need to win three of four to get back to that first step on the way to the playoffs.

Today is game number 81, the half way point. The Jays are guaranteed to have a losing record at the half way point. This has to be one of Vlad's worst half seasons. If you had put money down on Vlad to be eighth in home runs and ninth in OPS you could have made a lot of money. The Jays do not have an regular position player with an OPS over .800. Last year David Popkins was a hero, this year? He has avoided most negative publicity this season but is any of this on him?

It was the worst of times on Wednesday, there was no best of times. The four affiliates combined to concede 41 runs and lose all four games. They scored 18 although Buffalo had 11 of those. The starting pitching was bad, except for Johnny King. The bullpens were terrible. And the hitting below Buffalo was poor. Vancouver needed five walks to score their two runs. Below Buffalo the three teams scored seven runs combined, five of those came in the ninth innings when the games were all but decided. The bright spot was Sean Keys who hit two home runs, a small ray of light on a gloomy night. Johnny King had a rough first inning but he settled down to go five.

Another losing Tuesday on the farm. Buffalo, New Hampshire and the FCL were the only ones to finish first on the scoreboard. Vancouver drove the Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry.

The Jays had a day off yesterday due to rain and it did wonders for their bullpen. The price to be paid for that rest will come due in August but for this Astros series the bullpen is rested. The starters too get an extra day of rest. The Jays had a big comeback win on Saturday which should have given them a boost going into Sunday. Will it carry over into Monday?

New Hampshire tried to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory but they won in the end, the end being eleven innings. Vancouver and Dunedin had nice win thanks to three runs home runs from Eric Snow and Jojo Parker. Buffalo were the sole losers.

Three wins for the affiliates on Saturday. Two were walk off wins and the third win came on the road but did have late runs turning a loss into a win. Sean Keys homered for Buffalo's walk off win. Pascual Archila singled in the FCL Jays walk off winning run while Dunedin won with five late runs. Vancouver lost to a walk off home run while New Hampshire lost by a lot.

Vancouver 12 Spokane 5

New Hampshire 5 Binghamton 2

Lakeland 10 Dunedin 1

Charlotte 10 Buffalo 5

The Jays roll into the windy city off the back of a sweep in Boston. Vlad hit a home run! His first in a month. Can he hit another before June is out? The Jays will roll out Gausman, Corbin and Cease, if the bats come through the wins should keep coming.

Buffalo and New Hampshire combined for eleven hits and lost by a combined eleven runs. Dunedin lost by eight runs despite Jojo Parker's efforts. On the other hand Vancouver and the FCL Jays combined for 33 hits and 28 runs. Tucker Toman had ten total bases in part by going deep twice.

We are at the mid point of the season for the full season teams. The teams have split seasons, ending yesterday or in the next two days, depending on the league. The first halves have ended with no playoff games booked. It hasn't been a big winning season for the affiliates, New Hampshire are the only winners. Here are the records to date:

Buffalo 34-38

New Hampshire 33-31

Vancouver 27-39

Dunedin 30-35

The big three prospects in Dunedin, Jojo Parker, Juan Sanchez and Blaine Bullard combined for eight hits and seven runs in Dunedin's win. Dub Gleed had a nice game for New Hampshire and they won too. Buffalo and Vancouver lost.

Buffalo, New Hampshire and Dunedin were victorious. Vancouver lost a slugfest, the FCL were hammered and the DSL squads suffered one-run losses for a losing Tuesday on the farm.

The limping Jays cruise into Fenway Pahhk for three games with Thursday's game an afternoon game. Then Its on to the windy city for three afternoon games so this is an unusual week with just two evening/night games.

Sean Keys had a nice game for Buffalo in a rain shortened win for the Bisons. New Hampshire and Vancouver lost even though Tucker Toman had another home run and more. Dunedin were rained out. We also look at the Jays catchers through the system.

Tucker Toman had four hits in a losing effort for Vancouver. Jojo Parker had four hits in a win for Dunedin. Buffalo won in extra innings. New Hampshire lost and the FCL Jays won.

Everett 11 Vancouver 1

Hartford 11 New Hampshire 1

Fort Myers 4 Dunedin 2

Fort Myers 4 Dunedin 3

Buffalo 4 Syracuse 1