Buffalo scored seven runs in the sixth inning to turn a close game into an easy win. The bats were pounding and Chris Leroux had a good start. New Hampshire lost to an eighth inning home run. Dunedin had an easy win to close out their first half of the season. Jonathan Davis drove in a couple of runs and ends the first half as the best hitter in Dunedin. Lansing are on their all-star break. Vancouver lost behind a shaky Justin Maese. Two former Jays pitched against the affiliates on Wednesday, Myles Jaye and Jake Brentz.

The Canadians evened up their series with Everett with their first home victory of 2016.


C's starter Luis Sanchez set the tone early with a 1-2-3 inning in the first.

The North American affiliates were 4-0 and the Dominican Jays were winning before the rains came. The Lansing Lugnuts, saved for five of them, had the night off. The fab five all put in a good showing at the Midwest League All-Star Game.

I promise you all - if they lose tonight, I refuse to start another series thread until they're at least four games over .500, and thus have sufficient margin to Deal With my Participation.

The Vancouver Canadians home opener did not quite go as planned Monday night.


The 2016 Canadians roster is introduced to the sell-out crowd at Nat Bailey Stadium.

The affiliates won three and lost two on Monday. A walk-off win was the highlight, a blowout loss in a home opener was the lowlight.

Three of the four games went to extra innings with the affiliates going 2-1 in the extra inning games. Jio Mier hit a home run to give Buffalo the win. Ryan Hissey delivered the walk-off hit for Lansing. New Hampshire lost to a walk-off hit. Vancouver had an easy win while Dunedin had their all-star break.

The Blue Jays visit the Broad Street Bullies 2.0 in Baltimore for a weekend set.


The Blue Jays will have to deal with Manny 'Pacquiao' Machado this weekend as the appeal hearing for his four-game suspension is scheduled for Tuesday.

Sean Reid-Foley was awesome in Dunedin.

The affiliates won four out of six Wednesday night.

The Blue Jays visit the Phillies for the next two nights to finish their four-game stretch against the Broad Street Bullies.

The affiliates won twice in five outings Tuesday with both victories coming against Tampa Bay farm clubs. Two losses came when the opponent scored 11 runs. The other was an extra-innings setback.

A dominant doubleheader sweep and two great season debuts were the highlights of a 4-1 Monday night on the farm.

The Blue Jays take on the Broad Street Bullies of Philadelphia for the next two nights at The Dome before heading to Philly for games Wednesday and Thursday. Barring the unforeseen, Bo "The Hammer" Schultz will not be appearing for the Jays this week. Maybe Moose Dupont or Ed Van Impe will show up instead.


Image from The Associated Press.

Two Canadian starting pitchers took the mound on Sunday. Shane Dawson pitched very well before his defense cost him. But he still got the win thanks, in part, to Ian Parmley. Tom Robson has had a rough start to 2016 and on this day he was better, not great but better. He did have a lot of base runners but he kept Lansing in the game and left with the lead. Lansing's game went to extra innings where the Lugnuts prevailed. Drew Hutchison started for the Bisons and he too was pretty good. He wasn't "pitch efficient" but he got the job done and with Junior Lake homering the Bisons won. Dunedin had the worst day, losing easily.