As for the U.S. based affiliates, the news wasn't nearly as good.  How about an adjective for each loss on the farm?  How about nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea?

Casey Janssen is back, and Luis Perez has been sent to Las Vegas.

The top two stars on the night had very similar pitching lines as the farm went 4-4.

One at-bat, one hit-by-pitch for the Jays third base prospect, who then left the game but is reportedly OK.

The affiliates only lost three games last night. Two were in the lowest levels of the minors, which included an extra-inning game, while the other was a one-run game in Double-A. Former Blue Jays Robert Ray and Jayson Nix helped Las Vegas to victory, while Justin Nicolino and Nestor Molina had strong, albeit short, outings.

Just before the All-Star Break, Bauxite 92-93 was grumbling about John Farrell's tendency to cycle through relief pitchers, one inning at a time. I think I suggested that this was simply standard practise in the modern day (which by no means makes it a good idea), to which 92-93 responded that "Plenty of managers ask for 2 innings from their relievers, even in today's game."

Brett Lawrie fielded cleanly on four plays with Dunedin.  He was solid in the field and put the bat on the ball.  Jessie Litsch put on the dog, starting strong in 6 well pitched innings at Tuscon.

Hey, it's the details that I love...

Nine game, four wins.

The two highest ranking affiliates were in All-Star Game mode, while the lower levels produced some mixed results and a scandalous amount of unearned runs.

Every team nicknamed the Blue Jays were in action, save for Dunedin, and went 2-1 Tuesday.  The teams without the Jays moniker had the night off.

Bye, Juan.

In an odd, that''s-gonna-fail stab at  addressing a problematic hole in left field, earlier today the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired right-handed "hitting" outfielder Juan Rivera and cash from the Jays for a player to be named or cash. In a related move, to create roster space, LA OF Marcus Thames was designated for assignment.

In another thread, long-time Bauxite MatO captured this deal perfectly with the comment, "Who made the Rivera deal?  The bankruptcy judge? "

Balbino Fuenmayor led his team to victory as the farm went 2-4.

Now that we are at the '1/2 way point' (actually a bit past) I got to wondering if anyone is on pace for new records for a Blue Jay.

Today's POTD salutes the return of Roy Halladay to Toronto, even if it was in the wrong uniform.  ;D

Roy Halladay heads to the outfield during Phillies batting practice on Canada Day.