The Mets and Pirates take center stage once again in this edition of the POTD.

Mets ace Johan Santana fires away against the Buccos at PNC Park August 22, 2010.

With about 20 games played in the 2011 season, two Blue Jays farm club teams are in the cellar in their respective league divisions, one in second place and one on top.  Las Vegas, suffering a current nine game losing streak is at the foot of the Pacific Coast League Pacific South Division with a 9 – 13  record.  Likewise, Dunedin, riding a 1 game winning streak, but  hurting from a weak start of the season, is 8 – 13, and at the bottom of the Florida State League North Division.

On brighter notes, Lansing is tops in the Eastern Division of the Midwest League with a 14 – 7  record and a three game winning streak.  And at 11 – 8 New Hampshire started out strong and are in second place in the Eastern League Eastern Division, despite a two game losing streak.

It struck me the other day that the Blue Jays staff doesn't have a lot of experience.

Specifically, I wondered if Ricky Romero, with just two seasons under his belt, might actually be second on the staff in career innings pitched.

The Lugnuts took both ends of a doubleheader. Which is two more wins than the rest of the farm.

Let the earth hide thee!
Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold;
Thou hast no speculation in those eyes
Which thou dost glare with.

Travis Snider has been optioned to AAA Vegas. He'll be joined by Chris Woodward, who has been outrighted to the 51s. Room is thus created on the active roster for CF Rajai Davis and 1B David Cooper.

No, really, we don't just publish threads for wins. But ... Mitch Moreland? Derek Holland? Cody Eppley? Really?

Rangers 7, Jays 6. (Discuss.)

P.S. Trivia time ... Texas has the second-best record in the AL right now. Without looking it up -- can you guess which team has the best?

A couple of pitching gems steal the show, and New Hampshire lets loose.

Today's POTD takes a look at the Jays most recent win of the walk-off variety.

Adam Lind holds Sam Fuld at first base after Fuld started the game with a single off lefty Jo-Jo Reyes.  He would score the game's first run and cross the plate three times thanks to a three-hit night with a pair of stolen bases.

A Tuesday night in Colorado Springs to forget for a recently demoted starter but a trio of outfielders is on the comeback trail.  It was a 1-for-3 night for the affiliates but the one was a walk off win in extras.

And the Jays win their second straight in Arlington.

22 games corresponds to about 13.6% of the season. That's as good a time as any to take stock, right? No? Well, whatever.

It was a good win for the Jays tonight. The offense came out of their weekend funk with a nine hit, five walk performance, and three of the hits (homers by Patterson, Bautista and Rivera) gave Drabek enough support to pick up his second win. Let's go through what each member of the line-up did tonight and see where they're at on the season.

The Batter's Box Institute For Finding Meaningless Patterns Which Inform the Naming of Minor League Updates would like to inform you that all three minor league contests on Monday night ended in scores whose sums were 11. Only the best here at Batter's Box.

I may have mentioned this before sometime.

Random shots from last April during a game at Citi Field involving the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers and from last August at PNC Park when the Mets visited the Pittsburgh Pirates.


New York Mets ace Johan Santana delivers.

This could be a problem...