New Hampshire had 20 hits and lost while none of the other three afiliates did more than half that number while all emerging victorious.

As the Jays kick-off a short trip to Seattle, which will be their only trip to the Pacific Northwest this year, and hope for a mini-sweep, the farm teams completed a mini-sweep of their own, as an off-day and a postponement meant that there were only two games in the system last night and Toronto’s affiliates won both.

The good guys win a close one in Seattle, although for me it was one of those games that seem a lot easier than the box score suggests.  I never felt the jays were going to lose this one.  Cecil got the win going 6 1/3 solid Innings and Gregg got his twelfth save, albeit a rather nervous one as he let a couple of hitters reach base after getting the first two outs.

So here we are at the quarter pole with the Jays sitting a surprising seven games clear of sea level.

It was a .500 night on the farm.  The bad news saw a rehabbing Jays pitcher get rocked as well as an extra innings loss.  On the flip side, the only affiliate on the road picked up a win and a couple of Canadians carried the big lumber in a walk-off victory.

Bobby Bell was promoted to AA to start the season and he has had a mix of starts, some good, some not so good.  Bell was drafted in the 18th round of the 2008 draft.  Initially Bell was used as a reliever, he had one of the best change-ups in the system and his control was excellent, he didn't walk a batter in that first season.

Jose Bautista has hit three home runs in the past two days, and now has 11 on the season, tied for third in all of baseball. In a season filled with "who saw this coming?", well.... who saw this coming???!

There were only two games on the minor league schedule on Monday night, but we can still say it was a perfect night.

Travis Snider has been placed on the 15 day DL (retroactve to May 15) with a sprained right wrist. The Jays will activate Edwin Encarnacion tomorrow. Randy Ruiz is in the lineup tonight as the DH, hitting ninth. Fred Lewis will be in RF, Adam Lind in LF.

Good ol' Baseball Reference has just eaten up more of my time. They added WAR (Wins Above Replacement) ratings for all of the Jays era and beyond. So, who are the best Jays by this measure and do we agree with it at all?

I take it as an article of faith that if I really pay attention, every time I see a major league game I'll see something I've never seen before.

Only three games on Sunday but that doesn't mean there wasn't good news for Jays fans.

Like #2 JBrumfield I took my camera to a Jays game.  In this case it was Friday nights slugfest between the Rangers and the Jays.  Here are some of my favourite pictures from that night.

Saturday was ike Friday, three affiliates won, Las Vegas being the only loser, and Adam Calderone was the hitting hero again.  Calderone drove in the first three Fisher Cat runs in support of Kyle Drabek.  Drabek was matched up against Casey Kelly, one of Boston's top prospects.  Drabek pitched seven shutout innings for the win.

Henderson Alvarez had to face Jimmy Rollins as well as the rest of the Clearwater side and he pitched six shutout innings and kept Rollins off the bases.  Jon Tolisano had three hits including a home run.  Dunedin and Clearwater also finished a game suspended earlier in the season and Dunedin won that one too.  Adeiny Hechavarria hadone hit in each game and so far is hitting the ball on the ground most of the time.

Lansing were down 3-0 in the eighth but came back to win.  Brad Mills had a rough start and Las Vegas were blown out.

Ricky Romero rickrolled the Rangers with his first complete game shutout and Jose Bautista went deep twice in the Jays 6-0 win over Texas Saturday afternoon at the Dome.