A perfect night for the Blue Jay farm, featuring a somewhat more-than-perfect night for Ryan Patterson. Exaggeration? Not much.

Photo of the Day has been hitting at a blistering pace; Aaron Hill has not. Well, it worked for Russ Adams on Friday, so today's magical mojo will be focused on Hill.

Here he is, pulling back the bunt:

Alomar Division: Box founder Kent "Toronto Walrus" Williams challenges Mebion Glyndwr.

Barfield Division: Magic 9 mesmerizes opponents while former Alomar member Moscow Rats stake claim for promotion.

You'd think an All-Reggie Hall of Names team would be filled with colorful and talented players like that most famous of Reggies, Mr. Reginald Martinez Jackson.

And you'd be wrong.

Actually, you can put together about half of a pitching staff and a heck of an All-Star outfield, but the rest of the roster is quite ... well, just pick the adjective most similar to "barren" you like best.

Okay, you back? Then it's time to take a bite out of ...

A short while ago, I decided to release the secret recipes of Leverage Index, which you can read about here: Crucial Situations . I also generated the Leverage Index Chart . Then, just a few days ago, I licenced (for free) Fangraphs to use my WE and LI data, and here's how the Blue Jays look so far. Here is a recent see-saw Blue Jays game, which you can tell by the Leverage Index indicator. An LI of 1.0 means average, so you can see that this game was pretty stressful throughout, especially near the end. I think this is an exciting development, and we're fortunate that David has spent so much of his time in producing such quality work.

New Hampshire didn't start off very well -- a four game losing streak in the first week, then five losses out of six games to close out the month with only 8 wins in 22 games. Kevin Gray's article from Sunday morning contains the line: "If it weren't for the Wichita Wranglers of the Texas League, New Hampshire would own the worst winning percentage in all of Double-A baseball." That tells you pretty much all you need to know about the Fisher Cats, but, of course, more information on their "dismal start" follows.

Orlando Trias recorded the only win for the affiliates.  Lansing ran into a pretty good pitcher for A ball, Kerry Wood.  Syracuse faced Cole Hamels, one of the best pitching prospects in baseball.  Lansing and Syracuse lost in extra innings, New Hamshire lost in regulation.  Vinnie Chulk made a AAA appearance and gave up a home run, and Billy Carnline is human after all.

By request, here's Dustin McGowan from Friday night's Jays - Angels matchup:

A maddening ex-Jay defeats a maddening current Jay, Dave Bush has it going on, a couple of statistical notes on Your Fighting Jays, and much more! Okay, that's about it. But read anyway!

All four farm affiliates were visitors, and two were kind to their hosts.

Hey, no offense, minor league affiliates, but you had no offense last night. Syracuse won one, but nobody else did. I worked top-down on this Minor League Update and it started off well, but by the time I got to Lansing...well, see for yourself:

Rain helped Toronto avoid an organizational sweep Thursday, as only the postponement of the Pawtucket-Syracuse match meant that the SkyChiefs had no chance of joining the Blue Jays, FisherCats, Dunedin Jays and Lugnuts on the losing end of the scoreboard.

That's where you put baked beans on your ice cream, right?

This is my first series report of the year -- it's odd to think the season has been going for a month and I haven't written anything; at least Photo of the Day is batting .714, wih an OBP of .777, four runs scored, three RBIs and one home run in the early going.

The Lugnuts went 17-5 in April, as just about everything went right.  Shall we revel in the details?

Ladies and gentlemen, your Toronto Blue Jays - once more doing stuff that no other team in baseball does. It must be time for a Data Table.