The affiliates won three of five for a triumphant Tuesday.

Seems required. The story so far:

I'd like to ruffle his plumage
That Baltimore Oriole

Road trip! Beginning with a double-header against the division leaders.

The hitters returned after a quiet Saturday. Cade Doughty and Arjun Nimmala were among the hitters going deep. The starting pitchers for the top three affiliates combined to allow one earned run. Buffalo and New Hampshire won while Vancouver lost to a team with two hits in the game. Dunedin didn't have a good start and lost.

Nolan Perry had an amazing 23 whiffs in his start against Fort Myers. Dunedin won. Lazaro Estrada also had a very good start for New Hampshire but the lack of supporting offense gave him the loss. Rafael Sanchez was victimized by three errors and Vancouver lost. Buffalo also lost. The four North American minor league teams accumulated 18 hits between them. No hitter had a multi hit game.

Dunedin went behind Fort Myers in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth innings but came back to win the game. Buffalo, New Hampshire and Vancouver also won. It has been a while since we had an org sweep on the farm.

We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't we're gonna blow a fifty-amp fuse

It's the defending champs.

New Hampshire hadn't scored a run since last Friday but on Thursday they scored five with 13 hits and won with a walk off. Streak ends! Buffalo picked up another win against the Mets. Vancouver and Dunedin lost. Connor O'Halloran will be having nightmares about his start for the C's.

The FCL season ended on Thursday. It was a tough season for the Jays and there are few players worth talking about.

Reading 7 New Hampshire 0
Hillsboro 4 Vancouver 2
Fort Myers 8 Dunedin 1
Buffalo 6 Syracuse 2

Boxscores

Buffalo walked it off and the Dominican Jays were also winners. New Hampshire was shut out, Vancouver lost and Dunedin was no-hit.

Clash of the also-rans!

I figure this is what we are all thinking about with the Jays odds at FanGraphs for playoffs down to 1.1% now. (2.7% at Baseball Prospectus). So lets do a thread for just this.

After a no win Saturday it was headed to be a repeat, a no win Sunday. The only hope for a win was Vancouver but they trailed 6-5 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Cue Brennan Orf who delivered a two run double to turn a 4 loss into a one win Sunday. We treasure these small wins these days.

It was a no win Saturday on the farm. Buffalo and New Hampshire went to extra innings and both lost. Vancouver lost in the ninth inning. The FCL Jays lost twice. Dunedin were rained out.

Buffalo and Scranton combined for six hits through ten innings. Buffalo won in ten innings with a wild pitch. Vancouver scored three runs without a hit but lost in extra innings. New Hampshire won a 3-2 game but Dunedin had all the hits and won comfortably. DBowden Francis, Devereaux Harrison, Kendry Rojas and Nolan Perry all pitched well.