Vlad Guerrero played his fourth game on Thursday for the Dunedin Blue Jays. The man among the boys also hit his 4th homer. His OPS is a mere 1.550 in those games. One might surmise he is very close to being a Toronto Blue Jay instead. Robert Coello probably shouldn't get real comfortable. Otherwise, how was it for the farm on Thursday? They went 2-1 with one game suspended.

Read on for details.

The affiliates split their games last night behind a trio of solid starting pitching performances and an abbreviated outing from Chad Jenkins, who was returning from injury and on a pitch count.

Three teams played last night and they scored 28 runs, had 42 hits and there was a total of 51 runs scored in the three games.  Las Vegas had 19 hits and lost.   New Hampshire were rained out.  Travis 'd'Arnaud continued his hot streak as did Jon Talley.  Adam Lind and Yan Gomes had some hits and so did Vladimir Guerrero.   KC Hobson keyed a big comeback for Lansing.

I reached out to the Jays concerning Mitchell Taylor and I have been told he retired last spring. Obviously Taylor had some issues both during last season and in the off-season. The Jays wouldn't comment on specifics but they say Taylor is not on any roster at this time and has been placed on the voluntarily retired list.

Two touchdowns and five stolen bases by one of the affiliates highlighted Monday's action on the farm. Another affiliate scored eight runs less but still managed to get by while a perfect game and no-hit bid went up in flames. 

The two A-ball affiliates in Dunedin and Lansing combined for 22 runs and many hitters had outstanding nights at the plate.

The affiliates took three of four on Saturday with strong performances by top prospects sprinkled throughout.

When you outhit your opponents 57 to 31 and you outscore them 36 to 18 you have a good chance of a good night.  That’s just what happened Friday night on the farm, with our boys going 4 and 0.

None of the starting pitchers you are familiar with at the top of the prospect chart pitched tonight. In each case these are the "Other Guys" - the ones who might have some talent but do their work in the shadow of more attention grabbing individuals.Still, in 3 of 4 outings, the Jays farm hands prevailed.

Late inning heroics for the Lugnuts almost make up for four losses in the other games.

Only two games on the docket and Las Vegas were the only winners. New Hampshire were rained out and Lansing had a scheduled day-off.  Reportedly Adam Lind is on waivers which expire today.  Teams that were interested in him have had three games to get a good look at him before the deadline.  Lind had two more hits last night.

A 3-1 night for the affiliates and it could have easily been 4-0.  Two of the teams reached double digits in the run column and another made sure the opposition put up nothing but zeroes.

The affiliates won three games. Justin Nicolino and Aaron Sanchez were almost unhittable with just three hits allowed in eight combined innings.

Despite managing just eight runs combined over four games, the affiliates split Saturday thanks to some strong pitching and timely hitting.

Lansing and Dunedin, with .707 and .659 winning percentages stayed their courses, each bringing home the bacon.  Las Vegas (20-21) and New Hampshire (16-23) continued their struggles, each with sub .500 records on the year.

In every minor league affair involving a Blue Jays affiliate  on Thursday, the losing team scored a single run and 3 out of 4 times, that worked out in our favor.