New Hampshire, Vancouver, Dunedin and the DSL Blue Jays were triumphant on Tuesday.

It's almost six months to Christmas and teams decided to give for this half way to Christmas season. The Bisons scored their first five runs with just one hit. Erik Swanson came on in relief and decided to return the favour. Buffalo lost. Michael Dominguez was also in a giving mood. New Hampshire lost. Same for Nolan Perry who walked six in three innings. Dunedin lost. Tri-City walked the first Vancouver hitter of the game and he scored the only run to get Vancouver the win.

Its not just halfway to Christmas it's halfway through the baseball season. If we look at the hitters and ignore the complex leagues, all the hitters playing well are in AAA. Just looking at OPS first, nine of the top eleven have played in, or are in, AAA. Its the names you know, the guys in the big leagues along with Leo Jimenez, Riley Tirotta, Nathan Lukes, Alan Roden and Damiano Palmegiani. The two non AAA players are Dasan Brown and Victor Arias. Josh Kasevich is twelfth. If we look at wRC+ we add a couple of players like Jace Bohrofen and Nick Goodwin. They both have a 115 wRC+ in Vancouver which does not scream major leaguer.

Ask yourself, who is the best hitting prospect between New Hampshire and Dunedin? There are some names in the previous paragraph but none of them are today projected to be above average major leaguers.

Weather impacted play on Saturday. Buffalo were scheduled to play two but struggled to get one game in. Dunedin were rained out. Buffalo put up a football score in their game, the completion of Fridays suspended game. Several hitters had big games. Vancouver won while New Hampshire lost in extras.

Peyton Williams broke a 5-5 tie with a go ahead and game winning home run in the ninth inning to secure a win for Vancouver. Buffalo are in line for a win, they have an eleven run lead but their game was suspended due to rain. New Hampshire and Dunedin lost, Dunedin on an extra innings balk.

Buffalo hit five home runs on their way to a win. Dunedin just needed one home run in the eleventh inning to win. Vancouver did not hit a home run and lost. New Hampshire were rained out.

Thursday was the end of the first half of the season. No Jays team qualified for the playoffs.

Scranton/WB 8 Buffalo 2

New Hampshire 4 Reading 2

Vancouver 4 Tri-City 3

Dunedin 3 Daytona 2

Buffalo was on the wrong end of a slugfest while Dunedin and the Dominican Jays also lost. New Hampshire and the FCL Blue Jays won one-run games and Vancouver swept a doubleheader to give the affiliates a 4-3 record on Tuesday.

Four games and four sets of unhappy fathers. There were a few good performances but no wins. Yariel Rodriguez pitched. Orelvis hit his 16th home run. Leo Jimenez is back but it's slim pickings.

The affiliates all had very good starting pitching. Andrew Bash for Buffalo held Worcester hitless but Connor Cooke took the loss. Trenton Wallace pitched well but the Fisher Cats lost in eleven innings. Nolan Perry was very good but the D Jays only scored one run.

Vancouver were the exception. Ryan Jennings did well and Vancouver scored three late runs to win.

Victor Arias was the star of the day. He hit two home runs and drove in eight runs. Dunedin split a doubleheader. That was better than Vancouver who lost both ends of their doubleheader. Buffalo won while New Hampshire lost. New Blue Jay Braydon Fisher pitched well but had a bad result.

Ryan McCarty drove in the winning run for New Hampshire in the bottom of the tenth. Earlier New Hampshire blew a 6-0 lead after six innings and needed a run in the bottom of the ninth to extend the game. Adam Macko had started and pitched well. It was the only win for the affiliates. Buffalo were blown out. Vancouver also lost while Dunedin's game was suspended.

Buffalo 5 Worcester 2

Richmond 5 New Hampshire 0

Spokane 9 Vancouver 1

Dunedin 8 Bradenton 4 Game One

Dunedin 2 Bradenton 1 Game Two

Buffalo and New Hampshire were the triumphant teams on Tuesday. Dunedin and the FCL Blue Jays were washed out.

Three wins on Sunday. Buffalo scored six runs on ten hits and won by two. Andrew Bash is emerging as an important pitcher for the Bisons. Vancouver had three home runs to win 8-3. Jamari Baylor hit his third home run in four games. Dunedin scored eight runs supporting a strong start from Gage Stanifer. New Hampshire were the only losers.

Vancouver trailed 7-0 after six innings but they scored in the seventh, eighth and ninth to win 8-7. Dunedin also had a nice win. After several excellent performances at the top of the system on Friday, it was back to losing ways for Buffalo and New Hampshire.