Today was day two of my trip to minor league spring training.  On this day the AAA and AA teams played the Phillies.  I saw a two home run day, a solo home run, and in general good hitting by a number of Blue Jay prospects.

I also have some video of Mike McDade doubling to the wall from the right side (McDade is a switch hitter).

The starting pitcher for the AAA game was Mike MacDonald.  He was followed by Clint Everts and Bobby Korecky.

The highlights of this game were on the hitting side.  In his first two at-bats Darin Mastroianni saw two pitches and had two hits.  He also stole third base.  Later in the game I saw him, with a runner on base, lay down a sacrifice bunt that he turned into a hit when the catcher took a moment to freeze the runner.  Mastro also covered a lot of ground in centre field.

Adeiny Hechavarria also had a couple of hits and looked good in the field although he does have that side-arm throw to first.

I saw Brett Lawrie handle a couple of ground balls, one right over the bag on third and he looked to be moving well in the field.

In the AA game the pitchers were Ryan Shopshire, Frank Gailey, Ronald Uvideo and Alan Farina.

The star of the AA game was Brad Glenn who hit two home runs to right field (Glenn is a right handed hitter).  Glenn had a very strong start to the 2010 season but injured his shoulder and struggled through the middle of the year.

Another home run hitter was Moises Sierra who turned on a high fastball to deposit the ball over the left field fence.  Mike McDade doubled and that is our video of the day.

Here is the link to Vimeo for the video.

Canadian Dalton Pompey pinch hit late in the game and he singled and stole a base. 

In other news Scott Campbell has a pulled hamstring and is not playing.  I don't know what this means to his future.

The minor league staff have not seen David Cooper, he has been with the major leaguers all spring.

Doug Davis, the minor league coordinator, didn't want to talk too much about spring stats, he said that some players always struggle in the spring while others always do well in the spring.