Gerry has been doing a great job filling the POTD void in my prolonged absence.  Here are some shots of the Jays 9-3 victory over the A's Sunday afternoon at the Rogers Centre.

A couple of big name pitching prospects came up small on Sunday.

Today's subject of the minor league POTD is Henderson Alvarez.  For Alvarez we have photos of the day plus video of the day.  Alvarez is off to another hot start with a 0.37 ERA in four starts for Dunedin.  Alvarez just turned 20 in April and is one of the younger players in the FSL.  Last year Alvarez had a 3.47 ERA in Lansing in 23 starts.

Look, no one said this was going to be easy.

New Hampshire took a 5-1 lead into the ninth inning Saturday and with Tim Collins and Danny Farquhar in the bullpen it was game over, right?  Not so fast.  Collins was touched for three runs and Farquhar for five to put the Fisher Cats down 9-5 heading to the bottom of the ninth.  Game over, right?  Not so fast.  Eric Thames hit a three run home run, his second, followed shortly thereafter by a two run walk-off home run by Adam Calderone.  The fans in Manchester got their money's worth with this game.

Las Vegas won with a team effort.  Dunedin won behind good pitching from Chuck Huggins and Lansing also had a walk off win.

Kyle Drabek pitched well, again, and Brad Emaus hit a three run home run in the first inning to lead the Fisher Cats to victory.  Dunedin also won in a pitchers duel that went ten innings.  Brad Mills was not at his best and Las Vegas lost.  Lansing gave up eight runs in the eighth and lost also.

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Before I was even born - it's such a gamble when you get a face. It's fascinating to observe what the mirror does, but when I dine it's for the wall that I set a place.

A mixed night on the farm as New Hampshire scored more runs than the other three affiliates combined as the Junior Jays finished 2-2.

April generally gives us a good reason or two to scratch our heads.

The farm system was perfect last night, as the affiliates won three games and Las Vegas had the day off. None of the affiliates gave up more than two runs, but none of the starters made it out of the sixth inning.

Due to time constraints and being on the road, this will be quick.  The affiliates went 3-1 on the night and one of the Jays top pitching prospects gets his first professional win.

Today's subject of the POTD is Kenny Wilson.  Wilson is off to a good start in 2010 after spending a lot of 2009 on the DL.

The Jays played their wildest game of the year, and must have made AA jealous sitting up there in his box and not getting in on the action. He felt the itchy trigger finger, and after the game, the club designated Merkin Valdez and Jeremy Accardo for assignment, to be replaced by Josh Roenicke and Rommie Lewis. (Via Jordan Bastian's Twitter)

After Monday's ridiculous slugfest, the Jays shuffled the bullpen chairs a little.