Adam Calderone hit three triples as Dunedin won.  Brad Mills, Brett Cecil and Luis Perez turned in excellent starts.  The GCL Jays saw their eight game win streak end and Auburn were bombed in Ripken-land for the second night in a row.  Syracuse also lost as Davis Romero struggled to make it a 3-3 night on the farm.

Lansing won in ten innings as Tim Collins blew his first save of the year.  The blown save opened the door for David Cooper, playing in his first game in the Midwest League, to single in the winning run.  The GCL Jays won both ends of a twin bill.  Otherwise Syracuse gave up nine runs, New Hampshire gave up eleven runs, and Auburn gave up nine runs, all in losing efforts.  Dunedin "only" gave up six runs.

3 shortstops + 2 catchers = 9 runs.  Who knew?

We now have Marcum and McGowan on the DL with AJ likely to be moving soon. So, who fills in those 3 open slots?

Asdrubal Cabrera was the big reason Syracuse had to settle for a doubleheader split at Alliance Bank Stadium, spoiling a good effort from a tall Canadian righthander.  Meantime, New Hampshire came up with a rare (and I do mean rare!) come from behind victory on the road while Dunedin had a promising start but a not-so-promising finish while having a rough night on the basepaths.

Per Jason Stark on SportsCenter. Presumably one less team to trade for Burnett.

The A's get Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson and Josh Donaldson.

A good night for the better Jay prospects hitting HRs.  Arencibia, Snider and Tolisano each went deep as the affiliates went 3-3 on the night.

With Sabathia traded AJ Burnett becomes one of the more attractive pitchers to trade for.

I wasn't able to follow yesterday's game. My custom in such circumstances is to immediately send Liam a text message as soon as possible to find out what's going on. Here's the exchange:

Me: Jays update?
Liam: Don't ask.
Me: We suck.
Liam: We sure do.

How often do the Fisher Cats win?  Rarely.  How often does Tim Collins give up a run?  Almost never.  What are the odds of both happening on the same day?  157,823,719,444:1.  Well, it happened.

The Indians have apparently traded C.C. Sabathia. To the other league.

Seven Cubs and seven Red Sox were selected to the two sides. Roy Halladay is the only Jay selected to play as Shaun Marcum misses the cut, and a record three Canadians make the team - Ryan Dempster, Justin Morneau and Russell Martin. Also, apparently they take about 32 players per league now, which seems like an awful lot.

It was a rather forgettable 2-4 night on the farm. Brett Cecil and Marc Rzepczynski made starts, but neither was particularly strong and its not performances like last night’s that have put those two at or among the top pitching prospects in the organisation. The more impressive pitching lines came in more limited duty, with Jared Potts providing fine relief and Celson Polanco rescuing a ninth inning that turned ugly quickly. Chase Lirette also made his first appearance of the year. There were a few good offensive performances, but instead of looking to Travis Snider and Scott Campbell, we need to turn out heads to a young, slick-fielding shortstop prospect and a first baseman trying to revive a once-promising career with Dunedin.

Bone and steel
Rictus grin

Angels of Anaheim 8, Jays 2. The Angels hang 12 hits on A.J. Burnett to snap his winning streak at two games. No point talking about a game like that. Instead, I have two unrelated findings.

Curtis Thigpen had six RBI's including a grand slam as Syracuse won.  Antonio Jiminez replaced Robby Diaz in the middle of the GCL game and drove in the tying run in the ninth and the winning run in extra innings.  Dunedin and Auburn also won.  New Hampshire and Lansing could only register two hits each.