Here's my latest ramble on the state of the Blue Jays. Enjoy (or not, as suits you).

The Jays have 12 wins and 11 losses, which is more or less the same record they had when April 2005 came to a close. Too much is made of early-season struggles – a similar month from any of these players would be relatively unnoticed in June or July – and since the AL East still looks screwy to me (three games separating first from last?), there's not much to analyze there.

But what's up with the Blue Jays' rotation?

David Purcey pitched the Chiefs to a win yesterday.  Roger Clemens could not a win pitching for the Fisher Cats right now, and neither did Ismael Ramirez.  Dunedin lost while Lansing were all wet, again.  Plus we talk with Sergio Santos and Ryan Houston.

Yesterday's game never happened.

Fours were lucky for the farm affiliates yesterday.  They went 2-1 with a rainout.

Boston and Tampa are widely held to have the best farm systems in the division. How are their top prospects doing? We start today with Boston.

Great pitching performances and late inning fireworks lead to a 3-1 night for the farm affiliates.

I was thinking, as I often do this time of year, of the late, great T. S. Eliot.

According to Jamie Campbell's Sportsnet Blog, Jason Frasor has been sent down and Dustin McGowan has been called up in his place.

Thanks to Bauxite binnister for the heads-up.

Due to some crossed wires, today's series report has been delayed.

In the meantime, here's a photographic summary of last night's game:

This weekend, I will be doing capsule summaries of the AL East minor league systems, as part of the minor league updates, and I need your help. On Saturday, I'll do the Boston and Tampa systems, and on Sunday, the New York and Baltimore systems. This thread is for Boston and Tampa only.

Lansing was the only team to get a victory yesterday behind the bats of Cory Patton and Brian Pettway.

Casey Janssen gets the call to The Show today, which means he's significantly more happy than Delmon Young. Syracuse had the day off, NH and Dunedin bored the hell out of me, but Lansing makes up for it.

The Jays cube the Orioles 8-2 and move to 11-8, one back of the Red Sox.

Billy Carnline gave up a lead off single and decided enough was enough. The affiliates went 2-1 on the night.