Lehigh Valley 12 Buffalo 5

Binghamton 8 New Hampshire 5

Vancouver 9 Eugene 4

Tampa 9 Dunedin 8

The Blue Jays were three-up, two-down in the win-loss column on Tuesday. The Dominican Jays did not play because of lightning.

Alan Roden hit a grand slam for Buffalo but it wasn't enough as Buffalo lost in extra innings. New Hampshire almost played extra innings but they scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Vancouver scored their winning run in the eighth. The Dunedin game ended early after Yeuni Munoz suffered an injury and had to be carried off the field. In total three wins for the affiliates.

Vancouver and Dunedin were Friday's winners. Arjun Nimmala stayed hot.

There wasn't much to talk about on the field with all the affiliates losing so lets take a look at how the Jays prospects are doing now that we have passed mid-season.

Rochester 3 Buffalo 1

Portland 8 New Hampshire 5

Everett 6 Vancouver 2

Dunedin 6 Clearwater 3

Buffalo was blown out and New Hampshire lost. Dunedin won by a touchdown and Vancouver won by one. The Florida Complex League Jays won while the Dominican Jays were rained out.

This is an unusual week. Normally there is no Monday baseball and teams play from Tuesday to Sunday. But this week the teams play Monday through Saturday, with Sunday off. On the field Buffalo held on for a one run win, Dunedin had a nice win but Vancouver's win streak ended. New Hampshire also lost. Errors were a big factor on Monday, maybe it's the fact of having to play on a Monday.

Phil Clarke, Gabriel Cancel, Steward Berroa and Arjun Nimmala all were worthy of attention for their recent play.

Vancouver keep on rolling with another win. It's a red hot start to the second half of the season. Aaron Sanchez was excellent for Buffalo as new Bison Gabriel Cancel homered again. Dunedin won a rain shortened game while New Hampshire were rained out.

Vancouver won their eighth game in a row, a great start to the second half. That was the only win on Saturday.

New Hampshire had just five hits but it was enough to win. Jackson Hornung led Vancouver to a nooner win, their seventh in a row. The FCL Jays had an epic comeback win despite having one hit through eight innings. The DSL Jays have another pitcher to watch. Buffalo lost while Dunedin were rained out.

Buffalo had to use Nick Fraze as a spot starter and he and Luis Quinones did very well keeping Syracuse off the score board. Buffalo scored five to win. Jeff Wehler his a big home run to deliver a come from behind win for Vancouver. Ryan McCarty homered and had three hits total but that was not enough for New Hampshire. Arjun Nimmala, back in Dunedin, homered in a losing cause.

Syracuse 7 Buffalo 4

Hartford 12 New Hampshire 6

Vancouver 3 Hillsboro 1

Lakeland 4 Dunedin 2

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.