Chalk up 3 more wins as the three highest levels teams followed the parent club in winning and low A Charleston had the night off.

What's the point of previewing a draft if you don't have a mock draft to go with it?

The sample sizes are a little bigger, the flashes in the pan have started to fade, and we’re getting a clearer picture of the Blue Jays’ top prospects. Only one or two players are having truly breakout seasons, but a lot of blue-chip prospects are rounding into shape. Here’s your May 2004 Farm Report.

Given the following season-to-date statistics, which outfielder would you choose?

Name	PA	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GPA
Player A	189	.322	.377	.466	.843	.286
Player B	244	.335	.381	.409	.790	.273

As an armchair manager you'd probably be well-off with either of these players, but in this case I'm forcing you to make a decision.

If batting statistics aren't enough for you, I'm happy to report that in their time spent in right field, both players have been almost equivalent fielders. Player A has a lower fielding percentage but higher zone rating; both men's range factor is essentially equal.

Have you made up your mind yet? Click the link below to find out which player you now call your own.

Reader and regular Thomas Ayers takes a look around the minors and picks out ten Ken Phelps All-Stars, guys who are trapped inthe minors when they belong in the Show. Part 2 will be here later this week; for now, here are the first five. Thanks Thomas!

We had a fun conversation yesterday about video games. I thought I'd continue it by discussing five old school baseball video games. Feel free to discuss any game, past or present, baseball or non-baseball.

The final pre-draft NCAA adjusted hitting and pitching statistics for 2004 (which will be current to May 30) will be released today, tomorrow, or Thursday, depending on how many delays I encounter. Today, however, I thought that I would take up an idea of Aaron Gleeman's and look at some of this year's surprise performers. They are the guys who came out of nowhere to put up big numbers in 2004 - the "Nowhere Men". All of these guys finished in my Top 100 hitters or Top 100 pitchers, which I posted on Friday.

The Memorial Day fireworks went off in Syracuse and Charleston yesterday as the SkyChiefs and Alley Cats enjoyed offensive explosions. New Hampshire and Dunedin battled hard, with the Blue Jays emerging victorious and the Fisher Cats… well, they’ll get ‘em next time!

News filtered down today that promising starting pitcher Justin Miller is going on the disabled list with a right hamstring injury. And now, staff ace Roy Halladay has been scratched from tonight's start due to soreness. Let's hope he can go tomorrow, or barring that, that Doc doesn't need a trip to the DL himself.

Justin Speier and Chris Woodward have begun their rehab assignments in Dundedin, so perhaps we've seen the worst as far as injuries go.

Jesse Harper was designated for assignment, but chances are good he'll clear waivers. Could this be a prelude to putting David Bush onto the 40-man roster and bringing him up to help out the hobbled pitching staff?

Or you're gonna get hurt yourself
Someone's gonna tell you lies
Cut you down to size

Three of the Jays minor league teams fail to win a game for the second straight day. Jesse Harper pitched well again for Dunedin. Francisco Rosario blew up good with a sore arm and Josh Banks has been promoted to AA. Chris Woodward and Justin Speier have been added to the Dunedin roster.

Much like its Canadian magazine equivalent, the Walrus stumbled a little last week, and the rest of the BBFL's Alomar Divison continued to take advantage. Riding All-Star performances from Mike Sweeney and Michael Barrett, the K-Town Mashers thumped the Walrus 7-4, pulling Coach's squad down and ever closer to the slavering hordes bunched below. One team in particular was the main beneficiary.

Just how bad it had gotten
And just how sick I had become

You think Toronto's baseball team has been a disappointment? What about a team that won 116 regular season games three years ago and over 90 wins each of the last two, and now sits at 18 and 31 (3.5 games worse than the Jays).

The M's replaced a young Carlos Guillen with an old Rich Aurilia and have lost on the deal. 2003 bullpen linchpin Rafael Soriano had dead arm to start the year and is now injured. Defensive anchor Mike Cameron departed in the off-season and young starters Gil Meche and Joel Pineiro have struggled. Edgar Martinez might finally be nearing the end of his shelf-life and there isn't much on the farm that will jump-start the offence.

Seattle has the worst slugging percentage in the American League and are 13th in runs scored.

I'm still visiting friends and family in Toronto, so this installment of the Scout will unfortunately be free of analysis and anecdotes. To get you started on the series, though, I've posted the lineups, probables and bullpen breakdown of the struggling M's. Note that flamethrowing reliever Rafael Soriano is on the DL and will not pitch this week.

Stay tuned on Thursday for a super-charged Advance Scout, previewing the Jays' series against our friends from Oakland. In the meantime, it was great meeting Named for Hank, Bird Droppings, Thomas, #2Brumfield and the gang in 518 yesterday. Coach was great company, as always.

Enjoy the series!