Some nights your minor league update struggles to find players to put in the three stars. This was not the case on Friday. Otto Lopez had four hits with two home runs. Three other players had three hits. Thomas Hatch went seven innings. Riley Tirotta scored the winning run for Vancouver by singling, stealing two bases, and scoring on a two out bunt.

Buffalo, Vancouver, Dunedin and the FCL Jays all won. New Hampshire were the only losers.

New Hampshire hit four home runs, two from Orelvis Martinez, on their way to racking up 17 runs. Dunedin used two home runs in the last inning to turn a loss into a win in game one of their doubleheader. They scored eight runs in game two without a home run. While New Hampshire and Dunedin were feasting on runs, Buffalo and Vancouver were fasting, Vancouver had just one hit in ten innings.

Things have not gone as planned for the 2022 Tigers.

Buffalo, New Hampshire and Dunedin won Wednesday. Vancouver didn't.

The affiliates were 0-3 Tuesday. Dunedin's game in Clearwater was rained out. Those teams will play two today.

Another short-handed team crosses the border.

Buffalo used eight pitchers in a 1-0 win. New Hampshire used seven pitchers in a 9-7 win. Orelvis Martinez had a big day. Another hitter with a big day was Jommer Hernandez for Vancouver who homered in the ninth for the game winning hit. The disappointment of the day was Dunedin who lost both ends of a doubleheader.

Buffalo and New Hampshire fell behind early but both won. Orelvis Martinez and Adam Kloffenstein had big games for the Fisher Cats. Vancouver also fell behind early but in their case no comeback was forthcoming. The FCL Jays also lost while the rains fell on Dunedin.

Yusei Kikuchi and a Spencer Horwitz home run was the recipe for a Buffalo win. A pair of two run home runs helped Vancouver roll off another win, their ninth straight. New Hampshire and Dunedin were losers while the FCL Jays split a pair.

The second half begins at the damp and moldy home of the Red Sox. There are some who think Fenway Park is quaint, but mostly it's old.

Do I have a time-waster, for a day with no baseball? Is the bear Catholic? Does a Pope (that's enough of that...)

Baseball has always had the best all-star game, despite the best efforts of the people who run the game to screw that up as well. And every few years, I update this lengthy piece about the mid-season classic and toss it up here...

The MLB Draft concludes today with rounds 11-20. You can follow the MLB Draft by clicking here.

Day two of the MLB Draft continues with rounds 3-10. The Toronto Blue Jays have a bonus pool of $8,372,100 to work with. For the MLB.com draft tracker, click here.

Damiano Palmegiani hit a grand slam enough to give Vancouver a six game series sweep of Hillsboro. Speaking of sweeps Dunedin swept a doubleheader from St Lucie. Rainer Nunez and Gabriel Martinez had four hits each in game one. Dasan Brown was key in game two. Nine bases for Nunez. Buffalo and New Hampshire lost through their bullpens.