Notebook: Carlos Delgado helps out the Herd

The Buffalo Bisons had one of the greatest Blue Jays of all time spend some time with the team over the weekend.

With 473 major-league home runs and 17 years of experience under his belt, Carlos Delgado joins the various affiliates of the Blue Jays to help mentor Toronto's farmhands. Now in his third season as special assistant to the Blue Jays, the two-time All-Star was on hand for Saturday and Sunday's games at Coca-Cola Field.

"These guys are obviously a little more polished than the guys I see at other levels in our organization. Our conversations are more complex. We're just trying to see where they are and try to simplify their approach and pump them up a bit. They're so close to the big leagues and hopefully some of these guys can make it up there," said the smiling Puerto Rican.

"At the end of the day we all want to hit the ball and get hits and do well. It's just funny how they can go about it in so many different ways."

One who has been working on some changes is Domonic Brown. With Delgado available, the outfielder made the most of the opportunity.

"I got in there with Carlos. I'm trying to take advantage of having him here. He's got me more in my legs, I was leaning out over the plate. Guys have been throwing me away a lot and I'm just trying to make adjustments. It felt pretty good today," said Brown after his three-hit game.

"A lot of guys got in the cage with Carlos. We've got some great guys here and we're starting to put some swings together."

Another Bison who has certainly been putting swings together also spent time with Toronto's former slugger.

"I just talked to him about his routine and what he did to make himself successful. That's the stuff that I like to listen to. Even just getting his thought process as well, because that applies to all hitters," stated Dalton Pompey, after picking up his 46th hit of the year.

As for Delgado's plans in the near future, he's headed out west to coach up the Vancouver Canadians, a Class-A affiliate of the Blue Jays, for a few days and will then proceed to enjoy his time mentoring more prospects while continuing to learn more about the game he loves.

"This is phenomenal. I get to learn the other side of the game, the coaching side. At the same time I get to stay in touch with the younger generation and learn the new trends, the new data in baseball, and I get to do some so mentoring. So it's cool."

Pompey still streaking

In the meantime, Pompey continues to swing a hot bat as Buffalo's leadoff man. With an infield single against the Knights on Sunday, the 23-year-old extend his hitting streak to 13 games -- the longest active streak in the International Leauge.

"The hitting streak is great but I know eventually it's going to come to an end. I don't know when that is but I'm going to ride this out as long as I can," said Pompey who then spoke candidly about why things always haven't gone as well as they are now.

"I think it just comes down to a focus thing. Sometimes I just kind of drift off mentally. I think that's probably it. [Now] I just try to go up there with a plan and try to stick to it."

Although the team went 2-5 against a couple of division leaders over the past week, Pompey still found situations at the plate each night that were beneficial to him.

"We just played Rochester and we faced three lefties in a row so that was a lot easier for my timing. I've been able to get into a rhythm from both sides. In this series too, I only hit left-handed, so that only helps me as a switch hitter."

Pompey now leads the Herd with a .309 batting average.

Bo knows strikeouts

Using a high 90's fastball, Bo Schultz has been a stabilization force at the back end of the Bisons' bullpen since being optioned back from the Blue Jays on May 22. Since then, the 30-year-old has made seven appearances, allowing just one run over 8.2 innings of work. Shultz has fanned nine batters over that time, three of which came in his most recent outing as the righty retired six straight.

"It was nice to get Schultz out there today. He looked really good for two innings," said manager Gary Allenson of Schultz's performance on Sunday.

"He came off of a couple pitches there but other than that he looked really good."

Across his 12 innings with the Herd this season, Schultz has punched out 11 batters while walking just two.