PHILADELPHIA — Nolan Perry’s quiet demeanour earned him a unique nickname from Dunedin Blue Jays manager Ryan Casteel during the month the right-hander spent in low-A to open the season.

“Skipper calls him the guard dog,” JoJo Parker, the Toronto Blue Jays’ first-round pick last year, said of his former teammate. “He sits by the door, watches everybody getting in and out of the clubhouse.”

Parker, however, prefers something else: “He's just the silent assassin.”

“Nolan’s gross,” Parker continued. “He's a very quiet guy, but he's a very, very good player and he's going to do really good things. It's really fun for me (playing behind him) on the infield. I didn't really get to do much. I just watched him dominate.”

The two of them reunited Sunday as the Blue Jays’ representatives in the annual All-Star Futures Game, won 6-1 by the American League over the National League. Canadian catcher Nathan Flewelling, a 19-year-old in high-A with the Tampa Bay Rays, hit a two-run homer to bag MVP honours, while Parker added an RBI double off the right-field wall, impressively turning around a 101.1 m.p.h. fastball from Miguel Sime Jr.

“There are a lot of future all-stars in this clubhouse and on that field, I just wanted to come here and have fun, and I absolutely did,” said Parker. “(Sime) threw me a first-pitch fastball, got jammed, was a little late to it, and then he threw a big breaking ball, he challenged........

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