Blue Jays Talk

Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 5-4 extra innings win vs. the Astros to take the series in Houston! They take your calls, and get right to some late dramatics, including Chase Lee taking the mound in the tenth over Louis Varland, Yordan Álvarez not sliding into second base and getting tagged out in extras, and some late rockets from both Ernie Clement and Jesús Sánchez. Plus, they discuss what it means for the team to win three straight series, and look ahead to the coming gauntlet of AL East opponents in the schedule over the next few weeks.

 

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Blake Murphy is joined by Blue Jays Central’s Madison Shipman to discuss Chad Dallas’ innings, Alejandro Kirk’s swing, and Ross Atkins’ comments on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s season. Afterwards, Geoff Pontes (24:41) of Baseball America shares his intrigue about Jays prospect Dasan Hill and the recent impress track record of Toronto’s drafting. Following that, Lance Brozdowski (49:53) explains why the Jays organization can bring the best out of Jose Soriano and MLB franchises seeking out particular pitch mixes. Lastly, WFAN660 host Emmanuel Berbari (1:20:12) breaks down the Yankees and the AL East.

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 7-2 loss vs. the Astros as the series is evened at one game apiece in Houston. They take your calls and texts, and get to Trey Yesavage departing the game after two innings with left knee discomfort - we hear from John Schneider post-game on the injury and how concerning it is moving forward. They discuss Chad Dallas' job in relief, and once again chat about the offence scuffling - if Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is going to continue to struggle, could it benefit him to sit down the stretch?

 

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Blake Murphy is joined by the Athletic’s Keith Law to discuss Toronto deciding to move Arjun Nimmala and what they got in Ty Southisene and Brett Bateman. Following that, Sportsnet’s Ben Shulman (29:51) discusses the tense locker room on Deadline Day and looks ahead to the rest of the season. Later, FanGraphs’ Dan Szymborski (51:53) talks the Braves, Yankees and other teams that stood out from their transactions on Monday. Lastly, Josh Reddick (1:15:46) of Crush City Territory talks about new Blue Jay Spencer Arrighetti, the Astros’ deadline, Tatsuya Imai and more.

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 3-1 win vs. the Astros to open the series in Houston! They take your calls and texts, and discuss the team looking looser post-deadline - is that because of no more deadline speculation around the clubhouse? They get into Alejandro Kirk smashing a solo bomb to open the scoring, Shane Bieber striking out six over 5.2 IP, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continuing to struggle - are the at-bats actually getting worse? Plus, they go over the deadline moves one more time, and debate the lack of a bat amongst them.

 

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