Artificial Turf Wars

Greg and Josh discuss the up and downs of the recent Jays play, the effect of George Springer's absence, Vlad's adjustment to the adjustments, the problems with being too one-handed on offence, Stripling's impressive return to the rotation, Kikuchi's shift to the pen and what that could mean for the impending returns from injury for Tim Mayza and Julian Merryweather.

They also answer listener questions and give a Do Over and a tinfoil star to Tony La Russa.

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Greg and Josh go in depth on the trades for Mitch White and Alex De Jesus, Whit Merrifield and Zach Pop and Anthony Bass. They also discuss the deadline success overall and strategies for building bullpens both in and out of the season, the rotation driving the team's recent success and the announcement of upcoming Rogers Centre renovations.

Finally, they answer listener questions and give out a Gold Star to some deadline fun before paying homage to the late, great Vin Scully.

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Greg and Josh discuss the wacky, fun Red Sox-Blue Jays series that set all sorts of club records for the team, Raimel Tapia's hot bat, Alek Manoah's All-Star Game coming out party, the Cardinals missing two very key players for the upcoming short series in Toronto and the Blue Jays strategy that presented itself during the draft.

They also answer listener questions and give out both a Do Over and a Gold Star.

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Greg and Josh discuss the firing of Charlie Montoyo and the apparent reasons behind it, John Schneider transitioning into the manager role, some new Blue Jays All-Star representatives, a better turn through the rotation, Matt Chapman's "new swing", the return to form of Teoscar Hernàndez and some bullpen shuffling.

They also answer listener questions and hand out a combination Do-Over/Gold Star.

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Greg and Josh discuss the struggling Blue Jays from the starters not giving length, a set of middle relievers not keeping games close and an overall underperforming offence. They also talk about Lourdes Gurriel's continued surge, the welcome return of Yimí García, Vlad and Kirk making the All-Star game and the Band-Aid solutions of Sergio Romo and Anthony Banda to the bullpen.

They also answer listener questions and give out a couple of Gold Stars.

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Greg and Josh discuss the latest news and notes from the Blue Jays including the debut of the very impressive Gabriel Moreno, Hyun-Jin Ryu going down for the year and the impact that has on the rest of the staff including Nate Pearson, Julian Merryweather being hurt again, Yusei Kikuchi's struggles and the trouble with following him with Trevor Richards, Cavan Biggio returning to form and the offence overall hitting well of late.

They also answer listener questions and give out two Do Overs and a Gold star.

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Greg and Josh discuss the incredible run for Alejandro Kirk who has arguably become the best catcher in the league, Vlad's power returning at the expense of regular, good contact, Chapman rounding into form, strong rotation showings from Alek Manoah and José Berríos, Yusei Kikuchi's confounding inconsistency, Hyun-Jin Ryu's injury and what it means for both Ross Stripling as a starter and the bullpen's overall trustworthiness, and the injury to Danny Jansen and the doors that opens.

Finally they answer listener questions and give out a couple of Do Overs.

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Greg and Josh discuss the news and notes from the red hot Blue Jays. They talk about the close nature of most of the games, which has led to a very taxed bullpen, the strong starting pitching that has some cracks with Berríos struggling and Ryu hurt again, the strong offensive rebound from the club led by the two catchers, and the DFA of Ryan Borucki. They also answer listener questions and give a Do Over to Tommy Pham.

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Greg and Josh discuss the latest news and notes around the Blue Jays. They talk about Vlad and Springer starting to come around, Jansen continuing to mash in an odd way, the rest of the offence struggling as a whole, the very strong starting staff that is carrying the team, the bullpen's issues with missing bats and some minor roster moves.

They also answer listener questions, give a Do Over to Charlie Montoyo and a Gold Star to the Yankees and Rays social teams.

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Greg and Nick go over the news and notes from a rough week in Toronto. They discuss Kevin Gausman's continued brilliance, Stripling and Berríos having some rough outings, Romano's first disaster save attempt, changes to the baseball, Santiago Espinal emerging as a top hitter on the team, Teoscar maybe back too soon and the pending returns of Hyun-Jin Ryu and Danny Jansen.

They also answer listener questions.

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