Blue Jays Talk

Following Wednesday's series win in South Florida, Blake Murphy looks back on the performance that helped restored some Jays fans' faith. He breaks down the metrics of with Sportsnet Blue Jays producer Chris Black, who joins him in-studio! Next, Blake welcomes Rinku Singh, a.k.a. Veer Mahaan, to tell share his multi-talented journey from cricket to baseball to professional wrestling (29:27)! Later on, MLB.com’s Mike Petriello checks in with his take on the state of the Jays, before taking a look around the Major League headlines (50:20). Lastly, since it's Draft Day in the NBA, Blake brings on Samson Folk of Raptors Republic to get his thoughts on two of Toronto’s teams: the Jays’ season to date and the Raptors’ future plans (01:18:45).

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Ben Ennis breaks down the Blue Jays' 6-3 win over the Marlins to leave Miami with a series win! He takes your calls and texts, and gets to the six Kevin Gausman innings over which he let up three earned runs. Ben discusses the move to go to the bullpen, including terrific relief work from Erik Swanson, Trevor Richards, and Jordan Romano. Plus, has the offence - including Matt Chapman - woken up?

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Led by an impressive start by Yusei Kikuchi and some good decision making by manager John Schneider, host Blake Murphy is ecstatic to talk about a Jays victory! He brings on MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson to look back on the much need win and talk about the continued lack of run scoring by the team. Next, Blake checks in with Canadian pitching prospect Kaleb Thomas (32:00)! Kaleb is a part of the Mississauga Tigers High Performance Program, a Missouri State commit, and was the first Indigenous player on Canada’s junior national team back in 2021. In the second hour, Blake is joined by Foul Territory’s Scott Braun to look around the Majors and how Vlad Jr. can perhaps get that #FTBoost (50:30). Next, Traci Sorell, an American author and enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, discusses her latest release Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series and why she thought it was important to tell this true story in a children’s book (01:27:32).

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 2-0 win over the Marlins to even the series in Miami! They take your calls and break down the start from Yusei Kikuchi, who allowed just two hits and no runs over six innings of work. How much did that help out the bullpen? Plus, they discuss John Schneider's decisions working out tonight, including pinch hitting Santiago Espinal late and bringing out Tim Mayza with runners on the corners to protect the lead.

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A trip down to South Beach did not help remedy any of the Blue Jays' woes, as the team suffered their first shutout in 91 games. Host Blake Murphy is joined by play-by-play voice Ben Wagner live from Florida to share his perspective on the 11-0 loss from up in the broadcast booth. Next up, Blake welcomes Player Development Analyst for Marquee Sports, Lance Brozdowski to break down one of the few overall positives from this Jays' season with a look towards the pitching staff and their efficiency (32:20). Later on, Blake brings on The Athletic’s Kaitlyn McGrath to chat about her recent piece identifying the reasons for Toronto fans to be both optimistic and pessimistic (55:26). To wrap things up, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com shares some more insight into the Marlins' young and exciting team and forecasts the group's ceiling this season (01:20:41).

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Sho Alli breaks down the Blue Jays' 11-0 loss to the Marlins to kick off the series in Miami. He takes your calls and texts, and tries to parse through the blame game: is this the fault of one person? Does it fall on John Schneider, Ross Atkins, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., all of the above? How do you solve the rut the team is in? Plus, Sho chats the 4.0 IP from José Berríos, which has further taxed the bullpen - how does the team navigate the reliever usage going forward?

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After another disappointing weekend, host Blake Murphy has no choice but to look back on the numbers that led to Sunday's disheartening loss. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi joins the fray to find some Blue Jays optimism from an outside perspective, before taking a look around baseball to identify some very early trade deadline targets. Next, we head to New York with Esteban Rivera of FanGraphs to get his views on the A.L. East, specifically the struggling Yankees, and the Jays' refusal to gain ground in the meantime (31:34). Ben Nicholson-Smith of At The Letters kicks off the second hour diagnosing the Jays’ recent woes, before looking ahead to Toronto's upcoming favourable stretch that could change the tides (49:47). We wrap up in sunny Miami with Jessica Blaylock of Bally Sports, who shares what's behind the Marlins' strong first third of the season ahead of the team's upcoming series against the Jays (01:19:15).

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Sho Alli breaks down the Blue Jays' 11-7 loss to the Rangers to wrap up the series in Texas. He takes your calls and texts, and discusses the collapse - can that be blamed on any one person? He chats about how all facets of the team have not yet played well at the same time this season, and addresses calls to blow up the current roster. Plus, a discussion on Chris Bassitt's second straight subpar outing, Nate Pearson's uncharacteristic blow up, and Adam Cimber once again getting hit hard.  

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Sho Alli and Julia Kreuz break down the Blue Jays' 4-2 loss to the Rangers in Texas. They take your calls and texts, and discuss the pitching performances on a bullpen day, including Trevor Richards and Bowden Francis - is that combo enough to get the Jays to the All-Star Break? What do the Jays really have in Bowden Francis? They also get to the offensive woes once again, and a controversial managerial decision in seeing Daulton Varsho getting pinch-hit for Alejandro Kirk - what went into that? Plus, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. got aboard three times, including an RBI single - could this be something to build on for him?

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Sho Alli breaks down the Blue Jays' 2-1 win over the Rangers to kick off the series in Texas! He takes your calls and texts, and discusses the six innings and one run from Kevin Gausman - how important of an outing was that given the bullpen day coming up? He gets to the usage of the bullpen, including appearances from Erik Swanson, Tim Mayza, and Jordan Romano to slam the door on the Rangers offence. Plus, a chat on the bats, who get a two-run blast from Danny Jansen and nothing else - should Jano bat higher in the order? Should Vladdy Jr. move down? What's the answer for the struggling offence?

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