Blue Jays Talk

Sho Alli and Nick Ashbourne break down the Blue Jays' 3-2 loss vs. the Rangers to wrap up a series sweep in Toronto. They take your calls and texts, and discuss the wild pitch that got away from Louis Varland in the eighth inning to score the eventual game-losing run - how has so much gone so wrong for the Jays? Will John Schneider pay the price if this gets even worse? They get into Shane Bieber's second outing of the year, discuss the leverage opportunities for the bullpen including Jeff Hoffman, and chat about the small things not being done right by the team. Plus, mid-show, they react live to Stephen Eustáquio scoring for Canada at the World Cup, and to the historic 1-0 Canada win over South Africa in Los Angeles!

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Sho Alli and Nick Ashbourne break down the Blue Jays' 7-4 loss vs. the Rangers that also guarantees a series loss in Toronto. They take your calls and texts, and discuss Vladimir Guerrero Jr. going 0-for-5 in the loss - does he need a day off to mentally reset at this point? They also get into the cascading effects of many losses this season - is the lack of offensive production hurting the bullpen when they have to make a ton of appearances? Plus, they get into Dylan Cease, who struck out ten but walked five over 4.2 IP, and discuss the MLB debut of Sean Keys.

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 5-4 loss vs. the Rangers in Toronto. They take your calls and texts, and discuss another comeback that fell short once more - can the offence manage early runs against an opposing starting pitcher? They also get into Patrick Corbin, who allowed five earned runs over 4.1 IP - is that the last we'll see of Corbin in a Jays uniform? Plus, could Sean Keys simply replace an injured Jesús Sánchez if (when) he gets officially called up in the next few days?

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Blake Murphy is joined by David Singh of Sportsnet to diagnose why Kevin Gausman has struggled over his past two starts and John Schneider’s postgame comments on Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Afterwards, Kennedi Landry (30:03) of MLB.com pops by to talk Corey Seager, Mackenzie Gore, and the Texas Rangers. Bradley Woodrum (49:55) of Baseball Prospectus talks about the state of stolen bases, working counts as a hitter and the pope watching the Chicago White Sox. Lastly, 2018 MLB All-Star Jed Lowrie (1:15:02) joins to break down why he thinks Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is trying to do too much and Kazuma Okamoto's season thus far.

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 6-5 loss vs. the Rangers to open the four-game series in Toronto. They take your calls and texts, and get to the late-game comeback that fell just short. They dive in on Kevin Gausman getting hammered early on, how the starting pitching has not gone very deep in games frequently this year, and the offence's inability to get it going early on. Plus, they discuss the day's news that Ernie Clement was the AL's leading vote-getter and is headed to the All-Star Game, and get into whether or not Kazuma Okamoto deserves to be the starter at third base in Philadelphia later this summer.

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Blake Murphy is joined by Dan Shulman to talk about the various blunders on Wednesday against the Astros and what he observed during Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s batting practice pregame. Afterwards, Davy Andrews (29:29) of Fangraphs joins to discuss how the Alejandro Kirk-Brandon Valenzuela platoon has looked and the art of challenging as a catcher. Levi Weaver (50:03) of the Athletic provides a Texas Rangers check-in and what his Trade Deadline Big Board is speculating. Lastly, Buffalo Bisons pitcher Adam Macko (1:14:19) discusses the nerves ahead of his MLB debut in May, pitching at Yankee Stadium and what Jays management want him to work on.

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Jeff Blair and Sho Alli break down the Blue Jays' 3-1 loss vs. the Astros to drop the series in Toronto. They take your calls and texts, and discuss the Jays playing a sloppy brand of baseball - what happened in the top of the eighth inning with Jeff Hoffman and Kazuma Okamoto? Did Luis Urías make an avoidable baserunning error in the bottom half of the eighth? How do they get back to fundamentally sound baseball moving forward? Plus, they chat about Trey Yesavage allowing one run - but issuing five walks - over 5.2 IP, and discuss the lack of offence against Mike Burrows - how does the offence get it going, and when will George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. turn it on more consistently?

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Blake Murphy is joined by Zach Worden to break down the loss to the Astros including Shane Bieber’s return. Johnny Prokos (30:51) of the “Johnny I Pro Show” comes in-studio to discuss his family hotdog stand outside of the Rogers Centre, his Blue Jays fandom and more. Afterwards, Fangraphs’ Ben Clemens (49:55) analyzes the changes in how prospects are evaluated and what the numbers suggest about Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s struggles. Lastly, Sam Blum (1:20:33) of the Athletic discusses what players are saying on the looming MLB lockout.

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Jeff Blair and Sho Alli break down the Blue Jays' 9-7 extra-innings loss vs. the Astros to even this series at one game apiece in Toronto. They take your calls and texts, and get right to the late stages of this game - what happened with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer on offence in the bottom of the tenth? Did they try to do too much? Why was Tyler Rogers the guy in the bottom of the ninth instead of Braydon Fisher or another high-leverage arm? Plus, they discuss the missed opportunities on offence, how this game reinforces the idea of needing relief help, and discuss the Blue Jays debut of Luis Urías.

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Blake Murphy is joined by John Axford in-studio to discuss Dylan Cease’s outing, the pitching approach when a batter wants to hit a sacrifice fly, Toronto’s woes driving in runs on Monday and Shane Bieber’s return (29:02). Ryan Dempster (50:07) of Intentional Talk gives his Jays views from afar, teams he’s buying right now and Kyle Schwarber’s career progression. Lastly, MLB.com’s David Adler (1:11:40) analyzes the new Statcast batting data, Trey Yesavage’s season and some of the best comebacks from Tommy John surgery.

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