Blue Jays Talk

Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 6-1 extra innings loss to the Mariners at Rogers Centre. They take your calls and texts, and get to the bullpen usage - Yimi Garcia, Tim Mayza, and Mitch White all made appearances with varying results. Should Garcia have pitched more? What's up with Mayza so far this season? They discuss Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s mammoth home run, the rest of the offence (Vladdy included), and Yusei Kikuchi allowing one run along with nine strikeouts over six innings of work. Should he have come out for another inning?

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 5-3 win over the Mariners to guarantee their first series win of the season! They take your calls, and get right to the 115 pitches hurled by Chris Bassitt over 6.2 IP - after two so-so starts to begin the year, is it a good sign he can go so deep this early? They get into how it helped out the bullpen, and how both Trevor Richards and Chad Green closed things out. Plus, Bo Bichette smashed his first homer of the season - how does Bo's swing look these days?

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 5-2 win over the Mariners in the first home game of 2024! They take your calls and get right to the 6.2 IP from José Berríos - is he still, somehow, an underrated member of this starting rotation? They get into the bullpen usage, big plays from Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and also discuss the new digs for both the Blue Jays themselves and the fans down at the Rogers Centre.

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Sho Alli and Julia Kreuz break down the Blue Jays' 8-3 loss to the Yankees, a defeat that brings them back to Toronto at 4-6 on the season. They take your calls and texts, and discuss the offensive power outage once again - what are the key differences between the Jays and most teams across MLB? They chat about Bowden Francis giving up a grand slam to Giancarlo Stanton, the play of Alejandro Kirk (especially cleaning up), and how the offence improves with a lengthy homestand coming up.

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Sho Alli and Julia Kreuz break down the Blue Jays' 9-8 loss vs. the Yankees in New York. They take your texts, and get right to the 1.1 IP from Kevin Gausman, the shortest of his Blue Jays career - what happened? Did the cold truly affect his outing that much? They chat about the offence scoring eight runs, and whether or not that's a good sign going forward. Plus, they discuss Ernie Clement and Davis Schneider needing to play every day, the late-game situation with Daniel Vogelbach and whether he should have been pinch-run for, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continuing to have an up-and-down season.

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 3-0 win over the Yankees in New York! They take your calls and texts, and discuss the decision from John Schneider to pinch-hit Ernie Clement late in this game for an offensive spark - should he play more? What's up with the overall offensive power outages throughout the season so far? Plus, they get to Yusei Kikuchi's 5.1 IP of zero-run, seven-strikeout ball, and chat about Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s swing decisions as of late.

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Blake Murphy is joined by The FAN's Blue Jays radio voice, Ben Shulman, to preview the upcoming Yankees series with a look back on Yusei Kikuchi’s performance in his first start of the year. Afterwards, Paul Sporer of Fangraphs discusses what goes into his Starting Pitcher Chart, expectations for Marcus Stroman, breakout candidates on the hill and the anticipated pitching duel in the Blue Jays-Yankees series (20:24).

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 8-0 loss to the Astros at Minute Maid Park. They take your calls, and get right to the offence, which leaves Houston having scored two runs in three games. Does this go beyond analytics at this point? Is the offence's sample size truly these seven games in 2024 alongside the 162 games in 2023? Should Marcus Stroman practice throwing a changeup ahead of Friday's series opener against the Yankees? Plus, they discuss how to divvy up blame at this stage of the season, whether it's on the players, the front office, or perhaps both.

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 2-1 win over the Astros at Minute Maid Park! They take your calls, and get right to the two-run bomb from Davis Schneider with the Jays down to their final out - should he get more playing time? They discuss the pitch from Josh Hader that Schneider smoked, and chat about the job that the Jays bullpen did late, including from Yimi Garcia and Chad Green. Plus, they get into the start from José Berríos and his work in navigating a tough Astros lineup while holding down a one-run game.

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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays getting no-hit by Ronel Blanco in a 10-0 defeat vs. the Astros at Minute Maid Park. They take your calls, and discuss the feeble offensive performance - why was there no response to Blanco's changeup over the course of the evening? They also get into Bowden Francis' start in which he gave up seven earned runs over 5.1 IP - was it nerves, was it the Astros batters, or both?

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