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The New York Yankees had a 15.5 game lead in the American League East back in early July and that lead has slipped down to eight games after the Blue Jays took three of four last weekend in The Bronx. 

We dug into New York's struggles, the great pitching that the Blue Jays got over the weekend, Aaron Boone's meltdown, Gerrit Cole picking a fight with Alek Manoah, and a whole bunch more.

After that, we looked ahead at the upcoming stretch of games that the Blue Jays have against the Red Sox, Angels, Cubs, and Pirates, and how they need to play well in order to give themselves a cushion down the stretch.

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The vibes were very bad and suddenly they're good again. That's baseball, baby!

It was doom and gloom as the Blue Jays looked completely lifeless in losing the first two games of their series with the Baltimore Orioles but an incredible start from Ross Stripling and a late-game explosion offensively resulted in a momentum-changing win. 

We talked about the Baltimore series, how the Orioles are becoming scary, how great Ross Stripling has been, the importance of George Springer to the lineup, and a whole bunch more. After that, we looked ahead to the upcoming four-game series with the struggling Yankees in New York.

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So much for all of those easy wins against the Trash Birds!

The Blue Jays rolled into Baltimore this week and dropped two games to the Orioles. The first was the result of a poor Yusei Kikuchi start and then the second one was the rest of a late-game bullpen meltdown. The sweep was avoided as the skies opened up and the third game was postponed due to rain.

In this episode of BJN Radio, we talked about the surprisingly good Orioles, Blue Jay Murder Ryan Mountcastle, potentially going with a six-man rotation once Ross Stripling is back from injury, and a whole bunch more!

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The Blue Jays earned a four-game split with the Twins in Minnesota over the weekend and they'll now hit the road to play the Orioles in Baltimore.

We looked back at the Minnesota series, the value that Whit Merrifield adds to the team, George Springer's injury, bullpen issues, and a whole bunch more. After that, we looked ahead to the upcoming series with Baltimore, a team who's doing much better than anybody expected.

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The trade deadline has come and gone!

The Blue Jays added some depth to their team by acquiring relievers Anthony Bass and Zach Pop from the Marlins, infielder Whit Merrifield from the Royals, and swingman Mitch White from the Dodgers.

Tyler and BK went though everything that the Blue Jays did and discussed whether it's enough to get the team over the top. After that, they looked at what everyone else in the American League got up to and determined who the winners and losers were.

Finally, they talked about whether San Diego is the team to beat after trading for Juan Soto.

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The Blue Jays are rolling with the trade deadline right around the corner.

They just won three of four games against the Detroit Tigers, are 11-3 all told in the John Schneider era, and sit in the top wild-card spot in the American League. 

We looked back at the Detroit series and talked about why Yusei Kikuchi's strong start was so important and how good Matt Chapman has been since the team traveled to Oakland. After that, we welcomed Michael Bradburn of The Score to the show to talk about what's going to happen ahead of the trade deadline on Tuesday.

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This was a jam-packed episode of BJN Radio.

We talked about the split with the St. Louis Cardinals, Jose Berrios finding his groove, Kevin Gausman and his terrible batted ball luck, and how the team is more aggressive on the bases with John Schneider managing. We also talked about Buck Martinez's return and why he's a Blue Jays Legend. 

After that, we looked at the trade rumours that have been floating around the team and debated whether or not the Blue Jays should be willing to move their top prospects this year. Finally, we looked ahead to the upcoming four-game series with the miserable Detroit Tigers.

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Can you remember a better series than the one we just witnessed? 

The Blue Jays rolled into Fenway Park out of the All-Star break and pumped the Red Sox by a combined score of 40-10, shoving Boston to 48-48 on the season while taking control of the top wild-card spot in the American League. 

We talked about all of the wild and fun things that happened in Boston over the weekend, including Raimel Tapia's inside the park grand slam and Alek Manoah sitting everyone down. We also looked at how the team could operate with the trade deadline right around the corner. 

After that, we took a look ahead to the upcoming two-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals, who will be without their two best hitters.

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It was the Major League Baseball Draft this week so the Blue Jays added some new names to the prospect pool.

I was joined by BK and Brennan Delaney to talk about the selections that the Blue Jays made and what their overall strategy was at this year's draft. It was an especially loaded draft for the Blue Jays as they had two compensatory selections from Marcus Semien and Robbie Ray leaving in free agency.

After going through Toronto's top selections and some possible late-round gems, the three of us talked about the All-Star Game, what we'd move in a Juan Soto deal, and more!

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Charlie Montoyo is out as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays and John Schneider is in.

The word after Montoyo got canned on Wednesday was that he had lost the room and that the players were frustrated by his upbeat, chill approach. We took a look at the situation, talked about whether it was right or not, and questioned why nothing about this rift in the room came out earlier. 

After that, we looked ahead to the upcoming four-game series with the Kansas City Royals, who will be without a whopping 10 players because they can't enter Canada. That also brought up another discussion about how the Blue Jays are at a disadvantage when it comes to acquiring players ahead of the trade deadline.

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