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The All-Star break can't come soon enough.

The Blue Jays rolled into Seattle after a disappointing series in Oakland and things got even worse, as the Mariners pulled off a four-game sweep. Toronto is now tied with Seattle for the final Wild Card spot in the American League while the Baltimore Orioles are suddenly right on the heels thanks to an eight-game winning streak. 

We talked about the mess that was the Seattle series, how the Blue Jays can pull themselves out of this funk, and whether the solution is to make Charlie Montoyo the sacrificial firing.

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That's not how you'd like a series against the worst team in baseball to go!

The Blue Jays rolled into Oakland and dropped two of three against the A's as Alek Manoah and Yusei Kikuchi struggled and the bats went silent.

Now that we've just gone through the mid-way point of the season, we did report cards for five aspects of the team: starting pitching, the bullpen, offence, defence, and organizational depth.

After that, we looked ahead to the four-game set coming up with the Mariners, which will feature a lot of Western Canadian fans making the trip to Seattle. 

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The Blue Jays dropped their five-game series with the Rays and now they're off to the West Coast to play Oakland and Seattle. 

In this episode of BJN Radio, we took a look back at the Rays series, which started off with a great Yusei Kikuchi performance and finished with depth arms throwing batting practice. 

We then dove into a couple of rumours, as the Blue Jays are reportedly one of the teams in the mix for Kansas City's Andrew Benintendi while the Tigers are reportedly interested in Danny Jansen. 

Finally, we looked ahead to the series in Oakland against the A's, who are in last place in baseball, and we took a look at how the players who were traded for Matt Chapman back in March are doing.

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The Blue Jays nearly pulled off a sweep of the Boston Red Sox this week but some bullpen struggles resulted in a loss in the finale.

Pitching will be important this weekend as the Blue Jays are set to host the Tampa Bay Rays for five games. Tampa is a game-and-a-half behind Toronto in the standings and are rolling into town limping through injuries. 

On this episode of BJN Radio, we talked about the good and the bad from the Boston series and looked ahead to the five-gamer with the Rays.

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The Blue Jays' starting pitching has become a problem.

After Alek Manoah cruised to a win on Friday night, Yusei Kikuchi and Jose Berrios were only able to go two innings each on Saturday and Sunday as the Blue Jays dropped two of three in Milwaukee. 

On this episode of BJN Radio, we talked about Charlie Montoyo's comments about Kikuchi's performance, whether it might be time to give somebody else a look, and whether the front office should look to acquire a starting pitcher. 

We then looked ahead at an incredibly important eight-game stretch against the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays this week.

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The Blue Jays are in a bit of a skid as they split a four-game series with the Orioles, got dropped by the Yankees, and then lost two of three to the White Sox. 

In this episode of BJN Radio, we recapped the series with the White Sox and talked about how the Blue Jays are badly in need of some bullpen help. We also looked at the American League All-Star vote and why it's making Yankees fans so upset. 

After that, we looked ahead to the upcoming series with the Milwaukee Brewers and took a look back at the Rowdy Tellez trade that happened just over one year ago.

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It's amazing how quickly things can change in baseball.

That really looked like it was going to be a completely miserable weekend as the Yankees were on their way to a three-game sweep in Toronto, but a grand slam and a three-run bomb completely changed everything.

Rather than rolling into a road trip having been swept by a team that looks uncatchable in the standings, the Blue Jays now get to roll with the swagger of a team that pulled off the biggest comeback against the Yankees this season. 

We talked about the good vibes that came from Sunday's game and also touched on the unfortunate reality that the Yankees are incredibly good. We also looked at Jim Bowden's 125-player Trade Bait Board from The Athletic and speculated which arms could help the starting rotation and the bullpen. 

Finally, we took a look ahead to the upcoming series against the White Sox, a team the Blue Jays swept earlier this season.

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That's absolutely not how you'd like for a series with the Baltimore Orioles to go.

We had this week circled on the calendar for quite some time as the Trash Birds came to town for the first time this season but the Orioles put up a good fight and wound up taking two of four. Next up, we have the New York Yankees, who are on pace to win 121 games this season. Fun stuff!

On this episode of BJN Radio, we talked about Hyun Jin Ryu's career as a Blue Jay possibly being over, who the team could look to acquire before the trade deadline, and whether a Shohei Ohtani trade is possible.

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The Blue Jays' quest through the Central Division has come to an end. 

With a two-of-three series win in Detroit, the Blue Jays went 8-5 against the White Sox, Twins, Royals, and Tigers. 

We talked about Gabriel Moreno's big league debut and how a three-man catcher tandem might work if he plays too well to be sent down. We also talked about the excellent pitching the team has been getting from Ross Stripling while Hyun Jin Ryu is injured. 

After that, we looked ahead to the first meeting of the season with the Trash Birds, who, unfortunately, are better this year than they have been in recent years.

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That looked like it was going to be an all-time spanking but then, since it's Kansas City, things went a little goofy.

The Blue Jays won their first two games of the series by scores of 8-0 and 7-0 and then came out with a chance to sweep and laid an egg. Yusei Kikuchi got rocked and couldn't get out of the first inning and the bullpen has a tough time with the mess. 

Two out of three ain't bad but it's hard to be all too thrilled with anything less than a sweep of arguably the worst team in baseball. 

With Tyler away, me and BK talked about the Royals series and how they've fallen off a cliff since 2015. That led us into a random tangent about prospects that were traded away and a 2019 draft do-over. We also talked about when Gabriel Moreno will get called up and if we might see him join the team in Detroit.

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