The Blue Jays somehow have arrived at the end of April just two games below .500 despite zero in the way of significant offence. Griff and Mal discuss the individual performances of the season’s first month for Blue Jays hitters and what needs to happen to create a best possible batting order. The Exit Philosophy co-hosts discuss an all-of-a-sudden shaky back end of the rotation and what may have to become an answer. Away from baseball, there was the rogue father issues of Tyrese Haliburton (Pacers) and Shedeur Sanders (NFL), plus a look back at a great fund-raising event, a 1,000 person Gala, in Montreal at ExposFest, retiring the uniform numbers of nine former stars, raising over $300K with the major vehicle being a team that left town for Washington D.C. 20 years ago.

 

INDEX   

0:00 Intro   

0:59 Hockey Playoff comments 

3:18 In praise of the Blue Jays heart 

5:42 Haliburton and Sanders and dealing with sports parents 

15:20 ExposFest in Montreal was a great show 

19:15 April player-by-player review and how Jays are not buried  

42:00 Best batting order vs. RHP    

46:12 Revisiting the Kikuchi trade and what’s at Buffalo  

49:57 The back end of Rotation looking shaky  

53:57 The Bullpen discussion  

55:45 Top 5 April MVPs for Jays   

58:58 Solutions for Jays current crisis 

59:00 Ironbacks update  

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