Arden Zwelling

time after time again in like nearly half your games in a season and then you hope throughout October when you're really pushing the workload limits that's a dangerous game so one way or another like the Blue Jays just need to reduce the volume on that group of five pitchers although if you want to isolate out Rodgers I understand that

Yes, it is tough to overcome.

We're going to step away on that note, unfortunately.

But we can only work with the raw materials that the Blue Jays give us.

And right now we are in the two steps back phase of the four forward, two back rhythm that Kevin Gosman identified the other night.

So, hey.

Maybe this is the end of it.

Maybe we're about to get four steps forward and maybe the next episode will be more positive one way or another.

Like the baseball is going to be intense.

The Blue Jays have the toughest strength of schedule the rest of the way as calculated by fan graphs in the American League.

they're tougher than anybody and you can see it when you just look at the opponents on the calendar yeah i think the average uh winning percentage of the rest of the teams was 509 or something like that um you'd see it on the calendar right like you're gonna like baltimore has the same record as the blue jays right now you got three with them this weekend and then you got the phillies who uh ever since donnie baseball took over can't lose and they got the yankees after that and then you go to fenway and you go to wrigley i mean you just got tough series after tough series coming up in

The Mets have as much talent as anybody.

They're going to be in town around Canada Day.

Four against Texas towards the end of June.

You're going to Seattle, who they've been playing extremely well in early July.

It's going to get real.

He's Ben Nicholson-Smith.

I'm Arden Zwelling.

Our producer has been Christian Ciannitti.

Thanks so much for listening.