Ben Nicholson-Smith

We don't talk about the identity of even the...

you know 2022 blue jays in the same way um you kind of need to have some success for for that identity to emerge and then that's where as a journalist sometimes i look at this and i'm like is this a media creation but i do think the players in that room feel it too and i think that

When you look at last year and certainly spending as much time as we did around those players last year, they felt that identity too as people watching it picked up on and fed off of that energy.

Yeah, I don't think I have.

And his comments were very interesting as well.

Well, I think we're getting a sense of what John Schneider wants it to be.

I found it pretty interesting that after Saturday's game, which was the two-touchdown win over the Angels –

He was talking about some of the smaller things and the speed of the game that he had appreciated and the pace that some of his players had brought.

And then we saw that again on Sunday where you saw three infield hits from Blue Jays outfielders.

Dalton Varsha with two of them.

Miles Straw with one of them.

And it's a game the Blue Jays lost.

They only scored one run.

Their offensive woe was largely continued.

But...

It stood out to me that those guys were busting it down the line.

And I'm not one of those people who's going to say that, like, I'm not here for false hustle.

And I understand it's a long season.

I understand there are times where guys aren't going to go 100% down the line.

Like, I'm not going to dunk on someone if they occasionally go at 60% effort down the line.