Erik Kratz

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260 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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Blue Jays Talk · JTP: Lousy Loss, The Playoff Race & Erik Kratz · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

We got to run Lee.

We're going right to Louis Varlin.

And you can't really do that here.

And things really just snowballed.

I mean, if you're talking about in general, I don't do that in general.

If you're talking about Louis Varlin, heck yeah.

I mean, sorry.

Like he's your best pitcher.

If you lose that game in the eighth, excuse me, if you lose that game in the eighth inning,

With Louis Varlin waiting for a save in the ninth or a hold.

Sorry, that's not where the Jays are.

I don't think the depth is that important.

On the same hand, I do believe that I think there's different outs in the ninth inning than there are in the eighth inning or the seventh inning.

So I do believe in an established closer, but not to nausea, not to just...

hundred percent yup it is definitely going to be the ninth inning like i had no problem with louis varlin in that spot sorry louis like you showed me already you can throw 11 days out of 10. like you can you can throw in a double header like this is my time of year where i'm gonna i'm gonna ride the horse and he is clearly that guy that i have to lean on and so no i i

I love it.

I mean, he might be out in the eighth again, especially if you're facing the better part of the order.

You want your best pitcher out there and not him resting and sitting on the bench in the bullpen.

What is the extra gear?

I mean, is the extra gear the extra gear that he could have leaned into earlier

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