Ross Atkins

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316 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 4 Aug

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Blue Jays Talk · Grading Jays' Deadline Moves + Ross Atkins Speaks to the Media · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

How are you, Marty?

Um, you know, no, I, I think surprise would be too strong of a word because of the, how much work goes into understanding markets, understanding interest levels, um, there's ebbs and flows.

I think, you know, the, um,

The biggest surprise is that we, you know, in my mind, and I think surprise is too strong of a word, but I think the thing we were the most pleased with is that we were able to acquire pieces that can impact the team immediately and will be here for the long term.

And that was important to us and usually a hard thing to do in the situation that we were in as far as we're concerned.

Okay, thank you very much.

Yeah, and as it relates to George specifically, Marty just felt like it was important for him to be here.

We wanted him here as we continue to push forward.

Okay, thank you so much.

You are in Toronto, right?

I'm looking at your office here probably.

Yeah, we didn't move our team to Houston for one day, so we had a large group working here.

Yeah, and most of the emotion, absolutely, and it's been coming out of me here for a few weeks, you know, watching our team get to this point and hoping that it would turn.

We waited as long as we possibly could to see if there was going to be a turn.

Most of the emotion is appreciation, respect, and accountability.

We've had a lot of discussions with individuals, with

groups with the entire team about, you know,

how we got to this point given how exciting things were just a few months ago.

So, you know, for me, myself, the biggest emotion, you know, is just letting down the fans and letting down our clubhouse that I haven't been able to write the ship this year, but we'll just focus on getting better each day and do the best job we can.

We were, again, in just such a...

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