Dylan Cease & Searching for a Sweep!
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What are the Blue Jays' chances to sweep the Angels?
Welcome to Blair and Barker. Brought to you by Capital One. Capital One giving Canadians credit for 30 years. Kevin Barker. My Blue Jays are in position to sweep the series. They've already won a series. The first series win since Oakland, I believe.
No, not on athletics.
The athletics. Since the athletics. The Jays 4-2. I did that intentionally. Yeah, no, you didn't. I did so. The Jays 4-2 winners last night.
How did the Blue Jays manage a shaky outing from Jeff Hoffman?
They are 10-13 going into this afternoon's game. 3-0-7 will be the first pitch on Sportsnet 590. The fan on Sportsnet. And we'll be on following the game with Blue Jays talk as the Jays, as I said, look to sweep a series from the Angels. They are facing, however, a dude who has essentially been unhittable this year in Jose Soriano. Eric Lauer on the mound for the Blue Jays. No opener today. I guess partly because of what transpired in the previous couple of games against the Angels. We'll be joined in a few seconds by Dylan Cease, who's been striking out all sorts of people. 12 strikeouts through five innings in his last start. It gets the ages. I mean, it just rolls off the tongue. It really does. 44 strikeouts in 25 and two-thirds innings, which is an insane number.
Crazy.
What insights does Dylan Cease share about his pitching experience?
That, by the way, was his first win as a Blue Jay on Monday night. And he'll join us in a few minutes. We've also got tickets to give away to see the Jays and Red Sox on April 28th at the Rogers Center. A lot to talk about from last night's game. Obviously, we will probably get the most of it in the second half after we talk to Dylan. But the talking point immediately out of last night's game, Jeff Hoffman comes in, gets a strikeout, gives up a hit, hits two batters, gives up a single, down to two runs. John Schneider brings Louis Varland in one pitch, first pitch changeup, double play game over. Now... You made the point when we were talking before the show. That's great, but there are people out there screaming, Louis Varland in the ninth, Louis Varland in the ninth.
Kevin, I just don't think it's that easy. I don't think it's as easy as putting him in the ninth inning because as you pointed out, he's like their fireman right now.
Yeah, well, I think he's one of the main reasons why Jeff keeps getting save opportunities is because Louie gets him to that opportunity. Yeah, I mean, it's not that easy. You know, even if you listen to John, which we're going to play a little bit of his media availability today, where it's just he's trying to work through it. Yeah, we'll play that later on. He's trying to always say the right thing about his players, what his player's going through. You know, I know last night Jeff took that pretty hard. You know, he was a little bad luck. It was a little trying to aim the sinker.
How does Dylan Cease balance strikeouts with soft contact?
You know, he's throwing more sinkers last night just because – He hadn't done that all year. Like, you know, he's trying to invent things to get people out. He got ahead. He hit a guy. Like, there's things he's just going through. But he's not getting it done. I mean, that's reality of life. You know, it's not the other guy's fault that he's going through this.
That's a great point.
And every once in a while you just do it because you have to do it. I think that's where they're at. I'm not saying you put Louie by no means in the ninth inning. There's no chance I'm doing that. There's no chance. But, you know, if it works out the way I'm pitching him in the ninth, Yeah. I mean, for me, he's available when the game starts. If that's the ninth inning, the seventh inning, the sixth inning, the eighth inning, that's when I'm throwing him. And that thing, if I have to use him in the sixth inning, that ninth inning's by committee.
What is the impact of the ABS system on pitchers?
You got a herd of khakis. Use them. That way it's bat pass and how this guy throws and what arm angle he releases the baseball from. You got seven other dudes down there. That's why you hire the herd of khakis, just to try and figure out who to match up against who. For me, that's the way you're going to do it. So, yeah, I mean, it's going to be interesting going forward, but I do think it's time.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the Blue Jays' chances to sweep the Angels?
0:11–0:35
2
How did the Blue Jays manage a shaky outing from Jeff Hoffman?
0:35–1:33
3
What insights does Dylan Cease share about his pitching experience?
1:33–3:01
4
How does Dylan Cease balance strikeouts with soft contact?
3:01–3:44
5
What is the impact of the ABS system on pitchers?
3:44–5:06
6
What challenges does Trey Yesavage face in Triple-A Buffalo?
5:06–6:31
7
Who will close games for the Blue Jays moving forward?
6:31–8:15
8
What are John Schneider's thoughts on managing the bullpen?
8:15–49:24
Speakers
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