Increased Pitching Roles + Deadline Prospect Report
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8-10 will be the first pitch tonight for me. This is the Astros take on the Blue Jays. A reminder, tomorrow is an afternoon game. My favorite. Was it 2-20 or something like that? And then Thursday, there's a make-up game against the Chicago Cubs as well. I still haven't really received for certain whether or not, or information for certain, that Kevin Gossman is going to... is going to make that start for the Cubs. But, yeah. I hope so. I mean, I don't want him to. Why? I'd rather he not start against the Blue Jays.
How come?
It's an unnecessary, it's just an unnecessary twist to the story. Jays come out and light up Kevin Gossman. That wouldn't make me happy. Kevin Gossman comes out and pitches a no-hitter against the Jays. That would not make me happy. That wouldn't? No. All right. No. So, no, I just assume that you just don't fiddle around with karma. You don't? No. I don't think that has anything to do with karma. I think the Cubs are trying to win a bunch of games as many as they can. They want to get the first wild card or at least try and win their division. That's why you brought Kevin over there. Kevin's an old guy who likes routines. It's his day to pitch. He's pitching. This is the big leagues, man. Like, you know, tighten up them shoelaces a little tighter and get out there and get after it a little.
That's baseball. That's the beauty of it. Ain't no friends when that dude's standing on the mound. I want to hit that dude to the moon. I don't know if you necessarily need to go that far. No? No. Why not? No. And nothing good can come of that either way. No? No. No. Oh, yeah. We'll see. I love Kevin. I hope he does well. Yeah. Yeah. No, I do, too. I just don't want the whole Karmic thing. No? Not really. So maybe they'll skip him and let him get an extra day? I mean, after what happened in that game last night, you know... I mean, maybe this is going to be one of those weird weeks. That Taylor Trammler running around the field thinking he hit a home run is the funniest damn thing I've ever seen. I mean, that was between that and Myles Straw trying to score from third.
That is Little League stuff. That was weird. Oh, that is Little League stuff. That's some stuff Caleb Joseph would do. That tag Vladdy made was pretty spectacular.
That was a good one. That's a tough play.
That is a tough play. Oh, that's a tough one. My first reaction is, oh, I can see the hand getting spiked. Yeah. Caleb Joseph is our Blue Jays analyst. He's in Houston with the Jays. He joins us on Blair and Barker. How you doing, Caleb? Hey, buddy. Yeah, doing great. How are you guys doing? Doing well. Hey, listen, somebody, a listener... DM me today and want to meet him. We'll get to the discussions about the trades and everything. But he made an interesting point about yesterday's game. The Jays traded Dalton Varshow to Houston. Houston traded Arrigetti to Toronto. The two teams are playing each other. What do they do about signs? Because now Varsha's got all the Jays' signs, I would presume. Changed? Yeah. I presume they're changed, but just how much of a thing is that for a team?
Like for a catcher, for a third base coach, for a manager? That's a good question. Yep, that is a good question. And I'm sitting here in the press box looking at Tony Paraschika, the third base coach. coach for the Astros. I had Paris Chica in Arizona when he was with Diamondbacks as third base coach. And every day he had three sets of signs, very simple signs, but it was a one, two or three based off of first touch, second touch or third touch. And throughout the game, he would be able to switch those up. And every day he'd come up to you. And as he was doing his pregame high five, getting ready for everybody, he would tell you one, two or three, and you just kind of knew that, uh that certain set of signs i'm sure that the blue jays are doing that as well but don't forget that in the modern game a lot of signs are hiding in plain sight i would say in my opinion probably 70 percent of signs from a third base coach are all complete decoys most of the signs are coming from either a first base coach someone standing in the dugout i remember in baltimore
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:09–12:03
2
How did the Blue Jays handle signs and sign-stealing concerns after deadline trades?
12:03–21:13
3
What was the clubhouse atmosphere the day after the trade deadline?
21:13–30:15
4
Why wasn't Caleb Joseph surprised by which Blue Jays were traded?
30:15–39:40
5
What makes José Soriano a valuable addition to the Blue Jays rotation?
39:40–47:37
6
Could Spencer Miles or Braydon Fisher earn higher-leverage relief roles now?
47:37–49:34
Speakers
6 identifiedMore from Blair & Barker
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