Inside the Jays' Deadline Strategy with Ross Atkins + Jeff Passan
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How did the Blue Jays perform on trade deadline day and what was the clubhouse atmosphere afterward?
All right. Well, nothing can match yesterday. Hey, yo. But we will endeavor to try. It is Blair and Barker on Sportsnet 590. The fan at Sportsnet. A loaded show. Ross Atkins, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, joins us at 4.30. Caleb Joseph, Jonathan Mayo, who is MLB.com's prospects expert, will be along to... break down some of the prospects the jays got nice at the trade deadline and uh i want to know and in a few minutes jeff passant will join us he is of course espn's mlb insider and host of sources tell jeff passant the blue jays responded to the trade deadline yesterday with a 3-1 win over the houston no mean feat the astros what winners of 11 to 12 yeah um Best hitter in the planet.
Oh, isn't he? In the lineup.
Even when he swings and misses, he looks awesome.
Even when he swings and misses, somehow the Blue Jays kept it together. Somehow they managed to survive Brendan Little.
Don't be nasty.
Tell me you weren't thinking the same damn thing.
I was, but I wasn't going to say it.
Anyhow, so the Jays, after all the uncertainty and the – Emotion, I guess, if you want to call it that, surrounding the trade. That line came out. Shane Bieber pitched into trouble, pitched out of trouble, and the Jays just did enough offensively.
Yeah, well, some of the guys that are coming back next year, I mean, what pressure is on them now? I mean, just go out there and let it fly, man. Just, you know, have a little fun. Run the bases the way you're supposed to. Try and get a decent pitch. Try and put your ace wing on. Now, there are some guys like Beaver trying to get paid. So every single one of these outings are going to matter, right? The self-correcting, that was better. Arm side, or glove side, excuse me, was really good yesterday. That was some of the best spin he's had.
Mm-hmm.
You know, how dare I say maybe they take it.
He made some good pitches in tough situations.
Absolutely. The spin is coming back a little bit, I think. He can go to that stuff. You know, you're watching that on TV. It's where it starts, where it ends up, right? If I'm hitting and you're getting me in swing mode because I'm ahead in the count, 78% strike one, which is when you're not throwing hard. Like, he don't. You got to pitch ahead, and then you can get him to expand that way, and you can get guys like Pena – You know, bouncing the bat. Like, how dare you doing that, spinning that little you-know-what to me. I don't like that. You know, better Dalton there than here.
That little video right there.
I will not miss that. I will not miss that. So, yeah, it was a pretty good day for him for spinning. He did just enough offensively.
Coming off a start where he walked six batters, three at the bases loaded. You know, and finding out, actually, he wasn't going to be traded just an hour and 15 minutes before the expiration of the trade deadline. Pete Walker came up to him, tapped him in the shoulder. Go get him, big fella. Go get him, big fella. Unfortunately, you're still with us.
I don't know how happy you are. No, that's a good thing. No, that's a good thing.
Pete, don't be. No, but I'm saying that. What is wrong with you? I'm saying that maybe Shane Bieber was thinking, you know, maybe I'll go someplace where I can contend. Anyhow.
Yeah, stop walking, people.
Anyhow. Okay. So there you go. And, yeah, the Jays are now 53-60. Oh, boy, don't call it a comeback.
Are you kidding me? They are.
Dare I look at the wild card standings? Don't you do it. I'm going to look at the wild card standings. I'm feisty today. I'm going to tell you right now. You had a bad day today.
Oh, boy.
I wish I was still asleep. We won't go there. Yeah. It was not an easy commute for Mr. Barker today. And for this time, it had nothing to do with the TTC or the GO train.
It was pretty easy.
It was, yeah, it was. Let's just see the wildcard standings, by the way, while I'm of a mind. The Jays are four back with one, two, three, four, five, six teams between them. And, well, five teams. And then the Guardians. The Guardians currently hold down the final wildcard spot.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How did the Blue Jays perform on trade deadline day and what was the clubhouse atmosphere afterward?
0:10–21:41
2
What did ESPN insider Jeff Passan say about the overall trade deadline landscape and team-by-team winners and losers?
21:41–36:57
3
Why is it so difficult to trade for impact position players at the deadline?
36:57–46:10
4
How did Passan evaluate the Orioles/Red Sox moves for Adley Rutschman and other big deadline buys?
46:10–49:37
Speakers
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