Is It Possible to Save the 2026 Blue Jays Season?
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All right. Welcome back to Blair and Barker. The Jays have made a couple of roster moves. This from our very own Hazel May. The Jays have recalled Yo Hendrick and Yango from AAA Buffalo and CJ Van Ike. Oh, boy. You even wrote it down. No, I didn't. Lazaro Estrada has been optioned to AAA Buffalo, and Jonathan Classe has been placed on the 10-day IL with left plantar fasciitis. Retroactive to July 21st. Still no indication. Well, we haven't seen the lineup, so I don't know if there's anything with Dalton Varjo after. Although Dalton did stay in the game last night, I think, after the collision.
I thought he came out of the game.
Did he?
Can roster moves (recalls and IL placements) change the Blue Jays' season trajectory?
I was 12-2, maybe he did.
You tapped out about the eighth inning? I tapped out about the eighth pitch.
About the eighth pitch.
The Dolphins pop up to third about when I think everybody tapped out. That was the first inning. I don't know. I think that's about when everybody was like, that's going to be fun today.
I mean, it is frustrating. It is.
What can you say? I'm tired of hearing it's not lack of effort. I'm tired of hearing this. They're big leaguers. Everybody knows they try.
Yeah, but, you know, I'm also going to say this because I know we're starting to hear this from people, and I mention. It's like when the Leafs have a bad season. and a head coach or the players are interviewed after the game they all say the same thing because nobody i don't know if any of you have noticed out there nobody throws anybody under the bus anymore nor should they i mean that's just not that it's not going to happen you know like i keep hearing john schneider does his post-game media availabilities uh and people say well you know boy i mean you didn't learn anything from that and like what do you expect them to do I just – maybe it's because I spent so much time in news conferences and scrums and all that that I just – it just boggles the mind that people think that the manager is going to come out and rip everybody and then they're all going to go and play better.
And that's why I went out of my way yesterday to talk about the stuff with Charlie Montoyo and what an issue it became when the pitchers thought he was throwing them under the bus. You just can't do that. I have no idea how they got on that topic.
I mean, I think John's done a decent job of maneuvering around this.
I keep saying, two games ago, Vlade comes up four times with men on base. Yeah. What's this? I mean, what –
What's supposed to happen? I'll just give you an example of what John's supposed to say. What is he supposed to say? 1-4 since the All-Star break. They've been outscored 34-8. They're hitting a buck 95. They're hitting a buck 82 with runners in scoring position. They're scoring 1.6 runs per game. Now, they're a major league low 3.96 runs per game. Basically, they never score. Yep. They have 16 multi-era games, most in the American League. That's after last night's two. That's third most in Major League Baseball. They only had 18 of those last year. So they weren't a great defensive until they started raking, and then they're catching everything. And then I just mentioned a little earlier about the 19 hits in the last three games and 18 of those singles.
Even if John came out there and yelling and screaming about everybody getting 19 hits and only one double, Is that going to change the fact that I don't like the sinker in or the slider away? Probably not.
Bring in Caleb Joseph, Blue J Central. How you doing, Caleb? All right, fellas. Parker wants to run the interview, so I'm just going to hand it over to him.
That's not true.
I'll be back in about 20 minutes. I'm just going to go to the can.
That's not true. You've been on some teams that have been going through it, and I want to ask you a question. 61 games left. In your mind, what you've seen up until this point, can the Jays go 37-24 in the next 61 games to get to 83 wins?
Oh, man, I want to say yes. I want to believe. I want to be optimistic. If I was a betting man, there's just nothing really to make me think that they can do it. It's not that one phase is not shored up and they need to just kind of make a few –
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:09–1:01
2
Can roster moves (recalls and IL placements) change the Blue Jays' season trajectory?
1:01–15:34
3
Is it realistic for the Blue Jays to go 37-24 over the next 61 games to reach 83 wins?
15:34–22:10
4
What can a manager realistically do to snap a team out of a post-All-Star slump?
22:10–27:49
5
Do defensive slumps exist and how are they affecting the Blue Jays right now?
27:49–34:03
6
What has Kevin Gausman shown in his last five starts and how does losing affect performance?
34:03–42:36
7
How are veteran players likely to respond during a down season and could trades reset their focus?
42:36–49:37
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