Season Turnaround? + Yordan Álvarez's Elite Hitting with Geoff Blum
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What happened in the Blue Jays' weekend series against the Cubs?
All right. Well, Parker, you got a job interview or something? You're all dolled up. Push the on button there, big boy. Don't let it beat you. Hey. Look at that. It's early. How do I look? You look nice. Shame about the shoes, but... What's wrong with my shoes? Well, running shoes and a suit.
Actually, it's not running shoes. Do you watch any sports whatsoever other than the sport that we're watching on a TV that nobody can see?
Okay, what would you call them?
What roster moves did the Blue Jays make recently?
Sneakers. Whatever. It's not whatever.
Well, they're not dress shoes.
You should be wearing dress shoes. Yeah, nobody's going to see them anyway. It's about comfort. Style. Interesting color combination. That's the first thing you noticed, right? It wasn't, hey, you look sharp in this suit.
I know.
It's the, man, that color coordinating. Boy, you're bad at that.
Well, let me just.
How did Luis Urias perform after joining the Blue Jays?
Well, no.
That's exactly what you started with.
You're wearing a vest. What, are you going to play pool or what?
Well, it'll look nice whenever I put my jacket on. Anyhow.
It is Blair and Barker for Monday. Barker's all dressed up. He's going to leave us in an hour for a job interview.
That's what you're mad about. I got it. I don't care. Boom. I don't care. I don't care about that.
What are the signs of a potential turnaround for the Blue Jays this season?
I really care about that. I mean, they got you three guests. You'll be all right. I'll make it work. You'll work through it. You always do. I did for eight years. I'll make it work.
All right.
It's been a while. Jays and Astros tonight. Biggest homestand of the year. Ten games against two teams around him in the wild card spot, and then Bo Bichette returns with the Mets. Biggest homestand of the year so far.
Yeah, I think we can start saying that every single time they take the field now.
How has Yordan Álvarez become one of the best hitters in baseball?
We probably can. Yeah. We probably can. Dylan Cease against Hunter Brown. The best news, well, there was a lot of good news for the Jays out of the weekend. That come-from-behind win on Saturday was great. Okamoto with the bomb, Varsha with the bomb, Vlade going the opposite way. The best news, though, the best news, though, was that it rained biblically in Chicago on Sunday, so after getting, what, five and two-thirds innings out of their starting pitches for the first two games, and You know, using Louie to get... Six outs. Six outs. Not complaining about it. It had to be done, man. Boy, I'll tell you what, though. That Sunday, that weather, that rain out, that was like a godsend.
Yeah, I'm not sure how much more you can run Patrick Corbin out there.
What impact does Yordan Álvarez have on his teammates?
I mean, it sounds to me like they're going to try. What's his next start? Friday? I believe Friday. I think it's Friday, yeah. I mean, that's...
Right now, just the way it's setting up, Shane Bieber was supposed to... He's going to be bounced back. He was supposed to start Sunday. He's bounced back now to Tuesday, which is tomorrow. So Dylan Cease will start tonight, followed by Shane Bieber and Trey Savage. That is against the Houston Astros. Then the... then the Texas Rangers are into town. I want to get this out of the way, too. I remind you, tomorrow's game, 4-0-7 because of the World Cup.
How is Hunter Brown evolving as the Astros' ace?
So 4-0-7 is the first pitch tomorrow. I mean, we do have a lot to talk about. Look, after that 16-2 embarrassment on Friday, and there's no other way to describe it, it was a flat-out ass-kicking by the – well, it was. It was an ass-whooping. It was a whooping. They got whooped by the Chicago Cubs.
I like it when you get some rest. They got whooped. You know? Went to the cottage. You lay on the side of the water. A little fishing. Tarps off.
No, no tarps.
No?
What strategies will the Astros employ as the trade deadline approaches?
No. Well rested.
I don't know about well rested. They'd have to drive back. Yeah. So I don't know about well rested.
Well.
It was a good win yesterday, though. Or the day before yesterday.
Yeah, it was all good. Yeah, it was good. No, it was all good. Anyhow, yeah, so the Jays getting whooped. 16-2 on Friday. Came back for a come-from-behind win on Saturday after being down 5-0. And then, as I said, mercifully, it pissed rain on Sunday, so the Jays got to fly home and didn't have to use their bullpen. The Jays have made a couple of roster moves today.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened in the Blue Jays' weekend series against the Cubs?
0:05–0:35
2
What roster moves did the Blue Jays make recently?
0:35–1:00
3
How did Luis Urias perform after joining the Blue Jays?
1:00–1:20
4
What are the signs of a potential turnaround for the Blue Jays this season?
1:20–1:48
5
How has Yordan Álvarez become one of the best hitters in baseball?
1:48–2:27
6
What impact does Yordan Álvarez have on his teammates?
2:27–3:03
7
How is Hunter Brown evolving as the Astros' ace?
3:03–3:32
8
What strategies will the Astros employ as the trade deadline approaches?
3:32–49:45
Speakers
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