Stopping in San Diego Before the Break with John Schneider
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All right. Welcome to Blair and Barker on Sportsnet 590. The fans of Sportsnet. Our last show for a week. We take some time off for the All-Star break. Well, Barker's going to be working the weekend. He'll be doing Blue Jays Central for the pod race. Where are you going? None of your business. All right. So, yeah. I'll be staying up real late tonight to make sure that you're doing okay. I appreciate that. Yeah, I know you do. 940 is the first pitch, is it? You should know because you're going to be there. It's late. 940 is the first pitch tonight as the Pods and Jays open a three-game series. Madison Shipman is going to make a little bit of history. She'll be in the booth tonight along with Ben Shulman on TV.
She joins us later on in the show to get you set for this series. John Schneider, the manager of the Blue Jays, joins us. And in a few minutes, Trevor Hoffman, Hall of Famer, Dr. on your top two list of relievers, him and Mariano for me.
Yeah, the Bucks might change up.
Yeah. He'll be along in a few seconds. He's now a Padres executive, and he'll join us to look ahead to the Padres series. But very quickly before we get to Trevor, the Jays have made a trade today. I'm sure you probably already know that. If you've got a Tommy Nance jersey, you need to return it. They sell us? I don't know. Tommy Nance was – That's right. I apologize. Tommy Nance was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Ryan Sprock.
Huh?
So now they've got Sprock and Kirk. Get it? Like Spock? I don't get it. Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk, you probably wouldn't. Anyhow, they have, yeah, Ryan Sprock is a 22-year-old catcher who was an eighth-round pick, I believe, last year and was Minnesota's, I think, 30th ranked catcher.
Yeah, you had to scroll a little while on their top prospect to find his name.
Yeah, and here's the thing about the deal. Do not read anything into it. Somebody in social media said, oh, my God, the Jays are breaking. No, the Jays aren't breaking up the team. Relax. The Jays are basically trading their lowest leverage. One of them. One of them. their lowest leverage reliever for a guy. I mean, they've now got, by my count, 430 catchers in the minor league system.
Yeah, Nance hasn't been the same in a while. No, he hasn't. I mean, he can't throw multiple innings. I mean, it's just, well, where would you throw him? When would you throw him? How much you want to throw him? Like, you know, because sometimes in their rotation, the rotation's not giving them enough innings. Certain guys got to give them more innings. He couldn't.
Yeah. No, so, yeah, it's a pretty simple equation. So don't read anything into it other than, you know, it's a chance for Tommy Nance. He's going to a Twins team that's in the playoff spot right now. Boom. So there you go. We'll talk to John Schneider about that a little later in Madison Shipman as well. But as I said, we're very pleased to be joined now by a Hall of Famer, MLB closer, current Padres executive Trevor Hoffman joining us on Blair and Barker. Trevor, thanks so much for joining us today. We trust that you're keeping well.
Thanks for having me, gentlemen. Yeah, things are great, sunny, and beautiful in San Diego.
Just another day that ends in Y in San Diego, right, my friend?
It makes people enjoy coming to town, that's for sure.
That was the only city I used to travel to on the road. I never bothered looking at the weather. I knew what it was going to be. Days off were awesome there. Oh, boy. Hey, man, thanks for doing this. We really appreciate it. I just want to check in about the Padres. When I think of you as a closer and I think of the Padres, I think of Mason Miller, obviously, who's been lights out for a while now. I'm not going to ask you to compare you to Mason Miller because the closer's role has changed a little bit over the years. But can you tell us what makes him – I know he throws hard, but can you tell us what else makes him so special?
Yeah, honestly, I'm glad you start there because really he's a reflection of all our bullpen and how good they've been on the year. But Mason's kind of, he's in another category.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:10–4:29
2
Why did the Blue Jays trade Tommy Nance to the Twins and who is Ryan Sprock?
4:29–14:55
3
What makes Mason Miller an elite closer according to Trevor Hoffman?
14:55–18:56
4
How did Trevor Hoffman develop his closer routine and mindset?
18:56–30:54
5
How has the closer's role changed with new rules and ABS in MLB?
30:54–43:02
6
How did the Padres turn their season around and who are their key contributors?
43:02–49:26
Speakers
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