Surprises and Disappointments at the Quarter Mark with Jayson Stark
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Who has surprised and disappointed the Blue Jays at the quarter mark?
Wave of the people. Wave of the people. Come on. No, no, come here. Mark Popper, our producer.
He's the guy that makes this thing work.
He is. Well, I don't know about that. I make it work, but anyhow. Welcome back to Blair and Barker, brought to you by Capital One. Capital One, giving Canadians credit for 30 years. I mean, I like to, you know, come here.
It's just as much his show as it is ours.
I told you about it. Well, you know, I met Russ from New Jersey yesterday. He was in studio. The Jays are 1-0. There it is. Russ from New Jersey paid us a visit. Paid me a visit. Didn't pay you a visit. I was busy. You were busy, allegedly. So I gave Russ. Russ from New Jersey is a regular caller. It's almost like. And I gave him a grand tour of the Rogers facility.
It's almost like when you say bad things about me, I'm not even sitting here.
You're really comfortable. Well, I mean, I've had like seven different co-hosts in my life.
What is Yohendrick Piñango's future on the main roster?
Well, the only one that matters is sitting right beside you. So let's be fair about it. Okay. There it is.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
416-413-3959. The back leg line. I threw out a question. Did anybody answer the question that I asked? I don't think they did. Oh, yeah. Thank God. Louise and Moncton always comes through. Scott and British Columbia is pretty good, too. I asked the question about the Jays at the quarter mark. Not the quarter pole, by the way. The quarter mark. Jays at the quarter mark.
Yeah.
What or who you've seen that has surprised you pleasantly or negatively?
Okay, one player who you got before we get into this.
Based on what I thought, I mean, I'm going to go with Okamoto just based on the fact that, yeah, Okamoto for me.
Brandon Valenzuela I think for me is the one that kind of stands out to where he's a young guy. They're struggling, looks the part, can hit homers from both sides of the plate. I got to be honest, the homers from both sides of the plate, You know, I knew he had a strong arm. I knew he's a big target. But the hitting homers from both sides of the plate, that's how you get rid of other people that are already here.
What are Vlad Jr.'s early-season struggles?
You know what I'm saying? I would say he would. So that's the guy for me. He would be. And the other thing for me, too, is just Dylan Cease. Yeah. what we've seen from him. But no, Okamoto. Yeah, you should apologize right now to Okamoto. You've made me. I've apologized a thousand times. Not once.
I only heard one time. Once.
Well, you just said not once, and then you said once. I only heard one time. So you automatically backtrack. I've said several times. I'm on the Okamoto Express. I'm doing the Okamoto. That's a good one.
Do the locomotion with me.
I'm doing the Okamoto.
Sometimes it's almost like you forgot that I used to try and play baseball. I wasn't very good at it. And whenever these guys are going through things and they don't look like they're very good at it, I'm the right guy to ask about that.
All I was concerned about was how much he was hurting the team defensively. That has been addressed, and he has been their best hitter. How has that been addressed? I think he's better defensively. Why is he better? I think because he's hitting. There it is, Jeff. And also, I think because he's adopted in general to the game. Just because he's hitting, that doesn't explain why he's not playing in the bullpen and left field anymore defensively. That's not just because he's hitting.
That's a big deal. A lot to do with it. Get to Scott in British Columbia. Scott in British Columbia.
Can we talk about what we're going to do at catcher when Kirk comes back? Scott and BC, we got to keep Valenzuela here.
Yeah, you did it. There you go. You just did it, Scott. Yeah, I don't think it's hard. Yeah. Do you think it's hard? No. On the flip side of that, because I have asked that question to people that are super close to that, that would know the answer. And the answer that I was given is the quality of depth is At that position, at lower levels, is not great. Even with the people that they brought in, I was told you couldn't pick them out of a lineup. It's very hard to call those guys up.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who has surprised and disappointed the Blue Jays at the quarter mark?
0:06–1:07
2
What is Yohendrick Piñango's future on the main roster?
1:07–2:26
3
What are Vlad Jr.'s early-season struggles?
2:26–4:52
4
How has Don Mattingly impacted the Phillies' success?
4:52–8:00
5
Can the Atlanta Braves maintain their top spot in the NL East?
8:00–10:18
6
How has ABS affected the game this season?
10:18–12:57
7
What changes have occurred with the strike zone this year?
12:57–16:10
8
How could these changes affect pitchers long-term?
16:10–49:39
Speakers
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