The Reality of a Looming Deadline with Kevin Pillar & Kevin Frandsen
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All right, welcome back to Blair and Barker. We're going to be joined in a few minutes by Kevin Pillar, who's at the airport making his way through. I mean, you'd think Superman would just be able to fly someplace he wouldn't have to take. Anyhow, we'll be joined by Kevin Pillar in a few minutes. Kevin France and Washington Nationals TV color analyst and former MLB player joins us. He's also an MLB network radio host, friend of all things to all people. Friend of mine, too. 640.
Did you play with him? I think I'm older than he is. I just know him from doing this on the field, hanging out. Oh, okay.
Oh, did you? No, you didn't do a game with him on that. No, that was Bob Walk.
That's your boy.
Whirlybird. Yeah, that's your boy.
He is my boy.
Yeah, he is. Anyhow, Kevin Franson will join us. 645 is the first pitch tonight. Yeah. As Max Scherzer on his 42nd birthday.
Yeah.
Starting against a team that, well, very much part of Max's resume. Mm-hmm. And a team that hits the hell out of the baseball, too, so. Got to be on point location. Yeah. Maybe run out and get some candles.
I told you what I'm looking at. All the dudes you want to trade, hopefully they get hot and stay hot for about another week. That's it. And nobody get hurt.
Yeah, absolutely. There's nothing wrong with that. Dalton, stay away from the walls. Stay away from the walls.
Let those balls fall in the warning track every now and then. He's been swinging a little bit better the last couple days.
Yeah. Yeah. He has been. No, he has been. I just... I was going to say something, but I mean, at this point, it's kind of pointless. Today, this happened over the weekend, and I don't know how close he is to pitching in the majors because, I mean, good God. I mean, this guy is... been healthy and hurt and healthy and hurt and healthy and hurt but ricky teeteman i was pitching at single a 98 yeah looked good now again single a but look good and i'm i'm thinking man better him a little oh hell yeah that's what that's that's the first thing that's the first thing i was thinking 98 i was like man better him and little yeah so i i don't know what the next steps i you know i mean ricky teeteman's been around forever to me if he's healthy just
Let's see what he's got. I mean, at this point in time, let's see what he's got. But that was interesting. And did you see any of the footage of him? Yeah, well, he's a big guy.
I mean, look, he needs to make some adjustments. He gets hurt all the time. Figure that part of it out, and then you become a big leaguer.
Yeah. As we mentioned, the Major League trade deadline is approaching. We're a week away from it. And our next guest... Well, actually, I don't think he's ever been dealt at the trade deadline. I'm going to find out. Kevin Pillar, Blue Jay Central analyst joining us on Blair Market. There he is. You've never been traded at the deadline, have you?
One time. One time. I went from Boston to Colorado 2020 COVID year. So things were already weird. But I got a little bit of a sense of kind of what potentially these guys are going through in terms of... seeing stuff out there, your name being floated around, kind of this anticipation of maybe getting traded, maybe not getting traded. So I can relate to potentially what some of these guys are going to be going through here soon.
Okay, I don't really know how to ask this question, but I think I'm going to maybe say it this way. How do you stay on a team that you know you're going to get traded for and still perform or at least try at a high level? Did I ask that the right way? Like I know you're professional and it's your job and – But you kind of know you're going to get traded. I mean, you didn't sound like you knew you were going to get traded to Colorado. But you kind of know, like Kevin probably knows. Jeff Hoffman probably knows. Dalton Varshow probably knows. Like there's some guys that probably know they're going to get traded. Is it hard to the people that you know that I'm still going to perform and try for this team even though they're going to try and trade me?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–12:05
2
How did Kevin Pillar describe the player experience around trade deadline rumors?
12:05–16:58
3
What practical reasons did Pillar give for players to keep performing while likely to be traded?
16:58–19:46
4
Which Blue Jays pending free agents did Pillar say are most likely to be shopped at the deadline?
19:46–25:29
5
What did Pillar say about Shane Bieber’s recovery and predictability after Tommy John?
25:29–28:45
6
How did Pillar and hosts assess John Schneider’s handling of the Blue Jays’ struggling season?
28:45–49:26
Speakers
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