Wild Card Fever in Toronto + Jeff Passan
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How did the Blue Jays’ recent win impact the Wild Card race?
All right. Well, oh man, I thought we were gonna have ourselves a little drama here. It was all worked up. We got the uh twins Orioles game on here. Sleeper Agent, Jeff Hoffman on the mound. For the uh Minnesota Twins and he was doing his Jeff Hoffman things. Hit, walk, wild pitch. He got out of it. Yeah, he did. The line drive got out of it. I was kinda hoping he'd come on in the middle and Anyhow, it's still seven four for the twins. Of course, this is uh Who are
we rooting for in this?
Oh, it really done matter to me. I mean the Jays have to catch both of these teams at some point.
Good. Probably probably uh Which one's better?
I mean whoever's higher up in the standings I would think. The twins are higher up in the standings.
Are they? But like a half a game.
Anyhow, it is Blair and Barker on SportsNet five ninety, the fan of sports that we're all about the wild card folks. We got wild card fever. We got wild I mean, I don't know, Kevin. I d m we might need an inoculation against it or something like that because wild card fever's breaking out all over the place. The most optimistic I felt that Roger Center. Last night in in a long time.
Uh yeah, they're pitching better. I mean and and and a bunching really good. Yeah, yeah.
As you said yesterday or last night on Blue Jay's talk. The the pitchers have been the M V P of this thing getting back into the especially the bullpen. They've been the M V P of this team getting back into the into the race. Yeah the last fifteen days Yeah, the last fifteen days
the staff is second in baseball in ERA with two point five seven. I th this is the reason why they're getting back into this thing. Yep. And then you got a bunch of guys like the Batemans, the McAdoos, the Joe Smiths, the Chase Lees, the Chad Dallas's the Lazardo Estratas, who what. I mean, it's like Brendan Little's back, baby. It's like five different
five different guys have saved the
last five wins. Spencer Miles last
night.
It's just kinda nice to see a bunch of guys do whatever it takes to win a baseball game and and it starts with the guy on the mound. The guy on the mound's giving everybody a chance. You know in the last thirteen games they've used nineteen different pitchers. Not sure you can make a habit out of that, but I think it just goes to show you that If you get hot with certain guys at the right time and just guys that come up throwing strikes, little element of surprise, John and Petey put them in the right spot when they go out there. Can actually do a good enough job to give the lineup a chance to get a big hit, and that's exactly what certain dudes are doing.
Yeah, speaking of uh Jay's pitchers, we'll be joined later on in the show by Tyler Rogers. Had a really fun discussion with Tyler. Uh A little while ago on tape. I had no idea the guy was gonna be a firefighter. But uh
why'd you tell him it?
What? Now you would talk about a guy with a slow heartbeat. I think he knows who he is. Yeah. Uh he'll join us. And uh the Jays did make a move today. A move we kinda like. I mean we're not gonna it's not gonna be necessarily be a game changer. But uh they claimed uh Paul Seawald off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Uh twenty four twenty seven saves this year. I I mean He's he's thirty six years old, uh, he's got a six twenty three ERA. But one thing you do notice about the guy is he's held right handers to like a one sixty, I think a one sixty average, he's got twenty some strikeouts or something like that. He'll go into the bullpen mix and give them you know, maybe allow just another arm that might allow Spencer Miles to be used in higher leverage or maybe give Spencer Miles a day off.
Uh to me I mean he doesn't have the stuff of Jimmy Garcia. But he kind of fills that role. And he's a guy that, you know I mean, given the way this uh given the way John and Petey have had to manage this thing, uh you might end up seeing 'em closing games at some point. Yeah.
This the lefties have worn this dude out. I mean, as long as Petey and and John don't throw in my chair against a bunch of lefties. I I have no idea why the Diamondbacks would would allow him to face more lefties than righties.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did the Blue Jays’ recent win impact the Wild Card race?
0:11–5:58
2
What role did the bullpen upgrade and Paul Sewald’s acquisition play?
5:58–11:16
3
Why is Dylan Cease’s velocity dip a concern for the Jays?
11:16–17:44
4
How is Brett Bateman changing the Jays’ lineup dynamics?
17:44–22:56
5
What pressure is mounting on Vladdy Julius Rodriguez as the stretch approaches?
22:56–28:05
6
What insights does Jeff Passan bring about the Dodgers’ offensive woes?
28:05–34:54
7
Could Mark Walter’s potential sale of the Lakers affect the Dodgers?
34:54–42:34
8
Why does Cam Schlittler have an edge over Dylan Cease for the AL Cy Young?
42:34–49:33
Speakers
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