Will Max Scherzer Return Next Season? + Dissecting Vladdy's Comments
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What are the hosts’ opening remarks and guest introduction?
All right, welcome back to Blair and Barker of SportsNet Five Nine Defending. SportsNet, it's an off day for the Blue Jays. Off dane and off gear. The uh season wraps up. three game series against the Cincinnati Reds tomorrow at the Rogers Center. Well, we've had our say on the situation with Vladdy and his viral comments and the reaction to it and the doubling down. Um Let's see what Eric Kratz has to say about it. He's host of Foul Territory. He is of course a former MLB catcher. He joins us on Blair and Barker. Hey Eric, thanks for doing this, man. Hey, buddy.
Yeah, no doubt. Any day I can come on with Blair and Barker. The B and Barker is gonna stand for MBA now that the J's are he gone. I don't get that. I I don't get it. That's all that that's all Barker's gonna cover now is the
Oh NBA. Okay. God, I thought you said MBA, and I thought we were making jokes about Barker's education there for a moment. Oh, you're funny. Sorry. Watch your mouth. Sorry, that uh that's my bad. That's what uh I I let my brain go to a bad place there. I I apologize for that. That's fair. Um you've probably heard Vladdy's comments. Uh you were his teammate. Would you Would you give a rat's ass about it? Or would you just go, Gow, man, we missed the playoffs three days, three more days and I'm in the you know, I'm in the I'm in the blind, right? I'm I'm hunting or I'm fishing. I'm I'm ready to go.
Yeah, I mean the fact that they came out right after the comments come out right after they got officially eliminated. Like, it's tough. If you're a teammate, Look. Something that somebody says I've never had a situation where a teammate said something and I was like No idea. I had no like if this is true, if if this is what fans have made it out to be, which Vladdy has doubled down and said, you know what, I I mean what I said and I said what I mean. Then his teammates already knew this his teammates already knew his level of Uh I don't even know what to say. Dedication, level of like Gives uh, you know, all that stuff. Like they knew that already. No no no teammate was like, What? I've seen Vladdy grind it every day.
He never would say something like this.
Right. Would they be able to put it in context though as well? You know, like, hey, um disappointing season, you know, and and I and I have to say that like, you know, Joey Vado was on a was uh made this point. I think it was in Passons podcast. He talked about, yeah, I got my first big contract. Damn right I thought about it. You know, I had a bad game and I'd Yeah, I'd I'd feel that way. And I'm wondering if maybe players would be able to put it into context.
You you mean players on the team or on his team. Yeah. Yeah,
no, on on his team. You know, like, yeah, I understand.
Hundred
percent.
Yeah. Hundred percent. His ex his his teammates know what he's going through. They see him on the bus. They see him on the plane after an O for three. You know what? There's plenty of dudes that ride the highs and ride the lows. And it's a lot of stuff that you know as a teammate, which makes you a good teammate, which makes you a bad teammate, which makes you somebody that, you know what? I'm getting behind this guy. But I saw the Blue Jays and I talked to quite a few guys on that team in when they were in Philly. Still, you know, still a hope and a prayer, chip in a chair, 'cause everybody had a chip in a chair except for the A's and the Angels in the American League this year. But They said, look. If our pla good players don't play good, we're not gonna win.
That's the reality of it. So if the guys on the team, the coaches, the support staff are all saying that, what do you think? Vladdy's just like What guys, you want me to do something? No, there's a ton of pressure on 'em. Joey Vado said it. When you get a contract, there's a ton of pressure on you. I would have loved that pressure, but you know what I didn't do? I didn't play good before they were gonna give out contracts. So I never got contracts like that. So Vladdy is right, but he's wrong in the same sense.
Yep. Yeah, well, I I think you can only use that this year.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the hosts’ opening remarks and guest introduction?
0:03–6:00
2
How did Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s viral comments affect the clubhouse and fans?
6:00–12:33
3
What advice is given for becoming a good backup catcher and how does Brandon Valenzuela fit in?
12:33–18:20
4
Will Max Scherzer return next season and what factors are influencing his decision?
18:20–23:33
5
What are the Blue Jays’ offseason priorities and how do they impact the playoff picture?
23:33–28:28
6
How might Aaron Judge’s health and the ‘moderate injury’ label affect the Yankees’ Wild Card chances?
28:28–36:20
7
Which American League teams are likely to win the division and why?
36:20–45:23
8
What final thoughts do the hosts and guests share as the episode wraps up?
45:23–49:29
Speakers
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Blue Jays on the Brink + Red Sox Shed Chad Tracy's Interim Tag
Do-or-Die in Baltimore
Cease, Vladdy and Playoff Chances All Banged Up with Thad Levine