End of an Era: Jays Wrap 2026 w/ Farewells for Springer & Scherzer
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What made the Jays' 5‑1 win over the Reds feel like a memorable season finale?
All right, Kevin and Sho Ali alongside me, or actually in front of me here in the uh broadcast booth. Um probably the most interesting, meaningless baseball game I've been to. I think it'd probably be the best way I would put it, Kevin the Jay's winning five one. Um all about George and Mostly all about Max. 114 pitches, his 225th career win in front of the 61st sellout of the year. Um I'm gonna say this, like I know that we are facing a winter of labor discontent. I don't think Max Scherzer's throwing his last pitch in the majors.
Yeah, I mean I I'm not sure I can talk on that. I I could just talk what I saw. I mean, that's a little superhuman, right? You threw ninety three pitches, you had three days of rest. You come out and look like you, you know, had six or seven days off. You know, the fastball's never been better. I mean, the velocity hasn't consistently, I think, been there where he wanted it to be, but the last I don't know, four or five starts for him, it's location of the fastball, it's being able to set it up the way he wants to set it up. uh you know just being able to do those kind of things was just a cool time and here and seeing the interaction between him and John. I mean that that that's pretty cool too, right?
Everybody was expecting that. Anytime you can get to sort of that and see it play out the way you want to see it play out. I mean, yeah. I you know the with not with the game not meaning anything Board sure meant a lot.
So uh you were here along with me. Um I mean it was great theater. John Schneider runs out and we know he doesn't generally take guys out when he runs out and um it wasn't quite quite as dramatic as the postseason visit to the mound, but John went back in. Max finished it out and you could tell when Max came into the dugout, walks right past John, doesn't even look at him and John's laughing and Yeah, it was just great theater and uh You know, I g I mean I gotta admit when Mac showed up Ah, it was a bit of a victory lap. I didn't really expect much. And honestly, I think like a lot of people today I thought Maybe three innings, maybe John, you know, gets 'em out when there's a man on first so you can Have an ovation instead we got uh
Instead we got Max.
Yeah, we did and I I think theater is the right word because you know, it's funny we had gone down, John doesn't usually talk to the media on Sundays, we went into his office and it was packed in there, one last media availability and he w like straight up said, Yeah, you know, Max's not gonna he's not gonna nod me off, not gonna yell me off the mound and then and then that's exactly what happened. So I d I I do think that's a I do think it's a little bit of like play acting, but I think the crowd loved it. I mean he went out and they booed the crap out of him and then I think they booed him again when he went out there in the in the eighth inning. So yeah, I I don't I've I don't really have a huge issue with it being theater because I mean look, this is a day they kinda you you talk you guys talked about this earlier in the week.
right? Like they get eliminated after the doubleheader and you kinda spend the next couple of days conducting the post mortem on the season. So that you can have this kind of, you know, quote unquote long goodbye for not just the two Springer and Schurzer but Kinda for the entire team, the entire season. That it can end this way. It doesn't always end like this, right? So that it can end this way I think I'll I'll take as a positive.
Yeah, and you know, listen, it's um I mean I showed up at the ballpark today early, talked to some people and ran into some people in front of the ballpark and You know, the thing on everybody's mind was, Well, we don't know when there will be another baseball game at the Rogers Center because of the labor situation. So we're just gonna go there today, enjoy it. Um, give Max and George a send off and I mean the fans got the fans got exactly Exactly what they wanted. Four one six eight seven zero zero five ninety, star five ninety, one triple eight triple six zero five ninety.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What made the Jays' 5‑1 win over the Reds feel like a memorable season finale?
0:07–7:02
2
How did John Schneider’s on‑field visit create theater around Max Scherzer’s final start?
7:02–15:33
3
Why did the hosts say the game was a perfect send‑off for George Springer?
15:33–21:34
4
What impact did the contracts of Springer and Scherzer have on the Blue Jays’ long‑term strategy?
21:34–26:56
5
Which young players (McAdoo, Valenzuela, Bateman) gave fans hope for next season?
26:56–32:40
6
How might the MLB lockout affect free agency and the Jays’ offseason plans?
32:40–37:50
7
What are the key takeaways from the playoff picture and the AL East standings?
37:50–43:20
8
What final thoughts did the hosts share about the future of the Blue Jays and upcoming season?
43:20–44:31