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Chapter 1: What were the roster changes for the Blue Jays before the game?
Well, it was the day of roster turnover for the Toronto Blue Jays today. Eric Lauer, DFA, Addison Barger put on the IL and followed up by an 8-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. And Kevin, before we get to the player of the game, let me throw something out. Because I'm looking at Kevin Gosselin's performance. Ten hits, seven earned runs.
The last time he gave up ten hits in a game was May 15th of last year. Any guess which team it was?
The Rays.
The Rays. The last time he gave up seven earned runs was June 14th. And I believe that was against the Yankees. But here's my question to you. The Rays are really good. The Rays are in first place in the American League East right now. They're the best team in the American League.
Chapter 2: How did Kevin Gausman's performance impact the game against the Rays?
There you go. You said it.
I did. They are the best team in the American League. This is Kevin Gossman's second start against the best team in the American League East in what? How many days? Five days?
It's back-to-back.
Back-to-back starts against the best team in the American League. How much... How much does that account for what we saw today?
I think a little. You know, I think that's probably why you saw him moving his hands around, right? He started at his belt. He ended up at his chest.
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Chapter 3: Is Vladimir Guerrero Jr. close to turning his performance around?
You know, I'm sure he felt like that maybe he was giving away pitches. It might have been a combination of that with, you know, just where the split finger wasn't going. You know, early in the game it was just missing with the fastball. The split finger was up. That's why you saw the first two innings he's having a real tough time moving
Putting hitters away, he gave up quite a few two-strike hits. And then after that, the fourth inning was pretty good with the strikeout, the 2,000th career strikeout that he got. Then he got Simpsoned, which is never what you want to be, right? I mean, that guy running all over the place.
I mean, that's a freak show when it comes to just how fast he can run and just sort of what it does to everybody trying to get him out. So, yeah, I mean, I think it's a combination of a bunch of things. You know, when you have back-to-back starts against a team that is as hot as the race, what are they now, Jeff? They've won 15 out of their last 17. That's a lot of wins.
I mean, they're getting used to showing up at the yard thinking they're going to win every single day, and you've got to make good pitches.
Chapter 4: What did Andrés Giménez's homers mean for the game outcome?
And when you've only got two of them, And they just saw you five days ago. You better locate them. Your stuff better move moving in the direction you want it to. So, yeah, I think it was a combination of a bunch of things.
But I do think it was more of just a right now lineup that's very confident that when they swing, they they have intent that, you know, because they swung at the right pitch, the ball is going to go where they want it to. And right now that you said it, the Rays are the best team in the American League.
Well, speaking of Chandler Simpson, it is time for the player of the game brought to you by Capital One. Capital One giving credit to over 4 million Canadians and counting. Mr. Barker, I think we're on the same page here.
Absolutely. I mean, he is the fastest dude in baseball, right? The three hits, the three runs, the two stolen bases. I mean, just sort of what he does, right? With the, you know, the Gosman misplay sort of started the merry-go-round.
Chapter 5: How did Braydon Fisher's actions affect the game dynamics?
You know, how many times that Gosman had to step off. And, you know, some said it was a balk. Some said it was the three disengagements.
It looked like three disengagements, according to the first base umpire held up three fingers. So...
Yeah, I think it was that first, but if it wouldn't have been that, it was still a balk, right? So, yeah, it was just kind of what he sort of creates when he's on the bases, and he steals third, and Valenzuela's throwing the ball down the left field line.
So, yeah, for me it has to be him, but it's just kind of fun to see that come back in a game, right, where a guy can change the game because he's just much faster than everybody else. It puts pressure on everybody to make the perfect play against him, and if you don't, he makes you pay for it.
Yeah, Chandler Simpson really was the story of this game right from the get-go. You mentioned Kevin Gossman having difficulty putting hitters away. Three two-strike hits in that three-run first inning. And, of course, we saw later on a home run from Jonathan Aranda, who ended up getting hit by a pitch. I want to talk about that in a minute, but first I want to throw out the numbers.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of Yariel Rodríguez's return for the Blue Jays?
Triple 6, 0-5-90, 5-90, 5-90 is the text line. Barker's Jays are now 18-23 after an 8-5 loss to my Rays at the Rogers Center in the first game of a three-game series.
Bet you didn't think you were going to say that all year, did you? Well, I was...
I was starting to wonder about it. I was starting to wonder about it. Andres Jimenez, a couple of home runs for the Blue Jays tonight, drove in all five runs. And, I mean, Kevin, you know.
Watching this game, I mean, I kept thinking the only chance the Jays had was to get somebody on base so the bottom of the order could come through because there really wasn't a whole hell of a lot going on at the top of the order. Poor old George Springer. Two strikeouts, a ground ball pop-up foul to first base. Vladdy, 0 for 4 with two grounders, pop up the catcher, a strikeout looking.
Really the only way the Jays were probably going to do anything tonight was from the bottom of the order. And, you know, I'm going to give you credit. You said this in spring training.
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Chapter 7: What did the hosts say about the Blue Jays' lineup issues?
You really thought Andres Jimenez was going to have a good year offensively. You didn't say, I mean, you said good year. You didn't. a good year offensively. You saw a lot in him. I think offensively more than a lot of other people have. And you did that last year as well.
Yeah, I think just what I saw when I walked by the batting cage one time, I think I was talking to Pete Walker, and I heard somebody taking balls off the tee, and I just happened to look in the cage, and it happened to be Andres. And just the first thing you'd notice is how quiet his lower half was. You remember when he first got here, it was in between, right? Do I leg kick? Do I toe tap?
Do I stride separate? Like he was in between a bunch of things trying to figure out how to just get athletic and allow – kind of the rotation and the barrel meeting the baseball to take over.
Chapter 8: How might the Blue Jays address their offensive struggles moving forward?
And it took him a little while to figure it out, and now all of a sudden that he's figuring it out. You can tell the second homer, Jeff, he's sitting spin off the lefty. For him to be able to sit spin like that and have the finish that he has tells you how comfortable he is with his lower half and how athletic he feels.
And when you're like that, you know, and you're thinking to the pull side in the air, I mean, right now it's working for him. So, yeah, I might be in the minority. But I think Vladdy's takes were a little bit better tonight. I do think he had a little bit more intent on the balls he was swinging at. That's a little bit better. I know I will be in the minority with that.
I think the way he was taking balls, I've said this to you before, you've got to sometimes when you're going through it start kind of baby steps. The baby step was if I see it out of the guy's hand, how do I take it? How do I look? If I take it in a way, if I wanted to swing at it and put my A swing on it, could I have done that?
And it just looked to me like tonight it looked a little different than it has looked. Now, the result wasn't exactly what he wanted it to be. But, you know, when you're going through it a little bit, you've got to figure out how to sort of build off of what you think you did well. And for me, I thought his takes were a little bit better.
Boy, you know, I think we'll take that. I think a lot of us will take that, hearing you say that about Vladdy. I mean, why not? It's got to start at some point. It's got to start somewhere. Absolutely. And perhaps that was the case tonight. All right, Jonathan Aranda getting hit by pitch. First pitch fastball in the seventh inning from Braden Fisher. Intentional, yes? Yes.
That's a great question. Well, I mean, there's probably not any way I could answer that with 100% certainty. But it is a little odd that he is their best pitcher. Braden Fisher's pretty good about locating that heater. You know, it's rare that he misses that much when the catcher's setting up a little middle of the way and you're missing feet, glove side. You hit a guy in the back, basically.
To their best hitter. I mean, he missed by feet, Jeff. I mean, most big leaguers don't miss by feet. So, yeah, I don't know. I mean, you make you wonder. You know, I think it was the telecast. Siddle was talking about, you know, kind of why Gosman was moving his hands around. Maybe it was because they thought they had something. You mentioned the stats, how many hits he's given up, how many runs.
The back-to-back starts against the same team. Right now it's the best team in the American League. You know, some would say it was just not good pitching. That's the reason why they were getting hits off it and hitting it as hard as they were with two strikes and being able to put the ball in play. But it is a little odd.
You know, I know they, again, are very aware of teams trying to do that against them. And I think at least the people that I've talked to, maybe they've had enough of that a little bit. And when you're a little swirly, you're getting your buck kicked off Every once in a while I think it's okay to undress a guy, but I know this, the manager on the other side of the field didn't like it too much.
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