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Chapter 1: What were the key moments in the Blue Jays' loss to the Orioles?
All right, Kevin Barker. Well, that was a big steaming pile the Jays dropped on us on a Friday night. Hear, hear. 13-3, the Baltimore Orioles having their way with the Blue Jays. The first game of a three-game series. The first game of a nine-game homestand against Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
And if we were hoping to be able to read anything into whether or not the Blue Jays would have any momentum coming out of last night's win against Atlanta, which was arguably one of their best games of the year, well, we got our answer, Kevin.
I mean, it's never a good sign when you're opening a nine-game homestand and you end up with a position player on the mound, which is what happened to the Blue Jays. There's a lot we can get to, obviously, but let's start with... The lineup, two to six in the lineup, one for 16 combined, that coming from the Ohendrik Penaingo in the ninth inning.
There was nothing going on for the Blue Jays, absolutely nothing other than the bottom of the order in Valenzuela's home run.
Yeah, Brandon Young basically had their number right. It was getting ahead. What was he, 22 for 26? That's 85%.
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Chapter 2: How did Trey Yesavage perform in the sixth inning?
He was doing it with five different pitches. He did it five of the six times with a breaking ball. You're throwing a curveball that many times for strike one. It sort of puts you on the defense. Jeff, I don't know about you. It just seems like whatever plan that they have, is just basically not adding up to what the pitcher's trying to do to get them out.
It just seems like they're looking a lot of the times for a different pitch than what's being thrown in a certain count, when last year it never looked that way. You know, maybe it's because guys were hotter. Maybe their lineup was better. Who knows? It just seems like right now their plan is not matching up to exactly the way they're at bats to look.
And when that happens, you just mentioned it, one for 16, two through six. He's just not going to win a bunch of games like that. Then it just puts a bunch of pressure on your starter when he does have a bad inning third time through.
Chapter 3: What role did John Schneider play in the game strategy?
Trey was just missing location. The split finger was a little up there in the sixth inning. The slider, he threw a couple of bad ones. You know, the Orioles lineup's good enough that third time through. You better be on point with location and late spin, and your split finger better be doing what it's supposed to be doing to set up your fastball, and it just didn't happen.
And, you know, you start that inning, you're up 3-1, you're leaving that inning, you're down 6-3, and raise your hand if you thought they were going to come back 6-3. Not me. So it's just kind of the way their season's been going, right? When they do get a good start, they do get the lead.
they give it up in one big inning, and then after that it just sort of falls apart and you get the backup catcher throwing a freaking ninth inning, which is never a good sight.
No, and it seems with the Blue Jays, when it starts to unravel, it really unravels. We saw Jesus Sanchez making just ā I mean, there have been some dumbass plays made by the Blue Jays this year. That is kind of top three dumbass plays by a Blue Jays player this year.
You should be benched for doing that. Absolutely.
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Chapter 4: Is the Blue Jays' inability to execute fixable in the short-term?
Yeah, that's selfish baseball. That's you trying to squeeze a ā push a double out of a single. That plays right in front of you. He saw Kelser catch the ball. He really hadn't even touched first when the outfielder had the ball.
Mark Budzinski almost tackled him. I mean, Mark Budzinski's pointing at the bag. Yeah, it's just it. And, you know, again, as John Schneider said in our show, you know, one of the things, and it's true about baseball, it's true about any sport, but I think it's particularly true about baseball. Once things start to get out of control, quite often they really look bad.
I think the crowd was telling you in the ninth inning what they thought of the Blue Jays' performance tonight. John Schneider has a circle of trust in the bullpen. I think I have what I'm going to call my circle of shame. And Yariel Rodriguez is very much a part of the circle of shame. I mean, that's like a human white flag running him into the game.
Chapter 5: What impact does the lineup's performance have on the team's success?
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Jeff, Kevin, you know, you guys talked about last year how we were farting rainbows. And this year, I think we're farting something really gross. It's just, it's unwatchable sometimes. You know, I want to know, I want to ask, what is the identity of this team? Because we don't, really have good starting pitching. I know we have injuries, but everybody has injuries.
Chapter 6: How does the team's defense affect their overall performance?
We don't hit well. Our bullpen has lots of holes. Our defense is inconsistent. And then the base running, my goodness, like you're talking about. One of the only outcomes you can control in baseball is your base running. And it just never gets fixed. So I feel like we just try to cling on to 2025's identity, and that's a dangerous thing to do because it's a different team.
We need to start building an identity for 2026 and start stringing together at quality at bats, figure out the base running. I don't know. Something has to happen because, like, we're not going to make the playoffs at this rate, and that's just my rant. So we need to start farting rainbows again.
Yeah, well, that would be nice. You know, listen, I think the identity of this team is a team that is a below 500 team. They're very much worth their record.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of injuries on the Blue Jays' roster?
Sometimes I think the record flatters them a little bit. Yes, they have injuries. Yes, I think Pete Walker, I think he said he's had 26 different pitchers. I get all that. But, you know, the 26 different pitchers doesn't excuse the bad defense. It doesn't excuse the lousy approaches at the plate.
It doesn't excuse what George Springer, you know, what's happening with George Springer right now or what George Springer is right now. It doesn't excuse Vladdy not getting any extra base hits. You know, I mean, injuries are a factor here. But, you know... In any other sport, you'd say this team needs a shakeup.
In any other sport, you'd say somebody needs something drastic needs to be done to this team if you want to have a chance of having success this year. I'm not buying it. I know they're, what, two games out of the wild card. I get all that.
Chapter 8: What changes are needed for the Blue Jays to improve this season?
But the problem is this is baseball, and generally the drastic stuff doesn't materialize. Right, Kevin? It's not like you can go out and trade for get a new point guard in here and shake things up or anything like that.
It's just not going to happen. They're not hitting. I mean, their starting pitching is good enough. The back end of their bullpen most of the time is good enough. Their base run is very spotty. It's a little all over the place. Their defense, I mean, we saw Okamoto. That's a routine catch and throw.
Every big leaguer, I don't care where you're from, should be able to do that 1,000 times out of 1,000 times. Just get in a hurry. You're peeking at the runner. Instead of just paying attention to what you want to do, follow your throw, hit the dude in the chest. Like, it's baseball 101, and for this team to consistently look this way, they're just not hitting.
I think it was Dan Shulman at the end of the game said, if you were hitting, you could hide all these other things you're not doing well. But when you're not hitting, when you're not hitting, your team looks awful, and you look what your record tells everybody what you are. And right now, you're not a very good team.
And here's the thing. I mean, Alejandro Kirk's going to come back and make it better, but he alone is not going to address what's wrong with this team. Absolutely. I mean, he's just not. He's one guy, and it's not going to change what Vladdy is right now. It's not going to change what George Springer is.
I mean, it's just not.
Holy moly. It's just not going to... One guy's not going to make that difference. You know, and even when Addison Barger comes back, whenever that is and whatever capacity is... It'll be better, I'm sure. But, yeah, one person, one returning injured player, I don't think is going to make the difference to this team. 13-3, the Jays have lost to the Baltimore Orioles. 4-1-6, 4-1-3, 3-9.
Oh, that's a back leg line. Don't call that one.
Throw that one out there, too. Why not?
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