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Chapter 1: What were the key moments in the Jays' 4-3 loss to the Braves?
All right, Kevin Barker. Well, when you're playing the best team in baseball, which the Atlanta Braves clearly are. And you hold them to four runs. Certainly not terrible. You got to do better than 0 for 6th runners in scoring position. You got to do better than what we saw in the 6th inning and the 8th inning.
Chapter 2: What factors contributed to the Jays' struggles with runners in scoring position?
Tonight in the Jays' 4-3 loss to the Braves. I get, you know, there's nothing wrong with a sacrifice fly. I get it. But, man, the Jays needed to do more in that inning. And they certainly needed to do more in the 8th inning as well. Vladdy hits into that double play. They just... They just didn't come through. Limited opportunities, they didn't come through.
Chapter 3: How did Kevin Gausman's performance impact the game outcome?
It's that simple.
Yeah, they had a little bad luck, right? I think we've been waiting for that big moment from Vladdy all year. You know, you mentioned the eighth inning there. I guess he hit it hard. I mean, if you want to lean on Al Hardy, hit a ball to the shortstop of it, I guess you can do that. That's a positive thing. You kind of mentioned it, right?
Iglesias, that's a little bit of bad luck, just who they were having up in that inning, you know, with a couple of dudes on. I mean, it's heavy lifting against one of the best closers in baseball. The sixth inning, I mean, Dalton's looking for something up. You know, when you're looking for something up with a runner on third and less than two outs, you're looking to get a ball in the air.
That's ā You know, I just think because of where he's hitting, because of the way his years went, it's a lot to ask a guy to do more, Jeff. It's a lot, right?
Chapter 4: What insights do the hosts provide about Vladdy's recent performance?
He's trying to simplify it enough of just seeing it up because that's easier to get the ball in the air and have a productive at-bat. So, yeah, I just wonder about the 2-0 slider that Kevin threw to Olsen. That don't make no sense to me whatsoever. You got beat with your third-best pitch, arguably the best player in the National League. I don't get it. That's the one thing.
Well, I will say this. Yeah. Well, I was going to say he did start the game out with the slider. And I wonder if maybe that isn't a case of the guy trying to outsmart himself.
Chapter 5: Is there still hope for the Jays to recover from their losing streak?
Or not trying to, but if a guy out thinking himself.
Yeah, that's to a righty. That's not to a lefty. That makes no sense. You're going to get beat. Your best two pitches are not a slider. I just don't understand the pitch selection there. But again, it's Kevin Gosman. You know, I mentioned the leadoff thing. He walked the leadoff hitter in the first inning. He scored. Obviously, he gave up the leadoff home run after they tied the baseball game.
You know, he was good. He wasn't great. I question the pitch selection, the 2-0 pitch to Matt Olsen.
Chapter 6: What adjustments are needed for the Jays to improve their lineup?
He was 17 for 25, throwing strike once at 68%. His last outing, he was 45%. So, he did make some adjustments of getting ahead. When you get ahead, you got a better chance of them winning. of them, Chase, and I'm with you. You gave up four runs. Four runs. You need your best guys in that part of the lineup to get a big hit. They just didn't get it.
That's called losing on the road to the best team in baseball.
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Chapter 7: How do injuries affect the Jays' current performance?
They've lost three in a row. And the second game of this four-game series goes tomorrow in Atlanta. And quite frankly, Kevin, this was... I mean, this was kind of the pitching matchup, I guess, that kind of favored the Jays. I mean, you have Patrick Corbin going tomorrow. You have good old TBD going Thursday. But this was, I think, kind of your best chance here.
Yeah, I mean, they had opportunities, right? You know, with the runners in scoring position, the fourth inning they had a chance. The sixth inning they had a couple of chances. Seventh inning they had a chance. You mentioned the Vladdy at bat hitting in the double play. Obviously, the ninth inning they had a couple more chances. This is kind of the thing, right?
When you're trying to piece it together because you don't have the guys in the part of the lineup that you want to have in there ā
Chapter 8: What are the hosts' predictions for the upcoming games in the series?
This is kind of the way it looks with just the at-bats. You know, right now the teams like the Braves who have those guys that can move the ball around, elevate it with some movement, spin it off the elevated movement, it's just real hard for some guys in the Jays lineup to make adjustments and beat a guy to the spot.
And that's kind of consistently in those money at-bats, Jeff, exactly what we're seeing. So, yeah, I mean, Kirky and Addison Barger can't get back soon enough.
Yeah, no, that is, I mean, that goes without saying, and hopefully we'll see Kirky back here at some point. I think Ben Nicholson-Smith reporting today that he is going to be taking part in rehab games this week. The Jays would like him to get roughly 20 at-bats before coming up here.
I would think more than anything else, it's not just simply getting the at-bats, it's seeing how the hand responds to it. Go ahead, Kevin.
You're shaking your finger at me. Yeah, that's the worst game I've seen Springer have in a very long time. There's taking big daddy hacks and then there's this. I think getting to the point where you've got to ask if you're a Blue Jays person making these decisions, is he hurt that it makes him look this way? The off balance, the falling on your fanny, the ā
the getting pitches to hit that he should be hitting, quite frankly, to the moon, and normally he does, they've got to figure that out. Like, again, that consistency of just sort of that simple staying inside the baseball looking for a certain pitch in a certain window and taking an effortless swing and getting to a solid foundational finish just consistently is not happening.
For me, that's got to be changed. You've got to figure that part of it out, right? This guy, just for me ā If he's not hurt, what's wrong with him?
And I think sometimes right now, I guess, which is sort of the way his seasons went with the injury and the underperforming, you know, they've got to figure whatever's wrong with him out just to get back to Jeff looking like he normally looks, which is giving himself a chance to get to the finish, get to whatever pitch he's looking for.
That falling down and falling to your knee and falling to your fanny, I mean ā It just can't continue to happen. So hopefully, fingers crossed, he figures it out.
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