Jays Power Outage Continues, Losing Streak Hits Four
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What happened in the Blue Jays' 5‑1 loss to the Astros?
All right, Kevin Barker. So I guess the question tonight is what's going to happen first, Leafs win the Stanley Cup or Vladdy hits another home run?
Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
You're new around here, aren't you? 5-1, the Houston Astros have beaten the Toronto Blue Jays in the second game of the three-game series. The Leafs? They won tonight, 3-2 in overtime. So all is right, at least in that part of the world. Boy, Kevin, I'll tell you what, I'd take three runs. Never mind three goals, I'd take three runs right now from the Blue Jays. I mean, look, Chris Bassett gave up three runs in the first inning. Kind of got, didn't exactly get knocked around, but gave up three runs, and I mean... I texted you and I said, we might as well start doing Blue Jays talk before the Jays even come up to the plate because it was done after that three-run first inning.
Yeah, well, I mean, it's sort of some bad luck there, right? I mean, it is a game of inches, right? The Altuve base hit off of Wagner's glove. You're wondering, right, if Vladdy's at first base, does he make that play? Wagner's still learning, right? Where's he playing? What's the jumps look like? How's the ball coming off the right-handed hitter? when you're playing first, little things like that. The jam shot from Alvarez, you know, that's some bad luck. The Pena cutter that was away, I mean, that's a swinging bunt down the third baseline. Like, that's some bad luck. The sweeper was a bad pitch on the sack fly. Like, there was some bad pitching in there. There was some bad luck. Down 3-0. You know, offensively, it just didn't look like they had a plan.
I mean, Blanco basically arm side. He's throwing a little bit harder than he has been all year. I mean, the velocity on the foreseam was a tick up. The slider velocity was a tick up. You could tell they were having a real tough time telling the difference. Looked to me like it was tunneling a little longer. It would break a little later. Fanny out, you know, sort of that little weak – all arm swing. That's why you saw a bunch of ground balls to the, to the pool side. It just looked like early accounts. Didn't have a good plan. And the adjustments were non-existent. I mean, again, it, it is really amazing with all the, the technology that the blue Jays have and how proud they are of it, that they can't make an end game adjustment.
I mean, we saw this all year last year. We're seeing it early this year. It's just where a decent pitcher – Blanco's not a great pitcher. He's a decent pitcher. I mean, right, he just found his lane. He found the nice release point on the slider. Far and
away his best outing of the year, though. Well, I mean, is that him or is that the Blue Jays? That's what I was going to say. I mean, that's probably – When you're making guys, I'm not going to say he's a bad pitcher, but when you're making guys who aren't pitching very well look good, that's generally a bad sign. I mean, it's one thing if Hunter Brown comes out and stuff. See, that's fine. But, you know, basically, I mean, did Ronell Blanco break a sweat? I mean, what did the top, what did Bo and Vladdy do? They were what? They were 0 for 8 with three strikeouts, two balls hit out of the infield, two fly balls from Bo. Didn't look to me like Ronell Blanco had to work that hard.
Yeah, I mean, he's a big leaguer. I mean, he is good enough to, you know, if you don't make adjustments, you don't buy into using the entire field. You don't buy into at least early in counts trying to lay off the slider. I mean, that's what he was doing, right? He was seeing that they were swinging at it early in counts. He was getting some cheap outs on it just because of the lack of adjustments that they were not making. Why not? I mean, when you see it happening, they ain't making adjustments to keep throwing it out there. And then they are also, too, having trouble with velocity, right? I mean, we're seeing that after Blanco left. Just anything above 95 just gives that lineup a whole bunch of mess of trouble, right?
Lefties don't like the elevated heater.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened in the Blue Jays' 5‑1 loss to the Astros?
0:07–4:09
2
Did Chris Bassett’s early three‑run inning involve bad luck or poor pitching?
4:09–9:16
3
How did Ronel Blanco’s performance and velocity changes affect the game?
9:16–12:41
4
Why is the Jays’ offense struggling despite the technology they have?
12:41–16:27
5
What are the recent results and outlook for the Jays’ bullpen (Little, Fluharty, etc.)?
16:27–20:10
6
How are in‑game adjustments (or lack thereof) impacting the big three hitters?
20:10–24:01
7
Which trade targets could give the Blue Jays the power they’re missing?
24:01–29:00
8
What should the Blue Jays focus on to break the four‑game losing streak?
29:00–33:38