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Chapter 1: What were the highlights of the Blue Jays' 14-1 victory over the Angels?
Well, Nick, I'll tell you what. We did not see the finest display of baseball put on by the Angels today. They absolutely unraveled midway through this one. But, hey, they don't ask how. They ask how many. And to add on, the Jays made it a laugher in the end. They got some bombs by Valenzuela, Clement, Sanchez later on. Clement went five for five today. Valenzuela had a four-hit day.
Some terrific relief outings as well today. A 14 to 1 win for the good guys. They win the series against the Angels. 20 hits today for the Blue Jays offense. Jays are now 18 and 21 on the season.
Before this game, you and I talked about Friday's win and how it was a positive for the Jays to end their losing streak and try and establish some momentum, but it didn't inspire confidence in the lineup because they only had a couple hits.
Chapter 2: How did Brandon Valenzuela perform in his first four-hit game?
They didn't have any extra base hits in that game, and so it was really driven by elite pitching and thin margins. This was not that. This was the opposite of that. This was a game where, as you mentioned, a couple players with four plus hits, three balls go over the wall.
There was a time in the middle of this game where it felt like the Angels' failures was going to be what drive the Blue Jays' success. And they're going to kind of back into a win here because of all the incompetence, which I'm sure we're going to get into over the course of the show. But then you have to give them credit. Then they actually put their foot on the accelerator.
They started hitting the balls over the wall. They started driving it. It's pretty hard to complain about 14 runs on 20 hits, even if a couple of them are kind of softball hits against a position player at the end.
You'll take it. In the arbitration hearings at the end of the year, they don't go back and pick through if you hit some balls off a position player. So I'm sure everyone who got those hits were very happy. That's Nick Ashbourne.
Chapter 3: What impact did Ernie Clement's five-for-five performance have on the game?
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We do have a giveaway today, Nick. I have an extra Treya Savage Angry Bird jersey. That was the giveaway on Friday to open the series. Tom Young and Jeff Blair kindly corralling it for us yesterday. I will have a trivia question for you after the break, so stick around for that
But the way it works, in case you've never done this with us before, the way it works is I'll throw out a question, then you text me the answer to that question at 590-590, name and location, and then you'll be entered into a draw. to win that giveaway jersey.
Chapter 4: How did Trey Yesavage fare on the mound during the game?
But I have the question all ready to go. It's a Treya Savage-themed question, which felt appropriate given both the giveaway and the fact that he was on the mound today. But we'll do that after the break, so stick around for that. Let's get to the player of the game, brought to you by Capital One. Capital One giving credit to over 4 million Canadians and counting.
I feel like you can go actually, in games like this, Nick, you can go a variety of different ways, and I'm curious where you're going for the player of the game today.
Earlier on, I was thinking about Addison Barger as a bit of a sentimental favorite. He comes back, he drew a couple walks, had some good at bats, and that unbelievable outfield assist. He threw it over 100 miles per hour, the hardest throw of his career, and he's already been one of the harder throwers in all of baseball since he's come up.
But at the end of the day, it's going to be Brandon Valenzuela. This was the first real offensive breakout we've seen from him on this level. An impressive home run that also kind of broke the game open. As I referred to before in the show, there was a moment where it was kind of Angel's silliness that was letting them dribble runs across the plate.
And then he hits that big home run and suddenly the game feels more or less out of reach at that point. you know, he was the guy who got the Gatorade bath and that was a justified decision.
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Chapter 5: What does the future hold for Valenzuela when Alejandro Kirk returns?
So I'm going to go with, with Vladdy on this one.
Valenzuela. Yeah.
I'm going with Vladdy who's delivering the Gatorade bath to Valenzuela.
I was like, wow, you really changed your mind at the end there. No, yeah.
I'm going to circle back to the guy who just had a couple of No, sorry, that was ambiguous phrasing.
I'm going with Valenzuela. I will say he was very, he takes the ice bath very seriously. Valenzuela slightly got out of the way and Vladio, no, no, stand right there. And then he took the Gatorade bath. Yeah, Valenzuela is a good one. I mean, I thought maybe Ernie Clement could be a good one too. I mean, five for five today is something that does not happen very often.
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Chapter 6: How did Joe Mantiply contribute to the bullpen's success?
even if that fifth hit was off a position player. But Valenzuela, or Valley, as John Schneider likes to call him, three-run bomb off of Mitch Ferris in the fifth inning that, to your point, really kind of put that punctuation mark, let's say, on that big seven-run inning. But, you know, aside from that inning having that self-inflicted
meltdown by the Angels that pitch from Ferris to I mean a slider down and in and Valenzuela kind of I mean with like a semi golf swing essentially into the beauty tone sign out there in the by the bullpen I mean again a monster inning from the Jays no question but to see him put a swing like that on the ball is really nice to see again four home runs on the team I think Ben said Valenzuela is now what tied for third on the team and home runs with four and
First career four-hit game for Valenzuela. Just, what, a month, as Arden said, into his Major League career.
He's someone who, like many catchers, their defense is the first thing you look at. And that's what got him towards the major leagues. We've seen his arm before. He's got a really impressive arm. All of the framing numbers like him, it's early in his career to say he's fantastic at that. But people really believe in his ability to handle his business behind the plate.
And then he has a day like this where he just gives you a glimpse of the offensive potential as well. And is he consistently going to be that hitter who's a major impact guy day in, day out? That would be a surprise.
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Chapter 7: What were the reactions to Bobby Cox's passing and his legacy?
But not a lot of kind of backup catchers. And let's be honest, that's what his trajectory with the Jays is because they have an all-star catcher in Alejandro Kirk, who is injured now, but is going to come back and take the reins there. Not many of them have the level of physical gifts and offensive ceiling that Valenzuela has. We don't know about the consistency yet.
We don't know where he's going to net out as a major league hitter, but he is a talented guy and he's an exciting player to watch at times. And when you think of backup catchers, you often think of guys in their 30s who've been around forever, who just kind of trusted to do the job and don't have any of these loud tools. And he's a little bit different.
416-870-0590, 1-888-666-0590, star 590 on your cell. Let's go to the phones to kick things off here. Let's go to Lorne and Simcoe joining us here on Blue Jays Talk. Lorne, what's up?
Hey, Cheryl. Hey, Nick. Great day for a Blue Jays win. Worried about Trey and the number of pitches.
Chapter 8: What trivia question is posed for the Yesavage Angry Bird jersey giveaway?
I think he's going to have to have a start skip probably after the next start he has. I'm a little worried about the leverage points. I'm not liking commango going down. I mean, Luke is going to come back and. Now you have another lefty bat, so someone's gotta go and how do we not DSA Heideman when Kirk's ready? I know they're going to probably say, well, we need three catchers.
Valley goes down, but. Kind of looks lost and. I'm going to be on Valdi again. I'm still frustrated with Valdi a week later, Joe. Thanks for my call, guys.
Yeah, Lauren, appreciate the call. On the Heinemann thing, just because we were just talking about Valenzuela, he's struggling, no doubt. I mean, it's really tough when he comes up to the plate against a position player and is one of the few guys who can't really scratch some runs across. But, you know, Heinemann... I guess I just would be surprised if he got DFA'd. Again, is that possible? Sure.
Is keeping Valenzuela up, and I think this does tie in, just from a philosophical standpoint, to Barger being activated and neither Schneider or Sosa going down. Obviously Schneider has an option, Sosa does not, so Sosa would have to have been...
exposed to waivers if he was the guy, but it ended up being Pinyongo, and he went down despite swinging, you know, a decently hot battle, things considered.
And again, they're playing the asset management game there, and I would be surprised if they didn't play the asset management game again, but much like I said to you when we heard that news on the pregame show, or just before the pregame show earlier today, I just do think that, and again, what's the team now? They're 18-21.
I do think even, and they were 17-21 earlier, and this is what I had said to you then, but at 17-21, I think it's the same now. You're scratching and clawing. I mean, today was not a scratching and clawing type of day, right? But you're trying to get these wins by any means necessary. And I do think that while Tyler Heinemann has utility, he very much does, it is...
It is tough when the hot bats are not a part of the group, just from, you know, we've heard the term accountability be used. We've heard the term meritocracy be used a lot. And I feel like if it is a meritocracy, then, you know, Pinango would still be with the team and Valenzuela would remain with the team as well. But that's not, I suppose that's not the only consideration.
And it's not John Schneider making those decisions. I'm sure he has input. It's Ross Atkins, right?
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