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Chapter 1: What were the key moments in the Blue Jays' 7-1 loss to the Twins?
All right, well, stop me if you've heard this before, but the Minnesota Twins managed to beat Kevin Gossman tonight. It is Blue Jays Talk with Jeff Blair. The numbers to call, 416-870-0590, star 591-888-666-0590. The text line is open, 590-590 is the text line name and location. Please, standard message and data rates may apply. The Minnesota Twins beating the Blue Jays 7-1. Kevin Gossman.
Not having his best stuff against a team that in the past has given him trouble.
In the past, when he has had trouble against the Minnesota Twins, and this really goes back to when Rocco Baldelli was managing the team, there was some thought on the part of both the Blue Jays and Kevin Gossman that the Twins may have had something on him, that there may have been some sort of tell that they had picked up in Kevin Gossman. And...
Chapter 2: How did Kevin Gausman perform against the Twins, and what were the factors?
Don't think that was the case tonight. Some of his performances against Minnesota in the past have been messy. They've gotten away from him. Tonight, I just thought with his velocity down on average 1.6 miles an hour, his velocity down on all his pitches, you almost got the sense that
That it was just a matter of time before the Twins would catch up to him, and we saw that in the fourth inning with the two-run home run by Ryan Jeffers, and then really the blast that I think put the game away, or certainly... extended, or I guess created the sense that things weren't going to work out for Kevin Gossman, was Byron Buxton's home run in the sixth inning.
His third home run in four games, his eighth home run of the year. And for that reason, Byron Buxton is the player of the game. The player of the game is brought to you by Capital One Capital One, giving credit to over 4 million Canadians and counting.
As the guys on the radio said, not a whole hell of a lot going on offensively for the Blue Jays tonight after that big win over the Boston Red Sox yesterday, which came in the heels of a sort of a state-of-the-team offensive seminar, if you want to describe it as that, before that Minnesota game.
Chapter 3: What impact did Byron Buxton's home run have on the game?
Dalton Varshow's home run the only blemish on Bailey Ober's record Bailey Ober has changed up very effective tonight kept the Blue Jays off balance and again the Jays really didn't have much going on the first inning George Springer went off with a single. They had a couple of runners on base. Dalton Varshall struck out swinging.
George Springer would also hit a one-out single in the third, but the Jays were unable to bring him home. And, again, really not a lot going on tonight. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., a very quiet night. One base hit in four trips to the plate, and that base hit coming in the eighth inning was the only ball that got out of the ā
Got out of the infield, and the Jays not helping their cause with some sloppy defense in the eighth inning. Throwing errors by Okamoto, and then an error by Andres Jimenez.
Chapter 4: Why was the Blue Jays' offense so quiet during the game?
As well, Okamoto's coming on a pop-off off the bat of Jeffers that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tried to make a play on on the third base side of the mound. Actually stumbled over the mound and fell down. Just a messy night all around for the Blue Jays. The good news, though, as we always say, is that you get to do it again tomorrow.
And the Jays will play the second game of this four-game series tomorrow. 8 o'clock, 8.10 to be exact, will be the first pitch from minnesota the jays now 14 and 17 and the minnesota twins winning for just the third time in 11 games they were two and eight in their last 10 coming into this game the twins taking two of three from the jays earlier this year in Toronto.
But that was when the Jays were still kind of trying to find their sea legs.
Chapter 5: What defensive struggles did the Blue Jays face in this game?
The Jays coming into tonight's game certainly seemed to be better placed to take advantage of the Twins. But that was, again, not the case. 416-870-0590. Star 590. 1-888-666-0590. The text line is 590-590. The Blue Jays falling 7-1 to the Minnesota Twins. Going to the text line. Keith and Scarborough home runs, again, are going to be the Achilles heel to the pitching staff.
Gossman is a good pitcher, but to be great, he needs to develop a third pitch.
Chapter 6: What role does Davis Schneider play on the Blue Jays team?
Maybe you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Yeah, Kevin Gossman's been a two-pitch pitcher now basically for a couple of years. He does have the slider. I mean, yeah, it's really even pointless to talk about that. Kevin Gossman is who he is, and that's been really good for the Blue Jays.
It'll be interesting to hear from John Schneider tonight after the game and hear what he thinks about Kevin Gossman's velocity. Again, colder night in Minnesota, a chilly night, and sometimes Kevin Gossman does... take velocity off his pitches in order to increase his control of his pitches or just because he feels it makes him more effective.
So certainly no reason to press the panic button or anything like that. But again, it was not vintage Kevin Gossman.
Chapter 7: What does the future hold for Daulton Varsho on the Blue Jays?
And once again, if you're pointing to something with Kevin Gossman... compared to what we're used to seeing from Kevin Gossman. He's just not striking out as many batters as he has in the past. Now, again, the... The tradeoff is that he's been giving up a lot of soft contact. So we keep that in mind with Kevin Gossman.
Generally, with Kevin Gossman, stuff happens because he's intentionally doing something. It's happened because he has decided to make something happen. So again, we'll wait and see and hear from John Schneider what the... what he thinks he saw or didn't see from Kevin Gossman.
Chapter 8: What are the implications of the Blue Jays' current performance for the season?
A rare off night for the bullpen tonight. And by off night, I certainly don't mean in terms of work, but I mean in terms of performance. Mason Fluharty scuffling not helped by his team's defense, it must be said. The Twins adding three runs in the eighth inning to essentially put this game to bed as they open this four-game series with a win.
Ashley in Toronto, great game for the centerfielders tonight on both sides. Made me think ahead, maybe too early, but seriously, who are the Jays planning to play in centerfield next year? With Varshow, Waukee are now no extension talks that we know of. They must be thinking, talking about it internally. What say you? Yeah, listen, I would imagine...
given the way the Blue Jays approach things, that you would think at some point there would be some discussions about Dalton Varshow. You know, we talked about this a little bit in Blair and Barker today. Dalton Varshow is going to give you superior defense. He's going to hit for power. He's not going to hit for a lot of average defense.
I don't know, and I'll also say this, he's represented by Scott Boris. I just don't know if the sides will be able to find a dollar figure that makes both of them happy. Now, having said that, there is some money coming off the books, obviously, this year with Springer and Gossman both being free agents. So...
the Jays would have room, would have some payroll flexibility to try to fit Dalton Varshow in there. But keep in mind that the Jays, as they have done in the past three years, they will be players at the top end of the free agent market this year. They will make an offer on Tarek Skubal. That doesn't mean he's going to sign here, obviously, but they will be in that market.
So I guess the question for the Blue Jays more than anything else is, how do you value Dalton Varshow? What do you think he is as a player? Who do you think he is as a player? Can you do better than that? We know that the Jays like his makeup. We know that the Jays really like the idea of keeping their core group together.
They certainly paid a pretty hefty price to trade for Dalton Varshow, but... Things are a little different now because, as I mentioned a little earlier with regards to Tarek Skubal, the Jays are going to be at the top end of any free agent market.
So if Dalton Varshow doesn't come back or if they decide they want to pivot from Dalton Varshow, they will be in the market for whatever other elite outfielders there are. And this is... So something to keep in mind as we approach the trade deadline. We don't approach it. We're still a few months away.
But as we get to the trade deadline and as trade talks pick up, there is a potential of a labor stoppage as well. We really don't know how that is going to impact. We don't really know how teams are going to react to that, and we'll just have to wait and see. But clearly, a decision has to be made in Dalton Varshow. Again, it's how much.
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