JTP: Jays Take Consecutive Games + the Future of the Jays Pitching Staff
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Why are the Blue Jays suddenly winning tighter games and climbing the wildcard race?
А до Jays win another one. They have one nine of thirteen, ten of fifteen, eleven of sixteen. I'm not sure where you want to draw the lines. When you're well below five hundred, I tend to pick the mark where you started playing five hundred ball, but nine and four sounds a little more impressive than uh eleven and six. Either way, the Blue Jays have dragged themselves within five games of five hundred, which while that is a very low bar, that is enough to have finally gained one game in the American League wildcard. standings. They are now only two and a half back. Their playoff odds have increased to twelve point four percent. That is the highest they've been in about a month since just after the all-star break, uh when they dropped a couple and kind of killed the hey, maybe they'll get it going after the all-star break.
Buzz uh fun one. They went five three. It's uh I mean they're all impressive wins at this point, but you're playing against a Boston Red Sox team that until Saturday was very, very hot. You won a game where Dylan Sees wasn't uh as sharp as he has been and didn't give you length, and your bullpen is uh in kind of constant triage mode here. Spencer Miles picks up a save. Um, you get more bad injury news, but you just keep rolling. Uh, another guy fresh up from the miners in Chase Lee gives you five outs. This is how it's going to have to look for the next little while. And the Blue Jays just keep pulling out a lot more of these games uh than maybe we.
We'll talk to our pal Ben Clemens of Fangrafts and we'll talk to Mario Degat. Mario Delgado Gonzalo of Baseball Prospectus, uh a baseball analyst over in Spain, which should be a cool story to dig into. But first, to help us break down the suddenly hot Blue Jays. It's Mitch Bannon of The Athletic. Mitch, how are we doing, buddy? Doing good, Blake. How are you? I'm good, man. Um, Jays have pulled out a couple of these lately, playing better baseball. Um, at a high level before we get into the specifics uh of last night's game. Um, what do you attribute this to? Like what do you make of just uh the Jays not only winning games, but these are tighter games, these are tougher games, these are comebacks, these are um not the type of games they're winning earlier in the season, certainly.
Yeah, I think on a base level I attribute it to the offense coming through. Like we've just seen more of those two outs, two men on hits. We've seen more of those add-on runs. Like yesterday's add on run seemed gigantic for the team, even though it was just to move a a one run game into a two run game. But I do think just like being around the team, part of this is the pressure of that deadline being behind them. Like the two weeks before the deadline were this. Who's gonna go, who's gonna stay, what are we doing, looming pressure? Like it it felt like such a momentous day for this team. They're behind it, they know what their team is, and suddenly they've been playing pretty good ball. Now, some of this play does kind of proceed that though they did win some series heading into the deadline, but the way that this team has come out, the new guys have come up and contributed, it seems like it's given them a bit of a new lease on life.
Yeah, and that makes uh that makes sense. I would certainly uh put some stock into that. The the deadline exhale. And I think the defense ticking upward is maybe where you see it on the position player side. Um the offense, yeah, it's it's all about the timing. They're still posted. I think during the stretch they have like a six sixty OPS or something like that. But the timing of it, we've all joked about Andres Jimenez is clutch hitting. Uh yesterday it's it's Miles Straw in a big spot. Um so unlikely guy. But but going in the uh the right direction there. Now they're also doing this with guys like Charles McAdoo and Brett Bateman hitting at the uh the top of the order. And at this point in the year, uh you kind of just got to go with whoever you think can give you a hit, whoever you think can give you a good at-bat.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why are the Blue Jays suddenly winning tighter games and climbing the wildcard race?
0:15–10:18
2
How did the trade‑deadline pressure and new players like Brett Bateman and Charles McAdoo affect the Jays' recent surge?
10:18–37:22
3
What is the role of Spencer Miles and the bullpen reshuffle in Toronto’s late‑season push?
37:22–52:37
4
Why did the Jays’ trade‑deadline moves (Soriano, Gaussmann, etc.) receive mixed reviews?
52:37–1:01:50
5
How do the hosts compare the Dodgers’ recent trades and pitching trends to the Jays’ strategy?
1:01:50–1:10:52
6
What metrics (whiff %, run value, spin efficiency, etc.) do they recommend for evaluating a pitcher’s arsenal?
1:10:52–1:28:05
7
What are the upcoming game previews and closing thoughts for the Jays‑Red Sox matchup?
1:28:05–1:39:50
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