JTP: Kevin Pillar, Roy Wood Jr., & the Jays’ Pitching Rotation
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What are the Blue Jays’ current pitching rotation plans for the postseason?
For just the second time, we have three do-or-die games on the same day. Three of the four wildcard series coming down to a deciding game three locked at 1-1. We will get Tigers-Guardians at 3 p.m., Padres-Cubs at 5 p.m., and for Blue Jays fans, the most important game, Red Sox-Yankees at 8 p.m. He of barely more innings than Trey Savage in his major league career so far takes on Cam Schlittler, rookie against rookie in the deciding game three. Winner gets to immediately travel to Toronto to face the Toronto Blue Jays beginning Saturday. This is Jay's Talk Plus. Blake Murphy and Julia Kreutz with you. Julia, three elimination games today, I guess. Thank you to the Dodgers for taking care of business.
So there's not four, but I kind of wanted four and the Reds were up early. Fun day of ball games.
Yeah, I kind of did want it one for as well. And it was pretty funny that the Reds came out swinging, really got off to a two nothing lead there in the first inning. But one thing that I said out loud yesterday before the game even switched is there was one team in the regular season that had more comeback wins than the Toronto Blue Jays. And that's the Los Angeles Dodgers. And we saw that power and prowess right there. You cannot count out the Los Angeles Dodgers in October, no matter how iffy things look in the regular season.
Yeah, especially a two nothing lead is just not going to cut it. Congratulations. You got to Yoshinobu Yamamoto a little bit early on, and then he settles down and gives you nine strikeouts, goes deep into the seven throws. 113 pitches, which is really fascinating. Something we'll probably talk about a lot throughout the course of the playoffs where last year, I believe for the first time relievers through a larger share of innings than starters in the postseason. But some data that I've been tracking all year is that it seems like managers have gone too far. the other way where for a period this year it evened out by the end but starting pitcher era was actually lower than relief pitcher era for a little bit uh louis paulus uh formerly of major league front offices did a study last year about a kind of expected results based on bullpen usage and things like that and his numbers showed that we had maybe gone a little too far to not trusting
the
pitchers enough so good to see yamamoto go 113 good to see crochet go 117 Good to see that whether Aaron Boone leaves a guy in too long or takes a guy out too early, there's no right answer for Aaron Boone.
Seriously.
For Yankees fans. A lot to unpack in that Red Sox-Yankees game. We'll do a lot. J.P. Ricciardi is going to join us a little later. He, in addition to being a former Blue Jays GM... Does color commentary for the Red Sox AAA team, who, you know what? Connelly Early, Kyle Harris, and Peyton Tolley all factoring
in today, probably.
So good to get his perspective on that. Roy Wood Jr. will join us. He threw a first pitch at the Cubs game yesterday. We'll see how he's feeling about this Cubs game. Also a big Joe Carter guy, relevant to a Vlad quote from the intra-squad game yesterday. We'll also talk to Kevin Pillar, who's going to be on Blue Jay Central throughout this playoff run. But right now... Someone you know regularly from Blue Jays Central and Blue Jays broadcast. Joe Siddle joins us. Joe, how we doing, man?
Blake, Julie, how we doing? I'm doing great. Looking forward to some baseball Saturday. Yeah. Today first.
Yeah, today first. And we'll ask your take on Red Sox, Yankees in a bit. But where is your excitement level? So for anyone who doesn't remember, 2015, 2016, you were a part of our radio team. 2022, 2023, you were part of Blue Jay Central. This is why you've, because of the way the TV rights worked and us only getting the chance to broadcast our own games through the playoff run recently, you've got like more playoff experience than anyone on our roster on
the
broadcast side.
It goes all the way back to the bat flip game right in that series. And I was in the radio Jerry Howard for that very memorable to say the least.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the Blue Jays’ current pitching rotation plans for the postseason?
0:21–13:10
2
How are in‑trasquad games being used to prepare the Jays for the playoffs?
13:10–25:06
3
What are the key match‑ups and strategies for the Red Sox vs. Yankees Game 3?
25:06–36:04
4
How will the Cubs‑Padres Game 3 affect the wildcard picture?
36:04–50:05
5
Why does Roy Wood Jr. think the Cubs’ first‑pitch ceremony matters?
50:05–1:02:12
6
What does Kevin Pillar say about the Blue Jays’ chances in the ALDS?
1:02:12–1:14:27
7
Should the Rogers Dome stay closed or be opened for playoff games?
1:14:27–1:25:52
8
What are the overall playoff outlook and next steps for the Jays?
1:25:52–1:39:51
Speakers
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