JTP: Series Win, Roster Moves & Chris Collabello
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What recent series have the Blue Jays won?
The Toronto Blue Jays just keep winning series, asterisk, as long as they're not against the Tampa Bay Rays. If you go back to April 19th now, they played 11 series. They've won seven of them. They've split two of them. And the only two series losses are to Tampa Bay. Now, because you lost five or six to Tampa Bay, your record over that time is only 20 and 16. You undid a little bit of the work, but the Blue Jays win two to one yesterday to take a series loss. against the Miami Marlins after dropping the opener and don't look now. Everything has gone wrong. There are a million injuries.
What impact have injuries had on the Blue Jays' season?
There are only two guys left in the rotation of the nine options they entered the season with. But the Blue Jays are tied for a playoff spot this morning, and it's May 28th, so we're not looking at that too, too closely. But when it comes to all this stuff has gone wrong, where is the season? What are the next couple months look like? The division is a long way away at eight and a half games. But the proximity to a playoff spot is there. The American League has not gotten out of first gear outside of the Yankees and the Rays. And the Rays, by the way, who just got swept by this Orioles team that the Jays are going to play for against this weekend. So 2-1 win yesterday. A whole bunch of roster churn.
How does the Blue Jays' roster churn affect their performance?
If you missed it, our Shai Davidi reporting that Charles McAdoo is coming up for end of the show from when he was acquired the other year. He was the return in the Isaiah kind of falafel trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2024. That 2024 deadline has fingerprints all over this team right now. And guys who are close like RJ Shrek, who was on the show last week, Jay Harry, who's having a really good show. Really good show. A really good start to the year at AA. We talked with Sean Keyes about him last week. So cool to see the returns from that. We'll talk about that with Shai Davidi in just a moment. To give you the lineup for the show today...
What are the current standings in the American League?
Oh, also thank you to show Ali and Nick Ashburn for filling in yesterday. I was on the radio call and logistically, it just didn't line up. So a great job by those guys with Nick Wilson and Spencer miles and Chris Rose. So thank you to them for that. We'll talk to shy to VD momentarily. We've got John Becker, a fan graphs a little later, Melanie Newman of Masson will join to get the Orioles side of this series. I understand logistically why that we haven't done this in Toronto. The Orioles had bark at the park yesterday, and our old pal Ben Wagner was, like, in the booth on the call carrying puppies. And next time I'm on radio, I would like to have that as well. Chris Colabella will join us at the back end as well.
That's today's show. Let's talk to Shai Davidi of Sportsnet about a lot of stuff today. Shai, how we doing, buddy? All right, how you doing, Blake? I'm good over here. There is a lot of transaction stuff to get to, but before we get to that, the Jays win another series. They're now tied for a playoff spot to the amount that that matters to you on May 28th. When you look at everything that has not gone the right way in terms of injury and performance so far this year, is this kind of just like what they've got to do right now? Just stay around the periphery of a playoff spot and hope that things move in the right direction as we go here?
Oh, for sure.
What is the status of the CBA negotiations?
And it's kind of interesting. I was talking to an executive earlier this week, and we were just talking about the slate of injuries and even before this latest round and what the Blue Jays have endured this season. And one of the points that I'd made is if you think back to some of the teams, maybe in the early 2010s that the Blue Jays have put together, it's If they had gone through a similar slate of injuries, they'd probably be 10, 12 games under 500 at this point. And for the Blue Jays to have hovered around is a byproduct of some of the organizational depth that they have. And you were talking a bit about the returns of the 2024 trade deadline. And that's really a factor in how the Blue Jays have managed to stay afloat because, you know, Pinango is part of that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What recent series have the Blue Jays won?
0:11–0:46
2
What impact have injuries had on the Blue Jays' season?
0:46–1:26
3
How does the Blue Jays' roster churn affect their performance?
1:26–2:03
4
What are the current standings in the American League?
2:03–3:19
5
What is the status of the CBA negotiations?
3:19–5:32
6
How has Craig Albernaz performed as a coach for the Orioles?
5:32–7:11
7
What insights does Chris Colabello share about hitting fastballs?
7:11–7:48
8
What are the expectations for the upcoming series against the Orioles?
7:48–1:39:49
Speakers
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