JTP: The Bats Are Quiet + John Axford In-Studio
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What were the Toronto Blue Jays' struggles over the weekend?
Oh, that was a bad weekend of baseball. Bad two days of baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays in Seattle. They win 1-2-0 on Friday, and then they lose 11-0 and 4-0 Saturday and Sunday. They have gone more than 24 innings now without scoring a run. They only scored in one inning because all their runs came at the same time on Friday. Only scored in one inning over the entire weekend of games. The American League is bad, so they actually gained half a game in the playoffs despite going 1-2 on the weekend. But they enter this the last week before the All-Star break. Six games under .500, playing very bad baseball. They will play a very bad Giants team beginning tonight. They'll have an off day. They'll play the Padres.
on the weekend, and then it's All-Star break. All the games are created equal, yes, but if I were them, I would feel fairly urgently, you want to get a couple wins this week and head into the All-Star break feeling a little better and continue to try to make the case to the front office that this team is worth investing in by August 3rd rather than pulling from by August 3rd. I'm Blake Murphy. This is Jays Talk+. If you are watching at 7 o'clock at night, welcome. This is normally a 10 a.m. show, but we're double airing it today because the Jays don't play until 9.45 tonight. Kevin Gosman will take on Landon Roop. in the first one of that series for today's show. Dan Schulman will join us at 11 o'clock.
We're going to do a bunch of text line stuff later in the show. I would imagine angst in the fan base or anger in the fan base is pretty high right now. So you can text us to 590-590. Standard data and message rates may apply. If you are watching this at 7 p.m., don't do that because this is the live version at 10 a.m. And I will not be checking and answering your texts at 7 p.m. But if you are listening live, fire away 590-590. For the first hour, though, I am joined. by John Axford. He's to my left. John, how we doing?
Good, sir. Other than the things you just described, I'm not sure what there is to go on and talk about. Bad baseball, good life right now?
Yeah, that's it. Did you guys have ball with your kids this weekend too?
I did, yeah. Yesterday, games in Niagara, games tonight, games tomorrow, always games.
So you are the lone person happy that it's West Coast start times and the weird 5-10 start time yesterday and stuff?
Except there's a doubleheader tonight in Mississauga, so... I might get there, get some Jays around the third, fourth inning. That's probably when I'll be able to pick it up.
There was a weird thing. I didn't intend to ask you this, but there was a weird thing yesterday where Trey Savage and John Schneider were, I guess, maybe not complaining, but pointing out that the Mariners misinformed them of the start time of the anthems and things like that. So Trey Savage had actually gotten ready 20 minutes earlier, and it was because the game was on one of the special channels or whatever. I know you were mostly a reliever, but how much would that mess you up? Like a 20-minute change in how you got ready for the game?
It could for sure, especially as a starter.
How is Vladimir Guerrero Jr. impacting the Blue Jays' lineup?
You have particular routines. You want to set those as much as you can. You base it on, like some guys are minute to minute. Like we've seen Scherzer waiting literally until the exact minute when it's time to go and do things.
Well, he's got to play the Top Gun soundtrack exactly right as he gets ready.
That's what it is. So, yeah, if you're told something different and you're preparing based on that time, it can be an excuse, sure. I mean, we're your professionals out there. You've got to prepare and get ready the best you can. But it should be. This is the time. This is when we're starting. And if it's not that, yeah, you can be upset about it for sure.
Would you roll your eyes a little bit as a reliever who has to get ready on a whim and could be called on in the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th? Just be like, guys, this is our life.
Yeah, there's definitely going to be some chirping and some chatter between the bullpen and the starters on that for sure.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the Toronto Blue Jays' struggles over the weekend?
0:14–3:04
2
How is Vladimir Guerrero Jr. impacting the Blue Jays' lineup?
3:04–5:13
3
What is the significance of the upcoming All-Star break for the Blue Jays?
5:13–7:37
4
What are the expectations for Kevin Gausman in the upcoming games?
7:37–9:34
5
How does the Blue Jays' current performance affect their trade deadline strategy?
9:34–11:39
6
What are the implications of the Blue Jays' injury updates?
11:39–13:32
7
How are the Blue Jays planning to navigate their upcoming series against the Giants?
13:32–15:40
8
What are the fan reactions regarding the Blue Jays' recent performance?
15:40–1:39:39
Speakers
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