JTP: The Blue Jays Have Clinched
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What was the significance of the Blue Jays clinching a playoff spot?
Toronto Blue Jays are going to the playoffs. They limped to the clinch line uh just a little bit, but with six games still remaining in the season, uh the Toronto Blue Jays have punched their ticket. Two major league baseballs postseason. They have not yet locked up the division. But yesterday, by beating the Kansas City Royals and steering out of a uh mini skid, we we will s call it charitably, uh the Toronto Blue Jays locked up a postseason berth. They will spend this week trying to lock up a division and a buy and things like that. But for today their playoff team for yesterday. They got to celebrate that a little bit. This is JSTOC Plus. Blake Murphy and Julia Kreutz with you. Julia.
Hello.
The fact that I mean yeah, how are you doing? It's a Monday. I uh you were off Fri Friday as well. I haven't seen you in a little bit.
Doing all right. It was uh it was quite the weekend of baseball. I don't want to say anticlimactic seems a bit strong for the Blue Jays at Clinch. But there were so many chances, Blake. I s I think we all got to Sunday being like, Okay, let's just get this over with.
So many chances, in fact, that Sportsnet made a trade to acquire the ability to co broadcast the Apple T V Plus broadcast on Friday, uh, which made sense. You wanna you wanna show those celebrations, you wanna uh yeah, you wanna be locked in. Um, how did that game go, by the way?
We don't have to talk about it. We
have to talk about it a little bit. They lost twenty to one.
Okay, we have to talk about it a little bit. I'm
setting the stage. I'm gonna do a big build to the eventual clinch.
Well, in that case, yeah, it was twenty to one. If I'm not mistaken, Max Scherzer did not get out of the first inning. Time to do it. It was uh It was not a good game and definitely not what you wanted coming out of losing to in Tampa Bay to wrap up that series.
Can I tell you the worst part of that for me personally?
Tell me.
Uh now when I'm citing the bullpen statistics, um for like 'cause the bullpen's been really good lately. Right. I have to like now manually like pull the numbers and take Tyler Heineman out of it because I don't want Tyler Heineman giving up ten runs to color how we're talking about the bullpen.
No.
Because Tyler Heinemann will not pitch in a playoff game, I don't think
y if you're lucky, I think, that uh Tyler Heyman will not indeed pitch in a postseason game. Yeah, it was um I'm sorry that it adds that extra work for you. I don't even know where to begin. Okay. It's not that much then. It was worse at the time than it is right now for you to take time. I
have it handy. They still have a two eleven ERA as a bullpen if you take Tyler Heineman out uh since that Yankee series. So that was Friday, a twenty to one loss. That's a that's a big honestly, that one's almost so bad that it doesn't hurt that much because it was over so early and they lost so comically. It's like if you're ever like running behind. Like if you're like half an hour late, Maxine probably gets mad. If you were like seven hours late, she would just be like, This is ridiculous. Like I can't be mad. She would have left
or something like that. For sure, for sure. Which is probably what most Blue Jays fans did. Let's be honest. I mean, yes.
Yeah, uh, so that was Friday. And then Saturday was a little more on the nose of how things went last week, where Shane Bieber gives up a pair of uh solo home runs back to back to Bobby Wood Jr. and Vinny Pascantino, who, by the way, Pascantino just haven't like quietly an awesome, awesome season. Um, and that's it. And the Blue Jays just can't do anything offensively, which was kind of the story of the week. Yesterday, some of the bats come around. Andres Jimenez breaks an 0 for 15 slump. The Jays get their first multi-run inning in a week. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gets his first extra base hit in two weeks. A lot of things turn and it's only one game and it's only one game against Michael Waka. So it's not, you know, you're certainly not saying the offense is fixed fixed, et cetera.
But it did allow I think several individuals to have a little exhale.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was the significance of the Blue Jays clinching a playoff spot?
0:14–10:28
2
How did the hosts break down the division‑race math and upcoming playoff scenarios?
10:28–22:34
3
What insights did Chad Jennings provide about the AL playoff picture?
22:34–33:50
4
How did Ben Shulman explain the impact of Jose Berrios moving to the bullpen?
33:50–47:35
5
What were the key concerns about the Blue Jays rotation and recent injuries?
47:35–1:01:45
6
How did Keith McPherson evaluate the Yankees’ late‑season surge and its effect on the division race?
1:01:45–1:17:26
7
What predictions and strategies were discussed for the Red Sox vs. Blue Jays series?
1:17:26–1:29:35
8
What giveaways and fan‑engagement opportunities were announced for listeners?
1:29:35–1:39:48
Speakers
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