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Chapter 1: What was the outcome of the Blue Jays vs. Marlins game?
All right, Kevin Barker, if you are Jesus Sanchez, and you're in the on-deck circle, and you've just seen Dalton Varshow get a walk to load the bases from Sandy Alcantara, who's been struggling of late, to say the least, you are going up looking first pitch fastball?
Absolutely. I look first-pitch fastball every time I walk to the plate, no matter what. But in that situation, knowing you just walked a guy, the guy in front of you to load the bases, he's wanting to get ahead, to expand with secondary stuff, go up and look for the good old number one, get the foot down, stand a little taller.
That looks to me like at least the last couple of games he looks a little taller through his entire swing. You know, he sometimes has that little bend over. You know, when that happens, his back gets a little loopy. When it gets loopy, he has a real tough time with the elevated fastball. For me, absolutely. That's a no-brainer, buddy.
Chapter 2: How did Jesús Sánchez perform in the game?
Good call by your part. You paid attention.
I actually listened a little bit to what Siddle said on TV. I'll be honest. I got to be honest about that. 8-1, the Blue Jays have beaten the Miami Marlins at the Rogers Center. Largest crowd of the year for the Blue Jays on a Tuesday. No giveaway. I don't believe there was a giveaway tonight, and they got the largest crowd of the year. An 8-1 win.
Chapter 3: What impact did Spencer Miles have on the game?
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Well, you know I'd like to give it to everybody who drove in a run against the starter because they rarely, if ever, do that.
Chapter 4: How did the Blue Jays' offense respond against Sandy Alcántara?
But I can't do that because of Spencer Miles being so good, right? The sinker looks unbelievable added to the curveball. The slider played the elevated fastball. The velocity, you know, from the first one he threw to the last one he threw, he seems to be able to maintain the velocity on that. Other than the little fifth-inning hook – A hiccup where, you know, he wanted the front hip two-seamer.
He left it a little out over the plate, gave up the 0-2 single. Didn't give up the stolen base. Valenzuela threw the ball away. The 66 pitches, the 44 strikes, the four and a third with a run. I just mentioned it. That sinker, for me, is kind of the separator now. When he needs a ground ball, he can get it because of that pitch. When he needs a punch out... Because he's getting you looking down.
He can throw the elevated fastball. He can tunnel the curveball off the elevated fastball to get another swing and miss right now, Jeff. You know, even if these other guys are starting to get healthy coming back, how do you take this dude out of the rotation?
Don't think you can. Probably don't.
Chapter 5: What challenges are the Blue Jays facing with their pitching rotation?
I don't think you can. Now, I mean, yeah, you can't. But the question is, if you're the Blue Jays and you're going to go do this, you know, you need – you need some help from the rotation around him. Because if you're going to do this, you probably got to figure that you're going to need probably four relievers, right? You're going to need the opener unless you, unless, well, I'll ask you this.
Would you run with miles right out the gate the next time? No. You'd stick with the opener. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
So if you do that, you're probably going to... We just talked about this in Seattle, right? With Luis Castillo. Like, you just, you know, when it's working.
Yeah. Absolutely. Now, I get to throw this out there, because that is a piggyback situation with Bryce Miller and Castillo. Not an opener situation. Just throwing this out. Don't know. Haven't talked to anybody about this.
Chapter 6: How are injuries affecting the Blue Jays' lineup?
If Bieber... Or Scherzer, if somebody comes back, could you foresee a piggyback situation where perhaps you go three with one guy, four with the other?
I don't know. I mean, you know, the reason why they're starting Fishers, because Fishers got two filthy breaking balls. You get a lefty out just like you can get a righty out. Can Max Scherzer do that to the top of the lineup? Fair point. That's the thing you got to ask yourself.
You know, and Shane Bieber, when he gets back, how confident in him are you to start a game and give you three or four innings, blowing it out with however he's going to do that glove side with the spin. And I don't know. It just doesn't make sense with any of them other guys. It makes total sense with this guy. So you just keep doing what you're doing. Don't rock the boat.
Keep running him out there when you're supposed to run him out there. And John and Petey just do an absolutely wonderful job every time this guy throws. I mean, it just seems like every arm that should be in is in. And they're giving their lineup a chance to have the big inning like they did tonight. So, yeah, for me, don't rock the boat.
Keep running him out there the way you are.
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Chapter 7: What strategies are the Blue Jays using to handle player injuries?
The Jays rode a six-run sixth inning to victory, five of those runs coming with two out, and, of course, the big blow of the game, Jesus Sanchez's grand slam. Steve and Alexander Manitoba, you're on Blue Jays Talk.
Thanks for having me on. You guys are like the soundtrack to my summer at the moment, so thanks for that. I appreciate that.
Thank you, sir. It's only May, though. Summer hasn't started yet. And listen, listen. I lived in Manitoba. Your summer hasn't arrived yet. I mean, you haven't seen your first mosquito, have you?
Yeah, they're out. Oh, they're out? Okay, well. My pool's ready to go. Just got to warm up. There you go. You guys are talking about Spencer Miles, and I just have continued to be impressed by the guy. And you made a good point, bringing back a couple of guys off of injury and kind of stretching both three and four.
Chapter 8: What are the upcoming matchups for the Blue Jays?
I kind of like that. But, man, that guy's fearless. It's pretty cool to watch, especially a Rule 5 guy. I mean, you've talked about it ad nauseum, but awesome. And a bunch of runs coming with two outs. That's kind of a cool thing to see.
Yeah, no, thanks for the call, Steve. And, yeah, you know, look, again, Sandy Alcantara has been scuffling a bit, but he's still an elite pitcher. And for them to be able to put that many runs together against him, you know, a walk and a hit by pitch will certainly help out. But, yeah, he... I that was it's kind of what the doctor ordered, considering no Vladdy.
You took Nathan Lucas out of the lineup with three hits last night. Yeah. You know, you're already without. We don't have to run through the injured list. Everybody knows who they are. And and you put that together. And hey, Kevin, I got to ask you, like, what do they have with Jesus Sanchez? I do believe he has the best OPS on the team. according to Dan. What do they have with that guy, Kevin?
Because he scares the living... He scares the bejesus out of me any time he has to track a ball in the outfield. Sometimes he scares me in the base pass. I think he's got a little bit of Teoscar Hernandez in him when he's on the base pass. But Kevin, he... Well... But he's, look, he's one of their best hitters right now. There's no other way to put it.
Yeah, I think he has lots of power. Oh, he has lots of power. Excuse me. Whenever we watch him in batting practice, he hits balls further than everybody else. And they're all paying attention to that. It's just how can you get him to buy into what you're getting him to buy in the last couple of games of here's your plan.
You know, if you see a guy walk, look for hater and just deal with the outcome. Dealing with the outcome is not the easiest thing to do when you're trying to sort of establish yourself as a big leaguer. You want to play every single day. You're coming to a new organization. They're asking you to hit in the middle of the order.
And now all of a sudden they're asking you to just go up there and look for something in one little tiny window. And if you don't get it, you're probably going to be out. That's how you hit in the middle of the order. And all of a sudden now, the last couple of times... He's kind of doing that right. We saw him take a fastball down and away and hit that sucker almost through the wall.
And we saw him obviously after the walk go up there and look to me like he's looking for a heater again just because of what happened in the situation before him. So I think that's kind of what they got. You can't teach power.
he's got that but you can teach how to sort of have the game plan from one pitch to one at bat and then you just sort of ask the guy okay with who we don't have hey could you hit third hey could you hit fourth and he's kind of taking that a little bit and running with it and you'll take what you get with him in the outfield carlos and richmond hill you're on blue jays talk what's up carlos hey guys thanks for taking the call a couple questions um
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