Thumbs Up for Max Scherzer, Thumbs Down for a Walk-off Jays Loss in Extras
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What is the opening preview and overall focus of the episode?
All right, Kevin Barker, I guess we could uh split this into two parts here. Talk about Max Scherzer. Was Share's Day after all and I was absolutely fine with what I saw from Mac Scherzer today. We'll talk about that in a minute, but let's talk about the game itself. A five-four loss. to the Cleveland Guardians. The numbers as always four one six eight seven zero zero five ninety star five ninety one triple eight triple six zero five ninety five ninety five ninety is a text line. All right Kevin, let's talk about that last inning first of all, uh the tenth inning. And uh the uh Guardians walking off the blue jays and a basis loaded single by Jose. Ramirez, uh after an intentional walk to Stephen Kwan, and then
A bunt drop by David Fry. How did you see that play develop? I mean, Tyler Heineman fielded the ball. Uh Vladdy was coming in. Andres Jimenez seemed to have started right around second base. I don't know if he made his first move to second and then reversed field and went to first and got to first late, whatever it was. But I mean Tyler Heinemann really uh really didn't seem to have any play there. So break that down for me.
Well, I mean the whole plan in that is when David Fry is bunting, that allows you to walk Jose Ramirez, which is the biggest thing, right? I mean, coming into this series, you don't want to let that dude beat you. You know, that's real easy. It sort of seemed to me like that David Fry caught him off guard by the bunt and that was a decent punt, right? I mean they were they were basically trying to get the runner at third when they should just be trying to get an out because you don't want to let Jose Ramirez beat beat you right. That means Bo's covering first. Uh Jimenez is going to I mean excuse me, Bo is going to second. Jimenez is going to first and Vladdy and and Clement are crashing. I mean it's baseball one oh one.
It's not a hard play. Just seems to me like anyway they were caught off guard a little bit. I just think in the tenth inning you're doing whatever it takes and sort of the Guardians allowed you to do it by bunning David Beat ya. You had already bought in Taquan not beat ya. Now you gotta let sorta the next guy in line is Ramirez not beating ya. And when David Fry Bunts there, you're just trying to get an out so you can walk the guy and then you know now now you're it's every base kind of thing, right? That's the best hope. So yeah, I mean it sort of looked like they caught 'em off guard. They had the wrong play on. I have no idea what Jimenez is doing. Uh that's a very hard throw. For Heinemann to th you know, to sort of lead a guy means basically like acting like a quarterback, right, trying to hit a wide receiver going to first.
If he'd have thrown it, would he been out? Maybe. But still, it's a very hard play. They just had the wrong play on. And again, I get back to that, it seemed to me like it cut they caught him off guard, which is too bad in the tenth inning.
Yeah, and uh the Jays did have a couple of chances uh in this game and uh th th the tenth inning of course, you get the the runner to lead off the inning. Um and you know, I know someone's gonna call in or leave us a text on this, but just so we're clear Uh I I think if you're the visiting team in extra innings with with with these rules now, you're playing for two runs. You're not playing for what so I know people are going to call up and say, why didn't they have uh uh why didn't they have Tyler Heineman bunt bunt Vladi Guerrero to third? I'm not a fan of that. You're playing for two runs. You're playing for two runs on the road. Uh that's at least the way I I see it, Kevin. I don't know how you see it.
Yeah, here's how I see it. I I would not question that inning.
How did the extra‑inning bunt by David Fry influence the Guardians’ walk‑off win?
I would question why you're running for Kirky in the eighth inning. You got Springer up who's been, you know, doing some things with the extra base hit. Kirky's been one of your best offensive players. You're thinking late in the game, if I get Hoffman in the game, you know, probably this thing's gonna go to extra innings.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening preview and overall focus of the episode?
0:06–3:46
2
How did the extra‑inning bunt by David Fry influence the Guardians’ walk‑off win?
3:46–7:08
3
What were the key takeaways from Max Scherzer’s second start of the season?
7:08–10:48
4
How are the Blue Jays approaching the upcoming trade deadline and roster depth?
10:48–14:11
5
Which offensive pieces (Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Springer, etc.) are shaping the Jays’ run production?
14:11–17:31
6
What insights did Max Scherzer share about his physical feel and pitching adjustments?
17:31–21:27
7
How did the pitch‑clock violation in the fourth inning affect the game’s momentum?
21:27–25:25
8
What are the hosts’ final thoughts on the series outcome and the next games for Toronto?
25:25–28:46
Speakers
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