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Chapter 1: What were the key moments in the Blue Jays vs. Yankees game?
Well, Nick, I have to say that is a real disappointing game to take in today here at the Rogers Center. The Jays had chance after chance after chance on offense that they did not cash. One for ten with runners in scoring position is a stat you never want to hear, but that was the reality today. They strand ten on base as well.
They squandered a terrific start from Kevin Gosman, who allowed only one hit over seven innings of work.
Chapter 2: How did Kevin Gausman's performance impact the game outcome?
The two-run shot from Paul Goldschmidt off of Louis Varlin ends up being the game-winner in the top of the ninth inning. Jays lose this one 3-2. This series is evened at one game apiece. Jays now 34-37 on the season.
It is a really disappointing loss, this team, because it was right there for them.
Chapter 3: What were the controversial decisions made by John Schneider?
They had that fantastic start from Gosman, his first seven-inning start of the season, only really the one blemish on his day. And the opportunities arose. They didn't always arise at the right point in the lineup for the Blue Jays. It was a lot of the bottom of the lineup getting the opportunities.
at the end of the day, you need to get, you know, one or two hits here or there if you're going to scratch across more than just that solo home run. And they faced a couple pitchers on the Yankee side who didn't really have their best today. You know, Schlittler was...
able to come up with strikeouts when he needed them but it was not his most dominant day he gave up far more walks than usual Fernando Cruz normally an incredibly reliable high leverage reliever simply could not find the strike zone I suspect that inning is one that the callers would like to talk to us about because that's the one where the Blue Jays perhaps shot themselves in the foot more so than just failed to execute but you know you talk about Schlittler and you're getting
I believe they had 10 base runners against him and a home run, and he got one run out. That is actually the least number of runs you can get in that situation.
Chapter 4: Why was asking Ernie Clement to bunt criticized?
Normally, you think that's a pretty good day against him when you're creating traffic, but simply could not come up with a timely hit. And the only real case where that was bad luck was probably that Charles McAdoo liner where there was runners on second and third that you could have said, oh, that should have been a single. Maybe they could have scored some.
But a lot of the times, they're just striking out in these big spots.
Yeah, and even in that particular moment, I mean, Jazz Chisholm Jr., I mean, I thought it was a pretty good defensive play made by him. I mean, I actually thought he had a pretty good defensive day overall, but unfortunately that works against the Blue Jays in this one. That is Nick Ashbourne. I'm Sho Ali.
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Chapter 5: What were the implications of not pinch-hitting for Charles McAdoo?
You can text us as well. 590-590, name and location, the people's text line always open. Standard data and messaging rates may apply. Yeah, to your point on Schlittler, seven innings. But the Blue Jays worked him for six hits and four walks. He did strike out seven. This is true. When you add in the three walks from Fernando Cruz, you had six hits and seven walks today and only scored one run.
And that was a solo shot, a laser beam from Cosmo Okamoto. It is kind of funny.
Chapter 6: How did Kazuma Okamoto's home run affect the game dynamics?
As high as the home run was yesterday, this one was probably as low as you'll get launch angle-wise. But still, Okamoto, the only run coming off his bat early in this one.
But I want to get to, I think, what a lot of people are going to point at as the, at the very least, the highest pressure point of this game, which is asking Ernie Clement to bunt with, what, runners on first and second, nobody out, bottom of the eighth inning.
Clement, obviously one of your better hitters just overall at the plates, and, you know, he tries to lay down the bunt, and then he just pops one up directly right up in the air, and it gets recorded for an out, and then you kind of let the Yankees off the hook. I mean... We can get into that situation in particular, which, again, didn't really love it, truth be told.
But at the same time, it was almost emblematic of the entire game in that when I use the term let them off the hook, I feel like that's the best way to describe this game because it felt like, to your point, this is a game that was right there for the taking, and the Jays just time after time after time, especially on offense, really did let this Yankees team off the hook.
I don't think they played the best baseball you'll ever see today.
Yeah, and the Clement call was a choice in a way that some of the other things weren't. Andres Jimenez striking out with runners on base, that's just the guy who comes up to the plate, probably the wrong player at the wrong time and then just doesn't execute.
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Chapter 7: What are the Blue Jays' current standings and future outlook?
But a choice was made to have Ernie Clement, who's been a significantly above average hitter over the course of the season has been especially good recently. In this game, the Blue Jays only had four hard hit balls. That's balls 95 miles per hour or harder. Usually those go for hits, not always. But they only had four. And before Clement came to the plate, he had two of those four.
So it's not even as if Clement was having a rough day at the office. He was doing Ernie Clement things and they really tried to play for the single run, which we kind of saw would not have necessarily worked anyway.
Chapter 8: How do the hosts evaluate John Schneider's management style?
Whenever you're making that kind of bunt decision, you have to think of a number of variables, right? One of them is, what is the opportunity cost? Who is the guy at the plate that you're taking the bat out of his hands? I think that's what a lot of people are going to focus on with Clement, because Clement's been going so well recently. You also have to think about who the pitcher is.
And you've got a pitcher on the mound in Cruz who could not find the strike zone. So you are gift wrapping an out to him. Even if it became a quote unquote productive out and you move the runners, you're giving an out to a pitcher who has not established he's able to do the basics of getting the ball over the plate. So that aspect of it feels like a mistake as well.
And then there's the philosophical umbrella of even playing for essentially the one run if it all works like that. And I get that Louis Varland has been unbelievable. And so you have a reason to believe that he can preserve that one run lead. But as we saw today, he is a mortal human being. He makes mistakes. And so you can't just assume these things are going to work that way.
And I think that's part of what's frustrating to folks is that not only did the plan not work, even if the plan had worked, it wouldn't have worked.
The other thing, too, is if we stick in that eighth inning and, again, didn't love, for all the reasons you just laid out, did not love the ask of Ernie to Buntz. And, I mean, look, does he wear it at 1% at the very least because it wasn't a very good bunt. I mean, maybe a little.
And he's also someone who has bunted in the past, too. It's not like you ask someone who has no idea how to do it to do it. He has done it before. He should do better than that, but that does feel sort of besides the point.
Well, and on top of that, that aside, and again, I'm not ignoring it because, again, I did not like that decision by John Schneider. I mean, you have, what was it? I guess it was, yeah, bases loaded with Cruz on the mound and Charles McAdoo, who I think I've generally liked in a very, very small sample size. McAdoo comes up to the plate.
Even with decisions they've made with guys in terms of who's getting a rest day, who's not, It's a little maybe like a scene, I don't know, could have been an Alondra Kirk hitting in that, pinch hitting in that situation.
I mean, maybe Vladdy certainly as well, but given that Vladdy barely moved off the end of the bench and was in his street clothes, quote-unquote street clothes, in his hoodie for most of today's game, I'm guessing he was just off today. He was just like down. I think that's fair to assume. Right, and so if that's the case, then I'll put that aside for now. But, I mean, I get...
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