🎧BJHH: 172 - Don't Walk, Hit Dingers
Controlled aggression is paying off, as the Blue Jays' bats have found signs of life. Even as their list of injured pitchers grows longer.
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After an episode last week that felt about as grim as any show we’ve recorded in-season for this podcast, the Blue Jays have mercifully brought us—and themselves—back to life.
They’ve won five of six since we last spoke, and if not for three ugly bullpen blow-ups could be on an eight-game winning streak. Alejandro Kirk and Daulton Varsho have been especially aggressive at the plate, and it’s paying dividends as the club has averaged 6.5 runs per game over that span. Addison Barger is putting together some intriguing building blocks. And Ernie Clement has found some life in his bat.
But can the good times keep rolling? And what are we to make of Jake Bloss joining the long list of Jays pitchers requiring Tommy John surgery?
This week we talk about all that, and so much more! So have a listen below, or by finding Blue Jays Happy Hour on your podcast app of choice—Apple, Spotify, etc.—and be sure to like, subscribe, rate, review, etc.
AND! If you’re a paid subscriber to the site here, and you’re not so into listening to podcasts, you can check out a transcript of the episode at the bottom of this post.*
*(An unedited transcript that is, which… if you check it out I think you’ll immediately see exactly why I’m choosing not to deal with cleaning up that mess. But I think it’s legible enough that you’ll get the gist, should for some reason you want it.)
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