🎧BJHH: 174 - RISPy Business
Talking about a rough series in Texas for a pair of struggling lineups, a resurgent Francis and Gausman, whether Varsho should be extended, and more! (PLUS: A transcript for paid subscribers!)
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The Blue Jays won a series in Texas this week by scoring just four runs, and while normally that would be cause to celebrate some extraordinary pitching performances, that certainly doesn’t feel like what we just witnessed. The Jays and Rangers were abysmal offensively over the three games, with Toronto batters going a staggering 2-for-31 with runners in scoring position. Ugly stuff!
But RISP numbers are so dependent on luck that, even though they greatly help to tell the story of individual games, they’re barely worth talking about without also addressing the offence as a whole—which is exactly what we do this week, before moving relatively quickly on to topics like the resurgence of Bowden Francis and Kevin Gausman, whether Daulton Varsho should get a contract extension, and 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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