Defensive Decisions + Around the Majors with Jayson Stark
6/22/202650 min
Jeff Blair is solo on the second hour of the Monday edition. He kicks it off by welcoming in The Athletic's Jayson Stark (3:03) to discuss his recent conversation with Nolan Ryan about Jacob Misiorowski's velocity, Bryce Harper's cycle, whether the Astros can catch the Mariners, and the Giants' rocky start in the first year of Buster Posey's tenure as President. Then, ahead of the Jays' series-opener against the Astros, Jeff listens to John Schneider's pre-game availability. Finally, Jays radio analyst Chris Leroux stops by (32:56) to share his thoughts on the team's decision to option Yohendrick Piñango, Jesús Sánchez's head-scratching outfield defence, and how Dylan Cease can be more efficient in his start against the Astros.
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First 90 secondsJeff Blair· Host0:00
[upbeat music] All right. Welcome back to Blair and Barker on the Sportsnet Radio Network and Sportsnet. Uh, Kevin Barker has been dispatched to help rescue the, uh, TV folks today, so you've got me for the last hour, uh, of the show. And a reminder that first pitch tonight is 7:07. The Astros are in town to take on the Blue Jays. Tomorrow's game, a 4:07 first pitch. Uh, the Jays, uh, making the schedule change, or I should say the change in the start time, uh, because of the World Cup match that will be, uh, in Toronto. So keep that in mind, 4:07 tomorrow. Adjust your, one, travel schedule accordingly if you're going to the game, and two, viewing schedule accordingly if you're watching it, or listening schedule if you're listening to it on the radio. I think I covered just about everything there. Let's bring in Jason Stark of The Athletic. We can't bring in Jason Stark of The Athletic. Oh, okay. Well, we'll wait for a while until we can get Jason Stark. Uh, lots to talk to Jason about. He did a terrific piece, uh, an interview with Nolan Ryan last week, and, um, interesting getting Nolan's thoughts on Jacob deGrom in particular. I mean, we've spent a lot of time talking about Jacob deGrom and 104 miles an hour and, um, just, you know, the,