JTP: Blue Jays Fall in Extras in Bieber’s Return
6/24/20261 hr 40 min
Blake Murphy is joined by Zach Worden to break down the loss to the Astros including Shane Bieber’s return. Johnny Prokos (30:51) of the “Johnny I Pro Show” comes in-studio to discuss his family hotdog stand outside of the Rogers Centre, his Blue Jays fandom and more. Afterwards, Fangraphs’ Ben Clemens (49:55) analyzes the changes in how prospects are evaluated and what the numbers suggest about Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s struggles. Lastly, Sam Blum (1:20:33) of the Athletic discusses what players are saying on the looming MLB lockout.
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First 90 secondsBlake Murphy· Host0:00
[upbeat music] So close to being able to talk about an actual winning streak and being above 500. Close doesn't cut it. There's a catcher's interference, there is an unavailable closer, there is a Joey Loprafito Italian of the Year revenge home run, and there is some very woeful situational hitting, big spot hitting from the top of the Blue Jays lineup. They lose nine to seven in 11 innings. It was also Shane Bieber's 2026 debut, which didn't go particularly well. Um, you can obviously, uh, nitpick with that any time you, you get down early, any time there's back-to-back-to-back home runs allowed a- and your starter doesn't get out of the fourth. Uh, maybe you are patient with Shane Bieber, given it was his first start of the season and, and, you know, second year removed from Tommy John and things like that. Uh, you may also just prefer to look at the position player side, where they only managed to put up, uh, four until the extra innings portion of the game, um, or six rather, sorry, um, until the extra innings portion of the game. And I say only because there were a lot of opportunities to do more damage. They went, stop me if you've heard this one before, three for 14 with