JTP: Vladdy's Struggles, Red Sox Series Preview + 'Brooke Knows Ball'
6/16/20261 hr 40 min
Blake Murphy is joined by Sportsnet's MLB insider Ben Nicholson-Smith (29:43), to discuss the lack of home runs from this year's Jays squad, specifically Vladdy, potential lineup shifts to maximize the offense, what the AL playoffs will look like, and potential Tarik Skubal trades. Later, ‘Brooke Knows Ball,’ and Joel Laflamme (51:14) join to talk about analytics in baseball, content creation within the sport, watching winter ball in the Dominican Republic, and how to fix Vladdy. Things wrap up with MassLive’s Chris Cotillo (1:17:01) to preview the Jays series against the Red Sox, before revisiting some of the former Red Sox stars that are performing on other teams, and the struggles going on in Boston this season.
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First 90 secondsBlake Murphy· Host0:00
[upbeat music] What's going on? It's Jays Talk Plus, Blake Murphy with you. Jays back in action tonight after an off day yesterday. That's the last off day they'll have until July 2nd. Feels like we just did the whole 17 game and 17 day thing, and the toll on the bullpen and all that. Well, 16 and 16 starting today. But that's fine. For the purposes of this show, I hate off days, so, uh, this is, uh, great for me. Dylan Cecil take on Peyton Talley tonight, 6:45 start at Fenway Park, where Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has historically hit pretty well. David Schneider's had some big moments. Uh, Jays need to get winning sometime soon here, so maybe a struggling Red Sox team, uh, with a lot of bad PR and bad front office vibe, although they did win a series at home this weekend for the first time since the second week of April. So, uh, I don't know how much they're hanging their hats on that, but, uh, we'll get into all of it. Chris Catillo will join us, uh, a little later in the show to set up the Red Sox side of the series. Brookknowsball and Joel Falom will join us at 11:00 to talk some stat stuff as well. Uh, but right now for the first hour, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet, of At the Letters, is in studio with me. BNS, how we doing, buddy?
Ben Nicholson-Smith· Guest1:12
Doing great. Happy to be in here with you. As, uh, as JD Bunk has just pointed out, I have never been in studio for his show or for your show. We're here, happy to talk some baseball. So yeah, how are you?
Blake Murphy· Host1:22
Yeah, I'm, I'm good. I, I feel, I mean, I just did JD's show in studio, so I don't feel too bad- [laughs] ... for him. Um- I don't feel bad for him either, to be