Meet the New Trop, Same as the Old Trop
5/5/202631 min
Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 5-1 loss vs. the Rays in the series opener down at Tropicana Field. They take your calls and texts, and discuss the offence spraying ten hits but only managing to score one run - when will the power come more consistently? They discuss the approach against Nick Martinez and the Rays bullpen, the usage of the Jays bullpen on the other side, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and what he continues to be as a hitter, and Eric Lauer's start of 4.1 IP of three earned runs allowed.
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First 90 secondsJeff Blair· Host0:00
[upbeat music] All right, Kevin Barker. Well, you know what Tropicana Field said today. He said, "Hello, old friends." Welcomed the Blue Jays back with open arms. 5-1, the Blue Jays losing to the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of a three-game series at lovely Tropicana Field.
Kevin Barker· Host0:23
Yeah, there was 11,000 people there.
Jeff Blair· Host0:26
Yeah.
Kevin Barker· Host0:27
It, it was there, right?
Jeff Blair· Host0:28
There was about 11,000 people, you're right. Uh- Yeah ... the numbers to call, 416-870-0590, *590, 1-888-660-590. The text line is open, 590-590. This is exactly the type of game where I know a lot of people have a lot of opinions about things. Um, Eric Lauer, Kevin, uh, well, but why don't we, because th- th- we're gonna touch on this, why don't we get to the, uh, why don't we get to the player of the game first? Because the player of the game is brought to you by Capital One. Capital One, giving credit to over four million Canadians and counting. Kevin, who is your player of the game?
Kevin Barker· Host1:03
Yeah, I think it came in the first inning with Ryan, uh, Velarde, where he hit the three-run homer on the curveball, uh, that was down. You know, it sort of was led up by this, the leadoff single to the lefty. Uh, Eric Lauer wanted nothing to do with giving up the two-run homer to Cavanero on the non-competitive walk. And, you know, that's sort of how you win baseball games, right? That's why you put your best up front. Your pitcher has to come out raring and ready to go to locate,