The Roundtable with Shulman & Leroux!
4/29/202650 min
Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker open today's pregame episode setting up this afternoon's rubber match at Rogers Centre. They discuss George Springer's activation from the 10-day IL, Eloy Jiménez' subsequent DFA, and Eric Lauer's start today, before looking back on Tuesday's 3-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox. They break down Trey Yesavage's strong form his return to the mound, Kazuma Okamoto heating up at the plate, the Hoffman-Rogers-Varland bullpen experience, and some eye-popping Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stats. Later, Ben Shulman and Chris Leroux (26:25) join the guys live from the Sportsnet 590 The FAN radio booth for a roundtable chat! They touch on a variety of topics including the Jiménez' decision, Okamoto's form, Vladdy's April, the state of the rotation, Yesavage's return, Lauer's start, and Hoffman's new role.
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First 90 secondsJeff Blair· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Oh-hoo. It is, uh, Blair and Barker on Sportsnet 590 The Fan. It's Sportsnet Welcome to Blair and Barker, brought to you by Capital One. Giving credit to over four million Canadians and counting, it is a pregame edition of Blair and Barker. In about an hour and seven minutes or so, depending on how long the anthem goes, the, uh, Jays will finish their series against the Boston Red Sox. Looking for the series win. Brian Bao is on the mound for the Red Sox. Eric Lauer getting the start for the Blue Jays after, uh, Trey Savage's performance last night, and we'll have a lot of time to talk about that. Chris Larue will join us, Ben Shulman as well. We'll have a little roundtable from the ballpark. Um, although it's hard to have a roundtable 'cause the table's actually technically square, and they're sitting at a desk, but it's called a roundtable. Uh, there is a, uh, considerable amount of... [laughs] What are you laughing at?
Kevin Barker· Host1:08
You.
Jeff Blair· Host1:08
There's cons- What? [laughs] Considerable amount of news on the, uh- Oh ... on the Blue Jays front today. George Springer has been reinstated from the 10-day IL. Um, well- Why is he not playing? I... That I don't know. Let me f- he's been reinstated from the 10-day IL. He will be active for today's game. Eloy Jiminez has been designated- Mm ... for