Beware Of The Blue Jays
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The Toronto Blue Jays got an MVP-caliber campaign from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in 2021, but the team came up just short of the playoffs on the final day of the season. Today, The Athletic’s Kaitlyn McGrath tells us how the Jays responded after the disappointment of missing out, and how they’ve rebuilt their roster after the losses of Robbie Ray and Marcus Semien to set the bar even higher in 2022. Also on this episode: how Canada’s vaccine rules are impacting the Jays, and their rivals, and what to expect when Rogers Centre has a full house for the first time since 2019.
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| 0:31.4 | Jays fans had their eyes on four games at one time, a super Sunday to sort out who stays |
| 0:37.6 | and who goes. |
| 0:38.9 | Toronto's hopes coming to an end with this. |
| 0:43.2 | Bracking ball, struck him out in a rush. |
| 0:54.3 | That was how things ended on the final day of last season for the Toronto Blue Jays. |
| 0:58.7 | A knockout punch that left George Springer and the rest of the Jays looking for answers. |
| 1:03.8 | A 91-win season is still something to be unbelievably proud of. |
| 1:08.4 | I think it just shows you how hard this division is, you know, how hard the American |
| 1:12.7 | League is and how hard this is in general to do. |
| 1:16.6 | Today, the Athletics, Caitlin McGrath tells us how the Blue Jays responded to barely missing |
| 1:21.5 | out, how they've retooled for another fight in the A.L. East and taking everything into |
| 1:26.8 | consideration just how dangerous this team could be. |
| 1:31.1 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky, it's Monday, March 28th, and this is |
| 1:36.7 | the lead. |
| 1:37.7 | I'm Steve with the trailer. |
| 1:45.1 | So Caitlin, right now you're talking to us from Toronto, but you were recently in Dunedin, |
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