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Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 99: Ups and Downs

Episode 99 Greg and Josh discuss the latest developments for the Blue Jays including Lourdes Gurriel taking over for the demoted Devon Travis, injuries to Steve Pearce and Randal Grichuk clearing the playing time logjam in the outfield and at designated hitter, Teoscar Hernández’ improved hitting and adventurous defending, the struggles in the rotation and […]

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Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 98: A Swing and a Miss

Episode 98 Eno Sarris of The Athletic stops by to discuss his latest article that looks at the correlation between launch angle and strikeouts ($). He discusses the differences between practice testing vs live games, the dual importance of swing angle and plate discipline, the financial impact of the high home run/high strikeout era, and […]

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Artificial Turf Wars Ep: 97: Maile-ing it in

Episode 97 Greg and Josh break down the latest week in Blue Jays land, with a specific look at the recent four game winning streak and the hot start to the year. They compare some of this season’s stats to last years, then discuss the excellent numbers of Luke Maile and Teoscar Hernández, the Josh […]

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Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 96: A Lug-Nutty Week

Episode 96 With the minor league season also now in full swing, Lansing Lugnuts announcer, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, stops by to give listeners a preview of what to expect from some of the players in the system. He discusses the former Lansing duo of Vlad Jr. and Bo Bichette, the Blue Jays’ habit of skipping top […]

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Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 94: Let’s Play Ball!

Episode 94 Greg, Josh, and Nick look ahead at the upcoming Toronto Blue Jays season with their annual “25 in 50″ preview episode. The trio spend 2 minutes talking about each of the 25 players slated to make the opening day roster with a quick chat about a couple of players still on the roster bubble. […]

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Artificial Turf Wars Ep 92: A Spring in our Step

Episode 92 Greg, Josh, and Nick discuss the recent news from spring training. They take a look at the early returns from Aaron Sanchez and his recovery from blister issues, Anthony Alford’s hot start to the spring before getting hurt, Marcus Stroman’s return to mound work but losing the opening day starter nod, how areas […]