The 7th Inning Stretch Podcast Jays Balk

With the arrival of top prospect Gabriel Moreno, the Blue Jays logjam at catcher intensifies. Matt discusses why this is a great time for his debut, tempers expectations, and looks at how his success could impact the team at the trade deadline and offseason. An injury to Hyun-Jin Ryu makes Nate Pearson even more important, and it's never too early to start thinking about the trade deadline.

Matt dives into the numbers to show the Blue Jays' struggles with runners in scoring position can't possibly continue, a look ahead to the series in Cleveland, and reinforcements on the way.

After a good road trip through Boston and Houston, the Blue Jays find themselves in first place. Matt takes a look at what's gone well, breaks down some of the struggles with runners in scoring position, and heaps praise on the dominant bullpen.

Matt gushes about Alek Manoah's emergence as a front-of-the-rotation stud, offers some insight into the offensive struggles, and discusses what to do with Hyun-Jin Ryu. All that, plus other observations from the first ten games of the Blue Jays season.

On the eve of Opening Day, Matt Di Nicolantonio checks in on where the Blue Jays stand across Major League Baseball, offering 5 Bold Predictions for the upcoming season, and discusses how far he thinks the team can go this season.

Matt Di Nicolantonio returns to the mic to bring podcast updates for the 2022 Blue Jays season.