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After getting hammered in the first two games of this week's four-game set with the high-flying Baltimore Orioles, the Blue Jays battled back with a pair of victories to earn a split with their AL East rivals. 
We talked about the good and bad from the series with Baltimore, including Isiah Kiner-Falefa's walk-off single, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s continued success at the plate, and the rough bullpen day outing the Blue Jays had in place of the injured Alek Manoah. 
After that, we looked at which Blue Jays have the best cases to be voted into this summer's All-Star Game and also at the rumour that Luis Robert Jr. of the Chicago White Sox is available. Finally, we took a look ahead to this weekend's series in Oakland with the A's. 


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It was a busy weekend in Toronto, as the Blue Jays debuted their new City Connect jersey and took two of three from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
We talked about the series against Pittsburgh, Jordan Romano landing on the Injured List, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. getting a start at third base for the first time since his rookie season. After that, we talked about what Ross Atkins had to say on Sunday and looked ahead to this week's four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles. 

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That's what the easy part of the schedule is supposed to look like!
After a frustrating series in Detroit, the Blue Jays marched into Chicago and pulled off their first series sweep of the season, taking down the White Sox in all three games. 
We talked about the series in Chicago, George Springer's success lower in the lineup, and the elbow injury that resulted in Alek Manoah getting pulled in the second inning of his start. After that, we looked into the rumour that the Blue Jays are among the teams interested in Ryan McMahon of the Colorado Rockies. 

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Isn't this supposed to be the easy part of the schedule? 
The Toronto Blue Jays rolled into Detroit and dropped three of four to the Tigers, highlighted by a heartbreaking walk-off loss on Sunday that spoiled an incredible comeback.
We talked about the bullpen meltdown, Alek Manoah's rough outing, the broadcast crew navigating a power outage, and the run that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is putting together at the plate right now. After that, we looked ahead to this week's series against the lowly Chicago White Sox and a little further down the road as well. 

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For the first time in a month, the Toronto Blue Jays won a series. It was against the lowly Chicago White Sox, but, as they say, two out of three ain't bad. 
We talked about Bo Bichette's big series at the plate, the three quality starts the Blue Jays got from their starting pitchers, and the return of the Home Run Jacket in the series finale.
After that, we discussed the report that the Blue Jays have talked to other teams about trades involving their core players. Finally, we looked around the American League East and ahead to this weekend's four-game set with the struggling Detroit Tigers.  

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It's now been a month since the Blue Jays won a series, as the Tampa Bay Rays rolled into town over the weekend and took two of three. 
Friday's game saw swingman Tyler Alexander carry a perfect game through seven innings and Saturday's game saw the Blue Jays blow a 4-0 lead in a 5-4 loss. The series was salvaged on Sunday thanks to an excellent start from Alek Manoah and a big day at the plate from Daniel Vogelbach. 
We talked about everything from the series with Tampa and also looked into what Ross Atkins said during his media availability on Saturday morning. After that, we looked ahead to this week's series with the Chicago White Sox and the important stretch that lies ahead. 

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