Mid-Season Review: How Much Of The Blue Jays Struggles Can Be Blamed On The Starting Pitchers?

The Toronto Blue Jays are in the middle of the all-star week and do not play another regular season game until Friday. With this break during the week, we decided to go through the Blue Jays starting rotation and give them letter grades based on their performance this season. We graded these players based on their expectations, meaning we expect more from players like Kevin Gausman who received Cy Young votes throughout his career. In contrast, we did not expect as much from a player like Yariel Rodriguez, as he had not thrown in the MLB until this season. In this episode, we analyze the first half of the season from Kevin Gausman, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Yusei Kikuchi and Yariel Rodiguez, going over both the eye test and the analytic side of their games, giving a letter grade out to each specific player. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Yusei Kikuchi, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Danny Jansen, Alejandro Kirk, Joey Votto, Erik Swanson, Kevin Kiermaier, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Davis Schneider, Ernie Clement, Spencer Horwitz, Chad Green, Tim Mayza, Trevor Richards, Genesis Cabrera, Yimi Garcia, Bowden Francis, Ryan Burr, Orelvis Martinez, Ricky Tiedemann, Zach Pop, Addison Barger, Nate Pearson, Nathan Lukes, Aaron Sanchez. Intro: 0:00 Home Run Derby: 1:33 Starting Pitching Rankings: 12:42 Outro: 42:43 Twitter: @Brayden5Ewasko @Carterfuerst2 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dialedinjays Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOBlueJays?sid=YouTube Locked On MLB League-Wide: Every Team, Prospects & More 🎧 https://linktr.ee/LockedOnMLB #BlueJays #TorontoBlueJays #MLB Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.