Artificial Turf Wars

Greg Wisniewski, Joshua Howsam and occasional guests from around the baseball World talk about everything you want to know about the Blue Jays and noteworthy developments in the game, with a little bit of added fun.

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ATW Episode 251: The 2022 Year in Review
Greg, Josh and Nick give out their annual end of the year awards to the Blue Jays including topics like Best Hitter, MVP, Favourite Moment and less obvious, more random categories such as "The Bon Voyage," "Most Surreal Moment" and "The Meltdowningest...
66 min
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ATW Episode 250: The Disaster Artists
Greg and Josh discuss the unfortunate 2-game sweep at the hands of the Seattle Mariners in the Wild Card round. They go over Luis Castillo's dominance, the questionable decisions in game 2, the bad luck bloops, the bullpen issues and what it could all...
52 min
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ATW Episode 249: There's No Place Like Home
Greg, Josh and Nick run down the excellent play at the end of the season that led to home field in the wild card round. They go over the hot streaks from Merrifield, Jansen and Teoscar, the up and down nature of the team that may bely the actual true...
58 min
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ATW Episode 248: Looking (Too Far?) Ahead
Greg and Josh discuss the issues with the play to start Alek Manoah in a potential home field clinching game 162, changes to the batting order that coincides with Vlad's hidden hot streak, the missing Anthony Bass and some recent true bullpen...
40 min
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ATW Episode 247: Strong Stomachs
Greg and Josh discuss the latest, strong week of play from the Blue Jays. They go over examples of the important changes that have led to Bo Bichette's recent success, Alek Manoah's "flu game" and what helps him get through games with diminished...
50 min
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ATW Episode 246: Bo Knows Baseball
Greg and Josh discuss the latest news and notes around the Blue Jays. They cover the changes Bo Bichette has made to improve his performance of late, the improvement to the bench with the addition of Gabriel Moreno at the same time Teoscar and Lourdes...
39 min
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ATW Episode 245: Consistent Inconsistency
Greg and Josh discuss a weird week in Blue Jays land that started with a sweep of Boston and finished by getting swept by the lowly Angels. They discuss the offensive struggles with a closer focus on Vlad's odd disappearing patience, the fundamental...
34 min
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ATW Episode 244: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Greg and Josh discuss the up and downs of the recent Jays play, the effect of George Springer's absence, Vlad's adjustment to the adjustments, the problems with being too one-handed on offence, Stripling's impressive return to the rotation, Kikuchi's...
53 min
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ATW Episode 243: The Winds of Change
Greg and Josh go in depth on the trades for Mitch White and Alex De Jesus, Whit Merrifield and Zach Pop and Anthony Bass. They also discuss the deadline success overall and strategies for building bullpens both in and out of the season, the rotation...
56 min
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ATW Episode 242: Three Wins and Three Punchies
Greg and Josh discuss the wacky, fun Red Sox-Blue Jays series that set all sorts of club records for the team, Raimel Tapia's hot bat, Alek Manoah's All-Star Game coming out party, the Cardinals missing two very key players for the upcoming short...
48 min
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ATW Episode 241: Them Duke Boys Are At It Again
Greg and Josh discuss the firing of Charlie Montoyo and the apparent reasons behind it, John Schneider transitioning into the manager role, some new Blue Jays All-Star representatives, a better turn through the rotation, Matt Chapman's "new swing",...
50 min
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ATW Episode 240: The Dog Days of Summer
Greg and Josh discuss the struggling Blue Jays from the starters not giving length, a set of middle relievers not keeping games close and an overall underperforming offence. They also talk about Lourdes Gurriel's continued surge, the welcome return of...
53 min
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ATW Episode 239: Gabbo Comes to Springfield
Greg and Josh discuss the latest news and notes from the Blue Jays including the debut of the very impressive Gabriel Moreno, Hyun-Jin Ryu going down for the year and the impact that has on the rest of the staff including Nate Pearson, Julian...
47 min
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ATW Episode 238: Oh Captain, My Captain!
Greg and Josh discuss the incredible run for Alejandro Kirk who has arguably become the best catcher in the league, Vlad's power returning at the expense of regular, good contact, Chapman rounding into form, strong rotation showings from Alek Manoah...
51 min
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ATW Episode 237: WWWWWWWWinning
Greg and Josh discuss the news and notes from the red hot Blue Jays. They talk about the close nature of most of the games, which has led to a very taxed bullpen, the strong starting pitching that has some cracks with BerrĂ­os struggling and Ryu hurt...
39 min
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ATW Episode 236: Turning the Corner
Greg and Josh discuss the latest news and notes around the Blue Jays. They talk about Vlad and Springer starting to come around, Jansen continuing to mash in an odd way, the rest of the offence struggling as a whole, the very strong starting staff...
46 min
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ATW Episode 235: May Showers
Greg and Nick go over the news and notes from a rough week in Toronto. They discuss Kevin Gausman's continued brilliance, Stripling and BerrĂ­os having some rough outings, Romano's first disaster save attempt, changes to the baseball, Santiago Espinal...
50 min
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ATW Episode 234: The Hitless Wonders
Greg and Josh discuss the latest news and notes surrounding the Blue Jays. They talk about Kevin Gausman's incredible start and a change that could be fueling a potentially second breakout, Manoah's attack patterns, Ross Stripling's fine 5th starter...
47 min
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ATW Episode 233: Road Warriors
Greg and Josh discuss the news and notes from a successful road trip to Boston and Houston. They go over the strong performance up and down the bullpen, the early returns from Alek Manoah and Kevin Gausman, Santiago Espinal's profile change, Bo...
48 min
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ATW Episode 232: Speaking IL of the Team
Greg and Josh go over the first week of games and the stories around the team. They look at the injury situation and how the recent trades look with the depth being tested, they discuss the ridiculous opening day, the strong performances of Alek...
46 min
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ATW Episode 231: The 2022 28.5 in 56
Greg and Josh break down the entire opening day roster for the team at 2:00 per player. They also discuss the two players still in the mix for the final spot.
58 min
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ATW Episode 230: Fowl Balls
Greg and Josh discuss the latest news and notes from Blue Jays land including the Charlie Montoyo extension, the "better late than never" pickup of Dexter Fowler, Santiago Espinal showing more power, David Phelps officially making the roster, some...
41 min
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ATW Episode 229: Leaning Left
Greg and Josh discuss the latest week of Blue Jays news and games. They start by going over the Randal Grichuk for Raimel Tapia and Adrian Pinto, including the change to Toronto's lineup, the overall talent change and a scouting report on Pinto. They...
46 min
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ATW Episode 228: What a Lovely Chap!
Greg, Josh and Nick break down a very productive week for the Blue Jays. They start with the biggest news, the acquisition of Matt Chapman in trade from the Oakland A's. They discuss the deal itself, the things Chapman can bring to the table that...
60 min
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ATW Episode 227: We Found a Key for this Lock
Greg, Josh and Nick discuss the end of the owners' lockout of the players and the new collective bargaining agreement. They go over some of the new features of the CBA such as the change in the CBT, the new pay for younger players and the expanded...
56 min