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 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 Berríos 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 Berríos 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
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ATW Episode 226: A Key and a Crime Dog
Because of a lack of baseball news during the lockout, Greg and Josh take a look back at a couple of key players from the first successful era of the Blue Jays Franchise. They go in depth on Jimmy Key and Fred McGriff and what made them special to the...
53 min
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ATW 225: Moving on up, to the East Side
Greg and Josh go over a busy week in Blue Jays land. They go in depth on the signing of Kevin Gausman including the contract he signed, what he brings to the table, how he has changed his approach to pitching in recent years to gain success and why...
64 min
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ATW Episode 224: Long Term Teammates
Greg an Josh discuss the José Berríos extension including the value of the deal, what he brings to the table from both a performance and durability side and what the signing frees up for the Blue Jays both in the near and long term. They also...
35 min
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ATW 223: The 2021 Year in Review
Greg, Josh and Nick give out their annual end of the year awards to the Blue Jays including obvious topics like Best Hitter, MVP, Favourite Moment and less obvious, more random categories.
65 min
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ATW Episode 222: The Good, The Bad and The Ending
Greg and Josh wrap up a great, but not great enough Blue Jays season. They start by talking about some of the incredible records set by the offensive members of the club, then go into the incredible, Cy Young-worthy season by Robbie Ray and Alek...
51 min
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ATW Episode 221: That New York State of Mind
Nick Stellini stops by to preview the upcoming "playoff" series between the Blue Jays and Yankees (28:45). He looks back at the crazy recent series with the Red Sox before discussing the various pitching matchups, the returns to health from some key...
63 min
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ATW Episode 220: Who Are Ryu?
Greg and Josh discuss the recent series against the Orioles, Rays and Twins, with a specific focus on the wild end to the Orioles series. They also take stock of the rotation as it stands with Hyun Jin Ryu going on the shelf, talk about the way Robbie...
46 min
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ATW Episode 219: A Wild (Card) Winning Streak!
Greg and Josh go over an incredible week of games in Blue Jays land. They discuss the expectations entering the four-gamer with New York and the ending results, Marcus Semien and Lourdes Gurriel's incredible hot streaks, Vlad Guerrero's odd splits...
56 min
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ATW Episode 218: In Play Run(s)...Finally
Greg and Josh go over the last couple of weeks of play in Blue Jays land. They discuss the, up until recently, anemic offence that (combined with some poorly timed errors) led to a tumble down the Wild Card standings, the recent series wins, the...
45 min
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ATW Episode 217: West Coast Woes
Greg and Josh discuss the disappointing west coast portion of the road trip, which ended up with three blown leads leading to losses. They go over the offensive issues that created the close games, the bullpen meltdowns and some fielding/bad luck...
42 min
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ATW Episode 216: There's No Place Like Home
Matt Kory of Sox Outsider stops by to go over the latest series between the Red Sox and Blue Jays, the confusing Boston deadline moves, the delayed return of Chris Sale and the divisional fight going forward. Greg and Josh also discuss the...
71 min
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ATW Episode 215: José! José! José! José!
Greg and Josh go over a crazy week in Blue Jays led by the acquisition of José Berríos for Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richardson. They discuss what Berríos can bring to the club and the cost going the other way, why it made sense and the secondary...
58 min