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 182: Just Keep Winning
Greg, Josh and Nick take a look at the recent news and play of a surging Jays club. They discuss the injury to Teoscar Hernández and the hitters that have picked up the slack lately to help cover for the slugger's absence, the toll the starting...
55 min
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ATW Episode 181: Buying is Beautiful
Greg and Josh discuss a very busy week in Blue Jays baseball. They begin by going over all four deadline-ish deals, starting with Ross Stripling, then going in reverse chronological order through Jonathan Villar, Robbie Ray and arguably the biggest...
61 min
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ATW Episode 180: What are Nice Things?
Greg and Josh discuss the latest news in Blue Jays land including Randal Grichuk's hot streak and change in approach, the injuries to Bo Bichette and Nate Pearson, the improving offence, a vintage performance from Hyun-jin Ryu, an unexpected bullpen...
49 min
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ATW Episode 179: Premature Pride
Greg and Josh discuss the week that was for the Blue Jays. They talk about the very strong work from the bullpen of late, especially sudden standouts Ryan Borucki and Jordan Romano, the very impressive and encouraging recent start from Hyun-jin Ryu,...
52 min
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ATW Episode 178: No Matter What Greg Says
Greg and Josh discuss the latest week of news in Blue Jays land. They talk about Charlie Montoyo's confusing management decisions, the great work from the starting rotation, Teoscar Hernández' incredible start, Nate Pearson's debut and some issues...
47 min
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ATW Episode 177: The 30ish in 45ish
Greg and Josh preview the entire 30-man Blue Jays opening day roster and the three taxi-squad members. They also give a Do-Over to Brad Ziegler and discuss the impact of the shortened season.
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ATW Epsiode 176: Crossing Diamonds
Greg and Josh discuss the latest news from Blue Jays land including Vlad Jr. moving to first base, Travis Shaw's misstep on quarantine, the surprising readiness of the rotation, the battle for the fifth starter with Chase Anderson's injury, Toronto's...
45 min
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ATW Episode 175: Mechanics Mastery
Dr. Mike Sonne, Chief Scientist at ProPlay AI, stop by the podcast (25:00) to discuss his new product, PitchAI. He discusses how PitchAI can capture and break down pitching mechanics with the use of a cell phone, how he and his team came up with the...
52 min
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ATW Episode 174: Baseball is...back?
Greg, Josh and Nick discuss the pending return of baseball. They first discuss the general concept of the sport returning and the challenges that must be overcome in order for play to resume successfully before looking into the 60 game schedule and...
53 min
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ATW Episode 173: The Biggest Games
Greg and Josh continue their look back at Blue Jays history during the COVID-19 shutdown, this time shining the spotlight on the greatest (and a couple worst) individual game performances over the life of the franchise. They include some of the...
62 min
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ATW Episode 172: Breating a Cy of Relief w/ Pat...
Former Blue Jays' great, Pat Hentgen, stops by to discuss his incredible 1996-1997 seasons (26:35) as part of an overall historical look back at great seasons on underperforming ballclubs. Hentgen talks about his struggles to get going in 1995, the...
55 min
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ATW Episode 171: An Award-Winning Podcast
Throughout the shutdown of MLB caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, ATW will be doing looks back at various aspects of franchise history, from the draft to award winners and snubs to interesting pennant races and more. This week, Greg and Josh look back...
67 min
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ATW Episode 170: Billowing Trade Winds
Throughout the shutdown of MLB caused by the Covid-19 panic, ATW will be doing looks back at various aspects of franchise history, from the draft to award winners and snubs to interesting pennant races and more. This week, Greg and Josh look back at...
66 min
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ATW Episode 169: A Drafty Rewind
Throughout the shutdown of MLB caused by the Covid-19 panic, ATW will be doing looks back at various aspects of franchise history, from big trades to award winners and snubs to interesting pennant races and more. In the first episode of the series,...
54 min
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ATW Episode 168: Don't Place Betts on Boston
Matthew Kory of the Red Sox Coast to Coast Podcast stops by (19:45) to preview the Boston Red Sox for the upcoming season. He discusses the recent injury issues for Chris Sale and the effect on the Red Sox rotation, the still-solid offense and the...
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ATW Episode 167: Spring Fever
Greg and Josh go over the stories from the first week of spring training including Hyun-Jin Ryu's first start, Nate Pearson's powerful debut and the inability for fans to watch it, Pearson's extreme unlikelihood to make the opening day roster, Vlad's...
44 min
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ATW Episode 166: A Stroke of Bad Fortune
Spring Training has arrived, so Greg and Josh discuss some actual news in the World of the Blue Jays (and baseball at large). They go over the surgery undergone by top prospect Eric Pardinho and its effect on his development, the unfortunate incident...
60 min
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ATW Episode 165: The Bus is Getting Full
Greg, Josh and Nick go over some of the recent happenings in the world of the Toronto Blue Jays. They discuss the signing of Rafael Dolis and his potential role in Toronto, the very interesting roster situation that the Jays find themselves in with...
56 min
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ATW Episode 164: Let Chaos Reign!
Greg and Josh discuss a crazy week in the World of MLB that happened to coincide with a rather quiet one in Toronto. They cover what the signing of Shun Yamaguchi means for the club in terms of potential future Japanese free agents, Yamaguchi's...
54 min
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ATW Episode 163: Holiday Gifts
Happy Holidays from Artificial Turf Wars! Greg, Josh and Nick break down a really busy week in Blue Jays land. They discuss the signing of Hyun-Jin Ryu and what he means to the club, how he changes the outlook of the rotation and what his signing...
49 min
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ATW Episode 162: Hear Me Roark!
Greg, Josh and Nick discuss the good and bad of the signing of Tanner Roark to a two-year, $24M deal including what would improve the outlook of the move and what would make it a waste. They also discuss the rule 5 draft and why the Jays didn't take...
54 min
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ATW Episode 161: Free Agency Doldrums
Shi Davidi (28:45) of Sportsnet stops by to discuss the Jays' apparent plans in free agency, some of the difficulties they've been facing and potential missteps, the confusing Matt Shoemaker situation, and what could happen if they miss out on...
62 min
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ATW Episode 160: Messing with the Minors
Former Vancouver Canadians general manager Jason Takefman stops by (21;10) to discuss the relationship between the parent club and its minor league affiliates, the development of local fanbases and what he thinks of the reported minor league...
65 min
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ATW Episode 159: Chase-ing Wins
Greg and Josh discuss the acquisition of Chase Anderson including why the Jays might have wanted him and what they might look to do with him going forward. They also talk about the departures of Ryan Tepera and Devon Travis, Mark Shapiro's comments to...
51 min
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ATW Episode 158: The 2019 Season Review
Greg and Josh give out their annual end-of-season rewards to the Blue Jays including familiar categories such as best hitter, best pitcher and favourite moment, as well as some more creative topics like best home run celebration, most whelming player,...
55 min