Blue Jays outfielders Addison Barger and George Springer

About this episode

Mike Wilner interviews Blue Jays outfielders Addison Barger and George Springer about their impactful seasons and playoff experiences.

Guests: Blue Jays outfielders Addison Barger and George Springer Today's episode of Deep Left Field DAILY features a couple of Blue Jays sluggers who had unexpectedly great seasons and made massive contributions toward the Jays winning the American League East and getting to within inches of a World Series championship last fall. George Springer came off the worst year of his career to lead the Jays with 32 home runs and finish third in the majors in OPS - behind only Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. In the post-season, his go-ahead three-run home run in Game 7 of the American League championship series propelled the Jays into the Fall Classic and stands as one of the biggest round-trippers in Jays history. Addison Barger didn't even make the team out of spring training last year, but wound up hitting 21 home runs, third on the Jays behind Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. In his first career post-season, he belted the only pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history and hit .480 over the seven games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Springer and Barger join us to talk about that magical playoff run and to look ahead to the new season that begins Friday night. All that, plus your…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Wilner

Guests: Addison Barger, George Springer

Topics covered

• Blue Jays
• baseball
• playoffs
• home runs
• American League East
• World Series

Keywords

• Blue Jays
• Addison Barger
• George Springer
• home runs
• playoffs
• World Series
• American League East

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toronto Star

Places: Los Angeles Dodgers

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