The Blue Jays opening week that was

About this episode

This episode covers the Blue Jays' opening week, featuring interviews with pitchers Max Scherzer and Spencer Miles, and outfielder Denzel Clarke.

Guests: Blue Jays pitchers Max Scherzer and Spencer Miles, Athletics outfielder Denzel Clarke This week in Deep Left Field, we go over the Blue Jays' week that was, which featured a sweep of the Athletics and an ugly series loss to the sad-sack Colorado Rockies, with a special emphasis on Cody Ponce's catastrophic knee injury and what that means for the rotation. Then we hear from two Jays pitchers at the absolute opposite ends of the spectrum. Max Scherzer is starting his 19th season in the big leagues and is ticketed for immortality in Cooperstown when he's done. Spencer Miles is a rookie, selected in the Rule 5 draft, who still hasn't hit the 25-inning mark as a professional. Incredibly, the two hurlers are linked by a Missouri snowstorm. They both tell us that story. Also, Pickering's own Denzel Clarke made an opening day roster for the first time in his career, after playing for Canada at the World Baseball Classic for the second time. We catch up with the centre field magician as we look out at the stands where he saw his first big-league game. All that, plus the mailbag at deepleftfield@thestar.ca!

People in this episode

Host: Mike Wilner

Guests: Max Scherzer, Spencer Miles, Denzel Clarke

Topics covered

• Blue Jays
• baseball
• pitching
• injuries
• rookie players
• opening week
• mailbag

Keywords

• Blue Jays
• Max Scherzer
• Spencer Miles
• Denzel Clarke
• injury
• baseball
• opening week
• pitching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toronto Star

Places: Canada, Cooperstown

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