Jays Let It Slip: Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers Game 152 Preview | Flight Deck

So getting into last night's game, before we get into the pitching matchup and the lineup for today and how things are... projecting in what feels like a must-win game because the Jays just can't afford to lose a series at this point of the season.

So...

If you lose today, you're going to have to sweep probably two series by the end of the year in order to get to the mark that you think you're going to have to get to to make it to the postseason.

Remember, last year, I do believe last year was the lowest win total needed to make it into the three-team wildcard, and that was the Cincinnati Reds with 83-79.

So the American League, where the bar has been in every year in the three-team wildcard, it's still been at 86 wins.

This is already going to be a record-breaking year for the third wildcard spot in the American League, but the Blue Jays definitely need to get it going.

They got to go 8-3 in these final 11 games in order to get to 83 wins.

So what happened last night? What happened last night to the Blue Jays? We need to get into that because it was frustrating.

They lost 6-5 to the Detroit Motor City Tigers, and there were three keys to the loss.

I'm not going to go deep into everything because there were three things that stuck out to me, and if you're in the chat right now, I want to know what your biggest grievance was with the loss.

Was it how John Schneider managed his bullpen? Was it the way Louis Varlin blew it? Was it Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

staring at a pitch middle in? Yeah, middle in in the ninth inning against Kenley Jansen.

And he just looked at it.

Ninth inning, middle in for strike three.

Was that it? Was it, you know, the bases loaded? opportunities that they had in the second and third innings and didn't come away with a single run in either one of those innings.

What was your biggest grievance in last night's game? I want to hear it in the chat.

Let me know how you feel about today's game if the Blue Jays will bounce back.

So the three keys to the loss for me.

It starts with the bases loaded in the second and third innings.

They came away with nothing.

The second inning ended on a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ground out to shortstop.

Now there was two outs.

So, you know, that's tough sledding sometimes.

They loaded the bases with two outs.

Sometimes that's going to happen.

So getting into last night's game, before we get into the pitching matchup and the lineup for today and how things are... projecting in what feels like a must-win game because the Jays just can't afford to lose a series at this point of the season.

So...

If you lose today, you're going to have to sweep probably two series by the end of the year in order to get to the mark that you think you're going to have to get to to make it to the postseason.

Remember, last year, I do believe last year was the lowest win total needed to make it into the three-team wildcard, and that was the Cincinnati Reds with 83-79.

So the American League, where the bar has been in every year in the three-team wildcard, it's still been at 86 wins.

This is already going to be a record-breaking year for the third wildcard spot in the American League, but the Blue Jays definitely need to get it going.

They got to go 8-3 in these final 11 games in order to get to 83 wins.

So what happened last night? What happened last night to the Blue Jays? We need to get into that because it was frustrating.

They lost 6-5 to the Detroit Motor City Tigers, and there were three keys to the loss.

I'm not going to go deep into everything because there were three things that stuck out to me, and if you're in the chat right now, I want to know what your biggest grievance was with the loss.

Was it how John Schneider managed his bullpen? Was it the way Louis Varlin blew it? Was it Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

staring at a pitch middle in? Yeah, middle in in the ninth inning against Kenley Jansen.

And he just looked at it.

Ninth inning, middle in for strike three.

Was that it? Was it, you know, the bases loaded? opportunities that they had in the second and third innings and didn't come away with a single run in either one of those innings.

What was your biggest grievance in last night's game? I want to hear it in the chat.

Let me know how you feel about today's game if the Blue Jays will bounce back.

So the three keys to the loss for me.

It starts with the bases loaded in the second and third innings.

They came away with nothing.

The second inning ended on a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ground out to shortstop.

Now there was two outs.

So, you know, that's tough sledding sometimes.

They loaded the bases with two outs.

Sometimes that's going to happen.