⚠️Vlad Guerrero Jr. Injury Scare | What It Means for the Toronto Blue Jays Playoff Push - video Dailymotion

Peter Klein

The Toronto Blue Jays suffered a major scare as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left the game in Pittsburgh with a hamstring injury. While fans wait for updates, the bigger concern is what this means for the Blue Jays’ season.  In this video, Peter Klein breaks down: ⚾️ Why Vlad Jr. is irreplaceable in the middle of Toronto’s lineup ⚠️The lack of internal options to fill his role ⚾️ How the Blue Jays’ trade deadline approach is being tested now 🙏 What it means for the team’s playoff hopes going forward  Addison Barger’s development, the depth chart at AAA Buffalo, and why the Jays may regret not adding more offensive insurance all come into focus in this smart, big-picture breakdown.  Do you think Toronto can survive if Vlad Jr. misses time, or are their postseason hopes on the line? Let me know in the comments.  👉 Subscribe for more Toronto Blue Jays analysis.  #BlueJays #VladGuerreroJr #TorontoBlueJays #MLB #MLBNews  🎧 Listen on: Apple https://apple.co/49NGm2L | Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3QgazeHcSKSteZbBIubcuM?si=icY7NEBvT7yZadv_JFlT6Q  💬 Follow for live breakdowns: X.com/primetimepk | Twitch.tv/primetimepk  | Kick.com/primetimepk  🔗 Support the Show:   - Tip Jar: https://streamelements.com/couchpotatodiary/tip (fuels more content!)   - Partners: C of Dead http://cofdead403.ca/ | Swift Energy https://www.swiftenergy.gg/?ref=mriusnqm PROMO CODE: PKPrimetime for 25% Off!

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00:00The Toronto Blue Jays have had a lot of things go well this season, but the one thing that they

00:05probably couldn't afford to go poorly did last night in Pittsburgh. We don't know the extent

00:10of Vlad Guerrero Jr.'s injury, but that doesn't mean we can't panic about it. So, let's panic.

00:16I don't know how you could panic with the music that we have for Blue Jays segments, but we're

00:32pretty darn close. As the Blue Jays fall to the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday, that's going to

00:37happen. You're facing one of the best pitchers in baseball. He's going to do that to teams.

00:41The panic part comes with what happened during the game. As has made the rounds, once again,

00:49Beau Bichette makes a really nice play behind second base, throws it across, and to make sure

00:54they get the out, Vlad Guerrero Jr. goes down and does the splits, and makes the play, and

01:00stays in the game defensively, dives for a ball, didn't quite get to it, and then he comes up to

01:05bat, and all of a sudden, it's Ty France who is coming up to bat, and that is a little different.

01:12So, they are saying that he's going off for an MRI. It is left hamstring tightness. Hopefully,

01:20it just, it's a pulled muscle, and it's just, just a couple days, it's just like, ooh, ooh,

01:24ow, ooh, didn't love that. Because, like, we can talk about all we want with this guy stepping up,

01:30that guy stepping up, this guy needs to be whatever, that guy needs to be whatever. If

01:35Vlad Guerrero Jr. is not in the middle of the lineup, this team is entirely different, and

01:39not in a good way. It is a major, major problem if that dude can't go out and play for this ball

01:46club. So, obviously, like, that is the big concern, and we will wait to see. Hopefully,

01:51if you are watching this not live, hopefully by the time that this comes out, that Vlad is fine.

02:00But, for now, we don't know that. So, it is just mass panic on my end. Because, like, again, yeah,

02:06Springer, excellent. Addison Barger, we'll talk about him in a second. He's been very good. Bo

02:11Bichette has worked his way back into being a really good player. Alejandro Kirk, having an

02:15amazing season. But, to not have that big bat in the middle of the lineup, there's just, like,

02:20all those guys are, this sounds more dismissive than I want it to be, all those guys are great

02:24complementary pieces. They aren't the big star that kind of puts it all together. And the Blue

02:32Jays don't really have that in their system, where there's this first baseman in waiting that

02:37they can just go out and just, like, oh, yeah, no, it's fine. Don't worry about it. We have this guy

02:42on the come up, and he was just waiting for a spot to break through. So, there isn't that, like,

02:48it's almost ironic they were playing Spencer Horowitz yesterday. Not that it would be,

02:53like, hey, guys, don't worry. We got Spencer Horowitz coming in. But that it would at least be

03:00something. So, again, I am just, I am concerned about where they are at right now. Looking at the

03:09stats for AAA Buffalo right now, like, maybe, but Arelvis Martinez, he still isn't even hitting his

03:20weight right now at 185 with 13 home runs, 32 runs batted in. But he's second on the team in home

03:26runs. Will Robertson actually leads the team in home runs, and he's not there anymore. So, that would

03:32be a bit of an issue to call him up. The first baseman who they have had down there,

03:37Rainer Nunez, is hitting 260 with seven home runs and a 714 OPS. But you haven't heard a whole lot

03:46of buzz around him. In AA last year, he hit 275 with 12 home runs. So, we're not talking about a

03:53big power bat. So, there isn't really that guy who is coming up in the system that it's like, okay,

03:58this dude is going to be the one who can help with all of this. And this is one of the reasons why

04:05I was a little bit frustrated with the approach to the offense at the trade deadline. Where you

04:11were saying, you know what, when Varshal comes back, it's like a trade deadline acquisition.

04:15And then if you get Santander, well, look at that. Like, everything, it's just, oh, it's excess.

04:19It's not, though. And this is why I was like, no, just make sure you go out and just overload. I feel

04:26like at this time of year, in any sport, when you're coming up on the postseason, if you have a chance to

04:31just get as much major league-ready depth as you can, I think you have to do it. And to only

04:38address the offense with, well, Ty France, like, he's good defensively, can go out and hit a couple

04:44balls. He's all right. Like, to have that be the only thing was really concerning. And now,

04:49there wasn't that big bat that did get moved. It's, again, one of the reasons why I was hoping

04:54for an A. Eugenio Suarez is because, like, these things can happen. And I don't know if there was a

04:59trade out there that could just replace Vladimir Guerrero Jr. But I feel like it was, I forget

05:07what movie I saw in the trailer for, but it was that thing where Overkill is underrated. I, when

05:12you have a chance to win a championship and you are going for a push to the postseason, I don't think

05:18that there are too many moves that you can make. And now, this team was unique because the chemistry

05:23in the room and everything like that, it was just a little bit different. But I still think that there

05:27should have been more of a push to bring in a couple of big bats that you could have

05:32off of the bench so that hopefully, if something bad happened, now you at least have some bigger

05:39bats that you can put in. Now it is basically going to be Ty France, I would assume, as the

05:44everyday first baseman for as long as Vlad is out of the lineup. And he might be back tonight.

05:48Like, again, I could just be overreacting. But that's just, that is such a downgrade.

05:54And I'm just, I'm concerned about what this all could mean for the Blue Jays. Overall,

06:01it was a sloppy game yesterday. And I wonder if the players' heads weren't necessarily in it

06:07after the whole Vlad situation went down. I wonder if there was a bit of a,

06:13whew, okay, we got Paul Skeens out. We got this game now. And they just, they lost that focus.

06:18They lost that competitiveness that this team has been known for. But that was not a Toronto Blue

06:22Jays baseball game. That, that was, that was very, very sloppy. And they, they talked on the

06:27broadcast about how maybe the defense has started to regress a little bit for Toronto. Um, but that,

06:32that was, that was horrendous with the, the throws into center field on a couple of occasions

06:36and everything like that. That was, that was truly bad. So this, that this hopefully is a one-off,

06:44hopefully a bit of a wake-up call that, yeah, things have been going great,

06:46but there's some adversity now and you have to be able to push through it. So, uh, we will see if

06:54this is a learning effort for the Blue Jays coming off of this one. But on the upside, I thought Addison

07:00Barger had a great game and talking about guys who are struggling defensively, he might not take the

07:04best routes to the balls out in right field, but a couple of great throws against the Rangers. Um,

07:09he has been kind of stepping it up. And then that battle he had with Skeens where he just wouldn't

07:14let a fastball get past him and ends up stinging 99 off the wall for one of the bigger hits the Blue

07:20Jays had in the ball game. I, I just love how this kid went through, like he came in and was one of

07:27the top hitters when it came to exit velocity and was stepping up in that way. And then he had that

07:33lull and okay, teams have kind of figured this guy out, but now he has started to bounce back and he

07:38has made the adjustment. And a lot of times with young players, that adjustment needs an off season.

07:43He didn't. And for him to be able to do that and now get that stride back, it makes you very confident

07:49that this is going to be something that you can rely on. And it's something that can be a little

07:53bit sticky for the season going forward. So that I thought that was a positive. And now you got one

07:59of the guys that you feel really comfortable with on the mound today against the pirates. And that is

08:03Max Scherzer, the ultimate competitor, all of those things. I just, I think that he is good

08:08to have back in this spot where maybe you weren't very sharp. Maybe you did get some bad news

08:12on the injury front yesterday, but he is not going to allow anyone on his team to be anything less

08:18than a hundred percent focused on this baseball game. So I think having him out there is going to

08:23be really good and kind of just what the doctor ordered for the blue Jays against the Pittsburgh

08:28pirates. So we will see what happens with Toronto against Pittsburgh. Again, if you have any thoughts

08:34on any of that, if I'm overreacting, if I'm underreacting, if I'm being too critical,

08:38let me know either in the chat, if you're watching live or in the comment section down

08:42below. We are streaming this on a few different platforms. The next time we are going to be

08:47streaming live after this, we're going to be back wherever you are watching this live

08:51at 10 a.m. tomorrow. That is Wednesday. It's going to be another 10 a.m. stream here on

08:58couch potato diary. So make sure you check all of that out. Also, if you want more blue Jays

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