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Around the Nest 2021 Week 2: Attack of the C’s

Weekly Blue Jays minor league podcast hosted by Tyler Zickel

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The Vancouver Canadians visiting Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro, Oregon on August 2, 2018.
The Vancouver Canadians visiting Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro, Oregon on August 2, 2018.
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This week, the Vancouver Canadians’ Tyler Zickel was joined by Gregg Caserta of the triple-A Buffalo Bisons / Trenton Thunder and Tyler Murray of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

Episode Topics

Gregg Caserta on the Buffalo Bisons / Trenton Thunder (Triple-A)

  • Best start since 2017.
  • .273 BA is tops in AAA East, .360 OBP is 4th
  • 2.35 ERA (1st) and .202 OPP BA (2nd)
  • Players playing all around the diamond
  • Breyvic Valera joins Blue Jays taxi squad
  • Richard Ureña’s beard update
  • Christian Colón: Old, but not THAT old
  • All roads lead back to the Blue Jays for Casey Lawrence
  • Addition of CJ Edwards
  • Manoah comes up short with just 10 Ks. What’s wrong with him?
  • 2021 Pork Roll Counter

Tyler Murray on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Double-A)

  • Get these Sea Dogs off our backs! ‘Cats break out to end losing skid vs. Portland
  • Is that Vlad-…. No it’s Johan Mieses
  • Otto Lopez’s major beef with AA NE pitching, but coming down to earth?
  • Little Jason LJ Talley goes BIG with 2 HR, 6 RBI
  • Lisa Simpson causes some friction with Double-A Northeast umpires
  • Prospecting for gold: Jordan Groshans (hamstring issues), Austin Martin (injured finger on slide), Simeon Woods Richardson, Gabriel Moreno (back at DH)
  • Jon Harris: is he the new Jon Berti of New Hampshire?

Tyler Zickel on the Vancouver Canadians (High-A)

  • 8-game winning streak, longest in 16 years
  • Tanner Kirwer, Cameron Eden, Spencer Horwitz
  • Kloff gonna Kloff
  • Zick’s broadcast booth in Hillsboro
  • C’s all over the league leaderboard
  • .251 BA/123 Hits ranked 4th in Hi-A, 89 BB/.376 OBP is 1st, Top 10 in runs/OPS/
  • 2.80 ERA 2nd in Hi-A, 4th-lowest OPP BA (.189), Top 10 in WHIP

Tyler Zickel on the Dunedin Blue Jays (Low-A)

  • 3-2 in their last five
  • C Zach Britton’s line: .293/.482/.537/1.019
  • #5 prospect Orelvis Martinez raised is average 25 points, 2nd with 9 RBI
  • RHP Roither Hernandez: 9.1 IP in 5G, 0.96 ERA, 14 K/3 BB, .200 OPP BA/0.96 WHIP
  • RHP Willy Gaston: 10.2 IP in 4G, 1.69 ERA, 13 K/5 BB, .233 OPP BA

Roundtable

  • Organizational Standings
  • Looking forward to the upcoming week

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