Blue Jays, Trey Yesavage strongly hint Mariners' miscommunication affected game

If you're just reading the box score, you might think that Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher Trey Yesavage had a good day at the ball park. The 22-year-old right-hander pitched six relatively effective innings against the Seattle Mariners. He gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits, while striking out seven and walking two.

Unfortunately he was saddled with the loss as the Blue Jays offense once again came up short, getting shut out for the second day in a row, mustering just three hits, one day after getting only one hit in an 11-0 loss. But it's not the lack of Blue Jays offense that bummed out Yesavage after his start, it was what went down prior to first pitch that had him and the Blue Jays coaching staff a little worked up.

According to several reports, the Mariners changed the originally scheduled game time without letting the Blue Jays know. After the game, Sportsnet's Hazel Mae reported on the issue. She said on X, "John Schneider said Trey Yesavage sat for 20 mins after he warmed up and was ready because the Blue Jays were given the wrong anthem time.

“He battled and limited hard contact.”

Yesavage: “I'm not going to say that affected me, but start time at the time should be followed”

That was later followed up by fellow Sportsnet reporter Shi Davedi who also chimed in on X and said, "Due to the unusual 2:05 Peacock Game start time, the Mariners say they first sent the Blue Jays all times and then followed up with team officials, too, to ensure they knew the day’s schedule.

Unclear where the miscommunication on anthem start times happened."

Clearly, something got lost in translation between the two teams, whether it was intentional or not. It's also an interesting thing to point out considering Yesavage got through the first two innings unscathed and it wasn't until the third when he got into a little bit of trouble.

Sure, these athletes are creatures of habit and they ramp themselves up to be ready for a certain time - but the delay in Yesavage getting from the end of his warm ups to actually getting on the mound could also change as the visting team since the Blue Jays could have gone up and had a long top half of the first inning as well. That is, if they could actually string any hits together at this point, and that's really where the biggest problem lies right now.

Are the Blue Jays just grasping at straws?

It feels like the Blue Jays making a big deal about start times should really be the least of their worries. There is always going to be a concern about a pitchers arm and going through a routine and having that routine interrupted - but the bigger concern should be the fact that nobody on the offensive side of the ball has looked ready since Canada Day.

The Blue Jays pounded the New York Mets for nine runs at home, and have scored two runs in the 27 innings since then. They continue to fumble at a time when they are supposed to be turning up the heat and the longer the offense continues to under perform, the harder it will be to get out of the hole they have put themselves in.

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