Around The Nest

Around the Nest, Week 6 Single-A Lansing Lugnuts – Dante De Caria 2:12 – Kevin Smith, offense and defense 5:16 – Other notables: Chavez Young, Brock Lundquist, Ryan Noda 5:57 – The Lugnuts’ nine-game winning streak Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats – Tyler Zickel 10:07 – State of the Fisher Cats 11:50 – Roger in the booth while Kacy goes yard 13:12 – Jordan Romano 14:07 – There will never be a Cats team like this again A-Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays – Jim Tarabocchia 16:12 – What John Schneider told Jim in 2017 19:22 – Defensive standouts 20:42 – Strongest throwing arms on Dunedin AAA Buffalo Bisons – Pat Malacaro 22:59 – Interview with Anthony Alford

With apologies for a spotty connection for host Jesse Goldberg-Strassler (blame Beloit internet): The Voices of the Blue Jays' system talk about some of the lesser mentioned names this week: Dunedin's Eduard Pinto, Alberto Mineo, Tayler Saucedo and Jonathan Cheshire; New Hampshire's Jordan Romano, Zach Jackson and Harold Ramirez; Buffalo's Danny Jansen, Reese McGuire, Sam Gaviglio and Chris Rowley; and Jesse Goldberg-Strassler interviews Kevin Smith.

The Voices of the Blue Jays' system talk about the highlights from the past week, beginning with New Hampshire's Tyler Zickel talking Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. (1:50), Cavan Biggio (2:46) and Conor Fisk (8:18); Dunedin's Jim Tarabocchia talks Justin Dillon's Triple-A debut (11:40), Josh Donaldson's rehab (12:21), Kirby Snead (14:50) and T.J. Zeuch (15:50); Pat Malacaro talks Buffalo's PDC extension (18:51), roster upheaval (20:18) and Deck McGuire (24:29); and Jesse Goldberg-Strassler talks about Yennsy Diaz and the Lansing Lugnuts' impressive offense (27:45).

The Voices of the Blue Jays' system join host Jesse Goldberg-Strassler to discuss the latest action: Dunedin's Dan Venn shares his observations on D.J. Davis (1:02), Angel Perdomo (2:32), Logan Warmoth (3:34), Riley Adams (5:04) and Josh DeGraaf (7:03); Lansing's Dante De Caria discusses the Lugnuts' hot streak (8:30), Norberto Obeso's walk-off (9:23), Cullen Large (10:38), Kevin Smith (11:55) and Yennsy Diaz (12:37); New Hampshire's Tyler Zickel talks Vlad Guerrero Jr. (14:30), Cavan Biggio (15:30), Bo Bichette (18:37), Patrick Cantwell (20:58) and Conor Fisk (22:18); and Pat Malacaro interviews Ben Cherington (23:15).

The Voices of the Blue Jays' system join host Jesse Goldberg-Strassler to discuss the latest action: The New Hampshire Fisher Cats' Tyler Murray muses about Lourdes Gurriel (1:26), pitching (2:42) and Vladdy Jr.'s bunt (4:52); the Dunedin Blue Jays' Jim Tarabocchia shares observations on Anthony Alford and Dalton Pompey (8:03), Nash Knight (9:03), and T.J. Zeuch (10:32); the Buffalo Bisons' Pat Malacaro talks about missing a week's worth of action (16:02) and having a second Opening Day (18:28); Lansing Lugnuts position coach Dave Pano breaks down the Single-A ballclub (20:09); and the Lugnuts' Dante De Caria talks Kevin Vicuna (23:43), three-pitch walks (24:46), and Ryan Noda and Kacy Clemens (26:27).

Join the voices of the Blue Jays' MiLB system -- Pat Malacaro (Buffalo), Jim Tarabocchia (Dunedin), Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Dante De Caria (Lansing) -- in the first show of 2018! Who was each broadcaster most excited about? Who are the biggest surprises? We're talking Deck McGuire, Yennsy Diaz, Joshua Palacios, Matt Morgan, Ryan Noda, and more!