Former Blue Jays first base coach Tim Leiper joins Ailish to discuss Whit Merrifield’s fit in the Blue Jays’ lineup, his experience being apart of the 2015 Blue Jays when they added David Price and Troy Tulowitzki at the trade deadline, and Bo Bichette being moved into the fifth spot last night. Afterwards, The Athletic’s Joshua Kloke stops by to chat about Toronto FC’s signing of Richie Laryea, early returns on Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, and the Leafs’ complicated salary cap situation (20:16). Then, ESPN investigative reporter T.J. Quinn joins the show to discuss Brittney Griner receiving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia and what comes next in her quest to return home (38:20). 

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