{"podcast":{"title":"Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner","slug":"deep-left-field-with-mike-wilner-2232779","podcast_index_feed_id":2232779,"rss_url":"https://deepleftfield.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/deepleftfield.html","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/d/d/8/add84411c40c1bf9e55e3c100dce7605/Tile_Deep_Left_Field_Final_1400x1400.jpg","author":"Toronto Star","episode_count":100,"summary":"Longtime Toronto Blue Jays radio voice Mike Wilner hosts Deep Left Field, a baseball podcast from the Toronto Star. With great baseball coverage, opinion and analysis, Deep Left Field has everything you need to know about the Jays, specifically, and baseball in general.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T06:22:19.789305+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-left-field-with-mike-wilner-2232779"},"episode":{"title":"The Blue Jays opening week that was","slug":"the-blue-jays-opening-week-that-was","published_at":"2026-04-02T17:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-left-field-with-mike-wilner-2232779/the-blue-jays-opening-week-that-was","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-left-field-with-mike-wilner-2232779","url":"https://www.thestar.com/deepleftfield","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deepleftfield/20260402_TorontoStar_DLF344_PT_-15lufs.mp3?dest-id=2692502","summary":"Guests: Blue Jays pitchers Max Scherzer and Spencer Miles, Athletics outfielder Denzel Clarke This week in Deep Left Field, we go over the Blue Jays' week that was, which featured a sweep of the Athletics and an ugly series loss to the sad-sack Colorado Rockies, with a special emphasis on Cody Ponce's catastrophic knee injury and what that means for the rotation. Then we hear from two Jays pitchers at the absolute opposite ends of the spectrum. Max Scherzer is starting his 19th season in the big leagues and is ticketed for immortality in Cooperstown when he's done. Spencer Miles is a rookie, selected in the Rule 5 draft, who still hasn't hit the 25-inning mark as a professional. Incredibly, the two hurlers are linked by a Missouri snowstorm. They both tell us that story. Also, Pickering's own Denzel Clarke made an opening day roster for the first time in his career, after playing for Canada at the World Baseball Classic for the second time. We catch up with the centre field magician as we look out at the stands where he saw his first big-league game. All that, plus the mailbag at deepleftfield@thestar.ca!","meta_description":"Guests: Blue Jays pitchers Max Scherzer and Spencer Miles, Athletics outfielder Denzel Clarke This week in Deep Left Field, we go over the Blue Jays' week…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3628,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deep-left-field-with-mike-wilner-2232779/episodes/the-blue-jays-opening-week-that-was/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-left-field-with-mike-wilner-2232779/the-blue-jays-opening-week-that-was.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}