Fans from the Stands

We've have a few weeks of baseball and the Jays have play pretty much .500 baseball. There have been some good and some bad but overall as expected. There has been so trouble with a few injuries (Romano and Swanson) and our ace has not looked good. Around the league we talk about the MLBPA admonishing the pitch clock and the role it has played in the injuries to pitchers. We also put the spotlight on Orelvis Martinez, a player that we talked about a few years ago and currently the #2 prospect in the system.

We are excited to get the season started. Opening Day is here and we are set to make our annual predictions. Before we get into that we must first discuss the big new in the MLB, Shohei/Ippei sports gambling saga. We also talk about the Blue Jays 26 man roster and results of some position battles.

It's been a few months since our last episode and as the calendar changed to the new year, so does the change to a new season. Spring Training is in full swing and the excitement is palpable. This episode we chat about the new faces that have been signed, the resigning of players and what we hope to see this spring. Around the horn we discuss the announced retirement of the Comish Rob Manfred and some of the more significant signings and non-signings. Things are getting "nuts" with the new MLB official uniforms, we discuss some of the issues...

This episode we talk about the Shohei Ohtani Saga. The plane tracking, the restaurant reservations and the Dragon/Shark. If that sounds crazy, well that was Friday December 8th 2023 in a nutshell. Join us unpack our feeling about what a weird weekend it's been.

This episode we do a little bit of dissecting of the Jays post-season run. Can we call it a run? It was more of a stumble. Anyways, things didn't go well and the fan base was left with a lot of questions. We'll discuss some of those questions. On the more positive side, many Blue Jays were nominated for Gold Glove Awards, Kiermaier, Varsho, Berrios, Chapman and Kirk. We finish off by talking about the rest of the post-season and upcoming World Series.

It's been about a month and it's been a relatively good month for the Blue Jays, that's not to say that there haven't been times where curse words were uttered at the TV. But as it appears, things have righted themselves. This episode we discuss what the Blue Jays have done rights in the last week or so. We talk about specific players that have been playing well or at least up to expectations and our outlook on the playoffs. Around the league, we talk about odd strike calls by umps and even more odd gift giving decisions by...

This week we discuss our failed attempt are recording a live on location episode from the Rogers Centre and our thoughts on the Jose Bautista Level of Excellence ceremony. We talk about the Jays success over the last few weeks going 10 - 6 over that span. Around the league the big story is the Wander Franco story, with the MLB putting him on administrative leave. Our Blue Chip topic this week is 23 year old OF Alan Roden currently in AA.

This week we discuss the trade deadline. We talk about the moves made by the Jays front office, the rumors and moves not made. Around the league we recap the bigger deals that we struck. We didn't focus on any particular blue chip prospect this week, but we did provide a few updates on the Jays top prospects.

After a long hiatus, we are back. This week we cover the last month of the of games. We talk about the All-star game and homerun derby. We also discuss some of the surprises in the standings. Our Blue Chipper this episode is 1st round pick, Arjun Nimmala.

The Jays seem to be coming out of a slump as we discuss the lows of the last month of so. We talk about Manoah being sent to the Florida Complex League. Some Blue Jays seem to be coming around (Belt and Varsho) others keep rolling (Bichette, Keirmaier, Merrifield) and some are cooling off (Chapman, Vladdy). We discuss the great work of the bullpen lately and the fantastic work of Gausman, Bassitt and Berrios. Around the league we talk about some of the surprises in the standings and what is the plans for the Oakland/Vegas A's new stadium...