The Blue Jays have either completed the least exhaustive managerial search in history, or they were always going remove the interim tag from John Schneider. Whichever it was, it’s Schneider’s job now, and on this episode we talk about his fitness for it, the hiring process, what managers do, and why the Jays announced it the way they did.Plus! Lour…

In our previous episode we tried to highlight some of the positive aspects of a Jays season that ended as badly as one could possibly imagine. In this one we turned to the dark side, examining the problems with the roster and the state of the team — from pitching depth and development, to issues in the outfield, young players growing expensive, pot…

An especially frustrating Toronto Blue Jays season ended in the most agonizing way possible last weekend, and understandably that’s been the big focus among Jays fans since it happened. But there were good things to come out of the 2022 season as well — fun things, intriguing things, things to build on — and we wanted to take some time and highligh…

Reflecting on the Jays’ season, looking ahead, and reacting to Ross Atkins’ comments from Tuesday’s media conference.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.comBy Nick Ashbourne, Andrew Stoeten

This could be it! The Blue Jays began their 2022 playoff campaign with a whimper — or, more accurately, a deflating three-run first inning — and now must win a Kevin Gausman-Robbie Ray matchup with the Mariners in order to keep their season alive. No biggie! We talked about all that, including the highs and lows of Friday, and everything in between…

The Blue Jays have made the playoffs! On Wednesday the regular season schedule ended with two pointless games in Baltimore, and now the Blue Jays are on their way home to kick off on Friday a best-of-three series against the Seattle Mariners for the right to face the Houston Astros in the ALDS. It’s really happening!And so, with the most exciting t…

The Blue Jays clinched a playoff spot with the Orioles’ loss on Thursday, and didn’t have a game to play until Friday night. In a decision that exuded playoff bravado, the team boldly decided to hold off their celebrations until after they player the Red Sox — win or lose.They hammered Boston in that one, got hammered themselves, then came back and…

The Blue Jays lost to the Yankees on Wednesday night in a game that was not particularly interesting, save for one of the most incredible things to have ever happened on a baseball field: Adam Cimber’s attempted throw to home plate in the top of the ninth.Also Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run of the season, which is absolutely not a record and sho…

We took some time in between games of the Blue Jays’ Tuesday doubleheader against the Rays to talk about more incredible at-bats from Bo Bichette, Mitch White’s solid outing, the Rays’ identity, Alek Manoah’s “flu game” (results pending), Vladdy’s struggles, hot dog loonies, ticket prices, Jordan Groshans’ upcoming MLB debut for Miami, and more!Dow…

As I write this the Blue Jays have won their first two games in Texas and continue the process of burying the Baltimore Orioles and solidifying their place in the wild card picture with now less than a month to go before the playoffs begin. But amid the drama in the standings, there is drama brewing between the commissioner’s office and the clubhou…

On Monday in Baltimore the Blue Jays jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but ultimately suffered death by 1,000 cuts — another Mitch White implosion, a Yusei Kikuchi appearance, Alejandro Kirk’s game-calling, an inopportune double play, more failure to take their chances, an utterly insane video-aided application of the blocking the plate rule, a ridiculous …

The Blue Jays sputtered in their finale against the Cubs, and now head to Pittsburgh to try to maintain their grip on a playoff spot against one of the National League’s also-rans. In this episode we talk about all that, Mitch White’s second straight stinker, some of Mark Shapiro’s weirder comments this week, playoff odds, Bradley Zimmer and Casey …

The Blue Jays dug themselves a 4-0 hole on Monday night, which would have been worse if not for some outstanding defensive work all over the diamond. José Berríos gave up a lot of loud contact, the bats struggled badly once again, and it looked for a long time like another ugly defeat was in the offing.Then the rally caps came out, Danny Jansen ste…

The Blue Jays squandered all the momentum and good vibes generated by last week’s 6-1 road trip to New York and Boston by falling three straight times to the lowly Angels over the weekend. Saturday featured a wonderful 30th anniversary tribute to the 1992 World Series winning team, and delivered on a hotly anticipated pitching duel between Alek Man…

The Blue Jays completed a 6-1 road trip to New York and Boston with an absurd extra-innings victory at Fenway Park that saw them escape runner-on-third-with-no-outs situations in both the eighth and ninth, and overcome at least three examples of sloppy fielding, a 2-for-12 night with RISP, Kevin Gausman’s continuing BABIP problems, a Trevor Richard…

Did the Blue Jays’ season come to a fork in the road on Wednesday night with George Springer’s pinch hit single to break a 0-0 tie, and propel the Jays to a win, to avoid being swept by the Orioles, and to ensure they didn’t waste a spectacular effort from Ross Stripling? Well, obviously we can’t tell the future, but the mood around the team — or a…

It’s time for the Blue Jays to get serious about the state of their season, and that needs to start with removing Yusei Kikuchi from the rotation. A lottery ticket like Ken Giles could maybe help. So could returns from Julian Merryweather and Nate Pearson. How about a projection-busting sprint to the finish from *anybody*? Second base no longer bei…

We’re one month into the John Schneider experience and, uh, things still aren’t great! The Blue Jays followed up a tough week in Baltimore with another sub-par performance over the weekend against the Cleveland Guardians. Ugh!In this one we talked about that, Kevin Gausman, aggressive baserunning, reliever usage, Joey Votto, and more!Download the C…

The Blue Jays have struggled almost as much as the Yankees this week, and to some this has apparently once again exposed all the fatal flaws we’ve seen from this team from day one — the bullpen, Yusei Kikuchi, weird struggles against bad pitchers, etc. It might not be as bad as it feels right now, but it hasn’t been fun.Hey, but at least they signe…

Blue Jays fans got their first looks at deadline additions Anthony Bass and the surprisingly vaccinated Whit Merrifield, but it was some of the team’s more familiar faces that powered them to a 9-3 victory over the Twins in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.Teoscar Hernández hit a moonshot that may not yet have come down. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., between …

The Blue Jays made some solid, sensible moves that made their team decidedly better on Tuesday at the trade deadline. It sucked!!Or it was fine. Time will tell, I guess. But that didn’t stop us from reacting to it in real time just 30 minutes after the fact, as the deals were still trickling in.We tried to make sense of it all, talking all about Ba…

The Blue Jays avoided splitting a series with the lowly Tigers, taking three of four behind a strong José Berríos performance (except when his brother-in-law was up!) on Sunday and more heroics from Matt Chapman. And with that, and the Jays off on Monday, the focus now turns to Tuesday’s trade deadline — which we talked about extensively in this on…

The Blue Jays stayed hot with a win in the opening game of a four-game set with the Tigers, but it wasn’t without its ups (Yusei Kikuchi, Matt Chapman) and downs (The Bo Play, Springer’s elbow). And yet the big topic of the day was the announcement of the long-awaited details of the massive Rogers Centre renovation project slated to begin this wint…

The Blue Jays had a historic night at Fenway Park on Friday — possibly even an historic night — pumping Boston and their awful defenders for 28 runs to kick off a series sweep that may have effectively ended the Red Sox’ season. It could be worse!All this, plus Vlad, the bullpen, Zack Collins, Michael Conforto, listener calls, and more!!Download th…

Alek Manoah got some punchies at the All-Star Game this week in Los Angeles, but the star everybody’s talking about is the Nationals’ Juan Soto — including us!Plus: draft reactions, Luis Castillo, Jordan Groshans, Rogers Centre renovations, and more!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also …

Since we last talked the Blue Jays have won two of three against the Phillies and Royals, and also fired their manager! John Schneider is now at the helm, already making subtle changes as the team tries to finish up a listless first half of baseball on a good note with the All-Star break fast approaching. In this episode we talk all about the bigge…

The Blue Jays beat Philadelphia on Tuesday night, putting themselves back in the win column for just the second time in eleven games. José Berríos was better than his line looked, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had four hits, George Springer made a great catch (and didn’t injure himself!), Danny Jansen returned to the lineup (sending top prospect Gabriel More…

The Blue Jays were swept at “home” over four games by the red hot Mariners in Seattle over the weekend, losing the finale in hilariously gut-wrenching fashion and continuing an utterly miserable start to July that has seen them fall into a tie with the Mariners for the third American League wild card spot, with the Orioles — the ORIOLES! — now just…

The Blue Jays have had a rough week, following up a brutal series with the Rays by struggling against the worst team in baseball. Wednesday’s 2-1 victory in Oakland has hopefully set things right, and the boisterous pro-Jays crowd expected in Seattle this weekend should help. But they still need pitching reinforcements badly — a situation they’re a…

The Blue Jays’ beleagured starter pitched a much-needed gem in the opener of a big five-game long weekend series against the Rays. Plus we rated our confidence in the Jays’ struggling bullpen, and talked about Ross Stripling, pitching development, Teoscar Hernández, and more!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live…

Kevin Gausman eased the minds of Jays fans with a tremendous performance against the Red Sox on Monday, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t still talking about the struggles of Yusei Kikuchi and José Berríos, or the impending addition of Sergio Romo! Plus Yosver Zulueta, looking toward the trade deadline, the AL East race, and more!Download the Callin…

Have the Blue Jays changed their tune on getting tossed? What do we make of this inconsistent team and why do they find it so difficult to find relievers? We had a blast with guest Drew Fairservice talking about all that, Gabriel Moreno, Yusei Kikuchi, exending Ross Stripling, and more!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this p…

The Blue Jays lost a see-saw 12 inning affair to the White Sox on a sweltering evening in Chicago, with a helping hand from the bizarre strike zone of home plate umpire Doug Eddings. After it all ended we talked live, and took your calls and questions, about that, about Alejandro Kirk’s All-Star campaign, Kevin Gausman, the struggling bullpen, the …

The Jays saved Yimi Garcia’s bacon with a spectacular walk-off win — aided in part by some curious decisions from the Orioles’ manager. After the game we talked live, and took your calls and questions, about that, about Charlie Montoyo, Hyun Jin Ryu, Nate Pearson, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Trent Thornton, Trevor Richards, Adam Cimber, José Berríos, Sh…

The Blue Jays took two of three from the Tigers in Detroit over the weekend and continued to roll on Monday with a blowout win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles. In this one we’re talking about all of that, plus Gatorade, Coney Dogs, Gabriel Moreno, Kevin Gausman, Ross Stripling, and more!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to t…

How good is Gabriel Moreno going to be? Which Blue Jays player would you choose to commit an old-timey train heist with? Who should the Jays be gearing up to trade for at the trade deadline? Are the Yankees catchable?Find these questions and more answered in an off-day edition of Blue Jays Happy Hour, with special guest the Zubes!!Download the Call…

The Jays ensured a series victory after a 7-0 win in Kansas City on another good night from Alek Manoah, a four-hit night for Alejandro Kirk, and a three-walk night for Bo Bichette. But it wasn’t all good news for the Jays, as we learned that Danny Jansen has a broken hand and will be out for at least a couple of weeks.Download the Callin app for i…

The red hot Jays were stopped over the weekend by the injured, restricted-listed Minnesota Twins. Not great! But not an uneventful series. We talked all about it at the conclusion of Sunday’s finale — and took your calls and questions live!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available …

The Jays are hitting again — even Vlad, who crushed an 8th inning blast to help put the game out of reach for the White Sox. There are fresh injury concerns for Hyun Jin Ryu, but things are going well as they’ve racked up seven straight wins, and have the Twins, Royals, Tiger, and Orioles on the horizon!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android t…

Turns out the Blue Jays are good!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.comBy Nick Ashbourne, Andrew Stoeten

The Jays followed up their dumbest, most painful loss of the season with their best offensive performance in weeks, which powered the outstanding Kevin Gausman to yet another win.We talked all about it — and took your questions and calls — live after the game.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and m…

Talking about a sputtering offence, a bullpen that doesn’t miss bats, an impending visit from Joey Votto, Kikuchi or Berrios, and, of course, Juan Soto — with guest Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com…

Talking about all things Blue Jays, and taking your calls, following the final out of Sunday’s Jays-Rays game.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.comBy Nick Ashbourne, Andrew Stoeten

Talking about all things Blue Jays, and taking your calls, following the final out of Thursay evening’s Jays-Guardians game.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.comBy Nick Ashbourne, Andrew Stoeten

Talking about all things Blue Jays, and taking your calls, following the final out of Thursay evening’s Jays-Guardians game.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.comBy Nick Ashbourne, Andrew Stoeten

Talking about all things Blue Jays, and taking your calls, following the final out of Sunday afternoon’s Jays-Guardians finale.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.comBy Nick Ashbourne, Andrew Stoeten

Talking about all things Blue Jays, and taking your calls, following the final out of Sunday afternoon’s Jays-Astros finale.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.comBy Nick Ashbourne, Andrew Stoeten

Alek Manoah was brilliant as the Jays and Red Sox played a ridiculously tight afternoon game on Wednesday!Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.comBy Nick Ashbourne, Andrew Stoeten