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Ben Nicholson-Smith is Sportsnet’s baseball editor. Arden Zwelling is a senior writer. Together, they bring you the most in-depth Blue Jays podcast in the league, covering off all the latest news with opinion and analysis, as well as interviews with other insiders and people around the team.
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Greg Wisniewski, Joshua Howsam and occasional guests from around the baseball World talk about everything you want to know about the Blue Jays and noteworthy developments in the game, with a little bit of added fun.
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Recapping Toronto Blue Jays action after ever game and fielding listener texts with hosts Jeff Blair, Kevin Barker and Sho Alli! Don't miss Jays Talk Plus from Monday to Friday with Blake Murphy at 10am-12pm.
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Locked On Blue Jays podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the Toronto Blue Jays and Major League Baseball. Hosted by Brayden Ewasko and Carter Fuerst, the Locked On Blue Jays podcast provides your daily Blue Jays fix with expert, local analysis, and coverage of all aspects of the Blue Jays franchise. Locked On Blue Jays takes you beyond the scoreboard for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from withi ...
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We are back with another free agent episode. There have been multiple reports linking Gleber Torres to the Toronto Blue Jays. It’s no secret the Blue Jays struggled offensively, and Gleber Torres could be a relatively cheap option that would immediately bolster this lineup and provide some stability at second base. Going after Gleber Torres would b…
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The Toronto Blue Jays have a massive bullpen problem. They will need to add a significant number of arms to this bullpen to revamp it for next season. But how do the Blue Jays feel about bullpen arms already on the roster? In this episode, we break down the non-tender options on the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as who could be the closing pitcher for…
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Ross Atkins has addressed the media once again and has provided us with a boatload of information to digest over the next few weeks. In today’s episode, we dive into his remarks about Bo Bichette and the likelihood of Bo being moved during this offseason. We then analyze Ross Atkin’s perspective on the Blue Jays catchers and how he feels about that…
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We are back with another free-agent breakdown. Alex Bregman is a player that should catch the eye of the Toronto Blue Jays front office, as he has shown throughout his career that he is a great hitter with solid defense. Bregman was nominated for the American League third base gold glove. Would you be interested in making Alex Bregman a Toronto Blu…
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Free Agency has officially started, Silver Slugger nominations have been revealed and the Toronto Blue Jays have gone into transaction overload, giving us a lot of new information to talk about for the first time in a while. This is one of the biggest offseasons in franchise history, and Ross Atkins will need to prove to the fan base that he is the…
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The Gold Glove winners have been announced. Only one Toronto Blue Jay is taking home some hardware this season. Which Blue Jay won an award? Juan Soto speculation is at an all-time high as we get closer and closer to the start of Free Agency. With all the news surrounding a Blue Jays link to the superstar, this situation feels eerily similar to our…
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The offseason has officially started. There have already been trades made by multiple teams to start the offseason. As we have discussed, this is the most important Toronto Blue Jays off-season ever. There are major free agents available that can completely flip the outlook of a team, two superstars that remain unsigned, and a huge question mark re…
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WOW. What an ending to the MLB season. The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series in five games. Canadian Freddie Freeman was named World Series MVP with four home runs and tied a World Series record with 12 RBI. We never thought we would see anything like the 2015 ALDS again, but it has happened in the World Series. The New York Yankees mad…
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The Toronto Blue Jays have a very obvious need going into this offseason: they desperately need a power bat. As we know, Ross Atkins is not in favor of power bats, but many analysts have Anthony Santander signing with the Blue Jays this offseason. Anthony Santander is coming off the best season of his career, with 44 home runs on the season which w…
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We decided to dive into our player reviews, ranking 31 of the players within the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Today, we started with four players: Ryan Burr, Jonatan Clase, Tyler Heineman and Dillon Tate. These players are projected to serve different purposes on the Blue Jays, and this player may be impacted by different signings throughout thi…
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Free Agency is rapidly approaching for the 2025 MLB season. With an extremely disappointing season, the fans expect Ross Atkins and the rest of the front office to be active in retooling this team for more success in the future. This is the biggest offseason in Blue Jays history with all that is up in the air with the organization. The result of th…
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The World Series is upon us. There are three former Blue Jays that will be playing in this series that we will be keeping a close eye on, looking for them to make an impact on the most important series in baseball. In this episode, we talk about the former Blue Jays in The World Series, which players we would like to see win a championship, and our…
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The MLB has come out with its major award nominations for the 2024 season. Unsurprisingly, the Toronto Blue Jays do not have anyone nominated for the AL MVP or AL Cy Young Awards, but we do have a nominee for AL Comeback Player Of The Year, Chad Green. Chad Green had a very underrated season in Toronto in 2024. With injuries to Erik Swanson and Jor…
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We continue our season reviews of the players traded from the Toronto Blue Jays at this year's trade deadline. In this episode, we analyze Justin Turner and Trevor Richards and their tenures with the Toronto Blue Jays. Justin Turner was the Toronto Blue Jays biggest signing of the offseason. With an offense that struggled immensely in 2023, it was …
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The 2024 Toronto Blue Jays season was an overall disappointment. With the 8th highest payroll in baseball, the expectation was that the Blue Jays would make the playoffs. As we know, this did not happen. Every MLB team has expectations at the start of every season, whether that’s to make the World Series, make the playoffs, or even finish the seaso…
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We continue our season reviews of the players traded from the Blue Jays at this year's trade deadline. In this episode, we dive into IKF and Yimi Garcia, and their tenures with the Toronto Blue Jays. When IKF signed with the Toronto Blue Jays, we were not huge fans of the signing, but he proved us wrong and had a very successful season with the Blu…
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Projected arbitration contracts have been released for all MLB teams. Considering the Blue Jays have 10 eligible players in arbitration, this will be an extremely important period for the organization. With a team that has gotten considerably younger since the trade deadline, the Blue Jays front office must be cautious of how they approach and plan…
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Today is the start of our 2024 player reviews. There are a lot of players to review from this season, so we decided to start with the players that were moved at the trade deadline from the Blue Jays to opposing organizations. Today, we decided to start with Yusei Kikuchi and Nate Pearson, two pitchers who had many ups and downs throughout their Blu…
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The MLB has announced its nominees for the Golden Gloves Awards at every position. The Blue Jays had two of their players nominated in this year's awards, Daulton Varsho and Ernie Clement. When Ross Atkins built this roster, the goal was to build up the defense behind good pitching, so Blue Jays fans should expect a few nominations for these awards…
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In an interview with Hazel Mae, Teoscar Hernandez spoke about his feelings towards Toronto, taking us back to Blue Jays fans' memories with Teo as a part of the ball club. Teoscar reflects positively about his time in Toronto and the fans feel the same way. Since Hernandez was traded to the Mariners in 2022, things have changed for the worse in Tor…
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Here we go again. We have not even hit the free agency period, and the rumors about Juan Soto heading to the Toronto Blue Jays are already circulating. Multiple articles have surfaced stating the Blue Jays are prepared to make an offer for the young star. Juan Soto is the biggest free agent of the offseason, and would automatically vault the Blue J…
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This is our Toronto Blue Jays end-of-season awards show for 2024. As a whole, this season was one to forget. Some individuals on the Toronto Blue Jays had good stretches, made highlight-caliber plays, and gave Blue Jays fans a reason to tune in to watch the baseball games. With all the negatives from this season, we present to you some positive awa…
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This is a critical off-season for the Toronto Blue Jays. With all the success Blue Jays fans were promised throughout the last five seasons, the fans' patience with this team is running thin. The off-season is important for every team as it is their opportunity to add and let go of players to restructure their roster for the better, but this off-se…
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Over this past season, Blue Jays fans have heard the words “Retooling” and “Rebuilding” at a rate we never thought would be imaginable at the start of the 2024 season. In the last episode we focused on the retooling, and what that would look like for the Blue Jays organization. Today, we explore the possibility of a rebuild, who should be moved, an…
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Over this past season, Blue Jays fans have heard the words “Retooling” and “Rebuilding” at a rate we never thought would be imaginable at the start of the 2024 season. Due to the performance of the players on the Blue Jays & the decisions of the front office, there have been ongoing debates about what direction the Blue Jays should take this offsea…
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During his press conference, Ross Atkins declared John Schneider would return as manager for the 2025 baseball season. With a season where many things did not go well for the Blue Jays, many fans were expecting Schneider and Atkins to be fired at the end of the season. Should John Schneider have been fired? How much of this season’s disappointment …
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Following the Blue Jays’ season-ending press conference, Ben offers his rapid-fire thoughts on the messaging from the front office (01:26), how to measure success for the Jays (12:36) and how they’ll approach free agency (17:39). Additional audio from MLB.com Contact us: attheletters@sportsnet.ca This podcast is produced and sound engineered by Chr…
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Today we dive into the Ross Atkins portion of the interview. Ross addressed many components of this organization, talking about Vladimir Guerrero Jr/Bo Bichette extensions, a free agency plan, views on roster construction, and what he viewed as the positives and negatives of this organization. In this episode, we will give our reactions to statemen…
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Today was a huge day for Blue Jays media and Blue Jays fans. Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro took the stand to answer questions about the underwhelming 2024 baseball season. Reporters asked questions about many facets of the Blue Jays management team and were eager to gather answers about the pair's thoughts and feelings about this season, and their p…
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Toronto Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman spoke to the media about the underwhelming performance of the organization this season. Kevin Gausman has been one of the most open Blue Jays about how he has felt this season, as this is not the first time the ace has talked to Blue Jays media about the team's struggles. Being a veteran in the league, Kevin Gaus…
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The Toronto Blue Jays decided to start their first day of the offseason with a BANG. Long-time hitting coach Guillermo Martinez was fired after six seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays. It is no secret that the Toronto Blue Jays offense was not good enough this season, so this decision did not surprise Blue Jays fans. Well, give our thoughts on this …
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It is finally over. The Toronto Blue Jays played their last game this weekend, losing 3-1 and ending the season with a series sweep against the Miami Marlins. Not a lot went right for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2024. With all the playoff aspirations and team build-up during the offseason, it would be impossible to say that fans are not disappointed w…
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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the final game of the 2024 Blue Jays season, a 3-1 loss to the Marlins that wraps up a series sweep, as the team ends the year with a 74-88 record. They take your calls and texts, and take a broader look at the season - now that it's officially in the rear-view, what will the first changes be for 2025? Will Ro…
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Sho Alli and Nick Ashbourne break down the Blue Jays' 8-1 loss vs. the Marlins at the Rogers Centre in the penultimate game of the season. They take your calls and texts, and discuss the season as a whole for Yariel Rodríguez - he finishes with an ERA of 4.36 and 86.2 IP at the major league level, should he be a starter or a reliever in 2025? Plus,…
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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 15-5 loss vs. the Marlins to kick off the final series of the year at the Rogers Centre. They take your calls and texts, and they get right to the outing from José Berríos - what was up with his stuff/location in what was his final start of the season? They discuss what seems to be in the cards …
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Guest hosts Sho Alli and Nick Ashbourne are joined by David Singh to discuss his feature on Spencer Horwitz and prospects who have stood out. Afterwards, Sho and Nick discuss free agents they would like to see the front office target (25:35). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily r…
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The ‘24 season’s all but in the books, so Arden and Ben go big picture and look at some major September developments (06:36), the Jays’ pitching development (30:28) and which of their predictions went wrong (46:19). Additional audio from MLB.com Contact us: attheletters@sportsnet.ca This podcast is produced and sound engineered by Christian Ryan an…
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The Toronto Blue Jays had their last off day of 2024. With only three games left in the season, the Blue Jays lining looks very different from how it did on opening day. While some of these changes are due to how the Blue Jays performed this season, other decisions can be attributed to the amount of injuries the Blue Jays have had this season. We d…
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Guest hosts Sho Alli and Nick Ashbourne recap the win over the Red Sox, Kevin Gausman’s season and Alejandro Kirk’s future. Afterwards, Mike Petriello dives into the playoff races and the evolution of winning postseason games (27:39). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect t…
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The Toronto Blue Jays play spoiler in the American League, defeating the Boston Red Sox in the last game of their series 6-1. Jonatan Clase had the best game of his young MLB career, hitting his first career home run into the right bleachers on the way to his 3/3 day. We get into all this game's noteworthy individual player performances, shedding s…
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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 6-1 win over the Red Sox to salvage the series with a victory, as they play spoiler to eliminate Boston from the postseason chase down the home stretch! They take your calls, and get to the quality start from Kevin Gausman - how good was it for Gausman to end the year on a high note? They also c…
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Guest hosts Sho Alli and Julia Kreuz recap the loss to Red Sox and Bowden Francis’ historic ending to 2024. They also revisit their bold takes from early in the season. Afterwards, Patrick Dubuque pops by to talk Yankees, the AL MVP Race and look at some of the MLB Playoff Races (28:07). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of…
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Chris Bassitt was frustrated when speaking to the media about the last game of the season for the Toronto Blue Jays. Bassitt, who has been struggling over the last few weeks, spoke about how he felt about the possibility of the Blue Jays running with a bullpen game to end the season. Chris Bassitt would have five days of rest going into this game. …
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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 6-5 extra-innings loss vs. the Red Sox in Toronto. They take your calls, and get right to the play of the bullpen - is this loss all on them, or does the defence wear it as well? Which relievers currently on the team do you want back in 2025? They also chat about Bowden Francis wrapping up his s…
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Blake Murphy is joined by Jonah Birenbaum to recap the loss to the Red Sox and predict who will be on the 2025 roster. Afterwards, Jen McCaffrey (25:34) addresses what the Red Sox must change to make the postseason next year. Finally, Chris Black stops by to say farewell to a co-worker and the Blue Jays. The views and opinions expressed in this pod…
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The Toronto Blue Jays have lost their fourth straight game to an AL East opponent, this one being to the Boston Red Sox, dropping game one 4-0. Chris Bassitt did not have his best stuff today. He had SEVEN walks in this start over four and a third innings. That is the highest walk total of his career. Considering Chris Bassitt has not had a sharp S…
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Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 4-1 loss vs. the Red Sox to open the series vs. the Red Sox at the Rogers Centre. They take your calls and texts, and get to the outing from Chris Bassitt - was there something wrong with his mechanics to the point of seven walks? They also chat about the offence (or lack thereof), and get to th…
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Blake Murphy is joined by Arden Zwelling to discuss Jonatan Clase’s debut weekend with the Blue Jays and the future of Ryan Burr with the organization. Afterwards, Davy Andrews explains what’s happened to the Twins and updates on the Red Sox (32:11). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not neces…
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The Toronto Blue Jays get swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in their last road series of the year. The Blue Jays decided to fully commit to tanking, now sitting 10 games back from being .500. Vladimir Guerrero Jr continued to put together one of the best seasons of his career, putting together back-to-back games with three hits gathering seven over the t…
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Sho Alli breaks down the Blue Jays' 4-3 loss to the Rays to wrap up a three-game series sweep at Tropicana Field. He takes your calls and texts, and gets right to the bullpen day on display, including great outings from Ryan Burr and Ryan Yarbrough, and less-than-stellar outings from Zach Pop and Erik Swanson. He gets to lots of Vladimir Guerrero J…
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