Around the Nest

It's a full house on the latest Around the Nest: Jim Tarabocchia in Dunedin starts us off (:43); Rob Fai has early observations of 2019 draft class and Yorman Rodriguez's hot bat in Vancouver (9:04); Zach Helton checks in from Bluefield with thoughts on a trio of top prospects and hot-hitting Angel Camacho/Spencer Horwitz (14:23); Adam Jaksa has the latest from Lansing (20:20); Pat Malacaro dishes on Fish Fry's secret in Buffalo (27:23); Tyler Zickel takes up the mantle in New Hampshire (34:08); and we wrap up with a conversation with the trilingual Otto Lopez (42:04).

With host Jesse Goldberg-Strassler away, Dunedin broadcaster Jim Tarabocchia takes over the hosting duties, talking Max Scherzer striking out ten after breaking his nose; the latest with the D-Jays (5:15); Bo Bichette and the red-hot Buffalo Bisons with Pat Malacaro (7:27); and key contributors, like Zach Logue, Logan Warmoth, Alberto Mineo and Santiago Espinal, for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats with Tyler Murray (14:40).

On this week's show, Jay-talking around the Blue Jays' system: Jim Tarabocchia on the playoff bound Dunedin Blue Jays (:28); Pat Malacaro on Bo Bichette's return to Triple-A and Patrick Kivlehan's emergence (11:41); Tyler Zickel on the Eastern League turning to split-season play and a near no-hitter (20:09); Rob Fai previews the Vancouver Canadians' season, just underway (26:44); host Jesse Goldberg-Strassler describes Griffin Conine's latest exploits (35:21); and Lansing Lugnuts dietitian Allison Tropf discusses her role in the Minor Leagues (39:49).

On this week's Around the Nest, Jim Tarabocchia tells why this year's Dunedin Blue Jays are better than the 2017 champs (:30), Tyler Murray crushes the social media game in New Hampshire (8:20), Pat Malacaro offers thoughts on Graham Spraker and Zach Logue's cups of coffee in Buffalo (16:40), Adam Jaksa breaks down Lansing's Midwest League All-Stars, and Minor League hitting coordinator Hunter Mense breaks down Griffin Conine and Alejandro Kirk (38:32).

Griffin Conine has arrived in Lansing, Logan Warmoth is heating up in Dunedin, Forrest Wall and Riley Adams are breaking out in New Hampshire, and Teoscar Hernandez is taking steps in the right direction in Buffalo! It's the latest from around the Blue Jays system, with the Lugnuts' Adam Jaksa (1:40), the D-Jays' Jim Tarabocchia (8:08), the Bisons' Pat Malacaro (17:36), the Fisher Cats' Tyler Zickel (24:08), and a conversation with Conine himself.

On this week's Around the Nest, Jim Tarabocchia talks Dunedin's four All-Stars (1:18), Pat Malacaro previews Cavan Biggio's MLB promotion and breaks down Sean Reid-Foley's recent gem (9:17), Tyler Zickel recaps New Hampshire's dominant starting pitching (17:18), Jesse Goldberg-Strassler talks about how the recent call-ups to Lansing are fitting in (26:52), and then the pod concludes with a conversation with outfielder Reggie Pruitt, currently leading the Midwest League in steals (33:40).

The voices of the Blue Jays organization join host Jesse Goldberg-Strassler to share their favorite memories and moments from watching Minor League Baseball, plus the latest insights from the past week, beginning with Jim Tarabocchia in Dunedin (:52), Tyler Murray in New Hampshire (8:00), Adam Jaksa in Lansing (18:10) and a surprise appearance by Pat Malacaro in Buffalo (30:12). Then the show wraps up with an interview with Lansing reliever Cre Finfrock.

It's the latest from the past week's worth of action in the Blue Jays' organization: Jim Tarabocchia (:44) shares how the Dunedin Blue Jays are excelling during the renovation of its home ballpark, Adam Jaksa (10:43) on the Lansing Lugnuts' road trip to Iowa City due to the flooding in Davenport, plus the latest from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats with Tyler Zickel (20:30), the Buffalo Bisons with Pat Malacaro (27:11), and a conversation with catcher Ryan Gold.

On this week's episode, we name our Pitchers and Position Players of the Month from Dunedin (1:25) to Lansing (8:37) to Toronto (9:56) to New Hampshire (17:02) to Buffalo (24:26) and back to Lansing (31:08)! Plus, a conversation with Jordan Groshans and the latest stories from the last week's worth of Minor League action.

Recorded on the day of Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.'s Major League debut, the voices of the system recount their favorite stories (plus discuss Nate Pearson, Logan Warmoth and Reggie Pruitt): Dunedin's Jim Tarabocchia leads off (:35), followed by New Hampshire's Tyler Murray (11:53), Buffalo's Pat Malacaro (19:22), and Lansing's Jesse Goldberg-Strassler (26:51). The show wraps up with a conversation with Lugnuts reliever Sean Rackoski, and the obstacles he's already overcome.