Greg and Josh discuss the latest news from Blue Jays land including Vlad Jr. moving to first base, Travis Shaw's misstep on quarantine, the surprising readiness of the rotation, the battle for the fifth starter with Chase Anderson's injury, Toronto's lack of a regular season home and what it's been like watching intrasquad games on tv. Finally they answer listener questions, give out a Gold Star and discuss the unfortunate Twitter fight between Randal Grichuk and Marcus Stroman.

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Dr. Mike Sonne, Chief Scientist at ProPlay AI, stop by the podcast (25:00) to discuss his new product, PitchAI. He discusses how PitchAI can capture and break down pitching mechanics with the use of a cell phone, how he and his team came up with the idea, how Blue Jays' top prospect Nate Pearson got involved with the company, and what this could mean for the future of pitching analysis.
Greg and Josh also discuss the Blue Jays "Summer Camp" training in Toronto and the hurdles still to clear before getting clarity on where they'll play regular season games, the Jays' 60-man player pool, the signing of Austin Martin, and a longer discussion about COVID and how it has already affected the start to the season and what could be still to come. They also answer listener questions and give out a Do Over to Rob Manfred.

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Greg, Josh and Nick discuss the pending return of baseball. They first discuss the general concept of the sport returning and the challenges that must be overcome in order for play to resume successfully before looking into the 60 game schedule and its accompanying rules affects the Blue Jays. They talk about how the team can take advantage of their pitching depth in the early going, how an out of options player like Anthony Alford could have more chances to show his worth, and how the team can get plenty out of Nate Pearson and still gain the extra year of service. They also answer listener questions.

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Greg and Josh continue their look back at Blue Jays history during the COVID-19 shutdown, this time shining the spotlight on the greatest (and a couple worst) individual game performances over the life of the franchise. They include some of the highest highs, club records, goofy moments and a couple of true disasters that people would like to forget.

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Former Blue Jays' great, Pat Hentgen, stops by to discuss his incredible 1996-1997 seasons (26:35) as part of an overall historical look back at great seasons on underperforming ballclubs. Hentgen talks about his struggles to get going in 1995, the impact of Devon White and Roberto Alomar, learning from Charlie O'Brien and Dave Stieb, the mentality that helped him win the Cy Young Award, "competing" with Roger Clemens and what lessons he took with him to the coaching ranks.

Greg and Josh also look back at some great seasons on "bad" teams from as far back as 1986 and as recently as 2009 and answer a couple of listener questions.

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Throughout the shutdown of MLB caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, ATW will be doing looks back at various aspects of franchise history, from the draft to award winners and snubs to interesting pennant races and more.
This week, Greg and Josh look back at the Toronto Blue Jays history with end of season awards and what they meant to the franchise and fandom at the time. They range from Alfredo Griffin's Rookie of the Year win* in 1979 to Josh Donaldson's MVP in 2015. They also look at some historic snubs, including basically Dave Stieb's entire early-mid 80s run and some awards that the Jays probably shouldn't have gotten.

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Throughout the shutdown of MLB caused by the Covid-19 panic, ATW will be doing looks back at various aspects of franchise history, from the draft to award winners and snubs to interesting pennant races and more.

This week, Greg and Josh look back at the Toronto Blue Jays' trading history. Starting with the slightly slower early era that built to a frenzy from 1990-1993, then a look at some trades that didn't exactly work out in the Blue Jays favour and finishing with a look at the deals that helped build the latest contending teams. They also answer a few listener questions on the Blue Jays trading history.

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Throughout the shutdown of MLB caused by the Covid-19 panic, ATW will be doing looks back at various aspects of franchise history, from big trades to award winners and snubs to interesting pennant races and more.
In the first episode of the series, Greg and Josh look back the the Blue Jays' history with the draft. They discuss the early success that turned into mystifying ineptitude and its impact on the slow build of the expansion squad, some interesting "ones who got away," some picks that for various reasons were poorly made and had poor results, a stretch of really strong picks in the 1990s, and a look at the top bWAR earners in club history.

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Matthew Kory of the Red Sox Coast to Coast Podcast stops by (19:45) to preview the Boston Red Sox for the upcoming season. He discusses the recent injury issues for Chris Sale and the effect on the Red Sox rotation, the still-solid offense and the mercurial Andrew Benintendi, the how and why of the Mookie Betts-David Price trade, the loss of Alex Cora and the pending potential discipline for sign stealing and finally, his prediction for how the season will play out in Boston.

Greg and Josh also discuss the battle for the fifth spot in the Blue Jays rotation, Rafael Dolis' appendectomy and the effect on the bullpen, Jordan Romano's step forward and Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Danny Jansen's recent power displays. Finally, they answer listener questions and give out a Gold Star.

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Greg and Josh go over the stories from the first week of spring training including Hyun-Jin Ryu's first start, Nate Pearson's powerful debut and the inability for fans to watch it, Pearson's extreme unlikelihood to make the opening day roster, Vlad's work to lift the ball more and the early results not reflecting the process, Anthony Alford's early struggles as he hopes to earn a roster spot and the minor league signing of Marc "Scrabble" Rzepczynski. Finally, they answer listener questions and discuss the new blackout baseball games in Canada in the context of larger issues MLB has with reaching and growing its audience.

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