Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner

Guests: Blue Jays 1B/OF coach Mark Budzinski, Jays SS Paul DeJong, Red Sox 1B/DH Justin Turner

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner talks to Jays’ coach Mark Budzinski for his assessment of the team at the 2/3 point of the season, introduces you to the newest Jay, Paul DeJong, and catches up with Justin Turner on his lengthy career and being college roommates with Ricky Romero.

Guest: Canadian Icon Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, star of Kim’s Convenience, The Mandalorian, Avatar; The Last Airbender

In this special Trade Deadline Extra edition of Deep Left Field, Mike Wilner and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee discuss what the Blue Jays did (and didn’t) do at the MLB Trade Deadline and how they’re set up for the stretch run.

Guests: Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios, reliever Chad Green, New Hampshire Fisher Cats starter Adam Kolffenstein

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner talks to Jose Berrios about bouncing back from a very rough 2022, introduces you to rehabbing righty Chad Green, who is on his way back from Tommy John surgery, and checks in with 2018 draftee Adam Kloffenstein as he makes his way through the Jays' system.

Guests: Blue Jays centrefielder Kevin Kiermaier, reliever Jay Jackson, Arizona coach/former Jays 2B Orlando Hudson

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner takes you right into the dugout with our regular monthly visit with Kevin Kiermaier, checks in with Jay Jackson about balancing work and a newborn in hospital and talks about the old days with Orlando Hudson.

Guests: Former Blue Jays right fielder Shawn Green, ex-Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi, New Hampshire Fisher Cats pitcher Sem Robberse

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner talks to Shawn Green about his days with the Jays in the late-90s, catches up with J.P. Ricciardi about running the show in Toronto over the decade after that and looks ahead to the next decade with Sem Robberse, who represented the Jays in the All-Star Futures Game this year.

Guests: Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, manager John Schneider and pitcher Alek Manoah

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner talks to Bo Bichette about his season so far and whether he has his sights set on Derek Jeter's career numbers, checks in with John Schneider for a state-of-the-team as he approaches one full year as a big-league skipper and catches up with Alek Manoah in New Hampshire as he comes off the start that got him called back up to the bigs.

Guests: Blue Jays' closer Jordan Romano, Oakland 2B/OF Tony Kemp and Giants' pitcher Ross Stripling

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner gets Jordan Romano's thoughts on the Jays at the halfway point, checks in with Tony Kemp about the A's troubles on the field and off and celebrates the return of Long Toss With Ross as Ross Stripling visits from San Francisco!

Guests: Ex-Blue Jays and new Canadian Baseball Hall of Famers John Olerud and Denis Boucher, and Marla Barfield, wife of new Hall of Famer Jesse.

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner brings you to St. Marys for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction and talks to new inductees and former Blue Jays John Olerud and Denis Boucher about receiving the honour, looking back at their time on the field. And Marla Barfield talks about the heavy lifting she did behind the scenes to support her husband and many other young Jays.

Guests: Blue Jays World Series Champion architect Pat Gillick, Jays' 1980s centrefielder Lloyd Moseby, Twins' infielder Edouard Julien

This week in Deep Left Field, we celebrate both Tom Cheek's birthday and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Week by talking to Blue Jays' legends and Hall of Famers Pat Gillick and Lloyd Moseby, and we get a glimpse of the future of Canadian baseball with Canada's 2023 WBC star Edouard Julien.

Guests: Blue Jays centrefielder Kevin Kiermaier, former Jays pitcher Ricky Romero and Baseball legend Dusty Baker.

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner sits down with Kevin Kiermaier for his monthly visit, talking about the state of the Jays, the demotion of Alek Manoah and when fans boo the home team. Ricky Romero checks in to discuss his demotion all the way to A-ball in 2013 and Dusty Baker speaks with reverence about his former teammate Cito Gaston.