Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner

Guests: Blue Jays right-hander Mitch White, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner shares his thoughts about the Jays' signing of 1B/DH Brandon Belt, then talks to Mitch White about the rough start to his Blue Jays' career and what he's looking forward to in 2023, and catches up with Pirates' skipper Derek Shelton, reminiscing about him spending 2017 on the Jays' coaching staff working under John Gibbons. 

Guests: Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Paloma Nuñez and Pat Smith, Second City greats and stars of Canadian stage and screen

This week in “Deep Left Field,” we assemble a panel of Canadian comedy greats who are also huge Blue Jays fans and talk to actors Sandy Jobin-Bevans (“Just Like Mom and Dad,” “Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle”), Paloma Nuñez (“Baroness Von Sketch Show,” “Upload”) and Pat Smith (“Travelers,” “Slap Shot Live!”) about the off-season so far!

Guests: Baseball writers Kaitlyn McGrath of The Athletic and Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune. 

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner gives his thoughts on the Blue Jays trade of Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to Arizona for Daulton Varsho, then convenes a baseball writers' panel to get the lowdown on the off-season so far from Kaitlyn McGrath and Meghan Montemurro. 

Guests: Blue Jays centrefielder Kevin Kiermaier, San Francisco Giants pitcher Ross Stripling

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner sits down with Kevin Kiermaier to talk about the former Tampa Bay Ray's expectations as a Blue Jay in 2023 and how he plans to win over Jays' fans who might not love him; and catches up with Ross Stripling to find out how negotiations went down that saw him land in San Francisco, how close he came to staying with the Jays and how much he loved his time in Toronto.

Guests: Hall of Famer Fred McGriff, Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano

This week in Deep Left Field, we discuss the signings of outfielder Kevin Kiermaier and right-hander Chris Bassitt and the departure of Ross Stripling. Then we talk to the Crime Dog, Fred McGriff, about his early years with the Blue Jays and his recent election to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, and we catch up with Tip O'Neill Award winner Jordan Romano about the Canadian honour, the Jays' off-season moves and more!

Guests: Former Blue Jay and current MLB Network Host Mark DeRosa, Jays' Mental Skills Coach Jimmy Van Ostrand, Toronto Star columnist Gregor Chisholm.

This week in Deep Left Field - from the Winter Meetings in San Diego - host Mike Wilner talks to former Baseball Canada star Jimmy Van Ostrand about Greg Hamilton winning Baseball America's Lifetime Achievement Award, assesses the Jays' San Diego inaction with Gregor Chisholm and has a great chat with Mark DeRosa, whose final big-league season was with the 2013 Blue Jays.

Guests: Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly, President Emeritus Paul Beeston and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner talks to Don Mattingly about joining John Schneider's coaching staff, chats with Paul Beeston about being part of the Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball Era committee and catches up with R.A. Dickey, who is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. 

Guests: Blue Jays legend Ernie Whitt; Host of MLB Network Radio's "Power Alley" Mike Ferrin.

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner talks to Ernie Whitt about returning to manage Team Canada at the World Baseball Classic for a fifth time and also compares the current Blue Jays to the mid-'80s teams. Then Phoenix-based Mike Ferrin plays Let's Make A Deal between the Jays and Diamondbacks for one of Arizona's many centrefielders.

Guests: Free Agent pitcher Ross Stripling, Blue Jays prospect Spencer Horwitz 

This week, host Mike Wilner brings back Long Toss With Ross and talks to Stripling about his first days of free agency, as well as the Teoscar trade, Vladdy winning a Gold Glove and Matt Chapman not winning one, then talks to Spencer Horwitz about being added to the Jays' 40-man roster and the work that got him there.

Guests: Toronto Star baseball columnist Gregor Chisholm; Rheostatics guitarist, author and West End Pheonix publisher Dave Bidini. 

This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner goes over the Jays' doings at the General Managers' meetings in Las Vegas with Gregor Chisholm, live in Sin City, and has a great wide-ranging conversation with baseball romantic and Canadian indie music icon Dave Bidini.