Fans from the Stands

It's time to review our preseason predictions.  We were on point on a few and way off on others (Cleveland...wow were we off).  We somehow thought that Pete Walker would turn Kikuchi into a stud a la Robbie Ray.  That didn't happen.  We thought that Merryweather was going to be a solid setup man vying for save opportunities.  He fizzled and broke again.

This week we discuss the World Series results and the upcoming Award Nominee announcements.  We congratulate Vlad Jr on his Gold Glove award and Alek Manoah on his Cy Young nomination.  With the office season officially underway, we talk about the the contract decisions/qualifying offers/free agents.  We debate what decisions the Blue Jays have to make and that a catcher is likely to be dealt.  We talk about the toxic Yankees fans and their treatment of their star player and MVP award front runner over the last stretch of the season.

It the MLB Post Season and we couldn't be more disappointed.  In the last episode, we were excited and optimistic for the Blue Jays to start a run to the World Series.  Since then the train went off the rail, with the Jays being unceremoniously ousted by the Mariners.  We talk about what went wrong in that Game 2 collapse.  We talk about what's to possibly come in the off season.  Around the league, we discuss the surprising results of the Wildcard series and the unexpected participants in the NLCS.  In the AL we await the result of the Yankees and Guardians series and will move on to face the Astros in the ALCS.

This week we celebrate the Blue Jays not only qualifying for the MLB Postseason, but secured the top wildcard spot.  We discuss who we believe will make the postseason roster.  We also talk about a few a few roster questions due to a few players that have been on the injured list, Lourdes Gurriel Jr and Santiago Espinal.  Around the League we talk about the Homerun Milestones that were reached over the last week, Judge hitting 62 and Pujols hitting 703.  He debate whether Judge has done enough to earn him an MVP over Shohei.

This week we talk about the great play of the Blue Jays as of late.  Is the AL East title in sight? We're only 5.5 game out!  We talk about the drama surrounding a certain TSN host's comment on Kirk's appearance and being an embarrassment to the sport.  Manoah didn't stand for it.  We talk about the white hot Bo Bichette and the "clutchness" of Springer.  Around the horn we talk about the rule changes that were approved for 2023 and again Pujols who seems to have found the fountain of youth along with teammates Molina and Wainwright.

Recorded on August 30 (didn't upload properly) This week we talk about the Jays being a good position to make the playoff, but is it where we expected them to be at the start of the season.  The Jays celebrate the 1992 World Series team in a pregame ceremony over the weekend.  The AL east have 5 teams above .500 (wow).  Around the league the MLB will have teams playing regular season games in London England.  Minor League Baseball players are looking to unionize.  Ichiro Suzuki is honored by the Seattle Mariners.  We talk about Pujols aproach to 700 homeruns.

This week we see a positive upswing in the Jays performance punctuated by winning 3 of 4 versus the Yankees.  Unfortunately, Springer seem to be playing through some lingering injuries...still hitting well going 6 for 6 in is at-bats in the Yankee series.  There may be some relief in the bullpen with the possible return of Tim Mayza and further down the road Merryweather and Pearson.  Around the horn we talk about the Machine Albert Pujols who is slowly approaching 700 HRs with his player of the week performance.  In the minors we reopen the interesting topic of Orelvis Martinez, who just broke the Ficher Cats (AA) record of 28 HRs in a season.

This week bemoan the recent play of the Blue Jays who have a terrible record versus teams with more that a .500 win percentage.    Those teams are the ones they'll be facing in the post season.  We talk about the return and health of a few key player (Springer and Stripling).  We also discuss the struggles of some of the pitchers in the starting rotation (Berrios and Kikuchi).  Around the league, the big news is the 80 game suspension that was issued to Tatis Jr. and the reaction by Padres GM.  We lighten things up with the march to 700 homeruns by Albert Pujols.   This weeks Blue Chip topic is newly acquired Alex De Jesus who is a 20 year old SS/3B that the Jays got from the Dodgers in the Mitch White trade.

It's been a while and we apologize but we've got a great episode for you.  In this episode, we talk about Charlie Montoyo being fired and the improved performance under interim manager John Schneider.  We also talk about the trade deadline activity and how this could impact the Blue Jays going forward.  We also discuss the most recent Jays series versus the Twins and the controversial call on a plate at the plate.

It's been a long time, so this episode is super packed.  We talk about the up and down month the Jays have had...is anyone else feeling sea sick?  We talk about the reemergence of Cavan Biggio and the stack of players heading to the 60 day IL.  We talk about the imminent return of Danny Jansen and Yimi Garcia, both of whom are starting rehab assignments and how this open an interesting topic.  What do we do when Jansen returns? Does someone get traded?  The Blue Jays are in need of pitching, does a catcher get moved to make that happen?  We talk about the mighty Yankees (sorry I misspelled damn Yankees), the terrible umpiring, and the Freddy Freeman/Agent Drama and more.  We end my discussing a prospect we highlighted early in the season but had to talk about how lights out he has been, #4 prospect Ricky Tiedeman.