Fans from the Stands

This week we lament the lack of offense…again and the fact that the starting pitching and bullpen are, for the most part, keeping them in games. We talk about the injury to Tim Mayza (forarm) that appear to be minor and the fac that Romano was unavailable for a few days due to gastro bug. We talk about the possible rehab assignment of Nate Pearson. Around the league we discuss the balls for the umpteenth time and a few odd pitching appearances made by a couple of Cardinals legends.  This weeks Blue Chipper is Irv Carter, a 19 year old RHP with big upside and potential.

As the Jays lick their wounds after a rough week, we discuss what went wrong and hope the return of Teoscar Hernandez will be the spark that was missing in the offense.  We talk about the schedule return of Ryu and the progress on injured Blue Jays Danny Jansen, Cavan Biggio and Nate Pearson.  Around the league, an umpire made headlines (again) so we discuss the Dan Bellino MadBum incident.  We talk about both NY and LA teams leading their respective divisions for first time in MLB history). Are the balls juiced for nationally televised games, some people seem to think so.  This weeks Blue Chip subject is Sem Robberse a 20 year old righty from the Netherlands.

This week we celebrate a great couple of series wins and the pitch performances from Berrios, Manoah and Gausman.  We also marvel at the fact that the Jays have 15 wins and 11 of those wins were closed out by Jordan Romano.  We talk about the possible return of Teoscar Hernandez by the end of this week hopefully followed by Ryu.  Around the league we discuss the Met combined no hitter, Kershaw's Dodgers all-time strikeout record, the dreaded new about Trevor Bauer and once again terrible umpiring.  This week blue chip spotlight is on Vinny "the Bat" Capra.

This week we recap and discuss the last week of games and discuss some key performances from Zach Collins and Santiago Espinal.  We chat about the possible return of Teoscar Hernandez (10 day IL - Oblique) and the progression of Nate Pearson (10 day IL - Illness).  The topic of bad umpiring, more specifically pitch calling, is talked about after Jeff Nelson was trending on twitter for the Jays-A's game.  We send our best wishes to Buck Martinez who has announced that he'll be stepping away from the broadcast booth to deal with a cancer diagnosis.  Around the horn, we celebrate the newest member to the 3000 hit club, Miguel Cabrera and show our distain for the behavior of Yankees fans at the end of the game vs Cleveland.  This week's Blue Chipper is 19 year old Ricky Tiedemann a lefty pitcher with the Blue Jays single A affiliate.

The MLB season has finally arrived and this week we recap the Blue Jays opening weekend vs the Rangers and the first few games against the Yankees.  We will also talk about the some the injuries that have occurred and the outstanding play of some key players.  Around the league we'll talk about Pitchcom and how it works and what it's doing to the pace of play.  We'll also discuss the joys *sarcasm* of being the 40th (then 41st) man of an MLB roster.  And finally we briefly chat about the Buffalo Bisons' opening weekend and the recent promotion of Blue Jays top prospect Gabriel Moreno to AAA. 

It's our 2nd annual predictions show.  This episode we talk about who will end up where in the standing, who will win the major awards (Cy Young, MVP, RoY), then we talk about our Blue Jays projected Blue Jays roster and how individual players will perform this season.  Then come fall we'll look back on this episode and realized how "out in left field" we were (pun intended).

This week is like Christmas.  The labor dispute is resolved and we'll talk about what it took to get both sides to come to an agreement.  We talk about the whirlwind week in trades/free agents signings.....And the Blue Jays have established themselves as a serious threat in not only the AL East but in the MLB.  We breakdown the moves made by the Jays front office.

This week we lament the on going work stoppage in the MLB and the games being played by both sides.  We chat about items that have been agreed upon, items that are major sticking points and possible out comes.  We discuss what player and owners may need to do to work out a collective agreement.  On the Jays side we talk about the impact this may have on the development of some of the young players on the 40 man roster.

Welcome back to an new season of the show.  After a hiatus brought on by the MLB Lockout, we finally have a few items that we want to talk about.  This week we'll discuss our thoughts on the planned renovation to the Rogers Centre and the recent hiring of the first female coach the Blue Jays system.  We also briefly talk about the Baseball Prospectus Top 101 prospects and the Jays have 4 players on the list.  We chat about about another stadium reno with the Orioles pushing the LF fences back in Baltimore.  Around the league, we talk about another female coach being promoted to Manager in the Low A Yankees system.  The hot take this week is the recent Hall of Fame vote and the divide of opinions across the league and baseball universe about some players missing out.  We also wonder about the impact having robo-umps in a high level like AAA in terms of it's effect on pitcher/batters and the pace of the game.

This episode we celebrate Vladdy Jr again, this time for winning the Tip O'Neill Award (Canadian Baseball HoF).  We also discuss the flurry of signing that the Jays made leading up to the Lockout.  We chat about the Blue Jays "Exes" that signed big contract elsewhere as well as the big spenders in Texas.  Speaking of the Lockout, we discuss our thoughts on the lockout and whether this will be a long one and what are some of the points of contention that either side may have.  We close out by reminding folks about our first prize giveaway.