I love Chris Bassitt. This is a guy who represents what pitching is really all about to me. Endless tinkering, a curious mind, big-picture thinking, it's all part of the joy that comes with watching and analyzing Chris Bassitt. Fellow curious mind Jonah Birenbaum joins the show to talk about the Hound on the Mound.

Here's the thing: Daulton Varsho doesn't have to be that good to be really good. If you're in the mood to get talked into a rejuvenation year for Daulton Varsho in 2024, this is a good podcast to listen to. Chris Black (@DownToBlack) joins the show to look at what happened to cause so much trouble in 2023 and where a small improvement can go a long way to make 2024 the beginning of a great relationship between Toronto and Varsho.

Finally, a new player! Well, an old player, actually. But a new Blue Jay! Justin Turner brings some veteran grit and Done It All savvy to a Jays lineup that seeks to replace the Adult In The Room vacated by Brandon Belt. Does he have another good year left in his bat, and are there things beyond quantifiable stats that can help this 2024 team win it all? Rob Wong stops by to break it all down

We know him, we love him, we want to see more of him. Danny Jansen has been around the Blue Jays longer than Mark Shapiro. What could happen if he played a full season's worth of games? And what unmeasurables does he fill our hearts with? Scott Belford of the Walkoff Pod joins to get sentimental about the Jays de facto captain, and wonder what has to happen for an extension to get signed.

It's not all 45 FV when it comes to Toronto Blue Jays prospects. Orelvis Martinez is the closest thing the team has to a potential breakout bat in the minor leagues, a power swinger that has crushed the ball at every level and has shown recently that he is capable of making adjustments at every level to become better and better as he matures as a hitter. Josh Goldberg of theScore joins the show to break down the future and the present for Martinez, with some speculation if he'll be a contributor to the 2024 team or not before long.

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Davis Schneider exploded into the hearts and minds of Blue Jays fans in 2023 with an all-time great start to his career and some season-saving heroics when a desperate team needed them most. Unfortunately his season concluded with an equally ice-cold stretch, so how do we determine where the real Davis Schneider expectations should lie? Johnny Giunta of Gate 14 stops by to examine the highs and lows of Schneider's 2023 and project what might become for a possible every day player on the 2024 Jays roster.

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The Blue Jays liked Yariel Rodriguez enough to give him a five-year contract this offseason, but few players on the roster have as many questions that can be asked about their role and reasonable expectation. What do the Jays see that results in them signing a deal with a player that skipped all of a prime year in 2023 to bet on themselves, and is somewhere in between questionable starter numbers and lights-out bullpen work? For the answers we turn to the best in the business, Blake Murphy from Sportsnet Radio the Fan 590.

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We're passing the time between now and Opening Day with some player profiles of the Blue Jays 40-man roster! Joining Zubes to talk about left handed starter Adam Macko is certified Ball Knower Avery Chenier of Gate 14.

For more 40 in 30 profiles and extra long regular episodes of Less Than Jays you can find them on the Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/lessthanjays

Every Now And Then I Fall Apart

Jays sign Justin Turner! I think that's fine. Don't ask about any other parts of my life or my roster.

We gotta get this out quick because there's rumours the Jays are finalists for Shohei Ohtani??????????

WHAT IF WE GET SHOHEI OHTANI???

(what if we don't lol)