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New year! New season! As spring training looms around the corner, we discuss the Blue Jays moves so far this off-season and wonder if other moves are coming. We chat about some of the major signings around the league and what free agents remain on the market. We also review our predictions from last year.

We discuss the Toronto Blue Jays' World Series performance against the Los Angeles Dodgers, praising the team's overallimpressive playoff run despite the bittersweet outcome. We express hope for the team's future and reflect on the thrilling playoff experience, while also discussing potential off-season moves and the organization's positive culture.

This episode covers the Toronto Blue Jays' performance in the early part of the MLB season, discussing various players' contributions. The big event is over the last few days is Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s contract extension. We analyzed the team's strengths and weaknesses in the early goings, including pitching, defense, and offensive power, while also touching on league-wide topics like standings, player suspensions, and technological innovations in baseball equipment (Torpedo Bats). We concluded by discussing prospect Tres Yesavage.

It our annual prediction episode. Today we discuss the Blue Jays' roster for the upcoming season, including player lineup, and predictions for individual performances. We also reviewed other teams' situations, particularly the injury-plagued New York Yankees, and make predictions for division standings and individual awards across the league.

It's a new year and in this episode we talk about the free agency action over the last month or so, particularly the Roki Sasaki saga that played out and the odd move made by the Jays front office in attempt to lure the Japanese phenom. This week we also welcome two guests, Pat O'Hearn and Chris Gagnon to help us unpack this whole debacle.

Today we discuss the off-season moves around the league and the somewhat disappointing Blue Jays free agent/trades thus far. Here's to hoping the Jays make a splash during the holiday season.

It's been a minute. Mick and Yvan have gotten over the disappointment of the 2024 Blue Jays and are ready to dive into the offseason. This episode will cover the bright spots in the Jays season and discuss where the team should look to improve. They also discuss the post season and Award winners. The guys also talk about how bad their preseason predictions were.

In this episode, we discuss the mediocre performance of the Blue Jays since the last episode. They have a record of 20-24 over that time. The injury bug has hit, the bullpen has more holes than Swiss cheese and the offense continues to be anemic. Around the league, Trevor Bauer is perking up ears with possible legal action against the MLB and the all star starting players are named.

A shorter episode than usual this week. The Jays had relatively light schedule with a few off-day a postponement. On the positive side, there seems to be a glimmer of hope with some of the stars coming around offensively and Manoah looked great in his most recent start. Around the league we discuss some of the surprises in the standings and this weeks prospect spotlight is on Josh Kasevich.

Ugh! It's been a rough stretch for the Blue Jays. They've only won 5 of 14 games since our last episode. Today we commiserate. We discuss what going wrong with the offense, who is underperforming, who is carrying the team at the moment. We also talk about some of the injuries that are starting to pile up. Around the league we chat about the sad tale of Mike Trout who is hitting the IL again, strange umpiring decisions and more.

We've have a few weeks of baseball and the Jays have play pretty much .500 baseball. There have been some good and some bad but overall as expected. There has been so trouble with a few injuries (Romano and Swanson) and our ace has not looked good. Around the league we talk about the MLBPA admonishing the pitch clock and the role it has played in the injuries to pitchers. We also put the spotlight on Orelvis Martinez, a player that we talked about a few years ago and currently the #2 prospect in the system.

We are excited to get the season started. Opening Day is here and we are set to make our annual predictions. Before we get into that we must first discuss the big new in the MLB, Shohei/Ippei sports gambling saga. We also talk about the Blue Jays 26 man roster and results of some position battles.

It's been a few months since our last episode and as the calendar changed to the new year, so does the change to a new season. Spring Training is in full swing and the excitement is palpable. This episode we chat about the new faces that have been signed, the resigning of players and what we hope to see this spring. Around the horn we discuss the announced retirement of the Comish Rob Manfred and some of the more significant signings and non-signings. Things are getting "nuts" with the new MLB official uniforms, we discuss some of the issues with them and the main gripe from the players. No Blue Chip discussion this week as we await the new official MLB Prospect rankings.

This episode we talk about the Shohei Ohtani Saga. The plane tracking, the restaurant reservations and the Dragon/Shark. If that sounds crazy, well that was Friday December 8th 2023 in a nutshell. Join us unpack our feeling about what a weird weekend it's been.

This episode we do a little bit of dissecting of the Jays post-season run. Can we call it a run? It was more of a stumble. Anyways, things didn't go well and the fan base was left with a lot of questions. We'll discuss some of those questions. On the more positive side, many Blue Jays were nominated for Gold Glove Awards, Kiermaier, Varsho, Berrios, Chapman and Kirk. We finish off by talking about the rest of the post-season and upcoming World Series.