Fans from the Stands

It's our annual prediction show! It's a little late, but we make you predictions on MLB Standings, RoY, MVP and Cy Young Awards. But before we dive into our predictions, we cover the rash of early season injuries that have plagued the Blue Jays.

We discuss the latest Toronto Blue Jays updates, including the transition to a new Hall of Excellence and the induction of Buck Martinez as its first member. We also break down roster concerns, especially pitching injuries, while sharing our thoughts on international play like the World Baseball Championship and Team Canada’s performance.

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, p...

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 agai...

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 spotl...

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...

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 talki...

It's been about a month and it's been a relatively good month for the Blue Jays, that's not to say that there haven't been times where curse words were uttered at the TV. But as it appears, things have righted themselves. This episode we discuss what the Blue Jays have done rights in the last week or so. We talk about specific players that have been playing well or at least up to e...

This week we discuss our failed attempt are recording a live on location episode from the Rogers Centre and our thoughts on the Jose Bautista Level of Excellence ceremony. We talk about the Jays success over the last few weeks going 10 - 6 over that span. Around the league the big story is the Wander Franco story, with the MLB putting him on administrative leave. Our Blue Chip topic this week is 2...

This week we discuss the trade deadline. We talk about the moves made by the Jays front office, the rumors and moves not made. Around the league we recap the bigger deals that we struck. We didn't focus on any particular blue chip prospect this week, but we did provide a few updates on the Jays top prospects.

After a long hiatus, we are back. This week we cover the last month of the of games. We talk about the All-star game and homerun derby. We also discuss some of the surprises in the standings. Our Blue Chipper this episode is 1st round pick, Arjun Nimmala.

The Jays seem to be coming out of a slump as we discuss the lows of the last month of so. We talk about Manoah being sent to the Florida Complex League. Some Blue Jays seem to be coming around (Belt and Varsho) others keep rolling (Bichette, Keirmaier, Merrifield) and some are cooling off (Chapman, Vladdy). We discuss the great work of the bullpen lately and the fantastic work of Gausman, Bassitt...

This week we recap the downs and ups of the Jays over the last couple of weeks with the low point being the complete beatdown in Beantown and the high being the destruction of the Pirates. We discuss the imminent return of Adam Cimber and the IL stint for Pop. Who's the odd man out? Around the horn is covering franchise moves with Bally's spearheading the A's new location at Tropicana...

It's been a few weeks since our last episode and in that time the Jays have gone 11-7. The starting rotations seems to have stabilized with the majority of starts being considered "quality starts". For a while the bullpen looked elite, with the relief core not being taxed with short starts. But not all things are rosy in Jaysland as we discuss the struggles of certain relievers. Arou...

This week we recap the last week of games where the Jays closed out the last 2 series of the road trip by going 5 and 2. We talk about some the performance of so players so far in this young season. Around the league injuries are starting to creep up with some standout players hit the IL. We also discuss the surprising starts to the season by teams expected to be cellar dwellers. We also talk abou...