Bat Flips and Maple Dips - A Toronto Blue Jays Podcast

It's time for the starting rotation to feel the burn! Clayton, Justin, and Patrick grade the 2018 Toronto Blue Jays starting rotation. Disagreements, surprisingly high, and low, grades are handed out. We cover the 2019 coaching staff, Marcus Stroman trade rumours, and the proposed stadium for a Portland expansion. As always, thank you for listening! Send us your topic suggestions or questions! bat...

In Part 2 of Making the Grade, the guys give out 2018 season letter grades to Blue Jays outfielders. For the most part, everyone was in agreement over the grades with the only debate centering around Kevin Pillar. If you've been listening since episode 1, you know how divided we are on Pillar. We also cover Roy Halladay being on the 2019 Hall of Fame ballot, Larry Walker's case to be inducted, and...

It's a time of reflection on BFMD. Clayton, Justin, and Patrick are back to Blue Jays talk this week. This episode covers the news that has surrounded the coaching staff and roster over the past couple of weeks, and the guys had out letter grades to the infielders, catchers, and Kendrys Morales. The biggest debate centers around Richard Urena of all people. Thanks for listening!  

With the offseason underway, Clayton, Justin and Patrick chat about what they do during the winter months in Canada. From other sports to video games to side jobs, there's a lot going on.  Stay tuned for more Blue Jays content in the coming weeks! 

With the Boston Red Sox claiming this year's World Series title, Clayton, Justin, and Patrick look at why the Red Sox were so dominant, and why the Dodgers failed to live up to expectations. Also on the menu: a rant from Patrick about the hiring of new Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo and the benefits it will bring to the team. 

It's World Series time! But first, the guys look into the Blue Jays managerial search, recap both the AL and NL Championship Series, and predict the outcome of the World Series. We also have a discussion about whether or not Manny Machado is a dirty player. 

The Divisional round of the 2018 MLB Playoffs is over! The guys discuss what went down and what's to come in the Championship Series. We look at the projected salaries of 11 Blue Jays who are arbitration eligible, and look at how well our playoff and World Series predictions are holding up. 

With the regular season concluded, Clayton, Justin and Patrick look back on the Toronto Blue Jays final series and players who may or may not be back. With the two tiebreakers concluded, we discuss our playoff predictions and pick who we think we will the World Series. 

With the NHL season nearly upon us, Clayton, Justin, and Patrick sit down to give their perspective on what will shake out as the season rolls along. The guys give their projected standings, playoff, and Stanley Cup predictions. There are some surprising projections, including New Jersey in the Final, Edmonton back in the playoffs, Winnipeg winning it all, and Vegas falling out of contention compl...

With Clayton on the DL, Justin and Patrick take a look back at their favourite John Gibbons moments and his legacy in Toronto. Along with that, they recap the week that was, who's hot, who's not, roster news, and a round table talk on the 2019 infield. 

Clayton, Justin, and Patrick get together to discuss the up and down week for the Toronto Blue Jays, Patrick tears Danny Barnes a new one, Justin explains the Rule 5 Draft, and Clayton makes a case for Kevin Pillar in arbitration. The round table discussion takes a look at players who may be left off of the 40-man roster come December, and what that means for the future. 

 Clayton, Justin, and Patrick discuss the week that was for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Cleveland Indians, and what they think the outfield will look like to start the 2019 MLB season. Patrick and Justin trash Kevin Pillar, Clayton defends Kevin Pillar. It's another fun week.

 CBC News & Sports Reporter and Saskatoon native Devin Heroux joins Clayton, Justin, and Patrick to discuss his coverage of the Little League World Series, 2018 Winter Olympics, his love of curling, and shares some never before told facts! Following the interview with Devin, the guys recap the disappointing week of Blue Jays baseball, and more importantly the Josh Donaldson trade.

Clayton, Justin, and Patrick convene for their weekly thera-... Blue Jays baseball talk. The guys recap the up and down week, talk about the Morales HR streak, Gurriel hit streak, and Tampa Bay winning 8 in a row?! Justin explains how OBP isn't the best way to measure on-base stats, and the guys make some free agent pitching wish lists. The only thing missing is the weekly Tyler Clippard trashing....

Clayton, Justin, and Patrick get together to discuss the week that was for the Toronto Blue Jays. Topics covered include Kendrys Morales on a tear, Kevin Pillar's mistake AND hot bat, Danny Jansen impressing everyone, the kids Sean Reid-Foley and Ryan Borucki getting lit up in New York, and Thomas Pannone's awesome debut as a starting pitcher. 

In this week's episode, we remember Stan Mikita, the guys recap the "home" series in Seattle, and we talk about some famous Hall of Fame snubs, or not, depending on your opinion. 

In this week's episode, we remember Stan Mikita, the guys recap the "home" series in Seattle, and we talk about some famous Hall of Fame snubs, or not, depending on your opinion. 

Clayton makes a BIG announcement, the guys talk about the trades made by the Jays and the rest of the league, and we talk about our All-Time Blue Jays Lineups. We agree on a lot, and disagree on some picks. It's a long episode, but we had a lot of fun with it! 

The guys get together to discuss the week that was, we round table what the outfield will look like post trade deadline and to start 2019, talk about great players playing on bad teams, take a look at the farm system, and wrap up with some trade rumours.

In our All Star Break edition of the podcast, the guys recap the Blue Jays results in Atlanta and Boston, hop all aboard the Ryan Borucki train, Patrick rants about the Toronto media and Marcus Stroman, Justin breaks down Teoscar Hernandez and Dwight Smith Jr., and Clayton thinks it's time to trade Aaron Sanchez. Thanks for listening!

In this week's episode, Patrick takes us through the MLB All-Star Game in The Rant. The gang disagrees with some of the fan-voted players and Justin defends Wilson Ramos. Clayton is happy that we don't talk about Ryan Tepera, but also he's really happy that Ryan Borucki is a stud. Thanks for listening!

This week we tackle the week that was, Patrick talks Jose Bautista in The Rant, Justin FIPs around in Advanced Stats, and Clayton yells about how much we talk about Ryan Tepera. It's a wild ride.

This week's episode truly has it all. Clayton, Justin and Patrick tackle the week that was, Roberto Osuna, Randal Grichuk and Teoscar Hernandez mashing, Pillar slumping, J.A. Happ continues to be a stud, Josh Donaldson, and ... poopy pants.

In episode 3 Clayton is activated from the disabled list 10 pounds lighter thanks to a nasty stomach flu. The guys talk Jays, the sweep of the Nationals, trade rumours, Patrick rants, Justin apologizes to Devon Travis and gives us a lesson in advanced stats. An hour of wall to wall content! 

Episode 2 is here! Clayton was placed on the 10-Day DL with a flu so Patrick and Justin are on the mics. This week we finish up our player review for the year to date with position players. Thanks for listening! Please send any feedback to us in a message or in the comments section. Justin did the editing this week and is admittedly terrible at it. Enjoy!