Blue Bird Territory

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jay Ricky Romero joins The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to discuss Toronto's series win over the Angels, what the Jays do with Eric Lauer's rotation spot and more. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subscribe on Youtube today . Part of the Foul Territory Network. Game time is Mill...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jay Kevin Pillar joins The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to discuss Toronto's decision to option Yohendrick Piñango over Davis Schneider, a hot start in the Jays' minor-league system, a big trade in MLB and some Mothers' Day shoutouts. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subs...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's three losses against Tampa Bay, why The Trop is so hard to play at, the state of the AL, and the Jays' upcoming series against the Angels. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subscribe...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down a series split against the Minnesota Twins. They break down Kazuma Okamoto's big weekend, Tyler Heineman's Sunday at-bat, strong pitching performances and more. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!&nbsp...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down a series win over the Red Sox, how the Jays should handle their current catching tandem and more. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subscribe on Youtube today . Part of the Foul Territory Netwo...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Trey Yesavage's 2026 debut, strong outings from Louis Varland and Jeff Hoffman, plus Max Scherzer's injury news. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subscribe on Youtube today . Part of the Foul...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's series win over the Guardians, which players are heating up and questions in the rotation. Then they break down all the Red Sox firings and how that may impact Toronto's upcoming series against Boston. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is yo...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Cleveland closer Cody Allen joins Kevin Pillar, Ricky and The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to preview the Blue Jays' series against the Guardians and discuss Toronto's closer situation with Jeff Hoffman. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subscribe on Youtube today . Part of the F...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's series win over the Angels and what the Jays will do when injured players return. These things often sort themselves out, but Toronto could have some tough decisions with George Springer, Addison Barger, Trey Yesavage and José Berríos all co...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to talk about the Blue Jays Kangaroo Court situation, Dylan Cease's path to a Cy Young and more. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subscribe on Youtube today . Part of the Foul Territory Network. Game time i...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jay Kevin Pillar joins The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's series loss against the Brewers, talk about Toronto's quiet offence, and discuss Jeff Hoffman's grip on the closer job. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subscribe on Youtube today . Part of the Foul...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Jeff Hoffman and the Jays' closer situation. They also talk about how Eric Lauer being against the opener was handled inside Toronto's clubhouse and more. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subs...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's series loss against the Twins, talk about Max Scherzer's bad outing and more Jays injuries. Then, they quickly preview a series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year rou...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jay Ricky Romero joins The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's 10-4 win over the Minnesota Twins, what they saw from Patrick Corbin and what we should expect from Trey Yesavage, who is close to his 2026 debut. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays analysis year round!  Subscribe on Youtub...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down the Jays' series against the Dodgers, what they're seeing from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and more. The guys discuss takeaways from the Dodgers series and how the Jays can get back on track. Then they answer a couple questions from fans. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down the Jays getting swept by the White Sox. What matters from that series, and how does it set up a series against the LA Dodgers? The guys discuss takeaways from the Chicago sweep, break down the changing odds in the AL East and then preview a World Series rematch ag...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jay Kevin Pillar joins The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to talk about Alejandro Kirk's thumb injury and Patrick Corbin's first day with the Blue Jays org. The guys discuss Pillar's experience with thumb injuries and what Kirk's fracture means. Then Pillar talks about his experience playing with and against Corbin and what he could bring to the Jays....

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's series loss to the Rockies, Kevin Gausman's brilliant start and more. The guys discuss takeaways from three games against Colorado, break down Gausman's dominance and why his splitter is so good, and then preview a potentially rainy series against the Chi...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Cody Ponce's injury in his Jays debut and Brendon Little's early struggles. Will Carroll, of Injury Territory, comes on the show to break down Ponce's knee injury against the Rockies, as well as next steps for José Berríos, Trey Yesavage and Shane Bie...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's first series of the season — a sweep of the Athletics. They talk about what they saw in Toronto's first three wins, how Kazuma Okamoto looked in his MLB debut and then preview a set against the Colorado Rockies. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down Toronto's banner raising and Opening Day series. They talk about what they're excited for ahead of Blue Jays Opening Day before getting into the keys to Toronto's first series of the season, against the Athletics.  Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territo...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to break down the American League East threats. They rank each team's threat to the Blue Jays before locking in some 2025 Jays predictions as well: Team MVP, unexpected hero, and win total.  Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue Bird Territory is your new home for Blue Jays anal...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to brake down the Blue Jays' roster decisions and big extensions across the organization. They talk about manager John Schneider and GM Ross Atkins getting contract extensions, then break down the roster decisions for Toronto's final two spots. Calling all Blue Jays fans: Blue B...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to discuss big injury updates in the starting rotation and a new Hall of Excellence at Rogers Centre. They break down what Trey Yesavage's shoulder injury and José Berríos' elbow injury mean for Toronto's rotation then hit on Buck Martinez's induction into a new Ha...

In this episode of Blue Bird Territory, former Jays Kevin Pillar and Ricky Romero join The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon to discuss Kevin Gausman getting the Opening Day start and why that first pitching assignment matters. Ricky and Kevin discuss their experiences on Opening Day and the decision to pick Gausman for Game 1 before getting into some more WBC talk. They discuss what Vladimir Guerrero...