Buds N Blue Jays

Reeking of desperation is never usually a good thing, but sometimes the desperate move can pay off in the end. Just how serious are the Jays in their Juan Soto persuit, can it actually happen? We give our sales pitches in this episode on why he should choose toronto, Then we take a look at some other off season rumors surrounding the Blue Jays, and then disect some of the coaching staff / front of...

Boy Ross Atkins sure just says some stuff eh? In episode 220 we react to some of the comments Ross has made during the GM meetings and decifer what they mean, Are we sure the Jays aren't going to trade Bo Bichette? Jays seem to be eying high in the free agent pitching market. Juan Soto and Vlad are playing video games together! Plus some minor transactions injury updates, and we get our first look...

Welcome everyone to the MLB Offseason. In this episode we get set for what is going to be a very cruical off season for the Blue Jays. so we make our claim, who are the big name players that we're going to acquire? Exactly how different will this roster look come opening day. Will Bo and Vlad get extentions? Will they be traded? what about the bullpen? We address all of that in this episode, Plus...

Its the most anticipated award show of the year! The Buds N Blue Jays awards are here and we're giving out some hardware, including the normal ones : MVP, Cy young and more but we've got some fun awards as well including the, Who is this guy award? and so many others. Plus we give some thoughts on the Blue Jays new hitting coaches, and make our world series picks and more

2024 was a tough watch for our Blue Jays, as we failed to live up to expectations this epiosde were going to dive a little deeper and figure out exactly why. We're going to hand out individual grades for all the players that played for our team last season, and see where we can make improvements going into the winter. We also look back to the start of the season and see what BOLD predictions we ma...

Any time the GM and President speak, we've gotta listen and Mark and Ross gave us several interesting quotes for us to break down and dive into. Vlad not a generational player? Who is to blame for the disasterous season we went through? what is the plan for how we fix this team going into next year, changes to the coaching staff including Martinez being let go, Mattingly going back ta traditional...

3 hits AND his first big league HR? We see you Jonatan Clase, In this episode we talk about his big series, and where he lines up in a Blue Jays crowded OF mix for next season, Also Alejandro Kirk remains hot, now has a 17 game hit streak and it gives us hope for what might happen behind the plate in 2025, WE got our last starts of the year from Bowden Francis and Kevin Gausman, we'll react and sh...

The Jays finished up their road portion of the MLB Schedule getting swept by the Rays in Tampa bay, but we did have some WILD things happen this series, including Alejandro Kirk getting his first triple of his career! We also welcome Vlad to the 100 rbi club! We got our first look at Jonatan Clase and so much more! Plus Jose Berrios was denied his chance at 100 career wins, and we'll take a look d...

Welcome back Bo Bichette!... Or maybe not, A lost season for him continues as he is now offically done for the year, infact Daulton Varsho and Will Wagners seasons are over as well, we'll share some thoughts on what we saw from them this season. Plus we talk about some new additions to the team, Tyler Hienemann is back! and Dillion Tate has shown up and so has the waiver wire of relivers. Then we...

Boy was this much needed for Babe Schneider. 2 HRs in the series his first 2 HRs in a LONG time, PLUS! The Blue Jays were able to in a series against the Cardinals! We have alot to come from this series including some good pitching performances from Gausman, Berrios and Y Rod. We talk on Spencer Horwitz and his rookie performances and check in on where it ranks in franchise history. Plus bullpen u...

Bowden Francis simply might be one of the best pitchers in baseball period. We react to his second lengthy no hit bid, taking another no hitter into the 9th inning for the 2nd time in his last 4 starts. We also take a look at the rest of the notable performances on the team including do we have some surpring gold glove candidates on this team? Give some thoughts on Brian Serven, Ryan Yarborough an...

All Spencer Horwitz does is smash baseballs, he had a monster series with 3 HRs and tying a franchise record for total bases in a game by a Blue Jay. We also bring in a guest, Andrew from the coaches sons podcast joins us we talk all things Blue Jays and Braves in this series including some cross over between the two franchises. Alot of good stuff in this episode so dont miss out!

Vladimir Guerrero Jr is UNSTOPPABLE Right now! Hes now 2nd in the majors in batting average and has a shot to catch Bobby Witt for the batting title, Plus we had a lot more to come from the Phillies series, including The Blue Jays blowing yet another big league, we got HRs from Vlad, Varsho, Barger, and Jimenez. Bowden Francis is Pitcher of the month! Plus we have a game of do these stats matter,...

From the bats going to cold, to suddenly exploding out of no where to a heart breaking loss in the finale, this series against the Twins had a little bit of everything, In this episode we dive into all things Blue Jays including the lineup where we let the kids play! Will Wagner Horwitz and Barger continue to mash, The Jays put up 15 runs! and we make a case that maybe the blowpen isnt actually th...

Another Series, another split by our Toronto Blue Jays, but we had some wild things happen this series, Including Danny Jansen playing for both teams in the same game, Bowden Francis continued his stretch of dominance, Chris Bassitt had a resurgent start. We got Will Wagners First big league HR The Blue Jays had a couple notable streaks come to an end and all things Blue Jays from a notable series...

ONE OF THE BEST PITCHING PERFORMANCES OF ALL TIME. Bowden Francis had himself a day! Taking a no hitter into the 9th inning and he has been on a great run since the all star break, We chat about his performance, and what this means for the future of the Toronto Blue Jays rotation, marvel at Taylor Wards comments about it being "hittable" Then we touch on this current Blue Jays roster Who has been...

Hell of a career Joey Votto, one of the best to ever do it, We start the episode celebrating the career of one of the best Canadian players of all time, and bring up the idea of whether or not the Jays should have called him up. We also break down Chris Bassitts comments about the front office and what they mean going forward. Plus, The Jays did play some baseball this week so we talk about that t...

The more things change the more things stay the same for this Blue Jays team, We march into Wrigley field for the first time since 2017 and we were able to take one out of three against the Chicago cubs, We have some notable performances in this series including a DOMINANT performance from Bowden Francis, Joey Loperfido had his first HR as a Blue Jay and we got to take a look at the Blue Jays play...

HOLY What a debut from Will Wagner! 5 hits 3 RBI and 2 doubles in his 2 games, He has certainly provided the team with quite a spark. We talk about his early career performance and discuss just how good the future can be for this guy. We take a look at some other notable offensive performances this series including HRs from Vlad, Horwitz and Jimenez. George Springer wanted to fight an umpire, and...

The Blue Jays bats go Ice Cold against a not so good pitching staff, We take big picture look at the guys currently in the lineup and see if they really are a soloution for building the next big league team. We give a shoutout to Luis De Los Santos and celebrate the arrival of Will Wagner! Also talk some notable starting pitching performances and take a look at what to expect from a west coast ser...

NOW THIS IS WHAT VLADDY SHOULD BE! Holy hell what a heater he is on! 20 game hit streak and its been alot more than just one hit a game too, we marvel about just how good Vlad has been over this series and the last coulple weeks before talking about another Blue Jays hitter who might have unlocked something. We touch on the struggling bats of Springer, Horwitz and Loperfido and then dive into what...

200 episodes! In what is a mini milestone episode for us as we celebrate what has been a fun journey so far, In this episode we take a look at what this team looks like post trade deadline, and what the goals for this current group of Blue Jays team should be going forward, we got our first look at some new Blue Jays! Joey Loperfido, Ryan Yarbourough and Luis De Los Santos. We'vealso now seen one...

9 Players Traded and 15 prospects brought back in! The Blue Jays sure were busy this deadline, In this episode we take a look at the Hauls the Blue Jays got for notable trade candidates, including Jake Bloss and Joey Loperfido, and all the other prospects that came into our system. We then take a look at what comes next for this Toronto Blue Jays team and what we want to see from this team post de...

The trade deadline is still 48 hours away but the Blue Jays have already started selling off, Trading away 3 notable players off of this roster for prospects, In this episode we look at the return and try to see if we can figure out what the Blue Jays are getting here. We also take a look at the guys that are still yet to be traded and see if these moves may impact them at all. Plus! We got a SWEE...

We are offically 5 days away from the MLB Trade Deadline and the Blue Jays have some very interesting decisions in front of them. In this episode we preview all the possible moves the Blue Jays make, going from what we think they should do vs what theyll actually do, Is a Vlad trade going to happen? What about our SPs? A name that may surprise you? Plus we take a stab at what type of prospect the...