Buds N Blue Jays

The all star break came and went and the Blue Jays looked exactly the same after the break, the offence had their moments, but mostly struggled, the pitching staff had its ups and down and ultimately the Blue Jays lost the series to the Detroit Tigers. We do have some notable talking points from this series including George Springer and Vlad both hitting multiple HRs this series, Bo Bichette hits...

Well, this is not what we were expecting from this team as we reached the all star break. The Blue Jays are 44-52 were 14 games back in the AL East and we are the 5th worst team in the American League. We take a look back at what happened in the first half of the season talk about some of the big problems, and then also some things that went well, including some of our favourite moments, then we t...

Back to back series wins on a west coast road trip is never a bad thing and even though it may be too little too late, we're seeing some good things from this Toronto Blue Jays team. Ernie Clement is doing somethings that 99% of MLBers cant do, Spencer Horwitz just continues mashing, Leo Jimenez had an good series. Kikuchi put together one of his best starts at the season right at the right time....

Blue Jays treated the West Coast Jays fans to a hell of a series, Winning two out of three against the Seattle Mariners. In this episode we bring in Chris Krouchick of the Coaches Sons Podcast to discuss the series that was, Including Highlight series from Varsho and Springer, Yariel Rodriguez looked amazing again, And welcome to the ibg Leagues Leo Jiminez! We also throw around some hypotheticals...

The Blue Jays have lost 3 out of 4 games against the Houston Astros and the playoff odds have now dipped below 3% and it really looks like the Jays are set for a sell off come the deadline. So what do we do between now and then? We welcome in special guest Lizzy McGuire to the show and we discuss what the plan is for the Jays going forward, then break down the series that was against the Astros, S...

Holy Vlad Jr! He has been on an absolute heater over the past few weeks, and is George Springer officially back? Plus we give some thoughts on other big things this series, including Tim Mayza the longest tenured Blue Jay being DFAd Chris Bassitt getting hit by a comebacker and then throwing 6IP with 0ER. Gausmans worst start of the year and Some struggling perforances from some other Blue Jays. W...

Only a quick two game recap (as game 3 got delayed) but there is alot of Blue Jays news to come out of this series. The team had a HEARTBREAKING loss in game 1 of the series in a game they really just shot themselves in the foot. But the offence got it together in game 2, scoring 9 runs and the Jays have quietly scored 20 runs over their last 3 games. Is this the best vlad has looked since his 202...

We really cant have nice things. Just as we were getting excited about seeing Orelvis Martinez play, he gets hammered with an 80 game PED suspension, We'll talk about what this means for him, the team and what comes next, Plus Ross Atkins speaks! and his comments we're a little different than usual this time... does it mean anything? Plus we take a look at the 3 game sweep at the hands of the Clev...

The Red Sox are a fun exciting young team with lots going on, The Blue Jays simply are not. We were just half a game behind them coming into this series and the Red Sox proved they were a better team, We lay out some greviences in this episode before talking about some of the more exciting news. Orelvis Martinez has arrived and we are excited to see what he can do. Joey Votto has begun a rehab ass...

The Blue Jays return home and were able to get a series win against the Clevland Guardians, We start by sayign so long to Daniel Vogelbach! and hello to the Buffalo boys who are really showing that they belong in the big leagues, Varsho and Vlad had a big series, and George Springer did not. Thoguhts on the rotation, bullpen, the farm and a fun game of does this stat matter. including some thought...

The Jays had another chance to get back to .500 and they weren't able to do it in this series, As usual they got good pitching but the bats weren't able to get going as they only take 1 game in Milwaukee. With that being said we still have some notable takeaways, Spencer Horwitz looks good, and we got some gutsy performances from our starting pitchers. Yariel Rodriguez had a dominant outing on the...

Well hows that for a series? Kevin Gausman throws a compete game Shutout and it might be the 4th most interesting talking point of the series! Alek Manoah is done for the season, Yusei Kikuchi is out here tackling players, Isiah Kiner Falefa with a 5 RBI day, and Horwitz is here! (Happy Trails Cavan Biggio) Plus we've now played our last ever series in OAK at the coliseum and we go through and sha...

Who knew a 3 game weekend series against an NL Central team would lead to so many storylines! We got the debut of the new city connect jerseys and got to see them in action for the first time, which lead to a 14 inning walk off THRILLER on friday night, We also got to see Vlad get the start at 3B this series! Something we did not think we'd see all season, Manoah and Romano hit the IL, We talk som...

Okay, it was against the worst team in baseball, But this is what youre supposed to do against this team. This is what the team is supposed to look like when thigns are going well. The starting pitchers are pitching well, The bats are exploding, George Springer is getting hits and Homeruns?!? We'll touch on all of that in the episode, Plus whats with the Blue Jays not scoring any runs in the first...

The Jays welcomed in the worst team in all of baseball to the Rogers Center this week and did exactly what we were supposed to do. We took 2/3 against the lowly Chicago White Sox. Lots to come from this series, including the Return of the HR Jacket! Bo had 4 extra base hits in the series, we comment on the offensive outbursts in game 1 and 3, and then also mutter about getting 2 hit in game two of...

Another series in, and another series loss, This time in dramatic fashion. In this episode Riley and Jesse take a little turn we start talking about starting the rebuild. we look deep at the things this team does do well and the things that doesnt. We take a look at what players can and should be moved from this team and how to maximize future success. Also! Ross Atkins met with the media for the...

The Baltimore Orioles might be the best team in baseball and at least in this series the Jays put up a good fight. We split the two game series including an extra inning win in game on and a blown save loss in game three, after game 2 got rained out, We welcome back co host Riley McConnell as we react to the series and ask the questions like: Is it time to move Romano out of the closers role? Is B...

The more things change, the more things stay the same. The Blue Jays welcomed in the red hot Minnesota Twins into town and it went exactly like we thought it would. Twins take two out of three against the Blue Jays as they scored just 3 runs in the two losses. First we talk about what the plan is going to look like for the Jays in the rest of this season. Do we Retool and compete again in 2025? Ho...

The Nationals are not a good baseball team, but they are better than we are. The Blue Jays have now lost 4 straight series and this one might hurt more than the other three. In this episode, we welcome friend of the show Jesse Teriso to join us while Riley is on Vacation to discuss the series, starting with is it time to hit the panic button? Time to fire the coach / GM? When do we start to look a...

THE BLUE JAYS FINALLY SCORED 6 RUNS IN A GAME! then we proceeded to score 2 in the next two games combined, The Offence has not been good enough and we are starting to have our doubts on if there is even a fix. We dive deeper into what some potential options are in this episode. Plus give some praise to our SPs, Talk Alek Manoah and some pitching depth and so much more in this episode. Be sure to...

Did we excpect anything else? The Blue Jays welcome in what might be baseballs best team into the Rogers Center and looked outclassed against the Dodgers. The offence remains cold as Vlad Bo and Springer continue to struggle we go deeper on the 3 of them and take a guess on if/when they will turn it around. Plus we got an extended look at Addison Barger, Danny Jansen went deep again and we did hav...

Well that wasnt ideal. The Jays finish their long road trip with a 4 game stop in Kansas City and the let some very winnable games slip on by. A lot of takeaways to come from this series, Including where is the Offence? Is it time to change up the lineup? Vlad had one of the worst errors of his entire career. Welcome to the big leagues Addison Barger! All that and so much more in this episode.

Moreno who? Daulton Varsho looks like a completely different ball player right now and the results look even better, Jose Berrios is off to the best start for a starter in franchise history, Justin Turner sure loves hitting in SD. Notes on Vlad, Y-Rod, The bullpen Rickey Tiedemanns injury and so much more

3 Straight series wins for the good guys although it really feels like we should have had the sweep, ALOT of storylines coming out of this one, including John Schneiders bullpen management, Daulton Varshos power surge and some dominant starting pitcher performance. We touch on all that and more in this episode

We're back to a series win! The Jays do what was expected and win 2 of 3 against the Colorado Rockies. In this episode: - Why isnt Daulton Varsho in the lineup? - Welcome to the Big Leagues Yariel Rodriguez! - Kevin Gausman lit up AGAIN and so much more in this episode. Be sure to like and subscribe!