Flight Deck

The Blue Jays pulled off one of their most dramatic wins of the season, walking off the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 after a ninth-inning comeback. On episode 13 of Flight Deck, Nick Alberga breaks down Cease's dominance, Zack Wheeler matching him pitch-for-pitch, and an unbelievable ending. Joining the show is Thomas Hall as we discuss Valenzuela's future role once Alejandro Kirk returns, Vladimir G...

Blue Jays fell behind early and never fully recovered in a 5-2 loss to the Phillies, dropping to 32-35 on the season. On episode 11 of Flight Deck, Nick Alberga breaks down a rough outing from Patrick Corbin, who allowed five runs in three innings as Philadelphia jumped out to an early lead. We discuss the Blue Jays' inability to capitalize against Cristopher Sánchez and why the bullpen once again...

The Blue Jays opened a critical home stand with a comeback win over the Orioles, but the competition only gets tougher as the Philadelphia Phillies arrive at Rogers Centre. On this episode of Flight Deck, Adam Peddle recaps Toronto's 6-4 victory over Baltimore. We break down Gausman's outing, the Orioles' four-run frame, and the Blue Jays' explosive response in the sixth inning that completely cha...

The Blue Jays are looking for a series win against the Baltimore Orioles after a 6-4 victory Saturday afternoon. On episode 10 of Flight Deck, Nick Paleolog talks about Toronto's resilience to battle back after a thrashing in game 1 of the series, Spencer Miles' performance on the mound, and Ernie Clement's big day in the batter box. Then, we preview today's matchup between Kevon Gausman and Shane...

The Blue Jays are looking to bounce back after one of their toughest losses of the season, a 13-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles that dropped Toronto to 30-34 on the year. On episode 9 of Flight Deck, Nick Paleolog breaks down what went wrong after the Blue Jays carried a 3-1 lead into the sixth inning before Baltimore's offence exploded. We discuss the rookie's recent challenges, why Baltimore see...

The Blue Jays avoided a sweep in Atlanta and snapped their four-game losing streak with an impressive 7-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves. On this episode of Flight Deck, Nick Paleolog from Blue Jay Today, breaks down Toronto's win to close the road trip, highlighted by a strong major league debut from Chad Dallas. Nick discusses how the Blue Jays' bullpen continues to keep the team afloat despite...

The Blue Jays have dropped four straight games, and now now face a potential sweep against the Atlanta Braves with Chris Sale on the mound. On episode 7 of Flight Deck, Cody Gaudreault breaks down another frustrating loss for Toronto, highlighted by missed opportunities early. Looking ahead, the Blue Jays turn to Mason Fluharty to open a bullpen game against future Hall of Famer Chris Sale. We bre...

The Blue Jays opened their series against the National League leading Atlanta Braves with a frustrating 4-3 loss that perfectly summed up their season so far: painfully average. On season one, episode 6 of Flight Deck, Cody Gaudreault breaks down Kevin Gausman's outing after the veteran allowed four runs over six innings. We discuss the costly early deficit, the Blue Jays' inability to capitalize...

The Blue Jays head to Atlanta looking to bounce back after settling for a split against the Orioles in a series that felt like it got away. On Season 1-Episode 5 of Flight Deck, host Cody Gaudreault recaps Toronto's 9-5 loss to Baltimore, including a rough outing from Spencer Miles, an odd interaction with an Orioles fan and another late-game rally that fell short. Looking ahead, Toronto faces arg...

Season one, episode four of Flight Deck is LIVE with your host Dan Riccio, your favourite place for Toronto Blue Jays pregame analysis and news. The Blue Jays had a series win within their grasp on Saturday, but a late collapse changed everything. Dan dives into last night's gritty performance from Trey Yesavage, and Jeff Hoffman's blow up in the ninth inning. Should there be concern about the cur...

The Blue Jays are one win away from moving above .500 for the first time since April 4, and there's plenty to discuss ahead of today's game with our Flight Deck's host Cody Gaudreault. After a dramatic comeback victory on Friday night, Toronto has won four straight and eight of its last 10. Charles McAdoo stole the spotlight in his MLB debut, several young Blue Jays hit major career milestones, an...

On episode 2 of Flight Deck, Dan Riccio dives into game 58 of the Toronto Blue Jays regular season. Toronto has won 10 of its last 14 games and is starting to creep towards a .500 record, after a gritty win over Baltimore. Louis Varland and the bullpen keep finding ways to shut the door, and now one of the organization’s young arms gets his shot on the big stage. Dan breaks down everything from Th...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Flight Deck! Your new home for Toronto Blue Jays pregame coverage throughout the MLB season. In today’s debut episode hosted by Dan Riccio, he breaks down the Blue Jays’ 2-1 win over the Miami Marlins, where Nathan Lukes and Kazuma Okamoto came up with big time hits to lead the team to a series win over the Marlins. He also discuss' another strong outing from th...

The 2024 season has mercifully come to an end. Playoff baseball will start this week and Toronto Blue Jays won't be involved, as the team finished last in the American League East with a 74-88 record.  We looked back at the final series of the year against the Miami Marlins before getting into the three ups and the three downs from the season as a whole. After that, we looked at Toronto's fin...

The Toronto Blue Jays continued their stretch against National League opponents this week with a series loss to the New York Mets and a sweep over the St. Louis Cardinals.  We talked about all of the notable stuff from the week, including Davis Schneider breaking out of a difficult stretch at the plate, Bowden Francis taking another no-hitter into the ninth inning of a start, and Vladimir Gue...

The Toronto Blue Jays had a difficult week against two playoff hopefuls in the National League, as they dropped four of five games against the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves.  We talked about Spencer Horwitz's big week, which saw the rookie mash three home runs and increase his on-base plus slugging percentage to .827 on the season. We also talked about the continued struggles of To...

The Toronto Blue Jays wrap up a grueling week with eight games in seven days, returning home after a labour day day-off as the Philadelphia Phillies head into town. We talked about the Danny Jansen game and the scorecard anomaly that it was including the two "debuts" you never knew happened. Plus, Bowden Francis stays hot as he allows one hit in 7.0 against the BoSox. And the Jays finally blew off...

The Toronto Blue Jays had a winning homestand this week, as they dropped a three-game set with the Cincinnati Reds before sweeping a four-game set with the L.A. Angels. We talked about the back-to-back home runs that Joey Loperfido and Addison Barger hit to walk-off the Angels and how both young hitters have improved as their seasons have gone along. We also talked about the excellent pitching per...

It was a solid week for the Toronto Blue Jays, as they swept the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on the road before dropping two of three in a l0w-scoring weekend series at Wrigley Field.  We talked about all of the notable stuff on the field from last week, including Will Wagner's Major League debut, the two seven-inning performances put forward by Bowden Francis, and and difficult run that Da...

The Toronto Blue Jays started the week by winning their first series victory over the Baltimore Orioles since all the way back in 2022 but finished with a series loss to the lowly Oakland Athletics over the weekend.  We talked about the notable things from last week's slate of games, including Vladimir Guerrero Jr. seeing his hitting streak snapped at 22 games and Luis De Los Santos picking u...

The Toronto Blue Jays had a rough time with the top two teams in the American League East this week, as they won just two of seven games against the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees.  We talked about the games in Baltimore and New York, the debut of Joey Loperfido, Addison Barger hitting his first big-league home run, Aaron Judge getting intentionally walked in the second inning, and wh...

The 2024 Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and gone and the Toronto Blue Jays netted themselves quite a haul as sellers. Traded away to contending teams were Yusei Kikuchi, Danny Jansen, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Justin Turner, Kevin Kiermaier, Yimi Garcia, Nate Pearson, and Trevor Richards. Coming back to the Blue Jays are Jake Bloss, Joey Loperfido, Will Wager, Charles McAdoo, Jonatan Clas...

That was certainly an eventful weekend.  The Toronto Blue Jays hosted the Texas Rangers and pulled off their first sweep since late May. They also made three trades, as Yimi Garcia was dealt to the Seattle Mariners, Nate Pearson was moved to the Chicago Cubs, and Danny Jansen was traded to the Boston Red Sox.  We talked about the series against Texas, the three trades that the Blue Jays...

The slow walk to the end of the 2024 season continues.  The Blue Jays hosted the Tampa Bay Rays this week in Toronto and dropped their third series in a row with one win and two losses. We talked about Jose Berrios' splits from April and May compared to June and July, how Yariel Rodriguez has been a bright spot this year, and Chris Bassitt's comments following a 13-0 pounding in the seri...

With the All-Star break in the rearview mirror, we're now officially into the second half of the 2024 MLB season.  The Blue Jays hosted the Detroit Tigers and got dropped on Friday and Saturday but avoided being swept with a win on Sunday. We looked back at the notable things from the weekend, including the performance that Yusei Kikuchi had in what might be his last start as a Blue Jay and t...