Flight Deck

We've reached the Dog Days of Spring Training where everybody is just waiting for the season to start. We talked about Canada's performance at the World Baseball Classic and the team's heartbreaking loss to Mexico that ultimately ended their tournament. We also talked about Edwin Diaz's season-ending injury and the response from many that this tournament isn't worth the risk. After that, we circle...

Actual baseball games are right around the corner! The Toronto Blue Jays will make their Grapefruit League debut on Saturday when Yusei Kikuchi takes the mound against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The World Baseball Classic is also starting in a few weeks, so it'll be baseball galore.  We talked about the interesting things to watch for in Spring Training and also how the WBC could be improved. We...

We welcomed a special guest to the show today, as Adam Macko joined us to chat about his career. Macko talked about the experience of being traded to a new team and what that entire process looks like and his first impression of the Blue Jays organization. He also talked about his unique story of growing up in Slovakia and getting into baseball and moving to Canada. After that, Macko told us which...

We're back! It's the middle of February but there's quite a bit of baseball stuff to talk about.  We talked about Bo Bichette coming to terms on a three-year contract, ultimately avoiding arbitration drama each winter before he can walk into free agency. We also went over the addition of Chad Green, who inked one of the most unique contracts you'll ever see, along with the team's decision to...

We've got transactions to talk about! The Blue Jays had a flurry of moves this week, as they added two-time World Series winner Brandon Belt, traded for depth starter Zach Thompson, and designated Julian Merryweather for assignment to make room.  We talked about the addition of Belt and how his presence further helps make the team's lineup a little less predictable. We also talked about the d...

Merry Christmas, everyone! We've got a transaction to talk about! The Blue Jays finally pulled the trigger on the catcher-for-outfielder trade we'd all been speculating about for weeks, as they sent Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Daulton Varsho. Me and BK took a look at what the Blue Jays are getting in Varsho, whether he's worth what they're giving up in Moreno...

It turns out that the off-season doesn't end when the Winter Meetings are over! The Blue Jays have had a busy week, as they inked Kevin Kiermaier and Chris Bassitt to improve their outfield defence and starting rotation.  We talked about how the Blue Jays look now with their new additions and what they still need to do in order to come into the 2023 season with a better team than the one they...

It's been a slow winter for the Blue Jays. The Winter Meetings have come and gone, many of the big-name free agents are off the open market, and the only notable move that the Blue Jays have made is trading away Teoscar Hernandez.  We took a look at what went down in San Diego this week and what we can expect next from the Blue Jays. What do they need? Who's left on out there? Might they have...

We asked for transactions, and here they are.  The Blue Jays pulled the trigger on a big deal on Wednesday, sending Teoscar Hernandez to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for reliever Erik Swanson and Adam Macko.  Teoscar had developed into an All-Star slugger and a beloved player during his career with the Blue Jays so seeing him go is a difficult pill to swallow. But that said, it was i...

Things are starting to get rolling.  The Houston Astros won the World Series and the off-season got started with two high-level relief pitchers, Edwin Diaz and Robert Suarez, inking big contracts to stick with their respective teams.  We took a look at early free-agent speculation, the Blue Jays' decision to not issue Ross Stripling a qualifying offer, and the report that pretty much eve...

Though the playoff run ended very quicky, there's plenty to talk about in Blue Jays land.  We took a look back at Toronto's two-game sweep to Seattle in the wild-card series with a different perspective now that the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers and 101-win Atlanta Braves also got dropped in five-game sets. Does it matter that the higher-seeded teams are losing if it adds more drama and excitem...

What a strange movie that was. After getting dominated in Game 1 of the wild-card series by Luis Castillo, the Blue Jays appeared to be running away with Game 2 as they tagged Robbie Ray and had an 8-1 lead in the sixth inning. But things went totally sideways after that, as the Mariners pulled off an epic rally to win the game 10-9 and take the series in a sweep.  We took a look back at the...

Well, that's not how we wanted to kick things off! The hype at the Rogers Centre ahead of Game 1 of the wild-card series with the Mariners was incredibly high but Alek Manoah was tagged for three earned runs in the first inning. Luis Castillo, Seattle's big trade deadline addition, was dominant after that as the Mariners cruised to a 4-0 win.  We talked about Manoah's tough debut, the bats th...

After the long, winding road that was the 2022 season, here we are. Toronto will host playoff baseball for the first time since 2016 when the Seattle Mariners come to town to play the Blue Jays in a three-game wild-card series.  We talked about the head-to-head between the Blue Jays and Mariners this season and how the two teams stack up in terms of offence and pitching. After that, we talked...

Another series with the Red Sox, another spanking from the Blue Jays. Toronto took care of business at home this weekend with a three-game sweep of Boston and things went their way in the out-of-town scoreboard, so home-field advantage in the wild-card round is looking likely. We looked back at the series against the Red Sox and how absurdly dominant the Blue Jays were against them all season. Aft...

Just like last year, the Yankees rolled into Toronto for a key late-September series and took down the Blue Jays. But, unlike last year, it didn't really matter all too much, as the Blue Jays wound up clinching a playoff spot during their subsequent off-day when the Orioles lost to the Red Sox. It was a fittingly anticlimactic way for the 2022 Blue Jays to clinch! We took a look back at the Yankee...

After dropping Thursday and Friday's games in Tampa, the Blue Jays came through with huge back-to-back wins on Saturday and Sunday to earn a much-needed split at The Trop.  We talked about Jose Berrios' home and away splits and how he should be used come playoff time and Whit Merrifield being the dragon slayer at The Trop. We also talked about Alek Manoah's incredible start and whether the Bl...

It was another series that started off well but finished with a sour taste.  The Blue Jays rolled into Philly and popped off with 18 runs in the first game and then blew a late lead in the second game to ultimately wild up with a split. We talked about the outburst from the bats, the meltdown from Julian Merryweather, whether or not it's time to bring up Nate Pearson, and the odd lousy luck K...

The Blue Jays have taken care of business against Baltimore this month, winning five of seven games with the pesky Orioles.  We took a look back at the weekend series with Baltimore, how their improvement is making the AL East even more crowded, and what we can expect from this budding rivalry moving forward. We also talked about the success the Blue Jays have had with bullpen games and how R...

What a week.  The Blue Jays won three of five games in their critical series with the Tampa Bay Rays and are now a half-game up on them in the standings.  We looked back at the Tampa gauntlet series and talked about Bo Bichette's amazing ninth-inning battle, Vladdy Jr. busting out of his slump with his 100th homer, Mitch White coming through with some much-needed innings and where he fit...

Buckle up, here come five games with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Blue Jays got the job done in Texas this weekend, taking two of three from the Rangers with the one loss coming in their bullpen game on Sunday.  We recapped the Texas series and then looked ahead to the five-game series with the Rays. We also took a look around the American League East and determined the most to least ideal playoff...

Nobody expected these games against the Baltimore Orioles this month to matter as much as they do, but here we are. The Blue Jays rolled into Baltimore with a two-and-a-half game lead over the Orioles in the Wild Card standings and extended it by taking three of four games in the series.  We talked about Bo Bichette's September Redemption Tour, Vladdy's struggles with getting the ball in the...

It was a little more stressful than you'd like for a series with the basement-dwelling Pirates, but the Blue Jays came into Pittsburgh and pulled off a sweep.  We talked about Alek Manoah's excellent start on Friday night, Bo's putting together arguably the best at-bat we've seen from any Blue Jay this season in Saturday's win, and Jordan Romano coming through with a huge save on Sunday's aft...

After an up-and-down month of August (well, months of April, May, June, July, and August, really), the Blue Jays are into September clinging to a playoff spot.  We talked about the series with the Chicago Cubs, which featured some clutch home runs and excellent relief appearances, but also left a sour taste behind as the Blue Jays weren't able to sweep a weak opponent.  After that, we ta...

After winning six of seven on the road against the Yankees and Red Sox, the Blue Jays came home and got dominated in a three-game sweep by the Angels. That's not what you like to see! We looked back at this series and talked about how the Blue Jays can go from looking like a team ready to go on a run to suddenly putting up a lifeless effort against a basement team. Is this just some mid-season fat...