Jays From Home

In today’s episode, Matt goes all positive, celebrating a series win against the Yankees, praising Matt Chapman: The Good Teammate, appreciating the beauty of Vladdy’s trademark line drive homers and seeing the intangibles of George Springer, Jose Berrios & Ross Stripling play out in the win column. Plus: How to steal shoes by using your kids as a diversion.

Matt & Steve hope that the Blue Jays bounce back from a not-so-fun week against the Orioles and Guardians when they face...The Orioles again next week. They talk about some news - the signing of Jackie Bradley Jr., Tatis Jr. testing positive for PEDs, and the new brew from Left Field Brewing Company (who is a certified Living Wage employer!). The Jays will be Running Up That Hill for the month...

Matt returns from vacation and he and Steve break down the trade deadline acquisitions for the Blue Jays, talk about the past week's results, and look WAY ahead on the Blue Jays schedule because Matt made an Error, and forgot that the Jays play Cleveland next week and not New York. Matt also talks a bit about the passing of Vin Scully, and his troubles with getting sick while on vacation. Meanwhil...

It's Steve recording alone this week, with Matt on vacation. Steve recorded on Trade Deadline Eve, talking about some very good results (lol @ Boston), with the Jays finishing the week with an 8-2 record in their last 10. Also joining Steve to talk about the Minnesota Twins is Sherry Cerny of Twins Daily. They have a great discussion about how the Twins season is going, the ups and downs, and trad...

The Blue Jays head into the All Star break on a much brighter note than their western road trip. The week started off in turmoil with the firing of Charlie Montoyo but other than a brief blip on Thursday against Kansas City the Jays put up a strong week. On top of the Blue Jays already named to the All Star game, both Santiago Espinal and Jordan Romano were named as late additions to the rosters....

Today, Matt recaps a losing week for the #Bluejays, shoots down the growing “Fire Montoyo” narrative, lauds Kevin Gausman’s high tops, looks at a few jersey concepts, praises White Sox reliever Liam Hendricks for speaking out in favour of gun control and relives 24 hours without internet. TKARÓN:TO TACKLE TWILL STITCHED BASEBALL JERSEY – Casey Bannerman Designs https://caseybannerman.com/products/...

Today Matt celebrates Bobby Bonilla Day (and Canada Day too!), lobbies for more help and stability in the Jays starting rotation, basks in the neon glow of the Padres new City Connect jerseys and praises Marcus Stroman for speaking out in support of women’s rights.  Later, Matt and Gary Hill Jr. ( www.twitter.com/garyhilljr ) preview the upcoming Jays - Mariners series and talk about Seattle’s exc...

Today, Matt recaps some close Blue Jays losses, talks about Alejandro Kirk’s mastery at the plate, Doug Eddings generous strike zone and Guillermo Martinez’s consequent ejection & suspension.  Elsewhere around the MLB, Matt digs into the muddy baseball controversy, uncovers a Canadian company that aims to take hitting on a new Trajektory and praises a trio of players standing up for Pride Nigh...

Matt is back for Father's Day, and he & Steve talk about the recent not-so-good week for the Blue Jays. To start, a neat Father's Day fact about Vlad Jr.; and we ask who was the most significant free agent signing: Hyun-jin Ryu or George Springer? There was also a quick discussion about how close the Jays were to signing Verlander, and the Jays' "secret" baserunning scorecard. Plus, hot off th...

Matt's away camping, so eldest Gower brother Glen joins Steve for a third appearance on the podcast to talk about the week that was in Blue Jays land. There was a much bigger focus on music and public transportation infrastructure this week, but they did manage to work in a conversation about Vlad's batting troubles. The big music conversations surrounded the Angels' attempt to bust their slump wi...

To answer last week's question, YES, the offence has been revived. Matt & Steve talk about the great week the Jays had, which started off with a sweep over the White Sox; the Twins/Jays Friday night game was part of a night tied for 4th in MLB history with home runs in one night; Buffalo Bisons' Nathan Lukes hits an inside-the-park grand slam; and the Baltimore Orioles have named Eve Rosenbloo...

The Blue Jays won 4 games in a row leading into our Sunday morning recording (and finished off with a very slow 11-10 win Sunday afternoon), leading Matt & Steve to talk about whether or not the Jays offence has been revived. They also talk about Espinal's great play - possibly even greater than Semien so far - the downside of west coast games, and a brief note on Russell Martin's official ret...

Matt is joined by Steve again, and despite having a full week to talk about, a crazy storm on the weekend in Ottawa put a wrench in our plans. Overall it was a good week for the Jays winning both series but all in low-scoring games. They talk about what kind of defensive alignment should be banned, Kikuchi's coffee preferences, and general frustration with the lack of offence in the lineup outside...

Today Tao of Stieb returns to the show to talk about the Jays new batting lineup, squishy baseballs and setting umpires free in the wild. Also, Matt talks about birthday parties and housecleaning. Follow Tao of Stieb: https://twitter.com/taoofstieb https://taoofstieb.substack.com

Today, Matt discovers that he is now rooting for the Red Sox, is disappointed that last week’s prophecy came true and praises Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman & the starting rotation. Plus, Matt almost forgets Mother’s Day and plays multiple rounds of Two Car Monty.

Matt & Steve talk about the slightly concerning amount of one-run games the Blue Jays are playing in - though they are winning them! And is the current success the team is seeing a good thing or a bad thing? Plus, Matt attended the Ottawa Titans Media Day and spoke with David Mayberry, Luke Navigato, Elliott Curtis and manager Bobby Brown. Also, Matt thinks he's invented a new pizza.

Steve's back to talk about how the Blue Jays have won 5 straight series to start the year, sitting in first place in the AL East at the time of recording. Injuries abound but the team is getting it done backed by a strong bullpen. Matt interviewed Brett Chancey of the Locked On Astros podcast to talk about the Houston Astros just in time for the Blue Jays series in Houston (and ahead of next week'...

Today, Matt recaps an up and down week for the Jays, declares that Vladdy’s MVP campaign has officially started, decries some bumps & bruises and applauds Jordan Romano’s dominance. Later, Matt’s joined by Lauren Campbell (NESN, Locked on Red Sox Podcast) to preview the upcoming series in Boston. Also: Matt’s super power is parking.

Today Matt talks about the Blue Jays’ opening weekend, the travels of Cavan Biggio’s pants (by way of Robbie Ray) and puts an end to Jose Ramirez trade rumours. Later Davide Disipio drops by to talk about the inaugural Ottawa Titans baseball season. Plus, we learn that crows know how to use tools…

In this week's episode we reveal the B Team - chosen by the ever-reliable method of drawing a name out of a hat. Plus some Blue Jays signings, Charlie Montoyo's extension, general MLB news, and talking about several murders of crows. Drum roll sound effect: https://freesound.org/people/bigjoedrummer/sounds/77305/ CC0 1.0 Universal (No Copyright), by user bigjoedrummer.

It's time for our 2022 Season Preview! First up are some notes about the Jays including the trade sending Randall Grichuk to the Rockies for Raimel Tapia, players signings to avoid arbitration, some Rogers Centre news, and other misc MLB news. Then we get into our predictions for the 2022 season (surprise, we both think the Jays will win the AL East). Plus some talk about putting bed sheets on a b...

Spring training begins and there has been even more free agent signings plus a huge TRADE! Involving the Blue Jays! The Jays acquired Matt Chapman and Matt & Steve talk about it. They also talked around a season preview without actually doing a season preview...Lots of MLB and Jays news to cover in this episode, there will be more Blue Jays coverage next week!

Great news - the lockout is over! Matt & Steve talk about the new CBA, which includes an extended 12 team playoffs, NO DH in the NL, and other tidbits. Plus, some Jays signings, and a debate about Daylights Savings Time.

Unfortunately the lockout continues, but luckily there are still a few (minor) Jays news items to talk about. But the lockout dominated our talk today. Fair warning, there is at least ONE expletive in the episode. Matt & Steve also talk about the highs of mechanical pencils and the lows of "pink fong". Reading items: Eugene Freedman on Twitter The "National Fans Union" Don't forget to catch us...

Episode Notes The lockout continues! While the MLB hired a "really good investment banker" to show how bad an investment owning an MLB team is and made some non-serious proposals, there doesn't seem to be a lot of optimism for starting baseball on time. Matt & Steve talk about how good the Jays farm system is (5th overall), 4 of their prospects appearing in the top 100 prospects list, and the...