Buds N Blue Jays

Now thats how you do it! The Jays finally start tapping into their HR power as Vlad finally gets his first of the year, Alan Roden with his first big league HR and Tony Taters, Myles Straw getting into the action as well, plus the Blue Jays were striking out EVERYONE on Wednesday with a franchise record 19Ks! 10 of them by Chris Bassitt, We have thoughts on his performance, Easton Lucas's clunker, Barger, Clement, Springer, Varsho and so much more!

The boys are returning home, after a long road trip with some ups and some downs it ends with a two game split against the Orioles after a rain out. Alot to come out of this series though, including Jeff Hoffman being dynamite! George Springers injury, Santander and Kirk with their first HRs of the series and so much more, we touch on all the major storylines then get you set for the homestand against the Braves. All that and more!

So close to the series sweep! Blue Jays bounce back nicely after getting swept by the mets to take three out of four against the Red Sox. We're joined by Scott Belford of the walkoff podcast to discuss the series against the Red Sox, including a resurgent George Springer, Some impressive play from the bottom of our order, The incredible starting pitching we've been getting and just how dominant Jeff Hoffman has been, Plus we give some more thoughts on the Vlad extention and so much more!

HE'S STAYING! The Blue Jays have signed 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr to a massive 14-year 500 Million dollar deal meaning he will be a Blue Jay for life, we'll talk on all aspects of the deal, the excitment for having him around, the what this means going forward and for the future of the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays went to NY for their first road trip of the season and the Bats simply disappered. Scoring just 3 runs in the 3 games and have fallen back to .500 after such a promising start. We'll talk about all of that plus some of the curious bullpen decisions and more, Blue we are joined by a Popular Mats fan to discuss all things Blue Jays and Mets, the Juan Soto persuit, Steve Cohen as owner and what the Mets pitch to Vlad could be in free agency, All that and more

Now THATS how you do it! The Blue Jays sweep the Washington Nationals and improve to 5-2 on the young season. We talk all aspects of the series, including Easton Lucas picking up a W in his first MLB start, Bowden Francis took a no hitter into the 6th, George Springer looks like he's turned back the clock and more! Plus we talk Blue Jays / Nationals history as a franchise and gear up for the upcoming series against the Mets.

After a long long winter, we FINALLY have some baseball to react to. The Jays split the series against the Baltimore Orioles and the storylines are a plenty coming out of this one. Max Scherzer injury is worse than we thought and will miss some time. Who will step up? Lovelady gone, and Fluharty is here! First big league hit for Alan Roden and is Andres Gimenez the clean up hitter we needed all along? So much and more on this episode!

What a season 2025 is going to be! Welcome to the official 2025 season preview for the Toronto Blue Jays, We've got 20 Burning questions for the team this year, including, Will we get a Contract done for Vlad? Is Alan Roden the spark this team needs? Can Max Scherzer lead this pitching staff? How will the bullpen perform coming off last season's disaster? All that and more, PLUS! Opening day roster discussions, Alejandro Kirk extension, And we give our predictions on team record MVP and more! Be sure to like and subscribe and stick around all season long!

Its the most fun episode of the year! Today we get just a little bit spicy and come up with some of our boldest predictions of what may happen this upcoming Toronto Blue Jays season! Do we have a surprise MVP or Cy Young contender? Who on this team is going to set a unique record? Will we finally have a no hitter? All that plus reading your own Bold Predictions!

2025 is a make or break season for the Toronto Blue Jays, but that is also the case for many players on the Toronto Blue Jays in this episode we go through and look at the players on this team whose performance could lead the Blue Jays to higher levels in 2025. Plus we take a look at some of the rumblings that came out of camp this week, including Max Scherzer's thumb injury, The Blue Jays signing Dillon Tate and some thoughts on the Vlad contract drama. All that and more!

Welcome Welcome Welcome! We continue our Blue Jays season preview series by talking about a few players who have impressed us so far this spring. Andrew and Chris join us from the coaches sons podcast and we discuss Will Alan Roden be on the opening-day roster. Is Kevin Gausman back? Plus we take a look around the other teams in the AL East and see how the Blue Jays stack up in the division. All that and more as we gear up for season!

Opening day is just one month away! We're officially getting into season preview mode. In this episode we have some early looks at the first week of camp, which players have surprised us or have increased their stock heading into the 2025 season, Plus the Blue Jays have released their promotional schedule for the season and we'll take a look at these and see what we like and what are the must have items for the 2025 season!

Its Official, the face of our franchise Vladimir Guerrero Jr will become a free agent at the end of the season. We're joined by the Co-Host of the Jay Bird Watching Podcast and our friend Liz McGuire to discuss the news. As the self imposed deadline has came and went, in this episode we break down what this means for him, for the 2025 Blue Jays and the long term future for the Toronto Blue Jays. Plus we take a look at some of the news that has come out of Spring Training, and we start drafting players we're excited to watch this spring. All that and so much more!

Pitchers and Catchers report next week! For this episode we take one last look back at the off season and talk about the major moves the Blue Jays have made this winter. Are Santander, Hoffman and Scherzer enough? Is the Gimenez trade going to be a difference maker? How about some of the smaller moves we've made? Plus we take a look at some under the radar moves we think could make a big difference.In the second half of the episode we take a look at some of the top prospects to know going into the season, some of them that could have an impact this year and some of them that could dramatically help this team in the future. All that and more!

Pitchers and catchers are reporting next week and in the next episode of our season preview series we're taking a deep dive on the Blue Jays pitchers, we'll discuss many things from, Can Gausman get his strikeouts back? What can we get out of Max Scherzer? Who is the real Bowden Francis? And who are the names of some players we're not thinking of that could have an impact this year. We also discuss Pete Alonso signing with the Mets and what it means for the Blue Jays and tease a special guest on next week's episode. All that and more!

THE MAN THE LEGEND! WELCOME TO THE BLUE JAYS MAX SCHERZER!The Blue Jays got a guy to choose us first as we've signed RHP Max Scherzer to a 1 year $15.5M dollar deal! the 40-year old is coming off an injury riddled season but what exactly are we getting from him? What does this mean for the rest of the rotaton? Are we done? or is there more coming? The Blue Jays sure are cooking!

Happy Truck Day everyone! Its officially baseball season, in this episode we touch on the latest Pete Alonso rumors and minor free agent signings. Then we take a deep dive into the infielders of the Blue Jays, Can Vlad Jr have an MVP caliber season in a walk year? Can Andres Gimenez find his 2022 form? How about Bo Bichette can he stay healthy and find his power stroke again? Plus we take a look at 10 Blue Jays who are approaching some career milestones and we see if they can get there this season. All that and more!

WE GOT A GUY! The Blue Jays are in agreement with a 5 Year 92.5 Million dollar contract with OF Anthony Santander with an option for a 6th year. The Blue Jays finally get some insurance in the lineup behind Vladdy! In this episode we give our immediate reaction, What are we going to get from the slugger, where does he play? do we like the fit? What does this mean for the rest of the roster? PLUS! What comes next?

Clock is ticking, the 2025 international free agent Pool is open and Roki Sasaki has yet to make a decision. The Blue Jays appear to be one of the finalists, here we go again. We also take a look at some of the comments new RHP Jeff Hoffman has made about his shoulder, take a look at what is going on with the Vlad trade rumors. and then we do a deeper dive at our Catchers and our OF and hammer down what exactly we should expect from these players going into the 2025 season. All that and more! Be sure to subscribe

Its an emergency episode!!Blue Jays sign RHP Jeff Hoffman to a 3 year 33 Million dollar deal. Its the Jays biggest move of the winter so far and the largest free agent contract this front office has given to a Relief pitcher. We have our immediate reaction here!

7 Blue Jays have reached an arbitration deal before the deadline and one of them was Vladimir Guerrero Jr who has the 3rd highest Arb salary in MLB history! We touch on that and what this might mean for the long term future for vladdy, Plus Kirk Varsho and Ernie getting more $$ than projected. We also touch on Roki Sasaki to see if the Jays really are the Mystery team to sign the Japanese Superstar. Then we take a look at some of the Steamer projections and see what the 2025 season might look like for our Toronto Blue Jays players. All that and more!

2024 What a year! It wasnt what we were hoping from the Blue Jays on the field but we've learned some valuable lessons and now we're going to take some with us and leave some other behind. As the calander changes into 2025 we now start to take a look at the team on the field, and see what to expect from these guys. All that and so much more in this epiosde

Ho Ho Ho, Happy Holidays Blue Jays fans! On this episode Scott Belford from the Walkoff Podcast joins us as we pull out our Chirstmas lists and we ask santa for some gifts under the tree for us to get this year, Whether it be player related, skills we want to see or just changes around the rogers center. But first we take a look at some of the off season rumors surrounding the Blue Jays and try to take a stab at what theyre going to do the rest of the off season. Blue Jays new coaching staff, Bo Bichette's hair cut, Some HOF Chatter and a Rapid fire game of Questions with Scott. We've got all that and more on this episode.

The Blue Jays made their first big trade of the offseason! Acquiring 2B Andres Gimenez and RHP Nick Sandlin from the Guardians for Spencer Horwitz and Nick Mitchell. We bring in our friend Zac from the at the corner podcast to break down all things Gimenez, what will we get from the bat, can he get back to his 2022 form or is this just who he is? How much of the defence going to benefit this team, What comes next after this move? do we trade Bo Bichette? PLUS! We re sign Yimi Garcia, Have a final discussion about Juan Soto and if that means we get an extention for Vlad before he reaches free agency. Rule 5 draft, MLB Draft Lottery and a fun game of Guardians / Blue Jays Trivia! all that and more on this episode!

Winter Meetings start up this week and the Blue Jays are going to be very very busy, Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes and a whole lor more rumors surrounding this team right now. We take a look at them all plus take a stab at which ones we're going to get. We now take a look at the trade market and see if we can make a trade that will strengthen this team going into next season. Injury updates, Coaching news, Draft lottery talk and so much more

We're into the American Thanksgiving and most transactions happen between now and Christmas so the moves should be coming soon, we take a look at where the Blue Jays stand with Juan Soto (and some of the other high end free agents) We also take a stab at exactly what the Blue Jays are going to do this offseason, including and where our money is going to go. We also take a stab at fixing this bullpen and start to gear up what should be an exciting month,

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 office moves that have been made over the last week. all that and more

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 at steamer projections and how they shake up for the Blue Jays this year. All that and more!

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 in honor of Halloween we have some Blue Jay related halloween fun at the end of the episode. Be sure to like and subscribe as we get into to winter.

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 made and see how many of them came true, We might have gotten more right than you think, All that and so much more!

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 bench coach and so much more. PLus we take a look back at the season and reflect on some lessons that we learned from a 2024 season that underwhelmed us. All that and so much more

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 share some quick thoughts on thier season, plus the bullpen churn, Injury updates and we preview what will be the last series of the season for the Jays against the Miami Marlins, Buckle up!

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 down to buffalo as the Bisons have offically wrapped up their 2024 season, all that and so much more as we preview the upcoming homestand against BOS

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 take a look at the Series, Vladdy broke our of his mini slump with a double dong, his 30th of the year, Davis Schneider went deep again, Leo Jimenez keeps getting hit by baseballs and Addison Barger did something in this series that may be a good sign for him going forward. Fun games, a look down on the farm and so much more.

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 updates, prospect notes and we take a preview at the upcoming series against the Texas Rangers. Be sure to like and subscribe!

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 and other back end of the roster guys to see if any of them have a chance to be on the 2025 team. Plus Bullpen, Prospect notes and so much more!

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, We take a look at some of the events the Jays care team is auctioning off, Minor league notes an update on the Blue Jays fantasy football league and more!

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 that bad? Plus we have some rapid fire questions and take a look down on the farm as we get set for the final month of the regular season.

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 in Fenway

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 playing as good as anyone in the AL East over the last month or so. Barger and Loperfido look like legit players, Gausman had another Gem and we look some of the other notable impact parts of this series, All that and more!

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 too, a 5 HR game, Blowing a 6-0 lead, and some interesting notes on the SP and the lineup side. All that and so much more!

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 players weekend gear! We take a look at all that have a rapid fire round of questions and preview the upcoming series against the Reds

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 SPs have done some very interesting things this series. WE also take a look at whether or not the Jays should go with a 6 man rotation, Talk a bit about whether tanking is a good idea and take a look at the updated Blue Jays top prospects lists. All that and more!

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 series with the Blue Jays. All that and more!

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 were 3 pretty good starting pitcher apperances in this series. Have a debate about wheather or not Vlads time at 3B should continue and then we react to the comments Mark Shapiro made about Ross atkins and the future of the club before we preview the A's series. All that and more!

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 full season of Davis Schneider and dive a little into what the long term outlook is for him. Plus notes on the starting pitchers, the pen and we have a Joey Votto update! All that and so much more!

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 deadline, we also share some thoughts on Ross Atkins comments post deadline and take a look at the series against the Baltimore Orioles. All that and so much more!

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 SWEEP of the defending world series champions in our barn and we have alot of stories coming out of that series as well, All that and so much more

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 Jays are going to look to get back. We also recap a series loss to the Rays and some notable performances, including Yariel Rodriguez, Daulton Varsho and Vladimir Guerrero Jr, We touch on Kiermaiers pending retirement and so much more!