Aren't you tired of baseball podcasts where the hosts are obviously smarter than you? Wouldn't it be nice if you could listen to a couple folks who admittedly aren't very bright at all so you could feel better and superior about your takes and level of kn
We're feeling okay about the pitching, okay about the hitting, and okay with just about everything except the total inability for this team to sweep a series. Just go on a run, dammit! How hard can it be? (very hard)
Incredible: The 2023 season has 170 games in it! It's just still going! Changing nothing has changed nothing! Can the Jays find a way to turn it around in the next .... 155 games?
Surprise! One extra episode is on the way for you. Dan Vogelbach grabbed an Opening Day 40 man slot at the expense of Yosver Zulueta (who we all learned about for no reason!), so I brought in the notorious Spencer to break down an admittedly fairly basic caricature of a Type Of Guy that has always existed in baseball. The Big Sluggin DH. If you're wondering where the Brian Serven episode is: He's a 3rd catcher. They rebuilt his swing a little bit? If he's decent I'll record one next week, ok?
Bo Bichette has continued to get better over his tenure as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, adding more and more to his strengths while putting in the work to minimize his weaknesses. MLB dot com's Keegan Matheson joins the final episode of 40 in 30 to talk about the face of the Jays franchise.
After two stellar seasons as the ace of the Blue Jays staff, Kevin Gausman is primed to continue to rise to the level of the game's elite pitchers. Old Reliable Andrew Stoeten stops by to look deeper at the best pitcher in the Jays rotation, and potentially one of the best in franchise history.
We're finally made it out of the wilderness everyone, spring training is over and we've got a season preview on the way. Check out a full episode full of best and worst feelings around individual players, the machinations of the bottom of the roster, and some bold predictions for the season overall.
We've got an extra couple guest episodes around so why not share them! In honour of Jose Berrios being named Opening Day starter The much maligned WhyJays / Mr. Baby / aka White Silk joins the show to take a closer look at La Makina, a model of pitching consistency that had an odd hiccup in 2022 but managed to bounce back to his old self with a stellar 2023. And Yusei Kikuchi pulled his Blue Jays career out of the gutter with an incredible bounce-back 2023 campaign that saw him post career bests in every worthwhile category. Chris Boulding jumps onto the show to analyze the changes that helped Kikuchi climb back out of the bullpen and into the waiting arms of the Blue Jays faithful.
Anyone who remembers where they were when George Springer joined the Toronto Blue Jays also probably remembers that is was our friend BK live from the barber's chair as the one to break the news. Coming off a slightly disappointing season for Springer, BK takes up the mantle as a Springer Guy to look into the numbers and discover if there is any data lurking that we can pin our hopes to in search of a bounce back in 2024. Find all the profiles at patreon.com/lessthanjays Follow bk at twitter.com/_bkuh_ Follow Zubes at twitter.com/thezubes
Alejandro Kirk experienced how quick a narrative can change in 2023, where a previous season's favourite ball of barrels and joy was replaced with a lack of power and some serious trouble adding value on the basepaths. A bat first prospect, he has developed into an excellent defensive catcher, but is the fall off in 2023 too much to bear or is there a sign of life that 2024 can get him back to the line drive producing piece of the puzzle he once was. The infamous GROF, Drew Fairservice joins the show to examine his own accounts of Kirk's progress and maps an outlook for an uncertain future.
I love Chris Bassitt. This is a guy who represents what pitching is really all about to me. Endless tinkering, a curious mind, big-picture thinking, it's all part of the joy that comes with watching and analyzing Chris Bassitt. Fellow curious mind Jonah Birenbaum joins the show to talk about the Hound on the Mound.
Here's the thing: Daulton Varsho doesn't have to be that good to be really good. If you're in the mood to get talked into a rejuvenation year for Daulton Varsho in 2024, this is a good podcast to listen to. Chris Black (@DownToBlack) joins the show to look at what happened to cause so much trouble in 2023 and where a small improvement can go a long way to make 2024 the beginning of a great relationship between Toronto and Varsho.
Finally, a new player! Well, an old player, actually. But a new Blue Jay! Justin Turner brings some veteran grit and Done It All savvy to a Jays lineup that seeks to replace the Adult In The Room vacated by Brandon Belt. Does he have another good year left in his bat, and are there things beyond quantifiable stats that can help this 2024 team win it all? Rob Wong stops by to break it all down
We know him, we love him, we want to see more of him. Danny Jansen has been around the Blue Jays longer than Mark Shapiro. What could happen if he played a full season's worth of games? And what unmeasurables does he fill our hearts with? Scott Belford of the Walkoff Pod joins to get sentimental about the Jays de facto captain, and wonder what has to happen for an extension to get signed.
It's not all 45 FV when it comes to Toronto Blue Jays prospects. Orelvis Martinez is the closest thing the team has to a potential breakout bat in the minor leagues, a power swinger that has crushed the ball at every level and has shown recently that he is capable of making adjustments at every level to become better and better as he matures as a hitter. Josh Goldberg of theScore joins the show to break down the future and the present for Martinez, with some speculation if he'll be a contributor to the 2024 team or not before long. Hear the profiles for all 40 players at patreon.com/lessthanjays Follow Josh at twitter.com/jgoldberg12 Follow Zubes at twitter.com/thezubes
Davis Schneider exploded into the hearts and minds of Blue Jays fans in 2023 with an all-time great start to his career and some season-saving heroics when a desperate team needed them most. Unfortunately his season concluded with an equally ice-cold stretch, so how do we determine where the real Davis Schneider expectations should lie? Johnny Giunta of Gate 14 stops by to examine the highs and lows of Schneider's 2023 and project what might become for a possible every day player on the 2024 Jays roster. Hear the profiles for all 40 players at patreon.com/lessthanjays Follow Johnny at twitter.com/johnnygiunta_ & twitter.com/Gate14Pod Follow Zubes at twitter.com/thezubes
The Blue Jays liked Yariel Rodriguez enough to give him a five-year contract this offseason, but few players on the roster have as many questions that can be asked about their role and reasonable expectation. What do the Jays see that results in them signing a deal with a player that skipped all of a prime year in 2023 to bet on themselves, and is somewhere in between questionable starter numbers and lights-out bullpen work? For the answers we turn to the best in the business, Blake Murphy from Sportsnet Radio the Fan 590. Hear the profiles for all 40 players at https://patreon.com/lessthanjays Follow Blake at twitter.com/blakemurphyodc Follow Zubes at twitter.com/thezubes
We're passing the time between now and Opening Day with some player profiles of the Blue Jays 40-man roster! Joining Zubes to talk about left handed starter Adam Macko is certified Ball Knower Avery Chenier of Gate 14. For more 40 in 30 profiles and extra long regular episodes of Less Than Jays you can find them on the Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/lessthanjays
Every Now And Then I Fall Apart Jays sign Justin Turner! I think that's fine. Don't ask about any other parts of my life or my roster.
We gotta get this out quick because there's rumours the Jays are finalists for Shohei Ohtani?????????? WHAT IF WE GET SHOHEI OHTANI??? (what if we don't lol)
We're saying names baby, time to read off every free agent and make some statements about them. This is literally what it's all about.
Time for the MLB Postseason heaanngngghhhgn they're going to make the World Series right
Unreal bad performance against the Rangers. Is it over? It feels like it's over.
What could possibly happen with two weeks off, they suddenly won't make the playoffs or something hahah come on. what's that you say oh no
Paul DeJong and Jordan Hicks are your 2023 Blue Jays Trade Deadline acquisitions. It's definitely an improvement, but is it enough to satiate our ravenous need for The Perfect Roster? As long as Bo is healthy. And he is, right? Right?
Lets have some early reactions about a new reliever to talk about as well as impressions from a symptomatic 2023 Blue Jays trip out west against the Mariners and Dodgers. Then we'll speculate about Some More Guys while we continue to try to conjure a trade out of the ether by doing something brave like uploading a podcast at night during an off day. I'm the class president of doing good at this. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Time for us to do what we do best, and that's make up some trades! We've sectioned off good players from bad teams and a few sweethearts we've got our eyes on as well, just a few weeks ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline as this extremely frustrating and wildly successful Jays season rolls into the back half. We're going to stay in our Lane.... THOMAS that is!! haha more jokes like this within. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Is my brain broken or do I believe in the Jays more and more the worse they look? With the All-Star Break upon us, we take stock of a confounding half season of Blue Jays baseball and find ourselves on opposite sides of what the first half of play means in the big picture for the Blue Jays. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Let's get it allllll out. Venting on the front office, roster construction, the Generational Talent, the manager, the hitting coach, whatever you want to be upset about it is all fair game. Except us. You can't be mean to us. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at http://twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok http://www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince http://www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Oh no, Alek. The Manoah regression has been harsh and now the Jays opening day starter is going to try to rebuild in the FCL which is apparently something called a Complex League? Hell, I'm getting a complex just thinking about it! Johnny Giunta of Gate 14 joins the show while Jake is at work to talk Manoah, Vladdy, Kikuchi, Atkins, and tell us the origin story of the breakout hit of the season in the Blue Jays podcast space. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at http://twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok http://www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince http://www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Donate to The 519: https://linktr.ee/the519 Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok https://www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince https://www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/LessThanJays.
UGHHHHH I hate watching this team right now. At least I am only giving them 12-15 hours of my week every week. This week we're talking about the 6 combined losses to the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles. Sick. Can't wait. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at http://twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok http://www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince http://www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Gahhhhh it's so frustrating to the lose to the fuckin' Yankees. If you have any sort of problem with the way the Blue Jays are built it probably came out at some point in the last four games. The Jays drop a mid-week series against the Yanks and it draws out an examination of what's missing from this team right now and what factors are responsible for why those things aren't in place. Plus we're cranky!!!
Well this sucks way more! The Blue Jays have shit the bed all week, dropping four straight to the Red Sox in Fenway and giving up 6 or more runs in every single outing. Let's take a look at what's going wrong and how much of an issue the reasons behind the problems really are. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at https://twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok https://www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince https://www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/LessThanJays.
What's not to love about a clean sweep of a shit AL Central team and a series win over the New York Yankees? We dabble in revelry about how great the rotation has been lately and then tackle a HEFTY mailbag and phone line session with a whole handful of great calls. 103 win pace! Good for.... 3rd in the division. Love it here. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Halfway through the first tough test of the season, the Jays are putting together just enough production around their question marks to keep pace in a tough AL East. We are here to confront the questions head on and navigate the opening month of the season. Plus Jake sees the renovations for the first time! Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
The Jays made winning 2 of 3 against the Detroit Tigers look about as hard as it possibly can in 2023. We sort through the debut of the new-look Rogers Centre as well as share our biggest positives and negatives from the first week of action in the Jays season. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at http://twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok http://www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince http://www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LessThanJays.
We're two series into the season, time to make some sweeping generalizations about the players we do and don't believe in. Plus, some of the new Rogers Centre renos are revealed and we're not even jealous that they didn't invite two curmudgeonly old washed up idiots to eat the food and tweet about being in the exclusive club. We're not jealous!!! Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
The Opening Day roster is set! As a treat, we go player-by-player on all 26 spots and give a snap judgement of where we stand on each of them. Then a handful of bold -- and very optimistic -- predictions for the coming year. Use Promo Code LESSTHANJAYS at the Left Field Brewery Fan Shop on orders of $55 or more to score a free koozie while supplies last! http://fanshop.leftfieldbrewery.ca/discount/LESSTHANJAYS Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at http://twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok http://www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince http://www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Use Promo Code LESSTHANJAYS at the Left Field Brewery Fan Shop on orders of $55 or more to score a free koozie while supplies last! https://fanshop.leftfieldbrewery.ca/discount/LESSTHANJAYS This week we dive into our bags of best case and worst case scenarios for the coming baseball season. What is the ceiling of this team and what does a disaster look like? Plus, which players are set to have the biggest impact on the difference between those two outcomes? All that plus we dig into the mailbag once again. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
We back! Jake and Zubes talk about their impressions of spring so far, speaking on what has stood out in the couple of small roster spots available. We're talking Addison Barger, Otto Lopez, the Cavan Biggio/Whit Merrifield combo, Yusei Kikuchi's bearded bounceback, and if Nate Pearson is the 8th member of the pen. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Hey everybody! Now that spring training is starting we're gearing up for summer over on the Less Than Jays patreon. Available now is our 30 day player profile series featuring all 40 members of the Blue Jays 40-man roster. Check out a preview of the Otto Lopez / Zach Thompson episode for free here on the feed. 26:43 Plus, Zubes and Josh Custodio from Wrestling Brain have a full UFC 285 preview available now! Check out a sneak peek of the discussion about the main event and listen to the whole thing on the Patreon. For both of these pieces and more head on over right now to patreon.com/lessthanjays
Fresh off the buzz of the Winter Tour Kevin Kiermaier pics, the dust has settled and two moves have been made. The fellas are back in the saddle to talk about Daulton Varsho (get a better name, bud!), Brandon Belt, forgetting the Arizona Diamondbacks exist, The Adam Duvall Vortex, and play a new game called AITA. You, the listeners of this show: You're the most important people in the world! Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LessThanJays.
The Jays have made a couple moves, but are they enough? Will they be better than they were last year? Do they have to be? What do you mean it's only December? Come for the Kiermaier & Bassitt takes, stay for the super deep insider content. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
If you're an MLB source and you are listening to this show, you should give us scoops we are the perfect guys for it. In this episode: BASELESS SPECULATION! We name like every free agent and trade target that exists and we even look at some of the circles to see what colour they are. Send in your questions or hot takes at lessthanjays@gmail.com, on twitter at twitter.com/lessthanjays or call us and leave a message at 833-714-7774. Hosted and produced by Andrew Zuber & Jake Goldsbie Cover art by Leah Kwok www.instagram.com/kwoking.on.sunshine/ Music by Mat Prince www.matprince.com/media-1 To support the show, hear answers to every mailbag question, get more mid-show banter, and get extra shows like mailbags and the Jays Of Our Lives series, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/LessThanJays.
Oh man they traded Teoscar Hernandez! For a reliever! From the Mariners! I am sad. We try to sort through our feelings on this to see if we can go from sad to angry to optimistic in record time. It's just a quick reaction pod here, full feelings about the off-season to come this weekend. Damn!
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