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Blue Jays Happy Hour
Andrew Stoeten (The Batflip, formerly the Athletic, National Post, Blue Jays Nation, Drunk Jays Fans) and Nick Ashbourne (Sportsnet and Yahoo Sports) team up every week to discuss all things Toronto Blue Jays! AD-FREE AND WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES AVAILABLE AT patreon.com/BJHH
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Episodes
- Blue Jays Happy Hour
Springing Springer
Spring has finally sprung for the Toronto Blue Jays, who have several high-profile players potentially in camp for the last time. Could one of those be George…
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Vlad to the Bone
You had one job, Ross and Mark! And in this Vlad-centric episode, we discuss how and why they failed at it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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Ending on a Positive Note?
Like this very podcast episode itself, the Blue Jays' offseason may be ending on a positive note. January signings of Anthony Santander and Max Scherzer—the…
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Enter Santman
The Blue Jays have finally added some desperately needed power to the middle of their lineup, signing switch-hitting Orioles slugger Anthony Santander to a…
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Don't Hassle the Hoff('s Medicals)
Jeff Hoffman is the Blue Jays new closer, but not after a couple of failed physicals elsewhere—potentially an odd choice given that medicals seemed to be a big…
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2024 in Review
After a quick opening digression to discuss Vlad's recent contract comments and the offseason so far, this week we dive into what we've learned in 2024—about…
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Giménez, García, Guerrero
The Jays made a trade just after we recorded our previous episode, but have been kind enough not to do much else since. So this week we review the Andrés…
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Mid-Meetings Madness
The Winter Meetings are on, Juan Soto and Jordan Romano are gone, and the Blue Jays have entered their pivot. In is former interim closer Yimi García…
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Spending the Unicorn Budget
The Juan Soto saga will continue on through MLB's traditional quiet period for American Thanksgiving—no, he is not joining the Boston Red Sox, as some were…
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Bell, Biz, Soto
Juan Soto "rumours" continue to fly, as Jays fans brace themselves to be hurt again. Plus, the Jays have hired former Reds manager David Bell as the latest…
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The Desperation Offseason
It's Juan Soto's world, we're just living in it. But probably not for a whole lot longer! So, for this week's episode, we checked in on a "reeking of…
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Scott Bores Us
The "uber-agent," Scott Boras, was in his element this week in San Antonio, Texas. That's where the MLB world met for the league's annual GM Meetings. And…
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Revisiting Our Pre-Season Thoughts
Did the Blue Jays have a good-enough offseason? Which players were getting too much hype, and which weren't getting enough? How well would the team do this…
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The Season Debrief Debrief
Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins have met the media to wrap-up another disappointing Blue Jays season, and this week Nick and Stoeten discuss the highlights and…
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A conversation about the 2024 Blue Jays
The Blue Jays' season has mercifully over. But as a crucial offseason begins, fans seem to have little interest in showing mercy to those responsible for…
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Buns, Bandages, Bullpens, and Bo
Bo Bichette tries to play baseball in 2024. No-show Bichette. It's been a tough year for the Blue Jays' star shortstop, who had his season end last week after…
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Bowden Franchise
Bowden Francis continues to pitch his way into the Jays' 2025 rotation, but what will happen to him now that his "personal catcher" is off the roster? PLUS…
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There's Bo Place Like Home
Bo Bichette has declared his desire to stay in Toronto long-term, and to win a championship with teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr. It's a bold and surprising…
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Are You Experienced?
The Blue Jays stuck with MLB's least experienced lineup of the season on Sunday, even when down one run in the ninth with a bench full of veterans. Does a team…
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A New Hope
The Blue Jays have been MLB's sixth-best team by wRC+ in August. They're tied for seventh in home runs, and if you counted the four runs they scored when…
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The Hound is Barking
Jays RHP Chris Bassitt stirred up controversy this week with some fairly benign—but, admittedly, fascinating—comments about the Blue Jays, their pursuit of…
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Youthquake!
The Blue Jays and their fans are now firmly into the process of getting to know a number of young players acquired at last month's trade deadline, so it's time…
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Post-Deadline Vibes
The trade deadline has come and gone, the Band-Aid has been ripped off, and now the Blue Jays—and their fans—get to float along into the unknown. The vibes…
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Out with the Old, In with the Nucleus
Trades, trades, trades! The Blue Jays had a wildly active trade deadline, and in this episode Nick and Stoeten review the particulars of all eight of them and…
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Deadline or Lifeline?
For the first time since 2019, the Blue Jays will unambiguously be sellers at the trade deadline, giving them just a week to start reshaping their roster for…
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Springer Surge
One of the worst qualified hitters in baseball after nearly three months of play, George Springer has suddenly, surprisingly been one of the best in MLB over…
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Vibes, Vlad, and a Very Big Trade Deadline Upcoming
We're now less than a month away from what will likely be the most significant moment of the 2024 Blue Jays' season: the trade deadline. And while Vlad's…
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Orelvis has Left the Building
Well that was quick. Top Blue Jays hitting prospect Orelvis Martinez is gone as quickly as he arrived, thanks to an 80-game PED suspension. And somehow that…
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Orelvis has Entered the Building
The Blue Jays are once again turning to a product of their farm system, as top hitting prospect Orelvis Martinez has joined the club—though only because…
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Under the Knife
Alek Manoah's brief resurgence will end in surgery this week, meanwhile the Jays cut bait on Cavan Biggio, and their playoff chances—though nominally…
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Vlad at Third? Based
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. started at third base for the first time since 2019 over the weekend, and in this week's episode, Nick and Stoeten talk themselves into…
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Jackets and Jerseys
The Blue Jays' Home Run Jacket has returned, and with it has come some additional offence. It is already too little too late? In this week's clothing-heavy…
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Ross the Boss
Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins chose to meet with the media on the Saturday morning of Canada's first long weekend of the summer to talk about his team's full…
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Slowey Bats
Despite some uplifting recent performances, including a surprising one from Alek Manoah, the Blue Jays' bats still feel awfully sluggish—and Statcast's…
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The Bottom of the Middle
The Blue Jays didn't have a great time in their weekend series in D.C., and now face a tough schedule ahead just as questions about the direction of the…
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Six Gods
Things looked bleak for the Blue jays amid a five-game losing streak that featured three low-scoring losses in Kansas City and a blowout home loss to the…
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The Var-show Finally Debuts
The Jays can't seem to score more than five runs in a game or finish off a sweep, but things are going well, and the way has been led lately by Daulton…
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Almost All Pitching (Just Like the Jays)
After two ugly ones early on, Chris Bassitt has his ERA down to 4.03 after a second straight gem in a strong series opener against the Yankees on Monday…
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Home Eye-Opener
The Blue Jays and their fans were able to (mostly) put some bad vibes and bad performances behind them—at least for one night—as the club unveiled the fully…
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Getting Blanco'd
It's been a boom-or-bust start of the season for the Blue Jays and their much maligned lineup, and it was definitely a bust when they opened their midweek…
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Season Preview/Offseason Review
In the triumphant return of Blue Jays Happy Hour after a dormant offseason—for both the boys and the Blue Jays alike—Nick and Stoeten return to look back on an…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 120: It's Over!
Of all the seasons of Toronto Blue Jays baseball I’ve watched, that was certainly one of them. Fittingly, the team made a two run deficit feel insurmountable…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 119: Confirmed Losers (of Game One Against the Twins)
The Blue Jays played a decent, hard-fought game in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening, making some nice defensive plays, hitting some balls hard that found gloves…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 118: Here we go again...
The Blue Jays did it. They’re back in the playoffs. And they’re playing a team—the Minnesota Twins—that, based on their indifference toward Sunday’s result…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 117 - On Trop of the World
A good weekend at the Trop? In this economy??? When Nick and I recorded Episode 116 back on Thursday, we figured that we'd better add a second episode to our…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 116: Lumps of Cole, Rays of sunshine
The Blue Jays came up short against AL Cy Young frontrunner Gerrit Cole on Thursday night, and now face an incredibly tough test against the Rays this weekend…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 115: Blue Jays Sad Hour
The Blue Jays are bad, the Alek Manoah situation is weird, Nick and I talked about both things on our latest episode of Blue Jays Happy Hour, and you should…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 114: Missing the Forest for the Playoff Tree?
Blue Jays fans are loving their Buffalo Backup QB Syndrome Boys! But how real are the things that Davis Schneider, Spencer Horwitz, and Ernie Clement doing?…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 113: Meaningful September baseball is here! 🥴
Meaningful September baseball. It’s all you can really ask for at the start of a baseball season, and here we are about to have some, Blue Jays fans! CAN YOU…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 112: Swing and a Belt
At the end of this week’s episode of I mistakenly said that Davis Schneider was going to be in the lineup for the Blue Jays on Wednesday night. He wasn’t…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 111: Being Bob Nightengale
Should Blue Jays fans be afraid of the Seattle Mariners? Do we believe anything about Bob Nightengale’s suggestion that John Schneider’s job could be in…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Ep. 110: The Davis Schneider Episode
The Toronto Blue Jays have never lost a game Davis Schneider has played in. That remains even so after Tuesday's loss, in which the red hot rookie remained…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 109: Trade Deadline Reaction!
MLB’s annual trade deadline has come and gone and, like a whole lot of other teams vying for playoff spots, the Blue Jays are better, but probably not better…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 108 - Pre-deadline vibes
Above you’ll see a picture of Danny Jansen, who was barely mentioned in this week’s episode of Blue Jays Happy Hour, but probably could have been! Jansen’s…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 107: Vlad & Alejandro & Alek & Ross & Hot dogs
The Blue Jays salvaged their series with the Padres on Thursday afternoon, eking out a 4-0 victory despite having Blake Snell on the ropes all day, thanks in…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 106: Second half predictions!
The All-Star Game has come and gone, meaning that the second half of the Blue Jays’ season is about to get underway. In this week’s episode we look both…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 105: Three comebacks
The Blue Jays saved us from another grim episode on Tuesday night, as they actually managed to come back from a 3-2 deficit in Chicago to beat the White Sox…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 104: Marcus Strawman
Alek Manoah was shelled this week in his first competitive outing after being sent all the way to the Florida Complex League, and a certain former Jays pitcher…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 103: Off the Schneid?
The 2023 Blue Jays continue to give us whiplash as they swing back and forth between good vibes and bad, and earlier this week things were bad enough that…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 102: Solving Vladdy and the fifth starter's spot
The glow of four straight series wins has long since dissipated for the Blue Jays, as they struggled this week, dropping two of three in Baltimore after a…