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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 HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 101: The last time we have to talk about Anthony Bass
The Blue Jays keep winning, completing a series victory on Thursday night by taking their third of four from the Houston Astros — and, importantly, winning the…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 100: Large mouth Bass
Blue Jays Happy Hour has reached triple-digits. It's episode 100! Unfortunately, rather than giving us something celebratory to talk about, the Jays this week…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 99: Not Suited to the Human Mind
Woof. On losses and more losses, John Schneider’s future, Ross Atkins’ future, the Varsho trade, Alek Manoah, and so many more sources of existential angst!…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 98: In Defence of Meatballs
The Blue Jays had a chance to make a statement this week in their four-game series against the Yankees, but instead it was Aaron Judge who spoke loudest. Or…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 97: Battle for the Belt!
The Blue Jays did not have a fun time in Philadelphia this week, but they return home with their heads clearly above water — despite playing in a ridiculous…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 96: Bullpen Gut Check
The Blue Jays have followed their best stretch of the young season with by far their worst. A week ago the club was riding high, in the middle of what would…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Ep. 95: Danny's Bats and Yusei's Balls
The Blue Jays sucessfully dismantled the Chicago White Sox this week, and now head into a weekend set with Teoscar Hernández and the Seattle Mariners with a…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 94: You are now experiencing a rotation inversion...
The Blue Jays are really in it now. A tough series with the Astros only let up for a day on Thursday while the club travelled to New York for another tough…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 93: Turtlenecks and Poutine Dogs
The Blue Jays have finally opened up the new look Rogers Centre, returning to Toronto to begin the home portion of their schedule with a series victory over…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 92: Welcome to the Luplow era!
The Toronto Blue Jays had themselves a roller coaster of a first week of the season, but as we looked up on Saturday morning, with their record at 5-3, all…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 91: Yearbook-style opening day predictions!
Opening day is here! The Blue Jays are about to embark on the 47th season of Major League Baseball in Toronto, and there’s a realistic chance that it could be…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 90: Eight things to watch for in 2023
Opening day is quickly approaching for the Blue Jays. As I write this we are a mere eight days away from the club’s weird season-starting date with the…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 89: A gloriously uneventful week (in which to do some over/unders!)
Not a whole lot of consequence has happened over the last week of Toronto Blue Jays spring training baseball — which is exactly what you want at this time of…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 88 - Kikuchi Clicks!
Spring storylines are starting to develop around Blue Jays camp down in Dunedin, Florida, among them a possible Yusei Kikuchi redemption tour. Is it time to…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 87- We're back, in pod form!
A lot has happened since Nick Ashbourne and I last talked about the Blue Jays way back in October. The team's outfield defence has been remade, they've signed…
Blue Jays Happy HourChanges are coming to Blue Jays Happy Hour!
Change can be scary sometimes, but we’ve got what we think is some fun news to share with listeners of Blue Jays Happy Hour — and anyone else who has been…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 38 - Gausman's gem, robo umps, and early season thoughts
In the wake of a spectacular performance from Kevin Gausman, and a big series win at Fenway, comes this week’s edition of Blue Jays Happy Hour! With thoughts…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 37 - Vlad's pretty good, huh?
The Blue Jays’ season is rolling and, despite a couple of injuries they’ll have difficulty handling, it’s been pretty good so far. Why? Mostly because of…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 36 - Previewing the season!!
The 2022 Toronto Blue Jays season is nearly upon us! So, naturally, on this week’s episode of Blue Jays Happy Hour we chatted about big picture stuff — what…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 35 - Fairer or Fowler
The Blue Jays’ spring training continues to roll along — though hopefully not at 82 mph in a 45 zone — and this week we talk about a whole whack of goings on…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 34 - Handsome Randy, We Hardly Knew Ye
The Blue Jays have a new left-handed hitting outfielder, and it’s not Brett Gardner! Better still, they’ve traded Randal Grichuk in order to make it happen…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 33 - The Matt Chapman Emergency
I may have slept through Tuesday morning’s big news about the Blue Jays trading for A’s third baseman Matt Chapman, but I was at least able to get myself up in…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 32 - Baseball is Back!
Baseball is back! And while the much-promised frenzy of transactions hasn’t quite materialized as yet, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole lot to talk about…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 31 - Locking Down Our Projection Over/Unders!
We’re back! And while Rob Manfred’s attempt to break MLB’s players union continues unabated, that doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t anything Blue Jays…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 30 - The year in review!
Though not a whole hell of a lot has happened for the Toronto Blue Jays, or across the major leagues of baseball, over the last month, it has certainly been an…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 29 - Gausman in, Semien and Ray out
With a lockout looming, transactions throughout MLB have accelerated at a rapid pace here early in the week, including the Jays signing Kevin Gausman to a…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 28 - Selling the team?
Steven Matz is now a member of the St. Louis Cardinals — a move that created a surprising amount of fallout around the league. For the Jays it means going…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 27 - Awards, and extension, and the AFL
The Blue Jays made big news this week in several ways, with the club coming to terms on a seven-year, $131 million extension with starter José Berríos, his…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 26 - The (temporarily) hot stove!
MLB’s annual GM meetings took place in Carlsbad, California, this week, and though the Blue Jays didn’t get any deals done, the landscape of available players…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 25 - You can't predict baseball (with guest Ben Nicholson-Smith!)
Alex Anthopoulos has been crowned a champion, the offseason is underway (for now, at least), and Blue Jays Happy Hour is back from our playoff hiatus! This…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 24 - Now what?
The Toronto Blue Jays’ season ended on Sunday. It sucked! We talked about it and also about the future. Have a listen! • Apple Podcasts…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 23 - Thank you, Orioles?
The Blue Jays have been given a lifeline! With Boston’s loss on Thursday night, just one loss by each of the Red Sox and Mariners over the weekend would —…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 22 - Temperature rising (with guest Joe Siddall!)
For all intents and purposes the playoffs are already underway for the Toronto Blue Jays, and that’s not great news considering the way they’re going as this…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 21 - Scoreboard watching!
The Toronto Blue Jays have a Cy Young candidate, an MVP candidate, and are now in the thick of a playoff race. Who will win those awards? Who will win between…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 20 - Good Vibrations
The Toronto Blue Jays are the hottest team in baseball and have thrust themselves into the playoff race by making up an improbable amount of ground over the…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 19 - Meaningful September baseball? (with guest Kaitlyn McGrath!)
The Jays did reasonably well over their last week against Detroit and Baltimore, but the team still needs to make a big move in the standings and time for that…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 18 - Trying to remain upbeat!
The Blue Jays’ playoff hopes continue to fade after a “rock bottom” type series against the Tigers and a split with the White Sox, but Robbie Ray is a legit Cy…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 17 - Checkpoint Charlie
The Blue Jays did not have a good week. On this week’s episode of Blue Jays Happy Hour we talked about that! We also had a great chat with the great Ben…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 16 - West Coast Best Coast
The Blue Jays just split four games with the Angels and are now headed to Seattle with their playoff hopes very much alive, but in need of more wins. Over the…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 15 - The Glorious Return (with guest David Singh!)
The Blue Jays have now spent a week back home in Toronto, and it’s finally starting to feel like this is a real team with a real shot to do something special…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 14 - Trade Deadline Instant Reaction!
The trade deadline is over! José Berríos is a member of the Blue Jays! Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richardson are not! Brad Hand! Joakim Soria! Stupid…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 13 - A History of Deadlines
The trade deadline is fast approaching, the the Toronto Blue Jays have more than a little work to do — especially after the Tampa Bay Rays added slugger Nelson…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 12 - Gettin' drafty (with guest Kevin Goldstein!)
It’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s world, we’re all just living in it. This week MLB’s annual All-Star game was held in Denver, and the largest of our adult sons…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 11 - Rowdy, Richards, and the Rays
The Jays made another trade this week, ending the Rowdy Tellez era by sending him to Milwaukee in exchange for another bullpen upgrade in the form of Trevor…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 10: New month, new reliever, same bullpen (with guest Rob Wong!)
The Blue Jays stumbled a bit against the Seattle Mariners in their midweek series, undoing some of the good work they'd done against the Orioles and the…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 9 - Thank goodness for bad teams!
The Blue Jays have had a good week! Sure, there have been dumb suspensions, bad news on the Nate Pearson front, and various other things to be down about, but…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 8: "People are in a good mood" (with guest Mike Wilner!)
In last week’s episode Stoeten and Nick declared it was bullpen gut check time and over the week since the Blue Jays’ relievers have failed it by every measure…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 7 - Bullpen Gut Check
Cracks at the bottom of the Blue Jays’ lineup, on the bench, and in their bullpen, were especially easy to spot when contrasted with a very good White Sox team…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 6 - Hot takes with Benny Fresh!
The Blue Jays season is one third of the way over, which makes it a perfect time take stock of where the team is at, and where it's going. This week Stoeten…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 5 - Manoah, Vlad, and Tyler talking out his Glasnow
Alek Manoah was everything the Blue Jays could have hoped for on Thursday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — a legitimate MVP candidate — has been everything the Jays…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 4 - Manoahmentum! (With Guest Dan Shulman!)
The Blue Jays struggled to close out this week with a tough loss to Boston, but it’s the bigger picture that’s still got the attention of Stoeten and Nick, as…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 3 - Living Up To Our Name!
Nate Pearson's terrible start and weird handling aside*, the Blue Jays are coming off a pretty great week thanks largely to another sweep of the Atlanta…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 2 - Manoah and the Springer Mess
The Blue Jays continue to tread water without their highest paid player, George Springer, who had a brief but messy tenure on the club's active roster this…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 1 - Goodbye April!
It's been a long, strange April so far for the Toronto Blue Jays, and on the very first episode of Blue Jays Happy Hour, Stoeten and Nick talk their way…
Blue Jays Happy HourBlue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 0 - The Teaser!!
Yes, it's finally time! Today I'm thrilled to announce my new podcast venture, which you'll be able to hear in earnest later this week, and my new partner in…