Buds N Blue Jays
Season 1
by Jesse Burrill and Jesse Teresio
The all star break came and went and the Blue Jays looked exactly the same after the break, the offence had their moments, but mostly struggled, the pitching staff had its ups and down and ultimately the Blue Jays lost the series to the Detroit Tigers. We do have some notable talking points from this series including George Springer and Vlad both hitting multiple HRs this series, Bo Bichette hits the IL for "Multiple Weeks" Welcome back to Erik Swanson and Yimi Garcia! We have some thoughts on the Fire Atkins chants at Rogers Center, Buffalo Bisons 19K game and talk more about the trade deadline with it being only 9 days away. Be sure to like and subscribe!
Well, this is not what we were expecting from this team as we reached the all star break. The Blue Jays are 44-52 were 14 games back in the AL East and we are the 5th worst team in the American League. We take a look back at what happened in the first half of the season talk about some of the big problems, and then also some things that went well, including some of our favourite moments, then we take a look to the 2nd half, and take a shot at predicting what might happen going forward. PLUS! The Blue Jays drafted a pitcher 20th overall! We talk about what we;re getting from our newest arm in the system and if he can finally solve the Blue Jays issue in drafting pitchers. All that and so much more in this episode
Back to back series wins on a west coast road trip is never a bad thing and even though it may be too little too late, we're seeing some good things from this Toronto Blue Jays team. Ernie Clement is doing somethings that 99% of MLBers cant do, Spencer Horwitz just continues mashing, Leo Jimenez had an good series. Kikuchi put together one of his best starts at the season right at the right time. We have a quick conversation about Bo Bichette and whether or not he's mentally checked out this season. Plus all of our pitching prospects are now hurt, and We preview the upcoming Diamondback series where we will see some familiar faces. All that and more!
Blue Jays treated the West Coast Jays fans to a hell of a series, Winning two out of three against the Seattle Mariners. In this episode we bring in Chris Krouchick of the Coaches Sons Podcast to discuss the series that was, Including Highlight series from Varsho and Springer, Yariel Rodriguez looked amazing again, And welcome to the ibg Leagues Leo Jiminez! We also throw around some hypotheticals between the Jays and the Mariners as these two teams have linked up in the past and may link up on some trades in the next few weeks. All that and so much more!
The Blue Jays have lost 3 out of 4 games against the Houston Astros and the playoff odds have now dipped below 3% and it really looks like the Jays are set for a sell off come the deadline. So what do we do between now and then? We welcome in special guest Lizzy McGuire to the show and we discuss what the plan is for the Jays going forward, then break down the series that was against the Astros, Spencer Horwitz looks like he's a real part of this teams future. Vlad is starting the All Star Game and do we have some trouble in the starting rotation? Plus a game of do these stats matter and so much more
Holy Vlad Jr! He has been on an absolute heater over the past few weeks, and is George Springer officially back? Plus we give some thoughts on other big things this series, including Tim Mayza the longest tenured Blue Jay being DFAd Chris Bassitt getting hit by a comebacker and then throwing 6IP with 0ER. Gausmans worst start of the year and Some struggling perforances from some other Blue Jays. We have a jam packed episode here!
Only a quick two game recap (as game 3 got delayed) but there is alot of Blue Jays news to come out of this series. The team had a HEARTBREAKING loss in game 1 of the series in a game they really just shot themselves in the foot. But the offence got it together in game 2, scoring 9 runs and the Jays have quietly scored 20 runs over their last 3 games. Is this the best vlad has looked since his 2021 season? Is George Springer showing signs of life? Bo Bichette is back and so much more.
We really cant have nice things. Just as we were getting excited about seeing Orelvis Martinez play, he gets hammered with an 80 game PED suspension, We'll talk about what this means for him, the team and what comes next, Plus Ross Atkins speaks! and his comments we're a little different than usual this time... does it mean anything? Plus we take a look at the 3 game sweep at the hands of the Cleveland Guardians, Yariel Rodriguez got rocked in his return to the big leagues, Kikuchi and Berrios didnt fare much better. We did have some positives on the offensive side, IKF, Horwitz and Vlad each homered twice in the series, and Davis Scheider did as well, Injury updates, notes from the farm and so much more in this episode. BE sure to like and subscribe!
The Red Sox are a fun exciting young team with lots going on, The Blue Jays simply are not. We were just half a game behind them coming into this series and the Red Sox proved they were a better team, We lay out some greviences in this episode before talking about some of the more exciting news. Orelvis Martinez has arrived and we are excited to see what he can do. Joey Votto has begun a rehab assignment, Bo Bichette officially to the IL and so much more.
The Blue Jays return home and were able to get a series win against the Clevland Guardians, We start by sayign so long to Daniel Vogelbach! and hello to the Buffalo boys who are really showing that they belong in the big leagues, Varsho and Vlad had a big series, and George Springer did not. Thoguhts on the rotation, bullpen, the farm and a fun game of does this stat matter. including some thoughts on the Jays asking money from their season ticket holders much earlier than normal. all that and so much more!