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Blue Jays Happy Hour

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/BJHHstoeten.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:45

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 109: Trade Deadline...

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2023/08/02

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 enough. Génesis Cabrera. Paul DeJong. Jordan Hicks. These names are unlikely to go down in history alongside ones like Henderson, Tulowitzki, or Price. Of course, it’s not going to matter where they rank if the Blue Jays keep playing against their division rivals the way they did in their first game after trade season officially wrapped up on

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46:22

Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 108 - Pre-deadline vibes

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2023/07/27

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 been swinging a hot bat lately, and is part of the reason the mood of the fan base is doesn’t seem as bad as it could be after a 3-3 west coast road trip that just as easily could have been 6-0 or 1-5.Anyway, what did we talk about on this week’s episode? With the trade deadline coming up, naturally much of our focus was there. Plus, we got into

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46:48

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 107: Vlad & Alejandro...

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2023/07/21

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 large part to a Vlad Jr. home run and Alejandro Kirk’s best game in weeks — maybe months. They now head to their home away from home, Seattle, for three games over the weekend a half game up on Houston, and 2.5 games ahead of the Red Sox, who currently sit fourth in the AL wild card race. Things could be worse, in other words, which is why when

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50:19

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 106: Second half...

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2023/07/14

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 forward and back, discussing Alek Manoah’s performance last weekend in Detroit, All-Star week’s most notable Jays moments — including Jordan Romano’s back tightness, Vladdy, Lourdes, the Jays being in the running for the 2025 event, and more — plus the draft, Orelvis Martinez, and our biggest fears, biggest hopes, and some predictions for the Jays

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47:38

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 105: Three comebacks

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2023/07/05

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 4-3 on the back of a two-run opposite field home run off of the bat of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. But that's not the only comeback Jays fans will be talking about this week. It was announced prior to Tuesday's game that Alek Manoah — who on Sunday struck out 10 Double-A hitters over five innings in a three-hit, one-run start for New Hampshire — is

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47:23

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 104: Marcus Strawman

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2023/06/29

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 had some thoughts for the haters — whoever they may be. Clearly the ugly box score drew a lot of attention from around the baseball world, but should it have? Should it matter? And where do the Jays go from here with respect to their rotation?All that Manoah stuff, a midseason vibe check, Chris Bassitt’s wobbly stretch, Kikuchi’s lack of

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52:52

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 103: Off the Schneid?

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2023/06/23

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 there was even chatter — though not of the particularly serious variety, as evidenced by the fact that a couple of wins and a few hits with RISP seems to have instantly quieted it — that manager John Schneider’s job might be in trouble.A Scheider-focused vibe check, the potential fallout for Ross Atkins of making the rash decision to fire another

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43:57

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 102: Solving Vladdy...

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2023/06/16

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 similarly disappointing weekend series against Minnesota. There have been bright spots, like José Berríos, Nate Pearson, and Trevor Richards, but — as always — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the centre of attention for this team, for good or ill. And right now it’s mostly been for ill.A vibe check, Vladdy’s weird numbers, the search for a fifth starter,

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48:33

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 101: The last time we...

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2023/06/09

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 season series and thereby giving themselves the tiebreaker in the event that both teams finish with the same record and tied for the final playoff spot. They’ve now won four straight series since their disastrous mid-May stumble against the Yankees, Orioles, and Rays.More than that, though, after taking a number of off-field losses on

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41:04

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 100: Large mouth Bass

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2023/06/02

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 have given us a mess of a situation involving reliever Anthony Bass.In this episode we discuss what Bass did, his "apology," the Jays' insufficient response, potential fallout, and why the team needs to listen to its fans on this.We tried our best. Have a listen.You can find us in all the usual places, such as Apple Podcasts……as well as

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47:32

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 99: Not Suited to the...

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2023/05/26

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!Have a listen!You can find us in all the usual places, such as Apple Podcasts……as well as Spotify, and others. (Google Podcasts continues to incredibly stupid about our switch back to our previous Substack-based RSS feed, but I assure you I’m continuing to try to get it sorted! In the meantime, if you’re a Google Podcasts user you can add us to

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50:27

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 98: In Defence of...

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2023/05/19

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, actually, it was probably New York manager Aaron Boone who spoke loudest. But Judge and his mighty bat — which time and again managed to make loud contact that rose above the din of the Rogers Centre boo birds — were a close second.Whether or not he was cheating — he wasn’t, but good lord don’t tell that to Yankees fans (their reactions to the

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47:58

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 97: Battle for the Belt!

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2023/05/12

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 division — with a whole bunch of road games already in the books. Where they go from here metaphorically, however, is a different sort of question.Two of the front office's major objectives over the winter were to add balance to the lineup, and to improve the defence. It's still early days, but in this episode we check in on how they're doing on

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51:32

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 96: Bullpen Gut Check

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2023/05/05

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 become a six-game winning streak powered by a near perfect homestand. Then came Sunday and a gut-punch loss to the Mariners that was just a little too reminiscent of last October’s disaster, which then led straight into an ugly four-game sweep at the hands of the Red Sox in Boston.The pitching was bad. The defence was sloppy. The vibes have

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43:10

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Ep. 95: Danny's Bats and...

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2023/04/28

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 16-9 record — the best start in franchise history. They're also, uh, currently in third place in their division.But things are mostly going well. Especially when it comes to the club's two most maligned starters heading into the season, and their previously slow-starting catcher: José Berríos, Yusei Kikuchi, and Danny Jansen.We kicked off this

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49:35

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 94: You are now...

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2023/04/21

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 series with the Yankees. And yet, things seem to be going fairly well for the club — save for one reliever, Anthony Bass, who continues to pile up losses. He's also not pitching very well. HEYO!Fortunately for all of us — but mostly for Nick and I — Bass’s latest attempt to turn large swaths of Blue Jays fans against him happened as we were

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46:40

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 93: Turtlenecks and...

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2023/04/14

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 the Detroit Tigers. There was a big win — thanks to a five-run, eighth inning outburst — in the opener on Tuesday, a thrilling walk-off in extras game two on Wednesday, and a grim slog through a Thursday loss that saw the club go 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position.It was a fun and encouraging way to show off the new digs — Chris Bassitt

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51:08

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 92: Welcome to the...

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2023/04/08

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 seemed just about right with the world. Sort of.Vladdy and Matt Chapman are on fire. Daulton Varsho has come as advertised. The speed and the defence they wanted to add are there. And, uh, now the Jordan Luplow era has begun!Who knows how long it will last? But for the time being they’ve got the lefty mashing-ish (124 career wRC+ vs. LHP),

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45:50

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 91: Yearbook-style...

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2023/03/30

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 one of the most exciting we’ve seen here in a long time.To preview the year ahead, on this week’s episode we decided it would be a good idea to make some predictions — yearbook style.Most likely to succeed? Most likely to disappoint? Most likely to become the club’s newest folk hero? You get the idea!Have a listen and enjoy opening day!You can

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54:29

Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 90: Eight things to...

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2023/03/22

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 Cardinals in St. Louis. And so, with the number eight looming large in our brains, on this week’s episode of Blue Jays Happy Hour, we decided to take a look at an octet of things for Jays fans to watch during the 2023 season.Things like the Jays’ catchers, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Kevin Gausman, José Berríos, the various second basemen, Joey Votto for

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