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The Jays turned around their series against the Royals on Wednesday, but it didn’t spare us from The Discourse.

On Vladdy, Gatorade, lineup construction, Simmons, DiManno, Dallas, Buck, balls, prospects, a fresh podcast, and a whole lot more!

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Now That’s More Luke It “I guess you can’t screw up baserunning if you hit it over the fence.”

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the 2026 Toronto Blue Jays have been hit with some bad news regarding a member of their starting rotation.

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Belieb It Or Not The Jays Have Another Pitching Injury Pitch Cease and Soriano every fifth day for the next month you clowns!

PRE-GAME THOUGHTS!

On adventures in the outfield, all things Vlad, Brett Bateman, Spencer Arrighetti, Breakfast Boy, José Soriano, run scoring, defensive metrics, non-tenders, eyes emojis, and more! 👇

Stray Thoughts... Jesús! On adventures in the outfield, all things Vlad, Brett Bateman, Spencer Arrighetti, Breakfast Boy, José Soriano, run scoring, defensive metrics, non-tenders, eyes emojis, and more!

The Blue Jays continue to hang around the AL Wild Card race—which is all we can really ask at this point—thanks to help from some new contributors.

This week, and I talk about the fun little moment we’re in.

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🎧BJHH: 238 - McAdoo'in It / Bate's the Man The Blue Jays are winning games and hanging around in the AL Wild Card race, which, all things considered, is all we can really ask for at this point.

Had a great talk this week on Tall Can Audio about the post-deadline state of the Jays, the big departures, the Soriano acquisition, MLB’s looming labour stoppage, and a whole lot more. Featuring zero Vladdy talk, for your listening pleasure!

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The Jays pulled off a buy/sell hybrid deadline, strengthening for next year while maintaining plausible deniability about waving the white flag on ‘26. But how'd they actually do?

This week, in our deadline roundup, and I talk all about it!

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🎧BJHH: 236 - The 2026 Trade Deadline Roundup! The Jays made some trades! So we talked about them!

Think Jays fans in 2026 have had it rough? The 2007 Jays were an absolute circus. And so was coverage of the team.

My latest is a lengthy one exploring all the insanity that took place—online, offline, on radio—around a talented, dysfunctional team that imploded by mid-May.

Early 2007 Was a Fantastically Miserable Time to Be a (Drunk) Jays Fan They're not lies if we know the truth.

It’s time to finally deal with the inevitable, as this week Nick and I are talking trades—and the upcoming MLB trade deadline, which could reshape the Blue Jays in the hours between now and Monday at 6 PM ET.

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🎧BJHH: 236 - The 2026 Trade Deadline Preview! Talkin' trades! Just not the fun kind we want to be talking about.

Was 2025 a fluke? This week and I briefly wrestle with the question of the moment, before moving on to discuss the state of the team and the vibes, then setting our sights on the upcoming trade deadline—but not in the good way that you'd like.

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🎧BJHH: 235 - Was 2025 a Fluke? No, but things here in 2026 are certainly not going well.

PRE-GAME POST!

Thoughts on the state of the Jays, and on a wrong finally righted.

Statue of Limitations Thoughts on the state of the Jays, and on a wrong finally righted.