Blue Jays Happy Hour
Episodes
PREVIEW - 208C - SEASON-IN-REVIEW: Ernie Clement
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here is a short preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, in which we continue our intermittent series of indeterminate length looking ba...
PREWVIEW - 208B - SEASON-IN-REVIEW: Kevin Gausman
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here in our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, we continue our intermittent series of indeterminate length looking back on some of the key player...
Shapiro & Rogers & Lee & Plassmeyer & Bruihl (& Bo)
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're deep into transaction season, and the Blue Jays have had a few of them for us since our last episode—some big, some small. This week we take a...
PREWVIEW - 207B - SEASON-IN-REVIEW: Alejandro Kirk
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, as we continue our intermittent series of indeterminate length looking back on some o...
Winter Meetings Roundup
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MLB's annual Winter Meetings took place this week, but if you're a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays you can be forgiven if you missed it—or, at the very...
PREVIEW - 206B - SEASON-IN-REVIEW: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, in which we continue our intermittent series of indeterminate length looking back on ...
The Cody Ponce Emergency Podcast
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm seeing double here. Fourteen potential Jays starting pitchers??!?OK, OK, the Jays may not quite have quite that many rotation options—Eric Lauer...
PREVIEW - 205B - SEASON IN REVIEW: George Springer
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a preview of our this latest Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, in which we continue our intermittent series of indeterminate length looking bac...
Cease the Day!
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The puns have yet to cease, and why would they just yet? Because we're still very much in the afterglow of the Toronto Blue Jays handing out a $210 mi...
The Perennial Contender
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
*EXTREME WINGS-ERA PAUL McCARTNEY VOICE* Jeff! OooOooOoo OO ooOOoo! Jeff!Yes, that's right. I said Jeff. As in Jeff Passan of ESPN, who is as credible...
Shane, Come Back!
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Bieber made a curious decision to return to the Jays, and Bo Bichette has finally reached free agency—though so have plenty of other intriguin...
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays got as close to winning a World Series as physically possible. But, as I am quite certain I do not need to tell you, the Blue Jays did n...
One. Win. Away.
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The job isn't done yet, but the Blue Jays have been getting it done, as they bounced back from an 18 inning loss in Game Three to win twice in Los Ang...
To Live and Die in L.A.
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a cap-tip-worthy performance from Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game Two (and an inexplicable appearance from the Jonas Brothers) the Blue Jays and Dodg...
World Series Preview
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's hardly a surprise that a baseball podcast would do a World Series preview episode, but this podcast? Previewing a World Series involving the Toro...
Goodnight, Seattle!
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Toronto Blue Jays will represent the American League in the 2025 World Series after overcoming the Seattle Mariners in an unbelievable Game Seven ...
BONUS: PLAYOFF INSTANT REACTION: Blue Jays 6 - Mariners 2 (ALCS Game Six)
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a free look at our PLAYOFF INSTANT REACTION post for Game Six of the ALCS: i.e. what you're missing out on if you're not on our Patreon, as our...
Sweepless in Seattle
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If ever there was a time to use such a corny title for a podcast, it's now. The Blue Jays have brought the ALCS back to Rogers Centre—basically the ...
Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Seattle Mariners did a number on the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre in games One and Two of the ALCS. The Jays now have a mountain to climb as the...
PREVIEW - 195B - The Pyramid of Dislike
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays' magical run to the ALCS has been great for the aura of the Blue Jays' brain trust so far. But will it endure? Has the relationship betw...
ALCS, BABY!!!!
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays have vanquished the New York Yankees—by way of an insanely stressful bullpen game, no less—and are on to the ALCS to meet either the...
Living in a Fever Dream
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daulton Varsho had one of the greatest playoff games in baseball history on Sunday, and somehow it’s, like, the third or fourth thing we need to tal...
BONUS: 193b. The Unlikely Playoff Hero Draft!
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this week's bonus show, which we're making freely available for everyone to hear, we each draft a five-man team of non-star/non-rotation members o...
Bring on the Yankees
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Jays know who their opponents in the ALDS will be and, of course, it's the New York Yankees. How are we feeling? How are the vibes? How do the two...
PREVIEW - 192B - Red Sox vs. Yankees: WHO YA GOT???
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, we size up the Blue Jays' potential ALDS opponents—the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox—and deb...
AL East Champions!
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It wasn't easy, it wasn't without drama, and it wasn't without a whole bunch of things going unexpectedly right—and wrong—over the course of the e...
PREVIEW - 191b - The Manoah of it All
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alek Manoah was designated for assignment late last week and was subsequently selected off of waivers by Atlanta, ending a once incredibly promising B...
Where Did Our Vibes Go?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays have scored one run or fewer in six of their last seven games, and while there's never a good time time to reach such an ungodly level o...
PREVIEW - 190B - A Yesavage Debut
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A PREVIEW OF OUR LATEST PATREON-EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE. Trey Yesavage had one of the most electrifying debuts for a Blue Jays pitcher in rece...
Good Vibrations
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After getting a couple of negative things—Bo Bichette's injury, Orelvis Martinez's release—out of the way up front, we spend the rest of this week...
PREVIEW - 189B - Irrational End-of-Season Takes!
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A PREVIEW OF OUR LATEST PATREON-EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE, in which we got a little bit irrational—which, for us, means some vibes-based predi...
Bo & Jeff & Max & Doom & Gloom
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays still have plenty of fight in them, but this week they're faced with some real questions, too. The injury to Bo Bichette, the continuing...
PREVIEW - 188B - Spring-A-Ding-Ding!
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let's remember some old guys! George Springer is having an old man season for the ages—one of the best overall offensive seasons in Blue Jays histor...
I Can't Get No Relief
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays' relievers are in a collective funk, their starters aren't doing a whole lot better, time is running out to get the pitching staff sorte...
PREVIEW - 187b - Bieber Fever!
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we reassess Shane Bieber after his spectacular debut last week, in prepar...
High Variance Vibes
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Jays stuck it to their most annoyingly miserable fans on Wednesday night with a wild comeback win to salvage a series win over the post-deadline h...
PREVIEW - 186B - Watchability and the Blue Jays’ Rotation
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we take assess the Blue Jays' current starting five purely subjectively, ...
As The Rotation Turns
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief digression to discuss Tommy Pham being an idiot, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s health, our thoughts turn to the Blue Jays’ rotation this...
PREVIEW - 185B - Ranking the Recent Blue Jays Playoff Rotations
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short preview of our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we take a look back at the starting rotations the Blue Jays have gone int...
Spring Back in Their Step
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The vibes around the Blue Jays continue to be good, despite some losses to a pair of the NL's best. And they're set to get even better, as George Spri...
PREVIEW - 184B - Lightning in a Bottle
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short preview of latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we remember some cries, discussing Jays players who for a time looked like th...
Rocky Mountain High
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Jays had a record-breaking series in Colorado this week, hopefully setting the tone for some big tests against the Dodgers and Cubs—and making s...
PREVIEW - 183B - Best of Enemies
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short preview of latest Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we discuss the trade deadline moves made by the other American League contend...
Are We Beliebers?
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Jays added a potential ace, two elite bullpen arms, and a right-handed bench bat at the deadline—exactly everything they seemed to need. But did...
PREVIEW - 182B - Front Office Confidence Check/Cotton Candy Fries Reviewed!
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a preview of our second ever Patreon-exclusive bonus show, in which we discuss our levels of confidence in Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro's abil...
The 2025 Trade Deadline Preview!
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays won another series with the New York Yankees this week, and we can't avoid getting into a check of the immaculate vibes to kick off the ...
PREVIEW - 181B - Ascending to the Level of Excellence
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in our first ever bonus episode, we take a look at the current Blue Jays roster—and, it turns out, farm system—and discuss which player...
Breaking Good
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays are headed out of the All-Star Break and toward the trade deadline in first place in the American League East. They're incredibly well-p...
Announcing our new Patreon page!
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We here at Blue Jays Happy Hour have decided to take the leap into the mid-2010s and will now be hosting ad-free episodes and a weekly bonus show excl...
Game Change
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Jays’ 10-game win streak is over, following a game that brought all sorts of grumbling about Vladimir Guerrero Jr. much too easily back to the f...
On Top of the World
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays sit atop the AL East in the month of July for the first time since 2016 and therefore, I’d venture to guess, likely for just the secon...
The Drill Zone
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Nick is mildly distracted by some drilling going on somewhere in his building—don't worry, it was very infrequent and barely noticeable wh...
Erik's Swan Song
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays have continued to roll over the last week, finally managing to reel in the New York Yankees a little bit, and have kept on doing so w...
Improving Internally
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After what's seemed like years of waiting for their offence to arrive, over the last month the Blue Jays seem to have figured out how to hit and score...
Remembering Some Guys
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a good week for the Blue Jays, with some actually encouraging signs showing up in their offence. Addison Barger might be for real, Alan Rode...
RISPy Business
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays won a series in Texas by scoring just four runs, and while normally that would be cause to celebrate some extraordinary pitching perform...
500 Up
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays are not a team without problems, as we've been seeing all season. But after (eventually) picking up a much-needed and well-deserved swee...
Don't Walk, Hit Dingers
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After an episode last week that felt about as grim as any show we've recorded in-season for this podcast, the Jays brought us—and themselves—back ...
Sensible Desperation
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The vibes around the Blue Jays would certainly feel a whole lot better if not for two stomach-churning late-inning losses in Anaheim this week. But th...
Back From the Brink?
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been an awful couple of weeks for the Blue Jays, who looked like they were about to suffer their ninth defeat in ten games on Wednesday before em...
Not a lot of Levers
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays have lost five straight, their power output has somehow been worse than expected, and they don't have a lot of levers to pull. The vibes...
Heads Above Water
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays couldn't afford to dig themselves an early hole this season, and they've managed to avoid doing exactly that. Chris Bassitt, Jeff Hoffma...
A Blue Jay For Life
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is now under contract with the Toronto Blue Jays for the next 15 years, and all it took to make it happen was a mere half-a-bill...
Positive Vibes Only
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays split a four-gamer with the Orioles to start the 2025 season, and then swept the Nationals at home. Max Scherzer may be out, but with pe...
Still Undefeated
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2025 MLB season is nearly upon us, and the Blue Jays have a fighting chance in an ultra-tight American League in which every team still has the sa...
Food for Thought
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We start this one off with an obligatory check-in on the Vladdy circus—and circle back on it at the end because of Mark Shapiro's surprising admissi...
Another Vladdy Conversation
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New reporting suggests that the contract talks between the Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stalled out with a gap of just $50 million over 14 year...
A Time for Hope and Optimism
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We mostly take Nick's advice this week and "focus on the season." Though big picture concerns about the franchise aren't going away anytime soon, the ...
Springing Springer
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
Vlad to the Bone
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ending on a Positive Note?
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Like this very podcast episode itself, the Blue Jays' offseason may be ending on a positive note. January signings of Anthony Santander and Max Scherz...
Enter Santman
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays have finally added some desperately needed power to the middle of their lineup, signing switch-hitting Orioles slugger Anthony Santander...
Don't Hassle the Hoff('s Medicals)
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
2024 in Review
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 202...
Giménez, García, Guerrero
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 And...
Mid-Meetings Madness
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Spending the Unicorn Budget
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 so...
Bell, Biz, Soto
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 l...
The Desperation Offseason
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Scott Bores Us
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Revisiting Our Pre-Season Thoughts
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Season Debrief Debrief
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 highligh...
A conversation about the 2024 Blue Jays
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Buns, Bandages, Bullpens, and Bo
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 wee...
Bowden Franchise
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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?...
There's Bo Place Like Home
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 surpri...
Are You Experienced?
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. Do...
A New Hope
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
The Hound is Barking
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jays RHP Chris Bassitt stirred up controversy this week with some fairly benign—but, admittedly, fascinating—comments about the Blue Jays, their p...
Youthquake!
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Post-Deadline Vibes
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Out with the Old, In with the Nucleus
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Deadline or Lifeline?
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ros...
Springer Surge
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 M...
Vibes, Vlad, and a Very Big Trade Deadline Upcoming
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Vla...
Orelvis has Left the Building
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 someho...
Orelvis has Entered the Building
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 bec...
Under the Knife
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alek Manoah's brief resurgence will end in surgery this week, meanwhile the Jays cut bait on Cavan Biggio, and their playoff chances—though nominall...
Vlad at Third? Based
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 themselv...
Jackets and Jerseys
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-...