Blue Jays Happy Hour
Episodes
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-...
Ross the Boss
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins chose to meet with the media on the Saturday morning of Canada's first long weekend of the summer to talk about his team's fu...
Slowey Bats
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite some uplifting recent performances, including a surprising one from Alek Manoah, the Blue Jays' bats still feel awfully sluggish—and Statcas...
The Bottom of the Middle
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays didn't have a great time in their weekend series in D.C., and now face a tough schedule ahead just as questions about the direction of t...
Six Gods
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Things looked bleak for the Blue jays amid a five-game losing streak that featured three low-scoring losses in Kansas City and a blowout home loss to ...
The Var-show Finally Debuts
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Jays can't seem to score more than five runs in a game or finish off a sweep, but things are going well, and the way has been led lately by Daulto...
Almost All Pitching (Just Like the Jays)
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After two ugly ones early on, Chris Bassitt has his ERA down to 4.03 after a second straight gem in a strong series opener against the Yankees on Mond...
Home Eye-Opener
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays and their fans were able to (mostly) put some bad vibes and bad performances behind them—at least for one night—as the club unveiled...
Getting Blanco'd
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a boom-or-bust start of the season for the Blue Jays and their much maligned lineup, and it was definitely a bust when they opened their mid...
Season Preview/Offseason Review
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the triumphant return of Blue Jays Happy Hour after a dormant offseason—for both the boys and the Blue Jays alike—Nick and Stoeten return to lo...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 120: It's Over!
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the seasons of Toronto Blue Jays baseball I’ve watched, that was certainly one of them. Fittingly, the team made a two run deficit feel insur...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 119: Confirmed Losers (of Game One Against the Twins)
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays played a decent, hard-fought game in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening, making some nice defensive plays, hitting some balls hard that foun...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 118: Here we go again...
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays did it. They’re back in the playoffs. And they’re playing a team—the Minnesota Twins—that, based on their indifference toward Su...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 117 - On Trop of the World
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A good weekend at the Trop? In this economy???When Nick and I recorded Episode 116 back on Thursday, we figured that we'd better add a second episode ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 116: Lumps of Cole, Rays of sunshine
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays came up short against AL Cy Young frontrunner Gerrit Cole on Thursday night, and now face an incredibly tough test against the Rays this...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 115: Blue Jays Sad Hour
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays are bad, the Alek Manoah situation is weird, Nick and I talked about both things on our latest episode of Blue Jays Happy Hour, and you ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 114: Missing the Forest for the Playoff Tree?
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blue Jays fans are loving their Buffalo Backup QB Syndrome Boys! But how real are the things that Davis Schneider, Spencer Horwitz, and Ernie Clement ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 113: Meaningful September baseball is here! 🥴
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meaningful September baseball. It’s all you can really ask for at the start of a baseball season, and here we are about to have some, Blue Jays fans...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 112: Swing and a Belt
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of this week’s episode of I mistakenly said that Davis Schneider was going to be in the lineup for the Blue Jays on Wednesday night. He w...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 111: Being Bob Nightengale
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should Blue Jays fans be afraid of the Seattle Mariners? Do we believe anything about Bob Nightengale’s suggestion that John Schneider’s job could...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Ep. 110: The Davis Schneider Episode
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Toronto Blue Jays have never lost a game Davis Schneider has played in.That remains even so after Tuesday's loss, in which the red hot rookie rema...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 109: Trade Deadline Reaction!
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 n...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 108 - Pre-deadline vibes
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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!...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 107: Vlad & Alejandro & Alek & Ross & Hot dogs
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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, th...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 106: Second half predictions!
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 loo...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 105: Three comebacks
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Whi...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 104: Marcus Strawman
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Jay...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 103: Off the Schneid?
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 102: Solving Vladdy and the fifth starter's spot
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 aft...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 101: The last time we have to talk about Anthony Bass
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Blue Jays keep winning, completing a series victory on Thursday night by taking their third of four from the Houston Astros — and, importantly, ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 100: Large mouth Bass
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blue Jays Happy Hour has reached triple-digits. It's episode 100! Unfortunately, rather than giving us something celebratory to talk about, the Jays t...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 99: Not Suited to the Human Mind
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Woof.On losses and more losses, John Schneider’s future, Ross Atkins’ future, the Varsho trade, Alek Manoah, and so many more sources of existenti...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 98: In Defence of Meatballs
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 loude...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 97: Battle for the Belt!
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ri...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 96: Bullpen Gut Check
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Ep. 95: Danny's Bats and Yusei's Balls
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 94: You are now experiencing a rotation inversion...
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 93: Turtlenecks and Poutine Dogs
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 victor...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 92: Welcome to the Luplow era!
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 91: Yearbook-style opening day predictions!
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 i...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 90: Eight things to watch for in 2023
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 89: A gloriously uneventful week (in which to do some over/unders!)
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 88 - Kikuchi Clicks!
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spring storylines are starting to develop around Blue Jays camp down in Dunedin, Florida, among them a possible Yusei Kikuchi redemption tour. Is it t...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 87- We're back, in pod form!
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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'v...
Changes are coming to Blue Jays Happy Hour!
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 38 - Gausman's gem, robo umps, and early season thoughts
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 37 - Vlad's pretty good, huh?
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 36 - Previewing the season!!
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 stuf...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 35 - Fairer or Fowler
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 34 - Handsome Randy, We Hardly Knew Ye
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 33 - The Matt Chapman Emergency
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 32 - Baseball is Back!
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 31 - Locking Down Our Projection Over/Unders!
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 anyth...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 30 - The year in review!
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 certainl...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 29 - Gausman in, Semien and Ray out
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With a lockout looming, transactions throughout MLB have accelerated at a rapid pace here early in the week, including the Jays signing Kevin Gausman ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 28 - Selling the team?
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 27 - Awards, and extension, and the AFL
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Berrí...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 26 - The (temporarily) hot stove!
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 avail...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 25 - You can't predict baseball (with guest Ben Nicholson-Smith!)
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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!...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 24 - Now what?
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Toronto Blue Jays’ season ended on Sunday. It sucked! We talked about it and also about the future. Have a listen!• Apple Podcasts: https://p...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 23 - Thank you, Orioles?
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 22 - Temperature rising (with guest Joe Siddall!)
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 go...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 21 - Scoreboard watching!
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 20 - Good Vibrations
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ov...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 19 - Meaningful September baseball? (with guest Kaitlyn McGrath!)
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 18 - Trying to remain upbeat!
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ra...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 17 - Checkpoint Charlie
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 16 - West Coast Best Coast
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 15 - The Glorious Return (with guest David Singh!)
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 somethin...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 14 - Trade Deadline Instant Reaction!
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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! S...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 13 - A History of Deadlines
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 slu...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 12 - Gettin' drafty (with guest Kevin Goldstein!)
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 11 - Rowdy, Richards, and the Rays
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 10: New month, new reliever, same bullpen (with guest Rob Wong!)
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 9 - Thank goodness for bad teams!
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ab...
Blue Jays Happy Hour - Episode 8: "People are in a good mood" (with guest Mike Wilner!)
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 7 - Bullpen Gut Check
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Whi...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 6 - Hot takes with Benny Fresh!
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 S...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 5 - Manoah, Vlad, and Tyler talking out his Glasnow
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alek Manoah was everything the Blue Jays could have hoped for on Thursday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — a legitimate MVP candidate — has been everythin...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 4 - Manoahmentum! (With Guest Dan Shulman!)
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 3 - Living Up To Our Name!
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Atlan...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 2 - Manoah and the Springer Mess
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 1 - Goodbye April!
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
Blue Jays Happy Hour: Episode 0 - The Teaser!!
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 par...