Greg Wisniewski, Joshua Howsam and occasional guests from around the baseball World talk about everything you want to know about the Blue Jays and noteworthy developments in the game, with a little bit of added fun.
Greg and Josh discuss the latest Blue Jays News and Notes. They go over Thomas Pannone's sparkling first MLB start and some of the things that stood out about it, Aaron Sanchez' return and Marcus Stroman's injury, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. coming back to...
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ATW Episode 114: The Future is Now
Greg and Josh take a look at the debuts of Sean Reid-Foley and Danny Jansen and what they showed they can bring the table going forward, discuss Aaron Sanchez' return and what his rest of season performance means for the future of the roster, Curtis...
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ATW Episode 113: Borucki and Stuff That's Yucky
Greg and Josh discuss Ryan Borucki's excellent start to his career including his unusual stuff and homer-suppressing ways, the lack of starting pitching depth and the oddness is creates, Kevin Pillar's superhuman recovery, Lourdes Gurriel's pending...
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ATW Episode 112: A Minor(s) Boost
Jeffrey Paternostro of Baseball Prospectus stops by to give his reports on all eight prospects the Blue Jays picked up in July trades, with in depth discussion on Forrest Wall, Hector Perez, Felipe Paulino, and Billy McKinney. Greg and Josh also...
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ATW Episode 111: Oh, what Happ-y Trades!
Greg and Josh break down the latest salvos in the Blue Jays trade deadline saga. They discuss the returns for Seunghwan Oh and J.A. Happ, what the deals mean for the club now and in the future, and what they could suggest about other upcoming trades....
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ATW Episode 110: Phase 2 - Begin!
Greg, Josh, and Nick look at the state of the Blue Jays as the second half begins play. They discuss Marcus Stroman's rant, Kevin Pillar's injury and the impact on the roster going forward, Marco Estrada's potential return to the trade market, Justin...
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ATW Episode 109: The Right STUFF
Mike Sonne of The Athletic stops by to discuss the Blue Jays pitchers. He breaks down the Stuff reports for trade candidates, J.A. Happ, John Axford, Seung-hwan Oh, and Tyler Clippard as well as starters Aaron Sanchez and Marcus Stroman, before also...
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ATW Episode 108: Bubble Wrap, Please!
Greg and Josh dissect the Pearce trade and its future implications, then discuss Marco Estrada's injury and the impact on his value, Jose Bautista's return to Toronto, Roberto Osuna coming back as the closer and the team's handling of that issue,...
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ATW Episode 107: Falling Off the Trading Block
Greg and Josh go over the last week of news and games. They discuss the differences in Marcus Stroman's approach from his return, Ryan Borucki's solid debut outing, Josh Donaldson's crushing injury setback, Kevin Pillar's continued struggles, a...
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ATW Episode 106: The Pod That's In The Jackpot
Greg, Josh, and Nick break down the latest Blue Jays news and games. They discuss the potential for trades coming from this roster as the team approached the deadline, the recent strong performance of Marco Estrada, Randal Grichuk's improved play...
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ATW Episode 105: Ups and Downs
Greg and Josh go over a week with nice highs and unpleasant lows. They discuss the very strong performance of the rotation the last two times through with specific looks at the success of J.A. Happ and Marco Estrada, the return of Randal Grichuk and...
45 min
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ATW Episode 104: It's Drafty in Here
Jeffrey Paternostro of Baseball Prospectus stops by to talk about the Blue Jays draft. He talks about how the first five picks need to be viewed collectively, instead of individually, reviews some of the players, and then compares Vlad Jr. to the rest...
60 min
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ATW Episode 103: May Showers
Greg and Josh discuss the disappointing May for the Blue Jays which includes some nearly historic bad records. They also talk about the ugly defending — which led to utility player Russell Martin — and the pending reinforcements in the form of Aledmys...
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ATW Episode 102: It Hurts Hitting Rock Bottom
Greg, Josh, and Nick go over an unpleasant week of Blue Jays baseball. They discuss the myriad ways the Jays managed to lose games, some of the pitching woes, Kendrys Morales solid stretch, good work from Sam Gaviglio and its impact on Joe Biagini,...
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ATW Episode 101: All Vladdy All the Time
Ben Badler of Baseball America stops by to discuss Vladimir Guerrero Jr and the other prospects he has seen for New Hampshire. He specifically goes into what he thought of Vlad as an amateur, his rare talent for his age, how a promotion to AAA might...
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ATW Episode 100: The 100th Episode Spectacular!
Greg and Josh discuss the latest Jays news; including the Roberto Osuna assault charges, the depth at shortstop and in the outfield being tested, Yangervis Solarte's magical day, Stroman and Estrada's solid outings and what they mean going forward,...
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ATW Episode 99: Ups and Downs
Greg and Josh discuss the latest developments for the Blue Jays including Lourdes Gurriel taking over for the demoted Devon Travis, injuries to Steve Pearce and Randal Grichuk clearing the playing time logjam in the outfield and at designated hitter,...
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ATW Episode 98: A Swing and a Miss
Eno Sarris of The Athletic stops by to discuss his latest article that looks at the correlation between launch angle and strikeouts. He discusses the differences between practice testing vs live games, the dual importance of swing angle and plate...
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ATW Episode 97: Maile-ing it in
Greg and Josh break down the latest week in Blue Jays land, with a specific look at the recent four game winning streak and the hot start to the year. They compare some of this season's stats to last years, then discuss the excellent numbers of Luke...
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ATW Episode 96: A Lug-Nutty Week
With the minor league season also now in full swing, Lansing Lugnuts announer, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, stops by to give listeners a preview of what to expect from some of the players in the system. He discusses the former Lansing duo of Vlad Jr. and...
59 min
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ATW Episode 95: So That's What Winning Feels Like
Greg and Josh break down a very successful first week in Blue Jays land, with a 4-2 record. They discuss the strange dominance of opposing bullpens and keeping games close, the up and down starting rotation, extremely positive signs from Aledmys Diaz...
42 min
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ATW Episode 94: Let's Play Ball!
Greg, Josh, and Nick look ahead at the upcoming Toronto Blue Jays season with their annual "25 in 50" preview episode. The trio spend 2 minutes talking about each of the 25 players slated to make the opening day roster with a quick chat about a couple...
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ATW Episode 93: The Empires Strike Back
In the final episode of the AL East Preview Series, Stacey Gostulias of Baseball Prospectus looks ahead at the Yankees (15:17) and Matt Kory, also of BP, takes a look at the reigning division champion Boston Red Sox (45:23). Greg and Josh also talk...
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ATW Episode 92: A Spring in our Step
Greg, Josh, and Nick discuss the recent news from spring training. They take a look at the early returns from Aaron Sanchez and his recovery from blister issues, Anthony Alford's hot start to the spring before getting hurt, Marcus Stroman's return to...
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ATW Episode 91: No Sunshine for These Rays
R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports stops by to preview the Tampa Bay Rays as part of the AL East Preview Series. He discusses the recent controversy caused by the club's latest moves, the grievance filed by the MLBPA against the club, and the outlook for the...