The Blue Jays have signed an eighth starter to be their fifth starter! But that's OK, because it's Max goddamn Scherzer!
Plus, details on this week's podcast with @nickashbourne.bsky.social, Eloy talk, a squid sighting, and more!
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That’s my third baseman
21.02.2026 18:35 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On injuries, trades, retirements, podcasts, projections, the arrival of spring, and a whole hell of a lot more!
13.02.2026 23:09 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I are looking ahead to the season, drafting teams of Blue Jays based on how we think they’ll over- or under-perform their ZiPS projections by way of FanGraphs’ RosterResource.
Plus! A Framber rumour, and (finally!) a proper statue!
Have a listen! 👇
Kyle Sucker—heh!—and Blow Bichette—get it?—are much wealthier than they were a week ago. But are Jays fans the suckers for expecting one to sign here? Did Ross Atkins blow it?
This week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk all about these monster deals and the fallout from them.
Have a listen! 👇
They must have meant Dodgers
16.01.2026 03:06 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0Red Sox podcasters on the other app saying it’s the Jays. Will report back when someone anyone’s ever heard of does.
15.01.2026 15:43 — 👍 34 🔁 1 💬 7 📌 0
MLB’s hot stove has finally started simmering again, and this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk all about the actual movement involving Kyle Tucker, Bo Bichette’s meeting with the Phillies, the state of the Red Sox and Yankees, and more!
Have a listen! 👇
Just recorded an episode of Blue Jays Happy Hour with @stoeten.bsky.social, largely on the Kyle Tucker/Bo Bichette market, so if those could remain relatively stable for a bit, that would be excellent.
Thanks, baseball (contract) gods.
The Jays' latest signing is a player of great intrigue and great skill: former Yomiuri Giants star 3B Kazuma Okamoto.
And this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I are talking all about his arrival, and what it means for the Jays—and their other free agent pursuits. Have a listen! 👇
Interesting perhaps only to me: the Jays have announced an upcoming media conference with Okamoto and “his attorney” Scott Boras.
Not a usual desciptor. Something to do with the posting system I’d guess?
ICYMI, I wrote about Okamoto here:
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Jays make the Okamoto signing official, per a release. Paxton Schultz DFA.
04.01.2026 23:01 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It might be bad news for those desperate for a Bo reunion, but the Jays' Okamoto signing is a fascinating and fun one, and signals that this offseason could have more moving parts than we expected…
My thoughts 👇
It might be bad news for those desperate for a Bo reunion, but the Jays' Okamoto signing is a fascinating and fun one, and signals that this offseason could have more moving parts than we expected…
My thoughts 👇
It’s been a hell of a trip around the sun for the Jays, hasn’t it?
And this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I look back on all of it—from low expectations and an ugly start, to the coalescing of an elite team, to one of the all-time great—and all-time heartbreaking—seasons in sports. 👇
Sorry, just seeing this man. Would probably have to say Henry's on Hunter St. But there are a number of other options, too.
31.12.2025 19:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Holiday Mail Bag!
On Tucker, on Bo, on Ernie, and Rogers! On projections, on trade talk, on Varsho, and the Dodgers! 👇
A Holiday Mail Bag!
On Tucker, on Bo, on Ernie, and Rogers! On projections, on trade talk, on Varsho, and the Dodgers! 👇
ICYMI
23.12.2025 18:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If the Jays aren't going to give us anything interesting to talk about it, we'll just have to talk amongst ourselves. Yes, I’ll be doing a #HolidayBag this week!
So check the post below on how to submit your Qs and keep your eyes peeled on Wednesday for it to drop! 👇
(Of course, if Ross wants to give us a gift before then that forces me to have to rip the whole thing up and start again, I think I could find a way to forgive him. *HINT* *HINT*)
23.12.2025 00:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If the Jays aren't going to give us anything interesting to talk about it, we'll just have to talk amongst ourselves. Yes, I’ll be doing a #HolidayBag this week!
So check the post below on how to submit your Qs and keep your eyes peeled on Wednesday for it to drop! 👇
‘Tis the season for transactions big and small, and this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I had several of them to talk about.
Have a listen! 👇
Just a quick post on where to check out some recent Jays-related chats I've had with @tallcanaudio.bsky.social and @payaldoshitv.bsky.social!
17.12.2025 20:47 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
If a Winter Meetings happens in Orlando, does anybody hear it make a sound?
This week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I are talking all about the Winter Meetings, which have come and gone without having much of an impact on the Jays’ 2026 roster.
Have a listen! 👇
ICYMI…
08.12.2025 16:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Does THIS change EVERYTHING? No! But in it you’ll find my thoughts on the the likelihood that every single Blue Jays player has of getting traded this winter.
It’s my annual-ish Trade Tiers piece! 2026 Edition!
Does THIS change EVERYTHING? No! But in it you’ll find my thoughts on the the likelihood that every single Blue Jays player has of getting traded this winter.
It’s my annual-ish Trade Tiers piece! 2026 Edition!
We can deduce a few things from the Yariel move:
1) 29 teams passed on claiming Rodriguez ($17M over next 3 years)
2) Blue Jays would have been OK to see him leave for no return
2) Jays prefer to have Rodriguez off the 40-man, freeing up valuable space for someone else
