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 intriguing targets for a Jays team with a real chance to be even better in 2026. And this week we talk about all that, and a whole lot more, as we turn the page on the magical season that was and begin looking to the future.

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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 not win the World Series.

On an unbelievable playoff ride, an instant classic of a series, and a wild ending beloved by all except the team and fan base crushingly heartbroken by it.

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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 Angeles and, behind another Trey Yesavage performance for the ages, head back to Toronto needing to win just one of the next two in order to become World Series champions. What a world!

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After a cap-tip-worthy performance from Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game Two (and an inexplicable appearance from the Jonas Brothers) the Blue Jays and Dodgers are taking the World Series to California tied at one game apiece. The Jays will need to win one of the next three to get back to Canada with a chance to become champions, and this week we talk about how we got here, and how they might get there.

Plus: The Bo Bichette of it all, folk hero Addison Barger, and thoughts on upcoming starters Max Scherzer and Shane Bieber.

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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 Toronto Blue Jays??? Still absolutely beyond surreal! From a confidence check, to the latest on Bo Bichette, and all else in between, this week we're talking everything Jays-Dodgers!

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The Toronto Blue Jays will represent the American League in the 2025 World Series after overcoming the Seattle Mariners in an unbelievable Game Seven that, thanks to George Springer, provided us with an instantly iconic moment that will forever be part of franchise lore. What kind of unbelievable dream is this????

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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 best outcome imaginable after they lost games One and Two at home—but were unable to take a series lead along with them despite being the better team in their Game Five loss. More intensity awaits! But it didn't have to be this way...

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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 series shifts to the Emerald City, and need to get their bats going in a hurry. Vibes: Not good!

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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 between Jays fans and John Schneider, Mark Shapiro, and Ross Atkins turned a corner? Is the answer different depending on who we're asking the question about? In this week's Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, we explore all of these questions.

PLUS!: An update on how each team from our recent Unlikely Playoff Heroes draft is doing!

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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 Tigers or the Mariners for the right to represent the American League in the World Series! It's a sublime and surreal moment, but are the vibes better today than after that glorious weekend after they blasted the Yankees in games One and Two to take an instant stranglehold on the series?

This week we discuss all of that, plus we ask whether we've learned anything about this Blue Jays team over the course of these last four games, whether there's an ALCS opponent we'd prefer and why it's the Tigers, and more!

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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 talk about after a truly unbelievable weekend of Toronto Blue Jays playoff baseball.

Vlad setting the tone early in Game One, and Alejandro Kirk having a second straight Game of His Life. Vladdy blasting a Game Two grand slam on the sweetest swing in the history of the world. Trey f@&*%$@ Yesavage!

The Jays’ work isn’t done yet, but they’ve put themselves in the best possible position, with Shane Bieber set to take the ball in Game Three in the Bronx on Tuesday night, in the most utterly spectacular way possible. OH MY GOD! WHAT A WEEKEND!

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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 of the 2025 Blue Jays we think have the best chances to become unlikely playoff heroes.

Who do you think picked the better team? Let us know!

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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 teams match up? And how should the Jays deploy their starting pitchers?

Not the way we expected, it turns out, with Kevin Gausman named the Game 1 starter over Shane Bieber just moments after we finished recording. But nevertheless, we talk about all of it, and all the possibilities that lie ahead. Playoffs, baby!

Plus we announce that our playoff coverage will include off-day episodes, regular bonus episodes, and post-game instant reaction mini-episodes after each game!

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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 debate which one we'd prefer to see come through the Wild Card round for a visit to Rogers Centre starting on Saturday.

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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 entire season, but your 2025 Toronto Blue Jays are winners of 94 games, the AL East crown, and the right to wait for the Yankees and Red Sox to duke it out in deciding who will be their ALDS opponent.

What a world! What a ride! What a team! And, before the story of these Jays gets rewritten by whatever happens next, we wanted to take a few moments to appreciate what an accomplishment it's been to even get this far.

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Alek Manoah was designated for assignment late last week and was subsequently selected off of waivers by Atlanta, ending a once incredibly promising Blue Jays career. And in this Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, we reminisce about how it all went, and where it all went wrong.

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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 of ineptitude, this exact moment is certainly in the conversation as very possibly the worst. It's ugly out there.

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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 recent memory. How do we know? Because in this Patreon-exclusive bonus episode we reminisced about other top prospect call-ups over the years—like Nate Pearson, Alek Manoah, and Marcus Stroman—and discussed how Yesavage stacked up.

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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's episode vibing out on a Jays team that has won six straight, keeps hitting, keeps showing incredible resilience, has had its bullpen bounce back, has Kevin Gausman pitching like it's 2022, and has added a new playoff weapon in the form of Trey Yesavage—who, if he keeps pitching the way he did in his debut, may even wind up in the rotation come October.

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