Fans from the Stands Mickey & Yvan

A shorter episode than usual this week. The Jays had relatively light schedule with a few off-day a postponement. On the positive side, there seems to be a glimmer of hope with some of the stars coming around offensively and Manoah looked great in his most recent start. Around the league we discuss some of the surprises in the standings and this weeks prospect spotlight is on Josh Kasevich.

Ugh! It's been a rough stretch for the Blue Jays. They've only won 5 of 14 games since our last episode. Today we commiserate. We discuss what going wrong with the offense, who is underperforming, who is carrying the team at the moment. We also talk about some of the injuries that are starting to pile up. Around the league we chat about the sad tale of Mike Trout who is hitting the IL again, strange umpiring decisions and more.

We've have a few weeks of baseball and the Jays have play pretty much .500 baseball. There have been some good and some bad but overall as expected. There has been so trouble with a few injuries (Romano and Swanson) and our ace has not looked good. Around the league we talk about the MLBPA admonishing the pitch clock and the role it has played in the injuries to pitchers. We also put the spotlight on Orelvis Martinez, a player that we talked about a few years ago and currently the #2 prospect in the system.

We are excited to get the season started. Opening Day is here and we are set to make our annual predictions. Before we get into that we must first discuss the big new in the MLB, Shohei/Ippei sports gambling saga. We also talk about the Blue Jays 26 man roster and results of some position battles.

It's been a few months since our last episode and as the calendar changed to the new year, so does the change to a new season. Spring Training is in full swing and the excitement is palpable. This episode we chat about the new faces that have been signed, the resigning of players and what we hope to see this spring. Around the horn we discuss the announced retirement of the Comish Rob Manfred and some of the more significant signings and non-signings. Things are getting "nuts" with the new MLB official uniforms, we discuss some of the issues with them and the main gripe from the players. No Blue Chip discussion this week as we await the new official MLB Prospect rankings.

This episode we talk about the Shohei Ohtani Saga. The plane tracking, the restaurant reservations and the Dragon/Shark. If that sounds crazy, well that was Friday December 8th 2023 in a nutshell. Join us unpack our feeling about what a weird weekend it's been.