Locked On Blue Jays

Here we go again. The rumor mill is circulating that the Toronto Blue Jays are the first of four teams to meet with Superstar free agent Juan Soto. It seems like every analyst covering the Blue Jays has a take on this situation, as we have seen multiple articles linking the Blue Jays to the star, with varying takes on the likelihood of him signing in Toronto. In this episode, we get into all the rumors surrounding Juan Soto, which teams are interested in, and our perspectives on what a contract may look like for the superstar. Can the Blue Jays make up for last offseason and sign Juan Soto? Will Vladdy have any influence on his decision? We cover all this and more on this episode of Locked On Blue Jays. We also have started a Movember fundraiser and encourage you to help raise awareness in any way you can. See the link in the description for more details! Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jo

It is official. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has won his 2nd Silver Slugger of his career. This was Vladdy’s best season since 2021, and it gave Blue Jays fans hope for this team's batting order for 2025. Another thing that could help the Blue Jays maximize their output from their batting order is moving Vladimir Guerrero Jr across the diamond. We saw instances where Vladimir Guerrero Jr played third base throughout this season, but how would the Toronto Blue Jays fare if they had Vladdy playing 3rd base for an extended period? Can Vladimir Guerrero Jr. be a serviceable third baseman? How could this move affect the Blue Jays lineup in 2025? In this episode, we break down Vladdy’s defensive ability and bring you another player profile, as we analyze one of the Blue Jays top prospects, Jake Bloss. We also have started a Movember fundraiser, and encourage you to help raise awareness in any way you can. See the link in the description for more details! Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bic

The Toronto Blue Jays are back to back champions: They have officially won the Team Gold Glove award for the best defensive team in all of baseball. Has this led to any success by the Blue Jays organization? Absolutely not. The Blue Jays have had the best defensive team in baseball the last two seasons and have zero playoff wins to show for it. In this episode, we discuss our stance on defense in baseball and how it correlates to a team's success, then we present a new style of baseball the Toronto Blue Jays could undertake to bolster the bats and run production for 2025. We provide the most up to date information, news and storylines surrounding the Blue Jays to keep you up to speed with the current state of Toronto Blue Jays baseball. We have started a Movember fundraiser and we encourage you to show your support in any way you can to bring light to this important cause. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez,

We are back with another free agent episode. There have been multiple reports linking Gleber Torres to the Toronto Blue Jays. It’s no secret the Blue Jays struggled offensively, and Gleber Torres could be a relatively cheap option that would immediately bolster this lineup and provide some stability at second base. Going after Gleber Torres would be a massive boost to the batting order, but could come with some inconsistencies defensively. Do you want Gleber Torres to sign with the Blue Jays this offseason? To end the episode, we go over scenarios for the outfield if Daulton Varsho is not available for opening day. We have also started to raise money for Movember and encourage you all to help in any way you can, as mental health and suicide are very important issues in our society. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Kirk,

The Toronto Blue Jays have a massive bullpen problem. They will need to add a significant number of arms to this bullpen to revamp it for next season. But how do the Blue Jays feel about bullpen arms already on the roster? In this episode, we break down the non-tender options on the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as who could be the closing pitcher for the team next season. Is it Jordan Romano? Is it Chad Green? Will the closer come from outside the organization? We break down our thoughts on the options the Blue Jays should consider to improve this bullpen going into 2025. We have also started to raise money for Movember and encourage you all to help in any way you can, as mental health and suicide are very important issues in our society. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Kirk, Joey Votto, Erik Swanson, Leo Jimenez, Davis S

Ross Atkins has addressed the media once again and has provided us with a boatload of information to digest over the next few weeks. In today’s episode, we dive into his remarks about Bo Bichette and the likelihood of Bo being moved during this offseason. We then analyze Ross Atkin’s perspective on the Blue Jays catchers and how he feels about that position group going into 2025. We discuss Ross Atkin’s statements and break down how his off-season plan will influence the transactions the Blue Jays make this off-season. We have also started to raise money for Movember and encourage you all to help in any way you can, as mental health and suicide are very important issues amongst out society. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Kirk, Joey Votto, Erik Swanson, Leo Jimenez, Davis Schneider, Ernie Clement, Spencer Horwitz, Chad

We are back with another free-agent breakdown. Alex Bregman is a player that should catch the eye of the Toronto Blue Jays front office, as he has shown throughout his career that he is a great hitter with solid defense. Bregman was nominated for the American League third base gold glove. Would you be interested in making Alex Bregman a Toronto Blue Jay? Would Alex Bregman be the spark plug for this Blue Jays batting order? What would a contract look like? In the last segment, we break down the blueprint of the Blue Jays off-season, giving our thoughts on the Blue Jays’ positions of need going into the 2025 season. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Kirk, Joey Votto, Erik Swanson, Leo Jimenez, Davis Schneider, Ernie Clement, Spencer Horwitz, Chad Green, Jake Bloss, Genesis Cabrera, Bowden Francis, Joey Loperfido, Orelvis M

Free Agency has officially started, Silver Slugger nominations have been revealed and the Toronto Blue Jays have gone into transaction overload, giving us a lot of new information to talk about for the first time in a while. This is one of the biggest offseasons in franchise history, and Ross Atkins will need to prove to the fan base that he is the man who can set this team up for success. In this episode, we break down the Silver Slugger nomination and give our thoughts on Vladimir Guerrero Jr’s chances to win the award. We then transfer over to transaction talk, with Genesis Cabrera being the surprise of the offseason thus far. To end the episode, we break down some important transactions and Blue Jays news to keep you updated with the current state of the Toronto Blue Jays. We also give you the opportunity to support Movember in any way you can with a link in the description below, with all proceeds going to the cause. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman

The Gold Glove winners have been announced. Only one Toronto Blue Jay is taking home some hardware this season. Which Blue Jay won an award? Juan Soto speculation is at an all-time high as we get closer and closer to the start of Free Agency. With all the news surrounding a Blue Jays link to the superstar, this situation feels eerily similar to our situation with Shohei Ohtani. In this episode, we break down Juan Soto's sweepstakes and how likely he is to sign with the Toronto Blue Jays. We then review Nathen Lukes, his time with the Blue Jays, and what we can expect from him this upcoming season. To wrap things up, we talk about the importance of mental health and suicide awareness and what you can do to support the cause. We have started to raise money for Movember and encourage you all to help in any way you can. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner

The offseason has officially started. There have already been trades made by multiple teams to start the offseason. As we have discussed, this is the most important Toronto Blue Jays off-season ever. There are major free agents available that can completely flip the outlook of a team, two superstars that remain unsigned, and a huge question mark regarding whether this team can be competitive in 2025. In this episode, we continue the debate with some of our listener's opinions, as there were a lot of great points made and many things to consider. We break down our confidence in Ross Atkins, analyzing some of the statements he has made, as well as going over the history of Ross Atkins and what we want to see out of him this offseason. To end the week, we answer another listener question regarding a fun hypothetical Blue Jays scenario. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassi

WOW. What an ending to the MLB season. The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series in five games. Canadian Freddie Freeman was named World Series MVP with four home runs and tied a World Series record with 12 RBI. We never thought we would see anything like the 2015 ALDS again, but it has happened in the World Series. The New York Yankees made three costly errors in the fifth inning, giving up FIVE unearned runs to allow the Dodgers to tie the game. We will break down the World Series in totality, the game four antics from Yankees fans, and Leo Jiminez and his season performance with the organization. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Kirk, Joey Votto, Erik Swanson, Leo Jimenez, Davis Schneider, Ernie Clement, Spencer Horwitz, Chad Green, Jake Bloss, Genesis Cabrera, Bowden Francis, Joey Loperfido, Orelvis Martinez,

The Toronto Blue Jays have a very obvious need going into this offseason: they desperately need a power bat. As we know, Ross Atkins is not in favor of power bats, but many analysts have Anthony Santander signing with the Blue Jays this offseason. Anthony Santander is coming off the best season of his career, with 44 home runs on the season which was good for 3rd best in all of baseball. The Blue Jays have money to spend this offseason and would be able to compete in the open market to bring Anthony Santander to Toronto. Is this the right fit for the Blue Jays? In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on Anthony Santander and what we believe a contract will look like for the upcoming seasons. To end things off, we have another question of the day from one of our listeners. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Kirk, Joey Votto

We decided to dive into our player reviews, ranking 31 of the players within the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Today, we started with four players: Ryan Burr, Jonatan Clase, Tyler Heineman and Dillon Tate. These players are projected to serve different purposes on the Blue Jays, and this player may be impacted by different signings throughout this season. In this episode, we break down our thoughts on their performances in 2024 and how their roles may change with the organization in 2025. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Kirk, Joey Votto, Erik Swanson, Leo Jimenez, Davis Schneider, Ernie Clement, Spencer Horwitz, Chad Green, Jake Bloss, Genesis Cabrera, Bowden Francis, Joey Loperfido, Orelvis Martinez, Ricky Tiedemann, Zach Pop, Addison Barger, Nathan Lukes, Aaron Sanchez, Cutter Coffey, Will Wagner, Dillon Tate, Tomm

Free Agency is rapidly approaching for the 2025 MLB season. With an extremely disappointing season, the fans expect Ross Atkins and the rest of the front office to be active in retooling this team for more success in the future. This is the biggest offseason in Blue Jays history with all that is up in the air with the organization. The result of the 2025 Blue Jays season will resolve any unanswered questions surrounding the direction of the Toronto Blue Jays, whether that is to compete for the World Series or to blow up this core and try to rebuild for the future. In this episode, we break down the Blue Jays budget based on previous seasons, going over how much the Blue Jays will spend, where they will spend their budget, and how they should spend this budget to maximize this team's growth over the offseason. We’ll give you our takes on the most important positions to address on this episode of Locked On Blue Jays. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jord

The World Series is upon us. There are three former Blue Jays that will be playing in this series that we will be keeping a close eye on, looking for them to make an impact on the most important series in baseball. In this episode, we talk about the former Blue Jays in The World Series, which players we would like to see win a championship, and our predictions for the 2024 World Series. We then continue with our season reviews on players who were traded from the Toronto Blue Jays at this year's trade deadline. In this episode, we focus on Kevin Keirmaier and Danny Jansen. Kevin Keirmaier had a great 2023 with the Blue Jays, as he was an above-average hitter while still playing some of the best outfield defense in the league. This season was not the same. As many predicted, Keirmaier regressed substantially and was under the hot seat in Toronto, as subpar hitting was a common theme in Toronto before the trade deadline. To end the week, we analyze Danny Jansen’s career with the Toronto Blue Jays, giving our pe

The MLB has come out with its major award nominations for the 2024 season. Unsurprisingly, the Toronto Blue Jays do not have anyone nominated for the AL MVP or AL Cy Young Awards, but we do have a nominee for AL Comeback Player Of The Year, Chad Green. Chad Green had a very underrated season in Toronto in 2024. With injuries to Erik Swanson and Jordan Romano, Green had to step up this season and was an effective Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher in the many roles he was thrown into. Does Chad Green deserve to win AL Comeback Player Of The Year? Were there any Blue Jays that should have been nominated for an award? In this episode, we give our thoughts on the Chad Green nomination and whether we believe there should have been more Blue Jays nominated. We also dive into the All MLB Team Awards and their nominations, giving our thoughts on their picks for the awards. We end today's episode by talking about the new hitting coach in Toronto and what his impact will be on the 2025 Blue Jays lineup, as well as answer

We continue our season reviews of the players traded from the Toronto Blue Jays at this year's trade deadline. In this episode, we analyze Justin Turner and Trevor Richards and their tenures with the Toronto Blue Jays. Justin Turner was the Toronto Blue Jays biggest signing of the offseason. With an offense that struggled immensely in 2023, it was very surprising that this was the biggest acquisition of the Blue Jays batting order, as this was an area of need going into the offseason. Trevor Richards joined the Blue Jays in 2021 and has had a very up-and-down career as a part of the club, fulfilling many different roles in his time with the organization. In this episode, we break down the 2024 seasons of Justin Turner and Trevor Richards, analyzing how important they were to this roster, their impacts on the Blue Jays, and the overall productivity of their career with the Toronto Blue Jays. To end the episode, we break down another great question from our listeners regarding a problem the Blue Jays will run i

The 2024 Toronto Blue Jays season was an overall disappointment. With the 8th highest payroll in baseball, the expectation was that the Blue Jays would make the playoffs. As we know, this did not happen. Every MLB team has expectations at the start of every season, whether that’s to make the World Series, make the playoffs, or even finish the season above .500. Fortunately for Blue Jays fans, many teams fail to meet expectations in a given season, and a few teams will overachieve in their expectations and shock the league with their performance. In this episode, we break down the expectations for all teams in the MLB, analyzing the perspective of each team going into the season and whether they would win their division, be in the hunt in the wildcard race, or miss the playoffs entirely. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt, Justin Turner, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Ki

We continue our season reviews of the players traded from the Blue Jays at this year's trade deadline. In this episode, we dive into IKF and Yimi Garcia, and their tenures with the Toronto Blue Jays. When IKF signed with the Toronto Blue Jays, we were not huge fans of the signing, but he proved us wrong and had a very successful season with the Blue Jays. Yimi Garcia needed to step up this season with a ton of bullpen injuries, and he was effective in doing so. In this episode, we break down the 2024 seasons of Yimi Garcia and Isiah Kiner Falefa, analyzing how important they were to this roster, their impacts on the Blue Jays, and the overall productivity of their career with the Toronto Blue Jays. To end things off, we answer a listener question and give our takes on the best way to resolve issues that arise throughout the MLB season. Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Rodriguez, George Springer, Jose Berrios, Chris Ba

Projected arbitration contracts have been released for all MLB teams. Considering the Blue Jays have 10 eligible players in arbitration, this will be an extremely important period for the organization. With a team that has gotten considerably younger since the trade deadline, the Blue Jays front office must be cautious of how they approach and plan for these arbitration hearings. In this episode, we analyze the projected salaries of these players, giving our thoughts on the value of the player on the Blue Jays compared to the projected salary they will receive. Are these good arbitration projections? How should the Blue Jays approach their arbitration hearings? What would we change? For our final segment, we will give our thoughts on the wild game that took place in Cleveland. We give you all of the most up to date Blue Jays news and storylines on this episode of Locked On Blue Jays Your current Toronto Blue Jays roster: Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Kevin Gausman, Jordan Romano, Alek Manoah, Yariel Ro