Spin Rate: A show about the Toronto Blue Jays

Prospect talk with Baseball Prospectus prospect writer Jeff Paternostro looking at Vlad, Bo and the gang! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- And be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperBAD, available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking Longoria, Donaldson, Vladdy, the CBA, the trade market, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- And be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperBAD, available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking Winter Meetings, Christian Yelich, Josh Donaldson, and all things Toronto Blue Jays baseball -- and featuring Drew Fairservice as the Voice of God! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- And be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperBAD, available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Drew and Stoeten talking all things Blue Jays live at a Pitch Talks event in Toronto on Wednesday, December 6th! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- And be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperBAD, available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Birds All Day number one-hundred and forty! Talking about non-tenders, Shohei Ohtani, cronyism, Alison Gordon, plus maybe a little bit about Gregg Zaun, and possibly even more than that! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- And be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperBAD, available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Deck McGuire, Josh Donaldson, Cathal Kelly, Jurickson Profar, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- And be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperBAD, available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remembering Roy Halladay. || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- And be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperBAD, available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's officially the off-season, meaning it's finally time to talk about the Josh Donaldson extension and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.! COUGH Plus naming rights, the World Series, Dunedin news, Bob Elliott's George Springer piece, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- AND, be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperBAD, available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The World Series is on, and the Jays sure as hell aren't in it! But that doesn't mean there isn't a whole lot to talk about this week, including a potential sale of the Jays, Rogers Centre grass, and other pipe dreams! Sorry for the audio! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- AND, be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperB.A.D., available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It may be the dullest month of the year (for non-playoff teams), but that just means we have to throw some curveballs your way, to keep you on your toes. Plus, front office talk, free agent talk, playoff talk, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- AND, be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperB.A.D., available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Jays season may be over, but that just means the fun stuff (read: the much less fun stuff) is just beginning. Time for a little rosterbation with a look at some projected arbitration salaries for the Jays! And so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- AND, be sure to also check out a fresh edition of our extended podcast, SuperB.A.D., available exclusively to our Patreon supporters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As this miserable Jays season winds down, we find some positives to talk about, like Teoscar Hernandez, Montréal, Josh Donaldson, the send-off for Joey Bats, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay -- AND, be sure to also check out our first ever Patreon subscriber only podcast, SUPER B.A.D., which we recorded alongside this one! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drew sounds a little off and we dealt with some file corruption, but that won't stop us from talking about Marco Estrada and how he has cleared up a big off-season question for the Blue Jays, and what that means for the future! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Jays season is winding down, and yet the club has received an unexpected boost of energy from youngsters like Richard Ureña and Teoscar Hernandez. Are they for real? What can we expect from these players going forward? All this and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Red Sox are dirty cheats, and time and age are cheating us out of one last great season from the greatest Blue Jays player of his era. All this, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded just before news of the Red Sox cheating scandal broke (we'll cover that when we're back Thursday), it's a fresh Birds All Day! With talk of the bullpen, the outfield, the infield, the future, and the real reasons 2017 went all to hell. || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Jays season is not going so well (yet again), but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot to discuss -- things like: the weird survey the club sent out this week, the debut of Tom Koehler, the future of Josh Donaldson and Kendrys Morales, Youppi and Tommy Lasorda, and the glimmer of playoff hope still not quite yet extinguished! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which we talk about Josh Donaldson, who is very good. And Giancarlo Stanton, who is very good. And Marco Estrada, who is... still a Toronto Blue Jay. Plus Brett Anderson, Russell Martin, a possible impromptu live show, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mixed bag for a mixed up season, with retool talk, prospect talk, Bautista and Tulo talk, Vlad talk, repeated talk, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The trade deadline has come and gone, and most of your favourite Blue Jays are still here to be dragged by the local media! We talk deals, dollars, dunces, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, in the booziest BAD in months, Drew, Stoeten, and Stoeten's large adult son, Cam Lewis, talk trash about the A's, plus the trade deadline, hope for the future, and probably more things I can't quite remember! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The trade deadline is coming and the Jays are... standing pat? We think so! And that it's actually probably OK... maybe? Plus, trade rumours, second base talk, concert talk, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The All-Star break is over and the Jays are still a mess, so what else is there to do but to talk trades and long term plans? Plus: TV, gambling, weekend afternoon games, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bullshit season is in full swing, so we've got dumb trade reports to talk about! Also Marcus Stroman, Bo Bichette and Vlad Guerrero, rebuilds, LeBron, Johan Cruyff, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Blue Jays look almost as awful as the 1,095 days remaining on Troy Tulowitzki's contract after this season, but it's not all bad -- and on this episode we even talk about some things that are OK! Like Stroman, Saunders, Montero, Grilli, Canada Day, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Blue Jays have finally optimized their lineup, dropping Kevin Pillar and moving José Bautista to the lead-off spot and Russell Martin (and his .376 OBP) to the second slot! Meanwhile, the bullpen has been kinda good! Positive things like those, and so much more, abound in this not-entirely-ghoulish episode of Birds All Day! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the Blue Jays gave us things to actually talk about! Things like: The draft! The hypothetical Roberto Osuna trade! The nightmare at second base! And then for good measure it was a lengthy coda of TV talk! Save this episode for award season! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Special guest Dave Burrows -- the mayor of Vancouver! -- joins Drew and Stoeten to talk Vancouver baseball, the Seattle invasion, Mark Shapiro running over his dog, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Jays are out west, having split a series with the Yankees and then headed off to face the stupid A's and Mariners. The season is alive! Trade talk is alive! Jason Grilli's career, on the other hand... || Help support the content you value; become a Birds All Day supporter at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's this? An optimistic edition of Birds All Day?? That's right! Which apparently is when you get after the miracle that was the Jays staying reasonably afloat in the absence of Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki, both of whom return this weekend! || Help support the content you value; drop us a couple bucks at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fake 117th episode of Birds All Day is here! With talk about a wild series in Atlanta, Kevin Pillar's suspension, Marcus Stroman's home run, and so much more! || Help support the content you value; drop us a couple bucks at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Excuse some of the sound issues, because we needed to change up our usual software choice so we could bring in a guest, Stacey May Fowles! Stacey is a friend of the show, and author of "Baseball Life Advice: Loving the Game That Saved Me", which is available now wherever fine books are sold. This week, believe it or not, we talked some Toronto Blue Jays baseball! || Help support the content you value; drop us a couple bucks at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marco Estrada is great! But you can't say that about a whole lot else in the Jays-a-verse these days. Even when things look up they look bad. And so Drew and Stoeten spin you through the Yankees series, May so far, and right back to thinking about 2018. Fun! And so much more! || Help support the content you value; drop us a couple bucks at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Blue Jays' season just doesn't seem to be getting any better, but it's nothing a little 21-8 May can't fix! Which... uh... here's hoping? AND SO MUCH MORE! || If you can afford to do it, we'd love for you to pay for the content you value; support us at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Birds All Day 110 isn't awful, of course! But hoo boy, the Blue Jays' season so far has been. In this week's episode Drew and Stoeten talk about what the hell is going on, about Eric Thames, about Aaron Loup, the Leftovers, the future, and so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- you can support us at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Toronto Blue Jays are off to their worst start in franchise history. Ughhhhhhhh. (It's probably fine, relax). And so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- you can support us at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

American League teams are good, and the Blue Jays are one of them. This week Drew and Stoeten are talkin' tough league, Dylan Bundy, Melvin Upton, Marco Estrada, and the sweet, beautiful return of real baseball -- and so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- you can support us at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's all happening! The Jays are in Montréal, and after a brief chat about that, Drew and Stoeten make with some "true or false" style predictions for the 2017 Blue Jays season. Mark this one down to later see how wrong we were about it all (except Rougie Odor being trash)! And so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- you can support us at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Gibbons has himself a contract extension, the Orioles' GM said something dumb and unfathomable, Marcus Stroman pitched his ass off in the WBC finale, and so much more! Watch for the edit!! || This podcast is listener supported -- you can support us at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drew and Stoeten go Dutch on this one, talking about the WBC, the Aaron Sanchez contract hubbub, MLBtv versus Sporsnet Now, and so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- you can support us at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Francisco Liriano might be kinda good! The World Baseball Classic might be kinda bad (or, at least, MLBtv's blackout rules for it are -- Team Dominican Republic, on the other hand: great)! Oh, and the Jays stlll have a mess in left field. All this and so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- you can support us at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NOTE: Stoeten's mic sounds a little off for the first 12 minutes, but it gets better!Spring Training is in full swing, meaning we get to talk about how boring Spring Training is. Plus! Tim Mayza, bullpen options, the Red Sox' house of cards, Marcus Snoman, and so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- hit us up at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin Smoak is bad, Troy Tulowitzki is good, the Boston Red Sox are scary af, and yet everything we think at this time of year is probably wrong anyway! Let's get this season started already! || This podcast is listener supported -- hit us up at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spring is here -- weve all seen the pictures -- so lets take a moment to dump on the Jays` latest acquisition! Plus we talk Dalton Pompey, Strochez, Tulo the true #6dad, and so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- hit us up at Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Straight to your ear-holes for the 100th time (under the current name), it's the Birds All Day podcast! This week talking bullpen signings, the WBC, rule changes, and so much more! || This podcast is listener supported -- check out Patreon.com/BirdsAllDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What would a Josh Donaldson extension look like? How about one for Marcus Stroman or Aaron Sanchez? We talk extensions, the JP Howell signing, the left field mess, and so much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'll level with you: I'm writing this description a day after we recorded this, and I have no idea what we talked about. The death of the State of the Franchise? For sure! The bullpen and outfield situations? Probably! A teaser for next week's episode? I think so! And so much more!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

José Bautista is officially back where he belongs, and the 2017 Blue Jays can now focus on other needs -- something they may even still have the money to do, thanks to one special guy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All is quiet on the Bautista front, Aaron Sanchez has a new agent, plus listen questions and so much more as we try to pass the time between now and Spring Training. Yay? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Edwin Encarnacion has signed a three-year deal that will take him to Cleveland, which is a great move for them and gut punch for Jays fans, as that club's off-season continues to be... curious. All that, and so much more! (But mostly that!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.