Mark sits down with top Toronto Blue Jays prospect Kevin Smith to discuss baseball in the age of COVID-19, his 2019 season and shotgunning Red Bulls before the game.Music: “Fatboy Slim,” The Snuts. https://media.blubrry.com/thereshegoes/content.blubrry.com/thereshegoes/Section_138_Ep_66.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
The MLB trade deadline is the busiest time for general managers around the league. The time for them to re-evaluate their team as buyers or sellers. After last year’s unprecedented trade deadline haul masterminded by Alex Anthopoulos, the Jays turned from pretenders to contenders. This year, luckily for Ross Atkins, he inherited an already talented squad and just had to fill some holes. How’d he do? Pretty darn well for a rookie GM. The first trade Atkins made a week prior…
On June 24th, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected American forward Auston Matthews first overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, as the team’s first first-overall selection since 1985. The Blue Jays have never had a first overall pick, but let’s look back at the three second-overall picks in their history.
Analyzing the Blue Jays second round pick – Bo Bichette.
Analyzing the Blue Jay’s first round draft pick – T.J. Zeuch.