Stoeten
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Baseball and things. https://stoeten.substack.com
In our latest Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I discuss our favourite memories of the Jays players whose time with the organization ended Monday. Which... well... which means we talk a lot about Kevin Gausman. Have a listen 👇
237b. Post-Deadline Memories | Blue Jays Happy Hour
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ICYMI, I did a classic style live blog during the last few hours of Monday's trade deadline. Follow along again, from my lengthy opening analysis of the early Gausman and Soriano moves, through all the rest of the day's action!
2026 Trade Deadline Final Hours Live Blog!
Keep refreshing throughout the afternoon as I provide non-stop coverage of all things Blue Jays at what has already been a massive trade deadline for the club.
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ICYMI, I dug into the blog archives to tell the crazy story of the Blue Jays in early 2007. It's 13,000 words of Ricciardi-era chaos feat. Gibbers and Griffins, the Beej, Frank the Tank, Wednesdays with JP, the great Roy Halladay & more! They're not lies if we know the truth...
The Jays pulled off a buy/sell hybrid deadline, strengthening for next year while maintaining plausible deniability about waving the white flag on ‘26. But how'd they actually do? This week, in our deadline roundup, @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk all about it! Have a listen! 👇
🎧BJHH: 236 - The 2026 Trade Deadline Roundup!
The Jays made some trades! So we talked about them!
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The Jays pulled off a buy/sell hybrid deadline, strengthening for next year while maintaining plausible deniability about waving the white flag on ‘26. But how'd they actually do? This week, in our deadline roundup, @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk all about it! Have a listen! 👇
🎧BJHH: 236 - The 2026 Trade Deadline Roundup!
The Jays made some trades! So we talked about them!
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I've flipped today live blog around so now it reads from top to bottom as the last few hours unfolded. Still adding some comments as we see quotes from Ross Atkins come in, and will have some final thoughts before I sign off to record the pod at 8 PM ET.
2026 Trade Deadline Final Hours Live Blog!
Keep refreshing throughout the afternoon as I provide non-stop coverage of all things Blue Jays at what has already been a massive trade deadline for the club.
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Updated again on the Hoffman deal, as my deadline day live blog is now in winding-down mode. But check it out, stay tuned for some final thoughts. And also for a fresh podcast, which @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I will be recording shortly!
2026 Trade Deadline Final Hours Live Blog!
Keep refreshing throughout the afternoon as I provide non-stop coverage of all things Blue Jays at what has already been a massive trade deadline for the club.
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Had some Hoffman thoughts, among many others, in my recent updates. Now I'm about to have a whole lot more, as he's been dealt to the Twins! Working on the next update as I continue to live blog the deadline. stoeten.substack.com/p/2026-trade...
2026 Trade Deadline Final Hours Live Blog!
Keep refreshing throughout the afternoon as I provide non-stop coverage of all things Blue Jays at what has already been a massive trade deadline for the club.
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Added thoughts on Varsho-for-Arrighetti to my ongoing live blog. stoeten.substack.com/p/2026-trade...
As the hours until the 6 PM ET trade deadline tick down, I’ll be live blogging. 👇 Check back frequently for updates as the market continues developing—and get started by reading my first entry: almost 3,000 words on the Jays’ massive Gausman and Soriano deals! 📸 @bluejays.com
2026 Trade Deadline Final Hours Live Blog!
Keep refreshing throughout the afternoon as I provide non-stop coverage of all things Blue Jays at what has already been a massive trade deadline for the club.
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In our biggest Patreon-exclusive bonus episode ever, this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I took a look back at all of the Blue Jays' Atkins-era trade deadline sell-offs, giving grades to each and every deal they've made. Have a listen 👇
236b. Grading Past Sell-Offs | Blue Jays Happy Hour
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Think Jays fans in 2026 have had it rough? The 2007 Jays were an absolute circus. And so was coverage of the team. My latest is a lengthy one exploring all the insanity that took place—online, offline, on radio—around a talented, dysfunctional team that imploded by mid-May.
Early 2007 Was a Fantastically Miserable Time to Be a (Drunk) Jays Fan
They're not lies if we know the truth.
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Think Jays fans in 2026 have had it rough? The 2007 Jays were an absolute circus. And so was coverage of the team. My latest is a lengthy one exploring all the insanity that took place—online, offline, on radio—around a talented, dysfunctional team that imploded by mid-May.
Early 2007 Was a Fantastically Miserable Time to Be a (Drunk) Jays Fan
They're not lies if we know the truth.
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It’s time to finally deal with the inevitable, as this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I are talking trades—and the upcoming MLB trade deadline, which could reshape the Blue Jays in the hours between now and Monday at 6 PM ET. Have a listen 👇
🎧BJHH: 236 - The 2026 Trade Deadline Preview!
Talkin' trades! Just not the fun kind we want to be talking about.
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Was 2025 a fluke? This week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I briefly wrestle with the question of the moment, before moving on to discuss the state of the team and the vibes, then setting our sights on the upcoming trade deadline—but not in the good way that you'd like. Have a listen 👇
🎧BJHH: 235 - Was 2025 a Fluke?
No, but things here in 2026 are certainly not going well.
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ICYMI I wrote a little about this maddening team (which still applies after another dumb one last night), and then jumped into the archive and dug up some classic Ted Rogers statue hate
Stoeten@stoeten.bsky.social · 2w agoPRE-GAME POST! Thoughts on the state of the Jays, and on a wrong finally righted.
PRE-GAME POST! Thoughts on the state of the Jays, and on a wrong finally righted.
Statue of Limitations
Thoughts on the state of the Jays, and on a wrong finally righted.
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Honestly feel like bothering to score a run at this point would be offensive. Not as offensive as thinking this website is cool but still.
Would love it if these assholes played well enough for the next two weeks to keep this from being Gausman’s last home start as a Blue Jay!
"The Blue Jays have no chance." OK, wow it must have really sucked to be the Red Sox and Orioles until, like, a week ago then. (Hint: True.)
PRE-GAME POST: Hell, I’d take back-to-back *regular season* series wins at this point. HEYO! 📸 @thehazelmae.bsky.social
Starting... NOW
Hell, I’d take back-to-back *regular season* series wins at this point. HEYO!
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GRADING 50 BLUE JAYS AT THE BREAK Forty-nine players have taken the field so far this year as members of the Toronto Blue Jays. Here are some words on every single one of them (plus Anthony Santander). 📸 @bluejays.com
Grading 50 Blue Jays at the Break
Forty-nine players have taken the field so far this year as members of the Toronto Blue Jays. Here are some words on every single one of them (plus Anthony Santander).
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FRESH MEAT: On the best Blue Jays game of the season by far, Vladdy, Cease, Rogers and MLSE, Tommy Nance, Shane Bieber, and more! 📸 @bluejays.com
Enter the Dragon
On the best Blue Jays game of the season by far, Vladdy, Cease, Rogers and MLSE, Tommy Nance, Shane Bieber, and more!
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PRE-GAME POST! On disappointment, coaching, favourable counts, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., George Springer, Shane Bieber, Miles, Parker, Bloss, Fleming, Rogers, Yesavage, and more! 📸 @bluejays.com
Stray Thoughts... - Down Vlad
On disappointment, coaching, favourable counts, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., George Springer, Shane Bieber, Miles, Parker, Bloss, Fleming, Rogers, Yesavage, and more!
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NEW POST TIME!: On a tough June, an unforgettable Canada Day series, and a huge road trip ahead... 📸 @bluejays.com
Stray Thoughts... - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
On a tough June, an unforgettable Canada Day series, and a huge road trip ahead...
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This week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I are talking about the ascendant Sean Keys, the maddening Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the returning Bo Bichette, and a Blue Jays team that maybe isn't quite out of it yet. Have a listen 👇
🎧BJHH: 233 - Keys to the Season
This week we're talking about the ascendant Sean Keys, the maddening Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the returning Bo Bichette, and a Blue Jays team that maybe isn't quite out of it yet.
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This week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I are talking Astros disaster, Vlad's struggles, Bieber, Springer, Scherzer, SWR, Santander, Shapiro, and a whole lot more! Have a listen 👇
🎧BJHH: 232 - Vladdy Corner (and Other Indignities)
This week we're talking Astros disaster, Vlad's struggles, Bieber, Springer, Scherzer, SWR, Santander, Shapiro, and more!
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A QUICK ONE BEFORE THE SOCCER: A little bit of under-the-hood on Shane Bieber's return, bunting in extras, plus frustrations old and new, Schneider, Springer, Vladdy, Urias, Tiedemann, and more! 📸 @bluejays.com
Stray Thoughts... - Now Do You Belieb?
A little bit of under-the-hood on Shane Bieber's return, bunting in extras, plus frustrations old and new, Schneider, Springer, Vladdy, Urias, Tiedemann, and more!
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Sure could have used an extra out there in the bottom of the 10th. Ho ho ho. But how to have found one?