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  • Shane Bieber will be a Toronto Blue Jay in 2026 after giving team an enormous discount

    Shane Bieber will be a Toronto Blue Jay in 2026 after giving team an enormous discount
    Nov 5 2025

    Guest: Shane Bieber

    It only took three days for the most shocking move of the off-season to happen.

    Against all odds, Shane Bieber exercised his $16 million (US) player option and is staying with the Blue Jays for the 2026 season.

    The 30-year-old, a two-time all-star who won the Cy Young award in 2020, loved his two months as a Blue Jay and has unfinished business here, so he's sticking around to try to run it back.

    We spoke to Bieber after the Jays clinched the American League pennant, beating Seattle in Game 7 of the ALCS. You'll hear that conversation, in which he talks about how much he loves the Blue Jays, plus analysis of the move on this bonus episode of Deep Left Field!
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    18 m
  • We open up the mailbag to help with the post World Series blues after the Jays heartbreaking loss

    We open up the mailbag to help with the post World Series blues after the Jays heartbreaking loss
    Nov 3 2025

    It's the day after the day after and the Blue Jays' loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series is still a heartbreaking gut punch.

    We throw open the Monday Mailbag at deepleftfield@thestar.ca to share your thoughts, feelings and questions about the game, the series and the season as a whole and hear from a wide range of listeners, from the zen-like appreciation of the Jays' magical year to the anger and frustration over opportunities missed by a team that had a championship within its grasp.

    And why did IKF slide?

    Plus, my thoughts on the grave injustice of Gold Gloves denied to Ernie Clement and Alejandro Kirk.

    Listen here or subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts. If you would like to support the journalism of the Toronto Star, you can at thestar.com/subscribe.
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    1 h y 6 m
  • Blue Jays one inning shy of winning the World Series with '30 guys that truly, believed in each other, truly loved each other'

    Blue Jays one inning shy of winning the World Series with '30 guys that truly, believed in each other, truly loved each other'
    Nov 2 2025
    Guests: Chris Bassitt, Ernie Clement, Myles Straw, Daulton Varsho The baseball season is over and the Blue Jays fell short by two outs or one run, however you want to slice it. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat them 5-4 in 11 innings to finish one of the greatest World Series ever played with one of the greatest Game 7s. We went through the saddest clubhouse I have ever seen to bring you the post-game reactions of Ernie Clement and Chris Bassitt, who were in tears throughout their media scrum, Daulton Varsho, whose one-out grounder in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded couldn't plate the winning run, and Myles Straw, one of the "glue guys" on an extraordinarily close team. Also, we open the mailbag at deepleftfield@thestar.ca. It was a sad finish to a phenomenal season, and we still want to hear from you!
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    56 m
  • 'The two best words in sports. Game Seven....Be loud. Be rowdy.'

    'The two best words in sports. Game Seven....Be loud. Be rowdy.'
    Nov 1 2025
    Guests: Ernie Clement, Trey Yesavage The final day of the 2025 baseball season is upon us and for the first time in franchise history, the Blue Jays will be playing in Game 7 of the World Series. Even though they never had the lead at any point, Game 6 was a tough loss, ending with Addison Barger getting doubled off second base, representing the tying run. We talk to Ernie Clement, who came up in the bottom of the ninth with runners at second and third, to talk about his one-pitch at-bat and his feelings going into Game 7. Also, Trey Yesavage joins us and tells us he's ready to go in the finale if necessary, even though he threw more than 100 pitches on Wednesday night. Plus, we open the mailbag at deepleftfield@thestar.ca - keep 'em coming!
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    42 m
  • The Toronto Blue Jays could be World Series Champions tonight

    The Toronto Blue Jays could be World Series Champions tonight
    Oct 31 2025

    No scary stuff on this Hallowe'en edition of Deep Left Field, just a trip into the mailbag at deepleftfield@thestar.ca as we get you set for Game 6 of the World Series a game that, if the Blue Jays should win, would get them their first championship since 1993 and only their third overall.

    We hear from Jays fans from Toronto and all across Canada from BC to PEI, as well as all the way in Ireland and Belgium on topics ranging from who might throw out the first pitch in Game 6 to should the Jays try to lock up Trey Yesavage now to just plenty of appreciation and admiration for this group.

    The Blue Jays could win the World Series tonight. Check out Deep Left Field to get you set.
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    38 m
  • Trey Yesavage dominates Dodgers: 'Hollywood couldn't have made it this good

    Trey Yesavage dominates Dodgers: 'Hollywood couldn't have made it this good
    Oct 30 2025

    Guests: Max Scherzer, Jeff Hoffman, Braydon Fisher, Joey Loperfido    

    Trey Yesavage made history with his performance in Game 5 of the World Series, sending the Blue Jays home to Toronto with a chance to win the whole shebang on Friday night. The 22-year-old broke his own Jays post-season record with 12 strikeouts and set or tied at least four other post-season or World Series records.

    We discuss it all with a quartet of Jays who all watched Yesavage with different perspectives.

    Max Scherzer is the Hall of Famer-to-be with 18 years in the bigs, seeing a kid with a month and a half in the majors do things he's never done. Jeff Hoffman, a Jays' first-round pick exactly a decade before Yesavage, watched from the bullpen. Braydon Fisher, voted the Jays' rookie of the year this season, was a big-leaguer four months before Yesavage and talks about their shared rookiedom in the Jays' clubhouse. And Joey Loperfido saw this coming.

    And as always, a dip into the mailbag at deepleftfield@thestar.ca!
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    47 m
  • Blue Jays win back home field advantage and make it a best of three

    Blue Jays win back home field advantage and make it a best of three
    Oct 29 2025
    The baseball season is going to end in Toronto this year. The Blue Jays assured that there will be at least a Game 6 of the World Series, to be played at Rogers Centre Friday night, with their come-from-behind 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4, a game that started barely 17 hours after the 18-inning marathon Game 3 finished. In this episode of Deep Left Field, we'll hear from winning pitcher Shane Bieber, who held the Dodgers to one run into the sixth, striking out Shohei Ohtani twice, and we'll open up the mailbag at deepleftfield@thestar.ca!
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    29 m
  • Blue Jays lose to Dodgers in 6-hour, 39-minute, 18-inning World Series heartbreaker in La La Land

    Blue Jays lose to Dodgers in 6-hour, 39-minute, 18-inning World Series heartbreaker in La La Land
    Oct 28 2025
    Guests: Eric Lauer, Kevin Gausman     The Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers played 18 innings of World Series baseball over more than six and a half hours Monday night (and Tuesday morning!), tying the longest game in Fall Classic history, and the Dodgers came out on top thanks to a Freddie Freeman home run. We talk to Eric Lauer, who provided 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief - part of 10 straight shutout innings by the Jays' bullpen - and to Kevin Gausman, one of only three players on the Jays' roster who didn't participate in the game. Also, the mailbag returns at deepleftfield@thestar.ca!
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    26 m