Brock Beauchamp

Owen and Jesse debate whether or not it's time to be concerned that we haven't seen Trey Yesavage yet in spring training, before breaking down Cody Ponce and Max Scherzer's hot starts. They then get into Addison Barger's hot spring, particularly his success against left-handed pitching. Next, Owen and Jesse talk about Canada's struggles in their first two WBC games, before praising the Dominican Republic's loaded roster. They finish with a spring training statistic leaders game. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jays-centre-podcast/id1846108462 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bi7SzfpcqMo5xYWnbCeoL Listen on iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-the-jays-centre-podcast-300304824/ Listen on Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2qk9wqxd Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jayscentre View full article

Has Spanky won yet? I thought they won an earlier award, but could be wrong. It's inevitable that they'll win at some point, I think...

Hello again, Blue Jays fans! Twice a year, we sit down and find the most popular posts and blogs on Jays Centre, and their creators receive prizes for their contributions to this community. The Blue Jays had an exciting offseason, spending left and right in the wake of a heartbreaking Game 7 defeat in the World Series. We look at the most popular posts and most popular blogs created by our amazing community contributors. Most Popular Post Humor often leads these lists, and @ValiantJaysFan tapped into that with this post about Shapiro signing Tyler Rogers. Valiant, thanks for being one of the longest-running members of this site, and private message me with your name and address so I can send you this cool autographed ball from Blue Jays cult hero John McDonald! Most Popular Post Runner-Up Established communities establish their own culture, and personalities emerge over time. Grudges are formed, and hopefull it's all in good fun. The second-most-popular post was from @Terminator during a squabble in the offseason roster thread. Hey, we're all Jays fans here, right? Right? Most Prolific Poster Did you know that Terminator helped name this site? We appreciate all you do for the community here, Terminator, and you were the most popular poster over the 2025-2026 offseason. Most Popular Blog Entry One of the features of Jays Centre is that we offer the ability for any of our users to create a free blog that will be read by hundreds of like-minded Blue Jays fans. Over the winter, the most popular blog entry was this blog entry from @TheShow, handing out awards for the Blue Jays' performances during the ALDS. Yeah, I know it's not technically the offseason, but that's how these things shake out at times. TheShow, please private message me with your name and address so I can send you this cool Blue Jays commemorative coin! That's all for this winter, folks. Give a round of applause to all of those mentioned in this piece, and here's to a successful 2026 season for the Blue Jays! View full article

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Owen and Jesse break down the starting rotation depth with the return of Max Scherzer, digging into where Eric Lauer, José Berríos, Cody Ponce, and Trey Yesavage now stand heading into the season. The guys marvel over Kazuma Okamoto's hot start to spring and talk about Jesús Sánchez's and Ponce's first impressions with the Blue Jays. They also debate whether or not there are actual jobs to be won for depth options like Eloy Jiménez and Josh Kasevich. Jesse finishes with a lightning round of Overreaction vs Real, where Owen gets out some hot takes. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jays-centre-podcast/id1846108462 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bi7SzfpcqMo5xYWnbCeoL Listen on iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-the-jays-centre-podcast-300304824/ Listen on Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2qk9wqxd Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jayscentre View full article

I also would not want to sign Bichette as a shortstop, so no complaints there.

What grade do you give the Blue Jays this offseason?

The first half of the interview is spent interviewing Simon Li, one of Jays Centre's prospects writers. Simon helps the guys break down top prospects like Trey Yesavage, Arjun Nimmala, and JoJo Parker, and dig into some of the system's pitching depth like Johnny King and Gage Stanifer. The second half addresses the news of Anthony Santander's shoulder surgery, which will result in him missing at least half of the season, and Shane Bieber's forearm fatigue, which will cause him to miss opening day. The guys also break down who on the roster has the most to gain or lose from spring training, especially Davis Schneider, Yimi García, and Tommy Nance. They finish with some fond memories of Buck Martinez. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jays-centre-podcast/id1846108462 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bi7SzfpcqMo5xYWnbCeoL Listen on iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-the-jays-centre-podcast-300304824/ Listen on Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2qk9wqxd Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jayscentre View full article

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The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and we're looking to expand our video coverage. Have you ever considered being on-camera and talking about the Blue Jays? If yes, we'd love to talk to you about it. Our videos are typically in a wide variety of styles: breaking news, analysis, and historical study. We're open to any and all ideas as long as they're centered around the Toronto Blue Jays. We're looking for serious baseball talk, so leave the hot takes at home. If you'd like to learn more about this cool little side gig, please email Brock Beauchamp at brock.beauchamp@jayscentre.com. Here is an example of a recent Blue Jays video from us: View full rumor

One thing that cracks me up about ads is how they're so often "post-purchase". I get how and why it needs to be that way, but it's always funny when you're like "cool, thanks for showing me a bunch of ads for that PlayStation game I purchased three days ago, I'm definitely considering buying a second copy".

You guys have been very helpful in this thread, and I thank you for that. We've talked to our ad provider and reduced ads by close to 20%. Hopefully, this will make the site more palatable to use with advertisements enabled.

Yeah, it's going to be mostly a desktop issue because it's a lot harder to run blockers on mobile. But mobile ad rates are also lower than desktop, so it's kind of a double effect.

Impressions are just ads appearing on your screen, no interaction needed.

Hah, we actually don't see a huge bump in the postseason. It's kinda weird, right? But we don't. I think there's so much national-level attention that the smaller sites are drowned out in October. But that's okay, we want to deliver a consistent product all year long; we really shine during the draft, at the trade deadline, that sort of thing.

I mean, I won't tell you not to do that. 😁

Well, don't do that.

We're planning to change our subscription model a lot, hoping that will encourage more participation. But, again, we're not super-worried about it at this point. Mostly, right now I'm just wondering WHY it's happening.

Not really, mods have 100% license to ban any opposing fans the moment they cause trouble. It’s why we try to keep each site siloed; this is a place for Jays fans to be biased about their team without outside nonsense.

Good ad providers aren’t pay per click anymore. We get paid for impressions, not clicks.