{"podcast":{"title":"Blue Jays Happy Hour","slug":"blue-jays-happy-hour-3531298","podcast_index_feed_id":3531298,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65fc95494538810017c9910f","website_url":"https://stoeten.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65fc95494538810017c9910f/1752593576532-d179be83-328e-4b35-8f58-317127def084.jpeg","author":"Andrew Stoeten","episode_count":232,"summary":"Andrew Stoeten (The Batflip, formerly the Athletic, National Post, Blue Jays Nation, Drunk Jays Fans) and Nick Ashbourne (Sportsnet and Yahoo Sports) team up every week to discuss all things Toronto Blue Jays! AD-FREE AND WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES AVAILABLE AT patreon.com/BJHH stoeten.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T08:23:09.729951+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-jays-happy-hour-3531298"},"episode":{"title":"McAdoo'in It / Bate's the Man","slug":"mcadoo-in-it-bate-s-the-man","published_at":"2026-08-12T15:44:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-jays-happy-hour-3531298/mcadoo-in-it-bate-s-the-man","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-jays-happy-hour-3531298","url":"https://shows.acast.com/blue-jays-happy-hour/episodes/mcadooin-it-bates-the-man","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65fc95494538810017c9910f/e/6a7c94c2baea6e03b00f0364/media.mp3","summary":"Instead of closing up shop and selling off all their veterans at the trade deadline, the Blue Jays picked up some interesting new toys to play with. And so far it’s worked! They now sit just 2.5 games back of the final AL playoff spot, despite continuing to receive far too little from their established stars. The rotation looks like it will become a major issue again soon, but for the moment things are looking up. And guys like Brett Bateman, Charles McAdoo, and Josh Smith have been—along with the bullpen, of course—big reasons why. And on this week’s episode we’re talking all about it! Plus a fascinating rumour that might have seen the Jays flip José Soriano before he ever threw a pitch for them, obligatory lockout talk, and a whole lot more! ** FOR AD-FREE EPISODES AND WEEKLY BONUS SHOWS, FIND US AT patreon.com/BJHH ** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Instead of closing up shop and selling off all their veterans at the trade deadline, the Blue Jays picked up some interesting new toys to play with. And s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3025,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blue-jays-happy-hour-3531298/episodes/mcadoo-in-it-bate-s-the-man/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-jays-happy-hour-3531298/mcadoo-in-it-bate-s-the-man.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}