From growing up on the south side of Chicago to a World Series champion in 2007 with the Boston Red Sox, DeMarlo Hale has seen a lot.Now a two-time key member of the Toronto Blue Jays coaching staff after riding with John Gibbons from 2013 ...

Every young baseball player wants to make the major leagues as a player, but Luis Hurtado realized that wasn’t in his future and he took a more unique road to a big-league job.The title of Toronto Blue Jays bullpen catcher is what the 36-ye...

An under-the-radar 16th-round pick of the Chicago White Sox 14 years ago, Chris Bassitt wasn’t supposed to make it here.A bullpen arm in college, the Ohio product not only found a way to beat the odds and make it to the majors, but he’s bee...

The New York Yankees are back in the World Series for the first time since 2009, and while Don Mattingly now bleeds Toronto Blue Jays blue, Donnie Baseball will always be a NYY legend.It’s also a good segue into the fact he played 14 season...

It’s an infielder-themed show on EP20, as current Blue Jays utilityman Ernie Clement and former Jays infielder Santiago Espinal sit down to talk about their respective paths to the big leagues.The pride of Rochester, NY, Clement was drafted...

Since being drafted in 2019 and arriving in the big leagues in 2021, there’s been no shortage of storylines surrounding Alek Manoah — both good and bad.From a dominant debut for the first-round pick to a dream season in 2022 that ended up i...

*This episode is dedicated to Pat Montgomery and Andrieana Montgomery. Rest in peace.*On episode 18 of The SMS, we're joined by Blue Jays hurler Bowden Francis.The 28-year-old right-hander sits down to talk about everything from his thr...

The definition of a baseball lifer and a legend in Toronto Blue Jays circles for many reasons, the man on EP17 needs no introduction.John Albert Martinez, better known as Buck, sits down for 45 minutes to go over an entire life that’s revol...

Episode 16 of The SMS features an hour with Oakland A's legend Dave Stewart, who walks us through his three World Series wins, a World Series MVP, an earthquake and so much more from his 16-year major-league career.——The second guest ne...

Fresh off a turkey hunt and a round of golf in retirement, former Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak joins the show to reminisce about an 11-year career that featured stops in Texas, Seattle and a memorable five seasons north of the b...

Baseball season is back and to kick things off we sit down in Dunedin with Toronto Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson on the windiest day possible to go over the ins and outs of the 30-year-old high-leverage reliever’s career. From gro...

A chance encounter at the 2023 MLB winter meetings in Nashville led to our first guest’s SMS appearance, as former Oakland A’s utilityman Chad Pinder starts his metamorphosis from baseball player to mental health advocate.At the age of 31, ...

We are back for the first episode of 2024 and it’s a prospects-heavy edition.Toronto’s own Tyler Black joins the show fresh off a batting practice session thrown by his broadcaster father, Rod, and ahead of a huge spring training for the Mi...

We finish off season 1 and the year 2023 with the newest head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, as Corey Mace joins the show to reminisce with Scott Mitchell about their time in Calgary together and look forward to the job that lies ahead ...

We get into double-digit episodes with a special guest in the form of SportsCentre anchor Jennifer Hedger, who joins The SMS for a wide-ranging chat covering everything from the highlights of her 25+ year career, what challenges have been prese...

Our first guest needs no introduction as Jay Onrait is — in the opinion of The SMS — the funniest man on television.Jay joins the show to talk about a career that’s 25-plus years and still going strong.Everything from the origin of Jay ...

It’s about time we finally got MLB insider Steve Phillips on the show and there’s no better time than November right around the yearly top 50 free agents project.Link to top 50:

Joined by 2x all-star closer Jordan Romano for another fun one, the Markham, Ont., product details his transition from minor-league starter to reliever, a move that changed the course of his career and has led to locking down the 9th inning for...

Drafted in the 28th round in 2017, Davis Schneider was mostly an afterthought as a prospect for most of his minor-league career.A breakout 2022 season led to continued success this year, followed by a 25-game MLB debut for the ages.The ...

Drafted in 2008 by the Chicago Cubs, South Carolina native Jay Jackson spent years grinding, moving from place to place in search of his big-league dream.It took longer than most, and many give up way before Jackson even considered it.N...

Now in his second season as a big-league manager, 43-year-old Toronto Blue Jays skipper John Schneider joins the show for a wide-ranging 45-minute chat about family, the Delaware Blue Hens, his own minor-league journey as a player, the injuries...

Joining The SMS for episode three is former Toronto Blue Jays first-round pick Travis Snider, who was taken 14th overall in 2006 and quickly became one of the best prospects in baseball over the next two years. A cautionary tale of not every ca...

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman, a former LSU Tiger and MLB veteran of 11 seasons, leads off episode two of The SMS, chatting about what it was like growing up with an NCAA college football official for a father, his sideline replay deb...

ESPN baseball insider Jeff Passan leads off the debut episode of The SMS, chatting about press box mishaps, the World Baseball Classic,  expectations for the Toronto Blue Jays this year, and whether or not Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero...