Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner

Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner

Longtime Toronto Blue Jays radio voice Mike Wilner hosts Deep Left Field, a baseball podcast from the Toronto Star. With great baseball coverage, opinion and analysis, Deep Left Field has everything you need to know about the Jays, specifically, and baseball in general.

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November 7, 2025 38 mins

As they do at the end of every season, Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins meet the media to discuss the year just passed and to hint at their plans for the year to come.

This year, for the first time in a long time, it wasn't a disaster.

We take you through Shapiro and Atkins' availabilities and go through heir comments as they discuss, among other things, the impact that this World Series run ...

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Guest: Former Blue Jay Kevin Kiermaier    
 
The off-season is upon us but the sad ending to the Blue Jays' season still lingers.
 
We wanted to know what one of the greatest baserunners in baseball history thought about the ...
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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 ...

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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 frustrati...

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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...
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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 ha...
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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 w...

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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 ...

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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 a...
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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 Fre...
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Guest: Nathan Lukes
 
The Blue Jays were utterly dominated by Los Angeles Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2 of the World Series, losing 5-1 and having the last 20 hitters in a row retired.
 
Not only did Yamamoto t...
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Guests: Addison Barger, Bo Bichette, Ernie Clement

The Blue Jays not only won the opener of the MLB Fall Classic on Friday, they sent a firm message to the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers that Toronto is not going to be just another pit stop on their road to a repeat. The fans also sent a firm message to Shohei Ohtani when he came to bat in the ninth inning, chanting, "We don't need you!"

The Jays exploded for the biggest s...

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Guests: Blue Jays Shane Bieber, Ernie Clement, Kevin Gausman, Daulton Varsho and Mike Cieslinski of Dynasty League Baseball

With the Blue Jays about to begin their first World Series since 1993, we look back to their thrilling Game 7 of the American League championship series against the Seattle Mariners and ahead to the opener of the Fall Classic.

We hear from Shane Bieber, who started Game 7 and Kevin Gausman, who got the win in ...

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Guests: Clare Blackwood, Nick Dika, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee    
 
With the start of the World Series only one day away, we gather a panel of Canadian stars of stage and screen to look back at the Blue Jays win over the Seattle Mariners in the American League and look ahead at the Fall Classic against ...
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Guests: Max Scherzer, John Schneider, Jose Bautista   
 
As we await Friday night's opener of the World Series, the first in Toronto in over three decades, we look back at the post-game party after the Blue Jays thrilling win in Game 7 of the American League championship series Monday night.
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Guests: Game 7 hero George Springer, Game 7 closer Jeff Hoffman
 
For the first time in 32 years, the World Series is coming to Toronto.
 
The Blue Jays won the pennant, dropping the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in a winner-take-all ...
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October 21, 2025 2 mins

We come to you live from the turf, deep in feft field, following the celebrations after the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in dramatic fashion to advance to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

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October 20, 2025 2 mins

We are on the field during BP prior to the start of Game 7. We all know the stakes. Keep your eyes and ears out for more episodes coming tonight and tomorrow morning. 

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Guests: Blue Jays infielders Andres Gimenez and Isiah Kiner-Falefa    
 
The Blue Jays are the closest they've been to the World Series since 1993 thanks to their 6-2 win over the Seattle Mariners that evened up the American League championship series at three wins apiece.
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October 20, 2025 3 mins

We are bringing you a quick post-Game 6 reaction from the Rogers Centre in the wee hours of Monday, October 20. A full reaction episode will be available before you start your day.

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