Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The C's Baseball Podcast
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| Episode 16: Canadians pitcher Bo Bonds | 30 May 2025 | 00:13:35 | |
Vancouver Canadians relief pitcher Bo Bonds chats with K.P. Wee in this episode. At the time of the conversation, Bonds, in his second season with the Canadians, had three saves and a 3.80 ERA in 21.1 innings, with 19 strikeouts. The native of Gainesville, FL, was drafted in the 13th round by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022. | |||
| Episode 15: Canadians pitcher Pat Gallagher | 18 May 2025 | 00:14:05 | |
Vancouver Canadians pitcher Pat Gallagher stops by to chat about his transition from being a starting pitcher last season to becoming a reliever this season in 2025, as well as his goals for this year. In 2024, Pat won eight games to lead the C's staff, just one behind the Northwest League leaders. He also led the C's with 21 starts and 91 innings. So far this season as a reliever, he is 1-0 with a 0.95 ERA across 10 appearances. | |||
| Episode 6: PA Announcer Niall O'Donohoe & C's Reliever Rafael Ohashi | 28 May 2024 | 00:34:10 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through recaps and player interviews, focusing on those striving for Major League Baseball within the Blue Jays system. In this episode, Niall O’Donohoe, the Canadians’ public address announcer and editor of Csplusbaseball.ca, talks about the C’s most-recent two-week road trip. Also, right-handed reliever Rafael Ohashi stops by for a quick chat, discussing his baseball journey up to this point. Ohashi had spent the last three seasons with Dunedin before beginning this 2024 season with the Canadians. As of the final week of May 2024, he was 2-0 with a 1.37 ERA in 12 appearances, being unscored upon in 11 of those outings. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| Episode 5: C's Recap & Canadians reliever Justin Kelly | 14 May 2024 | 00:17:14 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through recaps and interviews of players chasing big-league dreams within the Blue Jays organization. In this episode, right-handed relief pitcher Justin Kelly, a non-drafted free agent signed by the Blue Jays in 2021, stops by for a quick chat, discussing his time with the Canadians up to this point. A 25-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah, Kelly got the final three outs in the clinching game of the 2023 Northwest League championship series for the Canadians against Everett, and has returned to the Canadians this season as their closer. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| Episode 4: C's Recap & Canadians pitcher Ryan Jennings | 07 May 2024 | 00:20:54 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through recaps and interviews of players chasing big-league dreams within the Blue Jays organization. In this episode, right-handed pitcher Ryan Jennings stops by for a quick chat, discussing his time with the Canadians up to this point. Jennings struck out five batters in three hitless innings in the clinching game of the 2023 Northwest League championship series, and was the Canadians’ opening day starter in 2024. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| Episode 3: C's Recap & Canadians infielder Ryan McCarty | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:18:46 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through observations and interviews of players chasing big-league dreams within the Blue Jays organization. In this episode, infielder Ryan McCarty stops by for a brief interview, chatting about his time with the Canadians up to this point. McCarty was named the Northwest League Player of the Week for April 8 to April 14, and he also celebrated his 25th birthday back on April 22. A non-drafted free agent signed by the Blue Jays in 2022, McCarty was one of the hitting stars for the Canadians in the 2023 Northwest League championship series (with a .333 batting average and two doubles in four games). If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| Episode 2: C's recap & Canadians outfielder Dasan Brown | 25 Apr 2024 | 00:16:14 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through observations and interviews of players chasing big-league dreams within the Blue Jays organization. In this episode, outfielder Dasan Brown stops by for a brief interview, chatting about his time with the Canadians up to this point. The Oakville, Ontario, native helped the Canadians reach the Northwest League finals in each of the last two seasons. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| The C's Baseball Podcast, Episode 1 | 15 Apr 2024 | 00:21:04 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through observations and interviews of players striving to make it to the big leagues. In this episode, Niall O'Donohoe, the public address announcer of the Canadians as well as editor of C'sPlusBaseball.ca, stops by to discuss his thoughts on the ballclub and players to watch this season. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| Episode 14: C's Broadcast & Media Relations Assistant Chris Georges | 02 May 2025 | 00:12:14 | |
Chris Georges, the Vancouver Canadians' Broadcast and Media Relations Assistant, stops by and chats briefly about some of the key players from the first month of the 2025 season, as well as going on the road and having fun in the booth. | |||
| Bonus Episode: Marshall Garvey, author of "Interstate '85" | 19 Mar 2025 | 00:33:23 | |
The baseball season is around the corner, so we've published a bonus episode here from The K.P. Wee Podcast. Enjoy! Marshall Garvey stops by for a second conversation on The K.P. Wee Podcast about his upcoming book, Interstate '85: The Royals, The Cardinals, and the Show-Me World Series, which is scheduled to be released in late March. Marshall chats about the book, including some interesting tidbits that he learned from the players he interviewed about the Dodgers-Cardinals NLCS, the Blue Jays-Royals ALCS, and the World Series showdown between St. Louis and Kansas City. It's a must-read for all baseball and sports fans! | |||
| Episode 12: 1990 Upper Deck Series Finale with Michael Unger, aka UDeck1990 | 15 Oct 2024 | 00:51:14 | |
It's the off-season in Minor League Baseball, but we still have another special episode for you! If you're a baseball card collector with cards from the early 1990s and enjoy discussing players from that era, then this episode of The K.P. Wee Podcast/The C's Baseball Podcast is for you! Michael Unger (UDeck1990 on X) joins this episode to discuss the recent player cards he posted, a list which includes Chris James, Carlos Baerga, Sandy Alomar Jr., Cecil Fielder, Bill Gullickson, Matt Young, and Mark Gardner. Michael has reached the end of the 800-card set of the 1990 Upper Deck series, and is looking forward to his next card project. | |||
| Episode 11: ESPN Content Producer Paul "Hembo" Hembekides | 01 Oct 2024 | 00:25:45 | |
It's the off-season in Minor League Baseball, but we still have a special episode for you! Are you a certifiable Sports Dork? If so, then you’re in for a treat with this episode of The K.P. Wee Podcast/The C's Baseball Podcast. Featuring Paul Hembekides – or “Hembo,” as he’s known around ESPN – the stats, history, and data points are coming fast and furious. A content guru whose research nuggets are showcased regularly on the ESPN morning show “Get Up!”, Hembo is giving us a peak into the new book he has written with his ESPN radio co-host Mike (#Greeny) Greenberg: "Got Your Answers: The 100 Greatest Sports Arguments – Settled." Join K.P. and his co-host, Stan Markotich, in this conversation with Hembo, as they discuss some of the fascinating lists in the book. (Also, check out Hembo's other book with Greenberg: "Got Your Number: The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own.") | |||
| Episode 10: C's Recap and catcher Robert Brooks | 07 Aug 2024 | 00:17:23 | |
In this episode, K.P. chats with catcher Robert Brooks prior to a recent home game at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium. The conversation came a week before Brooks was called up to Double-A New Hampshire.
With Vancouver this season, Brooks ended up hitting .262 in 27 games, along with four home runs and 10 RBIs. His journey is a good story. He started the year in independent ball after being let go by the Tampa Bay Rays organization last season.
There is also mention of the impact of the newcomers on the Canadians after the Major League Baseball trade deadline, with the Blue Jays, the parent club, sending players such as Cutter Coffey (formerly with the Red Sox organization), Jacob Sharp (from the Mariners), and Jay Harry (from the Twins) to Vancouver. | |||
| Episode 9: Canadians catcher Jackson Hornung & pitcher Connor O'Halloran | 09 Jul 2024 | 00:24:19 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through recaps and interviews of players chasing big-league dreams within the Blue Jays organization. In this episode, K.P. chats with Canadians catcher Jackson Hornung and pitcher Connor O’Halloran during the most recent homestand at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium. Hornung, who has also played first base and left field for the C’s, is from the Boston area and—surprisingly—rooted against the Bruins in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final against Vancouver. O’Halloran, a lefty, was drafted by the Blue Jays in 2023, following in his father Greg’s footsteps, as Greg was was drafted by Toronto in 1988. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| Episode 8: C's Recap & Canadians infielder Nick Goodwin | 24 Jun 2024 | 00:14:12 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through recaps and interviews of players chasing big-league dreams within the Blue Jays organization. In this episode, K.P. chats with Canadians infielder Nick Goodwin prior to a recent home game at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium. Selected by the Blue Jays in the seventh round of the 2023 MLB amateur draft out of Kansas State University, the now-22-year-old is currently hitting .220 with eight homers and 28 RBIs in 56 games with the Canadians. He started his pro career with Dunedin in 2023 and was called up to Vancouver late last season. He saw action in the 2023 Northwest League championship series after an injury to Peyton Williams, and Goodwin took advantage of his opportunity by homering in the series-clinching victory. Goodwin grew up in a baseball family, as his father David Goodwin played in the Kansas City Royals organization as a first baseman from 1998-2000. His uncle Mark Goodwin was also an outfielder/first baseman in the Baltimore Orioles system in 1985-86. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| Episode 7: C's Recap & Canadians infielder Jeff Wehler | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:17:47 | |
Hosted by K.P. Wee, The C's Baseball Podcast brings you coverage of the Vancouver Canadians (the High-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and Canada's only affiliated professional minor-league baseball club) through recaps and interviews of players chasing big-league dreams within the Blue Jays organization. In this episode, K.P. chats with Canadians infielder Jeff Wehler prior to a recent home game at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium. Signed by the Blue Jays as a free agent in June 2023, the now-25-year-old batted .270 in 20 games with the Canadians last season, beginning his Vancouver stint with a six-game hitting streak. With the Canadians this season, Jeff has hit four home runs in 43 games so far. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can listen to Canadians games on CanadiansBaseball.com or catch the action on MiLB TV. | |||
| Episode 22: Canadians outfielder Eddie Micheletti | 06 Jul 2025 | 00:11:53 | |
In this episode, we sit down with Vancouver Canadians outfielder Eddie Micheletti, a 2024 Blue Jays draft pick making waves in the 2025 season. Eddie opens up about finding his rhythm after a rocky start, the mental grind of pro ball, and what it means to have fans chanting your name in the bottom of the ninth. From eight-game losing streaks to 11-game winning stretches, Eddie talks highs, lows, and everything in between. He shares how advanced scouting has sharpened his plate approach, what separates college from pro ball, and the science behind his strike-zone discipline, rated by Baseball America as the best in the Blue Jays’ minor-league system. But it’s not all walk-offs and stat lines—Eddie gets real about long bus rides, hotel living, mental resets after tough games, and the power of good teammates (and video games) to keep you grounded. And yes—we relive the grand slam that dented the "Return It" sign. Follow Eddie:
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| Episode 21: Canadians Public Address Announcer Niall O'Donohoe | 01 Jul 2025 | 00:15:59 | |
In this episode, Vancouver Canadians public address announcer Niall O'Donohoe chats with K.P. Wee about what makes Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium so special for fans who make it out to the ballpark. Niall also discusses some highlights for the C's in the first half of the 2025 season, which saw Vancouver just barely miss out on the pennant. At the time of the conversation (June 29, 2025), the C's were set to take on the Tri-City Dust Devils (High-A affiliate of the L.A. Angels) in the finale of their six-game series, with three more games to go in the homestand. | |||
| Episode 20: Canadians catcher Nic Deschamps | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:13:39 | |
What do multilingualism, mental resilience, and an eight-game losing streak have in common? They're all part of the journey of Nic Deschamps, catcher for the Vancouver Canadians. In this episode, Nic chats with host K.P. Wee and shares how growing up in Quebec City shaped his baseball path—from juggling hockey and baseball as a kid to stepping into the catcher’s gear for good at 14. He dives into what sparked the team’s dramatic mid-season turnaround, how trust defines the bond with pitchers, and why communication transcends language barriers when you speak English, French, and Spanish. Nic also opens up about:
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| Episode 19: Canadians infielder Sean Keys | 17 Jun 2025 | 00:12:04 | |
Vancouver Canadians infielder Sean Keys, a newcomer to the club in the 2025 season, stops by to chat with K.P. Wee on this episode. A corner infielder selected by Toronto in the fourth round of the 2024 draft out of Bucknell University, Keys is ranked by MLB.com as the Blue Jays’ No. 20 prospect, while Baseball America places him at No. 24 and highlights him as having the best infield arm in Toronto’s farm system. In the month of May 2025, Keys batted .223 with four home runs and 18 RBIs in 94 at-bats with the Canadians. He also stole four bases without being caught. Keys also celebrated his 22nd birthday in May right after graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Among his academic projects was designing a robot capable of tracking and following a taped line on the floor. Check out the Sean Keys “robot/class project” YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGYzVry6ICM | |||
| Episode 18: Canadians infielder Nick Goodwin | 12 Jun 2025 | 00:11:50 | |
Vancouver Canadians infielder Nick Goodwin stops by to chat with K.P. Wee on this episode. Selected by the Blue Jays in the 7th round of the 2023 MLB draft, the right-handed hitting infielder is in his third stint with the Canadians, and is coming off being named Northwest League Player of the Week for the period ending June 8th. He had five homers and 12 RBIs while batting .429 in five games for the week, and including a homer the previous week, six home runs in six games played in the month of June. He is the fourth Vancouver player to earn a Northwest League award this season, joining Arjun Nimmala, Victor Arias, and Adrian Pinto. At the time of the conversation, Goodwin was hitting .252 overall with nine home runs and 30 RBIs in 40 games on the season. | |||
| Episode 17: Canadians outfielder Je'Von Ward | 03 Jun 2025 | 00:12:42 | |
Vancouver Canadians outfielder Je'Von Ward chats with host K.P. Wee before a home game in late May 2025. Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 12th round of the 2017 MLB draft, the native of Cerritos, CA, spent seven seasons with the organization, reaching High-A ball in 2021 and 2023. Ward began 2024 playing for Kane County (Illinois) in independent baseball before being signed by the Toronto Blue Jays organization. That season, he played 63 games in Vancouver, hitting .279 with seven home runs. He was assigned back to Vancouver at the start of 2025. At the time of the conversation, Ward was hitting .198 in 35 games with Vancouver but getting on base at a career-best .417 clip, thanks to his 37 walks in 139 plate appearances. | |||