Nine-Game Gauntlet Begins + Jays' Post-Deadline Bump with John Schneider
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What does the current Wild Card race look like for the Blue Jays?
All right, it's Friday. Hey hey, it's Friday, the Yankees are in town. This is Blair and Barker. How you doing, buddy? Friday the Yankees are in town. I'm happy. You are? I I'm a happy boy. I do like me some Yankees. Yankees in in August. Significant games.
You don't like the Yankees, you just like playing
the Yankees in August. I I don't hate I don't hate the Yankees. You don't I'm not a Yankee. No, I uh Yeah, I always made this point with people. Back in the day, covering baseball as a writer, I loved Dealing with the great personality great Yankees teams. Because they were they're easy to deal with. Mm-hmm. Um winning all the time. Just the right amount of edge. And I gotta tell ya. For a road trip on somebody else's dime, New York's pretty damn good. So I like I am. I like that going to New York in the fall. Get some Christ get some early Christmas shopping. You can get some early Christmas shopping done. It's perfect. Yeah. Perfect. So no, I don't uh you know, now the Red Sox. The Red Sox I detest. You do? And and the city and the uh and and and the and the stadium and the ballpark.
I like going to old Yankee Stadium. The new one, uh you know, that's a bit much. I mean, it's a little too fancy for me. You know, when I tried to play there, it's just I w I actually didn't play in the new one. I went to the new one, it just felt odd being in the stadium. Like it's just you know what? I watched a c uh I watched a
couple of games. I took my daughter to Yankee Stadium. We went to New York for a weekend. She was, I don't know, she'd be like eleven, twelve. We watched a couple of games from the bleachers.
Yeah.
She loved it.
Yeah.
And I
I thought it
was really fun.
Yeah, that's the game I played right field in.
No, it wasn't. Oh yeah. All I remember No, what I what I remember about it is what I remember about it is Nick Swisher was playing right field and he would always come out And he would have a mitful of gum. Yeah. And he would just like lob it wherever the most kids were. And you'd see these kids like running to fight for gum. I th I I I mean, I like the city. I I I I don't detest the team. Um I enjoy the rivalry with them. Uh yeah, that's
Yeah, I I'm looking forward to seeing if if you know, sort of the the new version of the Jays will work against the Yankees. I'm I'm looking forward to seeing if that works out.
Well they got we've this is an important part of the schedule. We're and we're and we're gonna we're gonna see if it works out over the next week because he got three against the Yankees, three in Tampa against the Rays, three against the Yankees. Uh so that's nine games against uh the two best teams. In the American League. I would suggest. And uh yeah, I mean you could throw the Red Sox and they're basically you've you've you've probably played you will have played thirteen games against the three best teams in the American League.
Yeah, I think pitching wise because of who the Yankees don't have, I think the Jays will be fine. I think their defense is cle it'll be cleaned up. I think it'll be okay base running. Just offensively, Jeff, can they score enough runs? That's the question.
Yeah. Let's uh let's get you set for this by showing the uh the wild card race. Uh and again the Jays lost yesterday to the Boston Red Sox, seven nothing. So there's been a change at the top. The Detroit Tigers now hold the third and final wild card spot, uh, sixty and sixty one. Texas is behind them sixteen sixty two, half a game back. Minnesota sixty and sixty three a game back. Cleveland's fifty nine, sixty three a game and a half back. The Jays are two back tied with the Orioles. The Jays are fifty nine and sixty four. The Orioles are fifty eight and sixty three in Seattle. Uh they did beat the Yankees like yesterday. Seattle is fifty seven and sixty five. And they are three and a half back and of course the Yankees are uh the Yankees are sailing, they're eight up in the wild card spot.
Uh they're three ahead of Boston, so you know, there is a world where there is a change in that in that situation. I think
I picked Kansas City to make the playoffs.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does the current Wild Card race look like for the Blue Jays?
0:09–5:05
2
How did the Jays’ 7‑0 loss to the Red Sox affect their outlook?
5:05–10:31
3
What role does Paul Sewald play in the bullpen after the trade deadline?
10:31–16:38
4
How will the Jays approach the upcoming series against Gerrit Cole and the Yankees?
16:38–22:42
5
What insights did John Schneider share about Garrett Cole’s recent form?
22:42–28:49
6
Should Vladimir Guerrero Jr. be moved down in the lineup?
28:49–35:46
7
How is rookie Kazuma Okamoto adjusting to his first full MLB season?
35:46–43:39
8
What are the key takeaways from the post‑game analysis and upcoming schedule?
43:39–49:18
Speakers
4 identifiedMore from Blair & Barker
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All Eyes on Vladdy + What’s Next for the Blue Jays
Vladdy's Controversial Contract Comments