OverDrive - August 6, 2026 - Hour 2
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Hour 2 Overdrive continues. Powered by FanDuel, Brian Hayes, Keegan Matheson, Dave Feshuk. Best bets later in the hour on the Argos and Stamps tonight. We've got the Hall of Fame game down in Canton, Ohio. A lot of football tonight. Looking forward to that. And Jay's off to Philly after their game in Chicago. And they're still technically in the hunt. They're still alive for that elusive third wild card spot. Someone's got to play in the playoffs. And that third wild card spot has been pretty terrible all year. There's four or five teams in the mix. The Jays are one of them. They're at the bottom end of that barrel. They've got to jump over a lot of teams. They've got to play much better than they have at any point this season.
But they have won a couple of series in a row. They might be on the verge of beating the Cubs. Philly's a good team, but they're not playing great. You go down there, you find a way to get a serious win, and then all of a sudden, positive thinking. That's where we're at. Trevor May will join us in just a moment on that and more. But Keegan, you're sitting on a list here. With that in mind, as the backdrop. The incredible optimism. The incredible optimism the rest of the way here. You have five things that have to happen for the Blue Jays the rest of the way. With eyes on 27.
On 27. And maybe if it works out this year, great. These games still need to matter because there's a lot of them and because I need to justify my own existence. Let's be very honest about this. I like that. Number one, I just want to see this team let it fly down the stretch. Man, take some risks. If you take a big swing and strike out and look stupid, who cares? You're still in the same spot you were out of the playoffs. If you try to steal a base and get thrown out, who cares? You're still out of the playoffs. Whatever. If you miss the playoffs, no one cares about your record. You just missed. So take some big swings. Be aggressive. And honestly, I think John Schneider is perfectly suited for that. Put the hit and run on with Kirk on first base.
Totally. Just run. Whatever. Turn it into a video game. Go for it. We need to see a reason to believe in Vladdy, guys. I'm not going to say that we need Vladdy to be fixed. We need to see a reason to believe in this guy again. I talked to Vladdy down in Houston in the clubhouse one day, and I asked him because I need to be careful not to put words in his mouth and set him up for an answer. But I said, Vladdy, what needs to happen to this team? to get better. And he looked at me and kind of chuckled, as if to say, like, Keegs, dude, come on. Like, you know what the answer is. And he said, it's me, man. I've got to hit. I've got to do something. Does he need an IL stint? Maybe. And if you do, take it. My God. They're not going to miss a 690 OPS for eight more days.
What are Keegan’s five keys for the Blue Jays to build confidence for the 2027 season?
Get right. Get healthy and become who you can be. We need to see something. Yep.
I agree with that. I'd like to see him continuing to play, right? Schneider kind of alluded to that last night. Like, hey, it's a big boy league. If you can play, you play in the majors. And we kind of want them to play. So they're threading a needle there in terms of giving them some time, but also they want them to play.
Well, we heard our old pal Rich Griffin on with Al's brother earlier in the day on the station. Rich said, hey, if he comes back, hit him seventh. Yeah.
How do you feel about that? It's spicy, man. I want Griff to be the guy that has to tell Vladdy, though. I don't want to be in the room. He's a communications guy. He'd be good at that. I love it, man. I love Griff, but I'd like to see him bumped a little bit there. You'd bump him down. 690 OPS, and you can't be batting second and third. Every single night. And yet he is. I don't think they're going to do that. But I don't think they will. I don't think they will.
If I know John Schneider and company, I don't think they're going to do that. I think they'll let Vladdy pick where he is.
I want to see an outfielder step up at some point down the stretch here, guys. Is it one of the prospects, Brett Bateman, who they got for Gosman, come up?
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