Chapter 1: What happened with Tiger Woods and his DUI arrest?
Hour 2 Overdrive continues, powered by FanDuel, bringing you more ways to play your game your way. Opening night down at the Rogers Center, Jays in the Athletics, Kevin Gosman on the mound. It's great to see that tweet come out a couple hours ago, first lineup of the season. And it's similar to last year, right? They got Lucas hitting second.
There was some chatter that maybe Varshow would hit second. That's not happening. But cleanup hitter to start the year, your boy Addison Barger. Hitting fourth, protecting Vlade. Big opportunity for him, man. Like, big opportunity. You come out and mash and hold on to that spot. Yeah.
And you're the guy that makes other teams realize, okay, we better pitch to the big dog here because Barger's coming up and he's going to make us pay if we pitch around him.
That's a big transition in pro sports.
Chapter 2: What are the expectations for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season?
Like, I had a meeting with Jimmy Rutherford where he said, I'm trading Andrew Castles and you are no longer a young guy that we want to see what you're a player now. And you've got to be that guy on a nightly basis. The joke's over. And you walk out of the meeting, you're like, okay, party's over. Not party's over, but you've got to grow up quickly. It's a different level of everything.
It's like fun and games are over.
It's not like, oh, you're a young guy. We can live with the mistakes.
You've got to be the guy. Listen, there's certain... Certain places in different lineups throughout sports that get your attention. Obviously, if you're on the first line, if you're a starter in the NBA. That number four spot is one of them. If you're hitting cleanup in Major League Baseball, I don't think Schneider really needed to have a chat with him.
Chapter 3: How is the Blue Jays lineup shaping up for Opening Day?
He might have. But they're basically saying, we have huge expectations for you. And the leash is not going to be crazy long. Because the guy ahead of you, he ain't moving. Like, Vladi's sitting there. Vladi can go 0 for 30. He's hitting third. You're not going to be granted that same opportunity. But... If you come out rocking, and listen, granted, it's a long season.
You're going to have some ups and downs, but Barger's got an opportunity to grab it and not give it up. Very complimentary, though.
It's a great opportunity for him. The fact that he's getting that opportunity right away, that should be flattering to him. And if you look at that lineup, you're like, Barger can mash, and then if...
Chapter 4: What challenges do young players face in the MLB?
The other team's going to get in some trouble. Alejandro Kirk is all about contact, putting the ball in play, like tough out. He's going to foul ball a million times and then try and win an at-bat. What about Big Earn at eight spots? Yeah, Big Earn, man. That's a really good lineup, man. Yes. We talk about the AL East and how difficult it is.
I think other teams will look at the Jays and say, that's a good lineup. There's not much differentiating the best teams in that division.
Well, and again, it starts with the guy obviously in the three-hole in Vlade, but the guy at the top, too. Springer... You're going to DH. That's your life down the majors. That's what you did last year.
Chapter 5: How does confidence impact a player's performance in baseball?
You're going to DH. I used the David Ortiz analogy yesterday, and I think it's an accurate one. I know he's a different player. Ortiz was a left-handed hitter. He's a right-handed hitter. He doesn't have the same amount of pop. But basically, lock in. You're just going to DH every single day. You're going to lead off every day.
If you stay healthy, you're going to have more at-bats than anybody else. And if you can get even close to replicating what you did last year, sets the table for everything offensively. How close does he get?
Like last year he was what, 32 home runs?
Yeah, and he had like a 950 OPS.
He was a top five American League MVP candidate.
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Chapter 6: What role does team chemistry play in a successful season?
He could have 22 home runs this year. Would that not be considered a successful year for him at age 36?
If I could sign off on 20 plus health... Give me an 875 OPS taking it. That's a really good, consistent, really good year.
Great year. You can't expect him to do what he did last year. Not at this age. No, I think. But if you get 75% of that, 80% of that.
You got a really good player in your hands. Yeah. And, you know, last year changed the reputation of everything. Like Nathan Lucas is a guy this time last year. No one was talking about him.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of a World Series hangover for the Blue Jays?
Addison Barger. Ernie Clement was like, is he going to make the team, not make the team? What's his role going to be? And now, obviously, you win 94 games, go to a World Series. Everything changes. And you can look at that board and say, I love this lineup. So Jay's A's tonight. Keegan coming up from the park in about 25 minutes. Do we have the Nylander audio and video?
I don't know if we do or not. Doogie's on the phone, so I don't know what's going on. But Nylander was speaking today and was asked about what he thinks has maybe gone wrong this year. Oh, great. There you go. Okay, we do have it.
Chapter 8: How can the Blue Jays avoid a slow start this season?
Why don't we just play it? Here's William Nylander from today on what he has seen this year and maybe what he thinks has possibly gone wrong with the Leafs.
You look back at it and you kind of wish the team had done something different, like played different. I don't know. When you look back at it, do you see the mistakes as they piled up?
I mean, I have my thoughts about maybe some stuff, but that's something I'm going to keep to myself.
Okay. So, yeah, Willie's not going to reveal it, not surprisingly. And I don't think he probably ā he shouldn't just sit there and start throwing daggers. Yeah. But he's a heavy hitter. His reputation is kind of a freewheeling Willie. He's out there just playing and having a good time. But you always use the term stock in the team. Willie's been here for 10 years.
Outside of Matthews, no one has more stock in the team than him. He's the second highest paid guy. He's still in his prime, leading the team in points.
Well, in saying that, wouldn't you think you'd get more than, oh, I got some thoughts, but I'll keep it to myself.
But I wonder if he's going the hockey guy route. Like, I'm not going to publicly air this out because it's just going to cause a problem. What I'm getting to is I hope he steps up and reveals what he sees as a problem behind the scenes. Subscribe to the YouTube channel, and maybe you will. Maybe that's where you get the content.
But if Keith Pelley reportedly is doing all these one-on-one chats with people. What do you think that one-on-one is like? I hope Willie's saying what he's saying. That doesn't mean that Willie better be prepared for it to go back the other way. Not like Willie's had a great year individually. He's been okay. But he's had some down spurts too. No kidding. So it goes back at him.
And I'm sure he's aware of that. Willie's a big boy. He's been in the league for a long time.
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