WEBVTT - What is Wrong with the Dodgers Offense? 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:01.720 We know this is an older team, but I think 0:00:01.760 --> 0:00:04.840 the age the experience will eventually shine through. We have 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:07.880 seen this team do this kind of just about every 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:09.200 season around this time. 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:24.200 Hello everybody, and welcome to the live episode, a brand 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:28.639 new episode of Dodgers Territory. Katie Wu, Clint Pasias, Alana Rizzo. 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:31.680 We're your hosts for the next thirty plus minutes. Great 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:34.520 to be with you, guys. Get those comments in the chat. 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:36.640 I'm sure you guys have a lot to talk about. 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:40.400 The Dodgers have scuffled mightily. Don't worry, it's going to 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:42.600 be great, but they have struggled, guys, a lot to 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:42.879 get to. 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:48.600 Let's get to the big ticket, all right. 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:52.120 So they have avoided the sweep with a Saturday night 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.120 extra innings win, but it took extra innings to get 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:55.520 a win. 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:57.920 But they lose the series to the Diamondbacks. 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.520 They've lost eight of their last nine, ten of their 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:04.000 last thirteen. I am not willing to panic yet, but 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:06.600 I guess it does show guys that they're not going 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:08.480 to go one hundred and sixty two and oh and 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:12.600 sometimes you can hit these lulls in the season. Clint, 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:15.640 I don't know what you make of the skid. But 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.000 they're starting to show their age a little bit. Is 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:19.800 that fair to say? 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.160 Yeah, we know this is an older team, but I 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:25.280 think the age the experience will eventually shine through. We 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.200 have seen this team do this kind of just about 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:32.400 every season around this time. Older folks, you got the heat, 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.800 you know, it's a little more difficult maybe to stay 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:39.760 up all day through the sun. I was day drinking 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.000 yesterday in like ninety nine degree weather and my ass 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.120 was kicked. I had to come back home, have myself 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.880 a good little like three hour Napski helped helped your 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:52.800 boy out there. But we've seen him do this. They 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.080 will figure it out. You still, this is why you 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.240 build up that equity early in the season. When it 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:03.000 comes to the the NL West lead, they still have 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.560 a seven and a half game lead. Despite the struggles, 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.760 they have lost a lot of ground. But the thing 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:10.360 I know a lot of people are worried about is 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.280 the fact that they don't currently have a grasp of 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:18.000 the first round by Dave said, he's not panicked. I 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.079 don't think I'm panicked. I can guarantee you Katie Wu 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:24.079 is not panicked about this team. How you feeling, Wu? 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:26.520 Yeah, I picked a great weekend to be off. 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:28.720 I don't know about you guys, but I was checking 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:30.440 back it on Sunday and I was like, oh, shout 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.240 out Bobby and doing all the heavy lifting from that series. 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:37.480 I'm not panicking, but I will say if the Dodgers 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.720 do not have a good series against the Kansas City Royals, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.560 who had a soft cell at the deadline, and they're 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.640 gonna have their Dodger Stadium debut of Trek's Google Blake 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.120 Snell's coming back Tuesday, if they don't take two or 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.120 three against Kansas City, then I'm gonna start looking at 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.360 the long term, I think, longevity of this team, and 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.040 then what they need to do to make sure that 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.519 they get that first round by because like you said, Clint, today, 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.200 if playoffs started today, they would not have that first 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:01.600 round by. 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.120 They're playing a wildcard round against the Phillies. I believe. 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.920 So not panicking, yet, every team is allowed to go 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.840 through a stretch like this. Dodger fans, Dodgers in general, 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.440 aren't accustomed to stretches as brutal as this. They usually 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:15.640 lose to and step back right into it, losing the 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:16.440 last eight of nine. 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:19.080 I think has shown some legitimate I. 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.919 Wouldn't say fears, but concerns things to monitor going down 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.720 the stretch of the regular season. Not hitting that panic 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.840 button yet. Let's see what they do against Kansas City. 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:30.320 They're back home, Schooble day, Snell day tomorrow, get some 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.799 morale up against an AL Central team that's not really 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.280 all that competitive this year, and see where we go 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:35.640 from there. 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:42.200 Maybe they're not too old. Maybe they just hit a slump, right. 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.200 I mean, we love to love on them when they 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.880 do a great job, which is the majority of the time. 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.400 But maybe it's okay to have a slump now in August, 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.720 the dog days of summer, if you will. Then it 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.600 is going to be obviously when the postseason starts. Thank 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:59.160 goodness they have the cushion that they have because they've 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.040 really scuffled last eight games. 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:03.200 But I mean, this is such a long season. 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.480 I would much prefer they go through this now then 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:07.920 go through it at the wrong time of the year. 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.200 And again Freddie Rieven talked about it. He said, listen, 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.360 we're still a good team. There's no panic with the 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.440 team itself, and there really shouldn't be any panic with 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.160 us either. It's just a little bit more glaring when 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.760 the team was doing so well and you know, kicking 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.520 everybody's but to have this situation where there's so many 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:26.880 back to back losses and then you have, you know, 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.800 the blown save from Edwin Diaz and that type of thing. 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:31.840 I think it's just magnified. 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:35.640 More because we're accustomed to them winning more than they lose. 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:38.480 Yeah, and you're watching a team also right now they 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:41.960 don't have Will Smith, who is a captain for the 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.559 pitching staff. Not the pitching has really been a terrible issue. 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.760 We'll talk about Rableski. Obviously, the offense is an issue. 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:49.400 We're going to talk about that in our second segment 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:53.240 of the show. Robleski not having a great outing on Sunday, 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.000 but not having Will in there, and then also his 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.359 understudy not having Dalton in there. I think there is 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:03.120 a pretty big well, we know offensively, there is a 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:06.600 massive drop off when you're going from Will Smith and 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:09.240 Dalton rushing two. As much as I love them, Ben 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.960 Rourtvett and you know Hunter Fidusha, that's just a fact 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:15.360 and that's a that's a big change. We talked about 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:18.200 it a little bit, Katie, you know, as the trades happened, 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.960 but right just after the trades happened. But that that's 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.719 a big change just overall for the club, whether it 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.359 be in the clubhouse or with the pitching staff. And 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.840 then also having somebody with will could hit three, four 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.720 or five in your lineup. Not having that dude around 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:37.000 might be starting to see the effects of it. 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:38.600 I think so too. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:42.159 And I think that's that's less on Mortvett and Fidusha 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.200 and more of just the Dodgers offense in general, which 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.919 I'm sure we'll get into. We heard Dave Roberts say it. 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:49.480 Those two catchers are there to hit ninth, and any 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.760 offense they get is a bonus. They're not counting on 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.520 these guys to fuel the offense, and that should be 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.760 fine given the names in this lineup. But the names 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.160 in this lineup have not been hitting either. So when 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:01.960 you go one through nine and you have someone in 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:05.560 the nine hole that's there for defense only, it kind 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.080 of can compartmentalize and even snowball into the rest of 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.680 the lineup because when you do get those very scoring opportunities, 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.960 let's just say your number nine hitter gets up and 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.520 you know they don't really have the slug Maybe of 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.160 adult and Rushing. Again, that's not their job, that's not 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.479 why they're here. But it just kind of magnifies the 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.000 offensive woes in general. And I think this was the 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.159 exact situation the Dodgers were trying to avoid. 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:26.760 Both of these guys are coming in. 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:29.360 They were sought after for a reason, because the Dodgers 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.880 needed someone who knew their staff at least a little bit. 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:34.919 And this is a situation that I don't think either 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.520 catcher was really looking at come August second, and to 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:39.160 be fair, I don't think the Dodgers were looking at 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.719 it either. The fact that Rushing's UCL injury happened the 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:46.320 day before the trade deadline was a bit fortunate because 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:48.000 it gave the Dodgers a chance to fix it, but 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:49.960 not a lot of times. So this just seems like 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.840 a kind of rushing all together. Let's patchwork it until 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.119 Will Smith gets back. We'll talk to Dave Roberts today 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:56.839 and get an update on where Will. 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:57.280 Smith is at. 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:59.640 But you know, I don't really think it's fair to 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:01.880 I don't think you are Quinn at all putting all 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.240 this on the catching spot because it is I think 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.360 from the twenty six man roster perspective, just hasn't been 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:09.359 good Dodger baseball over the last couple of weeks. 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:13.200 Yeah, definitely, Rotvet and Fidusha. Managing a pitching staff and 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.160 having that familiarity that's going to pay dividends even if 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.520 the offense isn't where we would like it to be. 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.200 But again, anything that they get offensively coming out of. 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.040 The nine hole is a benefit. 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:28.000 Let's address the Justin Rableski situation for a moment. Guys, Again, 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:31.000 I don't think the pitching has been the widespread issue 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.080 that's gone on with this team in the slump has 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:36.240 been absolutely a lack of offense. But over the course 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.440 of his last three starts, Clint and I. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.120 Know that you love to talk about pitching, so I'm 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:41.360 going to. 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.640 Defer to you on this fifteen earned runs over his 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:47.280 last twelve and a third, he's given up nine home runs. 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:51.600 Location command is not it? What do you make of it? Well, 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:54.120 hear from Justin momentarily, but what do you make of it? 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.600 Yeah, it's a long season. This is the most he's 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:02.200 ever pitched, like with out some sort of time off 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.040 or without being kind of shifted in his roles and 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:10.080 things in that sort of regard he's already he's just 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.600 shy of the innings total that he threw last year 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.360 combined between the minor leagues, major leagues, and the postseason. 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.800 Through one hundred and twenty three innings, we are at 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.040 one hundred and twenty in change right now, one hundred 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.200 and twenty and a third. He also had two three 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.760 more months to accumulate that inning total last year, So 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.760 I do wonder if there's a little bit of fatigue 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:33.120 in there, and you know, when you're tired, the arm 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.240 maybe will be a little quick or lag behind. The 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:37.920 mechanics are going to be a little bit off. And 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:41.320 he talked about it. We'll listen to the shark right here, 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.160 who is you know? The shark bites right now, and 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.760 I think he'll tell you as much. It has been 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:50.960 tough going and it's a location issue probably more than anything. 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.040 But the location comes with command. So let's listen to 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.640 what Rableski had to say after that last bad outing. 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.520 I'm just not good enough right now. What it comes 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.640 down to, it's it's really frustrating. It's you know, execution 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:05.560 just hasn't been as good. I feel like today just 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.200 wasn't good enough. And again I gotta be better, so 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.960 you know, again move forward. I'm not the type to 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.200 give up, so I'm I'm ready to bear down. And 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:15.960 this is kind of where, you know, you can go 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.679 two ways, and I'm excited to kind of keep working 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:20.160 and I'm excited for my next one. 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:22.719 Well what are you looking at though, just when you're 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:24.000 kind of looking at the footage? 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.120 Was there something you can point to today that you 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.120 really want to focus on as you prepare for your 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:28.560 next one? 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.600 I mean, yeah, I mean I just wasn't executing the 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.360 way I wanted to. You know, I got the ball 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.280 into Marte, but just not you know where I wanted 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.640 to in and you know, he got one and that 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.600 was kind of the killer of the doubting really in 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.440 my opinion, and then just left a couple of pitches 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:46.560 up the middle where they could handle them. And yeah, 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:47.440 just not good. 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:51.200 Enough, not good enough. Didn't sound extremely happy with himself, 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.680 and he shouldn't. You know, the numbers aren't good and 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:55.320 this is a guy who you know, was just an 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.280 All Star. Looked exceptionally that All Star Game, also looked 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.240 really good against the Phillies. Coming out of that All 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.280 Star Game, Katie, do you think there is kind of 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:04.720 a little bit of a fatigue factor with this, or 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.400 I know some people are worried about pitch tipping. I've 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.400 heard people say get him of the bigger glove while 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:13.160 they're at it. Is it just is it? You know, 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.199 the league catching up to him. What's kind of your 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:18.600 your view of mister Justin Ribleski, friend of the show. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.040 Yeah, now just go ahead and give him the Rokie 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:24.320 special everything. We'll be fine. I think it's fair when 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:24.800 you're looking. 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:26.720 And this is something that I asked Dave Roberts after 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:28.920 Justin Rableski's start in Chicago. 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:30.520 You know, we know he's getting close to. 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.439 His innings limit, and I'm looking at the stats right here. 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.120 He's up to one hundred and twenty and a third 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.280 on the season. Now, that's getting very close to a 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:41.880 season high of last year. And I asked Dave Roberts, 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:43.720 is that a concern going forward? And he said, no, 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.600 not really because the stuff behind the scenes, the metrics 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:48.920 they all metch up to being very consistent with how 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.439 he's performed all season long. So you heard Rableski say 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.640 it's execution more than anything. If the stuff was dropping, 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.920 if the vila was dropping, and you know you're going 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.120 to see a higher velo compared to twenty twenty five 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.400 to twenty twenty six pe because a large chunk of 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:02.680 his workload was in the bullpen. 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.720 So the stuff is naturally going to play up anyway. 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:06.720 But when you're looking at the stuff throughout the season, 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:10.520 it's all been pretty even. It's just about location, command, execution, 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.240 and that hasn't really been there in the second half 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.360 for Rableski, and I think that can be a combination 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.000 of two things the league could be catched up to him. 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:20.719 I mean, this is a guy who is relatively new 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:22.720 to a lot of major league hitters in the first half, 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:24.120 and I think the book is kind of out on 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.040 where he likes to attack, what he likes to do. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.280 And then I think, you know, location and command and 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.480 that's all. That's all correlated obviously. But the big thing 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.920 for me is justin Rabuski making sure he can get 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:35.360 through the rest of the regular season. 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:36.960 I know what that Indians limit is something they're going 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:37.920 to be mindful of. 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:40.240 But it doesn't sound like it's a concern because the 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.319 stuff matches what it's looked like all season. It's all 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.200 about executing and you know you can sit there and 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:46.400 be like, we'll just execute better. 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:47.880 Much easier said than done. 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.360 I think Rabuski is is definitely feeling the frustration of 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:50.960 that right now. 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.280 It kind of reminds me, guys, sorry Clint, but it 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.040 kind of reminds me of the whole Ross strippling situation 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.400 back in twenty eighteen. I almost love that was his 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.000 call up year, but you corrected me. You're right, it 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.120 was twenty sixteen when he got called up. But twenty 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:07.520 eighteen is when he had so many innings pitched, right, 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.720 I mean that is a career high in innings for Strip. 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.040 It was an All Star year for Strip, so same 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.560 type of situation where he didn't get even though it's 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.080 only three or four days, it matters in the course 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.760 of one hundred and sixty two game season, not to mention, 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:21.839 you know, three or four starts in spring training and 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.320 then obviously what you hope to get into in the postseason. 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.280 But in twenty eighteen, Strip had a six four to 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.360 one ERA over his final eight starts. Remember Alex Wood 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:33.360 three point six four ERA in seven second half starts 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.680 in two thousand and seventeen, So I mean, maybe that's 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:41.160 what the situation is kind of chicken Strip two point 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:42.439 zero for Justin Erbleski. 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.720 I mean, these guys, there's. 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:46.360 Always going to be a first time that somebody goes 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.120 through this amount of innings. This is you know, you 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:50.520 see it with all the rookies of all the other 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:53.040 teams as well. You start to really get concerned about 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:56.120 the amount of innings that these guys are having to throw. 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.480 And maybe he's just kind of hit a blip and 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.360 a little bit of fatigue, and he's he's got to 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.000 train his body how to be able to get through 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.439 a full season, which he hasn't had an opportunity to 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.280 do so at this level, with this many high leverage innings, 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.679 this many you know, pitches, this, that and the other things. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.280 So Connor reminds me it Connor reminds us rather of 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.200 Ross strippling back in twenty eighteen. 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:18.240 Yeah, and it happens. You know, you get tired, you 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.200 get a little bit of dead arm in there, and 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.760 you know, this is the next challenge now for Robo 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.760 to kind of figure out how to get himself back 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:29.240 on track, how to get the arm feeling good. As 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.520 we mentioned, it's not just a Justin Rabuski problem. It's 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.160 not It wasn't just an imachian problem before he was 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.680 sent down. It's not terribly a pitching problem. You know, 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:42.400 two blown saves where Edwin Diaz. Notwithstanding, it's an offensive 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:44.720 problem for this team. You got to put more points 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:46.679 on the board to beat the other team, and they 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:48.400 are struggling about that. 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I know your 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:14.080 colleague over at the Athletic Katie talked about some parts 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.640 of the offensive woes. We have seen people mentioning a 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:21.760 lot more how bad they have been against fastballs, particularly 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.360 high fast balls this season, but just fastballs in general, 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:30.360 and especially since July first. But what's kind of your 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.360 view here and what can you help us extrapolate from 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:38.200 Fabian's column there about where the offense is and hell 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:39.880 help us figure out when it's going to wake up? 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:42.480 Yeah, I think a lot of Dodgers fans would like 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.200 to answer to that question. I think Fobbian does a 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.760 great job of breaking it down the struggles against the fastballs. 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:48.680 The Dodgers have seen the most fastballs in the league 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.640 since July first, and they've had a lot of trouble. 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:52.880 Timing it up and teeing it up. 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:54.840 But if you can't time up the heater, you sure 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.600 as heck are going to struggle timing up the secondary pitches. 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:00.760 So you're a scene across the board just lin an offense, 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:04.200 and to me, it looks like this team is pressing. 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:06.080 I'll go ahead and just read some numbers from July 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.720 first to August tenth, which I believe is today. Their 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:11.560 average is they're hitting two twenty as a team. That's 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:14.840 the twenty seventh in baseball. Their slugging percentage of three 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.680 fifty nine is twenty eighth. So those are not numbers 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.640 that you come to expect from this Dodgers offense. To me, though, 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:24.600 looking at them collectively, it seems like an issue of pressing. 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:26.600 And you can look at some of these numbers chase 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.960 rates up, walk rates down. Those are the two things 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.360 that you look at when a team is pressing collectively. 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.160 So you know, shout out to front of the show, 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.960 doctor cujuskiper sending me these numbers, because I certainly didn't have. 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:38.480 Them off the top of my head. He breaks it 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:39.080 down really well. 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:41.800 Since July tenth, which was the series the Dodgers were 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:42.920 swept by the d Backs. 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:44.200 Heading into the All. 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.720 Star Break, their chase rate is thirty one point two percent. 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.400 That's pretty high. Their walk rate six point eight percent 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:53.240 pretty low. That's the fifth worst walk rate in MLB 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:57.120 in that time. And when you are really trying to 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:00.000 press as an offense and you're trying to score runs, 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.680 it's difficult. When you're starting pitching for as good as 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:04.840 they've been, have give up runs in the beginning of 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:05.120 the game. 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:06.520 I think we saw that yesterday. 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.200 Rarebusco goes out there, slaps up two runs in the 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:09.880 first and the second. 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.560 All of a sudden, you're trailing. 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:15.560 By a crooked member and you're pressing again because you're like, Okay, 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:16.240 we have to score. 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:16.840 It's been so. 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:19.199 Hard, we're already trailing, and it can be kind of 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.320 a mental mind game. So I'm looking at the Dodgers 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.840 and it's again not very helpful to just say stop pressing, 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:27.600 but to kind of go back to what they were 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.200 doing earlier in the season, which is working counts, being 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.520 very selective with their pitching, working their walks. 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:33.840 They're a very athletic team. 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:35.600 They have some slug when they can actually, you know, 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.480 put the bat or the barrel on the ball and 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.600 just I don't know, make this this Royals pitching staff. 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:43.880 I know, we don't know who's gonna start. We might 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:45.520 know who's going to start. I think they did list 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:50.120 their probables. There we go, Well, Noah Cameron, tonight, make 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:53.640 them work, get deep intoccounts, and stop pressing so much 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.200 to the point where you're essentially giving a bats away. 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.040 So many of these ad bats look like to. 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:01.240