1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: I took a lot of flak for one of my 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: bold predictions in the preseason, and it was Tommy Edmond 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: related with my bold prediction, and here we go. I'm 4 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: just gonna keep stepping in it. 5 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: What is going on? Party people? 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 3: Hi? 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: Hello, my name is Clint Pas. Find me as real 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: FRG on the social media machines. I'm in a lot 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: of spot and that is not me in my spot. 10 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: That is the man, the myth, the legend, my buddy 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: Jeff Spiegel. Of course you know him as the host 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 2: of Dodger Heads on Dodger Blue the YouTube channel here. 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: And you do a lot of things. You cover the Lakers, 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 2: Sorry about that, You cover the Raiders, You do a 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 2: lot of stuff. But Jeff Man, how you doing, Bud? 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, sorry about the Raiders piece too. I think is acceptable. 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 3: You know. 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: It's most of the teams that I follow in my 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: life are disappointing, not the Dodgers. Great to be with you, 20 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: Thank you as always for the invite. Honored every time, 21 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: and I'm glad that I'm getting to catch this show 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: after the Dodgers have won five in a row. 23 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 4: These are more fun. 24 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: After five game winning streaks than they are after two 25 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: game losing streaks, so I appreciate it. 26 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not the end of times or whatever. I'm 27 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: sure people will complain in the chat. Guys, do sound 28 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 2: off in the chat. Let us know how you're feeling 29 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 2: about the team. With Jeff and I here, we're pros 30 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: it hitting the chat, not to say Alana's not. But 31 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: we live on people talking to us through a little 32 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 2: box on the internet. But we'll read some comments and 33 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: all that, and I'm sure we're gonna find some that 34 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: be like, oh, they only beat bad teams. But before 35 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 2: we get into it, guys, right rate the show five stars, 36 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 2: leave a review if you can on the podcast platforms 37 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: like and subscribe here on the YouTube platform. Really helps 38 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 2: myself and Alana out. But let's get into the big 39 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: ticket and talk about the good things that happened with 40 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: the Dodgers on this homestand Jeff, we had a series sweep. 41 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: It's a good homestand for your Los Angeles Dodgers, it's 42 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: fun playing the Pirates and the mar fifty one runs 43 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: scored during the homestand and in my opinion, you know 44 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: we're talking just before going live, like listen, coming out 45 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 2: of that Chicago series things were feeling a little ugly. 46 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: It just had the season kept feeling like a fall 47 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: start over and over. But the bad teams came for 48 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: the Dodgers at the right time, and now I feel 49 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 2: like the vibes are high. What's your feeling of where 50 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 2: the team is at right now? I think you're right 51 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 2: on the vibes are high. 52 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure we're going to talk about the guys who 53 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: are disappointing, but the number of people in that bucket 54 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: seems to be dwindling. By the day I saw this stat, 55 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't all that long ago, and I'm 56 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: sure you were experiencing the same thing that the Dodgers 57 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: offense was a concern for people. And Jack Harris had 58 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: this tweet. The Dodgers didn't have ten hits in any 59 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: of their first seventeen games. Since they've since then, they've 60 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: done it in nine of their past thirteen and each 61 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: of their past four. So the offense is figuring it out. 62 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: The bullpen has continued to be very good. Pitching is 63 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: obviously all over the place, but vibes are good, which 64 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: I appreciate optimistic. 65 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 4: Jeff loves where the vibes are at. 66 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, vibes are what this team needed. We got vibes 67 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 2: as well for Max Monsey hitting the bomba yesterday. We'll 68 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: talk about that in a second. I'd like to see 69 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 2: the Dodgers playing some good teams again, you know, but 70 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 2: we'll take the good feeling for now. On the right, 71 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: you know, we got the right mental wavelength heading on 72 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: a very long road trip. I think they're going three cities. 73 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: They starting to Atlanta, play Miami for three and then 74 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 2: finally we get to see another National League West team 75 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: with the Arizona Diamondbacks for some reason in the first 76 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: full week of May. Weird weird schedule. But the big 77 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 2: news besides Max Munsey hitting a home run, which is 78 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: something he could still apparently do, we saw the return 79 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: of the cat Man, Tony Gonsolin on the bump. We 80 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: got some mews, and I like to say, y'all forgot 81 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: about the cat Man. I was a believer. I'd never 82 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 2: quit on Tony Smokes and made his first start MLB 83 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: start at least in twenty months, and really was two 84 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: moments away a pitch and a play, two moments away 85 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: from being outright dominant against Miami Marlins. Six innings, three 86 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 2: earn run nine strikeouts only seventy seven pitches. Super economical 87 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 2: even with the strikeouts in there. Another thing, I mean, 88 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 2: getting this dude back at this time. Obviously the state 89 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 2: of the starting rotation is not ideal for the Boys 90 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 2: in Blue. Things things will be getting better, but getting 91 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 2: this dude back, I mean it just felt to me 92 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: like kind of a depth savior, especially on the heels 93 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 2: or not on the heels, but heading into playing what 94 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 2: is it nineteen times in a twenty day stretch? Would 95 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 2: you like about Gonsolin? What do you think he can 96 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 2: build on and any sort of concern points when you're 97 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 2: looking at Tony. 98 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 4: No, I'm with you. 99 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: I mean, you and I might have been some of 100 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: the last people on Tony gonsoln Island. 101 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 4: He's just a guy. 102 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: When I look at his numbers, I know it's not 103 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: like as sexy as Dustin May and the movement left 104 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: to right and the velocity and all that, but this 105 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: guy just produces. I know twenty twenty three was a 106 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: down year, but you go back to twenty nineteen two 107 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: point nine era, twenty twenty two point three Era, twenty 108 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: twenty one two point or three point two era, and 109 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two a two point one era. 110 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 4: Even twenty twenty. 111 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: Three, if you go back and actually look at what 112 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: happened that year, he gave up ten earned runs in 113 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,239 Speaker 1: the final start before he officially went on the injured list. 114 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 1: So even if you take off the last handful of 115 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: starts where he was almost assuredly pitching injured because they 116 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: needed bodies to close out twenty twenty three, he was 117 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: good in the first half of that one. So I 118 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: know he's not going to necessarily wow everybody with his stuff, 119 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: but the performance has just always been very good. And 120 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: that's what we saw. I mean, seventeen whiffs on forty 121 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: two swings against the Marlins. Yes, it's the Marlins, but 122 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: the wifth rate was there, it was diversified. He got 123 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: whiffs on all four pitches that he threw. So A, 124 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: they need bodies and b Contrary to popular belief, I 125 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: think Tony Gonslin is more than just a warm body. 126 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a good body. And I'm not being weird 127 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 2: and creepy about him. I like the dude. He's a 128 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: nice fella and all that. I'm not necessarily into him 129 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 2: that way, but he's he's somebody. He was an All 130 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: Star in twenty twenty two, and it was an earned 131 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 2: All Star. Berth went, like I think you mentioned, there's 132 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 2: sixteen and one that season. He's good. He is very, 133 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: very good at his job. He's got a pretty wide 134 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: array of pitches he can go through. Of course, the 135 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 2: splitter can be nasty when it's on. The fastball can 136 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: touch you know, what's high. We've seen it as high 137 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: as ninety seven. That's not necessarily where he's gonna sit. 138 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: But knowing that there's a highly, it would things. We 139 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 2: would have to have so many things go wrong for 140 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 2: Tony to be, you know, getting starts for this team 141 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 2: in the postseason. Right now, it's about depth, it's about surviving. 142 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: While we get Kershaw back in a couple of weeks, 143 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 2: show Heyo Tani eventually joining a rejoining or sliding into 144 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 2: the rotation, and of course Blake Snell the big offseason acquisition, 145 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 2: as well as Tyler Glass now joining that rotation as well. 146 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 2: So to have Tony, to have Dustin May still in 147 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 2: that mix. Yeah, it feels like twenty nineteen all over 148 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: again for the Boys in Blue. But love seeing what 149 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 2: we saw out of Tony there, and I loved seeing 150 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 2: what we saw out of Max Munsey finally connects on 151 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 2: a Homer. I said on the last postgame show a 152 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 2: lot on and I did on Tuesday, or maybe I 153 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 2: wrote it in my notes and I didn't say it. 154 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 2: I don't remember exactly where it was, but I had 155 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: said I'd like the swings. I like where we were 156 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 2: starting the swings. We were starting to see him get off. 157 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 2: It felt like he was close to putting it all together. 158 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: Then we see a Homer and a Sun triple on Wednesday. Listen, 159 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: We'll take what we can get. The reactions. I love 160 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 2: the reactions from this. By the way, Freddie, oh, thank 161 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 2: the sweet Lord. You gotta imagine. I mean, you know Max, 162 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 2: you've talked to him in the clubhouse before, you've been 163 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: around him. He carries an aura about him, but he 164 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: can be a grumpy boy when things aren't going well. 165 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 2: And he mentioned after finally connecting on that Homer, you know, 166 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: kind of bringing at home with him, feeling them, feeling 167 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 2: that the pressure of everybody watching him not hit homers 168 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: you had mentioned, by the way, you know, like he 169 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 2: despite the numbers not being sexy, like he wasn't that 170 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 2: far off, not as bad as he seemed. Do you 171 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 2: care to elaborate on that. For the folks here on 172 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 2: the Internet, which of course are a different brand from 173 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 2: the folks on the Twitter, explain to people here on 174 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: this show, on this YouTube show about what you saw 175 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 2: with Max and what the numbers were, kind of explaining 176 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 2: that maybe we weren't seeing in traditional stats. 177 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, so the big picture is I would say, and 178 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: again to people watching this probably understand, so apologies if 179 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: this is old news. But the beauty of underlying metrics 180 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: and some of the nerd stats is that they can 181 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: help be predictive. They can help you see through some 182 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: of the surface level stuff to say is this actually 183 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: sustainable in a good way? Is it sustainable in a 184 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: bad way? Or is there maybe something else happening? And 185 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: the surface level stops are luck base. And so when 186 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: I looked at Muncie as we were preparing for our 187 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: show a couple of nights ago, I'm looking through some 188 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: of his quality of contact numbers and I'm like, that's interesting. 189 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: I mean, even today, his hard hit rate in twenty 190 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: twenty five is better than in twenty twenty four, and 191 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 1: he was very good in twenty twenty four, like one 192 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: thirty five weighted runs created plus thirty five percent better 193 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: than league average. 194 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 4: Offensively, so his hit rate is up. 195 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: His barrel rate is up, his average exit velocity is 196 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: pretty comparable, and so while the results weren't there, I 197 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: was looking and saying, a couple things change here, namely 198 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: with rate and strikeout rate are the two numbers that 199 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: have gone completely the wrong way for Munsey in twenty 200 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: twenty five. But when he was making contact, he was 201 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: actually doing some damage from a velocity, hard hit, barrel 202 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 1: rate perspective, and so that's what gave me some optimism 203 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: that he might be able to turn this around, maybe 204 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: more quickly than the quote unquote eye test was telling us. 205 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: One game, he hits the home run sun triple. Like 206 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: you mentioned, I'm not here to take a victory lap, 207 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: although it is nice timing for him to do that 208 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: on the day when I say it's the longest drought 209 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: of his career, but maybe it's coming to an end. 210 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: And yet, like I'm not willing to say he's all 211 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: the way back yet, but I think there's some reason 212 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: to believe that the slump might be hitting the rear 213 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: view mirror quicker than quicker than we may have expected. 214 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, listen, we want the slump to be over. 215 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: Max wants the slump to be over. I'm sure Kelly 216 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 2: Munsey wants it to be over. And I think again 217 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 2: we're trending in the right direction for this team. Just 218 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 2: about everybody hitting everybody not named Michael CONFORDO. We'll talk 219 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 2: more about that. We're going to look back at the 220 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 2: entirety of the month of April, but first we are 221 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 2: going to hear from our buddies Aircrafts, Todd Fraser and 222 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 2: Scott Brown about Harry's. 223 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 5: If you want a razor that looks good, makes you 224 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 5: look good, gets the shave done, and doesn't cost much. 225 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 5: Uh oh oh is it nice? 226 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 2: That's Harry John and you can smell it too. 227 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 4: Smell it. 228 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 2: Oh wow, Harry's that's the shavetail. I'm telling you. Look, 229 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 2: I mean you look scary. 230 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 3: Man shut fresh, come in, come, in, come and get 231 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 3: I don't want to touch the Oh my. 232 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 5: God, looks like German engineered blades made in their own 233 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 5: factory that stays sharp longer. 234 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 6: I'm using the razor and it does not. You can 235 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 6: start to feel when it gets dull. I mean, you 236 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 6: guys only do like here and like up here, true, 237 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 6: I'm doing acreach get the edge on your shave with Harry's. 238 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 6: Normally their trial set is ten dollars, but right now 239 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 6: you can get it for just six dollars at Harrys 240 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 6: dot com slash foul. That's our exclusive link Harrys dot 241 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 6: com slash foul for a six dollars trial set. 242 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 2: Man, we're back here. We're gonna talk about your Los 243 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 2: Angeles Dodgers some more, because again, it looks like they're 244 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 2: not as as bad as some people wanted them wanted 245 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: them to be. We do finish the month of May 246 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 2: or sorry, the month of April twenty one and ten 247 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: tied with the Mets with the best record in baseball, Jeff, 248 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 2: like you mentioned writing a five game win streak. Listen, 249 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 2: they're a good baseball team. They had some problems to 250 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 2: open the season. It happens things are starting. The ship 251 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 2: is starting to write itself a little bit. But what's 252 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 2: your take. I want to get surprise, your biggest surprise. 253 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 2: I want to get your biggest letdown. But first I 254 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 2: want to know what's your overall take on the first 255 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 2: thirty one games of the season. 256 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 4: The Dodgers are really good. 257 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: At baseball still in twenty twenty five. 258 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 4: I think it's classic. Like it's April. 259 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: Things aren't They're not one hundred and sixty two and 260 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: oh yet, and so it's easy to find the things 261 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: that were frustrated with. I know, we've got a lot 262 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: of smart people that are in chat that are telling us, Hey, 263 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: they're at a better place now than they were a 264 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: year ago, and last year kind of ended in the 265 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: place that you're hoping it ends. And so I'm just 266 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: glad that the Dodgers have gotten off to the big 267 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: picture start they did. Obviously, they go eight not to 268 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: start awesome, then they go eight and ten and their 269 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: next eighteen not awesome, and then now they've won five 270 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: in a row. So that's baseball, right Clinton Like that, 271 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: that's how a season goes. They've now won five in 272 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: a row. Yes, it's against the Marlins and the Pirates, 273 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: but they're in first place in the division. They've got 274 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: a game and a half lead. If you had fast 275 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: forward to this point and said, hey, I'm gonna I'm 276 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: gonna wake you up on May first, the Dodgers are 277 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: going to be tied for the best record in baseball 278 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: with a game and a half lead in the division, 279 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: we'd all be excited. So I know we had to 280 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: live through some bumps along the way, but overall happy, 281 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: happy that we're not digging ourselves out of a hole. 282 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, and uh, listen, like you said, it's baseball. I've 283 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 2: been using that that phrase way too much, borrowing from 284 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 2: everybody's a fan favorite, Manny Machado. Let's just baseball. It's baseball. 285 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: It's part of a long story. I mean, if you're 286 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 2: reading I don't know how to read, not a big reader, 287 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 2: I should say, uh, but if you're reading a novel, 288 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 2: you're reading a nice, good book. I'm pretty sure if 289 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 2: it's all like just positive the whole way through the book, 290 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 2: you're not gonna be intrigued. You're not gonna have a 291 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 2: good time. Or maybe you will. I don't know if 292 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 2: some people are weird, but I enjoy going through the downs, 293 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 2: through the pitfalls, through the well. Well, I'll say Michael 294 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 2: Conforto's again. Maybe he has some sort of redeeming moment 295 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 2: or whatever. But we gotta create villains, we gotta create issues, 296 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 2: we gotta create problems. And the Dodgers have been through 297 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 2: their first you know, thirty one battles, I guess of problems, 298 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 2: and so far have come out on the other side 299 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 2: here in the month of May smelling Rosie looking good 300 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 2: and trending in the right direction, even if there are 301 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: a number of issues with the starting rotation. But I 302 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 2: did say I wanted to get your biggest surprise. What 303 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 2: was the biggest surprise for you in April? I have 304 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 2: a feeling I know what it is. 305 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: I took a lot of flak for one of my 306 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: bold predictions in the preseason. This might be what you're 307 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: referring to, and it was Tommy Edmond related, what's my 308 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: bold prediction? 309 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 4: And here we go. I'm just going to keep stepping 310 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 4: in it. 311 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: My bold prediction for people that don't watch our show 312 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: was I basically said, Hey, the Dodgers' experience of Tommy 313 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: Edmund was NLCS MVP Tommy Edmund, and when you look 314 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: at the totality of his career as an offensive producer, 315 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: I was just trying to help people set reasonable expectations 316 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: for Tommy Edmund by saying, if you're expecting what you 317 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: saw in the NLCS for one hundred and sixty two 318 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: games offensively, I'm here to tell you that his career 319 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: is going to suggest otherwise they might be a letdown. 320 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: I do not dislike Tommy Edmund. I am rooting for 321 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund, but that was my initial thing. I said, Hey, 322 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: I think offensively he's going to be good, but he 323 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: might be quote unquote disappointing to some people. He of course, 324 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: has eight home runs in his first thirty games. He 325 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: has never hit more than thirteen in any season of 326 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: his entire career. He's on pace for over thirty. I've joked, 327 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: like I always sit in this place, Clint, and you 328 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: can relate to this about whether I lean into the 329 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: bit and just just continue to stand my ground with 330 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund by joking that the you know, the opp 331 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: is two ninety five, which isn't awesome, but the slug 332 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: is five twenty three, which is incredible. And so the 333 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: biggest surprise easily Tommy Edmund's power. And I want to 334 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: ask you a question before you answer your own, is 335 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: this sustainable? Like, like, how how much of a believer 336 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: are you? And I'm not even gonna say he's gonna 337 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: get to thirty, Like do you think Tommy Edmond gets 338 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: to twenty five home runs this season? That would be 339 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: seventeen more in one hundred and thirty games. 340 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 2: And that's I listen, I agree with everybody I've decided 341 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 2: when it comes to Tommy Edmund I entering the season, 342 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: I'm more on your side. And I understand I'm avoiding 343 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 2: the question right now. So if we had a judge here, 344 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure he'd be like, sir, please, mister Pisias, 345 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: please answer the question. No, he doesn't get to thirty. 346 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 2: I think twenty five is a stretch. He probably finds 347 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: a way to maybe hit about twenty twenty two. Still 348 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 2: a very very nice season. Of course, early in the season, 349 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 2: we were expecting him to be hitting a lot of third, 350 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 2: a lot of fourth, which he was doing for this team. 351 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 2: We've talked on this show, We've talked on my show. 352 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 2: But at some point, if everything kind of sorts itself out, 353 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 2: I think Tommy ed Edmund hitting in that ninth spot 354 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 2: would be fantastic for this team, acting as a second 355 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 2: leadoff hitter. But for now he needs to be in 356 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 2: a run production spot. But yeah, I didn't see this. 357 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 2: I was more of the the mindset of like, this 358 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 2: is the guy we saw is not what his you know, 359 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 2: his baseball reference tells us. It's not what his fan 360 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 2: grasse tells us. But we here, we preach all the time. 361 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 2: The Dodgers are good at fixing people. They they have 362 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 2: both sides have been open and honest about the fact that, hey, 363 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 2: they identified some things to help him out. And and 364 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 2: and it seems like the changes, particularly to his his 365 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 2: left hand swing are better. They're real. It's legit now, 366 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 2: is he gonna? Is it legit enough to carry the team? 367 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 2: Is legit enough to be a you know, a very 368 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 2: tiny version of Barry Bonds. No, but we'll take the 369 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 2: hot streaks where we can get them. And I would 370 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 2: agree to pin this. I would agree with you a. 371 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 2: Probably the biggest surprise for me is Tommy Edmund in 372 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 2: the month with April right behind them, Andy Pot has 373 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 2: just the the roller coaster that was the month of April, 374 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 2: well March in April for the the second year center fielder, 375 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 2: You centerfielder. Loosely before I asked your biggest letdown? Did 376 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 2: any did you see this? Pat has kind of turned 377 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 2: around happening so drastically and dramatically. 378 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 4: No, definitely not. 379 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: I wish I could lie to you and be like, hey, 380 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: I was on this one from the get go. One 381 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: thing that I have been consistent with is I'm way 382 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: more patient, I think than the average Dodgers fan when 383 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: it comes to these guys. Last year, I think I 384 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: may have been one of the last people holding the 385 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: Gavin Lux flag on Gavin Lux Island, saying just be patient, 386 00:18:58,760 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: and it panned out for me. 387 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 4: I'm gonna be honest. 388 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: I took a couple of victory laps after the second 389 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: half that he had, but it's the reason I wasn't 390 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 1: ready to be disappoint like panicked about Max Muntsey and 391 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 1: Payes was more so because we had less of a 392 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: track record. But the one thing that I kind of 393 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: held on too was this guy was always an offensive 394 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: prospect that the book on him coming up through the 395 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: system was he's going to hit, and he's going to 396 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: hit for power. 397 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 4: The question is where does he play? Then he has 398 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 4: the shoulder surgery. 399 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: And the other thing I've I've been reminded of is 400 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four, he was way ahead of schedule 401 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: coming into spring training. A year ago, he was not. 402 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty four wasn't going to be the year that 403 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: he was going to make the big leagues. Everyone was like, 404 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 1: he needs another year to recover from shoulder surgery, build 405 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: back up strength, getting the swing of things, and then 406 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: maybe twenty twenty five is the year. So hindsight is 407 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. But I'm not going to say I'm shocked 408 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: that he's figured it out now, Like he has like 409 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: a one fifty weighted runs great of plus for the season. 410 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 4: Now, I don't think that's sustainable. 411 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: But if you told me he lands as like a 412 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: guy who's won fifteen to one twenty weighted runs created 413 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: plus hopefully eventually moving to a corner spot where he 414 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: can just hose guys with his arm and not have 415 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: to read balls off the bat in dead center. Then 416 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 1: I think you're talking about a guy who's going to 417 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: be a mainstay for you know, a long time. 418 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. I definitely did not see a turnaround like that. Uh, 419 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 2: it has helped the team massively. I'm seeing in the 420 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 2: chat people pointing out like mister Classics saying, you know, 421 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 2: Pa has learning a lot from Tioscar Hernandez. Uh, you know, 422 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 2: kind of being being his t O teo. Uh if 423 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 2: you will there, Uh going back to one of the 424 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 2: things you said, you know you're you're somebody who is 425 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 2: not as panicky as other fans. From what I understand 426 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 2: I've seen online people like you and your buddy Blake Williams. 427 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 2: You guys are corporate shills. You're paid by the Dodgers 428 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 2: to be positive all the time. That's one of my 429 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 2: favorite narratives. People never give me that bit is I'm 430 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 2: always I'm saying, yeah, Blake, Blake gets it bad. 431 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: Love that well, I just love we all laugh because 432 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: we're like, Blake is one of I feel like I 433 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: think he would agree with this. I think he leans 434 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: way more negative than he leans positive. So we were 435 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: all dying when he got called a corporate shill. I'm like, 436 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: is there a different Blake Williams that I don't know? 437 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 2: Oh? Man, I just want to know how much the 438 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 2: Dodgers are paying him, because that's got to be a 439 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 2: good gig. Moving on. I don't know that I buttoned 440 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 2: that up well, but at least we had fun with it. 441 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: Biggest letdown for the month of April or the months 442 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 2: of March in April, Yeah. 443 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: It's Conforto's the obvious one here and again, you want 444 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: to talk about some bad bold predictions made before the season. 445 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 1: I had really high hopes for Michael Conforto. He was 446 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: coming off of a pretty good year in San Francisco, 447 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: an absolute nightmare of a place to play for an 448 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: offensive hitter. There was the famous stat about how like 449 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: twenty of his home runs were hit in opposing ballparks, 450 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: and despite the fact that he only played half his 451 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: games there. So I just really believed he was going 452 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: to be able to figure it out, and it just 453 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: hasn't happened. I don't think it's like over with there's 454 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 1: no chance that he's ever going to figure it out. 455 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 1: But you know, I talked about the underlying stuff with 456 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,719 Speaker 1: Max Munsey. With Confordo, it's just not there. He's bottom 457 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: forty percentile in basically every single offensive stat except for 458 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: chase rate and walk rate. So he is walking. The 459 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: on base percentage over three hundred is at least tolerable. 460 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: But the number I keep looking at with him is 461 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: he is only like guys are going to. 462 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 4: Get to their power on the pull side. That's not 463 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 4: rocket science. 464 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: And obviously if you want to hit for home runs 465 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: then you need to get the ball in the air. 466 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: He's only pulling the ball in the air five percent 467 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: of the time last year that number was twenty two percent. 468 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: You're not going to be a successful hitter if you 469 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: can't pull the ball in the air. That's the thing 470 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: that's got to change. But it's actually going the wrong way. 471 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: It's getting worse. It feels like overtime. So Dave said, 472 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: he's in his head. That's probably right. But man, I 473 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: thought Confordo was going to be you know, twenty twenty 474 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: four ti Oscar Hernandez, honestly, and he has been a 475 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: billion miles from it. 476 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 2: I mean the first few games of the season as well. 477 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 2: It was it was trending that way for sure. And 478 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 2: now we're at a point yoes and ask you, like, 479 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 2: what can the Dodgers do about Michael Confordo. Well, they 480 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 2: can keep running him out there. I said it on 481 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 2: the Twitter yesterday. It's like, look, at this point, I 482 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 2: think I would rather see what Chris Taylor. You're paying 483 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 2: him just about the same amount, and he's been around. 484 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 2: He's at least, you know, he has some sort of 485 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 2: sweat equity into this team, giving him some opportunities in 486 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 2: left field. The swing has looked a little bit better, 487 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 2: but maybe given a less of the Lion's share of 488 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 2: time to Mike conforda while he's still figuring some things out. 489 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 2: I'm open to it, and I know some people are 490 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 2: on here are even starting to relax to the idea 491 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,479 Speaker 2: of Chris Taylor getting, you know, at bats for the 492 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 2: Dodgers in a non spring training game. That's where Michael 493 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 2: Confordo has been to open the season. But thoughts on that, 494 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 2: would you like to see something like that or you 495 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 2: just kind of, you know, keep the course and hopefully 496 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 2: the ship rights itself. 497 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: I tend to be in a place where the goal 498 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: should be getting your team to the best possible place 499 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: come post in time, and I think the best version 500 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: of the Dodgers is Michael Conforto figuring it out. So 501 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: if it were me, I would ride out the Michael 502 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: Confordo experiment as long as you possibly can give him 503 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: every opportunity to figure it out. Because as much as 504 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,239 Speaker 1: I like Chris Taylor long term, I don't know if 505 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 1: he's short termed the solution. We know what the ceiling 506 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: is on Chris Taylor out there, and it's maybe tolerable, 507 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 1: you know, So I think the best version of this 508 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: team is Confordo figures it out. So if that's giving 509 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: him three days off, helping him get a mental rep, 510 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: and then throwing him back out there every day. If 511 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 1: it's platooning him just so he can see the side 512 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: of the ball that he's traditionally more comfortable with, then 513 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 1: go for it. But that would be my goal. So 514 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: I would be patient with Conforto, help him work through 515 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,919 Speaker 1: some things in whatever way you think. That would be 516 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: my default. If Chris Taylor starts to play a little 517 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: bit more, I wouldn't hate it. Everybody knows. I also 518 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: might be, you know, speaking of I'm on a lot 519 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: of islands by myself. I'm realizing that as a theme. 520 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: I still like James Outman a little bit. So you 521 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: could talk me into Outman, who's on a hot streak 522 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: playing at least a competent defensive center field, and you're 523 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 1: upgrading defensively by moving Pahes to a corner like. You 524 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: could talk me into that a little bit. But my 525 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: default would be ride it out with Confordo and let 526 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: him figure it out. 527 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, well, that's that corporate chill stuff there. 528 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 2: I mean, that's the Dodgers move for sure. We know 529 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 2: Dave's in to give him his one hundred and fifty 530 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 2: at bats that like lux last year turned into about 531 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 2: two hundred and thirty before things really really started as 532 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 2: trend in the right direction. But as long as they're 533 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 2: going out there and winning ball games, playing bad ball 534 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 2: clubs and you know, other people, it's as long as 535 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 2: there's not five people not hitting in the lineup. If 536 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 2: it's one or two, they can manage, they can survive, 537 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 2: and then it's less of a problem. With Michael CONFORDA 538 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 2: just needs to kind of stop hitting into double plays. 539 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 2: I need to. I want to ask you one more thing. 540 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 2: I want to get your grades, and then I'll let 541 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 2: you escape. But I do have to be corporate and 542 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 2: hear from our buddies at Foul Territory about Arena Club. 543 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 2: But after that we will be back in and ask 544 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 2: you one more series and then I'll let you escape me. 545 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 2: But hold on briefly. 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That's Arena Club dot com slash voul code 567 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 5: foul for twenty percent off your first purchase. 568 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: Thank you, guys. Sorry I went rogue there. Usually we 569 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 2: would jump into last licks, but I'm having fun talking 570 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 2: to Jeff here and I'm stealing more of his time. 571 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 2: I appreciate you hanging out with me. You're getting some love. 572 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 2: By the way, for the for the outman take there, 573 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 2: I mean, there was a point a couple weeks ago 574 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 2: where I was like, maybe maybe James Outman might not 575 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 2: be the worst idea, but we got a hell no 576 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 2: from Diane, all right before I let you leave month 577 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 2: one grade, So we'll keep it simple. Offense, starting pitching, bullpen, 578 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 2: and for fun, management slash manager, what do you got 579 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 2: for offense? 580 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go. 581 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: B plus for the offense, and we're grading on a curve, 582 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 1: so they're being graded compared to what we had. As 583 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: far as expectations for this team. Mookie Bets has struggled. 584 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: We know that he's still been good, just not amazing 585 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: and great. But I think the bottom of the lineup, 586 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: which we've had to see a lot of Kik A, Munsey, Rojas, Barnes, 587 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: Conforto have all been tough. So B plus maybe A minus. 588 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: You could talk me into an A minus, but I'm 589 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 1: in that range. 590 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 2: Yeah. I think early in the season they weren't doing 591 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 2: their homework, but of late they've definitely turned it on. 592 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 2: I think they got a tutor, as in they played 593 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 2: bad teams. Starting pitching. I wanted to talk starting pitching, 594 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 2: but you know, obviously there's a lot to cover, and 595 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 2: it's only half an hour show. But starting pitching. Just 596 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 2: give me a grade there, what do you think. 597 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna probably be a tough grader here. I'm gonna 598 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: say B minus for the for the starting pitching. Yamamoto 599 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: has been incredible and kind of been all over the place. Yeah, 600 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: that's one bold prediction I did well. I said he'd 601 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: be the top Dodger finisher in the cy Young voting. 602 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: Dustin May has been a roller coaster. There's been great 603 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: moments where you're like, this is why he's around, and 604 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: then there's been bad moments where you're like, this is 605 00:28:58,680 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: why he's going to be a free agent at the 606 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: end of the year. Obviously, Snell has been good but 607 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 1: not available. Glass now all up in his head on 608 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: all sorts of stuff that the young guys who have 609 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: come up have all underperformed Nac Robleski, Bobby Miller, et cetera. 610 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 4: Sasaki I think has been okay. 611 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: So B minus Again, if if you caught me on 612 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: a good day, maybe it's a solid bee because Yamamoto 613 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: has been that good, but he can't carry the whole 614 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: class project himself. 615 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, he needs that whole rotation needs some help. Bullpen, 616 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 2: what do you. 617 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 4: Have, Uh, give me an a minus for the Bullpen. 618 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: I know this is a group that a lot of 619 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: people don't love, but you look at some of the performances. 620 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: Caspirius being the guy that he's been, Jack Dryer being 621 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: the guy that he has been, I think has been encouragement. 622 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 4: Again, I'm grading on a curve with who hasn't been there. 623 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: Evan Phillips recently back, Kopek hasn't come back yet, but 624 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: Kirby Yates has been nice. Two six Era Tanner Scott 625 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: two four E ra Vessy has been solid. Bonda's you know, 626 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: up until the last week, has been solid. So I think, 627 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: all in all, I'm pleased with where the bullpen is at. 628 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of good arms and more help on 629 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 2: the way, all right, managed Jim Well more so, manager, 630 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 2: What do you think about Dave so far? Is he 631 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 2: letting it? You know, getting a little lax now that 632 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 2: he's got all that sweet sweet change in his pocket. 633 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: No, it's an a plus for me. If you want 634 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: to call me a corporate chill, it's in the Dave 635 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: Roberts department. But to me, I use this example and 636 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: some people think this is a terrible example. 637 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 2: That's fine. 638 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 4: They're entitled to their opinion. 639 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: A couple of weeks ago, when the Ronald Acunya thing 640 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: gets blown out, I forget the outfielder's name, who doesn't 641 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: run a ball out? 642 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 4: And Acunya tweets. 643 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 1: Like, if it would have been me, Yeah, yeah, if 644 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: kell Nick, if it would have been me, I would 645 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: have been benched, and then like the whole thing blows up, right. 646 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, this never happens with the Dodgers. Never. 647 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: And that's Dave Roberts superpower. There's no drama, there's no infighting, 648 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: there's no nonsense. So yeah, they have the best record 649 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: in baseball. There's no drama. It's an A plus for Dave. 650 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 2: No, it's fair. By the way my grades, I got 651 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 2: offense B minus. I think there's some room for improvement 652 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 2: starting pitching C minus, just because listen, when you lose 653 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 2: Blake Snell and Tyler Glass now and Glass now you 654 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 2: know pitching so few innings in the starts where he 655 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 2: was there, that's a problem. Those are supposed to be 656 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 2: your horses. That is straight up a problem. Bullpen gets 657 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 2: an A for carrying the load, doing everything that mean 658 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 2: they're leading baseball in a relief innings, and Dave gets 659 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 2: an A. I'm not going plus. I'm not going minus. 660 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 2: Dave's getting an A. He's doing all the work. He's 661 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 2: doing the homework. There's maybe he can get an A 662 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 2: plus if he tried somehow to go out there and 663 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 2: play himself and you know, pitch a couple of scoreless 664 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 2: innings himself, that's how he's gonna get it. But otherwise 665 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 2: he's been phenomenal. The team, the Dodgers have been really 666 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 2: really good. And two more quick ones here for you. 667 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 2: We got Richard Flores super early in the show with 668 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 2: the dollar nine nine super chest says, you hate cheese 669 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 2: and you hate Tommy Edmund bobbleheads. That's a thing, Richard, 670 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 2: I love you. 671 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: This is just fake news everywhere like peepe again. This 672 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: is I'll just step in my own stuff. Here the 673 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: cheese thing, here's my take. People put cheese on street tacos. 674 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: I think that's crazy. And I my argument is, if 675 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: you want like a real burrito, like a good burrito, 676 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: I don't need cheese on that burrito. If the meat 677 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 1: is flavored right and if you've got enough salsa, guacamole 678 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: situation going on, then I don't need cheese. 679 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 4: People think I hate cheese. It's not true, but that's 680 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 4: that's where I'm at. You tell me, I mean, you 681 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 4: tell me if I'm crazy. 682 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 2: That's our beef with cheese, is what you're saying. That's 683 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 2: your beef with cheese. I get it. There's a play 684 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 2: on words. Yeah, listen, I enjoy cheese, but yeah, good, 685 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 2: obviously I enjoy cheese. But a good street taco should 686 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 2: be able to hold itself up without added flavor like that. However, 687 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 2: if we're talking about like Kesso tacos or whatever, you 688 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 2: get the tortilla, you put it down in the nice 689 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 2: boiling cheese, you add the fat, and then you have 690 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 2: a nice you know, tortilla bed to put your meat in. 691 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 2: Then well that's a little bit of a different story. 692 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 2: But one of these days I'll have you on my 693 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 2: channel where we have more of freedom to breathe and 694 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 2: we're just gonna talk all food. F the Dodgers will 695 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 2: talk all food. But I appreciate you joining me, man. 696 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 2: You were one of the people people very much wanted 697 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 2: to see join me on the show while Alana's out. 698 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 2: Always a pleasure talking Dodger baseball with you. Of course, 699 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 2: people know where to find you, but tell them where 700 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 2: to find you, and then I'll kick you out. 701 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: Dodger Blue nineteen fifty eight is the YouTube channel Greg 702 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: Bergman and I will be on live tonight. We go 703 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: live every Thursday night and then we're live on Sunday 704 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: nights and Tuesday nights as well. So Dodger Blue nineteen 705 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: fifty eight. So social media Dodgerblue dot com as well. 706 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, again, I appreciate you. There's his handle in case 707 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 2: you need it as well. I'll put links in the 708 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 2: description below because he deserves it. But give him a follow, 709 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 2: give him a watch, and Jeff, I appreciate you. I 710 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 2: do have one last thing for people before I get 711 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 2: out of here, but you are free to leave, my friend, 712 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 2: and quickly I'm gonna get to last links. Sorry, we're 713 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 2: going long. Sorry Mark, I'm steering the ship and I'm 714 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 2: just going rogue here. But I wanted to make sure 715 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 2: I gave a Lana some love here, and of course 716 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:08,800 Speaker 2: Gidrey's Guardian Foundation some love Alana does have, and Gidry's 717 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 2: Guardian Guardian Foundation. Sorry, trying to slow it down a 718 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,360 Speaker 2: little bit here there's an auction going on a great 719 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 2: cause here. Of course, all the proceeds do go to 720 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 2: benefit Gidri's Guardian, which is a nonprofit. It goes helping dogs, 721 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 2: helping puppers that need help in the world that can't 722 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 2: do anything on their own because their paws don't have 723 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,240 Speaker 2: no thumbs. But you can get tickets. There's an auction 724 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 2: thirty two auctions dot com slash La La d Dodgers 725 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 2: versus Angels. May seventeenth the auction right now. I think 726 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,800 Speaker 2: last I saw this four bids. It's around one hundred 727 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 2: and ten bucks right now. That's pretty cheap for a 728 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 2: Dodger game. Guys, go out there. You're supporting Alana, You're 729 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 2: supporting Gidrey's Guardians, supporting puppies. I see Steve in the 730 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,759 Speaker 2: chats in Gidrey's the real MVP. Thank you very much. 731 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,400 Speaker 2: Steve also says Avocado is extra mate, and I do 732 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 2: agree with that, but I understand I should probably get 733 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 2: out here. I just wanted to quickly have baseball thought 734 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:03,879 Speaker 2: for the road. I want to shout out an old friend, 735 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 2: Gavin Lux for doing well to open this season. He's 736 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 2: been great. He's been great. I've said for a while, 737 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,720 Speaker 2: I think he was somebody who needed a change of scenery, 738 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,320 Speaker 2: and not to say he didn't have a really nice 739 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 2: season for the Dodgers last year. He was fine in 740 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. He's been fine at different points, win 741 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 2: healthy for the Dodgers. But he is a dude who 742 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 2: would benefit greatly from a change of scenery and great 743 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 2: American ballpark. Being with the Reds has helped him out 744 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:35,760 Speaker 2: a lot. He's enjoying baseball and he's a buddy sorta 745 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 2: and we appreciate him. Guys. That's it. I appreciate you 746 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:43,439 Speaker 2: guys hanging out with me here on Dodgers' territory. Big 747 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 2: thanks to Jeff Spiegel for joining me here on the 748 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 2: show again. Go follow him on the Dodger Blue YouTube channel. 749 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 2: I will be back, Alana will still be missing on Monday, 750 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 2: but I will be back. We're gonna be early nine 751 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,840 Speaker 2: am Pacific time, early here live. The Dodgers play an 752 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,480 Speaker 2: earlier game in the afternoon. In that day. My buddy 753 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 2: Casey Porter, you also know here from the YouTube machine, 754 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,279 Speaker 2: he's going to be joining me. We'll be talking about 755 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,359 Speaker 2: the series that was a series ahead, prospects, all that 756 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 2: kind of stuff. So smash you like, subscribe to the channel, 757 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:13,800 Speaker 2: do all the things that help us out rate and 758 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,640 Speaker 2: review the podcast. We appreciate you, I appreciate you, and 759 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 2: I'll see you on the next one. Bye e.