WEBVTT - Dodgers Trade Chips? Shohei's Struggles Injury Related? 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:00.640 Eric Lower. 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:02.440 I mean, you could argue he's been one of the Dodgers' 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:05.760 most important players in the first half because his ability 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:07.440 to go out there every sixth day allow them to 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:10.639 keep that six man rotation. That service will no longer 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:12.200 be needed when Snell comes back. 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:25.000 Hey, everybody, what's up? 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:28.120 And welcome to a brand new live episode of Dodgers' Territory. 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:32.480 The Gang is back together again. Alana Rizzo, Katie Wu 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.199 Clint Pics. We are site that you guys are here 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:37.440 as well. Get your comments there in the chat. We 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:41.640 want to hear from you. Certainly, certainly, certainly. All right, guys, 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:46.080 it is time for Monday over reactions if you will 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:48.239 on this Monday, July twenty seventh. 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:50.440 Katie, you were there. You're on the road. You've been 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:50.760 on the road. 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.120 I feel like forever. Two of three in New York City. 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:56.880 That is a good thing. The biggest thing, six and 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:58.920 three on the road trip. You'll take that any day 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.160 of the season. What's the biggest takeaway that you had 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:05.440 being in Philly, the New York, then Washington, then Philly, 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:08.160 the New York then New York and then Washington and Philly. 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:10.440 Yeah, I don't know where I am right now. I 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:11.280 don't know what day it is. 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.440 It's fine, we're here, we're all back together. I don't 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.520 have any overreactions. Shocker, I know, because a six and 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:19.600 three road trip on the East Coast where you win 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.000 all three series. They faced some really good pitching, especially 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:27.440 against the Yankees and the Phillies status quo. I'm sure 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.360 we can nitpick the bullpen. I'm sure we will. I've 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.160 looked at the rundown of the show. I know that's coming, 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.240 and I understand that because the bullpen is always what 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.200 we fixate on the most as media and as fans, 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.880 because that's when the game is decided. When the bullpen 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.319 is bad, that usually ends in losses, and that's what 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:47.319 fans usually fixate on. So bullpen aside, Dodgers are playing 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.840 Dodger baseball. They still the best record in baseball. They're 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.800 getting all their guys back this week. Life is good 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:53.520 in Dodger Land. 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.800 But we can overreact anyway. Why not? We will. 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.600 We're gonna be overreacting because we can nitpick this team 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:01.559 today because what else are we going to talk about 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.720 when they're so good? All of the little tiny things 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.480 that don't really matter. But to your point. We're gonna 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.320 get into the bullpen in just a second. But Clint, 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.480 I want you to once again glaze as the kids say, 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:17.639 where would this team be without Maxwell Muncie. 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.200 Yah, Maxwell, Steven Munsei. You know, like you mentioned, they 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:21.840 go six and three on this road trip. He played 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:25.400 a big part in several of those dubs. As the 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:28.919 kids say, he's been great. Three massive homers on the road. 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.520 He eight runs batted in, you know, didn't get all 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:33.919 of the hits in the world. Still gets on base, 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.320 still has a slug, still has an ops around like 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:37.120 nine to fifty. 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:38.360 Still an All Star. 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:40.399 Hey, now you're an All Star, Max Munsey, but also 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.560 playing really good defense for the greater part, obviously a 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:46.680 big factor in that game ending double play in Philly 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.160 with you know, the whole real Muto forgetting how to 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.120 baseball and all that kind of stuff. But Munsey is 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:53.959 one of those guys, Alana, We've talked a lot about 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.320 him over the last couple of years. Munsey is just 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.560 one of those guys so underrated around baseball, so important 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:04.119 for myriad reasons on this team. But you're talking about 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:05.680 a guy who gets a job done at the plate. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.480 On defense, and then in the clubhouse, nobody better than. 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:11.440 Max, no doubt about it. And the thing is congratulations. 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:12.480 Well, I mean not many. 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:14.520 If you're thinking about the amount of home runs by 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:16.680 a third baseman in Dodger's lore, I mean, he just 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:18.720 passed Ron Say in terms of that. 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:19.760 In terms of home runs. 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:21.200 The amount of home runs that he has and a 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.960 Dodger uniform overall is impressive. When he's like two twenty 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.359 nine or something like that. It's really cool to see 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:31.080 Max Munsey develop into the player that he has become. 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:33.560 And I'm not just talking about this year, right, I'm 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.440 talking about since he has become a Los Angeles Dodger. 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.080 And this is a story we've talked about at nauseum 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.960 in terms of the cast off that he was with 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:45.200 the Oakland Athletics that were Oakland at the time, how 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:46.960 he didn't have a job, how he was sitting on 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:49.320 the couch, how the Dodgers saw something in him. Hey, 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:51.320 let's come to spring training. See what you can do 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:54.160 on a team that already has a lot of firepower. 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:56.680 But what he has turned into has been really impressive. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.800 Even when Max isn't hitting home runs, which he does 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.680 a lot of, he gets on base, right, he has 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.520 his his on base percentage is always good. He makes 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:09.920 the opposing pitcher, work forces the opposition to throw a 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:12.800 lot of pitches. He lengthens the lineup. I mean, these 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.160 are all the things we've talked about at length. But 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:18.440 what also has really impressed me about Max Munsey and 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.839 Joe and Oral we're talking about it on the broadcast recently, 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:26.160 he has turned himself into a very good defensive third baseman, right, 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.600 I mean, he is turning himself into what some would 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:33.080 say is in the conversation of a gold glove third baseman. 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:35.000 Remember when we were like, oh my god, are they 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.320 seriously going to put Max Munsey at third base? Howard, 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:39.560 what are we doing? And what's going on? And he 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:45.440 has really embraced the position. He getting glasses helped, which 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:49.120 is fine, but you know what, it's good for him. 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:51.480 Good for him for being a three time All Star, 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.320 a three time World Series Champion, and a three time dad. 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:56.920 And Kelly Munsey you know posted that too. It's been 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.960 a coal it's been a cool year for that family. 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.560 And I don't know in terms of Dodgers over the 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:06.719 course of the last ten to eleven years, since he 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.200 got there whenever it's been. I don't know that they 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.919 win back to back World Series championships without Max Munsey. 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:13.960 I don't know that they get there without Max Munsey. 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:15.040 So I think he is. 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:18.599 I don't know if we can say he's underrated, certainly 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:23.360 not by the Dodger faithable, but maybe baseball overall. But 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:25.880 to be an All Star again and having not been 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.799 in five years and having this type of year again 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:31.000 is really cool to. 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:32.040 See, Katie. 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.200 I mean, you're still new issue here. What was kind 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:39.440 of the Monthsye? You know, I guess narrative outside of 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:40.320 LA before. 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.679 Yeah, I'm really glad Alana brought up the defense because 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:45.040 it was the other day in New York. 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:48.640 He charged a slow hit ground ball, made the playoff first, 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:50.440 and I was like, that guy is moving. 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.400 And the narrative away from Los Angeles up until I 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.240 got here was, you know, an offense first, maybe on 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.840 the decline were he wasn't playing hot corn or fourth 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.000 defense necessarily. And this goes back to a conversation that 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:03.599 we brought up on the show last month that I 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.600 had with Freddy Freeman, where the Dodgers know what kind 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:08.680 of player on kind of value Max Munsey brings, but 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.039 because he plays on a team full of superstars, he 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:15.240 can sometimes become overshadowed by you name it, I mean, 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.560 go down the list. But that doesn't diminish his place 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.719 in Dodger lore. And this season, specifically, with the down 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:24.479 years from Kyle Tucker, with the questions over the entire 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:28.120 offense really especially the corner outfielders, it's Max Munsey has 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:31.240 been slight silently carrying this offense for a large majority 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:34.040 of this season, and it's still going pretty unnoticed even 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:35.640 though he is an All Star across. 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:37.360 The league because there are so many names to fixate on. 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:39.840 But now that you're I'm in Dodger Land and I 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:41.479 see the ins and outs of the clubhouse and just 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.359 what Max Munsey means to the fan base, to the team, 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.520 you can absolutely make the case Dodgers Hall of Famer. 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:47.480 To me, that's no brainer. 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.599 And see what he This Dodgers team, this core, this 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:55.120 dynasty is nowhere near the same without Max Munsey on 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:55.760 and off the field. 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:57.800 Them are facts. 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:02.960 Now after the auls or after the trade deadline and 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.320 then things settle, I think it's about time we finally 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.640 have Max on the show properly because Alana, we've been 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:11.520 doing this for a while and Max has been on 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:13.600 the show. Every time we go to spring training, get 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:14.480 a chance to talk to him. 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:14.920 Love Max. 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.400 I always feel bad about potentially bugging him because he 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.800 has to deal with, you know, the Foul Territory boys 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.560 at least once a month. It's like, hey, leave him alone, 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:24.600 let him do with his own thing, but let's get 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:25.000 him on there. 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:26.240 Yeah we could share. 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:28.320 Yeah, Katie and I will work on that because I 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:29.840 do feel like we go to him a lot because 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:33.280 he is on Foul as a regularly regular guest and 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.000 as a friend of the program. But yeah, I would 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:36.400 love to. Of course I would love to have him 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.600 on Dodgers Territory. Much more to come in terms of that. 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:43.000 As far as the overreaction, and let's talk about it, right, 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:45.280 I mean the bullpen, they were not great. And you 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:47.320 know what, Katie, and you noticed it too, and you 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.760 and Clint were talking about it earlier. It's not just 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:53.000 the bullpen on Sunday that had the meltdown with Jack, 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.480 you know, Jack Dryer, Evan Phillips and then we'll climb 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.720 Oh my goodness. And to Jack Dryer's credit, he's been 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:00.720 very very good over the course of the last month. 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.800 This was just a bad outing for him. Will Klein 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:07.000 hasn't been that great and July was horrible for the 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.640 relieving core and Clint, you can throw up the graphic 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:11.920 that you made. I mean, ninth worst in all of 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:13.920 baseball guys, I mean, that's not going to get it done. 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:15.720 And they again, they have time to fix it, and 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.480 Edwin Diaz isn't back yet. Those types of things. However, 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.880 I would like to know if this is is this 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.680 your biggest concern as we sit here, Katie on July 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.080 twenty seventh, or is this just a you know, flash 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:28.400 in the pan type of situation. 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:30.840 I think it's probably a really good time for M 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:32.520 and DS to be coming back, so that will help. 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.320 He'll be back Wednesday, made his final rehab start with 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.360 Oka see on Sunday, and that's going to allow everyone 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.200 to shift down a little bit right because Edwin Dz 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:41.960 is going to go right back into that ninth Innian 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:42.840 Tanner Scott. 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.120 He's been really really good this year as well. 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:48.360 So you have the lefty righty combo, and that allows 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.080 the leverage roles to everyone trickles down. This is especially 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:54.360 important for someone like Evan Phillips, who is still coming 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.640 back from you know, and adjusting to the major leagues 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.040 after missing significant time coming back from Tommy John. 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.000 I think Evan's been candid about. 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.120 How difficult it can be to adjust to the major 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.800 league atmosphere. The pitch selection in terms of what he's 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:07.719 been throwing hasn't always been great. We've seen a high 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:09.959 homer rate so far in the small sample size. But 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:13.040 Dave Roberts said yesterday, you know, I still trust Evan 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:14.720 a lot. He's still up there in terms of a 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.560 big weapon for us and high leverage in means, but 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:19.520 right now, for him to get his feelback and his 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.400 confidence back, we're gonna slot him down to lower leverage. 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:25.000 And that's smart because when you have someone like Evan 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:28.360 Phillips coming up and returning to the team, he's earned 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.120 that that trust, that high leverage, But with him still 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.880 adjusting to major leagues, still finding the fuel for his 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:35.800 pitching again, it makes sense to slot him down. The 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:40.160 Dodgers can do that now with Diaz coming back. Jack Dryer, 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:42.400 bad day, he's been really good from the left side, 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.400 will climb a bad month, So this can allow kind 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.720 of as a reset, and the Dodgers have so much 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.720 pitching depth for relief wise that I don't think this 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:53.080 is that big of a deal. If we were still 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.360 a month away from Edwind Diaz returning, I'd be panicking 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:58.400 a little bit more. But Wednesday we'll have a much 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.280 different bullpen. It'll look much more lined with the Dodgers. 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.760 Believed it would have, you know, in April, and we'll 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:04.320 go from there. 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.480 But the two guys I'm really I'm really looking at 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.839 are just Diaz and Evan Phillips, because if they can 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.559 get back to their form, we're not talking about the 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:11.480 bull time come September. 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:12.839 Yeah. 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.440 I want to focus a little bit on on Will 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.680 Klein because this is a guy who had kind of 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:21.480 moved up the trust tree confidence cactus, if you will, 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.160 and and he has been quite not good over the 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.240 last two months, trying to pop up a screen here. 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.200 We got the last ten days with a an era 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.000 pushing eight. We got seven five to nine ERA since 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:37.640 the start of June, actually since June fourth, the second 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.880 appearance of the month, we have a six sixty ERA. 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:41.720 And this is a guy. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.200 He's struggling with the walks, he's struggling with a little 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:48.200 bit of command. He's coming in in leverage situations with 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:51.320 guys you know, runners on base, other guys you know, 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.959 leftover ducks on the pond, and those guys are scoring, 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.920 and that's somebody, you know, to piggyback on what Katie 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.480 is saying there for him to move down into probably 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.360 a little bit lower of a leverage situation maybe be 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:06.560 I wouldn't want to call him a mop up guy, 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.080 but just somebody to get some outs, probably start some 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.320 fresh innings, but get some outs, get that confidence back 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:14.520 because we've seen the stuff. We know it's pretty good. 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.280 Over the first couple of months, he was very good, 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.280 very important for this team as well. But that's one 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.200 of those guys where it feels like Dave got so 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:26.240 reliant on him to sort of be a fireman while 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.360 being without Phillips for majority of the year, being it without, 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:33.240 you know, eventually losing the trust in Kyle Hurt and 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.000 all that kind of stuff. Kleina stepped up and he 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.800 hasn't handled it as well, but I think it's a 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:42.120 great opportunity. Everybody moves down, getting Edwin Diaz back, so 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.680 that is huge, But that's somebody over the next month 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:47.959 and change. Really keep your eyes on Will Klein because 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:51.960 you're gonna start piecing together what a postseason roster, postseason 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.480 bullpen looks like. And there might be just a couple 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.000 better guys than Will Klein who can take the you know, 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:58.000 take down those innings. 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:00.000 That's exactly what I was gonna say. 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:01.880 They are getting to the point now, you guys, where 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.800 they're really going to start thinking about what their postseason 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.480 bullpen looks like. When Edwin Diaz comes back and then 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.360 they start moving backwards from that on ninth inning, what 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:14.200 does that look like? So you know, again, it's only 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:17.040 July twenty seventh, the trade deadline is a week away. 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.960 There's still a lot of baseball to be played. But 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.200 the Dodgers know that they're in right. I mean, they 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.960 have a fifty billion game lead in the division, that 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.800 type of situation. So this is where they start really 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.679 thinking about what makes the most sense, who makes the 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.960 most sense. When they start looking at who they potentially 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.319 will face in the first round, which for us we 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.720 would believe would be the National League Division Series, let's 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.280 shift the conversation here on Dodgers' territory, and again we 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:44.400 want your comments, guys to get in the chat, see 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.320 what we think. Thanks, see what you're thinking as I 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:50.480 spit all over myself, which is nice. Showay o taani. 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.280 He has not been the same guys since the All 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.240 Star break and you can take a look at and 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:57.560 Katie's talked about this too. 0:12:58.240 --> 0:12:59.720 But in MLB dot com. 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:03.320 On MLB dot com rather there's an article. It wasn't 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:07.440 from Sonia She's I believe out. But they talked to 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.720 Dave Roberts about if he felt that Sho Hay's situation 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:12.280 has to do with anything. 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.000 Is the knee affecting the swing? 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.320 And Dave said the quality of contact has gone down 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:18.760 considerably since the break. 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.319 I just think he is missing the ball. 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.880 He did hit the ball hard a number of times, 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:29.240 but since the All Star break, seven for thirty eight, 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.320 that's a one to eighty four average, no home runs, 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.600 just two walks in ten k's. Dave is not blaming 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:38.319 it on the physical situation rather, and he's not chasing Katie, 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.679 but he is saying he's mishitting the ball. 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.360 What do you what do you make of those comments? 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.679 Yeah, it's it's difficult for us because we despite multiple 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.160 requests throughout the road trip, we haven't gotten a chance 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:51.640 to talk to a Tani since. 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.360 Before the All Star break. So Dave Robertson is in a. 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.480 Tough situation because he essentially has to answer for Atani's 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:00.120 health every day because we obviously want to know, and 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.280 the only person that really knows how Atani is feeling 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:03.200 is Otani. 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.840 Now, when you look at the numbers, I agree he's had. 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:08.360 Some more heart hit contact than the numbers would suggest, 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:10.559 but there's been some questionable decisions on the bass paths, 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:14.240 especially for a player who should be resting that knee right. 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:15.160 We saw it in Philly. 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.080 He goes from first to second and then Elijah Alfonso 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.360 wipes out at home plate. That run doesn't count. We 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.240 saw him trying to stretch a double into a triple. 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:23.880 These are things that are going to be reflected in 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:28.120 the average and make it look a little worse. But overall, 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.480 I don't think we've seen nearly the same type of 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:32.280 Otani the hitter as we saw for most of the 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:33.800 first half. And you do have to wonder at this 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.200 point how much is that knee affecting it. 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.480 And you know, he said I feel the need more when. 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.320 I'm putching because he believes it's more of a planting 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.000 thing mechanic wise, but there is a mental thing. Possibly 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:46.520 you could be overcompensating for not wanting to damage that 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.760 knee and throwing off your mechanics. And I think overall, 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:54.360 it's it's worth questioning if the Dodger should just sit 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.080 Otani for a couple of days and rest that one 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.440 hundred percent. And again, it's hard for me to sit 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:00.920 here and say that's what they should or shouldn't do, 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:02.360 because we haven't talked to him and we don't know 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:03.120 how he's feeling. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.360 We go off what Dave is saying, and Davis obviously 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:06.520 hearing that from show. 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:11.120 Hey, but if the numbers keep progressing this way, it's 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.720 warranted to continue asking should they shut him down for 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:15.240 just a week and just make sure that knee is 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:18.560 all a one hundred percent. I'd be under the impression 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:21.000 of that is something that they should do, especially with 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.880 this comfortable twelve game lead in the division. They're not 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:25.760 exactly in a spot where they need to keep stacking 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:27.800 up the wins. And I say that with respect. I'm 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.120 not suggesting that they're gonna, you know, just all of 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:32.360 a sudden, throwing the towel and not care. But they've 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:34.360 earned this lead, and they have the luxury to be 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:36.800 able to do things like take a couple of games 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:40.320 off for their star players. Maybe this helps Otani's knee overall, 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:41.400 we'll see. 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:43.880 I have a question for you in terms of access, Katie, 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.760 because when I was there with the Dodgers for seven seasons, 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:50.200 Show Hay was not a Dodger yet, so I don't 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.600 I didn't have the same types of experiences that you 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:54.880 guys are having now in terms of the amount of 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:57.680 Japanese media that are there for not only Show Hey, 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.720 but for obviously for Yamamoto and for Rokisis, but certainly 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:04.360 more because of Show Hey. Now, the fact that he 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.400 hasn't talked to you guys since before the All Star 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.400 break that thrives me bananas. 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:11.800 Now, I was a team employee. 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:14.040 So I really couldn't say much because I was a 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:15.960 Dodger employee. I was part of the Dodger family. But 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:19.520 as a beat writer for a non Dodger organization that 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.480 must drive you guys insane. I mean, does it get 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.240 to the point where you have to go to the 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:25.040 league about it? 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:26.560 Do you go to I mean. 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:31.000 Why is it allowed for Show hay not to speak. 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.800 It's a It's a really good question, and I think 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.720 it puts like from my perspective, I don't want to 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:41.160 be speaking for show Hey Otani because that's a responsibility 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.440 that that's it's not mine to wear that. I don't 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.360 want to put the words in the mouth of a 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.200 global superstar, which is why I think there's there's a 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:49.720 desire for us to want to talk to him right 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:51.720 now because he's the only one that can really convey 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:52.920 how he's feeling. 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:54.240 And I can. 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:58.480 Completely understand and respect the amount of insane demands show 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:01.760 Hey has every single day been related to media and 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:05.399 when he's pitching, and most starting pitchers are required to 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:09.159 speak after every start my recent memory over the last 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:11.960 six months i've been here, He's always done that and 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:15.320 that's appreciated. But right now, you know, we've seen players 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.720 duck out when injuries before, especially when they really don't 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.280 want to talk about it. It's why we appreciate you 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.600 guys like Fernandez, who as soon as he suffered that 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:25.919 that oblique strain, was at his locker ready to talk. 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.800 They're not required by any means. All we can do 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:30.679 is keep asking and then if we don't get the 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.080 player access. It's our job to go find people who 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:33.800 will tell us. 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.320