WEBVTT - Mookie Injury, Complacency Concerns? Joe Ryan, Sonny Gray Trade Targets? 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.240 Anytime the Dodgers say it's not a big deal, we 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:04.480 don't see that player for the next two months. I get, 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:06.680 I really do, But in this case, I think I 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:08.440 think the Dodgers were simply just airing on the side 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:08.840 of caution. 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:24.239 Hey, everybody, what is going on? Welcome to Dodgers' Territory, 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:27.320 brand new episode, Alana Rizzo, Katie wu Clint to see 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:30.080 us with you guys ahead of the fourth of July holiday. 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:32.839 We are psyched that you're here. Get your questions, in, 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:36.080 your comments, your concerns. We're going to open up the chat. 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:38.040 We're going to answer some of your questions today more 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:39.879 than we usually do. At least, we're going to try 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.000 to do that. Don't forget to subscribe to us on YouTube, 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:46.520 wherever you get your podcasts, Apple, Spotify. You know the drill. 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:48.680 We appreciate it. All right, let's get into the big 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:55.600 ticket talk about series recap. First things. First, let's talk 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:59.800 about Mookie, who has been on a tear recently offensively, 0:00:59.880 --> 0:01:02.680 but but perhaps more of the bigger question Katie scratched 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:05.680 before the game, what can you tell us? 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:10.480 Yeah, we talked to Dave Roberts after Wednesday. It's Wednesday's loss, 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:12.839 where he said, you know, we just kind of flared 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.679 up for Mookie's wrists. He found out about one o'clock 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.400 on Wednesday. They don't think it's anything serious. They expect 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:19.920 him to be back in the lineup for the first 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.480 of four against the Padres today. Now I know what 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.240 Dodger fans are going to say. Anytime the Dodgers say 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:27.080 it's not a big deal, we don't see that player 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:30.520 for the next two months. I get it, I really do. 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:32.840 But in this case, I think I think the Dodgers 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:34.600 were simply just airing on the side of caution. There 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.679 was no reason to push Mooki yesterday. I don't want 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.800 to suggest that the Dodgers were exactly punting yesterday, but 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:42.880 they wrapped up the series there in the middle of 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:45.600 thirteen in a row, and I think it was pretty 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:47.880 much a designated rest day for a lot of those guys. 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:50.440 So I expect to see Mookie Bess in the lineup today. 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.640 If not, I don't think Dodgers fans will be surprised. 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.480 But my understanding is that it was not that big 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:56.920 of a deal. 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.480 Yeah, I'm not terribly worried about Mookie. 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.040 Then again, we weren't terribly worried about Will Smith until 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.560 his head fell off or whatever exactly happened to him. 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:07.320 But I will be the one to fall on the sword. 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.760 Yes yesterday was a punt game, and it became a 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.760 punt game after about the first pitch from Charlie Barnes 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:14.120 that said, not all. 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:15.320 Punt games are built different. 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:18.040 You know, we could think back to a lot of 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:22.480 the twenty twenty four postseason, Brent Honeywell's punt game where 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:26.480 he just sat in there and took it against the Mets, 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:29.240 and how much that recharged the Dodgers. You could also 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.000 think to in a way, Walker Buehler's twenty twenty four 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:36.840 punt game against the Padres that started a long scoreless 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.480 streak for the Padres. Dodgers moving on, so on and 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.600 so forth, got us a little bit in trouble with 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.640 the organization because we were upset about a punt game 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:46.920 in the World Series. Of course, we end up talking 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.000 to Dave Roberts about him and every once in a 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.600 while it's okay to have these kind of games. 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:52.160 Now, it wasn't. 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:55.080 The computers didn't say for everybody that hates the computers. 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:57.680 They didn't say Hey, go out there and lose this game. 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:00.920 There was intent to win. Just wasn't their day their day, 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:04.040 you know. JT Gin awesome former Dodgers draft pick didn't 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:07.800 sign here, was awesome against the Dodgers and the end 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:08.880 of a long Roadie. 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.519 They were happy to get out of there. 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.760 And either of you guys that want to take this 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:15.760 so you know, actually I'll throw to you on this one, Alana. 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:19.519 You know, we know how much those those. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:23.840 Type of bullpen games, like, yeah, the line is not 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:28.000 sexy for Charlie Barnes, but damn does that clubhouse appreciate 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:28.520 what they did? 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:34.560 Twelve twelve, The Dodgers have a twelve game lead in 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:39.520 me and omore. Yeah, you know, sometimes you just need 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.480 a breather, right, and sometimes you just have to know 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:44.560 the role of what you are. And Charlie Barnes was 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.160 in there to wear it. That happens sometimes. We knew 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:49.440 it was going to be a bullpen game there. It 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:54.040 is twelve game lead in the division, they are in 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:56.440 first place. They're seven and three in their last ten, 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.920 fifty six and thirty one. I don't mind these types 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:01.760 of games at all. They have to play for the 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:05.080 long game, right, It's not just about game whatever it 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.360 was yesterday. I mean, they're fifty six and thirty one, 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.800 so what is that eighty nine? It's not just about 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.200 game number eighty nine. It's about one sixty two and 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.760 we're over getting into the postseason. So hey, I'm alright 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:16.960 with it. It's fine. Sometimes you're going to have those, 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:18.600 and it's much better when you have a twelve game 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.320 late in the division than when you're scraping and crying 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:23.120 trying to get into the postseason. 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.480 Yeah, I want I want to dive more into that 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:25.920 as well. 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.640 Was the I think either the longest road trip second 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.600 longest road trip the team. I mean, up to this point, 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.279 it's the longest one, Katie. They went eight and two 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.679 on this roadie, including the Charlie Barnes game. 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:39.400 Fifty six and. 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.719 Thirty one overall in the division, twenty five games. Sorry, 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.000 the record overall twenty five games, over five hundred and 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:47.760 twelve game league, Like Alta said. 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.080 That's ridiculous. 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:52.680 And you know, does it get difficult trying to you know, 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:54.839 cover this team. You you have to cover this team 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:58.720 a lot more professionally than I ever have. I wonder 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.360 because you know, every once in a while, we could 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.880 make up storylines or whatever. You can get lean into 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.480 the clickbait if you need to. A former Dodger retired 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:09.520 or something like that. Now, all of a sudden, you 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.240 have a team that's just really, really good. What are 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:11.919 you supposed to do? 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.919 Yeah, it's a great question. And we joke all the 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:17.760 time the Dodgers are so boring and they like it 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.839 that way. You know, I'm certainly not bored covering the Dodgers. 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.200 But you know, it's not like we're sitting here. I mean, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.680 it's July second. We have ten games left before the 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:27.600 All Star break. All ten games for the Dodgers are 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.880 going to be at home against NL West opponents. They 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.359 can essentially all but officially lock up this division before 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:35.640 the All Star Break. And I get it. You know, 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.279 it's not like Weroworth here in a jam packed NL East, 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.000 where all a sudden, the Phillies have risen from the 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.320 dead and it's a competition between them and the Braves 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.320 where every game matters. The Dodgers have the luxury of 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.520 being able to take a game off for the long haul. 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.080 Everything Alana just said about the Charlie Barnes game and 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:53.080 saving the bullpen was spot on. It's exactly right for 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.160 one hundred and sixty two plus game season that the 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:57.919 Dodgers will play. Sometimes you just have to take a 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.400 breather and you do kind of punt it away. It's 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:01.240 for the long haul. 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:02.560 So is it boring? 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:07.279 I mean, we have Showyo Tani Yamamoto Sasaki just alone. 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:09.480 Those starts are entertaining for me. We have the trade 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.080 deadline coming up about a month away. That's always fun. 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.520 Where I'm a little concerned is like the dog days 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.840 come August. But then you think about all these guys 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:21.159 coming back, Snell Glass. Now, perhaps Key k Evan Phillips 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.800 should be back before the break, Edmund Diaz, He's going 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.279 to face live hitters this weekend. So yeah, is it 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.600 boring from a competitive spot, Sure, I can understand why 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:31.720 that word is used, but you got to figure out 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:33.920 angles and as long as Dalton Rushing is on this team, 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:34.680 it won't be boring. 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:39.440 So we speaking of that. 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.680 Speaking of Dalton Rushing, a Will Smith update, what can 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.600 you say about that, Katie? Because Dave Roberts did say 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.800 that he did not anticipate Will Smith being back prior 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:53.159 to the All Star break, which means Dalton Rushing is 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.840 even more important. It means Robinson is even more important. 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:58.920 What do you think about that? 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.719 I mean it goes to why most fans and I 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.080 mentioned yesterday, were very skeptical about Mookie Pets's wrisk forness. Right, 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.280 the Dodgers downplay their injuries, that's okay, but this one, 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:10.080 I really do think they were caught off guard by 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.920 the length. I think Will Smith as well. But the 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.480 good news is I'm not at all suggesting that they're 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:17.000 just taking it easy with Will Smith. 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:18.360 Obviously he wants to be back. 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:20.600 The good news is is that with Dalton Rushing and 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.200 Chuckie Robinson, they may not be the superstar names that 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:28.080 Dodgers fans don't expect, but that battery duo is still 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.280 better than fifty percent of the production of any other team, 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.520 So I understand it. You can really maximize the Dodgers' 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.640 potential behind the plate with Will Smith and Dalton Rushing. 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:41.840 I know Chucky Robinson his role was essentially catch a 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:42.760 date in front of a. 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:44.640 Night game or vice versa, and lay down a bunt. 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:47.040 But the Dodgers are okay with the production they're getting 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.200 from their catchers right now. In July, with the twelve 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.720 game lead and the best record in baseball, and can 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.200 afford to be patient with Will Smith so he doesn't 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.120 rush back and further injured what could be a serious thing. 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.680 You never want to play around with neck back injuries, 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.760 so they'd rather err on the side of caution and 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.120 wait till Will is totally symptom free. And if that 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.240 means buying him an extra week building in the All 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.560 Star break, they're okay doing that because they feel like 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:12.240 the production is sustainable. You look around what the Dodgers 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.600 lineup is doing lately. I tend to agree everybody wants. 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:16.880 Will Smith back, I get it. 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.080 But what Dalton Rushing is doing and Chuckie Robinson and 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.880 Dewey is doing is that little combination is just fine. 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.680 And this is a big opportunity for Dalton to continue growing. 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:26.440 And I'm sure we'll have some questions in the chat 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.360 about it, but all eyes more than usual are going 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.240 to be on show. Hey and Dalton Friday against the 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.160 Padres because they'll be their first start together since that 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.760 little fiasco in Minnesota, and this is a big growing opportunity. 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:40.760 Talking around the clubhouse with some veterans, a story we'll 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.760 have out in the Athletic tomorrow about how Dalton's continuing 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:47.079 to grow. He doesn't get this experience without a little 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:48.599 bit of runway here. So if you're looking for a 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.200 silver lining, it's Dalton rushing can have a chance to 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.960 take a step forward, both physically and mentally. 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.080 Hopefully Will Smith is back at the end of the break. 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.120 Going back to what you were saying about it's never 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.600 boring cover this team. I want to know what you 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:06.280 think about the fact that they do have such a 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.320 gigantic lead. I remember we had a conversation with Dino 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.640 Ebel about the fact that you want to play meaningful 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:16.679 teams because if you have the competition and the adversity 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.720 early on, then you've really faced everything over the course 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:21.800 of the season. Right now, they're running away with this thing, 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:23.960 right and that has always been the goal for this team. 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.319 The first goal of the year is to win the division. 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:30.720 They're barring something catastrophic that's going to happen. So that 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.160 being said, I guess it's a very long way to say. 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:35.720 Can a lead be too large? 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.040 That's a great question, and I think with the team. 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.920 Every team is different. So while the Dodgers' core is 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:44.719 it's the same. It's the same players that have won 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.640 this last two World Series. Each team and the makeup 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.360 within a clubhouse is different, and if this is a 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:54.040 completely inexperienced clubhouse, I could see why that might be 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:59.120 more of a concern. But this core has done this before. 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.160 There is a ton of experience. So when you're looking 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.280 at maybe the younger guys like Dalton, you know, maybe 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.800 like an Alex Freeland that doesn't have a ton of experience, 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.120 that might be different. But the overall core of this 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.480 club knows what it's like to kind. 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:13.520 Of turn it on in October. 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.920 And there's something to be said about playing meaningful games 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.719 all season long. You kind of want the anticipation in 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.280 September because the playoffs are all about who gets hot 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.679 at the right time, especially now that they're expanded. 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:25.200 So I can buy. 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:26.880 Into that, But I think that's a problem that you 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:28.480 look at down the road, because, like you said, a 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:30.320 lot of party number one is to win the division. 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:32.880 Priorty number two is to lock down and buy, and 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:34.880 you never know what teams are going to look like 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:36.960 in September, so a team could go on a heater. 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:38.800 We saw that in the American League last year. With 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.360 the with the Guardians, right or the Tigers. One of 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.360 them blew it, one of them came in. Uh So 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:44.080 just never know. 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:49.480 I don't really Yeah, Guardians on the heat, Tigers blew it. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.000 Right, and now I don't see that happening in this division. 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.360 But you just it's hard to predict what teams are 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.040 going to look like in September minus Los Angeles. Uh 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:58.360 And but with this core, I'm really not concerned as 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:00.439 long as anyone stays healthy or everyone's healthy. 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:03.760 Now for me, when we're having this conversation, Alana, I 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:07.560 do think back to I always have that fear of 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:11.559 the twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three seasons where. 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:13.480 They did have that ability to coast. 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.679 I mean, they had the division locked up early early 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:20.000 in September, and then they got their asses handed to 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:23.679 them by the Diamondbacks and before that the Padres, and 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:28.000 I mean thankfully that happened, because that's kind of what 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.360 spurred forward, what moved forward, Like ef it, we're gonna 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.400 spend all the money and we're gonna go get show Hey, 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.000 which is always gonna be the plan when he became 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:36.440 a free agent. 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:37.240 We're gonna get Show Hey. 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.240 We're gonna get Glass now we're gonna also get Yamamoto 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:41.839 and all that kind of stuff. But I think of 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.680 just I wouldn't say the complacency. And I see some 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:47.080 people in the chat mentioning that word complacency. And we 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.520 are gonna get to the chat shortly in the next segment, 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.560 So guys keep dropping in those those questions, comments, all 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:53.240 that kind of stuff. 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:54.960 You do. 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:58.640 Worry about that switch. We have talked about a lot, 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.920 riz When do you flip the switch back on? When 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.079 do you start to coast a little bit too much? 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:08.400 In August in September, you could have a question about 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:12.440 the what twenty seventeen team end of August into the 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.120 start of September, they lost like seventeen of twenty one 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:17.720 games before turning it back on, making to a World series, 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:19.560 getting cheated out of a fair fight in a World series. 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:20.560 We don't need to talk about that. 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:27.000 But flipping the switch off, maybe sometimes that switch doesn't 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.679 flip back on. And you know, I guess right now 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.480 what you're playing for is trying to somehow get to 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.160 one hundred and sixteen, one hundred and seventeen wins. If 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:38.240 that is you know what tickles your pickle. But I 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:42.520 do want to see the Dodgers playing meaningful games against 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:45.520 teams that are in the hunt late in the season. 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:49.360 So I do have I have concerns about running away. 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:50.680 With the n West. As fun as it is to 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:51.680 say I have. 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.800 Concerns, I don't only because of what Katie was saying 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.240 about experience. This is not a young roster. This is 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.400 not a roster that has not been through these trials 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.880 and tribulations before or lack thereof. Rather, this is a 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:07.240 roster that has expectations to go to the World Series 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:10.000 and win the World Series. And yes, you can't flip 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.320 it on and off in baseball. And I will say 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.800 this no matter what though, regardless if the Dodgers were 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.480 tied in the division at the end of the regular 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.840 season and had a Game one sixty three play in, 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:22.520 or whether they have a fifty eight game lead in 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.760 the division, it all matters on who's on your roster 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:29.040 at the time that the world SERI or excuse me, 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:32.640 the postseason starts. Who's healthy and who's you know, who's 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.560 playing the best baseball? But moreover than that, who is 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.800 healthy at the time are we going to have Blake snellback? 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:39.400 At that point, are we going to have, you know, 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:42.079 a healthy Yamamoto. I know he's healthy now. But regardless 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:43.800 of what happens over the course of the season, right, 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:45.720 it doesn't matter to me. All they have to do 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.000 is win the division by one game and that that 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.079 crosses that off of their list. It doesn't matter if 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:53.280 it's by you know, fifty games or one game. Just 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:55.560 win it and then to Katie's point, get the buye. 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.319 That's your next goal. But you have to be healthy 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.160 and you have to be playing good baseball out that time. 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:02.800 So it doesn't concern me because the Dodgers have the 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:05.040 same goal no matter what, whether they win it by 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:06.920 a billion games or they won it by one game. 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.520 This is a team that is built for October period. 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:12.680 That they are that they are, and I do agree that. 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:15.439 The first thing I'll say is the fact that they 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.200 have been there and done that. They've learned how to 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:22.960 play with the five day layoff, you know, between a series, 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.240 they learn how to play in a wildcard series and win. 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:30.160 So yeah, the experience, the fact that they've been there 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.240 and done that, that's huge for this ball club. 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Wasting Otani against the 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.400 A's would not have been good Padres come in limping 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:33.640 time to bury the padres. 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.200 It's the bigger picture. I guess that's much of a question, 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:36.920 but a comment. 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.320 See, that's why I think we should stop calling it punting. 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:42.600 Not because I got in trouble when I did that, 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.240 but moreover, it's like, it's you have to play the 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.200 long game, right, you have to look at the big picture. 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:51.800 Dave is not just managing for game eighty nine. Dave 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:55.040 is managing for one sixty two. He knows his players better, 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:58.440 he knows you know, the man has yet to make 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:03.600 a move that has backfired in recent postseasons. Right, and again, 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:07.400 this is why the team is put together is for 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:10.080 the postseason. So it's not punting. It's more of like, 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:11.880 all right, big picture, how is this going to help 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:13.919 us in the long run. How is this going to 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.679 help us win as many games as possible and go 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.320 deep into the postseason. It's a big puzzle. It's a 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:20.640 big puzzle to put together. 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:24.600 Yeah, and a good point there about show hey not 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:26.639 starting against the A's what if we talked about all 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.320 season long with Otani making sure he gets at least 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.520 six days rest. I mean, they crafted a whole rotation 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:34.600 around this man, and it would be the first time 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:36.920 that he wasn't able to do that this season because 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.560 the Dodgers are playing so many games in a row thirteen, 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:41.800 I believe. So you push show Hey back, you give 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:43.840 him some time to rest recover. There's not going to 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:45.800 be a lot of recovery heading into the All Star break. 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:49.480 This all has moving parts, moving pieces. A game like 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.240 yesterday is going to happen to every team in baseball 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:53.840 at least a couple times. 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:54.280 Thtarughout the season. 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:56.520 That the Dodgers can do it and still come across 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:00.439 with the best record in baseball, a significant winning row trip. 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:02.760