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Speaker 1: I mean, this is a guy that has realistically and

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Speaker 1: look at the Dodgers' starting staff. In the first month,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be run as a five man rotation, whereas

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Speaker 1: all along we thought it was gonna be six men.

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Speaker 1: But because of the off days in March and April,

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Speaker 1: you can run it as a five man rotation until

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Speaker 1: show Hay gets back in all.

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Speaker 4: Likelihood in May.

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Speaker 1: Now that being said, they're gonna be incredibly cautious with him,

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Speaker 1: right Obviously they're going to do so because they have

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Speaker 1: the arms to not push him. Plus he also has

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Speaker 1: a seven hundred million dollar price tag to make sure

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Speaker 1: that they don't push him, and you're probably gonna have

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Speaker 1: to save show Hey from show Hey and make sure

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Speaker 1: that as a training staff, you're making sure that he's

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Speaker 1: ready to go. He had that first bullpen session. That

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Speaker 1: was the first time fans and the media got to

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Speaker 1: see shohe Otani in a Dodger's uniform as a pitcher,

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Speaker 1: and he looked really good. He only threw like, what

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Speaker 1: fourteen pitches. It was all two seam four seam fastballs,

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Speaker 1: but he looked really good. Dave Roberts was pleased with

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Speaker 1: of his hand. They're really good at being able to

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Speaker 1: manage the workload of all of these different guys, and

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Speaker 1: I have to say they're very honest with them too,

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Speaker 1: in terms of the communication with the training staff and

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Speaker 1: how things are going. I mean, Shobey, if you paid

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Speaker 1: attention to the bullpen session, he was having active conversations

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Speaker 1: Dave Andrew Friedman, those types of things.

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Speaker 5: So they'll be very cautious. But the I mean the

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Speaker 5: luxury that the Dodgers.

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Speaker 1: Have, they have so many really good aces in the

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Speaker 1: starting staff, including Roki Sasaki, who obviously is a non

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Speaker 1: roster in vitee, but everybody knows he's going to be

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Speaker 6: All right, now you have to listen to the wording

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Speaker 6: so that we get this right. Can Mookie Betts play

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Speaker 6: a championship level shortstop or is he better suited for

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Speaker 6: the team and right field?

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Speaker 1: I believe Mooki Betts is a better Gold Glove right fielder.

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Speaker 1: But when you have Taoscar Hernandez in the outfield, when

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Speaker 1: you have Michael Confordo now in the outfield, when you

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Speaker 1: have Todmy Edmond who can play all over the place

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Speaker 1: as your center fielder, Mookie Betts, who is very selfless,

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Speaker 1: is going to be back at shortstop. Can he play

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Speaker 1: a championship caliber shortstop? Absolutely? I think Mooky above anybody,

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Speaker 1: is the best athlete, period, regardless of what the position

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Speaker 1: is that he's playing. He's the best athlete on the field,

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Speaker 1: not just for the Dodgers, but probably.

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Speaker 4: In all Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 1: He needs to cut down on the defensive woes, but

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Speaker 1: obviously that's something that he knows that he needs to

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Speaker 1: work on. We had conversations on Dodgers' territory with Dino Ebel,

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Speaker 1: who is obviously the Dodgers longtime third base coach. Now

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Speaker 1: he's you know, they're kind of switching roles with Chris

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Speaker 1: Woodward being back in the mix, but Dino is going

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Speaker 1: to be handling the outfielders now, Chris Woodward is going

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Speaker 1: to be handling the infielders again. So both Chris Woodward

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Speaker 1: and Dino Ebel have commented on the extra work that

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Speaker 1: Mooki has already put in knowing that he's going to

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Speaker 1: be back in the infield as the Dodgers shortstop.

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Speaker 5: Will he improve over where he was last year as

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Speaker 5: the shortstop?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: It's m mookie Bet that we're talking about. Is he

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Speaker 1: a natural born shortstop? No, But the man is a

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Speaker 1: right field you know, gold glove right fielder. He's going

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Speaker 1: to be fine at shortstop and he doesn't have to

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Speaker 1: shoulder all of the load because the Dodgers in field,

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Speaker 1: obviously h is pretty good in terms of who they

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Speaker 1: can maneuver and all of the moving parts of that infield.

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Speaker 3: Well a lot more every single week, multiple times per

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Speaker 3: week from Alana and Clint Pius plus Vip guests. I mean,

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Speaker 3: they crush it. They get everybody.

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Speaker 2: He'll beat some of these Dodger guests with us.

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Speaker 1: As soon as soon as you get me backstage at

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Speaker 1: Morgan walland like you promised, I'll.

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Speaker 4: Get you all the guests. All the guests well canceled.

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Speaker 2: They knew you were coming and got canceled.

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Speaker 4: You listen.

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Speaker 1: I mean, well, I'm going at to Gillette in August

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Speaker 1: August twenty second. If you can get me behind the

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Speaker 1: scenes there, then then I'll get you all the guests

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Speaker 1: that you want.

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean I have to be there though, that's

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Speaker 2: the problem.

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Speaker 4: That's fine. You can stay with us, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, if I really want to go to Gillette. I

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Speaker 2: actually did go to Jeete once. It was nice.

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Speaker 6: He always stays in five star hotels, Okay, Hona, so

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Speaker 6: he doesn't stay in guest bedrooms, especially houses with Catcher's

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Speaker 6: mits on their mantle.

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Speaker 5: I married a Catcher.

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Speaker 4: I don't know. I mean, I don't know what that

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Speaker 4: says about me, but it is what it is.

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Speaker 3: There's so much Catcher talk going on here right now.

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Speaker 3: I'm just on the outside. But you can get a

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Speaker 3: lot more on Dodgers' territory. I mean recent guests include

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Speaker 3: far Anxiety, Andrew Friedman. Basically everybody currently on the team

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Speaker 3: too has been on the show as well. Want to

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Speaker 3: good to see it. We'll see on Dodgers territory later.

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Speaker 4: All right, guys, take care. Good to talk to you

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Speaker 4: as always, See you soon.