WEBVTT - Dodger pitching updates, Skenes changes, Jacob Wilson’s got a gift 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:02.320 Uh, they expected to be in this position where they 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:03.640 had to develop them. But I don't know if they 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:06.440 expected him to be maybe at this stage of things 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:09.160 in May. 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:14.520 Oh wow, another starting pitching injury. 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:17.360 For the last Let's ask Fabian shop Pete Roseby in 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:19.120 the Hall of Fame. Let's ask him boom. But then 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:20.040 we'll go to the Dodgers. 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:22.000 Okay, Bobby and our diet joining us, by the way, 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:24.440 covers the Dodgers for the athletic But yeah, go ahead, 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:25.520 Bobby on what do you think? 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:28.920 I think? I agree with you, Guys's that's a kind 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:31.720 of a bad precedent, just sort of what There's a 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.800 lot of unintended consequences that have probably come from this decision, 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:36.400 and I guess we'll see how they play out of 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:37.440 the next couple of decades. 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.720 Mm hmm. See do you think he gets voted in? 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:42.479 Uh? 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:45.360 It depends. I think it depends on who's on the committee. 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:48.000 Everything like that. I think it always depends on who's 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:50.080 on the committee when it comes to these kind of votes. 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:53.720 Posts the writer's vote, So that is true. 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:53.959 Right? 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:56.680 Are there people that were former teammates played against them? 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:57.480 Stuff like that? 0:00:57.800 --> 0:00:57.959 Right? 0:00:58.120 --> 0:00:59.760 Wasn't the famous one Harold Baines. 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:02.080 Car Old Baines got in because Jerry Ryanser and Tony 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.240 Larissa run at like a five person committee and they 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.000 were two of the votes or whatever it was, and 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:07.840 they kind of were like, we're not leaving till Harold 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:08.200 gets in. 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:09.720 That was a story. I don't know if it's true. 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:13.679 I love Harold Hall of Famer is he is a 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.000 Hall of Famer, so he must be one. But that 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:18.280 is a famous story that they basically locked everybody in 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:19.840 the rooms like we're not leaving to you vote yes 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:20.640 on Harold. 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:21.920 And that's fine, but then there are a lot of 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.080 other players that would like to be reconsidered us. 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:28.399 Yes, all right, let's dive into the Dodgers, Fabian, What 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.360 is going on with the starting rotation now that Roki 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.840 Sazaki hits the shelf with a shoulder impingement. 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:37.520 Are they running out of starters in May? 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.280 It certainly kind of feels like it. I think they've 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:43.200 They've already had to run a couple of bullpen games. 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:45.679 They have another one schedule for Thursday. Some of this 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:47.880 obviously was kind of by design. When you kind of 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.280 mapped out how this rotation would look, you knew that 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.040 there's be a lot of flux. You knew that guys 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.280 were gonna go down, guys werena come off the injured list, 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.400 everything like that. But like, yeah, obviously to have this 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.720 big e of pitching injuries this quickly, I don't think 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.279 Angwin has paid that. I don't think Angwins paid having 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:06.720 Tyle Glass Now, am Blake Snell, and Roki Sasaki all down. 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:07.400 Uh. 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.840 And obviously they're gonna get some help soon. Clinton Kershaw's 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:12.640 gonna come off the i L on Saturday. But this 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.120 is not a position the Dodgers were hoping to be 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:16.720 in in the second week in May. 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.600 Are we supposed to one hundred percent believe that every 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:25.720 il stint for Dodgers pitchers is the same il stint 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:27.960 that it is for other teams? I know, it's kind 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.520 of turned into that, like glass Now's actually, you know, 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.200 his is extended more kind of happened last year where 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.919 he stayed on the aisle longer. Smells has extended longer. 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.520 But we think we know Sasaki is not going to 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:43.280 throw one hundred and fifty innings this year. So do 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.839 we just one hundred percent believe that all of these 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.720 injuries are like, yes, one hundred percent, Like this is 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:50.360 definitely iel worthy. 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.600 I think the Dodgers are more willing to air on 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.480 the side of caution with guys than maybe most teams are, 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.000 just because of the position that they're in, Like they 0:02:58.000 --> 0:02:59.920 can afford to play the long game with a lot 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.600 these guys. I know that Dave Roberts kind of used 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:04.880 that phrase a lot when especially when it comes to 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.639 Blake Snell, because they understand they didn't sign him to 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:10.920 get him through July or through August. They signed him 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.720 for October. Same thing with Glass. Now they're willing to 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:15.640 sort of kick the can. If you're feeling anything, you're 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:17.959 gonna go on the il and probably for an extent 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.359 of time, just to make sure that everything gets rued 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:22.920 out and sort of to Sasaki, Yeah, absolutely, I think 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.720 this was honestly comes probably at a good time also, 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:27.720 just for them to sort of give him a breather, 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.120 give him a reset, give him a chance to work 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.960 with their development staff and rework the mechanics, rework the delivery, 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:36.240 get him into a place where he can be effective 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.520 on a big league mound. Because we were seeing obviously 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.560 the loss, he was trending down and I'm sure the 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:42.800 shoulder had something to do with that, but also just 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:44.360 the rest of the arsenal was not in a good 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.040 place and he was getting hit hard as a result. 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.160 So a chance to get up, breather, a chance to 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:51.680 maybe have a minor league extent without being a minor 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:55.080 league stint or essentially the extendant Arizona work with your guys, 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.280 like I think, it's a chance for a reset in 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.280 a sense for him and also for certain guys, it's 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:03.320 a chance to like get have a breather, managed things, 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.440 load manage your way kind of through a season, which 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:08.080 the Dodgers are in the unit position to be able 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:08.240 to do. 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:09.760 Fobbian. 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.680 Didn't they know this though going in with Rokie. Wasn't 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.160 this a thing with him that they knew? So why 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:18.520 why now? Well, I mean, I know he's he's hurt, 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.520 but why now? And by the way, the Dodgers are 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:24.039 leading the league in shoulders this year. Before it was elbows, 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:25.919 now it's shoulders. So you said that he gets to 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.880 go to his development, Well, I don't know. There's a 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:30.720 lot of arm injuries, and the Dodgers even came out 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:32.080 of the spring and said, hey, we need to look 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:32.280 at it. 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:33.280 But for Rokie. 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.080 I know his velo is down, his velo was down 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:38.080 last year. How worried how worried then that he might 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:39.120 not bounce back from this. 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:42.600 I think they should be at least somewhat worried, especially 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.479 because this was a shoulder issue he was dealing with 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.720 last year too, So like, is this a chronic thing? 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:48.480 Is this the thing that could be corrected? Is this 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:50.880 something that the way he throws it's going to lead 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:52.960 him to shoulder issues and the veloss he's not going 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.360 to get back to where it is. Yeah, there's absolutely 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:59.320 some concern, which I think especially when you're looking at 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:03.680 the velocity, especially because that fastball relies so much more 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:05.920 on the velosity than maybe your average fastball, just because 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:09.040 of the characteristics and everything like that. So yeah, they 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.160 have to get the shoulder right first. But yeah, I 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.359 mean I think they didn't. They expected to be in 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.000 a position where they had to develop him, But I 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.240 don't know if they expected him to be maybe at 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.040 this stage of things in May. I think they were 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.359 hoping to maybe work with them on the third pitch, 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.039 that the velocity would be maybe ninety eight to one 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.000 hundred as opposed to ninety four to ninety six, and 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:31.719 all of a sudden, you're looking at different issues, Like 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.440 I don't think they expected the command to be as 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.800 poor as it has been to start this season, So 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.719 obviously there's a huge adjustment coming to major League Baseball. 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.159 They kind of learned that with the Kushenobiyam motor last year. 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:44.240 But yeah, Modor was able to make those adjustments that 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.960 much more quickly because he had an established track record 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:49.920 in Japan. He was twenty five years old, a three 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:53.720 time Sawumora Award winner Rooki Saki didn't pitch a whole 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:55.520 lot in Japan, so there's a lot of development on 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.440 that end of the things that they hadn't do before 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:00.560 even adjusting to Major League Baseball. So yeah, I think 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:02.480 there's more of a learning curve than maybe the Dodgers 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.960 originally anticipated. But they have to sort of use this 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:08.040 time to kind of first get them healthy and then 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.080 figure out exactly what they can get done this season 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:13.520 and what Hasket pushed forward to the future. 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.680 Hey ft fam, Hello Fresh as America's number one meal 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.520 kit cam. 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Varies by a plan. 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.880 Is there a chance they optioned him to triple A 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.720 because after he comes back. 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:26.440 It doesn't sound like it. It sounds like they've been 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:27.680 pretty said fast, like it's going to be in the 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:30.040 big leagues. But I do wonder if there's a part 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.680 of them that sort of maybe kicks the can down 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.320 the road when it comes to the recovery. The il 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.520 stint given some time maybe in Arizona, given some time 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.440 in lower pressure environments to kind of work through through 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:45.360 some things, and that gives them some time maybe to 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.400 see who's healthy, who's in the rotation. How does Clayton 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.440 Kurshaut look, How does emmitts she and look once he 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:53.400 gets back on the rotation. How does Blake Snell or 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.520 Tyler Glass now look once they hopefully get back in 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.560 the rotation. So give them a chance to see who's 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.280 pitching well and when, and then they can sort of 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.920 make that determination. But I mean, Dave Roberts said it 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.720 last weekend when he was struggling. He said last night 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:09.360 when he went on the Ale, he doesn't anticipate rokiy 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.960 Saki going into minor leagues at any point in terms 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.200 of being officially options. I wonder if there's a way 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.160 that maybe the finagle it when it comes to being 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:19.960 on the isle, going through a rehab as simon an 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:23.400 extended one. But yeah, it doesn't sound like he's officially 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:24.600 gonna be optioned at any point. 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.960 Okay, let's run through some of these names, by the way, 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:33.240 Gavin Stone, Bruser, ground Rall, Michael Grove, Edgardo Enriquez, Blake 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:37.240 Trin and Emma Chien, Tommy Edmund, Kyle, Hurt, River, Ryant, 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:42.119 the Oscar Hernandez, Tyler, Glassnell, Blake Snell, Michael Kopek, Jake Giloff, 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:46.000 Clayton Kershaw, Roki Sazaki. That's the list of people on 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:49.600 the isle currently for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Most teams 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.320 would fold under this. The Dodgers were playing better. It's 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.520 amazing to me. So let's get a little good news. 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.640 Clayton Kershaw is coming back this weekend. What can we 0:08:57.679 --> 0:08:59.839 expect from old Kersh? I know he was throwing like 0:08:59.880 --> 0:09:02.600 a eighty seven miles an hour, which velossity never was 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.800 his thing. I mean he always it was mid nineties, 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:06.680 but it was all about a slider and a curveball. 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.040 What can the Dodgers expect when kursh comes back. 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.200 I think they're expecting him to pitch like Clayton Kershaw. 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.319 I think that's the thing. Like he looked pretty good 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.480 coming off shoulder surgery last year until Obviously that last 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:20.480 outing where the toe really kind of gave way, that's 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.120 what kind of take the numbers, But he looked like 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.599 vintage Clayton Kershaw. Obviously the velosity is not going to 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.000 be what it has been, but like the command is 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.200 really good. He's able to pitch that slider off the 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:33.600 fastball effectively, and the shoulder feels good. He's sort of 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.240 said that throughout this process, like the arm has felt 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.839 so good. That's why he wanted was willing to get 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.880 the knee and the toe surgeries to keep pitching, just 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.320 because of how good the arm felt. And as long 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.679 as that's the case, Like he's the guy who, I 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:48.120 know it's kind of a cliche to say, but like 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:49.840 he just knows how to pitch. I've seen the guy 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.440 with half a shoulder sort of go through an outing 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.160 and be able to sort of pitch effectively and go 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.640 deep in the game. So he's the guy who is 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.880 a stabilizer as long as he's out there on the mound. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.000 Obviously being out there on the mountain has been more 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:04.920 of the issue the last few years, but I think 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:06.680 as long as he's able to be in there, like 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.960 he's gonna be kind of an important piece for the 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.400 Dodgers to just get through the summer and we'll see 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.920 sort of where things stand when guys get healthy. But 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.000 he's a guy who's gonna help you get through a 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.360 season at the rey least and be you know exactly 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.440 what you're gonna get. And obviously he has some milestones 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:23.600 in front of him. It's gonna be an interesting few 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.199 stretch of starts for him. Billy, I think I'm expecting 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:27.040 me to pitch pretty well. 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.560 Actually, I mean, Kershaw has never not pitched well. 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:32.520 Like you just looked down his page and it's just 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:37.400 two and a half ears for life. But is there 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:42.359 a chance he stays on a five day rotation because 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.160 of the fact that before it was you had a 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.680 Friday night starter, then you had a Saturday night starter, 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:49.200 and guys were kind of on like a six or 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.280 seven day rotation. Does Kershaw want to come back or 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.560 does Dave robertson the Dodgers want to put him on 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:57.600 his traditional five day rotation. 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.559 I think a little bit of maybe pitching on a 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:05.320 five day rotation, pitching on six day rotation, everything like that. Like, 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.120 obviously this first start is going to be on five 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:11.200 days worth of rest. He's kind of cleon Krishause kind 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:13.200 of acquiesced a little bit to that in a little 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.559 bit in recent years. There was a stretch obviously when 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.520 the shoulder was going that he would pitch once a week. 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:22.439 So like, obviously they're in a position where they kind 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.400 of have to make do with the starters that they have. 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.160 There's not gonna be as many off days as there 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.120 were in April, as we just saw that ten game 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:30.920 road trip where they kind of had to adjust guys 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:35.319 pitching schedules, including Yoshinovayamodo and Rokie Susaki. Young Motor is 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:38.160 probably gonna be pitching more frequently on five days rest 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.800 than maybe he was beginning of the season when he's 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.120 usually on six days of rest. That's something he did 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.320 a lot last year. So I think there's gonna be 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.760 transitioned more to I don't know if it's a traditional 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.360 every five day turn, but like at least something that 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:54.760 helps you get through this part of the season. And 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.400 obviously we'll see how things look probably after they all 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.440 start break once Shoeo Tani's back, because that's a guy 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.440 who maybe opens the door for you to have a 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.240 six man rotation. Just because of what he does in 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.400 terms of your numbers and how many pitchers you're allowed 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:09.080 to have because of the two way player role. So 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.600 Clayton Kershaw, I think at least the start would probably 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.240 be bouncing between maybe a five day turn or a 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:16.640 six day turn. 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:20.760 Okay, how important is you own moto now? I mean, 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:22.960 he's like the most important player on this team all 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:24.800 of a sudden, right, because he's the one guy that 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:28.240 goes out every fifth day and just shoves Yeah. 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.480 I mean, he's been their best pitcher this season, I think, 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.120 one of the best pitchers in the National League, and 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:35.839 he's incredibly important. We've seen him be basically the kind 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:37.400 of guy he was in Japan, the kind of guy 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.880 who got the richest contract ever for a pitcher, and 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:41.680 this is exactly what the Dodgers are kind of hoping 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:45.240 he'd be. Obviously, coming off the shoulder last year, I'm 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.679 sure there was some trepidation, like, all right, how is 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:50.040 this gonna look, how is he gonna hold up? And 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:53.000 everything's all indications have been He's held up great, he's 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:55.840 looked great, he's looked even better. And it's not necessarily 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:57.760 like a thing where like the velocities up or anything 0:12:57.840 --> 0:12:59.640 like that. But he's just found a way to make 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.520 all of his pictures that much sharper. The way he's 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.720 attacking hitters, who's a lot more confidence. Uh, the command 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:08.800 has been really sharp. But he has been incredible for them, 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.600 and he is the most important picture on the staff 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.959 right now. He is the staff ace that they kind 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:14.640 of paid him to be. 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.080 Makes sense, makes sense. Before we let you go by 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:19.800 the way, I see your helmet behind you. I'll take 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:21.280 your and raise you one. 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:26.120 Oh yeah, go devils. I went to a su I 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:26.440 see that. 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.600 I saw that behind you. This is the Pat Tillman. Oh, 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:33.560 I love that with the people that died. So yeah, 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.920 I saw yours behind you, so figured i'd pull out 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.640 one of my helmets. That's nice, that's super cool. 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.840 Yeah, this is the digital camo. 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:45.880 Yeah, crats right, digital camera? 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.839 Did you camo? Yeah? Did you cam? Slick looking helmet, though, 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:51.280 good looking helmet. 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:55.200 One day I'll tell my story about Pat Tillman connection 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.000 to my baseball career, but it's not here nor there. 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.679 I would love to hear it sometime. Fab me On 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:03.680 appreciate the time man. Everyone check out his article's really 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.440 great work. Covering the Dodgers in the Athletic Check out 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.880 what he's bringing to the table on Twitter as well. 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:10.000 Thanks man, appreciate it. 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:15.560 Sometimes we get the asks for lightweight hoodies and I'm like, uh, 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.000 they exist. 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I want to 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:05.880 get into a few others too. Do you know who 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:08.600 leads MLB in strikeouts right now? 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:12.960 Kenzie Gore? 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.360 Yeah, twelve point eight two strikeouts per nine innings, up 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:19.560 from nine point seventy nine per nine last season. 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:20.520 That's a big jump. 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:22.960 And actually this isn't in the article, but this has 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:26.200 been pointed out by a few FT fans. They said, 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:30.560 look at Paul Schen's strikeout numbers. It's super interesting. 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:35.320 They are way down, way down. But he is giving 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:36.080 the team length. 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.440 So I think he's so good that he is one 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:42.080 of those guys that can say I can sacrifice some 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:43.480 swing and miss and get some. 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:48.120 Quick outs old school style. Obviously the league's getting to 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:48.960 it a little bit more. 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:49.560 He's fine. 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:51.920 His numbers are still good. He just can't score any 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.640 damn runs for him. But yeah, I think you're right. 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.600 I think Skien strikeouts are way down. But plus people 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.640 have seen him now. He's stilling a lot more to contact, 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:01.560 try to go deeper into games, which is smart. 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:02.600 That's how guys used to do it. 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.160 You're gonna get contact on the splinker. Sometimes it's just 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:05.920 gonna be crap. 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.240 Content he can he can still strike guys out, if 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:10.720 I agree, he can learning. 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:15.280 He's learning to pitch differently with runners in scoring position. 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:19.600 Watch a game, watch his stuff. There's a different You're 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.440 seeing a different pitcher when there's dudes in scoring position. 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.720 That's a maturation that like usually happens in year three 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.680 or four, not in the year one and a half. 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.360 One part that I think we're all gonna disagree on 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:36.840 is topic nine on this article, Minor league stadiums in 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:38.560 MLB working out. 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:41.240 For the most part, that's guys that have been to 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:42.600 especially Sacramento. 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.000 And when you say guys, I mean guys and girls 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:46.720 fans too. 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:48.960 But I'm talking like the people we talked to on 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.800 this show. When you ask about Sacramento, they're like, it's suitable. 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:53.560 Then we have on the ideas and it's good for 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:55.800 three days, but I don't want to spend three years there. 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.320 I don't remember, but yeah, I mean that's to be 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.640 the sentiment with just about everyone that's hitting those spots 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:05.960 right now. Right And I've asked some people about the 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:10.240 Rays experience at Steinberner Field, and they're like, it's put 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.760 together nicely, but they're like, it's super minor league spring 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:18.160 training game. There's no pomping circumstance. It's it's quiet, it's 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.760 it's not big league entertainment. It's a little bit pure, 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.480 which is cool, but they're like, that's really not how 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:27.120 the league should be built these days. 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:27.920 It is what it is. 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:29.480 But I would definitely not call it. 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:32.000 By the way, Jacob Wilson. The Jacob Wilson thing is 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:34.439 if you haven't seen that dude hit it's all. 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:36.080