1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: They talked earlier in the off season about needing that 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: three peat, getting to get in the band back together, 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: keeping the band together for that three peak. 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 2: Good Thursday afternoon, everybody, and welcome to a brand new 5 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 2: live episode of Dodgers Territory. We are your hosts. That 6 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 2: is Clint to see us. My name is Alana Rizzo. 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: Katie Wu is on assitement in Arizona covering the team. 8 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 2: We'll be down there next week. Great to have you 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: guys with us. Please rate us five stars, like and 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: subscribe to our podcast. We're trying to get to twenty 11 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: thousand subscribers. You can go to Apple, Spotify, wherever you 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: get your pods, do it on YouTube. We appreciate it 13 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 2: very much. Dodgers and Baseball columnists Dylan Hernandez of the 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: California Post will be joining us in a moment. We'll 15 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: talk to Dylan about all things Dodgers. Some news today, Clint, 16 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: Let's get into the big ticket. 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: Everything happened. 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 2: We went from no news to a lot of news 19 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: and to one signing and one extension. Let's start with 20 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 2: the OBVI like as the kids say, right ob v I, 21 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: Ky k Hernandez, Welcome back, Clint, your friend and mine. 22 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 2: He announced it himself. The Dodgers have since made it official. 23 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 2: He's going for three, my friend. What do you think 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: of this? 25 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: No surprise, no surprise at all. Kik was always going 26 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: to come back. You know, we just had Andrew on 27 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. Uh, key K, let everybody 28 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: know Andrew was the hold up. Let's play this. Let's 29 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: have KEYK tell us in the flesh that he is 30 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: back and the hold up, and then we'll come back. 31 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 3: And digest it. Here's Enrique. If you're nasty, what of 32 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 3: Dodger fans? 33 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: Uh? 34 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 4: Playing simple? I'm back again. Sorry it took so long. 35 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 4: That wasn't up to me Andrew. But yeah, there's no 36 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 4: other place I would rather be than here, So let's 37 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 4: go for three in a row. 38 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: Oh god, he's he is a character and and yeah, 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: you gotta have this type of dude in the clubhouse. 40 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: They they talked early in the offseason about needing that 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: three peat, getting to get the band back together, keeping 42 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: the band together for that three peat, four and a 43 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: half million dollar deal. Keik returns to the Dodgers and yeah, 44 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: he he. It was the worst kept secret in baseball 45 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: that Kik would come back as soon as you know, 46 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: roster spots became available. 47 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 2: So let's talk about the logistics of this, right, how 48 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 2: do we get Keik on the roster? Obviously with the 49 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: signing of Evan Phillips, that was news a couple of 50 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 2: days ago. So logistically tell the folks how this all 51 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 2: works out. 52 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, so we see on the screen here if you're 53 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: watching on on the YouTube side, once again, Ben Rhtvett, 54 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 1: DFAD and Evan Phillips agrees to a six point five 55 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: million dollar deal. And the roller coaster that Ben Rhtvett 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,399 Speaker 1: has been on this offseason, the welcome back party has 57 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: is back on. It's postponed again. Shout out to bruh 58 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: joint on the Twitter. 59 00:02:58,480 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 3: That's a really really good post. 60 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: But Dodgers needed a roster spot for Evan Phillips. They 61 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: created one and now for Keik, Hernandez. Eventually, what we're 62 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: going to see is E Philly go on that sixty 63 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: day I L you have a roster spot for Key 64 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: K and you know, Bob's your uncle. Everything is good 65 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: and if they, you know, need more space, they'll have 66 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: to get a little creative again because there aren't a 67 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: lot of dudes that are heading to the sixty day 68 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: I l this year as many as there were last year. 69 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: So yeah, that is funny. I like that very much. 70 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: But that being said, I do feel that Ben Whurtvet 71 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: will clear waivers and the Dodgers can have him back 72 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 2: if he does do so, and he will provide some 73 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 2: much needed, much needed depth Raser. I can't talk today 74 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: for Oklahoma City at the time, and then if you know, 75 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: if need be, he'll get called back up to the 76 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: big league, So we may not see the end of 77 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: Ben Hurtonvett as a Dodger. Another bit of note here, 78 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 2: before we get Dylan Hernandez to join us, Max Munsey 79 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 2: is back. I thought the timing was a little interesting 80 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 2: because we knew that Max obviously was a Dodger for 81 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: this season. But now now they have already agreed here 82 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: on February twelve to extend him for a one year 83 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: contract extension ten million guaranteed, six seven of which is 84 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: the salary for this season, and then it's a ten 85 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 2: million dollar club option for twenty twenty eight. Max Munsey 86 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: is now the longest tenured Dodger, I believe from from 87 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 2: the early you know, in the way he got here 88 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: in two thousand and eight team I want to say, 89 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 2: but he's already received four extensions now as a Dodger, 90 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 2: and that's pretty cool. I mean, he's made it known 91 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 2: obviously that he wants to end his career as a Dodger. 92 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 2: Why else would you want to go anywhere else? So 93 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 2: I know your thought about this. I mean I want anyway. 94 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 2: I'll stop talking. You go no. 95 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: I love this for the Dodgers. I love it for 96 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: the clubhouse. I love it for Max. If there is 97 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: somebody on that forty man roster in that clubhouse in 98 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: particular that deserves this, it's Max Mounsey. And I'll put 99 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: the numbers back on the screen. It is. It is wild, 100 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:01,679 Speaker 1: you know, somebody of the all He's in cyndiary MLB 101 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: network Shredder has Max as the second best third baseman 102 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: in baseball right now, which is I don't know if 103 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: it's a shock. He is very good. He provides a 104 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: lot of value, for sure. But I love that he 105 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: is willing to take less money. The Dodgers keep printing money, 106 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: we know this much. They don't need to worry about saving, 107 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: you know, saving up their pennies to have Max Monty around. 108 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: But I love the fact that it's like, let's get 109 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: this out of the way. Now essentially acts as a 110 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: two year deal to keep him around and likely, you know, 111 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: keep him in Dodger Blue for the rest of his career, 112 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: which is great. It's great for him. He says it. 113 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: He's very open about it, and you know, he's putting 114 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: his money or less money where his mouth is to 115 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: make it happen. 116 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 2: I would like to be honest. I mean, how it's 117 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 2: easy for me to say because it's not my money, 118 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 2: but how much money do you really need? He loves 119 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 2: it in la. Kelly loves it in Lai. There's something 120 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 2: to be said about wanting to stay there and probably 121 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: end your career. I mean, this was a guy that 122 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 2: was watching stuff from the couch when the A's decided 123 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 2: to do name for assignment, and now he is one 124 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 2: of the most important Dodgers we've seen in the last 125 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 2: decade because of what he's been able to do. They 126 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 2: just had their third child, They're familiar with LA. They 127 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: want to be there, you know, between LA and Texas, 128 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: their home state. So good for them. Man. You know, 129 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: it's interesting that Dodgers didn't have to do it but 130 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 2: why not if you know both sides agree, that's great. 131 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 2: I know that, Dylan. 132 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: Say, And keeping the clutch, I mean, the important thing 133 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: is is Max's clutch. He he finds a way to 134 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: step up in big moments and and you know, we 135 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: look back at that game seven, Miguel Rojas is not 136 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: in that position to tie the game in the bottom 137 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: of the ninth if it was not for or I guess, 138 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: top of the ninth. Uh, if it was not for 139 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: Max Munsey and his I call it that. Don't give 140 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: me hope home. He finds a way to step up, 141 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: and you know, the defense has gotten you know, more 142 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: playable third bas is, He's gotten more and more reps there. 143 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: Just got to keep the dude on the field and happy, 144 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: keep them healthy for longer. But really really cool, really 145 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: really cool for Max. 146 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 2: And l one hundred games last year. Nineteen home runs, 147 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 2: I think it was. But this is a guy that 148 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 2: has consistently hit thirty or more bombs, and you I'll 149 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 2: take a two hundred batting average, a two fifty batting 150 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 2: hour he gets on base is obp is good. You know, 151 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 2: I'll take it. I'll take it. Congratulations to the Munsie family. 152 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 2: Congratulations to the daughters. 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It's been a 179 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 2: long time since I've gotten to see you, but I 180 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 2: appreciate you taking the time on what is Cactus League 181 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: media Day. Clinton and I were just talking about the 182 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 2: Max Munsey extension and the interesting timing of it all. 183 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 2: I'd like to get your take on the timing of 184 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 2: it and why do this for Max and not do 185 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 2: it for j T at the time. 186 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, probably Monthsy is more productive right now 187 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 3: than you know, Turner was at that point. I think, 188 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 3: you know, and this gives them, right, I mean, the 189 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: Dodgers love the word optionality. This kind of gives them 190 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 3: optionality in a way, you know. I mean, look, the 191 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 3: reality is is that this team is getting older, right, 192 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 3: and I think, you know, to be honest, had they 193 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 3: not won the World Series, I probably would have been 194 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 3: advocating in the Times to kind of blow the team 195 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 3: up and maybe kind of start up you know by 196 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 3: kind of injecting younger blood in here. What this kind 197 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 3: of gives them the option to do. Obviously, if if 198 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 3: Munsey's still you know, good at the end of this season, 199 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 3: they can obviously bring him back. If it looks like, 200 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 3: you know, okay, maybe he's not quite the guy he 201 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 3: used to be, and you know, you got to have 202 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 3: you have to reduce his role or maybe even right 203 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 3: part ways with him. The salary is not big enough 204 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 3: to where it's going to kill you by any means. 205 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 3: So again, I think this just kind of presents the 206 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 3: Dodgers with the option, and you know, they you know, 207 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 3: like you were saying, kind of going into the break. Obviously, 208 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 3: Mounsey likes being in La you know, and when you 209 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 3: want to be in a certain place, you're willing to 210 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 3: give up some money. And I think it just kind 211 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 3: of got to a place, you know, where the Dodgers 212 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 3: thought it was working the. 213 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: Other guy, the other news of the day, they're the 214 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: big news, the return of Key k Hernandez, the worst 215 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: kept secret in baseball. Bro was always going to be back. 216 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: We were talking about it before you joined. I think 217 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: eventually we're going to see that become official. Well, it 218 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: became official, but you need a roster spot. Is it 219 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 1: most likely going to be an Evan Phillips to the 220 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: sixty day I l kind of situation. 221 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 3: That would be my guess, you know, obviously, you know, 222 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:35,599 Speaker 3: I don't think that they you know, I know, we 223 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 3: kind of joke about like all the roster moves are 224 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 3: doing and right roartved and his whole saga over the 225 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 3: last few weeks. I don't think that they like doing it. 226 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 3: I think they do it because they kind of have to. 227 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 3: So yeah, I think if you know, if it's something 228 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 3: like that that's just kind of a simple transaction where 229 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 3: they don't actually have to get rid of anybody, that's 230 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 3: probably kind of the ideal thing. But you're right, you know, 231 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 3: this was kind of a you know, really kind of 232 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 3: obvious kind of thing to do, especially after the World 233 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 3: Series he had, they lotally had to bring him back. 234 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 3: You know, I am kind of a believer in that, 235 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 3: you know, team wins a championship, you kind of owe 236 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 3: it to the guys to, you know, give them another 237 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 3: run at it. And obviously he's you know, he was 238 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 3: a huge part of what happened, and you know, one 239 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 3: of the great things again that the Dodgers kind of 240 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 3: have going for them is they really don't have to be, 241 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 3: you know, really going until October, so you know, with 242 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 3: all these guys, Yes, it's kind of an older team, 243 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 3: and you know they're coming off a short offseason. I 244 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 3: think the way they're going to manage these guys throughout 245 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,839 Speaker 3: the spring even it was probably going to be a 246 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 3: little bit more gradual than it has been in the past. 247 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 3: But you know, uh yeah, you know, as long as 248 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 3: he's again, he's there in October. I think that that's 249 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 3: what they're looking for. You know, fans obviously are gonna 250 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 3: be happy about that too. Till on. 251 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 2: One of the things I admire the most about you 252 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 2: is your ability to speak three languages fluently, obviously English, 253 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 2: Spanish and Japanese. I mean, you have such a bigger 254 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 2: insight into this clubhouse than most because you can speak 255 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 2: the language of some pretty big stars that are walking 256 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 2: around in Dodgers' uniforms. You recently wrote a really interesting 257 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 2: article about Roki Sasaki, and it seems like, and I 258 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: don't want to put words in your mouth, of course, 259 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: it seems like there seems to be some sort of 260 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 2: like lack of communication in terms of Rokie's assessment of 261 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 2: you know, kind of follow finding some I don't know, 262 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 2: some things that he needed to work on with his 263 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 2: pitches versus what the Dodger's coaching staff was saying. So 264 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 2: if you could explain a little bit more about that 265 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,719 Speaker 2: piece and kind of where they sit with it. 266 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, So you know, basically, he's kind of stemmed out 267 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 3: of a conversation I had with Dave Roberts in the 268 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 3: offseason where he just said, you know, the guy needs 269 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 3: like a third pitch. Right. It's obviously he's got the fastball, 270 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 3: he's got the forkball that he throws that's really kind 271 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 3: of like a magical pitch. And you know, when he 272 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,959 Speaker 3: was in Japan, that was good enough for him to, 273 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 3: you know, at least when he was healthy, to be 274 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 3: the best pitch in the league over there. And so 275 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 3: now it's obviously a little bit different, and he's right, 276 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 3: the fastball probably doesn't play up as much as it 277 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 3: did in Japan, and so you know they're talking about, Okay, 278 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 3: we kind of has to add something. 279 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: Now. 280 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 3: My kind of view of this has kind of been 281 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 3: the fact that you know, just again, maybe it's kind 282 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 3: of an arm slot issue, right, and I've talked to 283 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 3: scouts that are kind of questioning whether he can actually 284 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 3: throw a slider, right, And I think he himself said 285 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 3: that he thought that he was, you know, that he 286 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 3: had problems in Japan with his shoulder because he started 287 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 3: throwing that slider. 288 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 4: You know. 289 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,599 Speaker 3: So I think that there are some questions here in 290 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 3: terms of, Okay, can he do it or not? You know, 291 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 3: Roberts seems to believe he can do this, and that 292 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 3: what this really kind of comes down to is kind 293 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 3: of his openness to things, right. You know. One thing 294 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 3: I thought that was very you know, noticeable in the 295 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 3: clubhouse last year was the fact that, you know, when 296 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: you see guys kind of walking around and coming out 297 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 3: of the shower with their shirts off and stuff, most 298 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 3: professional athletes that their bodies are built like you know, 299 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 3: they look like people who spent their entire bodies, like 300 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: their entire lives sculpting their bodies. So Sami still kind 301 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 3: of has like the body of a kid, right, And 302 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 3: so you know, you do kind of wonder, again, right, 303 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 3: how much kind of work is kind of going on 304 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 3: behind the scenes and stuff. You know. Now, he showed 305 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 3: up to FanFest and said that he has been you know, 306 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 3: lifting weights and stuff like that. But you know, I 307 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 3: think that there is this kind of question of how 308 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 3: much of this this inability to do up a third 309 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,719 Speaker 3: pitch is about kind of intent, and how much of 310 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 3: it is just like Okay, maybe he just kind of 311 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 3: can't do it, in which case, you know, the maybe 312 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 3: you know, long term he profiles better as a closer, right, 313 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 3: I mean I think, you know, but again Roberts kind 314 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 3: of says I think he can do it, and then 315 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 3: it really just kind of this kind of comes down 316 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 3: to kind of how open he is. You know, I 317 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 3: thought what was really kind of interesting last year obviously, 318 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 3: you know, I think, you know, because it's right, and 319 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 3: let's be honest, right front offices, you know, they're they're 320 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 3: to some degree pr conscious, you know, and this right, 321 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 3: this organization right now has a reputation of like breaking pictures. 322 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 2: Right. 323 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 3: You know, they've obviously kind of gone into this whole, right, 324 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 3: they bought into all the drive line stuff, and uh, 325 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 3: you know, there are questions about how effective it is. 326 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 3: So you know, when Sasaki kind of came back and 327 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 3: you know, re established himself as a closer, obviously, I 328 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 3: think the organization kind of wanted to celebrate this thing, 329 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 3: and you know they kind of write there were stories 330 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 3: that came out about you know, Rob Hill and kind 331 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 3: of the work that he did with Sasaki and stuff. 332 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 3: The interesting thing is, you know Sasaki kind of gets 333 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 3: asked about it. He was just like, oh no, it's 334 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 3: just like watching like videos of myself and like my 335 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 3: hotel room one day. You know, he's never said Rob 336 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 3: Hill's name, like, you know, He's kind of said like, 337 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 3: oh yeah. At one point, I met with somebody who 338 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 3: was kind of like a pitching coach, you know, in Arizona. 339 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 3: We agreed on the ideas, but as far as like 340 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 3: a solution for it, I was the one that kind 341 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: of came up with it. Now, you know, it is 342 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 3: kind of important to establish here that this might not 343 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 3: be necessarily like a Dodger issue, right, because Sasaki's kind 344 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 3: of had this reputation of being this very kind of 345 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 3: staunch individual from the time he was in Japan. Right, 346 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 3: I don't think you know, look, it's not like I'm 347 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 3: buddy buddies with Otani by any means. Right, He's obviously 348 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 3: kind of his own little world, you know That' said 349 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 3: like for example, if I if I walk by you 350 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 3: know Otani, he'll usually like bow or somethingright, we give 351 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 3: each other like little bouts, right, just kind of little 352 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 3: social formalities that kind of exist in Japanese culture. You know, 353 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 3: Sasaki's not great with that stuff. Right now, I personally 354 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 3: kind of excuse a lot of this stuff from the 355 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 3: fact that his background is very different, right obviously, you know, 356 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 3: he you know, survived a very traumatic tsunami that wiped 357 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 3: out his entire hometown, lost his father with him, he 358 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 3: was very close, you know, and the fact that he 359 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 3: spends as much time in that area, you know, because 360 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 3: usually guys that come from like rural communities will spend 361 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 3: like the entire offseason like in Tokyo and stuff. You know, 362 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 3: this this place is like really hard to get to 363 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 3: by the way. You know, I went there. I guess 364 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 3: it was last year. Yeah, I went there last year 365 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 3: before they opened the series, and you know, in Tokyo, 366 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 3: and it took me like seven hours to get there, right, 367 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 3: I mean, because they're not even train lines that run there, 368 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 3: because every again, everything kind of got wiped out. And 369 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 3: you know, he still orders the same every time he 370 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 3: goes back to like his favorite restaurant, which is run 371 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 3: by like his dad's very close friend. Right, he orders 372 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 3: the same dish every time, you know, so again I 373 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 3: think he has you know, when I talked to the 374 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 3: guy about it, like, why do you think he kind 375 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 3: of comes back here? He says, you know, this is 376 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 3: probably like when he was like happiest, right in terms 377 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 3: of like, you know, his dad was still alive, he 378 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 3: had grandparents, And so I'm willing to kind of look, 379 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 3: you know, like, Okay, guy's been through a lot, you know, 380 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 3: if he doesn't kind of fit the mold that every 381 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 3: other baseball player in Japan does, like well, like, let's 382 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 3: kind of excuse that the Japanese are less forgiving about that, right, 383 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 3: so you know they think he's rude in this and that. 384 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 3: And it's kind of interesting because he's a very divisive 385 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 3: figure in Japan, right, Like you know, yes, obviously Otani 386 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 3: is there. Michael Jordan that said, you know, you write 387 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 3: something about Sasaki, you you know, he comes out on TV. 388 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 3: It almost draws as many eyeballs just because of again 389 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 3: how divisive of a figure he is there. 390 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: Interesting, Yeah, that was one of the things I was 391 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: kind of wondering and reading your column. There is there 392 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: sort of like a communication problem with between the Dodgers 393 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: and Sasaki. But it could just be that, you know, 394 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: I wouldn't I don't want to go as far as 395 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: saying that he's stunted in his growth, but still young. 396 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: He's still got a lot to learn and hopefully, you know, 397 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: being with this organization that can help, you know, not 398 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: only make him a great pitcher, but turn him into 399 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: a great Big League or great team and all that 400 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. I can think of somebody Yasio Puig, 401 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: who had to learn a lot after entering the league. 402 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: You know, he was also a young pup entering baseball, 403 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: coming from a different country, all that kind of stuff. 404 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: So when you got one hundred mile an hour fastball 405 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: and you're right in that nasty forkball, you can give 406 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: him the grace for sure. But I appreciate you sharing 407 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: a little bit more there because I thought that was 408 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: a very interesting kind of look at Roki. Roki is 409 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: definitely one of the big storylines at spring training. What 410 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: else are you kind of keeping an eye on with 411 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: this team that's primed to go for. 412 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 3: A three pat Yeah, I think, you know, just the 413 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 3: way camp in general is going to go, right. You know, 414 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 3: they obviously had the short off season. They had a 415 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 3: short off season last year. You know, now you've got 416 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 3: the WBC here, It's just kind of how do you 417 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 3: kind of manage everybody? 418 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 2: Right? 419 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 3: I mean, I think, you know, it's probably going to 420 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 3: be more, you know, because modern baseball, like we're used 421 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 3: to seeing, right, guys training around. They show up the 422 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 3: spring training already in shape, right, this type, right, you know, 423 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 3: when you think about like spring training like in the 424 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 3: nineteen sixties or whatever, these guys were working at their jobs, 425 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 3: it was right, and spring training was actually to get 426 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 3: into shape, you know. And so obviously, you know, it's 427 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 3: not like these guys were just sitting around doing nothing 428 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 3: the whole winter. But I do think that a lot 429 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 3: of these guys, uh needed to give their body some 430 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 3: time to recooper, especially again the fact that it's an 431 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 3: older team. You know, I'm guessing there are some guys 432 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 3: that you know, probably started our things a little bit 433 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 3: later than usual, and so you know, kind of guess 434 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 3: the way they're going to kind of build everybody up, 435 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,360 Speaker 3: you know. And then obviously with you know, that really 436 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 3: applies especially on the pitching side, you know, in a way, 437 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 3: I'm guessing the Dodgers were probably happy that you know, 438 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 3: Otawani is not going to pitch in the WBC. That said, 439 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 3: you know, they're gonna have Yamamoto going, right, and it 440 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 3: kind of sounds, you know, from what I've heard, he 441 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 3: looks great right now. You know, he showed up early, 442 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,239 Speaker 3: been looking really good. Uh, you know, and how how 443 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 3: much can he do? 444 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 6: Right? 445 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 3: I mean, I think a lot of this too is now, 446 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 3: you know. I mean the you want to look at 447 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 3: a key guy here is probably Osamu YadA, right, his 448 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 3: personal trainer, and this is going to be kind of 449 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 3: a test in a way, I guess of Eastern training methods, right, 450 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 3: which are very kind of different than than they are 451 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 3: out here. You know, we saw obviously i'm a Moto 452 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 3: do what he did in the World Series, and you 453 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 3: kind of think like, well, you know what, like there's 454 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 3: probably not an American pitcher that could have done that, 455 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 3: So maybe they're onto something, you know, and maybe you know, 456 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 3: even after doing all that last year, he can go 457 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 3: to the WBC and be Japan's number one pitcher and 458 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 3: then still kind of come back and make thirty plus 459 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 3: starts and win a cy Young Award. So to me, 460 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 3: that's going to be kind of interesting too. Obviously, you know, 461 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 3: Blake Snail's already you know, kind of talked about some 462 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 3: you know issues he's having and about slow playing it, 463 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 3: you know. So and last year, you know, the one 464 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 3: thing we saw too though, is that I think, you know, 465 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 3: when you kind of look at the early I don't 466 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 3: know what we want to call them Guggenheim Dodgers. You know, obviously, 467 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 3: when Friedman first came in, they were really kind of 468 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 3: prioritizing you know, quantity. I felt over quality, right, you 469 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 3: know there. I think this philosophy at the time was Okay, 470 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 3: we need you know, just the playoffs are crap. Shoot, 471 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 3: let's just get in as many times as possible, roll right, 472 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 3: get as many rolls of the dice as we can, 473 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 3: and we're eventually going to hit. You know. But you 474 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 3: think you kind of got pushed to a certain point 475 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,959 Speaker 3: and then like you kind of start realizing, like, well 476 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,479 Speaker 3: maybe you kind of need stars right to really win. 477 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 3: And I do think that we've seen you know, part 478 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 3: of it. Maybe it was just opportunity, maybe it was 479 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 3: a slight change in philosophy, but we were seeing them build, right, 480 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 3: They're going out and actually getting the top guy now, right, 481 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 3: whereas you know, they didn't really make a play for 482 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 3: you know, Bryce Harper or whatever. You know, Mookie becomes available. Okay, 483 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 3: let's go get them, right they you know, they jumped 484 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 3: on Freddie Freeman, they get O Tawni. They're getting like 485 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 3: the top of the top guys. And now you know, 486 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 3: you know in Alana, you remember, right, there were platoons 487 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 3: like up and down the lineup, the lineup to change 488 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 3: drastically every day. Now they have like a pretty set team, right, 489 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 3: and that you can kind of predict what's going to 490 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 3: be out there every day. And I do think that's 491 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,959 Speaker 3: great again for the postseason. You look at the bullpens too, 492 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 3: the way they're constructed. Right, everybody throws a hundred, and 493 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 3: that's great. You know for one month if you just 494 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 3: tell everybody just throw the crap out of the ball, 495 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 3: you know that's gonna work. Sustaining that over six months, 496 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 3: I think it's kind of tough, right, And you know, 497 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 3: I went back not too long ago when I was 498 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 3: looking at like, you know, Tennor Scott was fine for 499 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 3: the first month and a half, right, it was just 500 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 3: like get pissed, like in more than half the games 501 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 3: at that point, and so now all of a sudden, 502 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 3: right in that kind of style, like maybe you just 503 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 3: kind of get worn down, and so, you know, I 504 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 3: do think and then like last year we kind of saw, 505 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 3: right they went through a period where you're kind of like, 506 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 3: oh my god, like are they going to be right? 507 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 3: Are they even gonna win the division? Are they going 508 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 3: to get caught? 509 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 2: Now? 510 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 3: Once they get into the postseason, it's great, you know, 511 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 3: I think before they kind of had the opposite problem 512 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 3: right where it was like, Okay, they're getting into the 513 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 3: postseason for sure, but what's going to happen? Do they 514 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 3: really have the big horses to get them over the 515 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 3: line once they get there? So I guess, you know, 516 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 3: and that kind of folds into this whole idea about 517 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 3: the ramp up is you know, while yes they do 518 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 3: have the luxury for the most part of being able 519 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 3: to look ahead to October, they don't want to be 520 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 3: too cute right in doing things because there is a chance, 521 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 3: you know, right, you don't win ninety games, maybe right 522 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 3: you end up in a know, I mean, last year 523 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 3: they had to plan that wildcard round, which you know, 524 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 3: I mean again it turned out to not be a problem, 525 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 3: but it can turn into a problem, you run into 526 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 3: the wrong pictures. So I think just the way they 527 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 3: kind of manage all of that, they got a lot 528 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 3: going on right now in terms of that, obviously a 529 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 3: lot of really good players that they kind of have 530 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 3: to take care of, and you know, it's obviously kind 531 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 3: of managing them individually while kind of keeping in mind 532 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 3: the bigger picture. 533 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 2: And Dylan one of those players that they have to manage, 534 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 2: a big player to big personality in terms of playing 535 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 2: time in those types of things, is the newest guy 536 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 2: in Kyle Tucker. And with the signing of Kyle Tucker 537 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 2: and the amount of money and all of the things 538 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 2: in your estimation of the CBA coming up and those 539 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 2: types of things, will this force a salary cap to 540 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 2: be put in place? And what is your estimation that 541 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 2: we actually do get locked out in twenty twenty seven? 542 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 3: Well, the lockout is probably going to happen for sure, 543 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 3: right just in terms of like the season's going to end, 544 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 3: and it's going to kind of be like an automatic 545 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 3: thing just to kind of start the negotiations. You know, 546 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 3: the salary cap. I don't know, the union has just 547 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 3: been so against it, right, And I think here's the 548 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 3: thing is that I do think, you know, when you 549 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 3: kind of get into these types of situations, obviously, you know, 550 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 3: the teams have, right, they have more money, and so 551 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 3: they can like kind of wait things out longer, right, 552 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 3: Whereas if you're a player and say, you know, like 553 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 3: if you're lucky, you get to write, you know, you 554 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 3: get a ten year career, you got ten years to 555 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 3: really kind of earn your money until you have to 556 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 3: kind of deal with the rest of your life. And 557 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 3: so like losing a year for example, you know, it's 558 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 3: kind of financially catastrophic, right, And so usually like there's 559 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 3: more kind of power on the sides, you know, the 560 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 3: players here. What's kind of interesting though, right because I 561 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 3: don't buy this, by the way, this whole idea that 562 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 3: this is about like competitive balance, because I don't think 563 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 3: these people care about competitive balance, right. I mean, even 564 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 3: before any of the rate, even before the Dodgers kind 565 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 3: of came in and spent as much as they did, 566 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 3: there were half the teams weren't even trying anyway, you know, 567 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 3: and clearly from you know, if you look at it 568 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 3: from a business standpoint, I would argue, actually, the Dodgers 569 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 3: be good. The Dodgers having Otani, you know, is like 570 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 3: really really good for business, to the point where it's 571 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 3: even kind of camouflaging how the shares a whole might 572 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 3: be in some trouble. Right, I mean, we've seen the 573 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 3: RSNS all kind of collapse. 574 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 2: You know. 575 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 3: My guess really is that And again I'm not this 576 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 3: is just kind of more speculative, but like I'm guessing, 577 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,959 Speaker 3: you know, basically, what happened is, you know a lot 578 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 3: of these owners made bad financial decisions, you know, and 579 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 3: usually right when you buy something, and this has happened 580 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 3: like and you know this happened a Sizzler and Red Lobster. Right, 581 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 3: you know, you buy the business, you borrow money to 582 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 3: buy it, but it's not like your debt. You saddle 583 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 3: the business with that debt, and so all of a sudden, 584 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 3: now whatever money you were making, all of a sudden, 585 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 3: it's not enough, you know. And if you've got to 586 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 3: find ways to you know, generate more right or make 587 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,120 Speaker 3: more profit, how do you do that? Usually these companies, 588 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 3: you know, they lay people off. Now obviously, with you know, 589 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 3: a professional baseball league, you can't just like fire players, 590 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 3: so that's not going to right. You can't cut the 591 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 3: labor force, so that's not going to happen, and so 592 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 3: kind of the next best thing, I'm guessing that the 593 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,239 Speaker 3: owners are thinking, so let's put in a salary cap 594 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 3: and control of these things. I don't see it. I 595 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 3: don't see that happening because I do think that it's 596 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 3: it's it's a two way thing, right just kind of 597 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 3: with you know, all the TV deals and stuff that 598 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 3: are kind of up in the air, even like at 599 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 3: the national level, I do think that there's going to 600 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 3: be pressure on the owners for there to be a 601 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:15,959 Speaker 3: season right now. 602 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 2: You know. 603 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 3: Usually it's just the players that are kind of like, okay, 604 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 3: I can't lose this year. But for the owners, it's 605 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 3: gonna be pretty catastrophic too if they if they don't 606 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,719 Speaker 3: get back at a reasonable time. My guess in the end, 607 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 3: it's going to be more severe luxury tax penalties, you know, 608 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 3: because I think for like, if you go like salary cap, 609 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 3: it's just such like a you know, such like a 610 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 3: hard line that I think that that is the type 611 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 3: of thing that you would be able to rally the 612 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 3: players and convince them, like you know what, just kind 613 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 3: of for the sake of going forward, like you know, 614 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:47,959 Speaker 3: we need to kind of sit out a year if 615 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 3: we have to, you know. And so my guess again, 616 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 3: it's going to be kind of more severe. Luxury tax 617 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 3: is probably going to be built in some right because 618 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 3: they're going to have to kind of justify all this. 619 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 3: It's going to be done, you know, to kind of 620 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 3: cripple the dog, just up to a certain degree, because 621 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 3: that's at least what they're ending is the problem is 622 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 3: that this is like a balance issue. So yeah, I 623 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 3: don't think it's going to get nap. I might. I 624 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 3: might be wrong about this. I'm always been wrong on 625 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 3: a lot about big issues. 626 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 2: You know. 627 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 1: I just feel like the owners, you know, they're they're acting, 628 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: They're they're playing a role like, oh my god, how 629 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: can we compete? But so many of these owners they 630 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: don't want the salary floor that would likely come with it. 631 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: They don't want to be spending this money. They want 632 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 1: to pocket it. They want to go get their you know, 633 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: lavish haircuts, all of them, a court era and you 634 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: know what have you. So for now, there's baseball. There's 635 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: baseball as we know it. You're out there in Arizona, 636 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: we Alana and I will be out at Camel back 637 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 1: next week and we saw you and Jack Harris course 638 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: at the California Post. You put together This is something 639 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: I've been wanting to do for a while. I love 640 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 1: what you guys put together. Given a kind of look 641 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: a fan guide to the Cactus League, because me and 642 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: my buddies have been going out there every year. We 643 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: don't just stay camel Back, we go to every ballpark. 644 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of your colleagues are going to 645 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: be upset you've given away some of the trade secrets 646 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: for spots to go to. I have very little doubt 647 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: about that one. But tell us a little bit about 648 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: the fan guide. What what you know sort of was 649 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: the decision to throw that thing together and kind of 650 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: take a you know, given people who maybe haven't been 651 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 1: out the spring training, like here, here's a guide. Here's 652 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 1: an entry level guide. Come check it out, eat some food. 653 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: You might meet some reporters there. Don't bother them. 654 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, tell us about the guide. Yeah, No, it's just 655 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,239 Speaker 3: you know, because anytime, like right at friends that come 656 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 3: out and they bring their kids out and stuff and 657 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 3: they kind of don't know where to go. They call 658 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 3: me and I kind of find myself like telling them, 659 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 3: like oh there, this is here, and this is there, 660 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 3: and you know, and the one thing about Phoenix, it's 661 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 3: a great dining town, right, It's really underrated dining town. 662 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 3: I think, you know a lot of times if you're 663 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 3: a you know, a chef, say like a younger chef 664 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 3: in LA and you don't have the money maybe to 665 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 3: put up a restaurant in LA, A lot of those 666 00:28:58,280 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 3: people coming and come out here, right, So there's a 667 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 3: lot of exciting stuff going on. You know, it's not 668 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 3: as expensive as LA, but you kind of do have 669 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 3: to know where to go, right, you know, like even 670 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 3: downtown Phoenix kind of gets like a bad rap, but 671 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,719 Speaker 3: like if you know where to go, like, you can 672 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 3: have a lot of fun there, right. And so you 673 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 3: know that to me was just kind of more you know, 674 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 3: kind of pointing out just that, you know, I think, 675 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 3: right people come to spring training, they just go to 676 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 3: the games. You know. I wrote a thing today too 677 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 3: about how you know, to me, the fun part of 678 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 3: this if if you know, again, if I were bringing 679 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 3: my kids don't like baseball, but if they did, right, 680 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 3: I would make sure to bring them out to the 681 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 3: workout before the game rights at ten o'clock every day, 682 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 3: it's free. You will never be as close to the 683 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 3: players as you will to be there, right, I mean, 684 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 3: it's these are basically like little high school fields, the 685 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 3: little fences. People gather behind there when guys are taking 686 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 3: batting practice. 687 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: You know. 688 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 3: And you know, Frank McCourt did this one thing right 689 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 3: right of all about this, Frank did He did have 690 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 3: this really good idea about building a facility where kind 691 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 3: of the fans or the players have to like walk 692 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 3: by the fans, right, and so that these little dirt 693 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 3: paths that connect all the roads just you know, sure 694 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 3: there are like little barricades on both sides of them, 695 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 3: so it's not like you can just like grun up 696 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 3: and like hug them. But you know a lot of 697 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 3: guys will stop and kind of sign autographs and say 698 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 3: hello and stuff, and you'll really get to see these 699 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 3: guys up close, you know. And again it's just very 700 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 3: instructive to see the other side of that complex where 701 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 3: the White Tucks are, you know, from there, for them 702 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 3: to go to their clubhouse fell to the practice fields, 703 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 3: they go through a tunnel, right, and that's again to 704 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 3: design to keep them separated from the public. But here, 705 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 3: you know, as a fan I think if you're out there, 706 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 3: you feel kind of like part of the whole thing, 707 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 3: right you see guys kind of running from one practice 708 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 3: field to the other and stuff, and so you know, 709 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 3: it's just kind of you know, I guess as somebody 710 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 3: who's just been out here since it opened in two 711 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 3: thousand and nine, you know, I feel like if you 712 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 3: just go to the game, you're missing out on a 713 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 3: lot that you know, both camel Back Branch and the 714 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 3: City of Phoenix has. 715 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 2: To offer, no doubt about. I go to the parlor 716 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 2: for pizza. It's very good. Dylan Hernandez, thank you so much. 717 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 2: I know that Cactus League Media Days day. Thanks for 718 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 2: taking a few moments of your time to be with us, 719 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 2: and we'll see you next week. 720 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 3: All right, sounds great. Let's go to uh So he 721 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 3: just opened an Andretti's one of those. Yeah, I haven't 722 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 3: I haven't been there yet. I'm probably terrible. 723 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 2: Let's do it. Let's do it. All right, Hello, we 724 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 2: appreciate it. I'll talk to you soon. Let's get to 725 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 2: let's get to last Litts Flint. All right, guys, the 726 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 2: good news is Morgan made it to her forever home. 727 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 2: So we have a new pup. 728 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 3: Chip. 729 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 2: This is a guy that's been in our organization for 730 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 2: almost two years. Is the longest resident of the Guidrys 731 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 2: Guardian Foundation. He's a good boy. He's a mixed breed, 732 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 2: about two years old. He's neutered. He's great with other dogs. 733 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 2: He's currently being fostered with three other dogs, so you 734 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 2: know he's good with other dogs. He's an active guy. 735 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 2: Would be great as a hiking buddy, an active family 736 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 2: somebody like you know, going out and taking adventures. But 737 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 2: also I can snuggle with you on the couch. If 738 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 2: you're interested in learning more about Chip. He is being 739 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 2: fostered in the Los Felis area. Just give us a 740 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 2: shout out. We'll get you connected with him and get 741 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 2: more information. What do you have going on on All Dodgers, Clint. 742 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: Well, We'll be live at some point later today. Obviously 743 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: a lot of news to talk about, a lot of 744 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: thoughts to get in with myself and Jeff Snyder and 745 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: and potentially Kevin over there on the All Dodger sides, 746 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: So make sure you guys are subscribed over there and 747 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: appreciate it. I'll also be live with a Valentine's Day 748 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: edition of the show. 749 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 2: I think I would really appreciate Valentine's more than you. 750 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm big time, big time lover. A 751 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: couple of things before we do sign off that we 752 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: didn't get to early in the show. We'll we'll have 753 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: this be our sort of baseball thoughts for the road. 754 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: There were guess two more transactions today that well fans 755 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 1: will be upset about. One of them. Anthony Bonda is 756 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: no longer a Dodger, officially traded to the Minnesota Twins 757 00:32:55,800 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: for that sweet sweet Cashola International pool money. Yeah, that's 758 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: a good deal. That's a good deal for him. I 759 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: think you know the ale Central the Twins. They they 760 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: kind of disappointed a whole lot last year, but they 761 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: have an interesting club. I think they can They could 762 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: do a little bit of something, and having a veteran 763 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: in the back end of that bullpen could help them 764 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,959 Speaker 1: out a whole bunch. And beyond that, the Dodgers are 765 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: never done adding to the roster. They brought in what 766 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: big league veteran, big league journeyman, Keston Heira. I'm saying 767 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: that wrong, Keaston here, I always forget how to say it. 768 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: It's right, But like lifelong infielder he agrees to a 769 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: minor league deal. He joins the now thirty three non 770 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: roster invitees at camel Back Ranch. A lot of bodies 771 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: over there is I don't know how they're going to 772 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: fit them all in that locker room. I mean, Clayton 773 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: gave them two lockers. 774 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 2: No, they won't all be in the big league locker room. Yeah, 775 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 2: they can't be. There's not enough room. 776 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 3: But there's not a lot. 777 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 2: There's not anybody on that list that was really exciting 778 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 2: to me that really did it. And I know you 779 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 2: and Katie talked about it, or you may have talked 780 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,000 Speaker 2: about it on All Dodgers. As far as the NRIs, 781 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 2: it was just kind of like, there's not anybody that 782 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 2: was like, really really exciting. 783 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 6: Yeah. 784 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: I mean there's a couple of the names. Uh you 785 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: know some of the pictures I have, I have my 786 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 1: uh my, my five names to watch host way to Paula. 787 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: If you guys see him, give him, give him an eye. 788 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: Same as Ayre Hope. 789 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:19,319 Speaker 6: Uh. 790 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: Two of the top outfield prospects Jackson Ferris, Adam Seranowski 791 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: to lefty pitchers and writer Ryan who is River Ryan's brother. Uh, 792 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: he has some big league time under his belt. But 793 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: he is somebody I think the Dodgers can really turn 794 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: into a weapon under you know, Mark Pryor and and 795 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: uh and companies leadership and and you know their vision. 796 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 1: Watch those dudes. They could help. They could help the 797 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: ball particularly right right, and Ryan could help the ball 798 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 1: club in some way shape or for him this year. 799 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: But other than that, spring training is here, baby, let's go. 800 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,799 Speaker 2: Let's go, all right, So Monday is our last show 801 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 2: from our home studios, and then we will be out 802 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 2: there on Tuesday. We have our exclusive sit down with 803 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 2: Dave on the twentieth, and that'll air at a different date. 804 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,479 Speaker 2: And we're also going to be in the clubhouse getting 805 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 2: guys talking to obviously, Oh are we probably we'll think, yeah, 806 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 2: we'll figure that out off here. But our interviews in 807 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 2: the clubhouse will air at a lander date. 808 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 3: Yeah that I do, all right? 809 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 2: All right, guys, Well, good to be with you, Thanks 810 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 2: for being here. Don't forget to like subscribe all the 811 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:26,520 Speaker 2: things as we try to make our way to twenty 812 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 2: thousand subs. We appreciate it. Dylan Hernandez, we appreciate you 813 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 2: coming on. 814 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 3: Dylan. 815 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,400 Speaker 2: Of course, now with the California Post longtime columnist. Clint 816 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 2: and I will see you, and Katie probably too. We'll 817 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:37,800 Speaker 2: see you on Monday. 818 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: Bye.