1
00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,880
Speaker 1: You know, I always wanted to stay a Dodger. I

2
00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:03,880
Speaker 1: love being there. You know, I don't think there's anyone

3
00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,680
Speaker 1: more committed to winning and winning World Series and Los

4
00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,039
Speaker 1: Angeles Dodgers, and you know, I'm just excited the opportunity.

5
00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:14,240
Speaker 1: A part of that. I love it.

6
00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,160
Speaker 2: I'm sure I can just listen to the song all

7
00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,760
Speaker 2: day long. Hello everybody, and welcome to the Monday edition

8
00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,000
Speaker 2: of Dodgers Territory. We are your hosts. I'm Alana Rizzo.

9
00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,880
Speaker 2: That is my pal Clint Piscias. It is awesome to

10
00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,000
Speaker 2: see you. So we are in one full weekend to

11
00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,280
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty four Major League Baseball season. So of

12
00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,520
Speaker 2: course let's just overreact, shouldn't we shouldn't we just overreact

13
00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,120
Speaker 2: about everything? And we're gonna start Clint with your thoughts.

14
00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,680
Speaker 2: Let's go right to the big ticket.

15
00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,920
Speaker 3: My friend Mooky Betts is I would say, Babe Ruthian

16
00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,640
Speaker 3: right now, are you liking what you're seeing out of

17
00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:49,920
Speaker 3: Marcus Lynn Betts.

18
00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,800
Speaker 2: I love what I'm saying out of Marcus Lynd Betts.

19
00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,360
Speaker 2: But again, let's start overreacting. On the positive side. You're

20
00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,840
Speaker 2: comparing Mookie Bets Marcus Lynd Betts to Babe Ruth, and

21
00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,280
Speaker 2: there's a good reason for that, Dodgers fans. As we

22
00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:03,960
Speaker 2: get you all set up for what Mooki Bitts has

23
00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,400
Speaker 2: already done so far offensively this season, then we're going

24
00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,600
Speaker 2: to get into a little bit about what he's done

25
00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,560
Speaker 2: at the shortstop position. Go figure, though, Clinton, he's the

26
00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,400
Speaker 2: leadoff man, as you know this for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

27
00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,920
Speaker 2: He leads the team with ten RBI. He has been

28
00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,479
Speaker 2: on fire at the plate, and even though he went

29
00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,399
Speaker 2: hitless on Sunday that ended his streak of four straight

30
00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,920
Speaker 2: games with the home run, he's still eleven for twenty two.

31
00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:27,920
Speaker 2: He's batten five hundred right now.

32
00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,520
Speaker 3: Batting five hundred. You see the stats on the screen there,

33
00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,680
Speaker 3: Everything that could be read when it comes to his

34
00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,880
Speaker 3: batting tool is red. He's absolutely tearing the cover off

35
00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,520
Speaker 3: the ball, leading Baseball in fan grafts wins above replacement

36
00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,120
Speaker 3: at point nine right now, which we're already almost have

37
00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,920
Speaker 3: a win above replacement. What's six games into a season.

38
00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,000
Speaker 3: That's pretty damn impressive. Four home runs there's your leader.

39
00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,400
Speaker 3: Like you said, nine runs scored, ten runs batted in,

40
00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,000
Speaker 3: tied with Lords Gouriel of the Arizona Diamondbacks and the

41
00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:04,040
Speaker 3: kind of surprise also tied for the lead three defensive

42
00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,000
Speaker 3: runs saved as a shortstop. Yeah, he's playing a little

43
00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,160
Speaker 3: bit of second base as well, but the bat is

44
00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,359
Speaker 3: there and the glove, the arm, all that kind of

45
00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,839
Speaker 3: stuff doesn't seem like it's going to be as big

46
00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,919
Speaker 3: of a problem as some people really wanted to overreact

47
00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,000
Speaker 3: and make it to be.

48
00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right. And there's a couple of people, including

49
00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,480
Speaker 2: our own friend and teammate Eric Kratz over on foul

50
00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,840
Speaker 2: Territory that really kind of questioned whether Mookie Betts was

51
00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,160
Speaker 2: a playoff caliber shortstop. You had the conversation with them,

52
00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:33,760
Speaker 2: what's your take?

53
00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I understand the thought process. You know,

54
00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,639
Speaker 3: it's you're moving a gold glove outfielder to the infield

55
00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,600
Speaker 3: and then last minute shifting him over to shortstop. I

56
00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,480
Speaker 3: could understand the fears. I could understand do you want

57
00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,160
Speaker 3: this guy to be your your playoff shortstop? Is that

58
00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,160
Speaker 3: going to be a concern? So far does not seem

59
00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,840
Speaker 3: to be a major issue, But you know, still it's

60
00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,160
Speaker 3: still early. We will we will lean on small sample

61
00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,520
Speaker 3: size and not overreact too much. In the positive. We

62
00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,840
Speaker 3: know again anger Cells, but happy to see what Mooki

63
00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,280
Speaker 3: is doing so far, playing a really good second base,

64
00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,639
Speaker 3: playing a very nice shortstop, and had a couple of

65
00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,400
Speaker 3: really good plays at short over the weekend as well.

66
00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:16,720
Speaker 2: And you know what, it's not just Mookie Bets getting

67
00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,440
Speaker 2: the job done. We're going to have Will Smith coming

68
00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,560
Speaker 2: up on the show here in just a few minutes.

69
00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,320
Speaker 2: But the Dodgers' offense has been as advertised. We talk

70
00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,359
Speaker 2: so much about the big three as far as show hey,

71
00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,920
Speaker 2: you know, Mookie Bets, show Hey, and Freddy Freeman. But

72
00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,800
Speaker 2: Max Munsey has come to the plate how many times

73
00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,360
Speaker 2: averaging I mean, the guy, the Max Monsey has come

74
00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,200
Speaker 2: to the play with men on base in seventeen of

75
00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,840
Speaker 2: his twenty six plate appearances so far, and is like

76
00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,920
Speaker 2: pretty pretty damn good, including a two run shot to

77
00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:43,560
Speaker 2: give him the lead.

78
00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,920
Speaker 3: Say, actually, I think we got Will ready. Now let's

79
00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:51,440
Speaker 3: ask Will ourselves. William dill Smith, the owner of the

80
00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,640
Speaker 3: longest contract extension in Dodgers' history for a homegrown player.

81
00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,920
Speaker 3: Welcome to the show, Will, How you doing, my guy?

82
00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,840
Speaker 1: Good guys, thanks for having me on here.

83
00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,840
Speaker 2: Oh well, it's great to see you. Congratulations on the

84
00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,400
Speaker 2: well earned extension to you and to Kia obviously and

85
00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,840
Speaker 2: to Charlotte. So exciting. What goes through your head as

86
00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:12,960
Speaker 2: a player knowing that you're going to be in that

87
00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,480
Speaker 2: uniform for the foreseeable future and perhaps end your career

88
00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,320
Speaker 2: in a Dodger uniform.

89
00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's exciting. You know, That's something you know,

90
00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,599
Speaker 1: I think a lot of players, you know, hope for,

91
00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,080
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm fortunate enough to be given that

92
00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,160
Speaker 1: opportunity by you know, by the Dodgers. And yeah, you know,

93
00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,960
Speaker 1: I always wanted to stay a Dodger. I love being there.

94
00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,880
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think there's anyone more committed to

95
00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,400
Speaker 1: to winning and winning World Series and Los Angeles Dodgers,

96
00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,520
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm just excited the opportunity.

97
00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,240
Speaker 3: A part of that, Yeah, is there is there anything

98
00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,960
Speaker 3: scary about the idea of committing the next ten years

99
00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,159
Speaker 3: and ultimately your entire we hope baseball career to one team.

100
00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,800
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, ten years is definitely, you know, a

101
00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,479
Speaker 1: long time, but no, I think I I think I

102
00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,120
Speaker 1: wanted to keep playing for another ten years or so, so,

103
00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,640
Speaker 1: you know, committing to the Dodgers was was pretty easy.

104
00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,719
Speaker 1: For ten years for me. So yeah, it wasn't It

105
00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,960
Speaker 1: was not too scary. I'm not not too worried about

106
00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,200
Speaker 1: it or anything like that.

107
00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,320
Speaker 2: Well, let's brag on your starting rotation here for a

108
00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,520
Speaker 2: little bit. Yamamoto had a really nice second outing for

109
00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,559
Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Dodgers. A little bit of a hiccup

110
00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,360
Speaker 2: there in Seoul, we can understand that. But Bobby Miller,

111
00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,400
Speaker 2: my goodness, as Walker Bueler would say, yeh, he just

112
00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,039
Speaker 2: shoved over the course of the weekend. What have you

113
00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,839
Speaker 2: seen so far from the starting staff, including Tyler Glass.

114
00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:39,920
Speaker 1: Now, yeah, they're they're all studs, you know, all five

115
00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,440
Speaker 1: of them, even a couple of guys that are on

116
00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,280
Speaker 1: the IL coming back later this year. You know, they

117
00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,800
Speaker 1: just they just work really hard. They you know, they

118
00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,960
Speaker 1: get after their bullpens. You can see the intent behind

119
00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,280
Speaker 1: every pitch they throw, and then they get out in

120
00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,640
Speaker 1: the game. They just compete. They obviously have good stuff,

121
00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,760
Speaker 1: but you know, they're just competitors. They're guys you know

122
00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,880
Speaker 1: you want going out every five days. You want you

123
00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,599
Speaker 1: want to be catching those guys and having them on

124
00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,040
Speaker 1: your team.

125
00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,280
Speaker 2: All right, let's talk a little bit more about Yamamoto,

126
00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,760
Speaker 2: a guy that you didn't necessarily have a huge book

127
00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,200
Speaker 2: on before he came a Los Angeles Dodger, but a

128
00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,880
Speaker 2: guy that you're obviously going to be catching for the

129
00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,279
Speaker 2: foreseeable future. When he's right, What is his stuff like

130
00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:15,800
Speaker 2: to catch?

131
00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, when he's right, he's he's executing almost every pitch

132
00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,880
Speaker 1: he throws. It's it's incredible, the you know, the command

133
00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,120
Speaker 1: he has, just be able to go and out up,

134
00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,520
Speaker 1: down with his fastball, landing his curve ball, you know,

135
00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,560
Speaker 1: keeping it short, and then a splitter. His splitter is

136
00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,400
Speaker 1: just a wipeout pitch. He's got that cut or two

137
00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,360
Speaker 1: for a little wrinkle. So it's just mixing and it's

138
00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,240
Speaker 1: just his ability to execute is it's it's what's going

139
00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:42,839
Speaker 1: to keep him going and be really good in the

140
00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:44,960
Speaker 1: big leagues for you know, for a long time.

141
00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,520
Speaker 3: So we already had our first big exciting game. Of course.

142
00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,320
Speaker 3: Max Munty was on foul Territory earlier today talking about

143
00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,680
Speaker 3: the big time two run shot to put the Dodgers ahead.

144
00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,000
Speaker 3: I mean that just has to really help so little

145
00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,000
Speaker 3: the vibes early in the season. It's not too much

146
00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,679
Speaker 3: of a new team. You got a lot of returning pieces,

147
00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,120
Speaker 3: but still every year, there's a different field of the

148
00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,840
Speaker 3: ball club. We're not doing this anymore. We're not doing

149
00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,920
Speaker 3: this anymore. And what is something like do something like

150
00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,200
Speaker 3: that do early in the season to kind of galvanize

151
00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,320
Speaker 3: a newer group of dudes.

152
00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, you know, that's that's all the fun stuff.

153
00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,800
Speaker 1: But I think, you know, the most important thing is

154
00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,600
Speaker 1: is the fight. It's it's showing the fight we've had.

155
00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,360
Speaker 1: And we've had that since I've been a Dodger and

156
00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,480
Speaker 1: I've you know, been around that for a while. But

157
00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,400
Speaker 1: I think for the new guys seeing the fight every

158
00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,320
Speaker 1: single game, you know, we're never out of it. I

159
00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,600
Speaker 1: think just being able to see that and see that,

160
00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,480
Speaker 1: you know, not take it bets off when you're down

161
00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,160
Speaker 1: a couple of runs, pushing one across in the sixth

162
00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,280
Speaker 1: so it's only two more we have to come back

163
00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,560
Speaker 1: in the eighth, you know, stuff like that. It's just

164
00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,520
Speaker 1: a fight. And I think we really showed this weekend.

165
00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,400
Speaker 1: And I think also that you know, all the talent

166
00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,440
Speaker 1: we have on this team, you know, it doesn't mean anything.

167
00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:05,400
Speaker 1: It me means a lot, but it doesn't mean we're

168
00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,040
Speaker 1: guaranteed wins. And I think we got to fight for

169
00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,200
Speaker 1: every last win. And I think this weekend showed exactly that.

170
00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,160
Speaker 2: Well, one thing the Dodgers have had for a long

171
00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,920
Speaker 2: time is an unbelievable amount of talent, not only on

172
00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,760
Speaker 2: the current roster, but in the farm system for over

173
00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,880
Speaker 2: the last decade. And you're gonna get some reinforcements back

174
00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,320
Speaker 2: here in your starting rotation, hopefully soon. Walker Bueller, I know,

175
00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,680
Speaker 2: you know, he was pleased with what he's doing so far.

176
00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,560
Speaker 2: He feels pretty good. And if you've left it up

177
00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,680
Speaker 2: to Walker Bueller, he would have been back two months ago.

178
00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,520
Speaker 2: What's that going to be like to get him back

179
00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,320
Speaker 2: in and then, of course you still have Curse, you

180
00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,160
Speaker 2: still have some other reinforcements coming in.

181
00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm excited for for Walker to get back there.

182
00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,719
Speaker 1: I know he's he's chomping at the bit, but yeah,

183
00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,440
Speaker 1: he's a stut you know, a multi time All Star,

184
00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,840
Speaker 1: he's done in the playoffs. Just a guy that goes

185
00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,960
Speaker 1: out to piece and gives everything he's got. He's fun,

186
00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,839
Speaker 1: he's fun to catch, he's fun to work with. He's

187
00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:02,040
Speaker 1: a guy that you know, guys love playing behind, you know,

188
00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,120
Speaker 1: they love the fire that he brings. And you know,

189
00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,160
Speaker 1: just the just the want to win. It's it's incredible

190
00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,600
Speaker 1: with him, and you know, I couldn't be more happy.

191
00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,880
Speaker 1: He's he's healthy, he's he's close being back. You know,

192
00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,960
Speaker 1: I like you. You want to feedback yesterday. So I'm

193
00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,760
Speaker 1: excited for you know that first start. He's going to

194
00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,320
Speaker 1: get here in a couple of weeks probably.

195
00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,360
Speaker 3: So will we read. You know you're gonna be here

196
00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,240
Speaker 3: for a long time. Dodger fans are happy about it.

197
00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,080
Speaker 3: You are what one of the like third fourth longest

198
00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,559
Speaker 3: tenured position player on the team. If my math is

199
00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,280
Speaker 3: serving me right, you got you, you got Max Munty, but

200
00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,080
Speaker 3: you also got your battery or you're you're catching tandem

201
00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,800
Speaker 3: mate there at Austin Barnes, talk a little bit about

202
00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,440
Speaker 3: the relationship with Barnsey the captain there. How does he

203
00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,200
Speaker 3: help you? How does he help the staff and the

204
00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,000
Speaker 3: rest of the team on a day to day We

205
00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,960
Speaker 3: know he's not playing every day. What how does what

206
00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,760
Speaker 3: does the Austin Barnes mean for you and the rest

207
00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:51,200
Speaker 3: of the team.

208
00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you know, he's the guy who's been

209
00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,120
Speaker 1: around for a while, knows what he's doing back there.

210
00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,440
Speaker 1: He's just a competitor. He loves he loves Dwayne, will

211
00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,040
Speaker 1: do just about anything. And you know he's he's a

212
00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,840
Speaker 1: good guy to have on your team. He's uh, you know,

213
00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,360
Speaker 1: just uh, just a gritty guy. I guess. So. Yeah,

214
00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,439
Speaker 1: he's funny, he's a good teammate. You know. I'm happy

215
00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,640
Speaker 1: he's with us. And yeah, we all.

216
00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,320
Speaker 2: Love Sam, remember Chase that like giving him the nickname Sam.

217
00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,240
Speaker 2: We all love Sam? All right? One hundred and forty

218
00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,880
Speaker 2: million dollars, my friend ten years. To whom much is given,

219
00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,200
Speaker 2: much is expected. What is the first order of business?

220
00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,960
Speaker 2: What do you buy with a contract like that?

221
00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,719
Speaker 1: What about I don't know yet. Yeah, I don't know.

222
00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,800
Speaker 1: We've thought of that. I don't know, but uh yeah,

223
00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,600
Speaker 1: we still have time. It's still setting in.

224
00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:44,960
Speaker 3: It's a lot of money. It's a lot of money there.

225
00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:46,400
Speaker 3: I want to go back to it. To Barnesy thing.

226
00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,240
Speaker 3: We know, Barnsy, he's a scrapper. Who you got in

227
00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,440
Speaker 3: a fight? You got Barnsy? You got Joe Kelly at

228
00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:55,520
Speaker 3: a bar fight. Kelly a sleeper too. I'll thrown a sleeper.

229
00:10:55,600 --> 00:11:00,400
Speaker 1: Kyle Hurt, Kyle Hurt. I mean, Kyle has got the

230
00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,439
Speaker 1: size on Barnesy. But I don't know. I've never Barnesy.

231
00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:05,920
Speaker 1: You know, he put up a fight. I don't know

232
00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,760
Speaker 1: about Kyle, but he's definitely got the side, so maybe

233
00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:09,640
Speaker 1: I don't.

234
00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,719
Speaker 2: Know, he's pretty scrappy. I think Barnesy might win in

235
00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:14,440
Speaker 2: a cage match.

236
00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,920
Speaker 1: You know, it was actually talking it was Luxey yesterday,

237
00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,600
Speaker 1: Gavin was going around the clubhouse talking Montre smacks and

238
00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,480
Speaker 1: who he beat up. I had him at the bottom,

239
00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,280
Speaker 1: So I want to make sure he knows that I'm

240
00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,360
Speaker 1: going on are.

241
00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,760
Speaker 2: Let's talk a little bit about LuxI. This is a kid,

242
00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,880
Speaker 2: obviously that was going to be the starting shortstop for

243
00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:34,800
Speaker 2: you guys last year until he got hurt in spring

244
00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,199
Speaker 2: training and now has an opportunity, obviously to be on

245
00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,760
Speaker 2: the opening the roster, the big league roster for the

246
00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,040
Speaker 2: entire season. Moved him over to second. Obviously, Mookie's at

247
00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,520
Speaker 2: the shortstop position. But what have you seen in terms

248
00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:46,439
Speaker 2: of his development?

249
00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:50,200
Speaker 1: Will? Yeah, I think he's just got to get comfortable

250
00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:51,920
Speaker 1: back up there again. You know, he missed all of

251
00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:57,400
Speaker 1: last year. That's tough. It's tough, you know, not really expecting,

252
00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,840
Speaker 1: not feeling the game, game flow, not really knowing what's

253
00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,880
Speaker 1: gonna happen. How are you gonna feel out there, you know,

254
00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:06,680
Speaker 1: the first time back, just physically and mentally, so for him,

255
00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:08,960
Speaker 1: you know, I think he's just gonna be settling in

256
00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,640
Speaker 1: the first month or two, just getting back to, you know,

257
00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:13,600
Speaker 1: getting his feet wet kind of thing and being comfortable

258
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,679
Speaker 1: out there. But you know, I have no concerns with

259
00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,800
Speaker 1: LuxI out there. He works hard. It's a good player,

260
00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,960
Speaker 1: great player. I think he'll be just fine, and I'm

261
00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,040
Speaker 1: you know, I'm just glad he's healthy and back out

262
00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:24,959
Speaker 1: there with us.

263
00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,400
Speaker 2: Well, do you keep in touch with Kursh at all

264
00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,240
Speaker 2: in terms of his process and his progress and when

265
00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,200
Speaker 2: he might be coming back, just conversations about those things.

266
00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:38,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's He's been around all weekend. I don't know

267
00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,640
Speaker 1: his timeline exactly. You asked herse she's ready to pitch today,

268
00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,320
Speaker 1: So yeah, I don't know. I'm not really in those conversations,

269
00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,360
Speaker 1: but you know that's I can't wait for him to

270
00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,640
Speaker 1: be back, be healthy. You know, it's Clinton Kershall, you know,

271
00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,319
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, just just studs. So you know, I'm

272
00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,160
Speaker 1: looking forward to when he gets back with us.

273
00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,920
Speaker 3: So will to to shift you a little bit here.

274
00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,200
Speaker 3: We know you and Kara have the catching hope, Foundation

275
00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,040
Speaker 3: got to ask you about May eighth. What can you

276
00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,120
Speaker 3: tell us about Will Smith's comedy Night, because we know

277
00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,480
Speaker 3: you're the funniest guy in the clubhouse. Man, what do

278
00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,679
Speaker 3: you look at forward to what came off?

279
00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,079
Speaker 1: I'm not the one giving the jokes, not the one up.

280
00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:23,000
Speaker 1: You know, We've got professionals for that. But yeah, it

281
00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,120
Speaker 1: should uh should be a fun night. You know. I

282
00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,640
Speaker 1: know a lot of the teammates are gonna come, bring

283
00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,200
Speaker 1: their wives, bring a date. You know, we have some good,

284
00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,960
Speaker 1: good lineup of comedians, Seject the entertainer, some other guys.

285
00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,319
Speaker 1: So it should just be a fun night, fun for

286
00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,839
Speaker 1: lasting night. It's all for a good cause for catching hope.

287
00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,560
Speaker 1: You know, we're doing a lot of UH outreach stuff

288
00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,000
Speaker 1: this year in in the LA area, and you know,

289
00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,640
Speaker 1: we hope, we hope to do more in the future,

290
00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,200
Speaker 1: and this is just kind of the first big event

291
00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:51,400
Speaker 1: we're doing and we're excited for it.

292
00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,120
Speaker 2: One guy that is pretty funny, Key k Hernandez was

293
00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,080
Speaker 2: ESPN a micd up on ESPN. Was he given away

294
00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,240
Speaker 2: any secrets? I know the PitchCom stuff was going over

295
00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:02,800
Speaker 2: the to give anything up?

296
00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,719
Speaker 1: H yeah, other than the pitches, uh, you know, I

297
00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,040
Speaker 1: was actually down in the cage kind of getting loose,

298
00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,439
Speaker 1: looking for looking ahead for that game, and yeah we

299
00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,160
Speaker 1: could hear and you know, change up with Stony on

300
00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,320
Speaker 1: the mound. He's a lot of those. But luckily I

301
00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,360
Speaker 1: don't think the Cardinals were catching on soon enough and

302
00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:20,920
Speaker 1: couldn't really there.

303
00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,160
Speaker 3: I mean we knew change up, change up, change up

304
00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,760
Speaker 3: was coming a lot with the stoner there in that nasty,

305
00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,920
Speaker 3: nasty change up. We got a question from the chat

306
00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,480
Speaker 3: from guess make what is your general opinion of the

307
00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,920
Speaker 3: pitch com that's something that that's come along since you've

308
00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,680
Speaker 3: made your debut. How's it kind of helped or hurt

309
00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:38,160
Speaker 3: the job?

310
00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,880
Speaker 1: I think I think it makes it easier. You know,

311
00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,880
Speaker 1: it's pretty direct conversation and they know exactly what pitch

312
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,040
Speaker 1: to throw. I think you lose a little bit of

313
00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:53,240
Speaker 1: the you know, the interpersonal interpersonals with the with the pitcher.

314
00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,880
Speaker 1: You know, I can use a little more body language,

315
00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,080
Speaker 1: I guess with with fingers and you know, get a

316
00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,520
Speaker 1: little more something behind it. You know, in certain situations

317
00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,000
Speaker 1: I guess which the pitch com it's always you know,

318
00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:09,280
Speaker 1: the same fastball voice tone, and you miss out a

319
00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,000
Speaker 1: little bit on that, but it does make it easier.

320
00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,880
Speaker 1: I don't have to worry about getting crossed up as much.

321
00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,720
Speaker 1: Although the other night with Bobby the first to bat,

322
00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,120
Speaker 1: we're using fingers. He saw a slider through the changeup

323
00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,080
Speaker 1: and he's getting a lot of love for a n

324
00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,280
Speaker 1: asked change up, But that was just.

325
00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,120
Speaker 2: Along the same lines. Will what is your opinion with

326
00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,480
Speaker 2: the change in you know, the pitch clock and you

327
00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,840
Speaker 2: know having to get ready faster and deliver the ball faster.

328
00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:36,400
Speaker 2: I mean, you guys have a couple of guys coming

329
00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,000
Speaker 2: back from TJ surgery. Not to say that that's the

330
00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,880
Speaker 2: reason they had TJ surgery obviously, but what's your opinion

331
00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,080
Speaker 2: on recovery time and just kind of speeding up the

332
00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:44,640
Speaker 2: game that way.

333
00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's quick. I'm all for it. I don't know,

334
00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:50,960
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't really know what's going from

335
00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,200
Speaker 1: twenty seconds to eighteen seconds with men on did this year,

336
00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,880
Speaker 1: But you know, I think it's it's more entertaining for

337
00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:00,960
Speaker 1: the fans. It gets the action going. You know, for

338
00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,240
Speaker 1: me personally, it's sometimes a little more stressful because you

339
00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,280
Speaker 1: have to think quicker in big situations. You have to

340
00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,480
Speaker 1: think through things and you don't have as much time

341
00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,480
Speaker 1: to think fully through things. But you know, it just

342
00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,480
Speaker 1: means that it's be prepared, and pitchers gotta be more prepared,

343
00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,280
Speaker 1: and we just got to be just challenge us to

344
00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:17,800
Speaker 1: be a little better when it comes to pitch calling

345
00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,360
Speaker 1: and making the right decisions. So, I don't know, I'm

346
00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,200
Speaker 1: for it. I think it's a good thing just for

347
00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,240
Speaker 1: the entertainment factor and not No one wants to be

348
00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,480
Speaker 1: sitting around watching a guy not getting the box for

349
00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,880
Speaker 1: twenty seconds, or a pitcher take thirty seconds that throw

350
00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,880
Speaker 1: a pitch. Nobody wants to see that. So I think

351
00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:32,640
Speaker 1: it's good for the game.

352
00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, less of this, less of you know, the batting adjustment,

353
00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,240
Speaker 3: no more, would not make it in this league right now.

354
00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,080
Speaker 3: We know that much. A lot of you talk about catching,

355
00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,840
Speaker 3: you talking about putting down the fingers a little bit.

356
00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,360
Speaker 3: You talk about the pitch, Colm, Let's get back to

357
00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,160
Speaker 3: the contract idea. Hey, we're not looking way way down

358
00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,760
Speaker 3: the road. By the way, happy belated birthday. You just

359
00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,160
Speaker 3: turned twenty nine. Ten years is a long way away,

360
00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,680
Speaker 3: and that's a long time for a catcher. Do you

361
00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,600
Speaker 3: see yourself moving off the position at any point? A

362
00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,720
Speaker 3: little Joe Mauer in the future. Are you not even

363
00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,120
Speaker 3: thinking that far yet?

364
00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,480
Speaker 1: No, I'm not even thinking that far yet. Honestly, I

365
00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,760
Speaker 1: feel like I could. I grew up in infielder and stuff,

366
00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,000
Speaker 1: so I feel like I would pick it up easily

367
00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,480
Speaker 1: if I had to. But no, I'm totally focused me

368
00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,880
Speaker 1: in a catcher, you know, being back there every night.

369
00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,960
Speaker 2: All right, first of a three game set with the Giants,

370
00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,320
Speaker 2: of course, a rival that you guys know very well.

371
00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,080
Speaker 2: James Paxinston takes the hill for the Dodgers tonight. Tell

372
00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,399
Speaker 2: me what you've seen from him so far in spring,

373
00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,600
Speaker 2: obviously solidifying a spot in that rotation for you guys,

374
00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,800
Speaker 2: and also conversely the Giants. I mean, this is this

375
00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,880
Speaker 2: is a different look team than it was last year.

376
00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:38,280
Speaker 2: What do you expect from them?

377
00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,600
Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean, firstly, with you know, with Packs, he's

378
00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,280
Speaker 1: he's a good pitcher, he's been around for a while.

379
00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,639
Speaker 1: When he's on, he's he's he's dominant. He's you know,

380
00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,040
Speaker 1: a really tough lefty, really good fastball, spends the ball

381
00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,080
Speaker 1: really well, just goes out and competes and gets guys out.

382
00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,560
Speaker 1: And I faced a few years ago. It's not a

383
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,520
Speaker 1: fun at bat so, I you know, I expect a

384
00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,880
Speaker 1: lot from him. I think we all do. And yeah,

385
00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,399
Speaker 1: as far as the Giants, yeah, a different team. You know,

386
00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,280
Speaker 1: a couple of new guys, position players, a couple of

387
00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,960
Speaker 1: new starting pitchers obviously, so they should be they should

388
00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,960
Speaker 1: be good. They're always you know, it's always a fight

389
00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:19,240
Speaker 1: against them. It's always you know, it's always fun games.

390
00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,680
Speaker 1: Crowds are into it. You know, those are the games

391
00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:23,960
Speaker 1: you want to you want to be a part of.

392
00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,560
Speaker 1: So you know, it should be good. Good three days

393
00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,080
Speaker 1: against them, and uh, it should be fun.

394
00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,000
Speaker 3: Yeah. We mentioned Paxton one of the new starters. Another

395
00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,360
Speaker 3: one of the new starters who is not quite starting

396
00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,880
Speaker 3: this season is Sho. Haven't talked about Atana yet. We're

397
00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,320
Speaker 3: not going to get into all the other stuff, but

398
00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,480
Speaker 3: we're gonna get into the important stuff of this guy

399
00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,679
Speaker 3: just also signed a massive contract. And I know a

400
00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,600
Speaker 3: lot of people like to know where does where does

401
00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,280
Speaker 3: Otani take the team? I know it's early in the season,

402
00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,959
Speaker 3: but where's he buying dinner for folks out there? That's

403
00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:53,960
Speaker 3: what That's what, That's what.

404
00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:54,320
Speaker 1: I know.

405
00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:55,879
Speaker 3: Our producers really wanted out.

406
00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,440
Speaker 1: They want to know. Not yet, we haven't. We haven't

407
00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,280
Speaker 1: really had a road trip yet. We had Korea, but yeah,

408
00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,719
Speaker 1: I don't know our first road weekend this this coming weekend.

409
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,960
Speaker 1: So yeah, I don't know about all of that. But yeah,

410
00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,800
Speaker 1: he's he's he's uh, you know, he's one of the

411
00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,960
Speaker 1: he's the probably the best player in the game. And yeah,

412
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,720
Speaker 1: this year he's not pitching. He's on the mound, but

413
00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,080
Speaker 1: you know next year he'll be back out there. But

414
00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,439
Speaker 1: you know, this is bad. He can he can go

415
00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,159
Speaker 1: deep anytime. He's you know, he's never gonna really slump,

416
00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,560
Speaker 1: just because of how fast he is knock on wood.

417
00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,000
Speaker 1: But he's just he's such a dynamic player. This this

418
00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,399
Speaker 1: talent and the power and the speed and all that

419
00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,399
Speaker 1: together is is incredible. It's fun to be a part of.

420
00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,639
Speaker 1: It's fun to watch him work, you know, in the

421
00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:42,280
Speaker 1: cage and all that. So he definitely, he definitely makes

422
00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,119
Speaker 1: us a better team. He's fun to be, fun to

423
00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,320
Speaker 1: be around and fun to play with, and you know

424
00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,880
Speaker 1: he'll he's definitely gonna help us win the ball games.

425
00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,479
Speaker 2: Well, I don't know if you saw the play between

426
00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,800
Speaker 2: Reeese Hoskins sliding into Jeff McNeil. Of course, when the

427
00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,800
Speaker 2: Brewers and the Mets were going at it over the

428
00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:00,959
Speaker 2: course of the weekend. Did you see the play and

429
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,080
Speaker 2: what's your opinion on it?

430
00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, I saw it. I don't know. I feel like

431
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,520
Speaker 1: five years ago this wouldn't have been a conversation at all,

432
00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,760
Speaker 1: because that was pretty much try to take a second

433
00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:16,199
Speaker 1: basement out and they're kind of turned two. Yeah, I

434
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,960
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't have much opinion on it. It

435
00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,439
Speaker 1: was just kind of it just seemed like a baseball

436
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:21,840
Speaker 1: play to me.

437
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:24,639
Speaker 2: That's what I thought too. I thought it was a

438
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:30,160
Speaker 2: clean slid, pretty baseball play. Chase Utley, Allah, Chase Utley.

439
00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,520
Speaker 2: Will Smith is always a pleasure to talk to you again.

440
00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:37,359
Speaker 2: Congratulations on a well earned contract Dodger for a foreseeable future.

441
00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,359
Speaker 2: We appreciate you taking the time to be with Clint

442
00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,120
Speaker 2: and myself here on Dodger's territory.

443
00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,479
Speaker 1: You'd be well, yeah, appreciate it, guys. Thank you all right.

444
00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,840
Speaker 2: Always great to have players on the program, Clint, and

445
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,200
Speaker 2: you know, Will Smith is a guy that is incredibly

446
00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,680
Speaker 2: humble and you and I talked about this when we

447
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,480
Speaker 2: were on the air the last time together. But he

448
00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,160
Speaker 2: does remind me a lot of Buster Posey, a guy

449
00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,919
Speaker 2: that doesn't say a ton, but doesn't need two, just

450
00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,160
Speaker 2: because of what he does for you behind the plate,

451
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,239
Speaker 2: the way he manages the staff, and what he can

452
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,640
Speaker 2: do for you offensively as well.

453
00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, and the thing I love there, he says, Look,

454
00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,560
Speaker 3: I'm not thinking about down the road. I want to

455
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,840
Speaker 3: be a catcher for the entirety of this ten year deal.

456
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,439
Speaker 3: That that's how important this guy was. That he was handed,

457
00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,840
Speaker 3: like we said last week, handed the longest extension ever

458
00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,560
Speaker 3: for a Dodger player drafted by the team. They think

459
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,080
Speaker 3: very highly of this guy. They think of highly of

460
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:33,320
Speaker 3: his ability to manage the team, manage the pitching staff,

461
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,800
Speaker 3: call a game, and love having that dude around and

462
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,320
Speaker 3: appreciate him being our first player guests on here on

463
00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:42,280
Speaker 3: Dodger's Territory.

464
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's great to have him. Always love having guests

465
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,760
Speaker 2: on the show. We always appreciate them taking the time. Again,

466
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 2: it's a big series tonight against the Giants. It's always

467
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,440
Speaker 2: a big series when you play against your in division rival.

468
00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,280
Speaker 2: And of course the history that these two clubs have

469
00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,320
Speaker 2: all right time now for behind the seams, and we

470
00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,280
Speaker 2: talked to Will a little bit about it earlier as

471
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,959
Speaker 2: far as the pitching was concerned, but you have to

472
00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,359
Speaker 2: like what you saw first form Yamamoto. He did not

473
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,000
Speaker 2: have a good outing obviously in Seoul, but he came

474
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,639
Speaker 2: back in front of fans at Dodger Stadium and at

475
00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 2: least gave us a little bit more of what the

476
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,280
Speaker 2: Dodgers were expecting when they signed him to the biggest

477
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:16,639
Speaker 2: contract ever for a pitcher.

478
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, Yama's son really showed up, showed out. I mean,

479
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,080
Speaker 3: he was not quite Bobby Miller going off, but built

480
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,640
Speaker 3: five d's in there. Pitches through a forty five minute

481
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 3: delay between pitches. So really it's like the offenses really

482
00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,440
Speaker 3: went out and took to the opposing team as well

483
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,240
Speaker 3: as they could. But you like to see that him

484
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,399
Speaker 3: going out there. He's kind of lauded. He's praised for

485
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,919
Speaker 3: his ability to stay loose and he's not really a

486
00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,720
Speaker 3: guy who's gonna put on the bulk in the weight room,

487
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,879
Speaker 3: and the fact that he's able to sit there and

488
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,160
Speaker 3: spend forty minutes away go out still throw another clean ending,

489
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,320
Speaker 3: much better debut at Dodger Stadium. As we see Yama

490
00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,920
Speaker 3: on the mound here, he had everything kind of work

491
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,800
Speaker 3: and formed the splitter was disgusting fastball. He's dotting it

492
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,680
Speaker 3: and Will Will can tell that one as well, and

493
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,919
Speaker 3: flipping in the curveball. I think you see why, and

494
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,360
Speaker 3: I think some other teams are seeing why the Dodgers

495
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 3: gave him all of that money for all of those years.

496
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 3: This is an ace, all right.

497
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,880
Speaker 2: Do you think he needs to learn, though, to pitch

498
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 2: a little bit more, you know, high and tight if

499
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,600
Speaker 2: you will. I think that's one of the things that

500
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,159
Speaker 2: was a knock on him coming in because Japanese pitchers

501
00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 2: don't necessarily do that. But was it more of the

502
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,040
Speaker 2: fact that the Cardinals are a bad offense or that

503
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,480
Speaker 2: Yamamoto was giving you what you needed to see?

504
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,119
Speaker 3: I will stay positive on this. I'm gonna say it

505
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,879
Speaker 3: was Yama giving us what we needed to see. But

506
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,479
Speaker 3: then you see everybody else in the starting rotation kind of,

507
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 3: you know, taking taking the Cardinals to school a little bit.

508
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,920
Speaker 3: It's a young team. We know it's a young team,

509
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,680
Speaker 3: but also this is a pretty damn good starting staff.

510
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 3: I would say maybe we had some moments in the

511
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,640
Speaker 3: offseason Dodgers fans of overreacting or worrying a little bit

512
00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,160
Speaker 3: about Yeah, Gavin Stone is your number five guy were

513
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,119
Speaker 3: also worried or relying on Amashan, James Paxton, all of

514
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 3: that kind of stuff hasn't thrown a lot of innings

515
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 3: over the last number of years. But you still have

516
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,439
Speaker 3: somebody like a Yamamoto who can take it to a

517
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,159
Speaker 3: team like the Cardinals. You could probably take it to

518
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,800
Speaker 3: a team like the Yankees with that new look outfield.

519
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,240
Speaker 3: And I think this was more of a show of

520
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 3: the pitching is as good as we kind of hoped

521
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000
Speaker 3: it could be and is only going to be getting better.

522
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,119
Speaker 2: Well, Derek Lewandowski, who does such a tremendous job for

523
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 2: us on all of our social stuff, says that as

524
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,920
Speaker 2: a Yankee fan, Yamamoto would have looked good in pinstripes.

525
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 2: Guess what, Derek, He wanted to pitch with Shohey and

526
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,160
Speaker 2: he wanted to be a Dodger. So tough, tough, my friend,

527
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,199
Speaker 2: Yankees fans, all right, this is Dodgers territory, Derek, not

528
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:46,200
Speaker 2: Yankees territory.

529
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:46,520
Speaker 3: All right.

530
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,880
Speaker 2: Let us talk about Walker Bueller coming back. You heard

531
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,679
Speaker 2: Will Smith say that, you know, if again, if it

532
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 2: was up to Buell or he would have been back,

533
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,959
Speaker 2: you know, two months ago. But he's getting close and

534
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,680
Speaker 2: that is going to be one heck of a guy

535
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 2: coming back into a very good started rotation.

536
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,880
Speaker 3: Yeah that this is a game changing type of dude.

537
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 3: He's my X factor for this team this season. They

538
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 3: will go as far as Walker Buehler will take them,

539
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,639
Speaker 3: because you look at the last few years. Twenty twenty

540
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 3: two they get bounce in the NLDS, twenty three they

541
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,159
Speaker 3: get bouncing the NLDS. Who wasn't there? Walker f and

542
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 3: Buehler have said it before it I'll say it again.

543
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,400
Speaker 3: I know you want to see him with the tight

544
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,080
Speaker 3: pants on. I think the world wants to see him

545
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 3: with the type I don't.

546
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 2: I don't, I don't. I don't know where that came from,

547
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 2: but I don't, especially not especially not this year's type pants.

548
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 2: Would you see right right through it?

549
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:32,600
Speaker 1: No?

550
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:32,879
Speaker 2: No, no, no.

551
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:33,040
Speaker 1: No.

552
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 3: Important thing is we want Walker Buehler back on the

553
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,399
Speaker 3: mount at Dodger Stadium. And he made a big step

554
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,120
Speaker 3: over the weekend making his first rehab start at TRIPAA

555
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,640
Speaker 3: Oklahoma City, hits ninety five point seven on the gun

556
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 3: with the fastball. Everything was kind of working well. I

557
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 3: think he gave up three runs over four innings. But

558
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 3: the important thing is came out of it healthy, came

559
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 3: out of it clean. What do you like about Walker

560
00:25:58,600 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 3: Buehler this weekend.

561
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 2: I love the fact that he's right back where he

562
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,719
Speaker 2: needs to be. I love the fact that look at

563
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 2: his tweet, I fed up, but you know, goes on

564
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,400
Speaker 2: and I mean that's just the Walker Bueler, the competitiveness,

565
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 2: competitiveness that you want to see. You see that type

566
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 2: of competitive fire in the position players. You saw it

567
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,640
Speaker 2: with Max Munsey on that two run, you know, home

568
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 2: run that put them ahead and ended up having them

569
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 2: win the game. I like that fire from our pitchers

570
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,679
Speaker 2: and you don't often see that. You did see it

571
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 2: a little bit with Bobby Miller over the course of

572
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,159
Speaker 2: the weekend, and I know some people were saying, oh

573
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 2: big deal. It was the Saint Louis Cardinals lineup. There's

574
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,399
Speaker 2: two m vps in the Saint Louis Cardinals lineup, so

575
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,239
Speaker 2: it is not as if they're a bad team. I

576
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,919
Speaker 2: just I like seeing the competition and Bobby Miller reminds

577
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 2: me of Walker Bueler. They have a lot of the

578
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 2: same characteristics. So I think you get Butane in there

579
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 2: with Bobby Miller, with Tyler glasnow Yamamoto obviously, you know

580
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,199
Speaker 2: James Paxton tonight. This is a good enough rotation to

581
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,840
Speaker 2: maintain and sustain until you know, Kersh gets back and

582
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,200
Speaker 2: you have you know, this is a team that's built

583
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,080
Speaker 2: to get to October. Now, it remains to be seen

584
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 2: if they'll get past you know, that first round. But

585
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,440
Speaker 2: Bueller had all of his stuff, and as long as

586
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 2: he comes out of this healthy again, you don't necessarily

587
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,760
Speaker 2: know what you're gonna get from a guy that's had

588
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 2: to Tommy Jones, how long is it going to take

589
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 2: for the rest to come off. But I think he's

590
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,160
Speaker 2: in a really, really good spot.

591
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,400
Speaker 3: And one last thing we haven't talked enough about Gavin Stone. Yeah,

592
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,360
Speaker 3: the numbers weren't as pretty. Three runs over over five innings,

593
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 3: but he was nasty. The change up was nasty, even

594
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 3: though the entire world knew it was coming thanks to

595
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 3: the PitchCom and ESPN in game interview. But the numbers

596
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:39,439
Speaker 3: aside the Gavin Stone absolutely crushed it. He had well.

597
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,400
Speaker 3: I think he was hitting ninety seven on the fastball. No,

598
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 3: I'll keep praising the change. My buddy Doug McCain will

599
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 3: say that thing moves more than a military A family

600
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 3: or whatever. I like messing up my guy Doug's jokes

601
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:55,440
Speaker 3: or whatever, but it's.

602
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 2: More than a family that's in the military.

603
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 3: Say, okay, yeah, well, I know I'm gonna get some

604
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 3: crap tonight on my show for me messing up that

605
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,399
Speaker 3: Doug line. But it is what it is. He's very good,

606
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,160
Speaker 3: Bobby Miller, very good punching out eleven and the future

607
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 3: does look pretty damn bright for this Los Angeles Dodgers

608
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:14,959
Speaker 3: starting rotation.

609
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it again. First weekend in in the

610
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,880
Speaker 2: MLB season in twenty twenty four, there were some overreactions.

611
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 2: Everyone's already crowning the Yankees as World Series champions because

612
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 2: they've swept the Astros in Houston. And Jan Soto is

613
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 2: a man among gods there, or got him of men there. See,

614
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 2: I can screw it up too, but a fun it's

615
00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 2: a fun conversation to have, you know. And this is

616
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 2: a Dodgers team that we knew was going to be good.

617
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 2: My question was do they have enough pitching depth? Time

618
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 2: will tell, but it looks good so far. All right,

619
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 2: it is time now for our last licks. All right,

620
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 2: last licks. We are looking for help. My friend Clint

621
00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 2: Pissius with a dog named Roger. Roger was saved out

622
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 2: of the South La shelter in Chesterfield there in Los

623
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 2: Angeles with a cherry eye in both eyes, so you

624
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 2: can take a look at his eyes. Plus he needed

625
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 2: to be neutered. He was rescued or pulled by Josell's

626
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 2: Legacy and Gidrey's Guardian Foundation is handling the neuter and

627
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 2: the surgery for Cherry Ey. So you can see how

628
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 2: his eyes are red there. But we did get the

629
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 2: surgery on Friday as well as his manhood was taken away.

630
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 2: I gotta tell you, but you gotta save the pet population.

631
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 2: He got neutered, which is a good thing. We don't

632
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 2: need any more unwanted litters. So if you care to donate,

633
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 2: go to Gidri'sguardian dot org. Put Roger on your donation

634
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 2: and thank you so much. We always appreciate all the help.

635
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 2: We are a one hundred percent donation based foundation. So

636
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 2: another Dodger dog for you, my friend.

637
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 3: Save the pups out there people.

638
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 2: Well that's gonna do it for us here on Dodgers Territory,

639
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 2: on the Foul Territory platform. On's cleming up on your

640
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 2: show other than the fact that you keep messing up

641
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 2: Doug's lines tonight on All Dodgers.

642
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 3: That's always going to be an easy, easy thing for

643
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 3: me to do. I love screwing up lines because I

644
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,479
Speaker 3: get too excited and I want to get through Tonight.

645
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 3: I will also be having some overreactions. I'm going to

646
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 3: be going live at six before the game. So check

647
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 3: it out All Dodgers with Clint pass Us here on

648
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 3: YouTube if you're watching. We also have a podcast. Hey,

649
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 3: Dodgers Territory has a podcast too, go check it out.

650
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,239
Speaker 3: Subscribe there, guys, leave eighteen star reviews if possible. Those

651
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 3: are things that really do help out all of our

652
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 3: channels and all of these platforms. But yeah, tube in

653
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 3: and let's talk more Dodgers later tonight.

654
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, All Dodgers, six pm Pacific, right before the game.

655
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 2: Dodgers with a three game set against the San Francisco Giants.

656
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 2: We appreciate you being with us here on Dodgers' Territory again.

657
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 2: Check us out, like a subscribe on YouTube anywhere you

658
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 2: get your podcasts, and we will be back on Thursday.

659
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 2: Have a good night,