WEBVTT - What is the Dodgers Master Plan with the Draft and Deadline Coming Up? 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.639 I don't see them as all in for Terek's school 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:05.000 right now. But God forbid any of those four starters, 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:08.160 whether it's Stellar Glass Now and Rehab or you have 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:10.400 a Motoro Tani, anyone goes down that's going to switch 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:11.760 their thinking immediately. 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:25.560 Hey everybody, and welcome to a live, brand new edition 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:28.760 of Dodgers Territory on this Thursday, July ninth. Climt Passy 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:31.560 is Katie Wu Alana Riso with you for the next 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:34.320 at least half an hour. Get your thoughts in in 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:36.440 the chat. We love to hear from you, guys. We 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:38.720 appreciate it a lot. To get to today as we 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:41.160 get ready to have a day off and then start 0:00:41.200 --> 0:00:44.400 the final series of the regular season. Let's get to 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:45.320 the big ticket. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:48.840 Clinton. 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:50.479 I had a little bit of a discussion about this 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:53.200 last night on the postgame show. Katie did as well 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.120 in her article on The Athletic. But talking about taking 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:59.680 two of three from the Rockies wasn't easy, Katie Wu. 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.680 But they did get it done. What do you think 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:07.360 is where I can't talk. What's your opinion on the 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.480 series with the rock Show. 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.440 I think everyone's just kind of glad it's over. That 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:17.040 series felt tough. I think the Rockies played the Dodgers 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.360 pretty competitively, and the Dodgers kind of gone their own 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.640 way at times. But look, we're here on July ninth 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.319 with the fourteen game lead in the NL West. Guys 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:28.760 are tired. We're tired, everyone's tired. They have built this 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:30.480 company lead in the division so that they can have 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.120 series like this. They ended up winning the series overall. 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:34.399 You can't sweep every team. 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:36.800 Was it pretty? It was not. Did they get the 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:37.960 job done at the end of the day. 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.839 They did, and we were due for an extra innings game. 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.160 Our good fortune could only last for so long. For me, 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:46.760 that was the biggest blow was extra innings on Monday. 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:50.000 But like the Dodgers, we prevail the. 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:55.639 First time all season extra in ns and then Dalton 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.000 Rushing with the walk off win on the first extra 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.720 innings game of the season. We'll take that every time. Clint, 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.560 you're watching every game as well. You mentioned it too. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.160 It was interesting the forest innings, four sextra innings on 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:10.760 Monday Tuesday of the lost late Wednesday, just enough to 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.880 beat it. You've said this before. Good time for the 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:15.760 All Star break to happen to this team. 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.600 Yeah, the offense Dodgers as a whole looking a little 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:23.400 bit sluggish. We're seeing some uncharacteristic errors in there, you know, 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.760 bit of I will say brain farts, but kind of 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.760 some brain farts for Miguel Rojas in there. Understandably, it's 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:31.160 a long season and you know he's got a lot 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.760 on his plate right now, a lot, you know, weighing 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:34.919 on his mind. 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:38.600 But not to say there's excuses you make for this team. 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:40.760 But yeah, right now, the guys are tired, the airs 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.119 are piling up, and this break is needed. The offense 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:48.639 down in the month of July seven hundred ops as 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:50.960 a team right now, that's twenty. 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:52.640 First in baseball. Not good. 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:54.760 The slug is now only six homers in July, and 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:56.639 we know that if you want the dub, you got 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:57.000 a slug. 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:57.720 They're not slugging. 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.640 That's third fewest in baseball type for tis third fewest, 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:05.079 three sixty eighth slug is also the seventh worst. And yeah, 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.160 this is a team that's just plainly in need of 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.720 a break, in need of a mental research cer reset. 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.600 Not everybody, surely, not everybody's getting a break. We know 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.320 the Dodgers are well represented in the All Star game. 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.040 Hopefully in the next day or two we hear Justin 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.840 Rableski added to that roster. But this is a team 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.480 that has been grinding. They have been grinding really since 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:27.720 twenty twenty four. You look at we got back to 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:31.160 back World Series runs. You got opening the season in Korea, 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.320 opening the season in Japan, you mixing the WBC in there. 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.920 These boys need a break and these four days are 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:42.440 coming at a great, great time. One more series though, yeah. 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:44.800 One more series. And Katie, what's your opinion of the offense. 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.280 I mean, it is a difficult time and we can 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.520 talk about this more too. I'm interested in your opinion 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:52.160 the two hole. We had the conversation last night with 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.440 you know, Tommy Edmund in the two hole and kind 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:58.080 of just not a ton of production second base rather, no, 0:03:58.160 --> 0:03:59.920 a two hole. We're talking about the two time all over. 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.640 This is my third show of the day. I apologize. 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:05.600 So what are you seeing with the offense up and 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:08.120 down the lineup? Is it just a need for a 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:11.080 break or is it something more nefarious than that? 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.400 Yeah, I'm with Quint, it just per usual. 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.360 I'm team relaxed. Let's calm down. 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.719 But again, we're here in early July, wrapping up the 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:24.360 first half. This team has essentially cruised all so far 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:25.200 this season, and. 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:26.839 Guys are tired. Guys need a break. 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:30.200 I think it is more peculiar than anything that with 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:33.160 all of these accomplished hitters, the Dodgers have had trouble 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:35.839 finding production no matter who they put in the two 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.320 hole I like what we saw from Tommy Edmund there 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:39.880 because you know he's mostly hit left. 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:42.839 He's better though he has a switch hitter. He's been more. 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.000 Neutral since coming off the IL. I don't know how 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:46.920 long that's going to last. Certainly I hope it does 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.120 last a while. But is Tommy Edmund you're certified like 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:53.680 profile two hole hitter. I don't think so. But until 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.240 Kyle Tentker figures it out, I don't think you can 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:59.039 take Mooki out of the queen up spot and Andy 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.839 pat Has does find there. I'm still under the belief 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:05.280 that Andy Poz is best suited later down in the lineup, 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.800 you know, fifth or lower. But given the options the 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:10.880 Dodgers have right now, he's the best option for the 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:14.720 two hole. Hopefully the second half brings better results for 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.080 Kyle Tecker, because that could really fortify the lineup. But hey, 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.240 they've been doing just fine the way that they are. 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.400 If anything, again, not a huge issue because their overall 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.279 production throughout the season has been some of the top 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.320 in the league. It's just something a monitor went into 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:29.240 the second half. We're gonna nitpick this team because they're 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.000 so good. We have nothing else to talk about, So 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.480 let's dissect the two hole. Can they get better in 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:35.000 the second half production in that spot? 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:36.120 And you got you. 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:39.120 Got a massive lead, you know, in this division, like 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.880 you could you could take the the you know, foot 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:43.120 off the gas a little bit. 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:43.520 Alna. 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:47.240 Now I've also not complained, but I've been cautious about, 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.279 you know, flipping that switch or when do you apply 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.920 the pressure again to the paddle. I don't know, I'm 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:56.080 mixing up my analogies here, but I loved this from 0:05:56.440 --> 0:06:01.560 mister Classic in the chat. It's fans, players, coaches, media. 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.040 Everybody needs a little bit of a break. 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.320 Of course, not you guys have got Alana doing every 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.000 show in the world, or at least every show on 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:07.719 the Found network. 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:08.120 Today. 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.680 Both of you guys are going to be at the 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.840 All Star Game working your asses off, but do something fun. 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:17.080 Take time off. Even the media too. That's not what 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:20.400 we're here for. We're here for the grind, baby. But yeah, 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.040 this team go fishing. 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:24.840 I don't think I'm not going to worry about flipping 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:26.960 a switch on July ninth. I need you to flip 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.760 a switch, you know, come October, whatever it is. When 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.240 you host the first round of the DS, you know, 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.680 hopefully it's not too much time off. It's always the 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.920 rest or rest conversation. We have that every single year. 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:41.440 Do you want to just go into it? Do you 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.880 want to have a couple of days off. I'm not 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.480 worried about this team at all right now. Every single 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:48.760 one of those players needs a break because by the 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.039 end of the season, everybody is playing hurt. There's a 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.479 difference between being injured and being hurt. By the end 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.680 of it, everybody will have some ailments. Make the mistake 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.360 about it. So anytime you can get some rest, good 0:06:59.360 --> 0:06:59.760 on them. 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:01.280 Yeah. 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:04.560 One thing, So I had my complaints about Alex call 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.720 last night, and I'll call it a challenge gate, Katie. 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:08.960 What was the pulse there? 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.240 The pulse in the press box there and the Vin 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.640 Scully press box, press booth. How how is media because 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.280 they've kind of you know, passed over it when he 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:22.720 was finally asked about it in the postgame scrum or availability. 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:25.840 I think you got to take the keys away from 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.000 Alex Call a little bit with when it comes to challenging. 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.840 Yeah, you know, he's been one of the Dodgers best 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:33.400 when he's when he's playing in that. 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:35.800 I don't love. 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:37.840 I'm not going to go full e K on this, 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.640 but I don't love the challenge in the first inning. 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:44.760 I certainly don't love back to back pitches because that ended. 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:45.480 Up being a tight ball game. 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.360 You're already up three nothing in the first, but it 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:49.000 was a three to three game real quick after that, 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.480 and you lose all of your challenges remaining. 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:53.080 That changes the ballgame. 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:54.840 And I think in a perfect role, the Dodgers were 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:56.760 hoping for it not to be that close of a ballgame. 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:59.679 But for me, I was a little bit surprised. Maybe 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.000 Dave was just happy to take the series and get 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.680 the heck out of there by kind of the nonchalant 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.880 reaction to his credit. Though again, Alex Call is one 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:12.400 of the better challengers in the Dodgers dugout, but the 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.600 press socks upstairs I hadn't double take. I was like 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.840 did I what's taking so long for the first challenge? 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:20.600 I was like, did I miss a pitch? And Bobby 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:22.240 was like, oh no, this is the second challenge and 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.840 I was like, no, we did not, No, no, he 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:28.600 did not. Also that ends well though it was your 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.440 your not your patented Alex call it bat But we 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:32.200 can move past it. 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:33.120 Just maybe not again. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.599 Some people just need to take Sometimes you have to 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:37.559 take the keys away. 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.280 Okay. I think it's a good point to bring up, 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:42.360 he's not he's. 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.240 In time out. We said that yesterday. 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:48.440 We said that yesterday, corner we challenge, challenge corner time 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.960 out situation for a couple games. You are no longer 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.920 allowed to challenge until the second Tuesday after the All 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:54.920 Star break. We'll just make that. 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:58.400 But it is a good point, ye to note that 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:01.600 he has not He's not playing a lot right now, 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:03.680 so it's harder to get that as much. 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:08.079 As he's seen. Listen, Linda, Linda. 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:09.760 I'm not saying it's okay. 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:14.400 We went our entire lives without having challenges. Oh look, 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:19.720 it's deep. We went our entire lives in baseball. So like, 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:21.520 I don't want I don't want that excuse that. Oh 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:23.560 he doesn't get to play a lot. YadA, YadA, YadA. 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:23.960 I don't care. 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:25.280 Not in the first inning. 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:29.120 If anything, back pitches is crazy, I'm sorry. 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:34.079 If anything, I'm not going that bold and doubling up 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:34.880 on the challenges. 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:35.480 Yeah, that's a. 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:40.520 Friend of the show, lovely dude, but yeah, Holstered, Holster 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.079 it for just the hair there, bud. Hey, guys, we 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:47.120 got plenty, we got plenty more DT coming up. Great 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.760 conversation coming up after the break, But first the boys 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:50.720 over foul Territory. 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:53.360 I want to tell you about this book. 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.600 In summertime, it's cool in the morning, hot during the day, 0:09:56.920 --> 0:10:00.080 cool again at night. 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I saw that at Fenway, Guys. 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.360 A couple of things for fans to watch this weekend. 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.000 Besides the final three games of the first half, the 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.280 MLB Draft that starts on Saturday. The Futures Game is 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.320 on Sunday. The Futures Game is the minor league All 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.959 Star Game. The Dodgers have two representatives top prospects, posts 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:35.080 Away Depaula and Mike Sarota, a couple of guys whose 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:37.480 names were going to start hearing a lot more after 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.960 the All Star break as trade deadline rumors really start 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:41.720 to ramp up, and Clint, I will defer to you 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.319 on this because you're much more well versed and Katie 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.480 is as well, but much more well versed in the 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:49.480 whole farm system, the pipeline, if you will, do you 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:51.560 think we see those guys sooner rather than later? 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:54.439 You can see it again. Like I said, they go 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:57.280 to see the names a whole lot. Mike Sioda is. 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.800 I mean, they're both pretty close. Mike so as somebody who, 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.800 in my opinion, feels closer than de Paula right now. 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:07.760 DePaul is still pretty young, but the bat is playing 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:08.280 right now. 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:09.360 He is. 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:12.520 All of the prospects. It's crazy. 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:15.679 They are on tears right now, I think mostly at 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:16.680 Double A Tulsa. 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.240 So it's the perfect time for them to all get hot. 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:23.880 I am a Depaula fan, but I'm kind of a 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:26.960 Mike Sarota truther. The guy's a guy the Dodgers acquired 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:28.920 for Gavin lux a year ago. 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:30.440 Great under the radar trade. 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:33.080 The type of trades this Dodgers team, this front office 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:36.520 loves to make, trading away guys that maybe don't have 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:39.319 a path to playing time, anymore Gavin Lucks, Matt Baty 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:44.160 or playing time at all, Michael Bush and getting some 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.720 sort of talent down in the minor league level. So 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:50.400 definitely everybody's gonna want to watch the light Tower power 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.880 that hosts way to Paula brings in that Futures games. 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:57.040 But Mike Sarota, that kid looks like he can be 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.719 a complete ballplayer, and I know people are gonna be 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.400 kind of like, what's James Tibbs in this this futures game, 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:06.040 Mike Sirota, I think the the up arrow is a 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.720 little bit higher right now for the long term. 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.280 TIBs got some holes in the swing there. But it's fun. 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.560 You know, I'm not a like massive futures game fan, 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:16.319 but I want to see these dudes. 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:18.600 Yeah, I'll be flying, So I don't think I'm gonna 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:22.480 be able to watch it at that point, but it 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.280 is it is fun to see these guys. I'm really 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.800 more the opportunity just for them. It's timeless. It's you know, 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.080 a reward for them for the season that they have 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.280 had so far, and it is important for people to 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.600 see what might be coming up the pipeline, or to 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:36.920 be honest, like what might serve as a trade piece too, yeah, 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.040 you know, yeah, they might be traded to you might. 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.480 It's it's a huge showcase obviously, not only for what 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.120 these guys do to try to make their way to 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.040 the big leagues, but it's also a showcase for other 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:48.000 teams to see what they can what they can bring 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.920 to the table if in fact they're looking for those 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:53.520 types of you know, players in their organization. 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:55.720 And it is it is a time. So Katie and 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:58.200 I were talking earlier. We also talked about this a 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.640 good amount last week. You know, this is this is 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:06.239 a critical point for this organization, a critical next probably 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.560 three weeks to a month for the front office and 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:13.640 really the next what three to five years for this organization. 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:15.560 You have the Draft on Saturday. 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:17.960 And the draft it's never exciting, and it's even less 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:21.360 exciting when you're the Dodgers because their first pick isn't 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:25.320 until number forty. Overall, you signed a bunch of high 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.720 quality qualifying offer dudes Kyle Tucker and Edwin Diaz. 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:30.920 You don't get a lot of high picks. Still, they 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:32.800 make the most out of their picks. 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:34.720 I don't know, should I just kind of run through 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:36.960 some of the notes here or Katie, you want to 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.480 kind of inform people of where. 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:41.280 The Dodgers are at heading into this draft. I think 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:42.000 it makes sense for you. 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:45.560 Yeah, well you'll just's freak it down. So allegedly it's 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:47.600 an off day. I have zero brain cells today. 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:50.520 So let's The draft is important for the Dodgers for 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.880 two reasons. One, it's a chance to bulk up your 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:55.800 farm system, of course, and two because when you look 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:59.240 around the league, most execs don't start focusing on the 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.160 trade deadline until after the draft. Since they moved it 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.200 from June to the All Star Week, it's kind of 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:08.960 made the trade deadline conversation from the second half like 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:10.880 right out out of the Also, break to the deadline 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:12.200 is really when we start to see this. So the 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.000 Dodgers right now are operating. Okay, we have a really 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.800 small number of picks for the draft. Let's get through 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:19.560 that and go to the deadline. So what can we 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:23.200 expect on Saturday? They again, like Clint said, first pick 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.240 is not until number forty. They don't have a first 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.360 round pick this year thanks to ruining baseball all right, 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.720 so they actually received a ten ten pick penalty on 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.160 their first picks for exceeding the second threshold of the 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:39.280 competitive balance tax, and as Clint mentioned, they forfeited their second, third, fifth, 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.880 and sixth round selections when they assigned Kyle Tucker and 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:47.480 Edwin Diaz, both free agents who had had received qualifying offers. 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:51.480 So over the first ten rounds, the Dodgers have one, two, three, four, five, 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:55.240 six picks, forty one, thirty seven, two twenty six, two 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:57.800 fifty six, two eighty six, and three sixteen. I promise 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.840 you I will only know the fortieth pick. In terms 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:01.960 of just the draft. 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.560 In general, it's a lot of names, It's a lot 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:03.960 going on. 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:07.920 But the Dodgers really need to capitalize on the draft 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.080 because we talk a lot with Andrew Friedman, and he 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.439 says this very often about needing to make sure that 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:17.679 the Dodgers dynastic run isn't just this period, that it 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:19.000 extends to the future core. 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:19.960 And how do you do that. 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.679 You sign players and you develop them within your system. 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:26.520 You cannot you can go out and buy players. 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:29.040 We've seen the Dodgers do this obviously, But the reason 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.040 that they are able to stay so consistently dominant is 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:35.840 because of their homegrown talent, drafting and developing Andrew Gridman 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:37.040 comes from the Tampa Bay Rays. 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:38.080 They are great at this. 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.400 So how do you do that You draft well and 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:45.359 you develop well. For the Dodgers if you're already getting 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:49.199 limited amounts of opportunity to draft, that means you really 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:50.760 need to capitalize. 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:53.000 On your player development system. You see where they are 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:54.879 right now with their prospects. We talked about this earlier 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:56.720 in the show or show earlier. 0:17:57.000 --> 0:18:00.000 I wonder is it possible for the Dodgers to maybe 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.959 we allocate some resources after the draft and bulk up 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:04.760 their farm system via some trades. 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:07.680 Yeah, and this this leads back to what we were 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.120 talking about anyways, before we get that far. 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:14.040 Alana, this field now, I just you. 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.160