WEBVTT - Latest Tarik Skubal Rumors, Will Tigers Trade Their Ace? 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:01.000 Same with Edmund Diaz. 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:03.040 They weren't in the market for him until they were 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:03.880 things changed. 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:05.120 They were like, you know what, we can do this. 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:06.200 Let's go back in. 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:21.680 Thursday show, which means it's the last show of the week, 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:23.360 which means I get to take a little bit of 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:27.000 a break. What's going on, party people? I am clip Asias. 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:30.040 That is Katie Wo. We got some Dodger talk for you. 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:33.160 We're gonna talk a whole bunch of trek Schooble today. 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.040 It feels like it's finally the day Wo that we 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:38.800 just go all in on trek Schooble. Before we get 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.280 into that, I want to tell people sound off in 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.280 the comments. We're gonna take some comments, Q and A 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:47.120 a little bit later in the show. Get your Dodgers thoughts, 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:49.800 all that kind of stuff in the chat. You are 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.400 in New York. The team is about to play a 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:54.640 series with the Mets. We'll talk more about that later. 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.400 Coming off a winning two of three in Philly, let's 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.240 talk about that for a second. Would you like would 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:02.160 you hate? I don't think there's much to hate really 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:02.960 about that series. 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:04.839 Not a lot to hate. 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.080 They went four and two against the Phillies and the Yankees, 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.000 like automatically, you're taking that. 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.760 But when we throw the pitchers out there that the 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:13.000 Dodgers won four. 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:16.720 Games out of six by throwing Rokie, Emma Chian, Eric 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.200 Flower in a bullpen game in four of those games, 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:22.520 which includes a doubleheader, and they faced Garrett Cole, Camas Schletler, 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:26.280 Zach Wheeler, Christopher Sanchez. I'm taking that every single time. 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:28.480 I liked what we've seen out of Max Munsey. We're 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:30.120 seeing a lot of Max Munsey love so far. To 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.959 kick off the second half, Dalton Rushing snapped a pretty 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:36.160 brutal skim of some encouraging swings last night. All the 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:38.959 Dodgers have to do is keep winning series. It was 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.720 their twenty second series win. I believe. Yeah, good teams 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.520 win good series. That's not exactly smart baseball analysis. 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:46.560 It is just what it is. 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:48.840 So Dodgers took our business. I expect them to do 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.040 the same against the Mets. And then we roll into 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:52.800 the deadline, which. 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:54.760 Right now feels like it's going to be a little boring. 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:56.880 Officially ten days to go. I imagine that. 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:58.880 Changes over the next week as more and more teams 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:01.040 decide if they're going to be buyers are both. 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:04.840 Yeah, Red Sox decided to rattle off fifteen wins in 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.200 a row, like what the hell Jays have been asked, 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.959 the Orioles have been asked like it's it's it's wild 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.840 over there. And then Dodgers. Of course, it's important for 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.480 people to understand, like, yeah, they beat they got to 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:22.000 More importantly, a number of very very good pictures there. 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.120 You mentioned Schlitzler Nola was good at some point, you know, 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.880 Max love you. Max already talked a lot about that. 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:29.400 We don't need to talk too much about the Dodgers. 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:33.120 We need to talk about somebody, the future Dodger, Derek Scopert, 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:34.320 do it, do it right now? 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:35.000 And this is all. 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.600 These are my words when I say that. But we're 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:47.440 getting into it with rumor has it? Rumor has it? 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:47.760 Woo. 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:51.480 You've been busy today, put out a column. I should 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:55.040 probably set this up before I go to the wrong screen. 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:58.880 But you put out a column today. You will Salmon PJ. 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:03.960 Mooney talking about Trek's schoobl industry inside as you talk 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.480 to a bunch of executives where they think he's going, 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:07.880 whether or not he's going to be traded, all that 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:09.480 kind of stuff. What can you tell us about your 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:09.840 work here? 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:11.960 Yeah, this is to me. 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.359 I love doing stories like this because every exec has 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.960 a different opinion and almost everything, but especially when it 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.400 comes to School and the biggest different opinion was should 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.600 the Tigers trade him or should they not? And when 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:26.000 we look at where the Tigers are right now in 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.800 the AL Central, they are forty eight fifty four, not great, 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:31.960 six and a half out of the division, only four 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.079 and a half out of the wildcard. Still, with how 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.160 random the wildcard can be in almost every scenario, this 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:39.040 would usually dictate a soft. 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.160 Cell in my opinion for the Tigers or ready team. 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.440 But you have to factor in the ALE Central, you 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.680 have to factor in the American League overall, and you 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.880 have to factor in that the Tigers might not want 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:51.840 to trade School if they think that they're a week away. 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:53.840 From being right back into contention, and they might be. 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.200 So that was the biggest debate when we talked to 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.040 execs around the league was should they trade him? 0:03:58.040 --> 0:03:58.560 Should they not? 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.440 And if the Tigers do side to trade Schoogle, well, 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:02.520 it's no surprise. 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.720 That the Dog or the Dodgers are the industry favorite. 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.680 Now we've gone back and forth Clint on if the 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.520 Dodgers actually need him. We've reported I heard the Athletic 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:11.800 that the Dodgers would prefer to have a much more 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:13.760 calm deadline. They're not really looking to make a big 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.480 blockbuster splash unless they have to. It all comes down 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.719 to the health of show. Hey of Snell of Glass. Now, 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:21.880 longtime listeners, you know the drill. We've talked about it 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:23.960 for the last three weeks or so. But when we 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:25.880 were looking at the tears, Clint, I'm interested to see 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:26.640 your thoughts here. 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:28.159 There were a couple of surprisers. 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.760 It wasn't surprising that the Dodgers were the industry favorite, 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:32.760 and we'll touch into all the Dodgers'. 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:33.640 Schooble stuff later in the show. 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.960 But seeing the Rays as a dark horse, seeing the 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:40.599 Brewers as the small market pick, those surprise me too. 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:43.200 I still think as we sit here on July twenty third, 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.760 the Tigers keep schooble, but certainly it's going to be 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.560 the name everyone's watching in the industry until August third. 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.520 Yeah, I know, Dodgers, like you said, they are the favorites. 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:54.200 We've been talking about this for a while. We know 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.039 the Dodgers have the tools, they have, the talent to 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:01.040 acquire somebody like Trek Scoogle. You all have a need 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.880 at the top of the rotation, even with the talent 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.080 that this team has. But yeah, this is where you know, 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:09.520 it gets fun, It gets interesting because you you could 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:11.160 sit here, We can sit here and know that all 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.760 those guys could come back, people can be healthy. We've 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.520 talked about it ad nauseum over the last few weeks 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:19.520 and all that. How about the different angle, it's the 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:23.039 will he be traded? Will the Tigers actually look to 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:26.120 move him? You mentioned they're in the mix. It's not 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.839 a pretty scenario, I think on Fair Territory this morning. 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.279 This morning they mentioned they have like a thirty percent 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:35.720 chance of making the postseason. They're in the mix. The 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:38.480 Tigers are in the mix. Here. It feels like it 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:42.040 would also be a really hard sell for that fan base, 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:44.880 you know, like maybe it's not up to the Dodgers. 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.080 It's almost always up to the Dodgers, right. I say 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.359 this with all the respect to Andrew Freeman. It's the 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.080 Dodgers world. They're just living in it. If the Dodgers 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.640 want somebody, they're gonna go get that person, and they're 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.719 gonna do it on their terms. They weren't really in 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.440 the market for Kyle Tucker until they were, and then 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.480 they signed him on a deal that was much shorter 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.719 than two other deals he got from the Blue Jays 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:07.760 and the Mets. Same with Edmund Diaz, they weren't in 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.320 the market for him until they were. Things changed. They 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:11.920 were like, you know what, we can do this, Let's 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.680 go back in. That's why these execs across the industry 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.360 are still connecting Schooble to the Dodgers, even though it's 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.480 been pretty clear on the Dodgers' end that they view 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:23.760 themselves as honestly sellers, which sounds weird to say a 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:27.160 team buying for their third straight World Series championship shouldn't 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.039 be selling at the deadline, But when you look at 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.560 what they're trying to do with their roster, their prospect depth, 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.719 I can see it. But because they have the ability 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.720 to just hop in and say, you know what, actually 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.120 does this is something that we want, we change our mind. 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.280 We have the prospect capital to do it, we have 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.560 no financial restrictions, and we're the Dodgers. That's why you 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.040 keep seeing people tied in to the organization and the player. 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.320 But ultimately it comes down to if they need him 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:55.000 and then more importantly, if the Tigers want to trade him. 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:57.400 And I'm with you, Clint, it's a really hard sell 0:06:57.520 --> 0:06:59.600 to that Tigers fan base. Let's look at what they 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.320 did over the offseason. They started with extending the q 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:04.920 O to labor tours. That's a twenty million dollar qualifying 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:06.760 offer that puts them in a different tier when it 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.560 comes to their opening day payroll. Right then they go 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.080 out and they signed from Bribaldez to a three year 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.480 I believe one hundred and fifteen million dollar contract to 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.480 be the two behind Schooble. Those two moves right there 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.720 do not signify a team or a front office that 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.560 is looking to sell if things get a little you know, 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:24.640 it's not like they were ten games out right now, 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:26.600 they're four and a half out of the playoff spot. 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.640 They brought Justin Berlander back. I know it hasn't gone 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.680 exactly according to plan for the final you know, reunion Tour, 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:35.920 but these are all moves they made to tell their 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.040 fan base, we are going to compete in this division. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:39.360 This is our guy in Schooble. 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:41.920 It's unlikely the Tigers bring him back in free agency 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:42.880 or can even afford to. 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:45.120 So they're going to go all in. At least that 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:46.800 was the message that they put out in the winter. 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.640 Now they had a really rough startup middle of the 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.640 first half, but they're one week away, one heater away. 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:54.640 As one exec said, from being right back in it, 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.040 we saw the ale Central last year, and as we 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.320 saw with the Guardians, it's very possible in this division 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:01.760 to do that and flip it down the stretch. This 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.840 feels like the Tiger's last window and trading Schoogle when 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:08.440 you're technically still competing right now is a really tough 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.440 look for this team, for Scott Harris, who again they 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:12.520 were the favorites. 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:12.960 To win the division. 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:15.960 But you also on the flip side, have to say, Okay, 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:17.720 if we're not going to bring if we're not going 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:19.800 to sign school back, if we're gonna let them walk 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:23.080 in free agency, can we capitalize on anything. I'm in 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.400 the firm believer they should keep them, but we'll see. 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.440 It's really going to depend on the Tigers, especially how 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:29.840 they play over the next seven days. 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.120 Yeah, it's a difficult conversation. You know, if I'm putting myself, 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.960 you know, putting my Tiger's hat on here. Yeah, you 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.240 have the fan base angle of it, for sure, but 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.800 you also have the fact, like you mentioned, maybe it's 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:44.120 a hard resign in the off season. You don't know 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:47.000 if Trek Scoogle even wants to be there beyond this year. 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.640 Of course, they had the debacle a little bit. I'm 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.680 gonna call it a debacle, the fact that they took 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.520 their two time cy Young Award winner two arbitration to 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:59.360 a hearing that was not exactly you know, pretty it was. 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.280 It was a little bit of a public bumbling there. 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:06.360 I don't think he's very active in wanting to be there, 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.320 is very open to wanting to be back with the Tigers. Obviously, 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:14.240 right now everything is focused on him, you know, being 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.679 the ace of this team, leading them to a postseason 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.280 birth if all goes well. But you know, I'm pretty 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:20.720 sure there's gonna be a lot of teams lined up 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:23.559 with a lot of money and don't have the kind 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:27.200 of baggage that come with the Tigers side of it, 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.120 you know. Beyond that, I kind of lost my train 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.560 of thought there locked in for justice this morning. Sorry, 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.680 it has been a hell of a morning so far. 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:40.120 But yeah, you know, let's let's focus on the Dodger 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:44.040 side of it. They have you always have a need, 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.640 don't necessarily, I guess you have a want. You don't 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:51.600 have a need. But getting back to it, Ken, Ken 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.679 Rothal and Will Salmon, who you penned your column with 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:59.080 talking about a little bit yesterday the what the Tigers 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:04.160 are looking for in terms of controllable pitching. Em It 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:08.000 Shean was a name that was mentioned in there. I 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:10.679 mean me trading she and I'm kind of okay and 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:14.600 moving Shean if you are getting somebody that just brings 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:18.959 the top of that rotation to a different level there. 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:22.240 But yeah, what are your thoughts about this this kind 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.200 of column here? And I'll work on locking myself back in. 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.000 Look, it's an off day. We're just trying to survive. 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:29.960 I'm on like day eleven on the road. I'm surprised 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:31.200 I even made it back to New York. 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:32.040 So it's okay. 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:35.200 Everyone just grant Clint a little bit of peace in 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:39.440 the comments. Let's talk a little bit about controllable pitching, right, 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.200 because this is not just a Tiger's Dodger or specific need. 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:44.600 Any team that's selling and looking to capitalize at the 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:48.120 trade deadline is looking to capitalize on starting pitching that's 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.280 controllable for multiple years. Because what is the hardest to 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.560 acquire at the deadline or to acquire at the off 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.960 season of the deadline, it's starting pitching. What's the hardest 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:59.880 to develop, what's the hardest to sustain, it's all starting pitching. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:01.960 So with that is why we look at the deadline 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:04.840 and we look at top pitching prospects or guys like Emmett, 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:07.760 she and the fours five sixes in a rotation, because 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.680 every selling team wants to capitalize on the premium that 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.719 is starting pitching. So certainly the Dodgers don't kind of 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.920 trade Justin Rabuski at me at any point in the 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.600 season because of what he's done. If there's one name 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.000 right now that the Dodgers could part with and you 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:22.920 can make the argument they don't need him down the stretch, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:23.840 it's Shean. 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.160 But I do think that there's there's more to in 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:26.960 lock with Emmett there. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:28.800 I know it's then a frustrating season to this point 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.680 because it's just felt like the same start over and 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:32.679 over again, and I know he's coming back from a 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.000 significant surgery and you're just not quite sure how Arms 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.400 bounced back from there, so maybe that's why he's been 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.079 voted in this conversation. He is certainly someone the Dodgers 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.600 at this moment in time, when you look at who's 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:44.520 coming back from the eel and who they're projected to have, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.240 makes sense to be in those conversations. But this is 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.640 not just a the Tigers want controllable pitching. This is 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:53.200 something that any any team selling that the deadline is 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:56.080 going to want, the Angels, the Giants, the Rockies, because again, 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.400 it's the hardest thing to develop, it's the hardest thing 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.400 to sustain, and it's always the most expensive to acquire. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.520 Would it make sense for a potential trade for. 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.560 The Dodgers and the Tigers, Yes, I guess, But as 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.240 we've discussed for the whole show and basically the whole month, 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:14.000 there's nothing here that's substantial that says these two teams 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.440 are definite trade partners. They just make a lot of 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.840 sense on paper, but again, so many different things have 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.160 to go in both clubs well, I guess, and Dodgers 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.440 favor and against the Tiger's favor for this to make 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:23.880 a match. 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.560 I mentioned that we've mentioned the free agency a bunch 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.640 one lesser kind of thought. You know a reason the 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:35.760 Dodgers might want to consider being out on schoolble Listen 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:39.640 his agent, Scott Boris. They don't always get along the Dodgers. 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:41.600 In Scott Boris, I don't. Maybe they don't always see 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:43.959 to I. We know bro is going to be out 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.280 there looking for the bag. And the last time I 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:52.000 could think of a Dodger, you know, Scott Boris client, 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.040 that was a Dodger, that was an impending free agent. 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:57.800 You think of Max Scherzer. The Dodgers acquired Max Scherzer 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:01.199 a couple of years ago, twenty twenty one. He was phenomenal. 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.440 He was fantastic, eleven and zero, had an ERA under 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.000 two in the regular season. You get to the postseason, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.600 he you know, he ends up closing out the the 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:13.520 NLDS against the Giants, coming on in relief. Maybe parties 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:15.360 a little bit too much for a thirty six thirty 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.280 seven year old, but the arm doesn't bounce back as well, 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:21.559 and then he's unavailable, much to the chagrin of mini fans. 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:25.200 He is unavailable for a majority of that NLCS against 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:28.560 the eventual World Series champion Atlanta Braves and Freddie Freeman. 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:33.040 Uh Dodgers legend there. Do you think there's any anything 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:36.240 there where there's like some lingering. I don't know, Like 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:39.640 I wouldn't call it a resentment, but is that a 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.240 factor where the Dodgers are looking at the Dodgers look 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.960 at all angles and I'm looking at a Scott Boris 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:49.679 client and get I get worried about him, rightfully, so 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:54.400 protecting you know, that left shoulder there that's gonna make 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:57.240 him a lot of money, and maybe not being as 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:00.160 much of a workhorse as somebody with some job secure 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:01.120 in the postseason. 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:04.480 You know, I can't speak on Schuster because I was 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:07.160 in here for that. I do think Schooble, we've seen 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.080 that he is a competitor. He's also about to be 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.520 a free agent and can make life changing money. Scott 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.360 Boris is the most powerful agent in the game for 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.360 a reason. I don't want to ever insinuate that he's 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:20.400 instructing or the Dodgers are instructing anything behind the scenes. 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.800 I think it's just something to be cautious of when 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.840 the Dodgers go into pursuing any deal. Is what's just 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:29.080 going to look like come October, Because again, they're not 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.000 looking for regular season reinforcements, all right, They're not looking 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:34.000 for someone in the rotation to just kind of add 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.880 some length, unless something happens to smell our glass now, 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:38.960 and then we're having a whole different conversation about what 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.240 that looks like. If the Dodgers are going to go 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.240 out and spend big at the deadline, which again they 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.800 don't want to do, They really don't want to do. 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:47.960 But if they are, they're. 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:49.880 Going to go get an arm that impacts their odds 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:52.880 for October to make it better. So if there's any 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:54.520 and I'm not saying this at all about school because 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:56.360 I don't think that's true, but they're not going to 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.400 go into any hesitation with someone. They're like, Okay, he 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.760 might not be ready for October. That's the only thing 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.920 the Dodgers are trading for. Does this person make our 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:06.840 team better in October. They're not chasing the regular season 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.720 record win total. All they're chasing is the first round 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:13.000 by and making sure that when playoffs start on October, 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.560 first second, whatever it is, they're at full strength and 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:19.120 any potential acquisition they made in August made them better 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.600 for October, not the eight weeks leading up to it. 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.840 The good thing. Also, if the Dodgers do, let's say, 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.560 acquire Derek Scoople and there is a concern that I 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:31.000 just laid out there where maybe he's not quite available, 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.160 they don't need him to, you know, in the way 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.320 that they needed Max Scherzer and Walker Buehler in that 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:39.200 twenty twenty one postseason Julio odious and all. That they 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.680 have more talent, more depth, they are better equipped to 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.480 hopefully will knock on Wood here to have four guys 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.520 be ready to go, and he just be the you know, 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.360 if all goes well game one starter, maybe he's starting 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:54.120 two games in the series and you know, picks up 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.520 on game two or game three in the World Series. Again, 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.080 this is this is this is the only this is like, 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.960 this is such a Dodger problem. Only the Dodgers have 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.440 these kind of problems where it's like, uh, should we 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.440 go out there and just go get another ace when 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:10.280 you know they have some guys. 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.600 Yeah, four already. Yeah, But this is like the reality 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:13.360 of where we are right. 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.440 We have to create hypothetical situations here because we don't 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.120 even know what the trademarket looks like. 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.000 And I'm looking let me pull up the standings. 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:22.800 There are so many teams right in that little bubble 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:24.920 three or four games above five hundred in the NL, 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.200 right out right at five hundred in the ALE, where 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:29.920 one week of play is going to dictate if they're 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.720 buyers or sellers. And they're most likely going to be 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:36.240 soft buyers and soft sellers because and this is a 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.800 bigger problem for the deadline. Expanded playoffs have made it 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:41.920 so if you are a eighty five, eighty six, eighty 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:45.160 seven win team and you sneak in that six spot, all. 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:45.680 Bets are off. 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.120 I've covered a Cardinals team that looks really really strong 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.080 to get balanced by two games at the six seed 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:52.360 in Philly. The Dodgers had their fair share, you know, 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:54.720 they come out on top a lot of controversy based 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.080 on just seating in general. It's why they're looking for 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.320 the buy. Even now they've won back to back titles 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:00.720 and they're like this is or and for the buy. 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:03.680 So each team is playing for something different. These middle 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.040 teams are just playing to get in. So for the 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.679 next seven days again, this trade deadline is on August 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:11.160 third of Monday, which is weird six pm Eastern three 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:16.080 pm Pacific. Map of Heart so much it can happen 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.800 within the next ten days. That's going to dictate who 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:21.679 is even available on the market, who's not. Our team's 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:23.480 going to do a bunch of this or a bunch 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.640 of that and then combine it together, and we're all 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.080 just kind of talking in circles. It's maddening. It's maddening 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:30.360 to be a reporter right now. But fans want answers, 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:33.399 and they deserve answers. They're just not available yet because 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:35.399 execs don't even know what's going on. I had a 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:37.720 conversation with the exec the other week in New York 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:39.679 and he's just like, Yeah, we're all just checking in 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:41.880 and saying the same things to each other every single day. 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.560 That's kind of what my life has felt like the 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:48.000 last two weeks. I would say around this time, maybe 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:50.160 a week from now, when we do our Thursday show, 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.240 we're having a completely different discussion because we're just going 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:53.280 to simply know more. 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.520