1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: I mean the numbers that he's putting up, Clint, they 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: are video game numbers, and you might even say that 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,079 Speaker 1: he is a kind of a front runner in the 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: MVP race. 5 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 2: So hello everybody, and welcome to this Thursday live edition 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: of Dodgers Territory. 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: We are your hosts. I'm Alana Rizzo. That is Clint 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: to Cus. We are always happy to have you here 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: on Dodgers' Territory. It's great to be back on this Thursday. 10 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: Always a lot to talk about. First week of the 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: season is in the books, Clint, and I am running 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: out of adjectives to describe what Mooki Bets is doing 13 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: at the plate. 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's pretty good at baseball. Huh. It's definitely hard 15 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 3: to come up with new and exciting words when we're 16 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 3: talking about Mooki Bets. But how about maybe twenty twenty 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 3: four National League MVP. 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 4: You know, you're not that far off. 19 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: I mean, he's having an MVP type of season, albeit 20 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: a small sample size, but I think he might be 21 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: well on his way to his second MVP. Remember the 22 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen season was the first time he had it. 23 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: He could very well get it again. I mean the 24 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: numbers that he's putting up Clint. They are video game numbers, 25 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: and you might even say that he is a kind 26 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: of a front runner in the MVP race. If you 27 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: take a look at the odds brought to you by 28 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: Bett MGM, we love those guys. Look at where Mooki 29 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: Betts sits. He's not that far off as far as 30 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: the pace is concerned for these MVP odds. I want 31 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: to get to this really quick. Look at Ronald Acunya 32 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: Junior at plus four fifty, but Mooki Betts is right 33 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 1: there at plus five hundred's. 34 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 3: That's pretty damn good. I will say that that's coming 35 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 3: from sources. Mooki right there learning a new position on 36 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 3: the fly. The bat is on fire. I don't know 37 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 3: if he's upset about the National League Division Series Dodgers 38 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 3: getting swept him essentially going oh for the series and 39 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 3: not essentially he did go oh for the series, or 40 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 3: if he's just so happy playing shortstop, playing in a 41 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 3: new position, and everything else is coming together. He's not 42 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 3: worried about the bat. He's worried about something else and 43 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 3: the bats just as Dave Roberts said, he's having fun 44 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: and Dodgers fans are having fun watching this dude go off. 45 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: And again you look at the top three in the 46 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: Dodgers order with Mookie Betts of course, show Heyo Tani, 47 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman. He's gonna get pitches to hit because you're 48 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: not going to want to walk him to get to 49 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: show Hey. You're not gonna want to walk show Hey 50 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: to get to Freddy. I mean, that's such great protection 51 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: in the lineup for all of these guys that he's 52 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: kind of in a wonderful position there in the leadoff spot. 53 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: And again he may not be the only one on 54 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: this team, Clint that could be in the running for MVP. 55 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're gonna have once again, Freddie Freeman was in 56 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 3: that MVP conversation that last year. Now you add twenty 57 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 3: twenty three American League MVP show Heo Tani to the lineup, 58 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 3: Max Munts, he might get some votes in their taskar 59 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: Nandaz might get some votes in their health throwing some 60 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 3: Yoshinobu Yamamoto. If he do the things you kind of 61 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 3: hope and expect out of him, you do wonder is 62 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 3: the in house the in house guy's going to take 63 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 3: away some of those votes from MOOKI Bets. Personally, I 64 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 3: don't think so. Matt Olsen didn't take away very many 65 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 3: votes from Ronald Acunya Junior last year as he won 66 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 3: at the National League. But that's my thought, what do 67 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: you think. 68 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 4: I think you're right. 69 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: I do worry a little bit though about the cannibalization 70 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: of guys taking away votes. We know the Freddie Freeman's 71 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: and it can happen in Atlanta too. We saw it 72 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: last year with matt Olsen of course and Ronald Acunya Junior. 73 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: But there is a thought perhaps that Freddy Freeman or 74 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: sho Hee Otani or whatever could take votes away from 75 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: Mooki Betts. But the way that Mooki has started this season, 76 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,119 Speaker 1: I mean, look at the numbers. Already nine for forty two, 77 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: he's hitting four eighty five with an on base of 78 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: five ninety five. 79 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 4: I mean, that's those are just stupid numbers. 80 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: So if he I granted he's on pace for one 81 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: hundred and one home runs, I don't think he's going 82 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: to get there. But right now he has five in 83 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: his first nine games. I mean that's insanity right there. 84 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: So whatever he's doing, it's working. And I'm even throwing 85 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: out the two games that they played in Soeul because 86 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: of all of the you know, they split the series, 87 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: but you know the difference in schedule and routine and 88 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: all of those things. But Mooki bets is on some 89 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: kind of terear. And how this man, Clint Pissius was 90 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: not voted the National League Player of the Week is 91 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: beyond me. No disrespect to Lude des Gouriel of the Diamondbacks, 92 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: but come on, man. 93 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 3: You know I will give gury I mean, gary El 94 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 3: had an insane week himself. Two show of Mookie's games 95 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 3: were a week before in Korea, so maybe you give 96 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 3: it a little wash there this one. I won't be 97 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 3: a homer on, but uh, Mooki will get some love 98 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 3: down the road. I don't think this is going to 99 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 3: be the only opportunity Muki has to win a National 100 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 3: League Player of the Week. Back on the MVP thing 101 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: real quick, I just want to throw this out here. 102 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 3: I feel very confident in saying that the National League 103 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 3: MVP winner will either be a Dodger or a Brave 104 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 3: this year. I want somebody to hold me to that 105 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 3: at the end of the season if it ends up 106 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 3: being some rando dude. But you feel pretty good in 107 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 3: saying that, Oh yeah. 108 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 4: You're looking at the board that we I saw there. 109 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: As far as the MVP are from bet MGM and 110 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: the only other person on the list that wasn't a 111 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: Dodger or a Brave was Fernando. 112 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 4: To Tis Junior. 113 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: And I don't think that's going to go to him 114 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: because I find it very hard to give a MVP 115 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: award to a player that's on a team that's not 116 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: even in the postseason. 117 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 4: And I don't think the Potters make the postseason. 118 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 3: I agree, I agree that Potters don't make it. Well, 119 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 3: hold on slowing it down here. There's a lot to 120 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 3: talk about him. Very this is an exciting day for 121 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 3: baseball and it's the first off day for the Dodgers. 122 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 3: I'm excited to see a road trip for this Dodgers 123 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 3: team going to Chicago. But gives a hat tip a 124 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 3: little bit. You missed one. Bryce Harper was on that list. 125 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: With Harper on there for Phillies, my bad. I love 126 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: Harper too, Dang, how did I miss him? 127 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 3: I loved him, you know what, Maybe I love his 128 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 3: blind I don't know. But still, it's going to be 129 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 3: a Dodger. It's going to be a brave getting your 130 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 3: MVP votes, and let's talk about the other potential Dodger 131 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 3: MVP Show Hey o Tani finally got off the schneid, 132 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 3: if you want to call it that. 133 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: Well, you said the other day that he better start 134 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: earning his two MILLI. We understand he's a seven hundred 135 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: million dollar man, but all of the deferrals a very 136 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: contract for our player friend rather team friendly contract for 137 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: show Hey Otani, because he's getting seven undred million rolling 138 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: two million until I don't know what twenty sixty five 139 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: or whatever the heck it is that they deferred the 140 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: contract to. But Dave Roberts had a conversation with show 141 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: Hey kind of pulled him into his office and said, 142 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: hey man, your show Hey Otani, you can do this. 143 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 4: I mean, I'm paraphrasing here. 144 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: I wasn't in the room, but Dave basically said, listen, 145 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: just relax, just be yourself. It's going to come to you. 146 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: And sure enough it did, and that's got to feel good. 147 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: There's got to be a sense of relief there. We 148 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: knew what was going to happen. It's good to get 149 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: that one out. 150 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 4: Of the way. 151 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 3: He gave him the old Genie from Aladdin. He said, 152 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 3: just be yourself and at work show. Hey is very 153 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 3: very much looking to get that one, you know, on 154 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 3: get that first homer in Dodger blue on the books. 155 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 3: Of course, both of us wearing Dodger blue today. To 156 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 3: make it right, we see Chris Frosaker saying the Otani 157 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 3: effect is in effect. I'm I'm so damn happy that 158 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 3: he was able to get it in front of Dodgers 159 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 3: fans before they go on this mini road trip. Dodgers 160 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 3: fans excited. Somebody got that baseball, and fans are I mean, 161 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 3: it seems to be a little mixed on whether or 162 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 3: not people wanted that fan to get more for what 163 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 3: for such an important homer. What do you think about 164 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 3: the situation there with the fan only asking for what? 165 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 3: Was it? Two caps a bat and I don't know 166 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 3: if he's a signed ball, do you get more? 167 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: Well, I would think that it would be an autograph baseball. 168 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: Here's my take on fans that catch home run balls 169 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: or significant milestone balls in the crowd. I do not 170 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: think that you should be allowed to hold an item hostage, 171 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: a ball, hostage, a bad hostage, whatever, hold it for 172 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: ransom and ask for the moon I do, however, give 173 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: this particular fan a whole heck of a lot of 174 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: credit because he or she could have gotten a lot 175 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: more than they did two baseball caps, a bat and 176 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: a ball, even if it was signed by show Hey 177 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: o Tani. I just think they could have gotten a 178 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: lot more. But I give them credit for not asking 179 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: for it. What bothers me more than anything is there's 180 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: a milestone hit, five hundred home run or you know, 181 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: your fifteen hundredth hit or whatever it is in your career, 182 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: and the fan is asking for your firstborn child, a 183 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: car plasma. I mean, all of these things. It's like, 184 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: that's not your right. You know how difficult it is 185 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: to do what these guys do. You can get something, 186 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: but be fair, don't be a jerk about it. And 187 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: I think this fan did the right thing. 188 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 3: Listen, Ashley Kelly, Joe Kelly's wife got a whole ass 189 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 3: Porsche forgiving it. 190 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: Because if you look behind you and you see Joe 191 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: Kelly bobblehead wear a number seventeen in your little box 192 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: behind you, that's why. Because he had to give up 193 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: a whole number, not just you know, and how and 194 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: how she got a Porsche. 195 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 4: My goodness, God bless her. 196 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: So yes, this fan didn't get Yeah, Craig Osterberg has 197 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: a great point. Some tickets, that's cool, why not, but 198 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: do it in like the Lexus dugout Club, not just 199 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: some random tickets. Like as far as you can get 200 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: Lexus dugout Club seats, that's what that fan should have gotten. 201 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 3: I want a whole day hold Dodgers experience out of it, 202 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 3: maybe even if they really want to break the bank 203 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 3: throwing a few mitchellattas, maybe some Dodgers dogs. There are 204 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 3: Dodger dogs there. That's when you're really going to start 205 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 3: to add up. As we get Chris saying I would 206 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 3: have asked for a game used jersey. Jersey would have 207 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 3: been a nice addition there as well. 208 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 4: But you know it's crazy. 209 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: The players don't even get to keep their jerseys. So 210 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: if they want to have a jersey for I know 211 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: this because Jock Peterson wanted to give his father in 212 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: law a jersey, they had to buy it, like they don't. 213 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: The players don't just get to take, you know, bring 214 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: their jerseys home and stuff. 215 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 4: So that would have been a good one. End of car. Yeah, 216 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 4: one eyed Dragon says and a. 217 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: Car I get it I'm going to I'm going higher 218 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: than a poor So if I'm gonna get a if 219 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to go for it, I'm gonna go for 220 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: it like I want, like a Bentley or something. 221 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 3: Maybe, you know, maybe you have to give up your number. 222 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 3: I guess I don't know how to do that, but 223 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 3: I'm not. I'm not settling for just you know, signed 224 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 3: ball and all that. I don't know what else I 225 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 3: can get. I don't want to feel like a dick 226 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 3: about it, but just felt it. You can get a 227 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 3: little bit more. I like the idea of the dugout club. 228 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 3: That's good. A couple of games there. 229 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 4: Bring Have you eaten down there? 230 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 3: I have, but not for a game. 231 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: It is fan flippin' tastic, fantastic. The Dodgers do it 232 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: right by the way, and they actually have a drink 233 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,359 Speaker 1: at the bar called a Rizzorita. Go ask the bartender 234 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: Brad for a Rizzarita. I promise you you will not 235 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: be disappointed. You know what we're talking show Heyo Tany 236 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: finally getting his first home run. Obviously, the top of 237 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: the order has been tremendous, led by Mookie Betts, But 238 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: what about the fact that the Dodgers are so successful 239 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: so far, what are they seven and two so far 240 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: on this year and the entire offense Clint hasn't even 241 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: gotten going. The rest of the order is so we're 242 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: still kind of waiting for them to get going. 243 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a top of the lineup, that's absolutely 244 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 3: I mean, it's doing exactly what you expected them to do, 245 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 3: even a show hey not doing not tearing the cover 246 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 3: off of the baseball yet. Freddie Freeman, the numbers are there, 247 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 3: but he's not even happy with his swing yet. We 248 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 3: know what Mooki's doing. Max Muntzy quietly having a great 249 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 3: start to his season, which is awesome for him. Taskar 250 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 3: Hernandez not putting it all together yet. But the power 251 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 3: the ops is there, but you're still not seeing everybody 252 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 3: firing on all cylinders as we see a record setting 253 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 3: Dodgers here on the screen. The scoring five plus runs 254 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 3: or five runs are more in each of their eight games, 255 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 3: as we said, but you're still not seeing Gavin Lux 256 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 3: really figuring it all out yet. You're not seeing James 257 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 3: Outman figuring it all yet. And then that Trio who's 258 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 3: kind of been the other guy in the outfield, whether 259 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 3: it's Jason Hayward, more on him a little bit later, 260 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 3: Chris Taylor orkeik Heronandez if they start putting it all together. 261 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 3: Is this murderer's row twenty twenty four. 262 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 4: No, I think so. 263 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what you expect when you look at 264 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: the Dodgers' lineup top to bottom. But this was an 265 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: issue last year with the bottom part of the order 266 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 1: not necessarily producing. I mean, James Outman right now had 267 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: a good year last year, but right now he's hitting 268 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: one twenty, he's three for twenty five. And you know 269 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: we'll get in to that a little bit later too. 270 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: But I do think that this is such a dangerous 271 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: lineup that at least if one or two of the 272 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: nine is playing up to their capabilities, this is a 273 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:10,599 Speaker 1: very very. 274 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 4: Difficult team to beat. 275 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: Before I let you go, before we move on, I 276 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: want to ask you before we move on to the 277 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: Rising Sun's show. Heyo Tani, there was a foul ball 278 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: that was caught that went forbid for fifteen thousand dollars. 279 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: It was a foul ball signed by Otani, and this 280 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: person put it on the market for fifteen thousand dollars. 281 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 4: Bill Shake and had this tweet earlier. 282 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: Would you pay fifteen thousand dollars for a fout for 283 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: anything signed by show Heyotani? 284 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 3: Not even slightly. But I'm also not one of those 285 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 3: ballhawk dudes. I don't care about getting I mean, game 286 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 3: homers are fun, catching a foul ball is fun, but 287 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 3: I don't care about signatures and all that. It's not 288 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 3: my cup of tea. Apparently for some it's maybe a 289 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 3: fifteen thousand dollars cup of tea. It's a bit much me. 290 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 3: The pockets are a little dry for a fifteen k ball. 291 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: All right, show Heyo Tani is big news no matter 292 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: where he goes. He's international news. And that brings us 293 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: to our next segment called Rising Suns. And the reason 294 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: being is because of course we have show Heyo Tani 295 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: with the Dodgers. We also have Yamamoto with the Dodgers. 296 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: But it may not be the only Japanese superstar coming 297 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: to the Los Angeles Dodgers, at least that's what Dodgers 298 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: fans hope, Clint, because think about the fact, first of all, 299 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: before we get into that, when when we had the 300 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: Soul Series against the San Diego Potters, the two games 301 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: set there one in four Japanese households watched that series. 302 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 4: That's impressive. A lot of eyes because of. 303 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: What show Heyo Tani and to an extent, what Yamamoto 304 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: are doing as well. 305 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, we we call them the Los Angeles Samurai Dodgers 306 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 3: fans or Dodgers. Yeah, Dodgers fandom is going to be 307 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 3: extending worldwide. We know they're going to get that love 308 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 3: in Japan. I mean, that is an insane amount of 309 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 3: eyes for two baseball games against the Padres. But you 310 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 3: love to see it. You love to see the good 311 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 3: word of Dodger blue getting spread further around the world. 312 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 3: And maybe these these good will trips as much as 313 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 3: they are paying for Dodgers fans in LA at three 314 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 3: am game, maybe these are good for baseball in the 315 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 3: long run. 316 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 2: Well. 317 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: The next big thing apparently coming out of the country 318 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: of Japan is rookie Sasaki And for those that don't 319 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: know too much about him, he's the youngest pitcher to 320 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: ever throw a perfect game in Japan. Now he's only 321 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: twenty two years of age. He has made it very 322 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: clear claimp that he wants to pitch in the major 323 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: league level, but according to Bob Nightingale of USA today, 324 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: A lot of GMS think, of course, we would love 325 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: to have him, but he's obviously going to go to 326 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: the Dodgers. If that is the case, that'd be a 327 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: one hell of a one two three punch. Now he 328 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: is only twenty two. There are some limitations as to 329 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: whether or not he can come here because you have 330 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: if you're younger than twenty five and you don't have 331 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: at least six years of service time, you're subject to 332 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball's International Amateur signing bonus pool. So he 333 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: wants to pitch here, we're not sure when it's gonna be. 334 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: But could you imagine him in a Dodger uniform. 335 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 3: I think a lot of fans already have imagined him 336 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 3: in a Dodger uniform suiting up next season alongside Shoho 337 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 3: Tani and you Shinobu Yamamoto in that starting rotation. That 338 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 3: would be a hell of a site. You can never 339 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 3: have too much starting pitching. We see this every year 340 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 3: a Roki Sasaki. If you want to be a Dodger, 341 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 3: you want to come to MLB, we got you, but 342 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 3: and you're gonna be cheap. We can do another one 343 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 3: of those contracts. Of course, baseball's already seen the superstar 344 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 3: coming from NPB playing on a very cheap deal, because 345 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 3: that's how sho hee Otani became an angel for what 346 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 3: was it a three million dollars signing bonus, which is insane. 347 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 3: Ardi Moreno fleeced the world, I guess with that one, 348 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 3: getting that getting all the important value out of show 349 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 3: hey early, and then when he got expensive, being like, uh, 350 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 3: kind of don't want to deal with that anymore. But 351 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 3: the idea of Roki Sasaki, this is a dude who 352 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 3: can you know, hit one hundred and two miles an 353 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 3: hour in the fastball. He's still only twenty two, and 354 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 3: you bring him to LA. You know, we knock on 355 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 3: desk here, bring him to LA, letting him get in 356 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 3: that pitching lab with Mark Pryor. It's fun. That is 357 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 3: a fun idea. I'm focused on them winning a World 358 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 3: Series in twenty twenty four, but it'd be nice to 359 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 3: run it back with Roki and twenty five well. 360 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: Dodgers, you know, of course we're at his most recent start. 361 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: According to Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times, not only 362 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: the Dodgers, though seven other major League teams were you know, 363 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: had their eyes and their guns on his most recent start. 364 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 4: I mean this is a kid. 365 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: Obviously, we're following in the footsteps of Sho heyo Otani 366 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: and Yoshinobo, you know, Yamamoto and who knows. I mean 367 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: three of them and the Dodger starting rotation would be 368 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: absolutely sick. And it's it's kind of like the show 369 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: Hey effect, right, the show Heyo Tani effect. Bill Shake 370 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: and Clinton had a good tweet talking about the fact 371 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: that the Dodgers now have a partnership with a specific 372 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: airline that is now offering three flights a day from 373 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: LA to Tokyo. I mean, this is this is the 374 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: show Heyo Tani effect that we're talking about. I mean, 375 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: that's it's sponsorship deals, it's butts in the seats. 376 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 4: It's so much more than just. 377 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 3: Show hey yeah. And this so this kind of partnership, 378 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 3: this sort of thing kind of the ball starters got 379 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 3: started to roll earlier in the off season, about a 380 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 3: month before the show Heyo Tani signing. The Dodgers hired 381 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 3: or rehired Ah, I want to get it right here. 382 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 3: So a senior vice president of Global Partnerships brought him 383 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 3: back to the organization Lorenzo Scuriano, probably Butchering the last name. 384 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,959 Speaker 3: But this was the idea. It's like, hey, we if 385 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 3: we don't get Otani, we're gonna get Yamamodor, We're gonna 386 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 3: get somebody, and then we are going to market the 387 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 3: shit out of ourselves abroad and to get a Dodger 388 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 3: plane going, uh, it's not a Dodger plane, but still 389 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 3: to get a part will be Yeah, essentially it will 390 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 3: be to slap a slap a logo, slap the Otani 391 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 3: shirt on there. Why not? This is a good deal. 392 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 3: This is the start of many of these kind of deals. 393 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 3: So we don't know if it's a good deal. We 394 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 3: don't know what kind of money they're making, but it's 395 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 3: a Los Angeles Dodgers. I'm sure they're making pretty damn 396 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 3: good money. But first of many of these type of 397 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 3: things we're going to see over the next five to 398 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 3: six years or a decade. 399 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: Well, imber having a conversation with my former boss, Lonrosen, 400 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: who's the VP of Marketing and Broadcasting for the Los 401 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: Angeles Dodgers, and he was on his way to Tokyo 402 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: to talk about a bunch of different business deals. So again, 403 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: but make a mistake about it. The Dodger ownership group 404 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: knows exactly what they're doing. When you have a team 405 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: that's sponsored by their own owners and has a Guggenheim 406 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: patch on their uniform, you know that they have money. 407 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: And if they're given sho Hey Otani seven hundred million, 408 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: if they're given Yoshinoba Yamamoto three hundred and twenty five million, 409 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: it's obvious that they're making a boatload. If Johey gets 410 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: seven hundred million, the Dodgers are anticipating. You know that 411 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: they're going to make two point four billion dollars in 412 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: return for whatever sho Hey is getting. So it works, 413 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: you know, it works for all parties involved, if you will. 414 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: All right, time now for blue balls, which I have 415 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: a really hard time saying that as a as being 416 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: a female. But here we are, and we're talking about injuries. 417 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: So let's start first with Jason Hayward. This is a guy, 418 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: of course, it's a veteran leader. He's an outfielder for 419 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Dodgers. But he is hitting the IL 420 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: with lower back tightness. What do you make of it? 421 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 3: I think it's a well timed IL move. I don't 422 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 3: like the idea of Hayward going to early April, are 423 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 3: going to Chicago and early April. It's probably not good 424 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 3: for any elderly people like myself and him in our 425 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 3: mid thirties or in the late thirties going to cold 426 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 3: with a slight back issue. This is that first little 427 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 3: test for the Dodgers already have a few in the 428 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 3: starting rotation front, of course, with Walker, Buehler and Bruis 429 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 3: d Gratoral, who will get to in a second the 430 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 3: pitching wise, but this is one of those moves or 431 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 3: this is one of those situations where it gives other 432 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 3: guys an opportunity to step up, because we haven't seen 433 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 3: very much out of Chris Taylor so far the season, 434 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 3: haven't seen very much at a Keyke Hernandez so far 435 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 3: this season. So give Jason Hayward his time. He will 436 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 3: be back and he will find a way to produce 437 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 3: for this team. And he's still going to be there. 438 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 3: But I don't think it's a major issue at this point. 439 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 3: We hope backs. 440 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,959 Speaker 1: Are a bitch though you know, it's a yeah, you 441 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: need it for everything unfortuate. It's also hard though to 442 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 1: get much out of a guy that doesn't get to 443 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: play every day, and Kiky Hernandez doesn't get to play 444 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: every day. Chris Taylor doesn't get to play every day anymore, 445 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: and that's difficult. It's difficult to get into a rhythm 446 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 1: in a game that is as harder to play as 447 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 1: baseball is when you're just kind of called upon in 448 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: later innings or off the bench or a pinch pinch 449 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: hit type of situation. So I'm gonna go ahead and 450 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: give them a pass, and I'm going to let their 451 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: track records speak for themselves. Kik has always been better 452 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: when he's been an everyday player. I think the same 453 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: can be said about Chris Taylor as well. And that's 454 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: the problem with the Dodgers is an embarrassment of riches 455 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: of all the different guys that they have. But you 456 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: have to find time and you have to find at 457 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: bats for all of these guys. 458 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 4: You had mentioned. Bruce dar Grattarol. 459 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: He has been moved to the sixty day. I l 460 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts says that he's pitching, but he just can't 461 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: let it loose. 462 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 4: Shit. 463 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, a little bit of limitation. There was a hit 464 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 3: starter with the hit thing kind of adjusted his mechanic 465 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 3: or messed up his mechanics became more of a shoulder thing. 466 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 3: So the Dodgers will be without the Bozuka for a 467 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:01,120 Speaker 3: a couple of months, essentially not a massive blow as well. 468 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 3: There are some guys that are around. Of course, this 469 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 3: gives more opportunity for Daniel Hudson. We're seeing, I guess, 470 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 3: sort of a benefit with the Nelson Lamett kind of 471 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 3: sort of trying to reinvent himself as a Dodger, gets 472 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,479 Speaker 3: his first career save in the game last night. But 473 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 3: you would prefer to have Graderol in this bullpen. You 474 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 3: know what he can do. He's nasty, easiest hundred mile 475 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 3: an hour gas you're ever gonna see out of reliever. 476 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 3: But that's the situation they find themselves in. We know 477 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 3: how these Dodgers operate. They will find somebody on the 478 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 3: scrap peep, they'll turn them into somebody and then you know, 479 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 3: Bruce Dark gets his time to not rush back, and 480 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 3: we care more about down the road. We care more 481 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 3: about October, not April. 482 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: I feel like the Dodgers are so good about finding 483 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: guys and just letting them be who they are and 484 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: not trying to change things around completely to let them Shine. 485 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,239 Speaker 1: I feel like they're kind of like Bill Belichick, who 486 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: can find like a cashier and then he turns them 487 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: into a pro bowler. That's kind of how I feel 488 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: the Dodgers are with these guys. So the corresponding moves 489 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: for bruised dar is Nick Ramirez from the Yankees. They 490 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: got him and they traded for cash for him, And 491 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: as far as Jason Hayward is concerned, Taylor Tramble takes 492 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: his spot on the roster. For those of you listening, 493 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: here's the I want to know your thought though about 494 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,239 Speaker 1: the Dodgers' bullpen. Here's some of the numbers so far, 495 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: Clinn as I look over, so they're seventeenth in era. 496 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: That's not good, four point nine to three. They have 497 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: pitched the most inning so far. Now this again it's 498 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: the first week of the season. They've allowed the second 499 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: most hits. They have the first in terms of strikeout, 500 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: So that's a good thing. With thirty nine, their opponent 501 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: average against ranks twentieth and their opponent ops ranks fifteenth. 502 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: How what grade would you give the Dodgers bullpen so far? 503 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 3: And this is a c bullpen so far, you know, 504 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 3: put in a little bit more work see me after class. 505 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 3: I guess sort of situation. But this is the symptom 506 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 3: of not having a graderol not having trying to like 507 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 3: they assumed they would have at this point in the season. Importantly, 508 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 3: Evan phil having a great, really really great, hopefully an 509 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 3: all star start to his twenty twenty four season. But 510 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 3: eventually you need to get some of these other guys back. 511 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 3: Joe Kelly has been struggling. Alex Vesia kind of doing 512 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 3: his sort of tightrope thing. But as I look over 513 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 3: here at my notes of who we have in the bullpen, 514 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 3: I say we as of them on the team, but still, uh, 515 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 3: you know Grove, Michael Grove not they're not using him 516 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 3: while right or Dave. I'm trying not to put words 517 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 3: in other people's mouths, so this is me sort. 518 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 4: Of tip an't even do it in your own mouth. 519 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 4: A trip up. 520 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 3: Here, But the fans, I'm not as high on the 521 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,640 Speaker 3: idea of oh, Michael Grove should only be a one 522 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 3: inning reliever, but he's much better as a one in 523 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 3: one inning reliever. But we saw him extended and and 524 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 3: it didn't work out, and then you had to go. 525 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 3: Devin Phillips for four out save again to answer the 526 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 3: question to go back. Make it simple, This is a 527 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 3: sea bullpen. You want to see a little bit of improvement, 528 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 3: and you want to see you guys like Blake trying 529 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 3: and getting back and hopefully settling some things there. 530 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, and Davis says they can shore that up via 531 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: trade if they need to agree with you, I mean, 532 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: there's always room for improvement, but the Dodger and ours 533 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: Dodgers are in a position to be able to make 534 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 1: some moves at the deadline to fix whatever the problems 535 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: are at that point. Now, I will say this to 536 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: be fair, as far as the numbers were concerned with 537 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: the bullpen innings pitched the first two games in Seoul 538 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: kind of skewed that a little bit because they obviously pitched, 539 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: you know, played prior to everybody else playing in the 540 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:36,479 Speaker 1: regular season. All right, time now for last licks, Clint, 541 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: all right, this is brought to you by Gidri's Guardian Foundation. 542 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: In full disclosure, that is my nonprofit foundation, and we 543 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: are presenting to you, Clint Pissius. A little lady by 544 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: the name of Gwen. She was highly, highly neglected and abused. 545 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: She had a major skin issue, but The good news 546 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 1: is she is now on medication and she is healing nicely. 547 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: She's a sweet girl. She gets along with other dogs, 548 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: she gets along with cats. She just likes to be loved. 549 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: She's like me, just wants to sleep all day long, 550 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: take as many naps as she possibly can. You can 551 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: see her, they're all snuggled up for the folks listening 552 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: to us. She's a pit bull mixed. She's a beautiful girl. 553 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: Has known nothing but neglect until now, and she's on 554 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: the up and up, and she is ready to go 555 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: to her forever home. She's getting healthy. For more information, 556 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: you can go to Gidrey's guardian dot org. And we're 557 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: also we sponsored seven hundred dollars of her medical bills, 558 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: so if you'd like to help us with that, we 559 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 1: would greatly appreciate it as well. 560 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:39,880 Speaker 4: Her name is Gwen. 561 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: She's a sweet girl and every dog deserves a loving home. 562 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 3: Guys, go adopt Gwen. You're already on the makes it 563 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 3: that much easier, just just put us to the side 564 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 3: on your phone. Adopt Gwen. Shifting gears a little bit. 565 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 3: We got to send us some congratulations out to the 566 00:25:55,359 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 3: Outman family. James and Adasha Dasha Outman announced they are 567 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 3: going to be having I guess they're having a puff 568 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 3: of their own, a human puff. 569 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 4: They're having having a puppe their own. 570 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 3: Yes, damn cool. Congrats to them. I had my soundboard off. 571 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 3: I'd play the clap here, but I understand we have 572 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 3: a we have a super chat in the building. Probably 573 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 3: got to find it. Do we have it on the screen? Sorry? 574 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 3: I saw it pop up on the screen and then 575 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 3: i got distracted. We're talking puppies. I'm like, oh, but 576 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 3: what we got we got, Richard in a way, there 577 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 3: it is. You take it, Alana, all right. 578 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 4: Richard Flores, thanks for the participation, Bud. We appreciate you. 579 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: I was offered over one thousand dollars for both my 580 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: opening day seats. Fans turn a historic ball into a 581 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: lotto ticket. 582 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 4: That is true. My Dodger fan experience is not for sale, 583 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 4: see Richard floraes. That is my man. His Dodger fan 584 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 4: experience is not for sale. Again. 585 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: I understand people, you know, want to ask for the moon, 586 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: but I'm with him. I think it's a it's you know, no, 587 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: don't don't sell your soul to the devil for a 588 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,199 Speaker 1: for a baseball. I think it's awesome that he wouldn't 589 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: give up his seats, and especially not to opposing fans. 590 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 4: How dare you? I know that there's people that do that, Clint. 591 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 4: Can you imagine what if it's like a Giants fan? 592 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 4: What are we doing? 593 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 3: That one's a little bit rough. I don't know how 594 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 3: I would act in that situation, Like I've never been 595 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 3: presented of that situation where it's like, haha, I got 596 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 3: you now. 597 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 4: But all right, Dodgers are off today. 598 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: There's not a lot of games going on today. So 599 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: what do you got coming up on your show? 600 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 3: It's a Thursday Thursday on my All Dodgers channel. We're 601 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 3: having a beer. I'm welcoming a new voice to my 602 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 3: show as well. We're gonna talk more about your Dodgers 603 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 3: and this off day or on this off day going 604 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 3: to Chicago for the first roadie, a little bit more show. 605 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 3: Hey thoughts in there talking about the infield and a 606 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 3: whole bunch of stuff. You know. Hopefully we can get 607 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 3: to a lot of comments in the show, So check 608 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 3: it out or on the show six pm Pacific time 609 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 3: on All Dodgers here on YouTube. Go there, subscribe. It 610 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 3: really helps out the channel. 611 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 4: Who's the new voice? 612 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 3: It's a secret. 613 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: Okay, six pm Pacific, All Dodgers YouTube. 614 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 4: That's Clint Show. It's all Dodgers, all the time. 615 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: We appreciate you guys being with us today on this 616 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 1: Thursday live edition of Dodgers Territory. 617 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 4: Clint and I will be back on Monday. 618 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: Of course, check out Clint's show tonight, Thirsty Thursday live 619 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: stream All Dodgers and hopefully you guys will join us 620 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: once again on Monday. Have a great weekend, oh Dodgers guys.