WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:02.720 All right, we continue on Fred Rogan Rodney Pete on 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:08.320 five seventy LA Sports. Dodgers win last night, Rodney says, 3 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:10.800 that's exactly what they needed. Why cam't Minnesota be here 4 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:13.800 every game? That would be great? And I'm thinking, why 5 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:17.399 can't Minnesota be here every game? Unless it's the top 6 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.280 of the ninth with two runners on and somebody drives 7 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:22.160 the ball that would have been a three run over 8 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:24.440 to tie the game if James Outman hadn't jumped up 9 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:28.359 and grabbed it. But tonight, Yamamoto goes for the Dodgers 10 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:31.519 and joining us now from the La Times, our dear 11 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:32.679 friend Dylan Hernandez. 12 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:34.079 Dylan, good afternoon. 13 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.759 To you, Good afternoon. How are you guys doing good? 14 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.399 I want to start with Rodney, Hey, thank god Minnesota 15 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:41.560 was here because that's just what the Dodgers needed. 16 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:44.359 I think it was a little closer than that last night. Dylan. 17 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:45.039 What do you think? 18 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.200 Yeah, you know, and I think I mean, right when 19 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:52.560 things are going back for a team like right now 20 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.159 for the Dodgers, you do kind of tend to view 21 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:57.320 things through a bit more of a negative prism, right, 22 00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:59.799 And I do think it's a little bit kind of 23 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.039 concerning is that all their runs kind of came via 24 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:06.239 the home run. You know, obviously their problems recently have 25 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:10.159 mostly stemmed from their inability. They did and as a 26 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.920 whole that didn't really change yesterday. Right, there were a 27 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:16.280 lot of like quick outs, you know, right, they really 28 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:17.920 did it outside of the you know, the home run 29 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:19.519 by it was Hotti. They really didn't get to the 30 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:21.760 starter much. But you know, it was kind of the 31 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:24.040 big swings, you know, Will Smith the home run, the 32 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:26.719 two home runs there, and then Pie has had one 33 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.359 at the end. But that, you know, the way kind 34 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:34.000 of like the team kind of performed as a whole offensively. Frankly, 35 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:35.680 you wouldn't be surprised, you know if they went out 36 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:37.760 today just kind of laid a goosegg out there. 37 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:43.760 So what do you think, Dylan, Yes, they they you know, 38 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:47.560 Minnesota is probably reeling more than the Dodgers right now. 39 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:49.879 They just can't can't seem to get it going with 40 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:53.319 the players that they have. But what do you think 41 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:55.680 is the is there one issue with the Dodger is 42 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:57.000 just a combination of everything. 43 00:01:58.000 --> 00:01:59.879 Yeah, I think it's just a combination of everything, right, 44 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:04.079 lot of help stuff, you know, I think you know, 45 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.000 I mean, let's start with Tiascar Hernandez, right, who I think, 46 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:09.800 to me is kind of the most disconcerting of all 47 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:12.599 the ball kind of the guys that aren't hitting or 48 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:16.479 are injured in that. You know, I could see the 49 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:19.240 other guys all kind of maybe turning their season around Kioskar, 50 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:20.560 you know, and I'm not even talking about like the 51 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:23.080 ball he felled off his foot or anything. Right, he 52 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:26.280 had a growing injury in May. It really hasn't looked 53 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:28.560 the same sense, right, he can really tell I think 54 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:30.240 what he's been kind of I thought he looked a 55 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:32.639 little better yesday running in the outfield, but you know, 56 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.719 he's looked pretty limited out there and kind of having 57 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:39.240 to hit without the lower body, I think is really difficult, 58 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:41.599 and we've kind of seen the effects of that, right, 59 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:44.039 And he hasn't really been able to kind of turn 60 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.159 it on this year, And it could just be one 61 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:47.599 of those years for him where he's just kind of 62 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:49.680 dealing with this naggy injury and just kind of can't 63 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:53.919 get over the hump, you know. Obviously, Freddie Freeman, you know, 64 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:56.120 I know we've kind of gotten used to seeing maybe 65 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.120 this version of you know, Freddy over the last right 66 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.479 over the last like handful of months. But you know, 67 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:03.280 this is a guy that could like really run when 68 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.000 he first showed up, right, And I understand he's a 69 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.479 couple of years older now, but you kind of don't 70 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.599 lose that like athleticism overnight, which tells me, you know 71 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.759 that again that ankle is still bothering him. I think 72 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:14.879 we kind of saw that again. The lack of speed 73 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.759 him going to the plane. You know, I think like 74 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:22.400 a healthy Freddie Freeman gets there, you know, obviously months 75 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:24.919 he being out hurts, right because it takes away from 76 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:27.639 kind of the length of the lineup, you know. And 77 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.319 then you kind of have the Mookie Bets situation, which 78 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:33.080 I kind of don't know what to make of, you know, 79 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:35.439 based on what he said. I'm not sure Bets himself 80 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:37.919 knows what to make of it. Is this, you know, 81 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:41.039 the effects of him playing shortstop and being tired. Is this, 82 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.599 you know, just age kind of maybe starting to get 83 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:46.639 to him, and maybe his bats flowing down a little bit. 84 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.000 You know, the the analytics show that the bat has 85 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:51.719 slowed down a little bit. Now, that's right. Those times 86 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:53.319 it's gonna be a little deceiving, though it could just 87 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.639 be indecision. So you know, I mean, who knows what's 88 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:58.159 going on there, And they just kind of have a 89 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:00.759 lot going wrong right now. And you know, really it's 90 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:03.520 been Otawi and Will Smith kind of keeping this team 91 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:06.159 up float offensively. But you know, again, a lot of 92 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:08.520 these these pieces that kind of we're supposed to all 93 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.159 kind of work together, a lot of these pieces, something's 94 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.439 kind of wrong and it's just kind of all coming 95 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:15.240 at the same time. And that's the problem. 96 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.199 Well, the only thing it needs to happen is all 97 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:20.199 these pieces need to come together when they need to 98 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:23.959 come together, because it's a long season. But my my concern, 99 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.720 and I said it to Rodney the other day, and 100 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.759 it's the wrong word to use, and I know when 101 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:31.959 you're struggling it might appear this way. 102 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:37.680 God, they just seem like no fun. You know, watching them. 103 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:39.319 You just early in the. 104 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:40.959 Year you thought, oh they're down, well they'll come back 105 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:42.279 and win this one. There's not going to be a 106 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.079 problem at all. And now they're ahead in the nineteen 107 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:48.680 you like, please, dear God, hold on. And it's like 108 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:56.240 they're just not exuding any kind of confidence at least 109 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:59.160 outwardly as I watch does that make sense. 110 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.480 Yeah, I think, you know, right, and again this is 111 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:05.680 I mean we're talking about kind of multiple pieces here. Yeah, 112 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:09.120 Like the bullpen for sure, I think hasn't you know, 113 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:11.399 inspired much confidence. I mean, there are two they've been 114 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:13.279 kind of banged up, right, I mean, Kobe has been 115 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.959 lost for the year. You know, there's been a you know, 116 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:19.560 a lot of you know, they kind of missed the 117 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.240 majority of the season, you know. And then on top 118 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:25.560 of that, obviously tender Scott. I think that less Scott 119 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:30.040 probably being frankly overused, you know, which kind of accelerated 120 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:31.839 the problems, you know, and he right, and now he 121 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:35.120 might be hurt. Uh, you know, Kirby Yate's not performing 122 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:37.839 I think has also kind of affected Scott, and that 123 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.680 it kind of pushed him into more of a defined, 124 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.800 closer role rather than you know, okay, let's let him 125 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:45.480 kind of fake the left. You can kind of do 126 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:49.000 what he you know, what he does past. Yeah, so 127 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:50.639 you've got like kind of a bullpen issue, you know. 128 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:52.399 And then if you look at the rotation, it's just 129 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:55.720 been you know, Yamamotos like the only constant there, right, 130 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:57.519 I mean, behind him, it's kind of been a lot 131 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:59.680 of guys kind of coming in and out, and you 132 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:02.360 might see a bright spot from this here and there, 133 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:04.959 you know. And in terms of kind of the energy, 134 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:06.959 I do think a lot of it from the offense, right. 135 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:09.279 I mean, when you don't have guys on base, it's 136 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:11.480 hard to look like you have energy. 137 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:11.680 Right. 138 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:13.519 Teams will stand when they don't get hit, you know, 139 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:15.560 and and you know when teams score them when they 140 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.160 hit home runs, you know, especially with the you know, 141 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:21.279 with the Dodgers and kind of their right all their celebrations, 142 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:22.879 and I think a lot of that has to do 143 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:24.480 right there. Mean, I think one of the reasons we 144 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:26.800 thought they had so much energy kind of coming out 145 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:28.879 of the gates looks because they're scoring a kind of runs. Right, 146 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.000 they do the little thing where they run their fingers 147 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.920 across their eyes like Otani doesn't that commercial, you know, 148 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:37.800 the Oscar with the sunflower seats, and right, they do 149 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:40.120 that little hip lock thing that they do whenever they 150 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:42.800 hit like a double. We're just not saying that because 151 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:44.600 they're just not hitting right. And I do think it 152 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:47.160 kind of but all these things kind of snowball, right, 153 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:49.480 I Mean, I think, you know, there's the lack of 154 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:51.600 celebrations kind of like least maybe see like a bit 155 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:53.560 of a lack of energy, and that lack of energy 156 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:56.000 kind of combined with the loss at least maybe to 157 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:58.439 a bit of a lack of confidence, and the team's 158 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:00.399 kind of been one of these spirals right now, you know. 159 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.160 And I do think the one positive is though, is 160 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:04.480 that again, this is a team with a lot of 161 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:07.759 experience that you know, come back in series that they 162 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.279 should have lost, and by we've seen them kind of 163 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:12.800 do this time and time again. I do think by 164 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:14.839 the end of the year they will have things kind 165 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:17.480 of straightened out. And you know, like you said, you 166 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:20.319 know what matters is that they kind of come together 167 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:22.040 in October when the game is back. 168 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:27.519 Okay, So that being said, Dylan, deadline coming up. Where 169 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:31.199 do they go? They go hitting? They get a left 170 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:35.519 handed bat obviously Conford has been struggling an outfielder with 171 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:37.399 a bat. Or do they go pitching? 172 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:39.319 I mean. 173 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.959 Both, Right, We've joked about this over the years, Right, 174 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:46.240 it's not my money. You guys are make this, you know. 175 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:48.079 I mean, I think you kind of almost have to 176 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:50.959 address everything, you know, I think you do have to 177 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:54.519 you know, Yeah, they do need another bet just because 178 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.600 again you're not sure, you know, say again between you 179 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:00.800 know in that group of Mookie bets, Eddie Freeman, the 180 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:04.800 Oscar Hernett and is Max Muncy. Let's throw Tommy Edmond 181 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:09.639 in there too, you know. Uh say, you know two 182 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:12.160 of those guys bounce back to eight three, don't I mean? Yeah, 183 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:14.240 you're going to need that extra bat in there, right, 184 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:17.879 you can't just keep riding Otani and Will Smith forever? 185 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:18.600 Uh? 186 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:20.839 You know, I do think, yeah, the bad is a priority. 187 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.680 I think they absolutely need another bullpen. He said that 188 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:26.480 one kind of seems like no negotiable. That's why the 189 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:29.319 first thing that they have to address, and even you know, 190 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.360 with the number of starters that they do have, I 191 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.679 do think that there is a difference between you know, 192 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:36.559 guys that you're comfortable sending to the mount in the 193 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:38.480 regular so you start a game, and guys that he 194 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:40.799 said that you're comfortable sending to the mount of the playoffs. 195 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:43.519 I do know that, right obviously, like you know, Tyler 196 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:47.360 Glass now has looked good, you know coming back, Snell 197 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.600 is supposed to come back. Now, how confident are we 198 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:52.679 that both of those guys will be in the rotation 199 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.080 come October, you know, I mean they say that's the 200 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.200 best way to predict future injuries is to look at 201 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:00.440 a guy's track record. And these are guys that are 202 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:02.200 the most gurble guys in the world, you know, And 203 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.759 so I mean even if they could, you know, as 204 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:07.240 a starter comes up that's available, like you might even 205 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:09.200 look there, right because right now it does kind of 206 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:12.200 look like Yamamoto Tani and then we'll kind of see 207 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.960 what happens, you know, say even a class now there 208 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:17.960 you're gonna you know, that fourth spot. I'm not sure again, 209 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.080 given how much the bullpen has been used, is this 210 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:21.840 the type of bullpen that you want to be running 211 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:24.799 bullpen games with, you know, if you don't have to. So, 212 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.039 you know, if I'm the Dodgers right now, I'm looking 213 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:29.320 at absolutely everything. 214 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:32.200 Dylan Hernandez is with us. 215 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:36.879 Uh okay, Dylan oh Tani now on game when last 216 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:38.519 night he battled his way out of trouble. 217 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:39.919 So I think that was a good thing, not a 218 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:41.919 bad thing. Let him get into some trouble, work his 219 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:44.879 way out of it. It'll be important down the line. 220 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:47.360 But and last night he also hit a home run, 221 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:51.159 which is great, but you know it hasn't been consistent. 222 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:53.840 You know, when he's pitched, he hadn't really hit. You're 223 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:57.720 the opinion that it's critical that he does both, right. 224 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:02.279 Yeah, yeah, yeah, And I think you know it looks. 225 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:05.080 I mean, the days he's pitched are one thing. He's 226 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:08.159 even worse the days after he pitches, right, I think 227 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.799 he's the day directly after his starts, he's I think 228 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.159 a combined one for sixteen right now, and the one 229 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:16.679 hit was a single and I think like seven strikeouts, 230 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:20.080 so it had a convenuit, right. You know that said, 231 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:21.919 I do think you kind of have to bet on 232 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:24.840 him to do what he's going to do. You know, 233 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:28.639 I think I personally, just having watched him over the years, 234 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:30.720 I do think he's one of these guys that has 235 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:34.240 made you know, what it behind his career is him 236 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.759 kind of going against conventional thinking, right, And I do 237 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:39.919 think you know, when he was kind of first rehabbing. Look, 238 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:42.159 I mean the doctors, you know, with all the differrals 239 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.240 and everything right there, they're functionally paying him two million 240 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.480 dollars a year right now, he's making a ton of 241 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.240 money off him. They're not really in a position to 242 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.159 tell him what to do to begin with. So you know, 243 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:51.879 as long as he wanted to pitch, he was going. 244 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:53.039 To pitch, you know. 245 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:55.039 That said, I do think, right, if you had you know, 246 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:57.960 injected probably you know, in the front office people it's 247 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.919 like troops, serum, they would have wanted to minimize this 248 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:02.879 pitching as much as possible, to retain as much as 249 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:05.840 the offense as they could, you know. But now it's 250 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:08.039 kind of gone to the point with all the uncertainty 251 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:11.360 and stuff that, yeah, I do think, you know, him 252 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.919 going both ways is important. I mean, he might be 253 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:15.360 the fact hitch as they have right now. That's the 254 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.159 other part, right, I mean, he's looked really, really good. 255 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:21.759 I mean, he looks better now now, you know. Granted 256 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:23.720 he's going to three innings at a time right now, 257 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:25.559 so it's not it's not quite the same as going 258 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.480 six of seven. But he looks next year now honestly 259 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.480 that he did before he got hurted, right. I mean, 260 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:34.120 you know, kudos to doctor Electron who really seems to 261 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:35.159 repair that elbow of his. 262 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:36.600 You know. 263 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:38.720 And now you all of a sudden you have a 264 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:43.759 potential force here, you know. And again I think I 265 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:47.159 think those those questions are legitimate about the fatigue. You know, 266 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:49.000 he's thirty one now, so he's not as young as 267 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:50.879 he used to be what he did the both ways thing, 268 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:55.519 But I would kind of bet on my kids, like competitiveness, right. 269 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:58.279 I mean, you know what was interesting yesterday after the game, 270 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:00.840 you know, he kind of got out about you know, 271 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:03.360 you're right, it's part of switching places with mostly back 272 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.039 in the lineup that he went for first a second 273 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:08.200 and that you know, batting second in the lineup gave 274 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:09.799 him a little bit more time, right to catch a 275 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:12.120 breath after coming off the mountain in the first inning. 276 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:14.200 He got out you know, do you think that's help? 277 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:16.759 And he was basically like, I don't think that made 278 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:19.879 any difference, right, So he's kind of to him, I 279 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.519 think it's a kind of a point of pride too, 280 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:24.399 you know, and I think that he well, he doesn't 281 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:27.159 really like react, you know, too much to anything that 282 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:29.440 said to him. I kind of said a little bit 283 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.720 of like a hey, I'm going to prove these guys wrong. 284 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:33.720 And again, if you look at his track record, he's 285 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:35.919 managed to do that over and over again, you know. 286 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:37.919 And my guess is that this October it's going to 287 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:40.200 be kind of this you know it's going to be 288 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:42.039 a tani trying to carry the team. You know. Roberts 289 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.480 talked about that recently, about how Tony just seems to 290 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:46.840 be trying to wild the team to victory, you know, 291 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:49.159 And obviously I'm not going to compare the Dodgers to 292 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:50.840 the Angels, but you know, give him the stretch that 293 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.279 the Dodger are going through right now. It is kind 294 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:56.600 of similar to when he was with Anaheim, where you know, 295 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:59.120 things around him weren't going well and he's like, you 296 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:01.919 know what, I'm gonna kind of take the ball by 297 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.080 the horns here and try to carry as big a 298 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.720 load as possible. And you know, not a bad guy 299 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:08.159 to bet on it if you're gonna if you're gonna 300 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:09.080 have to bet on a player. 301 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:10.320 To do no, not at all. 302 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:12.720 So you think they keep ramping him up to four ay, 303 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.600 five inning, six innings as they get closer to end 304 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:18.960 of September October, and you believe that at the end 305 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:24.159 of the day, he's your he's your starter in opening 306 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:26.240 series of the playoffs or World Series. 307 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:27.720 He's your eighth going forward. 308 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:30.879 He's the horse you ride as opposed to Glass, now, Yamamoto, 309 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.600 anybody else. 310 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:34.360 Yeah, I mean, I do think the order could be 311 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.200 a little bit of you know, there's gonna be off 312 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.559 days in these playoffs series, and like I said, right, 313 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.919 if he continues to sit on the days after he pitches, 314 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:44.440 maybe he goes in game two, right, so you know 315 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:45.960 that the next day you would have a day off 316 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.639 between you know, games two and Game three. But I 317 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:50.519 do see him kind of being that forced. You know, 318 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:53.600 what I think is really special about Otani and what 319 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.879 I really kind of like Marvel that over the years 320 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:58.480 is you know, baseball is one of these sports I think, right, 321 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:01.480 the harder you try, the worst it goes. You know, 322 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:03.919 you hear about guys pressing all the time, right, they're 323 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:06.360 trying to do too much. He's the type of guy 324 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:09.360 that really, like you know, when he's like I gotta 325 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:12.840 hit here, I have to do something here, he somehow 326 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:15.440 does it. And I don't understand how he can kind 327 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:18.840 of control his emotions and you know, kind of right, 328 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:20.679 I mean, you don't at all like the big moments 329 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:23.840 that he's had over the years. You know, there's just 330 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:25.759 so many of them. He just seems to kind of 331 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:28.159 deliver all the time. And again, I think that if 332 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:30.960 his team needs him to needs him to carry them. 333 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.440 He's gonna be up to the task. 334 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:37.159 All right. Well, Dylan, thanks for coming on. Thanks for 335 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:38.879 sharing is always really appreciated. 336 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:40.279 Thanks for having me on. 337 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:42.799 All right, there goes our buddy, Dylan Hernandez. 338 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.440 Tonight, the Dodgers return to Dodgers Stadium and take on 339 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:47.720 the Twins with the first pitch at seven. Listen to 340 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:49.960 all Dodger games on AM five to seventy LA Sports 341 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:52.320 live from the Gallping Motors Broadcast booth and stream all 342 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:55.200 Dodger games and HD and the iHeartRadio app. The keyword 343 00:14:55.279 --> 00:15:01.799 is AM five seventy LA Sports. Rodney is surprise in 344 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:06.759 my hand, I possess a top ten list. This is 345 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:10.960 a surprise. I will reveal the top ten on this 346 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:12.159 list when we come back. 347 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.200 Hello Rogan and Rodney listener. 348 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.320 Did you know AM five seventy LA Sports has a 349 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:23.120 wide range of LA Sports podcasts shows like Petros in Money. 350 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.080 We are streaming Man Dodger Talk with David Vasse. 351 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.919 The Dodger Podcast of Record, Clipper Talk with Ada Moss, 352 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:30.480 follow us all and many more. 353 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:32.919 Just go to AM five to seventy LA Sports on 354 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.159 the iHeartRadio app. 355 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:37.960 Come on now, come on back, Rodney Pete Fred Rogan 356 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:41.159 on a beautiful Tuesday, many thanks to Dylan Hernandez. 357 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.240 Fred Do you always say you know it could be fireworks? 358 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:45.320 That was kind of calm with Dylan and I. We 359 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.720 didn't get you didn't fight with him. That's exactly why 360 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.120 they're on fireworks. That's on you. 361 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:55.799 I mean sometimes these are just pure bloodbaths and you 362 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:57.000 never know what's gonna happen. 363 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:59.200 But everybody was calm today. 364 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.320 We were we were Dylan and I have some knockdown dragouts, 365 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.440 haven't we we go at it? 366 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:04.879 God, yeah, we do. 367 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.559 I just want to say this. In one segment we 368 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:09.639 did with him, he had to be in about twenty minutes. 369 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:11.399 You know, we do longer segments on our show. We 370 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:13.799 think it's better that way and we can really do 371 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:18.159 full interviews. And we were in about twenty minutes. I 372 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:22.960 think I talked for twenty seconds and then you and 373 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.200 Dylan started. Yeah, and I can even remember Kevin saying, 374 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:31.600 do something, do something? What do you want me to do? 375 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:33.840 I can't stop it. 376 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.440 It was very entertaining, I'll add that. Yeah, it was. 377 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:39.759 It got heated and it was yeah, Yeah, it was 378 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:41.120 very very entertaining. 379 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:43.320 Now, Dylan's good. 380 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:46.440 He's very you know, he does what he does, and 381 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:48.679 he's good at what he does because he's very opinionated, right, 382 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:51.039 and he says what it's on his mind, and not 383 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.840 all the time people agree with him. 384 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:56.120 Well here's the thing. Yeah, well yeah, certainly not that. 385 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:59.240 But here's the thing about Dylan. You know, he cut 386 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.399 his chops here, he covered the Dodger beat. He knows, 387 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:05.920 and he has turned into a terrific columnist. 388 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:08.440 He's very good as a writer. Yeah, very good, don't 389 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:09.000 get me wrong. 390 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.559 And when he moved into being a columnist, you know, 391 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:13.759 there's a learning curve associated with that, and I think 392 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.920 he was concerned about how much he could push, you know, 393 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:18.799 where he should go, where that line was. 394 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:21.960 Drawn, right, And then he learned what all columnists no, 395 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.920 there is no line, just go, just go. 396 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.599 Yeah, he's when he says something seriously, and I mean 397 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.200 he's a friend and we love him on the show. 398 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:33.519 But quite frankly, he's very very good the times, very 399 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:40.200 lucky to have him, and I think his observations are 400 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:43.599 very perceptive and eye opening. And as a columnist or 401 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:45.720