WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:02.879 Then we continue on Fred Rogan, Jonas Knox for Rodney 2 00:00:02.919 --> 00:00:06.559 on a five seventy LA Sports. Later this hour we 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:09.439 will welcome in the Man, the Met, the Legend, Vic, 4 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:12.759 What the day we Haiku and uh, probably a sumo 5 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:13.560 update Jonas. 6 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:15.320 I mean, hopefully you're a little kinder to him that 7 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:16.239 you have been this week. 8 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:18.239 What are you talking about here? What do you mean? 9 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:21.679 I just feel like, you know, he's got a he's 10 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:23.760 got sort of a pace that he likes to keep 11 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:26.800 when it comes to Sumo and Dodger's update and love 12 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:28.960 and yesterday you wouldn't even let him get through the 13 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.920 intros before you shut him down and insulted him. And 14 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:34.560 it's like, I don't know if it had something to 15 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:36.759 do with the callers who were asking how we were doing, 16 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.880 because apparently that's an issue, So I don't know, It's 17 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:41.759 just it's kind of a mixed bag what we've gotten 18 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:44.679 with you here today so or this week. So hopefully 19 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:46.200 you'll be a little nicer to him when. 20 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:48.200 You come to well, we'll see, he'll be coming up 21 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.200 later on in the hour. Now, let's walk him on 22 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.560 from the La Times our buddy Dylan Hernandez, Dylan how 23 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:53.759 are you today. 24 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:54.679 I'm doing great. 25 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:57.240 How are you guys doing doing well? We'll start with 26 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:02.159 a question Jonas proposes, after watching the CUB series, do 27 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:05.599 you feel differently about the Dodgers' chances? 28 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:10.840 I do, just because of how good Yamamoto look, you know, 29 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:15.280 he and I know it was just four innings, you know, 30 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:17.799 that said, you know, and it was even it wasn't 31 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:20.480 even just about the results. Just kind of to me, 32 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.680 he just had a different kind of mound presence about him. 33 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:23.799 You know. 34 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:25.760 I think a lot of times when guys come from Japan, 35 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:28.840 you know, they're kind of cognizant of the fact that like, hey, 36 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:31.879 like I'm you know, I'm stepping up to like a 37 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:34.280 superior level of competition. Let me prove that I can 38 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:36.879 kind of hang. He really kind of came out with 39 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.040 some swagger, kind of like, hey, you know what these 40 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:40.799 guys have to hit me? Here it is, you know, 41 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:43.920 and he probably felt a little bit backed into a corner, 42 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:46.879 you know, And I just thought, for the first time 43 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:50.400 this year, you kind of at least had the makings 44 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.799 of a guy who could be like a legitimate number one, 45 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:55.599 you know. And I understand, like, look, his command's not 46 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:57.640 going to be like that great every single time. I 47 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.400 mean he was really talking about like dotty, you know, 48 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.319 the fastball, but he was just you know, that kind 49 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:06.439 of makes me think, Okay, if they can keep now 50 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:08.479 these a big IF's right, if they can keep them healthy, 51 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.319 you know, kind of keep them, make sure he makes 52 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.439 the next three, you know, his next three schedule starts 53 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:16.840 in the regular season, get them stretched out. Now you 54 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:19.080 start to kind of think, like, man, they might really 55 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.240 have a chance here, you know, because Flarity's pitched well, 56 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:24.400 you know, theoretically, you know, glass Now could figure into 57 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.319 the mix or you know, whether it's Kershaw or somebody else, 58 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:29.000 you know that you can kind of fill in the 59 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:30.680 back end of the rotation. But you know what, really, 60 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:32.879 what they've kind of been lacking in recent years is 61 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:35.319 that clear cut number one. And to me again for 62 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:37.400 the first time this year, I saw Yamamoto and I 63 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:39.520 kind of thought, like, this is somebody who could be. 64 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.879 That guy and so on the subject of the rotation, 65 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.039 if it was your wish, how would that rotation look 66 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:47.719 like heading into the postseason? 67 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:51.240 Yeah, I mean, you know, ideally glass Now comes back 68 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.120 and you know it's uh, You've got Yama Moto flarity 69 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.319 Glass now in some order for that division series. You know, 70 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:01.039 you're gonna need a fourth guy in the next round. 71 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:05.240 You know, I'm not sure kind of where Buehler is 72 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:07.000 right now. It's kind of that fourth spot. You know. 73 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.159 If you've kind of gone with the Dodger's history, they've 74 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:11.199 kind of liked to do you know, or maybe not 75 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:12.960 like to, but they've you know, resorted to kind of 76 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:18.159 bullpen type games in certain situations. You know, I am 77 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.000 kind of more optimistic, I think, probably than most people 78 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:22.919 are on the Clayton Curge Shop. Maybe I've just seen 79 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:25.439 him too long, but you know, kind of from what 80 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.520 I hear, right, this isn't a shoulder issue, this isn't 81 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:30.759 a back issue. It's really just kind of about the toe. 82 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:33.680 And you know, he spoke to reporters a couple of 83 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:36.400 days ago and talked about how, you know, I guess 84 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:38.919 one of the cleats on his right was like right 85 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:42.120 under that toe, and so sketchers is working to get 86 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:44.039 them kind of like a new set where right that 87 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.360 cleat has moved, and I know they've kind of done 88 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.000 different things with orthotics, and so you know, if he 89 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:51.400 can go and you know, right, you don't need him 90 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.840 to be vintage Clayton. You're right, you don't need seven 91 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.520 innings from him. If you can get a good four 92 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.560 or five innings out of him in a start, you know, 93 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:00.919 I think that's like a pretty decent player rotation there. 94 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.919 And you know, really, again, the big guys are what matter, 95 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.680 right Yamamoto Glass, Now, I think you need at least 96 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:08.719 one of those guys. And again i'd be I'm just 97 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.400 kind of really optimistic on how that looked like based 98 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:15.080 on how good Yamamoto Ion looked in his comeback start. 99 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.079 I mean, I just I also wonder we were thrown 100 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:22.079 around the idea of what does the closer situation look like? 101 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:25.600 And we threw out Kope's name yesterday and then he 102 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.560 goes out last night and could not find the strike zone. 103 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:30.879 You could argue the Cubs probably bailed him out on 104 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.959 the base pass with with you know, a couple of 105 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:36.600 a couple of decisions there. But at this point, who 106 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.279 do you trust to close out games? If if you've 107 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:41.680 figured out the rotation, who do you trust on that 108 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:43.480 back end? Yeah? 109 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.800 I mean he is definitely their guy right now, right 110 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.040 and he you know, he's going to be pitching to 111 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.199 you know, kind of that heart of that order laden games, right, 112 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:55.000 and so if it's you know, if the three four 113 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.079 five hitters on the opposing team come up in the 114 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.240 eighth inning, he'll pitch the eighth. If they're in the 115 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:02.279 ninth inning, you'll kissed the ninth. But yeah, he's going 116 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.000 to be kind of their their glue there, right, And 117 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.759 so you know, I think you're kind of hoping at 118 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:09.199 this point, you know, there are a couple of weeks 119 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:12.319 left right in terms of time, maybe they can kind 120 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.399 of get Grattarol going again. You know, he just came back, 121 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:18.639 so uh but yeah, that is kind of a point 122 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:19.120 of concern. 123 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:19.360 You know. 124 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:21.480 Now, I do think they have like these you know, 125 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:23.120 I don't want to call them like surplus, but you 126 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:24.839 kind of have like these extra starter types. 127 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:25.000 You know. 128 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:28.040 I'm not sure, you know, Bobby Miller is necessarily right, 129 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.279 I don't think he's going to fit into their rotation plans. 130 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.720 Walker Buehler. Maybe you run them out there, you know, 131 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:35.720 in the next couple of weeks in a relief role 132 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:37.920 and just kind of tell especially Bobby Miller, right, he's 133 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.399 got this ridiculous arm. Just tell him, hey, just go 134 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:42.959 out there, just go throw as hard as you can 135 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.160 for that one inning. You know, all of a sudden, 136 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:48.120 those hundreds could start becoming right one, those threes and stuff, 137 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:49.439 and that that could change things. 138 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:49.759 A little bit. 139 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:52.600 So yeah, that is kind of a point of concern. 140 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:54.439 But yeah, Kobak's definitely their guy back there. 141 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.120 Well, you mentioned Bobby Miller. I think he's one bad 142 00:05:57.160 --> 00:05:59.040 start away from not making a playoff roster. 143 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.800 Dylan, Oh yeah no, And at this point, I mean 144 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:06.199 he's probably not even no there, right, you know, but again, 145 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.839 like the I do, I have kind of been on 146 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:11.399 this thing, you know, I know that there have been 147 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.680 a lot of hopes that the organization have pinned on 148 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:16.279 Bobby Miller. I you know, I think Fred, you and 149 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.040 I spoke at like the trade deadline. Right, to me, 150 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:19.879 that would have been a type of guy to trade 151 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:22.720 because he's got this really high ceiling. I do kind 152 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.759 of view his future probably more at this point as 153 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:27.399 a reliever, you know, where you kind of don't really 154 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.959 have to because again, the arm talent is ridiculous. 155 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:30.120 Right. 156 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.360 That's as good un arm as I think we've seen 157 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:35.800 here maybe ever. Right, I mean it's it's an easy hundred, 158 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:37.560 you know, and you take a guy like that and 159 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.839 you just tell him, hey, just forget about trying to 160 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:41.839 get to the fIF sisinning. Just go out there one inning, 161 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:44.240 throw as hard as you can. You know, that could 162 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:45.920 add a few miles to the fastball and all of 163 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.879 a sudden you have yourself a star closer. So that 164 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.079 is something I would at least look into if I 165 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:51.920 were the Dodgers. 166 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:55.759 If the bats go cold, and I'm not saying cold 167 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.360 as in last year one for twenty eight or whatever 168 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:02.279 the numbers were, do you trust this pitching staff to 169 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:04.319 be able to win them games? Like, do they have 170 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:07.120 a guy that you go, well, that's a shutdown starter 171 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:09.680 that even if the offense isn't there, they're going to 172 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:11.399 keep them in games throughout. 173 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.120 Yeah, So again, you know, I think I think Yamamoto 174 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.199 is the guy, you know, and I'm basing this off 175 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:20.959 beforeigning comeback start right, right, so you know, but to me, 176 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:23.079 he kind of showed signs of that, and I do think, 177 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.480 you know, again, this is a guy that they were 178 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.160 describing when they signed him, right, and we just haven't 179 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.560 seen this at all, Right, whether it was you know, 180 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.360 early in the right early in the season. You know, 181 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:34.959 I think you're right he picked a great game in 182 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.959 Yankees Stadium that ultimately probably led to him getting injured. 183 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:39.519 You know, he threw a bunch of you know, that's 184 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:41.959 say he didn't really look himself in terms of like 185 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.199 he added a slider that you know, is a pitch 186 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:46.959 that he tried to avoid throwing in Japan because he 187 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.319 felt like, you know, it had hurt his arm. You know, 188 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:51.279 his velocity was kind of up. You know, what I 189 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:53.920 really liked about this last start was obviously you know 190 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.759 he was he was obviously nervous and you know, probably 191 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.040 juwic stup in those first couple of innings you know 192 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.040 where we saw the night seven ninety eight. What I 193 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:03.720 thought was great was that when the velocity kind of 194 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:05.560 came down a little bit more to normal levels when 195 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:07.720 he's throwing ninety five, he was still getting strikes with 196 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:10.319 that pitch, right, he was still getting strikeouts with that 197 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:13.279 off that fastball. And so you know, to me, he 198 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:15.680 can be that guy. But yeah, you're right, you know, 199 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:19.600 I think you're gonna want some kind of offense, you 200 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.360 know from obviously if you don't score, that's going to 201 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:23.879 be a problem. You know, what I do think is 202 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.240 kind of great about the lineup right now is just 203 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.519 it's you've got the three MVPs at the top and 204 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:30.839 then you know, and that's why Paskar Hernandez coming back. 205 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:32.759 It's so important because now all of a sudden, that 206 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:34.559 ads length right and the fact that you know, in 207 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:36.759 recent games, you know, you've had like you know, there's 208 00:08:36.759 --> 00:08:39.039 been games like months he's been hitting like seventh, which 209 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.519 is just ridiculous, you know, and so that kind of 210 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:44.639 gives you threats kind of all the way up and down. Yeah, 211 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:46.360 you know, this is going to be a challenge, you know, 212 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.080 because the one thing is is that there they the 213 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.480 Dodgers are used to getting the buy you know, in 214 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:53.080 the first round. Obviously you take that every single time. 215 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.200 The challenge is, you know, I don't think that you know, 216 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.559 not playing in that wildcard round, that doesn't affect the 217 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.000 pitching as much as it does the hitting. You know, 218 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:02.960 and they obviously tried to do things last year in 219 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:04.679 terms of kind of playing stem games to make sure 220 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:05.639 the bets stayed warm. 221 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:06.559 You know. 222 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:09.120 Now this time I kind of think that just by 223 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:11.960 the sheer volume of just kind of high end, you 224 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:14.840 know hitters that they have that one of those guys 225 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:16.320 at least going to kind of have to hit, and 226 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.279 you know they always talk about hitting beings and tageous, 227 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:20.720 so you know, maybe it might be a tawny one day, 228 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:23.080 Coscar Hernandez the next. I mean, you still have Freeman 229 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:26.200 events in there, you know, with Will Smith can kind 230 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.480 of find it again. Obviously that gives you more length, 231 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.120 you know, more options even there. So you know, I 232 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:34.240 just kind of I really find it hard that this 233 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.080 offense is going to be shut down completely the way 234 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:36.759 it was last year. 235 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.399 So in laying all that out, because there's so many 236 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.639 unknowns and so many question marks, a lot of which 237 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.120 I don't think that we anticipated them having at this 238 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:46.840 point in the season, with the postseason right around the corner. 239 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:50.600 Like how much pressure is there on Dave Roberts going 240 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:52.639 into this year. I mean there's always pressure because he's 241 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.080 the Dodgers manager. But Fred and I were talking about 242 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:57.080 and I think he's done a hell of a job. 243 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:59.879 But I wonder from people you talk to, is there 244 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:02.919 if they don't get it done this year, he's got 245 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:07.159 to go. Mentality with Dave Roberts. 246 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:08.080 I don't think it's necessarily he has to go, you know, 247 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:10.360 I don't think it's going to be, you know, if 248 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:12.840 it doesn't work out, I don't you know, for him here. 249 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:14.240 I don't think it's going to be one of those 250 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:17.960 cases of well, you know, they lost because of Dave Roberts, right. 251 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:19.679 I think it'll probably move be more or one of 252 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:22.360 those things of, hey, he's kind of been around a while, 253 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:25.000 you know, it just hasn't worked out for whatever reason. 254 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.360 And you know, now again I would argue a lot 255 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:29.840 of this is kind of a Rochester construction issue. But 256 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.120 you know, just because he's been here so long, it 257 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:33.840 kind of becomes one of these things, well, let's just 258 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.360 bring in a new voice to kind of see how 259 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.519 it works, right, And you know part of this there 260 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:41.080 is a kind of a you know, business element to 261 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:43.799 this too, right where I do think fans, you know, 262 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:46.799 just that kind of year after year after you know, 263 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:51.080 things kind of not working out, you know, uh, they 264 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:53.080 kind of want change just for the sake of change. 265 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:54.679 I don't think that's like a good way to go 266 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:58.840 about things. And again I would argue, you know, this year, 267 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:00.440 I mean when you think about all the things that 268 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:02.399 have kind of gone wrong, right, and to me, this 269 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:05.120 season is actually a lot of ways a reason why 270 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:08.639 you do keep Dave Roberts around is I mean, everything 271 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:11.840 that could go wrong almost has gone wrong at some point, 272 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:13.679 and the fact that they're still in first place, at 273 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:15.440 the fact that they still have a five game lead, 274 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.399 the fact that it feels like business as usual even 275 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:20.480 though it hasn't been at all. I do really think 276 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:22.519 it's kind of a testament to kind of the environment 277 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:25.000 that Dave Roberts has created and the expectations that he's 278 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:27.399 kind of laid out for the team, you know. And 279 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:31.039 I think ultimately, you know, again, you kind of you 280 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:34.240 have these out account owners, right and like you know, 281 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.000 where Mark Walter is obviously based in Chicago, He's not 282 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.519 here every day, you know. And I think if you're 283 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.879 the front office at this point, right, I mean, look, 284 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:43.679 you let go of the manager, you're going to be next. 285 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:45.519 I'm not really sure you're going to, you know, be 286 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:47.639 rushing to bring the action any closer to you at 287 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:50.879 this point. So I expect him to be back regardless 288 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:53.559 of how this plays out. But yeah, you know, I 289 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:55.720 think if it does happen, it'll be more just because 290 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:57.480 he's been around so long and it's just like, Okay, 291 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.159 let's bring in a new voice. 292 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:02.480 Dylan Rnandez was so with the trade deadline, Flaherty comes in, 293 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:07.320 Kopec comes in. I said, Uh, okay, that's great. Maybe 294 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:10.159 the guy, the guy you really wanted was Tommy Edmund 295 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:12.759 And uh it was kind of like when Trade Turner 296 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:15.240 and Max Scherzer came here. Everybody was still over Max 297 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:17.639 Shr's and I said, wait a minute, Trey Turner can play, 298 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:20.279 all right. I think it's the same with Tommy Edmund. 299 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:22.519 I think this is a guy, Dylan, that the Dodgers 300 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:24.279 are going to want to keep around for years. Am 301 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:24.879 I crazy? 302 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:26.039 No? 303 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:27.759 I don't think so, you know, because this is a 304 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.480 guy that they have had their their eye on for 305 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.200 a while, right, And this is the type of guy 306 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.320 I think that, you know, one of the reasons this 307 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:39.159 organization has been successful. It's kind of finding that type 308 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:41.039 of guy, right. I mean, you know, you're talking about 309 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:43.039 the month season. You know, I know Chris Taylor hasn't 310 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:44.799 been great this year, but you know, they got it 311 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:47.159 a lot out of Chris Taylor given where he came from, 312 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:48.919 you know. And Edmund, I think it's like one of 313 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:52.039 those guys they identified him, right, This was a guy 314 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.559 that they wanted over the winter just couldn't get him. 315 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:56.759 And yeah, he's got some pop in his bad right. 316 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:57.240 You know. 317 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:59.519 The other day they you know, Roberts bad at him 318 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:02.240 clean up get a couple of home runs, you know, 319 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:04.720 obviously defensively, he cleans up a lot of things for them, 320 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:07.279 you know. And I think, you know, that's kind of 321 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.519 another kind of aspect here, right, I mean, it was 322 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.039 highlighted the other night when you know, they butchered a 323 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:14.039 bunch of plays, right what it was that, you know, 324 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:18.440 two nights ago, you know. But yeah, I think, you know, 325 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:20.519 I totally agree with you. That is the type of 326 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.919 guy that kind of seems to kind of fit in here, 327 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:26.039 type of like you know, unspoken glue guy. And yeah, 328 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.360 I could definitely see him, you know, if the Dodgers 329 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:30.440 can find a way to keep him here for a while. 330 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:31.320 My guess is that they will. 331 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.159 Who's an under the radar player on the Dodgers that 332 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.039 maybe is going to be bigger in the postseason than 333 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.559 people anticipate, that's not getting a lot of attention or 334 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:41.600 coverage right now. 335 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:47.120 You know, maybe Will Smith. You know, it's kind of 336 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:49.000 weird to call him like under the risk that like 337 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.799 he's an all star player, right, but you know, he 338 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:53.799 kind of has seemed to have kind of worn down 339 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:55.639 a little bit as the kind of the season's gone on. 340 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.799 This is probably, you know, in some ways one of 341 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:02.480 the most challenging stretch of his career. And you know, again, 342 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:04.279 just because there's so many other big names in the 343 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:07.799 Dodgers lineup, you're kind of like, I think there's kind 344 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:09.639 of this expectation. Okay, you know, they can they can 345 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:11.919 win without him kind of hitting. But you know, when 346 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.480 this guy's on, I mean, he is a tremendous offensive catcher. 347 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.279 You know. I do think he's also kind of made 348 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:21.320 improvements behind the plate, you know, both in terms of 349 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:25.240 pitch calling and just kind of receiving. So yeah, I think, 350 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:26.840 you know, if they if there, if this is, if 351 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:29.600 this thing kind of goes all the way, he's going 352 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:30.879 to be a big part of it for sure. 353 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.200 All Right, Dylan, appreciate you jumping on. Thanks for the 354 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:34.639 time today. 355 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:36.679 All now, thank you. 356 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.960 All right, there goes our buddy, Dylan Hernandez. At the time. 357 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.559 So when I said, has your view changed, you know, 358 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:45.320 you said in the first hour, yeah, I'm concerned. I 359 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:47.759 asked Dylan, has his view changed? He goes, Yeah, I'm 360 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.720 more encouraged than ever. I think you're the issue. 361 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:56.480 Well, okay, My whole point was it just seems like 362 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:01.480 every game this series, another threat hopped up. Yeah, like 363 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.960 you feel good about Yamamoto. Man, what a start, and 364 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:06.840 then you go, oh god, defensively they could struggle at times, 365 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:09.120 and then it's like, yeah, but you know, at least 366 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.600 the bats are getting hot, and you know they've they've 367 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:13.559 figured it out, and you know, in this game and 368 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.279 Tommy Edmond's rolling and then oh god, the closer almost 369 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.279 had a meltdown on the mouth. Like it just it 370 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:20.639 just felt like there were things that popped up and 371 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:22.399 a lot of this is gonna get sorted out. They're 372 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:24.960 going to Atlanta for a four game series. You know, 373 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:27.080 if you come away winning three or four at Atlanta, 374 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:30.799 that's a wrap. Folks, Like you're probably you've probably iced 375 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:33.240 the division out if you haven't already, and they're going 376 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:35.080 to be rolling and then they've got you know, San 377 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.159 Diego and those games don't mean as much, you know, 378 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:39.600 coming up next to in the next couple of weeks. 379 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.960 So I'm just trying to listen. I just want to 380 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:43.960 make sure we get everything covered here all right, So 381 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:46.720 there are no surprises, and so none of the callers 382 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:48.919 call up and piss you off and put you in 383 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:50.639 a bad mood and then you in turn take it 384 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:52.679 out on Vic. That's the whole thing I'm trying to 385 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.519 accomplish here. 386 00:15:54.600 --> 00:16:02.440 Well, if I do, maybe VIC should call Jacob. Driving 387 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:04.720 around town the other day, I noticed Jacob's billboard. Have 388 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:07.320 you seen him? You know what I'm talking about. Jacob's 389 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.360 picture the real deal, and that's where Jacob is. If 390 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.360 you're injured in an accident, you need an attorney. You 391 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:14.759 want an attorney who was respected and you know that 392 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.879 is Jacob. You want an attorney who's been helping Southern 393 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:21.639 Californian since Del Harris was coach of the Lakers. That's Jacob. 394 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:23.759 He want an attorney who didn't help just put his 395 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:26.080 name on the advertising. You want one who was involved 396 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.440 every day, helps you get the settlement you deserve. That 397 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:31.159 is Jacob. And if you need an attorney, you want 398 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:33.799 an attorney that the insurance companies fear and trust me. 399 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:37.679 The insurance companies know Jacob is the real deal. So 400 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:39.879 if you've been injured in any type of accident, don't 401 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:43.120