Dodgers Roster Moves, Dodgers Secret Weapon Call-Ups, Tyler Glasnow Injury Update, Mailbag Questions

Dodgers Dougout Live Friday Intro we' got a big injury update we got the biggest concerns for the Dodgers down the stretch we're previewing the big Guardians versus Dodgers series and we're putting an end to the Otani MVP debate and could the Dodgers have a secret weapon down the my league level they could call up they have a big impact for the Dodgers in the postseason that's coming up next on Dodgers Dugout live it's time for Dodger basball for the Str welcome to Dodger Stadium Dodgers win this is the Golden Age of Dodger baseball SL it's a double for Freddy they're going to make big sightings they're going to make impact trades this is the most anticipated season in Dodgers history Dodgers have won it all in 2020 think blue leave Blue and I'm out what is up Dodgers nation and welcome to another episode of Dodgers Dugout live everything you need to know about your boys in blue in less than an hour my name is Doug McCain credential member of Dodgers media you can follow me on exit 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Dodgers Nation Snapback got the blue one you got the black one you got the gray one we got I'll trade my torta for a hat Oscar come on that's that's not a fair trade a delicious Tora I'd rather have that every day over a nice hat let's just be honest man especially on a Friday that that that would slap right now A torto would slap right now Freeman is the clutch pick that's from dalen over there we got Chris Villalobos when he's focused Freddy has the best bat to ball skills and play coverage than anyone on the Dodgers I'm going to give you a let's go Dodgers on that one and really it's pick your poison right it's pick your poison do you want to pick the Bentley the Rolls-Royce or the Ferrari right all three those guys can get the job done in any situation I think Shi batting lead off with the ability to do damage get on base but in a big spot I do like Freddy Freeman if the aliens were going to come down here and they ask us hey for the fate of Western Civilization you got to pick one guy to put at the plate I think Freddy Freeman could be that guy there's no doubt about that we got uh this is the comment of the show we got uh got a lot of people commenting giveaway a lot of people commenting we got noise by Noel what's going on Noise by Noel has his day off yesterday representing so yeah what are the comments fire way right now man I mean it's a lot of competition a lot of people highly anticipated Dodgers Nation Snapback people wanted these for a while finally got them in stock hey man it's been a long time coming I think like what did you say before the show you said this is this like one of the best days in Dodgers Nation history we finally got some this like a supreme drop this is like serious stuff no I feel like I was on the sneakers app this morning and I finally got that got him I keep fir away the com I'm going be checking out making sure seeing what's going on and the top comments you guys are going to get picked at the end and gu get a nice hat absolutely we got our social media Superstar joining us today Serena new to the squad but this is Rookie of the Year right here she's going to win rookie of the year so shout out to Serena Serena I mean what's your favorite color you like the blue the black I like the gray you like the gray I'm here for the gray the green the green underneath I think it's fresh you like the gray I got you yeah oo I got you I got you I got you hey and and rocking it backwards I am a big backwards hat guy I love that for sure and of course we got Tony taters he's in the mix as always he's looking for all of your comments down below but of course every episode of Dodgers Dugout live starts with the leadoff the hottest story in Dodger [Music] baseball so tonight the Dodgers they begin the three- game series against the first place Cleveland Guardians this The Lead Off could be a World Series preview this could be a matchup we see in October the Guardians 80 and 60 up four games on the twins in the AL Central the Los Angeles Dodgers 84 and 56 84 and 56 five games up on the San Diego Padres in the division by the way the Padres do hold that tiebreaker so just like how the Dodgers have that tiebreaker against the the Diamondbacks where a six-game lead is essentially a seven game lead the Padre's have the tiebreaker against the Dodgers and last night if you if you saw that game last night the Padre's the Dodger the Padres and the Tigers I know you guys are watching that on your day off on your Dodgers day off that was the one to watch because it looked like the Padre's were headed towards getting another win they were going to inch closer and closer to the Dodgers in the NL West but thankfully thankfully the Detroit Tigers come through late you had Robert Suarez on the mound for the Padres to close things out and then how about Parker Meadows Parker Meadows is my non Dodger Dodger Dog of the game for a couple for yesterday for that big Grand Slam that's what you dream of that's what you dream of as a kid you're trailing 3 and you could be facing your last at bat and not only do you hit a home run you hit the goahead Grand Slam so shout out to the Tigers shout out to Parker Meadows I'm going to give him a let's go Dodgers for that big Grand salami and then that keeps the Dodgers up five games in the National League West but still a lot of baseball to play for and just crunching some numbers this morning and looking at the way the standings are well if you look at where the Dodgers are sitting right now I think they're going to go a lot better and smoother than going 500 they're gonna play better than 500 ball down the stretch but the Dodgers 84 and 56 they go 11 and 11 that would put them at 95 and 67 the Padre's they have to go 15 and five to get the 95 wins 15 and five to get the 95 wins and if they did that they had the same record Padre's having that tiebreaker at this point would help them and then the DME back 79 and 62 they have to go 16 and5 to get to 95 wins so if you look at where the Dodgers are at right now A 93.8 chance 93.8% chance of winning the National League West I'm telling you not getting cocky here but this division looks like it's close to being sewn up it's not over yet you still got to play good quality baseball down the stretch and today the Dodgers begin a stretch of 10 straight games and 16 of their next 17 games are consecutive so 16 games in 17 days so lots of baseball coming up for the Dodgers but hey it's about knowing your foe so we're going to do some know your Foe and preview this Guardian series a little bit because this could be a postseason matchup and a little bit of a roster move Landon Knack was called up and he's going to get the start tonight for the Dodgers he's taken that rotation spot that was left behind by clayon Kershaw who's on the iil with a toe injury his toes in a boot he's dealing Landon Knack Called Up with the bone spur so they're trying to get the swelling down they're trying to get the inflammation down and then hopefully can have some sort of an impact hopefully get a couple starts under his belt and find some way if it's not in the nlds it's in the NLCS the World Series thinking way to ahead but landed Knack has been solid all season long this season Knack The Knack attack posted three erra 825 strikeouts per nine not amazing but you look at just the production the results have been there he's pitched in 10 games for the Dodgers this season 48 Innings at a three er clip that's definitely s now the advanced stuff which I focus more let's be honest but advanced stuff kind of indicates that there could be a regression to the me happening at some point a 473 FIP and a 438 expected FIP but look for n landed to go out there and take this Challenge on and put the Dodgers in a position to hopefully win and you look at Friday's match up as well they're going up against Matthew Boyd and Matthew Boyd has been in his bag lately the guardian's left-hander he's allowed no more than three runs and any of his four starts since he was traded to the Guardians he's pitched into the sixth inning in each outing so he's kind of like their Jack flarity where he's pitched deep into games he's been really productive he has worked out as far as a trade so you got to give him credit there and then Landon he's only pitched into the fifth inning once in his last three starts so one thing to look for tonight is how much do you get out of Landon and how do the Dodgers do against boydd and the Dodgers they've been really really good this season against left-handed pitching above average 115 weighted runs created plus they've actually been better against lefties than righties this season so I think for me tonight the number one key is just like getting out and getting started and really putting the the flag down saying okay we know it's a first place team we're coming off a worst last place team in the Angels it's going to be a nice little challenge a nice little challenge for this Dodgers team and then Saturday's matchup you got Alex Cobb going up against Gavin Stone so Gavin Stone will be on six days rest Alex Cobb he tossed six perfect Innings on Sunday against the Pirates so he had a split fingernail which by way that sounds you guys have a split fingernail I know you probably have Antonio Tony Taylor what's your craziest injury oh other than the kidneys dude just play dude I was trying to bomb a hill on a longboard when I was like 21 in cast state California right by B hill balma hill bro to the non California is what that means Antonio it's like when you go on a longboard and go down a hill super fast but uh friend Joey loves to do that but I was trying to bomb the hill and I was going good I was listening to the Scorpions on my iPod and I just hit a Little Rock and I literally fell on my face like full force boom wow and just like this side of my face was like swollen maybe I'll bring a picture next time but that was my garous injury like Bryce Harper that's right yeah but hey tough guy you you did clearly the face got back to 100% that's what the ladies say absolutely so so you got to love it you got to love it but then Alex Cobb like I said he's been pitching well of late and then you got Gavin Stone so Gavin Stone Gavin Stone Stats last start against a Dbacks he allowed five runs on five hits and five innings of work and the Dodgers win over the Diamondbacks last Saturday he gave up that leadoff home run to Corbin Carroll gave up that four runs there in the bottom of the first Inning on four hits they also gave another home run to guriel later in the game but the strikeouts have been there for Stoner 18 punchies in his last 16 and two thirds Innings so two really good pitching opponents they're going to be facing two good pitchers early in this series and then Sunday you got Jack flarity going up against Gavin Williams so flarity versus Williams and I think you look at the biggest key to the series it's about one avoiding those blowups so three things I want to see in this series is the first thing I want to see no blowup Games clay Kershaw going one inning last Friday and of course that was due to an injury but the bullpen had to cover 2 four outs and eight Innings roesy blowup game he died for that Series win for the Dodgers last week gave up 10 runs Bobby Miller blowup game against the angels on Wednesday where he gave up five runs in the first seven runs total that's going to tax the bullpen you don't want to have these blowup games another thing I want to see second thing I want to see in this series a big series for Will Smith Will Smith has been so showing signs of Life he's shown signs of getting out of this 3mon slump that he's been on last six games hitting 208 with a 71 weighted runs created plus but last four games hitting 294 five for last 17 with a home run in five RB now we're to talk about this in a little bit during the mailbag session but if Will Smith is looking taxed if Will Smith is showing more signs of fatigue if it looks like to the Dodgers that Will Smith could benefit from some rest and yes they haven't been using the Phantom ilil as much and I think for good reason because baseball's cracking down just ask Billy Epler about that but if it does look like Will Smith could benefit from some rest how about the guy who was on the show last Friday how about Don rushing coming up getting 50 some at bats seeing what he can do and at the very least putting everything out there on the table for the Dodgers when they decide what they want to do for their postseason roster so just throw it out there been talking about this for a while now and yes if you look at the rosters and got to be on that roster before September 1st but you can fill in for an injured player it's the easiest loophole in the game you can get D rushing in The Bigs if you decide that's what this team wants to do third thing I want to see I want to see two home runs from sh and four steals so four steals that would put him at 50 50 piece and then I need to see some home runs cuz I don't want this to linger to the last couple of days of the Season cuz cuz I don't want to see him pressing entering that what presumably is going to be a 4day break heading into the NLS I don't want to see that because I think for Shi you want to make sure he's peeking at the right time but you definitely don't want to see him pressing now if you look at where the Guardians are at heading into the season this a really really good team I mean might not watch a ton of Guardians baseball but this has been a really really solid team all season long and one of my favorite players and Noel Cleveland Predictions knows this I'm a big jram guy is a big Jose Ramirez household I remember when he was messing with Freddy Freeman hey Freddy go glove go glove I love Jose Ramirez I mean if if I could pick maybe like one two three players from another team to have them on my team Jose Ramirez is on that list love J Ram well everyone's talking about sh's 50-50 he's chasing 4040 right now Jose Ramirez 34 home runs and 34 steals so kind of feel bad for the guy right most years about Jose rir 4040 uh whoops play in the wrong year play in the wrong generation got some jram stuff I love that Tony ters and then you got Andreas Jimenez hitting 280 with a 933 Ops last six games four extra base hits another to look for is Josh Naylor he was out in Wednesday's series finale against the Kansas City Royals with back spasms Naylor's on a six-game hitting streak four multi-hit games so he's been on fire hitting 480 with a 1260 Ops with eight ribbies since August 28th so a challenge for the Dodgers pitchers and the hitters in this series and the Dodgers mooki bets hitting 301 with a 909 Ops in 22 games since coming back from the Andre list in mid August Freddy Freeman he's hot too I mean Freddy Freeman's hitting 346 in his last seven games with four bombs and an 808 slug so I got the Dodgers man I I we didn't get a chance to predict the angel Series so I couldn't take can't take credit for that but I am on a f series streak of picking it correctly this one it's it's not fun it's not sexy it's the easy pick but I'm going two out of three two out of three for the Dodgers this series how about you Tony taters what you got oh man it's so brutal Cleveland is such a good team they got class Ramirez literally the best closer this year he's in a CL of his own CL C sorry but but I'm give a bro where's the BR it sucks man they're really good team but I don't want to say but the dodg might lose this series oh swept not swep maybe I hope Dodgers get at least two out of three but I see them getting one out of three one out twice it's probably going to be lights out not game over but you know yeah no CL I mean earli in the year I was saying that CLA should win the Sai Young and he's just incredible I mean we've been talking about him as a potential trade candidate for a couple years now well he's going nowhere how about you Noel though what do you got for the series oh man like you guys talking about class super super good I think I'm going roll with youm I'm going to go two out of three as well I think the last one will be pretty close though I think Dodgers might be able to pull out the sweep really have some good good momentum going into next week but yeah I'm going to roll two out of three two out of three all right how about you Serena I'm going to go two out of three for sure I wish I can say all three well we're home I know it's going to be a struggle cuz Cleveland's hella good but two out of three we're home we win at home let's go and all of my calls lately have been right you've been on fire too you the the Home Run calls you've been on point you've been on point absolutely Otani two bombs do you have a nickname by the way because we have a nickname for Tony taters any nicknames let us know in the comments too let us any com any any nicknames for Serena got natur Serena I want Shots by Serena you know so I'm going to take shots shots by Serena there we go let's call you shots I don't know we're working on something we'll work on something let's go to the comment section give us your picks and your player of the series we got Peter G shout out to me on my birthday go Dodgers definitely not looking for a birthday shout out there were you Peter G but there you go get a Dodger Dog in Your Picks for Player of the Series the game right there Jonah says dmac did you see the interview at Lucas Castillo Luis Castillo from Seattle he said he like to play in LA with Otani I did see that Jonah and you guys know how I feel about uh about Lis Castillo look at the smile on my face just just saying saying his name thinking about him yeah I've been dreaming of him in La for a couple years now but uh to make it happen who knows DAV Fuentes if I need a hit it is one of the MVP Trio but Muki is my final Choice that's from David fent it's a little fire take right there we got Mitchell Hopkins I know I'm sorry I know the Dbacks are a team we want to lose but I can't Ro for the trash thr so go Dbacks for the series only no no no no Mitchell Hopkins I I vehemently disagree with you on that one I no no no no this it's all business here it's all business here okay what's best for the Dodgers is the number one thing and that is for them to lose we got Rango I would rep the hell out of the Dodgers Nation hat while eating a Tora it's a com of the show it's a com of the show right there you got to love that we got uh migy row has been reliable for a while true OG clutch Paul Nanny any idea when Kershaw could return from the toe injury it really depends I mean it's tough to say right now just because they have it in a boot and they're trying to get that inflammation down and a couple days ago Dave Roberts said that there was nothing new as far as clayon Kershaw and the injury so it just depends it really depends I mean we talked about it in depth a couple of days ago but as of right now Dave Roberts said that he's going to be wearing the boot they're going to look at scans it's on his left big toe that impacts your velocity it impacts the velocity on all your pitches in the command so that is kind of one of the big things for that for sure we got um Equivalent Exchange going to the game tonight my niece's first baseball game How likely is a win good question I mean it's baseball you never know but I like the pitching matchup for the the guardian side tonight with the way that Boyd has been pitching but also like this Dodgers offense as well coming back from a really really rough showing against the angels on Wednesday we got dmac into hey from five count boys Tyler glass Now updates we're going to talk about that in a second here dmac do you watch on base with Jack she did not watch that show but I'm sure it's pretty good Brian Cameron my shirona is going to go five shut out Innings tonight there you go there you go we got uh some more comments here dmac I'll trade my wife in a side of torta for a DN hat Chris fros Acer it's going to get a bruh hope your wife's not seeing this but there are easier ways to get but you know you know make that a make that a contender make that a contender right there for sure we got uh oh God there's there he is Tom Stevenson Tom Tom Ste maybe you can help me out with this one Antonio Tom Stevenson wants to know which players have played for the Dodgers and the Guardians oh for show I'll start let me see Manny Ramirez Kenny Lofton Kenny Lofton Trevor Bower that's right Noah card oral Hyer oral Hyer yaso Pig Juan Ube Juan Ube how about Hanley Ramirez how about I ran out of idea how about uh how about Scott Casmir let's see Frank Robinson oh I'm out I'm out what I know you got a ton left Frank Robinson um you know one of the saddest moments in baseball history was Ben Chapman Ben Chapman a player who died after getting hit with the baseball back in the 30s I know it's it's dark but rip rip to Ben Chapman he also played you got Milan Bradley oh my God mil Bradley did you like were you a big Milan Bradley guy hell no bro what I liked his name but just so many off field uh or just even on the have you seen that clip of him with the Cubs talking smack to the fans or him throwing the ball back yeah all that stuff like he at least got us Andre Ethier that's right thank you open a yeah uh Derek low oh uh right here Johnny Cage Casey Blake Casey Blake ex how about does anyone remember Gom Mota Gom motot also play Dodgers Legend Mar dude big dude who else Brett Butler oh Alex agando Jim to Jim to yeah Jim toy also played Dodgers Legend yeah do you remember Tom candotti I don't Tom candotti was with the dodg for a long time one of the best names in baseball history in my opinion mud uh mudat Grant Mudcat Grant yeah yeah that that was a good one but uh that's pretty much all I could think of yeah that was that solid dmac do you think they should have been the spiders oh instead of the Guardians 100% that's that's so cool I I think that would been a oh Anthony Bond yeah you know Dave Roberts daveed Rosario Dave Roberts no's got some Don little bit oh how about a guy who just came back Rich Hill Rich Hill who didn't Rich Hill play for what what do you think about that Noel so before they were the Guardians after they were the former name yeah major league and do you think they should have gone with the spiders over the Guardians spiders would have been really really cool too not going to lie been spiders man you probably get a cool little deal with Marvel get a Spider-Man logo on there too for promotion I love Spider-Man but I like the guardian's name too man you know it's It's Tricky once you get into that naming and the logos and all that stuff but spiders would have been really cool I would have rocked with the spiders man the SP cuz first of all it was real they they were actually a real team back in the day so yeah I mean that would have been the move for me but next topic we're going to get into someone asked about Tyler glass now we got some Tyler glass Now updates we've got some Yamamoto updates so got some questions for you guys that I got and we're going to answer those next on Dodgers Nation mailbag what up Dodgers Nation dmac here to remind you that if you have not yet be sure to subscribe to the Dodgers Dugout live podcast you can find it wherever your podcast so if you want to listen to the show in audio form when you're driving to Dodger Stadium when you're driving from Dodgers Stadium when you're commuting to work wherever it is you definitely want to lock into the podcast we're going to start featuring some podcast exclusives interviews so definitely even if you do watch the show Daily on YouTube be sure to subscribe to the Dodgers Dugout live podcast or every year podcast so be sure to do that really supports the channel and as always think blue believe blue and I'm out and welcome back to Dodgers Dugout live the number one 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definitely was one of the more forgettable nights for the Dodgers offense but let's talk some starting pitching and let's talk Tyler glass now because I think one of the biggest remaining questions for the end of the season is one how quickly they get Tyler glass now back two how many starts could he get and Tyler Glasnow Updates three is he 100% ready to put this team on his back in the postseason Tyler glass now was traded to the Dodgers and they extended him not for June not for August not for September for October to be that horse in the postseason is he going to be that guy we've seen how he looks when he's on the mount and he's dominant Tyler glass now really takes a backseat to no one when it comes to just pure stuff when he's right he's as good as it gets you saw those 17 punch outs those 14 punch outs in seven Innings against the twins early in the season you saw his dominance on the mound throughout the season this year a 349 ER but you know what the expected stuff is better an expected ra at 263 and 1128 strikeouts per nine only issue with Tyler glass now if you want to find one got kind to spot that pimple on the model is are the the Innings too high is there too many starts because these are uncharted waters for glass the most starts he's made in the season is 21 he's made 22 this year before this year the most Innings he had pitched in the season was 120 he's had 134 so just texting people and kind of talking to people I look at the Tyler glass Now situation as their precautionary with it but the same token it's more than nothing because of the way that the rehab is looking he's been on the isil since August 16th due to right elbow tendinitis and after that they said he was going to face the minimum he wasn't going to be on the iil very long and what happens well Dave Roberts tells us that it's getting off to a slow start they scratched him from playing catch last week because he wasn't feeling right the arm wasn't bouncing back and then he did throw off flat ground in Arizona in back toback days so that was a good sign and then Dave Roberts said he played catch today and as I understand it this weekend he's supposed to get off the mound and throw a pen so I'm really encouraged about that and glass now is going to need to throw a few Bullpen sessions before he faces hitters so he has to face hitters that's a big box he has to check but before that you had to have the bullpen session so we're going from playing catch to flat ground we're going from playing catch from 60 to 90 to 120 ft to a bullpen session to another Bullpen session and then you can face hitters in a simulated game and Dave Roberts told us last week as well that he is going to need to make at the very least one Rehab start so Bullpen sessions simulated games a rehab start so Dave said he's going to have to make a rehab start I just can't see any world that he wanted so like I said 22 starts this season he's been great the ER doesn't necessarily reflect that as much I mean 349 it's not sa young caliber but the advanced stuff say it's sa young caliber a sub one whip 11.3 strikeouts per nine so I have seen people out there saying wait a second Tyler glass now a 34935 ER is he that great he absolutely is he absolutely is because the expected stuff that's based on bad to ball contact says that he should be better he's in the 97th percentile in expected ra 95th percentile in expected batting average 94th percentile in strikeout rate at 32.2% 87 percentile in whiff rate at 30.9% so he Strikes Out hitters he misses bats at an elite clip he's got a 99 percentile extension to the plate the 99 percentile so he's a big dude 68 225 his extension to the plate is longer and bigger than any pitcher in baseball so his 97 mph 98 99 mph fast ball that is looking like 102 when it's Tyler glass now so it remains to be seen how quickly he can get to the next step and could he get a handful of starts Dave Roberts said the best case scenario was midep to get back on the mound for the Dodgers but I'm starting to get a little antsy I'm starting to get a little weary when I wake up at 3:30 in the morning in a cold sweat I think of Tyler glass now's status I need him on the mound like I need a Dodger Dog and a Mitchel out on opening day I need Tyler glass now he's not Tyler glass arm okay that's not what's Happening Here What's Happening Here is they're protecting their number one they're not going to rush him back and on the flip side the flip side with yoshan Obi Yamamoto we got a major Yamamoto Updates positive update on yoshiba Yamamoto and we did a full episode on that a couple days ago but Yamamoto is going to start next week versus the Cubs and he's going to get potentially four starts four starts before the postseason now I kind of of want to push back a little bit on the Yamoto thing in that it might have been nice to see him get at at least one more Rehab start just because he's going to be pitching three Innings four Innings if he's efficient this Bullpen they're already heavily taxed and yes you're going to have a six-man rotation and that's definitely going to help this team but I I really think you could have used one more Rehab start because he was supposed to get to three innings in his last one he didn't get to those three Innings thanks to Omar nv's 17 pitch walk where he where he fou off 11 pitches and he was supposed to throw another inning pitch-wise in the bullpen after the start but I was told that never happened so it's good to it's kind of works two ways it's good to get him back in the fold to get him more reps at the big league level but you also want this Bullpen to be fresh too and yes three Innings of Yamamoto to start your game is better than any Bullpen game that you could construct totally understand that you have to understand that as well but still I think for yamamoto's sake you don't want to rush him back you do not want to rush him back and as far as Bobby Miller goes if clayon Kershaw comes back when Tyler glass now comes back Bobby Miller's time this season feels like it's getting close to an end I mean we know the potential is there I've said it before I say it again he is like almost a a guy with his driver's permit that's driving Lamborghini right he needs to learn how to control his stuff and better utilize his stuff I thought the sequencing in his last start wasn't there throwing that heater to a left-handed batter in his Nitro Zone early in that game just was not the move and I think for Bobby Miller it's just kind of finding out what he wants to be am I going to be a 98 99 100 mile per hour fast ball thrower because it's a straight fast ball it's a flat fast ball and he has to locate it early in counts cuz if he's 1 2 and they're sitting on heater it's not moving much it's not running as much arms side or glove side Big League hitters are going to time up a bullet and they're going to be able to do damage so I look at Bobby Miller as next season come back healthy and we know that doesn't matter who they add sh Otani is going to be back on the mound you're going to have Tyler glass now Yamamoto hopefully you're going to have Gavin Stone we'll see do they have Roki Sasaki and Tony dodlin Jack Flair do they resign him does Luis Castillo become a Dodger that'd be a dream right but the truth is that we know that the young pitchers are going to get their opportunity so he'll have a chance to make five to 10 starts and prove that he could pitch better than he did this season because I see people selling all their Bobby Miller stock I'm here to tell you I'm going to buy that if it's the IPO Bobby Miller stock I'm going to buy it before it becomes a blue chip stock because he was Bobbly Miller Thoughts injured All Season de was shoulder inflammation dealt with an abductor injury dealt with a knee injury all this is impacting him on the mound the stuff though is still there that's what makes him so promising and look ideally he's a starting pitcher if it doesn't work out as a starting pitcher has a lot of potential as a Bull Pen piece as well imagine that nasty change up naster than a gas station bathroom coming out of the pen with a well-located fast ball imagine what his fastball looks like if he only feels like he's going to be pitching one or two innings he be pumping gas so don't sell your on Bobby Miller I think he still has the potential to help this team in the future I just don't think baring injury is going to be this season but let's go to the comments here Adrian Salazar I say rest glass now and utilize Yama to make up for the lost time to get his arm right in time for October then glass now will be ready to go for game one of the nlds so good points there give you a fire take in that yes Yamamoto has missed two and a half months and you want to see him get more acclimated at the big league level and the velocity is going to be fine at the beginning the velocity was around 95 mph which is close to his season average this season and it's about the Commando can he locate can he fill up the zone and work his pitch mix with the yo-yo rainbow curve with that nasty splitty so I'm excited to see Yamoto back and by the way I know show to imanaga who is Noel's favorite Japanese pitcher in baseball can you believe that can you believe that that's his favorite pitcher in baseball favorite Japanese pitcher in baseball mine's is Yamamoto I mean a little biased here and then look even more than Shi cuz I just I love watching Yamamoto pitch but we could see a showdown between Yamamoto and imaga on Tuesday and imaga just pitched a team no hitter a team no hitter so I mean I don't know do we consider that a real no hitter no I would say no you got to go the full mile but I do think that's going to be pretty special I think there was definitely a little bit of planning there from Yamoto probably talking to the team seeing that game marked down on his calendar so I think that'll be pretty awesome if that goes through but I just want to see Yamoto healthy like I was telling these guys earlier like just watching his mechanics and watching how he he's been doing in the miners like it's just incredible shout out to our our friends over on Twitter that got us those good Clips when he did that 11 11 foul bad that was crazy but yeah hopefully we're able to see him come through on Tuesday absolutely how about I want give your take on this one Tony ters do you give credit to a team no hitter I only do under one condition and then was the Dodgers who did that team no hitter but outside of that I I look at Team No Hitters as this is you couldn't hit the one guy and then you couldn't hit the second guy or the third guy it's not a no hitter it's a can hitter you guys just couldn't hit you guys just sucked you know what I mean like that's how I look at it but uh what do you say what say you Tony ters I mean I don't the I only count one it's the Angels after Nick aenh hard died that's the only one I count the only was just but that that was special that was special yeah but other than that no but do you count Madison bumgardner seven uh no hitter back in the co days or during the double header I mean absolutely not I mean it's it's kind of like it's like the say it's like nah but I need 27 plus outs yeah you need that one guy to get the 20 27 outs ground balls hit by pitch whatever or not hit by pitch but you know what I mean but that Nick har one that's the only one I count for a team one even the Dodgers W in Mexico when they had the team one that was cool but that was cool but come on that was that guy the homie lemon a18 said imaga Pitch is like there's no care in the world that's pretty true no care in the world hey I see it I like it look imaga is really good the issue with imanaga was the home runs but he's not in Yamoto is an S tier what's the the cool tiers so there's a tier and then there's s tier s tier is like Untouchable that so then that's the one that I'm yam is an S tier would you say we you put managa yeah he's in he between BNA BNA yeah yeah let's just I mean no still still incredible talent coming out of Japan just a pleasure to be able to see both of them come in as as rookies for sure that's true but I've made I made imaga my enemy there's no by Doug not giving nobody credit if they're not a Dodger it's not that I I feel like sometimes I feel like I love players that AR aren't Dodgers more sometimes like my boy Jose Ramirez and Luis Castillo just like I for some reason I think it's the it's too it's too early to give them and I think it's the contract too I think it's the contract that Yamoto has yeah and people say oh you can get the same value it's like no no no like ask any general manager in baseball if you can have yamota at 325 and sha at the contract he signed which was definitely a really good deal for what they got him at but still still you got to go Yamoto all day every day is anyone down there in the comment section that disagrees with that I mean interested to hear your thoughts we got going True Blue Heaven 27 glass now is in bubble wrap for October Taylor Cox yo dmac I like to see glass now get in three solid innings in in three solid six inning outings before the postseason that'd be ideal that's unlikely I think two I mean the ramp up period as well I mean six Innings is is unlikely at that point the ramp period is just not going to allow for that maybe you get four efficient I mean but six it's it had to be extremely efficient and I don't think that they want to necessarily do that and also I think it depends on the state of the division the state of the best record of baseball at that point as well uh dalen blumfield Brumfield dmac please give away a sweet Dodgers windbreaker okay you want to you get some new new merch we get you hats you want wind Breakers would be tough we get you wind Breakers you're going to want shoes I mean come on can we no I was playing Albert Montgomery hey dmac what do you think Joe Kelly's fure looks like good question and you know what that's going to bring me to my next topic here and I said a couple weeks ago and I got this as a mailbag question uh the mailbag question from Joe magazen could we see any minor Leaguers get called up that could have an impact in the postseason earli in the show we talked about the possibility of dawn rushing well a couple months ago I mentioned the possibility of Edgardo henriquez I was talking to Edgardo really nice guy and I think that he's built for October potentially the stuff certainly is and this is the biggest meteor rise we've seen since Brock Stewart in 2016 when Brock Stewart comes up he was at high a then by the end of the year he's pitching for the Dodgers in the show had that really great start against the Cubs where the Dodgers won 10 remember that one Edgardo henriquez has the potential to be the Dodgers Frankie Rodriguez and you saw what Frankie Rodriguez did for the Angels back in 2002 and I'm not saying he's going to necessarily have that same impact but as far as what he could bring to a bullpen in that there's no familiarity with him it's not a lot of tape on him not a lot of add bats against him and then when you look at the pure stuff it's video game numbers you look at the velocity on the fast ball he's thrown 103 a couple of times this season everyone went crazy about Ben Joyce hey you want Ben Joyce I can't get you get get you Joyce right now I can get you edguardo henriquez he's throwing 103 a couple of times this season and these poor hitters down the my league level he's pumping gas throwing triple digit heat hitting 103 and they're doing their best to try to anticipate that and then what does he do he throws a nasty slider that's touching 90 a nasty slider and he's one of the fastest medior Rises we've seen for the Dodgers in quite some time and he's averaging 97 point he's averaging 99.7 miles per hour on his heater but not just the velocity it's the spin he's averaging close to 2500 RPMs on his spin rate that would put him close to the 90th percentile so the v's there the spin's there he has another pitch that he can offer to keep hitters off balance in the slider this year a 257 ER 244 FIP a 40.9 strikeout rate a 10.8 walk rate so the command is the only thing that you look at to say well can he command it at this level that's definitely a potential concern but since he was promoted to Triple A that yell R is down to 186 the FIB is at 168 the strikeout rate at 36.6% the walk rate has dropped down to 7.3% oh and on top of that he's eligible for the rule five draft this off season he's been in the system for quite some time so you have to add them to that 40-man roster no matter what which they will do to avoid another team poaching him and adding him to their organization so you have to add him anyway and this goes back to your question about Joe Kelly now Joe Kelly sure the horizontal break is still there the velocity is still there but I mean at the very least can we see edguardo henriquez for a couple weeks in September that's what I want to see and if you look at the way the roster is set up right now you have natural DFA candidates you have Michael Peterson you have Bren Honeywell you could I Daniel Hudson there are a lot of different ways you get him on this roster but the number one reason why I'm bringing up Edgardo henriquez now and I hate to put this out there I hate to throw this into The Ether but when you pump 103 when you're pumping triple digits you only got so many of those bullets in the chamber right and I'd rather take advantage of those bullets at the big league level I'd rather use it while I have it barring something bad happening to him I'm not going to say it it's like it's like Harry Potter I don't say Voldemort right I don't say Voldemort I don't say the TJ oh but I think Tommy John also played for the Guardians too put that out there I'm pretty sure but yeah I don't say it but I mean can you imagine Edgardo henriquez lights out flamethrower in the postseason you've seen the success look at Michael copc was close to a 5 ER guy when I was pounding my fist on this desk saying get us Michael copc Garett crochet Luis Robert Jr they said fine just take Copeg Jr and then I'll take your Miguel Vargas who's looking sadder and sadder every single day pray for Miguel Vargas man pray for Miguel VAR I'm gonna send him a card yeah let's sign a card together and then should I'll send him a little gift pack oh my goodness my my my Miguel Vargas I I think I should just fly out there and cheer him I know I could I know I could sh Serena that's a great idea Serena thinks we should sell Miguel Vargas a hat and you know how about this it's already white socks black I mean they won't even notice they would even notice me he wear backwards yeah he can wear backwards exactly like Serena wears her gr one so I like that idea we'll send you a hat Mr uh oh there he is oh my goodness oh that's what happens when you go from Baseball Heaven to baseball hell someone check on Miguel Vargas that's depressing bro remember when remember when we first got that news man you know what it's funny though it's like you know what the thing is though like here's the thing like if I'm a player like I'd rather and this might be a different opinion I i' rather be an MVP on a bad team than be a role player on a World Series team that's just me no no no that's a yeah a question that's just me I mean look I I want to play I want to be an MVP I want to be in the Hall of Fame let's be honest the being in the Hall of Fame Trump's being a World Series champion unless you are the reason why that team won the World Series and you are a Hall of Famer right bigger contracts more marketing opportunities that's that's one of the oldest of Bates in sports honestly would you rather be a role player on the championship team or the guy on a really bad team is there anyone who would rather be Robert or than Tracey McGrady yeah no I mean give me the the the I mean come on first of all the money first of all that could probably start and the conversation there but yeah okay let's let's keep it moving guys and then yeah the other one we talked about was was dlan rushing we already talked about that I will say though with dlan rushing I'm getting Gavin Lux vibes from 2019 Gavin Lux was raking in Triple A they called him up and then he had a home run against the Nationals in game one of the nlds that year he became the youngest Dodgers player in franchise history to hit a home run in the postseason at 21 years 314 days before that the youngest was wait for it Cody Bellinger at 22 years 88 days in game three of the 2017 nlds against the Diamondbacks he also became the youngest player to come off the bench and hit a pinch hit Grand Slam so hey we'll see I think D rushing like I said give Will Smith some time off if he doesn't feel like he has it or wants just to re-energize himself all these guys mooki Freddy they've been able to get some rest glassow Yamamoto they've gotten some rest teoscar is on a one-year deal he doesn't want rest right he wants to go out there and he wants to perform and then you also have Will Smith playing a difficult position so wouldn't be against it definitely would not be against it now next question I got we got a couple here we're going to head out of this one who is the Dodgers big biggest X Factor in the lineup the Dodgers biggest X Factor in the lineup I would say I think I know what I have in the mv3 and yes we can talk about mooki and Freddy's numbers last two postseasons but still throughout the course of a postseason the averages are going to average out and I believe in the mv3 I think the biggest X Factor for the Dodgers as far as their lineup goes is tar andz and it's the fact that there's the mv3 and then there's teoscar and teoscar is an MVP player no but he's on a one-year deal and he has all the opportunity in the world to continue to increase his stock around the league and this season he has a 923 Ops with runners in scoring position if tcar Hernandez T Allstar Hernandez has a 923 op uh Runners and scoring position Ops in the postseason I like the Dodgers chances of going very deep and I think it's going to be very impactful because it's not just the numbers with teoscar as if look it's a long season if you think of the best moments of the season a lot of them that pop into your head are tasar Hernandez the sunflower seeds walk-off base hit against the Diamondbacks him absolutely owning the New York Yankees I haven't asked him yet but I still want to ask him what did the Yankees get him for Father's Day I mean was it a nice hat I mean I mean I don't know what it was but it it had have been something nice because it'sit a Grand Slam against the Yankees they had a two home run game there was a point in that Series where he had driven nine of the Dodgers 16 runs so that's a postseason opponent that's a big stage but he's only played in four postseason games all wor of blue jays and they were both Wild Card series losses in 2020 and in 2022 last year a couple years ago though in 2022 against the Mariners he did go three for 15 had two bombs against the Mariners so that would be my X Factor in the lineup X Factor for the rotation I'm taking yoshinobi Yamamoto just because if we get the npb Japan Series game six where he has 14 strikeouts and we get the version of you know what's funny about both both these X factors if we get their Yankees version Yamoto versus the Yankees tasa versus the Yankees feeling really good about those guys it's over right the bullpen X Factor I'm going to Michael copc Michael copek has gone from is this guy going to be a bust as a former top prospect that was once a starter that went to a reliever we knew he had the stuff but was never going to put it together was he just a good guy on a bad team guy he's the ultimate change of scenery Bullpen benefiter benefactor this season Michael copc has given a one run in 15 to thirds Innings supposed to a 0.59 ra but he's never pitched in the postseason can he be that lights out dominant dominant High leverage reliever that's a big big X Factor as well but that's going to do it for this episode of Dodgers dougout live my name is Doug McCain you can follow me on X and Instagram at dorla I giveaway and before we though just setting up the giveaway guys we're doing One giveaway for comment of the show so what do we got for comments of this show run through them real quick I know we're trying to get up out of here but first off Fernando Dodgers nation has a bigger fan base than the Padre than the Padre and Diamondbacks combines first one Richard Flores perfect ending to the 2024 regular season we clutch against the fraudr and that win knocks them out of the postseason three Chris raker dmac I will trade my wife and side tort for a DN hat I like that then you got OGX R 2224 dmac me and my fiance are getting our marriage license today I'm 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