November 13, 2025 • 28 mins
LA Times beat writer Jack Harris joins Clint Pasillas to touch on all things rumors and the Los Angeles Dodgers!
First, in Dodgers news, Tony Gonsolin and Ben Rortvedt are no longer with the organization (1:25). Clint dives into the latest.
Right-handed relievers Raisel Iglesias (4:05) and Devin Williams have been linked to LA. Jack Harris shares his insight on the team's thinking from the GM Meetings in Las Vegas (9:50) and where things stand with a potential Williams signing (14:09). Also, thoughts on the outfield plan (16:32) for the Dodgers and their level of interest in Steven Kwan of the Guardians.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Adding to the back of the end of the bullpen
is something they would like to do. It's obviously an
area where they could upgrade, but it's also not one
they look at as some outright need.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
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Speaker 3 (00:28):
Clint Passias Alana will be back on Monday, mercifully, So
you guys have one more day of hanging out with
just me. Well, it's not gonna be just me today.
Got a good one lined up for you. Dodgers beat
writer Jack Harris of the La Times.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
He joins me. In a few minutes. We shared some
insight from the GM's meetings have been.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Going on in Las Vegas, and I'm also gonna bombard
with a bunch of questions about reliever rumors and all that.
So stay tuned. Get some thoughts into the comments as
well if you. If I can try to get to
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Speaker 3 (01:16):
Before we get into the good stuff, we got a
bit of Dodgers housekeeping to get into, and we're gonna
do that with the big ticket. Talked about it a
little bit already online on the internet so far my
channel yesterday, I figured we should talk about it here
as well. Dodgers news, actual news that has happened, not
(01:37):
just rumors. Dodgers announced a couple of roster moves a
couple days ago or yesterday. The first one we'll talk
about is the Tony Gonsolin. Tony Gonsolin no longer with
the organization as we anticipated. Of course, he was DFAD
a couple days ago when they needed to make some
roster moves, officially out of the organization as he elects
free agency instead of an outright ssignment to the minor leagues.
(02:03):
Listen to Dodgers as already said what last week last Monday,
when talking about potential nine dudes that likely would not
be back with the organization in twenty twenty six. The
Dodgers have so much starting pitching depth quality, starting pitching
depth that they're able to do without waiting for Tony
Gonsolin to get healthy. Now, when Tony Gonson is healthy,
(02:24):
we talked about this. We don't need to talk a
whole lot about Tony on today's show.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
But when he's healthy, he is a great pitcher.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
He's absolutely elite at run prevention, which is an important
part of being a good pitcher. The problem is he
has not been able to stay healthy all the time
and that worked against him. If the Dodgers were able
to had more roster spots to kind of stow him away,
they definitely would have, but they aren't afforded that luxury.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And so long to the catman.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
He'll be able to sign anywhere he wants as soon
as that, well likely before that elbow forearm is fully recovered,
and I expect some sort of one plus one deal elsewhere.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Hopefully it's a good gig for him.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Hopefully it's an opportunity for him to, you know, cement
a little bit of a legacy.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
With another ball club. But shout out to him.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
The other name on there, Ben Rhurtvett, catcher, extraordinary Dodger legend,
fan favorite. He was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati
Rod Reds, ending his short tenure as the backup catcher
here in Los Angeles. As expected, the Dodgers are going
to enter the twenty sixth season with Will Smith as
the primary catcher Dalton Rushing as the backup. There was
(03:32):
a little bit of like some interest or intrigue amongst
some folks online wondering if Dalton maybe could be a
bit of a trade tip chip this winter this offseason.
But pretty much the trade of Ben Hurtvett solidifies the
fact that it will be Will Smith and Dalton Rushing
as you're one and two catchers heading into next season,
(03:53):
and hopefully Dalton Rushing gets a little bit more opportunity
to spell Will Smith. We know the regular season doesn't matter.
You got to keep Big Willie style healthy for the postseason.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
That's the most important part of it.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
The final thing I'll talk about before we welcome Jack
Harrison a few minutes is, you know, the big rumor
of the day we're gonna call it, is that the
reliever market is heating up. Unsurprising there You're getting some
GMS and some you know, baseball executives together, they're gonna
be talking a little bit, but yeah, the relief pitching
market is heating up a little bit. That's coming from
Francis Romeiro. Could start to see some guys moving in
(04:28):
the next few hours. This was from this morning. Big
names Edwin Dias, Devin Williams. Will talk more about Devin
Williams and a little bit other names we've already mentioned
on the show of later at least online listen. We
know the Dodgers are interested in adding a high leverage
right handed reliever that got a lot of lefty arms.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
We'll talk more about that with Jack in just a
few minutes.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Another one of the names from that list that was
further brought up by by Francis was Jose Iglesias. Long time, like,
very very This dude has been nails over the the
course of his career, you know, ten years.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
In the show Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Amongst the team's interesting in signing Rice Sale, Iglesias saying
that one wrong but very good, very consistent arm for
the last decade could be somebody the Dodgers could get at.
I would assume a reasonable contract. ESPN hasn't projected for
a two year, eighteen million dollar deal. Take with that,
what you want out of it. I do believe the
front office has its sights set a little bit higher.
(05:27):
I'm feeling at this point Devin Williams is the number
one target this winter, at least at this point in
time when it comes to the bullpen. So I want
to talk more about Devin Williams with Jack Harris. So
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(07:05):
without making the dude wait longer. Let's go ahead get
into rumor has it with our guest Jack Harris. What
an insurance there? You guys know that man to my
screen right, That is Jack Harris. He is a beat
writer for the Los Angeles Dodgers for the LA Times.
(07:27):
Of course, you know him as a co host of
Dodgers Debate here.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
On the Internet.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Bill Plashki Tyllan Hernandez right here on the YouTube. That's right, Jack,
Thank you for joining me today. Appreciate it. Before we
get into the fun stuff, the rumor stuff. Why you're here,
How is your world serious experience?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Man? It was. It was not dull.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
I'll tell you that, you know it was. I mean,
it's it. What was interesting about it is even in
like the week after, you just kind of keep replaying
moments in your mind, things that like little moments you
didn't even think about at the time or that kind
of got that brushed over with the way, especially those
last two games ended. You know, it's like Max Munsey
(08:09):
catching like the slash bunt swing and ye you know
some of the some of the offensive approach the start
of game six where they were swinging at everything and
then put three runs together. Like, there were so many
little interesting things that happened in that series that really
I think just added to those those culminating moments that
you saw those last couple of nights with the way
(08:30):
those games ended, the really iconic plays, but just the
whole time all those games, you know, even at the
start of the series in LA and the eight and
any game like, there was just so much jam packed
into that, and that's why even beyond the ending to
me was that's what made that series so special to
watch him be around, is just seeing how many little
things can kind of influence the course of a game.
(08:50):
In the course of a seven game series.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Yeah, I mean, Harold, it is one of the best,
if not the best World series of all time. Definitely
Game seven was just insane, so many moments. I haven't
taken that time to go back and rewatch it. You
guys have a little less very great vantage point there
obviously from the press box, but you don't get to
see all the little replays and all the little nuances
(09:13):
as closely and insanely as we do when we're sitting
our ass here, you know, at home in our office.
But just an insane world series. Highly recommend everybody go
out there and watch it again. Read everything that Jack
and the great team at LA Times wrote about that series,
because yeah, that is the story of the story of
that series is there were so many stories, so many subplots.
(09:36):
Really just awesome series. Glad you were able to be there. Hey,
two time World series champ a beat writer right there.
But enough bs and around here, we got to get
into the fun stuff gonna bombard you with a bunch
of relief pitching questions, market questions. As I mentioned a
little bit before, the break or leiever market is where
the Dodgers seem to have their eyes firmly set.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Makes sense.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
They won a World Series going with starting pitch and
Yo Yoshio beam a motive doing things you're not supposed
to do, especially in the modern game, there is a
need for a right handed leverage arm.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
What is the pulse from.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
That LA front office coming out of the GM's meetings.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Yeah, you know, like with a lot of things this
offseason for the team, adding to the back of the
end of the bullpen is something they would like to do.
It's obviously an area where they could upgrade, but it's
also not one they look at as some outright need.
And because of that, it's led to this. You know,
you look at some of the names they're targeting. Devin Williams,
(10:38):
Rice el Iglesias. Those are guys that both have you know,
upside track records, still pretty good stuff even at the
stage of their career they're at, you know, Aglasias being
an older guy, Devin Williams coming off what was a
down year, statistically but still had some good underlying stuff
behind it. The question is going to be, you know,
if those guys get longer term offers from other clubs,
(11:01):
are the Dodgers going to be willing to match it?
Are they going to be willing to do another contract
similar to the Tanner Scott deal last offseason? And it
feels like the answers probably know it feels like their
preference would be to get one of those guys or
maybe pivot to somebody else on the market. There's a
lot of good relief talent out there, but get somebody
on a shorter term deal to mitigate some of the
(11:24):
longer term risk because they feel like, you know, even
if they don't get, you know, a Devin Williams, let's say,
they still have a lot of depth. And this is
going to be a theme I think for the whole
winner is that they're going to be a little bit
more selective, a little bit more targeted and the players
they go after and the kind of deals that they're
probably going to be willing to do because they feel
like they have a really good core in place. They
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know that their rosters getting older, they know that they
have a farm system that you know, is ranked among
the best in baseball right now than in a couple
of years. They're hoping is going to be trickling some
talent up to the big league level. So this offseason
is about kind of I think, threading that needle, bolstering
where they can, but doing it in a way that
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doesn't sacrifice a ton of long term flexibility. And that's
why they're in the spot where the relievers where. Yeah,
they're going after some bigger name guys, but probably only
on shorter term kind of offers.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Yeah, I want to talk more about Devin Williams in
a second, but yeah, you look at the state of
the roster as a whole. You definitely look at the
state of the bullpen. Things seem like they will be
thin to open the season, but guys will come back,
you know, you hope guys are coming back from injury,
from surgeries and all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
There are a lot of names, There are definitely a
lot of names.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
You add Robinson or Tees to the left handed side
of the ledger here to protect them from the rule five.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
But some of those guys returning from injury.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Bruce Dargrett, are all Brock Stewart, Evan Phillips, Kyle Hurt,
who seemed pretty much ready to go if they really
needed to break casts glass in case of emergency, you know,
just a month ago or less than that. But they
have some solid options. None of those are Devon Williams.
One of the guys I wanted to focus in on
here is the Brusar grat or all.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
What's what's the latest with Bruisar?
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Obviously he was getting pretty close to potentially joining the
team late last season, had a little bit of a setback.
Is the expectation now that you know the Bazuka will
be ready.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
To go for spring training?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Yeah, Brandingngum said that they're hopeful he's going to have
a normal offseason and is going to be ready from
the start of camp. You know, the hope last year
was that he'd be able to pitch at some point
during the second half. He just could never really kind
of get ramped up with his shoulder and time to
then get through a whole throwing program get to a
place where he could contribute in the postseason. But he's
still the guy that, yeah, they look at they have
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confidence in being able to be part of this mix
of different options that even if they don't go out
and add a more established closer type that could help
laden games piece things together. I think across the board,
like with the bullpen there, they are expecting some bounce
back performances, and he's part of that group of guys
who either didn't play the way they wanted to last
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year or couldn't contribute because of injury that they're going
to be counting on to be more productive members of
that unit in twenty six.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, I got a lot of good options.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
One of the best options, it's currently a free agent
with Devin Williams, seems to make a lot of sense.
He dropped to call Um yesterday touching on that interest
in the airbender already mentioned. Kind of the contract length
seems to be sort of the sticking point in a
number of potential deals for this team in the offseason.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
You think they.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Could be willing to take a multi year risk on
somebody like Devin Williams, who, just I mean, outside of
a pretty mid to rough season in New York, is
an elite closer, an elite arm out of the back
end of the bullpen.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Yeah, you know, that's one of those things that we're
going to find out more as these guys's markets develop,
as they start to figure out what other offers they want.
I think the tone the Dodgers front office set in
the way Brandon Gohmes talked just generally about the roster. Again,
they're framing this more as you know, he said specifically
of the bullpen. You know, he didn't feel like it
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was quite a need as much as it was a
nice to have.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Now.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Obviously, you know, the things that they say to us
at this point of the offseason you take with a
lot of grains assault. But I think it does speak
to this belief that the front office has that look,
they have a good core in place. They think they're
pitching staff as a whole right now is probably as
good as they've ever had going into the season. Obviously,
the strength of that is in the rotation, but they
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like their options in the bullpen. You know, they are
expecting Tanner Scott to at least be somewhat better next season.
They're expecting Blake trying to be somewhat better. I know
the way that fans will react to that, given the
way those guys struggled this year, but also because of
the way Tanner Scott struggled this year. I think it
does make them a little more hesitant to get somebody,
you know, a reliever, a three or four year deal,
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just because of the volatility that comes in that role,
and because if it does go bad, it does kind
of limit your options for the future.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Yeah, I mean, we know this is a team. This
is the front office that does not want to have
to be busy or extremely active at the trade deadline.
Not that they were last year, maybe could have been,
should have been a little bit more active at the deadline,
But this is the best time to spend money, spend
some prospects, and hopefully get some guys that help this organization.
I've kind of been saying or maybe talking myself into it.
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At this point in the winter, it feels like a
little bit of a house money type of offseason. I mean,
they're coming off of winning back to back World Series.
Some of the players they've lost didn't necessarily contribute a
bunch to this title run. If the Dodgers stayed mostly
quiet this winter, would you be surprised?
Speaker 1 (16:38):
It probably depends how you define mostly quiet. I would
not be surprised if they don't go out and make
a hundred million dollar free agent signing. You know, I
think you've already kind of seen that a lot of
the speculation that was around them and Kyle Tucker coming
into the offseason hasn't really materialized in the way some
people were expecting it to. Just given again other guy
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that's going to command a really long contract ten plus years,
four hundred million, and I think at this point, you know,
the Dodgers probably aren't in the position to maybe feel
like they need to add another one of those pieces.
So now they still are going to try to make moves,
like I'd be, I would be surprised if they don't
make some addition in the bullpen, if they don't make
some addition in the outfield. I think the trade market
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is where you could see this team pivot to. When
you look at again, a top ranked farm system, a
lot of depth with young pitching, which is something that's
always coveted and is going to be especially so this year.
You know, you start looking at teams that are going
to be trying to potentially move outfielders and what they
could need. There's a lot of different options that the
Dodgers could line up on with teams if they're willing
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to move some of those younger arms to try to
get you know, somebody as good as maybe like a
Brandon down of an er Stephen Quan, but even just
you know, you could you can make moves for guys
that even help round out the roster in a little
bit more of a marginal way. So I think you'll
see an offseason with some some additions. You know, they
are going to do things to try to give themselves
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the best chance possible to win next year. But it's
also not going to feel like the last two winners,
where you know, they were in on basically every top
free agent and held three to five press conference signings
at a Dodger stadium over the winner.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Yeah, it feels like, you know that we don't have
a need.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
It's definitely signaling we're not going to come to other
people's market for players, or at least maybe some of
the free agent markets for some of the players and
other teams trade demands more so, what I mean to
say here, you mentioned Stephen Kwan, there was a lot
of interest at the trade deadline. There appears to be
some you know, kind of ramping up interest or at
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least people are trying to put that out.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Online so we can get some clicks out of it,
and all that.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
He seems to fit an extreme or a very obvious
need that the team has in left field. Presuming there's
no move to send ta Oscar Hernandez somewhere or shift
him to left field, Potz seems to be the you know,
the center fielder at this point in time.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
If there is more of if.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
There is a move to land an outfielder, is it
more likely to be maybe like a Stephen Kuan or
the trade route or do you think maybe a Cody
Bellinger reunion is more on the table rather than like
a Kyle Tucker plane in that market. What's sort of
your feeling of where they could land because there is
a need. I don't think they go Ryan Ward and
Alex call heading into you know, to try to go
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for a title three.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Peat, right, Yeah, I mean, I think the trademarket fits
this balance between like short and long term. You know,
if you add a Stephen Kwan or a Brandon Donovan,
I mean, any of those guys, even lesser big name guys.
What you're going to be adding are guys that have
lower salaries and probably two to three years of team control.
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That kind of lines up with what the Dodgers want.
Right You're getting an impact player in the present, but
you're preserving some of that long term flexibility. You're keeping
spots open for this wave of young talent you have
coming up and then couple of years that you hope
is going to be I mean, they are very excited
about this, like it's a big reason why the Dodgers,
even with all the talent they've delt away over the
last couple of years, still has such a highly regarded
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farm system. So I think the trade route does help,
but they're not going to completely ignore the free agent market.
You know, Cody Bellinger is a slightly different prospect free
agent prospect than a Kyle Tucker because he could eventually
slide to first base if you signed him. You know,
it's just it's a guy that you know, when you
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look at the longer term risk and flexibility he provides,
it be a little bit different. I still don't know
how realistic it would be to see him come back,
but it's another name out there.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
You know.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Harrison Bader is another guy. If you're looking at a
smaller name, guy who you could get as a free
agent on a shorter term deal as somebody that they
looked at at the trade deadline as well. So there's
a lot of different routes they could go. I'm sure
there's going to be a lot of different things they explore.
I think with where they're at right now, the easiest
fit to see is them finding some kind of deal
on the trade market. But they're going to keep their
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options open and explore things, and like they do every winner,
see how the markets develop for various players and try
to put themselves in position to strike if they think
that there's a deal that they value.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Final one I got for you here before I let
you escape. Two names key contributors to this Dodgers run
over the last two years of World Series dominance, Keith
arnandez Miguel Rojas, both free agents. I'm kind of going
back and forth on whether or not there's definitely a
heart and soul need for both of those guys to return.
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I don't know that the roster right now seems to
fit both of them returning, especially with guys like Alex
Freelancy still being around them wanting to get something out
of Hessan Kim now Ryan Ward on the roster what's
kind of your feeling of where the organization and the
relationship with Ke and Miguel Rojas, like, could they both return?
You think it's to a one return sort of situation.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
What are you thinking?
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Yeah, I mean it is a difficult dynamic to work
through because of all the things you just said. They
have been so valuable and not just in the clubhouse
and as veteran leaders, but directly on the field during
the last couple octobers. And even if you're guessing that
you know you're probably not going to get a ton
of production out of them in the regular season, knowing
that those are guys that you can count on to
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deliver in big moments in the playoffs is a really
valuable thing for a team that's judged based on how
it does in October. So I think that there is
still an interest in trying to bring them back if
it makes sense. I think the way you've seen this
play out with Kik the last couple off seasons is
the Dodgers make their moves, they kind of wait around.
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He waits around, sees what they do. They wait around,
see kind of how his market develops, and then at
the end of the winner if there's still a rout
or path for him to come back and have a
role on the team. They've been able to hammer out deals,
and I would imagine with both these guys probably something
similar to that that Dodger are going to cast a
wide net right now, try to figure out a little
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more specifically, Okay, what is the roster going to look like,
who are the other pieces they're going to add, and
then you know, if they have roles for to bring
geek A and Miggey Roe back. I think they would
love to do that because they understand how valuable they are.
But before they do that, they're going to see how
the rest of this winter kind of plays out first.
Would be my guess, you know, similar to what we've
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see in the last couple of years.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Yeah, it should be definitely an interesting, maybe less interesting
off season than what we've seen over the last couple
of winters, but still intriguing nonetheless, And of course we'll
be covering what you and all of the cohorts over
at the early times of doing Jack, I appreciate the
time here on the Thursday, give them a follow by
Jack Harris on the Twitter x whatever you want to
(23:48):
call it.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
And yeah, we'll talk soon, my friend.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Thank you much, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Guys, we're going to continue the show. We're going to
get into last licks. Doing this for Alana, who will
be back of course on Monday, but I'm excited to
I just really want.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Chip to be adopted.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
There wasn't an adoption while Alana's been on vacation. Sonny
got adopted, so that is super cool. We appreciate whoever adopted.
I don't know who did it, but I'm gonna hit
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He's neutered, vaccinated, great with kids, great with dogs. You
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They need the right home, so do check that out.
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at Gidre's guardian dot org um at a baseball thought
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for the road, something probably dumb, something that could potentially
get us in trouble, but whatever. I'm sure some people
saw today that the San Diego Padres are quote evaluating
a future you know, ownership, What is it? I lost
all the words there, future with the Padres. They they're
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in the process. This is I probably should just read
what's I put on the screen here. John Seidler, the chairman,
announced that they are deciding a process of evaluating future
with the Padres and potentially looking this is the point
we're getting to eventually looking to sell.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
The team, sell the franchise.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Just two years removed from Peter Seiler passing away, we
knew at some point this Padres organization, that Padres organization
would become an absolute shit show. And with all of
those contracts, with all of the drama going on with
ownership in the front office, and and things with Peter
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Siler's growing friend and the brothers that own the team,
and all of this just drama, drama issues. They invested,
Peter invested a lot of money into aging stars, and
those stars are getting older and older and still worth
a butt ton of money with like a U Darvisho's
out for next year. Manny Machado, who you know is
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selectively a fan of Hustle, Xander Bogart's all of these guys.
Jake croninworth a weird deal that he got. You know,
you could see this team, you could see that organization
start to get desperate to move some payroll.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
I've seen a few names mentioned.
Speaker 3 (26:37):
A few people mentioned the idea of Fernando Tatis Junior
being traded, maybe him being a Dodger. I don't know
how I feel about Nando being a Dodger.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
He's a hell of a right fielder.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Maybe him playing with some quality leadership would help him out.
I doubt the Padres and Dodgers come together on a deal,
but still, it's just it's funny. It's sad, but probably
more funny, just towards Padres fans that this could be happening.
Who knows if they bring in investors, however it works out.
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I just wanted to talk about something different than the
Dodgers for a second. Here in our Baseball thought for
the Road, Mark Marcus saying the Padres just cannot get
their act together. He's in San Diego and would love
to see them get going. We've said it here a
bunch of times, the Dodgers are better when other teams
in the NL West are better.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
You hope the.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
Giants find a way to get a little bit better.
You hope that the Padres find a way to figure.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
Some things out.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
You hope that the d Backs get back on track
from where they were in twenty twenty three, because that
forces the Dodgers to get even better.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
So yeah, that's about it.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Marcus also says Tatis would not fit in. Yeah, I
really can't see that, Mike. Bring it up the Frank
McCourt era. Still shudder every time I think about the
Dodgers being owned by Frank McCourt.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
But that's it.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
I just wanted to touch on that for a little
bit here on the way out. Guys, thank you for
watching this edition of Dodgers' Territory. Big thank you to
Jack Harris filling in for a lot of giving us
some insight today. A lot of Rizzo will be back
on Monday, so fear not. It will be fun to
get Riz back and we could finally get her thoughts
about the World series that she watched most of Game
seven on a plane, which is unfortunate. But all the
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Adding to the back of the end of the bullpen
is something they would like to do. It's obviously an
area where they could upgrade, but it's also not one
they look at as some outright need.
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Got a good one lined up for you. Dodgers beat
writer Jack Harris of the La Times.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
He joins me. In a few minutes. We shared some
insight from the GM's meetings have been.
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Going on in Las Vegas, and I'm also gonna bombard
with a bunch of questions about reliever rumors and all that.
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Before we get into the good stuff, we got a
bit of Dodgers housekeeping to get into, and we're gonna
do that with the big ticket. Talked about it a
little bit already online on the internet so far my
channel yesterday, I figured we should talk about it here
as well. Dodgers news, actual news that has happened, not
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just rumors. Dodgers announced a couple of roster moves a
couple days ago or yesterday. The first one we'll talk
about is the Tony Gonsolin. Tony Gonsolin no longer with
the organization as we anticipated. Of course, he was DFAD
a couple days ago when they needed to make some
roster moves, officially out of the organization as he elects
free agency instead of an outright ssignment to the minor leagues.
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Listen to Dodgers as already said what last week last Monday,
when talking about potential nine dudes that likely would not
be back with the organization in twenty twenty six. The
Dodgers have so much starting pitching depth quality, starting pitching
depth that they're able to do without waiting for Tony
Gonsolin to get healthy. Now, when Tony Gonson is healthy,
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we talked about this. We don't need to talk a
whole lot about Tony on today's show.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
But when he's healthy, he is a great pitcher.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
He's absolutely elite at run prevention, which is an important
part of being a good pitcher. The problem is he
has not been able to stay healthy all the time
and that worked against him. If the Dodgers were able
to had more roster spots to kind of stow him away,
they definitely would have, but they aren't afforded that luxury.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And so long to the catman.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
He'll be able to sign anywhere he wants as soon
as that, well likely before that elbow forearm is fully recovered,
and I expect some sort of one plus one deal elsewhere.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Hopefully it's a good gig for him.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Hopefully it's an opportunity for him to, you know, cement
a little bit of a legacy.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
With another ball club. But shout out to him.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
The other name on there, Ben Rhurtvett, catcher, extraordinary Dodger legend,
fan favorite. He was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati
Rod Reds, ending his short tenure as the backup catcher
here in Los Angeles. As expected, the Dodgers are going
to enter the twenty sixth season with Will Smith as
the primary catcher Dalton Rushing as the backup. There was
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a little bit of like some interest or intrigue amongst
some folks online wondering if Dalton maybe could be a
bit of a trade tip chip this winter this offseason.
But pretty much the trade of Ben Hurtvett solidifies the
fact that it will be Will Smith and Dalton Rushing
as you're one and two catchers heading into next season,
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and hopefully Dalton Rushing gets a little bit more opportunity
to spell Will Smith. We know the regular season doesn't matter.
You got to keep Big Willie style healthy for the postseason.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
That's the most important part of it.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
The final thing I'll talk about before we welcome Jack
Harrison a few minutes is, you know, the big rumor
of the day we're gonna call it, is that the
reliever market is heating up. Unsurprising there You're getting some
GMS and some you know, baseball executives together, they're gonna
be talking a little bit, but yeah, the relief pitching
market is heating up a little bit. That's coming from
Francis Romeiro. Could start to see some guys moving in
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the next few hours. This was from this morning. Big
names Edwin Dias, Devin Williams. Will talk more about Devin
Williams and a little bit other names we've already mentioned
on the show of later at least online listen. We
know the Dodgers are interested in adding a high leverage
right handed reliever that got a lot of lefty arms.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
We'll talk more about that with Jack in just a
few minutes.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Another one of the names from that list that was
further brought up by by Francis was Jose Iglesias. Long time, like,
very very This dude has been nails over the the
course of his career, you know, ten years.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
In the show Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Amongst the team's interesting in signing Rice Sale, Iglesias saying
that one wrong but very good, very consistent arm for
the last decade could be somebody the Dodgers could get at.
I would assume a reasonable contract. ESPN hasn't projected for
a two year, eighteen million dollar deal. Take with that,
what you want out of it. I do believe the
front office has its sights set a little bit higher.
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I'm feeling at this point Devin Williams is the number
one target this winter, at least at this point in
time when it comes to the bullpen. So I want
to talk more about Devin Williams with Jack Harris. So
we're going to do that in just a second. But
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without making the dude wait longer. Let's go ahead get
into rumor has it with our guest Jack Harris. What
an insurance there? You guys know that man to my
screen right, That is Jack Harris. He is a beat
writer for the Los Angeles Dodgers for the LA Times.
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Of course, you know him as a co host of
Dodgers Debate here.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
On the Internet.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Bill Plashki Tyllan Hernandez right here on the YouTube. That's right, Jack,
Thank you for joining me today. Appreciate it. Before we
get into the fun stuff, the rumor stuff. Why you're here,
How is your world serious experience?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Man? It was. It was not dull.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
I'll tell you that, you know it was. I mean,
it's it. What was interesting about it is even in
like the week after, you just kind of keep replaying
moments in your mind, things that like little moments you
didn't even think about at the time or that kind
of got that brushed over with the way, especially those
last two games ended. You know, it's like Max Munsey
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catching like the slash bunt swing and ye you know
some of the some of the offensive approach the start
of game six where they were swinging at everything and
then put three runs together. Like, there were so many
little interesting things that happened in that series that really
I think just added to those those culminating moments that
you saw those last couple of nights with the way
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those games ended, the really iconic plays, but just the
whole time all those games, you know, even at the
start of the series in LA and the eight and
any game like, there was just so much jam packed
into that, and that's why even beyond the ending to
me was that's what made that series so special to
watch him be around, is just seeing how many little
things can kind of influence the course of a game.
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In the course of a seven game series.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Yeah, I mean, Harold, it is one of the best,
if not the best World series of all time. Definitely
Game seven was just insane, so many moments. I haven't
taken that time to go back and rewatch it. You
guys have a little less very great vantage point there
obviously from the press box, but you don't get to
see all the little replays and all the little nuances
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as closely and insanely as we do when we're sitting
our ass here, you know, at home in our office.
But just an insane world series. Highly recommend everybody go
out there and watch it again. Read everything that Jack
and the great team at LA Times wrote about that series,
because yeah, that is the story of the story of
that series is there were so many stories, so many subplots.
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Really just awesome series. Glad you were able to be there. Hey,
two time World series champ a beat writer right there.
But enough bs and around here, we got to get
into the fun stuff gonna bombard you with a bunch
of relief pitching questions, market questions. As I mentioned a
little bit before, the break or leiever market is where
the Dodgers seem to have their eyes firmly set.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Makes sense.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
They won a World Series going with starting pitch and
Yo Yoshio beam a motive doing things you're not supposed
to do, especially in the modern game, there is a
need for a right handed leverage arm.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
What is the pulse from.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
That LA front office coming out of the GM's meetings.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Yeah, you know, like with a lot of things this
offseason for the team, adding to the back of the
end of the bullpen is something they would like to do.
It's obviously an area where they could upgrade, but it's
also not one they look at as some outright need.
And because of that, it's led to this. You know,
you look at some of the names they're targeting. Devin Williams,
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Rice el Iglesias. Those are guys that both have you know,
upside track records, still pretty good stuff even at the
stage of their career they're at, you know, Aglasias being
an older guy, Devin Williams coming off what was a
down year, statistically but still had some good underlying stuff
behind it. The question is going to be, you know,
if those guys get longer term offers from other clubs,
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are the Dodgers going to be willing to match it?
Are they going to be willing to do another contract
similar to the Tanner Scott deal last offseason? And it
feels like the answers probably know it feels like their
preference would be to get one of those guys or
maybe pivot to somebody else on the market. There's a
lot of good relief talent out there, but get somebody
on a shorter term deal to mitigate some of the
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longer term risk because they feel like, you know, even
if they don't get, you know, a Devin Williams, let's say,
they still have a lot of depth. And this is
going to be a theme I think for the whole
winner is that they're going to be a little bit
more selective, a little bit more targeted and the players
they go after and the kind of deals that they're
probably going to be willing to do because they feel
like they have a really good core in place. They
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know that their rosters getting older, they know that they
have a farm system that you know, is ranked among
the best in baseball right now than in a couple
of years. They're hoping is going to be trickling some
talent up to the big league level. So this offseason
is about kind of I think, threading that needle, bolstering
where they can, but doing it in a way that
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doesn't sacrifice a ton of long term flexibility. And that's
why they're in the spot where the relievers where. Yeah,
they're going after some bigger name guys, but probably only
on shorter term kind of offers.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Yeah, I want to talk more about Devin Williams in
a second, but yeah, you look at the state of
the roster as a whole. You definitely look at the
state of the bullpen. Things seem like they will be
thin to open the season, but guys will come back,
you know, you hope guys are coming back from injury,
from surgeries and all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
There are a lot of names, There are definitely a
lot of names.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
You add Robinson or Tees to the left handed side
of the ledger here to protect them from the rule five.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
But some of those guys returning from injury.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Bruce Dargrett, are all Brock Stewart, Evan Phillips, Kyle Hurt,
who seemed pretty much ready to go if they really
needed to break casts glass in case of emergency, you know,
just a month ago or less than that. But they
have some solid options. None of those are Devon Williams.
One of the guys I wanted to focus in on
here is the Brusar grat or all.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
What's what's the latest with Bruisar?
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Obviously he was getting pretty close to potentially joining the
team late last season, had a little bit of a setback.
Is the expectation now that you know the Bazuka will
be ready.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
To go for spring training?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Yeah, Brandingngum said that they're hopeful he's going to have
a normal offseason and is going to be ready from
the start of camp. You know, the hope last year
was that he'd be able to pitch at some point
during the second half. He just could never really kind
of get ramped up with his shoulder and time to
then get through a whole throwing program get to a
place where he could contribute in the postseason. But he's
still the guy that, yeah, they look at they have
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confidence in being able to be part of this mix
of different options that even if they don't go out
and add a more established closer type that could help
laden games piece things together. I think across the board,
like with the bullpen there, they are expecting some bounce
back performances, and he's part of that group of guys
who either didn't play the way they wanted to last
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year or couldn't contribute because of injury that they're going
to be counting on to be more productive members of
that unit in twenty six.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, I got a lot of good options.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
One of the best options, it's currently a free agent
with Devin Williams, seems to make a lot of sense.
He dropped to call Um yesterday touching on that interest
in the airbender already mentioned. Kind of the contract length
seems to be sort of the sticking point in a
number of potential deals for this team in the offseason.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
You think they.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Could be willing to take a multi year risk on
somebody like Devin Williams, who, just I mean, outside of
a pretty mid to rough season in New York, is
an elite closer, an elite arm out of the back
end of the bullpen.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Yeah, you know, that's one of those things that we're
going to find out more as these guys's markets develop,
as they start to figure out what other offers they want.
I think the tone the Dodgers front office set in
the way Brandon Gohmes talked just generally about the roster. Again,
they're framing this more as you know, he said specifically
of the bullpen. You know, he didn't feel like it
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was quite a need as much as it was a
nice to have.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Now.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Obviously, you know, the things that they say to us
at this point of the offseason you take with a
lot of grains assault. But I think it does speak
to this belief that the front office has that look,
they have a good core in place. They think they're
pitching staff as a whole right now is probably as
good as they've ever had going into the season. Obviously,
the strength of that is in the rotation, but they
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like their options in the bullpen. You know, they are
expecting Tanner Scott to at least be somewhat better next season.
They're expecting Blake trying to be somewhat better. I know
the way that fans will react to that, given the
way those guys struggled this year, but also because of
the way Tanner Scott struggled this year. I think it
does make them a little more hesitant to get somebody,
you know, a reliever, a three or four year deal,
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just because of the volatility that comes in that role,
and because if it does go bad, it does kind
of limit your options for the future.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Yeah, I mean, we know this is a team. This
is the front office that does not want to have
to be busy or extremely active at the trade deadline.
Not that they were last year, maybe could have been,
should have been a little bit more active at the deadline,
But this is the best time to spend money, spend
some prospects, and hopefully get some guys that help this organization.
I've kind of been saying or maybe talking myself into it.
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At this point in the winter, it feels like a
little bit of a house money type of offseason. I mean,
they're coming off of winning back to back World Series.
Some of the players they've lost didn't necessarily contribute a
bunch to this title run. If the Dodgers stayed mostly
quiet this winter, would you be surprised?
Speaker 1 (16:38):
It probably depends how you define mostly quiet. I would
not be surprised if they don't go out and make
a hundred million dollar free agent signing. You know, I
think you've already kind of seen that a lot of
the speculation that was around them and Kyle Tucker coming
into the offseason hasn't really materialized in the way some
people were expecting it to. Just given again other guy
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that's going to command a really long contract ten plus years,
four hundred million, and I think at this point, you know,
the Dodgers probably aren't in the position to maybe feel
like they need to add another one of those pieces.
So now they still are going to try to make moves,
like I'd be, I would be surprised if they don't
make some addition in the bullpen, if they don't make
some addition in the outfield. I think the trade market
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is where you could see this team pivot to. When
you look at again, a top ranked farm system, a
lot of depth with young pitching, which is something that's
always coveted and is going to be especially so this year.
You know, you start looking at teams that are going
to be trying to potentially move outfielders and what they
could need. There's a lot of different options that the
Dodgers could line up on with teams if they're willing
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to move some of those younger arms to try to
get you know, somebody as good as maybe like a
Brandon down of an er Stephen Quan, but even just
you know, you could you can make moves for guys
that even help round out the roster in a little
bit more of a marginal way. So I think you'll
see an offseason with some some additions. You know, they
are going to do things to try to give themselves
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the best chance possible to win next year. But it's
also not going to feel like the last two winners,
where you know, they were in on basically every top
free agent and held three to five press conference signings
at a Dodger stadium over the winner.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Yeah, it feels like, you know that we don't have
a need.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
It's definitely signaling we're not going to come to other
people's market for players, or at least maybe some of
the free agent markets for some of the players and
other teams trade demands more so, what I mean to
say here, you mentioned Stephen Kwan, there was a lot
of interest at the trade deadline. There appears to be
some you know, kind of ramping up interest or at
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least people are trying to put that out.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Online so we can get some clicks out of it,
and all that.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
He seems to fit an extreme or a very obvious
need that the team has in left field. Presuming there's
no move to send ta Oscar Hernandez somewhere or shift
him to left field, Potz seems to be the you know,
the center fielder at this point in time.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
If there is more of if.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
There is a move to land an outfielder, is it
more likely to be maybe like a Stephen Kuan or
the trade route or do you think maybe a Cody
Bellinger reunion is more on the table rather than like
a Kyle Tucker plane in that market. What's sort of
your feeling of where they could land because there is
a need. I don't think they go Ryan Ward and
Alex call heading into you know, to try to go
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for a title three.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Peat, right, Yeah, I mean, I think the trademarket fits
this balance between like short and long term. You know,
if you add a Stephen Kwan or a Brandon Donovan,
I mean, any of those guys, even lesser big name guys.
What you're going to be adding are guys that have
lower salaries and probably two to three years of team control.
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That kind of lines up with what the Dodgers want.
Right You're getting an impact player in the present, but
you're preserving some of that long term flexibility. You're keeping
spots open for this wave of young talent you have
coming up and then couple of years that you hope
is going to be I mean, they are very excited
about this, like it's a big reason why the Dodgers,
even with all the talent they've delt away over the
last couple of years, still has such a highly regarded
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farm system. So I think the trade route does help,
but they're not going to completely ignore the free agent market.
You know, Cody Bellinger is a slightly different prospect free
agent prospect than a Kyle Tucker because he could eventually
slide to first base if you signed him. You know,
it's just it's a guy that you know, when you
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look at the longer term risk and flexibility he provides,
it be a little bit different. I still don't know
how realistic it would be to see him come back,
but it's another name out there.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
You know.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Harrison Bader is another guy. If you're looking at a
smaller name, guy who you could get as a free
agent on a shorter term deal as somebody that they
looked at at the trade deadline as well. So there's
a lot of different routes they could go. I'm sure
there's going to be a lot of different things they explore.
I think with where they're at right now, the easiest
fit to see is them finding some kind of deal
on the trade market. But they're going to keep their
(21:06):
options open and explore things, and like they do every winner,
see how the markets develop for various players and try
to put themselves in position to strike if they think
that there's a deal that they value.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Final one I got for you here before I let
you escape. Two names key contributors to this Dodgers run
over the last two years of World Series dominance, Keith
arnandez Miguel Rojas, both free agents. I'm kind of going
back and forth on whether or not there's definitely a
heart and soul need for both of those guys to return.
(21:40):
I don't know that the roster right now seems to
fit both of them returning, especially with guys like Alex
Freelancy still being around them wanting to get something out
of Hessan Kim now Ryan Ward on the roster what's
kind of your feeling of where the organization and the
relationship with Ke and Miguel Rojas, like, could they both return?
You think it's to a one return sort of situation.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
What are you thinking?
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Yeah, I mean it is a difficult dynamic to work
through because of all the things you just said. They
have been so valuable and not just in the clubhouse
and as veteran leaders, but directly on the field during
the last couple octobers. And even if you're guessing that
you know you're probably not going to get a ton
of production out of them in the regular season, knowing
that those are guys that you can count on to
(22:25):
deliver in big moments in the playoffs is a really
valuable thing for a team that's judged based on how
it does in October. So I think that there is
still an interest in trying to bring them back if
it makes sense. I think the way you've seen this
play out with Kik the last couple off seasons is
the Dodgers make their moves, they kind of wait around.
(22:45):
He waits around, sees what they do. They wait around,
see kind of how his market develops, and then at
the end of the winner if there's still a rout
or path for him to come back and have a
role on the team. They've been able to hammer out deals,
and I would imagine with both these guys probably something
similar to that that Dodger are going to cast a
wide net right now, try to figure out a little
(23:06):
more specifically, Okay, what is the roster going to look like,
who are the other pieces they're going to add, and
then you know, if they have roles for to bring
geek A and Miggey Roe back. I think they would
love to do that because they understand how valuable they are.
But before they do that, they're going to see how
the rest of this winter kind of plays out first.
Would be my guess, you know, similar to what we've
(23:26):
see in the last couple of years.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Yeah, it should be definitely an interesting, maybe less interesting
off season than what we've seen over the last couple
of winters, but still intriguing nonetheless, And of course we'll
be covering what you and all of the cohorts over
at the early times of doing Jack, I appreciate the
time here on the Thursday, give them a follow by
Jack Harris on the Twitter x whatever you want to
(23:48):
call it.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
And yeah, we'll talk soon, my friend.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Thank you much, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Guys, we're going to continue the show. We're going to
get into last licks. Doing this for Alana, who will
be back of course on Monday, but I'm excited to
I just really want.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Chip to be adopted.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
There wasn't an adoption while Alana's been on vacation. Sonny
got adopted, so that is super cool. We appreciate whoever adopted.
I don't know who did it, but I'm gonna hit
that applause button for Sonny being adopted. But Chip here
needs an adopter. This is a one and a half
year old mixed breed. He is the handsomest looking good boy.
He's neutered, vaccinated, great with kids, great with dogs. You
(24:32):
can help Chip out by adopting him. You can help
Gidrey's guardian out by adopting Chip.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
You can help Alana out.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
They have a bunch of dogs right now that need homes.
They need the right home, so do check that out.
We're trying to get as many dogs as we can
good homes. Good boys deserve good homes, so we'd appreciate
it if you consider Chip or anybody else over there
at Gidre's guardian dot org um at a baseball thought
(24:59):
for the road, something probably dumb, something that could potentially
get us in trouble, but whatever. I'm sure some people
saw today that the San Diego Padres are quote evaluating
a future you know, ownership, What is it? I lost
all the words there, future with the Padres. They they're
(25:20):
in the process. This is I probably should just read
what's I put on the screen here. John Seidler, the chairman,
announced that they are deciding a process of evaluating future
with the Padres and potentially looking this is the point
we're getting to eventually looking to sell.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
The team, sell the franchise.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Just two years removed from Peter Seiler passing away, we
knew at some point this Padres organization, that Padres organization
would become an absolute shit show. And with all of
those contracts, with all of the drama going on with
ownership in the front office, and and things with Peter
(25:59):
Siler's growing friend and the brothers that own the team,
and all of this just drama, drama issues. They invested,
Peter invested a lot of money into aging stars, and
those stars are getting older and older and still worth
a butt ton of money with like a U Darvisho's
out for next year. Manny Machado, who you know is
(26:21):
selectively a fan of Hustle, Xander Bogart's all of these guys.
Jake croninworth a weird deal that he got. You know,
you could see this team, you could see that organization
start to get desperate to move some payroll.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
I've seen a few names mentioned.
Speaker 3 (26:37):
A few people mentioned the idea of Fernando Tatis Junior
being traded, maybe him being a Dodger. I don't know
how I feel about Nando being a Dodger.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
He's a hell of a right fielder.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Maybe him playing with some quality leadership would help him out.
I doubt the Padres and Dodgers come together on a deal,
but still, it's just it's funny. It's sad, but probably
more funny, just towards Padres fans that this could be happening.
Who knows if they bring in investors, however it works out.
(27:09):
I just wanted to talk about something different than the
Dodgers for a second. Here in our Baseball thought for
the Road, Mark Marcus saying the Padres just cannot get
their act together. He's in San Diego and would love
to see them get going. We've said it here a
bunch of times, the Dodgers are better when other teams
in the NL West are better.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
You hope the.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
Giants find a way to get a little bit better.
You hope that the Padres find a way to figure.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
Some things out.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
You hope that the d Backs get back on track
from where they were in twenty twenty three, because that
forces the Dodgers to get even better.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
So yeah, that's about it.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Marcus also says Tatis would not fit in. Yeah, I
really can't see that, Mike. Bring it up the Frank
McCourt era. Still shudder every time I think about the
Dodgers being owned by Frank McCourt.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
But that's it.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
I just wanted to touch on that for a little
bit here on the way out. Guys, thank you for
watching this edition of Dodgers' Territory. Big thank you to
Jack Harris filling in for a lot of giving us
some insight today. A lot of Rizzo will be back
on Monday, so fear not. It will be fun to
get Riz back and we could finally get her thoughts
about the World series that she watched most of Game
seven on a plane, which is unfortunate. But all the
(28:20):
way out, guys, we can smash that like button, subscribe
to the channel, all that kind of stuff. Trying to
get to fifteen thousand subscribers. We're not very far away.
Maybe we could do that by Monday if you guys
go insane. Otherwise, just thank you for being here. We'll
see you on Monday. Buy some stuff on the way
out to Dodge Territory shop dot com. All right, that's
enough plugging stuff. I'll see you see on Monday. Okay, bye,
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