00:00Let's just give the World Series trophy already to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
00:04Now, they break their seven-game losing streak,
00:07but I was told this thing was already wrapped up
00:09and we don't really need to play anymore,
00:10that this is Dodgersville right now.
00:13George Kurtz joins us here.
00:15George, I don't know, man.
00:16A little rocky start since they got screwball, right?
00:18I mean, is it as set in stone as everyone thinks it is
00:22that this team's going to win the World Series?
00:25No, it's baseball.
00:27All right, you play 162 games.
00:30It's said that they're going to win the division
00:31because with that starting staff, they can't lose.
00:33But in a five-game series, a seven-game series,
00:35you don't know what's going to happen.
00:37All right, you just don't.
00:38Do I think they're going to get one of the buys?
00:39Yes, although I think right now they're not in that buy, by the way.
00:42They're in third.
00:43That might have changed last night where they won.
00:45Somehow they beat Arizona last night.
00:46They never should have won that game.
00:48Arizona, big choke in that game last night.
00:50But, you know, everybody got all butthurt because of the screwball trade, right?
00:54Which, granted, didn't go for as much as we thought,
00:55but that's Detroit's fault, all right?
00:57They waited too long to trade them, all right?
00:59The longer you wait, the less you're going to get.
01:01It's Tampa Bay's fault for not offering more.
01:03Milwaukee's fault for not offering more.
01:05The Dodgers didn't get Schubel because they wanted him
01:07or they felt they needed him.
01:09They got him because they wanted to keep him away from Milwaukee,
01:11keep him away from Atlanta, teams they're worried about here.
01:14You think – I mean, Schubel is going to make four
01:16or five important starts for the Dodgers.
01:18They don't care what he does now in September.
01:20He's not going to help them there.
01:21They're going to win that division anyway.
01:22But he'll make four to five starts in October.
01:24But the reason why I don't care about this is their rotation is Schubel,
01:28Yamamoto, Otani, Snell, Glasnow.
01:31In October, you only go with four starters, Dan.
01:34One of those guys isn't starting.
01:36So one all-star isn't going to start for you that Schubel's going to replace.
01:40How much better is he than that person?
01:42And even if he doesn't know Otani's not going to play,
01:44all right, then Schubel's replacing Robleski,
01:46who made the all-star teams pitch very well.
01:48He doesn't really help them all that much.
01:50They just kept him away from Milwaukee here.
01:53But are the Dodgers beatable?
01:54Yes, because their bullpen is not great.
01:56It's solid, but it's not great.
01:57And the hitting is old, Dan.
01:58Mookie Betts is not Mookie Betts anymore.
02:00Freddie Freeman is not Freddie Freeman.
02:02They're not the same player.
02:03If you're going to avoid – this is easier said than done.
02:05But if you're going to avoid Otani, avoid the Muncie home run,
02:08you can pitch around with Dodgers.
02:10You can get – maybe win a 3-2, 4-3 game.
02:12Not easy.
02:13Do I think they're going to win?
02:14Yes.
02:15All right.
02:16But do I think it's a foregone conclusion?
02:17No, I don't.
02:18So, getting Scooble, do you think that puts Dave Roberts in a position now
02:24where he doesn't have to start Otani in the postseason?
02:26Or do you look at that and say, no, I still want Otani in the postseason.
02:31Now they're getting Snell back on Tuesday, reportedly,
02:34to get back in that rotation there.
02:36But it really gives Dave Roberts a lot of options.
02:39As you said, you go with four starters in a seven-game series.
02:42What does Dave Roberts do with Otani on the hill?
02:46I don't think it's going to be a Dave Roberts decision.
02:48All right.
02:49A, I think it's going to be an Otani decision.
02:51Or B, management.
02:52Because they're the ones who got, you know, a gazillion dollars tied up in Otani.
02:55It's going to be their decision on whether he should pitch in the postseason or not.
02:58I think Otani wants to.
03:00All right.
03:00So, I do expect him to.
03:01Other pitchers I just named here.
03:04Otani, Yamamoto, Snell, Glasnow, Skubel.
03:06The one who I think is the odd man out, once again, four-man rotation in the playoffs,
03:10would be Glasnow.
03:11All right.
03:11By the way, this is assuming Snell comes back healthy on Tuesday.
03:14We don't know that.
03:15You know, that Glasnow comes back healthy.
03:17I think he'll be back later on this week, maybe the week yet.
03:19We don't know that.
03:20But if they're all healthy, I think it's Glasnow who's going to go to the bullpen here.
03:23Because he pitched pretty well in the bullpen in the playoffs last year.
03:25So, I think that's how they'll work it out here.
03:27I think if Otani wants to pitch, he pitches in the playoffs.
03:30If he don't, well, then the problem solves itself, right?
03:32Then Otani's the odd man out here.
03:34But I think he wants to pitch.
03:35He wants to be that ace.
03:36I just think he wants that next kingdom to conquer.
03:40He's the best hitter in baseball, so why not be the best pitcher as well?
03:43And if you can win a World Series, if you can win a World Series game as a starting pitcher
03:46or a couple of playoff games, that pretty much solidifies that as well.
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