Dodgers Territory - Farhan Zaidi Joins! KERSHAW IS BACK! Early Spring Updates

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

The Dodgers have re-signed three-time NL Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series Champion Clayton Kershaw to a one-year deal.  
(0:35) DT hosts Alanna Rizzo and Clint Pasillas break down the biggest spring training headlines, from Kershaw’s return to the latest on Shohei Ohtani’s pitching timeline.  
(3:36) Are the Dodgers relying on Blake Snell to shoulder a heavy workload early in the season?
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Anybody who's worried about the level of motivation of this team, this organization, I think you could put those fears to rest. I think you're going to see a team that's looking to raise the bar in itself. What is going on, everybody? Welcome to a live episode of Dodgers Territory. That is Clint Paseas. I am Alana Rizzo. We are your host of the program for the next 30 minutes.

Always a lot to talk about. I can't say that I thought there was going to be this much to talk about on February 13th, but it has been made official Clint just moments ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers sending out that Clayton Kershaw is back for his 18th season. It just seems apropos that Kirsch once again is in Dodger Blue. Yeah, we saw some reports earlier this morning about what the deal was going to look like. One year, $7.5 million. Obviously, we don't have the updated graphic because this literally happened just before we went on live.

But that's just a great deal for both sides. We know he's not going to be available for the first couple of months, maybe the first half of the season. But most importantly, Clayton Kershaw is back with this team. And, you know, it's kind of, it's kind of been, I don't know, some fans are against it. I love it. I think Clayton Kershaw should be a Dodger every minute, every minute of every day for the rest of my life. It's not how reality works. But I just love that Clayton's back.

No doubt. I mean, Clayton Kershaw belongs in Dodger Blue. And listen, he's going to be back. when he's healthy, which is probably going to be exactly when the Dodgers need him, probably September or October. Pitchers and catchers reporting this week. Tell us what you think about Clint Kershaw coming back. Get in on the chat.

We'd love to hear your comments, obviously. Give us a like and subscribe anywhere you get your podcast and on YouTube. But let's look at the Dodgers starting options in terms of the starting rotation, Clint, because there's a ton of arms. You know that this always works its way out. If everybody were to stay healthy, then they have some issues as to getting guys some innings. But if you look at the Dodgers in terms of starting options, this is a pretty great rotation. Blake Snell, new to the team.

Tyler Glass now is healthy. Everybody in their mother was after Roki Sasaki. He went to L.A. Tony Gonsal in is back. Yoshinobu Yamamoto. I know you in particular are really excited about Yama in your two. Dustin May, Shohei Otani, who's probably going to pitch in May supposed to throw a bullpen tomorrow. And then, of course, the latest and greatest first ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw.

Of course, Otani and Kersh are recovering from injury. But man, on paper, this is a hell of a rotation, Clint. Yeah, that might be an understatement right there, the understatement of the spring. A couple new faces on there. Of course, Roki Sasaki, everybody looking forward to seeing this man on the bump for the Dodgers expected to get into one of the two games in Tokyo. But I am very curious how all of that talent sorts itself out. And of course, we get to ask our guests today.

I watched the show. I wasn't paying attention. I don't know if we mentioned Dodgers special advisor, Farhan Zaidi, will be joining us shortly. And we'll ask his thoughts about this rotation, an extremely loaded Dodgers roster. But look at that. Look at that.

That's a look right there. Clayton Kersha, Andrew Friedman, Tanner, Scott. A bunch of fresh faces here with the Dodgers. Does they look to repeat for, what, the first? time in 20 some odd years they can run it back and win that world series. Yeah, new digs for Tanner Scott, a new wild horse, if you will, wearing Yassio Pugge's old number 66. Let me ask you this, though, is there a lot of pressure, a lot of weight in terms of what Blake Snell is going to have to carry as far as a load is concerned, because obviously Glasnow's coming back from injury. He has that

injury history. You know, Dustin May is coming back from injury. Tony Gonslin's coming back from injury. Yamamoto just in his second year as a big leader in the United States. Rokey Sasaki is a young guy still has to learn how to pitch in this country. So a lot falls on Snell. Is that fair to say? Yeah, that's fair. I mean, he's, he's the adult in the room. He's the grown-up in the room. He's the guy that presumably has the healthiest body in that Dodgers rotation and is most acclimated to major league pitching. So I love the, the column, the piece that Ken Rosenthal put together at the athletic asking, you know, talking to Snell about that and Snell kind of understanding his role is to be, maybe it's not your traditional, it's not our old school innings eater anymore,

but somebody who could pick up at least 170, 180 if he hits that 200 innings mark, I would be extremely impressed in this day and age with as many guys as we saw that are going to be available for the starting rotation. But he is somebody that could kind of circumvent that six-man rotation and possibly stay on an every five-day sort of starting schedule, a more old-school schedule for this team. But, yeah, if you're circling one guy of all of those names that really, really needs to quite literally shoulder more of a load, it should be Blake Snell. And there's a reason.

There's a reason they gave him as much money as they did. No question about it. Two-time Sy Young Award winner. Some of the other years that he has haven't been that sexy, but those two years have been really impressive. And he is going to shoulder the load for this Dodgers team. at least in the better part of the early part of the season. Another note coming out of spring training so far,

albeit early on, Dave Roberts has mentioned Clint that Otani will not pitch in Cactus League games. So those of you go into Camelback Ranch, you will not see Otani pitch in games, not part of his rehab plan at this point. That's what Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register had to say about that. Not surprising, though. I mean, we don't expect him back on a big league mound, obviously,

until May. He will be in the game as a position play. There's Will the Thrill, Iyerton. Gotta love to see him. He's a, you know, he's a celebrity in his own right. But, I mean, no big surprise here. Also, per Dave Roberts, Clint Yamamoto, and Sasaki, expected to be the two that start the games in Japan

for that awesome Tokyo series against the Chicago Cups. Yeah, the Los Angeles Samurai Japan looking really, really good. They're going to be showing out early. I do love Yamamoto getting that start against Shota. against Mike Imanaga, if you're nasty. It's the right call. It's good for baseball. It's good for the brand globally and especially great in Japan to see all those faces that are going to be out there.

But, yeah, nothing surprising, I would say, so far out of Dave early in camp. We're excited. We're happy. We have an opening day starter two years in a row for Yoshidobu Yamamoto, Shoha Tani. Won't pitch in Cactus League games. I'm still holding out hope that he pitches in the freeway series, maybe gets an inning on the bump there before domestic opening day, but that's just for me. You know, it's just a personal thing.

It's not them. But it's, it's, again, I've said it so many times, and this is usually how I punch this. It's a great time to be a Dodger fan, and I love seeing, once again, all that talent at Camelback Ranch. I just want games to happen already. Yeah, it's funny, too, because we were just talking earlier before Dodgers territory started that Pat Murphy of the Milwaukee Brewers has announced that Freddie Peralta is getting the opening day nod for the Brewers.

It's February 12. But that's fine. Let's go ahead and announce that right now. But let me ask you this. This in our comments section, Rick Montoya, mentioning Yoshi and Roki in Japan and Snell or Glasnow get opening day at Dodgers Stadium. Who do you think it's the opening nod as far as the domestic opening day for the club? Well, what? Last year, it was Glasnow.

And that's somebody, we really have not talked much about Glassnow. I was doing a show with my other co-host producer man on my All-Dodger show. Guys, subscribe, check it out. And he was one of those names. Tyler Glassnow is one of those names. is like, oh crap, I forgot about Tyler Glassnow. How does this team have so much talent that you forget about a potential frontline dude like that? But for me, you got to give the ball to who is, you know, your offseason, your biggest,

first biggest offseason acquisition. Blake's Nell getting the ball at Dodger Stadium on opening day, all the pomp and circumstance, and then Glasnow can start the ring ceremony day on Friday. They could also run back Yoshinobu Yamamoto, because there's going to be about a week in between starts. Who do you want to see in the bump, though? Whoever's the healthiest coming out of spring training and whoever shoves. I mean, there's only one real opening day, right? It's like day one. And then after that, I don't care because you're, you're, you have basically a handful of aces that you can go with.

And then the schedule works itself out and then things get switched around. We'll talk to Farhan's idea about the six man rotation and some other things when he comes up on the show here momentarily. But I tell you, I did not expect. And I talked about this the other day. I did not expect Clayton Kershaw, um, to necessarily. be at Campbellback already because we had talked about the fact that we knew he was coming back. Obviously, we had a conversation with president of baseball ops, Andrew Friedman, on Monday about the fact that Clayton Kershaw was likely coming back. But I didn't think like, okay, you know, he can't, if he's not signed, he can't work out

with the team. So I was like, well, maybe he's just going to work out in Texas, blah, blah, blah. And then obviously first day of pitchers and catchers, there's Clayton Kershaw. I was like, okay, well, that means that he must be signing because he can't be there otherwise. and then it's like, all right, well, we'll just move him to the 60 day. So here's the thing. We talked about this. They moved River Ryan Clint to the 60 day.

Did that surprise you? Not so much. I think that's, it was either going to be him or it was going to be bruised our graderil. They have options and now Clayton Kershaw could hit the 60 day IL when they need a roster spot for Roki Sasaki when they go to Japan. So that was one of the kind of question. questions, I don't know this part of baseball rules and IL stints and all of that, but because River Ryan was injured, you know, at the big league level, I wonder if they had to put him,

you know, on the 60-day I-L, or he had to count towards, you know, the major league pitching side as opposed to being able to stash him at, at the minor league level, like they're going to be able to do with Kyle Hurt, like they did with Nick Frosso all of last season. And I don't know if I explained that well, but either way, they still have a couple of roster spots that can play with when it comes to opening space on that 40 man. So it looks like a June return, actually, for Clayton Kershaw likely because Fabian Ardaya does a great job on the athletic covering the Los Angeles daughters. Clayton Kershaw said he expects to be on the 60 day IL to start the season. We all knew that. But his timeline likely lines up for him to be ready once those 60 days are done.

So if that's the case and you're starting the season on the 60, you know, the season on the 60, you should probably be back in June. So good for us, good for the Dodgers, A plus Andrew Friedman. We're going to talk to Farhan here momentarily when he gets some technical issues worked out here before he joins us on Dodgers territory. So I'll ask you this, though, of all these names, all these bodies, we've already seen faces, new faces. Now that spring training is actually here, veteran faces, old faces.

Who are you most excited to watch this spring? Oh, man. By the way, we're going down there to all of you listening. We hope that you will join us. We're going to be down there, Clinton and I. We're interviewing Dave Roberts on the 10th, talking about all of the different moves that he made, what was going through his mind as he navigated that postseason. Also, foul territory is going to be down at Dodgers Camp on the 10th, A.J. Prasinski and myself hosting that.

So come and see us. We'd love to have a live studio audience, if you will, and hopefully we'll be outside in the sun. As far as who I'm excited to see the most, obviously, Sasaki. I mean, Austin Barnes caught him in a boy. bullpen session the other day and he was just like oh my gosh you know so i'm excited to see the stuff that he has we know he has the stuff i'm excited to see the location the movement all the things um you know just all my peeps you know all the all the guys that i used to uh used to cover obviously but that's more for selfish reasons as far as from a game standpoint is concerned um i'm i'm also

excited about yamamoto and year two um you know to see those guys uh to see how he has evolved as as a pitcher at the big league level. I've never met Shohei in person. So I'm looking forward to hopefully being able to say hello and really more decoy than Shohei. He's a lot of man. He's a lot of man. He's a lot of man.

He's a lot of human. Yeah, everybody. I mean, like I've said this at nauseam, I am more excited about this team going into the season and all the complimentary pieces. I, you know, I wanted Kiki back. We had to have Tay Oscar back. You know, obviously, Kirst is a no-brainer to me. So, I mean, I know it's a cop out.

but everybody, everybody. I'm excited to see everybody. You know, I'm excited to see a healthy Dustin May and healthy Tony Gonsland again. We've talked about it a few times. I've talked about it on my channel as well. It feels like a lot of people kind of sleep on the cat man. Tony Gonson was an All-Star when healthy in 2022. He is very good.

He's very filthy. And to know that he's somebody that's probably going to open season as your number five guy, as Shohei, you know, kind of takes his time to ramp up and rejoin the rotation sometime in May, but to have Tony Gonsolin back in the bump and just really for him, not have expectations, just show up, show out every four or five, six days, try and stay healthy. And the same with Dustin May, whether that be in the bullpen, whether that be in the starting rotation, which it most likely will be at least to open the season. But I want to ask you this.

I mean, we've seen the first day, first couple of days at Campbellback Ranch, I mentioned, alluded to it, well, I guess mentioned it. Evan Phillips, likely to miss, he's behind schedule, likely to miss a little bit of time. Same with Michael Kopeck. Do you think that opens a more clear door for Dustin May to kind of take and run with a bullpen job? Or will they kind of fill it out with some of the other younger dudes, Ben Casperius, Edgaro Henriquez, guys we saw with the team during the postseason run when everybody was hurt? This is still the reason I would never want to be in the front office or have to be,

you know, Mark Pryor or Josh Bard and have to like deal with these decisions. I think you go in as you expect everybody to be healthy, right? And you expect everybody to get as many innings as possible. And you build up Dustin May as a starter. You try to build up Tony Gonsolin as a starter. I think you can always go backwards, but not go forward. You know what I mean? I think if you build them up to where they could be ready to be in the starting rotation

or at least be a bulk innings guy in those middle innings, then you can always scale them back and, put them in the bullpen if necessary, if you have like legitimately a healthy five-man rotation, six-man rotation. So you build them up because that's what you assigned them to be is a starter. I mean, again, I want Dustin May in the bullpen, but I'm just saying you build them up as they are going to be a starter. And I think eventually just the injury bug gets you and then you kind of fill in the pieces

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We appreciate Hungry Root being a part of the show. And now I really appreciate our friend is back. Welcome back. Welcome home, Farhan, Zite. I know that this was, you took one for the team. You went over to the Giants to be a special informant just so you could bring back all of the goods to the Los Angeles Dodgers where you belong. In all seriousness, though, welcome back.

It's great to have you. Kind of just explain how this all went down and why you're back with the team. Yeah, no, I appreciate all of that. Alana, it really is great to be back with the Dodgers. Obviously, great organization and one that I got to spend a few really fun and rewarding years with. You know, after being let go by the Giants at the end of last season, I got a few phone calls. That was really nice to hear from people around the game. And, you know, as I started

thinking about what to do next, the chance to be back among familiar people in a familiar place, you know, even putting aside how incredibly successful the Dodgers organization has been and all the positives that come with that. For me, it was really about the people. It was about, you know, my personal professional relationship with Andrew, with Brandon Goams, with a lot of the other people. And I just got to spend a couple days in Arizona. And it was, you know, a fun reunion with all those guys. So really just happy to be back. Farhand, pleasure to meet you. Hopefully we can collaborate and see some great things with this Dodgers team this year. I do want to ask you how much have you seen this team evolve since you left? Because, I mean, you're looking at this

offseason. Obviously, you're kind of a cherry on top with everything and Clayton Kershaw at the end of it. But yeah, how much is this team evolved since you were last here? Yeah, it's funny. I was joking with Andrew. And we talked really throughout the off season on and off. Obviously, he's had his handful with a bunch of things. And I joke that I just had to see how this off season went before I signed back on. It's very, very convincing to say the least.

But it really has evolved. I mean, when I was here in 2015 to 2018, we obviously had a lot of star players. You know, obviously Clayton Kirshah in his prime. you know, a number of other guys, you know, your Corey Seeger's and Justin Turner's. And so there's been some turnover. I think the biggest thing is just, you know, the megastar power on this roster with Shohei and Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, all guys that came to the Dodgers after I left. You know, so you have that superstar group and then you still have a really smart

and disciplined front office in terms of how they put the team around those guys. And I think that's a big part of why Andrew and his group have been so successful. Farhan, you have other responsibilities as well, not just the Los Angeles Dodgers, but you're going to be working with Mark Walzer's other properties as well, Chelsea being one of those teams. How do you imagine the balance of work between all of the different major sports? Kind of what is your role with all of those properties? Yeah, I think it's just going to be people are probably going to be playing hot potato with me,

just handing me around. the team, you know, when I start to annoy people, it'll be on to the next thing. But in all seriousness, it's very early on in the process. I'm still trying to get a label and, you know, my first, you know, job was just refamiliarizing with the Dodgers with the front office. They're obviously helping support them. And then, you know, we'll take the other sports as they come. Obviously, Mark and his business partners have had an interest in expanding into other sports. And I really look forward to learning more about that and getting to pitch in there. But that's just going to be a process.

And, you know, it obviously felt great to me to hear directly from Mark and his enthusiasm, bringing me back and, you know, the fact that he thinks I can help out with some of those other teams. But I think that'll just, I'll just take that as it comes. That may be more of a slower process. Yeah, you mentioned one of the big differences now compared to before is the star power. We had Andrew Friedman on this week. And he talked about how really this offseason, the last two off seasons, or those rare occasions where all the A plans kind of work out.

We don't need to live too much in the past. But obviously, the Giants had their fair share of near misses when it comes to big name free agents. What is the challenge in trying to get some of these players to kind of buy in and come to an organization and where you think kind of maybe some things fell a little short with the Giants as where the Dodgers were able to sort of hit on just a business. about everybody when you look at that free agent, you know, offseason signing list. Yeah, I mean, obviously, I have a close relationship with Andrew, but it still stings a little to hear him say how all of his plan is gave to fruition. So, you know, that's, that's, you know, not obviously how it always goes. There's 30 teams in Major League Baseball.

And certainly whenever you're trying to attract a star player, a superstar player, you're competing against 29 teams and, you know, the sad reality is even finishing second or third doesn't cut it. You know, in fact, in a lot of ways that winds up being worse. When I think about my time with the Giants, certainly we aimed high with some of the star players that we went after and obviously came short. But I think there were different reasons for all of those, whether it had to do with the player's geographic preference in terms of his family, where he felt most comfortable, maybe the ballpark was a factor in some cases.

And, you know, again, I think where you are in your competitive cycle really determines, you know, how players look at your team. My first offseason, we talked a lot with Bryce Harper. And, you know, Bruce Bochie had pretty much made it known that it was his last year with the team. And so for Bryce, I think the concern of being part of an organization in transition really loomed large in his decision. So, you know, that really had nothing to do with geography. Other times you might be coming off a downseason and a player may question, where is this team going to be next year, where is this team going to be five years from now. So I think in every case, it was different.

And again, in most cases, superstar players are going to go to their top choice, you know. And you may make a really good impression on them. They may be impressed with you. But, you know, if you start the process in second or third place, it's hard to get to that top number. So I think it's a challenge. It's a challenge that all teams face. Dodgers have obviously been incredibly successful. I mean, LA is a place that's a huge attraction for players,

especially guys from California from the West Coast, the team, the organization, the success that they've had. And once you start building that momentum and you can create even more momentum, that's when you can really get on a run of executing plan A's. And obviously that's what Andrew and his crew have been able to do. Farhan, let's move forward. The Dodgers, obviously, you guys are looking to probably do a six-man rotation just because of the quality of arms and the amount of arms that you have. It's not a great, you know, it's a great problem to have, but with it comes some challenges for Mark Pryor and Josh Bard as far as managing the bullpen. How do you explain the calculus of pitching through 162 with an organization that's built for October? Like, what's the best route to go through? Right now is Destin May being built up as a starter? Do you see him, you know, or do you? you work with him as a bullpen arm. How does that work for you guys as a front office, trying to figure out that balance and formula? Yeah, having had the pitcher and catcher

kind of player review meetings a couple of days ago, this came up with a number of players, players coming back from injury, players who have the ability to start, but given the depth of the starting pitching, you know, especially with Kirsch coming back, just the most recent addition and, you know, one of the deepest pitching counts charge I think I've ever seen, and certainly other people have ever seen. There's going to have to be some flexibility. A lot of these players we talked about in terms of getting them stretched out early in the season

and then seeing where the team need is. You know, does the starting pitching thin out a little bit where you need guys to continue to get stretched out? Does the starting pitching look really good? And some of these guys may have to fill in the bullpen because obviously there's been a conversation about some of the relievers maybe being a little bit behind early in the season, guys who pitched a ton last year

and just wanting to bring them back steadily and make sure that they're put in the best position from a health standpoint. So I think as you look at this, it's just always a good idea to have a lot of pitching and to be flexible as that plan plays through. I think one thing from a strategic standpoint that you have to keep in mind when you're doing a six-man rotation, especially early on when Shohei probably is not going to be a part of that, is you've got a seven-man bullpen, and that means you just can't match up strategically the way you would with a full pen and with pictures more stretched out. So you might see more multi-inning relievers early in the season because you just need guys to pick up bigger chunks with a shorter pen

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a couple of guys behind schedule, at least at the start of camp, Evan Phillips and Michael Kopeck. Is the team kind of really concerned about those dudes? Are we kind of letting the first few weeks of spring training dictate our level of concerns? Yeah, again, I think it's having the luxury of depth and a lot of young guys who have the opportunity to fill in early in the season. You know, in my advisory role, those aren't going to be decisions that I'm going to make, as Andrew likes to say, you know, we had a really serious negotiation about whether to go with special advisor or ordinary advisor.

So that should tell you a little bit about my level of influence. But again, I actually, you know, throughout my career, I think it's, you know, when you have injuries, it creates opportunities for young players. It creates opportunities to kind of deepen your bench, you know, your quote-unquote bench. But that holds true for relief pitchers also. And from the outside looking in,

some of the young arms in this organization that might otherwise be slated for AAA are guys that would be on the big league roster in many other places. So hopefully they take that opportunity early in the season and run with it. And it gives you the chance to be more conservative with some of these guys that pitched a lot last season, including in the playoffs. Farhan, you've been around this game a very long time, one of the best baseball minds in the sport. Are the Dodgers bad for baseball?

You know, maybe it has to do with my own competitive spirit, which might surprise people. but, you know, I'm the type of person that when I'm playing a pickup basketball game, I might be on a team that's lost eight games in a row, and I always want to run it back and play the same thing. Sometimes I think I would annoy my teammates with wanting to do that. So, I mean, if you're a competitor, you want to compete with the best. And throughout my tenure with the Giants, I never felt like it was unfair. I never felt like the Dodgers were an overly stacked team.

I was kind of like, bring it on. And look, we had mixed success. there's no question about that. But I think when the best teams, best organizations are raising the bar, that should bring out the best in other organizations. I think that's good for the sport. So again, that's my, you know, people might view that as my take now that I'm back with the Dodgers. But honestly, it was how I felt was I was in San Francisco too.

So hopefully we see that, you know, we see the bar being raised for teams around the game. I think that is ultimately going to be great for the sport. Yeah, I mean, we saw the bar really raised in the NL West. this offseason, kind of talk about the competition that Dodgers will be facing this coming season, Arizona looking great. Obviously, San Francisco made some moves, the Padres, kind of making some move late, moves late. What can you tell us about how the Dodgers are viewing these other organizations and how good is it for teams around the Dodgers to kind of help? It was a raising tide raises all boats or all ships or whatever the saying is. It helps the Dodgers it feels like to me.

Yeah, I mean, look, you're the hunted in this division, right? With the success that the team has had for so many years in a row going to the playoffs, so many division titles, all of those teams are gunning for the top. Obviously, there's been this great rivalry with the Padres over the last few years. That team's going to look really different, but A.J. Preller does a great job there, and we've seen a flurry of late signings as they, you know, try to catch up and make up for some of the losses they've had this offseason. Diamondbacks landing Corbin Burns, I thought, was huge, getting Josh Naler from Cleveland, a tremendous bat. You know, they're always reinventing themselves and a very competitive team.

I thought the Giants did a great job landing Willie Adomis. That's been a hole for the organization for a while. He's one of the top short stops in the game. And, you know, it'll be really interesting to see how Justin Verlander does leading that young staff. I mean, one of the things that I felt during my time there was there was a good pipeline of young pitchers. they've got a group of young pitchers that could wind up working their way into the rotation, having a veteran like that, lead them really helps. And Colorado's just had this steady stream of young players.

Obviously, Bill Schmidt has a scouting background. They're trying to get guys, you know, through the draft, through the minor leagues, and up to the Major League roster. And that's always a tough place to go. As the Dodgers know, as I spent my time with the Giants, you know, going to Cours, you're always in for a fight. So it's a fun division. I think it's the best division in baseball.

It's really competitive. And, you know, it's one of the tough things for me about bouncing back and forth between teams. It's like the competition is so stiff that you get caught in the crossfire a little bit. But, you know, in some ways, I wouldn't have it any other way. It's fun to be where the action is. Farhan, before we let you go, just one quick one. How does a World Series team that knocked out the big bag, New York Yankees in five games? How does a World Series championship team get better?

It's really interesting. For me, being around the last couple of days, and again, a lot of the players are different. A lot of the players, a few of the players are the same. I mean, I was kind of reunited with guys like Clayton Kirshan and Max Muncie and Austin Barnes. And obviously, a couple of our giants from last year, 2024. Blake Snow, Michael Comforto are with the Dodgers now. I just sensed like just great purpose and motivation. and above all, just a level of humility

in recognizing how challenging this sport is, how much of a challenge is to sort of roll that boulder up the mountain every season, how every season is different. So I just saw an incredibly motivated group of players, staff, organization that recognize the challenge ahead and aren't going to take anything for granted. And I wouldn't expect anything less, but anybody who's worried about the level of motivation

of this team, this organization, I think you could put those fears to rest. I think you're going to see a team that's looking to raise the bar in itself. I heard some of Andrews interview him talking about the bar that this organization needs to set for itself, and you really see that everywhere you look when you go into camp. That is Farhan Zaydi, the special advisor or the average advisor to Mark Walter and the Los Angeles Dodgers Farhan. We appreciate the time. Looking forward to hopefully you get in a ring with this.

this team in 2025 and appreciate the time again. Thanks so much. Great talking to you guys. All right, Alana, let's go ahead and throw two last licks. This is for everybody. Okay. That's not me snoring, Clint. That's Malibu in her little Dodger sweater.

This is a two-year-old American bulldog mix. Her name is Malibu. She is dreaming and snoring of Dodger baseball. Yes, that's right. She is absolutely doing it. She is available for adoption, all comfy be cozy. She's two years old. She's spayed. She's leash trained, potty trained, good with other dogs, good with kids. If you're interested in adopting Malibu and her Dodger sweater, please reach out to me

at Alana Rizzo on social or certainly through giddreysgardion.org. That's my nonprofit foundation. We are trying to get this little lady a home. So let me ask you this, my dear, before we talk about what's coming up on All Dodgers with Clint Paseas. What do you think? about the comments, we'll just do it really quickly. We don't have to play the sound, but the comments about Aaron Boone saying that the Yankees felt disrespected about the Dodgers trash talk after they won the World Series. I think, I think Boone handled it as best as he could. He was asked the question.

You have to answer the question. You know, the quote about like, we'll handle it with more class. I think that was very, it was taken and, you know, spin doctored by people with the memes and the media and all that kind of stuff. It wasn't him calling the Dodgers, you know, trashy or classless. He was saying, we would do it differently. And really, it comes down to three Dodgers kind of said some things like Chris Taylor saying. All inebriated. All inebriated, Chris Taylor saying they shut down their legs.

Yeah. Yeah, not giving them a pass. I like it. You know, lay down a little. bit of a gauntlet. I'm fine with it. You know, create some, some tension, some angst, make baseball fun again or whatever. I mean,

I have fun watching baseball either way. But we need these kind of storylines. Baseball needs these kind of storylines. And hopefully, these two teams meet up again in the World Series. Here's something that's disrespectful. Your lack of fundamentals in the fifth inning. All right. With that being said,

what's coming up on all dodged with Clint Pesias? I'll just say, tube in tonight. We should be live at 6. p.m. Pacific time with all of the latest out of Camelback Ranch. That is what I have been doing because baseball is here and we got shit to talk about baby. I love it. So subscribe to the channel. That is all Dodgers with Clint Macias. Guys, subscribe to this channel. This is Dodgers territory. This is where you want to be. I promise you that. Guys, thank you for watching. Thank you for listening. Hopefully subscribe to our channel. Give the video a like. Share with your friends. Share with

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