00:00I got to talk to you about Otani here okay so it looks like he's starting to throw a little
00:04bit
00:04more we just asked George Kurtz's question I'll get your thoughts on it do you believe that it's
00:10going to be more important for Dave Roberts in the postseason for Otani to be on the rubber or
00:15do you think it's going to be more important for him to be at the dish as they get into
00:19the postseason
00:20that's such a loaded question that's I heard you when you asked him that that is that is such a
00:25loaded question just so you know like I'm and I'm a pitcher so like I want to I want to
00:31sit here and
00:31tell you pitcher but I did listen to George's answer and he is right they do have a phenomenal
00:36staff with or without Otani in that rotation so yes I could see where you're saying that I want to
00:43put
00:44him at the plate if you only get one or the other you put him at the plate I do
00:48understand that
00:49but let me say what I think that they can do is use him out of the bullpen right and
00:53I know that's
00:54that's I'm circumventing the answer I'm saying oh let him hit and throw out of the bullpen but in
00:58the playoffs that's what I'm doing I'm not working Otani into the starting rotation I've got him set
01:02for my guy who just doesn't have it that day so if you go out there and you you let
01:08two of the first
01:08three base runners on I'm pulling you out and putting Otani in because we don't have time for you
01:12to work through it it's the playoffs but if I only got to pick one I think George is right
01:17I'd put
01:17him at the plate do you agree though for Dave Roberts when you want to go out and try to
01:23win a
01:23World Series you're looking for the ability to be able to have something where you want to be able
01:28to have options and the Dodgers need options do you not agree because you can make a comment about
01:35their middle relief they were talking about even maybe adding Chapman at the trading deadline so
01:40maybe they were even looking down with that lane can you imagine that if that guy landed there
01:44you might as well just said forget about it give them a trophy here but aren't you looking for options
01:51cab when you're Dave Roberts when you get into the postseason because the options I think that's
01:56what beat Toronto last year was the fact that he had options on what he did in his pitching rotation
02:04I agree completely and this brings me back to what I was saying about the the playoffs are not the
02:10time
02:10to work through it if you walk somebody if you if you if you give up a leadoff hit and
02:14then you walk
02:14somebody you got a couple people on I'm not letting you work through that I'm not seeing what happens on
02:19that fourth or fifth hitter I'm moving on I'm moving on to my next pitcher and that's where it's like
02:24if
02:24you've got somebody in the bullpen like Otani who is arguably the number one pitcher for pretty much
02:30every team in baseball and now he's not even in your starting rotation and he's coming out of the
02:34bullpen for you I mean that that's that's how good this team is that the Dodgers have built you know
02:39that's another conversation but it's it's just ridiculous if I'm being honest
02:43you
02:43you
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