Dodgers Challenged by Diamondbacks & Padres: MLB Analysis

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00:00So, here come the Diamondbacks, here come the Padres, and the Dodgers assume they're

00:08going to get healthy and pull away from everybody.

00:10Grande, Brownman, fellas, glad you guys are here.

00:15What a day yesterday, and I got a lot of stuff on my mind for today.

00:19How we doing?

00:20Pulling away, huh?

00:22I don't see that happening anymore.

00:23I think the, listen, I think they got a real race on their hands.

00:28I don't think there's any sort of pulling away, whether anybody catches them is different,

00:31but I don't see a pulling away happening for the Dodgers at all, because no matter who

00:35gets healthy, that pitching staff still has issues, and they will continue to have issues

00:40for the rest of the season.

00:42What makes you say pull away?

00:44So yesterday, I was on the radio up in LA on 710, and Jeff Passan from ESPN came on.

00:50Oh, the Skeins lover?

00:53Wow.

00:54I guess so.

00:55Is he known as a Skeins lover?

00:57Oh my goodness.

00:59No, I don't think he's tweeted about Jackson Merrill, but I've seen all his tweets about

01:01Paul Skeins.

01:02Yeah.

01:03He's a Skeiner.

01:04Is that the deal?

01:05Well, I just, I was talking to Passan yesterday, and I'm like, listen, I think that the Padres

01:08and the Diamondbacks are legitimate contenders to take the division from the Dodgers.

01:13By the way, as amazing as it's been that the Dodgers going into yesterday's games had the

01:18best record in baseball tied, I want to say, with the Yankees and the Guardians, it is

01:24fascinating how the Dodgers have been able to have the season they're having, given the

01:29injuries that they've had.

01:32But I still think, I mean, I'm looking at what the Padres are doing right now.

01:35And here's the thing, as I look into the weekend, the Padres have got, their schedule has become

01:40very favorable.

01:41They've got a lot of off days along the way.

01:44Today's one of them.

01:45Then they'll play Colorado, which, you know, the hardest series on the schedule.

01:48Well, I mean, it seems to be the one that always gives the Padres the most trouble.

01:54But Arizona just got them for three.

01:56So and listen, I'm looking at what the Dodgers have coming up this weekend.

01:59They've got St. Louis.

02:00So that's no easy match, you know.

02:02So I don't think that the Dodgers are going to pull away.

02:06But there is a bit of a Dodger arrogance, if you will, that when they get everybody

02:11right, when they get everybody healthy, that they're going to be who they are on paper.

02:16And that's an agreed.

02:17Well, I didn't say that.

02:18He said no.

02:19So that's an agreed that he's going to that the Dodgers are going to pull away.

02:22That's the way I recall the conversation going.

02:24No, I mean, I think I don't think that's an original thought by most people across the

02:28country.

02:29I think that that when you're looking at the Diamondbacks and the Padres, what they're

02:33doing now, I think the conversation for some reason, dude, I've been watching MLB network

02:38recently, probably because I'm actually having fun watching baseball and I don't mind watching

02:41highlights right now.

02:43And the general sentiment is like, you don't want to face either of these teams in the

02:46postseason like you do not.

02:49The Diamondbacks are the hottest team in baseball.

02:52What AJ Prowler did to that.

02:53This is what they're saying.

02:54What AJ Prowler did to that bullpen.

02:56Nobody wants to see in the postseason and both offensive lineups are very formidable

03:00right now.

03:01And if the Padres get to T spec, it's only going to get stronger.

03:04So that's kind of the narrative I'm seeing.

03:06I'm not really seeing that they're going to catch the Dodgers either.

03:10I don't think it's a topic.

03:13Did you just credit AJ Prowler?

03:14No, I was saying what a network, what they did.

03:18They are saying.

03:19Okay.

03:20Who is that?

03:21But so far, listen, now you look at the content of what I made today.

03:23I'm giving AJ Prowler credits of what he's done for the bullpen so far so far compared

03:28to last season and the moves he made at that trade deadline where he got, who did he get

03:33hustling?

03:34Some, some, some dude that got like two hits.

03:36He got Rich Hill, some, some other first baseman from the Marlins.

03:39He's all these names that are popping back up in my head.

03:42Like they did nothing last year and this year so far so good.

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