Dodgers Surge Ahead Despite Intense Heat from Padres, D-backs
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00:00Let's bring that into now the bigger conversation, which is San Diego and Arizona have been so
00:10hot since the all-star break.
00:13They've really been the two best teams in baseball, but the Dodgers who kind of had
00:17that little low for a little while have also now been smoking hot and they've gotten all
00:22their guys back.
00:23I mean, Muncie comes back, he's been on fire.
00:26They bring everybody, you know, Bueller's come back.
00:28We'll see how he goes for them.
00:29Betts has come back, he's played well.
00:31As good as Arizona and San Diego have been, they're still four out.
00:37They got as close as two and a half, but the Dodgers have that little gap.
00:40I don't think they'll be able to catch them, Scott, over these last six weeks, but I do
00:45think that Arizona and San Diego are absolutely ticketed for postseason play.
00:50Yeah, I agree with everything you said.
00:53The Dodgers are just so deep.
00:54The biggest, as you said, they're finally getting everybody back.
00:57You know, earlier on, about three weeks ago, four weeks ago, when the Padres first started
01:02to get hot, the Dodgers came to San Diego for two game series.
01:05Padres won both and that helped springboard them toward their current hot streak.
01:10But that Dodger team that went 0-2 in San Diego, that was when Freddie Freeman's son
01:15was going through his health issue and Freddie wasn't with the team.
01:19Mookie Betts was still on the injured list.
01:22Max Muncie was out.
01:25So the Dodgers team the Padres got a few weeks ago was really, to me, only about 60% capacity.
01:31And now they're, as you said, they're not completely back.
01:35The biggest issue is rotation.
01:37Walker Bueller does not look good.
01:39He got batted around again last night.
01:42Right now, he's a guy that'll give you four or five innings and give up three or four
01:47runs during that time.
01:48I mean, he's not the ace that he once was.
01:52That's going to be an issue if the Dodgers can't figure it out.
01:54They have so many pitching issues, but still, they have so much depth.
01:58And man, when you get Otani, Betts, and Freeman, 1-2-3, and then Muncie lengthens out.
02:05As you said, you cannot be hotter than the Padres and Dimebacks.
02:10And yet today, as we go into the games, they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind
02:16the Dodgers.
02:22And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Dodgers.
02:25And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Padres and Dimebacks.
02:29And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Dodgers.
02:32And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Padres and Dimebacks.
02:35And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Dodgers.
02:38And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Padres and Dimebacks.
02:41And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Padres and Dimebacks.
02:44And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Padres and Dimebacks.
02:47And they're still looking at a four-game deficit behind the Padres and Dimebacks.