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Bill Plunkett

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317 total appearances

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

It can be this, you know, a very roller coaster.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

He looked good in the bullpens I've seen.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

His first outing the other day in a Cactus League game, the changeup, looked really good.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

And as he says, that's my bread and butter.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

If I don't have that, I'm screwed.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

So that's a positive.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

River Ryan put on like 30 pounds.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

He took his year away and decided to get more physical that he thought he was too skinny, loses weight during the season like most guys do.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

Maybe that was putting too much stress on his elbow.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

So he is a different looking dude than he left us looking.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

He's a much bigger guy.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

He said he used to be 190, I think he said, and he got up as high as 230.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

And I saluted him.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

I think gaining weight is – I could help you with that.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

But he also worked out, so he put on muscle.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

I don't know if I can help you with that.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

And now his goal is to get it back down to around 220.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

That's where he wants to sit.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

But –

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Dodgers Early Spring Training Takeaways With Bill Plunkett

I think one of those two guys will open in the rotation because Blake Snell won't.