Bill Plunkett

It was something about taking your spray chart onto like a little league, a standard little league field who would have the most home runs.

Mookie in Major League Baseball, he would have had like 240 home runs last year because he had so many fly outs that went short of the short of the wall.

I think some of those are going to go over the wall or off the wall for doubles next year.

So I think I'm pretty, pretty bullish on Mookie having a big bounce back.

And he didn't have a whole lot of pounds to waste.

Yeah.

He's not a big guy.

Well, the other thing that Otani does that helps the pitching rotation is he's a six starter.

They're going to go six-man rotation.

And he doesn't take up a roster spot on the pitching staff.

You know, as a two-way player, they can still carry 13.

That means they can go with a six-man rotation and not impact their bullpen, not go short in the bullpen.

And that has the trickle-down effect of helping all those other guys.

Yamamoto last year pitched mainly on a once-a-week basis, and that's why he was strong all year.

Tyler Glass now has a history of injuries, so the more downtime you can give him, the better.

Shohei lets that happen by allowing the six-man rotation.

So I think they're all going to be in a much better place because of that.

But...

the Dodgers aren't going to push them.

And that's the thing that I think may hurt Otani or Yamamoto for Cy Young, because they're not going to pile up big innings.