Russ Dorsey talks Jed Hoyer's honesty about Justin Steele's timeline
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What insights does Russ Dorsey provide about Justin Steele's injury timeline?
Russell Dorsey, National MLB Insider for Yahoo Sports. Oh, he's fine. He doesn't need the attention. Russell will be fine. You're probably right.
We're going to have a conversation about some mediums when he gets in here. I tell you that.
Host of the Relay with Russ Dorsey podcast.
Jacob Mizorowski is now must-see TV in Major League Baseball. And I think the thing to me when watching him on a nightly basis, he's gone from novelty of, oh, he throws 103 miles an hour to in a year's time. It's very short. is now one of the best pitchers in the world.
Insider and analyst for MLB Network and Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV.
I think adding some veteran starting pitching, a guy in their rotation that doesn't have to be a frontline starter, but a guy that's a serviceable veteran pitcher who has experience to help take some of that pressure off of some of the young guys in that rotation so that it can really make a serious push for the Elsons.
Russell Dorsey.
How has Jacob Mizorowski become a standout player in MLB?
I'm Russell. On 104.3 The Score. The Score.
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Okay. So while Russ does that, let me give you the rundown. But I am listening. Let me give you the list of topics we want to discuss. Okay. Cubs-wise, peak for Armstrong because he's on a heater. Yes. Cubs starters for the Brewer series because this doubleheader does complicate some things on Wednesday that is happening.
What role do veteran pitchers play in supporting a young rotation?
And then also, Jed Hoyer, who spoke this morning on our morning show. Now, we were in our pre-show meeting. We briefly addressed the stirring five on it. I'm going to start with the most concerning stuff first.
Okay.
This was Jed Hoyer this morning on Mully and Haw talking about whether or not we're going to see Justin Steele this year.
Still unclear. I mean, I think what we really want is positive news that he's he's healthy and that he's you know can work his way back and um i think that's that's kind of where we are you know whether or not he can help us at the end of the season or not i think is unclear i think it's probably unrealistic to think that he's going to be fully stretched out at any point so um if he does help us i think it's going to be a shorter burst but you know Now, looking at Justin's career and then obviously looking at next year, I think we really want the really good version of Justin Steele. I think that's something that we need to avoid that we feel as a team, for sure. And it's been a long time since we had him on the mound.
And so any positive news is great. But I think expecting... starts this year is unrealistic. We have to hope they, you know, potentially come back, um, at the end of the year and help us, um, and improve health and improve health going into the off season so that we know, um, we've got, you know, a really good picture for next year.
Uh, your face, your face, like we called it the bleak meter on five on it. Where do you sit with it?
Sheesh. That was a very honest jet lawyer, right? Like when, when, especially when you talk, when you hear executives talk about injuries, they usually try to heads of, Oh, we'll see. And that's a guy that has seen a setback has seen Justin steel, um, try to fight back from the original injury. and is at a point now where he's like yeah man we probably need to slow play this thing and see where he's actually at it's nice that he is finally starting to throw bullpens and like is healthy enough to throw the baseball consistently but yeah the fact that he won't be stretched out as a starter that's something we had talked about from the time the season started of okay at some point you're gonna have justin steel back in that rotation that doesn't sound like that's the case anymore it definitely sounds like that's not the case anymore and so if you can get
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What insights does Russ Dorsey provide about Justin Steele's injury timeline?
0:02–1:00
2
How has Jacob Mizorowski become a standout player in MLB?
1:00–2:10
3
What role do veteran pitchers play in supporting a young rotation?
2:10–9:48
4
What did Jed Hoyer say about Justin Steele's potential return this season?
9:48–16:57
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