About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of injuries on the Dodgers and the potential of young players stepping up.

They had pitching injuries, now they have position player injuries. Dod the Dodgers have enough young players to make up for the loss of their veterans? Los Angeles Times beat writer Maddie Lee and columnists Bill Plaschke and Mirjam Swanson break down who is out, who is in and how great it is when Shohei Ohtani curses.

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill Plaschke, Mirjam Swanson

Guest: Maddie Lee

Topics covered

• Dodgers
• injuries
• young players
• veterans
• baseball
• Shohei Ohtani

Keywords

• Dodgers
• injuries
• young players
• veterans
• Shohei Ohtani
• baseball

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Angeles Times

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