J.P. Hoornstra and Shawn Green discuss the debut of Bobby Miller, and having the Dodgers' top two pitching prospects in the rotation at the same time.ESPN's story on the 20th anniversary of the "Shawn Green Game"Extensive scouting report on B

EP 31 - Get Your Gaslamp On

May 5th, 2023 30m 45s

J.P. Hoornstra discusses the struggles of certain pitchers with the pitch clock (1:18), Max Muncy's hot start (3:13), Juan Soto's struggles (4:05), and the Week In Old Friends (5:38). Then Shawn Green joins to discuss the reason for the Dodgers

EP 30 - More Like Drew Frowny

Apr 22nd, 2023 30m 49s

J.P. Hoornstra recaps the bizarre ending to Drew Smyly's perfect game bid against the Dodgers in Chicago (0:50) and summarizes the week in transactions (2:39). Then, Dodgers reliever Justin Bruihl discusses the start to his season at Triple-A (

EP 29 - Fun With Small Sample Sizes

Apr 14th, 2023 19m 54s

J.P. Hoornstra discusses the most surprising statistics from the season's first two weeks (1:03), whether the Dodgers' bullpen (7:56) or the rotation (9:39) invites greater cause for concern, and checks in on former Dodgers Cody Bellinger and E

EP 28 - Happy Opening Day

Mar 30th, 2023 21m 59s

J.P. Hoornstra discusses the Dodgers' last-minute decision to place Ryan Pepiot on the injured list. Then Shawn Green joins (3:47) to discuss his memories of Opening Day, Rickey Henderson, and how he expects the new rules to play out in MLB.

EP 27 - The Freeway Series preview episode

Mar 25th, 2023 29m 12s

J.P. Hoornstra discusses the end of Cactus League play and the beginning of the Freeway Series (0:44). The just-completed World Baseball Classic (1:16) and the potential it showed to make baseball a more global sport (4:23). Can the WBC be part

EP 26 - You can't spell Cactus League without ACL

Mar 1st, 2023 23m 31s

J.P. Hoornstra discusses the season-ending ACL injury to Gavin Lux (1:20), takes a gander at the Dodgers' thin depth chart at shortstop (2:10), then looks at the thin group of remaining shortstops (2:50). Shawn Green joins to discuss the typica

EP 25 - La Primavera de Fernando

Feb 17th, 2023 18m 27s

J.P. Hoornstra discusses the Dodgers' signings of David Peralta, Alex Reyes and Jimmy Nelson (1:20), two odd things about Peralta joining the Dodgers (4:46), and how it makes the outfield off-season plan make sense (7:09). The episode concludes

EP 24 - The off-season, in past tense

Feb 1st, 2023 32m 7s

J.P. Hoornstra compares this winter to the winter of 2014-15 (2:24), and the deluge of prospects that followed then and are coming now (3:25). After a quick recap of the Dodgers’ Top 30 prospects of 2020 (7:54), J.P. brings on Shawn Green (10:0

EP 23 - Good riddance, bad riddance

Jan 9th, 2023 40m 19s

J.P. Hoornstra discusses the Dodgers' decision to designate Trevor Bauer for assignment, and the subsequent reaction (8:30). Then Shawn Green joins to discuss the Dodgers' off-season moves: letting Justin Turner walk as a free agent (15:45), ho

EP 22 - Insert Dodgers blockbuster signing here

Dec 13th, 2022 29m 39s

J.P. Hoornstra breaks down the Dodgers' luxury tax situation (1:31) and the possible impact of lifting Trevor Bauer's suspension on the payroll (5:08). Then Shawn Green joins (9:20) to discuss the busy Winter Meetings, teams' bias against older

EP 21 - The High Five Hall of Fame

Dec 3rd, 2022 22m 44s

J.P. does a quick Hot Stove roundup (1:44) before welcoming Shawn Green (5:15) to discuss the new Hall of Fame ballot – including the player who gave the most intense high fives (6:43) of anyone he played with. Then, J.P. analyzes the obvious i

EP 20 - Is Shohei Ohtani a free agent yet, and why is Cody Bellinger?

Nov 21st, 2022 36m 3s

J.P. Hoornstra discusses the Dodgers' non-tender decisions: Luke Williams (2:12), Edwin Rios (2:41), and Cody Bellinger (8:17). Then, Shawn Green jumps on (13:50) to discuss the all-time greatest performance by a non-MVP in baseball history tha

EP 19 - The Unmistakable Musk Of The Off-Season

Nov 16th, 2022 20m 44s

J.P. Hoornstra kicks off a busy off-season week: Clayton Kershaw re-signs, Tyler Anderson leaves for Anaheim, and Dave Roberts finishes second in the manager of the year voting. Pressing questions remain, like how will the Dodgers fill out thei

EP 18 - Postmortem

Oct 27th, 2022 24m 38s

J.P. Hoornstra returns (from losing his voice!) to discuss the Dodgers' season-ending loss to the Padres in the NLDS. Shawn Green joins (2:02) to reflect on the remarkable end to the 2022 season, the lack of emotional intensity at the end of th

EP 17 - Taking a Gander at the NLDS

Oct 15th, 2022 23m 41s

J.P. Hoornstra and Shawn Green discuss the start of the postseason (1:35), the Dodgers and the Padres splitting the first two games of the NLDS (2:00), the missing mystique when two division rivals play each other in October (7:15), pinch hitti

EP 16 - Regular season recap

Oct 7th, 2022 26m 22s

J.P. Hoornstra recaps the Dodgers' 111-win regular season by the numbers (1:25), then Shawn Green jumps on to discuss what stood out to him about 2022 (5:35), potentially using a closer committee in the playoffs (7:30), Julio Urias' turn as the

EP 15 - The Airing of Grievances

Sep 28th, 2022 19m 6s

J.P. Hoornstra breaks down the Dodgers' growing list of question marks heading into the postseason. Can the lineup support a slumping Chris Taylor and Cody Bellinger? (6:00) Should Trayce Thompson start over Taylor? (8:14) Should Craig Kimbrel

EP 14 - 107 or bust!

Sep 9th, 2022 20m 32s

J.P. Hoornstra and Shawn Green discuss the Dodgers' ability to maintain its franchise-record win pace (3:00) after clinching the National League West, whether this is the best Dodger team of all-time (5:10), the Dodgers' ability to sustain the

EP 13 - Healing, Divisions

Aug 29th, 2022 26m 26s

J.P. Hoornstra breaks down the Dodgers' 2023 schedule (1:20), then Shawn Green joins to discuss his experience playing under a balanced and unbalanced schedules (3:58). Then J.P. and Shawn discuss the future of MLB with a universal DH and every

EP 12 - Paging Dr. ElAttrache

Aug 17th, 2022 26m 18s

J.P. Hoornstra explores the question of who is the Dodgers' "ace" in a rotation without Walker Buehler (4:57). Then Shawn Green joins to discuss Walker Buehler's season-ending elbow surgery (6:02), and analyze the Dodgers' chances in a possible

EP 11: Remembering Vin Scully and Talking Trades

Aug 9th, 2022 23m 20s

J.P. Hoornstra remembers teaching Vin Scully about Twitter (1:38), breaks down the Washington Nationals' ask for Juan Soto (2:46), then brings on Shawn Green to discuss his memories of Vin Scully (5:00), his midseason trade to the New York Mets

EP 10 - Feeling a Draft

Jul 23rd, 2022 21m 26s

J.P. Hoornstra and Shawn Green take you behind the scenes at the MLB Draft (1:37), reminisce over Shawn's draft experience in 1991 (6:32) and the '91 draft class (10:55), Shawn's experience at last week's Futures Game (10:33), Celebrity Softbal

EP 9 - Rivalry Week

Jul 14th, 2022 27m 38s

J.P. Hoornstra and Shawn Green discuss the Dodgers' two very different rivalry series this week. The St. Louis Cardinals (2:07) have played the Dodgers very close throughout their long history, and boast the best fans in baseball (5:08) -- or d

EP 8 - Talking All-Stars With An All-Star

Jul 6th, 2022 23m 30s

J.P. welcomes special guest Shawn Green (1:56) to discuss the possibility of a Dodger starting the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium (6:13), the perils of a closer-by-committee arrangement (13:20), and the potential of a Dodgers-Mets NLCS (17:02)