Dan Patrick Reacts To Dodgers Signing Kyle Tucker | 1/16/26

Dan Patrick reacts to the Los Angeles Dodgers signing free agent all-star outfielder Kyle Tucker

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  1. Is the content of this particular show indicative of the average baseball fans baseball knowledge? is this a discussion of current sporting events? It's not obvious.

  3. Guggenheim Partners own 345 billion dollars in combined assets. There is no way MLB owners can compete with that amount of money. Atsuhito Sakai works for Guggenheim and is based in Japan…seems interesting that there is a connection with him in Japan. Guggenheim also gets its money from "advising" debt repurchases…fun fact: "In January 2025, Guggenheim advised Major League Baseball (MLB) in its $9 billion debt restructuring deal in connection with Main Street Sports Group [linked with FanDuel, which is tied in with sports betting]." -credit Wikipedia.

    seems interesting Shohei Ohtani dodged a bullet with a betting scandal…Guggenheim has helped MLB with a 9 billion dollar debt with Main Street Sports (which operates FanDuel sports betting)…also with Guggenheims links to Japan…

    "DraftKings is ‘well positioned’ to take significant market share in North America, Guggenheim said."

    quoted from the article by Tony Owusu from thestreet(dot)com posted on Apr 30, 2021 9:51 AM EDT.

    Draft Kings is plastered all over sports, which includes baseball. With Main Street Sports Group flopping and Shohei Ohtani dodging a bullet from sports gambling. MLB looks shifty in coming down on two players in CLE to take the heat off of some other entity. I am sure with Guggenheim's links to Japan's baseball market via its investment bank(s) in Japan; and their ability to "advise", sports betting companies, as well as the MLB…sounds like Guggenheim is a shady company. I cant prove anything with these links, as I do not have access to their books.

    Interesting the etymology of the word deferment. Defer is related to the word Suspend. c. 1300, suspenden, "bar or exclude temporarily from some function or privilege;" also "set aside (a law, etc.)". Seems like the Dodgers are being given a pass or excluded from the rest of the league.

    More etymology on Dodge:

    Transitive sense of "to evade (something) by a sudden shift of place" is by 1670s. It is attested from 1570s, and common from early 18c., in the figurative sense of "to swindle, to play shifting tricks (with)."

    Dodgy: "evasive, artful, cunning," 1855, from dodge (n.) + -y (2). Hence, "unreliable, potentially dangerous." Related: Dodgily; dodginess.

    Shifty: The meaning "habitually using dishonest methods, characterized by trickery, not straightforward" is by 1837.

    I hate how I cant prove anything; but something about all of this stinks.

  4. Fans ultimately want to see their favorite teams reach the playoffs. Across sports, postseason fields have expanded: the 2026 World Cup will grow from 32 to 48 nations; the NBA increased its playoff field from 16 to 20 teams; the NFL expanded from 12 to 14; the NHL remains at 16; the College Football Playoff is moving beyond its current 12-team format to possibly 20 to 24 teams; and the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament sits at 68 teams. Major League Baseball, however, remains stuck at a 12‑team playoff structure despite a long 162‑game regular season. Expanding to 16 teams would give small‑market clubs a legitimate chance to play meaningful baseball deep into September and into October. With a broader field, a team like the Pittsburgh Pirates—especially with a superstar like Paul Skenes—could realistically sneak into the postseason every year and make some noise. Many baseball fans are frustrated because their local small‑market teams rarely reach the playoffs, which fuels resentment toward big‑spending, big‑market teams. Expanding the playoff field would help rebalance that dynamic and keep more fan bases engaged throughout the season.

    Wild Card Round 1: 3 games. 5 vs 8 and 6 vs 7. Assuming higher seeds win.

    Wild Card Round 2: 3 games. 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5. Assuming higher seeds win.

    Division Series: 7 games. 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. Assuming higher seeds win.

    League Championship Series: 7 games. 1 vs 2. Assuming higher seeds win.

    World Series: 7-games. 1 vs 1.

    The Wild Card teams have to really earn it to win the World Series.

  13. An older freddie freeman, an older mookie Betts, an older max Muncy. You mean to tell me no one can take them down. Really! Blue Jay's were 2 outs away. There are a heck of a lot of great baseball players out there. Big bad dodgers. There is a short enough windows as it is, work stoppage! I wish people would just stop!

  20. Dodger's didn't improve much, if at all. They offset the declines of Mookie (age 33) and Freddie (age 36). Both are older and declining and more injury prone. This isn't the steroids era anymore. Players are naturally declining as they hit mid 30s again. Tucker is a 4 year rental. Dodgers paid a premium for the shorter contract. Freddie has 2 years left on his contract, but Dodgers are stuck with Mookie for 7 more years. Freddie's contract is only 27 mm a year. Dodger's best contracts are Ohtani (best in MLB imo), Freeman, Will Smith, Snell, and Yamamoto. All their other contracts are not that great in terms of value, including Tucker.

  21. First of all, RF is where the kid who had the best arm went. It is LF where the worst defensive player was positioned. That guy clearly never played ball: little league or otherwise. Now, of all the positions of need, the Dodgers needed another OF (preferably CF) and/or an upgrade at third (Muncy always injured and on his final year of his deal) and possibly an upgrade over treinen who is cooked and either should be released or traded with the team picking up $10 million of his $11 million salary for 2026. I'm a Dodgers fan, so I have mixed feelings about Tucker who is a nice but not great player who has been injured two years in a row; has lost defensive range; and is prone to some ugly slumps at the plate. But is he an upgrade over conforto? Yes (admittedly, a very low bar). Is he worth $60 million a year? Absolutely not. Is he worth losing two more draft picks in addition to the two they lost with the Diaz signing? Only if they win a title with Tucker playing a vital role. Otherwise, Friedman grossly overpaid for a player whose production fell far short of the overall cost to the organization in the short and long-term.

  28. Say what you want about the contract, but it’s a very odd take to say that the Dodgers didn’t need an outfielder and that the baseball world needs to be introduced to Kyle Tucker. Maybe baseball is not on Patrick’s radar most of the time. More research assistants might help.

  30. Shohei probably agreed to defer most of his salary cause the Dodgers probably said they would go out and spend money to build the team every year as best as possible to win as many WS as possible. Not like the Angels team he was on 😉

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