Dodgers pregame: Dave Roberts announces Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Landon Knack joining rotation

[Music] uh Dave just Miller today what are you hoping to see from him and what is continuing to show you that he is progressing and moving in the right direction um I think uh performance is showing that he's moving forward in the right direction um I think I'm just looking for him to build on his last start follow up on what Walker did last night um you know execute pitches and um I expect he's going to be motivated um Pitch well when I was talking to him yesterday he was telling me that one of the things this season that he felt could have led to some of his struggles was hting to lose that confidence with his stuff and needing to find ways to get back to where he knows he can pit at a high level did you have to have any conversations with him just as he has evolved at this big league level understanding the pressures the success and the failures that come with it but finding ways to kind of get back on track yeah we we've had numerous conversations um I I think he's he's done a great job and uh obviously dealing with adversity is everyone deals with it differently um but that confidence is a big variable um but I've tried to you know reaffirm my confidence in him and just to be himself go out there and compete and don't put too high of expectations on themselves just kind of stay in the moment pitch to pitch and uh you know we'll accept whatever results shoulder Bobby obviously had like the shoulder earlier and then like the knee thing that he's been dealing with like has he just kind of has it been a struggle for him to get kind of comfortable on the mound the way he was last year when he was kind of more consistent with the command and everything I I I think that's certainly a part um you mentioned the knee thing you know there's just at times it just kind of flares up on him you see when he's trying to cover first base um you know and the shoulder just kind of now he's in a good spot where he can keep his uh delivery consistent so I think that's helped but certainly those things that have been unforeseen we've had to kind of deal with but he's done a good job managing it how close is he to kind of being that more consistent version of himself that you guys saw last year the kind of guy you can trust going in oober I I I honestly think he's a starter to away but it could happen at any moment you know it could be an inning or a pitch where that player can say I I'm back to who I am and I think it happened with Walker last start where he just said you know what I'm back and that's something that is not always quantifiable you can't always see it but that player knows that he felt something or feels something yeah how did Young Moto come out yesterday um obviously that that uh that I B uh took a long time to get through um that 17 pitch head bat so he only got through two innings uh but the plan is for him to join us on Tuesday still pitch for the big Le Club pitch for our club yeah what's the plan on Friday for CR show SP we going to see you call um Landon Knack is going to make that start will you stick around what that will you stick around show KN uh yeah I think so yeah he'll go Friday he's going to go Friday St Saturday and then uh Clarity on something what one did just keep mot on Tuesday even though he only got I I I think it's just more of uh the pitch count got up to 55 pitches we didn't get the ups that we wanted and uh with the off day coming on Thursday I think we'll be fine as far as Bullpen coverage think last time you played catch he played catch today and as I understand it this weekend he's supposed to get off the mount and throw a pen so I'm really uh enaged about that is not a reh start for for glass now oh he's going to have to make a rehap start he is I just can't I I don't see any world that he would anything new on chrisan um no he came out earlier today early and uh did his catch play nothing really new what are you uh expect to be on the motor to look like when come [Music] that um you know I I think I think the stuff will be there I I I'm not sure about how the command's going to be um so I think that the way the way we're looking at it is we'll get four starts from them and so if we can log four starts and build up um volume um we'll be ready to go you know beyond that that builds up believe on Tuesday just like three Innings you think or I I think that's going a lot of it is going to be dependent on um you know the efficiency but it wouldn't be crazy to think that he can get into the fourth inning if he's efficient maybe his Contra contract little bit different than Bobby or like Walker B he makes but he kind of the performance of everything when it [Music] comes come uh yeah it it is but I think that you know I I think that the contract aside um this is going to be his first postseason here but he's pitched in big ball games our expectation why we committed to him is because of this um but you could argue Bobby and Walker have had Major League postseason experience and obviously Walker with a lot of success so um I think we're all expecting those guys you know given the opportunity to go out there and Pitch well regardless of you know anything else did did he show you enough before he got her Yoshi to kind of give you that trust about you know what you could expect from them in a the postseason environment to yeah yeah and we're still we're still going to be building up but I I think anyone can argue that that start in Yankee Stadium was the best start by any one of our starters all year uh certainly in that environment so that's hopefully a sign of things to come you guys AR he does like ramp enough like the night he was like 98 a lot of sliders like is there a concern that you know that was the start like after that when he got Hur you think he's kind of pass that or you just have to kind of wait and see I think I I think um well I'm in a wait and see we're in a wait and see build him up and he's going to do whatever he can to get hitters out whenever The Scouting Report say so I I just don't know what the slider us it remember when you were talking about um Walker and you were saying that he has gotten back to you know with the minds of him he knows he's that guy on the mountain and you were saying with Bobby that's something you want to see have you felt like you've seen that just yet with him returning to kind of form I guess with Bobby yeah not yet um I I I think that the last start I think there were some signs where I saw the the the uh the demeanor on the mound uh the the the pitch execution the change up and curveball execution the life to the fast ball um but like I said I I I think he's very close to being getting back to being that guy that he expect himself to be you guys are 15 and six since mookie came back is that a coincidence that you get start getting on a roll when you get in back no not a coincidence um no it's not I I think that having somebody behind show he I think has helped his PL discipline um obviously you can't pitch around because you got to with mooki um I think having his defense out there has has been a benefit as well but just kind of getting hitters in their rightful spots in the order with mook's there and also I don't think it's a coincidence that Freddy's been back and you know how we've played since he's been back too and and even talking about before you know he went U away to be a family are you surprised like how well the powers come back like you see he guys with hand stuff like that power thing that really doesn't come back are you surprised like I think it's like five home runs since he's come back on the I am surprised um I I'm still always surprised that he has the power that he does regardless of the hand injury but I do know that he worked his tail off um you know with this rehab to regain his strength and the Finish draw you've said in the past years that you know as Mook goes the team goes that Chang in show now you know what I I I don't think so um because I will tell you this is that I think as we start playing more meaningful games teams are going to make mie and Freddy beat them and so I still stand by if mooki goes we go um teams are just not going to let Shi beat him so then it's up to Shi to continue to have the discipline that he's had recently to trust his teammates so I think my point still stands my opinion