Josue De Paula

And Kiké, one for three with a strikeout.

De Paula, uh, came in and walked, Kahl, 0 for two, and, uh, Freeland, a pair of walks in this six-two loss for the Dodgers.

As for tomorrow, an early start at, uh, what is it called? Great America Ballpark, 9:40 AM here on the West Coast.

Uh, Brady Singer will go for the Reds and the Dodgers starter is undecided.

Their longtime beat writer, C. Trent Rosecrans, said yesterday on Foul Territory, it just doesn't seem like the Reds are going to be able to keep Eli De La Cruz because he turned down what would have been the richest contract in Reds franchise history.

couple of years ago which indicates you know what I'm gonna I'm gonna wait this out and go on the open market he is represented by Scott Boris and that's part of the reason Josue de Paula was able to connect with one of his favorite players Ellie de la Cruz when de Paula signed with Scott Boris Scott Boris heard the story from Josue de Paula that Ellie de la Cruz was his favorite player and And when he was at the Boris Corp Academy in Orange County, Scott Boris told him, you know what, I may have a surprise for you tomorrow.

Josue DePaula shows up the next day.

Who's there? Ellie De La Cruz and Ellie sent Josue a congratulatory text when he got called up.

And I've said this a couple of times on Dodger Talk, but it bears repeating because it's such a cool story.

Right before or the day of Josue De Paula, JDP's major league debut in Miami.

I'm on the field.

We're going through the stadium.

I think if there's one everyday position player, that could be on the move this winter.

It's probably our left fielder in Teoscar Hernandez because there's a new sensation that's been the hottest flavor of the week ever since making his Dodgers debut last week, which is a guy named Josue de Paula, which we're going to dive into next.

in a little bit.

But other than that, I mean, Smith returns, Freeman returns, Edmund returns, Muncie returns, Tucker's under contract, Mookie's under contract.

145 WRC+, 303, 401, 547 is his triple slash line.

He's an incredibly patient hitter.

And he's selective at the plate, but he's gotten a little bit better this year at approaching and swinging at more of the right pitches, a little bit higher in zone swing percentage for Josue de Paula, a little bit less of the passivity at the plate that we saw a little bit more at Great Lakes.

And we've seen him also be able to tap into the power.

He went five and two-thirds innings.

We saw Josue de Paula make his debut, number 95.

Tucker got a grand slam.

He almost hit for the cycle.

That was a horrific knee injury.

I'm bringing all this up because I want to segue, unless you want to talk about something else, the big story that everyone wanted to talk to me about.

Steve, the majority of our conversation was dominated with Steve about one Josue de Paula.

Is there anything else you want to cover about the Marlins series before we start talking about Josue?

So yeah, when you, when you get a late season add of someone like Emmanuel Rodriguez, especially if he's not gonna hit the threshold for prospect status where he increases to be a major league player, this is a guy that you realistically could keep in the last round of your draft that you're looking for being a starter on your team next year.

So guys like, you know, Emmanuel Rodriguez and Walker Jenkins, you know, Angel Ganal, Josue De Paula, all those guys could have big implications in your, in your dynasty leagues.

And if you gave up in August, the start of August, then you're on your own now.

You're, you're wishing you hadn't, so...

If you look at the Dodgers right now, right? So they've got Kyle Tucker, Tayar Oscar Hernandez, and Andre- Andy Paz in their outfield.

Likely, they're gonna enter 2027 with all three of those guys in their exact same positions.

Behind them, you've got Josue De Paula, you've got Mike Sirota, and eventually you're gonna have Eduardo Quintero.

Yep.

So it's Edmond, then Mookie Betts, Will Smith, and followed by Freddie Freeman.

With the lefty going tonight, Josue DePaula is not going to be in the lineup.

And I think he's come to learn he's not in Kansas anymore.

An 0-for-5 last night as a leadoff hitter.

Man, Fiducia, you got a great locker.

You got Freeland right next to you.

And then two seats down, you got the guy with a lot of swag, a lot of energy, a great smile in JDP, Josue DePaula.

What are you feeling? What's the energy vibe coming from two seats away from you?

Okay

... we've been talking about Josué De Paula.

Yeah, I like him.

So-

Get on base, you never know what happens.

I think his plate discipline is something that is a good sign if he's able to play in the playoffs.

By the way, I think Josué De Paula, unle- if Andy Paez, if he's not ready to go, De Paula would be on the roster.

Otherwise, I don't think he's gonna be on the roster.

All right, gentlemen, let's jump right into it.

We've got to start with Josue de Paula.

I mean, yesterday, 0 for 5, two strikeouts, but then we saw the great version of de Paula over the weekend gets the explosive home run, gets the double.

That's lead off yesterday.

Bobby, I'll start with you, man.

It looks like you're on the road with the team.

Just what has this debut experience been like for Josue de Paula?

Yeah, I actually kind of just wrote about it this morning about just talking to him about his approach offensively and like some of the stuff about like him shaking his head after the take the other night that kind of got viral and kind of drew comparisons to Juan Soto he actually worked out with.