Speaker 1: This is off season Dodger Talk.
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Speaker 1: Talk and now your host David Basse. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: the guys before for four hours. Yes, yes, yes, you're
Speaker 1: listening to David Vasse Dodger Talk with you until eight o'clock.
Speaker 1: I have no apologies for my short speech. That's the
Speaker 1: key to winning an award at the SOCOW Broadcasters Luncheon.
Speaker 1: Keep your speech short. People want to get out of there,
Speaker 1: they want to celebrate you quickly. So I have no
Speaker 1: apologies for anything I said. You know, I didn't even
Speaker 1: see Matt at the awards. I mean, he was so
Speaker 1: far back at that lonely Chargers table while us at
Speaker 1: the AM five to seventy LA sports table. We had
Speaker 1: plenty of room for his skinny bones to squeeze in,
Speaker 1: but he chose to hang out with the bolts back
Speaker 1: there at the table twenty five on the patio. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't know why he's upset with me or taking
Speaker 1: out his saltiness on me. I acknowledged him, I acknowledged Petros.
Speaker 1: Maybe next year, maybe, next year, you guys will rise
Speaker 1: up and win the Best Talk Show of the sunny
Speaker 1: California sports broadcasters. Maybe next year. I do want to
Speaker 1: say thank you to Tim Kates, the only guy on
Speaker 1: that show with any sort of class, because he was classy,
Speaker 1: has always been class He does everything for those guys.
Speaker 1: They actually should take that guy out to a nice
Speaker 1: dinner once a month for everything he puts up with.
Speaker 1: And he is so kind that he was the one
Speaker 1: that posted a congratulatory tweet on the AM five to
Speaker 1: seventy LA sports twitter account acknowledging that they had somebody
Speaker 1: win an award at that luncheon. So thank you Tim Kates,
Speaker 1: the only guy on that show with some class. And
Speaker 1: it was great, say Petros write out his show on Penn.
Speaker 1: It was great to see Steve Hartman be celebrated, Jim
Speaker 1: Hill be celebrated, Harvey Hyde. I mean, that was an
Speaker 1: old school football speech that certainly was inspirational to Petros.
Speaker 1: Some money, as you could tell if you were listening
Speaker 1: the previous four hours. But anyway, it was a great day.
Speaker 1: It was great to spend it with our teammates at
Speaker 1: the table. If Matt was at the table, he would
Speaker 1: have enjoyed himself. We had a great time at that
Speaker 1: table table ten was the life of the party, so
Speaker 1: a good day. Steven Nelson won Best Radio Call of
Speaker 1: the Year, the final call of Game seven of the
Speaker 1: World Series. Kirsten Watson won Best in Game Sideline reporter
Speaker 1: Jose Moda won Best play by Play. Spanish Announcers. So
Speaker 1: the Dodgers cleaned up, and look, the players in the
Speaker 1: team helps you win these awards. If Steven Nelson didn't
Speaker 1: have a Game seven of the World Series to call,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure he's winning it. You know. John Ireland
Speaker 1: had an Austin Reeves buzzer beater of a meaningless game.
Speaker 1: There was a Spanish radio call by our guy, Adrian
Speaker 1: Marquez Garcia of Justin Herbert running slide first down in
Speaker 1: the regular season. So I mean, that's what they're up against.
Speaker 1: And that's the way it was when the Lakers won
Speaker 1: twenty years ago. They would clean up at these type
Speaker 1: of things because the team, the players gave the announcers
Speaker 1: a lot to talk about and to describe. So it's
Speaker 1: the teams, it's the players, but it's the play by
Speaker 1: play guys that make it all come alive. So thank
Speaker 1: you to everybody, and especially Pete Arbigast, who is trying
Speaker 1: to do things to keep that sports broadcasters luncheon alive.
Speaker 1: So it was a good day. Solid barbecue, chicken was served,
Speaker 1: and it was great to be there, like I said,
Speaker 1: with our teammates at table ten, outside of Matt mney Smith,
Speaker 1: who you know, for whatever reason, felt like he couldn't
Speaker 1: squeeze in so he decided to go to his charger table,
Speaker 1: a very sad table after Sunday's loss in New England.
Speaker 1: But nonetheless, it was a good day and it was
Speaker 1: great to share it with my father in law, who
Speaker 1: you know, I want to get him out, he's in retirement,
Speaker 1: want to get him out. He loves sports, loves the
Speaker 1: sports broadcasters. So got to introduce him to Bill McDonald,
Speaker 1: who was his great Bill McDonald's self today. So all around,
Speaker 1: great to see a lot of people that you don't
Speaker 1: get to see all the time. All right, let's get
Speaker 1: to Dodger talk. Bottom of the hour, Jack Harris, who
Speaker 1: has left the La Times like so many of their
Speaker 1: good writers, and is joining the California Post. He is
Speaker 1: going to join us on what he's hearing. As far
Speaker 1: as Kyle Tucker, Cody Bellinger, Bob Bishett, and a possible
Speaker 1: trade with the Cardinals. I can't really get a sense
Speaker 1: about which way Kyle Tucker is going to go. In
Speaker 1: case you're not aware of this, the Dodgers already have
Speaker 1: gone over the highest threshold of the luxury tax for
Speaker 1: a third straight year. So whoever they sign from this
Speaker 1: point on, they're paying not just fifty percent or one
Speaker 1: hundred percent on their salary with every dollar, but they're
Speaker 1: paying one hundred and ten percent. So if the Dodgers
Speaker 1: were to give Kyle Tucker fifty million dollars a year
Speaker 1: with no deferrals, they would be basically paying him one
Speaker 1: hundred million dollars or eight excuse me, eighty million dollars,
Speaker 1: one hundred and something million dollars. So you know, that's
Speaker 1: that's what it's at. So that's something that I don't
Speaker 1: think would stop the Dodgers because they are involved to
Speaker 1: what level. I'm still not completely sold on how badly
Speaker 1: they want Kyle Tucker or how badly they want Cody Bellinger.
Speaker 1: It's always been about the Dodgers' terms when they have
Speaker 1: signed players, but in this case it feels like that's
Speaker 1: even more so. They're the back to back World Series champions,
Speaker 1: they still have Shoeo Tani, the best player on the
Speaker 1: planet on their roster. He's now pitching. You still got
Speaker 1: Freddy Freeman, who is still doing Freddie Freeman things. Mookie
Speaker 1: Betts had a down year, you would hope that he
Speaker 1: bounces back. You've got the most clutch hitter in baseball
Speaker 1: and Will Smith playing the toughest offensive position in the game,
Speaker 1: and he's the best offensive player. I would even argue
Speaker 1: that I'd rather have Will Smith than cal Raley at
Speaker 1: this point in time. But this side of cal Raley, arguably,
Speaker 1: Will Smith is the best catcher in baseball and offensively
Speaker 1: the most clutch hitter, as was evident again in the
Speaker 1: World Series with his Game seven go ahead home run.
Speaker 1: So they still got Snell, they still got an incredible
Speaker 1: starting rotation with you Moo, and they added Edwin Diaz.
Speaker 1: So all of these things. Sure, the Dodgers would like
Speaker 1: to upgrade their offense, but it doesn't necessarily have to
Speaker 1: be Kyle Tucker and it doesn't necessarily have to be
Speaker 1: Boba Schett or Cody Bellinger. I like I said, I'm
Speaker 1: still very skeptical by all these reports that the Dodgers
Speaker 1: are in on Kyle Tucker. But you know, we'll see
Speaker 1: what happens doing my radio show right now as my
Speaker 1: guy snell Zilla Fresh Office, snell Zilla National Great Kids Tournament,
Speaker 1: a camel Back ranch facetiming me right now, snell Zilla,
Speaker 1: you know how it is. Everybody's wearing for you at FanFest.
Speaker 1: Say hello, all right, that's that's the only you could
Speaker 1: call in, Snaill Zilla. If you want, You're more than
Speaker 1: welcome to. If not, we'll all right, all right, I'll
Speaker 1: call you right now. We're gonna call you right now.
Speaker 1: There he is, new Zilla in his Great Zilla National hoodie.
Speaker 1: He's gonna call in right now. I mean he called
Speaker 1: me while I was at the at the Sports Broadcaster's luncheon,
Speaker 1: as I was about to receive that award, and here
Speaker 1: he is calling me in the middle of Dodger talk.
Speaker 1: So we'll see if he delivers, if Blake Snell calls
Speaker 1: in right now. But like I was saying, we'll see
Speaker 1: whether or not Zilla calls in or not. But like
Speaker 1: I was saying, I'm still not one hundred percent sold
Speaker 1: on all these reports about the Dodgers and Tucker. Going
Speaker 1: back to the regular season, everybody thought that Kyle Tucker
Speaker 1: was a foregone conclusion. But you know, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of other teams out there, and the Dodgers won another
Speaker 1: back to back World Series championship, and oh boy, I
Speaker 1: see the phone ringing right now. He is a man
Speaker 1: of his word. He doesn't do audio calls very often.
Speaker 1: He loves to FaceTime. And that is World Series Champion,
Speaker 1: two time, two time cy Young Award winner, the one
Speaker 1: and only Blake Snell in his Zilla National hoodie somewhere
Speaker 1: in La there we go, Blake, thank you for calling in?
Speaker 3: Yeah, man, how you doing days?
Speaker 1: I do it great? I mean, are you getting ready
Speaker 1: to uh? Should we expect you on twitch tonight? Are
Speaker 1: you gonna be gaming tonight? When? What should we expect tonight?
Speaker 3: Nothing? Tonight? I'm chilling. I don't be just chrying at
Speaker 3: the crib, so not to night.
Speaker 1: But how so, why don't you I'm doing radio magic
Speaker 1: right now?
Speaker 3: How much longer you got radio magic.
Speaker 1: Until eight o'clock tonight?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 1: Eight o'clock eight o'clock sharp? See off season Dodger.
Speaker 3: Tell me for fan Fast? You ready for fan Fest?
Speaker 1: Why don't you announce it right now? I haven't announced it,
Speaker 1: but you can announce it. January thirty first Fan Faest
Speaker 1: at Dodger Stadium. Blake Snell will be out there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't wait. You're going to be there.
Speaker 1: I'll be there, I'll be I'll be having the Dodger
Speaker 1: Talk radio show from fan Fest. We'll be out there
Speaker 1: together again and we'll be doing radio network temples. I'll
Speaker 1: bring it, I'll bring it. Have you heard about the Bubbley.
Speaker 1: I've heard about Bubbly coming up with a Shirley Temple flavor?
Speaker 3: Now, yeah, you saw Olipop with a Shirley Temple.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I heard about that too. Have you tried it?
Speaker 3: Can you give it? Pretty good?
Speaker 1: Thumbs up?
Speaker 3: Pretty good? Yeah?
Speaker 1: So when you're at your house, when you're at your house,
Speaker 1: do you have like the the the cherries ready to go?
Speaker 1: How do you make your Shirley Temple at home?
Speaker 3: I'm gonna I got a video that I'm a post
Speaker 3: tomorrow that's going to show you I like my Shirley. Okay, Okay,
Speaker 3: that's a sneak peek.
Speaker 1: Hey, Blake, We got to tell people what you did
Speaker 1: for the kids, because I told you my ten year
Speaker 1: old son is on kids YouTube more than he should be.
Speaker 1: And this past weekend at camel Back Ranch, you hosted,
Speaker 1: you your travel ball kids that you pay for. There
Speaker 1: is no money being made, it's all going to the
Speaker 1: foundation to the kids. But you hosted the Zilla National
Speaker 1: Tournament at camel Back Ranch and handed out sweet gear
Speaker 1: from Rawlings. How much joy does that give you to
Speaker 1: see the kids light up when you're in front of
Speaker 1: a rolling strug handing out these incredible swaggy gloves.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it was. It was pretty awesome. But it's
Speaker 3: like my third year doing the Jella stuff that this
Speaker 3: was by far the best. We had big league coaches
Speaker 3: that really, you know, train these kids the correct way
Speaker 3: on how to play baseball, how to practice, how to
Speaker 3: be a good teammate, how to be humble. And we
Speaker 3: had a lot of good conversations. We went to Dave
Speaker 3: Inbusters for one of the Knights with everybody. That was
Speaker 3: a lot of fun. And then yeah, they get the
Speaker 3: cool part is they get a bunch of cool gear.
Speaker 3: But the best part is they learned how to be
Speaker 3: you know, they learn how to practice, they learn what
Speaker 3: hard work will get you. And then we talked about
Speaker 3: you know, just being a good teammate, a good person
Speaker 3: and how everything will fall into place if you do that.
Speaker 3: So yeah, it was a success. It was a really
Speaker 3: great time. We're gonna make it better next year. We're
Speaker 3: gonna get better from it, find ways to just get
Speaker 3: more information to the to the youth and to parents,
Speaker 3: and yeah, it was awesome.
Speaker 1: So you had some all star coaches out there, including
Speaker 1: denu Ebel, Kyle Snyder, Howie Ken Drake, Kevin Long. I
Speaker 1: mean that's pretty special to get these coaches, the best
Speaker 1: in baseball from different organizations to show up for the
Speaker 1: kids this weekend.
Speaker 3: No, yeah, that was amazing. Yeah, Troy Tillowitski was there.
Speaker 3: He's hit and coach at Texas Now. He had a
Speaker 3: great career. Yeah, but no, it was awesome man. And
Speaker 3: we were at Camelback Ranch, which obviously that's a great
Speaker 3: place to be and spend your time. So yeah, it
Speaker 3: was one of it was one of a kind of
Speaker 3: In the grounds crew there, I mean they did an
Speaker 3: unbelievable job helping us keep it, keep it feels nice,
Speaker 3: and and just helping us run it smoothly. So it
Speaker 3: was Yeah, it couldn't have gone any better. But the
Speaker 3: kids got better, that's the main thing. They learned a
Speaker 3: lot and hopefully they take that to their travel ball
Speaker 3: teams wherever they go. I mean these kids are from
Speaker 3: all over the US, and uh yeah, hopefully they go
Speaker 3: back home and teach their coaches, their their teammates and
Speaker 3: friends what it's like to be a good person and
Speaker 3: train hard.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Blake Snell is our guest on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: This is a great opportunity for you to give, you know,
Speaker 1: some parents advice on kids in Little League and you
Speaker 1: know kids that you know parents are trying to put
Speaker 1: them in travel ball. What's the best piece of advice
Speaker 1: you can give parents about their kids that are you know,
Speaker 1: ten to thirteen years old and just how much everybody
Speaker 1: wants it to be the major leagues at such a
Speaker 1: young age. What's the best advice you could give parents
Speaker 1: with kids that want to play Little League or travel ball?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the parents there, you're there to motivate,
Speaker 3: to pershon in a sense, but ultimately it's a kid.
Speaker 3: It's actually kid. If they want to play, if it's
Speaker 3: what their dream is, and if that's their dream is
Speaker 3: to be you know, the best baseball player, how do
Speaker 3: you help them? What do you do? I said to
Speaker 3: the parents, you know, there's there's three questions you ask
Speaker 3: your son or your daughter after an any game, and
Speaker 3: it's you know, what did you do good? What did
Speaker 3: you do bad? What are we going to do better?
Speaker 3: And if you ask them those three questions, they can
Speaker 3: kind of guide the whole thing and then tell you,
Speaker 3: you know, where to come in and help them that.
Speaker 3: But yeah, it's just a lot of parents, you know,
Speaker 3: especially younger like eight to twelve, they all think they're kids,
Speaker 3: you know, the next Ken Griffy, and and they get
Speaker 3: way too wrapped up in it. Man, it's always been
Speaker 3: about the kids. So so let the kid, you know,
Speaker 3: let him tell his story and his career the way
Speaker 3: he wants. And then parents are there to support, and
Speaker 3: you got to push them a little bit, but don't
Speaker 3: get carried away. They're young, they're trying to figure it
Speaker 3: out still, and you know, just make sure they're around
Speaker 3: the coach that loves them and gives him, you know,
Speaker 3: gives your son or daughter, you know, all the information
Speaker 3: they can to really learn and get better every day.
Speaker 1: Can you explain to me my son, you know, he's
Speaker 1: in Little League and him and his buddies loss.
Speaker 3: Of what I'm saying with you. It's different because you you.
Speaker 3: You got big league coaches, and you gotta get better.
Speaker 3: You know you can't. You got to ask us to
Speaker 3: help your son. But we know you're talking to him,
Speaker 3: and that's the problem. You know you need to stay away.
Speaker 3: Let me talk to Let me talk to him. I
Speaker 3: got you. You don't get in the way.
Speaker 1: He goes down slides a lot better than I do.
Speaker 1: I'll just say that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, imagine I'm trying into baseball watching you.
Speaker 1: What is going on with these sliding gloves? Though I'm
Speaker 1: very much against him having these sliding gloves.
Speaker 3: Hey, man, it's it's part of it a little bit
Speaker 3: of swag. What about you losing the gonzo huh in
Speaker 3: that race? People don't forget.
Speaker 1: Man, you're pulling out receipts from a long time ago.
Speaker 3: Snail Zilla's good stuff.
Speaker 1: He got a jump start and I was wearing Justin
Speaker 1: Turner's cleats.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know whose shoes. You should have been wearing
Speaker 3: the same boats and you still would have lost.
Speaker 1: Maybe you went me in spring training. We could go
Speaker 1: toe to toe.
Speaker 3: Hey, I'm slow and I still win.
Speaker 1: We'll see about that, Dave.
Speaker 3: I promise you might pull a hammy this time.
Speaker 1: I want it's been a long time since pictures were hitting.
Speaker 1: I could lay down a bunch and beat you the
Speaker 1: first base.
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, you're getting carried away. Maybe so, because let
Speaker 3: me tell you what. Yeah. One, you ain't laying a
Speaker 3: button down. You're gonna miss it or pop it up. Two,
Speaker 3: you running down the first you ain't beating nobody, not
Speaker 3: even the guy doing a chalk on the line.
Speaker 1: Are you sure about that though?
Speaker 3: Oh, I'm confident. I've seen you run and that was
Speaker 3: what I was like. How long ago did you raise Gonzo?
Speaker 1: Oh that was in twenty fifteen. That was eleven years ago.
Speaker 3: Oh man, Yeah, you definitely got a slower.
Speaker 1: I'm not lost to half a step.
Speaker 3: Half a step you both feet?
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right? Since you went to David Buster's Papa Shot,
Speaker 1: that's my game. And I know you thought you were
Speaker 1: good in Saint Pete, but I mean that was a
Speaker 1: while ago.
Speaker 3: I know I'm good at Papa Shot. It's not I
Speaker 3: know I'm good Dave. You will get cleaned up.
Speaker 1: I mean I feel like that is something that I
Speaker 1: can compete with you in and not break a bone
Speaker 1: or ribs or blow out a hammy.
Speaker 3: Knowing you you might jam your finger trying to grab
Speaker 3: the basketball.
Speaker 1: Dang it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, whatever you want to play. It could
Speaker 3: be ping pong, pool, pickleball. You're gonna lose. I just
Speaker 3: wanted to hand eye coordination. You are not. That's not
Speaker 3: your game.
Speaker 1: As your life, coach, I'm here to push you in
Speaker 1: all ways of life.
Speaker 3: You even challenge me in a math.
Speaker 1: Hands down.
Speaker 3: You beat me in that.
Speaker 1: You would beat me in a math test. I'm not
Speaker 1: even gonna go there.
Speaker 3: I don't know. Maybe that might be head to head.
Speaker 3: That might be a tough one right there.
Speaker 1: Can you tell us?
Speaker 3: What?
Speaker 1: Can you tell? Tell us what Blake Snell's highlight has
Speaker 1: been since winning the World Series? Was it Jimmy Kimmel?
Speaker 1: Was it the King's Game? What was the high What's
Speaker 1: been the highlight of your championship tour.
Speaker 3: That I'm a Dodger, that's been the highlight of it all?
Speaker 1: Ooh, good answer, good answer.
Speaker 3: Ain't nothing, Dodger.
Speaker 1: Are you ready for making a run to help you
Speaker 1: get another ring and get the dog? Roger's another ring?
Speaker 1: You ready for that? It's right around the corner.
Speaker 3: Yes, I'm ready. I'm ready to get back. See the boys,
Speaker 3: then see the fans. Then steal the energy from the
Speaker 3: fans and how excited they are, how excited we are,
Speaker 3: and then there's no time and then we lock in
Speaker 3: and we uh, we go do this thing together again
Speaker 3: and win another one.
Speaker 1: I can't wait. I said I was going to retire
Speaker 1: when Kershaw did, but then you signed on for five
Speaker 1: more years, so I had to stay.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you can't go, You can't. You gotta stay until
Speaker 3: I'm done. And then sheehan probably gonna be there next night,
Speaker 3: and you're gonna be. You're gonna be. You know, you're
Speaker 3: gonna be here for another until you ninety five. Oh,
Speaker 3: you might as well. I just stopped saying it.
Speaker 1: All right, all right, I'll stay as long as nell
Speaker 1: Zilla does.
Speaker 3: I mean, I hope I'm part of the Dodger organization
Speaker 3: the rest of my life.
Speaker 1: I think you will be if you keep pitching the
Speaker 1: way you did last year. I mean, it was incredible
Speaker 1: what you did against the Reds, the Phillies, the Brewers,
Speaker 1: and the way you were able to empty the tank
Speaker 1: against the Blue Jays.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll get better, We'll get better. I think there's
Speaker 3: still a lot more that I can do and learn.
Speaker 3: And yeah, no, I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 1: All right, all right, So what's what's on tap? Now?
Speaker 1: I hear you might be taking a trip to MAUI.
Speaker 3: I might, I might. We'll see, we'll see. Okay, so
Speaker 3: important thing here, the most important thing. I'll be taking
Speaker 3: a trip to Fantasist. That's the most important thing.
Speaker 1: I love it. I mean, this guy is like Don King.
Speaker 1: He is a great promoter. January thirty, first Dodger fan Fest.
Speaker 1: The gates open at nine am. We will have Dodger
Speaker 1: Talk from Dodger Fest and Blake Snell will be signing autographs.
Speaker 1: He'll be kissing babies. He'll be having a sliding glove
Speaker 1: game going on.
Speaker 3: Something I don't know about kissing babies. We believe that. Yeah,
Speaker 3: for Will Ferrell, not me.
Speaker 1: Oh oh, another one of your Hollywood friends.
Speaker 3: Now I know we're friends. I saw him a couple
Speaker 3: of times. That's pretty cool. Okay, okay, yeah, so that
Speaker 3: car about his friends.
Speaker 1: I'll take it and by okay, yeah, I guess you know,
Speaker 1: just you know a work friend. Basically, you guys are
Speaker 1: just working around with each other.
Speaker 3: Just put it on the resume. I know them.
Speaker 1: Hey, all right, Snell Zilla, you'll catch him in person
Speaker 1: January thirty first, and also catch him on Zilla nationals
Speaker 1: ig and if your kid has kids YouTube, you will
Speaker 1: see him doing some fun games with the kids out
Speaker 1: at his tournament that happened this past weekend. He was
Speaker 1: doing the shell game with sliding myths and all that stuff.
Speaker 1: The gingerbread guy. My kid has your belt. He bought
Speaker 1: your belt off of some website, so he wore your
Speaker 1: belt at his tryouts.
Speaker 3: You look good too. You're welcome. Hoping your chair with
Speaker 3: some flag too. You're welcome, man.
Speaker 1: Next time, get me a promo code or some How
Speaker 1: about a promo code next time?
Speaker 3: How about how about a text or a call.
Speaker 1: I wasn't aware of him buying it. His mom bought
Speaker 1: it for you know.
Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, revert back, revert on.
Speaker 1: Hey, Okay, between now and then, get ready for the
Speaker 1: pitching side of things. But you better get ready for
Speaker 1: papa shot. I'm coming after you this spring. You and me.
Speaker 3: Yep, I'll put more focus on the pitching part and
Speaker 3: the papa so and beat you in my sleep.
Speaker 1: Okay, I'll hit you after the show's over if you
Speaker 1: want me to. If you send me the voicemail, all
Speaker 1: good too.
Speaker 3: Now do that and just be on the lookout tomorrow
Speaker 3: on the Instagram for start to Shirley Temple Post.
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, I love it. I mean I'm in on
Speaker 1: the Shirley Temples. I put aside the Modellos and now
Speaker 1: I'm having Shirley Temples.
Speaker 3: Welcome to the big League name.
Speaker 1: There he goes Blake Snell, two time two time cy
Speaker 1: Young Award winner, and want him more. All right, Blake,
Speaker 1: I'll talk to you at eight oh one tonight.
Speaker 3: Sounds good. I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1: There he goes Blake Snell, the great snell Zilla. There
Speaker 1: we go, impromptu phone call. We're gonna take a time
Speaker 1: out when we come back your phone calls. And also
Speaker 1: Jack Harris from the California Post is gonna call in
Speaker 1: as well. We'll get some information on Kyle Tucker, bo Bishett,
Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger and what else the Dodgers may be doing.
Speaker 1: Dodger talk until eight o'clock. Let snell Zilla know right
Speaker 1: here on a five to seventy LA sports hell, who's
Speaker 1: getting ready to come back and have a great year
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers. He was so big for the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: I think I think we all sometimes forget about what
Speaker 1: took place to get the Dodgers to the World Series.
Speaker 1: And if it's not for what Blake Snell and Taoscar
Speaker 1: Hernandez did in the NLDS against the Phillies, the Dodgers
Speaker 1: never even get to the NLCS. And then you have
Speaker 1: Yamamoto and Blake Snell on the road set the tone
Speaker 1: again for a sweep in the NLCS. So I know
Speaker 1: Snell did not pitch his best against the Blue Jays
Speaker 1: in the World Series. I think he was fighting himself
Speaker 1: physically a little bit, but without him setting the tone
Speaker 1: to dominate the Reds. For what he did against the Phillies,
Speaker 1: and you know what he did against the Brewers, it
Speaker 1: can't it can't be forgotten. I think we always forget
Speaker 1: about the fact of what took place to get you
Speaker 1: to the World Series. And Yamamoto from the beginning of
Speaker 1: the postseason to the final out of the postseason was
Speaker 1: the MVP for the Dodgers, and rightfully show so the
Speaker 1: World Series MVP. But you can't forget about the contributions
Speaker 1: from guys like Snell and Taoscar Hernandez to beat the Phillies,
Speaker 1: who many thought were the Dodgers' toughest competition and very
Speaker 1: well maya beaten the Dodgers if it's not, if it's
Speaker 1: not for the way Snell pitched, and Taoscar Hernandez is
Speaker 1: clutch home runs in Philadelphia. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up.
Speaker 1: In our next segment, you are going to hear from
Speaker 1: Jack Harris from the California Post. There was a trade
Speaker 1: made that concerns the nl WEST. Nolan Arenado finally traded
Speaker 1: by the Cardinals to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Cardinals are
Speaker 1: going to pay the majority of the remaining dollars on
Speaker 1: his contract the last two years. The Diamondbacks reportedly are
Speaker 1: only going to pay five million this year six million
Speaker 1: next year. And when you look at what possibly could
Speaker 1: transpire the rest of the offseason, it kind of feels
Speaker 1: like in other markets everybody is frantic about who their
Speaker 1: team signs who their team doesn't sign. For instance, in Boston,
Speaker 1: they're freaking out that they didn't aggressively do enough to
Speaker 1: re sign Alex Bregman. It reportedly came down to the
Speaker 1: Red Sox not wanting to give him a no trade
Speaker 1: clause to not defer as many dollars as the Cubs did,
Speaker 1: and they're freaking out in Boston and it's great. I mean,
Speaker 1: I love to see Boston sports fans suffer. I don't
Speaker 1: allow anybody to wear green in our house growing up
Speaker 1: a Laker fan. Lakers Celtics, no green in the house. Sorry,
Speaker 1: you're only Saint Patrick's day. I'll allow it for one,
Speaker 1: but no green in the house. So I thoroughly enjoy
Speaker 1: the Red Sox and their fan base being miserable right now.
Speaker 1: I enjoy whenever the Celtics lose. I enjoy whenever the
Speaker 1: Patriots lose, and hopefully that happens this weekend. But for
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, they are in such a great position because
Speaker 1: if you look back, they won another World Series championship
Speaker 1: and did not trade any of their top prospects. All
Speaker 1: these young outfielders you hear about, they didn't trade a
Speaker 1: single one for Duran who went to the Phillies, for
Speaker 1: David Bednar who went to the Mets from the Pirates,
Speaker 1: or Yankees from the Pirates. Those teams traded some valuable
Speaker 1: pieces and didn't win the World Series. The Dodgers won
Speaker 1: the World Series for a second straight year, acquired Brock
Speaker 1: Stewart for James Outman, and still he pitched really and
Speaker 1: they still won the World Series thanks to their great
Speaker 1: starting pitching that was, you know, versatile enough to be
Speaker 1: able to change roles like Emmit Shean, Tyler Glass now
Speaker 1: Yama Moto to be able to pick up where the
Speaker 1: Dodger bullpen just couldn't do it this year. And Justin
Speaker 1: Robleski is another one of those unsung heroes out of
Speaker 1: the bullpen. So the Dodgers. My point is, if the
Speaker 1: Dodgers don't sign Tucker, the sky's not falling, and they
Speaker 1: are still better than the majority of all the teams
Speaker 1: in baseball. If the Dodgers don't sign Bellinger, they're still
Speaker 1: better than most of the teams in baseball, certainly better
Speaker 1: than the Yankees, if all things are equal. If I'm
Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger, I'm signing with the Dodgers. The Yankees are
Speaker 1: not going anywhere. I would argue that they are the
Speaker 1: third best team in their division right now, behind the
Speaker 1: Orioles and the uh and who else, the Rays, I
Speaker 1: would say behind the Orioles. Of course, the Blue Jays
Speaker 1: Oriols and Blue Jays better than the Yankees. So you know,
Speaker 1: if the Dodgers don't sign him, it's still okay. Now.
Speaker 1: If Bob Baschett signs with the Phillies, they're that much better.
Speaker 1: They again would be to me, the toughest obstacle between
Speaker 1: the Dodgers and a three p it would be the
Speaker 1: Phillies if they signed Bo Baschett. So that's where things
Speaker 1: stand right now. And look, even if they don't sign
Speaker 1: one of these three free agent players, there's still a
Speaker 1: trade possibility with the Cardinals for either Brendan Donovan or
Speaker 1: Lars Noobar. Let's go out to Malibu. Bob. You're on
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk. How you doing, Bob.
Speaker 4: Did great to hear your voice, Man, Thanks for keeping
Speaker 4: up on everything even in the offseason and all the
Speaker 4: hustle you're doing.
Speaker 3: Man, we appreciate it.
Speaker 1: My pleasure, my pleasure.
Speaker 4: I'm calling him, man, just to sink some praises. You know,
Speaker 4: you brought up a great point last week, and I
Speaker 4: think it often gets overlooked. Max Munsey's home run in
Speaker 4: Game seven one of my favorite Dodger home runs of
Speaker 4: all time. The way he hit that ball, where it went,
Speaker 4: how it went, and what it meant in that game. Man,
Speaker 4: it just doesn't get enough credit because of of course
Speaker 4: Miguel Rojas and the amazing home run he hit, and
Speaker 4: of course Will's winning one. But Big Months, Man, we're
Speaker 4: lucky to have that dude at third. I know that
Speaker 4: there's been talks at different times and people's thoughts on Max,
Speaker 4: but I'm a Max supporter, man. I'll always be in
Speaker 4: that guy's corner. He's been a great, great third basement
Speaker 4: for this team.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 4: I'm happy he's with us.
Speaker 1: No doubt, Bob. And the greatest thing you could say
Speaker 1: about a player, especially on a team like the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: is that Munsey shows up in the biggest moments of
Speaker 1: the postseason. And that's why Max Munsey. People may not
Speaker 1: know this has the most career home runs for the
Speaker 1: Dodgers in the history of the franchisees postseason. He has
Speaker 1: sixteen career postseason home runs with the Dodgers. That's three
Speaker 1: more than Seeger and Justin Turner. So that's the type
Speaker 1: of lunch performer Max Months he has been since twenty eighteen.
Speaker 3: He's the man.
Speaker 4: He always comes up, like you said, in the clutch,
Speaker 4: and he just seems to be a solid presence in
Speaker 4: the clubhouse with the team you know the way he
Speaker 4: organized everyone to not make the same mistakes of the
Speaker 4: pass last year on their way to a World Series win.
Speaker 3: And look at us now.
Speaker 4: Back to back champions Man, So us as fans, we're
Speaker 4: lucky to have a guy like Monty along with all
Speaker 4: the other guys. If the team was to remain the
Speaker 4: way it is today, I'd be happy and confident going
Speaker 4: into this season just like we were last season.
Speaker 3: Men.
Speaker 1: All right, Bob, thanks for the phone call. I'll say this.
Speaker 1: You know, I would be fine with it because I'm
Speaker 1: a big believer that Taoscar Hernandez is going to have
Speaker 1: a bounce back year and Mookie Betts is going to
Speaker 1: have a bounce back year. I mean, the guy played
Speaker 1: behind the eight ball since Japan where he lost twenty
Speaker 1: pounds with that weird flu like symptoms that he was
Speaker 1: dealing with, So you would expect him to be able
Speaker 1: to bounce back and have a better year. Speaking of Mookie,
Speaker 1: bet I saw on his Instagram account he's going to
Speaker 1: be in my neighborhood. He's going to be in Canoga
Speaker 1: Park at the BEVMO this Thursday promoting his new tequila.
Speaker 1: Now I'm wondering at these things that he shows up at.
Speaker 1: I know he's at a Costco and Marina del Rey.
Speaker 1: Does he sign the bottle of the tequila or do
Speaker 1: you have to buy a bottle of tequila to meet him?
Speaker 1: I went to Shaquille O'Neil CD signing when I was
Speaker 1: in high school, and you couldn't get him to sign
Speaker 1: a basketball, he would just sign the CD. You had
Speaker 1: to buy a CD. He would sign the CD. Is
Speaker 1: that the same thing here? I mean, Mooki's going to
Speaker 1: be at the BEVMO on Thursday morning, so who knows
Speaker 1: I might show up there. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number in case
Speaker 1: you missed the show. Earlier, we had a surprise phone
Speaker 1: call from the one and only Blake's. Now you could
Speaker 1: podcast that on the iHeartRadio app. And coming up next,
Speaker 1: we are going to get the latest information on where
Speaker 1: the Dodgers stand with Kyle Tucker from the newest edition
Speaker 1: to the California Post. Jack Harris, that's right, the California
Speaker 1: Post ruining sports media, just swooping all these great writers,
Speaker 1: well not all of them are great, but Jack's good.
Speaker 1: He's going to join us next right here on five
Speaker 1: to seventy. LA Sports is going to be Thursday night
Speaker 1: at seven o'clock and Dalton Rushing is going to be
Speaker 1: our special guest next week. Chris Taylor and Rick Monday
Speaker 1: are going to join us on our two shows of
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk, and we are getting closer to spring training.
Speaker 1: I'll be out there February thirteenth. Dodger Fest is January Saturday,
Speaker 1: January thirty. First, you can get more information and tickets
Speaker 1: at Dodgers dot com slash Dodgerfest. And Blake Snell, who
Speaker 1: surprised us earlier in the show tonight, did a great
Speaker 1: job of promoting that teasing that and he'll be out
Speaker 1: there as well. So should be another great time at
Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium. Looking forward to the repeat champions trying to
Speaker 1: run it back for a three pet becoming the first
Speaker 1: team since the Yankees from ninety eight to two thousand
Speaker 1: to accomplish that feat, and certainly the Dodgers have the
Speaker 1: players to do that. We'll see who else shows up
Speaker 1: at camel Back Ranch, and maybe Jack Harris knows the answer.
Speaker 1: Formally of the LA Times now a member of the
Speaker 1: California Post, which we'll launch on January twenty sixth I
Speaker 1: am excited about that because of the headlines and because
Speaker 1: of Jack. Jack's probably the only guy I'm excited to
Speaker 1: read of who they have hired so far. Jack, congratulations
Speaker 1: on the move and welcome the Dodger Talk for the
Speaker 1: first time as a member of the California Post.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, Dave. I'll be sure to clip that audio
Speaker 2: right there and send it to my fellow California Post
Speaker 2: colleague Dylan Hernandez, who will also be helping me cover
Speaker 2: the dots, even if you might not be reading him.
Speaker 1: Yeah. When I saw they hired Dylan Hernandez, I thought
Speaker 1: he was going to cover hockey. I was surprised that
Speaker 1: he's covering baseball.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: No, me and unleashed on the Dodgers. But hey, by
Speaker 2: the way, congratulations to you for your talk show host
Speaker 2: of the Year award, well deserved.
Speaker 1: Oh thank you, Jack. I appreciate that. It feels like
Speaker 1: you're just trying to, you know, reciprocate with some kindness
Speaker 1: after I really pumped you up right there. But I
Speaker 1: appreciated Jack Harris of the California Post. All right, Jack,
Speaker 1: we are being inundated from the East Coast media, including
Speaker 1: your teammates. Now from the New York Post about the
Speaker 1: Mets at Kyle Tucker. How about the Dodgers and Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 1: How in are the Dodgers on Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think his free agency has has
Speaker 2: evolved in a way that makes the Dodgers an option
Speaker 2: given the fact that you know, as my New Post
Speaker 2: colleague John Hayman was one of the people to report
Speaker 2: today that he's, you know, getting a from the Mets
Speaker 2: at least a shorter term offer now for a big number,
Speaker 2: for fifty million a year. I know. ESPN also reported
Speaker 2: that the Blue Jays might have a longer term offer
Speaker 2: out there. I think of the three right now, just
Speaker 2: because of the fact that he might be you know,
Speaker 2: he might be someone who's willing to sign a shorter
Speaker 2: term deal that maybe compared to Boba Schett or Cody Bellinger,
Speaker 2: he's the one free agent that to that end would
Speaker 2: fit with the Dodgers. I think the question is going
Speaker 2: to be, you know, you go back to the start
Speaker 2: of the off season, the one consistent message that the
Speaker 2: Dodgers put out there was that they feel really comfortable
Speaker 2: with the team that they have, with the lineup that
Speaker 2: they have. You know, you look last year, even with
Speaker 2: some of the struggles with Michael Confordo playing every day
Speaker 2: as one of the worst qualified hitters in the majors,
Speaker 2: even with the injuries they had, it was the second
Speaker 2: highest scoring lineup in the majors. It was good enough
Speaker 2: to win another World Series. And I think the question
Speaker 2: will be with all these top free agents, are the
Speaker 2: Dodgers comfortable maybe doing something out of their comfort zone
Speaker 2: and you know, fifty million a year for Kyle Tucker
Speaker 2: I think is probably you know, qualified as one of
Speaker 2: those things that they would have to really think about
Speaker 2: trying to match. Or are they content kind of keeping
Speaker 2: the group together, maybe looking for a trade, looking for
Speaker 2: a smaller signing going into the season, and then reassessing
Speaker 2: it the deadline. So you know, I think, you know,
Speaker 2: a week or two ago, the market was probably working
Speaker 2: more in their favor in terms of their being still
Speaker 2: three or four top bats available, maybe not enough teams
Speaker 2: willing to offer or make the kind of big offers
Speaker 2: that you know, the Dodgers wouldn't be willing to match.
Speaker 2: But now because Bragman signed with the Cubs unexpectedly, because
Speaker 2: the Phillies have come in for Bashette unexpectedly, and because
Speaker 2: the Mets have made this unexpectedly big offer to Tucker,
Speaker 2: I think it's just a little bit more difficult to
Speaker 2: envision the Dodgers doing it. But you know, Kyle Tucker
Speaker 2: is somebody who fills a hole for them, who has
Speaker 2: the kind of offensive profile they would like. And I
Speaker 2: think because it is a shorter term deal, even for
Speaker 2: a big number, it's still a possibility.
Speaker 1: What do you make of the fact that the Dodgers
Speaker 1: now for the third straight year, are over the luxury
Speaker 1: tax and over the highest threshold, which means they pay
Speaker 1: one hundred and ten percent on every dollar. So essentially,
Speaker 1: for Kyle Tucker's fifty million dollars annual salary, they would
Speaker 1: be paying him basically one hundred and five million dollars
Speaker 1: a year, if it's straight up, How much does that
Speaker 1: play into not only Tucker, but Bellinger and bo bashett.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's part of it.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: The way the Dodgers' front office talks about it is
Speaker 2: they have the flexibility to do the moves that they
Speaker 2: feel they need to, but they are also operating on
Speaker 2: a three to five year kind of rolling payroll scale
Speaker 2: and thinking about not just the short term benefits of
Speaker 2: potential signings, but also the potential long term consequences. And
Speaker 2: when it comes to somebody like Kyle Tucker, for his
Speaker 2: skilled to a hitter as he is, there's also someone
Speaker 2: who's missed more than one hundred games over the last
Speaker 2: two years, you know who. I think there's a reason
Speaker 2: he hasn't gotten maybe some of those bigger, longer term
Speaker 2: deals that a lot of people projected him for in
Speaker 2: the offseason, and the Dodgers have to weigh that against
Speaker 2: again the group that they have. You know, I do
Speaker 2: believe them when they said they weren't going to be
Speaker 2: desperate to go out and make a big splash, especially
Speaker 2: on the position player side, and part of that is
Speaker 2: because of the payroll or not because they can't afford
Speaker 2: to make that kind of move. You know, I think
Speaker 2: that the one obvious benefit they have is that for
Speaker 2: as big of tax payments as they've had to make
Speaker 2: in the last couple of years, a lot of that's
Speaker 2: offset by the fact that Shoheo tanis differring the amount
Speaker 2: of money he is and is driving the amount of
Speaker 2: revenue that he is for the club. So they have
Speaker 2: the financial flexibility to do it. The question is going
Speaker 2: to be, you know, do they feel like that is
Speaker 2: a move that moves the needle enough for them with
Speaker 2: what's already a really good team next year, and that
Speaker 2: even on a shorter term deal, you know, it does
Speaker 2: come with some risk. Again, given Kyle Tucker's got injury history.
Speaker 2: You look at some of the inconsistencies last year. So
Speaker 2: that's why I think again, like fifty million dollars is
Speaker 2: a lot be the third highest SALA for any player
Speaker 2: in baseball next year if he were to take a
Speaker 2: deal like that. So I think it's you know, even
Speaker 2: on a shorter term pack, not something that I'm certain
Speaker 2: the Dodgers would do, but it is something you know
Speaker 2: that they'll have to consider because of the fit he
Speaker 2: provides on the roster.
Speaker 1: Jack Harris of the New California Post is joining us
Speaker 1: on Dodger talk. I reported last week that the Dodgers
Speaker 1: have left the door open for reunion with Cody Bellinger,
Speaker 1: but obviously on their terms, which wouldn't be for seven years.
Speaker 1: What are your sources telling you about the possibility of
Speaker 1: Cody and the Dodgers reuniting this off season?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean seven years. It might not even be.
Speaker 2: I don't think the Dodgers right now are very comfortable
Speaker 2: even going to the kind of five year offer that
Speaker 2: the New York Yankees are making to Cody Bellinger. I
Speaker 2: know that the Yankees and Bellinger are kind of stuck
Speaker 2: right now because Bellinger wants the years. The Yankees feel
Speaker 2: like they're making, you know, what they see as a
Speaker 2: decent offer. And obviously there's been reports that they could look,
Speaker 2: you know, elsewhere, the Yankees could to maybe replace him
Speaker 2: on the roster. I still think right now, you know,
Speaker 2: one side at five, one side at seven. If I
Speaker 2: had to bet on an outcome, a six year deal
Speaker 2: in New York probably makes sense for Bellinger, depending on
Speaker 2: how the rest of his market shapes up. But you know,
Speaker 2: there's a you know, if the Yankees do pivot to
Speaker 2: the trade market, if he does have to consider other options.
Speaker 2: I think the Dodgers again like the transformation he's made
Speaker 2: as a hitter, cutting down on the strikeouts, being better
Speaker 2: at making contact. Obviously his defense is really valuable in
Speaker 2: the outfield, and even on a three to four year
Speaker 2: deal with somebody who could provide versatility at other positions. So,
Speaker 2: as of right now, given what the Yankees are offering,
Speaker 2: given the fit that you know he would present in
Speaker 2: New York, I'd be surprised if that situation got to
Speaker 2: a place where the Dodgers were suddenly front runners to
Speaker 2: sign him. But there's so a lot of time I'm
Speaker 2: left in the winner. There's still things that could change,
Speaker 2: and as long as him and the Yankees are struggling
Speaker 2: to get a deal across the finish line, the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: as Andrew Friedman likes to say, I'm sure, will be
Speaker 2: around the backboard kind of waiting to see how that
Speaker 2: plays out, all right.
Speaker 1: The other way, they could pivot, because there's so many
Speaker 1: ways in their position that they can pivot because of
Speaker 1: what they've done the last couple of years and the
Speaker 1: players that they already have. If they decide that they
Speaker 1: don't want to go where it needs to go for
Speaker 1: Tucker or Cody Bellinger or Bo Bashett. What are you
Speaker 1: hearing about the possibility of making a trade with the
Speaker 1: Cardinals for either Brendan Donovan or Lars Noubar.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's obviously the alternative. You know, coming
Speaker 2: into the offseason, a trade is something that I think
Speaker 2: a lot of people with the Dodgers were expecting them
Speaker 2: to do. Given the talent they have in their farm system,
Speaker 2: given the pitching depth that they have, which is always
Speaker 2: a coveted command, they seemed like a team that would
Speaker 2: have a lot of options there. Obviously, with someone like
Speaker 2: Brenda Donovan, I think the Cardinals have been driving a
Speaker 2: pretty hard bargain on him. And then you know, someone
Speaker 2: like Large new Bar is a fit now as he
Speaker 2: as much of an impact bat as those other free
Speaker 2: agents know. And if the cost is going to be
Speaker 2: maybe young starting pitching that the Dodgers might need to
Speaker 2: rely on this year for depth purposes and to get
Speaker 2: through the season, you know, obviously that's that makes something trickier.
Speaker 2: So I think that's part of it right now. I
Speaker 2: think also, you know, the Dodgers probably do want to
Speaker 2: wait and see kind of what happens with some of
Speaker 2: these free agent guys before they go all in on
Speaker 2: a trade or parting with you know, younger pieces that
Speaker 2: they like, but they are still well positioned there. I
Speaker 2: think that kind of plays into some of this free
Speaker 2: agency pursuit too, is the fact that they know if
Speaker 2: they don't end up with one of these guys, there
Speaker 2: are going to be other avenues to explore to help
Speaker 2: round out the roster. And again, even if those are
Speaker 2: smaller names or lesser impact guys, I think you have
Speaker 2: to go back to remembering that this team in the
Speaker 2: front office does believe in the group that they have,
Speaker 2: does believe that they're going to be a strong offensive
Speaker 2: unit no matter what they do next year, and could
Speaker 2: be content bypassing the top of the free agent market
Speaker 2: waiting to see if a large new bar somebody like
Speaker 2: that is a possibility.
Speaker 3: I think that.
Speaker 2: Side of what they could do this winner, though, will
Speaker 2: kind of depend on how probably the next week or
Speaker 2: so plays out on the free agent front.
Speaker 1: All right, we got a minute left. After all that
Speaker 1: being said, Jack, what do you believe the Dodgers do?
Speaker 2: I at this point, again, because of the way the
Speaker 2: free agent market is developed. You know, if you had
Speaker 2: asked me a week ago, I would have thought it
Speaker 2: would be more probable they would land one of these
Speaker 2: top three guys. But things have changed over the last
Speaker 2: couple of days to the point where it's probably more
Speaker 2: difficult to see them doing that now. So look, I
Speaker 2: would still figure that a pivot to the trade market
Speaker 2: is a more likely outcome at this point, or maybe
Speaker 2: a smaller free agent signing. I think, you know, someone
Speaker 2: like Lars Newpark kind of fits what they're looking for.
Speaker 2: So if I had to pay one thing, it might
Speaker 2: be that, But there's a lot of different avenues that
Speaker 2: could still go down. That's the position they like to
Speaker 2: be in. They like having options, they like trying to
Speaker 2: look for value, and to that end, you know, they're
Speaker 2: still in an okay spot for the rest of this winner.
Speaker 1: Hey, new Bar's got the stamp of Otani over him.
Speaker 1: We know that, so that makes him a good fit
Speaker 1: on the biggest level right there. All right, Jack, thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for filling us in on what you're hearing,
Speaker 1: and look forward to having you back on the show
Speaker 1: before spring training as a new member of the California Post.
Speaker 1: Can't wait to read your first story beginning January twenty sixth.
Speaker 2: Appreciated day Banks.
Speaker 1: There he goes, Jack Harris, formerly of the La Times
Speaker 1: and now one of the newest members, will be covering
Speaker 1: the Dodgers for the California Post, alongside Dylan Hernandez, who
Speaker 1: I think they were considering covering the Anaheim Ducks, but
Speaker 1: you know, maybe just want to get him motivated to
Speaker 1: get on that hockey beat next fall. All right, that'll
Speaker 1: do it for us. No, Dylan does a great job.
Speaker 1: He obviously has a great rapport with the Japanese players.
Speaker 1: He's tri lingual English, Spanish, Japanese. When I first met Dylan,
Speaker 1: he didn't want to come on the show when Many
Speaker 1: Ramirez was hot, and he pretended like he didn't speak English.
Speaker 1: So that's how he got out of coming on the show.
Speaker 1: But getting to know Dylan, I can understand that ploy anyway.
Speaker 1: Our next show is Thursday. Dalton Rushing is gonna be
Speaker 1: our guest. Thanks to Blake Snell for calling in, Thanks
Speaker 1: to Jack Harris, and thanks to you for listening. In
Speaker 1: case you missed any of the show, you can find
Speaker 1: it on the iHeartRadio app. Have a great rest of
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