WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (5-23-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:02.880 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:06.960 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:11.440 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:12.600 the fifth. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.080 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:17.160 Here we go again. We're going to running back to. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.760 Get in on the show called eight six six eight 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.800 seven two five seven, and be sure to follow Dodger 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:24.919 Talk wherever you get your podcasts. 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:27.960 Here's your host, David Vase. 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:31.280 Welcome the Dodger Talk. 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:35.000 David Vasse with you until nine o'clock tonight here on 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:38.440 AM five to seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers defeat the 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:41.480 Brewers tonight by a final score of eleven to three, 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:46.600 snapping a nine game regular season losing streak to Milwaukee. 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.120 It goes back further than last year when Milwaukee beat 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.760 the Dodgers all seven times. It goes back to twenty 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:57.680 twenty four. So the Dodgers get that regular season win 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.880 against the Brewers. You know what, I don't put a 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:04.160 lot of stock in it, because the Dodgers swept the 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.959 Brewers when he counted the most in the NLCS. So 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:11.039 hard to freak out over losing nine consecutive regular season 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:14.000 games to the Brewers when you swept them last year 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:17.280 in the NLCS to go onto the World Series and 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:21.480 win a second consecutive championship. But that happened, and the 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.040 Dodgers were able to break it. I mean, Freddy Freeman 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.360 even knew about it. He told me that he knew 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:29.200 about that more than he knew about the Dodger bullpen 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:33.560 consecutive scoreless inning streak, which the Dodger bullpen in twenty 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:39.279 twenty six accomplished thirty six consecutive scoreless innings. Tonight, after 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:44.080 Roki Sasaki went five innings, Alex Vesia and Tanner Scott 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:48.440 and Kyle Hurt and Jonathan Hernandez came in to pitch 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:51.960 the final four innings of tonight's game, and they put 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:55.840 up four more zeros, and the Dodger bullpen now has 0:01:55.920 --> 0:02:00.200 the record, the modern era record in Dodger franchise history, 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:05.280 for thirty six consecutive scoreless innings, breaking the streak that 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:10.600 the nineteen ninety eight Dodger bullpen had of thirty three. 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:12.720 Consecutive scoreless innings. 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.360 And in case you don't know who is in that 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:22.160 nineteen ninety eight bullpen, Mark Guthrie Brad Klantz, Jim Bruski, 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:28.960 Antonio Osuna, Scott Radinski, and Darren Dreyfert. Those were the 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:33.079 Dodger relievers in nineteen ninety eight that combined to pitch 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:37.840 thirty three consecutive scoreless sinnings during that stretch of time. 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:43.320 For the twenty twenty six Dodgers, they've used twelve different 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:48.919 relievers to combine to have thirty six consecutive scoreless innings. 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:51.480 Can you name all twelve? I'll help you. 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:58.240 Kyle Hurt, Jack Dryer, Alex Vesia Tanner, Scott will Klein, 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:08.200 Edgardo Enriquez, Jonathan Hernandez, Blake, Trinan, Charlie Barnes, Wyatt Mills, 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:15.040 Chase McDermott, and Paul Gervais. Those are the twelve Dodger 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:19.440 relievers that have contributed to this record setting thirty six 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:23.240 consecutive scoreless innings. And for the Dodgers, if they want 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:26.320 to keep going, which I'm sure they do, the major 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.760 league record is held by the Kansas City Athletics of 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:37.080 nineteen sixty six that bullpen pitched forty four consecutive scoreless innings. 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.680 So history was made tonight and the Dodger bullpen is 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:45.040 exceeding expectations. Kyle Hurt got out of a big jam 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.760 in the seventh inning. He was able to get Andrew 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:50.960 Vaughn to ground out to Mookie Betts to end the seventh. 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.240 And we all know, after what I told you about 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.160 Andrew Vaughn last night, he's been a thorn in the 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:59.720 Dodger's side going back to last year wearing a Brewer uniform. 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:03.080 So that was not a given. And I couldn't believe 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:07.000 this when Joe Davis shared this with us. Kyle Hurt's 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:12.040 fastball has the second most swing and miss of any 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:17.440 other pitcher except for the padres Mason Miller. How about that, 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:20.720 There's only one other reliever that has gotten as much 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:24.360 swing and miss on their fastball than Kyle Hurt, and 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:28.640 that's Mason Miller. And look, Kyle Hurt, he has two pitches. 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:33.480 It's a fastball change up situation and it's been devastating. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:38.520 The Dodger bullpen has a combined thirty six consecutive scoreless innings. Well, 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.680 Kyle Hurt has his own personal scoreless inning street going 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:46.560 right now. Twelve consecutive scoreless innings for Kyle Hurt, the 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.359 kid out of USC the local kid. I am so 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:52.360 happy for him. He had a long road back from 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:56.080 elbow surgery, and I always knew there was something about 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.800 him when he was healthy that he would be a 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:02.320 really good relief pitcher. And he's proving a lot of 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:06.479 people right. So congratulations to Kyle Hurt and the eleven 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.880 other relievers that now hold the distinction of having the 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:14.880 longest consecutive scoreless inning streak of any Dodger bullpen eight 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.560 sixty six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.560 Just a slide update, We'll get that out of the way. No, 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:24.839 I did not go down the slide today, but Alex 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:30.480 Call tried to convince or request to go down the slide. 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:34.000 But no active players are allowed to go down the 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:38.479 slide for obvious reasons. And I don't need any Alex 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:41.360 Call blood on my hands. Okay, I don't need Alex 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.120 Call going down the slide and tweaking his ankle or 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.840 running into a wall. I think that's a good rule 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.640 to have, not just by the Dodgers, but by everybody. 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.400 No active players should be going down that slide. 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:53.480 Good thing. 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.560 Ta Oscar Hernandez didn't go down the slide because he 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.479 had a big night tonight, tying his career high with 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.279 six r rbies. He had to go ahead three run 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.960 home run in the fourth inning, which turned out to 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.960 be his first home run this season off a left 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:12.560 handed pitcher. Robert Gasser was the victim. Ken Rosenthal on 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.679 Fox Sports caught up with Tao after the game. 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.680 Tayo, three run homer to tie your career high with 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.760 six RBIs. But let's start with Rocus. Tosaki allowed three 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.160 runs in the first and that was it. We retired 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.479 his last ten hitters. How impressed were you by the 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:29.440 way he recovered? 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:32.080 I mean the big the biggest thing is like giving 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:36.160 those three runs and then vocals and getting back attacking 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:40.280 the hitters and then hitting the strike zones, getting ahead 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:45.200 of the count. You know, he's been great, Uh in 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:49.320 the last like three start. I think he's still learning, 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:53.440 still get in the confidence back, and I think we 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:57.080 gotta see the Sasaki they used to see independently. 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.640 Your three run homer in the fourth, you hit an 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:01.800 oh pitch, Casser went. 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:04.680 Sweeper change up and you came back to the street. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:06.280 What were you thinking of? 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.880 I mean something on the play. I mean I was 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:15.960 not trying to hit hit a homer, especially not a 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:19.400 go to count trying to short you sway tried to 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.920 put the ball in play. I just react good to 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:23.560 that one. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:26.840 Dave Roberts dropped you in the order. You hit seventh today, 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:29.800 you hit eighth quite a bit lately, Tayo, how did 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:30.560 you react to that? 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:31.840 Did it help you all? 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:37.400 I mean as baseball I'd talk today if I always 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:41.160 saw him anywhere he wanted me to play or hit 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.120 in the lineup. I'm gonna be one hundred percent trying 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.160 to do my best and just strength to do my job, 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.600 and that is to help the teams win. You So 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:53.600 it doesn't matter for me there are four or five, six, seven, 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:57.040 whatever it is. I'm gonna go there with the same 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:58.840 focus and just trying to do my job. 0:07:59.040 --> 0:07:59.160 Well. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.120 It was a great day to congratulations. 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:06.400 Taoscar Hernandez a big night. And look, I believe that 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:10.320 it was a challenge to Taoscar Hernandez, and Taoscar Hernandez 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:14.320 has responded big time to that challenge. Since Dave Roberts 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.640 first dropped him eighth in the lineup. In his last 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:21.360 fifteen games, Tao is hitting three point fifty eight with 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:25.600 an ops of over one thousand three home runs, fourteen 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:30.280 RBIs so ti Oscar Hernandez. The reality is he's a 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.920 streaky hitter and when he's on a heater, he's on 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.520 a heater like this. And the one thing I'll tell 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:39.640 you is, don't forget how clutch and how many big 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:44.200 home runs and plays Taoscar Hernandez has had the last 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.600 two years in the postseason for the Dodgers. You can 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.560 talk all you want about ever since Otani got here, 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.880 the Dodgers have won back to back championships. Ever since 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:58.160 tai Oscar Hernandez got here, the Dodgers have won back 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:01.760 to back championships. Don't forget it and don't jump off 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:05.280 the tail bandwagon. Eight six six nine eight seven two 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:08.920 five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Brewers tonight, 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.360 eleven to three. Let's go out to the phones. Mark 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:14.880 in Redondo Beach, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.880 How you doing, Mark, I'm doing pretty good. I just, 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:19.679 first of all, I wanted to check to see how 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:20.520 your right arm is. 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.920 Doing doing good. 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.720 It's been doing good since doctor Shinn put it back 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.120 together in twenty twenty two. 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.640 Right, No, I know, I was I was hoping that 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.000 things are doing well for you and I hate Yeah. 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:39.400 I was just really encouraged by the Dodgers and I 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.079 think we're going to go all the way again this year. 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:47.400 Just yeah, it what's a little troubling. Sometimes it appears 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.160 that they're a little on the flat side or flat 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.719 footed in terms of offense. But at the same time, 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.120 you've also got some pretty significant pictures on the other 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:58.280 side of those days. 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.800 So it's Mark, I'll tell you something about that. 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:05.360 I'll tell you why it appears to be that way sometimes, Mark, 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.840 because I've asked players about it recently and they told me. 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:13.000 Number One, pitchers are pitching the Dodgers differently than they 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:17.360 pitch other teams. So they're seeing a game plan that 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:20.280 they were not prepared for coming into it a lot 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.760 of times because pitchers are pitching them differently than they 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:27.600 pitch other teams. Number Two, the Dodgers are a veteran 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:31.439 team that have won back to back championships and understand 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:35.560 how to pace themselves for the regular season. All these guys, Mark, 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.439 I think we lose sight of the fact have played 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:43.640 more games than anybody else. They have started seasons before 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:47.640 anybody else. Each of the last two years, so you 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:51.400 have to forgive them some nights where the adrenaline isn't 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.000 as high as it may be for other nights. And 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:58.200 I feel like we all need to grant them a 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:03.000 pass here and there because of all those things in play. 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:06.640 Well, I don't think they need forgiveness because I always 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:10.800 reflect on what what Lasorda said was, Uh, you know 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:14.600 what they call a team that lost forty games World 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:18.880 champions and so we're gonna lose games, you know, And 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:22.679 so I'm just wondering when can I call back and 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:28.480 get the prediction from you for the uh, for the 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:31.559 whole season in terms of wins. Usually that's kind of 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:32.080 in July. 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.280 Yeah, I'll tell you right now. I think there we're 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:39.560 looking at ninety five wins this year. I don't want 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.120 over one hundred because when they win one hundred, they 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.760 haven't won the World Series. But under one hundred wins 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:47.640 they won back to back championships. 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:52.200 Okay, very good, all right, thank you, all. 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.439 Right, Mark, thank you for the phone call. Eight six 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.520 six seventy. 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:59.360 Yeah, those are three things that was told to me 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.400 by a couple of these veteran players, you know, during 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.160 those two weeks where it wasn't looking very pretty for 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:08.439 the Dodgers. They reminded me of those things, and even 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.560 I forget at times when you get caught up in 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:14.400 the individual game that the Dodgers the last two years 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:18.960 have played more games than anybody else. They started the 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:23.640 last two seasons in South Korea and Tokyo respectively, and 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:28.560 started the season earlier than anybody, So pitchers are pitching 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:32.080 them differently. The adrenaline is not going to be there 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:37.800 every single night. And see, these guys have played a 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.840 lot of games and they understand how to navigate a 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.920 full regular season, So all of those things are in 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.080 play as the Dodgers go through the one hundred and 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.880 sixty two game marathon. That's why you need a guy 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:53.640 like Kyle Tucker to give a little bit more because 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:57.640 he wasn't part of the group the last two years. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:01.000 That's what you need from him, and we haven't really 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:04.240 seen it. We've seen flashes, but we haven't seen consistently 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:08.319 that type of, you know, spark that the Dodgers are 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.000 looking for. And I'm not look talking about a spark 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.920 to be raw raw. I'm talking about a spark to 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.960 hit to get on bass, to drive in runs. And 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:21.160 to pick other guys up. Tonight Tucker was pretty good. 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:24.920 He got on base a couple of times tonight, one 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.320 for four with a walk score twice. So just a 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:32.160 little more engagement for Tucker consistently would go a long 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.440 way for this team. Eight six six, eight seven two 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.400 five seventy is the phone number tonight's game brought to 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:42.200 you by Modello Modello the mark of a fighter. When 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:45.360 we continue live from Milwaukee, we'll take more of your 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:47.800 phone calls. We have two lines open at eight sixty 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:51.280 six nine eighty seven two five seventy. Plus, we'll give 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.760 you an update on Max Smuntsey. We'll let you know 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:56.720 what the plan is for Key Gay Hernandez. And today 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:01.160 is the anniversary of Sean Green's nineteen total base game 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.920 here in Milwaukee in two thousand and two, so we'll 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:09.360 get to all that. And Adam Wainwright on Clayton Kershaw, 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:13.360 his peer, two guys that pitched at a very high 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:17.080 level and were warriors on two different teams. 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.880 Wainwright played his entire career for the Cardinals. 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.800 Kershaw, as you know, his entire future Hall of Fame 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.880 career for the Dodgers. So you'll hear what Adam Wainwright 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:31.160 had to say reflecting on the rivalry between him and 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:34.920 Clayton when we continued to nine o'clock live from Milwaukee 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.320 after the Dodgers beat the Brewers eleven to three on 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:46.880 a five to seventy LA Sports on. 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:50.360 Air at AM five seventy, online at amfive seventy LA 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:55.320 sports dot com, and available by podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.840 This is Dodger Talk with David Bassan. 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.680 Oh two pitch, he swingson, hits a high drive down 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:07.520 the left field line. This fall is off the palling 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:13.120 gone hits a three run home run. Tioscar Hernandez and 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:17.840 the Dodgers take a four to three lane in Milwaukee. 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:23.520 Ti Oscar Hernandez never doubt him. 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Daniels Jewelers Own the Dream eight six six 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:01.400 nine to eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:04.320 Wanted to give you an update on Max Mounsey, who 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.840 last night left the game in the eighth inning after 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:10.400 being hit by a pitch on his right wrist. Dave 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:14.080 Roberts said they're still swelling in that right wrist, but 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:18.040 seen Monsey before the game and on the field after 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.040 the game, he seemed to be in good spirits and 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:23.880 what he said after the game last night made you 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:27.800 believe that there is no fracture in that right wrist. 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:32.320 The Dodgers, for precautionary reasons, may have Monthsy go for 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.840 a CT scan on Monday, just to make sure there's 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:40.480 no microfracture, but he's not going to play tomorrow, and 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.800 Dave Roberts told us Max Monsey's not going to play 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:47.880 Monday night when the Dodgers return home either, because keyk 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:53.240 Hernandez is going to be activated. Keyk Hernandez is wrapping 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:58.520 up his extended rehab assignment in Oklahoma City basically his 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:02.160 spring training, because he was not able to participate in 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:07.040 any baseball games during spring training, and usually batters want 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:11.080 to get about fifty plate appearances, and Keyk's been able 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:12.320 to accomplish that. 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:13.200 KEI k A. 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:15.159 You know, I'm not going to put a lot of 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:18.399 stock in these numbers. He was over for tonight and 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.320 in forty two at bats has a two fourteen batting 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:25.160 average with only three extra base hits. But the one 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:28.399 thing that I've noticed is that Key Hernandez has played 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:33.560 exclusively at third base his entire rehab assignment. He hasn't 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:36.680 been moving around, he hasn't played the outfield a lot. 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:40.240 He hasn't played second base much. It's been third base. 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:44.920 So Dave Roberts said, Kyle Freeland is going to start 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:48.600 for the Rockies, a left handed starter, and with Muncie's 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:53.320 right wrist still swollen and a little sore, just to 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:57.040 be cautious, Key Y Hernandez will start at third base 0:17:57.200 --> 0:17:59.840 on Monday night. And that's a good thing as he 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.640 come off the il. Now the Dodgers just need Tommy 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:07.679 Edmund to get going on his rehab assignment. Probably the 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:11.360 similar amount of time that Keik got that. You want 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.880 to get Tommy Edmund close to fifty plate appearances at 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:18.280 Triple A and then he'll be activated. So that's a 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:21.640 good thing. And don't I don't know who the Dodgers 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:24.040 are going to send down, and I wouldn't even rule 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:27.480 out right now, Monsey going on the ten day IL 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.760 and the Dodgers not having to make a decision on 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:36.200 Santiago Espinal or his son Kim when Key Hernandez is activated. 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:40.320 Celebrate ninety years of racing at Santa Anita Park every 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:43.920 Friday through Sunday with millions and payouts every race day. 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:48.440 For heart pounding action, new experiences, visit Santa Anita dot 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:51.880 com slash events. I gotta mention this during Dodger Talk. 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:55.399 Not only ta Oscar Hernandez with six RBIs, but Freddie 0:18:55.400 --> 0:19:00.080 Freeman on base five times tonight, including his five, one 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:04.639 hundred and sixty first career double. He's just four away 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:09.320 from Tyan Carlos Beltran for the twenty eighth most doubles 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:13.439 in baseball history. And Freddie scored three times tonight and 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:17.399 also stole his second base of the season. So another 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:20.320 good night for Freddie Freeman. He's getting on base. He's 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:23.840 starting to look like Freddie Freeman again taking great at bats. 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:27.199 Let's go out to San Fernando Valley. Carlos, you're on 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:29.040 Dodger Talk Live from Milwaukee. 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:34.320 Hi, Carlos, How you doing? David So So, I'm calling 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.000 because you know, I think you're gonna agree with me 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.280 when I say that. You know, a lot a lot 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.000 of fans, specially out here in the eight one eight, 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.200 you know, they kind of jump on Roki a little bit, 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.840 you know, And I'm thinking, and this is the part 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:49.399 where I want you to I would like for you 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:52.280 to agree with me that he's getting better. He's getting better. 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:53.800 I mean, he got touched up a little bit that 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:56.640 first you need, but I mean if you've watched them 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:59.520 the second, the third, to fourth and the fifth, you know, 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:04.280 like he kept it together, he responded, And I just 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:09.000 I just think that we just have the I haven't seen. 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:09.440 The best yet. 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:11.920 You know what do you think? 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:14.560 I hope you're right. I hope you're right. 0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:17.600 I do agree with you that he has gotten better 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:20.720 the last three starts. I mean, he had his best 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.399 start of his major league career in Anaheim against the Angels, 0:20:24.440 --> 0:20:27.680 and tonight it showed a lot to bounce back after 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:30.720 that rough first inning and make the necessary adjustment. So 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:33.600 I agree with you. He is getting better. And the 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:37.760 Dodgers are probably the only team in baseball that is 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:41.920 contending for a championship that could allow Rokie to have 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:45.199 on the job training. Nobody else could allow this to happen, 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:47.800 that daft. 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.280 Hump, that death we have with pitching kind of Lets 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:51.400 us give him a longer leash. 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:51.880 I love it. 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:53.920 I love it, all. 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:55.800 Right, Carlos, you're a Rokie believer. 0:20:55.960 --> 0:20:56.439 I like it. 0:20:56.520 --> 0:21:00.000 And look a thirty five pitch first inning. Your thinking 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.160 thinking the Brewers are going to just make contact all 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:06.440 night on Rokie and he wasn't going to make the adjustments. 0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:09.760 But as Adam Wainwright said during the Fox Sports broadcast, 0:21:10.200 --> 0:21:12.960 they couldn't touch his slider. They were not on his slider. 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:16.040 He was reading the swings. Will Smith did a great 0:21:16.160 --> 0:21:20.119 job to help him navigate, and he retired the last 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:23.280 ten batters that he faced. So, yeah, he is improving, 0:21:23.800 --> 0:21:26.680 and let's see what he could do the next time. 0:21:26.760 --> 0:21:29.639 Because the jury is still out and it start to 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:33.240 start with Roki Sasaki. Let's go out to Louisville. Bill 0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:36.480 listening on the iHeartRadio app. Hi, Bill, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:42.960 Hey, Dave, I wanted to get your take. I'm like, 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:47.560 I was telling your guy the elephant in the room, man, Mookie, 0:21:48.320 --> 0:21:50.800 the guy's hitting one to sixty six. They got him 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:53.160 second in the lineup. I just I want to get 0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:54.880 your take on him. 0:21:55.720 --> 0:21:58.399 Okay, Well, I'll say this, the last two games have 0:21:58.520 --> 0:22:02.520 not been pretty. But I thought, up until these last 0:22:02.520 --> 0:22:05.720 two games in Milwaukee, he's been hitting the ball hard, 0:22:05.840 --> 0:22:09.560 but unfortunately hitting it right at people. And there's been 0:22:09.640 --> 0:22:12.960 some nice plays against some of those hard hit balls 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:16.560 that he's hit. So when that happens and you're not 0:22:16.640 --> 0:22:20.240 getting results and then you go into a little bit 0:22:20.280 --> 0:22:23.720 of a mini funk, all of a sudden, your numbers 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:26.600 are going to look the way they're looking. And the 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:31.000 one thing I'll say is, let's judge Mooki for his 0:22:31.119 --> 0:22:35.320 season after coming back off the IL, because you know, 0:22:35.440 --> 0:22:37.720 the first part of it it wasn't great, so why 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:40.040 not just start new. But I will say this, Bill, 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:44.200 if it continues, I would consider moving him down in 0:22:44.240 --> 0:22:45.880 the order, maybe hitting sixth. 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:50.480 Right. Yeah, I'm not ready to do. 0:22:50.359 --> 0:22:53.240 That right now, because I thought he was having good 0:22:53.240 --> 0:22:55.960 at bats, but these first two games in Milwaukee have 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:57.160 not looked great. 0:22:58.080 --> 0:23:01.240 Yeah, but I have faith in I keep thinking he's 0:23:01.280 --> 0:23:03.760 going to come back and give us his all because 0:23:03.800 --> 0:23:06.840 he always has. But it's just since the virus last year, 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:08.200 he just hasn't been the same. 0:23:09.840 --> 0:23:12.720 He was looking good in spring training, he was, and 0:23:12.800 --> 0:23:15.240 like I said, he's been hitting the ball hard up 0:23:15.320 --> 0:23:18.439 until these two games in Milwaukee. So I'm with you, 0:23:18.600 --> 0:23:22.560