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Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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Speaker 1: A spring training Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 1: We're going to runner Back, hosted by Dodgers aint sider

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Speaker 2: We are live at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. Welcome

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Speaker 2: the Dodger Talk. David Basse with you until eight o'clock

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Speaker 2: tonight right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 2: We have a great show for you tonight. Blake Trinan

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Speaker 2: to hearing from Blake Trinan, who, among many Dodgers, has

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Speaker 2: And how about this. Two of the villains in Dodger fans'

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Speaker 2: and that's Manny Machado and Bryce Harper. We'll share with

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Speaker 2: tomorrow the first official full squad workout for the Dodgers,

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Speaker 2: and then the first Cactus League game is coming up Saturday,

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Speaker 2: League with road games. Now, road games in Arizona are

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Speaker 2: We still have not found out from Dave Roberts who

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Speaker 5: To pay a right there because he's gonna end up somewhere.

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Speaker 2: But they got a lot of young pictures right now,

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Speaker 2: At anytime, Orlando, Yeah, December, stay tuned Dodger Nation to

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Speaker 7: I leave a bad taste in my mouth. It's behinnest

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Speaker 2: Right, I mean, that's hard to believe. A guy that

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, there have been way more worse pitchers. I've gotten

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Speaker 7: I just think I just think that we're just.

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Speaker 7: Josh, I just think that I just I think we're

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Speaker 2: That seems a little excessive. Ronnie. Can you put a

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Speaker 3: Hi?

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Speaker 8: I got to see you today and talk to you

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Speaker 2: No I was waiting to remember what did I miss

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Speaker 8: I just went over to watch a little fielding practice,

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Speaker 2: That was what was your reaction to Vessia. So let

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Speaker 2: it was Alex Vesia versus show Hey Otani on field

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Speaker 2: And quite honestly, I have been coming to Camelback Ranch

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Speaker 2: Hey, the Padres have been doing it ever since Peter

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Speaker 11: the right way. They understand where they need to put.

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Speaker 9: Their money into. But also if people don't look at

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Speaker 9: this either, their draft and their development is unbelievable.

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Speaker 11: Like they draft and they developed, and then they trade

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Speaker 11: those guys for big name guys and they can spend

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Speaker 11: them money. So it's I don't know, it bothers me

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Speaker 11: when everybody talks about the Dodgers are spending money.

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Speaker 9: Do they draft, they develop?

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Speaker 4: They do it the right way.

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Speaker 11: They understand what it takes to be the best team

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Speaker 11: in baseball, and you've seen that in the last two years.

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Speaker 9: They have so much step. I mean, I think it's Will.

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Speaker 11: Klein, the kid's name was came in up through six

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Speaker 11: shutout in EAMs like I mean, you're ston in Arizona

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Speaker 11: two weeks before. Like, they have that type of dynamic

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Speaker 11: on their club, And that's what you when you think

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Speaker 11: about drafting, developing and things like that. That's that's why

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Speaker 11: they win, and that's why when they win a lot

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Speaker 11: of games each year.

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Speaker 9: So you know, I love what they do. I understand

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Speaker 9: what they do I understand the.

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Speaker 11: Madness behind it, but again, like each team at baseball

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Speaker 11: has an opportunity to do the same They the same thing.

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Speaker 9: Maybe not at the mrs and echelon up money.

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Speaker 11: But they can draft, developing trade.

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Speaker 9: And you know, I just I don't know.

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Speaker 11: I think a lot of teams can do that in baseball.

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Speaker 9: And they should.

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Speaker 2: I don't know about you, but it sounded like Bryce

461
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Speaker 2: Harper is a little envious that he's not a Dodger.

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Speaker 2: That's what it sounds like to me. I mean, everything

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Speaker 2: that he described right there is one hundred percent accurate,

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Speaker 2: but it sounds like, you know, Valentine's Day was just

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Speaker 2: the other day. It seems like Bryce Harper was walking

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Speaker 2: on the other side of the street and saw the

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Speaker 2: girl that he let get away with a brand new

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Speaker 2: shiny man in a Ferrari. He could have been a Dodger,

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Speaker 2: he could have taken that short term deal. Instead opted

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Speaker 2: to go with the long term deal with the Phillies.

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Speaker 2: And now his new GM Dave Dombrowski, is saying that

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Speaker 2: he's no longer an elite player. Sounded like Bryce Harper

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Speaker 2: wishes he was a I'm not putting words in his

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Speaker 2: mouth but it sounded like a guy that man wish

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Speaker 2: just wish. Sorry, I think that that ship is sailed.

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Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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Speaker 2: the phone number. We're gonna take a time out here

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Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk. When we come back, more of your

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Speaker 2: phone calls at eight sixty six nine eighty seven two

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Speaker 2: five seventy you'll hear from Blake Trenton and Evan Phillips

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Speaker 2: Dodger Talk live from Camel Back Ranch and Glendale, Arizona,

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Speaker 2: right here on your home the back to back world

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Speaker 2: champion Dodgers AM five seventy LA Sports. Welcome back to

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Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until eight o'clock tonight

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Speaker 2: here on AM five seventy LA Sports. Sometimes certain guys

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Speaker 2: are excited to join the show. Some guys even shower

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Speaker 2: and comb that beautiful blonde hair and trim that beautiful beard.

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Speaker 2: Ready to go to talk to us for the first

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Speaker 2: time in twenty twenty six, and that is Blake trying

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Speaker 2: to Blake. Happy New Year. Great to see you, and

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Speaker 2: thank you for taking a shower before this conversation.

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Speaker 9: I wish you would have. We're in a good spot.

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Speaker 9: Thank you for having me, Dave.

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Speaker 2: You seem to be a little bit more tempered. You

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Speaker 2: want to ease into things this time around.

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Speaker 3: Hey, this is your show. You need you need to

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Speaker 3: moderate how you wish. I'm here to answer any questions

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Speaker 3: you want.

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Speaker 2: Well, honestly, you are one of the guys that I

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Speaker 2: was most eager to talk to because I have I

501
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 2: don't have a short memory. I know how much you

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Speaker 2: have done for the Dodgers in the last three World

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Speaker 2: Championship seasons and how much you want to come back

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Speaker 2: and be part of a three peat. What's what's this

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Speaker 2: off season been like for you to get your body

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Speaker 2: and mind ready.

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Speaker 3: It's just been a lot of reevaluating how I trained,

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Speaker 3: talked to Eric Cressey, did some some new training styles

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Speaker 3: I guess to try to get myself more athletic, got

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Speaker 3: some rest and recovery that my body probably needed I.

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Speaker 9: Didn't realize it needed.

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Speaker 3: And uh, of course I'm excited to come back. Last

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Speaker 3: year wasn't a right ending for me in a sense

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Speaker 3: of like helping the team, so I hold I like

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Speaker 3: to think I've held myself to a higher standard than

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Speaker 3: that in my career, and so this year really high

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Speaker 3: expectations for myself and excited to get back out there

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Speaker 3: and compete and have some success with the team.

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Speaker 2: Blake, you pushed yourself to the limits in twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: four and in Game five of the World Series to

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Speaker 2: help the Dodgers beat the Yankees. How real is it

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Speaker 2: the after effects, the lingering effects of pushing your arm

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Speaker 2: to the limits the way you did two years ago.

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Speaker 9: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I think I had other issues last year mechanically that

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Speaker 3: probably made it seem like my body was fatigued. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, the biggest thing is just even

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Speaker 3: just post surgery, as best you can do, the best

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Speaker 3: I can relate it is you find something that works,

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Speaker 3: and it worked in twenty four and then trying to

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Speaker 3: find the version that I've been my whole career, you know,

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Speaker 3: you kind of forget little cues and some things aren't

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Speaker 3: clicking the right way, and you start trying to figure

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Speaker 3: out what it is, and sometimes it walks you farther

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Speaker 3: away from the answer. Sometimes it brings you closer to

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Speaker 3: the answer. And I feel like we're in a really

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Speaker 3: good spot this spring, and like my bullpeny went really

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Speaker 3: well and got another one tomorrow and from there, we'll

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Speaker 3: see if they have me in lives. So yeah, I

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Speaker 3: mean I feel great. This is I'm super happy to

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Speaker 3: be here. I know my family's pretty excited to get

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Speaker 3: things going, and yeah, it's good to see everybody kind

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Speaker 3: of rolling in this time.

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Speaker 2: What are the cues? Are they the cues from twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty four? Are they the cues that you discovered this offseason?

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Speaker 9: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: It's stuff that I've had in the past, but maybe

548
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Speaker 3: I couldn't get my body to get to those positions,

549
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Speaker 3: so it's all not worth talking on the radio, but

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Speaker 3: it's it's in a good spot.

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Speaker 2: So you feel like the action on your pitches, where

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Speaker 2: your arm slot is, all those things are where you

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Speaker 2: want to be early on.

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Speaker 3: All the signs from my first bullpen showed that everything

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Speaker 3: was moving really sharp and late, so I'm excited about it.

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Speaker 9: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Is it to private to ask you how much weight

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Speaker 2: you've lost and just the conditioning that you put in

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Speaker 2: this soft season.

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Speaker 9: I haven't lost that much.

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Speaker 3: I just I think body composition changed a little bit,

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Speaker 3: probably down a few pounds.

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Speaker 9: But yeah, I feel healthy. I feel healthy.

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Speaker 3: Just trying to I'm trying to, you know, play as

565
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Speaker 3: long as I can and as great as you know

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Speaker 3: the Good Lord will allow me so firmly believing that

567
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Speaker 3: until the day I retire, I'm going to be competing

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Speaker 3: at the highest level I've ever competed, and I don't

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Speaker 3: expect anything different this year.

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Speaker 2: I mean for a skinny fat guy. Blake. When I

571
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Speaker 2: see a guy come into camp the week, any fat guy. No, No,

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Speaker 2: I'm calling my skinny fat guy.

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Speaker 9: And you looked right at me.

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Speaker 2: I'm looking. I'm looking at you in the eye. I'm

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Speaker 2: the skinny fat guy here.

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Speaker 3: Back in a compliment, said, oh, you look great from

577
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Speaker 3: working hard all off season, but you're a skinny fat kid.

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Speaker 2: I'm the I'm the skinny fat kid. And that's why

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Speaker 2: when I see you come into.

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Speaker 9: Camp, you can is that what you're saying?

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Speaker 2: No, No, I can't. I think I feel like you've

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Speaker 2: gone yoga. Did you do a lot of yoga? You

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Speaker 2: look like a yoga type.

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Speaker 9: I'm out on yoga. I don't need yoga in my life.

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Speaker 3: Plates No, just work hard, you can stretch.

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Speaker 9: I need to go into that weird stuff. I ain't

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Speaker 9: doing yoga.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, I know you. I'm mentioned this to you yesterday,

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Speaker 2: but the way your bullpen is shaping up now, Blake,

590
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Speaker 2: it looks like with Bazuka coming back, Vessia coming back,

591
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Speaker 2: yourself along with Edwin and Tanner, it feels like Jack Dryer,

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Speaker 2: Ben Caspirius, Justin Robleski, how uh, how devastating have been

593
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Speaker 2: Phillips second half?

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Speaker 9: See see it feels.

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Speaker 2: Like you guys maybe the forgotten part of this team

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Speaker 2: that everybody's talking about.

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Speaker 3: It's okay, is there all talking head points? And I

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Speaker 3: appreciate that out of you. I just I've heard it

599
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Speaker 3: every year where it's like, hey, this looks great, we're

600
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Speaker 3: gonna you guys look like you're the best in baseball

601
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Speaker 3: and this or that, or hey, like what are the

602
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Speaker 3: things we got to answer? And it's all fair questions.

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Speaker 3: I just at the end of the day, I just

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Speaker 3: think we know what we're capable of.

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Speaker 9: And just go do it. You know, it's nobody needs

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Speaker 9: to try. I just do it. It's a league of

607
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 9: doing it, So go do it. That's where I'm at.

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Speaker 2: Okay, can I ask you a big picture question about

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Speaker 2: the team? Blake trying is our guest on Dodgery Talk.

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Speaker 2: You got to come with your a game if you're

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Speaker 2: going to stand in front of forty nine's locker. When

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Speaker 2: you look at when you look at the you go ahead, Dave,

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Speaker 2: is it across the way? Clayton Kershaw held that locker

614
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Speaker 2: for a long time. He's no longer here. What's it

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Speaker 2: like without him in camp with you guys and just

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Speaker 2: being on the other side of the doorway here?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I shot him at text.

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Speaker 3: I said, it's a little weird you're not walking in

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Speaker 3: with your coffee every day heading the shower, But I

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Speaker 3: don't know you'll be bringing that energy at Team USA.

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Speaker 9: WBC so just asked how he was doing.

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Speaker 3: Wish him luck, and he said it felt feels a

623
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Speaker 3: little weird, but but yeah, I think it'll feel weird

624
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Speaker 3: for anybody when you finally hang it up. So, yeah,

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Speaker 3: it'd be fun to watch him, you know, from from

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Speaker 3: home here in spring training and doing this thing hopefully

627
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Speaker 3: some pretty awesome moments.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt the team US.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, that's a great way. It's like a storybook.

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Speaker 3: And then you know, having that chance to go out

631
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Speaker 3: on top with us and then out on top of

632
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Speaker 3: your nation.

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Speaker 9: It's pretty cool.

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Speaker 6: All right.

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Speaker 2: Before I let you go, you're a man that obviously

636
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Speaker 2: has opinions about things. So when you look at I know.

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Speaker 3: Careful, you might change the mass population's opinion of me

638
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Speaker 3: in a good way. Since most people have different opinions

639
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Speaker 3: of me, you might might actually swing some opinions in

640
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Speaker 3: favor of maybe ask the right questions.

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Speaker 2: If they listen to us, I mean, they know what

642
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Speaker 2: kind of guy Blake Trning is. And I'm wondering what

643
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Speaker 2: you thought about the Dodgers signaling from the top, signing

644
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Speaker 2: these players and the reaction the rest of the league

645
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Speaker 2: had to the Dodgers trying to compete and win.

646
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Speaker 3: Again, Listen, I think everybody in baseball I would be

647
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Speaker 3: shocked if people are upset with what the Dodgers are doing.

648
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 3: I think it's something that most players have been excited

649
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Speaker 3: for us to have an organization from top to bottom

650
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Speaker 3: willing to invest in bringing a winning product in And

651
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Speaker 3: you know, I think when you see other players talk

652
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Speaker 3: about it, it's because, Hey, we want to be on

653
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 3: a team. We want our team that we love and

654
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 3: the fans that we love to be supported. The way

655
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 3: that you know, the Dodgers' ownership and everybody's ownership group

656
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 3: is different. I can't speak for people, you know, but

657
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 3: to be a part of this organization where they're willing

658
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:20,360
Speaker 3: to put everything into making the club better, moving the

659
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,359
Speaker 3: needle in the positive direction, like it's pretty wild. And

660
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 3: then pinch yourself to be a part of it, like

661
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 3: the fact that I'm still here and they value me

662
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 3: as a as a player, Like that's a huge blessing.

663
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 3: I don't take that lightly. It's pretty cool.

664
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 2: It's been a long relationship between you and the Dodgers.

665
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 9: You didn't know that.

666
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 2: I mean, I remember when they signed you. Going into

667
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,280
Speaker 2: the twenty season, a lot of people were wondering about

668
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 2: Blake Trning, and you proved a lot of doubters wrong.

669
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,400
Speaker 2: And I feel like twenty six is going to be

670
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,720
Speaker 2: full circle again, prove a lot of doubters wrong.

671
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Speaker 9: Thank you, Dave, appreciate it. You're the man.

672
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 2: I'm here for you, life coach. Whenever you need me.

673
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 9: You always are, you always are. You're always pumping my.

674
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,399
Speaker 2: Tire for sure. How could I not world series hero

675
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 2: right here? Blake Tryning kline too? How about that you

676
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,840
Speaker 2: got a whole locker full of world series heroes twenty

677
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 2: twenty four. It doesn't happen without Blake trying to win

678
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 2: back to back. I know but when you went back

679
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 2: to back championships, you got to have the first one first.

680
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 9: It's fair, Okay, It's just hard for me to hear

681
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,320
Speaker 9: you talk about it. We got new goles. I'm grateful

682
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 9: for it, but we got new goals.

683
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 2: This is the last time I'll ever mention it. Hey

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Speaker 2: hold him to it, fans, Okay, thank you, Blake.

685
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 3: In ten years, when we celebrate each of these World

686
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 3: Series accomplishments, if you want to rehash it, I'll allow

687
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:30,879
Speaker 3: you to do it.

688
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 2: The next debate will be who's got better here in

689
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,760
Speaker 2: the bullpen? You or Brock Stewart.

690
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,919
Speaker 9: Rocking habit, rocking habit.

691
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Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time, Blake. Great to see

692
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 2: you and man happy you're healthy and ready to go

693
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 2: for the season.

694
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 9: Thank you, thank you, looking forward to it.

695
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 2: I'm a big Blake Trning fan. I think a lot

696
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 2: of us forget how valuable he's been to the Dodgers

697
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 2: in these three World Series runs in twenty twenty, twenty

698
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 2: twenty four especially, and look he battled his way through

699
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 2: last year and tried to give the Dodgers everything he had.

700
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 2: Obviously was not as effective as he has been the

701
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 2: majority of his career, but you have to acknowledge the

702
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 2: fact that a lot of these Dodger relievers were pushed

703
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 2: to the limits in twenty twenty four and now they're back,

704
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 2: and they did not get a lot of these guys

705
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 2: are fresh arms. Bruce dar Graderol is not going to

706
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 2: obviously start the year, but fresh arm at Guardo Enriquez,

707
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 2: who got a real innings experience last year. Fresh arm

708
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 2: Alex Vesia for unfortunate reasons, did not pitch in the

709
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 2: World Series last year. Brock Stewart at some points going

710
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,280
Speaker 2: to come back. You got Blake Trinan, who is feeling

711
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,240
Speaker 2: good again, and you got a fresh new Tanner Scott

712
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 2: to go with Edwin Diaz. To me, the Dodger bullpen

713
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 2: is one of the parts of this team that has

714
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 2: not been talked about enough, and I feel like they

715
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 2: like it that way. Not to mention guys like Justin

716
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 2: Robleski and benk Casparius. Evan Phillips, who we're gonna hear

717
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 2: from in just a moment, is going to be like

718
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 2: a trade deadline acquisition when he comes back from Tommy

719
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 2: John surgery. So they have the potential to really be

720
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,280
Speaker 2: a big part of this team in twenty twenty six.

721
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 2: Let's go back out to the phones before we hear

722
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Speaker 2: from Evan Phillips, Luis and Costa Mesa. You're on Dodger

723
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Speaker 2: Talk Live from Camelback Ranch. Hi, Luis, Hey Dave, are

724
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,919
Speaker 2: you doing great? How you doing good?

725
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Speaker 6: Good? Quick question? I saw you Stephen, Stephen Nelson and

726
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 6: Mickey Roll come into the Egyptian Theater but like ten

727
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 6: days ago, and I just want to get your prospective

728
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 6: of your opinion on the film Homecoming. I didn't get

729
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 6: a chance to see the whole film, just watching the

730
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 6: piece here and there, but yeah, I just want to

731
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Speaker 6: get your perspective. What do you think about the film?

732
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Speaker 6: Is it something that you expected to see to watch?

733
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Speaker 2: No, it was completely different than I thought it would be.

734
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Speaker 2: And I believe it's in theaters for only two days

735
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 2: next week, February twenty third and twenty fourth, a lot

736
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 2: of different theaters near wherever you live. But it's centered

737
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 2: around the Dodgers and Cubs. Tokyo series centered around the

738
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 2: Japanese stars that were returning home to play the first

739
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 2: two major league seasons. But it kind of gives you

740
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 2: an idea of how important the game of baseball is.

741
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 2: To the culture of Japan. So they take you to

742
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:47,839
Speaker 2: little league fields, families, musicians, hairstylists. They just show you

743
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 2: how much baseball means to so many different people and

744
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 2: how it shapes the culture of Japan. So I recommend it.

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Speaker 9: Right right.

746
00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's also my initial thought that I would expecting

747
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 6: the backstage leading to the twenty twenty five series, but

748
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 6: it was totally opposite. It was more towards the outside

749
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 6: stadium of how much the Yeah, baseball has really changed

750
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Speaker 6: the culture, Japanese culture. I mean, it's not just fans,

751
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 6: the rout became the root of the culture of the Japanese.

752
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Speaker 6: So that was pretty great. That was pretty awesome.

753
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was awesome to see and certainly unexpected in

754
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 2: a good way. Thanks for the phone call, Luis, appreciate it.

755
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 2: I mentioned Evan Phillips. He is not going to be

756
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 2: able to pitch for the Dodgers until the second half

757
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 2: of the season Tommy John surgery last May, but a

758
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 2: lot of teams had interest in doing what the Dodgers

759
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,839
Speaker 2: planned to do with Evan Phillips and bring him back

760
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 2: the second half of the year, and Evan Phillips re

761
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Speaker 2: signed for one year, six and a half million dollars.

762
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Speaker 2: That's where the Dodgers' resources really come into play to

763
00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 2: be able to pay a pitcher that's only going to

764
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,200
Speaker 2: pitch the second half of the season, a reliever. Even

765
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 2: at that six and a half million dollars, no other

766
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 2: team was going to pay that. And that's why Evan

767
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,240
Speaker 2: Phillips or part of the reason why Evan Phillips came back.

768
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Speaker 2: And he talked about just how a lot of teams

769
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 2: started to show a lot of interest two weeks before

770
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Speaker 2: spring training.

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Speaker 12: I wouldn't say it was necessarily in doubt. You know,

772
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 12: we had to have those conversations and explore, you know,

773
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,439
Speaker 12: the process of free agency. And I think my wife

774
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 12: and I are glad that we're back here. There's certainly

775
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 12: a level of familiarity that we were comfortable with and

776
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 12: being back with this group that you know, started my

777
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,920
Speaker 12: rehab and he's gonna continue that rehab with me and

778
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 12: you hopefully have us on track for a return at

779
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 12: some points this season, but.

780
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 9: You know, we'll see.

781
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,240
Speaker 12: I'm not too worried about the timeline yet, but definitely

782
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 12: glad to be back in Dodger blue. And you know,

783
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 12: it was a different offseason, but ultimately and they led

784
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:53,800
Speaker 12: us back here so overthrilled.

785
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 2: It always feels good to be wanted. How many teams

786
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:01,399
Speaker 2: did show interest in you? And how how how did

787
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 2: it feel to be pursued in that way?

788
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:03,760
Speaker 9: It was different.

789
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 12: He was my first you know, crack at free agency,

790
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 12: at least on this side of things. I'll say being

791
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,840
Speaker 12: a minor league free agent was probably less attractive to

792
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 12: most teams, but yeah, it was different. It was nice

793
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 12: to gauge interest and you know those plenty of teams

794
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 12: came to kick tires and just check in and see.

795
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,760
Speaker 9: How my rehab was going, how I was feeling.

796
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 12: And then when you push comes to shove, and it

797
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,440
Speaker 12: started to narrow it down what we wanted, you know,

798
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 12: as a player, and you amaze and was hoping we

799
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 12: were going to look for that narrator list down too,

800
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 12: So it was it was interesting. Yeah, I didn't get

801
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 12: too involved with the day to day conversations, and I

802
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 12: think that was probably for the best. But you know,

803
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 12: I was was filled in as needed, and then things

804
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 12: came together pretty quick there in the last week or so,

805
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,759
Speaker 12: still doing just like long toss a few times a week,

806
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 12: hoping to get on the bullpen. Or on the mound

807
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 12: for for a bullpen next month. I'll start that mound

808
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 12: progression here in the.

809
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:56,080
Speaker 9: Next couple of weeks.

810
00:42:56,120 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 12: I think actually Tuesday, I'll throw off the mound for

811
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,320
Speaker 12: the first time. But it won't be to a catcher

812
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 12: or anything. It will just be catcher standing up. And

813
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,399
Speaker 12: there's a slow, slow progression, you know, week by week

814
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,480
Speaker 12: for that point from that point, so plenty of steps

815
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 12: ahead that's going to.

816
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:12,760
Speaker 9: Keep me busy, you know, here in Arizona.

817
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 12: But definitely looking forward to that progression.

818
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 2: What are your expectations on kind of setting a goal

819
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 2: for yourself to pitch again in the game.

820
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,320
Speaker 12: I'm trying not to set too many expectations at this point.

821
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,839
Speaker 12: There's just too many boxes to check along the way.

822
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 12: I think as we get closer to you know, the

823
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:33,439
Speaker 12: bullpens and and the live vps things like that, I'll

824
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 12: I'll have my internal checklist, if you know, what I

825
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 12: want to do execution wise and things like that.

826
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 9: I'm going to things I think I'm going to need.

827
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,040
Speaker 12: To do to get you know, hitters out when it

828
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 12: matters most. And that's you know, big reason why we

829
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 12: wanted to sign back was to help us in October,

830
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,399
Speaker 12: and I think the Dodgers, you know, understand that I'm

831
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,840
Speaker 12: going to have that kind of runway to return to form.

832
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 12: There won't be many expectations on my end early and

833
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 12: I think on their end as well, so that that

834
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 12: kind of relationship and familiarity that I spoke to earlier

835
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,400
Speaker 12: is going to be really important as I returned to games.

836
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 2: Evan Phillips, one of the best relievers when he was

837
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 2: healthy before undergoing Tommy John surgery, is going to return

838
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 2: the second half of the season, and certainly with the

839
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:19,880
Speaker 2: cost at the trade deadline to acquire a top line reliever,

840
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,800
Speaker 2: getting a guy like Evan Phillips back off the injured list,

841
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,760
Speaker 2: and look, there's no guarantees that he's going to return

842
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:32,000
Speaker 2: to form, but there's a really good chance. With as

843
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,840
Speaker 2: long as this process has gone on and how the

844
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 2: Dodgers have allowed Evan Phillips to be able to have

845
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,319
Speaker 2: an extended rehab, there's a very good chance he's going

846
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 2: to come back and be effective. And when you look

847
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:48,240
Speaker 2: at the Dodger bullpen, like I mentioned, Blake Trning coming back,

848
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:52,320
Speaker 2: bouncing back at Guardo Enriquez, you got Jack Dreyer, you

849
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 2: got Edwin Diaz, You got Tanner Scott, you got Ben Casparius,

850
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 2: Will Klein remember him Game three of the World Series.

851
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,880
Speaker 2: You got guys like Bruce dar Graterol that's going to

852
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 2: join the bullpen a certain point in time this season.

853
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 2: I would assume first couple months of the year, Brock Stewart,

854
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 2: probably second half of the season. Justin Robleski a swing guy.

855
00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 2: This Dodger bullpen, coupled with the starting rotation, certainly is

856
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:26,359
Speaker 2: going to be formidable and tough to handle. And tomorrow night,

857
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 2: we have another Dodger Talk for you, live from Camelback

858
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 2: Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, at seven o'clock. Max Mounsey is

859
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 2: going to be our guest. We set that up before

860
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 2: I saw the Dodgers social media post where he said,

861
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:46,800
Speaker 2: I guess they were asking different players which teammate would

862
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 2: be able to do the most pushups and which one

863
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 2: would be able to do the least well. Max months

864
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 2: he took the easy way out and threw yours truly

865
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,879
Speaker 2: under the bus and said, I David vas Say would

866
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 2: be the weakest guy and could not do push ups.

867
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 2: I had a push up challenge a few springs back.

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Speaker 2: I got to seven Okay, I feel like seven is enough.

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Speaker 2: It's a mental block. Mental block. I was never grat

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Speaker 2: at sit ups or push ups or running, so come on,

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Speaker 2: give me a break. And happy birthday. Thank you Tim

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Speaker 2: Kats for putting it on my radar. Happy birthday to

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Speaker 2: huge Dodger fan Elizabeth Olsen. Very humbled that she watches

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Speaker 2: the postgame shows as religiously as she does on Sports

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Speaker 2: in at LA and hopefully she's become a new listener

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Speaker 2: to Dodger Talk my day job. And hopefully we'll see

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Speaker 2: Elizabeth at Dodger Stadium this upcoming season. Would love to

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Speaker 2: meet her. So Happy birthday, Elizabeth Olsen from David Vassa,

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Speaker 2: David Vasha and the Dodgers. Thanks to Ronnie Fossio back

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Speaker 2: at our Bird Bank Studios. Thanks to you for listening.

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Speaker 2: In case you missed any of the show, you can

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Speaker 2: find it on the iHeartRadio app. Have a great rest

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Speaker 2: of your night. See you