WEBVTT - Dodgers on Deck (9-27-26) 0:00:00.390 --> 0:00:03.400 For the back to back world champions of baseball. 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:05.850 One of the greatest runs in the history of baseball. 0:00:05.910 --> 0:00:08.440 Immortality. is within their reach. 0:00:08.860 --> 0:00:09.959 Incredible. 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:11.879 And while others make excuses. 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:14.180 The only reason the Dodgers are doing this is because 0:00:14.220 --> 0:00:15.240 they can. They print money. 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:17.170 The Dodgers. This can't continue. 0:00:17.230 --> 0:00:18.090 It's not fair. 0:00:18.270 --> 0:00:19.350 Are making plans. 0:00:19.770 --> 0:00:20.190 Again. 0:00:20.270 --> 0:00:25.110 It's a singular focus on controlling what they can control. 0:00:25.290 --> 0:00:28.970 Now your pregame host of the world champion L.A. Dodgers, 0:00:29.530 --> 0:00:30.270 Tim Cates. 0:00:30.990 --> 0:00:35.450 Hi, everybody, and welcome in to Morongo Casino. Dodgers on 0:00:35.590 --> 0:00:40.379 deck on this Sunday, September 27th. Your back-to-back World Series 0:00:40.409 --> 0:00:46.320 champion Los Angeles Dodgers, 99-62. They played 161 games, and today, 0:00:46.380 --> 0:00:50.540 game 162, the final game of the regular season. Dodgers, 0:00:50.820 --> 0:00:53.100 your NL West champs. They've already clinched a bye in 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:55.960 the wildcard round. Today, they look to go into the 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:58.560 postseason on a winning note and a sweep of the 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:02.480 San Francisco Giants. Jack Dreyer gets the start as your opener. 0:01:02.820 --> 0:01:05.380 It will be a bullpen game for both the Dodgers 0:01:05.459 --> 0:01:07.400 and the Giants as they look to get this season 0:01:07.580 --> 0:01:10.860 over with. Dodgers get ready for October baseball. The Giants 0:01:10.910 --> 0:01:13.569 get ready for a long winter. First pitch from Oracle 0:01:13.610 --> 0:01:16.050 Park is coming up at 12.05. Between then and now, 0:01:16.330 --> 0:01:18.490 we got a lot to get to here on Morongo Casino. 0:01:18.510 --> 0:01:20.430 Dodgers on deck. You are going to hear from the 0:01:20.450 --> 0:01:22.910 Dodger manager, Dave Roberts, coming up in less than 20 minutes. 0:01:23.190 --> 0:01:26.400 We'll preview this pitching matchup. David Vasse goes one-on-one with 0:01:26.420 --> 0:01:29.620 Dalton Rushing. We got your Dodgers magical moment. In just 0:01:29.660 --> 0:01:31.560 a few minutes, we'll head out to the Galpin Ford 0:01:31.580 --> 0:01:35.120 broadcast booth and check in with Tim Neverett and Rick Monday. Well, 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:38.440 yesterday it took some late-inning heroics from Kike to get 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:41.259 the win in San Francisco. Blake Snell got the start, 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:45.170 his final regular season outing before the postseason begins. Snell 0:01:45.209 --> 0:01:47.510 has missed a lot of time with injuries, so only 0:01:47.550 --> 0:01:51.230 his ninth start here in 2026. Snell, a high pitch 0:01:51.290 --> 0:01:53.610 count early. He'd be able to get around some work 0:01:53.670 --> 0:01:56.590 on traffic on the base pass. Four innings, one run, 0:01:56.670 --> 0:02:01.150 five hits, three strikeouts. He threw 77 pitches. The Dodgers offense, meanwhile, 0:02:01.590 --> 0:02:04.450 needed a spin around the lineup before getting going. In 0:02:04.470 --> 0:02:07.930 the third, finally, with two outs, the leadoff hitter, Mookie Betts. 0:02:07.950 --> 0:02:09.310 2-0 Pitts. 0:02:10.070 --> 0:02:12.900 Mookie swings, hits a drive, deep left field. This ball 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:13.900 heading back to the wall. 0:02:13.980 --> 0:02:15.220 It is gone! 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:16.340 A home run! 0:02:16.380 --> 0:02:20.840 Mookie Betts makes it 1-0 Dodgers with his 23rd home 0:02:20.900 --> 0:02:28.180 run of the season. A two-out shot. He got a 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.000 cutter that was left right over the middle. 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:31.380 Of the plate. 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.840 Felt high. And Mookie says goodbye. 0:02:35.700 --> 0:02:38.220 Mookie sends it over the wall. His 23rd home run 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.620 of this season. His seventh of the month is September. 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:44.080 Stay hot, Mookie. Dodgers a 1-0 lead. That lead was gone, though, 0:02:44.100 --> 0:02:45.640 in the bottom of the third when the Giants got 0:02:45.660 --> 0:02:47.640 a Turner-Hill sack fly to tie the game at 1. 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.720 In the fourth, Dodgers with some of that offense from 0:02:49.740 --> 0:02:52.320 the bottom of the lineup this time. Miguel Rojas, an 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:56.120 RBI single. Dodgers up 2-1. Then Tommy Edmond. in RBI single. 0:02:56.150 --> 0:02:59.109 Dodgers a 3-1 lead. Blake Snell, he went the four innings, 0:02:59.150 --> 0:03:01.550 turned it over to the bullpen. Alex Vesey, a scoreless fifth. 0:03:01.850 --> 0:03:04.690 Chris Bubich, a scoreless sixth. Brock Stewart gave up an 0:03:04.790 --> 0:03:06.910 RBI triple in the seventh. That made it a 3-2 0:03:06.970 --> 0:03:09.790 Dodgers lead. Then in the eighth, Evan Phillips gave up 0:03:09.850 --> 0:03:12.630 a run as the Giants tied the game at three. 0:03:13.110 --> 0:03:15.190 So going to the top of the ninth, Dodgers needed 0:03:15.210 --> 0:03:17.900 some offense. Who would it come from? How about Mr. 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:20.320 October with some magic here in late September? 0:03:20.340 --> 0:03:25.220 Call 1-877-CARS-4-KIDS now. That's CARS with a K. to donate 0:03:25.260 --> 0:03:29.840 your car today. Kike swings, hammers it, deep left center, 0:03:30.139 --> 0:03:35.660 way back and gone, and Kike Hernandez gives the Dodgers 0:03:35.740 --> 0:03:45.320 a 4-3 lead with a leadoff home run of the night. Boy, 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:50.020 a lightning bolt, 429 feet, way up in the bleachers. 0:03:51.130 --> 0:03:54.390 Kike Hernandez usually gets it done in October, but he 0:03:54.430 --> 0:03:57.010 did it yesterday here in September. That home run, his 0:03:57.090 --> 0:03:59.570 ninth of the season. That one in the ninth, his 0:03:59.610 --> 0:04:02.330 fourth of the season. 99th as a Dodger. Dodgers a 0:04:02.350 --> 0:04:05.190 4-3 lead. The bottom of the ninth belonged to Tanner Scott. 0:04:05.210 --> 0:04:07.660 He would put up a zero. Ball game over. Dodgers 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.800 win 4-3. Evan Phillips the win. Tanner Scott the save 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.580 with the win. The Dodgers now 99 wins on this season. 0:04:13.820 --> 0:04:18.120 Best road record in baseball at 48-32. Today, game 162. 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.380 Final game of the regular season. Jack Dreyer on the mound. 0:04:20.620 --> 0:04:22.980 First pitch coming up at 12.05. With more, we head 0:04:23.020 --> 0:04:24.980 out to the Galpin Ford broadcast booth as we welcome 0:04:25.020 --> 0:04:26.670 in Tim Nevrit and Rick Munday. 0:04:26.700 --> 0:04:26.960 Guys. 0:04:27.670 --> 0:04:30.190 Tim, thank you very much, and good morning to you 0:04:30.290 --> 0:04:33.310 as we get ready for this one. The final game 0:04:33.370 --> 0:04:36.950 of the regular season, game 162. It's the Dodgers and 0:04:36.970 --> 0:04:39.750 the Giants. The Dodgers going for a three-game sweep. They're 0:04:39.790 --> 0:04:45.140 going for win number 100 at 99-62. They've won seven 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.620 straight against the Giants. And their road record right now, 0:04:48.670 --> 0:04:53.169 the best in Major League Baseball, 48-32. They've won 17 0:04:53.170 --> 0:04:55.870 of the last 22 ballgames with a run differential of 0:04:55.970 --> 0:05:02.150 plus 51. Meantime, the Giants are 65-96. And at no 0:05:02.210 --> 0:05:05.370 time in the Giants' franchise history have they ever won 0:05:05.370 --> 0:05:09.610 65 games exactly in a season. Well, today might be 0:05:09.650 --> 0:05:11.980 that day. You never know. It'll be a parade from 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:16.089 the bullpen today. A couple of openers. Jack Dreyer, the left-hander, 0:05:16.110 --> 0:05:19.750 5-2 and a 3.16 earned run average going for the Dodgers. 0:05:20.130 --> 0:05:23.830 Carson Seymour has been tabbed to go first for the 0:05:23.890 --> 0:05:30.400 Giants today. Seymour 0-2 and a 4-7-0 ERA. Well, game 162, Mo, 0:05:30.420 --> 0:05:32.920 but the Dodgers are putting out a representative lineup because 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.200 they know they don't play for about a week. So 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.780 Ohtani will lead off and then Batts and Freeman, and 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:39.960 they're expecting these guys to get some at-bats today. 0:05:40.270 --> 0:05:42.710 The only regular that's not in that lineup today, at 0:05:42.750 --> 0:05:44.750 least at the beginning, is Will Smith. He will probably 0:05:44.770 --> 0:05:48.339 get the entire afternoon off, but we were kidding yesterday. 0:05:49.060 --> 0:05:50.960 One thing that we do know in the final game, 0:05:50.980 --> 0:05:52.580 if the Dodgers do not have a hurdle, they have 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.040 to jump over. And for the Giants, it has been 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.580 a long season. I mean, they currently have 24 players 0:05:57.660 --> 0:05:58.320 on the injured list. 0:05:58.339 --> 0:05:58.860 The Giants do. 0:05:58.860 --> 0:06:00.490 So we're going to see a lot of new faces. 0:06:00.690 --> 0:06:02.510 But if you're keeping score, folks, and a lot of 0:06:02.550 --> 0:06:05.529 people do it, we would recommend that you write small 0:06:05.589 --> 0:06:07.909 because there's going to be a lot of names missing 0:06:08.650 --> 0:06:10.510 in faces in this game. You and I were kind 0:06:10.550 --> 0:06:13.510 of trying to figure out, well, what's the over and 0:06:13.650 --> 0:06:15.550 unders as far as the number of players we may 0:06:15.589 --> 0:06:17.690 see total today? 0:06:17.690 --> 0:06:19.130 38 and a half is what I'm saying. 0:06:19.150 --> 0:06:20.360 Right in that area. 37 to 38. 0:06:20.350 --> 0:06:23.030 You'll go under and I'll go over and we'll see 0:06:23.589 --> 0:06:24.890 who wins. But there's going to be a number of 0:06:24.910 --> 0:06:28.010 players in this game, certainly. Max Muncy. Keep an eye 0:06:28.029 --> 0:06:31.750 on Max Muncy today. 29 home runs. He's had 11 0:06:31.750 --> 0:06:34.430 in this ballpark in his career. One of the top 0:06:34.470 --> 0:06:37.840 totals among active players. And For him, if he gets 0:06:37.900 --> 0:06:40.960 to 30, he would join a pretty good group. He 0:06:40.980 --> 0:06:43.510 would actually tie Eric Karros for the number of 30 0:06:43.510 --> 0:06:46.730 home run seasons with the Dodgers at five. Only Gil 0:06:46.770 --> 0:06:48.809 Hodges and Duke Snyder had more with six. 0:06:48.990 --> 0:06:51.529 Yeah, and if you look at the number of years 0:06:51.570 --> 0:06:53.330 he's been able to do it as well, five. So 0:06:53.350 --> 0:06:56.589 it works out really well. The Dodgers do not have 0:06:56.930 --> 0:07:01.280 really a tractor that they have to fire up and 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.260 run across the field today. But there are some things 0:07:05.300 --> 0:07:07.560 that they need to tighten up. And I think the offense, 0:07:07.620 --> 0:07:10.180 without question, needs to be tightened up, in particular with 0:07:10.260 --> 0:07:12.980 runners in scoring position. They've not done a very good 0:07:13.020 --> 0:07:16.640 job in the last 26 games, hitting collectively just 219. 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:18.580 And a couple of bats, they're trying to figure some 0:07:18.620 --> 0:07:20.450 things out. Right at the top of the list, Freddie 0:07:20.490 --> 0:07:23.530 Freeman and Shohei Ohtani not swinging the bats the way 0:07:23.570 --> 0:07:24.810 they'd like to, at least right now. 0:07:25.710 --> 0:07:28.830 And today, if the Dodgers get their 100th win, that's 0:07:28.870 --> 0:07:31.030 going to be a milestone for Dave Roberts. It would 0:07:31.050 --> 0:07:34.060 be the sixth time in his career... He would have 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:37.420 had a season with 100 or more wins. Only two 0:07:37.500 --> 0:07:39.720 other managers have ever done that, both in the Hall 0:07:39.780 --> 0:07:43.320 of Fame. Bobby Cox did it six times. Joe McCarthy 0:07:43.350 --> 0:07:44.090 did it six times. 0:07:44.430 --> 0:07:47.450 It's amazing what Dave Roberts has been able to accomplish 0:07:47.570 --> 0:07:51.390 as the skipper, if you will, in running this Dodgers 0:07:51.430 --> 0:07:53.750 ship in the time that he has been there. It 0:07:53.790 --> 0:07:56.800 has been one of the elite starts of managers in 0:07:56.830 --> 0:07:59.550 baseball history. And there's no reason to think that it's 0:07:59.570 --> 0:08:01.670 not going to continue very well. And hopefully it's going 0:08:01.690 --> 0:08:03.030 to continue very well this year. 0:08:03.290 --> 0:08:07.380 The search for win number 100 will continue here this afternoon. 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.060 Everybody plays at the same time. We'll have a noon 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:13.000 start right here in San Francisco, Tim. 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:14.860 All right, thank you, guys. As we count you down 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:16.880 to first pitch, Dodger fans, get that game day meal 0:08:17.100 --> 0:08:21.000 on at Shakey's Pizza Parlor. What are your Shakey's Pizza? Chicken, Mojo's, 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.710 at Shakey's.com. Coming up here on Morongo Casino, Dodgers on deck. 0:08:24.730 --> 0:08:26.390 David Vassie will join us throughout the hour. He's going 0:08:26.410 --> 0:08:28.510 to go high and tight with Dalton Rushing. We'll hear 0:08:28.530 --> 0:08:30.610 from the manager, Dave Roberts, coming up in just a 0:08:30.650 --> 0:08:32.780 little bit. Latest on the injury front, we got your 0:08:32.820 --> 0:08:35.740 Dodgers magical moment. Charlie Steiner comes by. We break down 0:08:35.780 --> 0:08:39.480 this bullpen pitching matchup. But up next, your Otani rewind, 0:08:39.820 --> 0:08:43.300 and we'll hear from Quique Hernandez. That's all coming up 0:08:43.420 --> 0:08:46.200 as we lead you up to Dodgers and Giants. Game 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.020 162 from San Francisco. I'm Tim Cates. This is the 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:52.460 back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers Audio Network. 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:58.690 This is Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck. On your home 0:08:58.790 --> 0:09:00.670 for the blue all season long. 0:09:01.750 --> 0:09:05.140 Dodgers and Giants one more time. Game 162. Jack Dreyer, 0:09:05.179 --> 0:09:07.100 Carson Seymour. They're going to be the openers in what's 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:09.599 going to be a bullpen game. Guys coming out of 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.059 those bullpen gates all day long. First pitch coming up 0:09:12.420 --> 0:09:14.140 at 12.05. 0:09:14.140 --> 0:09:18.840 This is the Otani Rewind. Presented by Mikado Shochu. 0:09:19.590 --> 0:09:22.670 Well, Shohei Otani yesterday was one for five since coming 0:09:22.710 --> 0:09:25.260 off the injured list, four for 18 with a double, 0:09:25.700 --> 0:09:29.460 an RBI, and eight strikeouts. Shohei Otani looking for some 0:09:29.500 --> 0:09:32.380 positive results coming into this final game and then heading 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:36.140 into October. Otani Rewind presented by Nakaido Shochu, the official 0:09:36.179 --> 0:09:40.590 Shochu of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Discover Nakaido, discover Shochu. Well, 0:09:40.610 --> 0:09:44.069 it wasn't Shohei yesterday, it was Kike providing the big 0:09:44.110 --> 0:09:45.890 home run in the ninth inning, a solo shot to 0:09:45.929 --> 0:09:48.489 give the Dodgers a 4-3 lead, and afterwards, the guy 0:09:48.510 --> 0:09:51.339 where and his t-shirt. David Vasse and Kike caught up together. 0:09:52.100 --> 0:09:56.000 Kike Hernandez delivered more ways than one today, but more importantly, 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:59.650 delivered a win. This has been your role. You delivered again. 0:09:59.860 --> 0:10:02.340 How do you get ready for these type of situations? 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.040 I mean, in that moment, it was, it was all 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:09.580 about competing and trying to get on base. I was 0:10:09.620 --> 0:10:11.620 still pretty embarrassed about swinging at that pitch. I don't 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:12.940 know if I've ever swung at a worse pitch than 0:10:12.980 --> 0:10:15.480 the one I struck out on. And I thought that 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:17.880 maybe you should take your shirt off after I punched 0:10:17.980 --> 0:10:19.230 out with the bases loaded like that. 0:10:20.370 --> 0:10:21.690 I'm glad you didn't take it off because it worked. 0:10:22.290 --> 0:10:22.910 I said never. 0:10:22.950 --> 0:10:25.890 I would never turn on you that way. I remember 0:10:25.929 --> 0:10:28.179 when you first came up, your teams used to have 0:10:28.220 --> 0:10:30.500 a saying, keep going, keep going. How did you keep 0:10:30.540 --> 0:10:32.860 going to come up with the big hit like you 0:10:32.900 --> 0:10:33.380 always do? 0:10:33.740 --> 0:10:35.440 You know, it's in that situation, like I said. 0:10:35.500 --> 0:10:36.660 It's about competing. 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.829 They brought in one of their best arms, their closer, 0:10:38.910 --> 0:10:40.050 and it's. 0:10:39.990 --> 0:10:40.429 A high game. 0:10:40.490 --> 0:10:42.290 I'm trying to get on base for the big boys 0:10:42.330 --> 0:10:45.250 behind me, and I just happened to catch a barrel, 0:10:45.290 --> 0:10:46.050 and the ball went really. 0:10:45.910 --> 0:10:47.130 Far, and it felt kind of nice. 0:10:47.170 --> 0:10:48.170 I hadn't hit a ball like that in. 0:10:48.110 --> 0:10:48.590 A long time. 0:10:49.070 --> 0:10:52.250 Everybody in Dodger land is already saying it's not even October. 0:10:52.290 --> 0:10:54.370 You're just getting ready. Yeah, that'd be nice. 0:10:55.510 --> 0:10:57.839 One other question. Do I have to wash this to 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.960 give it back to you? Do you just want me 0:10:59.980 --> 0:11:00.600 to give it to you? 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.500 We can talk about that later behind closed doors. 0:11:04.980 --> 0:11:06.260 Okay. Great job, Kike. 0:11:06.300 --> 0:11:07.020 Thanks for stopping. 0:11:07.059 --> 0:11:07.500 Thank you. 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:08.679 And thanks for the T-shirt. 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.990 All right, well, hopefully he washed the T-shirt before giving 0:11:12.030 --> 0:11:13.970 it back, or maybe just Kike said keep the T-shirt. 0:11:13.990 --> 0:11:17.430 We'll find out from David later on. This is Dodgers 0:11:17.690 --> 0:11:19.630 on Deck. As we get you ready for first pitch 0:11:19.710 --> 0:11:22.390 coming up, we're going to hear from Charlie Steiner, your 0:11:22.410 --> 0:11:25.189 Dodgers magical moment. 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Blake Trinan goes to the injured list 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:35.900 with his shoulder. He is done for the year. Edgardo 0:12:35.940 --> 0:12:38.520 Enriquez on the IEL with his sole lower back. Eric 0:12:38.590 --> 0:12:41.530 Lauer on the 60-day IEL. Will Kline also on the 0:12:41.550 --> 0:12:44.329 60-day IEL. Let's head back out to San Francisco and 0:12:44.370 --> 0:12:46.590 check in with the Dodger manager, Dave Roberts. 0:12:47.330 --> 0:12:49.810 Anything else for Dave? Dave, do you think. 0:12:49.830 --> 0:12:51.910 Dave, can you just describe. 0:12:51.929 --> 0:12:53.689 Dave, can you talk about the pressure? 0:12:54.590 --> 0:12:57.969 In the Dugout with Dave Roberts. Brought to you by 0:12:57.990 --> 0:13:02.830 Concordia University, Irvine's Masters in Coaching and Athletics Administration. 0:13:03.510 --> 0:13:04.069 All right, Dave. 0:13:04.350 --> 0:13:08.839 Game 162. You guys have 99 wins. How would 100 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:09.380 sound to you? 0:13:09.900 --> 0:13:14.760 That would sound great. Yeah, you know, it's been... Obviously, 0:13:14.820 --> 0:13:18.089 every year is different. It's been such a It's actually 0:13:18.130 --> 0:13:20.569 flown by, but we've had a lot to deal with. 0:13:20.850 --> 0:13:24.550 To be on the verge of 100 is pretty impressive. 0:13:25.050 --> 0:13:27.430 Miguel Rojas said when you guys clinched the NL West, 0:13:27.530 --> 0:13:30.200 you guys don't get enough credit for being as mentally 0:13:30.260 --> 0:13:34.040 and physically tough. Do you feel like this team has 0:13:34.100 --> 0:13:37.300 not been given enough credit about the character and being 0:13:37.340 --> 0:13:39.199 able to go through some of the peaks and valleys 0:13:39.260 --> 0:13:39.820 of a season? 0:13:40.230 --> 0:13:40.710 Absolutely. 0:13:41.070 --> 0:13:44.010 I absolutely agree with that. I think it's just one 0:13:44.030 --> 0:13:47.459 of those things where If you can't, those are things 0:13:47.500 --> 0:13:48.640 that are intangibles. 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:49.340 You just can't. 0:13:49.540 --> 0:13:52.100 It's hard to quantify and wrap your head around it. So, 0:13:53.179 --> 0:13:55.219 you know, people just expect us to go out there 0:13:55.260 --> 0:13:57.520 and win 100 games every year regardless, and it's not 0:13:57.540 --> 0:14:00.319 that easy. So a lot of credit to the guys. 0:13:59.960 --> 0:14:02.500 In the room. Do you have a playoff rotation yet? 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:08.329 We're still talking through it. You know, no, no short answer. 0:14:08.350 --> 0:14:09.530 Thought I'd try. 0:14:09.550 --> 0:14:10.270 Nice try. 0:14:12.260 --> 0:14:14.730 Edwin and Rokey, are there any other relievers that you 0:14:14.750 --> 0:14:16.930 need to see today as kind of an audition or 0:14:16.950 --> 0:14:18.890 even dress rehearsal of what postseason. 0:14:18.610 --> 0:14:23.370 Could look like? Obviously, Jack starting. We're going to see 0:14:23.470 --> 0:14:29.450 those two you mentioned. We're going to see Robo. Obviously, 0:14:29.890 --> 0:14:33.600 with what happened with Blake trying yesterday, he's on the IELT. 0:14:35.140 --> 0:14:38.010 And then we brought up, we were called Bobby Miller. 0:14:38.270 --> 0:14:41.710 So you'll see Bobby Miller for sure for a couple innings. 0:14:41.790 --> 0:14:45.990 And then outside of that, it's kind of just play to. 0:14:45.970 --> 0:14:46.410 Win the game. 0:14:46.430 --> 0:14:50.500 How close are you? 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:55.120 I don't. I talked to him today. He's still kind 0:14:55.160 --> 0:15:00.770 of trying to process it. Disappointed, obviously. We're going to 0:15:00.810 --> 0:15:05.550 get an MRI tomorrow. but obviously it's shoulder, it's capsule, 0:15:05.610 --> 0:15:06.710 and we'll just kind of figure it out. 0:15:06.730 --> 0:15:08.810 A lot of lefty relievers. 0:15:08.590 --> 0:15:11.250 That you can choose from, which is great, but also 0:15:11.290 --> 0:15:13.620 makes the decision difficult. What things are you looking at 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.340 in the DS on who to carry? 0:15:16.460 --> 0:15:20.440 I think it's, you know, every guy, when you're talking 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:23.720 about certainly a short series, there needs to be a 0:15:23.780 --> 0:15:27.530 specific role. And so with the lefties, as you said, 0:15:27.630 --> 0:15:32.100 it's more of, you know, layering in on how good 0:15:32.140 --> 0:15:36.470 they are versus left-handed hitters and how they match up 0:15:36.510 --> 0:15:43.490 versus right-hand hitters in a clean inning length, which isn't 0:15:43.550 --> 0:15:45.330 as big of a deal in a short series. 0:15:45.370 --> 0:15:48.170 So we've got some really good options. 0:15:49.430 --> 0:15:54.720 How many have bearing on how many lefties you carry in. 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:55.500 A given series? 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:02.120 I don't think in this next series that's too big 0:16:02.140 --> 0:16:07.180 of a factor. I think for us it's just going with, honestly, 0:16:07.220 --> 0:16:08.780 I think right now it's going to go with our 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:12.800 best arms, our most talented arms, I think, in. 0:16:12.740 --> 0:16:16.800 A short series. How long are the regulars going to 0:16:16.850 --> 0:16:17.400 play today? 0:16:17.420 --> 0:16:27.910 I'm thinking Shohei will get probably three at-bats. I think 0:16:28.010 --> 0:16:34.710 Mookie will probably get two at-bats. You know, as far 0:16:34.830 --> 0:16:40.230 as I feel Tao can play, I feel Tucker can play, 0:16:40.270 --> 0:16:45.540 I feel Andy can play. I'm going to get Tucker out, 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:50.080 probably three at-bats, maybe get Call in there. So, yeah, 0:16:50.140 --> 0:16:52.100 and we'll just figure out with what Freddie and Muncie 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:52.520 kind of do. 0:16:53.070 --> 0:16:55.150 All right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts, down the dugout. 0:16:55.210 --> 0:16:57.630 Take your coaching career to the next level. Dodger fans, 0:16:57.650 --> 0:17:01.420 with Concordia University-Irvine's Masters in Coaching and Athletics Administration program, 0:17:01.700 --> 0:17:04.120 learn from championship coaches and industry leaders. 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Both openers in 0:17:48.810 --> 0:17:51.030 what is a bullpen game for both teams. First pitch 0:17:51.070 --> 0:17:52.970 coming up at 12.05. Dodgers baseball is brought to you 0:17:52.990 --> 0:17:55.340 by El Pato. Born in L.A., made for your game day. 0:17:55.390 --> 0:17:58.960 El Pato brings authentic Mexican-style tomato sauces, salsas, and hot 0:17:58.980 --> 0:18:02.260 sauces right to your plate. El Pato gourmet in a can. 0:18:04.260 --> 0:18:06.720 Joining Tim Cates on Dodgers on deck. 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:08.600 I accept everybody for who they are. 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:11.780 This is Dodger insider, David Bassett. 0:18:11.940 --> 0:18:14.470 All right, DV last couple of days, Sunday has been 0:18:14.510 --> 0:18:18.070 a TBD. We see Jack Dreyer gets to start. So 0:18:18.130 --> 0:18:19.890 what's the pitching plan today? 0:18:20.570 --> 0:18:23.770 Yeah, well, Bobby Miller is in the Dodger clubhouse. He's 0:18:23.790 --> 0:18:27.340 going to be activated for today's game because the unfortunate 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.679 injuries to Blake trying in yesterday, as he was warming 0:18:30.820 --> 0:18:33.680 up his seasons over, he's going on the IL no 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:38.720 indication about whether or not he's going to go through 0:18:38.780 --> 0:18:42.899 with any sort of scans to see the extent of 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:47.000 the damage in his shoulder. He was considering retirement anyway, Tim. 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.429 So we'll see where that goes, but this is going 0:18:49.450 --> 0:18:51.690 to be a bullpen game. You're going to see sugar Diaz. 0:18:51.710 --> 0:18:53.710 You're going to see Justin Robleski. You're going to see 0:18:53.750 --> 0:18:57.200 Bobby Miller in this game today and the Dodgers have 0:18:57.280 --> 0:19:00.119 their regulars out there. So I don't think you're going 0:19:00.140 --> 0:19:01.939 to see them for all nine, but at least to 0:19:01.980 --> 0:19:04.879 start the game, they probably will get two at bats to, 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:07.000 to close out the regular season. 0:19:07.310 --> 0:19:09.950 David Shohei Otani has come back and it hasn't been 0:19:10.010 --> 0:19:12.869 a big splash in his return on the offensive side. 0:19:13.350 --> 0:19:14.770 How important do you think it is for him to 0:19:14.810 --> 0:19:17.070 have some positive results today in order to get ready 0:19:17.109 --> 0:19:19.070 for game one of that NLDS next week? Cause of 0:19:19.090 --> 0:19:19.879 this long layoff. 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:24.419 Yeah, I mean, the most positive result he's had is 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:28.100 off of Mason Miller. And I know some observed, I 0:19:28.140 --> 0:19:30.620 can't see the on-deck circle from the camera well, but 0:19:30.700 --> 0:19:34.790 some observed that Otani wasn't even taking swings from the 0:19:34.869 --> 0:19:37.830 on-deck circle before that. Read into that as much as 0:19:37.869 --> 0:19:41.790 you want, but it just hasn't looked right. Maybe it's rust. 0:19:42.170 --> 0:19:45.169 He hasn't seen live pitching since he went on the IL. 0:19:45.250 --> 0:19:48.590 So I think this series and this period of time 0:19:48.630 --> 0:19:51.480