WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (4-15-26) 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 --> 0:00:12.280 the fifth. 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:12.520 Fifth. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.080 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:17.200 Here we go again. We're got to running back to. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:19.840 Get in on the show called eight six six eighty 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.840 seven two five seven, and be sure to follow Dodger 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:27.520 Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, David 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:28.720 vasselas day. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.000 It's great to be a Dodger fan these days, as 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:37.479 they have baseball's best record fourteen to four, a great 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.440 start after coming off back to back World Series championships. 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:46.120 David vasse Dodger Talk with you until eleven thirty tonight 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.479 right here on a five to seventy LA Sports. The 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:52.800 Dodgers beat the Mets tonight by a final score of 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:57.240 eight to two, hand the Mets their eighth straight loss. 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:01.360 As the Mets are reeling right now twelve they don't 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:04.520 have won Soto, but the Dodgers are not feeling sorry 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:09.280 for anybody. They're fourteen and four undefeated against National League 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:12.840 teams this year. To begin the year, the Dodgers are 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:15.840 off to a great start and have not lost a 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.600 single game to the National League. They are nine to 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:24.200 zero against National League teams. They've lost one game to Rangers, 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:26.880 they've lost one game to the Blue Jays, and they've 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.800 only lost one series so far to begin the season. 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.319 That was losing two out of three to the Guardians 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:36.880 on their opening Homestand other than that, things are great 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.119 for the Dodgers. Eight six six nine eight seven two 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:43.360 five seventy And what a night for show, hey Otani? 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:46.800 Like I said during the Clubhouse Show, Dave Roberts and 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:50.200 Andrew Friedman seem to be pushing all the right buttons, 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:54.600 and they have pretty nice buttons to push, shiny shiny 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:58.800 buttons to push. And tonight they decided, after Otani was 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.080 hit by the pitch from David Peterson on the upper 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.280 right shoulder on in the first game of the series 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.880 on Monday night, they decided, you know what, show hey, 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.519 we had baseball's best record. We took two out of 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:16.520 three from the Rangers. We've taken the first two against 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:20.520 the Mets. We have a day off tomorrow, and we 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:25.720 start thirteen in a row on Friday, including four games 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:31.320 at cors Field, which is unforgiving to the body, how 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:35.600 about tonight we play it safe and you just pitch. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.880 And the reason why it's such a big deal is 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.920 because it hasn't happened since twenty twenty one. May have 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:46.440 twenty twenty one, that was the last time show he 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:50.040 Otani started a game on the mound and was not 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:54.959 in his team's starting lineup as the DH. And by 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:58.960 the way, the Otani rule was out the window tonight. 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.520 Thoughtani not in the starting lineup, but as a pitcher, 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:06.399 just like any other pitcher. Once Dave Roberts took him 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.639 out of the game, he could not come back as 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.880 a hitter. Now, if he did a double switch and 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.760 put him in left field, which was not going to happen, 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.400 he could have stayed in the game, but you would 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:24.280 lose your DH. So either way, Otani rule was not 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.560 in play tonight, and the Dodgers certainly did not need 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.680 it as they beat the Mets eight to two. Hayesan 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:34.480 Kim a great game tonight at shortstop. Not only does 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.960 he hit a two run home run to start the 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.840 scoring off of Clay Holmes in the second inning, but 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:44.240 he made a spectacular play at shortstop, robbing Luis Robert 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.120 of a base hit diving up the middle to end 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.400 the eighth inning. So a great night for Haysan Kim, 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:53.920 an even better night for Dalton Rushing, who hits his 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:58.800 first career grand slam. Rushing and Kim combined to drive 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:03.000 in six of the Dodgers eight runs tonight. And I 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:06.640 mentioned this going back to when we were in Toronto, 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:11.040 and it is still holding true. The Dodgers seven eight 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:15.280 nine hitters are out producing the top of the order. 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:19.640 They have coming into this game a nine thirteen OPS, 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:23.240 a three to twenty eight batting average, a three eighty 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:27.400 eight on base percentage, and they have a five twenty 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:32.239 five slugging percentage. And with the two home runs tonight 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:38.040 from your seven and eight hitters in Rushing and Kim, 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.280 the grand slam by Rushing, the two run home run 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.880 by Kim, the Dodgers seven eight nine hitters now have 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.839 combined to hit ten home runs and drive in thirty 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:53.120 four runs. I feel like that's more production than what 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.719 the Mets are getting from all nine of their hitters 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:59.680 at this point. So I can't stress it enough. Even 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:03.839 Day Roberts validated this two weeks ago on the way 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.400 to the twenty twenty four Championship. The seven eight nine 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:11.919 hitters in particular were outstanding turning the lineup over getting 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:17.160 on base for Otani, Freddie Mooki, Taoscar Hernandez, and I 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:21.479 remember talking to members of the Padres coaching staff during 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:26.320 that NLDS in twenty four, and for the first three games, 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.840 they did a great job of keeping the eight to 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:34.080 nine hitters off the bases and having Otani come up 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:39.120 with the bases empty. That's every team's strategy. Do not 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.920 allow the bottom third of the Dodgers' order to get 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:46.160 on base and flip that lineup over for the top 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:50.080 of the order, specifically Otani. When the Dodgers started doing 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.640 that in Games four and Games five and the rest 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:56.440 of the postseason, and in particular Gavin Lux finding a 0:05:56.440 --> 0:06:00.560 way to get on base, things started to take off 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:05.120 for the Dodger offense in the NLDS, the NLCS. 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:05.520 And the World Series. 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:10.239 So that is so key to the Dodgers' success, those 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:13.240 three spots at the bottom of the order, and Andy 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:16.600 Paiez has had a big hand in it. He is 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.440 now moving up in the Dodgers order, but to begin 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.560 the year he was hitting seventh. He now has five 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:26.720 home runs and twenty RBIs and big night for Dalton 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:30.080 Rushing and certainly a big night for the Dodgers as 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:33.160 they defeat the Mets eight to two. By the way, 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:36.279 when it comes to Otani, he had twenty two swings 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:39.479 and misses tonight. That's the most swings and misses he 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.719 has had in one game as a Dodger pitcher. Albeit 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.280 last year he was still coming back as a pitcher, 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.640 but still impressive tonight. And he did it with his fastball. 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.520 He threw his fastball tonight more than he has in 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:55.320 any other start and really attack these Mets hitters that 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:58.559 are struggling and don't seem to have the bat speed 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:02.039 to catch up to an ota fastball. I thought my 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:06.200 favorite at bat was Francisco Lindor going toe to toe 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.240 with Otani in the third inning with two outs. He 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:13.720 worked an eleven pitch at bat. Unfortunately for Lindor, the 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:17.120 eleventh pitch was one hundreds an hour up and away, 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.920 and all Lindor could do was smile, and O'tani smiled 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.600 as well, that devilish smirk walking off the mound, knowing 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:27.480 that hey, I still got it in my back pocket 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:31.280 when I need it. But Otani tonight through ninety five pitches, 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:35.560 fifty one of them were fastballs, and then he started 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.440 to work in his curveball. He used his split fingered 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:43.160 fastball when he needed it. I loved this in sync rhythm. 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:46.240 Him and Will Smith were in all night long, and 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:49.640 you even saw show hey Otani point to Smith a 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:52.880 couple of times when they were coming off the field 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.520 together and signaling to Will Smith. That was a great call, 0:07:56.640 --> 0:08:00.760 in particular calling with two strikes on Old Bishit a 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:05.520 split fingered fastball that Bischett swung and missed at. And 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:09.200 that was the inning in the sixth Otani's final inning 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.520 where he struck out the side. He struck out Robert, 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:16.520 Beatty and Bishett in order and certainly gave his catcher 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.720 Will Smith a lot of love. Eight six six nine 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.320 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. We 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.520 have two lines open. Before we go to the phone calls, 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.600 I want you to hear from Dave Roberts before today's game, 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:33.200 just going through why he decided to make this decision 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.360 to have Otani pitch and not hit tonight. 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:43.040 You know, not really in the sense because if it 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:44.240 weren't for the hit by pitch. 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:44.839 He would have. 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:49.280 Been dhing and pitching tonight. But I do think that 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.439 just to be able to pitch and focus on that 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:55.480 I think will be of benefit for the mind and 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:59.080 the body and hopefully, you know, we're just in a 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:03.200 little moment of fatigue and we can get past it, 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:07.559 which I think that, you know, talking to Thomas today show, Hey, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.280 came in feeling good. But we're going to keep a 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:11.200 watchful eye on him. 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:16.200 Though Tomorrow made that decision the. 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:20.679 Extra that was more the decision of pitching them having 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:24.880 that lined up. But again, if he wouldn't have got hit, 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:26.720 he would have dhday. So I just think in this 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.360 one game, it just makes most sense to give them 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.040 the best chance to kind of manage the shoulder in 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:32.440 the back. 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:35.800 To be clear, you expect him to hit next to start? 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.960 We do, yes, he's in plays out. 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.439 Would you consider doing this again if there was a 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:45.679 situation by being hit by a page or something. 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:49.079 Over Yeah, I mean I think that it's something that 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.719 you know, I'm going to keep an eye on if 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.719 it makes sense, but not just kind of do it proactively. 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.280 I think it's something that the game show, Hey, that's 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.840 got to it's to make sense to not have you 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:03.520 know your best hit or not in the lineup. 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.360 Since he started pitching again last year, you've been asked 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:09.679 repeatedly about whether or not he should be moved down 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.280 to the lineup when he pitches. Do you believe this 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:17.400 is a lot more beneficial than him hitting second or 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.360 third in the line of when he pitches at home? 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.000 Well, I think today, specific to today, I think this 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.760 is the right decision. This is the best decision for 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:31.319 him to not hit today. Then the question is when 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.960 he does hit on days that he pitches, where's the 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:39.200 best for him to hit in the order. I think 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:42.679 there's fair arguments to both to moving him down a 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.079 little bit, to give him a breather, let him get 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:50.240 into the game. But I'm not prepared to make that 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:54.400 decision quite yet. But it is something that it's it's 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:55.680 unmindful of. 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:56.959 It, all right. 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.360 There's Dave Roberts, and it seems like a lot of 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:03.800 things are on the table as we moved through this season. 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.240 The first that o'tani will be pitching and hitting as 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.280 a Dodger from day one to the end of the 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:14.240 season and into October, and that's the biggest thing everybody 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.160 has to keep in mind, not only when it pertains 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.319 to Otani, but everybody else on the Dodgers. It's not 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:25.520 just about April, May, June, July. It's about October and 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:29.200 having these guys hitting their stride and feeling fresh to 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:33.079 be able to perform in October. So that's the big 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:37.320 picture the Dodgers have in mind, and certainly it served 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:40.960 them well the last two years, specifically winning back to 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:44.640 back championships, and today it certainly was the right decision 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:50.120 because the Dodgers DH Dalton Rushing really delivered, as in 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:54.400 the second inning before Kim's two run home run, Rushing 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:58.360 was down two on the first two pitches of his 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:02.040 first SAT bat, and then he layd the double down 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.800 the right field line to set up Kim's two run 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.720 home run, and then in the eighth inning. I gotta 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:11.920 give a lot of love to Taoscar Hernandez again because 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.760 I was a firm believer this was going to be 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:21.120 a huge redemption season for Taoscar Hernandez. So many of 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:24.200 you were itching to trade him during the offseason, so 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.880 many of you were down on him last year. He 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.760 was dealing with a groin injury, and he plipped through it. 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.800 Who can second guess whether or not that was the 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:37.559 right decision or not. But the fact is, without Taoscar 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.360 Hernandez hitting a go ahead, three run home run in 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:44.560 Philly in Game one, the Dodgers are not advancing to 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.840 the NLCS. He's one of the more clutch players they have, 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:52.360 and now he's lost fifteen to eighteen pounds coming into 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:56.120 the year, and he beat out a routine ground ball 0:12:56.200 --> 0:13:00.319 to Francisco Lindor to open the door for Dalton Rushing 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:02.960 to hit his grand Slam in the eighth inning. Not 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:07.200 to mention his diving attempt to try to catch a 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:10.920 fly ball that was a flare from Francisco Alvarez and 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:15.079 left field instead excuse me from Carson bench with Alvarez 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.480 at first base. Alvarez did not get a good read 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:22.600 on it, he didn't understand what was happening. Taoscar trapped 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.400 it and had the presence of mind to throw right 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:28.880 away accurately to get the force out at second base 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:33.160 in the fifth inning. So Taoscar Hernandez has come big 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.120 to start this year, and I don't see him slowing 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:39.640 down anytime. Not to mention a home run as well, 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:43.560 eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:47.000 Dodgers beat the Mets eight to two and hand them 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:51.440 their eighth straight loss. Let's go out to Whittier, Ed 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:52.960 you're on Dodger Talk. 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:56.640 Lead us off, ed, Hey, Dave, thanks for taking my call. 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:01.000 My pleasure just leaving the game right now. What a 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.800 great game on Jackie Robinson Day. Oh, TONI was lights 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.679 out and it was great to see tay Oscar making 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:12.920 plays and beating out that ground ball. My question is 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:18.000 about Edwin Diaz. Do you think there's anything more there? 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.240 Do you think he's the injured or anything. I mean, 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.640 I know tonight was in a safe situation, but when 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:28.400 do you think we'll see him back in the game, 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:29.560 you know, in the ninth. 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:34.400 I'm glad you asked about that, Ed, because Edwin Diaz 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:38.840 was warming up at the eighth inning was unfolding. It 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.560 was still a safe situation before Dalton Rushing and Kyle 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:46.160 Tucker homered in that eighth inning to make it a 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:50.040 blowout game. But Edwin Diaz was warming up in the 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.080 Dodger bullpen in the eighth inning and he was going 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:56.920 to come in for the save if it turned out 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.840 to go that way. Instead, the Dodger offense scored five 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:03.200 runs thanks to a rushing Slam and a Tucker solo 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:06.640 home run, so Dave Roberts decided to sit him down. 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:09.760 But yeah, he was getting hot for the ninth inning, 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:13.000 which was a great sign that he was feeling good enough, 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.560 and Dave Roberts felt confident to bring him into the 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:19.040 game if it were a safe situation. So all as 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:20.120 well for now ed. 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:23.880 Great to hear Dave appreciate it, looking forward to a 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:24.440 great season. 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:26.920 Thank you all right, ed, thanks for coming out to 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.360 Dodgers Stadium. It's a it's not a game anymore. When 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.280 you come out here, it's an event, and tonight was 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:37.640 an event. Jackie Robinson Day. Before the game, the Dodgers 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.720 and Mets gathered around the Jackie Robinson statue in the 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:45.120 centerfield plaza. Dave Roberts had some words. Bob Kendrick, the 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:48.520 president of the Negro League Baseball Museum, was in the 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:52.200 house and he gave a history lesson and that was powerful. 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:54.880 And before we say goodnight, we're going to share my 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:59.640 conversation with Bob Kendrick before eleven thirty, so stick around 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:01.800 for that. He's a great man. And if you ever 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:05.200 are in Kansas City or go to see the Dodgers 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:08.040 out there. That is a must to go to the 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:12.000 Negro League Museum. It is spectacular. Eight six six, nine, 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.040 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:18.120 out to Kate in Torrance. You're on Dodger Talk with 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:18.920 David Vassi. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.600 Hi, Kate, Hi, this. 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:26.800 Was an AMPM game. Too much good stuff, and I'm 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.080 a little worried that Daniels Jewelers is going to run 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.120 out of bracelets. 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.400 Really what we got we got fifty dollars gift cards 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.560 to if you're you know what you should be entering 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.720 to play this game. With the home runs the Dodgers 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.400 are hitting these days, Kate. 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:44.040 I should. 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:46.640 I have to give a shout out to my fan 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:51.440 Moncie for finally doing his classic drying a walk. I 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:55.840 was just that was wonderful to see. But just a 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:59.520 great way to honor Jackie Robinson tonight with all the hustle, 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:06.560 and yeah, I'd love our that our seventy nine are 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:10.560 better than some guys one two three. 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.600 Yeah they're they're better than one two, three through nine 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.840 as far as the Mets are concerned these days. Kate, Hey, Hey, Kate, 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.439 Before I let you go, you want to say the 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:23.960 tag Daniels Jewelers Own the Dream. 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:27.400 Own the Dream with Daniels Jewelers. 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:31.000 Yeah, Okay, not as good as Rick Monday, but we'll 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:34.040 take it. Daniels Jewelers, by the way, does present the 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.600 home run forecast for your chance to win a fifty 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.480 dollars Daniels Jeweler's gift card. 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Well, like I 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:25.200 said many times, the Dodgers are more than just their payroll, 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.719 and I was happy to hear the National TV broadcast 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.840 even point that out. You had a guy in Dalton 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:36.280 Rushing who the Dodgers drafted and develop DH tonight and 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.199 hit a Grand Slam, And you had Andy Piz. And 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:42.119 you have Andy Piez who is now in his second 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.400 full season, who was signed by the Dodgers, developed by 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.320 the Dodgers, and now he's one of the elite center 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:51.640 fielders and the best hitter in baseball right now. Coming 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:55.280 into the game tonight, Piz three ninety seven with five 0:18:55.320 --> 0:19:00.679 home runs and twenty RBIs. His average now has increased 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:03.600 to four to oh nine after having two more hits 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:07.399 tonight and his ops at eleven forty eight. So the 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:10.879 Dodgers are way more than just a bunch of guys 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:14.119 that have been bought. And you can thank other teams 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:17.000 for saying no. Thanks to Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:22.120 for part of that, and the Dodgers said yes, yes, 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:27.240 please Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman and Taioscar Hernandez eight 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:30.520 six six seven two five seventy is the phone number 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:33.320 we're going to eleven thirty. We had a chance to 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.679 catch up with the star of the game tonight. No 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:41.399 not show Heyo Tani the other DH. Tonight's dh Dalton Rushing, 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:44.000 who hit his first career Grand Slam. 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:45.800 Yeah it was fun. 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:49.360 Obviously you you can't get used to dhing for the Dodgers, 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:51.320 but yeah it was. 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:52.200 It was a good night. 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:55.920 Results showed and once again just got I could help 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:58.480 this team win and obviously your first career Grand Slam 0:19:58.480 --> 0:19:59.200 feels pretty good. 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:00.639 How did you stay ready? 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:02.119 This is not something you're used to. 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:07.360 Yeah, I've been, whether it's Trae Jack hitting in the cages, 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:11.199 simplifying the approach, I think the main thing being just 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:14.959 simplifying things. The simpler I am in the box, the 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:17.720 more I see results, the more I produce, and the 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:19.239 more I help this team win. And at the end 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:20.640 of the day, that's the most important part. 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:24.240 What can you say about the way Otani pitched tonight? 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:26.720 Even though you weren't catching, you had a pretty good view. 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:27.440 Yeah, it was. 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:27.760 Uh. 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:28.800 He's special man. 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:32.200 It's obviously everyone knows what he can do with a baseball, 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:33.960 whether he's on the mound or he's in the box. 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:36.840 But to be able to see him to kind of 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:39.000 just go full fledge on the mound and just be 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:40.600 able to put all of his trust and all of 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:45.080 his work into everything pitch by pitch and it showed off. 0:20:45.160 --> 0:20:47.160 He uh, he looked nasty once again. 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:51.040 Thanks for stopping. Enjoy the celebration inside. Absolutely a beast. 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:54.840 Thank you Dalton Rushing, a big double to set up 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.560 the two run home run by Hayesun Kim in the 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:01.200 second inning. And then the big blow, a grand slam, 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:06.000 a first pitch from Devin Williams, the newly signed closer. 0:21:06.240 --> 0:21:08.320 Not many games to close for the Mets, by the 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:11.480 way these days, but Devin Williams had to get in sometime, 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:15.520 and they brought him in and things really went off 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:18.840 the rails for him. A first pitch change up up 0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:20.960 in the zone eighty five miles an hour. 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:22.480 That's like J. T. 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:27.960 Watkins or Dino Ebel or Jose Viscayano throwing BP fastballs 0:21:28.000 --> 0:21:31.480 to Dalton Rushing at four o'clock in the afternoon. He's 0:21:31.520 --> 0:21:34.440 not missing that. And that one went four hundred and 0:21:34.560 --> 0:21:38.159 twelve feet over the center field wall. And look, I 0:21:38.200 --> 0:21:40.800 know Freddy Freeman doesn't want to take days off, but 0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:45.320 the Dodgers are going to Denver, Colorado four games. Freddie 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:48.960 double tonight is five hundred and fifty third double of 0:21:49.040 --> 0:21:53.000 his career, just seven shy from tying Eddie Murray and 0:21:53.119 --> 0:21:57.159 Jeff Kent Hall of famers, But why not mix in 0:21:57.280 --> 0:22:00.520 rushing more at first base? Why not get Freddy Freeman 0:22:00.880 --> 0:22:04.199 off his feet? Maybe even the next time Otani's not 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:07.760 the DH? How about Freddie Freeman DH? How about Dalton 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:10.639 rushing play for a space? There's a lot of different 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:14.040 scenarios here to keep a lot of guys fresh, and 0:22:14.080 --> 0:22:16.880 the Dodgers certainly are playing with house money right now. 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:20.919 Fourteen and four baseball's best record. But I can't stress 0:22:21.040 --> 0:22:24.880 enough how fragile all this is. I mean, you look 0:22:24.920 --> 0:22:27.959 back at last year and it felt like smoking mirrors 0:22:28.000 --> 0:22:30.479 to a certain extent for the Mets. But in June 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:34.679 they had the best record in baseball and completely floundered 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:37.600 the second half last year. I don't believe that's going 0:22:37.680 --> 0:22:40.600 to happen with the Dodgers. That hasn't been their history 0:22:40.640 --> 0:22:44.120 since twenty thirteen. But what I will say is that, yes, 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:47.679 things are going great right now. The Dodgers seem to 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:50.800 be like a freight train that nobody can stop. But 0:22:50.920 --> 0:22:53.919 it's very fragile. The one thing I could tell you 0:22:54.080 --> 0:22:58.720 is those players, that coaching staff, that front office are 0:22:58.760 --> 0:23:01.439