WEBVTT - A Tu Hermano Tuesday (Hour 3) 12/9/25 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.680 How's the stream stream commencing broadcasting on a M five 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.479 to seventy l A Sports and streaming on the iHeartRadio 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:07.560 while it's. 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:09.520 The longest running afternoon sports show in the city. 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:14.200 No congratulations necessary. All traces of Fred Rogan had been removed. 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:19.079 This is Petros in Money, Thank You, Thank you, hosted 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:22.840 by Petros Papadacres terrible person, he's the worst, and Matt 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:24.079 money Smith. 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:28.880 The pipes, the pipes, the pie. Don't miss an episode. 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:32.040 We're with you. Yeah, follow the petros In Money Show. 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:36.720 Wherever you get your podcasts now Here's Petros Papadacus and 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:38.000 Matt money Smith. 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:45.720 Do mass that's right, GoAhead, okay, sucking down at nine 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:53.000 Ford lations to Pedros also for the and the money. 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:54.600 Maybe she had huge nipples. 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:56.560 That's that's not cool. 0:00:57.840 --> 0:00:58.440 I'm skull. 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:11.920 I'm oh white man, white man, white man, coward, coward, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:16.440 white man, white man, white man. 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:20.600 Go play your hand, you big talking man, make a 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:22.720 big fool of yourself. 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.920 Gone with you, Spetro saying money AM five seventy LA Sports. 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.800 Halfway through a full four hour show today going until 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.600 seven pm, and then we will have Dodger Talk with 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:37.600 David Vase, same deal Tomorrow. Thursday, it'll be a Flex Alert, 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:41.800 a two until four pm show. Clippers basketball is back, 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:45.640 thank god. They will take on the Rockets in Houston, 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.280 and then a full four hour show on Friday from 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.160 three until seven pm. Lot of pms this week. Anything 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:54.200 you miss can always be relived through the Petros and 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:57.520 Money podcast. Wherever you like to get your podcast. However, 0:01:57.560 --> 0:01:59.520 remember the iHeartRadio app is what we prefer because you 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.160 can stream the live anywhere in the world. 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.160 All right, let's get to it. We have the top 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:08.320 story of the day waiting for you right now. Top 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:11.640 story of this David vas Say will join us next 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.720 and then we will have him at seven o'clock for 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.520 Dodger Talk, So don't forget about that. A lot of 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.239 Dodger talk all week, is Matt said, except for Thursday, 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:22.639 Thank goodness. The Clippers are back. 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:27.919 Well, this is something that we can relate to because, look, 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.359 there's a lot of people that think they can do 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.799 what we can do, but they can't. Now, we can 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.359 do what they can do, but they can't do it. 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:37.400 We'd like to think that. 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:42.440 Yes, I saw a tweet yesterday from our former colleague. 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:44.480 Although there's a lot of things that fill me with 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.359 fear and anxiety. So there's probably a lot of things 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:48.120 that I can't do. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:49.880 You think you can't do them? 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:52.120 Well, people think that they can do this. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:56.640 Rush Flowers, our former colleague Rush Flowers. Yes, and at 0:02:56.639 --> 0:03:01.040 one point friend, Yeah, yeah, filled in. He was a 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:01.520 fill in. 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:02.320 He did. 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:06.560 He did the scarface, you know, like he was. He 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.480 was someone that we got along with. To his credit, 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:14.280 the day your first child, Fletcher was born and Dana 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:19.000 went into labor you're out emergency, he showed up at 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:20.680 a studio in Lawrence, Kansas. 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:21.760 That's right, he drove. 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.600 He drove from Kansas City to Lawrence because that was 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:26.920 the only place we could find an iHeart studio that 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:32.160 was available. And he did the show and we appreciate. 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:34.320 We really did. But things did go south between us 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:35.520 and Bill Ryder. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:37.560 And much like a lot of people that are listening 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:40.240 right now pee to think they can do what we do. 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.040 I read that Bill because I do still follow him 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.600 on on Twitter. I guess I just did not unfollow him. 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:51.400 I keep it going. He tweeted that he's bidding farewell 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:53.040 to his beloved radio show. 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:53.920 I heard that. 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:58.200 Yes, that is this relationship this beautiful creation that he 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.880 has had a show that we listened to. We were fans, 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:06.680 separate but together. We would text each other, separate but equal. Yes, 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.600 through the course of the show, we would text each other. 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:14.480 We would find an HD radio station in between, like ninety. 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:22.960 One point three to get Kovacs and the cast of character. Yes, 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:24.880 and that is now gone. 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.760 I know, and I feel, honestly, I do feel like that. 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:32.920 It's unfortunate and it's a harsh reality that some people 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.599 wake up to recognize. You think you're ready for the 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.800 big time, like the Petros and Money show in primetime 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:44.359 afternoon drive that the most desired of all the radio 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:48.120 slots in talk radio. Maybe just not built for it. 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.840 Appreciate your time, Appreciate you hanging out with us right 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.880 than you it's right right, and he was gone. So 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.080 you might be good for overnights. Maybe you can work 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.560 a little bit of mid days. Maybe you can work 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:02.760 a little bit of early mid days, like a nine 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:06.719 to noon post am drive pre mid days. But certain 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:10.560 you can do nights, little seven to ten action. But 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:15.919 afternoon drive is something different, Okay, something different. Now, are 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.240 you questioning his worth work ethic? I can't tell you 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:21.000 how many like big time interviews I've turned down with 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:25.200 including presidents, including president and athletes where it's like you 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:27.720 can interview them, you can't ask these four questions. I'll 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:34.960 turn that down, Bill Clinton, you perv uh? The Chargers 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:38.440 p yes are five and zero in prime time when 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.200 the lights are brightest. 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:45.920 Wow, that was masterful. I mean Matt right, I mean 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:51.680 the Charles Dickens and and there's you. Who's the best 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.719 of time. I can't believe you just turned Some people 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:56.800 aren't ready for prime time, but I'll tell you who is. 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.440 How about the Charger Wow? 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:05.039 Brazil Monday Night Football twice, Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:10.680 Football five and zero in standalone games with the eyes 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:17.440 of Football Americano upon them, and they have delivered a 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:22.360 nail bider in sal Paolo Herbert with the bolts buttholes 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:26.240 all puckered, staring at a third and long and potentially 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:29.280 punting the back, punting the ball back to the Kansas 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:33.000 City offense with time to score a game winning touchdown 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.320 because the Chargers were only up six. But he saw 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.520 Chris Jones dive inside, scrambled up that right sideline twenty 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.440 two yards and slid for the win. The following week 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:46.160 on Monday Night football, Jesse Minners defense eight different players 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:50.279 with at least one pass defense and fifteen total, the 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:54.200 most and a half decade, along with three interceptions from Gino. 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:58.960 Thursday night against Minnesota, they made Carson Wentz cry. They 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.279 hit him so hard. They made a football player, the 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:07.719 toughest human beings on the planet cry, squirt them. 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:09.400 Only the Chargers could do. 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:13.840 That, Matt Sunday night. It was even worse for Aaron Rodgers. 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:18.800 He didn't cry, but he was pouting zero and nine 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.760 on third down before that Garbage touchdown on the final 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.000 couple minutes when they were down twenty five to three 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:29.480 three two interception, Yeah, Garbage lost a fumble. Of course, 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.520 blamed his teammates and his coaching and all that sort 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.560 of stuff in the postgame presser. And then last night 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:38.520 Jalen Hurts came in having thrown two interceptions all season, 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:40.360 and he threw four. 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.080 Considering how many times he turned it over, including twice 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.000 in one play. 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:50.160 If the Chargers, you know, could block, it's part of 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:50.480 the game. 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:51.240 They would have won. 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.400 If you can block these guys up front, it. 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.320 Probably would have won the game a little more decisively 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.360 and wouldn't have had to go to overtime and be 0:07:58.440 --> 0:07:59.600 on the brink of losing. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.320 This guy is gonna run right here up the middle 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.600 because that's a lot of that's a lot of picks. 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.520 What would you like me to do? Ignore him? 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.320 That's a lot of picks. To then come back out 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.920 of the field and get your quarterback continues to be destroyed. 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:12.400 How many times do you want me to ignore him? 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:16.280 All the times? Like every time? Yes, you want him 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:18.760 running free right down the right down there. I mean 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:20.760 you look at the box score and you say they 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:22.920 turned it over? How many times? Yeah, he threw four 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.559 picks and he lost a fund, including twice on one play. 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:29.880 It would be a little bit more lopsided. I do 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:32.680 appreciate the stats. And Steve Disager, you know him, well, 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:35.040 My stat man does a bang up job of digging 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:37.880 things up. And he did share with me with wide 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:41.880 eyes and great pride. Huh huh. You know how stat 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.800 guys are when they get something they're excited about. Hey, okay, 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:45.720 it's ready ready. 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:47.520 Not since nineteen twenty eight. 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:50.840 Hey, hey, since they carted. Since they started keeping the 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:55.079 stat in nineteen seventy eight, no player has ever turned 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.400 the ball over twice on the same play. You know what, 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:01.240 I find that easy to believe. I do find that 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:04.000 that would be an incredibly rare occurrence that you could 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:08.440 turn the ball over twice in the same play. Yet 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:11.040 in fact, that is what happened to Jalen Hurts. He 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:15.160 threw an interception, Deshan Han fumbled, Jalen Hurts recovered it 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:17.920 and then for whatever reason, decided to turn up field 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.800 and also got the ball punched out and lost a fumble. 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:24.720 Five turnovers for one player that plays on a team 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:30.120 that's had seven turnovers all season coming in to this game. 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.040 The point is like the Petrosen Money Show, when the 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:40.720 lights of the brightest, this dam has been exceptional. The 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.920 bad news is, unlike the Petrosen Money Show, we are 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:48.320 in afternoon drive every day. Well not true some days. 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:51.480 Don't twist yourself. I would do a pretzel like nine 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:55.200 to noon. Try to twist yourself in a pretzel to 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:56.000 make a point. 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:57.400 When are we gonna be out there? 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:57.960 Not a noon? 0:09:58.160 --> 0:09:59.760 But our show is on from three to seven. I 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.319 know I'm gonna put the guys on. Your chargers have 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:08.240 been inconsistent, but consistently inconsistent. Almost they've almost overcome that, 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.400 but they don't have their tackles, and you would imagine 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:13.120 they'd be a much more consistent team. 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.720 If they did have their tackles. But it was great 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:16.800 that they won last night. 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:18.760 The bad news p is as good as they've been 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:20.439 in Pron time. They don't have any more print time 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:24.720 games left. Oh no, yes, the final fact of the 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.800 season podcast. Now that can change. We saw last year 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.280 the Chargers Broncos in Week sixteen was the first ever 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:36.760 Thursday night flex, So things can change. And they do 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:43.720 have TBD. Two TBD games left Week seventeen against the Texans, 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.679 which very well could be a Saturday game Christmas Week, 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.800 two days after Christmas instead of a Sunday afternoon window. 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:54.520 And they will play the Broncos in Week eighteen. Should 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.760 they stumble a little bit Denver, and should the Chargers 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:01.000 catch a heater, that could end up being Sunday night game, 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.160 much like the Chargers Raiders was a few years back 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.160 that went horribly wrong for Brandon Staley when it appeared 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.280 as though the Raiders were content to settle for a 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.640 tie and both teams punching a ticket to the playoff, 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:16.520 he banged a time out, Josh Jacobs ran for twelve yards, 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.319 they kicked the game winning field goal, and everybody was 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:21.480 left scratching their head. So there is still a primetime 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:25.280 opportunity where they can embrace the Petros and Money Show 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:31.120 style of content delivery, which is when the lights are 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:36.280 the brightest, the cars are the most on our freeway system. 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:39.880 It's the radio equivalent of scoring in the red zone. Kids, 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.680 that's right, how to perform when the pressure's on. 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.280 Thankfully it was a nationally televised game for Justin Herbert, 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.839 because you know those bank on the box score folks, man, 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.360 they're just going to look at what they saw and 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.360 see twelve to twenty six for one hundred and thirty 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.600 nine yards, a touchdown, a pick, and a QB rating 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:56.320 a fifty nine point six, and we all know that 0:11:56.360 --> 0:12:00.480 doesn't tell the tales a heroic performance, a warriors effort, 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.480 a man that wanted to be carried out on his 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.640 shield left something to be desired in the interview portion, 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:10.000 as he generally does. I want to celebrate with my teammates, 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.520 all right, you want to go host that NFL Live, 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:15.400 you go on and host it. I want to celebrate 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.560 with my teammates. Justin's kind of part of the deal. 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:20.440 We got to ask you this question. I need you 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.439 to answer it. As you alluded to getting his head 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.680 knocked off seven sacks the most of his career. He 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:30.440 ran ten times for sixty six yards, tackled on five 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:32.960 of those, a man with a plate in his left 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:36.920 hand and a screw, not just a plate, not just 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.840 to screw, a plate and a screw that had to 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:44.079 be bandaged four separate times because of the blood leaking 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:46.720 from the wound. That is how hard he played. There 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.320 was a stiff arm of reed, blank and ship on 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.480 a run that helped set up a forty six instead 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.440 of a fifty six yard field goal to send it 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:58.360 to overtime, and of course the stiff arm heard round 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.440 the world at least whoever was still up that late, 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.040 because it was already midnight on the Eastern seaboard. But 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:08.560 the point being, it's a man who routinely has played 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.000 through pain, and whatever you may think of his performance 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:14.000 in the postseason or where he fits into the upper 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.360 echelon or the elite of the quarterbacks twitter quarterback, he 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.040 is a man who was played with a high ankle 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.480 sprain and was in a walking boot all week in 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.960 Charlotte in Pittsburgh, taking shots from TJ. Watt and Alex Heismith. 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.760 He's a man that played with fractured ribs with two 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:32.080 separate fingers broken and cast it in the past a 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:39.280 shoulder something or other pigment separation I don't know, and 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:43.559 now with a plate and a screw in his hand. 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:48.160 He is tough. He is a leader, he is a galvanizer, 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.920 and like the Petros and Money show in PM Drive, 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:57.400 when the ears are open and the lights are the brightest, 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:02.880 the Chargers have managed to deliver one win and one 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:05.080 compelling performance after another. 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.040 When I got up and looked in the mirror this morning, 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.959 I saw justin Herbert's face looking back at me. Because 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.760 that's how I perform in a heroic way. That's what 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:17.600 we do. And we'll be back with David Vassay Dodgers 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:25.280 making heroic moves. Plan. You know it's not nice. This 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.240 show has moved out Afternoon and Drive a long time. 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.960 Appreciate your time, Appreciate you hanging out with us righter 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:30.280 than you. 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.720 Good luck to everybody involved. Coobacs. We'll be right back 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:39.840 with David Vassa an up and coming media member who 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:49.080 stands on the Mountain of baseball reporting from AGRA. We've 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.680 made it even easier to take LA Sports with you 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:52.280 this summer. 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.200 Make AM five to seventy or your favorite AM five 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:59.360 seventy LA Sports podcast a preset on the iHeartRadio. 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.480 App using Apple car Play or Android Auto. 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.840 Road Trip all summer with LA Sports, Betro sand Money, 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:08.720 AM five seventy LA Sports Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:15.840 Good news, Clippers basketball returns on Thursday. Why is that 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:19.600 good news? Because that means more Dodger talk this week. 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:21.480 That's why it's good news. 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.920 Well, this is a great week for Dodger talk with 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.200 the owners meetings going on, and they would cram Dodger talk. 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.160 I don't know how many games the Clippers could play, 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:32.360 but we're gonna have a lot of Dodger talk this week. Yes, 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:35.680 we are David Vass with Dodger Talk again tonight after 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.080 having Brian Cranston on you can podcast that last night 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:44.920 awesome seven o'clock. It starts and there is action at 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:49.480 the owners meetings. The Dodgers signed Timmy Trump. No Edwin Diaz. 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:52.840 But that's Timmy Trump. It's guy to play the song. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:16:00.400 It's David Vesse, the Dodger with an inside look at 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:04.160 the Dodgers. This is the Vasse Report with David Vasse, 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:09.680 the Dodgers not resting on their laurels and attacking relievers 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:13.320 in the market, joining us now to discuss it all. 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:19.640 Is the number one local baseball reporter in any locale 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.920 in the world's localities. We're talking about the great David 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:30.440 Vessy at the Real Underscore dv on Twitter, Spectrum Sports Net, 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:34.720 MLB Network. He didn't hear the same things as hang 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:39.880 Alore heard. He joins us on your Southern California Theater 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:40.920 Celebrity hotline. 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:44.480 I've got a source, Dave. 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:45.560 What's cracking? How are you? 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:49.440 I'm doing great, guys, thank you for that great intro. 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:52.600 And man, the timmy trumpets when they play gets me 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:56.440 fired up already. It's going to be electric in the 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.560 ninth inning at Dodgers Stadium this year with Edwin Diaz. 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:01.840 So how long has this been in the works with 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.760 Edwin Diaz that I don't think? Is this some guy 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.040 that we've mentioned. I don't know. I don't pay much 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:08.720 attention when other people talk. 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:13.960 So actually he had never been connected to the Dodgers 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:19.800 are today today. Yeah, and the Dodgers and Edwin Diaz 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:24.400 Is representatives from Team Wasss did an excellent job of 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:27.720 keeping this under wraps. I was told by a source 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:31.760 with the Dodgers that knows that they had been talking 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:36.359 to Edwin Diaz for quite some time, but he was 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:41.400 seeking out a four year and beyond contract. Andrew Friedman 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:46.080 kept on trying to make the framework three years with 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:50.440 a higher annual salary like they eventually came to agree 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.600 three years, sixty nine million dollars, which makes it the 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:57.960 highest annual salary for any closer. So that was attractive 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:01.640 to Edwin Diaz. And also the fact I've been told 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:05.960 by people close to Edwin Diaz he felt disrespected by 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:09.679 the Mets, not a priority by the Mets. And my 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:13.440 understanding is the Mets only in the last twenty four 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:18.040 or forty eight hours gave him a formal offer, and 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:21.240 it came down to the Mets and Dodgers, and Edwin 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:24.679 Diaz had a lot of people in his ears saying Dodgers, 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.879 and he eventually chose the Dodgers, and Andrew Friedman got 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:32.719 arguably the best closer available on the free agent market. 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:36.159 And a guy that has proven that he can close 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:39.600 games under the brightest of lights, and that's something Tanner 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:41.760 Scott could not say a year ago. 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.720 Oh, you had to take a shot at Tanner's got 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:48.240 In the case of Tanner Dave, so much of it 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:51.119 felt like it was, you know what he was able 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.760 to do against shoe hail Tani in that series and 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.320 repeated at bats. In the case of Diaz, you said it, 0:18:57.400 --> 0:18:59.280 you know, best closer on the free agent market, But 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:01.040 I mean, you can make a case that he's the 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:02.920 best closer in baseball, right. I mean, I was going 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.320 through his numbers and it's like everything's either one or 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:06.840 two for Edwin Diz. 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.880 And the great part is we talked about the Dodgers 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:13.840 wanting to get younger on their roster. He's only thirty 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:16.840 one years old. He's right in the prime of his 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:20.040 career and it's a three year contract, it's not a 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:24.639 five year contract. And this will benefit Tanner Scott as well. 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:28.360 The Dodgers will be able to deploy Tanner Scott as 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:32.720 a high leverage reliever before the ninth inning, and that's 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:37.360 where he excelled the best with the padres specifically and 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:40.600 the Marlins to a lesser extent because the lights weren't 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:42.760 that bright. But with the padres, that's what he was 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:46.920 so good at, going up against lefties and certain righties 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:50.840 before the ninth innings. So having a guy like Edwin 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:55.840 Diz just lets everything else fall into place and the 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:59.040 Dodgers can say they have a lockdown closer for the 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:02.320 first time since Henley Jansen was the Dodgers closer. 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:06.240 Are you surprised that they went and paid another reliever 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:09.240 after what happened to them last offseason with the three 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:11.280 years and sixty nine million dollars? 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:17.160 A little surprised, but I guess for the certain relievers 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:20.919 on the market, like Devin Williams and Edwin Diaz, the 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:25.240 Dodgers were willing to go three years for those two 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:28.840 relief pitchers. I don't believe. In fact, I know they 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:31.959 weren't willing to do that for any other any of 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:35.640 the others like Raciel Iglesias. They were willing to go 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:39.399 short term. Suarez short term if it ever got to 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:44.280 that point. Kenley Jansen one year, But for Diaz and 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:47.960 for and for Devin Williams, I think they were willing 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:50.520 to go beyond one year. In fact, we know that 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:52.800 now with Edwin Diaz, but they were at the finish 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:54.920 line with Devin Williams as well. 0:20:55.600 --> 0:20:55.840 Dave. 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:59.320 Obviously, we think about closers and what Roki Sasaki was 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:02.159 able to do in the postseason. Should we suspect that 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:04.720 he's on track to be in the starting rotation come 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:06.400 April of next year? 0:21:07.400 --> 0:21:11.360 Without a doubt? Even before this signing, the Dodgers were 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:16.200 committed to having Roki Sasaki come back this upcoming season 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:19.720 and be part of their starting rotation, give him the 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:23.400 opportunity of growth as a starting pitcher, and Brandon gom 0:21:23.520 --> 0:21:26.680 said as much yesterday at the winter meetings that they 0:21:26.680 --> 0:21:30.359 are fully committed to having Roki Sasaki be part of 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:31.080 their rotation. 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:34.879 Does anything change in terms because you take on sixty 0:21:34.960 --> 0:21:37.560 nine million bucks? We know, you know they scratched out 0:21:37.640 --> 0:21:42.320 checks including luxury tax penalties for over four hundred million dollars. 0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:44.480 When you add an extra twenty three million bucks to 0:21:44.520 --> 0:21:47.040 the payroll, does that mean you're trimming? I know you 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:49.920 talked about ta Oscar Hernandez before. What does this do 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:53.640 to impact the rest of the payroll and the other 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:56.600 moves that we kind of have been projecting or suspecting 0:21:56.600 --> 0:21:57.160 could happen. 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:01.240 Well, the Dodgers had almost ninety million dollars come off 0:22:01.280 --> 0:22:05.400 the books with Michael Conforto, Clayton Kershawan a few others, 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:08.720 So it's not like they're trying to trim. I don't 0:22:08.760 --> 0:22:11.320 think you could ever say trim with the Dodgers these 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:15.720 days in the same sentence. They're just trying to improve 0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:20.959 the team, improve guys that are surrounding the big aircraft 0:22:21.000 --> 0:22:24.240 carriers and show hey Otani, Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman. 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:29.359 There's no secret the defense was lackluster by Teoscar Hernandez 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:33.400 and right field last year with your eyes, with the metrics, 0:22:33.400 --> 0:22:35.680 he was one of the worst right fielders in baseball 0:22:35.800 --> 0:22:39.320