WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (9-12-26) 0:00:00.510 --> 0:00:03.009 The quest for the three-peat has begun. 0:00:03.250 --> 0:00:07.230 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.330 --> 0:00:12.040 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:13.160 the fifth. 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:16.759 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. Here we go again. 0:00:16.780 --> 0:00:17.780 We're getting ready to run it back. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.259 To get in on the show, call 866-987-2578. 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:25.180 And be sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you get 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:26.180 your podcasts. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.580 Here's your host, David Basset. 0:00:31.810 --> 0:00:35.890 We are live at Lone Depot Park in Miami after 0:00:35.909 --> 0:00:39.860 the Marlins snapped the Dodgers eight-game winning streak with a 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:44.460 4-3 win. Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you 0:00:44.500 --> 0:00:45.839 until the bottom of the hour. 0:00:45.860 --> 0:00:45.930 866-987-2570. 0:00:45.940 --> 0:00:48.070 I should say the bottom of the 5 o'clock hour 0:00:48.090 --> 0:00:50.330 at 5.30. 0:00:53.470 --> 0:00:54.950 Coming up in about. 0:00:54.670 --> 0:00:58.190 15 minutes, you'll hear from Chris Archer, who is a 0:00:58.250 --> 0:01:02.390 former Ray and obviously a guy that knows Florida really well. 0:01:02.470 --> 0:01:05.050 But what he's doing these days is a big part 0:01:05.569 --> 0:01:09.860 of Andrew Friedman's staff in the baseball operations department. Being 0:01:09.890 --> 0:01:13.280 a guy that roves around the minor leagues also evaluates 0:01:13.780 --> 0:01:18.259 major league talent. And Andrew certainly believes in him, gave 0:01:18.300 --> 0:01:21.730 him an opportunity a couple of years ago and He 0:01:21.770 --> 0:01:25.610 has taken and run with it because he's a very 0:01:25.709 --> 0:01:30.620 popular guy as far as with his peers and also 0:01:31.420 --> 0:01:35.500 just the respect that he has already garnered for himself 0:01:35.660 --> 0:01:39.960 by the evaluations, by the maturity that he has shown, 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:44.030 and the work ethic that he has shown in this 0:01:44.150 --> 0:01:46.229 new chapter of his life. 0:01:46.310 --> 0:01:47.050 So I'm really excited. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.560 Excited to share Chris Archer with you on the show 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:56.470 as well. But we do have phone lines open at 866-987-2570. 0:01:56.850 --> 0:02:00.690 The Dodgers magic number is still at four. I'll explain why. 0:02:01.190 --> 0:02:06.280 Any combination of a Dodger win or a Padres or 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:11.519 Diamondbacks loss will lower it by one because technically a 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:16.299 three-way tie is still in place. So, With the Padres 0:02:16.380 --> 0:02:19.260 and Diamondbacks kind of going back and forth in second 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:22.720 place in the NL West, that's what lends to the 0:02:22.780 --> 0:02:27.260 three-way tie scenario, and that's what lends itself to not 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:32.769 just a Dodger win and Padre loss. It's also a 0:02:32.850 --> 0:02:37.790 Diamondbacks loss in the mix. So the Padres won earlier today. 0:02:38.210 --> 0:02:42.269 The Diamondbacks have not played yet. The Dodgers lose, so 0:02:42.330 --> 0:02:49.150 their magic number, remains at four to clinch the NL West. 0:02:49.169 --> 0:02:53.669 866-987-2570 is the phone number. Tyler Glass now only lasted 0:02:53.770 --> 0:02:58.010 four-plus innings today, his shortest outing of the season, maybe 0:02:58.060 --> 0:03:02.640 his most disappointing start of the season. He's been really 0:03:02.700 --> 0:03:06.480 good since coming off the IEL, and this is not something... 0:03:06.660 --> 0:03:09.090 You saw it coming, and if you were listening to 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:12.590 the Clubhouse show and Dave Roberts, you're wondering when Dave 0:03:12.650 --> 0:03:15.370 talks about, ah, he came into the start not feeling 0:03:15.410 --> 0:03:19.450 great physically, you're wondering, oh, no, is his back flaring 0:03:19.570 --> 0:03:22.810 up on him? Is his back giving him problems? And 0:03:22.870 --> 0:03:26.730 Dave clarified, thankfully, that it was just the moving parts 0:03:26.790 --> 0:03:30.520 of being 6'8, where he couldn't get into sync. Let's 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.810 hear from Tyler Glass now himself. who spoke to the 0:03:33.870 --> 0:03:35.710 media on Sportsnet LA. 0:03:35.950 --> 0:03:37.890 Yeah, I was kind of off from the beginning. I 0:03:37.930 --> 0:03:40.210 just tried to stay in rhythm and battle back. And 0:03:40.230 --> 0:03:42.310 I think the third and fourth, I felt good, and 0:03:42.350 --> 0:03:44.000 then kind of lost it in the fifth. But I 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:45.120 thought it got better as. 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:45.660 The game went on. 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:47.960 I'm just kind of struggling to find it right now. 0:03:48.220 --> 0:03:49.980 What was the difference for you, or was there a 0:03:50.020 --> 0:03:52.720 conversation you had before that third to kind of lock 0:03:52.780 --> 0:03:53.130 back in? 0:03:53.140 --> 0:03:54.820 I think just trying to move a bit quicker and 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:56.840 get my glove arm a little higher was just ripping 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.660 off everything. So I kind of put a Band-Aid on it, 0:03:59.700 --> 0:04:01.880 felt pretty good, and then started to feel a little 0:04:01.900 --> 0:04:05.310 weird again. It looked like you. 0:04:06.070 --> 0:04:09.250 Were doing some stretches and stuff. Is the back bothering 0:04:09.310 --> 0:04:09.710 you at all? 0:04:09.730 --> 0:04:12.150 It feels good, just figuring some stuff out. 0:04:13.450 --> 0:04:15.930 Do you think fatigue played into that, losing it again 0:04:15.950 --> 0:04:16.410 in the fifth? 0:04:16.529 --> 0:04:19.420 I don't know. I didn't feel tired or anything, but 0:04:20.210 --> 0:04:20.660 I'm not sure. 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.839 Is it more of just mechanics of losing feel more 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:24.719 than anything physical? 0:04:25.220 --> 0:04:27.520 Yeah, I just think it was bad timing and trying 0:04:27.540 --> 0:04:29.979 to get on time. It was just hard to find today. 0:04:30.140 --> 0:04:31.270 Just every pitch was kind of off. 0:04:33.130 --> 0:04:35.990 You almost expect like these first couple like when you're 0:04:36.010 --> 0:04:38.530 coming back from such a long absence this year no 0:04:39.070 --> 0:04:40.030 I think. 0:04:39.650 --> 0:04:41.840 It's just kind of like a matter of it just 0:04:41.860 --> 0:04:43.900 happens throughout a season I'm kind of just hitting that 0:04:43.940 --> 0:04:47.020 right now um but when something like that happens you 0:04:47.100 --> 0:04:49.460 kind of figure out what it is catch it then 0:04:49.700 --> 0:04:51.330 get going so you have to figure it out again 0:04:51.370 --> 0:04:53.680 and hopefully next start will be good Was there a 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:57.810 common thread between the last one and this one? I 0:04:58.710 --> 0:05:00.530 felt pretty bad last one, but I think I probably 0:05:00.550 --> 0:05:02.710 felt better on that last one today. It was just 0:05:02.750 --> 0:05:05.530 kind of all over the place for me. I'm happy 0:05:05.550 --> 0:05:07.890 I had the two good innings where I felt kind 0:05:07.910 --> 0:05:11.510 of timed up, but it's just... matter of like figuring 0:05:11.550 --> 0:05:14.409 it out each inning right now is that the common 0:05:14.450 --> 0:05:17.010 thing because you've got sort of i think it's like 0:05:17.060 --> 0:05:19.140 with anyone i think sometimes you're good you're timed up 0:05:19.180 --> 0:05:20.599 you feel good and then there's other times you have 0:05:20.620 --> 0:05:22.500 to make adjustments and figure out how to get people 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:23.960 out that day and i'm just kind of in that 0:05:24.100 --> 0:05:25.900 phase right now Is. 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.060 That something where you seem like you're watching a lot 0:05:28.100 --> 0:05:30.240 of the tape back in the dugout? Is this kind 0:05:30.260 --> 0:05:32.500 of you go to the film to work through these things? 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:33.820 A couple different things. I think I was just trying 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:35.780 to see if there was any glaring differences when I 0:05:35.820 --> 0:05:38.440 was timed up versus now. And then I think as 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.680 the week goes on, just working with pitching coaches and 0:05:41.700 --> 0:05:43.040 just trying to figure it out and get to the 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.380 point where I'm out there just competing and not trying 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:46.060 to feel for things. 0:05:47.930 --> 0:05:50.830 All right, there's Tyler Glass now on Sportsnet LA. 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.620 A sigh of relief right there because it doesn't sound 0:05:53.660 --> 0:05:57.400 like it was anything physically hampering him tonight. It was 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.980 just the mechanics and him getting in his own head 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.370 that was preventing him from being as good as he 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:07.730 possibly could be tonight on the mound, which is also disappointing, 0:06:07.890 --> 0:06:11.970 quite honestly. You're facing the Marlins, and you got staked 0:06:12.029 --> 0:06:14.590 to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, 0:06:14.670 --> 0:06:17.430 and you give it right back. in the second inning 0:06:17.470 --> 0:06:19.590 to the number eight hitter. I'm not going to say 0:06:19.850 --> 0:06:23.630 it's not disappointing, but it is a big relief that 0:06:23.690 --> 0:06:26.370 there's nothing physically wrong with Glass now. 0:06:26.510 --> 0:06:28.430 So that's the good part of all this. 0:06:28.450 --> 0:06:36.120 866-987-2570 is the phone number. Another subplot to tonight's game 0:06:36.190 --> 0:06:39.760 was the fact that the birthday boy, Freddie Freeman, was 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.700 back in the starting lineup after missing the last couple 0:06:42.740 --> 0:06:45.740 of games with a bad right knee. And in fact, 0:06:45.860 --> 0:06:50.440 Freddie cleared it up with us that it was patellar tendonitis. 0:06:50.580 --> 0:06:53.820 And it's something that he felt two years ago in 0:06:53.900 --> 0:06:57.860 spring training and was able to manage it. 0:06:58.080 --> 0:06:59.529 And that's what he's had to do. 0:06:59.650 --> 0:07:03.770 But Freddie, on his 37th birthday, was 0 for 4. 0:07:03.770 --> 0:07:06.870 So he's won for his last 22. And it just 0:07:06.970 --> 0:07:11.270 didn't seem like his swing was fluid today. He mentioned 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:15.080 how big his front leg is to what he does 0:07:15.220 --> 0:07:18.410 as a hitter. And before the game today, after going 0:07:18.450 --> 0:07:21.670 through his pregame warm-ups with Chris Woodward, I had a 0:07:21.710 --> 0:07:24.750 chance to catch up with Freddie to get more clarity 0:07:25.050 --> 0:07:28.850 on why the last week or so he's been in 0:07:28.890 --> 0:07:29.770 and out of the lineup. 0:07:30.510 --> 0:07:33.730 Kind of wear and tear. But I feel much better today. 0:07:33.750 --> 0:07:37.760 So I'll be in there today. And the last three days, 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.220 from Tuesday to now, light and day. 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.060 When you were DH, was that like an indication that 0:07:45.100 --> 0:07:45.619 that's where. 0:07:45.500 --> 0:07:45.770 They come in? 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.800 Yeah, I was having trouble moving. I just didn't have 0:07:48.820 --> 0:07:51.900 a front and side anymore. You know, just aches and 0:07:51.940 --> 0:07:53.900 pains over the course of the season. Got to the 0:07:53.940 --> 0:07:56.820 point where it just wasn't giving me the best opportunity 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:58.700 to be able to play like I want to. So 0:07:58.950 --> 0:08:00.830 we took the time to get a lot of treatment 0:08:00.850 --> 0:08:02.130 and a lot of work done, and I feel much 0:08:02.150 --> 0:08:05.550 better today. We think it's just patella tendonitis, and it's 0:08:05.650 --> 0:08:09.770 way better now already. So a few days off, long travel, turf, 0:08:09.810 --> 0:08:12.800 and that was kind of what played into yesterday. So 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:17.179 I feel good. I feel way better today. So hopefully 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:18.340 it hurts tomorrow because that means I was on the 0:08:18.380 --> 0:08:19.160 bases a lot today. 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:26.040 Do you feel 37 or 33 today? Yeah, yeah. I 0:08:26.060 --> 0:08:26.680 feel all of it. 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:28.760 Whatever age you want to put on me is what 0:08:28.780 --> 0:08:29.440 I feel. 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:30.340 No, it's good. 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:31.700 I'm just happy to be able to be back on 0:08:31.740 --> 0:08:35.300 the field. I got dinner with the in-laws tonight, so 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.059 that'll be good. But, no, I feel much better today. 0:08:39.610 --> 0:08:42.110 We'll see if Freddie keeps those dinner plans because I'm 0:08:42.170 --> 0:08:44.770 sure he's not in a great mood despite it being 0:08:44.860 --> 0:08:48.580 his 37th birthday. He's been dealing with issues with that 0:08:48.620 --> 0:08:52.760 patellar tendonitis the last week. Good enough, I guess, to 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.360 be back in the starting lineup or to convince Dave 0:08:55.420 --> 0:08:57.640 Roberts and the trainers that he was good to go. 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.939 But it's something I would keep an eye on. The Dodgers, 0:09:01.020 --> 0:09:04.510 I feel... learned a lesson with Otani. They gave him 0:09:04.590 --> 0:09:08.530 the respect and trust that he would be honest with 0:09:08.570 --> 0:09:12.130 them about his body. But these guys are built differently. 0:09:12.830 --> 0:09:15.329 They have a high pain tolerance. They don't want to 0:09:15.370 --> 0:09:17.530 come out of the game. They want to be in there. 0:09:18.090 --> 0:09:21.410 And at some point, you have to protect them from themselves. 0:09:21.990 --> 0:09:26.280 And I'm going to watch Freddie very carefully tomorrow and 0:09:26.340 --> 0:09:29.099 Monday in Cincinnati. And at that point, I feel like 0:09:29.510 --> 0:09:31.990 If it doesn't look better than what it looked like tonight, 0:09:32.170 --> 0:09:35.550 I mean, the facts are, again, great players don't all 0:09:35.570 --> 0:09:38.870 of a sudden just go into prolonged slumps for no reason. 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.440 Freddie's won for his last 22. We can forgive the 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:46.020 previous 18 because of that patellar tendonitis, but now that 0:09:46.059 --> 0:09:48.680 we know about it, he was 0 for 4 today, 0:09:48.860 --> 0:09:51.300 so he's won for his last 22. 0:09:51.300 --> 0:09:52.120 You got to watch it. 0:09:52.710 --> 0:09:55.449 And the most important part is, and again, I mentioned 0:09:55.490 --> 0:09:58.650 this last night with Otani, I don't believe He should 0:09:58.690 --> 0:10:02.160 play another game. until game one of the NLDS because 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.939 the Dodgers are in a great spot now to secure 0:10:04.980 --> 0:10:07.980 a buy. I don't see any point to him coming 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:11.500 back during the regular season with the division wrapped up 0:10:11.540 --> 0:10:16.620 basically for all intensive purposes. And the number two seat 0:10:16.660 --> 0:10:19.840 at the very least, Seems to be very close to 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:24.100 being taken care of. You don't need Otani back the 0:10:24.140 --> 0:10:26.550 rest of the regular season. The Dodgers can handle it. 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:30.070 The Dodgers are now 8-1 without Otani in the starting 0:10:30.110 --> 0:10:34.510 lineup during this stretch. So, Freddie Freeman, I'm going to 0:10:34.550 --> 0:10:37.050 be watching you the next couple of games. If it 0:10:37.110 --> 0:10:41.170 doesn't look right, I don't see why he should play 0:10:42.570 --> 0:10:44.809 I don't see why you should stay active. You should 0:10:44.830 --> 0:10:48.540 go on the 15-day DL or 10-day IL to try 0:10:48.580 --> 0:10:52.400 to really get that patellar tendinitis cleared up and ready 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.020 for October. I mean, it's really not that hard. You 0:10:56.059 --> 0:11:00.020 just have to protect these guys from themselves and not 0:11:00.059 --> 0:11:03.060 go along with what they want to do because these 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:07.000 guys want to play. Freddie Freeman's built to play 162. 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:10.459 He's going to do whatever he can to play 162. 0:11:10.460 --> 0:11:12.099 You got to take it out of his own hands 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:18.020 if it's not looking right. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:22.590 Dodgers fall to the Marlins tonight, 4-3. Kate Gibson, the 0:11:22.610 --> 0:11:25.770 winning pitcher in relief. Tyler Glasnow, the losing pitcher. And 0:11:25.830 --> 0:11:30.390 Pete Fairbanks. With his 19th save of the season, Josue 0:11:30.450 --> 0:11:34.290 DePaula got the start in his second Major League game 0:11:34.710 --> 0:11:38.570 in as many nights, and he was good again. He 0:11:38.610 --> 0:11:41.010 did not swing at pitches outside of the strike zone. 0:11:41.030 --> 0:11:44.189 He drew two walks, including in the ninth inning against 0:11:44.290 --> 0:11:47.729 Pete Fairbanks, one of the better closers, and was able 0:11:47.770 --> 0:11:52.170 to score on the base hit by Alex Freeland. So 0:11:52.309 --> 0:11:55.510 that was a good thing as well. It was nice 0:11:55.550 --> 0:11:58.890 to see DePaulo run the base as well. And Hunter 0:11:58.910 --> 0:12:02.420 Fiducia drove him in in the ninth inning. So that 0:12:02.460 --> 0:12:05.220 was good to see. And Will Smith came off the 0:12:05.260 --> 0:12:07.540 bench pinch hitting for Freeland in the ninth inning with 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:11.240 two outs. And he hit a ball down the third baseline. 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:15.740 But unfortunately, it was right at the utility man, Sanoja, 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:21.740 for the final out of the game. 866-987-2570 is the 0:12:21.780 --> 0:12:24.140 phone number. We're going to take a timeout. When we 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:27.120 come back, we will check in with Chris Archer. Had 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.800 a chance to catch up with the former Major League pitcher, 0:12:29.860 --> 0:12:34.600 now part of the Andrew Friedman Baseball Operations staff. 866-987-2570 0:12:34.620 --> 0:12:37.120 is the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Marlins tonight, 0:12:37.140 --> 0:12:37.660 4-3 on AM570 LA Sports. 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.760 Dodgers fans, this is Mookie Betts. You're listening to the 0:12:49.820 --> 0:12:54.350 home of the back-to-back world champion Dodgers on AM570 LA Sports. 0:12:55.330 --> 0:13:00.750 Just underway, top of the first inning. Phillips steps and 0:13:00.830 --> 0:13:03.450 fires toward the plate. Mookie swings, hits a drive to. 0:13:03.370 --> 0:13:07.630 Left field and deep. This ball heading back toward the wall. Gone! 0:13:07.870 --> 0:13:08.790 A home run! 0:13:08.850 --> 0:13:13.100 Mookie Betts home run number 20. Instant offense for the 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:14.349 Dodgers and they lead it 1-0. 0:13:17.929 --> 0:13:21.170 That was the front end of back-to-back home runs with 0:13:21.210 --> 0:13:24.870 two outs in the first inning. Mookie Betts, by the way, 0:13:24.929 --> 0:13:27.650 with his 20th home run of the year and also 0:13:27.730 --> 0:13:33.480 the 10,000th home run hit in Dodger franchise history. So 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.780 throw that at your friends tomorrow when you're watching Dodger 0:13:36.820 --> 0:13:39.020 baseball or NFL Sunday. 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:42.240 That's the trivia question. Who hit the. 0:13:42.179 --> 0:13:47.450 10,000th franchise home run in Dodger history? It was Marcus 0:13:47.540 --> 0:13:51.130 Lynn Betts in the first inning of today's game. Daniels 0:13:51.170 --> 0:13:54.290 Jewelers presents the home run forecast. For your chance to 0:13:54.309 --> 0:14:00.020 win a $ 50 Daniels Jewelers gift card, visit am570lasports. com, use 0:14:00.059 --> 0:14:02.980 the keyword home run, Enter your name, you could win. 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:05.540 Daniels Jewelers own the dream. 0:14:05.660 --> 0:14:09.970 The Dodgers, despite hitting back-to-back home runs in the first inning, 0:14:10.170 --> 0:14:14.750 lose the game today to the Marlins 4-3 and snap 0:14:14.809 --> 0:14:18.650 their eight-game winning streak. The Dodgers' magic number to clinch, 0:14:19.050 --> 0:14:23.460 the NL West, is still at four. So there's all that. 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:27.170 And basically, the Dodgers are in a great spot. I 0:14:27.410 --> 0:14:30.950 mentioned last Monday I promised Isabel in Anaheim I would 0:14:30.990 --> 0:14:34.450 take her call after a post-game Dodger talk. So it 0:14:34.490 --> 0:14:37.330 seems like tonight's the best night to do it. Isabel, 0:14:37.670 --> 0:14:41.359 how are you? You're on Dodger talk, a post-game Dodger talk. 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:48.340 Let Petros and Money know about it. 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:52.180 Oh, see, this is what happened last time. She fell asleep. 0:14:52.930 --> 0:14:53.460 On hold. 0:14:53.820 --> 0:14:55.380 See, that's twice, Colin. 0:14:56.060 --> 0:14:58.860 You can report back to your friends there, back at 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:03.920 Petros and Money show, okay? I mentioned that Mookie Betts 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:08.520 hit number 10,000 in Dodger franchise history tonight, the front 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.630 end of back-to-back home runs. Thanks to Kerry Osborne and 0:15:11.650 --> 0:15:15.510 Dodger Insider, they listed some milestones as far as home runs. 0:15:16.020 --> 0:15:20.100 In Dodger franchise history, the first home run hit in 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:25.870 Brooklyn was Dick Gray, April 16th, 1958, or I should 0:15:25.930 --> 0:15:28.930 say in L.A. Dodger history. So this is L.A. Dodger 0:15:28.980 --> 0:15:33.580 home runs. Mookie Betts hits number 10,000 in L.A. Dodger history. 0:15:34.100 --> 0:15:37.359 The first home run hit when the Dodgers moved from 0:15:37.420 --> 0:15:42.790 Brooklyn to L.A. was Dick Gray on April 16th, 1958. 0:15:42.790 --> 0:15:46.850 Willie Davis hit the 1,000th home run in L.A. Dodger 0:15:46.910 --> 0:15:52.730 history in 1965. Davey Lopes hit number 2,500. Eric Karros, 0:15:52.790 --> 0:15:58.120 the all-time L.A. Dodgers home run leader, hit number 5,000 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:04.500 in L.A. Dodger history back in 1999. Jock Peterson hit 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:09.040 number 7,500 on June 20th, 2015. And of course, this 0:16:09.100 --> 0:16:13.020 is the big number, number 10,000 in LA Dodger history. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:17.230 Mookie Betts today in the first inning, part of back-to-back 0:16:17.270 --> 0:16:20.210 home runs. Tonight's game brought to you by Modelo. 0:16:20.330 --> 0:16:22.410 Modelo, the mark of a fighter. 0:16:22.750 --> 0:16:25.070 All right, had a chance to catch up with Chris Archer. 0:16:25.510 --> 0:16:28.050 He's been here at Lone Depot Park the first couple 0:16:28.100 --> 0:16:30.700 of days. He'll be back tomorrow. And he's a big 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.740 part of Andrew Friedman's baseball operations staff. He goes around 0:16:34.780 --> 0:16:37.880 the minor leagues. He mentors a lot of the young prospects. 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:41.910 He evaluates the Dodger prospects. And I've heard that in 0:16:41.950 --> 0:16:45.060 the past from a lot of really good GMs. They 0:16:45.100 --> 0:16:49.729 always talk about how everybody expects you to evaluate other teams' players, 0:16:50.090 --> 0:16:52.750 but they said the most vital part of being a 0:16:53.370 --> 0:16:56.990 president of baseball operations or a scout or a GM 0:16:57.130 --> 0:17:00.830 or a field coordinator is evaluating your own talent, and 0:17:00.890 --> 0:17:04.680 Chris Archer does that for the Dodgers. Here's our fun conversation, 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:08.080 fun and informative conversation with Mr. 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.040 Florida Chris Archer. 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:13.740 Well, when you're in Florida, you've got to find a 0:17:13.820 --> 0:17:17.660 Florida guy. And we found our guy, a proud guy 0:17:17.700 --> 0:17:20.580 that lives in Tampa, pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays, 0:17:20.660 --> 0:17:24.840 and now has graduated to being part of Andrew Friedman's 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:27.820 cabinet in the front office, and that is the one 0:17:27.859 --> 0:17:29.100 and only Chris Archer. 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.160 Great to see you, and great to see that smile. 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.939 That Florida glow out here at Marlins Park. 0:17:37.060 --> 0:17:39.659 Oh, Vasay, you're hilarious, but it's always a pleasure to 0:17:39.700 --> 0:17:42.050 be on, and It's a pleasure to be a part 0:17:42.070 --> 0:17:43.310 of that cabinet you spoke of. 0:17:43.770 --> 0:17:47.109 Yeah, I mean, I love seeing you here on the 0:17:47.190 --> 0:17:51.120 field with the players because they have so much respect 0:17:51.380 --> 0:17:55.460 for you. What does that mean that you've earned that respect? 0:17:55.540 --> 0:17:58.220 It's not been given. You've earned that respect from guys 0:17:58.280 --> 0:17:59.800 that you never even played with. 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:05.620 Yeah, I think as a staffer, people really pay attention 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:09.389 to how invested you are, how much you pour into it. 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.770 Being able to read a room and not always share input, 0:18:13.830 --> 0:18:17.649 but be prepared when someone asks you for something. I've 0:18:17.670 --> 0:18:22.050 tried to do my best at being available, being around, 0:18:22.530 --> 0:18:24.850 showing that I'm willing to roll up my sleeves and 0:18:24.990 --> 0:18:30.210 put the work in. To have the respect from people 0:18:30.260 --> 0:18:31.620 in this group, it means a lot to me. 0:18:32.020 --> 0:18:34.859 Being a former player, when you're playing, you're only thinking 0:18:34.900 --> 0:18:37.960 about the day-to-day, how you're going to win the next day. 0:18:38.700 --> 0:18:39.540 In this position. 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:44.440 being a bigger picture type of organizational piece. What have 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:46.590 you learned the most about this side of it? 0:18:47.859 --> 0:18:52.000 I think patience is probably one of the biggest things 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:57.330 that you can possess and the willingness to listen. I 0:18:57.380 --> 0:19:01.630 think when you are a player, you want to see 0:19:01.670 --> 0:19:04.710 things happen fast, especially when you're in the big leagues. 0:19:05.270 --> 0:19:06.770 You have a tough start. You want to make the 0:19:06.970 --> 0:19:11.240 change immediately for the next start. And I feel like 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:15.369 you also want to express your opinion more frequently. So 0:19:16.609 --> 0:19:20.270 being on the staff now and being in player development, 0:19:20.330 --> 0:19:24.730 seeing guys from the Dominican even to the African Academy, 0:19:25.310 --> 0:19:28.350 we have to build systems that allow us to see 0:19:28.470 --> 0:19:33.350 incremental growth over a long period of time rather than 0:19:33.430 --> 0:19:37.030 the immediate satisfaction of success that we're all looking for 0:19:37.050 --> 0:19:38.430 when we're here at the big league level. 0:19:38.780 --> 0:19:41.770 When you're evaluating players, there's that balance of the eye 0:19:41.830 --> 0:19:45.390 test and the analytics. How do you balance that when 0:19:45.430 --> 0:19:47.110 you're putting your eyes on somebody? 0:19:48.270 --> 0:19:49.990 Yeah, I think it's something that I'm still looking at. 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.119 I spend a lot of time with our analytic group, 0:19:54.700 --> 0:19:58.139 whether it be in L.A. or Arizona with the pitching staff, 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:02.359 pitching group down there. But I think it has to 0:20:02.420 --> 0:20:04.899 be a healthy blend. I don't want to put a 0:20:04.940 --> 0:20:07.939 percentage on it, but it has to be a healthy blend, 0:20:07.980 --> 0:20:10.909 and it's something I've taken– A lot of responsibility and 0:20:10.990 --> 0:20:12.750 learning because it is such a big part of the 0:20:12.770 --> 0:20:13.250 game now. 0:20:13.550 --> 0:20:16.169 Chris, your former manager, Joe Maddon, who was with Andrew 0:20:16.210 --> 0:20:20.580 Friedman in Tampa Bay, said recently that Andrew is one 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:24.660 of the best scouts, eye-test scouts out there. Have you 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:27.400 seen that from him as well? Is that something that 0:20:27.740 --> 0:20:29.859 people don't really know about him? They just kind of 0:20:29.900 --> 0:20:33.300 put him in the bucket of looking at the analytics? 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:37.490 Yeah, I think Andrew has... spent a lot of time 0:20:37.630 --> 0:20:41.970 watching young players, um, seeing how their bodies move, checking 0:20:42.070 --> 0:20:46.310 in on their makeup, um, understanding what works and what 0:20:46.350 --> 0:20:49.139 doesn't work at the highest level. And yeah, he's a, 0:20:49.270 --> 0:20:54.570 he's a great evaluator. I mean, between Tampa and the Dodgers, 0:20:55.250 --> 0:20:58.330 the player acquisition has been elite. So the player development 0:20:58.350 --> 0:21:00.730 has been elite. The player acquisition has been elite. And 0:21:00.750 --> 0:21:04.230 then winning on the margins has been elite as well. So, um, 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:07.400 It's been really fun to watch his growth. I've known 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:11.800 him for 15 or so years now. Again, I'm happy 0:21:11.820 --> 0:21:14.720 to be a part of a group that he's in 0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:15.240 charge of. 0:21:15.540 --> 0:21:19.410 You obviously have that relationship with him. He knows you. 0:21:19.470 --> 0:21:22.230 You know him. But you could have chosen any other 0:21:22.430 --> 0:21:26.770 baseball team to work for. What gravitated you towards being 0:21:26.830 --> 0:21:28.629 part of Andrew's staff? 0:21:30.350 --> 0:21:34.100 Well, you want to be a place where you feel wanted. 0:21:34.780 --> 0:21:38.879 And Andrew, for a long time, has always let me 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:42.280 know whenever your time's up playing, like I want you 0:21:42.300 --> 0:21:45.750 to be involved in whatever I'm involved in. So it 0:21:45.770 --> 0:21:48.209 starts there. But what I try to tell these guys 0:21:48.830 --> 0:21:51.610 in the lower level minor leagues is like, look, like 0:21:52.230 --> 0:21:54.810 treat people with respect. Be kind to everyone, because if 0:21:54.850 --> 0:21:57.449 you want to stay in this game long term, it's 0:21:57.490 --> 0:22:00.430 going to be through a relationship that you built whenever 0:22:00.470 --> 0:22:01.960 you were 20, 21, 25, whatever, whatever age you may be. 0:22:05.390 --> 0:22:07.280 So I think I did a good job of always 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:10.560 being open and communicating with the front office. And it 0:22:10.619 --> 0:22:12.920