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Speaker 2: It's great to be back at Dodgers Stadium. I'm another
Speaker 2: postgame Dodger Talk for you. After the Exhibition Freeway series
Speaker 2: shifts here to Los Angeles and the Dodgers and Angels
Speaker 2: finish in a seven seventh time. Welcome the Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: David Vase with you until eleven o'clock right here on
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Speaker 2: Jose Mota will join us in twenty minutes. We have
Speaker 2: phone lines open at eight six six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy Coming up in fifteen minutes, you'll get
Speaker 2: an update on Tommy Edmond and Blake Snell. But obviously
Speaker 2: the story of the night is Roki Sasaki and his
Speaker 2: struggles continuing tonight from Arizona. As far as his spring
Speaker 2: training went, it wasn't it wasn't pretty for Roki Sasaki,
Speaker 2: and he said as much tonight that it just wasn't
Speaker 2: good and it wasn't really good. Did not really pass
Speaker 2: the eye test to say, Roki Sasaki definitely earned a
Speaker 2: spot in this rotation.
Speaker 1: I feel part of this is.
Speaker 2: A bigger plan as always by Andrew Friedman, to navigate
Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty two games this season. Part of
Speaker 2: this is that Blake's now is going to start the
Speaker 2: year on the injured list. Part of this is that
Speaker 2: River Ryan is coming off Tommy John surgery, has not
Speaker 2: pitched in a game in nearly eighteen months.
Speaker 1: Is somewhat raw.
Speaker 2: And new to pitching because when the Dodgers acquired him
Speaker 2: a few years ago for Matt Batty, he was still
Speaker 2: trying to do the two way thing. He was a
Speaker 2: shortstop and a pitcher until he got traded to the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and that's when they said, hey, your future is
Speaker 2: in pitching, and that's where he really has just become
Speaker 2: somewhat of a sensation overnight sensation when it comes to that,
Speaker 2: but still needs to learn how to pitch and pitching games.
Speaker 2: And he had an impressive spring training, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: But I kind of.
Speaker 2: Believe that the River Ryan plan is similar to the
Speaker 2: Image Shean plan from a year ago. So all those
Speaker 2: things are working into Roki Sasaki still being part of
Speaker 2: this rotation despite having not a convincing spring training, and
Speaker 2: really I'm not going to say that Roki Sasaki can't
Speaker 2: be a starting pitcher. And the dynamics of all this
Speaker 2: goes back to the Dodgers signing Roki Sasaki and Andrew
Speaker 2: Friedman saying at that point in time that it is
Speaker 2: a developmental process. They're not expecting Roki Sasaki to be
Speaker 2: an overnight sensation. They knew they had something raw on
Speaker 2: their hands and it wasn't going to be something that
Speaker 2: looked like Yamamoto day one. So there's that, there's the
Speaker 2: learning curve, right, and then there is a guy that
Speaker 2: looks appears during spring training and especially tonight, putting way
Speaker 2: too much pressure on himself to be a starting pitcher.
Speaker 2: This is not the same guy that we saw last year.
Speaker 2: When he came out in a new role, throwing one
Speaker 2: hundred plus out of the bullpen, commanding his fastball and
Speaker 2: then working in that split, fork ball, knuckleball, whatever you
Speaker 2: want to call it.
Speaker 1: Not the same guy.
Speaker 2: And going back to Dodger Fest, he kept on talking
Speaker 2: about how he's trying to develop a third and fourth pitch. Well,
Speaker 2: it doesn't seem like he has a lot of confidence
Speaker 2: in those pitches right now, and it's really hard to
Speaker 2: develop those pitches against major league hitters on the mound
Speaker 2: wearing that Dodger uniform where the lights are brighter than
Speaker 2: anywhere else. And the Dodgers promised Roki Sasaki that was
Speaker 2: part of the agreement when they signed him, that they
Speaker 2: would give him every opportunity to be a starting pitcher.
Speaker 2: Even last year when they had the conversation with him
Speaker 2: that we need you to come out of the bullpen,
Speaker 2: we need a closer, we need that guy.
Speaker 1: We hope you are that guy he was.
Speaker 2: They said, will allow you an opportunity to earn your
Speaker 2: way back into a starting role this year, and they
Speaker 2: have been true to their word. Now it's in Roki
Speaker 2: Sasaki's hands. He's got to seize the moment. Similar to
Speaker 2: Alex Frieland. He's getting the opportunity starting opening Day to
Speaker 2: be in the lineup nearly every day until Tommy Edmond returns.
Speaker 2: Roki Sasaki is getting an opportunity to be a starting
Speaker 2: pitcher again this season. It's in his hands now. And look,
Speaker 2: I personally believe if this doesn't work and this being
Speaker 2: him being a starter this year, I firmly believe he
Speaker 2: can be a valuable piece to the Dodgers in the bullpen.
Speaker 2: From what we saw last year, we saw a guy
Speaker 2: that had the kind of the aggressiveness and the compete
Speaker 2: that Dave Roberts was looking for before the game. And
Speaker 2: in this spring training he's got ninety eight plus. He's
Speaker 2: got that split fingered, forkball ish pitch that hitters were chasing,
Speaker 2: especially when he had command of his fastball. And the
Speaker 2: Dodgers kind of need a right handed, high leverage reliever
Speaker 2: right now. Nobody has stood up and raised their hands
Speaker 2: and said I could be that guy. Of course I
Speaker 2: know about Edwin Diaz, But who's getting Jose Ramirez out
Speaker 2: next week in the sixth or seventh inning. I hope
Speaker 2: it's Blake Trinin. You know, Alex Vesia can't get every
Speaker 2: hitter out from the sixth inning to the eighth inning.
Speaker 2: That's not realistic. So they need somebody. But that's going
Speaker 2: to be down the road as far as it concerns
Speaker 2: a decision with Roki Sasaki, because he is in the
Speaker 2: starting rotation, and I believe that he's going to be
Speaker 2: in the rotation until we get closer to the end
Speaker 2: of May, and that's when Blake Snell is expected to return.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts said that before the game, So I feel
Speaker 2: like this is the window of opportunity for Roki Sasaki
Speaker 2: to stick for the time being in the major leagues,
Speaker 2: and his performance will dictate whether or not he sticks
Speaker 2: in the rotation for the summertime, or does he need
Speaker 2: to go to the minor leagues to develop that third
Speaker 2: and fourth pitch, or do the Dodgers need him in
Speaker 2: the bullpen to be that right handed, high leverage reliever.
Speaker 2: All those questions are going to be answered. But I'm
Speaker 2: not gonna sit here tonight and jump all over Roki
Speaker 2: Sasaki and say he stinks he doesn't have a chance.
Speaker 2: This is not going to work. Let's see we can
Speaker 2: have that discussion next to next Monday, when he starts
Speaker 2: against the Guardians, we can have that discussion. We're not
Speaker 2: gonna have that discussion tonight. I'm just laying out what
Speaker 2: the options are and how he could be a valuable
Speaker 2: piece even if he's not a starting pitcher for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers this year. Eight six six seven two five seventy
Speaker 2: is the phone number the Dodgers did lay out they're
Speaker 2: opening rotation to begin the season. Obviously, we know Yamamoto
Speaker 2: on Thursday against the Diamondbacks. Emasian will pitch Game two,
Speaker 2: and Tyler glass Now will pitch Game three against the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 2: Roki Sasaki will pitch the opener against the Guardians. Show
Speaker 2: Hey Otani will pitch Tuesday against the Guardians. So you
Speaker 2: want to get your tickets now if you have not.
Speaker 2: There are so many games on this homestand that are
Speaker 2: so appealing if you had to pick one, could be
Speaker 2: Opening Day, could be the ring ceremony night, could be
Speaker 2: the night that show. Heo Tani starts next Tuesday against
Speaker 2: the Guardian. Saying, going back to twenty twenty four, I
Speaker 2: kind of said this, Dodger games are no longer just games.
Speaker 2: They are events, And Charlie Steiner had said that from
Speaker 2: the beginning of twenty twenty four as well, and I
Speaker 2: echo all of that. That made so much sense, and
Speaker 2: I think we're living that now. Dodger games are not
Speaker 2: Dodger games, they are events. They're high demand too. Eight
Speaker 2: six six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Aggie in Oxnard. You're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk live from Dodger Stadium High AUGI, Hey.
Speaker 4: Dave, this is Augi from Oxnart. I met you at
Speaker 4: spring training this year.
Speaker 1: How could I forget?
Speaker 2: So we've established it's OGGI from Oxnar three times.
Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, all right, here we go, Hey Oxnart now
Speaker 1: Ventura Oxnar.
Speaker 4: Yes, sir, what do you got on? Yeah, I want
Speaker 4: to talk about I don't know.
Speaker 2: I noticed right away.
Speaker 4: I have a rookie.
Speaker 2: When he's pitching, he's almost at first he's almost between
Speaker 2: the pitcher's mound and first base.
Speaker 1: On his release. You think he's falling off. He's falling off.
Speaker 2: He's not directional, christ not going straight towards home plate.
Speaker 2: And I don't know if all those guys are having
Speaker 2: the dugout aren't picking that up.
Speaker 1: I'm sure they are, but at some point Aggie.
Speaker 2: I remember Tom Glavin saying this at some point as
Speaker 2: a pitcher, you've got to be your best pitching coach.
Speaker 1: And Roki Sasaki seems.
Speaker 2: To be very mechanical, overthinking things, and I'm sure he's
Speaker 2: aware of that too. And that goes back to my
Speaker 2: point where he's putting too much pressure on himself and
Speaker 2: not just going out there and competing.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it looks like he's afraid, you know, he's not
Speaker 4: having fun.
Speaker 2: He's like, I wouldn't say he's afraid. I just think
Speaker 2: he's putting too much pressure on himself. And yeah, he's
Speaker 2: not having fun and going out there and just being
Speaker 2: a guy and letting it rip. This is there's no
Speaker 2: way any pitcher is scared in an exhibition game, Augie.
Speaker 2: After Rokie pitching in the playoffs, I wouldn't use the
Speaker 2: word scared.
Speaker 4: Right, Maybe timid? So timid?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, I think he's putting too much pressure on himself.
Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call, Augie, appreciate it. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's hear from Dave Roberts again, because he was asked
Speaker 2: in his entire press conference about Roki Sasaki and just
Speaker 2: what the future holds for him after not very convincing
Speaker 2: spring training.
Speaker 5: You know, once a season starts, then you got it.
Speaker 5: It's about production. But I don't think that you can
Speaker 5: completely just bank on or evaluate spring training or an
Speaker 5: exhibition game. But yeah, it hasn't been great, It really hasn't.
Speaker 5: And we know that the standard needs to be better.
Speaker 5: He knows that. We know that, and then now it's
Speaker 5: kind of go time and see what you know, how
Speaker 5: he can perform, you know, when the lights come on?
Speaker 1: All right, that was Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: I mean that's pretty straightforward right there, and we're all
Speaker 2: gonna find out together with Roki Sasaki on the mound
Speaker 2: and probably guys like Justin Robleski are gonna be on
Speaker 2: high alert on those type of nights, and it just
Speaker 2: it puts your bullpen in a tough spot, even if
Speaker 2: if you have to use a Robleski or somebody else.
Speaker 2: When a pitcher goes out and can only pitch three
Speaker 2: or four innings like we saw Sasaki at the beginning
Speaker 2: of last year, it's not just about that night. It's
Speaker 2: about how Dave Roberts has to manage the night before
Speaker 2: because he's a little concerned about whether or not he
Speaker 2: could trust that Roki's gonna go deep into the game.
Speaker 2: And you know, like we saw last year, you go
Speaker 2: to your bullpen early to cover what seven eight innings,
Speaker 2: it takes a toll by the end of the season
Speaker 2: and in the very immediate future, takes a.
Speaker 1: Toll not only on that one game.
Speaker 2: But also the ubsequent two or three games to get
Speaker 2: your bullpen back in order. So, uh, those are things
Speaker 2: that are not just about Roki Sasaki. It's about the team,
Speaker 2: and that's something that everybody's going to be evaluating start
Speaker 2: to start. Eight six six, seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Freddie Freeman tonight was hitting fifth in
Speaker 2: the Dodger lineup against the lefty Reed dept Meers, And
Speaker 2: that's something that Freddy told me before the game. You're
Speaker 2: going to see, at least to begin the season, Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman will be hitting cleanup against right handed starters and
Speaker 2: we'll be hitting fifth against left handed starters. And you know, basically,
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts had to have that conversation with a guy
Speaker 2: that has accomplished as much as Freddie Freeman has, and
Speaker 2: Freddy is all about the team. And he looks around
Speaker 2: and he understands the talent. Top to bottom. There's a
Speaker 2: lot of talent. And he told me point blank, nearly
Speaker 2: every guy in this lineup could be an umber three hitters.
Speaker 2: So he can handle hitting fifth to begin the season
Speaker 2: against lefties. We'll see how it plays out between now
Speaker 2: and the end of the year. I mean, this is
Speaker 2: just to start the season. We'll see how it plays
Speaker 2: out the rest of the year. But I mean I
Speaker 2: want Freddy Freeman up there in RBI situations. Everybody's always
Speaker 2: talking about, Hey, put these guys in RBI situations, have
Speaker 2: them hit down in the order. Well, hitting fourth and
Speaker 2: fifth is going to give a guy that smells RBIs
Speaker 2: great opportunities to drive in a lot of runs hitting
Speaker 2: behind Otani Tucker Betts when he's hitting cleanup, and when
Speaker 2: Will Smith is hitting clean up, he'll have another guy
Speaker 2: that obviously is one of the best hitters in baseball
Speaker 2: in front of him. So that's the reason why Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman was hitting fifth tonight.
Speaker 1: I mentioned the Blake.
Speaker 2: Steal update that Dave Roberts said he expects him back
Speaker 2: by the end of May. I had a Tommy Edmonds
Speaker 2: siding today at Dodgers Stadium. He was taking batting practice
Speaker 2: earlier today, and he's coming back from off season right
Speaker 2: ankle surgery. Dave Roberts also said he expects Tommy Edmond
Speaker 2: to return at the end of May. So, like I
Speaker 2: said earlier, it's similar situations with Roki Sasaki and Alex Friedland.
Speaker 2: They have opportunities because of injuries. They're going to get,
Speaker 2: as they like to say, a runway here to show
Speaker 2: what they can do. Now, they just got to relax
Speaker 2: and go out there and be themselves and the rest
Speaker 2: will take care of itself. But right now we're seeing
Speaker 2: a Roki Sasaki that's putting way too much pressure on himself. Also,
Speaker 2: I want to give a shout out to Chris Compos,
Speaker 2: the young twenty five year old right hander for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers that pitched the final two innings of tonight's game.
Speaker 2: He's a local kid and certainly wanted to give him
Speaker 2: his kudos. And Chris Compos may be a guy that
Speaker 2: you may see during the regular season if the Dodgers
Speaker 2: had some innings from the bullpen. He started games at
Speaker 2: Double A Tulsa last year, but certainly could be a
Speaker 2: right handed reliever here in the big leagues this season
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. So Chris compos congratulations. A kid that
Speaker 2: was born in Montebello, went to Saint Mary's College, was
Speaker 2: drafted by the Dodgers in the twenty two draft, seventh round.
Speaker 2: I'm sure his family was excited that he was pitching tonight.
Speaker 2: So I can't wait to talk to Chris tomorrow. And
Speaker 2: also a kid that came up that did not have
Speaker 2: a name on the back of his jersey, but I
Speaker 2: have heard about him going back to last year. He's
Speaker 2: in the lower levels of the Dodgers' minor league system,
Speaker 2: at least he was last year.
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's moving up this year.
Speaker 2: But and Meo Morales, who had a nice solid hit
Speaker 2: tonight in the eighth inning. He's a name to remember
Speaker 2: because he is another one of those young Dodgers. He's
Speaker 2: a shortstop. He's done pretty well. He was zero for
Speaker 2: to tonight, but he hit the ball Hall. He's only
Speaker 2: nineteen years old. But in Miil Morales, I've heard a
Speaker 2: lot from people within the organization that believe he's got
Speaker 2: that It factor so pretty cool that it says a
Speaker 2: lot that he's even here at Dodgers Stadium. That's what
Speaker 2: the Dodgers think of him. And also another one of
Speaker 2: these young Dodgers without a name on their back, Eduardo Cantero.
Speaker 2: He's only twenty years old. Many people around the league
Speaker 2: believe that he may be the top outfield prospect the
Speaker 2: Dodgers have in their minor league systems. So you got
Speaker 2: to see two very young kids that are just getting
Speaker 2: their first taste of playing at Dodger Stadium. When we
Speaker 2: continue live from Dodgers Stadium, we'll check in with Jose Moto.
Speaker 2: We'll get his thoughts on what he was seeing from
Speaker 2: Roki Sasaki tonight and how long the Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: to give Sasaki to prove that, hey, it was just
Speaker 2: spring training. Dodgers and Angels finishing a tie tonight seven
Speaker 2: to seven on a five to seventy lasts.
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Speaker 1: One old pitch, this one driven high and dape to lap.
Speaker 6: It is headed back to the pavilion and car home
Speaker 6: on Tayoscar Hernandez with his fifth home run of the
Speaker 6: spring and the Dodgers get on the board.
Speaker 1: It is six to one.
Speaker 2: Tay Oscar Hernandez, continuing his hot spring, hits his fifth
Speaker 2: home run of the exhibition season, and it's all Zero's
Speaker 2: beginning on Thursday, as the Dodgers will open up the
Speaker 2: season right here at Dodgers Stadium against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Speaker 2: Yoshi Yamamoto the opening day starter against Zach Gallon. It
Speaker 2: should be a exciting and certainly a lot to be
Speaker 2: excited about for this Dodger season as they try to
Speaker 2: do something that the last team to do it was
Speaker 2: twenty six years ago, and that's the New York Yankees
Speaker 2: to three peat in Major League Baseball. That's not something
Speaker 2: that happens often, and many of you were not even
Speaker 2: alive when that took place. So it's gonna be a
Speaker 2: great season and it starts on Thursday. All right, let's
Speaker 2: head out and check in with Jose Moda.
Speaker 3: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 1: All right, Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: Tonight's story Roki Sasaki and him being in the Dodgers
Speaker 2: starting rotation. What are you seeing and what have you
Speaker 2: seen from Roki this spring.
Speaker 4: I think I've seen what everybody has seen, but me
Speaker 4: particularly is an inconsistent release point. As number one. Watching
Speaker 4: a Bollprien very closely in spring training, I know there's
Speaker 4: a couple of deliveries in variances. I would you say
Speaker 4: a delivery, but a little concerning to me from what
Speaker 4: I watch in terms of repeating the arm ash and
Speaker 4: the arm angle that just are not there. And Dave,
Speaker 4: I think the confidence, it's a big level here. It
Speaker 4: plays at a big point here because you can see
Speaker 4: that he's not throwing the ball with conviction for a
Speaker 4: guy that has as good as fast as the ath.
Speaker 4: I'm not going to say stuff because I think it's stuff.
Speaker 4: It needs to get better to be a competitor at
Speaker 4: the big leagues at the starter, but he needs to
Speaker 4: throw the ball to conviction and think about all the
Speaker 4: things that I mean from the get go he hits
Speaker 4: about it three or no that that is not even
Speaker 4: coming close to his own I mean, you know, the
Speaker 4: zones not moving, the consistency of your release is not there.
Speaker 4: One thing that I think, and I learned this back
Speaker 4: in your pan. I was actually some of this former
Speaker 4: coaches in Japan about the thing that they have seen
Speaker 4: and one thing, Davis, he needs less information. I'm telling
Speaker 4: you that sometimes like throwing a bullpen with not knowing
Speaker 4: what spin rates are, what you're afexation on any of
Speaker 4: that stuff. It doesn't matter. Just go out there and
Speaker 4: just gave me some good life fastball because he has
Speaker 4: enough on his fastball and the four seamer his sinker
Speaker 4: to get guys out if he's down in the zone.
Speaker 4: But we're not seeing it right now, and it's concerning,
Speaker 4: There's no doubt it is concerning.
Speaker 2: Well, how does it go from the guy that we
Speaker 2: saw last year pitching in the biggest of games in
Speaker 2: his young career coming out of the bullpen to a
Speaker 2: guy that doesn't have confidence in spring training.
Speaker 4: It's hard to put a finger on it, but it
Speaker 4: does happen. I think that overall, making the transition now
Speaker 4: normally you have to navigate a lineup, it's a different
Speaker 4: mentality in the mindset. Perhaps some overthinking is happening with him.
Speaker 4: There's a lot of guys that could pitch well with
Speaker 4: his stuff, and I believe he can do it. But
Speaker 4: I think there's a time in which he has to
Speaker 4: just go out and see the glove and hit the
Speaker 4: glove and do you forget about everything else? Everything else
Speaker 4: will come. The simplicity of the information for him, I
Speaker 4: think is crucial that the Dodgers have a balance of
Speaker 4: guys that can go very deep into information gave to
Speaker 4: you and also just pull back, like Conor McGinnis says
Speaker 4: sometimes is hey, put your finger here on this grip
Speaker 4: and let it rip and see what happens. I mean,
Speaker 4: they have every type of resource and recourse available for
Speaker 4: him to simplify things. But David, I think on the
Speaker 4: mental side is mainly where the issues are because stuff wise,
Speaker 4: I mean, he's right there as a big league just
Speaker 4: these consistency and conviction and obviously results to get confidence.
Speaker 1: So fast forward to next week.
Speaker 2: Does it all all of a sudden snap into a
Speaker 2: guy that can go five innings and has confidence? How
Speaker 2: what takes place between now and then to get him
Speaker 2: on track to not compromise the bullpen early in the season.
Speaker 4: Put everything behind this happened now and know that you
Speaker 4: have a lot to work for. But give me strike one,
Speaker 4: Give me strike one. Work with your cashiers. If there's
Speaker 4: a target that you want, you can call that shot. Okay,
Speaker 4: I believe and understand too that his success and hand
Speaker 4: was not based only on the fastball. Obviously he had
Speaker 4: to splitter, but he can go out there and work
Speaker 4: both sides of the plate and sometimes we know very
Speaker 4: well at this level to navigate through a lineup one,
Speaker 4: two or three times, you have to be able to
Speaker 4: get ahead with something else besides the fastball, because at
Speaker 4: ninety nine or one or nine they're going to get
Speaker 4: you somehow, and that's the point where you need to
Speaker 4: get and say, hey, I need to go ahead and
Speaker 4: find the O and one, not just to the fastball,
Speaker 4: and have convictions that he cannot be worried about pitching
Speaker 4: inside because he does right now, he doesn't have that
Speaker 4: type of command. So they've simplified strike one. Work with that.
Speaker 4: Don't be afear of contact, trust it. If the ball
Speaker 4: leaves your hands, going to find a good spot and
Speaker 4: find some weak contact. But overall, hopefully and the duties
Speaker 4: are hoping too. When the bell rings, he knows what happens.
Speaker 4: He does not want to faith what he faith last
Speaker 4: year starting his career in the big leagues to you know,
Speaker 4: not be able to get guys out and have that
Speaker 4: look at his face like, oh my god, what's happened
Speaker 4: to me, but be able to say, Okay, everything's in
Speaker 4: the past. I learn it up. I need to be
Speaker 4: a better certain things. Simplify your game, toast strikes and
Speaker 4: go out and spin the ball when you need to.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose, looking forward to see how this goes
Speaker 2: for Roki Sasaki and Tomorrow night it's Otani Day. I
Speaker 2: mentioned this earlier in the show. I don't care if
Speaker 2: it's a spring training I don't care if it's at
Speaker 2: a parking reck. If show he Otani's pitching and he's
Speaker 2: hitting and he's playing, I want to be there. So
Speaker 2: Tomorrow night, even though it's the last game of spring
Speaker 2: training in the Freeway Series, it's still an event when
Speaker 2: Otani is on the mound.
Speaker 4: What better place dog your stadium, last exhibition game heading
Speaker 4: into the big opener, going for the three bid. They
Speaker 4: have Showy out there and knowing what he is chasing,
Speaker 4: which is to be again a premier pitcher at the
Speaker 4: big league level along with the premier hitter. Why not?
Speaker 1: All right? I love it. That's a good appetizer for Thursday.
Speaker 1: Thanks Jse. We'll see you back out here tomorrow night.
Speaker 1: S see you later.
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Speaker 2: Otani is on the mound for the Dodgers, but it's
Speaker 2: a little bit earlier of a start four o'clock. Our
Speaker 2: coverage begins with Dodgers on deck first pitch with Rick
Speaker 2: Monday and Tim Neverett at five to ten. So this
Speaker 2: is somewhat good for the Dodgers because Opening day is
Speaker 2: going to be first pitch at five thirty, So this
Speaker 2: is a good final practice run to just for the
Speaker 2: hitters to see what it's going to look like on
Speaker 2: Thursday at five thirty with the shadows in play. And
Speaker 2: obviously the days are a little bit longer, so the
Speaker 2: shadows may roll in a little bit later, but certainly
Speaker 2: a good final dress rehearsal to have the last game
Speaker 2: start close to the time that Opening Day will start
Speaker 2: at and we will have the game right here on
Speaker 2: five to seventy LA Sports tomorrow night and on Opening
Speaker 2: Day it's going to be nationally televised on Peacock. My
Speaker 2: guy Kershaw is gonna be in the house. He's gonna
Speaker 2: see what he could do as a broadcaster for Peacock.
Speaker 2: So looking forward to that. I don't know where he's
Speaker 2: going to be. Is he going to be on the
Speaker 2: field at a desk. Is he going to be in
Speaker 2: Connecticut somewhere? Is he just going to do one of
Speaker 2: those things where he's in his home office.
Speaker 1: I doubt that.
Speaker 2: But no, Kershaw, I'm sure will be out here, and
Speaker 2: he'll be out here on Tuesday or excuse me, on
Speaker 2: Friday getting his ring. I mean, he was a big
Speaker 2: part of last season and it'll be great for him
Speaker 2: to be celebrated again at Dodgers Stadium on Tuesday with
Speaker 2: the ring ceremony. Look forward to see him, seeing him
Speaker 2: out here. Maybe he'll be wearing a suit. Maybe I
Speaker 2: don't know. He can't cut the sleeves off his suit.
Speaker 2: So looking forward to see Kershaw back at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us tonight. Thanks to calling you
Speaker 2: back at our Bank Studios. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out
Speaker 2: here at Dodger Stadium, and thanks to you for listening.
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Speaker 2: Dodger related. Once again, the final score tonight from Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: It was a tie, a seven to seven tie between
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and Angels. We'll do it again tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for listening. Fox Sports Radio is next.
Speaker 2: Ben Mallor I'm sure is already talking about something he
Speaker 2: has no idea about. So Ben Maller is next on
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Speaker 1: See him start it