WEBVTT - Off Season Dodger Talk (2-12-26) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.280 This is off season Dodger Talk. 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:04.680 Get in on the show by calling eight six six 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:10.559 seven hashtag Dodger Talk and now your host, David Basse. 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:16.400 Welcome to our final spring training edition or excuse me, 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:21.480 off day edition of Dodger Talk. Spring Training Dodger Talk 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:26.360 officially begins tomorrow. Tim Cats will be filling in as 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:30.720 I will be traveling to Arizona and next week we 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:38.600 will have three Dodger Talk shows from Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, Monday, Tuesday, 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:45.400 Wednesday live shows from Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. And 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.959 it should be a fun time as the Dodgers are 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:53.320 getting ready for the three peat attempt, something that hasn't 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:57.040 happened since the Yankees did it back in ninety eight, 0:00:57.200 --> 0:01:02.920 ninety nine, two thousand, are one championship away from matching 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:07.280 those legacy teams from the Yankees to be able to 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:11.360 not only repeat, but win three straight World Series championships. 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.479 We got a lot to get to Tonight on Dodger Talk, 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:20.360 our final offseason show of twenty twenty five, twenty sixth edition. 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:24.080 Reggie Smith is going to join us. Yes, that Reggie 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:27.240 Smith is going to join us. At seven point thirty. 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:31.000 He is going to be inducted into the Legends of 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:36.600 Dodger Baseball this upcoming season. August fifteenth is the date, 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:40.600 and that should be a great night. And really, the 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:44.240 Dodgers are the organization that they are because of the 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.920 players that wore the uniform. And Reggie Smith was not 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:51.160 a guy that was drafted by the Dodgers, but certainly 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:54.160 made a huge impact after he was traded to the 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:58.600 Dodgers during the nineteen seventy sixth season and went on 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:03.200 to become a member of the first quartet on the 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.760 same team to hit thirty home runs that was Reggie Smith, 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:10.320 Dusty Baker, Steve Garvey, and Ronsay in nineteen seventy seven 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:13.480 and in nineteen eighty one helped the Dodgers get over 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.320 the hump and win the World Series in eighty one. 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:19.359 It was the first time the Dodgers won the World 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:23.040 Series since nineteen sixty five, so it had been quite 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:26.280 some time since the Dodgers won the World Series from 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:30.040 sixty five to eighty one. But nonetheless, Reggie Smith is 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.320 going to join us. A guy that I respect and 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:37.160 have so much reverence for, and so many people across 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:41.520 baseball certainly feel the same way because he has touched 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.800 so many of their careers and still to this day 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.120 is a mentor to many of them. So looking forward 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:52.040 to sharing Reggie Smith with you at seven point thirty tonight. 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.320 Coming up in our next segment, you'll hear from Tanner Scott. 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:59.959 He seems to have a fresh new outlook on life 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.200 as a Dodger. A lot of that has to do 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.360 with the fact that Edwin Diaz is here as the 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:08.960 Dodger closer, taking a lot of pressure off Tanner Scott 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.000 not to have to be that guy, but allowing him 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:16.200 to be the Tanner Scott that excelled in Miami and 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.320 with the Padres before the Dodgers signed him to that 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:23.799 lucrative four year contract before last season. So you'll hear 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:28.720 it in his voice and it feels like he understands 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:32.480 what to expect. And also the weight of being the 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:37.440 Dodger closer is not on his shoulders anymore. So the 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:41.200 Dodgers are looking at a potential two headed monster at 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.480 the back end of their bullpen. If Tanner Scott can 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.800 give back to the Tanner Scott that the Dodger signed 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:51.480 a couple of years ago, and also Jeff Passing, the 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:56.280 so called national Voice of Baseball, wrote another I thought 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:59.600 lazy story today. I will get to that in our 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.080 next sea. But I'm sure by now you know about 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.160 some of the Dodger moves that have been made in 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:09.360 the last twenty four hours. Evan Phillips has been signed 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:12.520 back for six point five million dollars. He won't be 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.960 able to pitch until the second half of the season. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.680 He had Tommy John surgery last May. And look, we 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:22.560 all thought when the Dodgers non tendered Evan Phillips that 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.920 it was kind of a fit. It was. It was 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.400 going to happen. It was just a matter of when 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.000 that they were going to bring him back. But in 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:36.320 the last couple of weeks it was not something that 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:40.159 was a formality. I had found out that a few 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:45.760 teams were very interested in signing Evan Phillips, even though 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.039 he wasn't going to be able to pitch for them 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:50.800 until the second half of the year, like it's gonna 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:55.320 be with the Dodgers, but especially the Texas Rangers were 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:59.760 considering signing Evan Phillips before they defaulted back to jordan 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:04.040 My Montgomery. So they were among the teams that were 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:08.240 interested in Evan Phillips. So Evan Phillips back with the 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:12.440 Dodgers and certainly can provide a big time armed for 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.720 the Dodgers in the second half of the season. Also 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:19.880 with the Dodger bullpen kind of changing shape a little 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:24.560 bit here this offseason, Anthony Bonda, who was designated for 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:29.400 assignment last week, was traded to the Twins for international 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:34.320 pool money. But you know, I understand the fans' affection 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.680 for Anthony Bonda. But if you're gonna tell me Anthony 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.479 Bonda was a fan favorite, and how could the Dodgers 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:44.000 do this? Well, I could go through a few other 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:49.320 fan favorites that were a lot more prominent in their 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.920 careers when they departed the Dodgers. Cody Bellinger, Corey Seeger, 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.760 Justin Turner, just to name a few. So save your 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.400 tears for Anthony Bonda, who certainly had the two best 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:06.000 years of his career with the Dodgers and certainly enjoyed 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:09.040 every second of it. The Dodgers did use him a lot. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.279 Bonda was one of those rubber arms and never said 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:15.360 no when the phone rang. He threw one hundred and 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:18.680 twenty nine innings the last year plus for the Dodgers, 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:23.159 including the postseason in one hundred and thirty six games. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.919 So the Dodgers got a lot of use out of 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:31.720 Anthony Bonda, who is basically a journeyman until he came 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:36.120 to the Dodgers. So we like Anthony Bonda, but certainly 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:41.400 there's been other fan favorites that have had better careers 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:45.120 that the Dodgers have moved on from. And look, part 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.640 of the reason why the Dodgers felt they could move 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.480 on from Anthony Bonda is because they have a wealth 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:56.039 of lefties in their bullpen that not many teams do. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:01.120 Alex Vesi is returning, Tanner Scott is back, Jack Dryer 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.760 is emerging as a guy, and let's not forget how 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:09.120 good Justin Robleski was as a multi inning reliever out 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:12.680 of the bullpen during the regular season and how vital 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.840 he was for the Dodgers in the World Series. So 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:20.400 they have four lefties that are more than capable, and 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.880 not many teams even have one lefty in their bullpen. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:27.680 So that's part of the reason why the Dodgers felt 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.960 like they could trade Bonda. And the reality is the 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:34.480 Dodgers have lost multiple draft picks each of the last 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:38.280 two offseasons for signing big time players, including this year 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:43.400 Edwin Diaz and Kyle Tucker. So the way they make 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.880 up for losing those draft picks is making trades like this. 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.080 And there could be a trade during spring training where 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.200 they flip one of their guys and they get some 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:59.000 top prospects back because they can't fit that player and 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.720 they don't see a few sure for that player, so 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.080 they decide to maximize it. Similar to Michael Bush, who 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.080 is having a great career with the Cubs. But where 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.520 was Michael Bush going to play? That was the dilemma. 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:16.000 So the Dodgers tried to replenish their farm system with 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.560 the Cubs sending Jackson Ferris and Zayir Hope to the 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:24.520 Dodgers for Michael Bush. Now, it still remains to be 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.960 seen whether or not either one of those guys is 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.400 going to make a huge impact in the big leagues 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.160 the way Michael Bush is making it for the Cubs. 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.280 But that's the thought process behind it with a very 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:39.600 stacked Dodger team. Eight six six nine, eight seven two 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.160 five seventy is the phone number we are taking phone 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:47.280 calls tonight. It's our last off season show as we 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:51.280 make it official tomorrow with our first Spring training Dodger 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.480 talk and being out there at camel Back Ranch starting 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:58.000 next Monday. By the way, Max Munsey, where are all the 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.640 Munseie haters that called in and the first couple of 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:04.760 months of last year. Now everybody loves Max Mounsey when 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:09.239 you always should have appreciated Max Mounsey. And the Dodgers 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:13.959 have extended monseye into next season, a seven million dollar 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:17.480 extension for next season and there's a ten million dollar 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.560 club option in twenty twenty eight. Part of the reason 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:24.920 why the Dodgers are keeping Max Monsey is because Max 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:29.720 Mounsey will take team friendly deals instead of chasing every 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:33.640 last dollar. That's why he's here, and the Dodgers obviously 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.920 value that. Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.440 seventy is the phone number, and of course how could 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.320 I bury the lead Key K a Hernandez is back 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.240 for one year and four and a half million dollars. 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.720 Key K a Hernandez likely will start the year on 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:53.680 the sixty day IL because he probably can't play after 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:58.120 undergoing left elbow surgery. Probably won't be able to play 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:02.480 until June of this up coming season. At the very earliest. 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.760 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.960 the phone number. When we continue, you'll hear from Tanner 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.800 Scott at seven point thirty. Reggie Smith and I have 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:15.800 some real issues with the way some of these people 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:19.280 just won't let it go about the Dodgers being really 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:24.120 smart and being very aggressive to try to maximize the 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:28.720 Otani era in LA. Don't go anywhere more Dodger Talk 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.599 from the Sports Net LA studios right here on a 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:35.680 F five to seventy LA Sports. David vass with you 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.000 until eight o'clock here on AM five to seventy LA 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:44.079 Sports our final off season Dodger Talk show. Spring training 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:48.760 officially starts tomorrow for the Dodgers. Pitchers and catchers officially 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:53.240 report to Camelback Ranch tomorrow and Tim Kats will be 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.160 filling in on Dodger Talk tomorrow night at seven o'clock 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:58.800 as I'll be headed to the desert, and we'll have 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.280 Dodger Talk for you the rest of the way from 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:06.480 camel Back Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. Coming up at the 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.000 bottom of the hour, the Great Reggie Smith will join 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.320 us as he is being inducted into the Legends of 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.600 Dodger Baseball. We'll get to Tanner Scott in the fresh 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.840 vibe that he has to himself in just a couple 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:23.680 of minutes as well. But earlier today, Jeff Passon who 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:27.280 I guess I like. He's not a bad guy. I've 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:31.640 interacted with him during the postseason, and I do like him. 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:35.160 I do like him. But he's got to turn the page. 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:39.120 And I don't know who's influencing him to continue to 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:42.439 write about how bad of a spot the sport is 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:46.880 in because of the Dodgers. Look in this same story 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:53.600 where he says that owners want a cap. Really, they've 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.840 wanted a cap since the beginning of time, since free 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:01.200 agency started. Yes, that's not new news. And then he 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:05.679 says fans are outraged, not just on social media but 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:11.000 in group chats. Jeff, are you in every fans group chats? 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:15.200 I mean, seriously, he wrote this in a whole big 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.920 story about and by the way, it was way too long. 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:21.640 It was a novel about the same stuff that we 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:28.800 have heard about at nauseum since October. Enough. We don't 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.920 want to hear about this anymore. I don't think it's 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:36.880 fair to even the fans that you're supposedly sympathizing with 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:39.760 to continue to throw in their face that their owners 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:45.600 stink and they aren't trying to win this year. In 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:50.080 the same story that Jeff Passing said, group chats of 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.120 fans aren't angry. Yeah, I'm sure there are, Jeff, Way 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:56.480 to go out on the limb owners want a salary cap? 0:12:56.520 --> 0:13:01.560 Oh really? Okay, yeah, yeah, that's breaking news. He also 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:06.240 said the sport is in a renaissance in this same story, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:10.080 in a renaissance the last two years. Do you know 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.319 what has happened in the last two years? The Dodgers 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:18.000 being in the World Series, the Dodgers and Yankees on 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.480 in the World Series in twenty twenty four, the Dodgers 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:25.000 in the Blue Jays, giving us the best World Series 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:29.640 arguably in baseball history. You know who nobody is still 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.760 talking about is who was in the World Series three 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:36.160 years ago? Do you know who that was? It was 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:40.200 the so called small markets of the Rangers and the Diamondbacks. 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:43.079 And the Rangers spent a lot that year. So here's 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:48.640 here's a tip. If you spend smartly and you have 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:53.480 a farm system to any certain extent, you have a 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.880 very good chance of winning. If you don't spend, and 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:00.400 you blow draft picks after having top ten after top 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.440 ten pick, like the Pittsburgh Pirates, You're not going to win. 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:10.640 It's really simple. Now Here is something that we all 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:14.560 understand as well. Steve Cohen of the Mets, the Mets owner, 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:21.560 and Mark Walter in the Guggenheim Group certainly have quite 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:27.040 a bit more dollars at their disposal than other teams 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.560 because they are in the world of making a lot 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:34.320 of money. That's what they are. They're billionaires. And if 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:39.040 Major League Baseball didn't want them in their club, they 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:42.600 shouldn't have approved the sales of the teams to those guys. 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:47.160 But the Dodgers have nothing to apologize for. Mark Walter 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.400 has been great for the Dodgers, and he's been great 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:54.800 for the game. This revenue sharing, where is all that 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.680 revenue sharing going to. It's going to the Marlins of 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:01.680 the world, the Pirates of the world. Everybody is making 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:05.680 money and thriving in the sport because of the Dodgers 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:09.640 being as good as they are. There's nothing to apologize for. 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:13.760 And my point is, can we just move on? This 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.960 is such a tire topic. The game is in such 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.040 a great place. There are so many different teams that 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:24.320 have a lot of storylines, compelling storylines that first take 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:28.560 could be talking about, or Jeff Passing could be writing about, 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:33.160 why are we defaulting to this very lazy baseball topic 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:36.680 that the Dodgers are bad for baseball when in fact 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.520 they are the best thing that has happened to baseball 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.240 in the last three years. Can we just stop with that? 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:48.320 Hopefully we can turn the page after today if you're 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:52.520 Jeff Passing and start writing about a lot of great 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.920 things happening around the league, and even some not so 0:15:56.080 --> 0:16:00.560 great things happen around the league that involve play on 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.480 the field, like Nick Castianos admitting on Instagram today that 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.120 he brought a beer into the dugout after he was 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:11.320 taken out of a game in Miami for defensive reasons. 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:16.120 I mean, that is compelling stuff. How about Kennley Jansen 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:19.520 starting anew in Detroit. You could talk about that, the 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.480 guy that's on his way to the Hall of Fame. 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.680 I don't know, There's a lot of other things to 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:28.160 talk about other than the false narrative that the Dodgers 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.760 are bad for baseball. And I still refuse to believe 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.280 that they are going to miss games next year, and 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:39.240 that's next year. Let's worry about that next year at 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:43.000 the end of this season. That's not a cloud baseball 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:48.120 fans want to continually be reminded about during this year. 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:57.120 Sorry they don't. And who I'm gonna say this, and 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.680 I think it should be said Jeff Passing. And some 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:01.920 people people can live in some areas and some people 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.879 want to live in certain cities. But the reality is 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.160 Jeff Passen was the Royals beat rider, and Jeff Passing 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.520 still lives in Kansas City, who did go to the 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.199 World Series two years in a row and won it. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:18.600 So it's not always about money. Let's go out to 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:20.960 Teluca Lake. Dave. You're on Dodger Talk. 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:26.080 How you doing, Dave, Hey, Dave great. A couple things. 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:29.800 First of all, congratulations as a vital part of the 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:33.440 organization on another World championship, you contribute a heck of 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:37.280 a lot, not only from a journalistic standpoint, just your 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:41.640 upbeat spirit is infectious. So congratulations on that, Dave. 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.520 Oh, it's been a great ride, Dave, It's been a 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:46.399 great ride, right. 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:47.160 Absolutely. 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:51.960 Secondly, I think that training of Anthony Bonda, he might 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.120 be the most popular player ever that I can remember 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:57.200 with the ladies, so that's a big loss for them, 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.280 not for me so much. I think you make a 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:03.040 good Salie point about Bonda. Great guy, did a great 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:06.240 job for us and wish him the best. Have there 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:09.480 been I got you questions. Question one is have there 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:13.359 been any changes within the coaching staff, whether it's the 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.479 hitting coach or pitching or bullpen or anything with the 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.560 Dodgers this year? I haven't really paid a lot of 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:21.240 attention to that. And the second one is if you 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.240 could touch on what the other teams in the N 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:29.200 West have done to improve or decline, or any interesting 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:33.400 signings that maybe you can shed some insight on. That's 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:34.120 what I got, Dave. 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:37.360 Thanks a lot, all right, Dave, I appreciate the phone call. Well, 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:41.520 the Padres are basically the same team as they were 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:45.919 a year ago, minus you, Darvish and minus Dylan Cease. 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:51.320 They and minus Luisa Rice, who actually signed with the Giants. 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:56.360 The Giants, I would say, have improved defensively quite a bit, 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.919 and I believe Louisa Rice is going to do great 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.680 in that ballpark in San Francisco. And the Giants also 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:07.040 signed Harrison Bader to play center field. So they did 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.600 not add to their starting staff. A lot of people 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.680 believe they were gonna sign Zach Gallon, and Zach Gallen 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:15.600 is still a free agent, so is Walker Buehler, and 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:19.000 there's a lot of indication that the Padres have a 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:22.719 lot of interest in Walker Buehler. It just feels like 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:28.200 the Padres are still really good. Nobody's talking about them. 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:31.720 They still have Mason Miller, they still have Manny Machado, 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:37.040 Xander Bogart's Fernando Tattis junior. But their pitching is their 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:40.800 starting staff is a little thin, which obviously means a 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:44.560 lot during the one sixty two marathon, and that's what 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:48.600 may hurt them during this regular season. I don't see 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:51.400 them being within three games of the Dodgers this year 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:54.119 like they were last year. But the Giants seem to 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.640 be a bit improved. They have good defense, and they 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:01.320 seem to have I like Luis a lot in that lineup. 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:05.240 Eight six six, seven, two five seventy is the phone number. 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:05.800 You know. 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.439 The Dodgers last year did not win one hundred games. 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:12.680 They lost a lot of games late because their bullpen 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:15.879 was not one of the best in baseball, and Tanner 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:19.720 Scott had a disappointing season as the Dodger closer, but 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:24.760 the Dodgers rectified that by signing Edwin Diez, who is 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:28.760 a bona fide big time closer, which allows Tanner Scott 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:32.840 to go back to being a lethal left handed relief 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:35.879 option in the seventh inning or in the eighth inning, 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:39.560 and the Dodger bullpen has the potential of having a 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:44.080 two headed monster, and Edwin Diaz and Tanner Scott had 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:47.360 a chance to catch up with a fresh outlook from 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:49.080 Tanner Scott at Dodger Fest. 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:53.719 I was sitting in the bullpen watching, waiting, hopefully we 0:20:53.760 --> 0:20:57.360 got to hoist Trophan millye row tied of the game, 0:20:57.400 --> 0:20:58.120 and then we'll. 0:20:58.000 --> 0:20:59.080 Take us to the Promised Lands. 0:20:59.440 --> 0:20:59.879 Yeay, dad. 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:02.120 I was just sitting there watching Kershaw throw. 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:06.200 I mean, yeah, that was his last technical bullpen in 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:06.680 the playoffs. 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:07.240 So that was cool. 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:10.240 What was that like? Because after it was all said 0:21:10.240 --> 0:21:12.760 and done, he said he had no idea you won. 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:14.719 He was warming up, and uh I was, I mean, 0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:17.119 I was just watching it. I was like, it's one 0:21:17.160 --> 0:21:17.800 of the greatest ever. 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:19.639 Do it right there? Dodger legend. 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:22.320 So did you see Mookie turned the double player? Or 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:24.760 were you watching kursho It was like it was like 0:21:24.800 --> 0:21:27.199 a head turn. So I saw it, But uh, did 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:29.119 you leave the bullpen or did you let him know? 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:29.800 Hey we won? 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:33.040 No at that moment, we just want to I know 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:36.440 I was I didn't know what you're still throwing, kind 0:21:36.480 --> 0:21:38.280 of just left my body and just swept. 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:39.200 Yeah. 0:21:39.280 --> 0:21:43.640 Hey, I was telling people, everybody's talking about Tucker. Everybody's 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:47.320 it's great. Everybody's talking about your great offense, your great 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:51.000 starting pitching. But now with Edwin Diaz and Tanner Scott 0:21:51.040 --> 0:21:53.920 in the same bullpen, the Trumpets, I can't wait to 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:56.760 hear him Timmy Trumpet, are you ready for that? Yeah, 0:21:56.840 --> 0:21:58.000 Timmy Trumpet, I can't. 0:21:57.800 --> 0:21:58.280 Wait to hear it. 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:00.520 Hopefully we get like the actual live to do it 0:22:00.560 --> 0:22:02.760 like they did, and yes, that would be cool. Hey, 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:04.600 I know last year did not go the way that 0:22:04.680 --> 0:22:08.000 you wanted it to. Yees. So how how have you 0:22:08.200 --> 0:22:10.840 cleaned the slate? What's your off season been like? 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:14.159 Off season was good, hang out with my family, spending 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:18.560 time with them. Looking back at twenty twenty five, realizing 0:22:19.400 --> 0:22:21.120 I threw too many strikes in the zone and two 0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:23.960 strikes and uh, I mean, I'm i should put away 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:28.400 that guy, and uh, I left too many the ball 0:22:28.440 --> 0:22:29.880 over the heart of play and that's never good. 0:22:29.920 --> 0:22:32.760 I mean I think I could take myself deep at 0:22:32.760 --> 0:22:34.320 that point. I don't know. 0:22:34.520 --> 0:22:35.080 It says a lot. 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:35.440 I don't. 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:38.600 I don't think Wand could bump me though, so we'll 0:22:38.640 --> 0:22:41.720 go with that. But no, they just reflected on the year. 0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:44.040 It wasn't the greatest year for me, but I mean 0:22:44.240 --> 0:22:47.199 we walked away over the ring and three peat for me, 0:22:47.240 --> 0:22:47.720 I'll take that. 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:49.840 And then you were trying to come back and then 0:22:49.880 --> 0:22:54.439 you had that freak sickness injury infection. How do you 0:22:54.440 --> 0:22:55.399 want to describe it? 0:22:55.560 --> 0:22:55.919 Something? 0:22:56.080 --> 0:22:58.680 Yes, something that put me put me in a hospital bed. 0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:01.119 So it wasn't great. I mean I was fighting my 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:02.960 wife going to the hospital because I was like, I 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:04.560 can get through it. I can get through it. It 0:23:04.600 --> 0:23:06.439 was a point where I was skipping too bad. We 0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:08.560 didn't want to go into like whatever. 0:23:08.359 --> 0:23:12.680 Sepsis right, Yes, that's dangerous. Yeah, so thank my wife 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:12.919 for that. 0:23:13.080 --> 0:23:15.520 You have such great energy this year. Just walking in here, 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:18.359 I could feel like the energy the vibe for Tanner Scott, 0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:21.000 yes was over. Like I looked at my wife. I 0:23:21.080 --> 0:23:21.359 love it. 0:23:21.440 --> 0:23:23.560 On New year's we don't make it to the ball drive. 0:23:23.680 --> 0:23:26.080 That's too late. We got a sign too way too late. 0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:28.000 So she looked at me, she goes new year. 0:23:28.200 --> 0:23:33.919 Yes, perfect, Yes, indeed. I mean think about that Tanner 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:36.439 Scott and his wife watching the ball drop on the 0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:40.439 East coast and immediately say, let's forget about twenty twenty 0:23:40.480 --> 0:23:44.440