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Speaker 2: Here's your host, David Vasselas. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David
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Speaker 2: here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. We have
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Speaker 2: two five seventy after the Dodgers defeat the Rockies tonight
Speaker 2: eleven to five, and a very short trip to Denver
Speaker 2: three games and back to LA for a three game
Speaker 2: homestand against the Pirates this weekend, and then back out
Speaker 2: on the road for the Dodgers as they will head
Speaker 2: to Detroit and Atlanta. By the way, speaking of Detroit,
Speaker 2: are very own. Kenley Jansen, who is the all time
Speaker 2: saves leader in Dodger history, notched his four hundred and
Speaker 2: ninety second save tonight, throwing only eight pitches in the
Speaker 2: ninth inning of a Tigers win, and the Tigers don't
Speaker 2: look now without Trek Scoobel are very much in the
Speaker 2: mix for the Al Central and also a wildcard spot.
Speaker 2: The Tigers are just four and a half games back
Speaker 2: of the White Sox, but that's neither here or there.
Speaker 2: This is Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until ten
Speaker 2: o'clock after my guy, Blake Snell had another second, had
Speaker 2: another successful start. Now has what twelve innings in twelve strikeouts,
Speaker 2: eleven strikeouts to start the year. I would say that's
Speaker 2: more than what people expected out of Blake Snell. Especially.
Speaker 2: You could say whatever you want about how bad the
Speaker 2: Rockies are, and he'll be the first one to admit, Yeah,
Speaker 2: this lineup is not murderer's row. But his second start,
Speaker 2: coming off the il at coursefield, that's never easy, and
Speaker 2: he made it look easy. The only inning where he
Speaker 2: didn't look easy was in that third inning when he
Speaker 2: started to get cute. He walked the bases loaded, a
Speaker 2: sacrifice fly scored the only run scored against him. But
Speaker 2: outside of that, he was phenomenal and he got good
Speaker 2: defense behind him. In the sixth inning, Tommy Edman and
Speaker 2: Mookie Beds made great plays behind him, and the Dodger
Speaker 2: offense for the first time since July second, scored double
Speaker 2: digit runs. It was a twelve seven win over the
Speaker 2: Padres at Dodger Stadium on July second. The Dodgers Tonight's
Speaker 2: score eleven runs, eleven to five. It was led by
Speaker 2: Max Munsey, who had the first big hit to really
Speaker 2: open this game up with a three run home run
Speaker 2: in the third inning. It was a four hundred and
Speaker 2: sixty one foot shot, the longest home run hit by
Speaker 2: a Dodger this season. Freddie Freeman three hits with two doubles,
Speaker 2: Otani two home runs tonight. So look, I know it
Speaker 2: was disappointing against the Brewers and Logan Henderson yesterday and
Speaker 2: Misarowski the day before, but this is exactly what the
Speaker 2: Dodgers needed to see the ball go over the fence
Speaker 2: put up eleven runs, even if it was against one
Speaker 2: of the worst teams in baseball. Let's head downstairs right now,
Speaker 2: toy here for manager Dave Roberts.
Speaker 1: Collectively, I liked everything. That's that's that's who we are,
Speaker 1: you know, that's what we've been searching for for quite
Speaker 1: some time. And today I thought, you know, the bat
Speaker 1: that really kind of encapsulates you know who we are
Speaker 1: is the munthet back gets behind note two on some
Speaker 1: splits down below. Then he got that back into the
Speaker 1: count checking off those pitches and then spoiled it to
Speaker 1: two pitch inside fastball, and then Homer's on the next pitch,
Speaker 1: and so you know, I think it just goes to
Speaker 1: your earn good pitches. And today, you know, you can
Speaker 1: look at our swing percentage. I guarantee it was much
Speaker 1: lower than it has been the last six weeks. Our
Speaker 1: end zone swing rate was up. So all that stuff,
Speaker 1: you know, lined up to the output tonight, and so
Speaker 1: that's what we're capable of. And now it's just about
Speaker 1: stacking those.
Speaker 4: And then you also had Blake who was able to
Speaker 4: get things going early.
Speaker 1: What were you seeing from him? Just how he managed himself.
Speaker 5: Yes, a little bit of traffic there and that third inning,
Speaker 5: but ultimately.
Speaker 1: How he was able to be efficient. For the most part,
Speaker 1: he did a really nice job. I think outside of
Speaker 1: that third inning, he was outstanding. In the third inning,
Speaker 1: I thought he was a little bit too fine, and
Speaker 1: you know, the three walks in a row and then
Speaker 1: limited damage, which is great. But then Reset started to
Speaker 1: use his change up a little bit more and you
Speaker 1: know a lot of bad swing and you know, for
Speaker 1: him to be able to get through six here was
Speaker 1: fantastic and you know, put our bullpen in a good spot,
Speaker 1: you know, for the next two games.
Speaker 3: I've been six weeks since you guys have scored this
Speaker 3: many runs in a game.
Speaker 6: Is this the kind of game that even on just
Speaker 6: like one night and then help you guys get out
Speaker 6: of this rut that you've been in as an offense.
Speaker 1: I think so. I think it's kind of gets to,
Speaker 1: you know, what makes you good as an offense, and
Speaker 1: that's what makes us good, you know, earning pitches, winning counts,
Speaker 1: spoiling pitches, those kind of things. And yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: we know this guy Tomorrow Feldner. We've seen him a lot,
Speaker 1: and so it's kind of going to be the same
Speaker 1: formula and if we can do that, then we'll be successful.
Speaker 2: All right. There's manager Dave Roberts on sports net LA,
Speaker 2: happy with the quality of at bats and a great point.
Speaker 2: With Munsey's three run home run, he was down O
Speaker 2: two and that was vintage Muncie getting back into the count,
Speaker 2: forcing the pitcher to throw a fastball, which he did
Speaker 2: and Munsey did not miss it. And the Dodgers beat
Speaker 2: the Rockies tonight eleven to five. Yeah, and also the
Speaker 2: Dodgers should do some damage tomorrow against Ryan Feltner as well.
Speaker 2: And even better news for the Dodgers, Paul Skeens was
Speaker 2: lined up to pitch against them this weekend, but he
Speaker 2: was pushed back to Wednesday. His start was supposed to
Speaker 2: be yesterday. Skeens will start on Wednesday for the Pirates,
Speaker 2: which means the Dodgers will not see Paul Skeens at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium. By the way, with the win tonight and
Speaker 2: the Padres losing against the Mets, the Dodgers have an
Speaker 2: eight game lead over the Padres a nine game lead
Speaker 2: over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Eight six six two five seventy
Speaker 2: is the phone number. Let's go out to Evan, who
Speaker 2: is at Course Field tonight. Hi, Evan, thanks for calling
Speaker 2: in after taking the road trip.
Speaker 7: Oh yeah, what's up? DV live here in Colorado. Always
Speaker 7: try to get out to a game when the Dodgers
Speaker 7: are in town, and tonight I wanted to start off
Speaker 7: with a quick story about my experience the night before
Speaker 7: getting into a little talk about some of the players.
Speaker 2: If that's all right, Yeah, what kind of story you got?
Speaker 7: Okay, So, top of the sixth inning, I'm sitting there
Speaker 7: left center in those home run seats. Show Hey, HiT's
Speaker 7: his first time run. I'm there with his with my dad,
Speaker 7: my brother, and our friend. The ball goes right next
Speaker 7: to my dad's head, his friend. They both dodge get
Speaker 7: out of the way of the ball. They could have
Speaker 7: caught a show. Hey, O, tawny home run. Now, I
Speaker 7: understand that from the perspective of a fan. You know,
Speaker 7: that's a lot of pressure. My question is it's not
Speaker 7: so great when it's your right field or dropping balls
Speaker 7: like that. And I'm wondering if you think that at
Speaker 7: this point.
Speaker 8: Kyle Tucker's in.
Speaker 2: His head Oh, without a doubt. You were at the
Speaker 2: game tonight. But Eric Carris was on the call on
Speaker 2: sports Net LA and he said exactly that it's psychological. Now,
Speaker 2: I mean, he is in headspin right now, and that's
Speaker 2: the only way to explain it, because there's no other
Speaker 2: way to explain this type of season. The plays we've
Speaker 2: seen in right field the last two days. Tonight the
Speaker 2: sun was down and Tucker acted like he lost it
Speaker 2: in the sun when he dropped that ball, and tonight
Speaker 2: zero for five. So yeah, you know, I actually like
Speaker 2: the suggestion Eric Carro sad on the air tonight that
Speaker 2: maybe Kyle Tucker has a sore back and needs to
Speaker 2: go on the il. Maybe he heads to Arizona. I
Speaker 2: had another former Dodger text me and say he doesn't
Speaker 2: need to be in Arizona. He needs to go to
Speaker 2: the Colorado River get away from baseball for a couple
Speaker 2: of days to clear his mind because it certainly is mental.
Speaker 2: There's no other explanation now, and I'm not gonna pile
Speaker 2: on him at this point. I kind of feel bad
Speaker 2: for him.
Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely, I think that makes sense. TV kind of
Speaker 7: reminds me of, you know, when Dennis Rodman needed to
Speaker 7: go take a break from the balls and go to Vegas.
Speaker 2: Hey, should I take Tucker to Vegas? Maybe I should
Speaker 2: be the guy to take Tucker to Vegas TV.
Speaker 7: I like the sound of that. I like the sound
Speaker 7: of that.
Speaker 2: Well, we'll we'll meet the team in UH in Detroit
Speaker 2: next week. How about that? Me and Tucker in Vegas
Speaker 2: for a week. All right, haven't got a run. Thank
Speaker 2: you for the phone call. Eight sixty six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy. David in Pasadena was watching sports
Speaker 2: at LA tonight. Hi, David, Hey TV.
Speaker 8: How you doing tonight?
Speaker 2: Man doing great. I'm happy that Dodgers scored eleven runs tonight.
Speaker 8: It was great to see an offensive eruption. It was
Speaker 8: great for the team and great for the fans. It's
Speaker 8: the last caller. You touched on what I was calling about.
Speaker 8: But I can segue real quick. I was thinking about
Speaker 8: what Eric Carro said. I was watching TV. Heard what
Speaker 8: he said, you know, regarding Tucker going maybe to Arizona.
Speaker 2: But you like my idea of me taking into Vegas instead.
Speaker 8: Right, Yeah, you guys would have well, you know, he
Speaker 8: could certainly afford to cover your tab.
Speaker 2: Right, Hey, that's what I'm thinking. He Hey, he buys
Speaker 2: all Fly. All right, he buys all Fly. We'll go together.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it'd be a great trip for you guys. Maybe
Speaker 8: you could shake him up a little bit and get
Speaker 8: him to relax, because you know, I feel bad for
Speaker 8: him too. You know, I was I was gonna call
Speaker 8: you yesterday. I was kind of really upset about the
Speaker 8: blase attitude. He's very beige in his demeanor. He's not colorful.
Speaker 8: I wish he was like rushing. I wish he had
Speaker 8: a little more fire. But you know, David, I.
Speaker 2: Want you, I want you to finish your comment, but
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna stop you really quick because I was
Speaker 2: watching him when he came back to the dugout after
Speaker 2: he dropped that fly ball, and I've never seen him
Speaker 2: do this before. He was angry at himself. He fired
Speaker 2: his hat and his glove into the dugout right as
Speaker 2: he was reaching the steps. So he was showing some fire,
Speaker 2: and we've seen him break bats when he pops up.
Speaker 2: But I think it goes back to everything that I said,
Speaker 2: and what Eric Harros was alluding to is that it's
Speaker 2: mental now. He's so frustrated he doesn't know how to
Speaker 2: get out of his own way.
Speaker 1: Understand.
Speaker 8: Okay, can I ask you what your thoughts are on
Speaker 8: Diaz tonight and the last in the ninth But are
Speaker 8: we concerned about Dias at this point?
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, we are concerned because you know, Jack Harris
Speaker 2: from the California Post tweeted out a great visual that
Speaker 2: everything that Dave Roberts has been describing and that I've
Speaker 2: been trying to explain. This guy had surgery three months
Speaker 2: ago and his arm slot is lower than it has
Speaker 2: been in the last couple of years. So he's working
Speaker 2: to get that back, and until he does, his slider
Speaker 2: is not going to be vintage Edwin Diaz. So that's
Speaker 2: the reason why Dave Roberts put him out there. I
Speaker 2: thought tonight was a way better situation than a safe
Speaker 2: situation to have him try to continue to find that
Speaker 2: arm slot.
Speaker 8: I understand that makes a lot of sense. So it
Speaker 8: was a good It was a dating was one, and
Speaker 8: it was a good chance for him to get out
Speaker 8: there and shake off more rust.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I like that situation a lot better than
Speaker 2: bringing him in in a one run game in a
Speaker 2: safe situation with him trying to work all that out.
Speaker 2: Got to run, David, thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. I
Speaker 2: did have a chance to catch up with Kyle Tucker
Speaker 2: earlier today because yesterday we did not have a chance
Speaker 2: to speak to him after uh an Oh for home
Speaker 2: stand and dropping that fly ball in the ninth inning,
Speaker 2: and then tonight Oh for five drops another fly ball,
Speaker 2: routine fly ball. So this is what Kyle Tucker had
Speaker 2: to say about the struggles at home compared to him
Speaker 2: being a pretty decent player at home.
Speaker 9: I mean, I don't really know. I mean, if I knew,
Speaker 9: I'd probably have figured out about it. But that's just
Speaker 9: kind of how it's gone. So, I mean, I don't
Speaker 9: monitor my home road splits, you know, I just try
Speaker 9: and go up and play. But I mean, obviously they're
Speaker 9: not great.
Speaker 1: So thanks.
Speaker 9: I don't know what the reason or anything is. It's
Speaker 9: just kind of how it is, so thanks. So I
Speaker 9: knew I'd obviously changed something, but she's got to keep
Speaker 9: keep playing, whether it's the first team or tenth year
Speaker 9: with the same team. I mean, I think it'd be
Speaker 9: freshering regardless. But I mean, it's not like I'm frustrated
Speaker 9: just because I'm playing at home or anything, whether it's
Speaker 9: on the road or at home, or people frustrating just
Speaker 9: not pubbling the team win games. So it just kind
Speaker 9: of happened to be. How how how it spend, you know,
Speaker 9: that's just kind of how it's gone. So it's not
Speaker 9: like I try harder on the road than I do
Speaker 9: at home. You know, it's not the case. I mean,
Speaker 9: I just this is just kind of how it's checking out.
Speaker 2: All right. There's Kyle Tucker before the game, and obviously
Speaker 2: a disappointing first season with the Dodgers, but there is
Speaker 2: the postseason, and I'm gonna say this. We're gonna take
Speaker 2: a time out here on Dodger Talk when we come back.
Speaker 2: We have two lines open at eight six six nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy. We're gonna get into the Dodgers'
Speaker 2: corner outfield spots and what the Dodgers can do to
Speaker 2: see how they can improve the production there because Tucker
Speaker 2: obviously has had a horrendous season, especially at home, and
Speaker 2: Tioscar Hernandez has had a below Taoscar Hernandez type of year.
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna share with you my idea to see
Speaker 2: what the Dodgers can do to improve their outfield production.
Speaker 2: And we'll take more of your phone calls. As the
Speaker 2: Dodgers defeat the Rockies eleven to five on five seventy
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Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy. Nobody wants to give my
Speaker 2: guy snel Zilla any love. Back to back starts coming
Speaker 2: off the IL throwing six innings tonight, he allowed one
Speaker 2: earn run in his first start back against the Royals
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium. Six innings, three hits, one earn run,
Speaker 2: and oh, by the way, in his first start he
Speaker 2: had ten strikeouts. So in his first two starts back,
Speaker 2: he's thrown twelve innings, allowed two earned runs, and has
Speaker 2: fifteen strikeouts. By the way the second start here at Corsefield,
Speaker 2: I don't care how weak this Rockies lineup is. It's
Speaker 2: never quote easy or a soft landing to pitch at Corsefield.
Speaker 2: And I would argue since the trade deadline, the best
Speaker 2: lefty the Dodgers have had on the mound is not
Speaker 2: Trek Scuoble. It's Blake SNeW Snell has out pitched Schooble
Speaker 2: since he's come off the IL. I liked what I
Speaker 2: saw from Schooble last night, but come on, he's outpitched
Speaker 2: him in his first two starts back. All right, here's
Speaker 2: my idea for the Dodgers. You may not realize this,
Speaker 2: but Taoscar Hernandez has had a very average year by
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez standards, and especially below standard for him against
Speaker 2: right handed pitching. Two thirty seven against righties this year,
Speaker 2: and he's only slugging three seventy three, and he's only
Speaker 2: getting on base at a two ninety three clip. I'm
Speaker 2: not saying that this is for the postseason, but I
Speaker 2: do believe the Dodgers have got to find out what
Speaker 2: their options are to see how they can get better
Speaker 2: production against right handed pitching in their corner outfield spots.
Speaker 2: So how do they do that? All we hear about
Speaker 2: is how great these young outfielders are at Tulsa and
Speaker 2: at Triple A Oklahoma City. My idea would be in September,
Speaker 2: when the rosters do expand, the Dodgers should call up
Speaker 2: JDP Josuay de Paula and platoon him with Taoscar Hernandez
Speaker 2: in left field. Because JDP against right handers at Double A,
Speaker 2: his OPS is a thousand, and he has twenty one
Speaker 2: of his twenty two home runs against right handed pitchers. Yeah,
Speaker 2: he only has one against the lefty and he's hitting
Speaker 2: three nineteen against righties. Why wouldn't you see what you
Speaker 2: got with Depaula and platoon him with Taoscar Hernandez. As
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts said a couple of weeks ago, we're now
Speaker 2: in August. This is who you are this year. And
Speaker 2: don't get me wrong, I'm the biggest Taoscar Hernandez believer
Speaker 2: out there. I do believe he's going to be big
Speaker 2: in October again. But in September, why not see what
Speaker 2: you got with JDP, your top outfield prospect who is
Speaker 2: super uber talented as a hitter. And I know people
Speaker 2: have said the defense is not major league standard, but
Speaker 2: have we really seen good defense in right field or
Speaker 2: left field this year? Tao's been better than Tucker, but
Speaker 2: not by a lot, I mean, and he's not dropping
Speaker 2: fly balls like we've seen the last two days. And
Speaker 2: I even wouldn't be opposed on certain nights to have
Speaker 2: te Oskar Hernandez in right field and JDP and left
Speaker 2: field in September. I'm not saying that's what it should
Speaker 2: be in October, but find out what you got. He's yours,
Speaker 2: he's in the organization, JDP, jose Way de Paula. I
Speaker 2: would give him an opportunity and see what the defense
Speaker 2: looks like. If it's as horrendous as some say, then okay,
Speaker 2: you know what you got this year. But it also
Speaker 2: gives him an opportunity to be around this team, these
Speaker 2: veterans and know what it takes to be a major
Speaker 2: league player. It's not just about hitting. And look, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers have stressed that Jason Hayward has been at Tulsa
Speaker 2: Double A a couple of different times. He's been there
Speaker 2: the last week, not just for Depaula, but for Mike
Speaker 2: Serota and all the Dodger outfielders there. So I would say, hey,
Speaker 2: let's see what you got. And I'm sure Jason Hayward,
Speaker 2: like he did when he was in the major leagues,
Speaker 2: was given some tough love to JDP. Why not ta
Speaker 2: Oscar Hernandez is hitting two thirty seven, Kyle Tucker is
Speaker 2: having a nightmare of a season that right now he
Speaker 2: can't get out of his own way of Why not?
Speaker 2: That's my question? Why not? Eight six six seven, two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number? Dodgers beat the Rockies tonight,
Speaker 2: eleven to five. Let's go out to Ensino Grant. You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk. How you doing good?
Speaker 6: Hey DV, Nice to finally talk to you. I listened
Speaker 6: to the show almost every day on the podcast, so
Speaker 6: thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 2: Thank you, No problem.
Speaker 6: I mean, well, I think the uh, the Rockies really
Speaker 6: showed up on the schedule with the perfect time for us.
Speaker 6: You know, it's been a couple of weeks of just
Speaker 6: as a Dodger fan being a little underwhelmed and a
Speaker 6: little bummed out every time you watch the games. And
Speaker 6: tonight was fine, kind of a game where you can
Speaker 6: really feel good about the offense, feel good. It's like, oh,
Speaker 6: we're back. And then all of a sudden, Kyle Tucker
Speaker 6: and Diaz kind of just put a stink on the game,
Speaker 6: you know, sort of spoiled the feel good feeling, and
Speaker 6: it was sort of by the end of the ninth
Speaker 6: it's like, geez, You're watching Tanner Scott.
Speaker 8: Warm up and you're like, what is going on here?
Speaker 6: So, I mean, my my question, like, it seems like
Speaker 6: Diaz really needs to figure something out, and you're close
Speaker 6: to the team. I was just wondering if you could
Speaker 6: do something easy, which is just to tell him to
Speaker 6: please ditch that Mets colored glove.
Speaker 1: He keeps wearing.
Speaker 6: I mean, that would be just a first steps here
Speaker 6: rinsing a little stink off of his season.
Speaker 10: Could you do that for us?
Speaker 8: TV?
Speaker 2: Uh? Sure, Grant. I don't know if that's the issue,
Speaker 2: but I understand what you're saying. But I'm sure he
Speaker 2: feels comfortable with that glove. All right, Grant, thank you
Speaker 2: for the phone call. Eight six six seven two five seventy. Look,
Speaker 2: I don't know why Diaz takes away from the loss
Speaker 2: tonight because the Dodgers had such a big lead. I
Speaker 2: know it's still concerning. He's given up runs, given up traffic.
Speaker 2: But this is the situation you want him in. You
Speaker 2: want him in that type of situation where he has
Speaker 2: a large margin for error to see whether or not
Speaker 2: he can continue to work his way out of this
Speaker 2: issue with his arm slot and be better. Eight sixty
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to paramount David. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing David?
Speaker 10: And I'm doing good?
Speaker 11: David?
Speaker 10: How are you doing? I hope you're doing well. So
Speaker 10: two things right? Sound like everyone else. But when does
Speaker 10: the noise to everyone get to deep arbag in regards
Speaker 10: to making hardest decisions Tuck girl for five, especially when
Speaker 10: ab where he green light three too for the pop
Speaker 10: out drop ball. Yeah, there maybe cries for a host
Speaker 10: way Depaula to be caught up. I'm with you there.
Speaker 10: I would like to see where that develops and goes,
Speaker 10: but I would see that. I don't want to see
Speaker 10: why you would put the kid in a situation like that.
Speaker 10: I don't necessarily see that happening. He could use the
Speaker 10: rest of the season to develop up.
Speaker 2: I don't know, Like I think he has to earn
Speaker 2: his way here, and I don't know what he has
Speaker 2: shown Andrew Freeman and the people down in the minor leagues.
Speaker 2: I'm sure Andrew Freeman will get a great report from
Speaker 2: Jason Hayward, but defense is effort and care factor. Maybe
Speaker 2: he's bored down there because he's dominating Tulsa. I don't
Speaker 2: know if it would change being here, but I have
Speaker 2: heard the defense has gotten better. All I'm saying is,
Speaker 2: I know the Dodgers scored eleven runs tonight, but for
Speaker 2: the last six weeks there's been no spark. It's been flat.
Speaker 2: Why not have a guy like that, who is super
Speaker 2: talented as a hitter, get an opportunity to see if
Speaker 2: he can spark something in this order and be another threat.
Speaker 2: If it doesn't work out, or if he's showing a
Speaker 2: lack of care factor for defense, then no harm, no foul.
Speaker 2: You send him back to the minors and teach him
Speaker 2: a lesson that it does matter.
Speaker 10: I concur with that, especially with the Oscar with his defense,
Speaker 10: and of course Kyle Tucker is below average defense currently
Speaker 10: the season, it continues to become enigma. So I do
Speaker 10: see where that comes to the factors. And I got
Speaker 10: one more thing, David, as far as again you want
Speaker 10: to take nothing away from Snaw even Vessia, look at
Speaker 10: Van Phillips. The course field effected and really take effect
Speaker 10: to them tonight. However, it does take effect for Edwin Diaz.
Speaker 10: I would say this, David, I am what they call
Speaker 10: the modern.
Speaker 2: I didn't blame coursefield for Edwin Diaz having issues tonight.
Speaker 2: I just said that his surgery three months ago is
Speaker 2: still a work in progress coming back and pitching in
Speaker 2: major league games. I never blamed course field.
Speaker 10: No, I understand that it's just got the modern thing.
Speaker 10: That what people say with that. But one last thing,
Speaker 10: nobody here, no one said no, of course not, but
Speaker 10: that seems to be rid of recurring thing. As far
Speaker 10: as the course field effect, I'm sure you've heard of
Speaker 10: that as well. But can we please have Edwin Diaz
Speaker 10: stop untucking? Is sure after each game that he closes,
Speaker 10: especially where he barely makes it out of live o, sir,
Speaker 10: but take some flight in that Dodger blue.
Speaker 2: All right, David, thank you for the phone call. I mean,
Speaker 2: come on, you guys are really really reaching. That's gonna
Speaker 2: upset you and untucked his jersey, uh coming off the field.
Speaker 2: I mean, I I don't know what to say to that.
Speaker 2: I don't think that's the biggest issue concerning the Dodgers
Speaker 2: or Edwin Diaz. Tonight's game brought to you by Modello
Speaker 2: Modelo the mark of a Fighter. Look, I agree the
Speaker 2: Dodger uniform and the Yankee uniform are the two most
Speaker 2: special uniforms in baseball, so I agree with you treat
Speaker 2: it with respect. But I'm sure he was frustrated and uh,
Speaker 2: you know, just was wanting to untuck his jersey. I
Speaker 2: don't see an issue with that. Let's go out to
Speaker 2: North Hollywood, Sergio Untucket after the game was over. Hi, Sergio,
Speaker 2: I hope, I hope you didn't have issue with that.
Speaker 11: I had no issue with with that at all. I mean,
Speaker 11: that's uh, that's okay. I like your idea about bringing
Speaker 11: in their kid and let's try him out and left
Speaker 11: field while we have time to see what he's got
Speaker 11: In the meantime, my suggestion is having Andy Payaz out
Speaker 11: there in center be like the Kelly Leak and just
Speaker 11: cover left field and also right field, so that way
Speaker 11: he could just have everything in his area, because Andy's
Speaker 11: the best, and you know we need him as he's
Speaker 11: playing terrific center field to make up for the you know,
Speaker 11: the situation.
Speaker 2: See, Okay, if you're going to deliver a sarcastic phone
Speaker 2: call like that, you just got to get to it,
Speaker 2: just with the punchline right away. You don't draw it
Speaker 2: out right on.
Speaker 11: But you know, it's a great win. I love what
Speaker 11: munths he's doing. I mean, incredible, four hundred and sixty
Speaker 11: one feet. I mean that guy really just got us
Speaker 11: grounded for this win today and made it five don nothing,
Speaker 11: and you know, go Dodgers. This was just a great win.
Speaker 11: But we just can't take Muncy for granted either. He's
Speaker 11: just like an MVP on the team and he along
Speaker 11: with Otani and Freddie, I mean, wow, those three and
Speaker 11: Mookie's starting to come around too, so you know we're
Speaker 11: starting to gel, you know, and it's a long season.
Speaker 11: But I like your idea. I like your idea. Let's
Speaker 11: bring in the kid. Let's see if you could add
Speaker 11: a little bit of a of energy from the youth
Speaker 11: side of things.
Speaker 2: You know, Yeah, I don't think there's any downside to it.
Speaker 2: You find out what you got. I don't believe he'll
Speaker 2: embarrass himself offensively. I mean, he's really talented offensively. And look,
Speaker 2: I never would have suggested this if what we're seeing
Speaker 2: in right field and left field aren't staring us in
Speaker 2: the face. Ta Oscar Hernandez against right handed pitching, and
Speaker 2: he even will admit this has not been very good
Speaker 2: against right handed pitching. He's only hitting two thirty seven
Speaker 2: against right he's and slugging three seventy three. The majority
Speaker 2: of pitchers you're going to see are right handers. I
Speaker 2: know the Dodgers on the last homestand saw a lot
Speaker 2: of lefties. He didn't do much against them either. So look,
Speaker 2: I'm just it's it's glaring right now what we're seeing
Speaker 2: offensively from both right field and left field. I'm not
Speaker 2: going to compare Kyle Tucker to ta Oscar Hernandez because
Speaker 2: ta Oscar Hernandez at least has been somewhat average. Tucker,
Speaker 2: especially at home, as we know, has not been and
Speaker 2: I even said this two weeks ago before every everybody
Speaker 2: started to, you know, clamor to the fact that Tucker
Speaker 2: has not performed at home. He's not the only one.
Speaker 2: If you look at a lot of Dodgers home and
Speaker 2: road splits, you'll see a lot of guys perform a
Speaker 2: lot better on the road than at Dodgers Stadium. For
Speaker 2: whatever reason. The one guy that has done more damage
Speaker 2: at home than on road is Andy Pa has and
Speaker 2: tonight Andy Pa has had three hits in an RBI.
Speaker 2: But for whatever reason, you go to Munsey, Freddy Freeman,
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts. All these guys are better on the road.
Speaker 2: But it's a huge drop off for Kyle Tucker playing
Speaker 2: on the road and playing at home. And right now,
Speaker 2: wherever he's playing, it's not looking good. He's oh for
Speaker 2: his last twenty five after going or for his last
Speaker 2: twenty four after going oh for five tonight, and look,
Speaker 2: this is a night where the Dodgers beat the Rockies
Speaker 2: eleven to five, and everybody is now piling on Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 2: Like I said earlier, I'm not piling on him, but
Speaker 2: I feel like at some point you have to make
Speaker 2: a decision whether or not he needs to have more
Speaker 2: than just one day off. Maybe he needs the next
Speaker 2: two games off here at Corsfield to get away from it, because,
Speaker 2: as Eric Carro said on the Dodgers television broadcast, it's
Speaker 2: in his head now, it's psychological. And Carros went as
Speaker 2: far to say that, hey, maybe he's got a sore back.
Speaker 2: Maybe he needs two weeks off Arizona to try to reset.
Speaker 2: So you know, those are the type of things that
Speaker 2: are being said, and it's hard to argue with it
Speaker 2: at this point. It's not physical, it's not a hitting
Speaker 2: mechanical adjustment. It's a mental thing. So Kyle Tucker has
Speaker 2: got to figure it out for himself how to reset,
Speaker 2: how to get his mind to a place where today
Speaker 2: is the start of my season and I'm not sure
Speaker 2: we've seen that yet. Eight six six seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Culver City. Greg,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Greg?
Speaker 10: Hey, David good?
Speaker 3: So so far we've got Edwin Diaz, his glove, his jersey.
Speaker 3: I don't have any other complaints that you can go
Speaker 3: voice to him tonight calling about Blake Snell in chaoscar So,
Speaker 3: Blake Snell. I think last year everybody felt when Yamamoto's
Speaker 3: on the mound, that was the game. If there was
Speaker 3: a two game, three game, or seven game losing, he'd
Speaker 3: be the stopper. I think we found the new one.
Speaker 3: I love that he went six innings at cors. I
Speaker 3: think if you get five strong innings it's a good start.
Speaker 3: Six is amazing. And to have that big of a
Speaker 3: lead and stay locked in tells you he's ready to
Speaker 3: go right. And I'm looking at him as potentially the
Speaker 3: opening game starter of a seven game series at this point,
Speaker 3: like he's been that locked in. So you're right, we've
Speaker 3: got to give you a year home run Trott for that.
Speaker 3: But the guy who's thank you for.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it. It's not about being right, it's about
Speaker 2: trusting the person and knowing what they're about and respecting
Speaker 2: he has two cy youngs, and respecting what he did
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers in October last year. And now he
Speaker 2: says he's healthier than he has been in three years,
Speaker 2: and you're seeing that with the curveball as good as
Speaker 2: it is. But I'm glad you appreciate snell Zilla Now, Greg,
Speaker 2: I would go Yamaham Snell two and Scooble three.
Speaker 3: And by the way, we're over here, we have this
Speaker 3: luxury of riches with an eight game lead. Right, nobody's
Speaker 3: acting or no one's bringing up the fact that both
Speaker 3: the d Backs lost. The player didn't even show up
Speaker 3: to play the game today in their locker room, so
Speaker 3: they got bigger.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and he.
Speaker 3: Got paid and this is what they get. But speaking
Speaker 3: of players who are paid, right, uh, I'm not jumping
Speaker 3: on tyle attackers back. I look at him as the
Speaker 3: same way I looked at Michael Conforta last year.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 3: We took an experiment. It's not paying off. But we're
Speaker 3: lucky and fortunate. We have ownership that could absorb this, right,
Speaker 3: we have the roster that could absorb a hit like this.
Speaker 3: But the guy who should be sending him an edible arrangement,
Speaker 3: a flower arrangement, taking him on a trip at the
Speaker 3: end of the season is Tasker Hernandez because he has
Speaker 3: been m I a po w all season and nobody
Speaker 3: is looking at left field because we're so concerned with
Speaker 3: what's happening, right, And I could not agree more that
Speaker 3: Jose d Poula or maybe even start platooning those two
Speaker 3: in right field because I know that was Tao's native position,
Speaker 3: and maybe letting Keik and Edmund rotate in left field.
Speaker 3: I know Edmond's plugging second base right now, but man
Speaker 3: and I just know that there's no way we're going
Speaker 3: into a five game or seven game series with Milwaukee
Speaker 3: with both of those guys playing like this in that
Speaker 3: lineup when we have Kecha Hanani is on the bench
Speaker 3: and hopefully he gets this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you, Greg. If JDP
Speaker 2: doesn't get called up, I'm with you. I think you
Speaker 2: start playtuning Edmund and Tao and left field and get
Speaker 2: more reps for Mickey Row and Keik at second base.
Speaker 3: We need gamers, and we need guys that show up.
Speaker 8: And it's like, and I know you get it right,
Speaker 8: and a lot.
Speaker 3: Of callers here get emotional win loss in between right
Speaker 3: and I got their own battle. But it's like, Hey,
Speaker 3: I just want a guy who's going to go to
Speaker 3: the plate and give me a competitive at that three
Speaker 3: times and if he gets up four times, we're probably
Speaker 3: winning that game if we're getting that down low in
Speaker 3: the batting order. So everyone take a chill pill and
Speaker 3: then the last thing I didn't get thrown for Tanna Scott.
Speaker 3: I was a guy who had the pitchforks and or
Speaker 3: the torches and pitchforks. Last year for him fourteen appearances,
Speaker 3: one and run and he doesn't like guys on eight.
Speaker 8: Get shot.
Speaker 2: You stayed on a little too long. Greg. We got
Speaker 2: the Tanner Scott love and we appreciate you self reporting
Speaker 2: from a year ago. Look, Tanner did not have a
Speaker 2: good year, but that's the life of a reliever and
Speaker 2: the life of every baseball player. I learned this from
Speaker 2: Dodgers in the past that told me every year is
Speaker 2: unique and nothing more than a volatile bullpen. To remind
Speaker 2: you of that, all right, I just want to remind you,
Speaker 2: by the way, the Dodgers now eight games ahead of
Speaker 2: the Padres, nine ahead of the Diamondbacks. If the Dodgers
Speaker 2: go five hundred the rest of the way, they'll finish
Speaker 2: with ninety three wins. The Padres, who have been very
Speaker 2: hot lately, would need to go twenty seven and nine
Speaker 2: to pass them. Arizona, who got a no show from
Speaker 2: catl Marte, would have to go twenty eight and eight
Speaker 2: to pass them. But it's not about the Division. I
Speaker 2: think we all understand that it's about trying to get
Speaker 2: one of those top two seas, trying to get a
Speaker 2: bye because, as Dave Roberts reminded us again today, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are a wildcard team despite being a division winner,
Speaker 2: and the Braves lost tonight. The Dodgers win, so again
Speaker 2: they are tied in the lost callum. And look, we
Speaker 2: talked about the tie breakers season series. With the Brewers
Speaker 2: going Milwaukee's way yesterday, that three game series in Atlanta
Speaker 2: is going to be very important for the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: Braves to see who can get an edge in being
Speaker 2: the number two seed in the National League. Eight six, six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Silver Lake. Allen, you're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 2: vasse Hi.
Speaker 12: Allen, Hi, David, it's first call this year, but you
Speaker 12: know you anticipated my call.
Speaker 13: You know, I've seen teams loose leads like this.
Speaker 12: You know, I think about the Red Sox and the
Speaker 12: Yankees all the way back in the seventies. You know
Speaker 12: that the Dodgers are act like they're playing with house
Speaker 12: money and they're not, and just throwing Daz out there
Speaker 12: and letting his gives continue to play and just say, well,
Speaker 12: we have these pitchers, we have Freeman and Otani.
Speaker 13: This is not for sure, it's not even for sure.
Speaker 13: They haven't clinched a playoff.
Speaker 12: Spot even yet.
Speaker 13: And I know it's crazy, but teams in this position
Speaker 13: have not made the playoffs.
Speaker 2: And I did you just hear what I said with
Speaker 2: the dog If the Dodgers went five hundred, the Padres
Speaker 2: and Diamondbacks would have to do something they've never done
Speaker 2: before and go on a run like they've never gone before.
Speaker 2: So you actually think the Dodgers are going to blow
Speaker 2: this lead. And tonight tonight the Dodgers had the lead
Speaker 2: to bring in Edwin Diaz, so they were bringing him
Speaker 2: in in the most ideal of situation. If you would
Speaker 2: have called tonight and the Dodgers had a one run
Speaker 2: lead and DS pitched the way he did tonight, then
Speaker 2: you would have more ground to stand on tonight.
Speaker 13: Of course, it's great, Corsefield will be. But have the
Speaker 13: Dodgers been playing five hundred?
Speaker 2: Oh well, the point is they had a large lead.
Speaker 2: They had a nine run lead in the ninth inning.
Speaker 2: And yes he didn't pitch grade, but he still needs
Speaker 2: to come back from being out for three months after
Speaker 2: arm surgery, and there's no better way to do it
Speaker 2: than in a blowout game. Would you rather have him
Speaker 2: pitching a game like this tonight or a game like
Speaker 2: we saw at Dodgers Dating where he blew the first
Speaker 2: game of the series to the Brewers. If he doesn't
Speaker 2: blow that game, the Dodgers have a split. And you
Speaker 2: want to talk about urgency, that's not managing with a
Speaker 2: lot of urgency that first game because everybody wanted to
Speaker 2: put it on the players yesterday. But how about you
Speaker 2: know that game meaning something the first night of that
Speaker 2: four game series. You would have had a lot more
Speaker 2: ground to stand on with your argument that night than
Speaker 2: you do tonight.
Speaker 13: I'm not Look, it's I'm not only calling about tonight.
Speaker 13: I'm calling about that. Dave Roberts convinced me last year
Speaker 13: the way the Dodgers won the World Series, that the
Speaker 13: way they came together, it justified his entire year of managing,
Speaker 13: right he he he. The players know that he believes
Speaker 13: in them, and miracles are gonna happen, and they happened.
Speaker 13: So but that doesn't mean that Dave Roberts is a
Speaker 13: perfect manager and maybe the same thing's gonna happen this year.
Speaker 13: They're gonna come together and miracles are gonna happen. But fine,
Speaker 13: they want tonight. I'm not just calling about tonight. I'm
Speaker 13: calling about those other games.
Speaker 8: I don't like it.
Speaker 13: And Okay, maybe Diaz is gonna, you know, figure something out.
Speaker 13: But does he look to you really like he's gonna
Speaker 13: figure something out.
Speaker 2: No, and you're calling all they kind of they kind
Speaker 2: of need him to figure it out. If he could
Speaker 2: figure it out, it's a huge weapon in their bullpen.
Speaker 2: They don't have a high leverage right handed reliever right now,
Speaker 2: so I think they need to know what they have
Speaker 2: with him. And and the Dodgers are not blowing this
Speaker 2: lead Allan. If they do, I'll walk back from San
Speaker 2: Francisco on the last day of the regular season.
Speaker 13: Now, Dave, you're gonna buy me pizza at Quarter Sheets
Speaker 13: Pizza because last year you made fun of me. Is
Speaker 13: a hipster telling you where to eat pizza, And I
Speaker 13: hope you've tried it near the stadium. The place is
Speaker 13: fantastic anyway, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Alan, I still have not I go to Lasorda's
Speaker 2: near the stadium. Thank you for the phone call Alan,
Speaker 2: all right, that'll do it for ussan Dodger talk. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers won tonight. I know you couldn't tell by the calls,
Speaker 2: but the Dodgers one tonight behind a solid performance from
Speaker 2: Blake Snell, who won his first game of the year
Speaker 2: six innings, one to earn run. Tomorrow, Eric Lower will
Speaker 2: be on the mount for the Dodgers. Ryan Feltner will
Speaker 2: be on the mount for the Rockies. He's five and
Speaker 2: six with an ERA of five point fifty nine. Our
Speaker 2: coverage begins at four point thirty, first pitch at five
Speaker 2: forty with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett live from Corus Field.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us tonight. Thanks to calling ye
Speaker 2: back our Burbank Studios Dwayne McDonald out here in Denver,
Speaker 2: and thanks to you for listening. In case you missed
Speaker 2: any of the show or our pregame conversation with Evan Phillips,
Speaker 2: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app once again.
Speaker 2: The final score tonight the Dodgers defeat the Rockies eleven
Speaker 2: to five. Have a great rest of your night. See
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