WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (7-29-26) 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:02.960 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:07.000 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:11.520 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:12.639 the fifth. 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:15.160 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:17.160 Here we go again. We're gay running back. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.360 To get in on the show called eight six six 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:22.079 not eighty seven, two five seventy, and be sure to 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:26.640 follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:28.000 David Vasse. 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:34.040 Last we are live at Uniclo Field at Dodgers Stadium 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:37.880 after the Dodgers defeat the Seattle Mariners four to two. 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:40.120 Welcome to Dodger Talk. 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:44.680 David Vasse with you until eleven thirty tonight at eight 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.360 sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. We will 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:52.680 continue to take your calls and questions regarding the trade 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.480 deadline and all the trade rumors that you're hearing. I 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:58.440 can clear up what is true, what is false, and 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:02.920 what may be not really clear, So we'll get to 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:06.360 all the mind numbing trade talk. And also you'll hear 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:10.120 from Andrew Friedman because instead of being picked off by 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:15.479 seven different writers during batting practice, he just decided, let's 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:17.840 just do this in a press conference format. 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:19.119 I'm not going to. 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.399 Tell you what I'm going to do or whether or 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:25.199 not we're trading for Trek Scooble or anybody else. But hey, 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.920 let's let's go through this exercise. And I feel like 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:33.560 he really wanted to clarify things on where show hey 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:38.520 Otani's health is, because he said that the bicep is 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:42.320 not the reason why O'tani is not pitching. 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:43.880 It's more of the left knee. 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.840 And I personally would love to do a press conference 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:53.440 with Andrew Friedman after the trade deadline because whatever cards 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:56.840 he's holding, he's not tipping his hand. And you know, 0:01:56.960 --> 0:02:01.000 being around Andrew his entire time with the Dogs, if 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:04.560 there are guys that may or may not be coming back, 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:07.960 or whether or not they're going to pitch in the 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.839 second half of the season, he doesn't want that out 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:14.520 there because he believes that can hurt his leverage and 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:16.080 any trade discussions. 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:17.520 But we'll get to what. 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.400 He had to say as far as the trade deadline 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.440 and what he may be cooking up and where his 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:24.280 head's at. 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:25.639 But the one thing that. 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.760 Came to mind today when we talk about the trade deadline, 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:34.679 and Andrew Friedman He's not a rookie. He's not Mike 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:39.040 Breslo from the Red Sox. He's a guy that has 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:42.480 been around in his position with the Rais and Dodgers 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:47.760 now getting closer to thirty years than ten. Okay, you 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:51.040 talk about a veteran player like a Freddie Freeman that 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.800 has the experience of seeing a lot in the game. 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:59.560 The big advantage for Andrew Friedman obviously is the financial 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:04.079 where and also the prospect capital. But let's not forget 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:09.120 about the experience he has in navigating trades at the 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:13.760 trade deadline and understanding the dynamics better than anybody else 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:17.679 out there in Major League Baseball about how to navigate 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:21.519 a trade deadline for the big fish like Manny Machado 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:26.080 or You Darvish, or pulling off a three way trade 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:30.040 with the White Sox and Cardinals for Michael Kopek and 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:31.040 Tommy Edmond. 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:33.519 He's he's seen. 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.880 A lot, and the experience he has is certainly going 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:41.400 to lend itself to be a huge advantage for the Dodgers. 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:45.000 Eight six, six, nine, seven, two five seventy is the 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:49.720 phone number. The Dodgers remain unbeaten on nights that Eric 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:54.119 Lawer pitches. He has made eight starts for the Dodgers now, 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.200 after pitching six shutout innings tonight. He had an opener 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:03.120 in Minneso, a couple of road trips ago, and all 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.280 he did was pitch what six no hit innings, maybe 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.040 six perfect innings coming in after the opener. 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:11.920 Nobody saw this coming. 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:17.800 But again, the Dodgers, Andrew Friedman, is pitching staff, Mark Pryor, 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:22.320 Connor McGinnis, they saw something in Lower. They knew they 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.960 can maybe bring the best out of him, and they 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:27.960 have exceeded. 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:28.960 All those expectations. 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.760 If you told Mark Pryor and Andrew Friedman and Dave 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.800 Roberts and said we're going to trade for Eric Lower 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:38.479 and we're going to win each and every one of 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:43.599 his starts, would they have said, Yes, that's absolutely the plan. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.359 We want Lower to go five and oh with an 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:50.839 elra at three and be undefeated nine to oher every 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.240 time he takes the mount for the Dodgers. 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:56.360 That's just not what anybody drew up. 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.839 But I'm sure the other teams in baseball that right 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:06.719 now are scrambling for starting pitching are kicking themselves, pulling 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.920 their hair out that they could have had Eric Lawer 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:14.919 for cash considerations like the Dodgers did, and they passed 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:19.040 on him. But the Dodgers, who are very rich in pitching, 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.960 felt like they needed an extra arm to support their 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:27.400 six man rotation, especially since River Ryan has been a 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:31.880 no show this season and Eric Lower has stepped in 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:36.400 and then some And you know, I keep on asking Lawer, 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.359 what is it, what is it that the Dodgers have 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:43.080 done to make a click? And in Philly he gave 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:46.880 me some answer that was about the mental skills, coach 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:51.159 all that, and after the cameras went off, I looked 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.240 at him and I don't usually do this. 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:55.960 But I said to him, that was the biggest. 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.359 Bunch of bs I have ever heard. It's fine, you 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.520 don't want to tell us what they have taught you. 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:05.120 It's fine, I understand, but don't give me that. But 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.160 the mental part of the game is a huge part 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.520 of it. But you could have your head on straight, 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:12.000 but not the ability or know what you're doing out there. 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:16.960 And you know, obviously the Dodgers have done something to 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:21.440 help Eric Lower click. And look, Lwer's very candid with 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.120 his answers, except when you ask him, what have the 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:25.440 Dodgers done to help you. 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.320 But after the game tonight. 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.600 Look, there's no secret the athletic put it out there 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.359 a couple of weeks ago that the Dodgers, and it 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:37.880 makes sense, may flip lour before Monday's trade deadline with 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.320 the return of Blake Snell. And we'll get to the 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:45.599 night snail Zilla hat in Ontario and the return of 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:46.400 Tyler Glass. 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:48.760 Now you'll hear from Glass now a little bit later. 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:53.560 But the Dodgers are getting back two big time arms, 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.760 and Lower's expendable. 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:58.479 As hard as that is. 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:02.880 To say, a guy that has won all five of 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.560 his starts and the Dodgers being nine to zero when 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:09.800 he pitches, but the reality is that was the plan 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:13.400 for the Dodgers when they acquired Lower, that this was 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:15.680 a temporary situation. 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:18.880 I started to look around at canvas. 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.880 What team may be a match for the Dodgers if 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:27.440 indeed they are thinking about trading Laer to help bolster 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:31.480 their minor league depth, whether it be in the pitching department, 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:35.840 middle infield department, or catching department. Because the reality is, 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.800 the Dodgers don't draft high, they don't have a lot 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:43.920 of international money because they're two times over the luxury 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:47.200 tax threshold. And when you start to hear about the 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:51.880 Chicago White Sox, who are a surprise team, a Cinderella team. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:56.080 They have a really good, young, energetic team, but they 0:07:56.120 --> 0:08:00.040 are in need of pitching. Not just one pitcher, we 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.520 need like two or three pitchers, starting pitchers. And then 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.240 you start to hear reports out of Chicago that they 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.400 don't want to give up any one of their top 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:13.679 fifteen prospects to land a Kevin Gossman or a Trek 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:18.760 Schouble or Clay Holmes, and it clicked Eric Lower. 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:20.600 Eric Lower fits. 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.120 If they don't want to give up one of their 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:27.680 top fifteen prospects, the Dodgers would try to find a 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:31.680 way to make a deal with the White Sox. Eric 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:35.079 Lower goes to Chicago, and the Dodgers find a minor 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:40.000 league top thirty somewhere between twenty and thirty prospect that 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:44.320 would fit where they're lacking or thin in the minor league. 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:46.560 So I'm calling my shot. 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.839 If the Dodgers trade Eric Lower, I believe it's going 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:51.680 to be to the Chicago White Sox. 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.840 That's just my educated guess. 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.880 Let's go out to the phones until we hear from Lower, 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.000 Ryan who is at the ballgame tonight. 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:01.640 Hi, Ryan, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:03.600 What's going on DV? 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:04.240 How you doing? 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:05.959 Everything's great? 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:07.000 Awesome? 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.200 Well, you know, I'm here with my buddy Jr. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:09.440 Two. 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.000 We were at the game and we were sitting behind 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.760 home plate and we had a little bit of a 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:14.160 hot take. 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:16.440 We wanted to run by you. 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.559 You know how Munsey and keik A went to the 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:20.760 same optometrists. 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:24.839 Does Tanner Scott need to go to Roki's glove manufacturer 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.520 and get one of those monster Mitch? Do you believe 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:28.520 he was tipping tonight? 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:30.360 I don't know. 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:32.719 He looked pretty good in the beginning, but he was 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:33.680 getting smoked there. 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:38.240 Hey, that ball that Mitch Garver hit, it seemed like 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:42.480 he was aiming that pitch instead of pitching that pitch. 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.720 He didn't let he didn't grip it and rip it. 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.199 And how about Taoscar Hernandez. Ryan, wasn't I just saying 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:51.800 this last night? Do not give up on Tioscar Hernandez. 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:55.679 He's a winning player. You can't spell October without tail. 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.480 And there you go. He made the best catch he 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.280 has made with the Dodgers to night. 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.800 Yeah, everyone was going nuts when he made that catch. 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:05.280 That was insane. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.080 Yeah, it was incredible. It was incredible. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.360 Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:13.839 the phone number. How about the ball in the ninth 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:16.720 inning that was hit to right field. I thought that 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:20.640 was a very catchable ball that Kyle Tucker should have caught. 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:25.040 And I, you know, every it just kills me that 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:30.559 everybody focuses on Tioscar Hernandez. Why why is everybody focusing 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:34.960 on Taioscar Hernandez. This guy in the last two octobers 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:38.240 has had bigger moments than a lot of guys on 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:42.520 this team. Mookie Beds is having an all time worst season. 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:46.240 Nobody wants to acknowledge that his on base percentage is 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:47.240 in the two eighties. 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:47.559 Now. 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:52.880 Kyle Tucker, one hundred plus games in, has not even 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:56.000 come close to being Kyle Tucker, let alone a sixty 0:10:56.080 --> 0:11:00.240 million dollar player. But everybody finds a way to, you know, 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:05.200 use ta Oscar Hernandez as escapegoat. It's beyond me and 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:09.120 trust me. Just like he has come through the last 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.199 two octobers, he will do it again. And tonight he 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:16.000 showed the focus and determination on defense on a night 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.920 where he was just one for four eight sixty six 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.600 nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:22.000 All right? 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.840 We got Eric Lauer talking about the trade rumors and 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:29.720 acknowledging the fact this may have been his final start 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:30.440 as a Dodger. 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.200 Given how you're thriving here, what's the How has it 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.400 been to deal with hearing your name floating around out 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:37.920 of the deadline? Oh? 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:38.920 My wife hates it. 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.199 No, it's I mean, it's something that I was aware of, 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.320 you know, coming over here, that it might be like 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:52.120 a rental thing. There's some big guys that have injuries 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.440 that you know there was just a need so see, 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.679 a need fill a need kind of thing. But I mean, 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.720 I love it here. I think I'm thriving here as 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:03.839 far as as I can tell. And you know, I 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.880 would love I would love to be part of this team. 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.800 Heay, we would love for Eric Lawerd to stay part 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.560 of this team. He's a great guy. He has fit 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:16.000 in so nicely, and he has pitched so well the Dodgers, 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:19.640 and he has reminded Dave Roberts about this when he pitches. 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:23.440 The Dodgers are nine to zero, including tonight beating the 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.160 Mariners four to two. Tonight's game brought to you by 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:30.480 Modello Modello the mark of a fighter. Another left handed 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.960 pitcher possibly could have made his last start in front 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.040 of his home fans, and that is Trek Scooble. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:39.200 Trek Scouble pitched today. 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.520 The Tigers had a seven nothing lead and they blew 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:43.960 it to the Baltimore Orioles. 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:44.520 They lost. 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:48.079 Yeah, on a day that school Bol recorded his one 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:52.680 thousandth career strikeout. Pitched strong into the seventh inning, the 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:56.160 Tigers blew a seven nothing lead on what could have 0:12:56.240 --> 0:13:01.040 been Tarek Scoobele's final start in a tiger'sform. I feel 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:04.520 like the way things transpire today in Detroit, that was 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:08.839 the final nail in the coffin. Schooble most definitely will 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:12.240 be traded. Jeff Passing is reporting that the Tigers have 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:16.000 not called teams to say officially, yes, we're going to 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.800 trade them, but he expects that to happen in the 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.480 next twenty four to forty eight hours. And obviously the 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.560 running's on the wall after a game like today, and 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:29.400 after the game today, Trek Scouble fielded a lot of 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:32.880 questions about the fact that this very well may have 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.199 been his last start in a Tiger's uniform. 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:38.800 I don't even really want to speculate. To be honest, 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.120 I try to live where I'm at right now, you know, 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.559 and right now I'm going to try Tiger. I don't 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:46.880 really want to speculate a ton on what's happening or 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:48.760 what the future holds, because I don't know, you know. 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:54.319 So yeah, I mean I understand the questions. I understand, 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:56.320 you know, what could happen or what could change a 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:59.760 week from now, But like, I don't really like thinking 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:01.640 like that. You know, it's a tough place to be. 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.600 Look, that sounds like a guy that knows this was 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:07.960 the last time he's making a start. 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:08.800 Now. 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:12.480 The only question is where is Schoolbol going to be traded? 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:16.880 Like I mentioned to you last night, I have people 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:20.200 telling me in the league that they expect the Tampa 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:23.240 Bay Rays to be very aggressive, not only for school 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:26.120 Bol but also for some offense. They feel like this 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:30.480 is a golden opportunity with Junior Caminero having an MVP 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.120 caliber season. 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.040 To ride this all the way through October. 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:39.080 They've got an incredible pitching staff starting staff already, and 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:41.960 they want to add Scoobale to it as well. So 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.720 just from what I've gathered I feel like handicapping this. 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:49.000 It's going to be the Rays, the Braves, the Dodgers, 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.720 and the Brewers. I know everybody keeps on saying the Brewers. 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:55.360 And if you were listening to Dodger Talk, get the 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:59.240 receipts on the podcast. That Saturday game in Milwaukee, Ken 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:04.400 Rosenthal during the broadcast with Aj Prazinski and Joe Davis 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:07.480 and Adam Wainwright, was the first one to say that 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:11.280 he had heard the Brewers are considering trading for schoolbol 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:13.480 and going for it. The way they went for it 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.920 was CC Sabathia back in two thousand and eight. It 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:19.840 obviously did not get them to the World Series, but 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:24.440 it was an incredible electric run with Sebastia pitching on 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.760 three days rest, just to get the Brewers to the postseason. 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:32.520 So if they team Scooble up with Misowski and Kyle Harrison, 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.400 that is going to be tough for any team to 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:39.440 beat in a short series. But like I said, it's 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:43.040 unclear whether or not the Brewers will actually pull the 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.840 trigger on that and go all in. But my understanding 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.560 is the Rays are very much prepared to do that 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:52.360 and go for it. And yes, the Dodgers are in 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.280 the mix. Do you want to know about another pitcher 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.200 that I feel like the Dodgers are very much involved in. 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:04.040 Nobody's even this up. Clay Holmes of the New York Mets. 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:08.360 It has been reported by multiple people out there that 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:13.720 multiple reports out there that the Dodgers were among seven 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:19.240 or eight teams that had scouts watching homes rehabs start yesterday. 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.560 You don't send scouts out just to go through the 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:26.240 motions to deek other teams into believing that you're going 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:30.720 to be in on a pitcher. The reason why Clay 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.360 Holmes makes a lot of sense for the Dodgers is 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.520 because he throws hard, he gets a lot of swing 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:41.880 and miss, and he's a guy that has been proven 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.200 that he can excel at the back end of a bullpen, 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.760 and he has shown that he can make the transition 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:52.200 as a starter. And what did the Dodgers talk about 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.320 each of the last two years. They didn't talk about 0:16:55.400 --> 0:17:00.200 starters and relievers. They talked about the twelve thirteen best 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:04.760 pitchers that they were going to deploy during the postseason. 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.879 In twenty four it was majority relievers. Last year it 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:14.680 was majority starters. Clay Holmes fits that bill perfectly because 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:18.560 he has done both at a very high level. And 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.600 the Mets, no doubt are sellers. And I don't believe 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.000 Clay Holmes would take as much as it would take 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.399 to get Trek Skouble. It'll take something. He's kind of 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:30.159 a rental too, because he does hold a player option. 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:32.440 But you get Clay. 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:34.720 Holmes in the mix here, and he's a client of 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.960 Joel Wolfs, who's the same agent for Key k Hernandez 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.920 and Edwin Diaz and Yamamoto. You may have Clay Holmes 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:45.720 for next year as well. So Clay Holmes to me, 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.399 makes a lot of sense for the Dodgers. Eight sixty 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.479 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:55.720 Let's go out to Pallas Verdis Eddie, you're on Dodger 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:57.360 Talk with David vasse Hi. 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:02.199 Eddie. I uh, I love the way you do the 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:06.440 Dodger Talk. I love all the statistics you go through. 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:10.119 And do you know the Dodgers like the back of 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:10.560 your hand. 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:12.640 Uh I know. 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:14.520 The Dodgers better than I know my family. 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:18.080 I'll just put it that way. 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.000 Probably, So, I mean, you come up with so many 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:24.960 you know, ins and outs about the Dodgers. That's it's unbelievable. 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:30.440 But the thing about, uh, what I'm calling about is, uh, 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:33.840 I don't see how they're gonna get let this guy 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:40.000 go uh wower Lower. Yes, yes, the guy's done everything 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:43.760 he has to do as a Dodger ever since they've 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.840 signed him. And uh, plus he wants to stay with 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:50.120 the Dodgers, and uh, you get a guy like that 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:55.359 that once, that's that's all in. And the thing you 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:57.879 don't want to happen is to him to go to 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:02.119 another team like the Blue and then him you. 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:05.440 Know, he's not going to the Brewers. He's not going 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:06.120 to the Brewers. 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:08.639 It would likely be a team like the White Sox 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:13.080 who is desperate for starting pitching. And look, his stock 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:15.679 is at an all time high. If they can flip 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:19.080 Eric Lower and get Blake Snell back, I feel like 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:24.160 Andrew Friedman is winning and everybody's going to be very 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:26.680 upset that he's able to flip a pitcher like Eric 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:30.199 Lower for a pretty good return to help, you know, 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:34.080 refuel some of the farm system that is a little thin. 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:40.359 Well you know that's that's my take. And another thing too, 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:41.280 sound you. 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:45.719 Sound Eddie, You sound very emotionally attached to Eric Lower, 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:47.960 and that's not a good thing when you're trying to 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:52.320 make the organization better. In Andrew Friedman's seat. 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:58.920 Oh okay, well, I'm just telling you what I think about. 0:19:56.560 --> 0:19:58.959 I I love Lower, I love Lower. 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.240 I wish there was a spot for him, but I 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:05.520 just don't see him being effective coming out of the bullpen. 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:08.520 I think he has served a purpose. And just think 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:11.680 about this, Eddie. Not only have the Dodgers won all 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:14.800 nine starts or nine games that Lower has pitched eight 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:18.919 starts one opener game, but if they're able to flip 0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:22.719 him for some pretty good prospects from the White Sox, 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.560 just think how much he has done for the Dodgers 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:29.119 in what six to eight weeks. I would say Lower 0:20:29.320 --> 0:20:32.320 definitely had earned his World Series ring if they pull 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:32.760 it off. 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:36.320 Thanks for the phone call, Eddie, appreciate it. Yeah, think 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:36.800 about that. 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:39.920 Not only do the Dodgers go nine to zero when 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:42.240 Lower was on the mound, but if they do trade 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:44.720 him to a team like the White Sox and they 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:49.879 do replenish, maybe get two I'm thinking two really good 0:20:50.080 --> 0:20:53.360 minor league players, because the Dodgers got two really good 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:56.720 minor league players. From the Red Sox for five starts 0:20:56.720 --> 0:21:00.399 of Dustin May and Eric Lower has had a better, 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:03.359 you know, period of time with the Dodgers this year 0:21:03.800 --> 0:21:06.800 than Dustin May had with the Dodgers last year. And 0:21:06.880 --> 0:21:08.760 Dustin May, by the way, he's had a solid year 0:21:08.800 --> 0:21:11.439 with the Cardinals as well. But I think that's what 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:14.600 I'm looking at, and I would say nine and zero 0:21:14.600 --> 0:21:16.960 with Lower, and then he gets you two really good 0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:22.680 prospects from the White Sox, a Man Lower Andrew Friedman 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:25.159 will be sending you Flowers. I feel like you have 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:29.280 a lifetime pass at Dodgers Stadium if that comes to fruition. 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:32.840 Let's go out to Carson, who is at the game tonight. Hi, Carson, 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:33.840 you're on Dodger Talk. 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:38.840 Hey David, thanks for taking my call. So you brought 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:42.680 up Kyle Tucker's defense. We saw it tonight and we've 0:21:42.680 --> 0:21:45.800 seen it this season. He is in the. 0:21:45.880 --> 0:21:50.720 Fifth percentile in range on Baseball Savant. My question for you. 0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:53.280 Is what does that mean? Explain that to dumb people 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:53.639 like me. 0:21:55.480 --> 0:22:02.440 It's it's out's above average, basically measuring his potential range 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:05.520 defensively against other corner outfielders. 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:09.320 There you go, Carson, you got to explain how and why, 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:13.320