WEBVTT - Spring Training Dodger Talk (2-13-26) 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:04.480 Welcome the home of the Dodgers to spring Dodger Talk, 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:06.320 Hi Majestic shot on. 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:09.320 Our stream on the iHeartRadio app the Golden Age of 0:00:09.400 --> 0:00:10.320 Dodger Baseball. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.840 We love you, Dodger Nation on air at AM five. 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:16.799 To seventy LA Sports and streaming on the iHeartRadio on. 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:22.079 Dodger We are back to back. 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:25.880 Yes, grab your phone to get in on the show 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:29.160 called eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:32.239 head coach the show and now stepping in as your 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:34.560 host for Dodger Talk, Tam Kase. 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:39.400 Oh, We're off and running on this beautiful Friday nine 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:43.720 Here in the city of Los Angeles, Southern California. You're 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.320 a home of the back to back World Series champion 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.320 Los Angeles Dodgers AM five seventy LA Sports. 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:51.839 As the road to a. 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:59.160 Three peet officially started today at Camelback Ranch in Arizona, 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:04.000 as pitcher and catchers have reported Monday the first full 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:08.800 team workout at Camelback Ranch, but most of the players 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:12.360 have already made their way over to the Grand Canyon 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:16.840 state of Arizona, as they are anxious, as they are 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:21.679 biting at the opportunity to get this season started here 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.360 in twenty twenty six, and we got a jam packed 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:28.959 hour coming up here on Dodger Talk Spring Training Edition. 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:30.119 How good does that sound? 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:35.080 No more offseason, no more getting ready for the start 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:35.959 of spring training. 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.240 Nope, we are here. 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:43.840 We have officially begun twenty twenty six and the quests 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:47.600 for a three peat. As the Dodgers have reported to 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:51.080 Arizona eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:54.200 eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. We 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.680 are eight days away from the Cactus Opener against the Angels. 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:00.280 The Dodgers will have their first game of Camelback Branch 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:03.680 on February twenty third. We got the World Baseball Classic 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.680 coming up begin the first week of March, and for 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:10.080 the first time in the last three years, the Dodgers 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:14.160 aren't going over to Korea and not going over to 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:18.480 Japan to start the season. Instead, they will get a 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:24.720 full spring training in Arizona, the Freeway Series three games 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:28.680 against the Angels, and then start the regular season that 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.919 final week of March. I'm fired up for the start 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:37.079 of baseball. Football season is over. The NBA says they 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.440 have their All Star break this weekend. Could have fooled 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:45.000 me I'm not paying attention. I got all Ey's on 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.520 Arizona right now, and the start of spring training for 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.480 the Dodgers as they are reloaded and ready to go. 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:53.880 Coming up this hour, you're gonna hear from the manager 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:57.080 Dave Roberts, who spoke to the media earlier today. You 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:59.880 will hear from show Hey Otani in coming up. El 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.600 So this hour your first time hearing from Alex Vesia, 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.840 Dodger reliever who was not a part of the World 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.160 Series run last year after tragedy hit him and his wife, 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:14.800 losing their infant daughter just hours after birth. Our hearts 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:16.760 are with him every single day. So you think of 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.360 Alex Vessi and his wife and their family and what 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.600 they continue to go through during the process and after 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:26.360 it never really ends. And you hope that baseball with 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.480 the start of spring training can be an outlet for 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:33.480 Alex Vesia and his family as they start that long 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:37.320 road really to try to recover and get their lives 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.440 moving forward in whatever direction that is well. Here from 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.160 Alex Vesia coming up at the end of this hour 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:46.440 and soon certainly one of the guys. All Dodger fans 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.960 are rallying around and have their hearts open for in 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:53.640 his return here in twenty twenty six, and he looks great, 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.680 he sounds great. And you'll hear from Alex Vesia coming 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:58.880 up later on this hour. But we also want to 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.840 hear from you, Dodger fans. Eight six, nine, eighty seven, two, 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:07.160 five seventy are the trades, possibilities and the hot stove talk. 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:11.960 It is over with, it is done. Baseball is here. 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:18.080 We've got baseball activities for the first time in twenty 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:23.039 twenty six. And if you're a Dodger fan, spring training 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:26.719 means trips out to Arizona. It meant trips to to 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:30.960 Dodgertown in Florida many years ago, but now it means 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.279 convenient drives and flights over to Camelback Ranch and and 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:38.480 seeing baseball in the spring training and seeing the Dodgers 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.200 play in different spots over there. I know it's something 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.480 that a lot of Dodger fans love doing. I love doing. 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:48.080 I've taken my daughters over to spring training multiple times. 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.920 We're gonna make a trek over there this spring training 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.400 as well and see some games. I love the start 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:58.160 of baseball season, but with the start of baseball means 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.880 expectations and expectation are high. Already, the Dodgers projected to 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:06.599 win over one hundred plus games in the regular season. 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.240 The NL West looks like the Dodgers, Padres and then 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:14.240 everybody else. As far as the Diamondbacks, the Giants would 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.080 be better, but certainly the Colorado Rockies are looking at 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:22.040 another one hundred loss season. So the Dodgers have lofty expectations, 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.560 and certainly so with the roster they have. But for 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.000 you Dodger fans, is you get ready to head over 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:31.040 to Arizona as you get ready to listen to spring 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:34.800 training games right here on FI seventy LA Sports beginning 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:39.880 next Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels at twelve o'clock 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:44.159 right here on ANFI seventy LA Sports. Which Dodger player 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:48.599 are you most excited about seeing and hearing this spring? 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:49.560 Now? 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:53.240 Of course we're all excited about Freddie Freeman and Mookie 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:58.360 Betts and show hey Otani, But is there a Dodger 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:03.360 player that you're really excited about seeing? Maybe expectations going 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.880 to this season are bigger and better. Maybe it's a 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:10.720 Dodger they acquired in the offseason and signed. Maybe it's 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.480 a Dodger last year who didn't have a great season 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.599 and is looking to bounce back in twenty twenty six. 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.360 Maybe it's just that favorite Dodger player you love going 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.960 out and seeing it. And certainly you can throw Mookie 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:25.080 and show Ay and Freddie into that conversation as well. 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:28.360 Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy. I'm 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.920 gonna give you a player and a pitcher right now 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:34.640 with the start of spring training. I'm most excited about 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:40.880 seeing and why Kyle Tucker. Dodgers signed him to a 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:44.440 lucrative four year deal, making him the second highest paid 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:50.000 player on average in baseball twenty nine years old. They 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.159 didn't get locked into a long deal, So now he's 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:57.400 here with opt outs and he's expected to produce and 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.719 the time that we'll be here last year year banged 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:05.120 up twenty twenty four, hurt with a shit injury. But 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:10.160 when healthy, Kyle Tucker, a left handed, power hitting, great 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:14.120 defensive outfielder who can steal bases for you, is going 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:18.520 to add something to Dodgers. Well, quite frankly, they had, 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.520 but it's just gonna make him even better. Last year, 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.840 even Wall hurt with a calf injury, an ops near 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.080 nine hundred, twenty two home runs, seventy three RBIs, twenty 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:33.080 five stolen bases in one hundred and thirty six games. Now, 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.080 you add him to a roster in a lineup like 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:40.000 the Dodgers, and he should just blend in because this 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:41.840 lineup is so deep top to bottom. 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:42.760 We know what it looks like. 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:45.680 It's ridiculous how great this lineup is gonna be. You're 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:48.800 not asking him to carry a lineup and bat clean 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.720 up and literally be the center of a lineup day 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:53.760 in and day out, and carry a team and be 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.240 asked to hit fifty home runs and drive on one 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:57.000 hundred and fifty. 0:07:57.360 --> 0:07:58.920 That's not what he needs to do. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.120 Be healthy and just produce like he when he's healthy, 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.520 he can hit thirty plus home runs, have a nine 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:11.720 hundred plus ops, drive in one hundred runs, steal thirty bases. 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.480 That's what I'm most looking forward to this bring is 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:18.960 seeing Kyle Tucker and what he can do. How does 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:22.120 he blend into this roster, What does he look like 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.920 in right field? And what does he look like in 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:30.360 this lineup? Because Dave Roberts on this station at Dodger 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.720 FanFest has been asked about What does the lineup look 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.959 like with Kyle Tucker? Where are you gonna bat him? 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.200 How does show Hey Otani look at cleanup and everybody 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:41.719 else behind him? What does that order look like? It 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:45.200 may not be the same every single day, but where 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:48.200 does Kyle Tucker fit into this lineup? Because certainly, again 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.040 you're not asking him to carry this lineup on a 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.120 day to day basis and be that Mike Trout where 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.880 you need him to hit thirty plus home runs just 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:00.000 to be competitive and to drive in or run every 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.559 game because gosh, you got nobody else before or after 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:05.600 him in the lineup. But I'm just anxious to see 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.360 what Kyle Tucker looks like in the Dodger uniform. That's 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:09.600 on the field, but. 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:10.400 Off the field. 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.520 Okay, we heard about Kyle Tucker, and you know, does 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:17.319 he have that enthusiasm? Well, he said in his press conference, 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.120 he does. I'm anxious to see how he blends into 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.480 this clubhouse with a team of full of players who 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:29.040 have won multiple championships and for the better part of 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:31.280 this roster, guys who have now won back to back 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:35.600 World Series championships. Where does he fall in to this clubhouse? 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:40.319 Where does he mesh with guys in that clubhouse on 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:44.920 a day to day basis, to tight clubhouse's comfortable clubhouse 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:49.240 that Dave Roberts makes comfortable based on how he treats 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.199 his players, interacts with him, and make sure it's a 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:57.600 working and professional environment. Where does Kyle Tucker fit into 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:01.000 that clubhouse on a day to day basis. That's something 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.000 we're gonna find out and to hear in spring training. 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:10.079 That's something I'm looking forward to this spring for the Dodgers. Now, 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:15.160 Kyle Tucker signed a big deal, big expectations. He's expected 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:18.600 to come in here and produce. That's a given. I'm 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.760 excited to see what he looks like on and off 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:22.839 the field fitting into with this Dodgers team, and I 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.480 hope it goes smoothly. But also a player, I'm very 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:31.760 anxious to see this spring. And don't don't drive off 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:38.280 the road. Don't laugh. Okay, Tanner Scott, Okay, hear me out. 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:42.360 Tanner Scott's going into year two of a four year deal. 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:49.920 Tanner Scott last year in era close to five sixty 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:53.520 one appearances. We know he's got the major league lead 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.240 in ten blown saves. Last year, spent a month on 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.760 the il with the elbow information and he came back, 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:02.320 and I get it. He had the four walkoff hits 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.600 that he gave up in the last month of the season, 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.679 wasn't part of the postseason at all. On the roster 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.199 through the DS and then taking off the roster after 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:15.480 he had that lower body abscess procedure and missed the 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:17.760 rest of October baseball for the Dodgers. 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:20.360 I'm flushing that out. 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.760 I'm getting rid of twenty twenty five for Tanner Scott 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.200 with the hopes that Tanner Scott in twenty twenty six 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.720 is Tanner Scott of the previous years, the Tanner Scott 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.679 of twenty twenty four and twenty twenty three with the 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.640 Marlins and the Padres, where he had a two ERA, 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:41.319 only two blown saves in two years, one hundred and 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:46.679 forty six appearances, and was a lockdown arm late in games, 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:53.800 saving them high leverage situations. Somewhere in there, tanner Scott's 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:57.400 got it. I truly believe it. He just needs to 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.160 find it again. And that's what I'm excited about the 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:04.280 spring training is seeing Tanner Scott now. He is seeing 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.240 all the right things. He talked to David Vass say 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:09.880 just a couple. I think he had him on last night. 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.719 Talked to me at at FanFest. I saw him talk 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:15.640 to sports and at LA at fan Fest as well, 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:17.559 talk to the general media as all the players did. 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.680 He said all the right things, flushing twenty twenty five, out, 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.240 ready for twenty twenty six, new year, knew me that's 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:29.679 my words, not his, and ready to go. And his 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:33.199 biggest takeaway was he doesn't have to be as perfect 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:35.840 as he thought he had to be, and he doesn't 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.839 have to be his pinpoint in the zone where he 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.800 gets hit around, and when he was doing that, he 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:46.800 got hit hard. He's got good stuff, just needs to 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:50.240 trust his stuff and hopefully gets some swinging misses from 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.320 guys on pitches in or outside of the zone. Get 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.840 a little nibble there. That's the Tanner Scott. I hope 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.319 we see and that's the Tanner Scott. I want to 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:04.920 see this and I'm excited about hearing him and seeing 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:08.240 him over at camble Back Ranch get ready for this season. 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.360 Who are your Dodger players you're most excited about seeing 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.240 this spring as we get ready for the regular season. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:19.679 Tanner Scott, Kyle Tucker for me, and those are just 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.439 two guys that came to top of mind as I'm 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.839 sitting here talking. How about Heisung Kim? How about Tommy 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:30.400 Edmond coming off the ankle injury and the surgery. You know, 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.040 is he gonna be ready for Opening Day? Will he 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.160 be ready to goe go? The first month of the season? 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.599 Andy pa Has, how does he get back to the 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:42.120 Andy pa has that played really well during the regular 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.800 season and at the Andy pae Has that got benched 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:48.040 in the World Series and came in as a defensive replacement. 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:54.760 Max Munsey's health. I think the overarching big thing for 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:57.520 this spring, and I think we can all agree Dodger 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:02.480 fans is health. You want everybody to get through the 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:10.040 next six weeks of Arizona and the World Baseball Classic healthy. 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:14.880 That's the biggest thing for this Dodgers team, not that 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.679 they are just clinging to twenty five guys and if 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:21.720 somebody gets hurt, look out, it's all gonna unravel because 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.520 this team is depth. Got This team's depth is scary. 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:28.280 This team's depth is unreal, and we're gonna get into that. 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.280 And we've been talking about it, certainly with David here 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:35.320 on Dodger Talk. But they could get through injuries if 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:38.000 they need it to. Hopefully that's not the case. But 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.720 keep in mind five Dodgers playing in the World Baseball Classic, 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:47.920 Will Smith, Sho hey Otani, Yoshinova, Yamamoto, Edwin Diaz, Hei 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:51.760 Sun Kim all representing their countries, all with the Dodgers now, 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.560 but we'll leave and play for their respective countries beginning 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:55.560 the first week of March. 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.560 So we hope for the next six weeks through the 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:01.480 w NBC, through. 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.280 Cactus League play, and through the workouts leading up to 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.600 the first spring training game next Saturday. Right here at 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.560 ampire seventy LA Sports, this Dodger team can get through 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.920 it healthy. But which Dodger players are you most excited 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.440 for here in twenty twenty six, eight sixty six nine 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:21.040 eighty seven two five seventy is our number? Eight sixty 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:23.480 six nine eighty seven two five seventy. We're gonna hear 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.800 from Alex Vessia coming up, We're gonna here from Shoeyotani, 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.840 but let's hear from the Dodger manager Dave Roberts. Today 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:32.400 the first day pitchers and catchers reporting, and the first 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:34.800 day we get to hear from the Dodger skipper. 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:35.400 First day good. 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.640 I think that just kind of obviously getting the pitchers 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:43.280 catchers here, Uh, majority of the position players are here already. 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:48.000 Guys are anxious, you know. I think for me, it's 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.120 we got a long camp, longer than we've had in 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:54.840 in the recent years. So to trying to get guys 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:59.440 to start slow but intentional, methodical is kind of the message. 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.120 But yeah, it'll be good to get guys on the field. 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.720 We were talking yesterday about all the pictures in their 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:08.960 different phases of ramp up and so on. Is that 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.120 the number one job that's spring to figure out where 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:13.720 everybody is and who's available? 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:14.200 It is? 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:14.640 It is? 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.480 I think a lot of the veteran guys sort of 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.120 know where they're at, what it's going to take to 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.840 get him ready. Younger guys, I think certain some of 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:28.520 the guys that are coming off injury, guys that had 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:32.400 a bigger workload last year, and just trying to bucket 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:37.200 those guys together individually. But I think the main thing 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:40.640 is just kind of ramp up methodically and really not 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:45.800 try to tart have a certain target date and everyone's 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:47.800 on a different program, but yeah, as long as they're 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.000 kind of improving which I feel right now, we got 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:51.440 a healthy group right now. 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.960 Yeah, I'm amoto going to face hitters today. Are you 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:58.280 at all nervous about his workload last year and then 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:03.480 pitching in the WBC. I wouldn't say worried. I think 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:04.560 that I know that. 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:11.040 I just believe that he knows his limitations and he's prepared, 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.560 so I'm not too concerned about it. 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:15.879 Hey, now that you guys have gotten a little bit 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:18.200 more of a feel for who shohe is as a 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:21.040 picture and he's kind of like maybe a semi normal 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:23.040 ramp up over and offseason, what. 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.159 Kind of expectations do you think about, like what he 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:27.280 can do as a picture. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.040 Do you feel like there's maybe more that's like untapped 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:30.520 there for. 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:32.879 Him but what he's shown previously in the big leagues? 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:33.920 Yeah, I do. 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:40.600 I think that certainly last year coming off surgery, But yeah, 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:44.600 I think the regular offseason ramp up, I think there's 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.800 certainly a lot more in there, And regardless of my 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.200 expectations for him, his are gonna, you know, exceed those. 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.400 You know, I think it's fair to say he expects 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.800 to be in the cy Young conversation, but you know, 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.520 we just want to be healthy and make starts, and 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.960 all the numbers and statistics will taking themselves, but man, 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:10.200 this guy is such a discipline worker and you know, 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.040 expects the most from himself. 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:12.840 So I think it that. 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:16.000 Surprised him as a picture, just watching him sort of 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.720 go through the regular routines and watching naturally in starts 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:20.399 that maybe you didn't expect him. 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.320 I think the thing that was most surprising from last 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.760 year was his command. And I'll say that he still 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:32.359 feels his command wasn't up to par, but given you 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:36.240 know the Tommy John and what typically command looks like 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.000 the year after, it was above that, So I think 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:46.800 that was impressive. Just his ability to command a couple 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:48.960 of different breaking balls that change the shape of his 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:53.399 breaking balls was pretty impressive. And you know, everything he 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:56.639 does is with a purpose. So I'm really excited to 0:18:56.720 --> 0:18:59.879 see with the full offseason to just prepare and not rehab, 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:01.240 you know, what he. 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:02.360 Can do this this year. 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:04.720 It's still really early, but do you still expect to 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:10.600 bat him lead off on days of he pitches as 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:11.040 of now? 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:11.760 Yes? 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.760 Yeah, as of now, yes, We'll we'll see how that 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:25.359 progresses and I'll have conversations with him. So yeah, Well, 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:28.919 we'll see, but I think right now as I stand here, yeah, when. 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.760 You like I said yesterday, he looks fantastic, Like what 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:33.240 are the things you've seen and just like in the 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:35.640 first couple of days of camp that kind of look 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:37.560 different or just let you know, he's in a good spot. 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:41.920 I think he just looks he looks strong, but not 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:47.560 too too there's not too much mass. Just watching him throw, 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:51.080 watching him run, his body's moving well. I think he's 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:54.720 in a sweet spot of just my eyes just watching 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:58.040 him as just the way the muscle mass, it just 0:19:58.080 --> 0:19:59.840 seems like he's in a in a sweet spot. 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:02.440 It's been like the first offseason he hasn't had any 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:04.239 sort of like reheabs so for the winner, Like can 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:07.359 you do you expect that to be murdered like coming 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:09.560 into this year, Like how much of a difference that 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:11.359 can make it just how he's feeling, how quickly he 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:12.639 can kind of jump into the season. 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:15.800 Yeah, I do, And I think that you know, when 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:18.680 you're in rehab mode, it's a little bit of survival 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:23.600 going into the season and as opposed to just going 0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:27.000 into a regular offseason preparing for the next season and 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:28.360 not in the rehab mode. 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:28.760 So yeah. 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:31.400 I mean, we'll see what it looks like. But I'm 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:33.560 pretty encouraged on both sides of the baseball. 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:39.040 How do you kind of handle the ramp on the player? 0:20:41.200 --> 0:20:43.040 You know, I don't know when he's going to. 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:49.199 Leave us to join Team Japan, but there's still going 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:51.800 to be ample time for him to get his progression 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:55.879 here with us to then. I'm sure Mark will be 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:58.200 talking to the pitching coach over there and kind of, 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:01.840 you know, stick to our planning, will be in lockstep, 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:04.040 so I'm not too concerned about it and show he's 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:06.280 very well aware of, you know, what he needs to do. 0:21:06.800 --> 0:21:09.359 All right, There's Dave Roberts speaking with the media today 0:21:09.440 --> 0:21:12.719 for the first time at Campbell Back Ranch in Arizona. 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:16.240 Is Spring training is officially underway. We'll take a break, 0:21:16.280 --> 0:21:19.680 we'll come back. Your phone calls, David is He, Jesse, 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:23.960 Bobby Robert, I see one line open eight Saint six 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:25.800 nine eighty seven, two five seventy. 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:27.040 Let's jump on board. 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:31.160 Which Dodger player you most excited about seeing this spring? 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:31.399 Is? 0:21:31.560 --> 0:21:32.480 Camp is here? 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:37.080 Players have reported. First full squad workout is Monday, but 0:21:37.480 --> 0:21:41.000 most of the team is there. Pitchers and catchers reported 0:21:41.080 --> 0:21:44.080 last night, worked out today. A lot of them through 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:48.280 bullpen sessions today, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, even through the hitters on 0:21:48.359 --> 0:21:51.920 the backfields at Campa Back Ranch. We're often roaded running 0:21:51.960 --> 0:21:54.840 here as the road to a three peat has started 0:21:55.000 --> 0:21:57.920 officially right here on an FI seventy LA Sports Dodger 0:21:58.040 --> 0:21:59.159 Talk until the top. 0:21:59.040 --> 0:21:59.640 Of the hour. 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:05.040 Spring Training edition of Dodger Talk. Tim Kates with you 0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:09.280 here on this Friday night. 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