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Speaker 1: Immortality is within their reach.
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Speaker 4: The only reason the Dodgers are doing this because they can.
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Speaker 4: on this Friday morning, April third, twenty twenty six. You're
Speaker 4: back to back world champion Los Angeles Dodgers four and
Speaker 4: two to start the season. After a sweep of the
Speaker 4: Arizona Diamondbacks to get the year started, they then drop
Speaker 4: two of three to the Cleveland Guardians to wrap up
Speaker 4: the homestand the Dodgers now hit the road for the
Speaker 4: first time this season. First up game weekend set against
Speaker 4: the Washington Nationals. Emmitt Shean on the mound. First pitch
Speaker 4: from our nation's capital is coming up at ten to
Speaker 4: ZHO five coming up over the next hour here on
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Speaker 4: Dodger right fielder Kyle Tucker. That's coming up in forty
Speaker 4: five minutes. About twenty minutes Ronal, you'll here from the
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Speaker 4: this team performed in the homestand and what he's expecting
Speaker 4: now on this first road trip of the twenty twenty
Speaker 4: six season, we'll preview this pitching matchup. We got your
Speaker 4: Dodgers magical moment. Kirsten Watson from Sports and at LA
Speaker 4: will join us in the booths in just a couple
Speaker 4: of minutes, and in just a few minutes we'll head
Speaker 4: out to the Galloping four broadcast booth and check in
Speaker 4: with Steven Nelson and Rick Monday. Well. The Dodgers off
Speaker 4: yesterday to travel to the East Coast. Before that Wednesday
Speaker 4: night at the Ravine, they wrapped up their home stand
Speaker 4: against the Guardians. A rough one in the rubber game
Speaker 4: between the Dodgers and Guardians. As far as the Dodgers
Speaker 4: offense was concerned, they ran into big Gavin Williams six
Speaker 4: foot six right hander was really good for the Guardians,
Speaker 4: hitting his fastball in the corners ninety nine seventy or
Speaker 4: seven shutout innings. He allowed just two hits along the
Speaker 4: way while striking out ten. He got three ground ball
Speaker 4: double plays from the Dodgers, who had limited traffic on
Speaker 4: the base pass early on. Meanwhile, Yoshinobu Yamamoto six innings,
Speaker 4: two runs, four hits, two strikeouts through eighty seven pitches,
Speaker 4: had a one two three first, a one two three second,
Speaker 4: but then a leadoff double to Daniel Schneman to lead
Speaker 4: off the third. He stole third and on the play
Speaker 4: a throw in the left field from Will Smith brought
Speaker 4: in a run. Nick batter Gabriel Arias a solo home run,
Speaker 4: and just like that, it was a two to nothing
Speaker 4: Guardians lead. Fast forward to the eighth inning, Will kleinb
Speaker 4: a two out walk pitching James brought in Tanner Scott, who,
Speaker 4: on an O two pitch with two outs to Jose Ramirez,
Speaker 4: gives up a two run home run. So what was
Speaker 4: a two nothing Guardians lead ballooned up to a four
Speaker 4: to nothing Guardians lead Dodgers down but not out in
Speaker 4: the ninth inning thanks to Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 2: Three of them belong to Andy Potters. They say two
Speaker 2: three and the other one to Taoscar Hernandez, two to
Speaker 2: oz and Freddie Hammers went deep the center failed this
Speaker 2: ball heading back toward the wall in his cart a
Speaker 2: home run and the Dodgers hope they shutout tonight. It
Speaker 2: is four to one as Freddy Freeman launches his first
Speaker 2: home run of the season.
Speaker 1: The three hundred and sixty eighth home run.
Speaker 2: Of his career.
Speaker 4: Freddie Freeman prevents the shutout with the solo home run.
Speaker 4: Will Smith then went deep to the center. Bud flew
Speaker 4: out to the wall to end the game. Guardians beat
Speaker 4: the Dodgers on Wednesday night, four to one. Kevin Williams
Speaker 4: against the winning Yoshanoba Yamamoto against the loss. Dodgers go
Speaker 4: four and two on the opening homestand after a day
Speaker 4: off to travel, they're back at it today the Nationals
Speaker 4: home opener in our Nation's capital, Washington, d C. Dodgers,
Speaker 4: and that's Immit Sheen on the mound, first pitch of
Speaker 4: ten oh five. With more we head out the Galpin
Speaker 4: of four broadcast booth. Is we welcome in Steven Nelson
Speaker 4: and Rick Monday, guys, thank you Tim.
Speaker 6: It is opening day in DC at Nationals Park, the
Speaker 6: Washington Nationals playing their first home game with twenty twenty six,
Speaker 6: and Mode the Dodgers playing their first road game of
Speaker 6: twenty twenty six. Isn't it an odd to have a
Speaker 6: four and two homestand or a stretch of six games
Speaker 6: in which you win four of them, and yet the
Speaker 6: feelings and the vibes around the team almost indicate two
Speaker 6: and four. That's the way the offensive struggles have kind
Speaker 6: of pushed things over that Guardian series. Ma'pet a chance
Speaker 6: to kind of wipe those away here on the road.
Speaker 7: Now, Yeah, I think it's a good point, and I
Speaker 7: think it's a lot because of expectations that this ball
Speaker 7: club has of itself. But if you start to look
Speaker 7: at it, you know, the opposing team, for example, has
Speaker 7: scored first in the five of the six games that
Speaker 7: have played so far. So you look at the four
Speaker 7: victories and you know three of those four have been
Speaker 7: come from behind. They've had to do it. And if
Speaker 7: we're looking at the last game that they played in
Speaker 7: that series, they had a very well pitched game against him.
Speaker 7: But you know, the bat's a big, big question, in
Speaker 7: particular at the top of the order, because if you
Speaker 7: look at Otani, Tucker, and Bets. Those will be the
Speaker 7: three hitters to lead it off for Dave Roberts Ball
Speaker 7: Club today. Combined, they're just hitting at one fifty nine.
Speaker 7: Not to put the two losses on them, but they
Speaker 7: need to get something going from an offensive standpoint and
Speaker 7: make better contact because the last two games collectively, the
Speaker 7: Dodgers are struck out as a team twenty three times.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, Kyle Tucker is a guy throughout
Speaker 4: his career mode.
Speaker 6: He does not strike out far below league average his
Speaker 6: career strikeout rate, but it is way above his career
Speaker 6: average this year to start. Granted it is very very early,
Speaker 6: but watching these abs, do you get the feeling or
Speaker 6: the sense that it's still spring training for a number
Speaker 6: of these guys, Like just based on how they look
Speaker 6: in the box, like it still feels like they're kind
Speaker 6: of searching for that feel at the play.
Speaker 7: It could be, but it's been kind of come and go,
Speaker 7: you know, up high Milki Metts. It's the home run figure,
Speaker 7: okay all as well, and since that time has been
Speaker 7: kind of a dry spell. Three for twenty two for
Speaker 7: Mookie Betts. Otania is three for eighteen, Tucker is four
Speaker 7: for twenty three on top of it. I think it's
Speaker 7: a good point. Yeah, it's the early going. But I
Speaker 7: will also say this, in particular the two losses, the
Speaker 7: Dodgers have seen some very good pitching that's been thrown
Speaker 7: against them. And as we know, you know, you come
Speaker 7: back back to back world championships. All we have to
Speaker 7: do is look at the television today, the local news.
Speaker 7: They're talking about, Hey, the world champion Dodgers were in.
Speaker 7: The guys in the other dugout are very aware of that,
Speaker 7: and they understand, Hey, look, we're going to circle this
Speaker 7: because the best of the best is coming into town.
Speaker 6: And the Nationals and Dodgers last year three and three
Speaker 6: split their season series. The home team won each of
Speaker 6: the series. So they're going to try and get this
Speaker 6: one off on a good start and spoil opening day
Speaker 6: and the festivities here at NAT's Park.
Speaker 2: TC.
Speaker 6: A little bit later, be back with the starting pitching
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Speaker 4: All right, thank and Melly. If a guy down the
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Speaker 4: LA's Kirsen Watson. We'll stop by the booth. That's all
Speaker 4: coming up as we lead you up to Dodgers and Nationals,
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Speaker 4: Well a quiet night on Wednesday for show Hey Otani,
Speaker 4: the Dodgers four to one loss of the Guardians and
Speaker 4: his first at bat. Though Showy didn't extend his on
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Speaker 4: With the walk, He's now tied for ninth longest On
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Speaker 4: in our nation's capital for the Washington Nationals, Dodgers starting
Speaker 4: a three game series, and Kious of the Dodgers' on
Speaker 4: off his series against the Guardians. Well, quite frankly, the
Speaker 4: top of the lineup, the Big four just didn't do
Speaker 4: a lot. Yeah, no, they didn't.
Speaker 8: And even when you just are kind of like looking
Speaker 8: at the numbers, especially in those last two games of
Speaker 8: that Guardian series, the team had twenty three strikeouts, and
Speaker 8: obviously when you look at that feels like a large
Speaker 8: number no matter what. But with this offense right now,
Speaker 8: You've talked to guys and some feel like, you know,
Speaker 8: they're clicking. And even I I was talking to Max
Speaker 8: Monsey recently, he said that he had a he feels
Speaker 8: really good at the play. He's not getting the results
Speaker 8: as much right now, but he does feel like things
Speaker 8: are in a good spot. And that seems to kind
Speaker 8: of be like a shared response. Some guys feel like
Speaker 8: things are close, maybe they're not there just yet. Other
Speaker 8: guys feel really good. You've got someone like Heavy Pahas
Speaker 8: who had three hits on Wednesday. So even when Doc
Speaker 8: was talking about it, he just was saying that he
Speaker 8: feels like guys are kind of figuring out their swings
Speaker 8: right now. Yes, the amount of strikeout, especially in those
Speaker 8: last two games, is a little bit concerning, but everyone
Speaker 8: does believe that it's going to truly level out. Today
Speaker 8: they are facing Michaels, who's going to be having his
Speaker 8: second start of the regular season, and Dave was saying
Speaker 8: that they've seen him a lot over the years. He
Speaker 8: has a heavy curve ball cutter, might sneak in the
Speaker 8: fastball there, but they say he was saying that he's
Speaker 8: not really a strikeout guy, so when it comes to
Speaker 8: just like that strikeout rate, they're not too concerned when
Speaker 8: it comes to this matchup. Obviously, if we continue to
Speaker 8: see the strikeout rates being a hi, then that will
Speaker 8: lead to more questions in regard to the offense. But
Speaker 8: he does expect that the ball is going to be
Speaker 8: a bit more in play and he just wants to
Speaker 8: see his players continue just to take quality at bats.
Speaker 8: They are getting on base, so if they can continue that,
Speaker 8: they do believe the swings are gonna come. The big
Speaker 8: ones will be here.
Speaker 4: It's just no, it's still early in the season and
Speaker 4: may need a little bit more time. On the other side,
Speaker 4: Image she And making his second start of the season
Speaker 4: last time out, couldn't get out of the fourth Inny.
Speaker 8: Yeah, and with Emmett, when they broke down the numbers,
Speaker 8: he noticed that his velocity was a bit low slider
Speaker 8: and then even on that fastball. So for him in
Speaker 8: twenty twenty five, he was at like the ninety five
Speaker 8: point six mouse power arrange. When it came to his
Speaker 8: four steamer in his first start of the season, he
Speaker 8: was down to ninety four. Now, we do know early
Speaker 8: in spring he was a bit under the weather, but
Speaker 8: Dave said today he doesn't believe that that's contributing to
Speaker 8: just this slight drop off in velocity for him.
Speaker 4: He said that Mark.
Speaker 8: Pryor, as well as Connor McGinnis, they're working closely with
Speaker 8: Emmitt Shean just to understand kind of working through a
Speaker 8: few mechanical things, trying to get his delivery in the
Speaker 8: right spot. And they do believe that, you know, coming
Speaker 8: into this when he's able to clean some stuff up
Speaker 8: and so we should start to see things move in
Speaker 8: the right direction for Emmett. But you're right, you know,
Speaker 8: when it comes to kind of taking down innings, they
Speaker 8: do want to see him get deeper into the game
Speaker 8: and be a little bit more efficient. This rotation right
Speaker 8: now is moving to a six man rotation, so that
Speaker 8: show Hey gets an extra day, and that means that
Speaker 8: Justin Robleski is not going to be available in a
Speaker 8: piggyback situation. We could potentially seem available for like one
Speaker 8: inning of work on Sunday. Dave Roberts said today, but
Speaker 8: there's no one who's going to be there to take
Speaker 8: down a bulk of innings if need be, to help protect,
Speaker 8: whether it's an Emma Chian or even a Rokie Sasaki
Speaker 8: who's going to be pitching in this series as well.
Speaker 8: So it will be interesting to see kind of how
Speaker 8: Emma can continue just to evolve. But they did say
Speaker 8: that it felt like he cleaned up some stuff and
Speaker 8: they do believe he's in a good position, but they
Speaker 8: do want to see him eat up some more innings.
Speaker 4: We'll find out what happens. Kristen, appreciate it. We'll check
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Speaker 1: It's the LA Dodgers Injury Report.
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Speaker 4: Angeles Dodgers. Tommy Edmunds starting the year on the IL
Speaker 4: recovering from offseason ankle surgery. Brock Stewart on the IL
Speaker 4: but is throwing Keithy Hernandez on the sixty day IL,
Speaker 4: as is Gavin Stone landing knack on the IL, Evan
Speaker 4: Phillips on the IL river Ryan's slogo in the spring
Speaker 4: recovering back from Tommy John surgery. He's actually in Oklahoma
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Speaker 4: So that is all positive news is these guys are
Speaker 4: on the men and trending at least in the right
Speaker 4: direction to come back. Let's head back out to our
Speaker 4: nation's Capitol and check out the Dodgers manager.
Speaker 5: Questions for Dave?
Speaker 1: Dave, can you just describe Dave?
Speaker 4: Can you talk about the pressure in the out.
Speaker 1: With Dave Roberts.
Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, we've seen Michaelis a lot over the years.
Speaker 9: You know, it's a heavy curveball. There's a cutter in there.
Speaker 9: He'll sneak the fastball in there. Not really a strikeout guy.
Speaker 9: So I would expect to, you know, ball and play
Speaker 9: a lot more today. Yeah, but I think that the
Speaker 9: approaches are fine. I just think that there's some there's
Speaker 9: a little bit with certain guys. There's certainly some chase
Speaker 9: in there. But I think that the strikeout to walk
Speaker 9: will kind of bounce itself out.
Speaker 8: Then on Wednesday, you had mentioned you were going to
Speaker 8: check in with Showhy after he was kind of rolling
Speaker 8: out that right risk. Did you hear anything or just
Speaker 8: was that kind of a maybe something has bothered him
Speaker 8: that day?
Speaker 9: You know, I talked to Thomas about it and he
Speaker 9: says that it's a non issue. So we saw, we saw.
Speaker 9: But that's that's good news that it's not an issue.
Speaker 3: Though.
Speaker 4: All right, there's a manager Dave Roberts certainly good news.
Speaker 4: When we continue here, on Wrongo because you know, Dodgers
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Speaker 4: we get ready for first pitch at the top of
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Speaker 10: All right.
Speaker 4: They have had a lot of pomp and circumstance with
Speaker 4: the home opener there for the Washington Nationals. But as
Speaker 4: far as the Dodgers are concerned, any answers for this
Speaker 4: slow start to the Dodgers' bats.
Speaker 5: Well, I've heard a few different theories, and one that
Speaker 5: seems to be the one that most people around the
Speaker 5: team are talking about or hypothesizing about, is the fact
Speaker 5: that during spring training, for various different reasons for each
Speaker 5: player World Baseball Classic load management, the Dodgers really slow
Speaker 5: played a lot of their hitters during spring training, and
Speaker 5: maybe that is working against them as the season starts.
Speaker 5: But the one thing that's alarming is that Kyle Tucker
Speaker 5: is striking out at a forty percent rate. That is
Speaker 5: not something that is going to continue. If I'm the
Speaker 5: Nationals Tim, I would be very concerned because show hal
Speaker 5: Tommy does not have a home run, does not have
Speaker 5: an extra base it. You know that's not going to
Speaker 5: last very long. You got Mookie Beds and Freddie Freeman
Speaker 5: and Kyle Tucker all in a little bit of a
Speaker 5: slump during that opening homestand so at some point these
Speaker 5: guys are going to break out, And I would be
Speaker 5: kind of nervous if I'm Miles Michaelis, who the Dodgers
Speaker 5: have handled in the past.
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Speaker 5: David, Yeah, the Dodgers need some length out of Emmit Sheen.
Speaker 5: I'm not sure if you heard this story, Tim, but
Speaker 5: during spring training it was March sixteenth in Mesa. Emmit
Speaker 5: Sheen's fast fastball velocity was in the low nineties, mid nineties,
Speaker 5: and I asked him about it, and he said it
Speaker 5: was a mechanical issue that was preventing him from really
Speaker 5: achieving ninety five. And that's what he said after the
Speaker 5: last start as well, that the reason why his fastball
Speaker 5: velocity was so low is because of some mechanics that
Speaker 5: were not syncd up. But the reality is, you got
Speaker 5: two guys in your rotation right now in Roki Sasaki
Speaker 5: and Emic Sheen that have given you basically four innings.
Speaker 5: Robert said earlier today, that's not sustainable to remain in
Speaker 5: the rotation. So Ima Sheen needs to find a way
Speaker 5: to compete to give the Dodgers some length and log
Speaker 5: some innings.
Speaker 4: In Dave's words, yesterday at off Day, a travel day
Speaker 4: for the Dodgers, back to the East Coast. But the
Speaker 4: Dodgers making news yesterday David on a post on social
Speaker 4: media announcing blue jersey tops for road games this year.
Speaker 4: When are we gonna see it for the first time?
Speaker 5: You're gonna see it today. Today is gonna be the
Speaker 5: day the Dodgers wear those blue road jerseys. And uh, look,
Speaker 5: the Dodgers have worn blue tops before, it's just been
Speaker 5: at home. This is the first time they are taking
Speaker 5: those blue tops on the road. So yeah, you'll see
Speaker 5: them today. We're watching m machen go out to the
Speaker 5: bullpen to warm up and he's wearing it. So you're
Speaker 5: gonna see those brand spanking new jerseys on the Dodgers today.
Speaker 4: Well, based on the comments on social media, Dodger fans
Speaker 4: loving these blue tops on the road. All right, David,
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Speaker 5: I live by these words, Tim, So I'm going with
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Speaker 4: All right, I'm gonna go with the three horse sterling.
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Speaker 5: Well, Rick, today, we're gonna see those new Dodger blue
Speaker 5: jerseys that they're gonna wear on the road today. I
Speaker 5: don't know how you feel about that. But it kind
Speaker 5: of looks from all the way up here, looks like
Speaker 5: it's got some swag.
Speaker 4: As the kids like this swag.
Speaker 7: I mean, it's somewhat similar to what we see in
Speaker 7: spring training, you know, with the blue top and in
Speaker 7: the Great Tants. You know, the doctors have you know,
Speaker 7: if they changed their uniforms, not that often I think
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Speaker 7: I mean, it just pops when you see the Dodgers
Speaker 7: across the front and then occasionally on the road as
Speaker 7: Los Angeles as well. I think of the Cardinals uniform
Speaker 7: with the birds on the bat.
Speaker 4: And the Yankees.
Speaker 7: I mean, if you look at the end one okay, fine,
Speaker 7: but I think the Dodgers, without question, one of the
Speaker 7: truly iconic uniforms of really any team and just about
Speaker 7: any sport.
Speaker 5: And Amid Shean wants to wear that jersey as long
Speaker 5: as he can. Dave Roberts said it's not sustainable to
Speaker 5: have two guys that only go four innings.
Speaker 7: No, no, it's not, and it was not really spot
Speaker 7: on for she and I think also from standpoint I
Speaker 7: looked at some numbers last night with them at Sheen.
Speaker 4: If we go back to last.
Speaker 7: Year, think of the high percentage of strikes that were thrown,
Speaker 7: especially first pitch strikes. Not the case that we saw
Speaker 7: in the original outing. Both of these guys today very
Speaker 7: good changeups off speed pitches, and they need to get
Speaker 7: the most with a slider, no question about it. Michael's
Speaker 7: the Dodgers have seen him before and we'll find out
Speaker 7: what happens. But this is kind of fun. Yes, we
Speaker 7: saw the opening day at Dodgers Steady, which was magnificent.
Speaker 7: We're seeing that again here in our nation's capital. What
Speaker 7: is going to be interesting as we get through with
Speaker 7: the three games here, going to Toronto. I'm really looking
Speaker 7: forward to that because it's going to be a mixed bag.
Speaker 7: I think of emotion, because it's still fresh in everybody's mind.
Speaker 7: What took place there in November is the Dodgers celebrated
Speaker 7: winning their second in a ROW World Championship, and.
Speaker 5: The Dodgers certainly know that's on the horizon Max months.
Speaker 5: He actually told me Rake he doesn't feel like the
Speaker 5: Dodgers will settle into the season until after that series
Speaker 5: in Toronto because everywhere they go. There's a lot of
Speaker 5: pomp and circumstance.
Speaker 7: Yeah, well they better settle into that series while they're
Speaker 7: in Toronto, not wait till after they leave. How about this?
Speaker 7: You know, I was looking at something earlier this morning
Speaker 7: and I saw on this date nineteen ninety talk about
Speaker 7: weird trades. And you say, well, where were you when
Speaker 7: you were you traded? We've had guys who have been
Speaker 7: driving in cars and get a phone call.
Speaker 10: How about this.
Speaker 7: One nineteen ninety Billy Hatcher is in the delivery room
Speaker 7: with his wife and the phone ring and he has
Speaker 7: still had it on him. His wife is about to
Speaker 7: give birth, and it was Jim Leland, a Pirrus manager,
Speaker 7: that was on the end of the phone, telling him,
Speaker 7: as the baby is going to be born within minutes. Hey,
Speaker 7: by the way, Billy Hatcher, you've just been traded. How
Speaker 7: about that one?
Speaker 10: For location?
Speaker 5: It's always something in baseball. And since you brought that up, Rick,
Speaker 5: when my son was being born, I remember you called me,
Speaker 5: He said, Hey, how things going. I said, well, my
Speaker 5: wife's a labor right now. Rix. I'll always have that
Speaker 5: to remember.
Speaker 7: See delivery room stories they play large because we're still
Speaker 7: talking about.
Speaker 5: Well enjoyed today's opening day in our nation's capital, and
Speaker 5: hopefully the Dodger bats wake up.
Speaker 7: Yeah, well, if not, we'll send them to delivery room.
Speaker 5: That sounds good, all right, We'll send up back to
Speaker 5: the studio in LA to the birthday boy, Tim Cakes, Hey,
Speaker 5: happy birthday.
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Speaker 4: your previous this bitching matchup Rick, we'll be back with
Speaker 4: Stephen Nelson gets to those keys of the game. But
Speaker 4: up next Dodger right the other Kyle Tucker. We'll hear
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Speaker 5: It's the home opener in our nation's capitol. We're joined
Speaker 5: right now by Dodger right fielder Kyle Tucker, who was
Speaker 5: electrified this morning by my presence in the clubhouse. Thanks
Speaker 5: a lot for the time, appreciated.
Speaker 10: Yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 5: Hey, you never got this in Houston or Chicago.
Speaker 2: Tucker.
Speaker 10: Ah, Yeah, You're You're definitely one of the kind, that's
Speaker 10: for sure.
Speaker 5: All Right, So you got through your first home stand.
Speaker 5: You're now embarking on your first road trip with the Dodgers.
Speaker 5: Do you feel like you're starting to settle in a
Speaker 5: little bit with the team.
Speaker 12: Uh, yeah, it's been fun start off. You know, it's
Speaker 12: good record so far. Hopefully I can get some more
Speaker 12: his some contributes to more wins, but you know, good
Speaker 12: starts the season. We got a lot more games, so
Speaker 12: excited to get the road trip start off here at
Speaker 12: tonight or today, and hopefully we can start off Shroan
Speaker 12: and keep it going.
Speaker 5: Look, I know the hits have not been where you
Speaker 5: want it to be, but you've made a difference in
Speaker 5: games to help the team win with your defense. How
Speaker 5: much does that help ease any sort of anxiousness you
Speaker 5: may have about wanting to really get it going with
Speaker 5: the bat.
Speaker 12: Yeah, I'm just trying to do my part and helping
Speaker 12: us win. I'm sure to keep trying to do that
Speaker 12: the best I can and do it on both sides
Speaker 12: the ball. So hopefully, just trying to put together go
Speaker 12: to bats and get some good pitches to hit and
Speaker 12: drove somerens in you.
Speaker 5: You might not think this about me, but I do
Speaker 5: have deep thoughts at times.
Speaker 6: So I was just.
Speaker 5: Wondering with the spring training that all of you guys had,
Speaker 5: where they try to limit the at bats and manage
Speaker 5: the load in spring. Do you feel like that's had
Speaker 5: any residual effect coming into the season.
Speaker 12: I mean, we had a everyone is a little different,
Speaker 12: but I think we had a decent amount of time
Speaker 12: and at bats and stuff's get ready. So you know,
Speaker 12: this is big leagues and you face some good pitching
Speaker 12: and good teams. So you just got to go out
Speaker 12: there and keep doing your best and keep grinding every
Speaker 12: single day.
Speaker 5: Kyle Tucker is our guest in front of first pitch
Speaker 5: between the Dodgers and Nationals. So, uh, your first road
Speaker 5: trip with the team, you got to fly on that
Speaker 5: fancy players only playing there. So do you feel like
Speaker 5: these type of times and road trips really bring a
Speaker 5: team together, especially some of the new guys.
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's science.
Speaker 12: I mean, you can you have a lot more time
Speaker 12: together just because you're kind of away for our families
Speaker 12: unless they, you know, came on the road trip with you,
Speaker 12: but you know, the flight, it's definitely can have a
Speaker 12: lot more time to get to know each other and
Speaker 12: or just like play some cards or games or whatnot
Speaker 12: on the on the trip, especially coming out here's a
Speaker 12: couple hours, so got plenty of plenty of that end.
Speaker 12: But it's good. I mean we can so go grab
Speaker 12: lunches or dinners. Went out over the road trip, so
Speaker 12: it's it's kind of a good time to get to
Speaker 12: know each other and buy a little bit more.
Speaker 10: So it's been good.
Speaker 5: You seem like a postmate sky, like you're just gonna
Speaker 5: stay in your room and have the food delivered to
Speaker 5: you or do you venture out?
Speaker 2: Do I have you wrong?
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 10: That's pretty accurate. I mean it depends. It was long fly.
Speaker 12: We got at like seven am or something, so I
Speaker 12: slept most of the day and then just walk up
Speaker 12: and ordered some food. So kind of took my time
Speaker 12: to hit some face times and whatnot yesterday, So.
Speaker 10: Suet's Night brings.
Speaker 5: What is Kyle Tucker like about Nationals Park? What don't
Speaker 5: you like about Nationals Park?
Speaker 10: I don't know. I think today will be pretty cool.
Speaker 12: So, I mean it's they're opening day today, so they
Speaker 12: got opening ceremony and everything for them, So especially doing
Speaker 12: it here in the nation's chapital is it is kind
Speaker 12: of cool to see and you know, be a part of.
Speaker 12: So hopefully we can ruin it for them today with
Speaker 12: a win, So we'll see how it goes.
Speaker 5: All right, I'm calling my shot right now. I stolen
Speaker 5: base for Kyle Tucker today.
Speaker 10: I'll take it. I mean, I'm getting on bass.
Speaker 5: So yeah, yeah, don't worry Tucker. It's surely it's only
Speaker 5: the first five games, six games. Don't worry, Tucker. Let
Speaker 5: the season breathe a little bit. I'm not jumping to
Speaker 5: any emotional conclusions.
Speaker 10: We got we got a lot of games left to
Speaker 10: get there. So I'm all right, Well, thanks a lot
Speaker 10: for the time.
Speaker 5: Really appreciate it, and look forward to doing this maybe
Speaker 5: in August again.
Speaker 10: Yep, sure sounds good. Oh hey, all.
Speaker 5: Right, everybody heard that. Whenever I need all right, Tucker,
Speaker 5: thank you. We'll see you in Toronto.
Speaker 10: Thank you, appreciate it.
Speaker 5: There he goes, Kyle Tucker has been our guest, and
Speaker 5: here receive a gift card to Capitol, Grill and Burbank.
Speaker 5: I love those guys. There go to that one. You
Speaker 5: never know who Tucker might bring with you. We'll send
Speaker 5: it back to you in the studio.
Speaker 10: All right.
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Speaker 4: Miles michaelis on the Mount oh to one, seven thirty
Speaker 4: seven year old veteran right hander, twelve season the big
Speaker 4: League's also spent some time in Japan, Padres, Rangers, Cardinals,
Speaker 4: now the Nationals. Two time All Star in Saint Louis,
Speaker 4: He's been reliable four straight seasons with at least thirty starts. However,
Speaker 4: his record doesn't show a lot of effectiveness. In his
Speaker 4: first seat start this year against the Cups, five innings,
Speaker 4: six runs, six hits in a loss at rig Lee Field,
Speaker 4: he has a one to five record with the six
Speaker 4: to twenty ERA and ten appearances against the Dodgers. He's
Speaker 4: had success at Nationals Park, maybe one of the reasons
Speaker 4: why he signed there five to one with the two
Speaker 4: thirty five ra As an opposing pitcher there since twenty eighteen.
Speaker 4: Emmitt Sheehan goes for the Blue. Twenty six year old
Speaker 4: right hander, fourth season the Big League's debuted in twenty
Speaker 4: twenty three, miss twenty twenty four because of Tommy John
Speaker 4: surgery last year fifteen games. Now he's healthy, ready to
Speaker 4: go for a full year ten and four overall at
Speaker 4: his career twenty nine games, twenty four starts, one hundred
Speaker 4: and fifty nine strikeouts. First time out this year, three
Speaker 4: to third innings, four runs, five hits, six strikeouts in
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Speaker 4: to the booth. Steven Nelson Rick Monday, Guys.
Speaker 6: Tim Kates, we're getting close to first pitch here at
Speaker 6: Nationals Park. It'll be thrown by Miles Michaels, a long
Speaker 6: time Cardinal now a National. He's starting opposite Emmett she
Speaker 6: And for the Dodgers and Mole. Before we get your
Speaker 6: big key of the game, diving into this starting pitching matchup,
Speaker 6: all to talk about the Dodgers' offensive struggles early on
Speaker 6: in this season with respect knowing that the other side, hey,
Speaker 6: they're big leaguers too. There are at least a couple
Speaker 6: pitchers on this National staff where the Dodgers should get to.
Speaker 10: Them, including today.
Speaker 7: If we look at Miles Michaelis, seven starts, ten games
Speaker 7: overall era career against the Dodgers. Yes, that's in the past,
Speaker 7: but an era of over six Okay, that's one thing. However,
Speaker 7: I think both of these ball clubs have to be
Speaker 7: very cognizant. For the Nationals was Emitt Sheen, who was
Speaker 7: not particularly sharp in his first outing, but she and
Speaker 7: a very good slider and a good change up. And
Speaker 7: I mentioned the change up in the slider because that's
Speaker 7: what the Dodger hitters have to look at. At Miles Michaelis,
Speaker 7: how about this number the last two years for michaelas
Speaker 7: if you're a Dodger hitter, you're going to looking off
Speaker 7: speed pitch well, the first pitch. In the last two
Speaker 7: years to hitters, exactly fifty percent of the pitches have
Speaker 7: been off speed. He's not gonna blow the fastball by,
Speaker 7: but he will change speeds and change very well.
Speaker 6: Miles michaelis Emmitt Shean, the Dodgers and the Nationals opening
Speaker 6: day at Nationals Park. We'll get underway shortly until then, Tim,
Speaker 6: back to you, all right.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Nelly. Don't forget Dodger fans when this game
Speaker 4: is over. David Vessy's got you covered with all the
Speaker 4: postgame festivities from Nationals Park, reaction from the clubhouse, and
Speaker 4: of course Dodger talk as well. But first things first,
Speaker 4: Dodgers first road game of the twenty twenty sixth season.
Speaker 4: It's the home opener in our nation's capital, Washington, DC.
Speaker 4: Dodgers in Washington, Nationals, Emmitt she and Miles Michael as
Speaker 4: Dodgers wearing their fancy new blue road jerseys. As player
Speaker 4: introductions have come to a conclusion and we are getting
Speaker 4: ready for first pitch next enjoyed, everybody. I'm Tim Katson.
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