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Speaker 1: Here's your host, David Vase. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David
Speaker 1: Vassay with you until nine thirty tonight on Dodger Talk
Speaker 1: Live from Wrigley Field. After the Dodgers lose to the
Speaker 1: Cubs tonight ten to five. We have wide open phone lines.
Speaker 1: You always tell me you can't get in, you don't
Speaker 1: want to try. Well, how about tonight. We have a
Speaker 1: lot to talk about the second half of the show.
Speaker 1: We'll get into the trade deadline. We'll hear from Trek Scooble,
Speaker 1: you'll hear from Dave Robert. It's about the decision to
Speaker 1: send down Emmitt Sheen. Yeah, that's right. Emmitt Shean has
Speaker 1: been optioned to Oklahoma City. Eric Lower and Alex Call
Speaker 1: will remain on the Dodgers. They were not traded, and
Speaker 1: lower will remain and the Dodgers starting rotation. We'll get
Speaker 1: to that. And I want to just share with you
Speaker 1: a few different teams who certainly made trades to not
Speaker 1: only help themselves, but also I feel like to try
Speaker 1: to close the gap and match up against the Dodgers
Speaker 1: if they run into them in October, including these Cubs.
Speaker 1: The Cubs made a lot of good improvements at the
Speaker 1: trade deadline that screamed to me they're trying to find
Speaker 1: pitchers to neutralize the Dodger offense. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 1: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number Dodgers
Speaker 1: fall to the Cubs tonight, ten to five. I want
Speaker 1: to start with the base running because I've brought this
Speaker 1: up a couple of times since the All Star Break,
Speaker 1: and there have been other times where Otani news or
Speaker 1: Schoobal news has overshadowed those poor base running decisions by
Speaker 1: two players. It's not the entire team, there's just two
Speaker 1: players that have been horrific on the basis since the
Speaker 1: All Star Break. I tweeted this out earlier, and I
Speaker 1: mean it. I can't believe what I'm seeing from show. Hey, Otani.
Speaker 1: I have not seen these many poor base running decisions
Speaker 1: from Otani in the two and a half years that
Speaker 1: he's been on the Dodgers that we have seen since
Speaker 1: the All Star break, going first to third, trying to
Speaker 1: stretch a double into a triple, trying to tag up
Speaker 1: on a bray you against the Red Sox from first
Speaker 1: base to second base, being thrown out, being picked off
Speaker 1: tonight in the second inning. How about Kyle Tucker not
Speaker 1: running hard on the bases, ignoring the green light from
Speaker 1: dino Ebol on the last Homestand I mean, this guy,
Speaker 1: I don't know where his head is at, but if
Speaker 1: you're going to hit two thirty, you better help the
Speaker 1: team on the bases and on defense, and right now
Speaker 1: we're not seeing that. So those things are inexcusable. And
Speaker 1: tonight another actually two poor base running decisions by Kyle Tucker. Tonight. Yes,
Speaker 1: he scored because Pi Crow Armstrong bobbled the ball in
Speaker 1: center field, but he was not running hard from second
Speaker 1: to third base, and that's the reason why dino Ebol
Speaker 1: held him up initially. And then a guy that played
Speaker 1: a full season and right field at Wrigley Field hits
Speaker 1: a line drive off the right field wall and decides,
Speaker 1: in a game where you're losing seven to four in
Speaker 1: the sixth inning, you are going to try to extend
Speaker 1: a single into a double. Nobody can justify any of
Speaker 1: that to me. And then Teoscar Hernandez hits a home run,
Speaker 1: so it could have been a one run game and
Speaker 1: you never know what kind of pressure that puts on
Speaker 1: the Cubs after that. Instead it's a solo home run.
Speaker 1: So I know everybody's talking about Robleski and rightfully, so
Speaker 1: we'll get to him in a second. But the base
Speaker 1: running just tonight, and since the All Star break from
Speaker 1: Tucker and Otani has lot left a lot to be
Speaker 1: desired and it needs to be tightened up. Let's go
Speaker 1: downstairs right now to the Dodger Clubhouse. Kyle Tucker spoke
Speaker 1: to the media on Sports at LA.
Speaker 2: I mean that play, I mean I bounced.
Speaker 4: Right back to home and the chefs and he made
Speaker 4: a really good throw right there and tends that you've
Speaker 4: made a good tag, so kind of, I mean, I
Speaker 4: happened some times they made a good play. So trying
Speaker 4: to take your chances, especially in situations where you might
Speaker 4: need to try and get some runs, especially with one
Speaker 4: out at the time, trying to get the second election
Speaker 4: and you know, aerian scorning position at that point if
Speaker 4: you're there.
Speaker 2: So they just made a good player and then that
Speaker 2: one for.
Speaker 5: You offensively, Just the two hits tonight, I mean one
Speaker 5: there's something about being back here to a place where
Speaker 5: you used to play, but just kind of have you
Speaker 5: found just getting that consistency back to your swing with
Speaker 5: how you're feeling.
Speaker 2: I don't know, just working every single day.
Speaker 4: I'm just trying to be consistent with my work and
Speaker 4: what I do in the cage and everything and trying
Speaker 4: to translate out onto the field. So I feel pretty
Speaker 4: good today, good at bats, past couple days and stuff.
Speaker 4: So I'm just trying to continue that moving forward to
Speaker 4: tomorrow's game and so forth.
Speaker 6: Was it like just kind of walking back in here
Speaker 6: today and then kind of hearing just the receptions you
Speaker 6: got when you went up to the plate tonight.
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I like playing here last year.
Speaker 4: There's some really great guys over there, and you know,
Speaker 4: they have a good team, so it's nice being back
Speaker 4: and playing here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I liked it, Okay, So I guess we'll just
Speaker 1: gloss over all all the poor base running decisions Kyle
Speaker 1: Tucker has made since the All Star break and especially
Speaker 1: on the last homestand and then comes out tonight with
Speaker 1: two really bad ones. So you know, the reason why
Speaker 1: that is upsetting is because Kyle Tucker is not doing
Speaker 1: a lot at the plate. There's no secret about that.
Speaker 1: But you can help your team in other areas, especially
Speaker 1: when you do get on base. Don't make outs on
Speaker 1: the basis, don't cost your team or en rallies. And
Speaker 1: that's what we've seen from Tucker over the course of
Speaker 1: the last ten games. So that to me is inexcusable
Speaker 1: and unforgivable. And everybody talks about Game seven and the
Speaker 1: World Series for the Dodgers last year, what was the difference?
Speaker 1: It was? Defense, base running. I know it's a long season.
Speaker 1: I know we're in the dog days of August, don't
Speaker 1: get me wrong, but Kyle Tucker was not one of
Speaker 1: those players that were playing in October. You could talk
Speaker 1: about that with almost every other player on this team,
Speaker 1: and you can somewhat forgive them because we are in
Speaker 1: the dog days of August and these guys have played
Speaker 1: more games than anybody else the last two and a
Speaker 1: half years. But come on, that just needs to be better.
Speaker 1: Eight six, six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight, ten
Speaker 1: to five, on a night where Justin Robleski gives up
Speaker 1: four home runs for the second straight start. I like
Speaker 1: what Dave Roberts had to say. It's true, the stuff
Speaker 1: is there, it's the poor location and I do it
Speaker 1: really hit me when Jose Motor broke it down for us.
Speaker 1: Maybe the rest of the league is playing the chess
Speaker 1: game to Justin Robleski, and now he needs to make
Speaker 1: the counter movements because he should pride himself on the
Speaker 1: fact that he can get quick outs and not get
Speaker 1: outs with strikeouts. But there's so much emphasis on that
Speaker 1: in the game these days, and people were asking him
Speaker 1: about it, and he started to get some strike outs
Speaker 1: the last two starts before the All Star break. He
Speaker 1: can't change who he is. As we talk about with hitters,
Speaker 1: know who you are as a hitter. Justin Robleski has
Speaker 1: to remember who he is as a pitcher and now
Speaker 1: start to make the adjustments to teams that have seen
Speaker 1: a lot. There's a lot of video on him and
Speaker 1: he's got to make the game plan adjustment to the
Speaker 1: rest of the league. Let's head back downstairs to the
Speaker 1: Dodger Clubhouse on sports Net l A.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, you know, I think sometimes sometimes teams
Speaker 7: are gonna have honestly good swings off you, and yeah,
Speaker 7: today that happened.
Speaker 2: But you know, I think there's no excuse.
Speaker 7: I think I need to be better than I have
Speaker 7: these past two and it's just frustrating. And but you know,
Speaker 7: I think you're You're definitely who you are when when
Speaker 7: you're at your worst. So I think it's about kind
Speaker 7: of going to this weekend grinding, keeping keeping keep on,
Speaker 7: keeping on same old stuff, and you know, just just
Speaker 7: work on stuff, hammer stuff out with with Mark and
Speaker 7: Connor and everybody, and.
Speaker 2: Get back to it, get back to throwing the ball. Well.
Speaker 6: Did like, especially the home run pitches tonight, that how
Speaker 6: much of those could you kind of get execute close
Speaker 6: to what you wanted to versus just you know, kind
Speaker 6: of like last week where maybe they're just kind of
Speaker 6: on what you're throwing there.
Speaker 7: You know, I think last week some of them were
Speaker 7: better pitches than this week. You know, I think the
Speaker 7: one to Kelly is not not a great pitch, The
Speaker 7: one to say is I mean, I'm not super upset
Speaker 7: with that. I think maybe most ballparks probably hold that
Speaker 7: or you know, it's it's off the wall and not
Speaker 7: not a home run there. But you know, I think
Speaker 7: overall just didn't build a ball all enough today obviously,
Speaker 7: and just have been been pretty frustrated these past two
Speaker 7: So just continuing to to you know, work on things
Speaker 7: get better and you know, hopefully come back out and
Speaker 7: going around here and have have some have a nice little.
Speaker 6: Scow the street date could to him, it kind of
Speaker 6: just felt like they were on a lot of your
Speaker 6: stuff to think it's is that a sign to you
Speaker 6: of whether it's just kind of game planning or there's
Speaker 6: like a tipping issue, like do you have a theory there?
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's possible, it's possible. It's something we're going to
Speaker 7: go look at. You know, I changed the game plan
Speaker 7: pretty significantly today and felt like they were still on
Speaker 7: some stuff. So you know, again it's it's baseball. These
Speaker 7: are you know, they get paid a lot of money
Speaker 7: to play this game too, so they're they're good players.
Speaker 7: And yeah, sometimes you're gonna get You're gonna get gotten.
Speaker 7: It's it's it's a hard League de Pinsion. So but yeah,
Speaker 7: I think at the end of the day, I just
Speaker 7: need to continue working and getting better. And you know,
Speaker 7: like I said, the chips will fall where they're going
Speaker 7: to and uh, just just keep going.
Speaker 1: All right. There's Justin Robleski on sports Net l A. Look,
Speaker 1: it would be concerning if the velocity was down, it
Speaker 1: would be concerning if the spin rate was going down
Speaker 1: and trending downwards. It's not. It's just a poor lack
Speaker 1: of execution and maybe, like Jose Mota was talking about,
Speaker 1: maybe it's time now the cat and mouse game, the
Speaker 1: chess game, whatever you want to call it. Justin Robleski,
Speaker 1: now it's your move. The hitters have made the move.
Speaker 1: It's your move now. Eight six six nine, eight seven
Speaker 1: two five seventy is the phone number. We have one
Speaker 1: line open. Now you have woken up. I'm the one
Speaker 1: that went to sleep at four point thirty this morning,
Speaker 1: not you. Let's go out to Josh and Ontario. You're
Speaker 1: on Dodger Talk Live from Wrigley.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Josh, Hey, thank you for taking my car.
Speaker 8: I just have a question, or actually have two questions.
Speaker 8: But my first question is what's the insight tours like
Speaker 8: are it schoolb or rental or are they planning to
Speaker 8: resign him at the end of the season.
Speaker 1: It's too early to say right now, Josh, because even
Speaker 1: Schooble said he's not thinking about the business of the game.
Speaker 1: I think you have to let it, you know, marinate
Speaker 1: a little bit. Let's see how he likes it, Let's
Speaker 1: see how the Dodgers like it. Let's make sure Scott
Speaker 1: Boris doesn't interfere to try to hold Schooble back during
Speaker 1: the playoffs like he did. For sure, ser, all of
Speaker 1: those things are in play.
Speaker 2: I got it.
Speaker 8: And when I've been to the Lower and Alex called trades,
Speaker 8: rumors like what didn't that go through?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess things changed quickly because they're both still here.
Speaker 1: And maybe the situation with emig Sheian not pitching that well,
Speaker 1: and the fact that the Dodgers are uncertain about Otani,
Speaker 1: all of those things, you know, lent me to believe
Speaker 1: that Lower was much needed here, more needed here than
Speaker 1: just getting a prospect back or you know, who knows
Speaker 1: what the Dodgers were being offered. But Lower's pitched his
Speaker 1: butt off and certainly has out pitched emit Shean so
Speaker 1: I'm happy he's still here and he's starting on Wednesday.
Speaker 8: Same, Can I see something? Can you ask Moogie something
Speaker 8: from him? Can you tell him to put his high
Speaker 8: thocks back on?
Speaker 1: We need that back the high tops. No, the high socks,
Speaker 1: the high socks. You think that's gonna change things for him?
Speaker 8: He needs something to change for sure.
Speaker 1: I agree with you on that. Thanks for the phone call, Josh.
Speaker 1: Let's go out to Manny in downtown. I'll get to
Speaker 1: all the lineup maybe tomorrow night. So let's just let
Speaker 1: me be upset about a few things tonight and we'll
Speaker 1: get to something else another night. But look, the Dodgers
Speaker 1: are really good. Hold on many, I just have to
Speaker 1: get this out. The Dodgers are really good. Trust me.
Speaker 1: They are the best team in baseball. There's no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. But the reality is, there are still things
Speaker 1: that are standing out to me that need to be
Speaker 1: adjusted individually, group wise before they get to the postseason.
Speaker 1: And trust me, the Dodgers always figure it out. This
Speaker 1: is somewhat of I don't want to say, an audition,
Speaker 1: but it really does give the Dodgers an opportunity for
Speaker 1: the players to decide whether or not they're going to
Speaker 1: be in the rotation, whether or not they're going to
Speaker 1: hit high in the lineup or loan the lineup. That's
Speaker 1: what this is about. But here's the reality of things.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers right now, despite having a large lead in
Speaker 1: the NLST, are currently the number two seed in the
Speaker 1: National League. The Brewers are one game better than the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: And don't look now, the Atlanta Braves are just one
Speaker 1: loss behind the Dodgers for the number two seed in
Speaker 1: the National League. So there is a lot to play for.
Speaker 1: You don't want to have to go through another short,
Speaker 1: five game series. That is, when you talk about random
Speaker 1: a lot of different things can go sideways in a
Speaker 1: five game series. I don't believe any team right now
Speaker 1: could beat the Dodgers four times, but three is a
Speaker 1: different story. I mean three changes things. But just keep
Speaker 1: that in mind. There is still a lot to play for.
Speaker 1: Let's go out to Manny in Downtown. How you doing, Manny.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you didn't realize the Dodgers are one game
Speaker 1: away from being a wild playing in the Wildcard Series
Speaker 1: or NLDS.
Speaker 3: I mean, that's yeah, that's how fastest game. I mean,
Speaker 3: you got some of the better teams out there, Milwaukee
Speaker 3: and Atlanta. They've been consistent too. So the reason why
Speaker 3: I called tonight, I wanted to just, you know, gloat
Speaker 3: a little bit about this Tigre Schoobol trade. The Dodgers
Speaker 3: did what they had to do to get them. Everyone's staked.
Speaker 3: Scooble should be amazing down the road. I want to
Speaker 3: just go back a little bit to Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 2: I want to just a little.
Speaker 1: Bit just to put a period on the schoobl stuff.
Speaker 1: That's why you get a guy like Schooble. When you
Speaker 1: have lost four in a row, things are not going
Speaker 1: your way. Your pitching staff is giving up thirty runs
Speaker 1: during the four game losing streak. That's why you get
Speaker 1: a schoobl He's an ace. He's one of the best
Speaker 1: pitchers in baseball. He ends losing streaks and tomorrow he'll
Speaker 1: end this one.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Not only does the end losing streaks, he begins winning streaks.
Speaker 3: So this guy's a winner, and I think he chose
Speaker 3: he's gonna stay long term in my opinion, if I
Speaker 3: had to decide, but going to Kyle Tucker, I am
Speaker 3: not convinced he's bought into this Dodger environment, Dave, I
Speaker 3: feel like he's still kind of sliding the like Olaine.
Speaker 3: You know, I know he's trying his best out there,
Speaker 3: but I just I you know, in that interview when
Speaker 3: he's bragging about the Cubs a little bit, great clubhouse,
Speaker 3: but you have to let us know too. Hey, I'm
Speaker 3: a Dodger. Now it's time to turn it on and
Speaker 3: dog days of summer right here, and we need that bat.
Speaker 3: You know, I wouldn't mind seeing Hosea Paula, you know,
Speaker 3: maybe even giving it a shot, maybe, you know, light
Speaker 3: a little fire.
Speaker 1: Well that's what I mentioned, Manny. I'm with you. If
Speaker 1: things don't change for Tucker, I'm very much on board
Speaker 1: with calling up host way to Paula in September when
Speaker 1: rosters expand and give him some at bat. See what
Speaker 1: you got Infuse some life, if you will, youthful energy
Speaker 1: with this guy. I'm with you. I don't think that's
Speaker 1: a stretch of the imagination. A lot of people believe
Speaker 1: he's ready to go right now. What better time than
Speaker 1: in September to see.
Speaker 3: And maybe that's the guy they need right now. They
Speaker 3: need a dog and right now they're a little four
Speaker 3: game losing streak that you're gonna see that dog tomorrow
Speaker 3: on Schooble.
Speaker 1: All right, Manny, thank you for the phone call. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not opposed to that. If things are not going
Speaker 1: to get better and right field, why not infuse some
Speaker 1: youthful energy. Now, DePaul is not a raw, raw guy,
Speaker 1: but he does have a smooth, suave feel about him.
Speaker 1: But when he starts hitting those bombs, it's going to
Speaker 1: infuse a lot of youthful energy. And like I said,
Speaker 1: these guys are veterans. They've played more games than anybody else.
Speaker 1: Dog days of August stretch run into September. Why not
Speaker 1: the youth you know that brings some new energy to
Speaker 1: the team. I'm not saying that's what the Dodgers are
Speaker 1: going to do, but I wouldn't be opposed to it.
Speaker 1: If the Kyle Tucker twenty twenty six season continues to
Speaker 1: go this way, let's go out to Tucker. Speaking of
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker, Tucker and Santa Anna, you're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 1: Live from Wrigley Field.
Speaker 9: Hi Tucker, Hey Dave, thanks for taking the call. I
Speaker 9: would love to get a Tucker jersey, but I told
Speaker 9: myself I'd wait until you know, we see some some
Speaker 9: good results, but yeah.
Speaker 1: Good idea. I'm waiting on that for Smell too. You know,
Speaker 1: when he comes back, maybe i'll you know, yeah, anyway,
Speaker 1: I agree with you.
Speaker 9: Good last year and he's just lights out at the.
Speaker 1: End, so I feel like he is Tucker. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna go too far, but I'm keeping the
Speaker 1: receipts on everybody that texts me, calls in and talks
Speaker 1: trash about snail Zilla. I'm keeping those receipts. I'll just
Speaker 1: say that. So what else you got, He'll be ready.
Speaker 9: I'm curious what your thoughts are on the games that
Speaker 9: we kind of waved the white flag a little early.
Speaker 9: I love Dave Roberts, but I think there's some games
Speaker 9: where we're like one run, two runs away and you
Speaker 9: were not really fighting for it. And I've heard him
Speaker 9: talk about it before. It's a long season, But what
Speaker 9: are your thoughts on those.
Speaker 1: As far as fighting.
Speaker 9: And just like, you know, when is it too soon
Speaker 9: to wave the right flag? You know, how many games
Speaker 9: do you just kind of, you know, take your starters
Speaker 9: out and you know not.
Speaker 1: That I don't, I don't. I mean, there's certain there
Speaker 1: are certain games where I'm like, okay, yeah, to manage
Speaker 1: a full season. The Dodgers have been masterful and navigating
Speaker 1: one sixty two, so I think teams are trying would
Speaker 1: love to take a page out of the Dodgers book
Speaker 1: in that respect, So I'm not against that in certain situations.
Speaker 1: I don't believe the Dodgers waved the white flag until
Speaker 1: the Cubs scored ten runs. That's when they wave the
Speaker 1: white flag. They're not going to burn high leverage relievers
Speaker 1: in a ten to five game in the eighth or
Speaker 1: ninth inning, Tucker, I don't think today.
Speaker 9: I think more so in the Boston series it seemed
Speaker 9: like there are a couple of close ones, but not
Speaker 9: Today was.
Speaker 8: A tough one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I you know, honestly, I would have loved to
Speaker 1: have seen Freddy take that at bad in the ninth
Speaker 1: inning last night instead of Alex's call, but he doubled,
Speaker 1: so he pressed. Dave Roberts pressed the right button. I
Speaker 1: know what you're saying, But for the most part, I
Speaker 1: would say Dave has managed it the right way this year.
Speaker 2: Got it well.
Speaker 9: Thanks tone, appreciate the time.
Speaker 1: Hey, thank you call back anytime. Eight six six nine
Speaker 1: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
Speaker 1: fall to the Cubs tonight ten to five. Tommy Edmund
Speaker 1: hit a three run home run in the first inning,
Speaker 1: and you thought Matthew Boyd was going to be out
Speaker 1: of this game. Not to be.
Speaker 10: Uh.
Speaker 1: He lasted six and two thirds innings to win his
Speaker 1: seventh game of the year, and Justin Robleski takes the loss.
Speaker 1: How about this, Speaking on that first inning, it was
Speaker 1: kind of a microcosm of what we've seen since the
Speaker 1: beginning of July. So Tani and Pa has get on
Speaker 1: to start the game against Boyd. The back to back singles,
Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund hits a three run home run. First trend
Speaker 1: that we have seen for a while now, Tommy Edman
Speaker 1: and others better hitters on the road. Why another trend?
Speaker 1: We saw Freddie Freeman getting on base thirteen game hitting streak,
Speaker 1: albeit a broken bat infield single, and since the beginning
Speaker 1: of July, Freddy has been on base forty three times,
Speaker 1: hitting third, hitting fourth. Do you know how many runs
Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman has scored since the beginning of July getting
Speaker 1: on base forty three times. I'm telling you he's on
Speaker 1: base forty three times, including tonight, in the first inning,
Speaker 1: he has only scored eight times. That's hard to believe.
Speaker 1: That's hard to do. What that tells me is whoever's
Speaker 1: hitting behind Freddy Freeman is not driving him in. And
Speaker 1: we'll get to that another night. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 1: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number, Marty
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. You're on Dodger Talk live from Chicago.
Speaker 10: Hi Marty, Hi, how you doing, Dave.
Speaker 1: I'm doing great, love talking baseball.
Speaker 10: I have two questions, two statements and a question. Now
Speaker 10: that the trade deadline is over, we can trade Conferdo
Speaker 10: Conford for Tucker?
Speaker 1: Did that?
Speaker 10: I thought i'd bring it. I thought i'd bring a
Speaker 10: little newer to the conversation. But the real reason I
Speaker 10: called this the first caller asked about rental. I have
Speaker 10: a I don't know if Freeman would do this, but
Speaker 10: if he wanted to next year, they want to have
Speaker 10: some kind of a salary cap and length of contracts.
Speaker 10: Why doesn't he talk to Burroughs give him an eight year,
Speaker 10: three hundred and sixty to four hundred million contract right
Speaker 10: now before this next season starts. He'll have him locked
Speaker 10: up and don't worry about him not being himself. He'll
Speaker 10: be fine. He's a two time cy Young Winner, He's
Speaker 10: a tremendous pitcher. Let's lock him up. You could probably
Speaker 10: lock him up right now before the salary cap comes
Speaker 10: in and lend the contract. They're doing anything to the
Speaker 10: Dodge's way of doing business.
Speaker 2: Do you think I would.
Speaker 1: Love to have school Ball in a Dodger uniform the
Speaker 1: rest of his career, Marty. He's a great guy. His
Speaker 1: work ethic is on the level of Kershaw's. Everybody would
Speaker 1: love to have him stay after this year. But he
Speaker 1: just got here. He hasn't even made one start. Let's
Speaker 1: see how this goes, Marty. Thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 1: Eight sixty six seven two five seventy. Yeah, can we
Speaker 1: can we let the guy make his first start? Can
Speaker 1: we let the guy have at least two or three
Speaker 1: starts before we start saying let's sign him up to
Speaker 1: a lifetime contract. I mean, Freddie Freeman's playing for a
Speaker 1: contract right now. He only has one more year left
Speaker 1: on his deal, Andy pa has I mean, he's a
Speaker 1: he's a prime candidate to be a young player that
Speaker 1: gets extended. So look, I'm all in on Tarrek's Schooble.
Speaker 1: But let this, let let this marinate a little bit
Speaker 1: before everybody starts talking about ten years right away. We're
Speaker 1: gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk Live
Speaker 1: from Wrigley Feel you will hear from Tarek Scoobol. Coming
Speaker 1: up next, we will recap the trade deadline. We'll let
Speaker 1: you know about the Dodgers catching situation, will let you
Speaker 1: know more about why the Dodgers option image into Oklahoma
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Speaker 1: It's baseball season and the Dodgers are the talk of
Speaker 1: the town and the country after acquiring Trek's schoolball. I mean,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers put baseball at the forefront of the conversation today.
Speaker 1: That's a good thing. They fall to the Cubs though,
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Speaker 1: Own the Dream. It was a busy day for the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: not only the trade deadline coming and going at three
Speaker 1: o'clock Pacific time, they made acquisitions of Ben Roortveitt and
Speaker 1: also Hunter Fiducca. Ben Roortvett was at Triple A Syracuse
Speaker 1: in the Mets organization all year long. Fiducca was in
Speaker 1: the big leagues with Tampa Bay. He actually was in
Speaker 1: the starting lineup today right before the trade deadline. And
Speaker 1: when you talk about hugwatch, he got a lot of
Speaker 1: hugs in the Tampa Bay Rays dugout when he was traded.
Speaker 1: So Fiduca and roartved two guys that were in the
Speaker 1: Dodger organization last year, two guys that were traded for
Speaker 1: each other are now back, and Roortvett is going to
Speaker 1: be active for tomorrow's game. Brendon Gomes, the Dodgers GM
Speaker 1: said earlier today he isn't sure when Fiduca or where
Speaker 1: Fiduca is going, but I'll just say this. Alicia Alfonso
Speaker 1: and Trek Scooble have a familiarity with each other going
Speaker 1: back to the Tigers organization. As recently as last spring training,
Speaker 1: Alfonso caught Schoobl's bullpens. He caught Schooble in twenty nineteen
Speaker 1: with the Tigers. So I would imagine Alfonso's catching tomorrow
Speaker 1: because he has that rapport with Trek Scoobel and Schoobl's
Speaker 1: very comfortable with him. So that's where the Dodger catching
Speaker 1: situation is. After Dalton Rushing was a late scratch last
Speaker 1: night before Sunday Night Baseball with what the Dodgers at
Speaker 1: the time called minor arm irritation, well it was so
Speaker 1: minor that they put him on the ten dayil and
Speaker 1: acquired two more catchers. Today, Dalton Rushing, Dave Roberts says,
Speaker 1: has a strained right elbow. I looked up what exactly
Speaker 1: that is. Dave said that Rushing has had that before,
Speaker 1: so you can overextend your elbow, stretch out the ligaments
Speaker 1: without tearing it too much. And Dalton Rushing sent me
Speaker 1: a text earlier tonight said he'll be all right, So
Speaker 1: that that's more encouraging than anything else, because if he
Speaker 1: was not going to be all right, he would not
Speaker 1: have returned the text. So that's encouraging. So that's where
Speaker 1: things stand with the Dodgers catching situation. And like I
Speaker 1: was saying last week, that's why I felt it was
Speaker 1: imperative for the Dodgers to acquire another catcher because of
Speaker 1: this situation. What if Dalton Rushing got hurt and what
Speaker 1: if Will Smith can't make it all the way back
Speaker 1: you're left empty handed. So the Dodgers are in a
Speaker 1: better spot today than they were yesterday with their catching
Speaker 1: depth and Ben Roartfitt knows this staff pretty well, so
Speaker 1: that's that's a good sign, and Fiducia is familiar with
Speaker 1: them as well. Speaking of Trek Scouble, everybody is eagerly
Speaker 1: anticipating his Dodger debut tomorrow. It'll be here at Wrigley Field.
Speaker 1: And earlier today Tarrek Skubol spoke to the meet. I
Speaker 1: was there crouched crouched down because it was such an uncomfortable,
Speaker 1: weird room the Cubs made available to the Dodgers to
Speaker 1: have his media press conference. So there I was, uh
Speaker 1: using my my catchers stance to be able to talk
Speaker 1: to Ted school Ball and what they call the barrel
Speaker 1: room here at Wrigley Field.
Speaker 12: Yeah, you know, I feel like I met a lot
Speaker 12: of people yesterday and just to be able to you know,
Speaker 12: say hi to everybody, and the excitement and the energy
Speaker 12: that those guys have was awesome, you know, and obviously
Speaker 12: the you know, same Dave and getting that reaction was
Speaker 12: pretty cool too. You know, we've we've talked through you know,
Speaker 12: all star games and stuff like that. But that's kind
Speaker 12: of limited interactions. But you know, I've I've always had
Speaker 12: a ton of respect for this organization and how they
Speaker 12: go about their business and and obviously winning World Series,
Speaker 12: you know, the last two years, and you know, watching
Speaker 12: that stuff on TV has has kind of fueled me,
Speaker 12: you know, and and those are the aspirations I want
Speaker 12: as a player, you know, to to be on top
Speaker 12: and when the last game of the season and looking
Speaker 12: forward to trying and doing all those things is here.
Speaker 12: Every team could trade for me, you know, every team
Speaker 12: could make that acquisition. And I don't really sympathize with
Speaker 12: people that blame the Dodgers for for anything they've done.
Speaker 12: You know, they've developed a really good organization. They draft well,
Speaker 12: they acquire talent, really well, they retain talent. It's a
Speaker 12: winning organization. Now the complaints seemed to be because they've
Speaker 12: won the last two World Series, you know that. I
Speaker 12: don't think it was like that three years ago. So
Speaker 12: I don't I don't really sympathize with people that are
Speaker 12: complaining because the Dodgers, you know, do all the right things.
Speaker 2: How well do you know Connie, how well?
Speaker 12: How well do you know you know briefly, you know,
Speaker 12: all Star Games, the MVP, the awards dinner in New York.
Speaker 12: Got to talk to him a little bit there. But yeah,
Speaker 12: not as well. Our relationship will grow, I'm sure, And
Speaker 12: you know, I'm excited. You know, he's a you know,
Speaker 12: he's he's a unicorn talent. You know, there's really no
Speaker 12: one like him that's ever done what he's done in
Speaker 12: the big league. So I'm excited to just watch and
Speaker 12: appreciate his greatness, you know, as a teammate.
Speaker 1: All Right, there's Trek Scoubele part of the press conference
Speaker 1: that he had in a makeshift room here at Wrigley Field.
Speaker 1: But look, I love what he said. No apologies for
Speaker 1: what the Dodgers are doing. It just seems like there's
Speaker 1: a lot of uninformed talking heads, hot take people that
Speaker 1: all of a sudden now are talking baseball, which I
Speaker 1: think is a good thing the Dodgers. How can you
Speaker 1: say the Dodgers are bad for baseball when they have
Speaker 1: cracked debate shows and talk shows that never talked baseball.
Speaker 1: Today they were all talking baseball. They weren't talking very smartly,
Speaker 1: they didn't have very informed opinions, but at least they
Speaker 1: were talking about it, and that's more than any other
Speaker 1: team can say. They forced the issue with with these
Speaker 1: networks and talk shows that believe all we want to
Speaker 1: hear about is the NBA and NFL. Sorry, baseball has
Speaker 1: lapped the NBA in popularity and the I mean they
Speaker 1: just started training camp and that's all they've been talking about.
Speaker 1: Baseball has so many different storylines, but that's beside the point.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers are good for baseball because every sport needs
Speaker 1: a villain, every sport needs a hero, and the Dodgers
Speaker 1: are that villain. Outside of LA they are the heroes
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles and in Japan. But outside of being
Speaker 1: a Dodger fan, everybody despises them because they've won the
Speaker 1: last two championships and are in a very good spot
Speaker 1: to do it again. So you know, when you talk
Speaker 1: about David versus Goliath, even if the Dodgers play the
Speaker 1: Phillies again, or let's say they play the Yankees, even
Speaker 1: though those payrolls are top five, people are going to
Speaker 1: be rooting for them as David, even though they aren't David.
Speaker 1: They have the same payroll just like the Blue Jays.
Speaker 1: By the way, last year the Blue Jays had a
Speaker 1: top five payroll. Everybody tried to act like they were
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Rays. They're not. They spent a lot
Speaker 1: of money, but that is a good thing for baseball,
Speaker 1: and I love that Scoobo brought up the reality of
Speaker 1: the situation. Ever since the Guggenheim Group took over back
Speaker 1: in the second half of twenty twelve, they the Dodgers
Speaker 1: have had the top payroll or one of the top
Speaker 1: payrolls in baseball, but nobody was complaining when they were
Speaker 1: losing all of a sudden. Now they get Otani, they
Speaker 1: get Yamamoto, they are dominant, and because of the deferred contracts,
Speaker 1: again five steps ahead of everybody, they are able to
Speaker 1: bring in more talent. So there's a lot of jealousy
Speaker 1: and envy out there. And Andrew Friedman did a great
Speaker 1: job in Tampa Bay with the small market, got them
Speaker 1: to the World Series. They were a perennial contender. Eric
Speaker 1: Neander has done a great job carrying that forward. But
Speaker 1: now you take Andrew Friedman and give him what ten
Speaker 1: twelve years with the Dodgers and the resources. Who didn't
Speaker 1: see this coming? I mean, come on, everybody saw this coming.
Speaker 1: Eight sixty six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 1: Let's go out to Robin Cerritos. You're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 1: Live from Wrigley Field.
Speaker 2: I Rob Hi, good.
Speaker 13: Evening, Thank you for taking my call. You just want
Speaker 13: to talk about how Tucker for sixty million a year,
Speaker 13: it looks like he's not trying very hard. You watch
Speaker 13: the games on TV and it looks like he doesn't care.
Speaker 13: It looks like he's not playing hard. He's lollygagging in
Speaker 13: the outfield. It feels like even Alex call just plays
Speaker 13: harder than Tucker.
Speaker 1: Well, I feel like Tucker has lapses, and I feel
Speaker 1: like he's letting his hitting get into other parts of
Speaker 1: his game. And the base running needs to be better.
Speaker 1: He's a very smart base runner, but we haven't seen
Speaker 1: And when you're hitting two thirty and you've had a
Speaker 1: disappointing season, sometimes in the outfield or on the basis,
Speaker 1: you're letting your mind wander to the batting cage or
Speaker 1: the batter's box, and I feel like that's part of
Speaker 1: the equation. Thanks for the phone call. Rob Let's go
Speaker 1: out to Jose in South el Monte, not just El Monte,
Speaker 1: but South el Monte.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Jose, I'm being great.
Speaker 3: You actually know the distance of MoManI Andamany.
Speaker 1: Hey, I'm in North Chicago right now, the north side
Speaker 1: Wrigley Field.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, man, that was a great game.
Speaker 5: They're going back back and forth, but Cub had it
Speaker 5: in the end.
Speaker 3: They just threw a big old punch and they're just like,
Speaker 3: all right, it's our game.
Speaker 2: It's okay.
Speaker 1: And she threw fourth. They hit four home runs.
Speaker 13: Yeah, yes he did.
Speaker 3: I was I was just surprised, but.
Speaker 1: All right, call what do you have to say, Jose?
Speaker 14: I called for a hope Rush gets better.
Speaker 13: A big fan of him.
Speaker 3: I love his energy.
Speaker 8: A lot of people don't like his energy, but I
Speaker 8: love it. It's old school baseball, nineties, eighties baseball.
Speaker 10: I love it.
Speaker 3: It's like Chase Sutley all over again.
Speaker 1: Dalton Rushing is the type of guy you don't know
Speaker 1: what you have until you don't. And I think that's
Speaker 1: what the Dodgers and Dodger fans and detractors of Dalton
Speaker 1: Rushing are gonna find out. You don't know what you
Speaker 1: have until you don't. And hopefully he gets back soon,
Speaker 1: and hopefully Will Smith and Dalton Rushing are the catching
Speaker 1: combo going into the postseason, and like I said, now
Speaker 1: that you got Rard fed, I wouldn't rule out the
Speaker 1: possibility if the matchups dictate it carrying three catchers in
Speaker 1: a playoff series or the rest of this season, I
Speaker 1: would not rule that out. Thanks to the phone call,
Speaker 1: Jose eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
Speaker 1: is the phone number Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight
Speaker 1: ten to five. Another significant development before the game today,
Speaker 1: as it pertains to the Dodgers is that they decide
Speaker 1: I did it to option Emage She into Oklahoma City,
Speaker 1: and hard to argue it. They have given she in
Speaker 1: the entire season and he just hasn't put it together.
Speaker 1: He's four and eight now with an ERA of five
Speaker 1: twenty nine. If you listen to the shows, and you
Speaker 1: can go back and listen to the shows on the
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. I was a big advocate not to trade
Speaker 1: Eric Lawer because of the way Sheehan was pitching. And
Speaker 1: obviously Robleski's had a couple of rough starts here and
Speaker 1: you still have the uncertainty of Otani. Luckily the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Obviously I shouldn't say luckily because like I was just
Speaker 1: praising Andrew Friedman. If I can see that, he can
Speaker 1: see that, So it makes sense to keep lour and
Speaker 1: to option she into Oklahoma City because him trying to
Speaker 1: figure it out here every Sunday is not helpful to him,
Speaker 1: it's not helpful to the Dodgers, and it's certainly not
Speaker 1: conducive to the bullpen being fresh and ready, especially as
Speaker 1: the Dodgers head into playing thirteen in a row beginning
Speaker 1: on Friday. I asked Dave Roberts before the game, going
Speaker 1: back to spring training, it just hasn't clicked for Shehan.
Speaker 1: I was the first one to recognize that his fastball
Speaker 1: velocity was down. I was mocked, I was laughed at,
Speaker 1: and now look at it. His fastball velocity in August
Speaker 1: still down. So I asked Dave Roberts, why hasn't she
Speaker 1: Han been able to put it together? Going back to
Speaker 1: spring training? It just seemed like from spring training on
Speaker 1: he was searching for velocity, searching for you know, just
Speaker 1: that Christmas that.
Speaker 2: He had last year.
Speaker 1: Why was there such a search all season long for.
Speaker 5: Him to a good question, I don't know the answer.
Speaker 5: I do think that you know, from the outset, there
Speaker 5: was a lot of talk on his velocity, and so
Speaker 5: I think that that might have led in a little
Speaker 5: bit kind of his north star, which you know, some
Speaker 5: could debate that that should be, some could say it
Speaker 5: shouldn't be. Yeah, I just think this year up to
Speaker 5: this point, it's been very mechanics driven, and when you're
Speaker 5: in the competition the season, that quite frankly, should be
Speaker 5: the last thing on your mind as a as a
Speaker 5: hitter or a pitcher. But that's been forefront for him.
Speaker 5: So we got to get him back to, you know,
Speaker 5: being an athlete being in compete mode.
Speaker 1: That makes sense. I mean, Dave Roberts is right on
Speaker 1: point with that, and she ends, you know, mentor with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers was Clayton Kerushaw. Nobody competed with less at
Speaker 1: times than Clayton Kershaw the last of five years. And
Speaker 1: that's where Emtt needs to get back at. And like
Speaker 1: we were talking about with Rob Leski, if you start
Speaker 1: chasing velocity, you're going down a path you don't want
Speaker 1: to go down, especially when you're doing so well competing
Speaker 1: and getting out the way you have. So I think
Speaker 1: this is a great move for Emmit shean. This is
Speaker 1: the right move for the Dodgers and Emi Shean and
Speaker 1: Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday. In the finale of
Speaker 1: this three game series, Tomorrow, Trek Scooble making his Dodger debut.
Speaker 1: Let's go out to La Bethany. You're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 1: Live from Wrigley.
Speaker 14: How you doing, Bethany, Hi, David, thanks so much for
Speaker 14: taking my call. I just wanted to say, next to
Speaker 14: Jackie Robinson, you're my favorite Dodger player, but you kind
Speaker 14: of just exactly you're my favorite Dodger player. So you know,
Speaker 14: we just spoke to this about Emmett she Hin, but
Speaker 14: I guess I wanted to just hear kind of your
Speaker 14: raw take on what you feel is next for him,
Speaker 14: because I think the whole situation is a little sad.
Speaker 14: So I'd love to hear your take on what you
Speaker 14: feel is next for emmittt Shean and how he can
Speaker 14: improve at this and still move.
Speaker 9: Forward from this.
Speaker 1: I think that's up to him, Bethany. He's got to
Speaker 1: go down to Oklahoma City and do exactly what Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts talked about. Go down, stop thinking about the mechanics,
Speaker 1: and start competing and in between starts or when you're
Speaker 1: down there try to figure out what you have not
Speaker 1: been able to figure out since spring training. So I
Speaker 1: believe it's up to him. It could be one of
Speaker 1: those years where he regressed so much that and with
Speaker 1: the Dodger pitching staff being as crowded as it is Bethany,
Speaker 1: he could be the odd man out. But one thing
Speaker 1: about Andrew Friedman, he doesn't give up on young players
Speaker 1: with the talent that she has very easily. So look,
Speaker 1: he may or may not be part of their plans
Speaker 1: moving forward this season, but I could say long term,
Speaker 1: Andrew Friedman's not giving up on him.
Speaker 14: All Right, Thanks so much, have a great night.
Speaker 1: Thanks, thank you too. Six six nine seven two five
Speaker 1: seventy is the phone number. Emmi Shean's a great kid,
Speaker 1: by the way, easy guy to root for, and you
Speaker 1: just hope that he can figure it out because, like
Speaker 1: I said, he's been he's been searching since spring training.
Speaker 1: All right, Before we say good night, I just want
Speaker 1: to recap a few teams that I felt like really
Speaker 1: made some big strides at the trade deadline, and three
Speaker 1: teams in particular, two actually in particular, stand out to
Speaker 1: me more than any others in the National League. Trying
Speaker 1: to match up against the Dodgers if they see them
Speaker 1: in the postseason. First and foremost, the Padres, they acquire
Speaker 1: Casey Maiz, who was the second best pitcher on the
Speaker 1: Tigers staff, and they acquired left hander Robbie Ray from
Speaker 1: the Giants. They gave up a lot for Robbie Ray.
Speaker 1: A lot of people around the league text me that
Speaker 1: they gave up way too much for Robbie Ray, who's
Speaker 1: a rental. But here's my thinking. Number one, the Padres
Speaker 1: don't have enough starting pitching to get through the season,
Speaker 1: so they needed to get myes and they needed to
Speaker 1: get somebody else. So they got Robbie Ray, who was
Speaker 1: really good at Oracle Park and he'll be really good
Speaker 1: at Petco Park in San Diego. But here's what I
Speaker 1: was thinking. Aj Preller has Michael King, and he needed
Speaker 1: somebody else to be that one to two guy with
Speaker 1: Michael King if they face the Dodgers in an NLDS series,
Speaker 1: and Robbie Ray is the perfect guy because everybody's trying
Speaker 1: to neutralize the Dodgers left handed hitters starting with Otani,
Speaker 1: and Otani is just five for twenty with nine strikeouts
Speaker 1: and only one home run against Robbie Ray in his career,
Speaker 1: So that screamed to me the Padres are trying to
Speaker 1: match up in a possible short series against the Dodgers. Also,
Speaker 1: these Cubs screamed that they are trying to improve their
Speaker 1: staff to get through the regular season, but also be
Speaker 1: in position to match up and neutralize the Dodgers' hitters
Speaker 1: in a playoff series. They acquire Clay Holmes and Tyrone
Speaker 1: Taylor from the Mets. They also acquired and we saw
Speaker 1: him playing catch here after the game tonight. Kevin Gossman. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that Kevin Gossman from the Blue Jays who gave the
Speaker 1: Dodgers fits in twice during that seven game series, and
Speaker 1: Kevin Gossman against Shoe a Otani in their career regular season,
Speaker 1: not counting the postseason, Kevin Gossman has held O'tawni down
Speaker 1: three for nineteen with only one home run. Remember that splitter.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers had fits with that splitter in the World
Speaker 1: Series last year. And Freddie Freeman is only three for
Speaker 1: seventeen in his career against Kevin Gossman. So that screamed
Speaker 1: to me. The Cubs not only trying to get starting
Speaker 1: pitching to get through the season, but also get starting
Speaker 1: pitching that could match up against the Dodgers hitters. So
Speaker 1: those two teams screamed to me they were acquiring these
Speaker 1: specific pitchers not only to get through the regular season,
Speaker 1: but also to be prepared in a playoffs series against
Speaker 1: the Dodgers to throw those guys at them. And the
Speaker 1: Phillies acquire Luisa Rise. Bryce Harper is going back out
Speaker 1: to right field, a Rise is going to play second,
Speaker 1: Alec Bohm is going to first base, and Stott is
Speaker 1: going to third base. Now, the Phillies defense is a
Speaker 1: little iffy to begin with. I'm not saying this is
Speaker 1: going to help it, but the Phillies are a swing
Speaker 1: and miss team. Don't work counts, don't work at bats.
Speaker 1: A Rise will help that. And they have Sanchez and Luzardo,
Speaker 1: not to mention Wheeler to throw at the Dodgers. So
Speaker 1: this just screams at me. These teams are trying to
Speaker 1: catch up to the Dodgers. That's what that is. I
Speaker 1: know for a long time the Dodgers twenty years ago
Speaker 1: was trying to catch up to other teams. They are
Speaker 1: the team everybody's trying to match up against and trying
Speaker 1: to close the gap against so keep that in mind
Speaker 1: as well. All Right, tomorrow, it's Schooble Day. We will
Speaker 1: take your phone calls after tomorrow night's game. Scooble on
Speaker 1: the mound for the Dodgers for the first time and
Speaker 1: first time pitching at Wrigley Field. He's seven and five
Speaker 1: this year with an ERA of two seventy nine. He's
Speaker 1: going up against Hoabbier Asad, who is six and one
Speaker 1: with an ERA of three seventy five. Our coverage begins
Speaker 1: tomorrow at four o'clock with first pitch from wriggly Field
Speaker 1: on school Bole Day five oh five with Rick Monday
Speaker 1: and Tim Neverett. Thanks for calling in, thanks for listening.
Speaker 1: In case you missed any of the show, you know
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Speaker 1: e back at our Burdbank Studios. Thanks to dwayn McDonald
Speaker 1: out here at Wrigley Field last night. We will talk
Speaker 1: to you tomorrow. Everybody is anticipating Schoolble Day. It should
Speaker 1: be fun and we'll be with you after tomorrow night's
Speaker 1: game as well. Fox Sports Radio is next once again.
Speaker 1: The final score tonight, the Cubs hand the Dodgers their
Speaker 1: fourth straight loss with a ten to five victory. Have
Speaker 1: a great rest of your night. See them from Wrigley