WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (9-11-26) 0:00:00.550 --> 0:00:03.090 The quest for the three-peat has begun. 0:00:03.290 --> 0:00:07.290 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.390 --> 0:00:12.100 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:13.220 the fifth. 0:00:13.260 --> 0:00:15.880 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:17.820 Here we go again. We're getting ready to run it back. 0:00:17.860 --> 0:00:22.790 To get in on the show, call 866-987-2570. And be 0:00:22.860 --> 0:00:26.230 sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. 0:00:27.070 --> 0:00:29.690 Here's your host, David Vasang. 0:00:35.340 --> 0:00:39.110 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Basset live in Miami at 0:00:39.190 --> 0:00:42.949 Lone Depot Park after the Dodgers defeat the Marlins 6-2. 0:00:44.860 --> 0:00:47.660 The Dodgers now with the win have lowered their magic 0:00:47.740 --> 0:00:51.300 number to four to clinch the NLS. They have 90 0:00:51.300 --> 0:00:54.959 wins on the season and have a four game lead 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.450 over the Braves for the all important number two seed 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:02.330 to get a buy in the first round of the postseason. 0:01:02.430 --> 0:01:06.289 So things are going in the Dodgers direction. They are 0:01:06.430 --> 0:01:09.950 making it go in the right direction, taking advantage of 0:01:10.010 --> 0:01:14.190 this soft schedule, but We have seen the Dodgers take 0:01:14.370 --> 0:01:17.130 on teams that you don't expect to put up a 0:01:17.230 --> 0:01:21.350 fight and they do. And tonight the Dodgers were able 0:01:21.410 --> 0:01:24.750 to put the Marlins away with a grand slam from 0:01:24.830 --> 0:01:28.900 Kyle Tucker in the seventh inning tonight. And the Dodgers 0:01:28.980 --> 0:01:32.479 beat Miami six to two. We have phone lines open 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:40.220 at 866-987-2570. Look, It's not surprising to see Kyle Tucker 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.959 do this on the road, because as we already have 0:01:44.020 --> 0:01:48.450 talked about many times, Kyle Tucker is a much better 0:01:48.510 --> 0:01:54.020 hitter away from Dodger Stadium than he is. at Dodger stadium. 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:58.360 He's sitting below 200 at Dodger stadium this season. But 0:01:58.500 --> 0:02:01.190 as I mentioned, you know, about a month ago, and 0:02:01.230 --> 0:02:04.270 then everybody started to, you know, pick up on the 0:02:04.330 --> 0:02:08.870 fact that the splits home and road are drastic for 0:02:08.930 --> 0:02:13.520 Kyle Tucker. If he could have been this guy at home, 0:02:14.230 --> 0:02:18.540 you would probably have a normal Kyle Tucker season because 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.820 coming into the game tonight, Tucker was hitting 264 on 0:02:22.860 --> 0:02:28.520 the road with an 800 OPS, nine home runs, 38 RBIs. 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.359 That sounds like a pretty good season to me. And 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:34.530 then tonight, three for three, a double shot of the 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.790 cycle hits a grand slam in the seventh inning. So 0:02:38.740 --> 0:02:41.100 That's good to see. Now he just has to keep 0:02:41.139 --> 0:02:44.080 this going and maybe bring it back to L.A. with 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:47.060 him at the end of this road trip. And when 0:02:47.100 --> 0:02:51.430 we talk about cycles in Miami. I instinctually think back 0:02:51.510 --> 0:02:57.860 to Cody Bellinger's rookie season in 2017, July 15th, 2017. 0:02:57.860 --> 0:03:02.420 Cody Bellinger was a triple shy of the cycle against 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.660 the Marlins, and he was able to get it. This 0:03:05.740 --> 0:03:08.400 is the way it sounded in July of 2017. And 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.450 he drills one. 0:03:11.410 --> 0:03:15.700 Into right field. And it gets over the head of Stanton. 0:03:16.100 --> 0:03:19.600 Now here's Bellinger on his way to second. Bellinger on 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:21.820 his way to third. Will he get the cycle? 0:03:22.150 --> 0:03:22.630 Yes! 0:03:24.270 --> 0:03:29.550 Cody Bellinger. What hasn't he done this year? He hits 0:03:29.650 --> 0:03:34.119 for the cycle. Four for four to begin the seventh inning. 0:03:34.790 --> 0:03:37.610 Yeah, Rick Monday and Charlie Steiner were on the call 0:03:37.650 --> 0:03:43.520 that July 15th in 2017. Giancarlo Stanton took a horrible route, 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:47.880 misplayed it, which allowed the speedy Bellinger in his rookie 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.980 season to hit for the cycle, needing a triple. He 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.850 got it in his final at bat. So when we 0:03:54.890 --> 0:03:58.510 talk about being a double shy the cycle for Kyle 0:03:58.570 --> 0:04:02.590 Tucker tonight in Miami, that's exactly what I thought about 0:04:02.670 --> 0:04:05.530 was when Cody hit for the cycle. in his rookie 0:04:05.590 --> 0:04:08.130 year and what a year that was for cody bellinger 0:04:08.290 --> 0:04:11.160 on his way to the national league rookie of the 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:14.280 year but nonetheless a good night for tucker and he 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:19.360 was speaking at his locker on sportsnet la uh just trying. 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.320 To stay on the ball um get on top through 0:04:21.370 --> 0:04:25.289 except up the middle um in general i think that's 0:04:25.330 --> 0:04:26.969 what you should do i've been trying to do that 0:04:27.010 --> 0:04:30.820 lately so um Felt good in the box, putting the 0:04:30.860 --> 0:04:33.340 barrel to the ball and everything, put up competitive at-bats, and, 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.620 you know, wherever the ball goes, it goes. Trying to 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:38.240 hit them hard. 0:04:38.300 --> 0:04:42.849 It was mainly cleaning up the bat path, keeping the bat. 0:04:42.630 --> 0:04:45.310 In zone longer. Accurate. 0:04:45.610 --> 0:04:46.110 Yeah. 0:04:46.130 --> 0:04:49.090 I mean, kind of been getting in and out of 0:04:49.110 --> 0:04:52.820 the zone a lot, and, like, being quick through there 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.450 rather than being long through the zone because then you can, 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:57.360 there's a lot more room for error hitting the ball 0:04:57.380 --> 0:04:59.480 because then you can hit it deep and go the 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:00.960 other way or catch it out in front, pull it 0:05:00.980 --> 0:05:04.469 a little bit more. So just trying to be as 0:05:04.529 --> 0:05:06.089 consistent with that and be as long through the zone 0:05:06.130 --> 0:05:06.529 as possible. 0:05:07.070 --> 0:05:09.210 When did you guys make this change? 0:05:09.910 --> 0:05:12.050 I've been trying to make it all year, but it's, 0:05:12.870 --> 0:05:15.450 I mean, easier to just talk about it than try 0:05:15.470 --> 0:05:18.130 and do it. So I'm just trying to continue that 0:05:18.150 --> 0:05:18.790 and just ride it out. 0:05:19.370 --> 0:05:21.290 Is this kind of like in that bucket like you 0:05:21.310 --> 0:05:24.200 talked about trying like everything to kind of get your 0:05:24.220 --> 0:05:26.040 swing where you want it this year? Is this kind 0:05:26.060 --> 0:05:28.260 of one of those times where like something has kind 0:05:28.339 --> 0:05:30.520 of clicked and what does that do for you confidence wise? 0:05:31.300 --> 0:05:32.050 Maybe. 0:05:33.190 --> 0:05:35.110 Just like I said, trying to put up competitive at 0:05:35.130 --> 0:05:37.849 bats every single time. You know, always good to get 0:05:37.910 --> 0:05:40.870 a hit. But, you know, as long as you can 0:05:40.890 --> 0:05:42.299 go up there, have a good at bat, try and 0:05:43.820 --> 0:05:46.140 Get a guy in, like my second about today, guys 0:05:46.180 --> 0:05:47.820 did a great job getting first to third. Mookie got 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:49.360 the guy over to third and then get the sack 0:05:49.380 --> 0:05:52.500 fly right there. Just having competitive at-bats and just doing 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:54.140 your part, whether it results in a hit or not, 0:05:54.900 --> 0:05:57.980 and just trying to hit the ball hard. We talk 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:01.000 about a game like this giving you a boost in confidence. 0:06:01.060 --> 0:06:02.880 Do you feel like you need it? 0:06:03.060 --> 0:06:05.049 Did you lose confidence at any point? 0:06:06.510 --> 0:06:09.430 No, I'm fine. I mean, you know, baseball's tough. There's 0:06:09.510 --> 0:06:11.650 a lot of really good pitchers in this league. 0:06:11.690 --> 0:06:12.170 I mean, size. 0:06:13.100 --> 0:06:15.560 league, um, and baseball. So it's, it's tough at times, 0:06:15.580 --> 0:06:17.880 but you just got to keep moving forward, keep moving 0:06:17.900 --> 0:06:19.159 on to the next game and just trying to do 0:06:19.180 --> 0:06:22.080 your best. So, um, you know, good game overall tonight. 0:06:22.100 --> 0:06:24.260 I mean, snow through a phenomenal game in the bullpen 0:06:24.300 --> 0:06:25.840 coming in behind him. So it was nice to win 0:06:25.860 --> 0:06:27.740 for us. All right. 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:30.800 There's Kyle Tucker on sports net LA. And look, a 0:06:30.900 --> 0:06:34.110 player told me on the last homestand, I know it 0:06:34.170 --> 0:06:37.070 appears that, you know, he doesn't care or he doesn't 0:06:37.130 --> 0:06:39.690 try hard or he doesn't get really fired up, but 0:06:39.810 --> 0:06:43.050 after games, uh, he'll go into the batting cage and 0:06:43.110 --> 0:06:46.210 work on his swing after games. So that shows a 0:06:46.250 --> 0:06:50.150 care factor. And this teammate told me as well, if 0:06:50.190 --> 0:06:52.970 he hit 30 home runs this year, you wouldn't see 0:06:53.010 --> 0:06:55.510 his demeanor change. And I think you saw that tonight, 0:06:55.610 --> 0:06:58.000 even after the grand slam. Sure. He had a smile on, 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.820 on his face who wouldn't, but it's not like he's 0:07:00.860 --> 0:07:04.279 going crazy and doing somersaults into the dugout. So that's 0:07:04.339 --> 0:07:08.180 just who he is. But if Kyle Tucker can just 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:12.380 be productive and be a threat, and beat Kyle Tucker 0:07:12.420 --> 0:07:14.780 that he's been his entire career, all of a sudden 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:18.860 now the Dodger lineup is that much deeper, especially without 0:07:18.980 --> 0:07:23.700 Andy Pahez and Shohei Otani in it right now. 866-987-2570 0:07:24.130 --> 0:07:28.410 is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Marlins 6-2. Let's 0:07:28.430 --> 0:07:31.570 go out to Monrovia. Frank, you're on Dodger Talk. Lead 0:07:31.610 --> 0:07:32.230 us off, Frank. 0:07:33.410 --> 0:07:37.560 Sure thing, Dave. First of all, again, thanks for taking 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:41.440 the time Thanks for taking the reins, and time for 0:07:41.460 --> 0:07:45.280 Dodger talk while we're getting into the grind. A couple things. 0:07:45.340 --> 0:07:49.400 First of all, Blake Schnell, I really appreciated how he 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:53.030 was looking loose out there from the beginning. When he 0:07:53.070 --> 0:07:55.630 came back for his rehab starts, there was a little 0:07:55.670 --> 0:07:58.230 bit of stiffness. Yeah, there was a little bit of 0:07:58.270 --> 0:08:00.950 control issues in the fifth, but he went out there 0:08:00.990 --> 0:08:03.470 looking like, I want to take command of this game 0:08:03.530 --> 0:08:06.340 right away. It wasn't like he was feeling anything out. 0:08:06.700 --> 0:08:09.240 He went in there right away, knew exactly what he 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.540 wants to take care of and started on it. The 0:08:11.580 --> 0:08:14.930 second thing is with Kyle Tucker, you know, I got 0:08:14.940 --> 0:08:17.290 to give him his due right now. He is in, 0:08:17.430 --> 0:08:20.630 if he's in there working it in the batting cages, great. 0:08:20.710 --> 0:08:23.150 That's the biggest thing. That is what makes a champion 0:08:23.190 --> 0:08:25.850 right there. And that's the thing that he's, he has 0:08:25.910 --> 0:08:30.580 high expectations of himself. And the, His effort today, that's 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.520 the effort that you get when you're in the batting cages, 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.929 when you're watching Phil. That's the type of effort we're seeing. 0:08:37.230 --> 0:08:40.330 He was calm. He was cool. His pitch selection today 0:08:40.750 --> 0:08:44.449 was amazing. And that was something I could appreciate. That 0:08:44.510 --> 0:08:47.650 is what earns you a Grand Slam. And Josue, you 0:08:47.700 --> 0:08:52.020 got the call up. Congratulations, young man. You didn't go 0:08:52.059 --> 0:08:54.400 out there swinging for the fences. You went out there 0:08:54.500 --> 0:08:57.219 looking like you did in minor leagues, which I got 0:08:57.260 --> 0:08:59.920 to see. And the best part is you didn't lose 0:08:59.940 --> 0:09:02.829 your character. That's what we appreciate, and that's why I 0:09:02.870 --> 0:09:05.770 appreciate you putting on the Dodger uniform today. Thanks, Dave. 0:09:06.990 --> 0:09:09.860 All right, Frank, thanks for the phone call. Yeah, Josue 0:09:09.890 --> 0:09:13.360 DePaula made his Major League debut tonight. He was the 0:09:13.420 --> 0:09:16.660 Dodgers DH hitting seventh, and he is going to be 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:20.059 the Dodgers DH the final two games of this series 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.640 and for the foreseeable future. And look, he was really 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.060 excited to be here. I had a lot of time. 0:09:26.100 --> 0:09:28.040 I spent about a half hour with him on the 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:31.670 field when nobody else was around, and he was really excited. 0:09:31.730 --> 0:09:34.650 He was asking me a lot of questions about Lone 0:09:34.710 --> 0:09:37.340 Depot Park. He was asking me, hey, I watched the 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.620 World Baseball Classic. It was sold out. You think it's 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:45.319 going to be like that tonight? I was like, ah, no, no. 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:47.680 But he was asking me, how many people do you 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:49.920 think will be here? I said, oh, I think about 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.429 12,000 people. Well, they announced a crowd of 29,000. I 0:09:52.530 --> 0:09:56.840 would say there was about 15 to 17 here. So 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:02.940 that exceeded expectations. And it was funny. Josue DePaula let 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.980 me in and we talked about it on our pregame interview, 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:09.640 which you can hear on the iHeartRadio app. Dodger Talk, 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.500 make it a preset. You can find it there. our 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:16.800 pregame conversation before his major league debut, he let me 0:10:16.860 --> 0:10:19.800 know that L.A. De La Cruz was his favorite player. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:23.130 They're represented by the same agent, and he has gotten 0:10:23.190 --> 0:10:26.090 to know L.A. De La Cruz thanks to Scott Boris. 0:10:26.690 --> 0:10:28.550 And he proved it to me. He said, look, I'm 0:10:28.570 --> 0:10:31.240 going to FaceTime him right now. He actually sent me 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.040 a text when I got the call. I'm going to 0:10:33.100 --> 0:10:35.140 prove it to you. I'm going to call him right now. 0:10:35.540 --> 0:10:38.360 He FaceTimed Ellie De La Cruz, who was in his 0:10:38.420 --> 0:10:42.000 hotel in Milwaukee. And we got on the FaceTime. And 0:10:42.090 --> 0:10:45.970 Ellie was really happy to see JDP on the FaceTime. 0:10:46.050 --> 0:10:48.850 And then, unfortunately, Ellie and the Reds lost 20 to 0:10:48.929 --> 0:10:53.530 nothing to the Brewers tonight. But that's neither here or there. And, look, 0:10:53.690 --> 0:10:57.170 Josue De Paula tonight. He has the right demeanor. He's 0:10:57.230 --> 0:10:59.530 not trying to make this more than what it is. 0:10:59.710 --> 0:11:04.110 And you saw those at-bats, very patient at-bats. He wasn't over-anxious. 0:11:04.450 --> 0:11:07.689 He had some good swings, maybe easing into those swings. 0:11:08.290 --> 0:11:11.930 And I'm pretty confident tomorrow he'll have his first major 0:11:11.970 --> 0:11:14.870 league hit if he just sticks to that process. 866-987-2570 0:11:14.890 --> 0:11:20.780 is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Marlins tonight. 6-2, 0:11:20.809 --> 0:11:24.990 got to give some love to Max Muncy, who was 0:11:25.090 --> 0:11:28.620 on base four times tonight, had three hits, and Tommy 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:32.000 Edmond was on base twice as the leadoff hitter and 0:11:32.059 --> 0:11:36.319 scored twice, or walked twice, scored twice as the Dodgers 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:39.860 leadoff hitter. Let's go out to Simi Valley. Dan, you're 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.670 on Dodger Talk Live from Lone Depot Park. 0:11:43.850 --> 0:11:46.530 Dave, thanks for your work, and I hope Colin's feeling better. 0:11:46.590 --> 0:11:48.010 I heard he was sick the other night. 0:11:48.050 --> 0:11:49.229 So I hope he's feeling better. 0:11:49.250 --> 0:11:54.150 Yeah, it was great to see Kyle Tucker. It was 0:11:54.190 --> 0:11:56.750 great to see Kyle Tucker. I think he's starting to 0:11:56.770 --> 0:11:59.390 break out. I know he's been taking a lot of 0:11:59.429 --> 0:12:03.670 hits on social media, and fans can be brutal. I 0:12:03.710 --> 0:12:08.350 tell you, fans can be very brutal, but I'm glad 0:12:08.370 --> 0:12:10.210 to see him starting to warm up. 0:12:10.230 --> 0:12:12.250 Yeah, right? 0:12:13.710 --> 0:12:16.980 But anyways, yeah, and I'm really excited. 0:12:17.500 --> 0:12:18.860 The Dodgers are turning the corner. 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:23.540 It's starting to feel like October already. You know, that 0:12:23.580 --> 0:12:27.120 feeling in the air when football season starts, that feeling 0:12:27.179 --> 0:12:31.020 in the air when the postseason is about to start. 0:12:31.780 --> 0:12:36.210 I think the Dodgers are priming up for it, and 0:12:36.730 --> 0:12:38.970 it's going to be great to see Shohei, the unicorn, 0:12:39.010 --> 0:12:44.100 come back feeling 100%. I'm really excited. positive i'm really 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.160 optimistic about that and i look forward to seeing the 0:12:47.179 --> 0:12:49.550 dodgers in the postseason thank you for taking my call 0:12:49.630 --> 0:12:51.450 and uh yeah see. 0:12:51.309 --> 0:12:54.490 Ya All right, Dan, thanks for the phone call. I 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:57.209 don't know about the feeling in the air. It doesn't 0:12:57.270 --> 0:13:00.449 feel like fall at all in L.A. or in Miami. 0:13:00.470 --> 0:13:02.970 Got to be honest with you, 100 degrees. I mean, 0:13:03.030 --> 0:13:07.010 the humidity last week in L.A. with the tropical storm 0:13:07.070 --> 0:13:10.720 off the coast and then here in Miami doesn't feel 0:13:10.780 --> 0:13:13.420 that way. But I understand what you're saying because the 0:13:13.460 --> 0:13:17.500 Dodgers magic number to clinch the NL West is at four. 0:13:17.740 --> 0:13:19.760 And when you say turning the corner, they do have 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:23.850 90 wins, people. They have 90 wins, and they're winning 0:13:23.890 --> 0:13:27.510 this division going away by double digits. So I'll just 0:13:27.570 --> 0:13:33.400 say this. The second easiest schedule in baseball is lending 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.640 itself to the Dodgers getting some confidence and getting some 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:40.900 guys back on track with confidence going into October. So 0:13:41.710 --> 0:13:44.750 I feel like all of that is working in the Dodgers' favor. 0:13:45.170 --> 0:13:48.330 Let's go out to La Quinta. Richard, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:13:48.350 --> 0:13:49.089 How you doing, Richard? 0:13:50.540 --> 0:13:51.300 Hello again, David. 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.140 Thanks for taking my call. I just want to make 0:13:53.179 --> 0:13:58.280 a quick comment and see what you think about my comment. 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:04.520 Kyle Tucker, we are dealing, I believe, with one of 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:10.860 the unique ballplayers that I've seen in ages. And what 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:14.920 I mean is that he just seems so humble. I mean, 0:14:15.020 --> 0:14:17.780 the other day when Tatis caught and robbed that home run, 0:14:18.220 --> 0:14:21.990 he was showboating. Kyle didn't do that when he caught 0:14:22.030 --> 0:14:26.490 that ball that should have been out. The grassland tonight, 0:14:27.010 --> 0:14:28.830 he caught the ball, he just throws it back in 0:14:28.850 --> 0:14:33.120 just like it was another play. I feel bad now 0:14:33.140 --> 0:14:36.580 thinking or how I used to think about Kyle in 0:14:36.620 --> 0:14:39.580 the beginning of the season up to this point, and 0:14:39.620 --> 0:14:43.280 I'm seeing now that this man is truly unique in 0:14:43.620 --> 0:14:44.710 how he carries himself. 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.780 Yeah, I mean, he has his own way. He's not 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:52.100 going to beat Teoscar Hernandez. He's not even going to 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.300 be Shohei Otani when things go good or bad. I mean, 0:14:55.360 --> 0:15:00.180 Otani has so many different facial and physical expressions that 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.780 let you know what he's thinking and exaggeration. So that's 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:05.920 just who he is. You saw him tonight go three 0:15:05.940 --> 0:15:09.180 for three with five RBIs. It didn't seem like he 0:15:09.220 --> 0:15:11.900 was going way overboard. And when he robbed that home 0:15:11.940 --> 0:15:15.890 run on the last homestand, in right field, you know, 0:15:16.390 --> 0:15:19.490 I asked him about it, and it was ho-hum, and 0:15:19.590 --> 0:15:21.710 that's just who he is, and that's who he was 0:15:22.290 --> 0:15:28.050 in Houston and Chicago. He wouldn't change. 866-987-2570 is the 0:15:28.810 --> 0:15:31.330 phone number. We're going to take a timeout here on 0:15:31.350 --> 0:15:35.070 Dodger Talk live from Miami. When we come back, we'll 0:15:35.110 --> 0:15:39.650 give you an update on Freddie Freeman, Shohei Otani, and also, 0:15:39.850 --> 0:15:43.540 since it is the 25th anniversary of 9-11... We all 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:47.000 remember the first voice in L.A. that we heard, bring 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.890 baseball back. And, of course, it was the legendary Vince Scully. 0:15:50.930 --> 0:15:53.490 So we'll share that with you as well after the 0:15:53.530 --> 0:15:55.810 Dodgers beat the Marlins 6-2 on 570 L.A. Sports. 0:16:04.540 --> 0:16:07.710 Dodger fans, this is Blake Snow. You're listening to the 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:12.730 home of the back-to-back world champion Dodgers on AM 570 0:16:12.730 --> 0:16:14.870 LA Sports. 0:16:15.910 --> 0:16:21.470 Edmund at third, Muncie at second, Betts at first. And 0:16:21.570 --> 0:16:24.730 a 1-1 pick. Swung on, belted to right and deep. 0:16:24.990 --> 0:16:27.750 This ball heading back. This ball's gone. 0:16:27.930 --> 0:16:30.720 A grand slam for Kyle Tucker. 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:33.000 Do you believe it? 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:41.410 Kyle Tucker, a grand slam, and the Dodgers lead it 6-1. 0:16:44.210 --> 0:16:48.090 Kyle Tucker with his sixth career grand slam tonight. That 0:16:48.130 --> 0:16:50.770 put the game away in the seventh inning, and the 0:16:50.810 --> 0:16:55.350 Dodgers beat the Marlins 6-2. Kyle Tucker also had a 0:16:55.470 --> 0:16:58.120 triple in this game. He had a single in this game. 0:16:58.150 --> 0:17:01.210 He had a sacrifice fly in this game. and was 0:17:01.250 --> 0:17:04.410 just a double shy of the cycle, three for three 0:17:04.450 --> 0:17:09.189 with five RBIs. Daniels Jewelers presents the home run forecast. 0:17:09.490 --> 0:17:12.700 For your chance to win a $ 50 Daniels Jewelers gift card, 0:17:13.020 --> 0:17:18.480 visit am570lasports. com, use the keyword home run, and to your 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:22.639 name you could win Daniels Jewelers Own the Dream. Grand 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:26.120 Slam landed in the Dodger bullpen out there in right field, 0:17:26.220 --> 0:17:29.510 and it was Jack Dreyer that made the catch in 0:17:29.530 --> 0:17:33.310 the Dodger bullpen on the Tucker Grand Slam. So I'm 0:17:33.390 --> 0:17:37.169 sure that will boost his chances to win whatever contest 0:17:37.210 --> 0:17:40.369 they got going on out there in the Dodger bullpen. 0:17:40.490 --> 0:17:46.660 We have two lines open at 866-987-2570. Now, I had 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:50.780 a tweeter tweet at me that I'm keeping receipts on 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.010 you with the calls. And this guy said, you shot 0:17:54.070 --> 0:17:57.510 down a caller that was asking about whether or not 0:17:57.570 --> 0:18:01.129 JDP would be called up. Well, that call came in 0:18:01.190 --> 0:18:05.040 about two weeks ago when Shohei Otani was playing hurt, 0:18:05.380 --> 0:18:08.680 but he was still on the field. And Dalton Rushing 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.830 was not on the IELT. And over the course of 0:18:11.890 --> 0:18:19.340 the last 48 hours, things changed drastically with the Dodger roster. First, rushing, 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:23.560 going on the I.L. after re-aggravating his right elbow. And 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:28.300 then you had Otani basically break down in front of 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:32.399 our eyes and finally concede that, yeah, I need the I.L., 0:18:33.020 --> 0:18:36.359 So with those two guys going down, and if Otani 0:18:36.780 --> 0:18:39.460 went down on the IL, I still don't believe you'd 0:18:39.500 --> 0:18:42.980 see Josue DePaula here because the Dodgers were not going 0:18:43.030 --> 0:18:45.950 to call up DePaula and have him just come off 0:18:45.990 --> 0:18:51.350 the bench, especially with Teoscar Hernandez swinging a hot bat now. 0:18:51.450 --> 0:18:54.050 They were not going to bench Kyle Tucker, and DePaula 0:18:54.470 --> 0:18:57.230 cannot play center field. So where was he going to 0:18:57.270 --> 0:18:59.870 get his at-bats? I thought rushing was going to be 0:18:59.910 --> 0:19:03.870 the everyday DH if Otani went down on the IL. 0:19:03.950 --> 0:19:07.250 But now with both rushing and Otani on the IL, 0:19:07.690 --> 0:19:12.260 that opened the door for Josue DiPaola. And this reminds 0:19:12.300 --> 0:19:15.020 me of when Corey Seager was called up in September 0:19:15.060 --> 0:19:18.420 of 2015 with the injury to Jimmy Rollins. There really 0:19:18.460 --> 0:19:22.810 was nobody else. So Seager, after only playing 20 games 0:19:22.900 --> 0:19:27.560 at AA or AAA, Gets called up, played every day 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:32.399 in September, and even got starts in the postseason. DePaula 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:37.100 has a similar opportunity until Otani returns. And I got 0:19:37.140 --> 0:19:39.710 to be honest with you here. Well, I shouldn't say that. 0:19:39.770 --> 0:19:42.350 My friend Tom Looney says, if you preface a statement 0:19:42.369 --> 0:19:44.390 by saying, if I got to be honest with you, 0:19:44.770 --> 0:19:47.630 that means you haven't been honest the entire time. So 0:19:47.690 --> 0:19:50.760 I'm taking away that preface entirely. and I'm just going 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:55.469 to say this point blank. Otani should not play in 0:19:55.510 --> 0:19:59.180 a game where Again, until game one of the NLDS, 0:19:59.780 --> 0:20:03.540 he can't come off the IL until what? With four 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:06.369 games left to go on the regular season. What's the 0:20:06.420 --> 0:20:09.490 point of that? And that's why getting the buy now 0:20:09.690 --> 0:20:13.649 is even more advantageous to the Dodgers because they wouldn't 0:20:13.690 --> 0:20:17.620 have to play in a wild card series without Otani 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:22.270 or with a hampered Otani. You sit Otani the rest 0:20:22.430 --> 0:20:25.780 of the regular season, help him get that right arm 0:20:26.300 --> 0:20:29.020 as close to where it needs to be to be 0:20:29.060 --> 0:20:31.700 a factor at the plate, and then you get five 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:34.340 extra days off if you have that first round bye, 0:20:34.380 --> 0:20:37.020 which it looks like the Dodgers will have with a 0:20:37.060 --> 0:20:40.310 four-game lead over the Braves now with only, what, 13 0:20:40.310 --> 0:20:44.570 to go? So that's looking more and more likely. What's 0:20:44.650 --> 0:20:47.750 the point of having Otani come back for the last 0:20:47.869 --> 0:20:50.970 three or four games of the regular season? Sit this 0:20:51.070 --> 0:20:54.780 guy down until game one of the NLDS. The Dodgers 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:58.880 have got this. They're undefeated without Otani in the lineup 0:20:59.300 --> 0:21:01.220 over the course of the last week. I got news 0:21:01.260 --> 0:21:04.800 for you. They're now 8-0 without Otani in the starting lineup. 0:21:05.200 --> 0:21:09.399 Tommy Edmond has been phenomenal as the leadoff hitter. The 0:21:09.440 --> 0:21:12.970 Dodgers now have an opportunity to give JDP a chance 0:21:13.070 --> 0:21:15.770 as the DH, and we saw that he's having very 0:21:15.810 --> 0:21:19.760 good at-bats. You got Teoscar Hernandez swinging a hotter bat. 0:21:20.080 --> 0:21:22.940 You got Mookie Betts hitting 300 in the last month. 0:21:23.180 --> 0:21:26.740 Muncy swinging a good bat. The Dodgers have got this 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:29.179 without Otani the rest of the way. They're going to 0:21:29.220 --> 0:21:32.240 clinch the NL West on this road trip, whether it 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:35.850 be Sunday in Miami or one of those games in Cincinnati. 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:39.310 So what's the point of bringing Otani back? You're going 0:21:39.330 --> 0:21:42.399 to have a first round by because he have a 0:21:42.500 --> 0:21:44.830 four game lead as it stands. I have to check 0:21:44.869 --> 0:21:48.970 to see if Atlanta actually lost. They were tied with 0:21:48.990 --> 0:21:51.850 the Phillies at three in the 10th inning. So we'll 0:21:51.890 --> 0:21:55.090 figure that out as the night goes on. But my 0:21:55.170 --> 0:21:58.409 point is neither here or there, there's no reason to 0:21:58.470 --> 0:22:01.939 bring Otani back in the regular season. I read something 0:22:01.980 --> 0:22:04.900 where the Dodgers are talking about bringing him back. So 0:22:05.640 --> 0:22:09.909 he could see game action after missing so much time. No, 0:22:09.950 --> 0:22:15.030 he doesn't. I trust Otani knows himself, knows his swing, 0:22:15.130 --> 0:22:18.950 knows his body better than anybody else. No, you don't. 0:22:19.580 --> 0:22:23.780 He can take swings in inter-squad games during that first 0:22:23.859 --> 0:22:27.520 round bye, those five days off. That's when he can 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:30.980 swing the bat against live pitching. He doesn't need to 0:22:31.040 --> 0:22:34.359 come back with three or four games left in the 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:38.430 regular season. There's no point to that. It's a final 0:22:38.490 --> 0:22:42.189 in Atlanta. The Braves beat the Phillies six to five. 0:22:42.270 --> 0:22:45.689 Drake Baldwin, a walk off double. So the Dodgers remain 0:22:45.770 --> 0:22:49.030 four games ahead of Atlanta. And look, the schedule, the 0:22:49.070 --> 0:22:52.450 calendar is in the Dodgers favor because time is running 0:22:52.550 --> 0:22:54.550 out on the Braves. And as I mentioned earlier, the 0:22:54.590 --> 0:22:58.370 Brewers beat up on the Reds 20 to nothing. So 0:22:58.450 --> 0:23:00.830 the Dodgers are one game back in Milwaukee for the 0:23:00.869 --> 0:23:03.910 number one seed for ahead of Atlanta for the number 0:23:03.950 --> 0:23:09.770