Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun.
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Speaker 2: three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become
Speaker 2: the fifth.
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Speaker 1: David Vase.
Speaker 2: Last day, we are live at Rogers Center in Toronto,
Speaker 2: where the Dodgers have won the first five games of
Speaker 2: this road trip, including the first two games of this
Speaker 2: series against the Blue Jays tonight, the final score four
Speaker 2: to one at Rogers Center.
Speaker 3: Welcome the Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: David Vasse with you until eight thirty tonight here on
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Speaker 2: at eight sixty six nine eight seven. If you missed
Speaker 2: the game and the show last night, you missed a
Speaker 2: fourteen to two win by the Dodgers going away and
Speaker 2: tonight there was a little bit more of a baseball
Speaker 2: game tonight. The Blue Jays put together a rally in
Speaker 2: the sixth inning that only produced one run their only
Speaker 2: run of the game, and in the seventh inning they
Speaker 2: had the bases loaded with nobody out and Alex Vesia
Speaker 2: was able to get out of it. And we'll hear
Speaker 2: from Edwin Diaz a little bit later in the show.
Speaker 2: I caught up with him after the game and we'll
Speaker 2: share what he had to say about what Vesia and
Speaker 2: Blake Trinon did in front of him. And Diaz recorded
Speaker 2: his fourth save as a Dodger, striking out the side.
Speaker 2: So a big night for the Dodger bullpen, a big
Speaker 2: night again for the eight to nine hitters for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: as they continue to be a big part of this
Speaker 2: offense that has scored forty nine runs in the first
Speaker 2: five games of this road trip. Tonight, Hay Sunk, Kim
Speaker 2: and Alex Friedland combined to score all four runs for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. It was a big night for Freeland, who
Speaker 2: had three hits, scored twice, and drove in a run.
Speaker 2: He was part of the chaos in the ninth inning
Speaker 2: where he put the ball in play, did not allow
Speaker 2: Jeff Hoffman to strike him out as he did to
Speaker 2: Muncie and Kim, so Freeland put the ball in play
Speaker 2: wide right of Vladimir gro Junior, who got to it.
Speaker 2: Jeff Hoffman in through behind Jeff Hoffman who was covering
Speaker 2: first base. The catcher there Valenzuela, Brandon Valenzuela was doing
Speaker 2: his job backing up the play and he was able
Speaker 2: to stop the ball, but for some reason decided to
Speaker 2: throw errantly to first base and it went into right
Speaker 2: field and Freeland was standing at second base. As far
Speaker 2: as Kim goes, he also had a good game and
Speaker 2: affected the game in the fifth inning when Kevin Gossman
Speaker 2: walked him and then bocked him.
Speaker 3: To second base.
Speaker 2: The home played umpire, Dan Merzl claimed that Gossman never
Speaker 2: came to a complete stop and called a bock and
Speaker 2: Kim speed obviously weighing on Gossman maybe sped him up
Speaker 2: right there, Probably sped him up right there, and Kim
Speaker 2: was standing at second. Freeland drove him in for you know,
Speaker 2: a big run right there, and John Schneider before Freeland.
Speaker 3: Was able to drive in.
Speaker 2: Kim after the bock was called, really made his case
Speaker 2: be known to the home played umpire, and he was
Speaker 2: thrown out. I mean he was he was closer to
Speaker 2: the home played umpire's face than I am to chicken
Speaker 2: nachos at a sports bar. That's how close he was
Speaker 2: to his face right there. Eight six six nine seven
Speaker 2: two seventy is the phone number coming up. Later in
Speaker 2: the show, we'll get into, you know, the Kim versus
Speaker 2: Freeland competition.
Speaker 3: It's real.
Speaker 2: With Tommy Edmond on the horizon to return, Mookie Betts
Speaker 2: was out here doing some infield drills, so he's not
Speaker 2: going to be out that long, it appears. So these
Speaker 2: two guys are again back where they were in spring
Speaker 2: training because Kim, in his first two games since being
Speaker 2: called up, has made a huge impact defensively and offensively.
Speaker 2: So Freeland understands what's going on here, and he responded
Speaker 2: tonight with three runs or three hits and two runs
Speaker 2: in an RBI. The reason why Hayes on Kim was
Speaker 2: starting tonight, He was not originally in the starting lineup tonight,
Speaker 2: but about thirty minutes forty minutes before first pitch, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers scratched Miguel Rojas, and we're all wondering, oh, no,
Speaker 2: is this armhard after pitching last night?
Speaker 4: No.
Speaker 2: Unfortunately we don't know the details, but Dave Roberts let
Speaker 2: the reporters know after the game that Miguel Rojas is
Speaker 2: dealing with a family matter, and they are uncertain how
Speaker 2: much time Rojas is going to miss, so they're not
Speaker 2: calling up another player for the last game of the
Speaker 2: road trip in Canada. They're just going to play a
Speaker 2: man short tomorrow. And we all send our prayers and
Speaker 2: thoughts with Miguel Rojas and his family. We hope that
Speaker 2: he returns to the team soon, which means hopefully things
Speaker 2: work out with whatever family matter he is dealing with.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Let's go out to Felix in San Diego.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk with David basse Hi.
Speaker 3: Felix.
Speaker 5: Hey, what's going on, man, first time calling for the season.
Speaker 6: So but I've been listening to you down.
Speaker 3: Here, love it, Thank you.
Speaker 1: Hey.
Speaker 5: I gotta quick yeah, man, for sure, I got a
Speaker 5: quick question, and I just want to see what you
Speaker 5: have to.
Speaker 6: Say about with Rushing playing as well as he's been playing.
Speaker 6: Mind you, it's not just just what's been going on recently,
Speaker 6: but I know Rushing. Is there any talk that there's
Speaker 6: the easy air apparent at first base? That's my first question.
Speaker 6: My second question is are the same thing with the rushing?
Speaker 6: Is Freeland the air apparent at third? And the last
Speaker 6: question I have is with tail being on team control
Speaker 6: for two more years, potentially, is that Tibbs hope or
Speaker 6: to Poli's position.
Speaker 2: Wow, you're throwing a lot at me, Felix. Let's start
Speaker 2: with the first one. Dalton Rushing, you know, coming into
Speaker 2: the season, was fully aware that he is not just
Speaker 2: going to catch, but get opportunities when Freddie Freeman is
Speaker 2: given a day off reluctantly, or if there's a chance
Speaker 2: to get Freddie off his feet in a game, they
Speaker 2: may go with rushing. So and today Ddy Freeman was
Speaker 2: taking ground balls at first base, and who was behind
Speaker 2: him taking ground balls as well at first base? Dalton Rushing.
Speaker 2: So yeah, definitely you're going to see rushing at first base?
Speaker 2: Is he the air apparent to Freddie Freeman? Freddy Freeman's
Speaker 2: a future Hall of Famer. He's got this year and
Speaker 2: next year under contract with the Dodgers. So we'll see
Speaker 2: what happens after next year. We'll see how this season
Speaker 2: plays out. But yeah, rushing is an insurance policy and
Speaker 2: a big one behind the plate. And at first base.
Speaker 2: As far as Freeland being the air apparent of Max Munsey,
Speaker 2: I don't see that happening. I don't see Freeland being
Speaker 2: an everyday player from what I've seen so far. But
Speaker 2: it's early in his career. And as far as Taoscar Hernandez,
Speaker 2: he's thirty three years old, he's in great condition, he's
Speaker 2: starting to heat up. Eventually, these young outfielders are going
Speaker 2: to have to play, and eventually some of these older
Speaker 2: players that are under contract are may retire, move on.
Speaker 7: You know.
Speaker 3: I don't see.
Speaker 2: I don't want to get into that, but yeah, TIBs
Speaker 2: is definitely I would say Tibbs is the first in line.
Speaker 3: How about that, Felix.
Speaker 5: That's a great answer.
Speaker 6: And the only reason why I'm asking you is just
Speaker 6: with all the you.
Speaker 5: Know, with the deadline and whatnot and trade speculations, I
Speaker 5: just really hope, and I'm a thousand percent on board
Speaker 5: with these guys doing the front office, I just don't
Speaker 5: I hope, I really hope that we don't lose this
Speaker 5: farm system, that the potent, you know, the top the
Speaker 5: top ten prospects just for trade baked.
Speaker 2: Well, that's part of being a minor league. Player and
Speaker 2: being a GM it's not just about developing players to
Speaker 2: help you wearing your own uniform. The stakes are really
Speaker 2: high with the Dodgers as long as Otani is on
Speaker 2: this team, Felix. It's not like, hey, let's give three
Speaker 2: or four kids a chance to play. No, it's win now.
Speaker 2: So when you're in that mode during this era of
Speaker 2: Otani Dodger baseball, Uh, that's what you should expect, where
Speaker 2: you sprinkle in guys for depth, but you use some
Speaker 2: of those guys to make trades to get proven players
Speaker 2: that can get you over the top.
Speaker 5: I got you, man, I gotcha.
Speaker 7: Well go Blue, all.
Speaker 2: Right, thanks, Felix, Thanks for the phone call. Good phone call,
Speaker 2: good questions. Yeah, at this point in time, with Otani,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers coming off back to back championships, the window
Speaker 2: of opportunity for Mookie Freddie taoskar Otani, Will Smith for
Speaker 2: that matter, thirty one years old and the prime of
Speaker 2: his career is now. The Dodgers are not in the
Speaker 2: business of giving four or five rookies opportunities to see
Speaker 2: whether or not they can play.
Speaker 3: That's not this time. You may see.
Speaker 2: Some young minor league players like we have seen in
Speaker 2: the past traded because there's nowhere for them to play
Speaker 2: in the foreseeable future, and the Dodgers can trade them
Speaker 2: to help an area of need to try to three
Speaker 2: peat this year or reload for next year. So that's
Speaker 2: the reality of where the Dodgers are, and that's the
Speaker 2: reality of a farm system. A farm system isn't just
Speaker 2: to help you have players to play for your team.
Speaker 2: It's to draft and develop to possibly get you a
Speaker 2: proven player that you need to get over the hump.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. I mentioned that the Dodgers' eight nine
Speaker 2: hitters tonight scored all four runs. I talked about this
Speaker 2: with Jose Motor last night. I talked about it on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk on this road trip, and I think it
Speaker 2: needs to really have a light shined on it because
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty four, the seven eight nine hitters for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers were so pesky and created so many opportunities
Speaker 2: for Otani, for Mookie, for Freddie Freeman. In twenty four
Speaker 2: last year, not so much. And I feel like that's
Speaker 2: part of the reason why the Dodger offense stalled out
Speaker 2: the second half, especially last year. Because the seven eight
Speaker 2: nine hitters got on base at a two to ninety
Speaker 2: four clip coming into tonight. The first ten games of
Speaker 2: the year, the Dodgers seven eight nine hitters are hitting
Speaker 2: three point fifty eight and on base percentage of four
Speaker 2: h two and a slugging percentage of basically six hundred
Speaker 2: coming into tonight. And they added to that with the
Speaker 2: way Freeland played tonight with three hits and Kim getting
Speaker 2: on base, and those two guys the eight to nine hitters,
Speaker 2: scoring all four Dodger runs tonight. It's not a coincidence
Speaker 2: that the bottom of the order is creating a lot.
Speaker 2: Andy pat has included Santiago, Espinal, Dalton, rushing, Alex Freeland.
Speaker 2: All these guys in different points in time are keeping
Speaker 2: the line moving and turning the lineup over and getting
Speaker 2: on base. I asked Dave Roberts about that before the
Speaker 2: game today.
Speaker 8: Yeah, if you look at what sort of makes our
Speaker 8: offense goes, If those guys are getting on base, for
Speaker 8: the top we'll create, we're gonna score some runs. And
Speaker 8: you know, Alex has taking good at bats, He's still
Speaker 8: finding ways to get on base. For me getting call
Speaker 8: in there obviously, Hey Song yesterday, and so you know,
Speaker 8: absolutely it's a big part of what we need to do.
Speaker 8: And to those guys credit, they're they're taking good at
Speaker 8: bats and doing their jobs.
Speaker 2: Yes, do you feel like there's better options and it's
Speaker 2: a better mix just one through nine and seven through.
Speaker 8: Nine, I do, I do, you know, And Andy quite
Speaker 8: frankly isn't a nine hole hitter, and so having him
Speaker 8: sort of out of that nine hole, I think he
Speaker 8: is making him better. But also I do think that
Speaker 8: the roster we have, you know, this year, has lent
Speaker 8: us off to getting on base and hopefully getting on
Speaker 8: base more for you know, show hey, and you know Tucker.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Dave Roberts there you go. It matters,
Speaker 2: and you saw that in the ninth inning. Freeland kept
Speaker 2: the inning alive by putting the ball in play and
Speaker 2: Tucker drove in a huge insurance run for that ninth
Speaker 2: inning as the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays tonight four
Speaker 2: to one. Let's go out to Hollywood, Nick, You're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk Live from Toronto.
Speaker 3: Hi, Nick, what's going on?
Speaker 7: Dave?
Speaker 9: Nice to Trounce on Toronto just a little bit more.
Speaker 3: But I'm just.
Speaker 10: Calling because Yoshi looked great today, got a little sticky
Speaker 10: there in the sixth, but you know, Doca had confidence
Speaker 10: let him get through it and was able to get
Speaker 10: into the seventh.
Speaker 9: Do you think that that's just like a Yoshi thing
Speaker 9: as far as confidence letting them go deeper into the
Speaker 9: games and get out of situations, or do you think
Speaker 9: that's like a change in philosophy. And we're going to
Speaker 9: see Glass now actually like sniff a seventh inning at
Speaker 9: some point.
Speaker 2: Well, first and foremost, Yamamoto has that trust. You saw
Speaker 2: what he did in the postseason last year. He had
Speaker 2: two complete games, and we all know the heroics of
Speaker 2: the World Series. But Dave Roberts even talked about this
Speaker 2: before the game. There's kind of a shift in philosophy
Speaker 2: in the game of baseball. We're going back to starters,
Speaker 2: not just getting through the first two times of the order,
Speaker 2: but actually, if you're good enough, staying in the game.
Speaker 2: And that's what Andrew Friedman and Brandon Gomes has said.
Speaker 2: If they have starters good enough to do it, they
Speaker 2: are going to let them ride. And I feel like
Speaker 2: this is the year Tyler Glass now takes another big step.
Speaker 2: I'm a big buyer in Glass now stock in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty six.
Speaker 3: Hard to believe, but I am nice.
Speaker 9: If he could just keep his shirt on, I think
Speaker 9: we'll be in good place.
Speaker 7: Man.
Speaker 3: WHOA Okay, Nick, thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just Yamamoto has proven that he can do this,
Speaker 2: and uh, he's the World Series MVP. He was under
Speaker 2: ninety pitches going into the seventh inning, So all those
Speaker 2: reasons was why Dave Roberts sent him back out there.
Speaker 2: And uh, as far as Glass now goes, see, everybody
Speaker 2: wants to just talk in generalities about starters going deeper
Speaker 2: into games, but they're not. You can't do that because
Speaker 2: the game dictates it, pitch count dictates it, high stress
Speaker 2: innings dictate each individual start.
Speaker 3: But resume does mean something.
Speaker 2: Trust in that picture means something, And Dave Roberts has
Speaker 2: a lot of trust in Yamamoto. He had a lot
Speaker 2: of trust in blake'snew last year when he came back.
Speaker 2: And uh, I feel like the trust for Tyler Glass
Speaker 2: noow is growing from Dave Robert's side. Now as far
Speaker 2: as Roki Sasaki goes or Emit Shean goes to start
Speaker 2: the year, I would venture to say the trust is
Speaker 2: not where it is for Yamamoto, Glass Now Otani, and
Speaker 2: Blake Snell. Eight six six seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Blue Jays tonight four
Speaker 2: to one, and speaking up Blake Snell, he is going
Speaker 2: to throw two live bps when the Dodgers return home
Speaker 2: and from there probably go out on a rehab assignment.
Speaker 2: And I've always said over under on Snell making his
Speaker 2: season debut Sinko de mayo, So right around mid May
Speaker 2: is when I believe he'll come back. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Paul in Oceanside. You're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 2: vasse Hi.
Speaker 4: Paul, Hi, David, thank you for your work.
Speaker 11: Really enjoy it.
Speaker 3: I appreciate that. Thank you, Paul.
Speaker 4: I have a question for you regarding sort of Rory
Speaker 4: Sasaki and when whether or not, like Yamamoto and Otani,
Speaker 4: when they're in the dugouts, do they offer him any
Speaker 4: advice or is it more Japanese culture to just you know,
Speaker 4: let everyone on their own, Like when when he comes
Speaker 4: off the mound and he might be struggling, does Samamotos say, hey,
Speaker 4: hammer the strike song more or do they just not
Speaker 4: talk like that?
Speaker 3: I have a funny story for you, Paul.
Speaker 2: During the NLDS, when Roki Sasaki was becoming the Dodger
Speaker 2: closer and rescuing them in that series, I asked him
Speaker 2: what Otani has told him? And you know what he
Speaker 2: told me. He said, all Otani has asked me is
Speaker 2: when I'm pitching again. So there's not a lot of
Speaker 2: dialogue between those those two. With Roki, I would say
Speaker 2: that Otani, now that he's pitching and hitting, he doesn't
Speaker 2: have a lot of time to mentor there's just not
Speaker 2: enough hours in the day. But it would be wise
Speaker 2: for Roki to tap into Yamamoto for sure.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Yamamoto, the monster God, what a great pitcher. Okay, well,
Speaker 4: thank you for your insight, Dave.
Speaker 12: I appreciate that.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Paul, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: And yeah, we'll see Roki Sasaki on the next homestand
Speaker 2: and hopefully he can build on his last start. Don't
Speaker 2: believe what you read where just because he's learning this
Speaker 2: new pitch, a third pitch that you need as a
Speaker 2: starting pitcher, as you know, the cutter, slash slider taken
Speaker 2: away the feel of his forkball, splitter or fastball velocity.
Speaker 2: Don't believe it because I talked to Mark Pryor and
Speaker 2: he said he.
Speaker 3: Doesn't believe that.
Speaker 2: He concedes that certain pitches, like the cut fastball, if
Speaker 2: you threw it too much back when that pitch was
Speaker 2: in vogue, Yeah, it would take away some velocity from
Speaker 2: your fastball. But do we know how hard Roki Sasaki throws?
Speaker 2: Now we've seen one hundred, we've seen ninety two, we
Speaker 2: saw ninety six. Does anybody really know how hard he
Speaker 2: throws consistently? So to make that leap of a conclusion,
Speaker 2: it's a little premature and a little short sighted. So
Speaker 2: that's what Mark Pryor told me, And just keep that
Speaker 2: in mind in the next next Sasaki start eight six six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 3: We have two lines open.
Speaker 2: When we continue live from Rogers Center in Toronto, we'll
Speaker 2: take more of your phone calls. We'll hear from Edwin
Speaker 2: Sugar Diaz after his fourth save of the year. And
Speaker 2: I want to get to since we're here in Toronto
Speaker 2: and reflecting on the glory of the Dodgers winning two
Speaker 2: elimination games, including a Game seven here, there was such
Speaker 2: a pivotal play in the eighth inning of Game seven
Speaker 2: that nobody talks about. I want to share that with
Speaker 2: you as well, and how that was a huge miscalculation
Speaker 2: that played into the Dodgers' hands. So a lot more
Speaker 2: Dodger talked to get to until the bottom of the
Speaker 2: hour live from Rogers Center in Toronto after the Dodgers
Speaker 2: defeat the Blue Jays four to one on a five
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Speaker 13: Dodgers threatening here in the top with the third to
Speaker 13: break the ice, Gossman's one A old Tani rifles on
Speaker 13: the right field.
Speaker 3: Back at the wall. It's off the top of the wall.
Speaker 13: Kim's gonna score running from first to third is freeland.
Speaker 13: That was a long and loud single for old Tani
Speaker 13: and it drives in the very first run of the
Speaker 13: ball game.
Speaker 3: One nothing Dodgers show.
Speaker 2: Hey Otani, Tomorrow's starting pitcher, drives in the first Dodger
Speaker 2: run on their way to a four to one win
Speaker 2: behind a well pitched game by Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: defeat the Blue Jays four to one in the second
Speaker 2: game of this three game series, coming off scoring fourteen
Speaker 2: runs last night against Toronto in a fourteen to two win.
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Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. After the game,
Speaker 2: we had a chance to catch up with Edwin Diaz,
Speaker 2: who got in a little bit of a jam, but
Speaker 2: he found a way to get the swinging mens struck
Speaker 2: out the side for his fourth save as a Dodger.
Speaker 14: I think we got we we won the game right there.
Speaker 14: We won the game right there. I think Bestia came
Speaker 14: in a big situe.
Speaker 3: I set it down.
Speaker 14: He got this heero for us, and then Blake came
Speaker 14: came after him, and I did my job. You'll win
Speaker 14: the game.
Speaker 2: Can you feel the effect you have on those guys
Speaker 2: in the bullpen already?
Speaker 14: You know we are a family.
Speaker 3: Over there.
Speaker 14: You know, I think every every single guy in our
Speaker 14: boardman can do that job. We are pitching really good,
Speaker 14: we throwing the ball really good, you know, Jos, I
Speaker 14: think everyone in the boardpen. So I'm really happy for everyone.
Speaker 14: But you have to give continue working to staying to
Speaker 14: like a family. And at the other day we got
Speaker 14: good result like today.
Speaker 2: How about the defense behind you, Tucker holding the runner
Speaker 2: at third base? How much did that change what you
Speaker 2: did against Hannaman.
Speaker 14: You know, I knew I knew Honeyman's coming behind him,
Speaker 14: So Talker did a great throw.
Speaker 7: I was.
Speaker 14: I tried to call it because I told the runner scored.
Speaker 14: But then I look, I saw that run out of
Speaker 14: their bed. I said, okay, let's let's finish him all
Speaker 14: right here. You know, a guy coming from the bench
Speaker 14: goal away. We go with my best pitches, my fastball.
Speaker 14: I was trying to strike him out like I did.
Speaker 3: Yeah before I let you go.
Speaker 2: Uh, this offense scoring double digits three or four times
Speaker 2: already on this road trip.
Speaker 3: How are you staying ready? They don't need you every night.
Speaker 14: You know it's good. You know we need our offerings
Speaker 14: get going because we come sometimes. Guy like we got
Speaker 14: we had to pitch. So it's it's an offense. Stay
Speaker 14: like that, we will we will win a lot of games.
Speaker 14: But it's if he's like today, a boot pen will
Speaker 14: do a job. You know, a model did a great
Speaker 14: job and the boot pen, the rest of the woodpen
Speaker 14: did a great job. So that's a big win for us.
Speaker 2: Congratulations, thanks for stopping. And you had the real hat
Speaker 2: on today.
Speaker 14: Yeah, I got that real one today.
Speaker 2: Thanks ed Win Sugar Diaz, great guy, great smile. And
Speaker 2: in case you didn't know what we were talking about,
Speaker 2: are referencing right there. Uh before the game, Edwin Diaz,
Speaker 2: who comes out to throw, had his Dodger hat on,
Speaker 2: but the bill of the cap cut off, so it
Speaker 2: looked like a skull cap, but it wasn't. It was
Speaker 2: a Dodger game hat that he cut off. And I
Speaker 2: guess the idea was from Tanner. Scott just started to
Speaker 2: do it ed when Diaz did it. Miguel Rojas had
Speaker 2: one on as well. Not all the relievers are all
Speaker 2: in on that. I don't think it's turning into a thing.
Speaker 2: But yeah, that's what we were referencing. Since he came
Speaker 2: out with a hat with no bill before the game today,
Speaker 2: eight sixty six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Indianapolis. Jack listening on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: How you doing Jack?
Speaker 12: Great?
Speaker 15: Ding dong?
Speaker 3: Hey, that's my guy Conway. How you doing good, buddy?
Speaker 12: Hey, I really enjoy you. Listened to you a lot.
Speaker 7: Noo.
Speaker 12: Dodge's played a good game tonight is solid game, and
Speaker 12: I was I think the guy who's really going about
Speaker 12: his business quietly is Kyle Tucker offensively and defensively.
Speaker 3: I agree with that.
Speaker 2: How about this tonight he had three strikeouts coming into
Speaker 2: his ninth thingy at bat and then he drives in
Speaker 2: a big insurance run. Don't discount that part. And on
Speaker 2: this road trip he's had really good at bats. I
Speaker 2: know his teammates are really impressed seeing him every day,
Speaker 2: the quality of at bats that he has.
Speaker 12: Yeah, I like him. I think he's gonna fit in
Speaker 12: the right field. We had some issues in right field
Speaker 12: last year. I think he's good defensively. I thinks we're
Speaker 12: playing solid baseball right now.
Speaker 3: I agree. Jack.
Speaker 2: When you're winning five in a row and scoring forty
Speaker 2: nine runs during a five game winning streak on your
Speaker 2: first road trip of the season, and it being on
Speaker 2: the East Coast not a bad way to start your
Speaker 2: road season. The Dodgers have won five in a row,
Speaker 2: they have scored forty nine runs, and have improved their
Speaker 2: record to nine and two. I'm not a big standings
Speaker 2: guy after eleven games, but this does need to be
Speaker 2: acknowledged that in the NL West, the Dodgers are the
Speaker 2: only team above five hundred. Yeah, the Dodgers are nine
Speaker 2: and two. The Padres are five and six, so are
Speaker 2: the Diamondbacks, so are the Rockies, and the Giants, led
Speaker 2: by a college baseball coach, are in last place three
Speaker 2: and eight, losers of four in a row, seven of
Speaker 2: their last ten, they're already six games back of the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers aren't even hitting on all cylinders.
Speaker 2: Yet they're doing all this without Tommy Edman, without Blake Snell,
Speaker 2: and now without Mookie Betts, and they're nine and two.
Speaker 3: Like I said, I'm not a big standings guy.
Speaker 2: But when you start this hot and the rest of
Speaker 2: the division is that cold, all of a sudden, you
Speaker 2: might have a double digit lead that's impossible to overcome.
Speaker 2: And here's something to consider. The last team to go
Speaker 2: first place and win the World Series start to finish
Speaker 2: the nineteen ninety Reds. There's no other team that I
Speaker 2: can think of, unless it was the twenty four Dodgers.
Speaker 2: The twenty four Dodgers then did that, and before them,
Speaker 2: the ninety ninety Reds did that as well, so we
Speaker 2: may see that again considering the start the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: off to compared to the rest of the division. Tonight's
Speaker 2: game brought to you by Modello Modello The Mark of
Speaker 2: a Fighter. Let's go back out to the phones. James
Speaker 2: in North Hollywood. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Rogers Center.
Speaker 15: Hi James, Hey, David, special guests in my car today.
Speaker 15: My parents are in town from New Jersey and we're
Speaker 15: gonna see the Dodgers on Saturday. There last night in town.
Speaker 15: I'm very excited to show him Dodgers Stadium for a
Speaker 15: great game. And I'm especially excited because look at how
Speaker 15: our quote unquote other guys bottom of the lineup were doing.
Speaker 15: I mean, it's great to see Rushings back come to life,
Speaker 15: knowing that you know, he was hitting so well down
Speaker 15: in the minors, and good to see Alex Shrieland get
Speaker 15: some knocks and Alex call doing his thing when he's
Speaker 15: called upon, and then they have a guy like Espinal
Speaker 15: that can play all over the infield. I mean, you
Speaker 15: got to agree that these guys would be starters on
Speaker 15: three quarters of the other Major League teams.
Speaker 2: Rushing, for sure would be Call was a starter for
Speaker 2: the Nationals. And he's a guy that his game plays
Speaker 2: better on a winning team than on a team like
Speaker 2: the Nationals. And you saw that in the last two
Speaker 2: games of that series there. Yeah, the Dodgers have a
Speaker 2: lot of depth. And think about this. At the end
Speaker 2: of last year, Dave Roberts did not have many options
Speaker 2: on his bench. He had out Call, he had Justin Dean,
Speaker 2: and he had Hayesung Kim. This year he has guys
Speaker 2: like Rushing, Espinal, the guys you mentioned Freeland, And that's
Speaker 2: even without keyk Hernandez, without Tommy Edmund and for the
Speaker 2: time being in the short term, Miguel Rojas and Mookie Betts.
Speaker 2: So they're in a way better spot in the bottom
Speaker 2: of the order and with their uh with the with
Speaker 2: their bench.
Speaker 15: Hey, David, can I ask you about Kim. I know
Speaker 15: that he's still working on swing stuff. You know, when
Speaker 15: he was down in Triple A but with his speed,
Speaker 15: with his defense. I mean, don't you how do you
Speaker 15: feel about him versus Freeland? When say Edmund or key
Speaker 15: k get back, if you had to pick one, who
Speaker 15: would you pick?
Speaker 16: And why?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question. The versatility, the speed. If
Speaker 2: I'm looking for the last man on the bench, I
Speaker 2: would say Kim. I would say Kim would fit my
Speaker 2: bench better. Uh as the last bench player?
Speaker 15: Me too, well, David, thanks for taking the call. They
Speaker 15: always talk about calling in. My dad and stepmom are
Speaker 15: sitting here next to me and they got to check
Speaker 15: out a g Or and Eve live on the radio
Speaker 15: with a meat chatting.
Speaker 2: With you all right, Thanks James, And uh, yeah you
Speaker 2: didn't choke with your with your parents in the car.
Speaker 3: Good job there, he goes.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, James, a loyal listener. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Blue Jays tonight four to one.
Speaker 3: Now. I wanted to.
Speaker 2: Get to this because since we are in Toronto, and
Speaker 2: I know some players have told me to turn the page,
Speaker 2: but I can't turn the page. Here at Rogers Center
Speaker 2: in Toronto, where the Dodgers gave us memories to last
Speaker 2: a lifetime. In last year's World Series, a play that
Speaker 2: people fail to realize and in my I've talked to
Speaker 2: people around the league that have brought this to my attention.
Speaker 2: In the eighth inning of Game seven, you have had
Speaker 2: Ernie Clement on second base and there was nobody out,
Speaker 2: and the Blue Jays at that time were leading four
Speaker 2: to three.
Speaker 3: With nobody out.
Speaker 2: In the eighth inning leadoff double by Ernie Clement, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers bring in Blake Snell to replace Emmit Shean, and Andres
Speaker 2: Jimenez was at the plate in the eighth inning. This
Speaker 2: is one of the key plays that could have just
Speaker 2: sealed the win, the World Series win for the Blue
Speaker 2: Jays if they would have kept the play on and
Speaker 2: if Jimenez would have been able to execute the play.
Speaker 2: Nobody out runner at second Jimenez at the bottom of
Speaker 2: the order, a left handed hitter, had the bunt on,
Speaker 2: and then they took the bunt off on the next
Speaker 2: pitch and Max Munsey was in on the grass still
Speaker 2: expecting Jimenez to bunt the runner to third base and
Speaker 2: if they get that insurance run in, it slights out
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers, But instead Jimenez was swinging away one.
Speaker 13: And one, freeman creeping in. Snell comes home and mensot
Speaker 13: to the third line to Munsie and back to the
Speaker 13: bag is Clement. That was a hot liner to Munsie
Speaker 13: who was on the grass at third, and Max exhaling
Speaker 13: big because he was perfectly position mode to make that catch.
Speaker 13: But it was coming at the tower in a hurry.
Speaker 11: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Fortunately, just a little bit off to his left, his
Speaker 1: dinner right between his eyes.
Speaker 2: Max Munsey is one of the most unappreciated players that
Speaker 2: the Dodgers had last year, and he doesn't get enough
Speaker 2: credit for the pivotal part he played in the Dodgers
Speaker 2: being able to come back in Game seven of last
Speaker 2: year's World Series. Not only his solo home run in
Speaker 2: the sixth or seventh inning of Game seven to cut
Speaker 2: it to a one run game, but that play right there,
Speaker 2: that's not an easy play. They call it the hot
Speaker 2: corner for a reason, And if you go back and
Speaker 2: look at the replay, even months he's like, whoa, that
Speaker 2: came at me hot. It actually came at him ninety
Speaker 2: six miles an hour off the bat with the infield in.
Speaker 3: He's on the grass.
Speaker 2: It's not like he's back so ninety six off the
Speaker 2: bat where he was playing was over one hundred miles
Speaker 2: an hour, and Rick Monday's right, he was very fortunate
Speaker 2: the ball was hit where it was hit and he
Speaker 2: was able to, you know, just keep his glove there
Speaker 2: and catch the ball. But that was a huge miscalculation
Speaker 2: by John Schneider to take the bun off. And people
Speaker 2: around the league still come up to me this day
Speaker 2: and say, man, can you believe they didn't keep the
Speaker 2: bun on? And they took it off and Snell got
Speaker 2: out of the jam right there in the eighth inning
Speaker 2: and the rest is history. As they say, when you
Speaker 2: talk to your friends about key moments in Game seven,
Speaker 2: there was so many. That was a huge one, and
Speaker 2: Max Munsey, along with Will Smith and Miguel Rojas a
Speaker 2: huge part offensively and defensively to help the Dodgers win
Speaker 2: Game seven of last year's World Series. Eight six six, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number? Did you even
Speaker 2: realize that play? Have you forgotten about that play? Because
Speaker 2: there's so many You have to rewatch that game seven
Speaker 2: a million times and just see different little things that
Speaker 2: change the trajectory of the game, not just the obvious moments.
Speaker 2: But dang, I feel a lot better getting that off
Speaker 2: my chest. Let's go out to Manhattan Beach.
Speaker 3: Ken. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Ken?
Speaker 11: I didn't good to talk to you. I was the
Speaker 11: saying when you were talking about the pictures getting extended,
Speaker 11: you know, for mornings, and I think that's great, But
Speaker 11: then you mentioned Tyder Glass now and thinking back in history,
Speaker 11: he always had to sort of like imploded after one
Speaker 11: hundred and twenty something innings for his season. That's his history.
Speaker 11: So I'm just wondering why you might be so you know,
Speaker 11: high on him extending himself, but he might shoot all
Speaker 11: the bullets up, you know, fairly pretty quickly. If you
Speaker 11: go with more innings, lets something change with his program?
Speaker 2: Yeah, fair point, because the most starts he's made in
Speaker 2: a season was with the Dodgers, when he made twenty
Speaker 2: two starts and was an All Star in twenty twenty four,
Speaker 2: and then again the second half it started to fall
Speaker 2: apart on him physically and mentally to a certain extent.
Speaker 2: I just feel like mentally he's in a different spot.
Speaker 2: And Chris Archer told us, who's you know one of
Speaker 2: his former teammates with the Rays and now a special
Speaker 2: assistant with the Dodgers, and knows him better than most
Speaker 2: that he got more physical during the offseason and he
Speaker 2: feels like he's in a better spot endurance wise, mentally, physically,
Speaker 2: with all that to be able to have a healthier
Speaker 2: season and exceed.
Speaker 3: What he has.
Speaker 2: Done in his career when it comes to not just
Speaker 2: being a first half pitcher.
Speaker 11: Right, all right, how many seasons has he got in now?
Speaker 2: Though, Uh, he's got a lot, But this is his
Speaker 2: third year with the Dodgers, and he's done things that
Speaker 2: he's never done before in his career with the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: including being a relief pitcher in Game six to close
Speaker 2: out that win and force the game seven.
Speaker 11: Oh yeah, I think that's great. I think it goes,
Speaker 11: you know, deeper into games. That's great for everybody. But
Speaker 11: you know, Jerry would be out until he could show
Speaker 11: that he's got these second half you know, Yeah, you
Speaker 11: got to prove.
Speaker 3: It, You got to prove it. You're right.
Speaker 2: But I feel more confident that he will prove it
Speaker 2: this year than in any of the previous two seasons.
Speaker 2: And don't discount the confidence he got being such a
Speaker 2: big part of the pitching staff in the postseason last
Speaker 2: year as a starter and as a reliever.
Speaker 3: He has said that. Dave Roberts has said that.
Speaker 2: Chris Archer said that as well him coming out of
Speaker 2: the bullpen in Game six and being a starter in
Speaker 2: the World Series in the postseason, when you move it
Speaker 2: to yourself that you can do things that you never
Speaker 2: thought you could. Uh, these are professional athletes. They're not widgets,
Speaker 2: they're not video games. They're actual human beings. And even
Speaker 2: as great as they are, when you push yourself to
Speaker 2: the limits and you win and you succeed, Uh, that
Speaker 2: doesn't just go away.
Speaker 11: Okay, Well, help to talk at the end of the
Speaker 11: year and see that all came to happen.
Speaker 2: All right, Ken, thank you for the phone call. Say
Speaker 2: how to Eric Carros out there in Manhattan Beach for me.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Look, I was as skeptical as anybody
Speaker 2: with a glass now in his history, But in spring training,
Speaker 2: I'm telling you he was a different guy, a different mentality,
Speaker 2: and he just seems better equipped to go out there
Speaker 2: and not pull any kind of abbreviated starts or the
Speaker 2: second half of the year, start to feel any little
Speaker 2: thing that you know, gets in his head and derails
Speaker 2: his season. But I agree, you got you got to
Speaker 2: prove it because there is a track record here. But
Speaker 2: I feel like what he did in the postseason last
Speaker 2: year is going to carry over into this year, and
Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised if he made the All Star
Speaker 2: team again this year. Let's take one more phone call
Speaker 2: before we say goodnight. Matthew in Redondo Beach. You're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk with David vasse Hiding.
Speaker 16: Dave, I want to talk about Andy Tajz. I mean,
Speaker 16: he's not only on fire this year. Last year he
Speaker 16: was a top thirty in my opinion player in the
Speaker 16: whole league, twenty seven home runs strong average in a
Speaker 16: year where average was very hard to come by. Not
Speaker 16: many players hit above to seventy last year.
Speaker 7: Not many.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, the average it's hard to come by.
Speaker 2: And he played a great center field last.
Speaker 7: Year, amazing center field. But we're talking about all right, yeah.
Speaker 3: Before and I think it's gonna take the next step.
Speaker 7: He's a long time Dodger. As he came up, and
Speaker 7: he was he was racking up thirty five home runs
Speaker 7: a year in the minors for our team. This is
Speaker 7: our guy, this is our Dodger home.
Speaker 2: Yes, and he's off to a great start. Matthew, thank
Speaker 2: you for the phone call. Appreciated. Say how to everybody
Speaker 2: at Chillbacks for me. All right, that'll do it for
Speaker 2: us Tonight on Dodger Talk, thanks for listening. Tomorrow show,
Speaker 2: Hey Otani on the Mount as the Dodgers look to
Speaker 2: go undefeated on this East Coast road trip. He's facing
Speaker 2: former padre Dylan Sees, who the Blue Jays handed over
Speaker 2: two hundred million dollars to during this offseason. It'll be
Speaker 2: Otani against Seas. Remember it was ceased that was one
Speaker 2: of the padres key Padres that imploded during the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four NLDS. Our coverage begins tomorrow at eleven am.
Speaker 2: First pitch on Getaway Day at twelve oh seven as
Speaker 2: the Dodgers look for the sweep. Thanks to calling ye
Speaker 2: back at our Burdbanks Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out
Speaker 2: here at Rogers Center in Toronto, and thanks to you
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Speaker 2: where you can find our pregame conversation with today's starter
Speaker 2: Yoshi Yamamoto, who won after going six plus innings. Tonight,
Speaker 2: as the Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays four to one.
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