WEBVTT - Off Day Dodger Talk (7-27-26) 

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<v Speaker 1>The quest for the three peat has begun.

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<v Speaker 2>Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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<v Speaker 2>three consecutive titles.

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<v Speaker 1>The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth. This

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<v Speaker 4>Back, hosted by Dodgers had signer David Bassett.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Tim Kakes.

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<v Speaker 2>Reading sin A happy Monday night to everybody out there,

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<v Speaker 2>wherever you may be. Thanks for making Dodger Talk a

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<v Speaker 2>part of your evening. Hopefully you're cooling off wherever you

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<v Speaker 2>are in the Southland as you're making your way home,

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<v Speaker 2>You're already home, whatever you're doing. Thank you for being

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<v Speaker 2>a part of Dodger Talk. On this off night edition

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<v Speaker 2>is the Dodgers have a day off finally, after a

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<v Speaker 2>nine day, ten day road trip where they had a

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<v Speaker 2>day off last Thursday in Washington, DC, but wasn't really

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<v Speaker 2>a day off as they had to go to their

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<v Speaker 2>third city and a stop in Washington, d C. To

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<v Speaker 2>go to Capitol Hill and the White House, so not

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<v Speaker 2>really a chance for them to get off their feet

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<v Speaker 2>and exhale. But today true golden day off for the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers as they are back home after a six and

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<v Speaker 2>three road trip that saw them take two to three

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<v Speaker 2>against the Yankees, two of three against the Phillies, and

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<v Speaker 2>two of three against the New York Mets over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna be here for the next hour taking your

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<v Speaker 2>phone calls. Needs you to be a part of this conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy eight

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<v Speaker 2>six six nine eighty seven two five seventy We are

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<v Speaker 2>one week away from the Major League Baseball trade deadline. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>the deadline is a week from today, August third, and

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<v Speaker 2>the big question is what is going to happen with

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<v Speaker 2>Trek Scoobel of the Detroit Tigers. Now, maybe a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more clarity within the last half an hour as

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<v Speaker 2>far as what the Detroit Tigers may or may not

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<v Speaker 2>be doing because the Tigers lost again. Yes, the Detroit

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<v Speaker 2>Tigers lost again tonight. The Tigers have not lost three

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<v Speaker 2>in a row, and they are now seven games under

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred at fifty and fifty seven. They are second

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<v Speaker 2>to last in the Al Central and the Tigers have

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<v Speaker 2>now dropped four games back for a wildcard spot in

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<v Speaker 2>the American League. And there are a lot of teams

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<v Speaker 2>between them and the Red Sox for that second wildcard spot.

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<v Speaker 2>So reality, I think is kicked in for the Detroit

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<v Speaker 2>Tigers on this Monday night, seven days before the Major

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<v Speaker 2>League Baseball trade deadline. As far as what they are,

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<v Speaker 2>are they sellers or they buyers and making a playoff push.

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<v Speaker 2>With the loss tonight, where they stand in the division

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<v Speaker 2>and where they currently sit in the wild card race,

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<v Speaker 2>you have got to believe the Detroit Tigers are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be sellers at the trade deadline. So will Trerek's

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<v Speaker 2>Schoobel now be on the block, and if so, do

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers enter that conversation with the Tigers eight six, six,

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<v Speaker 2>nine eighty seven two five seventy. They're not a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of teams that have the trade equity like the Dodgers have,

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<v Speaker 2>And there are not a lot of teams that are

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<v Speaker 2>willing to go out there and give up set equity

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<v Speaker 2>for a player like Trek Scooble to get them. It's

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<v Speaker 2>going to cost and there aren't a lot of teams

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<v Speaker 2>willing to do that, nor can they do that. But

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers are one of those teams. So are the

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<v Speaker 2>Milwaukee Brewers. Are they going to push their chips in

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<v Speaker 2>all to the middle of the table as far as

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty twenty six season is concerned, I think they might.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it is the Milwaukee Brewers that are the team.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers need to keep an eye on it. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's not a secret. That's kind of been what we've

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<v Speaker 2>been looking at the last few weeks as things start

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<v Speaker 2>to shake out. Now, twenty one of the thirty teams

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<v Speaker 2>are within playoff reach here as we are a week

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<v Speaker 2>away from the deadline, meaning they're either leading their division

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<v Speaker 2>or they're within four games of a wild card spot,

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<v Speaker 2>a real shot if you will, at making the postseason.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody else I look at as Nope, not happening, Sorry, Charlie.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty one of the thirty teams have a shot for

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<v Speaker 2>October Baseball. How many teams are realistically gonna go for

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<v Speaker 2>Tech School Not a lot. That means there's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be markets available for other pitchers, other position players, right

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<v Speaker 2>handed bats, role players, catchers. There's gonna be I think,

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<v Speaker 2>a flurry of trades, but at the lesser level, not

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<v Speaker 2>the big sexy names that are out there. And quite frankly,

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<v Speaker 2>there aren't a lot of big names that are gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be available at the trade deadline that teams can go

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<v Speaker 2>out and acquire to change their roster and to make

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<v Speaker 2>a difference. And here's something I thought was absolutely eye opening. ESPN,

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<v Speaker 2>along with Yahoo and CBS and all these different websites,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, their baseball pundits are trying to pick and

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<v Speaker 2>project where these guys are gonna end up in trades.

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<v Speaker 2>ESPN has a article posted that says, trade deadline, what

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<v Speaker 2>NL contenders need to beat the Dodge That's the headline.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the story, folks, What NL contenders need to beat

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers. And in reality, we're not talking about fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>other teams in the National League. It's the Braves, the Brewers,

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<v Speaker 2>the Cubs, and the Phillies as the four teams that

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<v Speaker 2>have a shot that could contend with the Dodgers, And in reality,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers, in my opinion, and the Brewers are at

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<v Speaker 2>a level above everybody else. And our buddy John Hayman

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<v Speaker 2>at the MLB Network, who was on with Petro some

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<v Speaker 2>money earlier today, tweeted that out a couple of days ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, it's twenty eight other teams trying to

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<v Speaker 2>figure it out because the Dodgers and Brewers are just

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<v Speaker 2>that much better than everybody. But outside of a trek

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<v Speaker 2>schoolbl what O their pitchers are out there at the deadline?

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<v Speaker 2>What other bullpen help is out there at the deadline?

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<v Speaker 2>What other hitting depth is out there at the deadline?

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<v Speaker 2>Mason Miller of the padres CJ. Abrams shortstop for the Nationals.

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<v Speaker 2>The Francisco Lindor of the Mets. The Mets could be

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<v Speaker 2>a wide open market if you will, as far as

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<v Speaker 2>come on in, do you see something you like, make

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<v Speaker 2>it offer. Luis Robert Jr. Could be available. Freddie Peralta

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<v Speaker 2>certainly he's going to be available for the New York Mets.

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Jeffers the catcher for the Twins. There are teams

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<v Speaker 2>looking for a catcher right now. Zach netto the Angels.

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<v Speaker 2>The Boston Red Sox are looking at him. Kevin Gosman,

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<v Speaker 2>who was really good last year for the Toronto Blue Jays,

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<v Speaker 2>has been really bad for the Toronto Blue Jays this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Not that he can't go and turn things around like

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Lauer did with the Dodgers, but Kevin Gosman starting pitcher,

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<v Speaker 2>could be available at the deadline. Jose Sorriano of the

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<v Speaker 2>Angels could be available at the trade deadline. There are

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<v Speaker 2>teams that are selling. There are more buyers than sellers,

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<v Speaker 2>but there are teams that are selling. That means they're

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<v Speaker 2>open for business and they've got players available that are

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<v Speaker 2>out there for other teams to start shopping for it.

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<v Speaker 2>But in my mind, there's one guy the Dodgers would

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<v Speaker 2>pick up in a trade. There's one guy that I

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<v Speaker 2>think if they're going to make a deal, they need

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<v Speaker 2>to make the deal for it, and that's Tterrek Schooble. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if he's not available, that's one thing. If he's available

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<v Speaker 2>and the asking price is way too much for everybody

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<v Speaker 2>around baseball and he goes untraded at the deadline, so

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<v Speaker 2>be it. But in my opinion, if the Milwaukee Brewers,

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<v Speaker 2>And I know people disagree. David Vasse disagrees, but I

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<v Speaker 2>truly believe the other team that is right there with

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<v Speaker 2>you in the National League is the Milwaukee Brewers, And

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<v Speaker 2>if you have a shot to come in and grab

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<v Speaker 2>him at the deadline to prevail Trek Scooble from going

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<v Speaker 2>to Milwaukee and pairing up with Jacob Mizerowski and Kyle Harrison.

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<v Speaker 2>Still don't really know what I mean. He's gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>a rehab assignment and he's expected to come back in

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<v Speaker 2>the next week or two, it seems like in Milwaukee,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's still kind of murky there. We don't know

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<v Speaker 2>for sure what his status is, so they're looking for

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<v Speaker 2>another starting pitcher. If you're gonna put Trek Scooble and

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<v Speaker 2>Jacob Mezierowski together, folks, at is a one to two

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<v Speaker 2>combination that's gonna be tough for any team in baseball

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<v Speaker 2>to face. I don't care if it is the Los

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<v Speaker 2>Angeles Dodgers first. For that reason alone, I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 2>prevent him to go to Milwaukee. Now. Is that a

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<v Speaker 2>smart move? Yes, it absolutely is for many reasons. One,

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<v Speaker 2>you're keeping him for Milwaukee, and two you're bettering your

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<v Speaker 2>team which is already stacked. And for the argument that is, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we're not gonna be able to sign him

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<v Speaker 2>to a five hundred million dollar contract in the off season.

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<v Speaker 2>Scott Bors is gonna want a ton of money. We

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<v Speaker 2>can't pay everybody this kind of money. What are we

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do when the season's over. You know what, when

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<v Speaker 2>the season's over, let the chips fall. Because there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lingering labor stoppage coming up next year which nobody wants

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about. I get it. Nobody wants to talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>The S word has been thrown around by the owners.

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<v Speaker 2>Salary cap players don't want that. So with all that

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<v Speaker 2>lingering in the future and kind of down the road

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<v Speaker 2>right now, right here, the present twenty twenty six season

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<v Speaker 2>had a chance to three peat. Keep those you know,

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<v Speaker 2>those binoculars looking closer as far as October and don't

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<v Speaker 2>look past Trek Skogle makes this Dodger's team an absolute,

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<v Speaker 2>absolute team to win a third championship in a row.

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<v Speaker 2>You put them in Milwaukee and you got yourself a

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<v Speaker 2>tough series, most likely an NLCS showdown on seven game

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<v Speaker 2>series between the Dodgers and Brewers. And if you can

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<v Speaker 2>prevent him from going there and keep him out of

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<v Speaker 2>the hands of that team, then absolutely, And if you

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<v Speaker 2>can sign him in the offseason, I'm not even worried

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<v Speaker 2>about that. I'm out looking that far down the road.

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<v Speaker 2>There could be a salary cap, there could be limitations.

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<v Speaker 2>Who knows what's gonna happen next year and beyond. Live

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<v Speaker 2>right now, Live to win a championship right now. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're the Dodgers, live in the present. Those prospects all

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<v Speaker 2>could turn out to be all stars. Maybe you don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>You absolutely don't know what's gonna happen to him. They're

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<v Speaker 2>all really good prospects. And the Dodgers, along with the Brewers,

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<v Speaker 2>have one of the best farm systems in the minor leagues.

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<v Speaker 2>We've talked about it with the off night Dodger Farm Report,

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<v Speaker 2>gave it to you last Thursday. They are loaded at outfield.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's John Hayman earlier today on Petro Some Money. John

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<v Speaker 2>was asked by Matt money Smith about the Dodgers and

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Schoolble and the idea, do you maybe make a

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<v Speaker 2>trade even if just because you want to prevent him

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<v Speaker 2>from going to Milwauk. You listen to what John Hayman

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<v Speaker 2>had to.

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<v Speaker 5>Say, I mean, I think everything is you know, considered.

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<v Speaker 5>I think that's probably not the top consideration, but I

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<v Speaker 5>think everything is considered. I if I'm the Dodgers, I

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<v Speaker 5>make a trade for a prospect for school Bull and

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<v Speaker 5>get it myself, and I want to lock down that

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<v Speaker 5>third World championship. You know, I'm sure they got, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>among the nine, I'm sure probably you know, they probably

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<v Speaker 5>most of them come up and do well as most

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<v Speaker 5>of the Dodger prospects.

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<v Speaker 3>Seem to do. But you know, the championship would be nice.

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<v Speaker 3>So I would just do it for that reason. As

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<v Speaker 3>far as the Tigers go, they're not going to be

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<v Speaker 3>able to resign him, so I think there's still a

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<v Speaker 3>decent chance. And when I say decent, I mean close

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<v Speaker 3>to fifty to fifty chance that they actually trade him,

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<v Speaker 3>whether they think the race or not. Obviously, the manager

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't want that, the players don't want that, but they

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<v Speaker 3>know the front office knows they're not going to be

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<v Speaker 3>able to resign him, so they should be able to

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<v Speaker 3>get a top one hundred prospect and probably two or

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<v Speaker 3>three other prospects for him and set themselves up. They

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<v Speaker 3>also know that they were a seller in twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 3>sending Flaherty to the Dodgers and other guys all around

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<v Speaker 3>the league, and they ended up in the playoffs anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, it's only one guy. It's only one

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<v Speaker 3>guy who can help the Dodgers win a World Series.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not going to help the Tigers win a World Series.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't see how what are they fifty and fifty six?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you know, we've seen the Braves be under

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<v Speaker 3>five hundred in I don't know, with two months to go,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, maybe a half decade ago, and they ended

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<v Speaker 3>up winning the World Series. That's pretty rare. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>if you're fifty and fifty six, you're probably not winning

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<v Speaker 3>the World Series.

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<v Speaker 2>They're fifty and fifty seven as they have now since

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<v Speaker 2>lost since John Hayman was on this radio station a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of hours ago. So yeah, John Hayman agrees, go

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<v Speaker 2>out make the trade if he's on the market in

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<v Speaker 2>Terrek Schouoble. Outside of Terry's Schooble, I'm not buyers. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not out there going and trying to get anybody else

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<v Speaker 2>on this roster for the Dodgers. Because of the players

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<v Speaker 2>you have returning because of the guys coming off the

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<v Speaker 2>injured list beginning tomorrow, with Keith k Hernandez within followed

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<v Speaker 2>by Edwin Diaz, Dodger closer who haven't seen since April.

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<v Speaker 2>We haven't heard those beautiful trumpets being played from the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger bullpen since April. And they're still the best team

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<v Speaker 2>in baseball. But that's besides the point. Now you're adding

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<v Speaker 2>him to the ninth inning or a close situation in

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<v Speaker 2>a game, to go with Tanner Scott, to go with

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Vesia, to go with these guys down to the

0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.040
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers bullpit. Now. I know they had a rough outing

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday in New York, and more on that coming up

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<v Speaker 2>in just a little bit. But here is Freddie Freeman

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday postgame at City Field. He was asked by Dylan

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<v Speaker 2>Hernandez at the California Post about the upcoming trade deadline.

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<v Speaker 2>What about all these guys coming back from injury?

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<v Speaker 6>Nice trade deadline?

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<v Speaker 1>Huh No, it's exciting.

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<v Speaker 6>I know those guys are itching to get back, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>Key k Evan talking to him, Blake's hitching, Edwin's.

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<v Speaker 2>It's awesome.

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<v Speaker 6>That's some really quality reinforcements coming for us and you know,

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<v Speaker 6>we're looking forward to get home and getting them back

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<v Speaker 6>on the team and getting going.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you hear what he said there at the beginning

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<v Speaker 2>nice trade deadline? Yeah? Absolutely, In place of trades, you're

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<v Speaker 2>just getting guys who haven't been with you for a

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<v Speaker 2>while off the injure list. So it's like you're getting

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<v Speaker 2>them in a trade. It's like a new fresh face

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<v Speaker 2>walking into that clubhouse for the first time. It is

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<v Speaker 2>like the reinforcements coming to help out the guys on

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<v Speaker 2>the front lines. Because that's exactly what it is with

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<v Speaker 2>the return of Key k Hernandez. That's exactly what it

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<v Speaker 2>is when you get an Edwin Diaz now at the

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<v Speaker 2>back end of that bullpen with the Dodgers, it's like

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what it is when you get a Blake Snell

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<v Speaker 2>back possibly and ten days to two weeks. Blake Snell

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<v Speaker 2>is going to make a third minor league start on Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 2>and Dave Roberts said, is that want They want him

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<v Speaker 2>to go four innings and build up to about sixty

0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:13.080
<v Speaker 2>pitches after that, he's good to go. So you look

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<v Speaker 2>at the following week when the Dodgers make their next

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<v Speaker 2>road trip, possibly Blake Snell coming back to this Dodgers' rotation. Folks,

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<v Speaker 2>those are better than trade deadline acquisitions, Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 2>A two time Sy Young Award winner, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>best closers in baseball and one of the best clutch

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<v Speaker 2>utility players, Swiss army knives in baseball. All coming back

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<v Speaker 2>in the next two weeks for this Dodgers team, which

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<v Speaker 2>already has a double digit lead, which already has the

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<v Speaker 2>best record in baseball, and which already is the back

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<v Speaker 2>to back defending World Series champions looking for a three peat. Yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>there's no need to go out and make trades and

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<v Speaker 2>give up the farm for any other player out there.

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<v Speaker 2>You tell me right now, Dodger fans at eight six

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<v Speaker 2>six ninety seven two five seventy, outside of Terry Schooble

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<v Speaker 2>a better player, they can go out and get in

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<v Speaker 2>a trade that at Blake Snell at the starting pitching,

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<v Speaker 2>That at Edwin Diaz as a bullpen arm encloser, that

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<v Speaker 2>a Key k Hernandez as a right handed bat, Swiss

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<v Speaker 2>army knife who can play multiple positions. For you all,

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<v Speaker 2>wait and listen. Eight and sixty six ninety seven two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy. Those are three guys right there that are

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<v Speaker 2>better than anybody else out there on other teams at

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<v Speaker 2>the trade deadline, So there's no need to go out

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<v Speaker 2>and make a move.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>On the flip side of this, Katie Wu brought it

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<v Speaker 2>up from the Athletic and it's an interesting point. What

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<v Speaker 2>about guys like Eric Lauer and Alex call Because you're

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<v Speaker 2>getting back Key k Hernandez, and because you're getting back

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<v Speaker 2>Blake Snell and down the road Tyler Glasnaw who just

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<v Speaker 2>threw the hitters on Friday twenty five pitches and is

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<v Speaker 2>looking to expand that in a sim game and then

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<v Speaker 2>go out on a minor league rehab assignment. So with

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<v Speaker 2>that in your back in your mind, Tyler glassnew knock

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<v Speaker 2>on Wood stays healthy and the back doesn't have spasms anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Is a few weeks down the road past Blake Snell.

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<v Speaker 2>That's another arm to this rotation. You've got too many

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<v Speaker 2>starting pitching And I hate to say that because you

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<v Speaker 2>really never have enough starting pitching in baseball because injuries happen, unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're gonna have too many arms here as far

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<v Speaker 2>as starting pitching is concerned, and you have a redundant

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<v Speaker 2>role in Alex Call and Keiky Hernandez, they're basically the

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<v Speaker 2>same player. Utility guys can start, can play multiple positions,

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<v Speaker 2>and bat right handed.

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<v Speaker 1>They're the same guy.

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<v Speaker 2>So Alex Call is expendable. You're not just gonna send

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<v Speaker 2>him down to Triple A. Off the top of my head,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know if he's got anything left as

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<v Speaker 2>far as possibly is it going back to Triple A

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<v Speaker 2>anymore option? Well, that being said, then you look at

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<v Speaker 2>the market in baseball right now at the trade deadline,

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<v Speaker 2>is it crazy to think that Dodgers might actually be

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<v Speaker 2>sellers and not just Eric Lauer but Alex Call. When

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<v Speaker 2>you think about what are some of the big pickups

0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:19.679
<v Speaker 2>teams are looking for. Pitching and depth and death can

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<v Speaker 2>come at any position, catcher, alfield, infield, well, Alex Call

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<v Speaker 2>can play multiple positions for you. So he checks a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of boxes. It's got playoff experience, He's a veteran,

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<v Speaker 2>been in this league now a few years. That is

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<v Speaker 2>somebody that teams could be interested in adding to their

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<v Speaker 2>depth come Octil. Unfortunately, the way the Dodger roster is

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<v Speaker 2>when everybody's healthy, just not enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Room for a.

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Freelan and an Alex Call, Freeland's got to go

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<v Speaker 2>back to Triple A Oklahoma City. But Alex Call, he

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<v Speaker 2>becomes now a trade ship. Eric, with six starting pitchers,

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<v Speaker 2>you've now got a trade ship and you've built them

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<v Speaker 2>up and you've turned a season around that's been great.

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<v Speaker 2>But you can go out and you can get something

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<v Speaker 2>for him. Now, what are the Dodgers going to get

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<v Speaker 2>in return for an Alex Call or an Eric Lawer

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<v Speaker 2>if they were to go out and shop them at

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<v Speaker 2>the trade deadline? Because those are commodities. Now, all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, the Dodgers are a team that teams are

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<v Speaker 2>calling and saying, oh, hey, you know Eric Lauer. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we need a veteran left handed pitcher. We love what

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<v Speaker 2>you did with the guy. You've turned his season around.

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<v Speaker 2>He was not having a good twenty twenty six in Toronto.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers has flipped his season around. He's been great. Ah,

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<v Speaker 2>we might take a flyer on him. What are you

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<v Speaker 2>guys interested in Alex Call? Absolutely, we can use the

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<v Speaker 2>right handed bat off the bench, a guy who can

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<v Speaker 2>play multiple positions and start for us. Say yeah, yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 2>well we're interested in Alex Call. What's it gonna take

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<v Speaker 2>what's it gonna take minor league prospects the Dodgers can

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<v Speaker 2>go out and bolst of their minor league system. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>they're already loaded at outfield. There's no question. Six outfielder's

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<v Speaker 2>in the top one hundred on MLB's Top one hundred list.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need any more outfielders. How about another catcher?

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<v Speaker 2>How about some more starting pitching. Look at the Dodgers'

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<v Speaker 2>top minor league prospects. I'm just gonna give you a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of them. Jackson Ferris, acquired in the Michael Bush

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<v Speaker 2>deal from the Cubs a couple of years ago. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>they got him, added depth to their minor leagues. He's

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<v Speaker 2>a really top, really good prospect, top twenty prospect. James Tims,

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<v Speaker 2>third guest on this show on Off Night Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>James Tims the third was acquired for Dustin May at

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<v Speaker 2>the deadline last year. Okay, all right, you see where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going. River Ryan River. Ryan wasn't drafted by the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>He was drafted by the Padres. Dodgers got him into trade. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Seems like this Dodgers front office and player player development

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<v Speaker 2>knows what they're doing. Drafting and acquired minor league players

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<v Speaker 2>at the minor league level and the major league level.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Mike Sorooda, here's one for you. Mike Sereda.

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<v Speaker 2>Folks wasn't drafted by the Dodgers and developed. He was

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<v Speaker 2>drafted by the Cincinnati Reds and then traded for Gavin Lux,

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<v Speaker 2>so he came over via trade. I just rattled off

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<v Speaker 2>what three of the Dodgers' top twelve prospects were acquired

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<v Speaker 2>via trade and were acquired to bring in his depth

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<v Speaker 2>in the minor leagues. So you can use him then

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<v Speaker 2>to flip in trades at the major league level, or

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<v Speaker 2>you develop and bring them up to the major leagues yourselves.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's different ways of making trades. The Dodgers could

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<v Speaker 2>be sellers and buyers at the trade deadline. They could

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<v Speaker 2>be sellers in adding depth in the minor leagues, and

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<v Speaker 2>they can be buyers in that they can go out

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<v Speaker 2>and get Trek Scouble Again. One player on my whiteboard,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm Dodger front office Andrew Freeman and Brandon Gomes

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<v Speaker 2>in that front office crew, there's one name up there,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's one name only that I'm interested in, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's Terror Schooble. Now on the other side of that

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<v Speaker 2>white white board is Eric Lawer Alex Call, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>taking phone calls on those two guys. That's just my opinion.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy eight

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<v Speaker 2>eight nine eight seven two five seventy. We'll take a

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<v Speaker 2>time out, We'll come back. I gotta line open. We're

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<v Speaker 2>a week away from the Major League Baseball trade deadline

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<v Speaker 2>here on Dodger Talk. What should the Dodgers do? Buyers

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<v Speaker 2>Sellers and his terror Schooble that name Tiger's lost again tonight, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>They're pretty much out of it. There's seven games under

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred. You gotta believe they're gonna sell off Terry

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<v Speaker 2>schoobl to the highest bidder. Will it be the Dodgers?

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<v Speaker 2>Will it be the Brewers? Do you need to prevent

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<v Speaker 2>Milwaukee from getting them? Eight six six nine eighty seven

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy It's off night Dodger Talk. It's good

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<v Speaker 2>to have a double digital lead in the division. It's

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<v Speaker 2>good to be the best team in baseball. Let's talk

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<v Speaker 2>about a week come back here on an FI seventy

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<v Speaker 2>LA Sports Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app off night,

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger talk continues here on this Monday night. They s

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<v Speaker 2>for being with us. Tim Kates with you here until

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<v Speaker 2>the the hour as the Dodgers enjoying a little rests

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<v Speaker 2>and relaxation on this Monday after a nine game, ten

0:24:08.280 --> 0:24:12.120
<v Speaker 2>day road trip that ended yesterday in New York. They're

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<v Speaker 2>back at it tomorrow for the first to three against

0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:17.959
<v Speaker 2>the Seattle Mariners as they start a sixth game a

0:24:17.960 --> 0:24:21.680
<v Speaker 2>home stand. The Dodgers first place atop the ANL West

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<v Speaker 2>and certainly feeling comfortable where they're at right now in

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<v Speaker 2>the standings and head of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>right now currently twelve and a half games up on

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<v Speaker 2>the Snakes, fourteen games up on the San Diego Padres.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm kind of keeping an eye on in the background. Yeah,

0:24:37.520 --> 0:24:39.840
<v Speaker 2>they've won three in a row. Still playing five hundred

0:24:39.880 --> 0:24:42.399
<v Speaker 2>baseball right now. In fact, they're five hundred on the

0:24:42.440 --> 0:24:46.119
<v Speaker 2>season at fifty three and fifty three. But we'll find

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<v Speaker 2>out what they're gonna do. We talk about what the

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<v Speaker 2>Tigers may or may not do with Trek Skouobel. Now

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<v Speaker 2>that they are seven games under five hundred. They are

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<v Speaker 2>not even in contention in the division, and they got

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of teams between them and the Red Sox

0:24:58.840 --> 0:25:02.560
<v Speaker 2>for the second wildcard spot in the American League, So

0:25:02.600 --> 0:25:05.280
<v Speaker 2>their postseason hopes are looking bleak at this point. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>we're one week away from the major league trade deadline

0:25:08.680 --> 0:25:11.800
<v Speaker 2>in baseball, So what teams are gonna do or not do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna start coming into clear pitcher here in the

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<v Speaker 2>next couple of days. And you look at the Padres.

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<v Speaker 2>They're only a game and a half back in the

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<v Speaker 2>wildcard race in the National League. But it's the Padres,

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<v Speaker 2>the Marlins, the Nationals, the Cardinals, the Diamondbacks and Pirates

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<v Speaker 2>all right there with the Phillies and Cubs. So it

0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:32.719
<v Speaker 2>is a logjam of teams fighting for the two wildcard

0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:35.000
<v Speaker 2>spots in their division is and certainly in the NL

0:25:35.040 --> 0:25:38.760
<v Speaker 2>West with the Dodgers just absolutely boat racing teams. The

0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:41.680
<v Speaker 2>only way that Diamondbacks and the Padres will get in

0:25:41.680 --> 0:25:45.280
<v Speaker 2>to the October playoff run is as a wildcard team,

0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:48.040
<v Speaker 2>and both those teams now certainly right there in contention.

0:25:48.160 --> 0:25:50.720
<v Speaker 2>And what are the Padres gonna do with Mason Miller.

0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:53.000
<v Speaker 2>That's gonna be interesting to see. There have been a

0:25:53.040 --> 0:25:55.960
<v Speaker 2>lot of talk last week that if the Padres continue

0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:59.159
<v Speaker 2>where they're at and not in contention, they could go

0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:01.800
<v Speaker 2>out and get a nice lit hole for Mason Miller

0:26:02.200 --> 0:26:03.879
<v Speaker 2>if they made a trade to a team looking for

0:26:03.960 --> 0:26:06.879
<v Speaker 2>a closer at the back end of the bullpen. Now,

0:26:07.119 --> 0:26:09.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if they do that. Now the Padres

0:26:09.760 --> 0:26:12.080
<v Speaker 2>of all of a sudden come back to life and

0:26:12.200 --> 0:26:14.879
<v Speaker 2>showing that they're back in this wildcard race. So this

0:26:14.960 --> 0:26:19.439
<v Speaker 2>is so interesting about this year is how many teams

0:26:19.520 --> 0:26:23.760
<v Speaker 2>are still alive, how many teams realistically are in the

0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:27.359
<v Speaker 2>playoff pitcher. I mean outside the division winners. In the

0:26:27.359 --> 0:26:31.520
<v Speaker 2>American League, you got the Yankees, Red Sox, Guardians, Twins, Mariners, Orioles, Astros,

0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:35.359
<v Speaker 2>and Tigers technically all within four and a half games

0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:37.720
<v Speaker 2>of a wild card spot. That's a lot of room

0:26:37.720 --> 0:26:39.720
<v Speaker 2>though between the Tigers and the two top teams in

0:26:39.760 --> 0:26:42.760
<v Speaker 2>the wildcard spot. Again, they're just not gonna get there.

0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:44.840
<v Speaker 2>As far as the National League wildcard race, you got

0:26:44.880 --> 0:26:47.280
<v Speaker 2>the Cubs and Phillies holding onto the two spots, but

0:26:47.320 --> 0:26:51.960
<v Speaker 2>the Pirates, Diamondbacks, Cardinals, Nationals, Padres, and Marlins all two

0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:56.679
<v Speaker 2>games within a wild card spot. That's a lot of

0:26:56.720 --> 0:26:59.879
<v Speaker 2>teams crunched together there and not a lot of separation.

0:27:00.320 --> 0:27:02.680
<v Speaker 2>All those teams we just mentioned, and the nationally and

0:27:02.680 --> 0:27:05.840
<v Speaker 2>the American League are all looking for help, all looking

0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:09.320
<v Speaker 2>for guys to walk into those clubhouses next Monday night

0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:12.000
<v Speaker 2>or Tuesday after the trade deadline and help out their

0:27:12.040 --> 0:27:16.240
<v Speaker 2>playoff push. And Eric Lower and Alex call they could

0:27:16.320 --> 0:27:18.480
<v Speaker 2>fit right in if the Dodgers are looking to be

0:27:18.520 --> 0:27:21.159
<v Speaker 2>sellers on the flip side. Out of all these teams

0:27:21.160 --> 0:27:25.600
<v Speaker 2>we just mentioned, the Cubs of Phillies, Pirates, Diamondbacks, Cardinals, Nationals, Padres,

0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:29.639
<v Speaker 2>even the Marlins, none of those teams look like I

0:27:29.720 --> 0:27:32.480
<v Speaker 2>mean maybe the Diamondbacks. You can make a case Arizona

0:27:32.520 --> 0:27:34.240
<v Speaker 2>it's got the depth to do it, to go out

0:27:34.240 --> 0:27:37.920
<v Speaker 2>and make a playoff push with a Terrek Scooble. I

0:27:38.000 --> 0:27:41.160
<v Speaker 2>mentioned the Arizona Diamondbacks about him six weeks ago as

0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:42.879
<v Speaker 2>one of the teams I thought could be in the

0:27:42.960 --> 0:27:47.040
<v Speaker 2>Terry Schooble consideration because they're not going to win the division.

0:27:47.119 --> 0:27:51.680
<v Speaker 2>But as a wildcard team, we've seen funnier things happen.

0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:54.240
<v Speaker 2>Twenty twenty three, they went to the World Series based

0:27:54.240 --> 0:27:59.720
<v Speaker 2>the Texas Rangers. It is possible, It is possible that

0:27:59.760 --> 0:28:01.679
<v Speaker 2>they go as a wild card team and make a

0:28:01.720 --> 0:28:03.800
<v Speaker 2>run like they did a couple of years ago, and

0:28:03.880 --> 0:28:06.760
<v Speaker 2>if you added Terry Schooble. Who knows, a lot of

0:28:06.760 --> 0:28:09.919
<v Speaker 2>these teams just don't have the minor league equity to

0:28:10.000 --> 0:28:12.560
<v Speaker 2>go out and pull off a trade. But the team

0:28:12.600 --> 0:28:14.920
<v Speaker 2>like the Dodgers can eight sixty six nine eight seven

0:28:15.000 --> 0:28:17.840
<v Speaker 2>two five seventy. All right, let's go out to the phones.

0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:21.760
<v Speaker 2>Let's go to Eric and first time caller in Los Angeles. Eric,

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Dodger Talk with Tim Katester on this Monday night.

0:28:23.920 --> 0:28:28.399
<v Speaker 7>How you doing, Hey, Tim, thanks for taking my call. Sure,

0:28:28.520 --> 0:28:30.360
<v Speaker 7>and don't due respect.

0:28:30.600 --> 0:28:31.879
<v Speaker 8>I think you got it wrong.

0:28:32.240 --> 0:28:37.000
<v Speaker 9>Okay, there's a there's the something I haven't heard anybody

0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:40.480
<v Speaker 9>talk about. You know, you've got Will Smith with a

0:28:40.560 --> 0:28:46.200
<v Speaker 9>major neck injury. Now she is coming back, not to play.

0:28:46.200 --> 0:28:49.480
<v Speaker 7>Right field or the infield. He's coming back that played catcher.

0:28:50.280 --> 0:28:52.080
<v Speaker 7>He's gonna have to be able to take one hundred

0:28:52.120 --> 0:28:55.320
<v Speaker 7>mile an hour of fastballs off the face mask. That's

0:28:55.360 --> 0:28:57.280
<v Speaker 7>probably how he got injured in the first place.

0:28:58.400 --> 0:28:59.640
<v Speaker 1>I don't know that he can.

0:28:59.560 --> 0:29:02.239
<v Speaker 2>Do that, So you think the Dodgers need catching him?

0:29:02.360 --> 0:29:05.280
<v Speaker 7>Will Smith is coming back as catcher, so you may

0:29:05.360 --> 0:29:06.640
<v Speaker 7>have to take a new position.

0:29:07.000 --> 0:29:09.320
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I don't know where where does he fit? Where

0:29:09.320 --> 0:29:12.200
<v Speaker 2>does he fit into the puzzle this year? Moving positions

0:29:12.320 --> 0:29:14.240
<v Speaker 2>And that's just not going to happen. Eric, You're not

0:29:14.240 --> 0:29:15.240
<v Speaker 2>gonna move a guy.

0:29:15.800 --> 0:29:17.800
<v Speaker 7>I know that he's going to come back as catcher.

0:29:17.880 --> 0:29:20.640
<v Speaker 7>So if I'm gonna move my guys to make a hole,

0:29:21.000 --> 0:29:25.960
<v Speaker 7>it's catcher, it's not pitcher. We are really in need

0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:29.840
<v Speaker 7>of another catcher. And all those Eric Lawers and guys

0:29:29.920 --> 0:29:32.400
<v Speaker 7>like that that you want to move to get somebody,

0:29:33.000 --> 0:29:36.360
<v Speaker 7>get a catcher first, and then worry about the pitching.

0:29:36.400 --> 0:29:37.600
<v Speaker 3>We got pitching, all right.

0:29:37.640 --> 0:29:40.440
<v Speaker 2>I appreciate it, Eric, I'm push back a little bit.

0:29:41.360 --> 0:29:45.040
<v Speaker 2>Catching is a position that the Dodgers, in my mind,

0:29:45.200 --> 0:29:47.520
<v Speaker 2>don't need to go out and get. I just don't

0:29:47.520 --> 0:29:51.360
<v Speaker 2>believe so. Ryan Jeffers from the Minnesota Twins is considered

0:29:51.400 --> 0:29:56.040
<v Speaker 2>the top available catching option on the trade market. The

0:29:56.200 --> 0:29:59.680
<v Speaker 2>Yankees are desperately looking for catching help. And that's just

0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:01.720
<v Speaker 2>the the first team, off the top of my head,

0:30:02.280 --> 0:30:05.400
<v Speaker 2>that's looking for catching help. You could take Shaye Langleers

0:30:05.480 --> 0:30:08.600
<v Speaker 2>out of the equation. He just tores meniscus in his

0:30:08.720 --> 0:30:12.760
<v Speaker 2>right knee, likely ending his season by the way, so

0:30:12.880 --> 0:30:15.800
<v Speaker 2>he is gone. He had been considered one A, one

0:30:15.880 --> 0:30:20.520
<v Speaker 2>B with Ryan Jeffers as far as top catching availabilities

0:30:20.560 --> 0:30:24.680
<v Speaker 2>at the trade deadline. Top catchers. Ryan Jeffers is the guy.

0:30:25.200 --> 0:30:28.640
<v Speaker 2>Hunter Goodman. He's not going anywhere. Colorado would be stupid

0:30:29.360 --> 0:30:32.520
<v Speaker 2>if they traded their thirty plus home run hitting catcher

0:30:32.800 --> 0:30:35.440
<v Speaker 2>and have him under control for the next like forty years.

0:30:36.120 --> 0:30:40.560
<v Speaker 2>That would be anyotic of the Colorado Rockies to trade

0:30:40.800 --> 0:30:43.520
<v Speaker 2>Hunter Goodman. They would have to get so much back

0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:46.120
<v Speaker 2>in return. It'd be more than what you get for

0:30:46.200 --> 0:30:48.600
<v Speaker 2>Terrek Skouble, just because of how much control you have

0:30:48.720 --> 0:30:52.200
<v Speaker 2>over him. So that's not gonna happen. Adleie Rushman of

0:30:52.240 --> 0:30:56.920
<v Speaker 2>the Baltimore Orioles, Tyler Stevenson of the Cincinnati Reds, I

0:30:56.960 --> 0:31:00.280
<v Speaker 2>mean a rental guy getting a little interest out there.

0:31:00.400 --> 0:31:05.239
<v Speaker 2>I mean Tyler Stevenson's a name. Yeah. Maybe, but you

0:31:05.280 --> 0:31:09.640
<v Speaker 2>could live with Dalton Rushing catching going into October. I

0:31:09.680 --> 0:31:12.480
<v Speaker 2>could live with that. I can honestly live with that.

0:31:13.320 --> 0:31:15.320
<v Speaker 2>I don't have a problem. And to have Will Smith

0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:17.959
<v Speaker 2>come back and to say he's gonna change positions, come on,

0:31:18.040 --> 0:31:21.080
<v Speaker 2>he's not. He's a catcher. I mean three years. You

0:31:21.080 --> 0:31:23.360
<v Speaker 2>want to have the conversation about him moving to first base,

0:31:23.560 --> 0:31:26.760
<v Speaker 2>we could have that conversation. We're not having it on July.

0:31:27.320 --> 0:31:30.560
<v Speaker 2>What is today, July twenty seventh. That's just not happening,

0:31:31.320 --> 0:31:34.720
<v Speaker 2>John and Resita, Welcome to Dodger Talk on this off

0:31:34.800 --> 0:31:36.640
<v Speaker 2>night as a Dodger's back at it tomorrow against the

0:31:36.640 --> 0:31:37.320
<v Speaker 2>Seattle Mariners.

0:31:37.320 --> 0:31:40.880
<v Speaker 8>How you doing, John, Hey, Tam, thank you very much

0:31:40.880 --> 0:31:43.800
<v Speaker 8>for taking my call. Sure, I totally agree with you.

0:31:44.400 --> 0:31:46.840
<v Speaker 8>Let's go out and get scoobled, because if you take

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:48.920
<v Speaker 8>a look at a Dodger pitching staff, it's not as

0:31:48.960 --> 0:31:52.800
<v Speaker 8>strong as it looks. You got glass Now and Snell

0:31:52.920 --> 0:31:55.720
<v Speaker 8>which are coming back up injury, which are injury prone

0:31:55.720 --> 0:31:57.560
<v Speaker 8>in the first place, and glass Now will never last

0:31:57.600 --> 0:32:01.320
<v Speaker 8>a full year anyway. Snell has a performed that well.

0:32:01.840 --> 0:32:03.400
<v Speaker 8>Even when he came back a couple of months ago,

0:32:03.440 --> 0:32:04.800
<v Speaker 8>he didn't do that well. After he was on his

0:32:04.840 --> 0:32:07.440
<v Speaker 8>babblehead night he came back and it wasn't any good.

0:32:07.680 --> 0:32:10.520
<v Speaker 8>And then you guys show Hey, which is still undetermined

0:32:10.520 --> 0:32:12.680
<v Speaker 8>about his knee and can he put pressure on that.

0:32:12.680 --> 0:32:16.000
<v Speaker 8>That's three pitchers that are fifty to fifty or less.

0:32:16.440 --> 0:32:18.760
<v Speaker 8>I think we should go out and get Scooble because

0:32:18.800 --> 0:32:20.640
<v Speaker 8>that is the uh, that's what we should do.

0:32:21.040 --> 0:32:22.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm with you, John, and I'm glad you brought

0:32:22.960 --> 0:32:26.840
<v Speaker 2>up show hey Otani, because that is to me a

0:32:26.960 --> 0:32:31.000
<v Speaker 2>serious question mark, because we just don't know. We don't

0:32:31.080 --> 0:32:35.680
<v Speaker 2>know how bad the knee is with him pitching moving forward.

0:32:36.120 --> 0:32:39.320
<v Speaker 2>It's bad enough where they've shut him down pitching and

0:32:39.360 --> 0:32:41.640
<v Speaker 2>he's just throwing bullpens, at least one of them last

0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:45.600
<v Speaker 2>week on the road trip. But outside of him DH

0:32:45.680 --> 0:32:49.160
<v Speaker 2>and every day. Will he be there in September and

0:32:49.240 --> 0:32:53.720
<v Speaker 2>October to start games for the Dodgers. Dave Roberts seemed

0:32:53.720 --> 0:32:59.240
<v Speaker 2>pretty optimistic about it, certainly, but it's a legitimate question.

0:33:00.240 --> 0:33:04.000
<v Speaker 2>And then Blake Snell love him. That's fast as guy

0:33:04.080 --> 0:33:08.400
<v Speaker 2>Snell zilla two times, as he says, Sion Award winner. Certainly,

0:33:09.120 --> 0:33:12.960
<v Speaker 2>but he's made one start and then had the elbow surgery.

0:33:13.080 --> 0:33:16.720
<v Speaker 2>You're assuming, you know, in this fair to assume he's

0:33:16.760 --> 0:33:19.320
<v Speaker 2>coming back healthy and is about as close to one

0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:22.560
<v Speaker 2>hundred percent as possible body wise, he hasn't thrown a

0:33:22.560 --> 0:33:26.760
<v Speaker 2>lot because of the elbow, and elbow wise, we assume

0:33:26.800 --> 0:33:29.720
<v Speaker 2>he's back to normal because he had the procedure done

0:33:29.720 --> 0:33:31.640
<v Speaker 2>to take out the chips in his elbow, and he

0:33:31.680 --> 0:33:34.160
<v Speaker 2>can get full flexibility now and throwing pitches, as he

0:33:34.200 --> 0:33:37.040
<v Speaker 2>alluded to on a pregame conversation with David Vassa a

0:33:37.080 --> 0:33:40.080
<v Speaker 2>couple weeks ago. So we're assuming when he comes back,

0:33:40.320 --> 0:33:43.360
<v Speaker 2>he's gonna be back at that Blake Snell elite level. Again,

0:33:44.080 --> 0:33:49.120
<v Speaker 2>we're assuming that Tyler Glass now fingers crossed that the

0:33:49.160 --> 0:33:54.360
<v Speaker 2>spasms don't act up. But Blake Snell, yes, I'm assuming

0:33:54.360 --> 0:33:58.800
<v Speaker 2>he is healthy. Tyler Glass. Now, I don't know the

0:33:58.920 --> 0:34:01.760
<v Speaker 2>track record show he could come back and be really

0:34:01.800 --> 0:34:04.920
<v Speaker 2>good and reliable, or he may not be there like

0:34:04.960 --> 0:34:06.880
<v Speaker 2>he was a couple of years ago in October for

0:34:06.920 --> 0:34:09.560
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers in twenty four. We don't know which Tyler

0:34:09.600 --> 0:34:12.040
<v Speaker 2>Glass now we're gonna get. It's fair to say that

0:34:12.120 --> 0:34:16.000
<v Speaker 2>it is because of his injury history. And you got

0:34:16.160 --> 0:34:20.439
<v Speaker 2>Justin Robleski, who, folks, I love Justin Robleski. I love

0:34:20.480 --> 0:34:26.160
<v Speaker 2>everything about him, his makeup, his grind, his backstory, his

0:34:26.200 --> 0:34:28.840
<v Speaker 2>fight to the major leagues. This isn't a bonus baby.

0:34:29.200 --> 0:34:31.359
<v Speaker 2>This is a guy who got hurt, went to three

0:34:31.360 --> 0:34:35.239
<v Speaker 2>different colleges. JC in there in the mix at Oklahoma State,

0:34:35.280 --> 0:34:39.000
<v Speaker 2>got hurt, threw out his arm. Comes to the Dodgers.

0:34:39.000 --> 0:34:41.520
<v Speaker 2>They believe in him. Didn't get drafted where he wanted

0:34:41.560 --> 0:34:44.520
<v Speaker 2>to because of the injury, worked his way up to system.

0:34:44.800 --> 0:34:47.800
<v Speaker 2>Still only twenty six, fought his way into the rotation

0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:50.840
<v Speaker 2>this year because of injuries and spring training to Blake Snell,

0:34:51.600 --> 0:34:53.880
<v Speaker 2>and has taken every opportunity and ran with it to

0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:57.399
<v Speaker 2>become an All Star, eleven game winner and an erra

0:34:57.560 --> 0:35:00.319
<v Speaker 2>that's top ten in the National League right now. I

0:35:00.360 --> 0:35:04.080
<v Speaker 2>love everything about Justin Robleski. At the same time, the

0:35:04.200 --> 0:35:06.840
<v Speaker 2>question has been brought up even to Justin Robleski and

0:35:06.960 --> 0:35:09.480
<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts after his last starting in Philadelphia on Tuesday,

0:35:09.640 --> 0:35:12.719
<v Speaker 2>where he pitched into the seventh inning. He's sitting right

0:35:12.760 --> 0:35:17.160
<v Speaker 2>now at over one hundred innings. He's made sixteen starts.

0:35:18.040 --> 0:35:24.880
<v Speaker 2>The numbers don't lie. There's a lot of innings in

0:35:24.960 --> 0:35:29.640
<v Speaker 2>twenty six for Justin Robleski. With that being said, you

0:35:29.760 --> 0:35:33.920
<v Speaker 2>don't want to overwork them. You need them, but you

0:35:33.960 --> 0:35:36.400
<v Speaker 2>also want him for the stretch run in October, don't you.

0:35:37.800 --> 0:35:39.840
<v Speaker 2>So how do you balance that fine line with the

0:35:40.040 --> 0:35:44.279
<v Speaker 2>Justin Robleski whose numbers are getting up there as far

0:35:44.320 --> 0:35:49.240
<v Speaker 2>as innings pitched with us all being said, the uncertainty

0:35:49.280 --> 0:35:52.239
<v Speaker 2>of show Hayes knee which Tyler Glass, now are you

0:35:52.280 --> 0:35:55.560
<v Speaker 2>gonna get? We assume Blake Snell is coming back at

0:35:55.560 --> 0:35:59.680
<v Speaker 2>Blake Snell level, and Justin Robleski love him, but keep

0:35:59.719 --> 0:36:03.239
<v Speaker 2>it on on his innings and his workload. This is

0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:07.680
<v Speaker 2>where Trek'scooble makes all the sense in the world. I mean,

0:36:08.000 --> 0:36:09.600
<v Speaker 2>the more and more I talk about it, the more

0:36:09.640 --> 0:36:11.680
<v Speaker 2>and more I'm sold on it. And not just for

0:36:11.719 --> 0:36:15.319
<v Speaker 2>the reason of blocking him from going to the Milwaukee Brewers. Yes,

0:36:15.480 --> 0:36:21.279
<v Speaker 2>that is a great weapon to have to prevent him

0:36:21.280 --> 0:36:24.560
<v Speaker 2>from going to the Brewers. With all the trade equity

0:36:24.600 --> 0:36:26.640
<v Speaker 2>you have in the minor league systems and what you

0:36:26.680 --> 0:36:30.239
<v Speaker 2>could offer to the Milwaukee Brewers, and if you're excuse me,

0:36:30.360 --> 0:36:33.719
<v Speaker 2>to the Detroit Tigers. If you're the Tigers and you're

0:36:33.760 --> 0:36:36.600
<v Speaker 2>sitting there looking at the Brewers and Dodgers, the asking

0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:38.839
<v Speaker 2>price is going up. It's going up. It's going up,

0:36:39.040 --> 0:36:41.799
<v Speaker 2>and certainly they're going to get the most out of

0:36:41.800 --> 0:36:44.920
<v Speaker 2>a potential Tarik Schooble trade and good for them on that.

0:36:44.920 --> 0:36:48.080
<v Speaker 2>That's the bargaining right they have for having the biggest

0:36:48.160 --> 0:36:51.880
<v Speaker 2>chip right now at the trade deadline again for the Dodgers.

0:36:52.239 --> 0:36:56.520
<v Speaker 2>Keep him out of Milwaukee's rotation for October. And in reality,

0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:59.760
<v Speaker 2>when you look inward on this Dodgers rotation right now

0:37:00.080 --> 0:37:02.960
<v Speaker 2>and moving forward, yeah, there is in need maybe for

0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:06.920
<v Speaker 2>a potential starting pitcher of that caliber to help anchor

0:37:06.960 --> 0:37:09.280
<v Speaker 2>this rotation. Are they in trouble?

0:37:09.560 --> 0:37:09.759
<v Speaker 3>No?

0:37:11.000 --> 0:37:13.840
<v Speaker 2>Is there a serious question about the depth? Not really,

0:37:14.560 --> 0:37:18.840
<v Speaker 2>They'll be okay. Remember it's a six man rotation they're

0:37:18.840 --> 0:37:22.359
<v Speaker 2>currently working with. It's not a five man rotation. It's

0:37:22.400 --> 0:37:26.640
<v Speaker 2>a six man rotation that Dave Roberts is working with.

0:37:26.719 --> 0:37:30.799
<v Speaker 2>That's the luxury that they have. Eight six six nine

0:37:30.880 --> 0:37:32.799
<v Speaker 2>eight seven two five seven. We'll take a time out,

0:37:32.800 --> 0:37:35.759
<v Speaker 2>we'll come back. We'll get to your phone calls. So

0:37:35.800 --> 0:37:37.920
<v Speaker 2>we're here till the top of the hour. We're a

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<v Speaker 2>week away from the trade deadline, and the Tigers are

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<v Speaker 2>falling further and further out of playoff contention. Trek Scooble

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<v Speaker 2>is more and more of a reality as far as

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<v Speaker 2>being traded by next Monday, Will it be the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy your

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<v Speaker 2>phone calls when we come back. It's Off Night Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>you here till the top of the hour. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>being with us wherever you may be on this Monday night.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers back at it tomorrow as they start a three

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<v Speaker 2>game series against the Seattle Mariners on World World Series

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<v Speaker 2>Replica ke Ring Night. So congratulations to all you who

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<v Speaker 2>are getting a World Series rain Tomorrow night out at

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Stadium for the giveaway six game homestand Seattle and

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<v Speaker 2>Boston in town through the weekend. First pitch at seven

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<v Speaker 2>to ten Tomorrow night. We'll have Morongo Casino Dodgers on

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<v Speaker 2>deck beginning at six pm. We are now less than

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<v Speaker 2>seven days away from the trade deadline as it comes

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<v Speaker 2>next Monday afternoon. We mentioned it earlier. The Detroit Tigers

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<v Speaker 2>lost again today. They're now seven games under five hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>They are really not in contention in the American League

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<v Speaker 2>Central and certainly have a lot of teams between them

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<v Speaker 2>and the wild card race in the American League for

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<v Speaker 2>those two top spots. So looking more and more like

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<v Speaker 2>they could be sellers at the trade deadline. Trek Scooble

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<v Speaker 2>the only name I'm interested in right now if I'm

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers to help bolster this starting rotation which we

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<v Speaker 2>went over at last segment from show Heyo Tani's knee

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<v Speaker 2>to the back spasms to Tyler Glass. Now he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to come back here in a few weeks, Blake Snells

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<v Speaker 2>right right there on the horizon, coming back with one

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<v Speaker 2>more start in the minor leagues before he gets ramped

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<v Speaker 2>up and is ready to go to rejoin the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're getting back your closer, Edwin Diaz on Wednesday

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<v Speaker 2>and tomorrow welcome back keyk a Hernandez, who'll be back

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<v Speaker 2>in the Dodgers roster. And we'll see what corresponding moves

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<v Speaker 2>happened tomorrow. Most likely Alex Frielan getting sent to Triple

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<v Speaker 2>A Oklahoma City, but we will see tomorrow afternoon. Aaron

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<v Speaker 2>in Lakantha love it down in Lakenta. Aaron, how hot

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<v Speaker 2>it was it out there today?

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<v Speaker 3>What?

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred and eleven hundred ten?

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<v Speaker 10>Aaron, go ahead, Yeah, So you're spot on with the

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<v Speaker 10>Dodgers starting pitching. Do you want to talk a little

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<v Speaker 10>bit about what we've got in the minor league.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 10>So that's my question to you. I'm curious what kind

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<v Speaker 10>of options that we had here on the farm to

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<v Speaker 10>bring guys up.

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<v Speaker 2>His season, Well, appreciate it, Aaron. There's options in Double A,

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<v Speaker 2>but guys who I don't think are major league ready.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at the Dodgers' top ten prospects and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>just start right there, from hose Way to Paula, Mike Serota,

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<v Speaker 2>Zaier Hope, Christian Zazoweta, who is a right handed pitcher.

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<v Speaker 2>All those names I just mentioned are in Double A.

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<v Speaker 2>Tulsa River. Ryan is the closest to being major league ready.

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<v Speaker 2>For him, it would be again coming back to the

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<v Speaker 2>major leagues. So there there again is another arm that

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<v Speaker 2>didn't you know, didn't get brought up that could help

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<v Speaker 2>out this Dodgers team as far as starting games in

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<v Speaker 2>the second half of this season. James TIB's the third

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<v Speaker 2>just knocking on the door in Triple A Oklahoma City.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to wonder with Tibbs because he's primarily an

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<v Speaker 2>outfielder and can play a little bit of first base. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>logjam in the outfield, but for Tibbs, do you not

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<v Speaker 2>bring him up to the major leagues because you can

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<v Speaker 2>use him in a trade, you don't want to bring

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<v Speaker 2>him up to the major leagues. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if exposed is the right word, but let teams see

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<v Speaker 2>what he can or can't do initially at the big

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<v Speaker 2>league level. I mean, you bring a guy up, and

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<v Speaker 2>you get him up, then all of a sudden, its

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<v Speaker 2>eyes wide open and things are overwhelmed, and he gets exposed.

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<v Speaker 2>That could devalue him as far as a trade. If

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<v Speaker 2>he comes up and all of a sudden he tears

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<v Speaker 2>it apart. You're starting to wonder at my trading this guy,

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<v Speaker 2>and his trade value also goes up. But at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time, if you keep him in triple A, you

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<v Speaker 2>kind of know where he's at right now, power hitting outfielder.

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<v Speaker 2>It's putting up twenty plus home runs. You know where

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<v Speaker 2>you're getting at the trip and a team might want

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<v Speaker 2>to go out and you know, acquire this twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>year old twenty three year old now outfielder and James Tibbs.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's possibly the thinking there, But most of the

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<v Speaker 2>talent for the Dodgers is in double A, so I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's a bigger jump at this point, and they're

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<v Speaker 2>a Dodger team that doesn't need that help. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>not a Dodgers team that's looking to rebuild. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>a Dodger team that you're thinking, Okay, we're gonna throw

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<v Speaker 2>away twenty six. Let's bring up these young pups and

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<v Speaker 2>let's let's show them off and show our fan base

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<v Speaker 2>what the future holds. You're just not an organization, nor

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<v Speaker 2>are you a major league team that is doing that

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<v Speaker 2>right now? All right, Aaron, I appreciate it, Arthur and

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<v Speaker 2>Marina del Rey is next up here on Off Night Dodge.

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<v Speaker 2>How I doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Arthur?

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<v Speaker 8>Thank you?

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<v Speaker 2>Turn your radio down or your Higheart radio off. Turn

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<v Speaker 2>it down to the background, Arthur, watch on your mind tonight.

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<v Speaker 8>I wanted to talk about tim is a pictures about

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<v Speaker 8>the deeds.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you're all you're on the air, Go ahead, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you want to say? Yep, it is me, Arthur.

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<v Speaker 2>Howre you doing?

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<v Speaker 10>You know here there? Earlier said catching? I think that's

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<v Speaker 10>a really that's a weak position. Everything that's the rest,

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<v Speaker 10>it's it's the uh catch.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm having a hard time here in your Arthur. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna put your back on hold. Actually we lost you there.

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<v Speaker 2>Your phone was kind of cutting in it out there. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>but you brought up the catching spot that one of

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<v Speaker 2>our previous callers brought up. I just don't think when

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<v Speaker 2>you look at how many teams are out there trying

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<v Speaker 2>to better their rosters, if you're going to make a

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<v Speaker 2>move for the Dodgers. To me, it's Terry scouble. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not out there thinking catching that's where I need. Unless

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<v Speaker 2>they know something about Will Smith that we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>that he's not coming back in twenty six And I

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<v Speaker 2>have no clue. I have no idea. I'm just saying

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<v Speaker 2>maybe that's the case. But I'm okay with Dalton Rushing.

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<v Speaker 2>With that being said, if Dalton Rush is might everyday

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<v Speaker 2>catch in October, I'll followed that. Isabelle Isabelle and Anaheim.

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<v Speaker 2>Our final call the night on Off Night Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>is he How are you?

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<v Speaker 10>I'm good, I'm good.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I do agree.

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<v Speaker 7>With David, But then I always agree with David. Gave

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<v Speaker 7>me Catching.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, and it's now always you know, it's now always

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<v Speaker 2>gave me TV day.

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<v Speaker 1>They did pay you on the scoop board.

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<v Speaker 7>They will win the championship.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys, no but it puts them in a better situation.

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<v Speaker 2>It puts them even a better situation than they're at

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<v Speaker 2>right now. That's what I look at it is. You're

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<v Speaker 2>already the you know, front runners, You're already the number

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<v Speaker 2>one team everybody's trying to knock off. ESPN's got a

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<v Speaker 2>whole article about how do you get better as teams

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<v Speaker 2>trying to contend with against the Dodgers in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>You are the team people are chasing and for the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 2>Terry Schooble is a guy. Outside of that, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>making a trade, all right. Thanks to Michelle, Thanks to

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<v Speaker 2>you Dodger fans for being a part of the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for podcasting as well. Well, that's gonna do it

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<v Speaker 2>for off night Dodger Talk. We're back at it tomorrow.

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