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Speaker 1: David Vasse with you until eight o'clock tonight here on
Speaker 1: AM five to seventy LA Sports and we have a
Speaker 1: great show for you tonight. We have two really cool
Speaker 1: guests on the show. Mike Sarota from Double A, Tulsa,
Speaker 1: who's going to participate in the Futures Game, is going
Speaker 1: to join us tonight coming up in fifteen minutes and
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the hour, we're going to be
Speaker 1: joined by Dodgers third base coach Dino Eble because he
Speaker 1: has a lot going on here this weekend.
Speaker 3: Before the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Even get to Philadelphia for the All Star Game, Dino
Speaker 1: is going to be part of Dave Roberts' coaching staff.
Speaker 1: He's going to be in the coaches box at third
Speaker 1: base for the Midsummer Classic. But before all that, Dino
Speaker 1: has another sun that is eligible for this year's draft
Speaker 1: that's happening Saturday. The Major League Baseball Amateur Draft is
Speaker 1: happening Saturday morning, and Dino Eble's youngest son, Trey Ebel,
Speaker 1: has skyrocketed as far as the rankings go and has
Speaker 1: a very good chance of being drafted in the first
Speaker 1: round of Saturday's amateur drafts. So he's going to be
Speaker 1: with his son Trey on Saturday morning and then head
Speaker 1: to Dodgers Stadium for the game on Saturday night, as
Speaker 1: the Dodgers will be taken on the Arizona Diamondbacks and
Speaker 1: Tomorrow night, our coverage begins at six o'clock with first
Speaker 1: pitch at seven to ten between the Dodgers and Snakes,
Speaker 1: and Sho Hao Tani is going to be on the mound.
Speaker 1: So we got Mike Sarota coming up. We got Dino
Speaker 1: Evil on the show as well, and I am going
Speaker 1: to ask Dino, since no Dodger players are going to
Speaker 1: participate in the home Run Derby, would he be open
Speaker 1: to doing what he did last year and throwing to
Speaker 1: a non Dodger if they asked him. Because Kyle Schwarburn
Speaker 1: the swing off, they needed somebody to throw and it
Speaker 1: was Dino that got selected. So I know that Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts wouldn't have a problem if none of the Dodger
Speaker 1: players are going to participate.
Speaker 3: And that's the case.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, Max Munsey Show, HEO, Tani Andy
Speaker 1: pa has have all decided that they are not going
Speaker 1: to participate in this year's Home Run Derby. And you
Speaker 1: can understand why. I mean, the Dodgers have bigger goals
Speaker 1: in mind than just winning the home Run Derby. It
Speaker 1: would be great to see Bryce Harper participate in the
Speaker 1: Home Run Derby in Philly.
Speaker 3: I love Bryce Harper.
Speaker 1: I love his edge, I love how much he has
Speaker 1: invested in the city that he decided to sign a
Speaker 1: long term contract with. And he's everything the Phillies have
Speaker 1: been about. He's the face of the franchise, and I
Speaker 1: wouldn't be opposed to a Schoreber versus Harper.
Speaker 3: You know, face off in the home run derby.
Speaker 1: So that's I'm not anti everybody else that's not a Dodger.
Speaker 1: I like the way Bryce Harper plays the game. I
Speaker 1: like that he's invested in the city and embrace the
Speaker 1: fact that he is the highest paid player on that team,
Speaker 1: and that he signed a long term contract and he's
Speaker 1: been true to his word.
Speaker 3: So we'll see how it plays out.
Speaker 1: So Mike Sioda coming up in fifteen minutes, Dino Ebol
Speaker 1: coming up at the.
Speaker 3: Bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers are coming off a successful first leg of
Speaker 1: this homestand a ten game homestand going into the All
Speaker 1: Star Break taking three out of four from the Padres,
Speaker 1: taking two out of three from the Rockies, including last night,
Speaker 1: where it looked a little dicey early on. It might
Speaker 1: have been the Dodgers needing to make a late run
Speaker 1: to score more than just four runs to win that game,
Speaker 1: but Roki Sasaki really settled down after he got into
Speaker 1: that second and third nobody out jam in the fourth inning,
Speaker 1: and Mookie Betts came up with a great at bat,
Speaker 1: nine pitch at bat with two strikes to drive in
Speaker 1: Tommy Edmond. Which brings me to what I really wanted
Speaker 1: to talk about tonight, and we talked about it on
Speaker 1: the show yesterday. But the reality is the Dodgers, as
Speaker 1: great as their offense has been and they are the
Speaker 1: best in baseball, they still haven't found a guy that
Speaker 1: is found a home hitting behind Shoho Tani in that
Speaker 1: two spot. As we stand tonight, the Dodgers' number two hitters,
Speaker 1: whether it's Tucker Freeman, Mookie Betts, Andy Paz, and last
Speaker 1: night Tommy Edman, are hitting a combined two twenty one
Speaker 1: with a two ninety five on base percentage and only
Speaker 1: slugging three thirty three. We're talking about Freddy Freeman, Mooki, Bets,
Speaker 1: Andy Pahz, Kyle Tucker, and look, there's all individual reasons
Speaker 1: why they have not succeeded. Early on in that spot,
Speaker 1: Mooki and Freddy got off to a slow start. Tucker
Speaker 1: was never comfortable there. But Andy Paz, he's not your
Speaker 1: prototypical number two hitter.
Speaker 3: It just doesn't seem like he's the guy.
Speaker 1: Paz in thirty seven games, one hundred and fifty four
Speaker 1: at bats as the Dodgers' number two hitter is sitting
Speaker 1: two forty with only five home runs, and you're like,
Speaker 1: all right, bet average now doesn't matter.
Speaker 3: You always reference Ops.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, Ops, it's above league average at seven forty six.
Speaker 1: But he's a much better hitter for the Dodgers hitting
Speaker 1: down in the order, which brings me to Tommy Edmund.
Speaker 1: Tommy Edman is so valuable for the Dodgers and you
Speaker 1: can put him anywhere in that lineup and he's not
Speaker 1: going to change, and that's why he's the perfect number
Speaker 1: two hitter for the Dodgers. And he could be a
Speaker 1: switch hitter. He is a switch hitter right left. You
Speaker 1: need a guy behind Otani that can hit lefties because
Speaker 1: you know, forget about the starting pitcher. But later in
Speaker 1: the game when they start to bring in the matchups
Speaker 1: with lefty relievers, you need a guy in between Otani
Speaker 1: and Freeman that could hit lefties because you're going to
Speaker 1: see a high leverage lefty reliever come into the game
Speaker 1: andenter Tommy Edman, who's a switch hitter who has a
Speaker 1: lot more power from the right side and is a
Speaker 1: really good hitter from the right side. And from the
Speaker 1: left side, and he's off to a tremendous start, and
Speaker 1: he saw it last night. He was two for four,
Speaker 1: he scored the Dodgers' first run, he was the one
Speaker 1: that scored the go ahead run on Mooki's go ahead
Speaker 1: base it. He had three straight singles, all three of
Speaker 1: those guys, by the way, with two strikes. So that's
Speaker 1: that's my solution right now for Tommy Yedman to be
Speaker 1: the Dodgers' number two hitter. Now, as we get closer
Speaker 1: to August third and on off day shows, we have
Speaker 1: a lot of time to not just dissect that night's game,
Speaker 1: but also, you know, the bigger picture for the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: and the bigger picture as we get closer to August
Speaker 1: third is the trade deadline. I've said this before. The
Speaker 1: Dodgers do not need trek skouble.
Speaker 3: But if the.
Speaker 1: Price is not going to be that high in prospect capital,
Speaker 1: of course the Dodgers are going to be in the
Speaker 1: conversation they have. They match up better with the Tigers
Speaker 1: than any other team this side of the Yankees. No
Speaker 1: other team matches up better with the Tigers to give
Speaker 1: them what they would be looking for in a Trek
Speaker 1: Scooble trade, So let's just put that right there. But
Speaker 1: with Blake Snell coming back, Tyler Glass now a little
Speaker 1: bit behind him, do the Dodgers really need a Trek
Speaker 1: Scooble by emptying out the farm system. I would prefer
Speaker 1: them to go out and get another high leverage reliever,
Speaker 1: which I don't know if they will. Their bullpen looks
Speaker 1: really good now with Scott Phillips vesia Enriquez, and you're
Speaker 1: talking about Brock Stewart against Righty's. You're going to get
Speaker 1: Blake Trinan back, and you're going to get Edwin Diaz back.
Speaker 1: So you're gonna have Diaz and Scott at the back
Speaker 1: of your bullpen.
Speaker 3: But if you got one more reliever, that would be
Speaker 3: shortening the game by a lot.
Speaker 1: And I also think the Dodgers need another catcher. They
Speaker 1: need a third catcher. We're seeing you know, Dalton rushing
Speaker 1: playing the line share of things. You don't want to
Speaker 1: run him into the ground. And look, you're hopeful Will
Speaker 1: Smith is coming back. I believe that he will come back,
Speaker 1: but you always need that insurance policy. So a catcher,
Speaker 1: another reliever would be right there with me. As far
Speaker 1: as the Trek Scooble trade talks, and I don't.
Speaker 3: Even know if the Tigers are going to trade them.
Speaker 3: Who knows what that GM is going to do. All Right, we're.
Speaker 1: Gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When
Speaker 1: we continue, we'll be joined by one of those talented
Speaker 1: young outfielders the Dodgers have that so many want. Mike Serota,
Speaker 1: who'll be playing in the Futures Game with jose Way
Speaker 1: Depaula on Sunday in Philadelphia, will join us next right
Speaker 1: here on Dodger Talk on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 3: Welcome back to Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: David Vasse with you until eight o'clock tonight here on
Speaker 1: AM five to seventy LA Sports. And it's not very
Speaker 1: often that I bring on part of the Dodger farm
Speaker 1: system on the show because I want to give them
Speaker 1: their space to develop, to grow, and I'm a big
Speaker 1: believer that they're under the microscope a little too much
Speaker 1: as they're trying to develop into big league players. But
Speaker 1: there's times when you need to celebrate these players, and
Speaker 1: that time is now because as we get closer to
Speaker 1: the All Star Game next week. The festivities begin this
Speaker 1: Sunday with the Futures Game, and two Dodger outfield prospects
Speaker 1: have been selected to participate in the game on Sunday,
Speaker 1: Hoswaye Depaula, and our guest right now from DOUBLEA Tulsa,
Speaker 1: the Tulsa Drillers, Mike Soota. Mike, thanks a lot for
Speaker 1: the time. Appreciate it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you for having me so.
Speaker 1: Mike, this is a great honor of recognition of your season.
Speaker 1: I know it's not the All Star Game, but it's
Speaker 1: essentially the All Star Game for minor league players. So
Speaker 1: what was your reaction when you found out they wanted
Speaker 1: you to play.
Speaker 5: I was just extremely grateful for the opportunity. Not very
Speaker 5: many minor leaguers get to do this, So when I
Speaker 5: first heard the news, I was ecstatic. You know, obviously
Speaker 5: it's a huge opportunity and I'm just grateful for it.
Speaker 1: Who broke the news to you? How do you find
Speaker 1: out you're playing in the Futures Game?
Speaker 5: I actually went in my manager, Coach Wedge. I went
Speaker 5: in there and he broke the news to me and
Speaker 5: Hosway Eric.
Speaker 3: Wedge is still your manager at Tulsa. Yeah, he is.
Speaker 1: And what kind of manager is he? I mean, he's
Speaker 1: been through it. He's managed some really good teams in
Speaker 1: the major league. So what's he like as a minor
Speaker 1: league manager?
Speaker 5: You know, he's just the best. I mean, his baseball
Speaker 5: knowledge is just off the charts. I learned new things
Speaker 5: from him every day, just whether it's about on the
Speaker 5: base paths with in the batter's box. You know, it's
Speaker 5: just great to have a guy like that teaching you
Speaker 5: about the game and whatnot.
Speaker 1: Does it make a difference to your ears kind of
Speaker 1: focus a little bit more when you have a manager
Speaker 1: that managed some of the best players in the big
Speaker 1: leagues and has the experience of what it takes to
Speaker 1: not only get there, but to stay there.
Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 5: I mean having someone like that sort of mentor me
Speaker 5: this year, it's just awesome to have.
Speaker 1: Mike Saroda is our guest. He is having a phenomenal
Speaker 1: season at Tulsa.
Speaker 3: Mike, you got to know this about me. I know
Speaker 3: the rules.
Speaker 1: I'm not bringing up any stats or anything like that,
Speaker 1: so you're safe right here.
Speaker 4: Okay, all right, sounds good, but.
Speaker 1: I know you're having a great year and it's your
Speaker 1: first full season and the Dodger organization after being acquired
Speaker 1: from the Reds and that Gavin Lux trade. What's it
Speaker 1: been like to be part of this organization and how
Speaker 1: have they brought the best.
Speaker 3: Out of you?
Speaker 4: This organization is just next level.
Speaker 5: I mean the resources that you have to talk to,
Speaker 5: whether it's the staff at the affiliates or spring training,
Speaker 5: it's just next level. And the amount of information that
Speaker 5: you get and the knowledge that that these these people have,
Speaker 5: it's just next level and it's great to have.
Speaker 1: What are some of the tools that you're talking about.
Speaker 1: Is it the stuff UF that we hear about in
Speaker 1: spring training and in at Dodger Stadium as far as
Speaker 1: VR and just the information? What is it about the
Speaker 1: minor league system that helps guys develop?
Speaker 5: I think it's more so the kind of like approach
Speaker 5: based things that our hitting coaches have and the information
Speaker 5: that's relayed to us about just breaking down our approach
Speaker 5: and what we're thinking in the box and kind of
Speaker 5: like critical thinking about what we're doing up there. And
Speaker 5: that's kind of the key to I think what's helped
Speaker 5: me the most with the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: You're a great guy.
Speaker 1: To ask this question too, because you hear some of
Speaker 1: the old school players say that guys are striking out
Speaker 1: way too much. There's an over emphasis on slugging, not
Speaker 1: just putting.
Speaker 3: The ball in play.
Speaker 1: What is being taught in the organization and what's your
Speaker 1: philosophy on all that.
Speaker 5: When I'm in the batter's box, I'm really just trying
Speaker 5: to find a good pitch to hit and I'm okay
Speaker 5: with taking a strike. That's kind of my philosophy. But
Speaker 5: I mean, it varies throughout the organization with each player.
Speaker 5: I mean, the Dodgers are special because each player is
Speaker 5: very different, and not very many organizations are like that.
Speaker 5: A lot of organizations is kind of like the same
Speaker 5: archetype of player I feel like, so it's pretty unique
Speaker 5: to have an organization. It just varies between the players.
Speaker 5: But for me, I'm just looking for my pitch to
Speaker 5: hit and I'm going to do my best to not
Speaker 5: strike out.
Speaker 1: Mike Siota is our guest right now. He's in Double
Speaker 1: A Tulsa. On Sunday, he'll be playing in the Futures
Speaker 1: Game in Philadelphia. Mike, I heard that from James Tibbs
Speaker 1: in spring training. Obviously, he's been with a couple of
Speaker 1: different organizations, and he has a great perspective on what
Speaker 1: separates the Dodgers. But the one thing that really stood
Speaker 1: out to me is something that you just mentioned. How
Speaker 1: they allow you guys to be yourselves and they don't
Speaker 1: try to put you into this cookie cutter formula that
Speaker 1: doesn't fit everybody.
Speaker 4: They do a really good with that.
Speaker 5: I mean, obviously, like there are things that some of
Speaker 5: our developmental like coaches will tell us, but for the
Speaker 5: most part, they kind of they kind of let you
Speaker 5: be your own coach.
Speaker 4: If that makes sense.
Speaker 1: Yes, that's the best way to go, right. Do you
Speaker 1: feel like you're I know you're young and you're still
Speaker 1: developing into a big league player, but do you feel
Speaker 1: at this stage of your career you're starting to become
Speaker 1: your best hitting coach?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I think that's definitely true.
Speaker 5: I mean, no one really knows your body, no one
Speaker 5: knows your mind like you do, so it's kind of
Speaker 5: up to you.
Speaker 4: At the end of the day to sort of figure
Speaker 4: that stuff out.
Speaker 1: Mike, We've heard about so many of the great outfielders
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, sabat double A, at triple A. What is
Speaker 1: the relationship between you and Depaula Zay your Hope. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's so many great young outfielders that you guys are
Speaker 1: playing together, but in some ways competing against each other.
Speaker 1: What's the dynamic there?
Speaker 5: I don't think, uh, we don't really view it much
Speaker 5: of a competition as much as we try and learn
Speaker 5: from each other. I think we all do different things
Speaker 5: really well, and we're always asking each other questions, whether
Speaker 5: it's in the outfield or in the batter's box. And
Speaker 5: it's just great to be surrounded by people like that
Speaker 5: that you can learn from, whether it's off the field stuff,
Speaker 5: on the field stuff.
Speaker 4: So it's just great.
Speaker 1: Is that your hope still bench pressing like five hundred
Speaker 1: pounds every day?
Speaker 4: Yeah, probably probably a little more than that.
Speaker 3: Who do you roommate with?
Speaker 4: Tulsa Roque Gutierrez. He's a pitcher from Mexico.
Speaker 3: And how's that going. Is he a good roommate?
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's great, He's awesome. A bit of a language barrier,
Speaker 5: but we're we're getting used to it.
Speaker 1: Are you starting to learn some Spanish at least pretty good?
Speaker 3: Your Spanish is pretty good, well, not.
Speaker 4: Not amazing, but it's it's pretty good.
Speaker 3: That's great to hear. I know people don't realize.
Speaker 1: I mean, even in this day and age, you guys
Speaker 1: really have to scratch and claw to try to figure
Speaker 1: out the living situation in these minor league cities.
Speaker 5: Yeah, especially when you're moving up levels, you're kind of
Speaker 5: getting different guys and you're getting acclimated to him.
Speaker 4: So it's it's pretty cool.
Speaker 1: Can I ask you about host Wade Depaula. You guys
Speaker 1: are going to be in Philly together. We've heard so
Speaker 1: much about him as well. What's he like as a teammate.
Speaker 5: He's very relaxed, very focused, very funny. He's a funny
Speaker 5: guy on the field. He's kind of the same guy
Speaker 5: on the field as he is off the field. Just
Speaker 5: very relaxed, focused guy, you know, knows what he needs
Speaker 5: to do, hard worker, just all the he checks all
Speaker 5: the boxes.
Speaker 1: He's very much into yoga. Have you gotten into hot
Speaker 1: yoga with him?
Speaker 4: I have not.
Speaker 5: He invited me, but I declined. Maybe next off season though.
Speaker 1: Okay sounds good. Okay, Before I let you go, Mike
Speaker 1: Sarota is our guest. He's going to be in the
Speaker 1: Futures game in Philadelphia on Sunday. How much are you
Speaker 1: going to allow yourself to take it all in, Mike,
Speaker 1: because you're going to be there before the All Stars arrived.
Speaker 1: But you're a feel the atmosphere there in Philly. When
Speaker 1: do you get to Philly? And how long are you
Speaker 1: allowed to stay in Philly? Are they kicking you out
Speaker 1: when guys like Freddie Freeman show up?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think they're kicking us out, honestly, but no,
Speaker 4: I'm kidding. But we leave.
Speaker 5: Saturday and then the game I believe is Sunday, right,
Speaker 5: and I think they have the hotel booked until Monday.
Speaker 5: So but in terms of the atmosphere, I really don't
Speaker 5: know what to expect from it. I've never done anything
Speaker 5: like this before, so I don't know what to prepare for.
Speaker 5: But it's definitely going to be an experience and I'm
Speaker 5: excited for it.
Speaker 1: I'm not a big leaguer, Mike, but I've been traveling
Speaker 1: with the Dodgers for the last fifteen years and the
Speaker 1: Philly cheese steaks in the visiting clubhouse is legendary. I
Speaker 1: don't know if the chef is going to be serving
Speaker 1: them up for the Futures game, but if he is,
Speaker 1: you have to try one of those Philly cheese steaks
Speaker 1: in the visiting clubhouse.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going to try for sure. It's one of
Speaker 5: my favorite foods. So just broke the news to me.
Speaker 3: All right. There you go, you and DePaul Joy.
Speaker 1: One time I was I was challenged to eat one
Speaker 1: of them in less than a minute, and I wasn't
Speaker 1: able to accomplish that feat. But maybe you can try
Speaker 1: to challenge one of your teammates.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I'll try that. Maybe Depot will get
Speaker 4: it to Paula.
Speaker 3: Yeah, let's do it. I could see him being able
Speaker 3: to take it down. Yeah.
Speaker 4: He's a big guy, so I've seen him meet a
Speaker 4: little bit in the clubhouse.
Speaker 1: All right, My congratulations on a great start to the year. Congratulations.
Speaker 1: I'm being selected to the Futures Game and can't wait
Speaker 1: to see you at Dodger Stadium very soon. And you
Speaker 1: know I did see you hit a home run on
Speaker 1: the backfields this spring training in one of the Double
Speaker 1: A Games. But we never met, we've never met. This
Speaker 1: is our first introduction. So great to have you on
Speaker 1: the show and look forward to meeting you in person
Speaker 1: one day.
Speaker 4: Forward to meeting you too. Thank you for having me
Speaker 4: all right.
Speaker 3: Great to have Mike Sirota on the show.
Speaker 1: Keep an eye out for how he does at the
Speaker 1: Futures Game this Sunday in Philadelphia. And speaking of the
Speaker 1: All Star Game, let's keep the theme going because we
Speaker 1: had a chance to catch up with ten time All
Speaker 1: Star Freddie Freeman, who will be making his sixth start
Speaker 1: at first base for the National League. It'll be the
Speaker 1: fifth time he is representing the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: He keeps their heads.
Speaker 1: Ringing every year, and he's making the All Star team
Speaker 1: again the tenth time in his major league career. Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman is going to be representing the National League fifth
Speaker 1: time with the Dodgers, sixth time a starter, and rightfully so,
Speaker 1: a great ambassador for the game as well as being
Speaker 1: one of the great players this game has ever seen. Freddie,
Speaker 1: thank you for the time. Sorry for making you uncomfortable.
Speaker 1: You certainly did, but I appreciate those words. Yeah, ten times,
Speaker 1: pretty special, looking forward to it. You don't listen to
Speaker 1: the show, so I'm gonna fill you in on what
Speaker 1: I'm calling you these days. Frisky Freddie, the fountain of youth.
Speaker 1: Those legs I found it, Freddy.
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I feel good.
Speaker 3: I do.
Speaker 6: Trying to stop the age curve. We got a couple
Speaker 6: of guys on our team, Max making the All Star
Speaker 6: Game at thirty five plus years old. So you know,
Speaker 6: all you can do is just try and stay healthy,
Speaker 6: keep your body in shape, and we're doing a good
Speaker 6: job of that right now.
Speaker 1: Freddie, I don't think people appreciate the fact how much
Speaker 1: pain and limitations you were playing through last year. Is
Speaker 1: this the best you've moved in a while because of
Speaker 1: the lower half being healthy.
Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely pre surgery.
Speaker 3: For sure.
Speaker 6: Last year was a grind. You know, I was taking
Speaker 6: my ankle all the way up until probably August. Just
Speaker 6: I was in a you know, really confined to not
Speaker 6: being able to move at first base. There's just a
Speaker 6: lot of limitations I had last year. I mean, I
Speaker 6: still feel like I put out some decent numbers last year.
Speaker 6: But this year it's, you know, I can stick to
Speaker 6: my routine. I don't have to worry about getting in
Speaker 6: the training room for hours and on end just to
Speaker 6: get on the baseball field. It's definitely a freeing feeling,
Speaker 6: and you know, it's obviously showing I can stay on
Speaker 6: the field. Doc's not worrying about having to sit me
Speaker 6: and take my get off my feet and just like
Speaker 6: right now, we're in the span of thirteen games in
Speaker 6: a roun and I'm probably gonna play all thirteen. So
Speaker 6: I don't think that would have happened last year. And
Speaker 6: but yeah, probably pre sarved you. This is the bet
Speaker 6: best I felt.
Speaker 1: How long would you have to get into the training room?
Speaker 1: What time would you have to get to the stadium
Speaker 1: for a seven to ten game.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'd probably have to get there at like twelve
Speaker 6: thirty and then it'd take probably two and a half
Speaker 6: hours for me to get on the field. And that
Speaker 6: was just last year when I first heard it. You
Speaker 6: guys know, I was probably in the training room for
Speaker 6: about five hours trying to get on the field in
Speaker 6: twenty twenty four playoffs.
Speaker 3: So now I.
Speaker 6: Could just kind of show up and just get myself
Speaker 6: ready for the games, which is nice. But yeah, a
Speaker 6: lot of work and a lot of thanks to the
Speaker 6: training staff, so much time and effort. I know, you
Speaker 6: guys just see me, but so much work goes behind
Speaker 6: the scenes of getting us onto the field. So Bernard Lee,
Speaker 6: Thomas Alott, there's so many guys that helped me get
Speaker 6: on the field last year and kept me on the field,
Speaker 6: so big credit to them.
Speaker 1: Freddie, speaking of gratitude, from what I saw in the
Speaker 1: video I heard yesterday, when Dave Roberts was going through
Speaker 1: the announcements of All Stars, you stopped it and said, hey,
Speaker 1: we got to thank the coaches because the coaches have
Speaker 1: helped us all get better.
Speaker 6: Yeah, and that's one of the special things. Obviously, when
Speaker 6: you make it to the World Series, the coaching staff
Speaker 6: and the manager gets to be the Ulcar game manager
Speaker 6: the next year, and coaching staff. So like I just
Speaker 6: said about our training staff there. I mean, you see
Speaker 6: right now as we're doing this interview, you have Edmund
Speaker 6: is about to do Live and Blakes now, and you
Speaker 6: see seven different coaches out there working and training staff watching,
Speaker 6: and there's just so many people behind the scenes that
Speaker 6: make this engine to run.
Speaker 7: You know.
Speaker 6: It really is a true team effort around here, and
Speaker 6: I just wanted to, you know, make sure we stopped
Speaker 6: and thank Doc and their staff because I know everyone
Speaker 6: comes to see the players, but there are so many
Speaker 6: people that help us get on the field and get
Speaker 6: it make us be better at this game, and just
Speaker 6: wanted to make sure we organize them as well.
Speaker 1: Freddy, you're one of those players that really stand out
Speaker 1: to me, that really embraces and understands what it means
Speaker 1: to be an All Star.
Speaker 3: You want to be there, you want to be part
Speaker 3: of everything.
Speaker 1: Where does that come from to really appreciate still at
Speaker 1: this stage of your career ten years being an All
Speaker 1: start to love it and treat it the way you
Speaker 1: did your first year.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I always say, maybe it's just kind
Speaker 6: of how we came up seventeen years ago. Coming up
Speaker 6: in the big leagues is a little different than coming
Speaker 6: up now.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 6: When you get voted in by either your peers, the fans,
Speaker 6: the league, whoever votes you in, it's truly an honor
Speaker 6: and you never know when it could be your first,
Speaker 6: it could be your last, it could be you just
Speaker 6: don't know if that's the last All Star Game that
Speaker 6: you'll ever go to. So I always try and appreciate
Speaker 6: those moments. It's such hard work that goes into it
Speaker 6: to make an All Star Game, so I like to
Speaker 6: show up and be there. And it also for me,
Speaker 6: it creates memories with my family and those little things
Speaker 6: that are special because you know, unfortunately I am coming
Speaker 6: toward the end of my career. Hopefully it's a few
Speaker 6: more years down the road, but it's just those little
Speaker 6: moments and little memories that will have forever. And this
Speaker 6: game has given so much to me, so the least
Speaker 6: I can do is, you know, give it, give myself
Speaker 6: back to the game when it calls me to do so.
Speaker 1: Does Freddie Freeman allow himself to appreciate the moments more
Speaker 1: now than he did even five years ago?
Speaker 3: That's the thing.
Speaker 6: It's as you get older, and I've been blessed to
Speaker 6: play this game about seventeen years now in the big leagues,
Speaker 6: and as I've gotten older, you start appreciating because you
Speaker 6: know it's going to be coming to the end.
Speaker 3: It never will Freddy stop saying that.
Speaker 2: No.
Speaker 6: I mean you can counted on one hand now of
Speaker 6: the years that I'm going to play left. So yeah,
Speaker 6: it's I'm trying to force myself to stop and take
Speaker 6: a second and you know, take in the little things.
Speaker 6: It's you know, like we're here in July fifth and
Speaker 6: it's an absolutely gorgeous day and you see the green
Speaker 6: grass in these seats and it's special. So you just
Speaker 6: as you get older, you take it in and realize
Speaker 6: that all the hard work that you've done since, you know,
Speaker 6: since I was four or five years old and playing
Speaker 6: and loving this game, and to be recognized as.
Speaker 3: One of the game's best.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I take it in and trying for a second,
Speaker 6: you know, realize how hard it is to do this
Speaker 6: game and to accomplish and have success, and you know,
Speaker 6: we're doing a great job so far trying to take
Speaker 6: in those little moments. I guess that's just comes with age.
Speaker 3: Freddie Freeman is our guest before I let you go.
Speaker 1: Obviously a lot of great videos of Charlie meeting the
Speaker 1: All Stars. You got the two little boys, you got
Speaker 1: your baby girl coming with you to Philadelphia. Is there
Speaker 1: any players that Charlie has latched onto that he wants
Speaker 1: to meet with? The National League All Stars? Have the
Speaker 1: little boys start to latch onto other players?
Speaker 6: So we're really into opening baseball cards now they're all
Speaker 6: three boys have their own binders. Charlie has them by teams.
Speaker 6: He came yesterday and he started getting the Dodger teams.
Speaker 6: I think obviously he loves Show Hey, so he's gonna
Speaker 6: get all the show Show Hay card signed. But I
Speaker 6: think it's Jacob Mezerowski He's really wanting to get his
Speaker 6: Jacob Mezerowski cards signed.
Speaker 3: So I'll try and.
Speaker 6: Make that wish come true in a week or so.
Speaker 6: But they're just you know, Charlie loves everything about it.
Speaker 6: He's already talking about getting all his cards signed, getting
Speaker 6: his hat signed. He's oh, he has his King Griffy
Speaker 6: Junior card and he wants because last year King Griffy
Speaker 6: signed his hat, so he wants to get his card
Speaker 6: signed this year. So those are the kind of cool
Speaker 6: things that I love. And it helps him come out
Speaker 6: of his shell, you know, like as a nine year
Speaker 6: old to be forced to go up to Satan and
Speaker 6: then say, Hi, Ken, can I please get your autograph?
Speaker 6: It's it's fun for me to see the joy in
Speaker 6: his face to have to go up and do that
Speaker 6: kind of stuff and him branch out and show his personality.
Speaker 6: So I'm gonna have a blaster in Home Run Derby
Speaker 6: because all three boys will be down there getting autographs,
Speaker 6: running around. So it's gonna be a good time.
Speaker 1: It's like the theme of Toy Story five. Stop looking
Speaker 1: at the iPad, have some social interaction.
Speaker 6: Pretty much, and it's a good force, you know, force
Speaker 6: him to get some autographs and just like yesterday he
Speaker 6: was going to just say, hey, can I have your
Speaker 6: autograph to Paul Gervais because he pulled one of Paul's
Speaker 6: cards and I said, no, you have to say hi, Paul,
Speaker 6: can I please? And he was like, no, I can
Speaker 6: just I said no, Charlie, I won't let you ask
Speaker 6: him unless you say his first name. So I just
Speaker 6: it's a little teaching thing, and make sure you look
Speaker 6: him in the eyes and you know we're making him
Speaker 6: grow as a nine year old.
Speaker 1: Freddie, thanks a lot for the time. Congratulations zom being
Speaker 1: named a starter.
Speaker 3: You deserve it.
Speaker 1: That just shows you how much the fans still love
Speaker 1: and appreciate everything you do, what you represent, and we
Speaker 1: can't wait to see you in the City of Brotherly Love.
Speaker 3: I can't wait.
Speaker 6: Thank you David very much, Thank you fans for voting
Speaker 6: for me.
Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman the epitome of a professional.
Speaker 3: It's going to be a great time for him.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a great time for his family
Speaker 1: and his kids, or at least his boys now are
Speaker 1: starting to get to the age where they'll remember these
Speaker 1: moments with dad at the All Star Game, so certainly
Speaker 1: going to be an exciting time for Freddie Freeman and
Speaker 1: everybody that's part of the Dodgers that'll be out there
Speaker 1: representing them in the National League. Dugal, all right, when
Speaker 1: we continue on Dodger Talk until eight o'clock, the man
Speaker 1: that has the magic BP arm, that is Dino Ebel,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers third base coach, will join us. Will he
Speaker 1: be throwing BP to anybody in the home run derby?
Speaker 1: We'll find out next when we continue right here on
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Speaker 3: Welcome back to Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: David Vasse with you until eight o'clock tonight here on
Speaker 1: AM five to seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers will be
Speaker 1: back in action tomorrow night against the Arizona Diamondbacks to
Speaker 1: close out the first half of the season, and they'll
Speaker 1: have the best third base coach in that coaching box
Speaker 1: every single night on the way to the three peete,
Speaker 1: and that is the one and only Dino Ebel. Dino,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time. I always appreciate it.
Speaker 8: Oh, thank you, David.
Speaker 7: It's always great being on your show, and thank you
Speaker 7: for those props.
Speaker 8: And try to do my best every night.
Speaker 1: Hey, you learn from the best, right Joemalfatano, Mike Soshia,
Speaker 1: and now Dino Eble's the guy paying it forward.
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know what they You're right.
Speaker 7: Back in the day, those guys took me the side,
Speaker 7: and you know, there was a bunch of us that
Speaker 7: wanted to learn. And now when the younger coaches are
Speaker 7: coming spring training, you know, now I'm there for them.
Speaker 7: So yeah, I'm you just passed along the experience and
Speaker 7: that's what I like doing.
Speaker 1: I can't leave Ron Rennicky out of that conversation. What's
Speaker 1: it like to have him still as a resource every
Speaker 1: day at the ballpark?
Speaker 8: Oh, it's great.
Speaker 7: You know him and I go back a long time
Speaker 7: ago ninety five. I was his first base coach in
Speaker 7: the col League when we won the col League championship,
Speaker 7: and then we were together in the Angels and now
Speaker 7: back with the Dodgers.
Speaker 8: So having him here.
Speaker 7: Daily it's always a help. We pick each other's brains,
Speaker 7: always learning. He's managed, and he's he's been through it.
Speaker 7: World Series champion as a player, coach and manager. So
Speaker 7: the more often that he's here, the better I like it.
Speaker 1: Do you feel in some ways that you carry on
Speaker 1: the legacy of guys like Ron Rennicky, Joel Malfatano, Mike Sooshia,
Speaker 1: and of course the number one godfather, Tommy la Sorda.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like you're that guy?
Speaker 3: Now?
Speaker 8: Well, you know that's a great question.
Speaker 7: I you know, I don't think that way, but I
Speaker 7: know there's a lot of young coaches that come through,
Speaker 7: and you know, they come ask for advice, and that's
Speaker 7: what I used to do when those guys were around.
Speaker 7: So I'm just willing to give back what I was
Speaker 7: taught in this organization from day one. And Tommy was
Speaker 7: a big supporter of mine. Joel Mafatano, like you mentioned
Speaker 7: with soci and Ron, Mickey Hatcher, Alfredo Griffin, those guys
Speaker 7: were all Dodgers and you know they taught me that
Speaker 7: and uh and I just I'm here. I'm blessed to
Speaker 7: be in a position that I'm at, and I'm willing
Speaker 7: to give to continue on the legacy at third base coach.
Speaker 1: Full disclosure here, Dino Reggie Smith is top of mind
Speaker 1: because my son is attending his baseball camp this week
Speaker 1: and he was telling me stories about when he was
Speaker 1: the field coordinator with the Dodgers and you were in
Speaker 1: the minor leagues. He actually helped Mike Piazza not quit
Speaker 1: from baseball a couple of different times. Do you remember
Speaker 1: Reggie Smith when he was the field coordinator and you
Speaker 1: were in the minor leagues.
Speaker 7: Absolutely, and I was coaching and he would come in,
Speaker 7: and I was on that team with Piazza and ninety
Speaker 7: and Vero Beach. When Mike left for a few days,
Speaker 7: Reggie and Tommy came in and they brought Michael back.
Speaker 7: But absolutely, Reggie is a big supporter of mine. I
Speaker 7: love Reggie Smith. He taught me a lot. True Dodger.
Speaker 7: He taught me how the Dodger Way is and continue
Speaker 7: that Dodger Blue with Lessorda and the names we mentioned.
Speaker 7: But Reggie Smith is one of my guys that I
Speaker 7: looked to and when he comes around, I'm always talking
Speaker 7: baseball with him.
Speaker 8: So yes, I remember like it was yesterday.
Speaker 1: What a resource he is now and has been for
Speaker 1: the last twenty years. And then Sino, what was he
Speaker 1: approachable back then? I know he was a tough guy
Speaker 1: as a player, but what was he like as the
Speaker 1: hethey of the minor leagues.
Speaker 7: He definitely had presence, and we all heard the stories,
Speaker 7: and I grew up as a Dodger fan and watching
Speaker 7: them on TV. Played hard, and I remember hearing stories
Speaker 7: with Vince Scully that he went into stands and he
Speaker 7: would fight guys and he was the first one in
Speaker 7: the in the dogpile in the middle of the field
Speaker 7: when there was a fight. But you know, he changed
Speaker 7: he guys that came up with him, and when he
Speaker 7: became the field coordinator, he was on the other side.
Speaker 7: So he remembered those days as a player. That's what
Speaker 7: he taught us. To be tough every day, go out
Speaker 7: and play every day, be a Dodger, and on the
Speaker 7: other side of it, on the field coordinating and the
Speaker 7: farm director's side of it.
Speaker 8: He adjusted very well.
Speaker 7: But when he walked through those doors in the minor leagues,
Speaker 7: you knew Reggie Smith was in town to kill it.
Speaker 1: Dino Ebel, Dodger's third base coach, is our guest. You know,
Speaker 1: sometimes I wonder, as far as Andrew Friedman goes, who's
Speaker 1: the next Andrew Friedman? And then you take a step back.
Speaker 1: He's already helped train some of the best, and Matt
Speaker 1: Arnold and Eric Neander for dino Ebel is there, are
Speaker 1: there the next dino Ebles like you were the next
Speaker 1: Joe im Offatano and Ron Rennicky.
Speaker 3: Well, I hope. So.
Speaker 7: I mean there's some good coaches now in our minor
Speaker 7: league system and I see coaches now that come up
Speaker 7: and a lot of energy, a lot of signs that
Speaker 7: going on. You got to pay attention to detail, and
Speaker 7: you know the biggest thing is you know, knowing the outfields,
Speaker 7: arms and the grass, the way it's cut, does a
Speaker 7: ball snake and situation in the game. Joe Joey used
Speaker 7: to tell us the scoreboard will dictate if you're aggressive,
Speaker 7: if you're not aggressive, who's on deck, who's in the hole.
Speaker 7: Is the manager gonna pinch it? So I know all
Speaker 7: those moves before it happens. And yes, I feel like
Speaker 7: there's some upcoming coaches in our system that every time
Speaker 7: we talk baseball, we go we go on the minor
Speaker 7: league side.
Speaker 8: Myself and Ron.
Speaker 7: Rennicky there there at seven thirty morning, and a big
Speaker 7: supporter there too is John Shoemaker who's been in the
Speaker 7: orgation for many many years. He's the captain and he
Speaker 7: gets all those young managers out there to learn how
Speaker 7: to coach third base.
Speaker 1: When we talk about coaches, we automatically assume coaching players.
Speaker 1: But how important is it in spring training for Denuebel
Speaker 1: and Ron Renicky and John Schumacher to coach the coaches?
Speaker 7: Well, it's the same, you know, you just you just
Speaker 7: go out there and you be you, and you know,
Speaker 7: everybody has a different style of coaching. Everybody has a
Speaker 7: different style of playing. It's our job as coaches to
Speaker 7: recognize that what they're good at and what they need
Speaker 7: work at. So as a coach, I watch when you know,
Speaker 7: when I'm on the bench and I'm watching other third
Speaker 7: base coaches and the balls hit, I watch what they do.
Speaker 7: And then at the end of the day or after
Speaker 7: the game, when you're talking shopping in the clubhouse, you
Speaker 7: try to throw out some nuggets out there, like when
Speaker 7: the ball was hit here, what would you do here?
Speaker 7: And I saw you do this. That's where I try
Speaker 7: to help the coaches in. You know, some coaches might
Speaker 7: like it. Some coaches don't want to hear it. That's fine,
Speaker 7: as part of the part of the system is the
Speaker 7: way they want to you know, think that's fine with me.
Speaker 7: I have no ego, but the ones that do want
Speaker 7: to know. I'm all I'm all in by sharing my advice.
Speaker 1: Hey, if I'm a coach, if I'm a player, if
Speaker 1: there's one guy that I'm listening to in spring training,
Speaker 1: not only is it Dave Roberts, but it's Dino Ebel,
Speaker 1: Dodgers third base coach who has experienced coached managed a
Speaker 1: lot of games.
Speaker 3: And Dino, you're a great.
Speaker 1: Guy to ask this question too, because after games I
Speaker 1: get a lot of questions about safety squeezes and just
Speaker 1: executing that play, not just from the batter's standpoint, but
Speaker 1: also the runner at third base. The Dodgers are known
Speaker 1: first and third less than two outs. Dave Roberts loves
Speaker 1: that play. What is it about the play that is
Speaker 1: called the safety squeeze that makes it successful when the
Speaker 1: bunt isn't perfect.
Speaker 8: Well, that's a great question.
Speaker 7: And I think as a as a manager, you have
Speaker 7: to know your personnel. And when Dave and when I
Speaker 7: was with Mike Soshia, we did He was very aggressive
Speaker 7: on doing that, and I think the managers know which
Speaker 7: guys are good at it, which guys aren't. It comes
Speaker 7: there's a big part of it too, David, that who's pitching.
Speaker 7: Is he a great athlete? Does he fill this position?
Speaker 7: What kind of you know sink does he have? Is
Speaker 7: he ninety seven with nasty sink? Some manager will say
Speaker 7: it's hard to bunch, so they won't put the player
Speaker 7: in that position. But we got players on this team
Speaker 7: that Doc has a great feel for. They expect the
Speaker 7: bunt the first and third, especially if it's close in
Speaker 7: the game.
Speaker 8: It's an RBI situation. It's a sacrifice.
Speaker 7: It doesn't go against your average if you're looking at
Speaker 7: your average.
Speaker 8: It's a team at bat.
Speaker 7: That's what I like about, you know, Dave Roberts and
Speaker 7: Mike Soshi, the players that they put it on with.
Speaker 7: It's called a team at bat, and those guys know
Speaker 7: who they are.
Speaker 8: We read flag him in spring training.
Speaker 7: We practice it and as a base runner, it's an
Speaker 7: art there too, because.
Speaker 8: The timing of it. You can't go until you see
Speaker 8: the ball down.
Speaker 7: You know, again, we would like to see the ball
Speaker 7: hit the bunt to the first basement, but you know,
Speaker 7: sometimes you see the ball down, you got to go.
Speaker 8: So that's coachable. During the game.
Speaker 7: Like last night with Dalton and rushing, I was trying
Speaker 7: to get him off the base get a nice momentum.
Speaker 7: See the ball down, go Dalton, did it perfect? Now sometimes,
Speaker 7: like you said, the execution's not there.
Speaker 8: That's fine.
Speaker 7: But what happens is the next team that comes in,
Speaker 7: they put it in their advance report, and now Mickey
Speaker 7: Roe or Freeland might be a guy that comes up
Speaker 7: first and third. Dave gives them the green light to
Speaker 7: swing the bat and they get a fastball right down
Speaker 7: the middle of the plate and they hit a double on.
Speaker 8: Now it's a big inning.
Speaker 7: So that's why it's very, very high for me to
Speaker 7: use in a game with those players, because you set
Speaker 7: up other moments in a game that could happen down
Speaker 7: the road.
Speaker 1: They call it the safety squeeze because the runner at
Speaker 1: third doesn't have to go. That's a suicide squeeze. What
Speaker 1: would force the runner to go back to third base?
Speaker 1: What would precipitate that If it's.
Speaker 7: A bad bund, if it's a hard bunt back to
Speaker 7: the pitcher, the guy on third base has enough time
Speaker 7: to slam on the brakes and get back. There's not
Speaker 7: too many pitchers in the league. We'll catch a ball
Speaker 7: check the third and throw it at third because they
Speaker 7: want to get the out. They got to get it out.
Speaker 7: So yeah, if it's a hard bun now last night's bun,
Speaker 7: and previously that when we were thrown out the play,
Speaker 7: it's a good bunt last night. You know, starting pitcher
Speaker 7: got off the mound great. So you got to give
Speaker 7: them credit once in a while that they make a
Speaker 7: good play. But usually when it's a bad one balls
Speaker 7: in the air, you come back too. If it's a
Speaker 7: hard bump back to the picture, you can read it,
Speaker 7: come back and then they throw it first. We got
Speaker 7: second and third, still two outside runners in scoring position.
Speaker 3: On the flip side.
Speaker 1: Miguel Rojas told me that if you do bunt it
Speaker 1: to first base, it's almost impossible to defend. But I remember,
Speaker 1: you know, when you were with the Angels, Adrian Gonzalez
Speaker 1: and Carlos Pane of the Rays were the two best
Speaker 1: first basemen to crash and spoil that play. What does
Speaker 1: it take to spoil it?
Speaker 7: It's the crash of the timing. When the pitcher and
Speaker 7: the first basemen are on time. The first baseman will
Speaker 7: leave early and the pitcher throws to the plate. So
Speaker 7: the batter, I mean, the runner at first base can't
Speaker 7: steal second. Now back in the day when I was
Speaker 7: in the minor league system, we ran a play where
Speaker 7: the first baseman would charge one hard step in and
Speaker 7: go back and we'd run a pick play if we
Speaker 7: knew the suit the safety weez is on.
Speaker 8: Now that puts it in his head that they might
Speaker 8: do it again.
Speaker 7: The first baseman now charges, the guy doesn't steal second,
Speaker 7: he bunts the ball. We got the first basement in
Speaker 7: his face and we get the out of the plate.
Speaker 7: So there's ways to defend it. But that is, like
Speaker 7: Rojas said, that is like a very very hard, difficult
Speaker 7: play to defend if it's run correctly.
Speaker 3: Do you remember those two guys doing it really well?
Speaker 8: And Rizzo with the Cubs would charge in two.
Speaker 7: Those three guys were outstanding at it, and you have
Speaker 7: to practice it. That's where you're to get the team
Speaker 7: in spring training. Back then there was more lot of
Speaker 7: small ball play with Bunny and squeeze, suicide hit and runs.
Speaker 8: Today's game is the long ball to slug.
Speaker 7: But yes, the players that you identify that are those guys.
Speaker 8: We got to practice that play where we can try to.
Speaker 7: Get that first basement off the bag cheat and if
Speaker 7: he has a hard bunt to first base.
Speaker 8: We got to play it to play.
Speaker 1: Class is in session with Dino Ebel. It's an exciting
Speaker 1: time for the Ebel family again. Not only is Dino
Speaker 1: going to be on Dave Roberts' coaching staff for the
Speaker 1: National League, but also his younger son, Trey Ebel, is
Speaker 1: eligible for the amateur draft coming up this weekend. Trey,
Speaker 1: his stock has risen coming out of Corona. He's a
Speaker 1: first round pick. How exciting again is this, Dina?
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's great again. It's Trey.
Speaker 7: I call him Trey Way, and it's Trey Way's Day.
Speaker 7: And we're don't have the family there this year. I
Speaker 7: don't have to miss a game. Last year we were
Speaker 7: with in San Francisco. But it starts early Saturday morning,
Speaker 7: ten thirty, So hopefully his name's called early and then
Speaker 7: I can get back in a car and be here
Speaker 7: for that game that night. But yeah, Trey's excited. He's
Speaker 7: worked extremely hard. He watched his brother go through it
Speaker 7: last year, and I can't wait till Saturday and see
Speaker 7: the journey that he has. And again he's committed to
Speaker 7: Texas A and M, so he's in a good spot
Speaker 7: no matter what happens.
Speaker 1: Oh well, Dina's one of the best scouts out there too.
Speaker 1: So if you had to give us a scout and
Speaker 1: report on Trey way Ebel, what would it be.
Speaker 8: Well plus defender, plus arm. He's got back to ball skills.
Speaker 7: He doesn't swing and miss, he controls his own. The
Speaker 7: strength now is starting to add up. He's seventeen and
Speaker 7: a half years old. He's got some serious thunder. He
Speaker 7: got with you know, Bryce Terrang, this personal trainer, Keith
Speaker 7: Corey from Corona, and he's extremely just explosive. Now he's
Speaker 7: changed his career in the last four to five months.
Speaker 7: And yeah, I again take the dad out of it.
Speaker 7: I'm just a coach here. He's going to be an
Speaker 7: exciting player to watch and one day you'll see him
Speaker 7: playing in the major leagues.
Speaker 1: How much was Bratty's experience helpful to him and what
Speaker 1: to expect this time around on Saturday.
Speaker 7: Really really helpful and it helped Trey, And Trey admits
Speaker 7: it that, you know, the lights came on when he
Speaker 7: went through it last year with his brother and saw
Speaker 7: how the process when he was in the room when
Speaker 7: Joel Wolf, you know, his agent was calling a Keith
Speaker 7: Brady updated on the picks, and I brought Trey in
Speaker 7: there thinking maybe next year he's going to go through this,
Speaker 7: so I wanted him to get that experience. And now
Speaker 7: he's excited. He's starting to get a little anxious. You know,
Speaker 7: it's kind of like the dead period. I know it's Saturday,
Speaker 7: but it seems like it's a month away. But yeah,
Speaker 7: he's he's ready to go. He's ready to make that
Speaker 7: next step if he does decide, he gets drapped signs
Speaker 7: and go start his career.
Speaker 3: Hey, random question for you.
Speaker 1: I was listening to XEM Baseball channel and they were
Speaker 1: saying that the Pirates and the Rockies have the most
Speaker 1: pool money in the draft, and the Rockies with Kyle
Speaker 1: Carros already on their team, have three picks in the
Speaker 1: first thirty five. So maybe he joins Eric Carros's son.
Speaker 8: Yeah, that would be pretty cool.
Speaker 7: I mean, e Ka and I came up together in
Speaker 7: the minor leagues. We were on the same team.
Speaker 8: Together, and we see each other here daily.
Speaker 7: So yeah, you know what, it's great to see the
Speaker 7: young kids when you see them when they're just growing up.
Speaker 7: Like you know, you look out there in the outfield
Speaker 7: and you see Mickey Rose son and Freddie Freeman's son,
Speaker 7: and you know those guys one day are gonna get
Speaker 7: the chance to play in a big league field.
Speaker 8: So they're born in the game.
Speaker 7: They've learned from the best of the best. To this day,
Speaker 7: there's no ego with Dino Evil. I said, the best
Speaker 7: coaches for my two sons were the players, because they're
Speaker 7: in the cage. They take grounders with them. They're with
Speaker 7: them constantly when they're here, so they're always picking the players'
Speaker 7: brains and they're learning from the elite players.
Speaker 1: Deno Ebel's been very gracious with his time. I got
Speaker 1: to ask you this, Dino. Last year. You were throwing
Speaker 1: to Kyle Schwarber in the swing off of last year's
Speaker 1: home Run Derby. No Dodgers are going to participate this year,
Speaker 1: so everybody knows you're the best BP thrower out there
Speaker 1: for the home run Derby. If a player on another
Speaker 1: team asked you to throw to them, would you be
Speaker 1: open to that now that no Dodgers are participating.
Speaker 7: I'm always I've always said long as there's if somebody
Speaker 7: ever asked me on another team wanted me to throw
Speaker 7: and there was nobody on my team, which is the
Speaker 7: Dodgers that are not participating. Like you said, I'm in
Speaker 7: because I'm there. I think one, it's a challenge for
Speaker 7: me personally to face a guy that you know you
Speaker 7: don't throw to very often.
Speaker 8: I got a chance to throw to swarbur in a WBC.
Speaker 7: So if anybody calls and, uh, you know, they want
Speaker 7: me to throw for them on Monday night in Philadelphia,
Speaker 7: I'll be there waiting for him.
Speaker 3: Hey, I never thought about that.
Speaker 1: Some of these guys from other teams got a taste
Speaker 1: of the Dino Ebel BP in the World Baseball Classics,
Speaker 1: so they know what it's all about.
Speaker 8: Absolutely.
Speaker 7: So if one of those guys call, then I'll let you.
Speaker 7: You'll be the first to know, David. Whoever calls, you'll
Speaker 7: be the first to announce it.
Speaker 3: Oh, I love it.
Speaker 1: Dino Ebel has been our guest. He'll be in the
Speaker 1: coaches box for Dave Roberts in Philadelphia. He'll be in
Speaker 1: the draft room in the Ebel House and Rancho Cucamonga
Speaker 1: on Saturday. Now, do you get cell reception at your house?
Speaker 7: Dono in Rancho knew you were gonna come up with
Speaker 7: something like that.
Speaker 8: We do, David.
Speaker 7: It's only forty three miles from your it's a great
Speaker 7: town or city of Rancho. And uh yeah we do
Speaker 7: get TV, we get sales service, so all good.
Speaker 8: Yeah we're gonna be We're gonna be in the draft rope.
Speaker 3: All right. Well, if you need to come to civilization,
Speaker 3: let me know.
Speaker 8: I will you get on me all the time about Rancho,
Speaker 8: and I love It's all good.
Speaker 1: Hey, Dino, we love you. The Dodgers are very lucky
Speaker 1: to have you back in the organization. I know how
Speaker 1: much Dave Roberts values what you do in that third
Speaker 1: base third base coaches box, because that's the hot box.
Speaker 1: There's no yellow light. As you always tell me, it's
Speaker 1: red or green.
Speaker 7: That's right, there's no no yellow. It's always red or green.
Speaker 7: And you know you have to have thick skin, David.
Speaker 7: I told you this many many years ago. We're like umpires.
Speaker 7: When a mumpire makes a bad call or makes the
Speaker 7: wrong call at the bases, they're getting booed.
Speaker 8: And the same as a third base coach.
Speaker 7: If you know we're not perfect, you send a guy,
Speaker 7: they make a good throw, he's out. They're gonna boot me,
Speaker 7: which that's perfectly fine.
Speaker 8: I'll take the heat and.
Speaker 7: I'm good to go on the next place, so always
Speaker 7: ready to score another another run when the chances are there.
Speaker 1: You're doing something right, Dino, because you're highly regarded in
Speaker 1: this game. And congratulations to Treble and also Brady who's
Speaker 1: having a great start to his professional career with the Brewers.
Speaker 1: And obviously Dad had a lot to do with that.
Speaker 1: So thank you for the time. And it's great to
Speaker 1: have a real Dodger you and Dave Roberts part of
Speaker 1: this coaching staff.
Speaker 8: Thank you so much.
Speaker 7: Dave always appreciate you, and I always listen to your show.
Speaker 7: You do a great job going home at night, and
Speaker 7: I listen to our fans, So I'm asking the fans
Speaker 7: keep bringing those hard questions to David Bassay, He'll give
Speaker 7: you the straight answer.
Speaker 8: I love it.
Speaker 3: Hey, it's a long drive back to Rancho. He listens
Speaker 3: to the whole show.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I pull in the driveway and the show's not
Speaker 7: even over with yet, so it's pretty cool.
Speaker 3: Thanks Tino. I have a great weekend.
Speaker 1: I know it's exciting for you the family, and we
Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia.
Speaker 8: Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: There he is back to back World Series champion third
Speaker 1: base coach Dino Ebel, who is obviously in an exciting
Speaker 1: time for himself, his family, especially his son Trey Eble,
Speaker 1: who is going to be drafted on Saturday morning before
Speaker 1: he gets to the stadium. So congratulations to Trey Ebel.
Speaker 1: And Brady Ebel, who was drafted by the Brewers last year,
Speaker 1: is just raking in his first professional season. So they
Speaker 1: had the DNA, the pedigree, and obviously the Baseball IQ.
Speaker 1: And yeah, Trey Ebel is going to be drafted in
Speaker 1: the first thirty five picks of Saturday's drafts, So congratulations
Speaker 1: to Trey Ebel. And you never know whether or not
Speaker 1: Dino will be throwing BP in the home run derby
Speaker 1: to somebody that is not wearing a Dodger uniform if
Speaker 1: he gets asked. As he said, he has gotten clearance
Speaker 1: from the Dodger players and for manager Dave Roberts that
Speaker 1: he's okay to throw BP to a guy on another
Speaker 1: team for the home run derby. All right, that'll do
Speaker 1: it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks for joining
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Speaker 1: tomorrow night as the Dodgers close out the pre All
Speaker 1: Star Break schedule. Against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Our coverage begins
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