WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (8-18-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:03.160 The quest for the three peat has begne. 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:07.280 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:12.000 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:13.200 the fifth. 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:15.800 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:18.000 Here we go again. We're going running back. 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.280 To get in on the show called eight six six, 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.159 not eighty seven two five seven, and be sure to 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:26.200 follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.440 Here's your host, David Vasse. 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:38.960 Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Corsfield. After 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:42.920 the Dodgers defeat the Rockies by a final score of 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.720 seven to six. We have phone lines open at eight 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:50.760 sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. I would 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:56.000 hope this has satisfied the masses tonight, the Dodgers scoring 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:59.840 what eighteen runs in the last two games at cor 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.760 I know it's the Rockies, I know it's coors Field, 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:07.680 But considering the way the Dodger offense has been going 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:11.880 the last six weeks, it's refreshing to see them have 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:15.720 nights like last night, and have nights to a certain 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:19.360 extent like tonight, even though they were just three for 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:21.400 twelve with runners in scoring position. 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.039 That's something they have to correct. 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:28.119 You can't just be swinging for the fences and trying 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:30.920 to get that slug. You have to be aware of 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:36.120 the situational what's going on, the situational hitting. You've got 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.959 to be aware of that. And maybe my favorite example 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.959 of that tonight was in the first inning with Freddie 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:46.600 Freeman at first base, Andy Pajez, the number three hitter, 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:49.960 up behind him with one out. It was a full count, 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:54.960 and Dave Roberts put Freddie Freeman in motion. Remember the 0:01:55.000 --> 0:02:00.480 Dodgers lead Major League Baseball in the most grounded into 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:04.800 double plays this season, so putting Freeman in motion in 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.280 a full count with one out allowed the Dodgers to 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:12.040 score their first run. If Dave Roberts doesn't put Freeman 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.600 in motion and Pa Haz doesn't get a base hit, 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:19.000 you're looking at a scoreless first inning. So kudos to 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.400 Dave Roberts who put Freeman in motion in that first inning. 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.880 Kudos to show Heyo Tani who hit his thirtieth home 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:30.200 run of the year. Kudos to Taoscar Hernandez who has 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:34.920 been struggling struggling moightily to have a double and a 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.680 triple tonight to drive in a run and score twice. 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.919 It was great to see that smile on Tao's face 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:45.160 again because before the game he was not happy, Tao. 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:50.400 He was actually very upset and sad Tao because of 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.640 the way he's been hitting. So those things are good, 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:58.000 and also the fact that Kyle Tucker had something positive 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:02.799 happened tonight. In the fourth, Tommy Edmund doubles and Kyle 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:07.400 Tucker doubles down inside the first baseline to right field 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.960 and then scores on ti Oscar Hernandez is double. So 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:15.440 whatever whatever it was, it was positive. I'm not going 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:19.040 to say an eighty five mile an hour exit velocity 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:24.079 chopper down inside the first baseline is the hit that's 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:27.880 going to change tucker season. But it's been a long 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:31.840 time since something positive happened for Tucker, and in fact, 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:33.880 it's been a long time since he had a hit. 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.920 Coming into tonight, he was oh for his last twenty 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:42.920 four So at least something good happened for Kyle Tucker 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:46.920 tonight and hopefully he can build on that tomorrow. Eight 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.040 six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:54.080 phone number. Also good news for the Dodgers, the Twins 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.320 beat the Braves tonight four to one. So the Dodgers 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.600 right now have a game lead on at Atlanta for 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:04.600 the second seed in the National League postseason picture. The 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:09.080 Brewers blew out the Mariners twenty two to nothing. 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:10.160 That's right. 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:16.000 The Brewers beat Jerry Depoto's poorly constructed Mariners twenty two 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:20.560 to nothing. That's incredible. But yeah, the Brewers won their 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:22.880 third in a row and they beat Seattle twenty two 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.400 to nothing. They are the number one seed the best 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.760 record in baseball, while the Dodgers have the second best 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.320 record in baseball and Atlanta right there as well, So 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:36.120 there's no disputing the National League is the better of 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:39.800 the two leagues this season. Eight six six nine, seven 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:43.120 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.039 right now to the manager's office to hear from Dave 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:49.000 Roberts on Sports at LA Day. 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.799 First, just how is Hunter feeling and how was he doing? 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:56.400 You know, I think we're just trying to hydrate him. 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:59.960 He's got this stomach bug or food poisoning something like that. 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.040 You know, he was scuffling all game, and so finally 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.320 he went as long as he could go, obviously, and 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.280 he'll be down tomorrow, but he gave us a great effort. 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.680 When you look at this offensive performance, it seemed like 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:17.359 last night it was the top of the order that 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:19.760 was kind of bunching the hits, and then tonight you 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:23.080 have the bottom of the order, Kyle, Ta, Oscar, Tommy, 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.599 all three of those guys getting something going. What does 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:27.960 that do just as you're looking for the collective to 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:29.440 really kind of get back to themselves. 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:30.200 That was great. 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:31.719 You know, the bottom half of the order did a 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.200 great job, even Feddie getting drawn a couple walks. Right, 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.080 there was big in the bottom half, which you know 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.720 fed into the top half, and you know show Hey 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.880 with the big homer and Kyle with a big double, 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.720 and obviously Tao swung the bat well, so a lot 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:47.400 of good things. Freddy had a big hit, a couple 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:50.960 of big hits. I think Munsey's just playing good baseball. 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.800 I thought defensively we were really sound today. And you know, 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:58.760 Eric coming off a long, extensive outing his last start, 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.600 I just didn't think he was as sharp as he was, 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.640 you know, the first few innings, but still, you know, 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.600 found a way to you know, get through five, which 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.039 I thought was huge. You know, I know he'd want 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:15.040 that last homer versus I think Castro back, but still 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:17.440 gave us a chance to win. And you know, after that, 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:19.760 I thought the bullpen did a nice job and you 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.279 know we got burned a little bit Evan walking that 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:26.760 leadoff hitter. But you know, fortunately we had Tanner rested 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:29.080 up and can do it one plus with him, which 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:29.919 is which is big. 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.520 We did say that to you in the four yeah, 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:34.440 four outs from him. 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.440 You know, I thought, you know, he filled up the 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.640 strike zone, he did a great job, got the out, 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.680 you know, got out to get out of that inning, 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:48.640 which is big. And then I think Kard put together 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.240 really good at bat, but you know, he got the 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.520 outs that he needed and we kept him under thirty pitches. 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.800 Orton as he've been this year, fluster with the time 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:58.599 that everyone's miss is kind of what he was made 0:06:58.720 --> 0:06:59.159 to give you in. 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.719 A lot of different roles out of that's very great man. 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:06.919 Tanner doesn't complain. He's always ready, wants to pitch, wants 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.800 to help his teammates, his team, and certainly given how 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:15.360 last year went, for him to come back and you know, 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.400 right the ship and he's been our most consistent reliever 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.240 by far and you know, I trust him and feel 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:23.080 like you can use. 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:23.880 Him in any situation. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:27.200 It's good for a relation backs that as well, seld 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.680 what was it about the way he handled last year 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:31.520 when he came into the season that kind of gave you, 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.120 guys that confidence and what you've seen continue over the 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:34.920 course of the years. 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:38.520 I think with Tanner, he's he's very good at you know, 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:43.480 not kind of letting letting the noise affect him. He's 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.600 got an inter confidence. He works really hard, he loves 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.400 to just pitch. He just wants to pitch every day, 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:54.920 so he doesn't run from you know, struggles, and he's 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:56.360 got a lot of like I said, he's got a 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.960 lot of interconfidence. And I think for me that's just 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.720 an easy bet. And the talent it's you know, upper nineties, 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.160 is a good slider and you'd like to think that 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.040 every ball is not gonna be down the middle like 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:10.360 it was last year. And that's what's happened, and he's 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:11.760 turned in a fantastic season. 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.280 All Right, there's manager Dave Roberts on Sports at LA 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.320 singing the praises of the way Tanner Scott has come 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.560 back this season after a poor year in his first 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:25.480 year with the Dodgers, saying, look, I'm not sure you 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:29.280 realize how good Tanner Scott has been this year. He 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:33.520 has sixty two strikeouts and only eleven walks this year. 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:37.160 He's limiting hitters to a two one hundred batting average, 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:42.000 and he has seventeen saves in nineteen chances. He's been 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:46.080 really good for the Dodgers, and especially now with Edwin 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.880 Diaz back on the il with neck inflammation and Edwin 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:53.760 Diaz missing three months because of removing bone chips from 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:57.720 his right pitching arm, Tanner Scott without him, I'm not 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.600 sure where the Dodger bullpen or pitching star would be 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.160 right now. So you have to give him a lot 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.600 of credit because the Dodgers have needed him and he 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:10.439 is going to be the Dodger closer until further notice. 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:13.520 And Edwin Diaz after a last night's game, I guess 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:17.520 had some neck inflammation. So he's going to see doctor 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:21.200 Watkins tomorrow and the Dodgers are going to treat it 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:26.480 and then are optimistic that they can calm down that 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.880 neck inflammation and then get him into their pitching lab 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.240 and figure out how they can get him back to 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:37.520 looking like Edwin Diz pre surgery, pre Dodgers, and get 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.240 the guy that they signed, because we haven't seen that 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.600 guy so far in a Dodger uniform. And the way 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:47.720 the Dodgers are thinking is, yes, they have a really 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:52.120 good thirteen man pitching staff to go into the postseason, 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:56.280 just like they did last year, moving starters into the 0:09:56.320 --> 0:10:01.200 bullpen to get outs, even the final outs Roki Sasaki. 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.160 But if they can get Edwin Dz back on track 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:09.439 with probably twenty games, I mean that's the reality when 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:13.400 he comes back, best case scenario, probably twenty games left in. 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.959 The season to see what he has to see. 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:19.880 If he resembles Edwin Diaz from last year and the 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.560 majority of his career, then all of a sudden, you're 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:27.160 talking about a lot stronger thirteen man pitching staff going 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.720 into October eight six, six nine, eight seven two five 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.600 seventy is the phone number. Tonight's game brought to you 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:37.240 by Modello. Modello the mark of a fighter. Let's go 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.880 out to the phones Moreno Valley, Aladdin, you are on 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.760 Dodger Talk. How you doing, Aladdin? A whole new world? 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:50.600 They very good, y, very good. Just a little stressor 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:52.760 right there, you know you said the keyword we held 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.720 on as Dodgers. We can't be holding on like that. 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:58.080 We just need to make our pitches do what we 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.760 need to do as as we leavers. Uh lower another 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.800 great game, like you said, and he deserves to be 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.560 a starter. But we got glat Levine, the elephant in 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.839 the room. Glass Nile's coming back, Like who's going to 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:11.840 be the odd man out? Who's going to go into 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:15.160 the bullpen? And right now, honestly, it's a tryout. It's 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.920 a tryout for for who's going to be in that 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.840 roster for come playoffs. Because we need the guy that's 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.680 going to come in make the uh, make the pitches, 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:26.760 come in and be a dog. And you know, hey, 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.400 we missed those days, right the dogs, the dogs of 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.680 the bullpen, Well where are they at? You know, we 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.840 need them back. And also hitting is contagious and that 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:37.280 happened today and I mean it's great to see the 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.920 Dodgers hitting again. And you know, Kyle Tucker, hey we 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.600 paid you, you're here, You're you're going to be here 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.079 for a while, so hey, you know you're going to 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:48.840 get out of your funk. And somebody said it said it, 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.960 well last time, somebody said it. Well last time he 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:54.600 said that, Uh, I think it was yesterday that it's 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:56.120 going to be a playoff game where he's going to 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:58.000 come in clutch or whatever the case may be. But 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.200 you know what, like like I said, hitting Cotagious, it's 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.000 already started. We already see it. We are supposed to 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:05.920 beat the Rockies, we are supposed to beat the Royals, 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:07.840 but hey, now we got to beat the teams that 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.199 are in our way. The guys are right there with 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.680 us and we need to get that distance from them. Now. 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:15.680 Yeah, I'm with you, Alad, and thank you for the 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:19.040 phone call. What I'm interested to see is the Dodgers 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:23.720 carry over what they're doing here at Corsefield offensively into 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:26.240 the series at home against the Pirates, who are no 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:30.560 pushovers themselves, and then I want to see what happens 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.760 when they get a tougher test in the Tigers and 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:37.240 Braves on the next road trip, because that Brave series 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:39.800 is going to be pivotal. I'm not going to say 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:42.199 it's to make it or break it. Whoever wins that 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:45.640 series is getting the number two seed, but it matters, 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:48.360 just like the Brewers series mattered, And I think we 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.720 all forget that in that four game series against the Brewers. 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:55.559 There was so much put on that final game against 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:56.200 the Brewers. 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.880 What about the first game of that series against the Brewers. 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:04.360 Edwin Diaz blew the game, blew the safe, blew the win. 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:08.079 The Dodgers would have won the season series if they 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.120 win the first game of that four game series. So 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.080 we're you know, I'm not a guy that likes to 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:18.120 put things off. I'm not a guy that procrastinates. But 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.720 for everybody that was putting so much emphasis on that 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.960 final game against the Brewers, you are a guy that 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:28.600 likes to procrastinate. How about winning that first game and 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.240 all of a sudden, we're not talking about the last 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.040 game of that series. And that's not on the players, 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.160 that's not on the position players, that's not on the offense. 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.600 They had a four to two lead against the very 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.640 good Brewers pitching staff and they blew that game. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:44.360 So keep that in mind as well. 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:47.960 Eight six six, eight seven two five seventy is the 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.360 phone number. We're gonna take a time out when we 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.559 come back. More of your phone calls at eight sixty 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.640 six nine eight seven two five seventy, and I'll tell 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:59.720 you about another subplot to this season, and it is 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:03.240 he up. Don't go anywhere more. Dodger Talk after the 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.800 Dodgers beat the Rockies seven to six on five seventy 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:15.200 LA Sports. Hi, It's Joel Danny. This is Dodgers Talk 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:19.600 AM five to seventy LA Sports, your home of the. 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:26.800 Dodgers Swings and Hammers. It dape Bright Center failed way 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:27.200 back in. 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:31.360 Gosh there it is number thirty for show. 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:33.000 Hey o'tani. 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:40.280 And the Dodgers waited three to one last night. Kyle 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:44.680 Hurt caught the second home run that o'tani hit tonight. O'tani, 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.720 as he was rounding second base, looking at his teammates, 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:49.600 he wagged his finger. 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.240 Nobody caught it. No points for any. 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.880 Of those relievers out there catching home runs. And Otani 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.480 now with thirty home runs on the season. As the 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:04.280 Dodger beat the Rockies seven to six. Daniels Jewelers presents 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.840 the home run Forecast. For your chance to win a 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.200 fifty dollars Daniels Jeweler's gift card. Visit AM five to 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.680 seventy LA sports dot Com. Used the keyword home run, 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:17.560 enter your name, you could win. Daniels Jewelers own the 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:21.440 Dream eight sixty six seven two five seventy is the 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:23.880 phone number. Thank you to show Hey, by the way 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.360 for the shout out for Dodger talk. Shout out right there. 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:28.720 I did not know he did that, so thank you 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:32.960 show Hey. And speaking of show Hey, speaking of home runs, 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:36.480 and the Cubs just now walked off the White Sox 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:39.880 for the second straight night. It was that you know 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.360 Bregman uh that walked it off for the Cubs. And 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:46.520 last night our guy Pete crow Armstrong from the Grade 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:50.440 one eight Harvard Westlake walked off the White Sox with 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:54.520 a walkoff home run, his first of his career. And 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.640 one subplot to this season as we go down the 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:02.720 stretch is the the MVP race in the National League. 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:07.280 This may be the closest MVP race that Otani has 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:11.200 been in since he was with the Angels and going 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.880 toe to toe against Aaron Judge. 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.920 And I would say that right now it. 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:21.920 Is a flip of the coin because I know Otani 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:26.720 has made fourteen starts. PCA could never do that. Otani's 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:29.720 the greatest player on the planet. He's eight and two 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.240 with an ERA of one to seventy nine. He hasn't 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:36.800 pitched though since July third, and pek Row Armstrong has 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:41.880 played more games this year than the dh Otani, who 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.880 has been nursing a sore left knee all season long. 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:50.120 PCA he's probably nursing a few different things as well, 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:55.080 patrolling and playing gold glove center field in Chicago. PCA 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.680 has played one hundred and thirty games, Otani now has 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:02.760 played one hundred and seven seventeen. PCA has thirty one 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:07.719 home runs, Otani has thirty. Otani has eighty RBIs, PCA 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:12.520 has seventy nine. He has thirty one stolen bases. Otani 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:16.280 not running the way he used to, but Otani has 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:20.800 a better batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:28.200 ops and Otani is one of one. But PCA certainly 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:31.440 is making a case for himself to uh to get 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.720 a lot of first place votes for the National League MVP. 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.359 So I feel like it's going to be decided how 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:42.760 these two guys finish down the stretch. And here's what 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:47.600 Shohei Otani said after the game to us about whether 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:51.639 or not he's paying attention to what PCA is doing 0:17:51.760 --> 0:18:02.920 on the North side of Chicago. 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:06.520 But the butt regis say it could put us. 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:11.520 Over mos No, really just focus in on our game 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:14.199 and just making sure that I'm rehabbing well on the 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:15.920 pitching side and continue to hit well. 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:20.280 All right, that was a quick answer from Otani, but 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.800 we'll take it. First time he's really talked about the 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:28.239 MVP race, and you have to imagine that he is 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:32.040 aware of what p crow Armstrong is doing. It was 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:36.320 epic when the Dodgers were in Chicago. Picrow Armstrong leads 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:39.159 off that game where Otani hits a home run to 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:41.920 lead off the game, and then Pete crow Armstrong hits 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:43.840 a lead off home run in the bottom of the 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:47.959 first inning. So that is definitely something to keep in 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:50.880 mind as we go down the stretch the National League 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:55.120 MVP race between Otani and Pete crow Armstrong, I would 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.560 say Matt Olsen from the Braves is a distant third 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:02.720 to those two guys. Eight nine eighty seven two five 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:07.080 seventy is the phone number. Also, we talked about JDP 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:11.440 last night and I was advocating for a September call up. 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:15.280 What I have gathered since our Dodger talk show last 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:19.679 night that it's not completely off the table, but it 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:24.879 doesn't seem likely right now. And speaking of JDP jos 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:28.280 Way de Paula. Tonight he hit a walk off three 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:32.200 run home run for Tulsa. Eight six six nine eighty 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:35.119 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:38.360 out to Sierra Madre. Jeff, you're on Dodger Talk. How 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:39.040 you doing, Jeff? 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:42.119 Oh, I'm well, DV. Thank you. 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:43.120 Hey. 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:45.840 I have a question about catching. All right, we know 0:19:46.040 --> 0:19:50.280 the injuries to Will Smith and Dultan Rushing and we 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.879 missed her bats, of course, but what about the pitching 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:56.920 and you know, receiving the ball. Does that make a difference? 0:19:58.600 --> 0:19:59.240 Yeah, it does. 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:02.560 And that's the reason why the Dodgers targeted these two 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:05.840 guys when they realize that Rushing was not going to 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:08.800 be able to catch again this year, because these two 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:13.040 guys are familiar with the pitching staff and the Dodgers 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:17.399 obviously like they're receiving now. The Tampa Bay Rays are 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:20.800 big on receiving as well, and they have really good pitchers. 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:24.560 They have a great pitching staff. So Hunter Fiducia deserves 0:20:24.880 --> 0:20:27.680 some credit for that as well. And you're seeing now 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:32.600 that we're starting to see that Fidusha is the guy 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:36.600 that is catching more days than Rartvettz. So obviously the 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:40.359 Dodgers believe Fidusha is a better fit than rart. 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:44.800 Fit now, but what about the bats, Well, I. 0:20:44.800 --> 0:20:48.000 Would say Fidusha is a better hitter than Rartfit. I 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:52.240 think he's shown that better, better at bats, better plate discipline. 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:55.160 I'm not saying he's rushing or will Smith, but he's 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:59.080 a better hitter than Rartfit. But when when we talked 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:02.800 to Dave Roberts after the trade deadline, he basically laid 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:05.600 it out for us that if you're going to divvy 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:09.600 up days, Fiducia is going to catch three days, Rodfit 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:12.440 two days. And that's the way it's gone down now. Tonight, 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:16.720 Rodfit had to spring into action because I thought Hunter 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:21.040 Fidusha was having some altitude sickness, because in the seventh 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:26.919 inning he ran off after the first out of the 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:31.280 inning and threw up right in front of the Dodger dugout. 0:21:31.480 --> 0:21:32.440 That's what happened. 0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:34.640 He started to get sick and had to throw up, 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:38.639 and we never saw him again. Dave Roberts said he 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:41.879 had some stomach bug. It could have been a stomach bug, 0:21:41.920 --> 0:21:45.240 but it could have been altitude sickness. Because that's what 0:21:45.359 --> 0:21:47.880 happens sometimes when you have it, and as a catcher, 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:50.680 you know, it's a pretty tough job behind there. 0:21:51.920 --> 0:21:54.200 But that's that's great info, Dave. 0:21:55.000 --> 0:22:01.199 What about man can correlate like the losing to not 0:22:01.400 --> 0:22:07.000 having the SETI, you know, catching you know and receiving set. 0:22:07.200 --> 0:22:09.880 I would, I'm glad you brought that up. I wouldn't 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:13.320 correlate it to the losing streak. When it comes to 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:17.119 the pitching, I would correlate it to the offense. I 0:22:17.200 --> 0:22:21.240 feel like we all take Dalton Rushing for granted. If 0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:24.920 you stack up Dalton Rushing and Will Smith's offensive production 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:29.520 this year, Rushing has outperformed Will Smith even before he 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:32.840 got hurt. You're missing twelve home runs, You're missing an 0:22:32.840 --> 0:22:37.119 eight hundred ops. You're missing that threat from the left side, 0:22:37.520 --> 0:22:40.359 and the Dodgers don't really have a threat from the 0:22:40.440 --> 0:22:44.040 left side outside of Max Munsey and Freddie Freeman, and 0:22:44.080 --> 0:22:45.280 Freeman is not. 0:22:45.280 --> 0:22:47.399 A threat to hit the ball out of the ballpark. 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:51.040 Dalton Rushing was, so I feel like, you know, for 0:22:51.200 --> 0:22:54.560 so much talk about missing Will Smith, which the Dodgers do. 0:22:54.560 --> 0:22:57.400 Don't get me wrong, he has not been a factor 0:22:57.520 --> 0:23:00.919 this year. The Dodgers had been winning and had a 0:23:00.960 --> 0:23:05.280 big lead. Without will Smith, they missed Dalton Rushing and 0:23:05.320 --> 0:23:06.920