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Speaker 1: This is off season Dodger Talk, Winner Meetings Edit yar

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Speaker 1: now Everyone's favorite Dodger Insight David Bassett.

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Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Massey live from the Sports

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Speaker 2: at LA studios with you until eight o'clock tonight here

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Speaker 2: on AM five to seventy LA Sports. We do have

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Speaker 2: a full board of calls that are winning for you

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Speaker 2: five seventy. Last night our first show since the parade,

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Speaker 2: our first show of the Winter Meetings, and Brian Cranston

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Speaker 2: uh was our guest for forty minutes. He took up

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Speaker 2: the entire show and certainly had a few interesting trade ideas.

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Speaker 2: If you want to respond to some of his free

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Speaker 2: agent ideas or trade ideas from last night, now's the time.

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Speaker 2: Sports and at LA with John Hartungue and Jerry Harriston

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Speaker 2: Junior and last night John asked both of us, what's

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Speaker 2: your dream as far as the Dodgers signing or trading

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Speaker 2: for a player? During the winter meetings, and Jerry Harriston Junior,

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Speaker 2: to his credit, said Edwin Diaz. Now when he said

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Speaker 2: that last night, I thought it was a dream. I

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Speaker 2: didn't believe that could happen. I had not heard that

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers were in on Edwin Diaz. But the Dodgers,

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Speaker 2: credit to Andrew Friedman and Diaz's representatives at Wasserman, kept

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Speaker 2: just happen overnight. I was told by a very good

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Speaker 2: in the last forty eight hours. Here it seemed like

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Speaker 2: was set on four years, having a four year contract,

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Speaker 2: but the Dodgers were able to show him the benefits

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Speaker 2: of a shorter term contract but also becoming the highest

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Speaker 2: paid reliever by year in baseball history, So that was

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Speaker 2: I'm sure attractive to him. Also, the Dodgers took advantage

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Speaker 2: He felt disrespected. Talking to people close to Edwin Das

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Speaker 2: on the free agent market, and that was part of

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Speaker 2: the attractiveness to the Dodgers. And not to mention back

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Speaker 2: his brother Alexis Diaz was part of the organization last

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Speaker 2: year and relayed good things to him. And let's not

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Speaker 2: forget the strong ties of Puerto Ricans, especially Puerto Rican

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Speaker 2: the most proud Puerto Ricans out there. Yeah, it's three

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Speaker 2: times World Series champion KEYK a Hernandez. You're telling me

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Speaker 2: that Edwin Diaz decided to leave the Mets and sign

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Speaker 2: I expect to be back with the Dodgers next year.

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Speaker 2: I had heard about a week ago. It was Mets

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Speaker 2: Braves and then Mets Blue Jays Braves. Nobody ever mentioned

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Speaker 2: And Andrew Friedman was classy about it. He wasn't flipping

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Speaker 2: shows that the Dodgers believe in their player development, that

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Speaker 2: Big night for Dodger Talk. Thanks to Brian Cranston last night.

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Speaker 2: five to seventy LA Sports. Ah, this is giving me chills.

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Speaker 2: Edwin Diaz is a Dodger. Can you imagine a sellout

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Speaker 2: is Dodger Talk. David vass with you until eight o'clock

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Speaker 2: seven o'clock. Andre Ethier is so excited about the Dodger

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Speaker 2: So we'll hear from Andre Ehier, who actually told me

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Speaker 2: Major League Baseball Awards show. We'll let you know tomorrow

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Speaker 2: Dodgers Winter Meetings coverage continues tomorrow night at six o'clock.

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Speaker 2: I'll join John Hartungue and Jerry Harriston Junior and then

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Speaker 2: seven o'clock. And look, there are so many rumors with

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Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. How you doing, David, Hey, how's it going? David?

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Speaker 3: First of all, thank you for taking my call. First,

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Speaker 3: I just want to say, uh, Berando Venezuela is a

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Speaker 2: You know what I'll say about that, David, David before

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Speaker 2: where you go on? You know what I'll say about that.

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Speaker 2: To me, yes, he's a Hall of Famer. But you

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Speaker 2: that he was alive to see his number thirty four

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Speaker 3: I could incur. And I'm glad the Dodgers broke that

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Speaker 3: I'm glad they broke that for him because he is

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Speaker 3: It kind of takes Tennis not out of that position

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Speaker 3: He never did it in Miami, he never did it

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Speaker 1: oh thank you, and longtime champagne in your face watcher.

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Speaker 2: The big news of the day, the Dodgers reportedly have

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Speaker 2: out to Las Vegas since City, Sergio, you're on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 5: Hey, David, thank you for taking in my call.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 5: It's another exciting day being a Dodger fan. But it

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Speaker 5: we got to be grateful for Mark Walter and the

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Speaker 6: Amazing businesses business decision to sign him, David, And this

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a That's what I feel like. The Dodgers,

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Speaker 2: I believe Bob Boschett can really fit with this Dodger

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Speaker 5: Yeah, So do you think that the possibility of Tucker

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Speaker 5: Let's get another outfielder and let's roll three pet baby.

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Speaker 2: Thanks David, all right, Sergio, thank you for the phone call.

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Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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Speaker 2: with Jack Harris, who is in Orlando at the Winter Meetings.

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Speaker 2: Jack does a great job for the LA Times. We'll

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Speaker 2: as it's ten thirty on the East Coast right now,

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Speaker 2: and the Dodgers making, as John Hartungue likes to say,

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Speaker 2: a big splash. They signed Edwin Diaz to a three year,

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Speaker 2: these days. He doesn't for the La Times. You could

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Speaker 2: thanks a lot for the time, and I guess the

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so much for thinking this was going to be

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Speaker 4: to upgrade the most. They really needed somebody they could

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00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 4: trust in the ninth inning, and there had been some

434
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,640
Speaker 4: signs over the last couple of weeks that they were

435
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 4: maybe willing to be more aggressive for a reliever than

436
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 4: they had on you know, they had a lot of

437
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 4: interest in Devin Williams, even as his bidding got up

438
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 4: and to multi level or multi year kind of deals.

439
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 4: They were interested in Robert Suarez and then Edwin Diaz.

440
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 4: You know, kind of his market developed in the way

441
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 4: that the Dodgers like to be around, which is on

442
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,119
Speaker 4: a somewhat shorter deal. You know, three years is so

443
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,000
Speaker 4: lot for a reliever, especially in his thirties, but only

444
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,439
Speaker 4: three years. You know, they were happy to give him

445
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 4: a record aav of twenty three million a year, and

446
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,920
Speaker 4: they get a guy who, over the last decade now

447
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 4: has more strikeouts than any other relief pitcher, has the

448
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 4: second most saves, behind only Kenley Janssen. And really, since

449
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 4: Kenley gives them a solidified option in the ninth innings,

450
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,680
Speaker 4: they try to go for a third World Series next year.

451
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 2: Jack, the way it kind of feels when you're at

452
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 2: the Winter meetings before these type of signings really break,

453
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 2: did you get any sense that this was going to

454
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 2: happen today? Did you start to hear a buzz in

455
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:55,640
Speaker 2: the lobby out there in Orlando?

456
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 4: I mean, I think the only thing that had changed

457
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,679
Speaker 4: to a day was this sense that, you know, the

458
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 4: Mets life with a lot of the players they've been involved,

459
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 4: and you've seen this with Pete Alonzo too, you saw

460
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 4: it with Kyle Schwarber, like they're they're being somewhat conservative

461
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 4: with their offers, and if they weren't going to go

462
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 4: to a four or five year deal for edwind as

463
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 4: then it was gonna make it much more realistic than

464
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 4: another team like the Dodgers could probably get him on

465
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 4: a three year deal, even if it was for a

466
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,440
Speaker 4: lot of aav But you know, still, I think even

467
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,959
Speaker 4: even as of yesterday, you know, the thinking was that

468
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 4: that someone like him was just going to be a

469
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,159
Speaker 4: little more costly and a volatile relief role than what

470
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 4: the Dodgers were gonna want to pay. You know, they

471
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 4: did have maybe not regrets, but you know, after the

472
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 4: way last offseason played out, giving Tanner Scott as much

473
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,639
Speaker 4: money as they did, even bringing back Blake trying to

474
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 4: on a multi year deal, and seeing how those guys struggled,

475
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,160
Speaker 4: it was a reminder that, you know, giving a lot

476
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,880
Speaker 4: of money and a lot of years to relief pitchers

477
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,399
Speaker 4: can be a dicey thing. But if there's somebody that

478
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 4: has the kind of track record that you could trust,

479
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,439
Speaker 4: it is Edwin Diaz. Again, he's been really consistent for

480
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:06,160
Speaker 4: a really long time now and showed this past year that,

481
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 4: you know, even after that knee injury that knocked him

482
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,159
Speaker 4: out a couple of years ago, he's still right up

483
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,000
Speaker 4: there as one of the most dominant pitchers in the game.

484
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 4: So It was definitely a surprise, but I think, you know,

485
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 4: when you look back at it in hindsight, with some

486
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 4: of the stuff that Dodgers had done, with their interest

487
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,680
Speaker 4: in other pictures and the way that his market developed,

488
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,359
Speaker 4: it does kind of make sense that if they were

489
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 4: going to make a big move, it would kind of

490
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 4: happen in this way.

491
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 2: Do you believe he was at the top of their

492
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 2: list or do you believe that he was one of

493
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,879
Speaker 2: a handful of guys they were interested in. Do you

494
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 2: do you feel like this materialized in the last week

495
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 2: or so. How do you see the priority Edwin Diaz

496
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 2: was when they set out this offseason?

497
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I mean they were interested in other guys, right,

498
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 4: like they were interested in Ryce ell Iglesias on probably

499
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 4: a one year deal before he went back to the Braids.

500
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 4: You know, they were in the running for a long

501
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 4: time with Devin Williams, like I said, even as it

502
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 4: was becoming clear he was the need a multi year

503
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 4: kind of all offer. So I'm obviously you know the Dodgers,

504
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 4: Andrew Friedman's saying, if there's a top player that's out there,

505
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 4: they want to be in position to try and go

506
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 4: and get them. So I'm sure that Edwin d As

507
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 4: is somebody who they knew coming into this winter. I mean,

508
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 4: you know, you look back in hindsight now like it

509
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 4: probably helped a little bit that they had his brother

510
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 4: on the team last year, who you know, was pretty

511
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,479
Speaker 4: complimentary of his time there. So obviously this is someone

512
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 4: that fit a need really well, and I'm sure was

513
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 4: on their target list. But I don't think probably until

514
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 4: you know, this week or the last couple of weeks,

515
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 4: that just it was going to They were going to

516
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 4: have to wait and see how his market developed and

517
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 4: if he was going to get a four or a

518
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 4: five year deal, It's probably less likely they would have

519
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 4: done something like this, but three years, you know, with

520
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 4: with how much of a need that was. And again,

521
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 4: the I think the track record in the consistency with

522
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 4: him is a big part of this. Yeah, it's it's

523
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 4: kind of why it all aligned here on the way

524
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 4: it did.

525
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,720
Speaker 2: Jack Harris is in Orlando at the winter meetings. The

526
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 2: Dodgers have agreed on a contract with closer Edwin Diaz,

527
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 2: and this isn't where the Dodgers are done. Jack. There's

528
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 2: been a lot of talk that Teoscar Hernandez is available

529
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 2: in trades. Have you heard any more about that out

530
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 2: there in Orlando?

531
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,280
Speaker 4: On the record yesterday, Dave Roberts and Brandon Gomes were

532
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 4: both tried to downplay that. You know, Brandon Gome said

533
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,959
Speaker 4: he thought it was unlikely that the team would trade him.

534
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 4: He doesn't really anticipate that. But again, you know, they

535
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 4: said similar things about Gavin Luck's last offseason. So yeah,

536
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,959
Speaker 4: I think with somebody like him, there would probably need

537
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 4: to be the right string of moves for something like

538
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 4: that to happen, because look, they do like they need

539
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 4: an outfielder right now. If you're gonna get rid of him,

540
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 4: then that need only becomes more. And for as shaky

541
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 4: as his defense was in right field last year, he

542
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 4: still had some really important moments in the postseason. He's

543
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 4: sell an important voice in that clubhouse. So I don't

544
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 4: think the Dodgers are are I don't think it's something

545
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 4: where they're actively trying to offload him. But if they

546
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 4: wind up in a situation where and maybe the said

547
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 4: WANDAZ thing plays into it, you know, where maybe they

548
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 4: could go out and make another big signing or taking

549
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 4: on more money and need to maybe kind of restructure

550
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 4: what their payroll looks like a little bit. You know,

551
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 4: that's one guy you could consider, because there aren't a

552
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 4: lot of great right handed outfield bats on the trade market.

553
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 4: You could probably get something back for him. But you know,

554
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 4: I think in general, for the rest of the team,

555
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 4: now you know it's going to center around still trying

556
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 4: to find an outfielder. I still think the trademarket there

557
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 4: probably makes a little bit more sense, even if you

558
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 4: know they remain interested in Cody Bellinger and Harrison Bader

559
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 4: and some other guys like that, so they're not done.

560
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 4: But again, I think the fact you saw them be

561
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 4: willing to spend this much money today on the closer

562
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 4: spot takes care of a really big need and probably

563
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 4: puts them in that position now where they can be

564
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 4: even more selective as they go through the rest of

565
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,720
Speaker 4: the winner, knowing that the biggest they needed to get

566
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 4: done this winter they have.

567
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 2: All Right, So you talk about the trademarket to improve

568
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 2: their outfield, the Cardinals and Dodgers seem to be a

569
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 2: pretty good trade partner. What are the chances anything change

570
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 2: the way people are talking about the Cardinals shopping Brendan

571
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 2: Donovan and Lars nootbar.

572
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 4: I mean, nothing's changed, they are shopping them. You know,

573
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 4: the Cardinals are one of the few teams that have

574
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 4: made it pretty clear they're trying to offload players. They're

575
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 4: not really trying to contend next season. You know, they're

576
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 4: going into a reset mode. I think the question for

577
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 4: the Dodgers is going to be whether it's with the

578
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 4: Cardinals or the Red Sox or maybe even the Astros

579
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 4: who have, you know, some outfield surplus and are looking

580
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 4: for pitching. How comfortable are the Dodgers dealing away maybe

581
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 4: some of those young arms that are going to be

582
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 4: needed to provide important depth this year. You know, coming

583
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 4: off the kind of postseason the Dodgers just had, you

584
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 4: know that you're probably not going to be getting thirty

585
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 4: plus starts out of Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto again

586
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 4: or Roki Sasaki. You're certainly not shohe Otani, who Dave

587
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 4: Roberts said already is probably gonna get something more like

588
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 4: seven or eight days off between his starts next season. So,

589
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 4: you know, the Dodgers have the pieces to get a

590
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 4: trade done. They still have you know, what is a

591
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 4: top three maybe the best farm system in baseball by

592
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 4: a lot of metrics, and they have that valuable asset

593
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,479
Speaker 4: of young pitching. The question is going to be, can

594
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 4: they find a move that they feel like improves their

595
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 4: lineup enough that makes it worth subtracting from some of

596
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 4: that young pitching depth. That could be really important as

597
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 4: they try to get through this next year.

598
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 2: In Jack Harris's opinion, who fits the best with the

599
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 2: Dodgers out of these three players Brendan Donovan, Lars Noubar

600
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 2: or Jaron Duran.

601
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 4: I mean, I think out of those three, Brendan Donovan

602
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 4: just because of the positional versatility. Obviously, the Dodgers love

603
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 4: those kinds of players. I think, especially as you look

604
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 4: at next year's team, you know Tom Edmond's going to

605
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 4: be a little bit of a question mark coming back

606
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 4: from this ankle, at least early in the year. At

607
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 4: second base, Max Munsey has not been able to stay

608
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 4: healthy for the last couple of years. At third base,

609
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 4: you still don't know exactly what you're going to do

610
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 4: in the outfield. So if you can get somebody that

611
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 4: can give you a little extra coverage at a lot

612
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 4: of different spots like that, it helps. And it's the

613
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 4: kind of it's the way the Dodgers have liked to

614
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 4: build the rosters in the past. He's a guy that

615
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,360
Speaker 4: profiles that way while still getting you some production with

616
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 4: the bats. So of those three and I think of really,

617
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 4: out of a lot of the names on the trade market,

618
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 4: it's somebody like that who you know, if they can

619
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,240
Speaker 4: find someone who can also fill in in different spots

620
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,280
Speaker 4: on the infield, that's probably going to be their preference.

621
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 2: Okay, last question for you, Jack Harris, who is in

622
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 2: Orlando at the Winter meetings, bo Bishett to me, out

623
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,320
Speaker 2: of all the free agency fits the Dodgers the best.

624
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 2: Have you heard any buzz out there that the Dodgers

625
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 2: and Bishett have had any sort of contact. There was

626
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 2: a report that Bishett had a zoom meeting with the

627
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 2: Red Side. Anything like that transpired between Bishett's camp and

628
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, not.

629
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 4: That I have heard, and not that's been reported. He

630
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 4: is an interesting guy because, you know, getting back to

631
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,359
Speaker 4: the positional versatility that the Dodgers have, they could fit

632
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,479
Speaker 4: somebody like that, especially if they wanted to go out

633
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 4: and make a big addition to their lineup on the

634
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 4: free agent market. Now, I think there's a couple guys

635
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 4: that fit in that boat, you know. I think Cody

636
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 4: Bellinger is somebody that, in a different way also kind

637
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 4: of fits in that the Dodgers have expressed some interest in.

638
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 4: And I think also with the chet's market, it's still

639
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 4: a little slow developing right now, as you know, the

640
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 4: Blue Jays figure out how aggressively they're going to go

641
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 4: after Kyle Tucker and then what happens if he can't

642
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,359
Speaker 4: go back to Toronto. So I wouldn't roll that out

643
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 4: as a possibility, especially again, like with Edwin Diaz, if

644
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 4: Bobashett can be had for instead of eight years, like

645
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 4: five or six years, or just been a different kind

646
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,399
Speaker 4: of structure that gives the Dodgers a little bit more

647
00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 4: long term financial flexibility, I wouldn't. I would say never

648
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 4: say never there. But for now, you know, the team

649
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Speaker 4: still is pretty content, I think, especially with the lineup

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Speaker 4: and the position group it has. I don't think they're

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Speaker 4: going to go crazy overspending to really remake that group necessarily.

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Speaker 4: But again, he's a top player. He's somebody that you know,

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Speaker 4: obviously you saw it close last year how dynamic he

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Speaker 4: can be, even when he's playing at seventy percent in

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Speaker 4: the World Series. And like the Dodgers say, when there's

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Speaker 4: top players out there, they want to try to put

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Speaker 4: themselves in position for it. But anything concrete yet, No,

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Speaker 4: that has not been a storyline here this week.

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Speaker 2: All right, Jack, thanks a lot for checking in, appreciate

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Speaker 2: it and can't wait to see you when you get

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Speaker 2: back to LA.

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Speaker 7: Thanks.

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Speaker 5: See.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I guess Jack's not as excited to see me

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Speaker 2: as I was to see him. All right, Jack, we'll

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Speaker 2: just wave to each other from Afar at the next

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Speaker 2: press conference there he goes Jack Harris, the best beat

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Speaker 2: rider on the Dodger beat right now Latimes dot com,

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Speaker 2: La Times if you get it delivered, if you're that

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Speaker 2: small group of people that still get the newspaper delivered,

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00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 2: and you can follow Jack Harris on Twitter at by

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Speaker 2: Jack Harris. So he said some interesting things. There is

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Speaker 2: some things that make a lot of sense. And I

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00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 2: know there's a lot of rumors out there that the

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Speaker 2: Dodgers and Tigers are getting close to a Trek school

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Speaker 2: bl I don't want to rip the guy that's tweeting that,

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Speaker 2: but I find it hard to believe the Tigers are

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Speaker 2: going to trade Tarrek Schooble, and I don't see Scott

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00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:39,399
Speaker 2: Boris negotiating an extension with the Tigers or any other

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00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 2: team out there as far as Kyle Tucker goes. Look,

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Speaker 2: if Kyle Tucker's market gets to a point where he

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Speaker 2: may take a four year contract instead of what he's

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Speaker 2: looking for, a six or seven year contract, that's gotta

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Speaker 2: be somewhat of a red flag to everybody involved, because

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Speaker 2: it feels it's like the Kyle Tucker love affair is

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Speaker 2: diminishing by the day, and it feels like Toronto is

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Speaker 2: the best place for him, the best fit for him.

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Speaker 2: I'm not in on Kyle Tucker. I think he's a

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Speaker 2: very talented player, but you know, I'm not going to

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Speaker 2: get into everything I've heard around the game and the

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Speaker 2: industry from guys that have played against him, that have

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Speaker 2: played with him. He's not a bad teammate, but I

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Speaker 2: you know, I think at times there's been some question

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Speaker 2: about his love for the game, and we'll see what happens.

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Speaker 2: I feel like part of that's playing into some of

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Speaker 2: the stuff that's going on with his market. But look,

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Speaker 2: he may very well still get five or six or

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Speaker 2: seven years and close to three fifty I could see

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Speaker 2: that happening in Toronto. Eight six six nine eight seven

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Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out

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Speaker 2: to Lewin Phoenix. You're on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 8: How you doing, Hey, Dave, i'nlike Jack Harris, I'm excited

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Speaker 8: to talk to you. Man, good to talk to you again.

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Speaker 2: You're more excited than Jack was to see me. I

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Speaker 2: was like, Hey, Jack, can't wait to see you. Get it, Lou,

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Speaker 2: you got it?

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Speaker 3: I do.

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Speaker 8: Hey. You know last year, Dave, in twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 8: you you allowed us to share the Freddie Freeman walk

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Speaker 8: off story?

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Speaker 1: Where were you?

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Speaker 8: And I shared my story? And I don't know. Obviously

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Speaker 8: it's your show. I'd love to share my Game seven

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Speaker 8: World Series of twenty twenty five. I promise I'll air

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Speaker 8: on the side of briefness, if that's okay.

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Speaker 2: So you're putting yourself in the same category as Brian

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Speaker 2: Cranston because that last night you're saying Lewin Phoenix is

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Speaker 2: on the level of Brian Cranston that we all want

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Speaker 2: to know where Lewin Phoenix was. I'm just kidding, Lou.

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Speaker 2: Of course, I want to hear where you were. I

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Speaker 2: want to hear where everybody was. I love hearing these stories.

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Speaker 8: I figured you would want to keep it going. Yeah,

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Speaker 8: So anyway, I had bought tickets to see the Eagles

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Speaker 8: at the Sphere in Vegas to celebrate my daughter's graduation.

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Speaker 8: So unfortunately, of course it was at the time of

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Speaker 8: Game seven, so, you know, being a passionate Dodger fan,

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Speaker 8: my daughter and I we were at the Eagles concert

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Speaker 8: in the Sphere and it was a concert where you

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Speaker 8: could literally have to sit down and not say a word.

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Speaker 8: Well that's kind of hard when Game seven's going on

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Speaker 8: with all of the you know, all of the drama

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Speaker 8: going on. So literally we left the concert because the

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Speaker 8: ushers escorted this out because we were being too loud.

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Speaker 8: We went into the anals of the of the Sphere

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Speaker 8: and we had gathered some folks who were just as

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Speaker 8: zealous as us. We all know what happened, but that's

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Speaker 8: where I was for Game seven, watching the Eagles band

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Speaker 8: perform Game seven with my daughter. You know, it's just

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Speaker 8: been a great ride and I'd love to hear other

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Speaker 8: stories throughout the season if you allow them to share.

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Speaker 8: Thanks for everything you do.

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Speaker 2: DV all right, Lou, thank you for the phone call. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean, at this point, I would love to hear where.

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Speaker 2: I've asked people when they tell me all the Dodgers,

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Speaker 2: they go on and on about the Dodgers. I just

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Speaker 2: simply ask where were you for Game seven? And that

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00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 2: usually generates a great story. You heard where Brian Cranston

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Speaker 2: was all the way in London, England, in the middle

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Speaker 2: of the night watching that. And now Lewin Phoenix has

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Speaker 2: given us where he was the spear in Las Vegas

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Speaker 2: watching the Eagles without my guy Glenn Frye, who passed away.

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Speaker 2: But I heard, actually the Eagles still have their fastball.

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Speaker 2: My guy Bernie Selmanson, the Prince of Tabs, saw the Eagles,

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Speaker 2: and he was telling me the other night when we

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Speaker 2: were having dinner at Javier's in Pasadena, shout out to

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Speaker 2: my guy Javier Senior and Junior. They opened up Javier's

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Speaker 2: in Pasadena. I was there for the first night last

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Speaker 2: Friday night, and it is amazing. You have to try

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Speaker 2: Javier's in Pasadena. It's one of the most beautiful restaurants

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Speaker 2: that Pasadena has ever seen. Anyway, let's go out to

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Speaker 2: Laguna Neguel. Ralph, You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing.

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Speaker 7: Ralph, Yes, sir, thank you, Ver David. Can you tell

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Speaker 7: me what the status of three Dodger players? Will the

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Speaker 7: Dodgers invite Graderol to spring training? What about kicking Hernan

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Speaker 7: his operation on his left elbow with that effect is signing?

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Speaker 3: Now?

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Speaker 7: What's the status with Evan Phillips? Is he still on

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Speaker 7: the Dodgers? He's come to spring training?

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Speaker 2: Okay, Ralph, Well, let's work backwards. Evan Phillips is still

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Speaker 2: coming back from Tommy John surgery and the Dodgers non

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Speaker 2: tendered him, but the door is not completely closed on

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Speaker 2: him coming back. He can't come back to pitch for

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Speaker 2: any team until you know, midway through the season. And

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Speaker 2: I feel like that was more roster maneuvering, not tendering

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Speaker 2: him because he wants to be a Dodger and the

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Speaker 2: Dodgers really like Evan Phillips as far as keyk Hernandez goes.

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Speaker 2: He's technically a free agent, but I expect him to

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Speaker 2: be back and Bruce Star Graderol. We'll see how he

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Speaker 2: looks in spring training. You know, he was hoping to

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Speaker 2: come back at the end of last year, but his

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00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 2: shoulder did not cooperate. From what I've seen on Instagram.

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Speaker 2: He's lost a lot of weight. We'll see if that translates.

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Speaker 2: But we'll see Bruce star Grattarol when pitchers and catchers

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Speaker 2: report around Valentine's Day Camelback Ranch.

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Speaker 7: What about Tika Hernandez's operation on his left el? But

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Speaker 7: what's the status day?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what. I'm gonna see key K Hernandez

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Speaker 2: this weekend and I'm gonna try to interview him Ralph,

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Speaker 2: and hopefully on one of our shows next week we

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Speaker 2: could share that conversation. But I don't see Key K

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Speaker 2: playing until probably June this year. All right, Ralph, thank

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Speaker 2: you for the phone call. That'll do it for us

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Speaker 2: tonight on Dodger Talk. If I did not get to

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Speaker 2: your calls tonight, call back tomorrow. We're on at seven

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Speaker 2: o'clock and we'll see whether or not the Trek Schooble

796
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 2: rumors heat up even more. Everybody is waiting to see

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Speaker 2: whether or not Tarek Scooble is traded to the Dodgers

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Speaker 2: or any other team out there. We'll see what happens.

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Speaker 2: I'm very skeptical, but hey, if it happens, you'll hear

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Speaker 2: it first right here on AM five. To seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to Jack Harris for his help out in Orlando.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to the crew here at sports net LA for

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Speaker 2: allowing me to post up and host Dodger Talk from

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Speaker 2: the sports net LA headquarters. We'll do it again tomorrow

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Speaker 2: night on sports Net LA at six o'clock and again

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Speaker 2: right here on AM five seventy at seven o'clock. Thanks

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Speaker 2: to Ronnie Foscio for all his help. And in case

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Speaker 2: you missed any of the show or our interview with

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Speaker 2: Brian Cranston last night, you can find it on the

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Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app and make Dodger Talk your number one pre set.

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Speaker 2: Coming up next Fox Sports Radio. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 2: tomorrow night at seven o'clock. SIA