WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (4-22-26) 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:02.880 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:06.920 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:11.399 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:12.560 the fifth. 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.080 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:15.880 Here we go again. 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:17.080 Riga running back. 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:19.280 To get in on the show called eight six six 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:22.360 eighty seven two five seven, and be sure to follow 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:26.560 Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:27.920 David Vase. 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:33.280 Last day, we are live at Oracle Park in San Francisco, 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:37.800 after the Giants hand the Dodgers their first shutout loss 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:41.040 of the season, three to nothing, the final score here 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:45.239 in San Francisco. Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase with 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.560 you until ten thirty tonight here on AM five to 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:52.600 seventy LA Sports, your only home for the Dodgers and 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.720 the back to back World champion Dodgers. And tonight a 0:00:55.800 --> 0:01:00.440 disappointing night because the Dodgers offense continues to struggle. 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:01.639 They are just. 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:05.479 Hitting one seventy seven with runners in scoring position on 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.640 this road trip. They've only scored one run in the 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:12.440 first two games of this series. And look, I'll just 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.920 make it really simple. Why the Dodgers have struggled on 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:20.080 this road trip. Their bullpen has given up fourteen earned 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:24.920 runs in fourteen and a third innings. Their offense has 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:29.319 not been very good outside of Max Munsey, Miguel Rojas, 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:34.040 and Dalton Rushing, who's not even playing every day tonight. 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:38.520 Tae Oscar Hernandez hitless again. He's two for twenty on 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:42.600 this road trip with six strikeouts. Kyle Tucker zero for 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:46.559 four again. He's five for twenty three on this road 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:50.440 trip and has seven strikeouts. He's hitting two thirty three 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:54.160 on the season with an OPS of six to seventy six. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:58.080 He's not getting on base like the Dodgers envisioned when 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:01.400 they had him hit second. And maybe that's a question 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:06.320 to ask at the end of the next homestand is 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:10.560 Tucker the number two hitter? Maybe when Mookie Betts returns, 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:14.800 the Dodgers will evaluate where they're at with this lineup, 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.800 because right now, Tucker, as Dave Roberts said, is lost. 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.240 He's not having good at bats. It's one thing to 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:24.960 not get results, but he's not having good at bats. 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:29.560 His on base percentage is three twenty, his OPS is 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:33.680 six seventy six. Not to mention Sho hey Otani told 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.560 me in Toronto a couple of weeks ago that April 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:41.240 is not really his month and he doesn't really feel 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:45.520 like he's in a good spot offensively. He expects to 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.960 be much better in the month of May. But right now, 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:53.079 after tonight's game, O'tani oh for four at the plate, 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:57.480 two fifty eight, batting average ops of eight point fifty four, 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:02.320 and again struggling on the night that he pitches. O'tani, 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.359 after going oh for for tonight, is just hitting two 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:10.560 to three in sixty four at bats. As a pitcher 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.720 with the Dodgers, the night that he pitches, he's sitting 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.440 two oh three, and uh, we'll hear from Dave Roberts 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.959 in a moment, but O'tani was phenomenal. I don't want 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:24.160 that to overshadow what he did as a pitcher and 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:28.240 what he's doing on the mound this year. His ERA 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:34.040 in four starts is zero thirty eight. I'll repeat that show. 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:39.840 Hey Otani in his first four starts twenty five innings 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.839 has an ERA of zero thirty eight, and his whip 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:51.440 is zero seventy five. Six more scoreless innings tonight, seven strikeouts. 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:56.080 His sweeper was outstanding. His fastball was hitting one hundred 0:03:56.120 --> 0:04:00.360 miles an hour consistently, and he had command of one 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:04.000 hundred miles an hour, which was even more impressive. What 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:08.040 he did tonight was flat out nasty. Otani. The picture 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:13.200 is nasty this year. Otani, the hitter is luke warm 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:17.200 right now, and his on base streak ends at fifty 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:21.080 three games. After going zero for fortnight without a walk. 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:24.520 He struck out once, saying, look, there's a debate to 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.640 be had about whether or not the Dodgers need to 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:31.719 have an open conversation about whether or not Otani should 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.840 hit on the nights that he pitches, because there's enough 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:39.840 sample size now to at least consider it. We saw 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.120 what he did in his last start when he was 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:45.000 out of the lineup. He was dominating. He had ten 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:49.000 strikeouts and six innings against the Mets. Tonight he was 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.559 outstanding again as a pitcher. But he's thirty one years old. 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.800 He's not twenty eight or twenty seven anymore. He's thirty 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:01.120 one years old. And his season's not in in September 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.440 like it did with the Angels. It ends in November. 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:07.800 You know, Dusty Baker came into the radio booth to 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:11.040 see Rick Monday, and as I was walking with him 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:15.240 down the hallway to show him where Rick was, we 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.880 were talking about Otani and he said, he is unbelievable 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:21.960 tonight as a pitcher. But when I was managing the 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.840 Houston Astros in the same division with him, when he 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:27.880 was with the Angels, he's a different hitter when he pitches. 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:33.039 He's not as imposing as he is when he's not pitching. 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.120 And that's coming from a Hall of Fame manager and 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:39.000 Dusty Baker who saw him a lot on the other 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:43.960 side with the Astros. And before today's game, I presented 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:47.440 all these facts to Dave Roberts about whether or not 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:52.440 that is something that he would consider Otani would consider 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:58.440 moving forward, about not having him lead off or DH 0:05:58.600 --> 0:05:59.839 on the nights that he pitches. 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:07.840 We haven't had the conversation, you know, it's still yeah. 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:09.400 I mean, I think that if you look at the 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:14.720 overall numbers, it's certainly something I still feel really good 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:18.520 about putting his name in the lineup. I know, the 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:23.400 last start I chose not to have him hit and 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.839 just pitch, and I am open to it, you know, 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:31.000 and you know, we'll see, but it's something that we've 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:37.560 certainly flagged, but I think overall we've still you know, 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:39.680 And also you have to look at what's the different 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.279 what's the option, And I think in years past or 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.080 last year you got to kind of weigh who's a 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:48.240 different option. Well, now at least you can you can 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.760 say that daland swinging a good bat and to keep him, 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:54.120 you know, consistently getting some at bats could be helpful. 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.840 But like I said, I'm going to continue to keep 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:57.440 an eye on it. 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.680 Would there be another discussion about keeping in the lineup, 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.440 but maybe not having him lead off on these days? 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:07.839 Yeah, I think everything should be on the table. But again, 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.680 you got to look at what's the alternative. And so 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.360 for me, I don't like having conversations that are open 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.160 ended that you don't have an alternative, you know, for tonight, 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:19.760 what's the alternative? 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:20.000 You know? 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:21.840 And if I'm not trying to get into a discussion, 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.880 but those are things that people can pose questions unless 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:30.080 you have an alternative. For me, I don't really pay 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:30.840 too much attention. 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:35.920 Wouldn't could other players that you have in your lineup, 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.480 maybe you've talked about in the past getting them off 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.280 their feet, and you don't really have that option anymore 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:42.160 with him being. 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:46.760 The dah Yeah, yeah, exactly. So yeah, I mean again, 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.680 this is something that these are the thought of him, 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:55.680 you know, not hitting on daisy pitches, all that stuff. 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.960 I understand the questioning and so I'm keeping in mind. 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.880 But you know, even today against Mainlee, I still feel 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:07.480 very good about show heo Tani taking five at Bets tonight. 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.560 Yeah, it didn't work out tonight with Otani going up 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:16.320 against Tyler Mally. Mally went seven scoreless innings tonight. O'tanni 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.640 was zero for four with a strikeout. And look, I 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:22.720 do have an alternative. When Mooki Betts returns. I would 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.200 have Mooki Betts be the leadoff hitter on the nights 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.520 that Otani's pitching. I would have Freddie Freeman be the 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:32.720 DH on the nights that Otani is pitching. So he 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:35.520 didn't ask me what my alternatives were, but I do 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:39.680 have alternatives, and those would be my alternatives. When Mookie 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.880 Betts returns, I would have Mookie Betts, who was one 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.679 of the greatest leadoff hitters this game has ever seen 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.160 for the majority of his career until Otani got to 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:53.120 the Dodgers. I would have Mooki Betts leadoff, and when 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.880 Mooki Betts comes back, I would consider having Mookie Betts 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.000 be the number two hitter behind Otanni because right now 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:02.720 Kyle Tucker is not looking comfortable being the number two hitter, 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:07.800 and Freddie Freeman is thirty six years old. I would 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.680 get Freddy Freeman off his feet and have Freddy Freeman 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.560 be the DH on the nights that Otani is pitching. 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.600 And when Otani pitches, he's outstanding. I mean, he has 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:20.640 been one of, if not the best pitcher in Major 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:23.680 League Baseball this year with everything that I laid out, 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.960 and tonight may have been his best performance on the 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:30.360 mound as a Dodger. Jose Mota covered every one of 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:33.000 his starts when he was pitching for the Angels, and 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.280 he even said tonight was the best he'd seen and 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.040 this is the best version that he has seen from 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:41.840 show Heyotani the starting pitcher. He's phenomenal, and I don't 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:46.600 want the struggles offensively tonight and as a pitcher with 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.840 the Dodgers to take away or overshadow what he did 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:54.040 on the mounta tonight. He was herculean on the mound tonight. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.240 But the reality is he's human. I know we don't 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.720 want to acknowledge that, and maybe he doesn't want to 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.079 ignore knowledge that, but he is human. He's thirty one 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:07.280 years old. By the way, the recovery now is probably 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:09.640 a lot tougher than it was when he was twenty six. 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:15.000 And like I said, the Dodger season doesn't end in September. 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.160 It ends in November the last two years, and he 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.960 was a major part of it. And here's something else 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:25.720 to consider. Jeff Passon's latest podcast is a sit down 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:29.440 with the two managers in last year's World Series, John 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:30.760 Schneider and Dave Roberts. 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:32.480 Now it's an hour and a half long. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:35.280 I don't have that much time to commit in one sitting, 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:39.080 but I could tell you this the part that I watched. 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:44.079 John Schneider talked about walking Otawni intentionally four times during 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.160 that eighteen inning game in Game three of the World Series, 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:50.400 and part of his thought process was was to keep 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:56.200 Otani on his feet that entire eighteen inning game because 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:59.960 he was starting the very next day. And Dave Robert 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:05.400 said that Otani received ivs after Game three and that 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.400 eighteen inning game to be able to start the next day, 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.679 so even Dave Roberts is conceding it's taking a lot 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.120 out of him to start and hit in these type 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:20.400 of type of circumstances. I'm not just making this stuff up. 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:25.120 This is these are all facts. O'tani only has two 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:29.000 home runs and is hitting two oh three as the 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:32.640 leadoff hitter and dhing when he starts, and that's sixty 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:36.280 four at bats and that's not even counting the postseason. 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:40.000 Eight six six eight seven two five seventy is the 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.959 phone number? Would you have Otani not DH on the 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.160 night that he pitches? Who would you have leadoff? 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All right, let's sit downstairs right 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.120 now to here from the man himself, the greatest player 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.080 on the planet, show Hey O Tani on sports at 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:18.920 LA show. 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:20.920 Hey, when you look at just this audience, clear you 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:22.720 had all of your stuff right, Hey, can you describe 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.560 just navigating through their lineup and being so efficient tonight? 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:26.840 Not towelve one for you? 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:30.839 Got that so good? Tell them, let's way about them shop, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:37.480 It's okay. 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:38.800 Get it. 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.480 Felt really good overall. I just hope that I was 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:46.320 able to get into the seventh and that sixth inning. 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.640 How did you find just kind of the stuff playing? 0:12:48.679 --> 0:13:08.080 So we obviously saw the emotions with that final strikeout, Yeah, 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.520 double down the line. Thankfully the run didn't score, so 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:12.800 it was a big out for me to be able 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:13.719 to get that punch out. 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:17.679 Talk about wanting to get into the seventh, then, I mean, 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.400 what do you think the neatest from your side to 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.880 be able to get back out there? And just I 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.960 guess pitch count was that ninety three, But to put 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:27.560 yourself in a position to push more. 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:46.000 Hi, Hi cont. 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.839 Just considering the game score, it was really important to 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.240 give the first run of the game, so I was 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.720 really focused on that. Now if we if I had 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.360 the lead, lead, then I think I would have been 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.520 able to, you know, pitch the contact and reduce the 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:13.880 pitch count. But today it was just reading the situation, 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:17.520 the game score. I just had to prioritize on getting 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:17.959 you outs. 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.120 All right, there's show Hey o Tani on sports net LA. 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:27.040 Wondering if there was more to that press conference than 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.000 those three questions, because I'm curious to know whether or 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:35.080 not anybody has show Heyo Tani, whether or not his 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:39.400 hitting is being is not as good as when he pitches, 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.440 and whether or not he's open to that conversation of 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.000 not hitting on the knights that he pitches. So we'll 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.800 see whether or not there's more to that coming up 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:51.160 later in the show. Eight six six seven, two five 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:52.440 seventy is the phone number. 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:53.280 Let's go out to. 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:56.240 Bill and Mission Viejo. You're on Dodger Talk with David 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:56.840 veasse Hi. 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.440 Bill, Hi, thanks for taking my call. I agree with 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.840 what you said about the lineup. It makes a lot 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.720 of sense. And also I was going to comment Patrick 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.440 Bailey he got him last year too with the Grand 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:11.520 Slam and the tenth inning off Tanner Scott. 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:16.160 Yeah, yeah, I mean he's becoming a kind of a 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.080 thorn in the Dodgers' side the last two years, and 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.640 for me, it's just it's. 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.560 Hard to swallow. Losing to the Giants. 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.960 A but b having the number nine hitter beat you, 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.680 even if it is Patrick Bailey who hit that grand 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:32.280 slam off of Scott last year. 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:36.560 Right, I agree with that, and then I just hopefully 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.680 the offense will come around a little bit tomorrow. They've 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:42.040 done well against web before. 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.400 Yeah, you know, I you know what the way baseball works, 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:49.440 Bill is The Dodgers have only scored one run against 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.440 subpar pitchers in the first two games of this series, 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:56.240 and tomorrow they're facing Logan Webb, and who knows they'll 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.640 come out and score four or five runs against him. 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.520 That's just the way baseball works, all right, Thanks for 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.360 a phone call, Bill appreciated. Eight six six nine eight 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:08.640 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers fall 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.480 to the Giants tonight by a final score of three 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:15.160 to nothing. And you heard o'tani talk about the double 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:19.960 down the line hit by Rafael Devers and Matt Chapman 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.000 was held up at third base. It kind of hit 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:24.600 the cut of the wall. If it gets into the 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:28.400 corner down the right field line, Chapman scores easily. But 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:32.800 why wouldn't you send Chapman in that situation? You know, 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:36.840 I don't see Casey Schmidt doing much damage against Otani 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:38.920 in that sixth inning, and I proved to be right 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.320 one hundred miles an hour, two sweepers and he was 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:45.640 struck out to end the inning. So if I was 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.320 the third base coach, I would have sent Matt Chapman. 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.400 But as Dino Eble likes to say, there is no 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:53.920 yellow light. It's either green or red, and we don't 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:56.280 know where the ball's going, we don't know how it's handled. 0:16:56.360 --> 0:17:00.640 But for me, with the situation two outs and Casey 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.680 Schmidt coming up again show hal Tani, I'm sending Matt 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:06.760 Chapman in a scoreless tie on that play. Eight sixty 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:10.120 six seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.720 go out to AZUSA. James, you're on Dodger Talk with 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:13.840 David vasse Hi. 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:14.200 James. 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:17.720 Hey, Davey, I've been listening the last few days, and 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:21.359 I agree with you. I agree with you. They're taxing 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:25.080 Otani too much. You know, you know it's almost live. 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.240 We all know he could do it all, there's no doubt, 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.760 and he does it well. And I'm speaking I'm not 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.760 even a Dodger fan, and just to let you know, 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:36.080 but we all know he could do it all. But 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.800 he's heading for the injury list if at this rate, 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.760 and they're going to lose him long term at this rate. 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.600 Now you don't know that, James. Now, I'll pump the 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.040 brakes right there. And Otani has a big say in 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.560 all this. So it's not the Dodgers pushing him to 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:54.560 do something that he doesn't want to do. He has 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.119 a huge say in all this. And you don't know 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:59.399 that he's going to the injured list. I'm just saying 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.720 that it's harder for him to bounce back recovery wise, 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.159 and the numbers prove out as a hitter the night 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:08.760 that he pitches with the Dodgers that he isn't the 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.720 best hitter on the team those nights. 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:16.600 Well, it's almost like he's the cook and he's got 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:18.760 to serve the food and he's got to wash the 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:20.399 dishes and he's doing everything. 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:21.800 You can't do it all. 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:24.880 He's got to focus on one thing. 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:28.400 Like all the other ballplayers. I know, he sets he's 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:31.960 a part, he's a he's a different kind of breta player. 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:35.960 But most guys are concentrating on one side of the 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:38.000 game and he's doing too much. 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:41.720 And I agree with you, and I hope, I. 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:45.960 Hope if you're not a Dodger fan, and I appreciate it, 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.400 good call. If you're not a Dodger fan, what fan 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:52.040 are you? Who's whose baseball team do you love? 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:55.880 Well, Dave, I'm born and raised in San Francisco. I'm 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.800 not even a Giants fan, but I lived in ten years. 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.639 I lived ten years in Denver, so I am a 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:07.159 Rockies fan. But regardless, I'm just standing up for your 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:09.760 player here. I hate to see you lose a good 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:13.720 player midseason, end of season, but they're He's. 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:14.320 In great shape. 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:16.879 He puts in a lot of work, He's in great shape. 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:21.080 You know, injuries possible with any player, James, and when 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.800 you're fatigued, yeah, there's a greater risk of that, but 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.760 the Dodgers do a great job of monitoring all that. 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:30.480 So I don't see him at any more of a 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:34.160 risk for injury considering how much work he puts into 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:36.760 his body and how much care he invests in his 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:41.000 number one money maker, and that's his body, and other 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:44.280 players should take, you know, notes on how he's able 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:48.440 to do all this and seemingly not blink an eye. 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:50.879 But like I said, Dave Roberts said in the pass 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:55.199 And podcast after Game three that eighteen in an inning affair, 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:59.200 Otani needed ivs and he also said will Smith needed 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:02.159 ivs as well. Uh, to be able to play the 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:05.440 next day and for Otani to pitch Game four of 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:09.199 last year's World Series. Let's go out to San Diego. Charles, 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:11.119 You're on Dodger Talk. How are you doing, Charles? 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:12.600 Uh? 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:13.440 Pretty good. 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:15.480 We've been doing a lot better if you actually could 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:19.280 score some runs. But I'm just calling the same Uh 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:21.320 it was the last two callers. I agree with you 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:27.280 one hundred about about the lineup. Uh, A lot of positives. 0:20:27.320 --> 0:20:31.760 You're gonna have Mookie bets, you know, in the lineup, 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:35.639 Dalton Rushing and Freddie Freeman in the same lineup, and 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:36.560 Alston will Smith. 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:37.639 So that's a lot of power. 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:42.080 Firepower you're getting Dalton rush more plenty time on top 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:45.879 of it. So, and I actually agree with you with 0:20:46.560 --> 0:20:49.320 Mookie leading off on the days that he uh he 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:53.440 tiny pitch it. I actually advocated for Guesst a couple 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:55.680 of years back when Attorney first came to the Dodgers, 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:59.359 but I got a lot of flak for keep me 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:00.960 mentioned on social media. 0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:01.520 So but. 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:05.680 All right, Charles, well, thank you for the phone call, 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:06.399 appreciate it. 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:09.399 And look, yeah, we all forget about Mookie Bets because 0:21:09.400 --> 0:21:12.399 he's been on the IL and the Dodgers started the 0:21:12.480 --> 0:21:15.040 year with him hitting third. Albeit he was off to 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:16.920 a slow start, but it was only the first two 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:21.000 weeks of the season. But when you ask me what's 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:24.720 my solution to having Otani not hit on the nights 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:27.440 that he's pitching, it's Mookie Bets leading off, and it's 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:31.320 Freddie Freeman as the DH. Eight six six eight seven 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:33.879 two five seventy is the phone number. We have lines 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:36.080 open if you want to weigh in, what would you 0:21:36.200 --> 0:21:38.639 do if Otani's not in the lineup when he pitches? 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:41.280 Who would be your DH? Who's leading off? Eight six 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:44.160 six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:21:44.480 --> 0:21:47.159 When we continue live from Oracle Park, we'll take more 0:21:47.240 --> 0:21:49.800 of your phone calls. We'll give you a Blake Snell update. 0:21:50.280 --> 0:21:52.800 He was in San Jose tonight, and also you'll hear 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:57.320 from the Bulldog oral her Scheizer shared some great memories 0:21:57.400 --> 0:22:00.359 of pitching against the Giants in their old ball park, 0:22:00.600 --> 0:22:04.520 Candlestick Park more Dodger Talk until the bottom of the 0:22:04.640 --> 0:22:07.840 hour live from San Francisco right here on AM five 0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:11.360 seventy LA Sports. Were the Giants shut out the Dodgers 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:12.560 tonight three to nothing. 0:22:18.240 --> 0:22:21.320 On air at AM five to seventy, online at amfive 0:22:21.440 --> 0:22:25.560 seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:30.680 the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David Bassam. 0:22:33.880 --> 0:22:38.280 David Basse live at Oracle Park in San Francisco, after 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:41.439 the Giants shut out the Dodgers tonight by a final 0:22:41.520 --> 0:22:44.480 score of three to nothing, the first time the Dodgers 0:22:44.560 --> 0:22:47.800 have been shut out this season. Jack Dryer gave up 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:50.400 a go ahead three run home run to the number 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:55.200 nine hitter Patrick Bailey, and that was the swing that 0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:59.040