WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (7-20-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:02.880 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:06.960 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:08.600 three consecutive titles. 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:12.520 The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth fifth. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.080 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:15.920 Here we go again. 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:18.000 We're got running back to get him on the show 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:21.439 called eight six six eighty seven two five seven, and 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:24.959 be sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:27.960 Here's your host, David Vase. 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:34.760 We are live at the bank in Philadelphia after the 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:39.280 Dodgers fall to Christopher Sanchez, Trey Turner and the Phillies. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:43.160 Ten to seven eight six six nine eight seven two 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:44.520 five seventy. 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:47.160 Is the phone number coming up on the show. 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.839 You'll hear about the trade the Dodgers made earlier today 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:54.960 for Seth Halverson. I'll let you know what the Dodgers 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.080 plan is for him. Also, we'll give you an update 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:01.279 on show Hey o Tani and the pitch planned. Plus 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:04.520 you'll hear from Miguel Rojas and his memories of the 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:09.040 Dodgers beating the Phillies in the NLDS. Remember coming into 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:13.360 Philadelphia and taking control of the series. The Dodgers did 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:17.200 not have home field advantage during the NLDS last year. 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:21.920 So you'll hear from Rojas about how he came back 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.479 here and this could be the last time that he's here, 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.959 and just some reflections from the two time World Series 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.000 champion in last year's Game seven. 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:30.319 Hero. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.600 But let's talk about tonight's game and Mookie Bets. You'll 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:39.000 hear from Dave Roberts on why he moved Bets down 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.080 to the five spot because that is where he's going 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:47.160 to be in the foreseeable future. It just hasn't looked 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:50.000 good for Mookie Bets this year. It hadn't looked good 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.400 for Mookie Bets the majority of last year. So at 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.680 this point in time, it's a real question to ask 0:01:56.880 --> 0:02:00.000 whether or not this is the new normal for Mookie 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:05.520 Bets offensively, and tonight I felt like he responded to 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.600 the challenge and the questions about whether or not this 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.320 is the new normal. With only his twelfth four hit 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:16.360 game as a Dodger since joining them in twenty twenty, 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:21.280 he had eighteen four hit games with the Red Sox in. 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.800 Just six years. But this was good to see. 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:28.720 And for Mookie, he's one of the most humble, really 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:32.480 good players you'll ever meet in your life. And for 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.680 him to see the ball not go over the wall 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.919 just once, but twice with the authority that he hit 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.120 it with is a good thing, and hopefully he can 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:47.200 carry that confidence forward because frankly, the results haven't been there. 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.359 He has ten hits in the month of July. 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.519 Four of them came tonight, So it's been a struggle 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:58.480 for Mookie. Dave Roberts and the Dodgers thought that it 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:02.320 was going to turn the coren a month ago. It 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:05.560 really did for a short period of time, and you're 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.720 hoping that he's able to recapture that again. 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.200 But whatever. 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:17.760 Whatever's going on with Mookie Bets, whatever he's practicing over 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.880 and over again, it just doesn't seem to stick. And 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:25.480 maybe it's it's a different voice that he needs to hear. 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:26.840 I don't really know. 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:30.799 I think he's so talented and he's so good, and 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:34.000 his teammates have told me repeatedly over the years that 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:39.480 it's so mental with him. His confidence sometimes gets lower 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:43.280 than it should being Mookie freaking Bets. But tonight it 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.240 was a good sign to get four hits and two 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.280 home runs the way he hit them tonight. And here's 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.760 what manager Dave Roberts had to say about Mooki and 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.640 moving him down to the five spot. 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:55.600 I don't know. 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.160 I don't think it's an easy answer in the sense 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:02.640 of what the production is supposed to be. I just 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:06.440 think that he's better than what he's showing. I do 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:11.560 believe that is he Do I have the expectations of 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:16.240 when he was considerably younger playing the outfield. No, I don't, 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:21.400 and I think that's an unfair expectation. So I have 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.640 a hard time really answering what my expectation is. I 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.479 just know that he helps us when baseball games. He's 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:34.800 playing a premium position, and so I feel like, you know, 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:39.360 hitting him fifth versus second, third, or fourth, I still 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:43.560 think takes a little bit of offensive strain given the 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:44.520 position he's playing. 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:50.440 All right, there is Dave Roberts expectation or explanation about 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:54.520 hitting him fifth, whether or not Mookie's lack of production 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.919 the last two years is the new normal, but no 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.400 doubt about it. Tonight was a big night for him, 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:04.040 and hopefully it's a sign of things to come, because 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:08.440 it just hasn't looked It hasn't looked good for the 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.320 majority of the season, and it didn't look good the 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.760 majority of last season. At some point, Mookie's the first 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.839 guy to say this, you gotta get results, you gotta 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:21.960 have production. And if he starts to get results, he'll 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.200 be moved back up in the order. But for now 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.640 he's hitting fifth and Max Muncy likely will be the 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.440 Dodgers cleanup hitter more days than not. Tonight, he was 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:35.400 not in the starting lineup because he played the doubleheader yesterday, 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:39.320 and also the left hander Christopher Sanchez was on the mound, 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.400 and Tommy Edmond got the start at third base tonight 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.560 and made a phenomenal play to start a five to 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.760 four to three inning ending double play in the first 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.560 inning with the bases loaded, or this would have been 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:55.480 a really short night for Emma Shean, who gave up 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:58.080 four runs in the second inning. He could have been 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:03.320 down six to nothing at the least after two innings 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:05.640 tonight if it wasn't for Edmund making. 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:08.719 That play on that Alec Baum hard hit round ball. 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.719 So Tommy Edmund's doing a lot of good things for 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:15.680 the Dodgers. And just going back to Mooky Betts, Mookie 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:19.200 Betts has won three World Series with the Dodgers. He's 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.760 a winning player. He knows how to win, and even 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:26.120 though he's not hitting two to eighty and hitting thirty 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.520 home runs anymore, he's a winning player. 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:30.440 And so is Tommy Edmund. 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.599 The Dodgers have a lot of those type of guys, 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:37.640 but that's what separates Mooky from a lot of other guys. 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:38.839 He's a winning player. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:43.000 And as far as the overall game tonight, I thought 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:46.280 the one thing that stood out was the fact that 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:51.200 these Philly fans are so freaking emotional. You hear about 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:57.359 Phillies fans, Red Sox fans, Yankee fans. The emotional rollercoaster 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:02.080 tonight with Trey Turner was It's ridiculous. He boots a 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:05.479 ground ball in the first inning, they shower him with booze, 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.839 loud booze, and then he hits his first of two 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.960 home runs tonight. They give him a standing ovation, and 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:14.160 then he boots a couple of other balls and they're 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:17.960 booing them like rabbit animals out here. And then he 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.320 hits his second home run and they're like, ah, we 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:24.880 love you, Trey. It's I mean, this was unbelievable. This 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:29.960 is typical East Coast fandom, and uh, it's not easy 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:33.120 to play here. That's for sure, but I thought that 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.960 that's one of the things that stood out to me 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.119 tonight about the game. Eight sixty six nine eight seven 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.880 two five seventy is the phone number. And by the way, 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.240 Mookie's second home run of the game. I mentioned this 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:47.120 during the Clubhouse show, forced On Mattingly to bring in 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.160 his closers. So I know the Dodgers look at things 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.280 like that, and it will affect the rest of this series. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.880 And the tarp is on the field right now. Rain 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.360 is expected tomorrow. You just hope that the delay is 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.600 not too long. And neither one of these teams want 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.880 to lose. They're really good starters and Robleski and Wheelers, 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:09.800 so who knows. They may start this game a little 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:12.920 bit later. And your guys, Petro some money, might actually 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.560 have to put away the surfboards and the yoga mats 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:19.680 and do a little extra work tomorrow. Let's go out 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:23.080 to Sherman Oaks. Mark, You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Mark, 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:24.160 You're on Dodger. 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:25.440 Talk live from Phil Dave. 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:26.080 How you doing. 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:28.480 I'm doing great, I'm doing good. 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:30.280 I got two quick questions. 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:31.560 What's going on with River Ryan? 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:32.839 Is he ready to come up or. 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:36.720 No, he's had two hamstring injuries. I don't know what's 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:39.920 going on with that. I know he was disappointed when 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.920 the Dodgers didn't bring him on the opening day roster. 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:48.040 He had one hamstring injuries, had another hamstring injury. He's 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.679 really missed his golden opportunity to make an impact and 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.480 get a chance to see if he can stick this year. 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:56.040 Yeah. 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:57.880 I was just wondering when they brought a knack up 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:00.360 and I said, well, what's going on with Ryan? Now 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:01.600 I know, so thank you for that. 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:01.960 Yeah. 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:06.200 My second question is My second question is the ADS 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.480 system where it calls falls the strikes, Where are the 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.760 sensors and does this does the zone change for the 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.920 height of the of the batters. 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.760 That's the one thing that they haven't They won't. That's 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.959 the elephant in the room because they've measured all these 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:26.600 guys standing straight up, but they haven't measured them in 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:30.520 their batting stance. So in spring training they measured every 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:34.280 single player for their strike zone, so called strike zone. 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.160 But Max Munsey's strike zone when he steps in the 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:41.000 batter's box is much different than when he's standing straight up, 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.839 so they haven't perfected that. But I guess the the 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:49.479 technology is made for when you stride for the baseball, 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:53.160 so that's what they're coming at their average height between 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:58.320 standing straight up and their actual batting stance. So it's 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:02.000 it's not a perfect in science, even though they want you. 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:03.000 To believe that it is. 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:09.160 So it's not moving, it's not moving. I noticed that 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.839 because I'm telling you, you know, if somebody looks, if 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.920 you look at the zone, they it calls low, low 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:16.679 and high and everything like that. It's it's I think 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:18.840 it's different, but where are the sensors. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:20.640 It should be different for every hitter. 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:23.880 I mean, what I'm saying is it is supposed to 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.880 be different. But what I'm telling you, the way they 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:31.719 measured these players to me was not accurate. Because when 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:35.160 I'm standing straight up against the wall, my batting stands. 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:38.520 If I'm Freddie Freeman or Max Munsey or you're an 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:42.640 older sounding guy, Ricky Henderson standing straight up was not 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.280 the same as Ricky Henderson in the batter's box been 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:45.960 at the waist. 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:47.400 That's my thing. 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:52.400 It does change a lot taller, a lot taller than Muncie, right, 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:53.520 so so it's got to. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.280 Be different, but it does change for him but Otani 0:10:56.360 --> 0:11:00.960 standing straight up, not Otani standing in the batter's box. 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.439 But what they're saying is the way they've calculated that 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.320 buffer is for when the guy is in his stance 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.240 starting to swing, and that's where they're coming up with 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:15.240 the strike zone for that player each individualized strike zone day. 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:16.560 Do you know where the sensors are? 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:21.040 I don't know. Actually, yeah, because. 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:22.520 I I just for life making. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:24.640 I measure the You know, the strike zone starts at 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:27.240 the beginning front of the plate right that even was 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:31.760 supposed to be the strike zone before ABS. So the 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.760 sensors are all around a lot of these stadiums have 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:35.720 sensors all over. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.800 So I'll figure that out for you. Mark. I'm sure 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.880 Rick Monday knows that answer, that question and that answer. 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.080 Thanks for the phone call. Appreciate it. 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:47.200 Eight sixty six nine to eighty seven two five seventy 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.600 is the phone number. Phillies beat the Dodgers tonight ten 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:54.080 to seven. Yeah, that ABS. I like it, but I'm 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.199 just telling you I don't feel like it's one hundred 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:59.880 percent accurate. The further we get away from the question 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.880 about it in spring training, I think we all forget 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.880 about the fact that as these players were measured against 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:09.560 the wall, standing straight up or whatever they were measuring 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.680 is not who they are in the batter's box. Let's 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:15.560 go out to ocean side. Mark, You're on Dodger Talk. 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.080 How you doing, Mark, You're on Dodger Talk Live from Philly. 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.240 Okay, thanks, Dave, I appreciate it. Got a couple of 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.840 things for you. The first one is I'm glad that 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.440 he made a change with Mooki in the order. I 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:30.440 think that will take some of the pressure off of him. 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.160 But the second part of that they to move pash 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:36.680 Is down too and put Edmund into two spot. I 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:38.960 think that's about thing and not doing it. 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.920 Yeah, I thought they were gonna go with that, but 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:46.120 I feel like they like the versatility of Tommy Edmund, 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.800 not only as a defensive player but also as an 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.920 offensive player to be able to move them wherever they 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.160 feel they need the matchups and the construction of one 0:12:56.240 --> 0:13:00.080 through nine. But I agree with you, he's to me, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.680 out of all these guys because they have had a 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.680 hard time finding a number two hitter, Edmund is the 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:06.240 guy for me. 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.600 Yeah, I agree. Okay. The second thing I have for 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:15.000 you is that I don't what was the attitude of 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.959 these hitters going into this game against Sanchez. I just 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.679 couldn't believe it. I mean, he might have thrown one 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.680 strike or two strikes out of the first three hitters 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.960 in the first inning, and they're swinging at everything that's 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.560 not even close. I mean, if you watch him in 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.280 the All Star Game, the American League made him work 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.080 and throw strikes, and they hit him and we just 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:36.960 sit there and swing it pitches in the dirt or 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.960 the way outside or I couldn't believe it. I mean, 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:43.040 he didn't throw hardly any strikes and he struck. 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:43.920 Out three guys. 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.760 Maybe he threw pitches that appeared to look like strikes, 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.079 but I agree with you. Otani was expanded the strike 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.600 zone right away, and that kind of set the tone 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:54.480 for the first inning. 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.360 Yeah, and then in three to one counts when we 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.559 were trying to get something going, when the guys, I mean, 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.839 take another pitch and it can throw two in a row. 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.320 Three to two is fine. Three to one takes well. 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:11.360 That's that's the problem with Paez hitting second, because he's 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:13.760 a free swinger. He doesn't take a lot of walks. 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.320 He does all those things that you're talking about. He's 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.560 he's one of those type of hitters that they call 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:23.480 a variant type of hitter because you know, he's I mean, 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.720 he he swings out a lot of pitches, and when 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.240 he's not going good, he swings early and often. 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.000 Yeah, another thing about Edmund, he had the chance maybe 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.880 a stealing a base. We got nobody, nobody in the 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:37.920 line up can steal any bases at the top of 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:39.920 the lineup. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense there either. 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.520 Yeah, Yeah, good points, Mark, Thank you for the phone call. 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:47.320 Eight sixty six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.000 All I could tell you is the Dodgers value the 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:53.040 versatility of Tommy Edmund in the lineup because tonight he 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.560 was hitting third. It's not like he was hitting ninth tonight, 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:59.440 he was hitting third. So you know, hard to argue 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:03.160 those type things. But Tommy Edmund has had so many 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.320 big hits and has made so many big plays for 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.120 the Dodgers. But the one swing that I know he 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:10.880 wishes he could have back tonight was the one in 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.760 the sixth inning with the bases loaded, two outs and 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:15.120 he flew out to left field. 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.480 That was to me the game tonight. 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:21.080 In the sixth where the Dodgers uh were given another 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.160 gift by Trey Turner and they couldn't take advantage of it, 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.600 and then Emmit Sheen gives up a home run to 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:30.680 Brandon Marsh. Eight six six seven two five seventy is 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:32.840 the phone number. We're gonna take a time out here 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:36.480 on Dodger Talk Live from Philadelphia. When we continue, we'll 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.640 give you an update on show Hey Tani and where 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.680 he's at with the pitching sided things, will give you 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:45.240 more information on the reliever the Dodgers acquired from the 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.880 Rockies today, and you also hear from Miguel Rojas about 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:52.480 last year's NLDS. So a lot to get to, including 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.560 more of your phone calls. Phone lines are wide open 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:59.120 at eight six six eight seven two five seventy after 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.400 the Phillies beat Dodgers tonight ten to seven on a 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:17.320 five to seventy LA Sports. 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:13.360 On air at AM five to seventy, online at AM 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:17.760 five seventy LA sports dot com, and available my podcast 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:19.280 on the iHeartRadio app. 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.360 This is Dodger Tom with. 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:29.160 David Vassie bets again high in the ear left center field. 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:30.720 Mookie bets. 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:36.600 Four hits and two home runs and the Dodgers not 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:41.240 going quietly here at the Bank. 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Hey Otani tonight was zero for 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.960 four with two strikeouts. He has not hit a home 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:29.720 run in his career in this ballpark, and trust me, 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:33.280 he's very aware of it, because as he was coming 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:37.640 back from throwing in the outfield and then signing autographs 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:41.160 for the fans here in Philadelphia, we made eye contact 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.359 and he pointed out to the right field bleachers, and 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:46.960 I'm not sure he was pointing his and calling his 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:50.240 shot for tonight. I think he was hoping to, but 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.399 I feel like he was calling his shot to be 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:58.280 able to to hopefully hit a home run in one 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.760 of these three games, because Show he's very aware of 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.680 the numbers, and I know he's aware that he has 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.760 not rounded the bases with a home run in. 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:09.359 This ballpark in his career. 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:13.520 Also, as far as the pitching goes with Show, Hey Otani, 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.560 I mention over the weekend that it's been put on pause. 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:22.400 And today was a little surprising because Dave Roberts outlined 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:26.200 that Otani is going to do his normal routine where 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:29.800 today he threw and over the weekend he plans on 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:31.800 throwing a bullpen session. 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:35.639 Not gotten better, and so because it had not gotten 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:43.760 better the All Star break, the Orthovis shot, not pitching him, 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:47.919 all that stuff, is trying to ensure give us the 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.919 best chance for her for him to be out of 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:52.920 the woods entirely with them. 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.720 All right, So that was the question post to Dave 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:59.600 Roberts about all these sequence of events that took place. 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:03.199 Was it because the left knee got worse or is 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:04.920 it because it never got better? 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:06.119 And that was his answer. 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:09.960 But I was a little surprised that a yesterday he 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:13.520 plays both games of the doubleheader, he fouls a ball 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.040 off his left knee, he tries to beat out a 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:20.200 ground ball at first base, running full full of bow 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:24.720 at up the line, and then in between games he's 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:28.040 throwing pitching off black round in the wind up. And 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:30.560 now we're finding out that he well I watched him 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:33.119 today do the same thing he threw, and now we 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:37.120 find out he's gonna throw a bullpen session over the weekend. 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:41.600 I just don't understand all of this. When they tell 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:45.879 us that when he pitches, that's where the left knee 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:49.439 has the most pain. So if they're going to pause 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:54.800 the pitching, why would Otani throw a bullpen session today? 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:58.159 The only thing or this weekend, The only thing I 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:01.600 can think of is they want they want. He wants 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:05.000 to keep his arm moving. If the Dodgers plan on 0:20:05.160 --> 0:20:08.760 having him pitch again by the end of this season, 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:12.160 you can't take a month off of not pitching because 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:15.320 it takes that long to build back up. So I 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:19.160 understand all that, and it'll be interesting to see how 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:24.760 many pitches Otani throws in this bullpen session over the weekend. 0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:28.439 It's just he must have the highest pain tolerance of 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:32.119 any player on this team, because there's been some guys 0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:36.159 with really high pain tolerances, but he must have an 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:40.480 extremely high level for pain to be able to play 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:44.840 through a left knee that needed some lubricant injection over 0:20:44.880 --> 0:20:48.080 the All Star break that has prevented him from pitching 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:52.160 and is still giving him some issues. So those are 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:54.560 the type of guys that you have to also protect 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:58.080 from themselves. And look, let's not kid ourselves. He's the 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:02.600 greatest player on the planet, so I'm sure he's he's 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:06.920 kind I'm not gonna say directing this, but certainly has 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:09.440 a big say in it. Eight six six, nine eighty 0:21:09.520 --> 0:21:12.800 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Earlier today, 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:18.160 the Dodgers made a trade for Rockies relievers Seth Halverson, 0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:22.600 who throws ninety eight to one hundred miles an hour. 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:28.200 But as we all know pitchers relievers at Corsfield, it's 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:32.440 a little bit taller of a task. And Halverson's only 0:21:32.480 --> 0:21:35.240 twenty six years old, so he's a young guy. He's 0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:37.720 appeared in twenty six games for the Rockies with a 0:21:37.760 --> 0:21:41.920 four to seventy four ERRA, but he does have seventeen 0:21:41.960 --> 0:21:44.560 strikeouts in nineteen innings. He's got a big arm from 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:49.240 what I understand. And look, this is a flyer on 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:53.040 a guy that only cost a single lay outfielder and 0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:56.240 one of my favorite guys in the miners, Nick Frosso. 0:21:56.560 --> 0:22:01.080 So hate to see Frosso leave the organization. But the 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:06.200 Dodgers gave up a minimal amount of prospect capital to 0:22:06.320 --> 0:22:08.800 acquire a guy with a big arm, a major league 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:11.680 reliever that can throw one hundred miles an hour coming 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:14.680 out of the bullpen. So if the Dodgers can work 0:22:14.720 --> 0:22:18.520