WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (9-30-26) 0:00:00.150 --> 0:00:03.550 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until 7 0:00:03.550 --> 0:00:07.780 o'clock tonight here on AM570 LA Sports. We are not 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:13.340 on YouTube. This is a YouTube-free show. We are streaming 0:00:13.420 --> 0:00:19.380 live on the iHeartRadio app and also on 104.3 HD2. 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.160 And we've got a great show for you tonight, and 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:25.239 we will be on the rest of the week tomorrow 0:00:25.380 --> 0:00:29.990 and Friday at 6 o'clock as well. Phone lines are open. 0:00:30.170 --> 0:00:34.000 First time all day on 570 LA Sports since scam 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:36.680 this morning that the phone lines are open. 866-987-2570. All 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:45.640 your Dodger roster questions. can be answered tonight. And coming 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:49.420 up at the bottom of the hour, Daniel Hudson will 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:54.260 join us. One of the OG bullpen dogs from the 0:00:54.260 --> 0:00:57.279 24 world champion Dodgers will join us. We'll get his 0:00:57.340 --> 0:01:01.190 thoughts on where the Dodger bullpens at and also what 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:05.950 the Dodgers may be taking inventory of during this period 0:01:05.990 --> 0:01:11.030 of time where they're doing that players only all inclusive, um, 0:01:11.350 --> 0:01:14.590 you know, I guess party is, if you want to 0:01:14.630 --> 0:01:18.950 call it, party and scrimmaging at Dodger Stadium. 2024 was 0:01:19.020 --> 0:01:21.780 the first year that they did that. Daniel Hudson was 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.800 a part of it. So we will hear from Daniel 0:01:24.819 --> 0:01:28.770 Hudson coming up. at the bottom of the hour. I'm 0:01:28.850 --> 0:01:31.770 sure you know by now about the situation with the 0:01:31.850 --> 0:01:34.950 Phillies and Braves. There will be a game three tomorrow 0:01:35.500 --> 0:01:39.160 after Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber hit home runs in 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:41.400 the eighth inning to tie the game, and then Alec 0:01:41.459 --> 0:01:45.139 Boehm in extra innings won it with a home run. So, 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:48.300 you know, you talk about the Dodgers' identity of slug. 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:52.020 The Phillies are boom or bust in more ways than 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:55.700 the Dodgers are. The Dodgers actually have good hitters. And 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.580 don't swing at pitches outside of the strike zone. But 0:01:58.810 --> 0:02:00.750 the Phillies, when you put it and you make a 0:02:00.790 --> 0:02:04.370 mistake in the strike zone, guys like Schwarber and Harper 0:02:04.410 --> 0:02:06.300 are going to hit it a long way. And that's 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:08.639 exactly what happened today. 0:02:08.660 --> 0:02:08.720 So. 0:02:10.169 --> 0:02:13.560 The Phillies force a game three after it looked like 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.200 their season was going to be over six outs away 0:02:16.660 --> 0:02:21.209 from their season being over. And they almost really went 0:02:21.250 --> 0:02:24.610 into the offseason in a bad way. Remember, Bryce Harper 0:02:24.630 --> 0:02:28.149 has been playing first base since last year. And then 0:02:28.190 --> 0:02:31.549 they acquired Luis Arias at the trade deadline, and he 0:02:31.610 --> 0:02:34.970 was playing first base, but hurt his ankle on the 0:02:35.060 --> 0:02:37.980 second-to-last day of the end of the regular season, so 0:02:38.740 --> 0:02:43.480 the Phillies moved Alec Boehm to first base. And Bryce 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:47.360 Harper moved to right field again, but Arias can't play, 0:02:47.419 --> 0:02:50.460 so it's kind of weird that Harper is not starting 0:02:50.500 --> 0:02:53.959 at first base. And he misplayed a ball in right 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.820 field that led to a run And he could have 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:01.000 been the GOAT in a bad way if the Phillies 0:03:01.060 --> 0:03:04.799 lost this game. And Don Mattingly's made some questionable moves 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:08.820 already in the first two games of this series. But nonetheless, 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.709 there's going to be a Game 3. And Dave Roberts 0:03:11.810 --> 0:03:16.989 said on Sunday in San Francisco, he didn't care who 0:03:17.130 --> 0:03:20.290 got into the postseason, whether it's the Phillies or Diamondbacks. 0:03:20.590 --> 0:03:24.180 All he cared about was chaos. And now there is 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:28.400 even more chaos with the Phillies and Braves being put 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:32.299 in this situation of a best out of three wildcard 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:36.380 round and then now having to play a third game. 0:03:36.490 --> 0:03:40.850 So they're going to be limping into the NLDS, whether 0:03:40.890 --> 0:03:44.270 it's the Phillies or Braves. And I said this on 0:03:44.310 --> 0:03:47.870 Petros and Money, I'll say it again. The Dodgers are 0:03:47.910 --> 0:03:51.570 going to play the Braves more than likely. And even 0:03:51.970 --> 0:03:55.120 if it's the Phillies, who are they playing in the NLCS? 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:58.260 It's the Padres. Who are they playing in the World Series? 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:02.200 It's the Tampa Bay Rays. It's going to be a 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:07.490 2020 deja vu, except in 2020, the Dodgers played the 0:04:07.530 --> 0:04:10.850 Braves in the NLCS and the Padres in the DS. 0:04:11.230 --> 0:04:13.110 It's going to be flipped around. Yeah, I got the 0:04:13.170 --> 0:04:17.740 Padres beating the Brewers, and I got the Dodgers beating 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.320 the Braves. I think the Braves win out tomorrow, but 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:25.200 even if they have to play the Phillies, they're coming 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.990 in in a situation where they're only going to be 0:04:28.050 --> 0:04:32.210 able to use Luzardo and Sanchez as once in a 0:04:32.250 --> 0:04:37.250 best-of-five series, and Wheeler is probably going to start game 0:04:37.390 --> 0:04:40.380 one of the NLDS. Don't know who's starting for them tomorrow. 0:04:40.420 --> 0:04:43.840 They haven't made that announcement yet for either side, so 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:46.360 we'll see how that plays out. But one thing's for certain, 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.240 both teams are going to be at a disadvantage in 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:53.150 more ways than one. Number one, they're going to have 0:04:53.190 --> 0:04:56.770 to fly all the way across the country to L.A. 0:04:57.170 --> 0:05:01.650 to start the NLDS on one day's rest. And number two, 0:05:02.050 --> 0:05:05.850 their pitching has been spent not only to get into 0:05:05.950 --> 0:05:08.990 the wild card round if you're the Phillies, but either 0:05:09.089 --> 0:05:11.110 one of these two teams is not going to have 0:05:11.150 --> 0:05:14.130 their number one starter ready to go for game one 0:05:14.170 --> 0:05:16.330 of the NLDS. And if they are, they're going to 0:05:16.370 --> 0:05:19.510 be limited. So the Dodgers are in a great position. 0:05:19.860 --> 0:05:23.800 They are not getting enough credit for understanding what it 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:27.239 takes to win in October, whether as the wild card 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:30.950 team or as as a division winner with a bye. 0:05:31.089 --> 0:05:33.710 And that's what they've done each of the last two years. 0:05:33.810 --> 0:05:36.570 So they've done it with the bye. They've done it 0:05:36.670 --> 0:05:39.790 as a wildcard team and nobody wants to acknowledge that. 0:05:40.490 --> 0:05:42.690 And for the Dodgers, how they're going to line up 0:05:42.750 --> 0:05:46.650 their rotation, no announcements been made. Dave Roberts said he 0:05:46.690 --> 0:05:49.890 was going to wait until after they know their opponent 0:05:50.010 --> 0:05:53.150 and know what time game one of the NLDS is 0:05:53.190 --> 0:05:56.460 going to be at because that's contingent on what happens 0:05:56.540 --> 0:06:01.760 in San Diego tonight. And what happens tomorrow if there 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.440 is a game three between the Padres and Cubs? So 0:06:05.100 --> 0:06:07.779 that's really the game I care about. The Yankees, Red 0:06:07.860 --> 0:06:11.060 Sox going on right now doesn't seem to have the same, 0:06:11.700 --> 0:06:15.150 the same, you know, luster that it used to have. 0:06:15.270 --> 0:06:17.870 Max Freed's on the mound right now. Scoreless time, the 0:06:17.910 --> 0:06:20.550 fourth inning. We'll keep you updated on that game as 0:06:20.589 --> 0:06:23.130 we go to seven o'clock. But as far as the 0:06:23.190 --> 0:06:27.429 Dodgers rotation goes, like I mentioned, no official announcements been made, 0:06:27.510 --> 0:06:30.120 but Over the course of the last two days in 0:06:30.180 --> 0:06:33.250 San Francisco, we were trying to get some hints from 0:06:33.310 --> 0:06:37.150 Dave Roberts about what the rotation may look like. Obviously, 0:06:37.190 --> 0:06:40.070 it's going to be Snell. It's going to be Yamamoto. 0:06:40.130 --> 0:06:43.070 It's going to be Scooble in some order in the 0:06:43.130 --> 0:06:47.770 first three games of the NLDS. But he did, Dave 0:06:47.830 --> 0:06:51.089 Roberts did mention that it is not out of the 0:06:51.150 --> 0:06:54.990 question to have Snell and Scooble start the first two 0:06:55.070 --> 0:06:58.290 games of the NLDS. And if you look at what 0:06:58.350 --> 0:07:02.230 the Phillies have done against the Braves, they started their 0:07:02.270 --> 0:07:06.630 two best lefties against the Braves in Luzardo in Game 0:07:06.630 --> 0:07:11.570 1 and today Christopher Sanchez in Game 2. So could 0:07:11.620 --> 0:07:14.760 the Dodgers be considering the same thing, whether it's the 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:19.280 Braves or the Phillies, to go Snell Scooble in some 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.760 order in the first two games of Dodger Stadium and 0:07:22.820 --> 0:07:27.190 then Yamamoto in Game 3 on the road? It doesn't 0:07:27.270 --> 0:07:30.190 seem like Dave Roberts said to rule that out, so 0:07:30.270 --> 0:07:35.910 I'm not ruling that out either. 866-987-2570. Which order would 0:07:35.950 --> 0:07:39.430 you have those big three going? Glass now will pitch 0:07:39.490 --> 0:07:42.130 out of the bullpen and also be ready for a 0:07:42.210 --> 0:07:46.010 possible game four. I also do believe, and we saw 0:07:46.060 --> 0:07:49.720 this on the Dodgers social media yesterday because that was 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:53.580 the only video that we had of the Dodgers workout, 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.470 and Kind of at the end, they buried the lead 0:07:56.530 --> 0:08:00.550 that Otani took batting practice on the field yesterday. Now, 0:08:00.630 --> 0:08:03.450 I was told he did not launch any onto the 0:08:03.510 --> 0:08:06.770 roof of the right field pavilion like he did during 0:08:06.790 --> 0:08:11.770 the workouts last year. So, with that being said, yes, 0:08:12.050 --> 0:08:14.830 Otani's going to be in the starting lineup. Yes, Dave 0:08:14.890 --> 0:08:18.350 Roberts said on Sunday the lowest he would have Otani 0:08:18.430 --> 0:08:21.790 hit in the lineup is second. I don't think there's 0:08:21.850 --> 0:08:25.360 any question that Mookie Betts should be the leadoff hitter 0:08:25.780 --> 0:08:28.619 in the nlds in the rest of the postseason because 0:08:28.660 --> 0:08:33.130 it's pretty obvious otani's not at full strength what percentage 0:08:33.190 --> 0:08:35.929 strength is he at i don't know but his presence 0:08:36.450 --> 0:08:40.410 does mean something and when the dodgers were constructing their 0:08:40.450 --> 0:08:43.650 lineup at the beginning of the year with otani leading 0:08:43.809 --> 0:08:46.150 off it was all about who was sitting behind him 0:08:46.230 --> 0:08:50.510 to protect him and to force the opposing manager to 0:08:50.890 --> 0:08:53.630 bring in a lefty, yes, to face Otani, but then 0:08:53.670 --> 0:08:56.959 to face two or three guys behind him that could 0:08:57.020 --> 0:09:00.920 hit lefties. And when the Dodgers put out their starting 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:04.280 lineup for game one of the NLDS, I believe it's 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:08.479 going to be Mookie Betts hitting leadoff and Shohei Otani 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.230 hitting second. And what you want to look at is 0:09:11.410 --> 0:09:15.760 the two or three hitters behind Otani because that's the 0:09:15.820 --> 0:09:19.340 key groupings as you go through a game to force 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.699 the opposing manager to pick their poison. And if they 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.790 do bring in one of their lefties, they're going to 0:09:26.830 --> 0:09:29.670 have to face Otani, obviously, but the rules now are 0:09:29.710 --> 0:09:32.170 in play to face the next two hitters as well. 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.040 And I am certain the Dodgers are going to stack 0:09:35.140 --> 0:09:39.219 Freddie Freeman and Will Smith in some order behind Otani 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:43.460 to make that opposing manager think twice about bringing in 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:46.780 that high leverage lefty to face Otani in the middle 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:51.950 of the game. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. We're going 0:09:51.970 --> 0:09:54.609 to take our first time out here on Dodger Talk. 0:09:54.929 --> 0:09:58.030 When we continue, I'm going to get into how Major 0:09:58.070 --> 0:10:04.980 League Baseball is completely squandering a golden opportunity to have 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:11.309 the primetime Dodgers in primetime and to really maximize the 0:10:11.429 --> 0:10:17.330 global entity that the Dodgers are. It's incredible how already 0:10:17.350 --> 0:10:21.640 the The East Coast Bias has taken over the scheduling 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.820 of the NLDS. We'll fill you in when we continue 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:29.010 on Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until 7 o'clock 0:10:29.070 --> 0:10:32.410 here on 570 LA Sports. We are streaming live on 0:10:32.429 --> 0:10:38.510 the iHeartRadio app and also can be heard on 104.3 HD2, 0:10:38.530 --> 0:10:43.610 a YouTube-free show, Dodger Talk, until 7 o'clock. And phone 0:10:43.650 --> 0:10:48.470 lines are open at 866-987-2570. We'll be back with you 0:10:48.530 --> 0:10:52.719 tomorrow night and Friday at 6 o'clock, leading you up to... 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:57.219 Game one of the NLDS, and we have wall-to-wall coverage 0:10:57.260 --> 0:11:01.959 here on your home for Dodger baseball beginning at 6 a.m. Scam! 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:05.920 Tim Cate, Steve Sachs are back for this year's October. 0:11:05.940 --> 0:11:09.420 They will be back with you tomorrow morning at 6 a.m., 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.380 and we'll be back with you tomorrow night at 6 0:11:12.380 --> 0:11:16.260 o'clock to bookend a great day of sports talk, local 0:11:16.740 --> 0:11:19.800 sports talk, and there's a chance we could be doing 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:24.870 this show tomorrow night from Dodger Stadium because I believe 0:11:24.950 --> 0:11:28.550 they are going to allow and grant us access to 0:11:28.590 --> 0:11:32.710 their workout tomorrow at Dodger Stadium and on Friday. Friday 0:11:32.750 --> 0:11:36.530 they have to. That's a league-mandated rule. They're going to 0:11:36.570 --> 0:11:39.429 have to let the media in on Friday, but there's 0:11:39.490 --> 0:11:41.890 a good chance that we could be doing the shows 0:11:41.970 --> 0:11:45.810 from Dodger Stadium the next two nights starting at 6 o'clock. 0:11:45.870 --> 0:11:49.210 So that should be fun, and my understanding is Dave 0:11:49.250 --> 0:11:51.630 Roberts is going to join us one of the next 0:11:51.710 --> 0:11:56.320 two nights, presented by our friends at Downey Hyundai. Hey, 0:11:56.380 --> 0:11:59.440 part of the reason why the Dodgers, and I don't 0:11:59.500 --> 0:12:02.320 know whether or not we're going to be at Dodgers 0:12:02.340 --> 0:12:07.250 Stadium tomorrow night, is because the Dodgers have not settled 0:12:07.450 --> 0:12:11.130 on a time for their workout tomorrow because they don't 0:12:11.190 --> 0:12:15.010 know what time they are going to play game one 0:12:15.190 --> 0:12:20.360 of the NLDS. Major League Baseball put out their schedules 0:12:20.650 --> 0:12:25.560 for the first round of the playoffs, and it's contingent. 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:30.140 Game one at Dodger Stadium is contingent on Padres and 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:35.980 Cubs and who wins that series. One of the scenarios is, 0:12:36.059 --> 0:12:38.040 and the likely one, because it would be if the 0:12:38.100 --> 0:12:41.600 Padres and Brewers play each other, in the NLDS on 0:12:41.630 --> 0:12:44.540 the other side of the bracket is for the Dodgers, 0:12:44.980 --> 0:12:49.980 the defending back-to-back world series champion Dodgers, the team that 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:56.559 has been the talking point for not only hardcore baseball fans, 0:12:56.860 --> 0:13:03.140 but trying to make the crossover on different platforms. They 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:07.140 major league baseball has a scenario where the back-to-back Dodgers 0:13:07.260 --> 0:13:11.260 back-to-back champion Dodgers are starting their quest for the three-peat, 0:13:11.300 --> 0:13:17.130 the most polarizing team in possibly all of sports. They 0:13:17.190 --> 0:13:23.510 have them playing at 1 o'clock, possibly, on Saturday afternoon, which, oh, 0:13:23.530 --> 0:13:28.180 by the way, is supposed to be 100 degrees this weekend. Yeah, 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:30.939 in case you didn't check the weather, it's going to 0:13:30.980 --> 0:13:34.260 be even hotter than it was today, this weekend, 100 0:13:34.260 --> 0:13:39.610 degrees in downtown L.A., on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday's game 0:13:39.670 --> 0:13:43.900 is an evening game, 5 o'clock. But game one, there's 0:13:43.940 --> 0:13:48.220 a real chance, is played at 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:54.180 I know that college football happens on Saturday. I understand that. 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.550 And the game is supposed to be on either Fox 0:13:56.590 --> 0:14:02.490 Sports or Fox Sports 1, whatever. But either way, how 0:14:02.590 --> 0:14:07.280 can you have the premier team the premier team and 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:12.910 arguably the most polarizing, most interesting team in all of sports, 0:14:13.410 --> 0:14:15.810 this side of the NFL. And I would argue there's 0:14:15.870 --> 0:14:20.190 no NFL team that's as interesting and intriguing than the 0:14:20.230 --> 0:14:25.730 Dodgers in October. How could you have Major League Baseball? 0:14:26.170 --> 0:14:31.260 How could you have a scenario that this team would 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:35.280 not be on in primetime in game one, of their 0:14:35.340 --> 0:14:39.880 quest for the three-peat. This is everything the baseball. I 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.020 hate to break it to you in Cleveland and on 0:14:42.060 --> 0:14:44.960 the south side of Chicago. It's not your teams. I 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.610 hate to break it to you in the Bronx. It's 0:14:47.660 --> 0:14:51.330 not the Yankees. It's the Dodgers. It's the Los Angeles 0:14:51.370 --> 0:14:55.550 Dodgers trying to make history. And how could you possibly 0:14:55.630 --> 0:15:01.050 have them playing at 1 o'clock Pacific time the first 0:15:01.150 --> 0:15:06.250 game of their postseason road to a three-peat. And oh, 0:15:06.290 --> 0:15:10.340 by the way, Major League Baseball talks about how much 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.540 Asia means to them, the Pacific Rim means to them. 0:15:14.620 --> 0:15:19.260 They sent the Dodgers to Tokyo before last season. And 0:15:19.300 --> 0:15:22.490 you're going to have the Dodgers possibly play at 1 0:15:22.490 --> 0:15:26.610 o'clock Pacific time, which, oh, by the way, is 5 a.m. 0:15:26.650 --> 0:15:30.490 in Tokyo on Sunday morning. You really want to tap 0:15:30.550 --> 0:15:34.350 into that Tokyo market, that Japan market, don't you? By 0:15:34.410 --> 0:15:37.700 having the game with the greatest player on the planet, 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:42.660 who's Japanese, along with the other two Japanese superstars that 0:15:42.700 --> 0:15:47.420 you have marketed, play at 5 a.m. on Sunday morning 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:50.590 in Tokyo. How do you explain this? I can explain 0:15:50.630 --> 0:15:53.750 it really well. There is no Major League Baseball office 0:15:53.810 --> 0:15:57.560 in Los Angeles. It's based in New York. The Yankees 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:00.900 are everything to Major League Baseball. I got news to you, 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:06.300 for you. The Yankees don't mean anything nationally anymore. Yeah, 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:11.420 there's fans all over the country, but must-see TV is 0:16:11.500 --> 0:16:16.370 in LA and the Dodgers, the big, bad Dodgers. Sorry, 0:16:17.230 --> 0:16:20.330 that's the reality. And you are doing a disservice to 0:16:20.370 --> 0:16:25.090 the sport by having them play at 1 o'clock Pacific time. 0:16:25.730 --> 0:16:29.250 And I believe the Padres are winning tonight, which would 0:16:29.290 --> 0:16:32.570 mean the Dodgers would open up game one of the 0:16:32.690 --> 0:16:37.060 NLDS at 1 o'clock Pacific time in L.A., 5 a.m. 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:41.260 in Tokyo on Sunday morning. And how about this? How 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:46.440 about this? Tomorrow's wild card game three, Braves-Phillies, they won't 0:16:46.500 --> 0:16:51.700 know what time they're playing until the conclusion of tonight's 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.960 game two. which is in the early morning on the 0:16:55.040 --> 0:17:00.930 East Coast. How do you explain that? It's ridiculous. 866-987-2570 0:17:01.410 --> 0:17:04.050 is the phone number. Let's go out to the phones. 0:17:04.650 --> 0:17:07.250 Chris in Santa Clarita, you're on Dodger Talk. How are 0:17:07.270 --> 0:17:07.850 you doing, Chris? 0:17:09.550 --> 0:17:10.910 I'm doing well, David. How are you? 0:17:12.260 --> 0:17:12.900 I'm doing great. 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:18.800 I have a question, or just to pick your brain. 0:17:19.380 --> 0:17:21.720 Do you remember, I think it was in 2001 when 0:17:21.740 --> 0:17:25.480 we had Tyler Anderson and Tony Gonsolin piggybacking off of 0:17:25.540 --> 0:17:28.139 each other for like the first third of the season 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.250 and they were doing really well, both of them? 0:17:30.690 --> 0:17:31.050 Yeah. 0:17:31.609 --> 0:17:34.650 Why is that not the same kind of mentality that 0:17:34.670 --> 0:17:39.150 we take with the Snell-Glasnow situation where they both tend 0:17:39.170 --> 0:17:43.600 to throw a lot of pitches and they're, you know, 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:49.159 relatively recently off the IL, both of them. Why is 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:52.290 that not a plan to have between the two of 0:17:52.310 --> 0:17:54.290 them at least be able to go four innings each? 0:17:55.550 --> 0:17:57.550 And then who would you have start the other game 0:17:57.590 --> 0:18:03.399 where you're piggybacking those two? So you're condensing two of 0:18:03.500 --> 0:18:07.740 your best starters into one game and leaving yourself susceptible 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:11.860 to basically two games because you don't know how either 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.810 one's going to react in that situation. And oh, by 0:18:14.850 --> 0:18:18.400 the way, Glasnow's at full strength. And Snell should be 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:20.639 good to go for one of the first two games 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:27.209 of the postseason. So instead of you having a significant 0:18:27.250 --> 0:18:31.450 advantage in two games and a short five-game series, you're 0:18:31.490 --> 0:18:33.490 handicapping yourself in two games. 0:18:35.170 --> 0:18:35.540 Right. 0:18:36.820 --> 0:18:40.000 I got news for you, Chris. Tony Gonsolin and Dustin 0:18:40.020 --> 0:18:42.260 May are not Blake Snell and Tyler Glass now. 0:18:45.210 --> 0:18:47.050 Well, yeah, that's true then and now. 0:18:47.470 --> 0:18:50.410 Well, there you go. You answered your own question. Thanks 0:18:50.450 --> 0:18:53.210 for the phone call. Let's go out to David in Camarillo. 0:18:53.580 --> 0:18:55.460 You're on Dodger Talk. How are you doing, David? 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:57.840 Hey, I'm fine, Dave. 0:18:57.859 --> 0:18:58.300 How are you? 0:18:58.920 --> 0:18:59.560 I'm doing great. 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:03.920 Hey, real quick, I just wanted to– I don't know 0:19:03.980 --> 0:19:07.440 how you feel about the ABS system. I wanted to 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:09.720 bring something up to you and just bounce it off 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:10.820 you and see what you thought. 0:19:11.380 --> 0:19:11.680 Okay. 0:19:13.130 --> 0:19:16.629 The current system is you get two challenges a game, 0:19:18.510 --> 0:19:21.879 two nine innings. I believe you should get a challenge 0:19:22.260 --> 0:19:25.859 every three innings. And if you want to save a 0:19:25.900 --> 0:19:29.480 challenge and carry it over to the next three innings, 0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:34.460 you can do that. So theoretically, you could have three 0:19:34.859 --> 0:19:37.460 challenges by the time you got to the seventh inning. 0:19:39.540 --> 0:19:42.040 I like the number of challenges right now. 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:46.350 Yeah, I'd like to see it won every three innings. 0:19:46.850 --> 0:19:48.870 No, I think that's too much. They're trying to keep 0:19:48.910 --> 0:19:51.240 the pace of the game up. David. That would just 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:55.240 slow it down. I was wondering how people would react 0:19:55.540 --> 0:19:59.230 if a playoff game ended in an ABS challenge, and 0:19:59.270 --> 0:20:03.640 that's exactly what happened today in Atlanta. where JT Riomuto 0:20:03.740 --> 0:20:06.899 challenged a pitch, and it turned out to be strike three, 0:20:07.320 --> 0:20:08.880 and that was the end of the game. How would 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:12.439 you feel if a World Series game ended that way, David? 0:20:12.460 --> 0:20:17.270 I wouldn't like it, but it's part of the game. 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:22.010 And you've got to admit, David, the challenge aspect, the 0:20:22.090 --> 0:20:26.030 ABS system, I was very skeptical before this season started, 0:20:26.690 --> 0:20:29.430 and I am enthralled by the system now. I think 0:20:29.530 --> 0:20:32.560 it is great. It's really good. 0:20:32.980 --> 0:20:35.800 My only issue is when the baseball that you see 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:41.400 digitally on TV and in the stadium, when it's basically 0:20:41.420 --> 0:20:45.510 a half a hair touching the strike zone, I don't 0:20:45.570 --> 0:20:49.510 feel like that's a strike. 0:20:49.950 --> 0:20:51.910 You know what, David? I'm not going to argue those 0:20:52.630 --> 0:20:58.200 nuances about the rule itself. I like the overall rule 0:20:58.260 --> 0:21:02.820 because I do think it makes baseball actually much more 0:21:02.859 --> 0:21:05.360 enjoyable to watch. I really do. 0:21:05.380 --> 0:21:08.659 Yeah, no, it's been great. I think it has been great. 0:21:09.440 --> 0:21:13.460 And it adds drama. Everybody's wondering when that digital baseball 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:16.940 comes across the screen whether or not it's going to 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:19.119 be a strike or outside of the strike zone. I 0:21:19.140 --> 0:21:21.030 think overall, David, it's been really good. 0:21:22.410 --> 0:21:27.190 Yeah, so do I, David. I think Rod Manfred really. 0:21:29.330 --> 0:21:32.490 Did a great job putting things together with with the 0:21:32.550 --> 0:21:34.450 abs system uh he's done. 0:21:34.250 --> 0:21:36.350 A good job but now he's got to market the 0:21:36.369 --> 0:21:38.090 game the right way and he's got to market the 0:21:38.150 --> 0:21:40.660 best team in baseball the right way and he's not 0:21:40.780 --> 0:21:43.760 off to a great start this year having the dodgers 0:21:43.880 --> 0:21:46.780 uh probably play at one o'clock on saturday instead of 0:21:46.840 --> 0:21:47.780 prime time. 0:21:48.440 --> 0:21:52.389 I know i know that's uh really stupid but um 0:21:53.270 --> 0:21:54.130 It's short-sighted. 0:21:54.350 --> 0:21:56.350 I don't even know if it's stupid. I don't know 0:21:56.890 --> 0:21:58.960 why they would do that. If it was the Yankees 0:21:59.000 --> 0:22:02.040 going for a three-peat, you could be sure they are 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:05.240 going to play at 5 o'clock Pacific, 8 Eastern time. 0:22:05.300 --> 0:22:08.600 But because it's the Dodgers, they're not going to do that. 0:22:08.660 --> 0:22:11.970 I guess the West Coast doesn't matter. I could tell 0:22:12.010 --> 0:22:14.510 you it does matter, and it doesn't just matter on 0:22:14.550 --> 0:22:17.149 the West Coast or the East Coast or the Midwest. 0:22:17.410 --> 0:22:21.510 It matters in a whole other country. And that's in Tokyo, Japan. 0:22:21.890 --> 0:22:25.429 And it matters in Korea. I saw it myself. It 0:22:25.470 --> 0:22:29.540 matters in a lot of places. So, yeah, I'm not 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:32.960 happy with that at all. Let's go out to San Clemente. Kurt, 0:22:33.119 --> 0:22:34.700 you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing? 0:22:36.100 --> 0:22:40.440 Good evening, Dave. Three quick points. I'd like to talk 0:22:40.490 --> 0:22:44.350 about number five and his defensive prowess, if nobody knows 0:22:44.430 --> 0:22:48.570 number five is Freddie Freeman. I was looking at some stats, 0:22:48.609 --> 0:22:54.290 defensive stats. Freddie Freeman this year had 113 put outs. 0:22:55.470 --> 0:23:02.990 He had 101 assists and one error. As for the 0:23:03.630 --> 0:23:08.050 skipper choosing whether they play the Phillies or not, if 0:23:08.090 --> 0:23:11.250 they play the Phillies, he'll probably go lefty, righty, lefty 0:23:11.950 --> 0:23:15.010 because of the left-handed power of the Phillies. I don't 0:23:15.050 --> 0:23:19.290 know what he'll choose against Atlanta. And my last point 0:23:19.350 --> 0:23:24.230 would be I'd like to give a shout-out to Otani Shohei. 0:23:24.710 --> 0:23:30.540 All right, Kurt, thank you for the phone call. I 0:23:31.140 --> 0:23:34.980 actually believe with him opening the door that they could 0:23:35.020 --> 0:23:39.960 possibly go back-to-back lefties. Yeah, I feel like that's a 0:23:39.980 --> 0:23:43.540 real possibility of Snell and Scooble opening up Games 1 0:23:43.540 --> 0:23:46.709 and Game 2. If it wasn't a possibility... he would 0:23:46.730 --> 0:23:50.430 have shot that down immediately. So, yeah, I definitely believe 0:23:50.450 --> 0:23:53.700 that's on the table. Let's go out to Daniel in L.A. 0:23:53.740 --> 0:23:55.560 You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Daniel? 0:23:57.760 --> 0:23:59.140 I'm doing good. Thank you very much. 0:23:59.680 --> 0:24:01.800 So I just wanted to say a few things about 0:24:03.100 --> 0:24:07.770 game one. I really don't believe it's East Coast bias 0:24:07.810 --> 0:24:11.850 because you know the Yankees would go anywhere on the primetime. 0:24:11.350 --> 0:24:13.489 Slot at 5 p.m. 0:24:13.530 --> 0:24:18.410 Local here. But I don't know why baseball would want 0:24:18.430 --> 0:24:23.550 to switch the start time, considering if the Cubs move on, 0:24:23.690 --> 0:24:25.490 if they win tonight and win tomorrow and they move 0:24:25.570 --> 0:24:28.869 on to the division series, there's the Brewers and Cubs. 0:24:29.490 --> 0:24:32.659 That matchup has intrigued. Their rivalry has intrigued. It's a 0:24:32.680 --> 0:24:33.540 Midwest rivalry. 0:24:33.700 --> 0:24:38.020 Nobody cares about the Brewers and Cubs. Nobody cares about 0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:39.119 the Brewers and Cubs. 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:39.580 Sorry. 0:24:40.609 --> 0:24:43.629 Just like nobody would care about the Brewers and Rays 0:24:43.710 --> 0:24:46.300 if they got to the World Series. Just like nobody 0:24:46.340 --> 0:24:51.679 cared about, and the ratings reflected that, the Rangers and Diamondbacks. 0:24:52.040 --> 0:24:53.580 Are you just trolling right now? 0:24:54.380 --> 0:24:55.419 No, no, no. 0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:58.120