Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun.
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Speaker 1: Here's your host, David Vase.
Speaker 2: That day, we are live at Peco Park where the
Speaker 2: Dodgers tie a season high in runs fifteen runs. Tonight,
Speaker 2: as the Dodgers beat the Padres, going away, Welcome the
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until ten thirty tonight
Speaker 2: right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. We
Speaker 2: have phone lines open at eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy. We have a lot to get
Speaker 2: to tonight on Dodger Talk. I have an update on
Speaker 2: Will Smith. I have an update on when Blake Snell
Speaker 2: will return to the Dodger rotation. Also, we have a
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts official jacket to give away. Yeah, the type
Speaker 2: of jacket that Dave Roberts wears in the dugout. We
Speaker 2: got one to give away tonight courtesy of our friends
Speaker 2: at the fourth quarter, So we're gonna give that away
Speaker 2: sometime between now and ten thirty. And no, I'm not
Speaker 2: gonna do a contest. We want a good caller. And
Speaker 2: maybe I'll throw out a fact that Rick Monday and
Speaker 2: Steven Nelson gave during the game. And if you were
Speaker 2: listening to the game, you could be rewarded for being
Speaker 2: a loyal Dodgers radio listener and win that fourth quarter
Speaker 2: Dodgers jacket that Dave Roberts wears in the dugout. It's
Speaker 2: not game used, but it's the replica. It's it's authentic,
Speaker 2: but it's not a jacket that Dave Roberts has worn before.
Speaker 2: But it's a great jacket and hopefully you can be
Speaker 2: the lucky winner of that. And speaking of Dave Roberts,
Speaker 2: I'm not sure many people realize this, but I've been
Speaker 2: keeping tabs on this low key. With the win tonight,
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts is just three wins away from one thousand
Speaker 2: career managerial wins. Yeah, Dave Roberts three wins away from
Speaker 2: one thousand in his managerial career. All of those with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, so that's pretty impressive. There's a lot of
Speaker 2: managers that have gotten to one thousand wins, but I'm
Speaker 2: not sure many of them are getting to it as
Speaker 2: quickly as Dave Roberts is getting to it. So at
Speaker 2: some point you have to acknowledge this guy is on
Speaker 2: the mount Rushmore of Dodger managers, Walter Alston, Tommy Lasorda,
Speaker 2: and Dave Roberts. Those are the three. And Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: has won more championships than Tommy Lasorda did. He is
Speaker 2: closing in on Walter Ralston. So you know, you got
Speaker 2: to give this tandem of Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: a lot of credit for the success the Dodgers have had,
Speaker 2: especially in the last thirteen years. And Dave's been managing
Speaker 2: the Dodgers for the last eleven So really really impressive
Speaker 2: resume that Dave Roberts has compiled, and he's not going anywhere.
Speaker 2: He loves this job and him and Andrew Freeman have
Speaker 2: something good going. So three championships, three wins away from
Speaker 2: a thousand in his managerial career. Eight six, six nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven, two five seventy is the phone number all right,
Speaker 2: a few things to unpack from this game and coming
Speaker 2: up later in the show. Not only Dave Roberts giving
Speaker 2: us an update on Will Smith also getting an update
Speaker 2: on when Blake's now will return, but Brandon Gomes the
Speaker 2: Dodgers GM joined us before the game and got a
Speaker 2: sense of where the Dodgers are at as we get
Speaker 2: closer to that August third trade deadline. So you'll hear
Speaker 2: from Brandon and Gomes a little bit later. So for
Speaker 2: all those people, the hot take people that get a
Speaker 2: little scared when the heat gets turned up, I guess
Speaker 2: there's no friction between Dalton Rushing and show Hey Otani.
Speaker 2: When Rushing hit the back end of back to back
Speaker 2: home runs in the sixth inning, Otani was on deck
Speaker 2: and who greeted him? It was Otani. Those two guys
Speaker 2: on the same page. I was reassured to that yesterday
Speaker 2: by a couple of Dodger veteran players. Everything was fine
Speaker 2: by the time they even got on their plane from
Speaker 2: Minnesota to San Diego. So that is squashed. That drama
Speaker 2: is no longer there. You can get John boyd read
Speaker 2: lips all you want, but the Dodgers Rushing Otani have
Speaker 2: obviously moved forward and Kyle Tucker four RBIs a season
Speaker 2: high tonight, and you could see his reaction when he
Speaker 2: hit that home run, how pumped up he was to
Speaker 2: win that nine pitch at bat and hit a two
Speaker 2: run home run. We just haven't seen a lot of
Speaker 2: success from Tucker this season. I'm not ready to declare
Speaker 2: Tucker is back, but certainly it's great to have a
Speaker 2: night like tonight because he hasn't had a night like
Speaker 2: this wearing a Dodger uniform, a season high four RBIs
Speaker 2: and certainly in some ways a few weights lifted off
Speaker 2: his shoulder when he hit that home run. And it
Speaker 2: was great to see all those Dodger fans sitting on
Speaker 2: the third base side of the stadium on their feet
Speaker 2: cheering Kyle Tucker. And I'm sure that meant something to him.
Speaker 2: So happy for Kyle Tucker, low key. Everybody wants to
Speaker 2: talk about what's not going right for the Dodgers. How
Speaker 2: about things that are going right for the Dodgers. A
Speaker 2: lot of it is fifty three wins. They now are
Speaker 2: back to nine games ahead of the Padres. If they
Speaker 2: win tomorrow, they leave town ten games ahead of the Pod.
Speaker 2: How about Tommy Edmond. Nobody seems to talk about this guy,
Speaker 2: but ever since he came back, all he does is
Speaker 2: rake Tonight, he was playing pepper off the outfield wall
Speaker 2: a triple in that nine run sixth inning. He's sitting
Speaker 2: now close to three point eighty after having a double
Speaker 2: and a triple tonight in three RBIs. How about Mooki Betts.
Speaker 2: He's now homered in three straight games. Mookie Betts in
Speaker 2: his last eighteen games eighty played appearances, hitting three eleven
Speaker 2: with five home runs a NOPs of nine thirty. He's
Speaker 2: slugging five sixty eight. The stories of Mookie bets demise
Speaker 2: have been greatly exaggerated. How many phone calls did I
Speaker 2: take even just two weeks ago, even on the last
Speaker 2: homestand that Mookie Bets needs to be benched. Mookie Betts
Speaker 2: needs to be moved to eighth in the lineup. Going
Speaker 2: back to last season, in Mookie's last one hundred and
Speaker 2: two games, he's had in seven eighty two ops. I
Speaker 2: know it's not Mookie Betts when he was in Boston,
Speaker 2: but nobody's expecting that. What they are expecting is something
Speaker 2: like what we're seeing here. In the last twenty games
Speaker 2: and oh, by the way, playing pretty good defense at shortstop.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Padres fifteen to three.
Speaker 2: Dodger fans are excited about it. Let's go out to
Speaker 2: the phones. Kate in Torrance, you're on Dodger Talk. Lead
Speaker 2: us off from San Diego.
Speaker 4: Hey, uh, you always say everything I want to say,
Speaker 4: so just ditt out to what you just said. But
Speaker 4: I was happy to see Yamamoto get some run support tonight.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's been getting run smallt a lot lately.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's much better than last year. But I wanted
Speaker 4: to just honor Dave roberts legacy, both of a player
Speaker 4: Adamson by reminding of one of a classic Vince Scully
Speaker 4: quote where he said, Dave Roberts leaves the Dodgers in
Speaker 4: dirty uniforms.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's when he was playing. Yeah, he was
Speaker 2: stealing a lot of basses, getting dirty, and he was
Speaker 2: getting dirty for the Red Sox, helping them beat the
Speaker 2: Yankees and win the World Series. Thanks Kate, appreciating more.
Speaker 2: People need to have a little bit more honor for
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts. Three wins away now from one thousand career
Speaker 2: wins in his Dodger managerial career and managerial career period.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Redondo Beach. Matthew, you're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk with David vasse Hi. Matthew, did you realize Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts was only three wins away from one thousand?
Speaker 1: I did.
Speaker 5: That's amazing for Dave. He's been kicking butt over the years, man,
Speaker 5: sticking to it and just classy, classy, classy.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know another manager outside of Tommy
Speaker 2: Lesorda that embodies the Dodgers. I mean, both guys played
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers, and both guys understand what it's like
Speaker 2: to be a Dodger. And Walter Alston obviously never met him,
Speaker 2: but he was the ultimate gentleman. That was one of
Speaker 2: the tougher managers that you would ever play for. But
Speaker 2: he was a winner too. So yeah, kudos to you,
Speaker 2: Matthew for having some appreciation for Dave Roberts these days.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Dave. I wanted to give up some appreciation
Speaker 5: for Kyle Tucker too, you know, he's being a lost
Speaker 5: blackout there for not coming through for us. But I disagree.
Speaker 5: All those RBIs means he's been hitting with rather than
Speaker 5: scoring position, no matter what his other stats are, and
Speaker 5: that's what matters. And tonight he showed us what matters
Speaker 5: and put up four RBIs really quick.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't seen that. I mean three hits four
Speaker 2: RBIs a two run home We just haven't seen that.
Speaker 2: And I think people, you know, obviously want more and
Speaker 2: rightfully so he shouldn't be hitting two thirty four. He
Speaker 2: knows that. That's not Kyle Tucker. But he has had
Speaker 2: some good moments. I think back to his game tying
Speaker 2: three run home run against the Rays. I think back
Speaker 2: to a walk off earlier in the year. I forget
Speaker 2: against which team, but he has had some moments and
Speaker 2: tonight was a good moment for him.
Speaker 6: And we have all these guys with beautiful swings, I
Speaker 6: mean Pots and Tucker on top of a Tani and Muncie.
Speaker 6: I mean, these guys swings are just amazing to watch.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers have really good players, Matthew, and that sixth
Speaker 2: inning was a sneak peek of what they should be
Speaker 2: doing as an offense. They're not going to score fifteen
Speaker 2: runs every night, but they have a really good offense
Speaker 2: that is going to grind down the opposing starting pitcher
Speaker 2: or in this case, the bulk innings pitcher. And you know,
Speaker 2: we were talking about all these other players, and even
Speaker 2: O'tani didn't have a monster game, he was along for
Speaker 2: the ride tonight. So that's even more impressive that the
Speaker 2: Dodgers could put up nine runs in the sixth inning
Speaker 2: and score fifteen runs. And Otani doesn't homer and doesn't
Speaker 2: really have the lead in tonight's game. Even though Otani
Speaker 2: was two for five with two runs scored, he was
Speaker 2: not the guy that had the big hit or the
Speaker 2: monster home run. Kyle Tucker Dalton rushing back to back
Speaker 2: home runs in the sixth inning, fifth time this year
Speaker 2: the Dodgers have done that. And of course Mookie Betts
Speaker 2: with the big home run to cap off that nine
Speaker 2: run sixth inning. And how about this fun fact about
Speaker 2: Andy Poez. Low key, he had two walks tonight. We
Speaker 2: all know Andy's a free swinger. It's the first time
Speaker 2: Andy Pohez has drawn two walks in a game since
Speaker 2: last August. How about that. Let's go out to Kenyon
Speaker 2: Country Ian. You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse. How
Speaker 2: you doing Ian, I'm doing well.
Speaker 7: David A lot to talk about this game, man. First
Speaker 7: of all, Dave Roberts only three was away for a
Speaker 7: thousand three wins. That's awesome. Then Yosi, Man, their motive
Speaker 7: pitched great and what a win. Alex Bessi is striking
Speaker 7: out side of the in the sixth that's dominant, man,
Speaker 7: cal hurt didn't making job Man, that was amazing.
Speaker 2: Yes, it was hey. With Vesia going up against Machado,
Speaker 2: the bases were loaded and Machado has fourteen career Grand slams,
Speaker 2: so it wasn't now in the realm of possibility that
Speaker 2: he hits one right there, and if he does, all
Speaker 2: of a sudden, it's a ten to seven game. So
Speaker 2: that was That was a huge out by Alex Vessia.
Speaker 2: The game was not put away at that point in time,
Speaker 2: especially when Machado can change it with one swing. Eight
Speaker 2: sixty six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Padres fifteen to three tonight and Tonight's
Speaker 2: game brought to you by Modello Modello The Mark of
Speaker 2: a Fighter. Let's go out to Mike and Palmdale. Hi, Mike,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 8: Hey, David, uh killer effort tonight, seventeen hits. But I'm
Speaker 8: gonna tell you something. I'm driving from Palm Desert to
Speaker 8: the LBC, and I just had the joy of listening
Speaker 8: to Rick Robert James Rick Monday Junior, eighty years old
Speaker 8: on a Saturday night, just crushed the nine runs sixty.
Speaker 8: I mean, it was such a treat to listen to him.
Speaker 8: I just we're blessed to have him. You know, everybody
Speaker 8: you know blessed, Denny, but Rick is awesome too, man.
Speaker 8: And I got a question for you, David got the
Speaker 8: game tonight? We're not fifteen to three, making Mike.
Speaker 2: Before you get to your question, I just want to
Speaker 2: echo your sentiments because Rick Monday may be the most
Speaker 2: underappreciated Dodger broadcaster that we have. But if you've been
Speaker 2: listening to him on the radio since he took over
Speaker 2: for Big D in nineteen ninety three, he's been he's
Speaker 2: been part of the Dodger fabric as far as the
Speaker 2: broadcast booth for a very long time. And he's he's
Speaker 2: still going strong, eighty years young. I hope I'm in
Speaker 2: as good as shape as Rick Monday when I'm eighty
Speaker 2: years old one day, God willing I make it to.
Speaker 8: Ay, I know, could you imagine eighty years old Saturday night,
Speaker 8: San Diego. You're just kicking it calling the game at
Speaker 8: eighty dudes. I mean, that's not normal. That is not.
Speaker 2: Those pipes great pipes.
Speaker 8: Oh I know, I know. I mean, I'm fifty six.
Speaker 8: I remember him when he played. I was blessed to
Speaker 8: see him then with the whole crew. Okay, good night,
Speaker 8: Danny me. You're up fifteen to three. Once two three
Speaker 8: comes up, Miggy Roe's in there. He knocks all three down.
Speaker 8: Are those guys on the potter is just wanting to
Speaker 8: go home? Or is it Maggy Rose talent? I wasn't there.
Speaker 8: I'm listening to it on the radio. That's embarrassing and
Speaker 8: defeating to me, David, Great, Well, Mike.
Speaker 2: In that situation fifteen to three, Uh, and you got
Speaker 2: Miggy Roe pitching, you gotta be swinging. Nobody's trying to
Speaker 2: work nine to ten pitch walks. In that situation. The
Speaker 2: game's over for all purposes, intensive purposes, So uh, swing
Speaker 2: away and uh I think that's that was the Uh,
Speaker 2: that was the way it goes even for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: In the top of the ninth inning, they're swinging away
Speaker 2: first pitch, swinging. Don't be sitting there if it's in
Speaker 2: the zone, swing away.
Speaker 8: I agree. I agree. David Hey, thank you for the
Speaker 8: radio show every night, love it and everything you do
Speaker 8: for the for the Dodgers of sports in LA. Thank
Speaker 8: you very much.
Speaker 2: Thanks, Mike, appreciate the phone call. Man. I was close
Speaker 2: to giving him that jacket. He was. The way he
Speaker 2: was singing Rick Monday's praises, you know, that won me
Speaker 2: over right there. But I got something for you guys,
Speaker 2: if you were listening like our guy right there in Palmdale,
Speaker 2: I will give you a chance to win the authentic
Speaker 2: Dodger jacket similar to the one that Dave Roberts wears
Speaker 2: in the dugout. Not game warn by Dave Roberts, but
Speaker 2: the one the style that he wears. So Rick Monday
Speaker 2: and Steven Nelson as they were promoting Dodger Talk. Also
Speaker 2: we're given some fun facts about Dave Roberts' managing career.
Speaker 2: If you can tell me how many runs the Dodgers
Speaker 2: scored on opening Day in twenty sixteen, that Rick and
Speaker 2: Stephen were talking about. I will get give you a
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Speaker 2: Trek Schooble trade rumors. I'll let you here where Brandon
Speaker 2: Gomes the Dodgers GM had to say about the Dodgers
Speaker 2: as they get closer to that August third trade deadline.
Speaker 2: I have an update on when Snell will pitch. I
Speaker 2: have an update on when or who knows when Will
Speaker 2: Smith will return to the starting lineup. So a lot
Speaker 2: to get to as we continue until ten thirty tonight
Speaker 2: live from Peco Park after the Dodgers blow out the
Speaker 2: Padres fifteen to three on a five to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 9: Tucker, Dodgers really been waiting him to lock in all
Speaker 9: year outside a two week stretch. The ninth pitcher in
Speaker 9: basket is Tucker hits a high drive to right field.
Speaker 9: Forget about it, lom gone for a two run shot
Speaker 9: and perhaps perhaps mo Today's the day that Kyle Tucker
Speaker 9: truly starts his twenty twenty six season five to one Dodgers.
Speaker 2: That was a good feeling moment for Kyle Tucker and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers as Tucker hits a two run home run
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Speaker 2: a season high four RBIs tonight as the Dodgers beat
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Speaker 2: phone number if you were listening to Rick Monday and
Speaker 2: Steven Nelson, you can tell me the parallels between Dave Roberts'
Speaker 2: first managerial win and tonight's win just three shy of
Speaker 2: one thousand in his career. Uh. Before we get to that, though,
Speaker 2: how about Freddie Freeman. Freddy Freeman's going strong. You know
Speaker 2: everybody was thinking that Freddy Freeman was getting a little
Speaker 2: too old. Well, if you saw the play he made
Speaker 2: tonight in the third inning, he is moving bet than
Speaker 2: we have seen him move around first Ace in a
Speaker 2: couple of years. Freddie Freeman was very frisky. In that
Speaker 2: third inning. He made a jump throw on a ground
Speaker 2: ball double play to Mookie Betts. On a ground ball
Speaker 2: from Will Wagner, the left handed hitting Will Wagner hit
Speaker 2: a ground ball to Freddie Freeman with a runner at first,
Speaker 2: Freddie steps on first base and jump throws to Mookie Betts,
Speaker 2: who got the runner Miguel Andrew Harr in a mini rundown.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, are you kidding me? And oh, by the way,
Speaker 2: Freddie three more hits tonight, including his five hundred and
Speaker 2: sixty eighth career double So frisky Freddy in San Diego
Speaker 2: tonight and his dad and his stepmom, Alma, were sitting
Speaker 2: right next to the Dodger dugout. So that was pretty
Speaker 2: cool as well. Eight six six eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Allie,
Speaker 2: who is at Petco Park to night. Hi, Allie, you're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: Hey, David, thank you for having me.
Speaker 8: I appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Hey, my pleasure. Did you come to the game with
Speaker 2: your parents?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I went with my dad for my fourteenth birthday.
Speaker 2: Hey, happy birthday. That's a great birthday, President, not only
Speaker 2: coming to the game to see Dodgers Padres in San Diego,
Speaker 2: but you got to see a really entertaining game too.
Speaker 8: Yeah.
Speaker 7: I'm going back to that that question you asked before
Speaker 7: the martial break. I got the answer. It's fifteen fifteen
Speaker 7: to zero.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was, it was, That's what it was. All right. Well,
Speaker 2: it's your birthday. This jacket is one size. It's extra large, Allie.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure you would fit in it, but if
Speaker 2: you hold on, I'll find something else out of the
Speaker 2: prize closet for you.
Speaker 7: All Right, sounds great, Thank you.
Speaker 2: All right, Happy birthday. Eight six six seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to La Palma. Kenny,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk. By the way, Colin get all
Speaker 2: these information. I'll send him something from the David Vsat
Speaker 2: Price closet. Hi, Kenny, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 10: Hey, Dave, I met you last at the Downey Hyundai event.
Speaker 10: I talked to you almost at the end, and it's
Speaker 10: a prelude to the town of Dave Roberts question. I
Speaker 10: asked you whether you thought Dave Roberts was the greatest
Speaker 10: Los Angeles Dodger manager Dodgery history. You reference that, you know,
Speaker 10: maybe Walter Elson might have had four, but it's the
Speaker 10: parallel universe going to Timelessortias that you know, he he
Speaker 10: lost the first couple of roads series. You know, it
Speaker 10: was difficult, just like Losorta, and it's a parallel universe.
Speaker 10: And you go to Friedman and Gibson and then the
Speaker 10: strike shortened season and uh just the COVID you know,
Speaker 10: previate season. It almost lines up. But you know, to me,
Speaker 10: he is the greatest Dodger manager. He's already on par
Speaker 10: Like I mentioned to you that you know, as far
Speaker 10: as the number of road series in La Dodger history.
Speaker 10: He's already got three and he's only won away from
Speaker 10: breaking him as far as the La Dodger history. So
Speaker 10: I think his friend is that he's going to break
Speaker 10: the aggregate of four even against Walter Austin's World series.
Speaker 10: So that's my takeaway. And you know, going back to
Speaker 10: your question, it's fifteen nothing. I think somebody else mentioned
Speaker 10: about it, but that's my my perspective. And our organization
Speaker 10: got him in twenty nineteen, and we talked about that
Speaker 10: in our meet and greet, and we're trying to get
Speaker 10: him again because he's worth He's worth v Kenny's for
Speaker 10: his story and what he does for this city and
Speaker 10: the way he manages his players through the end and
Speaker 10: flows with all the noise in the background. But he's
Speaker 10: kind of like the Zimi Master, like Phil Jackson, So
Speaker 10: he's that's yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's really grown into the job, Kenny, and
Speaker 2: he's done a fantastic job. And I do remember meeting
Speaker 2: you at Downey Hundai, So thanks for coming out, and
Speaker 2: it was great that you got a chance to meet
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts. So thank you for the phone call, Kenny appreciated. Yeah,
Speaker 2: you look at it I mean, already he has separated
Speaker 2: himself as far as accomplishing something that no other Dodger
Speaker 2: manager has ever done, and that's leading the Dodgers to
Speaker 2: back to back World Series championships. So already he's in
Speaker 2: his own classification there, and as the Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: for the three pete, he's looking to really separate himself.
Speaker 2: All right, this is the true test. Anybody can look
Speaker 2: up the right answer all that. But I want to
Speaker 2: know if you were really listening to Rick Monday and
Speaker 2: Steven Nelson tonight. So, Joseph in South Pasadena, I'm going
Speaker 2: to put you to that test. Were you listening to
Speaker 2: Rick Monday and Steven Nelson late in the game, eighth inning,
Speaker 2: ninth inning.
Speaker 1: Joseph, Yes, yes, I was day, Yes I was.
Speaker 2: Okay, So referenced the parallels between tonight's win and Dave
Speaker 2: roberts win. I think we've all established that Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: won his first game here fifteen to nothing. But here
Speaker 2: it is, Joseph, here's the real test. If you didn't
Speaker 2: just go look online for that answer and you were
Speaker 2: truly listening, who did Rick Monday and Steven Nelson reference
Speaker 2: that only calls Dodger talk when they lose. It was
Speaker 2: in the same period of time in the eighth inning
Speaker 2: when they were talking about Dave Roberts and winning his
Speaker 2: first game fifteen to nothing here at Petco Park.
Speaker 6: All right, they said it was it was you're right,
Speaker 6: it's a gentleman that calls in.
Speaker 7: I believe he lives in Long Beach. No or oh shoot,
Speaker 7: I know.
Speaker 5: They said, it's a guy that calls in like twice.
Speaker 8: Or something recently. But yeah, you're right, he only calls
Speaker 8: in when they lose.
Speaker 5: I didn't catch his name.
Speaker 8: Did they actually say his name on the radio?
Speaker 2: They said it? Hold on, I'm gonna get jose in
Speaker 2: Hermosa Beach on the line of her, Jose say, how
Speaker 2: did Joseph in South Pasadena? Jose? All right, Jose, here's
Speaker 2: the true test. Do you do? You know what I'm
Speaker 2: talking about? Were you truly listening to Rick Monday and
Speaker 2: Steven Nelson tonight?
Speaker 8: I was, But I'll switching between the soccer game.
Speaker 10: Two the soccer game.
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, they tied, Wow, big deal? Okay, great?
Speaker 4: Yeah, all right, all right.
Speaker 2: That's the tiebreaker. I'm giving it to Joseph. Joseph in
Speaker 2: South Pasadena. You went the jacket courtesy of the fourth
Speaker 2: Quarter jose I hope soccer was that giving to you.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for switching back and forth there.
Speaker 8: Yeah, sorry, man, no worries, all right.
Speaker 2: All right, all right, well hold on, hold on, and
Speaker 2: we'll get your information in a second.
Speaker 10: There.
Speaker 2: Congratulations to Joseph who was a loyal Dodgers radio listener,
Speaker 2: not just looking things up online. He wins the Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts replica jacket and it is all courtesy of our
Speaker 2: friends at the fourth Quarter Shop, just ten minutes north
Speaker 2: of the stadium for custom Dodgers gear. The fourth Quarter
Speaker 2: Shop is where la fans gear up. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Padres tonight fifteen to three, and Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts is just three wins away from one thousand managerial wins,
Speaker 2: so that's significant in itself. We are going to clear
Speaker 2: these lines so we could get back to uh Dodger fans.
Speaker 2: I want to talk Dodger baseball and not just win prizes.
Speaker 2: But before we do that, I had a chance to
Speaker 2: catch up with Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes before the game
Speaker 2: and before I want we we let you hear from
Speaker 2: Brandon about the trade deadline and whether or not it's
Speaker 2: too early to even think about that, considering the trade
Speaker 2: deadline this year is August third. I wanted to weigh
Speaker 2: in on everybody, just automatically, assuming the Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: to pull the trigger on Tarek's schoolble, what makes you
Speaker 2: think the Dodgers need Trek Schouble as much as these
Speaker 2: other teams need Trek Schouble. Blake Snell is coming back.
Speaker 2: Blake Snell pitched really well for the Dodgers down the
Speaker 2: stretch and in the first three rounds before his body
Speaker 2: started to break down a little bit, but he still
Speaker 2: was out there pitching. And Blake is feeling great. But
Speaker 2: he's at the beginning of where pitchers usually are when
Speaker 2: they start spring training, So he's six weeks away from
Speaker 2: being game ready, and that would put the last or
Speaker 2: the homestand in the final week of July six weeks
Speaker 2: from now where you could even consider Blake Snell coming
Speaker 2: back to pitch. But he's gonna be back, and he
Speaker 2: is going to pitch, and there's no reason to believe
Speaker 2: that he's gonna have any other setbacks. So you got Snell,
Speaker 2: you got Otani, you got Yama Moto for the postseason,
Speaker 2: and Tyler Glassnew the people I've talked to around the
Speaker 2: Dodgers expect him to be back in the second half
Speaker 2: of the season and very capable again like he did
Speaker 2: last year, to be the fourth starter for an October run.
Speaker 2: And also, if for whatever reason, Tyler Glass now can't
Speaker 2: be that guy, how about Justin Robleski he could be
Speaker 2: that guy. How about Justin Robleski and a bunch of
Speaker 2: really good relievers being that guy in a fourth game.
Speaker 2: How much better is Trek skugbel than a Snell, a
Speaker 2: Yama Moto or an Otani for the Dodgers to give
Speaker 2: up significant prospects to acquire a rental, giving up six
Speaker 2: years of control of some of these guys. And I
Speaker 2: understand they're going for the three peat, and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have shown they will go after that player if they
Speaker 2: feel that they need him. Now. A lot can change
Speaker 2: between now and August third, But just for argument's sake,
Speaker 2: right now, as we stand, the Dodgers are very confident
Speaker 2: that Snell and Glass now are going to be ready
Speaker 2: for the stretch run in October. If for whatever reason,
Speaker 2: Glass now's not. Maybe that changes things, but we're still
Speaker 2: talking about Schoolbol not being one of the first three starters.
Speaker 2: And there's an argument to be made that he is
Speaker 2: or he isn't significantly better than Otani, Yamamoto and Snell.
Speaker 2: I think there's a very good argument to say that
Speaker 2: he's not significantly better. How much better is Schooble. So
Speaker 2: you've been listening to Dodger talk this season, you haven't
Speaker 2: really heard me talk about school Bowl and can't wait
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers to trade for school Bol. I'm not
Speaker 2: sure the Dodgers needs schooball to the lengths that it
Speaker 2: would take to get him. And if you do get
Speaker 2: school Ball, here's something to consider. Would he pull a
Speaker 2: mac Schurezer because he is getting closer to his first
Speaker 2: big payday? Would he pull a Sureser? Would he say, No,
Speaker 2: I don't think I could go on three days rest. No,
Speaker 2: I don't think I could go on four days rest. No,
Speaker 2: I don't think I could pitch out of the bullpen.
Speaker 2: That would be something in the back of my head
Speaker 2: as well, if on the Dodgers, because they went through
Speaker 2: that where Max Scherzer put mac Schuerzer ahead of the
Speaker 2: Dodgers going to the World Series in twenty twenty one,
Speaker 2: and school Ball may do the same thing. I think
Speaker 2: that is a fair question to have before you trade
Speaker 2: for school Ball. Would he pull a mac Sure's I
Speaker 2: don't believe it's out of the question. And also, do
Speaker 2: the Dodgers upgrade significantly by acquiring Schooble and trading one
Speaker 2: of their better young players, maybe two or three young
Speaker 2: players that it would take to acquire him. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: won the twenty four World Series with one and a
Speaker 2: half starters. Last year they did it with three or
Speaker 2: four starters and move some starters into the bullpen to
Speaker 2: win the World Series. So there's no guarantee that you
Speaker 2: acquire Schooble and he is going to put you over
Speaker 2: the top. The Dodgers are the back to back champions
Speaker 2: and have won it with a pitching staff that was
Speaker 2: constructed a lot differently from each other in these two years.
Speaker 2: Not to mention, I have reservations about how much school
Speaker 2: Ball would allow the Dodgers to push him going into
Speaker 2: free agency if it was just a rental, Because there's
Speaker 2: no guarantees the Dodgers with this new CBA, whatever it
Speaker 2: looks like could keep Schooble, So I I those are
Speaker 2: things to consider. I'm not all in that the Dodgers
Speaker 2: need to trade for Trek Scouble. And here was part
Speaker 2: of our conversation with Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes. Obviously he
Speaker 2: can't talk about other players on other teams, but I
Speaker 2: wanted to get a sense of where things stand right
Speaker 2: now for the Dodger front office, being that the trade
Speaker 2: deadline is not until August third, and so many people
Speaker 2: are talking about Schooble and other players like the trade
Speaker 2: deadline is in a week. Here's what Brandon Gomes had
Speaker 2: to say about where the Dodgers are and where their
Speaker 2: heads are at as we are a little under two
Speaker 2: months away from the trade deadline on August third.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, obviously everybody likes to ty. It's a
Speaker 11: good news cycle, and China understand what you know each team,
Speaker 11: where they're gonna be in standings and what the team
Speaker 11: needs are. You know, as we stand here today, you know,
Speaker 11: with the guys coming back, which will probably be around
Speaker 11: that time, you know, it's gonna be hard to go
Speaker 11: out and acquire better players than than what we actually
Speaker 11: already have in house. And a lot of you know,
Speaker 11: our aggression in the past few off seasons is to
Speaker 11: avoid the deadline and be paying a huge premium for
Speaker 11: you know, rental players or guys that.
Speaker 12: You know.
Speaker 11: You know it may not be as good as you
Speaker 11: already have in house, so a lot of it is
Speaker 11: wait and see see how the next you know, a
Speaker 11: couple of weeks, month or two play out. But with
Speaker 11: the current team we have and the guys that are
Speaker 11: coming back, we feel really good about this group and
Speaker 11: that we're more than a championship caliber type of team.
Speaker 2: Back to back World Series champions, fifty two wins. And
Speaker 2: yet it seems like you have the most ass sets
Speaker 2: of any team because of your drafting, your development, so
Speaker 2: many great young players in your farm system. I would
Speaker 2: imagine that's unusual where teams want what you have when
Speaker 2: you're in this position.
Speaker 11: Yeah, we're very fortunate. We have such an amazing scouting
Speaker 11: group PD you know, and part of you know, an
Speaker 11: aggressive ownership group is to be able to go out
Speaker 11: and get guys in the offseason and not necessarily have
Speaker 11: to dip into your farm system to.
Speaker 10: Go out and get players.
Speaker 11: So, you know, it's a true organizational win to be
Speaker 11: able to have the prospects that we have right now,
Speaker 11: and you know, the rankings that we have, and you
Speaker 11: get to hopefully watch these guys develop and play out
Speaker 11: and come up and impact a major league team over
Speaker 11: you know, the next few years. And you know, it's
Speaker 11: always striking the balance between winning championships now in long term.
Speaker 11: And you know, like I said, right now, the current
Speaker 11: group that we have here in the big leagues, we
Speaker 11: feel great about going out and trying to run a
Speaker 11: third championship in a row. So we'll continue to assess
Speaker 11: what it looks like on the market and if there's
Speaker 11: a meaningful upgrade somewhere. We've shown that we're not afraid
Speaker 11: to do that, but feel great about this current group.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Brandon Gomes the Dodgers GM about where
Speaker 2: the Dodgers stand and what they're thinking as we get
Speaker 2: closer to that August third trade deadline, and the full
Speaker 2: conversation could be heard on the iHeartRadio app. Had a
Speaker 2: great talk with Brandon about a lot of things surrounding
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and a lot of positive things. The reality
Speaker 2: is the best team in baseball and they're the defending
Speaker 2: World Series champions and they haven't been completely healthy all
Speaker 2: year long. I know a lot of teams can say that,
Speaker 2: But they just got Tom Edmand back, and they're getting
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez back on Monday when they open a series
Speaker 2: in Sacramento against the A's. Evan Phillips is going to
Speaker 2: come back on the next homestand all they need is
Speaker 2: Will Smith to come back, and that is a lot
Speaker 2: lot less certain. So I'll get to Will Smith in
Speaker 2: a second, but just circling back just to put a
Speaker 2: bow on what Brandon Gomes was saying, sounded like he
Speaker 2: agreed with what I just said. It's got to be
Speaker 2: a significant upgrade for the Dodgers to pull the trigger
Speaker 2: on trading guys in their minor leagues. They're really good
Speaker 2: outfield group in the minor leagues and giving away guys
Speaker 2: like River Ryan or Amid Shean, whatever you think about
Speaker 2: Amid Sheen or River Ryan, those guys are valuable assets
Speaker 2: that other teams want. Other teams want Zay your Hope
Speaker 2: and Mike Serota and jose Way de Paula. I'm sure
Speaker 2: the Tigers want them, but is it really worth it
Speaker 2: to get Trek's scooble and trade away those young players
Speaker 2: for Schooble, who's great, no doubt about it. But the
Speaker 2: Dodgers have three to four really good starting pitchers. Is
Speaker 2: that really where you want to spend those prospect assets?
Speaker 2: And maybe you could use them, you know, down the
Speaker 2: road or during the offseason considering where the unknown is
Speaker 2: with this new collective bargaining agreement. And look, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have never operated under Andrew Freeman and Brandon Gomes acquiring
Speaker 2: a player just so another team can have them. That's
Speaker 2: not the way they think. So if Schoolball's going to
Speaker 2: the Yankees, go ahead. If it doesn't fit what they
Speaker 2: think they need, They're not going to trade for school
Speaker 2: Bowl just so the Yankees or the Braves or the
Speaker 2: Phillies can't have him. That's just not how they operate.
Speaker 2: And like I said, the Dodgers have Yamamoto, who is
Speaker 2: arguably the best right hander in baseball. They got Otani,
Speaker 2: who is the best player on the planet, who has nasty,
Speaker 2: filthy stuff, and they got Snell. Snell will be back,
Speaker 2: so I'm putting him in that group. And the Dodgers
Speaker 2: won the World Series two years ago with a shell
Speaker 2: of the staff that they had last year, and the
Speaker 2: shell of a staff that they have this year, so
Speaker 2: there's no guarantees, like I said, And by the way,
Speaker 2: the Mariners they made Terrek Scooble look pretty human in
Speaker 2: the postseason last year. Eight six six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. All right, let's
Speaker 2: get to Will Smith, because you can't talk enough about
Speaker 2: how much he means to the Dodgers. He's one of,
Speaker 2: if not the most clutched player on their team. He
Speaker 2: caught every single inning of last year's World Series, including
Speaker 2: the eighteen inning marathon. But he is thirty one years old.
Speaker 2: He's had concussions with foul balls off his mask, he's
Speaker 2: had what a broken wrist last year as well, broken hand,
Speaker 2: broken wrist, and now he's got a neck issue, and
Speaker 2: there just doesn't seem to be a lot of clarity
Speaker 2: on when he So I circled back again before the
Speaker 2: game today to ask Dave Roberts about when he believes
Speaker 2: Smith may return.
Speaker 13: I know we ask you about Will a lot, but
Speaker 13: you know, going back to circling when he may return,
Speaker 13: do you think it's something that could happen before the
Speaker 13: All Star break or do you feel like this has
Speaker 13: gone in a direction where he may not return until.
Speaker 12: After Yeah, you know, I think we're all surprised how
Speaker 12: long it's taken. I hope he's back before the All
Speaker 12: Star break, but the more time he's off, he's gonna
Speaker 12: have to play some games, so that kind of cuts
Speaker 12: into the time of return to us. So yeah, I
Speaker 12: really don't know, and I don't want to add any
Speaker 12: pressure to him. I want him to be healthy and
Speaker 12: then once he gets healthy, then we can have that conversation.
Speaker 2: All right, So it's happened quickly. We're already past the
Speaker 2: halfway point for the Dodgers. When the Dodgers return home
Speaker 2: after this nine game road trip, through one more here
Speaker 2: in San Diego, three more in Sacramento, they open up
Speaker 2: an extended homestand but after that homestand's over, it's the
Speaker 2: All Star breaks. So if Will Smith still isn't doing
Speaker 2: any baseball activities, it doesn't sound like he's coming back
Speaker 2: on this homestand before the All Star break. And we
Speaker 2: hope you join us out at Dodgers Stadium because the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are home for the Fourth of July weekend and
Speaker 2: the Padres are going to be in town for four games,
Speaker 2: So hopefully you're able to make it out to Dodger
Speaker 2: Stadium before the All Star Break. The Dodgers when they
Speaker 2: return back home next Thursday or this upcoming Thursday, four
Speaker 2: games with the same padres, three with the Rockies and
Speaker 2: three more with the Diamondbacks, and then it's the All
Speaker 2: Star break. So if Will Smith isn't doing baseball activities,
Speaker 2: how can you tell me he's coming back before the
Speaker 2: All Star Break. It's just not going to happen, especially
Speaker 2: when Dave Roberts is talking about him having to play
Speaker 2: some rehab games. It just doesn't seem to add up.
Speaker 2: And you just got to keep your fingers crossed that
Speaker 2: Will Smith can't come back after the All Star break.
Speaker 2: And I know what everybody always says when it comes
Speaker 2: to the Dodgers, they just want to be healthy in October.
Speaker 2: But Dalton Rushing is capable. This is a silver lining.
Speaker 2: They have a player like Rushing. They didn't trade away Rushing.
Speaker 2: But no disrespect to Chuckie Robinson, the Dodgers don't really
Speaker 2: have a veteran backup catcher, and you like to have
Speaker 2: a veteran backup catcher. So look, Dalton Rushing is a
Speaker 2: capable fill in playing every day he hit a home
Speaker 2: run tonight. He has a strong throwing arm. Say whatever
Speaker 2: you want about everything else surrounding him. He cares. He's
Speaker 2: got a big heart. He's emotional. But Will Smith is
Speaker 2: Will Smith, a three time World Series champion. He's a
Speaker 2: steadying force on the field. As a catcher, Dalton Rushing
Speaker 2: is really good, but Will Smith is one of the
Speaker 2: top two three catchers hitting catchers, especially in all of baseball.
Speaker 2: They need Will Smith back. And anytime you're talking about
Speaker 2: a neck injury, Dave Roberts can't seem to tell us
Speaker 2: what it exactly is. Whenever you're talking about a neck injury,
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, that's concerning, no matter how much you want
Speaker 2: to say it's not so. I hope Will Smith is
Speaker 2: on the road to recovery, and I hope he's able
Speaker 2: to come back when the Dodgers begin the second half
Speaker 2: of the season. On that East Coast road trip, it's
Speaker 2: a wild one. I don't remember the Dodgers ever having
Speaker 2: this type of East Coast road trips. I've been traveling
Speaker 2: with them the last fifteen years. Yankees, Phillies and then
Speaker 2: back to New York to play the Mets. That's a
Speaker 2: grueling road trip right there, and that's coming off the
Speaker 2: All Star break, and you know, East coast road trips
Speaker 2: are never easy for teams on the West Coast, So
Speaker 2: that's gonna be a tough test right there. But it
Speaker 2: should be fun. It should be exciting. Every time the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are at Yankee Stadium, it's amazing. Every time the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are in Philly. When the Phillies are this good,
Speaker 2: it's amazing. So there'll be some electricity in those series.
Speaker 2: There'll be electricity at Petco Park tomorrow as well as
Speaker 2: the Dodgers look to win the series and extend their
Speaker 2: lead over the Padres to ten games. In the nlst
Speaker 2: em Itt Sheen will be on the mound for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: He's looking to put together his first start of the year.
Speaker 2: There's been pieces, there's been parts, there's been innings, but
Speaker 2: he hasn't put it all together, and the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: hoping he's able to do that. Tomorrow. He's going up
Speaker 2: against Michael King, who is five and six this year
Speaker 2: with an ERA of three point thirty three. Our coverage
Speaker 2: begins at noon tomorrow with first pitch at one ten
Speaker 2: with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson on the call. And
Speaker 2: by the way, I found something out. You know, with
Speaker 2: a six man rotation, IMA she and only pitches once
Speaker 2: a week, and it seems to land on every Sunday.
Speaker 2: So I asked him how much that affects him, and
Speaker 2: he said, the way he compensates for only pitching once
Speaker 2: a week these days is that he throws two bullpen
Speaker 2: sessions in between starts. So that's a that's a caveat
Speaker 2: to how he stays ready for only pitching once a week.
Speaker 2: We look forward to talking to you from Peco Park tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Thanks for staying up late with us on this Saturday night.
Speaker 2: I hope you're being safe out there. And in case
Speaker 2: you missed our managers meeting with Dave Roberts before the
Speaker 2: first game of this series yesterday, you can find it
Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. And that's all presented by our
Speaker 2: friends at Downy Hunday and today our pregame conversation was
Speaker 2: with Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes. Thanks to Colin Ee back
Speaker 2: at our Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here
Speaker 2: at Petco Park in San Diego, and thanks to you
Speaker 2: for listening and to everyone that called in tonight. It
Speaker 2: was a great show, a fun night, especially when the
Speaker 2: Dodgers put up nine runs in the sixth inning and
Speaker 2: score a season high fifteen to beat the Padres fifteen
Speaker 2: to three. We will talk to you tomorrow afternoon. Have
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