WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (4-4-26) 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:03.000 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:06.280 Only four teams in Major League Baseball. 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:10.520 History have won three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:13.160 favorites to become the fifth. 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:15.800 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:17.920 Here we go again. We get ready running back. 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:20.240 To get him on the show called eight six six 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.119 nine eighty seven two five seventy, and be sure to 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:27.920 follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:29.400 David Vasse. 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:37.360 Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Nationals Park 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.560 in Washington, d C. After the Dodgers defeat the Nats 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.720 again today, the final score ten to five. 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.120 We're with you until five thirty tonight. 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.440 Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.040 the phone number coming up on the show. 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:54.600 You'll hear from Alex Call. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:58.280 He had a scare before the game where he was 0:00:58.360 --> 0:00:59.920 hit by a bay. 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.400 We'll tell that story later in the show. 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:07.280 Also, I gotta give Will Smith some props being a 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:10.240 pretty good umpire himself behind the plate, so we'll get 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:13.080 to that as well. We'll get to the Dodger offense. 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.479 But you know, the biggest concern out of this game. 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.560 Even though the Dodgers win the game, they lose their 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:23.880 stars shortstop in Mookie Betts, who was on base. 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.080 Drew a one out walk in the first inning. 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:30.120 Scored from first base on a Freddie Freeman double in 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.120 the first inning, and as he crossed home plate it 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.399 kind of looked a little awkward before he stepped on 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:41.440 home plate and he walked back to the dugout. That's 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:47.400 not abnormal sometimes in stadiums where home plate isn't that 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.800 far from the dugout. But still he was taking it 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:54.480 easy and he came out of the game. Miguel Rojas 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.400 had to take over at shortstop the majority of the game, 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.880 the last eight innings. And now Dave Robert is talking 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.640 about an MRI for Mookie Bets. So I want to 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:07.080 hear from the Dodger manager about Mookie Bets and his 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:08.360 lower back. 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:13.480 It was on running the basis scoring on that double, 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.480 and so we're going to get some testing right now 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:22.399 and we'll know more later. But it's certainly more moderate 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.880 than you know significant. So like I said, we'll know 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:26.440 more tomorrow. 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:28.560 He's the one that started that. 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:30.160 It will can kind of point that out him when 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:30.919 he was no. 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.280 I was actually talking about his at bat that I 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.720 thought spurred that inning, and then I got when later 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:38.600 that you know he had a sore back. 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:40.400 Tomorrow. 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:41.920 Yeah, unlikely to play tomorrow. 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:45.000 That's right, That's right. 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:47.480 So I think right now, I don't want to get 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:49.040 too far ahead of what we're going to do. 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.880 But you know, we'll see what. 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:53.520 We'll huddle up and see if we need to get 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:56.440 a player here to protect against us and if the 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.200 m R. Depends on how the MR comes. But yeah, 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:01.320 he certainly I'll be playing the next couple of days. 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.840 I would assume tomorrow morning. 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.360 Yes, given it's kind of the defense he is playing, 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:10.400 I mean, the right the power he. 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:12.160 Kind of showed at Dodger state of getting that one 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:13.480 to the opposite fields. 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.560 Is kind of have disappointed for him, Yeah, disappointed for 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.519 him because you know, we're we're sort of starting to 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.320 get going a little bit, and you know the way 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.680 he's playing defense, and he's a big part of what 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:28.040 we do, and so you know, anytime you miss, it's 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:30.000 going to take some time to kind of get your footing. 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.920 So I'm disappointed for him, but hopeful that it's not 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:34.680 long term. 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:36.600 I know you gave Day the day off the day. 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.520 But that's just kind of underscore maybe with some of 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.040 the you know, more ventering guys. 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.280 So you kind of mixed in those those days offense. 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.040 I think so, And I think that's a good thing. 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.640 It's also nice when you can plug Alex call in 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.920 and feel good about the defense and the ed bats 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.920 and you know, tomorrow I'm going to give Kyle the 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:57.080 day off and you know, insert Alex and again. And 0:03:57.160 --> 0:04:00.400 so I think, you know, kind of getting ahead of it, 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.600 knowing you want to kind of you know, take care 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.680 of guys and rest and when needed to also keep 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:08.080 guys relevant is important. 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:10.920 You know, it's like started hurting him as he was 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:12.680 running or when he like kind of got back to 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:13.600 the dougout. 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:14.800 Word he felt it. 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:16.400 He felt it as he was running. 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:21.560 All right, there's manager Dave Roberts with some details about 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:26.279 Mooki backs Mookie bets injuring his back in the first inning. 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:30.239 And look, he's thirty three years old. Now, he's done 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:33.919 a lot more weight training to gain back his weight 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:37.440 this offseason and into spring training. We've seen him with 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:41.520 sense YadA on his shoulders. So to me, this is 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:45.640 a little concerning and honestly, as the Dodgers go through 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.240 the summer with some of their older players like Muncie, 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:56.560 Mookie Bets, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernandez. That's the concern injuries, right, 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:58.640 You have to have a lot of luck when it 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:01.359 comes to injuries to be able to withstand them. The 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.600 Dodgers do have depth to be able to, you know, 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.760 have somebody fill a position, but none of them are 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:13.560 Mookie Beds or Freddie Freeman or Max Muntsey or Will Smith. 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:16.440 We saw that last year when Will Smith broke his 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:20.000 hand and missed six weeks of the season. So that is, 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:24.000 to me, the only concern for the Dodgers trying to 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.320 repeat and get themselves in a great position to make 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:30.440 a run in October. It's some of these older players 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.440 and at times you kind of see like the winters 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.839 can be long sometimes as you get over thirty and 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.599 closer to thirty five years old. So look that I'm 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:44.320 not going to dismiss this injury. It's a back injury. 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:48.920 Mookie plays a very demanding position now every day shortstop, 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:53.160 so I would venture to say he's going on the 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:57.040 injured list, and that's the prudent decision because the Dodgers. 0:05:57.360 --> 0:05:59.840 It's so early in the season. You don't want this 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.880 lingering the rest of the year. Eight six, six nine, 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:06.080 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:09.479 beat the Nationals today ten to five. Kyle Tucker was 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:13.400 on base four times today. Shoho Tani did not homer, 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:15.800 but he did have a couple of hits. Andy pa 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:19.240 Has did homer. He had three hits. A three run 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:21.800 home run in the fifth inning blew this game open. 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:26.320 And Freddie Freeman hit his four hundred and forty ninth 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:30.760 double and four hundred and fiftieth double or five hundred 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:34.280 and forty ninth and five hundred and fiftieth doubles of 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:40.320 his career. He passes Chipper Jones, his former teammate, for 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:45.719 the most doubles or thirty second most doubles in baseball history. 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.000 And he's just ten away. 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:51.159 From five hundred and sixty doubles in his career, which 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:54.640 would time with Eddie Murray and Jeff Kent. Tyler Glass 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:56.920 Now pitched really good today. I feel like it's going 0:06:56.960 --> 0:06:59.360 to be a big year for Tyler Glass now. There 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.320 just seems to be a lot more clarity with Glass now. 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:09.320 He doesn't seem to be basically, you know, over overthinking things, 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.800 and he talked about that in spring training. He's trusting 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:16.800 the Dodgers pitching coaches, trusting the training staff, and that's 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.320 allowed him to just go out there and pitch. And 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.080 when he's out there, he's one of the best pitchers 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.240 in the game, and we saw that today, especially with 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.760 a big lead six innings, nine strikeouts. Let's head back 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:32.480 downstairs to the Dodger Clubhouse to hear from today's winning 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:33.960 pitcher on sports. 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:34.720 Net La Good. 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.160 I think the beginning was a little bit more forcing 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:38.800 heavy with the curveball, and I think as a game 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.760 went on, just a little bit more left right stuff 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:46.160 the two seam, a couple sliders, But yeah, I think 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.600 I leaned on heaters are good about to saying some 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:49.600 some timely curveballs. 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:49.920 For sure. 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:51.800 When you look at us your first two outings of 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:53.720 this season, I mean, do you feel like you're personally 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.560 kind of just building on each one and considering what 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:57.280 you've been able to. 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.000 Provide to death the results. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.120 Does it feel like you're kind of pushing yourself in 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.120 a different way as well? Yeah, I think how I 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:05.720 feel good and I think he's shot. I'm just trying 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.000 to take that into the next week and build off 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.520 of it. And I think this last start, in this start, 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.920 we're pretty consistent, so I'm just trying to keep it going. 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.800 Think about how you use the sequencing in the pitch mix. 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:17.640 How does knowing that the rest of your pitches are 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.480 playing up allow for the curveball to be that strikeout pitch. Yeah, 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.040 I think today I kind of lost feel for it 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:24.640 towards the end. But I do think if I'm throwing 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:27.840 other stuff and like kind of getting lefties inside showing 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:29.800 it away, and then I just think the curveball not 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.040 showing it so frequently. I think guys definitely if it's 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.840 coming out of the same tunnel, will swing at it. 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.240 But yeah, I think early early on for strikes and 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.560 then later it was I kind of only had it 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:41.000 as a strikeout. But I do think it opens it 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:41.600 up quite a bit. 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.679 All Right, there's Tyler Glass now on Sports into LA 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:49.080 and yeah, that's an interesting dynamic to his outing today. 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:52.640 He did throw a lot of four seam fastballs, but 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:57.120 he threw more curveballs today, so he was kind of 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:00.520 pitching backwards. He used his sinker, used his fastball, but 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:01.839 the pitch that he threw the. 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:03.920 Most today was his curveball. 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:07.480 And I think back to his last start of the spring, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:11.040 the Freeway Series against the Angels. The Dodgers also had 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.520 a big inning that game where they scored a lot 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:16.520 of runs in one inning. I believe they put up 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.080 ten runs in the second or third inning of that 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.920 game against the Angels in the Freeway Series, And. 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.520 He said, yeah, I was kind of just trying to come. 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.440 Up with a different routine to stay warm during that 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.040 long inning, and when I got back out on the mound, 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.280 it took a little bit for me to ramp up 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:35.640 my fastball, so I was reading swings and also using 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:37.839 my curveball until I got my. 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:39.440 Fastball velocity back. 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.920 So I think back to that start where he was 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:47.439 throwing a lot of first pitch curveballs, a lot of curveballs, 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:51.400 and today this start reminded me of that. And the 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.200 very first inning it was a little bit not as 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:57.360 long as that one, but the line was moving and 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:01.560 the Dodgers scored five runs two innings of the game today, 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:05.600 so they were making Jake Irvin work and extending innings. 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:09.760 But yeah, interesting dynamic to Tyler Glass now this year 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:13.800 where he's really relying heavily on his curveball. Today's game 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:16.480 brought to you by Modello Modello the mark of a fighter. 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:16.960 You know. 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:18.920 I don't want to get too deep into the psyche 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:20.920 of Tyler Glass now. All I can tell you is 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.839 he's a different guy than what I've seen since he 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:26.160 joined the Dodgers, and that's for the better. 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:28.599 A lot of people believe. 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.160 The success he had coming out of the bullpen in 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.600 the World Series has carried over into this season to 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.160 give him confidence to trust the Dodgers. I had a 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.760 chance to catch up with one of his former teammates 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.720 and now a special assistant with the Dodgers, and that's 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:47.120 Chris Archer. Here's what Chris Archer had to say about 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:48.840 this version of Tyler Glass. 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.800 Now, where have you seen the. 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:54.600 Growth in Tyler since you become part of the Dodgers' 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:55.360 front office. 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.600 Yeah, that's a good question. I mean, Tyler's always been 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.240 super talented, even back when he was with Pittsburgh and 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:04.240 had some struggles, He's always been super talented. I think 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:09.240 the confidence that he has he really trusts himself. I 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:13.040 think the success that he's had here parlayed with what 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.320 he did in the World Series. He can really trust 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.440 his body. He can really get out of his head 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:19.679 when it comes to all the delivery stuff, because he's 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.680 a very cerebral guy. But it seems like spring training 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.160 in his first start this year, he's really out there 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.679 just executing pitches and he's not thinking too much. And 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.400 this is a really really good version of glass now 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:32.040 right now. 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.800 Do you believe there was one moment in time or 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.000 do you believe. 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:38.960 Like you said, coming out of the bullpen and succeeding 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.000 gave him a new mindset coming into spring training. 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:47.120 I think all players go through a long transition to 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:50.880 really trust who they are. And it seemed like the 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.800 World Series last year, specifically, not just the playoffs, but 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.120 the World Series, like you said, the different roles he 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.640 had to serve and thrown on short rest and back 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:00.400 to back like he. 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:01.360 Never has before. 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.320 I think it was that last like five percent that 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.520 he needed to show himself that he is one of 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.320 the best in the league. Now he can just go 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:10.120 out there and trust that. 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.720 Yeah, it feels like he's a different guy this year. 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:14.480 Like you said, there just seems to be a lot 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.400 more clarity when you talk to him and when you 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:19.439 look look at him in the eyes. 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:23.839 Yeah, definitely. I think another thing is he changes body 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:29.640 composition a little bit. He added some weight, and he's 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:33.800 like he has a very unique body obviously, like long limbs, 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:38.240 very very lean. He added a little extra fat, a 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.679 little extra muscle, and I think that gives him extra 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:43.400 confidence to go out there and be healthy and kind 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:45.920 of let his body just do his thing rather than 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:50.720 having all that past history be a part of his game. 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:52.480 All right. 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:55.840 That's Chris Archer now a special assistant with the Dodgers. 0:12:56.200 --> 0:13:00.120 He's been in uniform with the Dodgers, been watching bullpens, 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.680 been picking the brains of Mark Pryor and Connor McGinnis 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:04.920 so he could take it back to the minor leagues 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:08.680 because he is very much involved in player development for 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:12.360 the Dodgers. And look, I'm really impressed with Chris Archer. 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.959 And that was great insight on Tyler Glass. Now where 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:18.840 he was, where he is and how he got there. 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.800 To hear the full conversation with Chris Archer, you know 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:25.040 where to find it the iHeartRadio app, and if you're 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.040 listening to us live right now on the iHeartRadio app, 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.360 you see that microphone, you tap it, you say a message, 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:33.880 good or bad, and you may hear it on the show. 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.360 And obviously the traditional way to talk to people the 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.640 phone eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.760 is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Nationals today, ten 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.960 to five. Let's go out to Douglas in Indio. You're 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:48.840 on Dodger Talk. How you doing Douglas? 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.680 Hey, I'm doing great, David. Thank you. You know you're 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:58.920 absolutely rried about Glasnow's confidence after the World Series. Another 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.760 person I think that got a huge amount of confidence 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.920 after the World Series is definitely Andy pie Has after 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:09.240 he made that catch over Kik Hernandez just tearing it 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:11.679 up this year so far. I mean, I know it's early, 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:15.360 but patting five hundred and three home runs, he's just 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:15.960 killing it. 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:18.600 Yeah, he really is. 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:23.320 And look, I think when you talk about Piz, he's 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:28.880 not immune that he struggled in the postseason. So that 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:30.880 just showed him he had a lot of work to 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:34.920 do to come back and really solidify his spot moving 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.840 forward and not have a sophomore slump. And he put 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:40.480 in a lot of work during spring training. The Dodgers, 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:44.920 as Jose Mota told us understand him better, understand what 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:49.600 works for him better. And my understanding is in spring training, 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:53.560 the Dodgers have one of those high tech they call 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.920 it project machines where you could actually see the picture 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:01.320 on the big screen and instead of a straight fastball 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:04.840 out of the batting cage machine it it throws the 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.200 same pitches as whatever pitchers on the screen. And my 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.280 understanding is Pa Haz was in there a lot and 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.680 he wasn't even swinging the bat. He was just trying 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.960 to learn pitches, learned the strike zone, and I think 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.640 that's translated. 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.120 Absolutely. Yeah. And you know what else I love about 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.480 him is he'll make a little routine play in the 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.520 outfield and the way that he flips it back into 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.800 the infield. This guy is just so smooth. So I'm 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.840 looking forward to big things from him this year. And hey, man, 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:36.720 thanks for taking my call. I appreciate it. 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.200 Oh, thank you, good call, Douglas. And look, this is 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:43.400 a big outfield, a big center field, and Andy pa 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:47.240 has has made it look a lot easier than it is. 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.040 He got to a ball and left center field that 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:52.480 Alex Call couldn't get to and he made the catch. 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.400 So yeah, he's playing great center field, and you think 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.560 back to the first two weeks of last year where 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.080 he had a rough time as to center field. But 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.480 he's put in a lot of hard work with Dodger 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:07.160 outfield coach and third base coach Dino Eble every day 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.520 even to this day. Before the game, Pajez is out 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:14.080 there working. Today's game brought to you by Modello Modelo 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:16.560 The Mark of a Fighter. We're going to take a 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.600 time out here on Dodger Talk. 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This pau is carrying back and it 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:09.239 is off the base of the wall. Freddy Freeman has 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:13.600 done it again. Ambushes Jay Kerbin a first pitch double, 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:18.000 then drives in another pair and makes it five nothing LA. 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:24.440 Freddie Freeman, with two doubles today, drove in four runs 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:28.080 as the Dodgers put up a ten spot and beat 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:32.240 the Nats ten to five. David Vasse at Nationals Park 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:37.000 in Washington, DC until five thirty eight sixty six nine 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:40.320 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Freddie 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.840 Freeman today hit his five hundred and forty ninth double 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:49.320 and five hundred and fiftieth career double, passing Alex Rodriguez 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:52.720 and Chipper Jones. He is now number thirty two has 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:57.000 the thirty two to thirty second most doubles hit in 0:17:57.080 --> 0:18:01.320 baseball history. This guy is a slam dunk Hall of Famer. 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:04.320 I don't care about three thousand hits or not. He's 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:07.480 a Hall of Famer, no doubt about it. And he's 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:10.720 hoping to play four more years. But certainly you got 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.800 to get through this one. 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Alex Call, 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:45.840 who the Dodgers acquired at the trade deadline from the Nationals, 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.600 by the way, was back facing his former team for 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:52.879 the first time here in the nation's Capital. And during 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.320 batting practice for the Nationals, the Dodgers started to come 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.520 out and started to do their normal routine where they 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:03.280 come out and the strength coaches have these guys do 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:07.240 high knees, have them start jogging up and down the 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.800 grass area in foul territory up the third baseline when 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.560 they're on the road, and even at Dodger Stadium for 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:18.760 that fact, and the Nationals was still taking batting practice 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:22.760 and they as you know, during batting practice before a game, 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:27.840 there's a cage for obvious reasons, foul balls, misfires, you 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.920 don't want it hitting anybody that's just you know, talking 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:37.159 or stretching during pregame activity. Well, for whatever reason, the 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.320 Nationals did not have their batting cage in the right spot, 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:44.679 and one of Alex Call's former teammates, Brady House, was 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:48.440 in the batting cage, right handed hitter, and he pulled 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:52.679 a ball so far that it wrapped around the cage 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:56.439 and hit Alex Call, who was like right there in 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:59.919 the chest area. And all you heard, because I was 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:04.600 watching Brady House take batting practice, you heard the crack 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:08.080 of the bat and then you hear Alex Call scream 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:10.920 in pain, and the Dodger trainers had to go down 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:14.960 there and see what the extent of the injury was. 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:17.960 Luckily it got Call where. 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:20.440 It didn't hurt him or prevent him from playing today 0:20:20.440 --> 0:20:21.679 in the upper chest area. 0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:24.280 But it could have been a lot worse. 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:26.159 Could you imagine if that would have hit him in 0:20:26.200 --> 0:20:29.479 the face, that would not have been good. And Brady 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:33.760 House came over and apologized, and then the Nationals coaches 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:36.879 pushed the cage a little further. Maybe they should have 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:40.280