WEBVTT - Off Season Dodger Talk (12-12-25) 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.040 This is off season Dodger Talk Winter Meetings edit year. 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:07.920 Now Everyone's favorite Dodger inside it David Basset. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.680 We are live until eight o'clock tonight on AM five 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:19.840 seventy LA Sports, wrapping up the Winter Meetings week in Orlando. 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:24.320 And today the Dodgers made it official with Edwin Diaz 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:27.560 being at Dodger Stadium. We were there, you heard it 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:31.200 live right here on AM five seventy LA Sports and 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:35.400 we have a one on one conversation with the new 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:39.800 Dodger closer, Timmy Trumpet. Edwin Diaz will join us in 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:42.879 our next segment, and coming up at the bottom of 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:46.920 the hour, the man himself, the man that pulls all 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.879 the levers, Andrew Friedman, will join us at the bottom 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:53.360 of the hour. Had a chance to sit down with 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:57.520 him and really get into how this all came together 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:02.040 for Edwin Diaz, and we also so get into Andrew's 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:05.920 involvement with the Lakers and how he is balancing his 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:10.160 responsibilities of being the president of Baseball Operations with the 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:15.240 Dodgers and also lending some help to the Lakers because 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:19.560 of course Mark Walter now owns the Lakers and the Dodgers. 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.840 So we'll get into all of that with Andrew Friedman 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:26.280 at the bottom of the hour. Don't expect me to 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:30.520 ask him about Trek Scooble. He wouldn't answer. That's not 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:35.679 something he can even get close to touching since school Ball 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.959 is on another team. He's just him or any other 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:42.800 person in his position, is not talking about a player 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:46.200 that's on another team. And the trade rumors, what I 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.280 can tell you, and you know, there is something too 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:54.360 the thought that the Tigers may trade Schooble. There are 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.240 many people that I've spoken to in the industry that 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:01.120 believe that school Ball will be trade. Whether or not 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:05.200 it's to the Dodgers still remains to be seen. My understanding, 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:10.120 continuing to try to gather information on all this is 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:15.680 that teams are not even sure the Tigers have even 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:21.120 made the definitive decision to say, yes, let's trade Trek Scooble. 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.000 And it's not just the GM of the Tigers that 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:29.119 has to be involved in coming to that decision. I'm 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:32.520 sure the owner of the Tigers is very much involved. 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:37.320 And maybe Scott Harris, the Tigers president of Baseball Operations, 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.360 is waiting to hear from his owner about whether or 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:45.400 not he has the green light to trade Schooble. From 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.840 what I reported a few days ago remains true from 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.680 the people I've talked to in baseball that they are 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:55.320 asking for a lot for one year of Schooble and 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:59.320 don't believe the extension talks. Yes, that would make sense 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.519 to give the Dodgers or the Mets, or any other 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:07.600 team that has what it takes to trade for school 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:11.160 bol to give them a three or four day window. 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:14.760 Usually it's twenty four to four I would say forty 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:19.200 eight to seventy two hours that teams that agree on 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.280 a trade and want to work out an extension with 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:27.840 the player that's coming, then you have forty eight to 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:31.880 seventy two hours after you acquire that player, or not 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:36.320 acquire them, but agree to work out an extension. I 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:40.240 don't see Trek Scooble agreeing to an extension. His agent, 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:44.280 Scott Boris, is very much in favor of taking all 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:48.160 his clients to the open market, and that includes Trek Schouoble. 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:52.760 There are certain exceptions, but for the most part, whether 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:57.400 Schoolbl's traded to the Dodgers, the Mets, the Pirates, or 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:00.600 remains with the Tigers, he will be a free agent. 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.000 He will be on the open market at the end 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:07.520 of the year, in my opinion. And I don't see 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:13.600 this being anything more than a one year rental right 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:16.080 now for Terrek Scooble. I just don't see it. And 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.600 the one thing I could tell you, like I mentioned, 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:23.960 they are asking for as much as the Nationals received 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:28.919 from the Padres for two years of control of Juan Soto. 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:33.240 That's what I've been told. And nothing is imminent. The 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.200 Tigers are not on the verge of trading school ball 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:42.960 right now, even though Pingalore from KTLA five was in 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:46.440 the lobby just you know, selfing it up, saying that 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:51.159 it's happening. You know, this is happening any moment now 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:56.000 it's happening. No, not any moment, it's not happening. And look, 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.480 he may be traded to the Dodgers, he may be 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:03.559 traded to the Mets, but it's not happening right now. 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.240 And look, what would you give up for Terrek Scuoble. 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:12.800 I would. I would say that Tyler Glass now would 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:17.120 definitely be a guy in that deal. I wouldn't say 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.479 it's too far of a reach to say, you know, 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:24.520 Emi Shean, maybe you know I Honestly, I don't really 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:28.479 want to get into names because I don't know any 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.919 of the names that may have been discussed, but it 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:35.920 does make sense. A name that would be in there 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.960 or discussed at the very least is Tyler Glass. Now 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:43.560 it makes a lot of sense if his name was discussed. 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:47.000 And I could tell you that Dodgers and Tigers are talking, 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:48.919 I could tell you that the Tigers are talking to 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.840 a few other teams as well, but nothing is close 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:57.159 to happening for Trek Scuoble right now. And look, the 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:02.960 reality is, ever since Andrew Freeman took over, and more importantly, 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.800 Mark Walter has been the owner of the Dodgers, the 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:10.400 Dodgers have been involved in every big name. Whether or 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.039 not they decide to pull the trigger and sign that 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:16.120 player or trade for that player, They're always going to 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.919 be involved in these blue chip players, whether it's Kyle 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:25.479 Tucker or Trek Skoubol, or Yamamoto or Otani. The list 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.400 goes on and on. So it shouldn't be a surprise 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:32.920 to anybody that, since the Tigers are listening to offers, 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.800 that the Dodgers are one of those teams. And what 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.520 it comes down to, like I mentioned on Wednesday Night. 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.320 Is not about payroll. Like I said, an extension is 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:46.880 very unlikely. What this is is a testament to Andrew 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:51.560 Friedman and the infrastructure he has built with his scouting 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:56.200 department and his player development department to be able to scout, draft, 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:01.479 and develop players that the Tigers are actual interested in 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.240 acquiring if they were to trade a schoob bl has 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:08.320 nothing to do with three hundred and fifty million dollar payroll. 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.600 That's not in play here. And I feel like that 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:16.960 gets really lost with everybody being so jealous and envious 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:21.960 of the Dodgers and how they're able to sign an Otani, 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:26.880 Sana Yamamoto, sign a Freddie Freeman. Their player development has 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.880 been such a huge part to their sustained success to 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:34.160 not only help them in a Dodger uniform, but also 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:38.680 be used as trade capital for really good players. So 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:42.320 keep that in mind and remind all your Dodger hater 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.120 friends that that's a big part of their success. And 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.200 when it comes to, you know, any trade discussions with 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:53.040 the Tigers or the Cardinals, it comes down to the 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:57.440 Dodgers having really good young players on top of having 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:01.960 the financial wherewithal to go out and sign the best 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:06.400 of the best, and to me, they are in a 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:10.800 great position to make trades to get impact players. Whether 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.200 it is Jaron Duran, whether it is Brendan Donovan, whether 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:18.000 it is Trek Schouble. It's because they have players that 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:22.960 other teams covet, that they drafted and developed or acquired 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.480 in other trades. That's what it comes down to. All Right, 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.720 We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk. 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.000 When we come back, your phone calls, we have three 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:34.360 lines open eight six six nine, eight seven two, five 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:38.240 seventy you'll hear my conversation with Edwin Diaz. Right around 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:40.840 the corner, and at the bottom of the hour, the 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.880 man himself, Andrew Friedman, will join us Dodger Talk. David 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:48.800 Vasse wrapping up a busy week in baseball until eight 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.240 o'clock right here on a five to seventy LA Sports. 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:59.760 Oh yeah, Edwin Diaz is a Los Angeles Dodger. He 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:04.960 wants to help bring a three pete to LA. Today 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:09.360 was the press conference he made it official. Edwin Diaz 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:14.160 wearing number three as a Dodger because of course, number 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.720 thirty nine has been retired since the seventies when the 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:22.720 Dodgers retired Roy Campanella's number thirty nine, the three time 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:26.720 MVP Hall of Famer thirty nine has been taken. So 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:30.319 Edwin Diaz said he chose number three because he has 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.800 three boys, so hey, out of the numbers that were available, 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:37.040 three was the one that he chose. And it's going 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:41.320 to be electric at Dodgers Stadium when Edwin Diaz comes 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:44.920 running out of those gates at Dodgers Stadium to Timmy Trumpet, 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.280 can't wait to share the conversation with you. We do 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.800 have time for phone calls at eight sixty six, nine 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:55.239 eighty seven, two five seventy And speaking of Edwin Diaz, 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:59.720 I have no doubts. Keiy A Hernandez was a big 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:05.520 part of Edwin Diaz feeling comfortable to sign with the 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:09.000 Dodgers and I am going to be with Key k 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:14.520 Hernandez tomorrow in the City of Commerce at the Citadel Outlets, 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:20.200 specifically the Polo Ralph Lauren Experience, the Polo Ralf Lauren 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.120 Holiday Experience. Keik is going to be out there along 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.120 with the Polo Bear and they're going to be taking 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:30.920 festive photos out there. No autographs for Keik. We are 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.240 going to interview keyk Hernandez in front of the crowd 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.840 there at the Citadel in front of the Polo Ralph 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:40.160 Lauren store, and we will share that conversation with you 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:44.119 on our next Dodger Talk, which will be on Tuesday 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:47.959 night at seven o'clock. So, keyk Hernandez will be our 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:52.360 guest tomorrow at the Polo Ralph Lauren Holiday Experience. Kik 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.839 will be out there from two to three o'clock taking photos. 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.280 I'll be out there as well at one o'clock. So 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.400 come out and say hi and see Key Hernandez. It 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:04.720 should be fun. And I know he's excited that a 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:08.360 fellow Puerto Rican as good as Edwin Diaz is is 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:12.240 on the Dodgers. And Edwin diaz Is contract with the 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:15.760 Dodgers is looking better and better every day with the 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:20.640 crazy relief market. Now, Edwin Diaz, who is arguably the 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:25.320 best closer in baseball, three years sixty nine million dollars 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:29.480 with the Dodgers. Today, the Blue Jay signed Tyler Rodgers 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:34.640 for three years and thirty seven million dollars. Yesterday Robert 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:38.080 Suarez agreed with the Braves for a three year, forty 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:42.319 five million dollar contract, and of course May have triggered 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:46.600 all this. Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers, Devin Williams signing 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:50.720 with the Mets for three years and fifty one million dollars. 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:54.800 If you're telling me which one of these relievers I 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:58.920 want for three years, it's Edwin Diaz, thirty one years old, 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:03.439 still dominant. The Dodgers. I'm not gonna say got a bargain, 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:08.480 but certainly they were the ones that I would say 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:14.200 targeted the right guy and paid basically the same for 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.560 a much better reliever than what the Blue Jays are 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:20.800 getting in Rogers, what the Mets are getting in Devin Williams. 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:24.120 Robert Suarez led the league in saves last year, but 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:27.920 he's thirty four years old, going on thirty five. Edwin 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.920 Diaz only thirty one years old. All right, I was 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.800 out there at Dodgers Stadium earlier today, had a chance 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:38.240 to catch up with Edwin Diaz. Here was our conversation. 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:41.240 All right. Last year I went to go see Edwin 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:44.120 Diaz in the Mets clubhouse, and here he is in 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:48.440 a Dodger uniform after signing making it official today. Welcome 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.280 to Los Angeles. And does it feel real now? 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:53.480 Yeah, it feels real you know, and finally I got 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:56.400 Doya's uniforms. I'm really happy the way here and let's 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:56.760 go win. 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:58.400 How did all this come about? 0:12:58.520 --> 0:12:58.720 Edwin? 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.120 When did you know that you wanted to sign with 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:01.840 the Dodgers? 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.800 You know, everything went quick. You know, last week we 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.959 was talking to teams and the lawyers show up and 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.280 they went aggressive to me. You know, I like that, 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.080 I like, I like I like how they approached me. 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:15.640 And the other day, you know, I'm here with the Doyers. 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:16.920 I'm really happy to be here. 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.840 Was that the biggest part you felt wanted by the Dodgers? 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:24.880 Yeah, they show show a lot of attraction to me 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.720 that they was asking, they was calling. They was you know, 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.320 putting some pressure to they we want you and you 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:34.400 know I want to win. So this opportunity to be 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.840 here was what's nice? Can wait to start the season. 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.480 Was part of this. He felt disrespected. Did you feel 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:44.480 disrespected by anybody in New York that made you say, 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.880 you know what, maybe it is time to change. 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.400 No? No, they threw me great. They got a really 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:53.880 good organization. You know, they people understand this is a business. 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:54.160 You know. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:59.080 The other day, you know place it's baseball. So I 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:02.520 just choose that because you know, I think we got 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.720 a really good opportunity to win, you know, and we 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:09.280 miss all my guys in New York, coaching, ownership, players, everybody. 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:11.680 But now I'm here, can't wait to start season and 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:12.319 win games. 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.040 And when I find it very hard to believe that 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.280 when you were trying to find out more about the Dodgers, 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.600 that you didn't speak to Key a Hernandez. How much 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.840 the Key k Hernandez play into you saying, yeah, the 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:25.880 Dodgers is for me. 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.240 Yeah, he called me and started talking to him. I 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.840 was asking about the family, you know, I know in 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.200 the clubhouse around everybody would be fine. I want my 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.320 family to feel feel good too. I feel tired with 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:43.040 the organization. And he told me great things about the organization, ownership, 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.520 how they treat the family, and that'll make it sOAZ. 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.160 That's the biggest thing. You have three kids, three boys, 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.200 you said, that's why you chose number three. That has 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.160 got to be a big factor. How teams treat families. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.920 Yeah, I heard they three family. It's really really good here, 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.600 you know. And you know, at the end of the day, 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:02.800 I want my family to feel country. With my family 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.160 feel country, well, I'm there, hoppy, I would be happy, 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:09.240 and I think I can't perform better. So knowing my 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:12.120 family would be in a good position here, that's made 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:13.080 the decision easier. 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.680 Edwin Diaz is our guest. He is officially a Dodger, 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.760 and can you just make this official right now? Timmy 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.560 Trumpet is staying with you, coming from New York to 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:24.840 Los Angeles, the same walkout song. 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:27.240 Yeah, I bring, I bring Timmy. We made to the lawyer, 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.600 so we'll be the same walks. Can't wait to come 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.680 in the game first, the first game of the season, 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.120 get the safe with Tommy Trumpet. 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:39.360 Hey, you look great in a Dodger uniform. Congratulations and 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:41.760 can't wait to see you come out in the ninth 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:43.040 inning at Dodger Stadium. 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:44.960 Thank you, thank you. I can't wait to start the season. 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:46.720 Help this shim to win another championship. 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:52.080 What a great guy, Edwin Diaz and certainly very excited 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.880 to be in Los Angeles with the Dodgers and Timmy 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:58.720 Trumpet is coming to Dodger Stadium. You know, my son's 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.240 ten years old, right, he's starting to get into baseball. 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.120 He kind of knows now what dad does, and he 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:07.160 collects baseball cards, so he's starting to get into it. 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:10.240 Plays little league and when I let him know the 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:15.520 Dodgers signed Edwin Diaz and let him hear Timmy Trumpet. 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.640 My wife was taking him to school a couple of 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.880 days ago, and as they were pulling into the parking lot, 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:24.960 he said, roll down all the windows and play it loud. 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:28.280 Play Timmy Trumpet loud. As they pulled into the school 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.840 parking lot. I think my twelve year old daughter, seventh grader, 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:35.720 was a little embarrassed that Timmy Trumpet was blaring from 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:39.240 the family car as they pulled into the school parking lot. 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:43.280 But everybody's excited. Everybody wants to be there in the 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:47.080 ninth inning when Edwin Diaz comes out for a save, 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:49.640 it's gonna be It's gonna be electric. It's gonna be 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.600 a scene at Dodgers Stadium. And like I have said 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:56.560 the last few years, and especially since they signed show 0:16:56.600 --> 0:17:01.240 hey Otani, a Dodger game is not just a game anymore. 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:05.560 It's an event, and he's adding to the event. Let's 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.920 go out to Orange County. Dominic. You're on Dodger Talk 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:10.920 with David Vasse. How you doing, Dominic? 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:15.520 Hi, David I am doing awesome. I'm just hearing you 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.600 about the whole car and you know, going into the 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:19.640 school partially a lot. 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:21.720 Yeah, And I just want. 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:24.680 To say that I am in Orange County. That's exactly 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:26.159 what I did. When I was on my bike. I 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.719 got my speaker and I had I had to I 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:32.080 just had to blast that song. And all the Angel 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.720 fans were already like, oh damn, it emails already, and 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:38.400 I'm like, yeah. 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.320 Hey, it's catchy. I got a catchy Oh. 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:41.200 My god, it is addictive. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.360 It is addictive at that point, it is catchy, addictive, 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:49.040 it's everything. I got a question for you, and a 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:50.880 lot of fans are kind of a little bit decisive 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:57.080 on this question, but I wanted to ask about having 0:17:57.080 --> 0:18:00.960 a horn for home runs and when we win a 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:03.560 game at Dodger Stadium. I've been holding this question off 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.280 for a while now, but I wanted to tell you 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:10.760 now because I've noticed several baseball teams within the National 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:15.760 League West have have a horn except for Arizona and 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:18.480 the Dodgers, and then Seattle has a horn, The Blue 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.919 Jays have a horn, DC has a horn, and then 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.760 the Rays have a horn. The list goes on but 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.520 I just wanted to ask your opinion on it. In 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:28.520 my family horn device. 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:31.560 Kind of horn, like a fog horn or a hockey horn. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:33.879 I mean, I was not expecting this type of question. 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.400 You're talking about a horn for what when they win? 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.440 And that's not really LA. That's not really LA to me. 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:43.840 Right, And that's what my uncle kind of sort of says, like, 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:46.880 I don't think we need a horn and excuse me, sorry, 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:47.880 we got enough. 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:52.040 We we love LA. After every win Dominic, keep playing 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:54.760 Timmy trumpet. I love that idea. Keep playing it on 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:58.080 the bike. No horn, Sorry, I'm out on the horn. 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.280 If you want a horn, listen to Petros to Money. 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:04.240 They play a horn like every other segment. I mean, 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:07.680 come on, really, I guess it's the off seasons and 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:11.360 the Dodgers have won back to back World Series Championships, 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:13.720 so there's not really much to complain about. So you 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:17.240 got these these ideas. Hey, it's an idea. It's an idea, 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:21.000 but the Dodgers are originators. They're not going to copycat 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:24.040 other teams in the NL West. And like I said, uh, 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:27.440 Dodgers stadiums in downtown LA. It's not like it's right 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:29.719 on the wharf in San Pedro. I mean they're not 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:35.360 gonna be there's no horn that needs to be played anyway. 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:37.720 We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk. 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:39.639 If you want to chime in. I mean we could 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:44.280 play GM like Brian Cranston did. Who would you include? 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:47.600 Who would you be willing to include? For trek Scubale trade? 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:50.840 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.440 the phone number the man that is the one that's 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:56.600 actually making the trades. Andrew Friedman will join us next. 0:19:56.600 --> 0:19:59.520 You'll hear our conversation on a five to seventy LA 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:04.280 Sports Dodger Talk until eight o'clock. Welcome back to Dodger Talk. 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:06.680 We are on until eight o'clock tonight here on AM 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.640 five to seventy LA Sports. And Andrew Friedman has made 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:13.240 it back from Orlando today the introductory press conference with 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:16.040 Edwin Diaz and Andrew. 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:20.320 Edwin abby a work ethic and he really wants to win. 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:23.399 You saw it today, We've seen it over the years 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:26.160 with his willingness to come in in the fourth inning, 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.880 fifth inning, sixth inning to try to you know, when 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:30.760 we were beating the Mets last year in the CS 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:33.000 he would come in early to try to stop the bleeding, 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:35.360 just to give them a chance to come back. And 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:38.480 last weekend of the year this year against the Marlins, 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:41.880 that Sunday game, which was a must win for them 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:45.400 coming in in the fourth, just the selflessness to win. 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:47.560 And it fits in so well with so many of 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:51.480 our guys. So the talent fits really well. The human 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:53.600 what kind of worker he is, how much he cares 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:55.200 also works fits really well. 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:58.320 When did you believe you had a very good chance 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:00.120 of signing Das. 0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:05.320 You know, obviously he was top of our list coming 0:21:05.320 --> 0:21:08.080 into the off season, but just thought the chances were 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:10.760 pretty remote, so it didn't spend a ton of time 0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:13.440 other than express interest. We have a lot of interests, 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:16.359 so we kind of kept in touch with them, but 0:21:17.119 --> 0:21:19.520 all the while just thinking, hey, the likelihood of this 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:23.000 is pretty low. Then when the Mets signed Devin Williams 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:29.800 five minutes later, I called the agent and and there 0:21:29.880 --> 0:21:32.320 was more of an opening than I had since before, 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:37.280 which gave us some encouragement, but still felt like it's unlikely, 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:43.240 so putting an offer that night or maybe the next night, 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:47.959 and then don't really hear anything until that Saturday, right 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:50.520 before the winter meetings and they give us some feedback, 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:55.600 and so we started talking Sunday into Monday, and still 0:21:55.640 --> 0:21:58.440 all along, I'm like, I just you know, it's gonna 0:21:58.440 --> 0:21:59.919 be hard for him to cut the cord with New 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:04.240 or can't see New York letting them go. But through 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:08.840 the conversations Monday night, late Monday night into Tuesday morning, 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:12.280 felt like the chances were actually way better than I 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:14.800 was giving credit for. And then we got into how 0:22:14.800 --> 0:22:18.800 do we close this deal mode? And fortunately we're able 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:19.600 to push it across. 0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:24.280 At this point, you've built back to back World Series championships, 0:22:24.560 --> 0:22:28.440 you're going for three pete At this point in your position, 0:22:28.520 --> 0:22:32.159 when you're signing players and them deciding whether or not 0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:34.640 they are going to sign with the Dodgers, like Diaz, 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:38.520 doesn't it say something about the player that they want 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:41.840 in on this And conversely for players that shy away 0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:45.119 from it, doesn't it say something about them? Yeah? 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:47.680 I think there's a real, you know, kind of selection 0:22:47.800 --> 0:22:50.320 bias that we get some insights into guys that we 0:22:50.400 --> 0:22:55.040 haven't had before as players. Because there's a lot that 0:22:55.119 --> 0:22:58.879 comes with this, and you have fifty plus thousand people 0:22:58.960 --> 0:23:03.960 every night, feel that responsibility there's the highest of expectations, 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:08.720 and so it's not for everybody, and the people who 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:11.840 it's not we'd rather not sign and so hopefully we're 0:23:11.840 --> 0:23:15.240 able to kind of sift through that. But I think 0:23:15.320 --> 0:23:19.240 a lot of it also is that in our conversations 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:23.520 with guys this winner, it's conveying how hungry we are 0:23:23.560 --> 0:23:25.639 to do it again, because I think there would be 0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:28.920 some concern of Okay, they've won. No, okay, they've won 0:23:29.000 --> 0:23:31.600 twice in a row, does that mean they're going to 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:34.399