Speaker 1: This is off season Dodger Talk Winter Meetings edit year.
Speaker 2: Now Everyone's favorite Dodger inside it David Basset.
Speaker 1: We are live until eight o'clock tonight on AM five
Speaker 1: seventy LA Sports, wrapping up the Winter Meetings week in Orlando.
Speaker 1: And today the Dodgers made it official with Edwin Diaz
Speaker 1: being at Dodger Stadium. We were there, you heard it
Speaker 1: live right here on AM five seventy LA Sports and
Speaker 1: we have a one on one conversation with the new
Speaker 1: Dodger closer, Timmy Trumpet. Edwin Diaz will join us in
Speaker 1: our next segment, and coming up at the bottom of
Speaker 1: the hour, the man himself, the man that pulls all
Speaker 1: the levers, Andrew Friedman, will join us at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the hour. Had a chance to sit down with
Speaker 1: him and really get into how this all came together
Speaker 1: for Edwin Diaz, and we also so get into Andrew's
Speaker 1: involvement with the Lakers and how he is balancing his
Speaker 1: responsibilities of being the president of Baseball Operations with the
Speaker 1: Dodgers and also lending some help to the Lakers because
Speaker 1: of course Mark Walter now owns the Lakers and the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: So we'll get into all of that with Andrew Friedman
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the hour. Don't expect me to
Speaker 1: ask him about Trek Scooble. He wouldn't answer. That's not
Speaker 1: something he can even get close to touching since school Ball
Speaker 1: is on another team. He's just him or any other
Speaker 1: person in his position, is not talking about a player
Speaker 1: that's on another team. And the trade rumors, what I
Speaker 1: can tell you, and you know, there is something too
Speaker 1: the thought that the Tigers may trade Schooble. There are
Speaker 1: many people that I've spoken to in the industry that
Speaker 1: believe that school Ball will be trade. Whether or not
Speaker 1: it's to the Dodgers still remains to be seen. My understanding,
Speaker 1: continuing to try to gather information on all this is
Speaker 1: that teams are not even sure the Tigers have even
Speaker 1: made the definitive decision to say, yes, let's trade Trek Scooble.
Speaker 1: And it's not just the GM of the Tigers that
Speaker 1: has to be involved in coming to that decision. I'm
Speaker 1: sure the owner of the Tigers is very much involved.
Speaker 1: And maybe Scott Harris, the Tigers president of Baseball Operations,
Speaker 1: is waiting to hear from his owner about whether or
Speaker 1: not he has the green light to trade Schooble. From
Speaker 1: what I reported a few days ago remains true from
Speaker 1: the people I've talked to in baseball that they are
Speaker 1: asking for a lot for one year of Schooble and
Speaker 1: don't believe the extension talks. Yes, that would make sense
Speaker 1: to give the Dodgers or the Mets, or any other
Speaker 1: team that has what it takes to trade for school
Speaker 1: bol to give them a three or four day window.
Speaker 1: Usually it's twenty four to four I would say forty
Speaker 1: eight to seventy two hours that teams that agree on
Speaker 1: a trade and want to work out an extension with
Speaker 1: the player that's coming, then you have forty eight to
Speaker 1: seventy two hours after you acquire that player, or not
Speaker 1: acquire them, but agree to work out an extension. I
Speaker 1: don't see Trek Scooble agreeing to an extension. His agent,
Speaker 1: Scott Boris, is very much in favor of taking all
Speaker 1: his clients to the open market, and that includes Trek Schouoble.
Speaker 1: There are certain exceptions, but for the most part, whether
Speaker 1: Schoolbl's traded to the Dodgers, the Mets, the Pirates, or
Speaker 1: remains with the Tigers, he will be a free agent.
Speaker 1: He will be on the open market at the end
Speaker 1: of the year, in my opinion. And I don't see
Speaker 1: this being anything more than a one year rental right
Speaker 1: now for Terrek Scooble. I just don't see it. And
Speaker 1: the one thing I could tell you, like I mentioned,
Speaker 1: they are asking for as much as the Nationals received
Speaker 1: from the Padres for two years of control of Juan Soto.
Speaker 1: That's what I've been told. And nothing is imminent. The
Speaker 1: Tigers are not on the verge of trading school ball
Speaker 1: right now, even though Pingalore from KTLA five was in
Speaker 1: the lobby just you know, selfing it up, saying that
Speaker 1: it's happening. You know, this is happening any moment now
Speaker 1: it's happening. No, not any moment, it's not happening. And look,
Speaker 1: he may be traded to the Dodgers, he may be
Speaker 1: traded to the Mets, but it's not happening right now.
Speaker 1: And look, what would you give up for Terrek Scuoble.
Speaker 1: I would. I would say that Tyler Glass now would
Speaker 1: definitely be a guy in that deal. I wouldn't say
Speaker 1: it's too far of a reach to say, you know,
Speaker 1: Emi Shean, maybe you know I Honestly, I don't really
Speaker 1: want to get into names because I don't know any
Speaker 1: of the names that may have been discussed, but it
Speaker 1: does make sense. A name that would be in there
Speaker 1: or discussed at the very least is Tyler Glass. Now
Speaker 1: it makes a lot of sense if his name was discussed.
Speaker 1: And I could tell you that Dodgers and Tigers are talking,
Speaker 1: I could tell you that the Tigers are talking to
Speaker 1: a few other teams as well, but nothing is close
Speaker 1: to happening for Trek Scuoble right now. And look, the
Speaker 1: reality is, ever since Andrew Freeman took over, and more importantly,
Speaker 1: Mark Walter has been the owner of the Dodgers, the
Speaker 1: Dodgers have been involved in every big name. Whether or
Speaker 1: not they decide to pull the trigger and sign that
Speaker 1: player or trade for that player, They're always going to
Speaker 1: be involved in these blue chip players, whether it's Kyle
Speaker 1: Tucker or Trek Skoubol, or Yamamoto or Otani. The list
Speaker 1: goes on and on. So it shouldn't be a surprise
Speaker 1: to anybody that, since the Tigers are listening to offers,
Speaker 1: that the Dodgers are one of those teams. And what
Speaker 1: it comes down to, like I mentioned on Wednesday Night.
Speaker 1: Is not about payroll. Like I said, an extension is
Speaker 1: very unlikely. What this is is a testament to Andrew
Speaker 1: Friedman and the infrastructure he has built with his scouting
Speaker 1: department and his player development department to be able to scout, draft,
Speaker 1: and develop players that the Tigers are actual interested in
Speaker 1: acquiring if they were to trade a schoob bl has
Speaker 1: nothing to do with three hundred and fifty million dollar payroll.
Speaker 1: That's not in play here. And I feel like that
Speaker 1: gets really lost with everybody being so jealous and envious
Speaker 1: of the Dodgers and how they're able to sign an Otani,
Speaker 1: Sana Yamamoto, sign a Freddie Freeman. Their player development has
Speaker 1: been such a huge part to their sustained success to
Speaker 1: not only help them in a Dodger uniform, but also
Speaker 1: be used as trade capital for really good players. So
Speaker 1: keep that in mind and remind all your Dodger hater
Speaker 1: friends that that's a big part of their success. And
Speaker 1: when it comes to, you know, any trade discussions with
Speaker 1: the Tigers or the Cardinals, it comes down to the
Speaker 1: Dodgers having really good young players on top of having
Speaker 1: the financial wherewithal to go out and sign the best
Speaker 1: of the best, and to me, they are in a
Speaker 1: great position to make trades to get impact players. Whether
Speaker 1: it is Jaron Duran, whether it is Brendan Donovan, whether
Speaker 1: it is Trek Schouble. It's because they have players that
Speaker 1: other teams covet, that they drafted and developed or acquired
Speaker 1: in other trades. That's what it comes down to. All Right,
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: When we come back, your phone calls, we have three
Speaker 1: lines open eight six six nine, eight seven two, five
Speaker 1: seventy you'll hear my conversation with Edwin Diaz. Right around
Speaker 1: the corner, and at the bottom of the hour, the
Speaker 1: man himself, Andrew Friedman, will join us Dodger Talk. David
Speaker 1: Vasse wrapping up a busy week in baseball until eight
Speaker 1: o'clock right here on a five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Edwin Diaz is a Los Angeles Dodger. He
Speaker 1: wants to help bring a three pete to LA. Today
Speaker 1: was the press conference he made it official. Edwin Diaz
Speaker 1: wearing number three as a Dodger because of course, number
Speaker 1: thirty nine has been retired since the seventies when the
Speaker 1: Dodgers retired Roy Campanella's number thirty nine, the three time
Speaker 1: MVP Hall of Famer thirty nine has been taken. So
Speaker 1: Edwin Diaz said he chose number three because he has
Speaker 1: three boys, so hey, out of the numbers that were available,
Speaker 1: three was the one that he chose. And it's going
Speaker 1: to be electric at Dodgers Stadium when Edwin Diaz comes
Speaker 1: running out of those gates at Dodgers Stadium to Timmy Trumpet,
Speaker 1: can't wait to share the conversation with you. We do
Speaker 1: have time for phone calls at eight sixty six, nine
Speaker 1: eighty seven, two five seventy And speaking of Edwin Diaz,
Speaker 1: I have no doubts. Keiy A Hernandez was a big
Speaker 1: part of Edwin Diaz feeling comfortable to sign with the
Speaker 1: Dodgers and I am going to be with Key k
Speaker 1: Hernandez tomorrow in the City of Commerce at the Citadel Outlets,
Speaker 1: specifically the Polo Ralph Lauren Experience, the Polo Ralf Lauren
Speaker 1: Holiday Experience. Keik is going to be out there along
Speaker 1: with the Polo Bear and they're going to be taking
Speaker 1: festive photos out there. No autographs for Keik. We are
Speaker 1: going to interview keyk Hernandez in front of the crowd
Speaker 1: there at the Citadel in front of the Polo Ralph
Speaker 1: Lauren store, and we will share that conversation with you
Speaker 1: on our next Dodger Talk, which will be on Tuesday
Speaker 1: night at seven o'clock. So, keyk Hernandez will be our
Speaker 1: guest tomorrow at the Polo Ralph Lauren Holiday Experience. Kik
Speaker 1: will be out there from two to three o'clock taking photos.
Speaker 1: I'll be out there as well at one o'clock. So
Speaker 1: come out and say hi and see Key Hernandez. It
Speaker 1: should be fun. And I know he's excited that a
Speaker 1: fellow Puerto Rican as good as Edwin Diaz is is
Speaker 1: on the Dodgers. And Edwin diaz Is contract with the
Speaker 1: Dodgers is looking better and better every day with the
Speaker 1: crazy relief market. Now, Edwin Diaz, who is arguably the
Speaker 1: best closer in baseball, three years sixty nine million dollars
Speaker 1: with the Dodgers. Today, the Blue Jay signed Tyler Rodgers
Speaker 1: for three years and thirty seven million dollars. Yesterday Robert
Speaker 1: Suarez agreed with the Braves for a three year, forty
Speaker 1: five million dollar contract, and of course May have triggered
Speaker 1: all this. Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers, Devin Williams signing
Speaker 1: with the Mets for three years and fifty one million dollars.
Speaker 1: If you're telling me which one of these relievers I
Speaker 1: want for three years, it's Edwin Diaz, thirty one years old,
Speaker 1: still dominant. The Dodgers. I'm not gonna say got a bargain,
Speaker 1: but certainly they were the ones that I would say
Speaker 1: targeted the right guy and paid basically the same for
Speaker 1: a much better reliever than what the Blue Jays are
Speaker 1: getting in Rogers, what the Mets are getting in Devin Williams.
Speaker 1: Robert Suarez led the league in saves last year, but
Speaker 1: he's thirty four years old, going on thirty five. Edwin
Speaker 1: Diaz only thirty one years old. All right, I was
Speaker 1: out there at Dodgers Stadium earlier today, had a chance
Speaker 1: to catch up with Edwin Diaz. Here was our conversation.
Speaker 1: All right. Last year I went to go see Edwin
Speaker 1: Diaz in the Mets clubhouse, and here he is in
Speaker 1: a Dodger uniform after signing making it official today. Welcome
Speaker 1: to Los Angeles. And does it feel real now?
Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels real you know, and finally I got
Speaker 2: Doya's uniforms. I'm really happy the way here and let's
Speaker 2: go win.
Speaker 1: How did all this come about?
Speaker 3: Edwin?
Speaker 1: When did you know that you wanted to sign with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers?
Speaker 2: You know, everything went quick. You know, last week we
Speaker 2: was talking to teams and the lawyers show up and
Speaker 2: they went aggressive to me. You know, I like that,
Speaker 2: I like, I like I like how they approached me.
Speaker 2: And the other day, you know, I'm here with the Doyers.
Speaker 2: I'm really happy to be here.
Speaker 1: Was that the biggest part you felt wanted by the Dodgers?
Speaker 2: Yeah, they show show a lot of attraction to me
Speaker 2: that they was asking, they was calling. They was you know,
Speaker 2: putting some pressure to they we want you and you
Speaker 2: know I want to win. So this opportunity to be
Speaker 2: here was what's nice? Can wait to start the season.
Speaker 1: Was part of this. He felt disrespected. Did you feel
Speaker 1: disrespected by anybody in New York that made you say,
Speaker 1: you know what, maybe it is time to change.
Speaker 2: No? No, they threw me great. They got a really
Speaker 2: good organization. You know, they people understand this is a business.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: The other day, you know place it's baseball. So I
Speaker 2: just choose that because you know, I think we got
Speaker 2: a really good opportunity to win, you know, and we
Speaker 2: miss all my guys in New York, coaching, ownership, players, everybody.
Speaker 2: But now I'm here, can't wait to start season and
Speaker 2: win games.
Speaker 1: And when I find it very hard to believe that
Speaker 1: when you were trying to find out more about the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: that you didn't speak to Key a Hernandez. How much
Speaker 1: the Key k Hernandez play into you saying, yeah, the
Speaker 1: Dodgers is for me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he called me and started talking to him. I
Speaker 2: was asking about the family, you know, I know in
Speaker 2: the clubhouse around everybody would be fine. I want my
Speaker 2: family to feel feel good too. I feel tired with
Speaker 2: the organization. And he told me great things about the organization, ownership,
Speaker 2: how they treat the family, and that'll make it sOAZ.
Speaker 1: That's the biggest thing. You have three kids, three boys,
Speaker 1: you said, that's why you chose number three. That has
Speaker 1: got to be a big factor. How teams treat families.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I heard they three family. It's really really good here,
Speaker 2: you know. And you know, at the end of the day,
Speaker 2: I want my family to feel country. With my family
Speaker 2: feel country, well, I'm there, hoppy, I would be happy,
Speaker 2: and I think I can't perform better. So knowing my
Speaker 2: family would be in a good position here, that's made
Speaker 2: the decision easier.
Speaker 1: Edwin Diaz is our guest. He is officially a Dodger,
Speaker 1: and can you just make this official right now? Timmy
Speaker 1: Trumpet is staying with you, coming from New York to
Speaker 1: Los Angeles, the same walkout song.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I bring, I bring Timmy. We made to the lawyer,
Speaker 2: so we'll be the same walks. Can't wait to come
Speaker 2: in the game first, the first game of the season,
Speaker 2: get the safe with Tommy Trumpet.
Speaker 1: Hey, you look great in a Dodger uniform. Congratulations and
Speaker 1: can't wait to see you come out in the ninth
Speaker 1: inning at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you. I can't wait to start the season.
Speaker 2: Help this shim to win another championship.
Speaker 1: What a great guy, Edwin Diaz and certainly very excited
Speaker 1: to be in Los Angeles with the Dodgers and Timmy
Speaker 1: Trumpet is coming to Dodger Stadium. You know, my son's
Speaker 1: ten years old, right, he's starting to get into baseball.
Speaker 1: He kind of knows now what dad does, and he
Speaker 1: collects baseball cards, so he's starting to get into it.
Speaker 1: Plays little league and when I let him know the
Speaker 1: Dodgers signed Edwin Diaz and let him hear Timmy Trumpet.
Speaker 1: My wife was taking him to school a couple of
Speaker 1: days ago, and as they were pulling into the parking lot,
Speaker 1: he said, roll down all the windows and play it loud.
Speaker 1: Play Timmy Trumpet loud. As they pulled into the school
Speaker 1: parking lot. I think my twelve year old daughter, seventh grader,
Speaker 1: was a little embarrassed that Timmy Trumpet was blaring from
Speaker 1: the family car as they pulled into the school parking lot.
Speaker 1: But everybody's excited. Everybody wants to be there in the
Speaker 1: ninth inning when Edwin Diaz comes out for a save,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be It's gonna be electric. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a scene at Dodgers Stadium. And like I have said
Speaker 1: the last few years, and especially since they signed show
Speaker 1: hey Otani, a Dodger game is not just a game anymore.
Speaker 1: It's an event, and he's adding to the event. Let's
Speaker 1: go out to Orange County. Dominic. You're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 1: with David Vasse. How you doing, Dominic?
Speaker 4: Hi, David I am doing awesome. I'm just hearing you
Speaker 4: about the whole car and you know, going into the
Speaker 4: school partially a lot.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I just want.
Speaker 4: To say that I am in Orange County. That's exactly
Speaker 4: what I did. When I was on my bike. I
Speaker 4: got my speaker and I had I had to I
Speaker 4: just had to blast that song. And all the Angel
Speaker 4: fans were already like, oh damn, it emails already, and
Speaker 4: I'm like, yeah.
Speaker 1: Hey, it's catchy. I got a catchy Oh.
Speaker 3: My god, it is addictive.
Speaker 4: It is addictive at that point, it is catchy, addictive,
Speaker 4: it's everything. I got a question for you, and a
Speaker 4: lot of fans are kind of a little bit decisive
Speaker 4: on this question, but I wanted to ask about having
Speaker 4: a horn for home runs and when we win a
Speaker 4: game at Dodger Stadium. I've been holding this question off
Speaker 4: for a while now, but I wanted to tell you
Speaker 4: now because I've noticed several baseball teams within the National
Speaker 4: League West have have a horn except for Arizona and
Speaker 4: the Dodgers, and then Seattle has a horn, The Blue
Speaker 4: Jays have a horn, DC has a horn, and then
Speaker 4: the Rays have a horn. The list goes on but
Speaker 4: I just wanted to ask your opinion on it. In
Speaker 4: my family horn device.
Speaker 1: Kind of horn, like a fog horn or a hockey horn.
Speaker 1: I mean, I was not expecting this type of question.
Speaker 1: You're talking about a horn for what when they win?
Speaker 1: And that's not really LA. That's not really LA to me.
Speaker 4: Right, And that's what my uncle kind of sort of says, like,
Speaker 4: I don't think we need a horn and excuse me, sorry,
Speaker 4: we got enough.
Speaker 1: We we love LA. After every win Dominic, keep playing
Speaker 1: Timmy trumpet. I love that idea. Keep playing it on
Speaker 1: the bike. No horn, Sorry, I'm out on the horn.
Speaker 1: If you want a horn, listen to Petros to Money.
Speaker 1: They play a horn like every other segment. I mean,
Speaker 1: come on, really, I guess it's the off seasons and
Speaker 1: the Dodgers have won back to back World Series Championships,
Speaker 1: so there's not really much to complain about. So you
Speaker 1: got these these ideas. Hey, it's an idea. It's an idea,
Speaker 1: but the Dodgers are originators. They're not going to copycat
Speaker 1: other teams in the NL West. And like I said, uh,
Speaker 1: Dodgers stadiums in downtown LA. It's not like it's right
Speaker 1: on the wharf in San Pedro. I mean they're not
Speaker 1: gonna be there's no horn that needs to be played anyway.
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: If you want to chime in. I mean we could
Speaker 1: play GM like Brian Cranston did. Who would you include?
Speaker 1: Who would you be willing to include? For trek Scubale trade?
Speaker 1: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone number the man that is the one that's
Speaker 1: actually making the trades. Andrew Friedman will join us next.
Speaker 1: You'll hear our conversation on a five to seventy LA
Speaker 1: Sports Dodger Talk until eight o'clock. Welcome back to Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: We are on until eight o'clock tonight here on AM
Speaker 1: five to seventy LA Sports. And Andrew Friedman has made
Speaker 1: it back from Orlando today the introductory press conference with
Speaker 1: Edwin Diaz and Andrew.
Speaker 5: Edwin abby a work ethic and he really wants to win.
Speaker 5: You saw it today, We've seen it over the years
Speaker 5: with his willingness to come in in the fourth inning,
Speaker 5: fifth inning, sixth inning to try to you know, when
Speaker 5: we were beating the Mets last year in the CS
Speaker 5: he would come in early to try to stop the bleeding,
Speaker 5: just to give them a chance to come back. And
Speaker 5: last weekend of the year this year against the Marlins,
Speaker 5: that Sunday game, which was a must win for them
Speaker 5: coming in in the fourth, just the selflessness to win.
Speaker 5: And it fits in so well with so many of
Speaker 5: our guys. So the talent fits really well. The human
Speaker 5: what kind of worker he is, how much he cares
Speaker 5: also works fits really well.
Speaker 1: When did you believe you had a very good chance
Speaker 1: of signing Das.
Speaker 5: You know, obviously he was top of our list coming
Speaker 5: into the off season, but just thought the chances were
Speaker 5: pretty remote, so it didn't spend a ton of time
Speaker 5: other than express interest. We have a lot of interests,
Speaker 5: so we kind of kept in touch with them, but
Speaker 5: all the while just thinking, hey, the likelihood of this
Speaker 5: is pretty low. Then when the Mets signed Devin Williams
Speaker 5: five minutes later, I called the agent and and there
Speaker 5: was more of an opening than I had since before,
Speaker 5: which gave us some encouragement, but still felt like it's unlikely,
Speaker 5: so putting an offer that night or maybe the next night,
Speaker 5: and then don't really hear anything until that Saturday, right
Speaker 5: before the winter meetings and they give us some feedback,
Speaker 5: and so we started talking Sunday into Monday, and still
Speaker 5: all along, I'm like, I just you know, it's gonna
Speaker 5: be hard for him to cut the cord with New
Speaker 5: or can't see New York letting them go. But through
Speaker 5: the conversations Monday night, late Monday night into Tuesday morning,
Speaker 5: felt like the chances were actually way better than I
Speaker 5: was giving credit for. And then we got into how
Speaker 5: do we close this deal mode? And fortunately we're able
Speaker 5: to push it across.
Speaker 1: At this point, you've built back to back World Series championships,
Speaker 1: you're going for three pete At this point in your position,
Speaker 1: when you're signing players and them deciding whether or not
Speaker 1: they are going to sign with the Dodgers, like Diaz,
Speaker 1: doesn't it say something about the player that they want
Speaker 1: in on this And conversely for players that shy away
Speaker 1: from it, doesn't it say something about them? Yeah?
Speaker 5: I think there's a real, you know, kind of selection
Speaker 5: bias that we get some insights into guys that we
Speaker 5: haven't had before as players. Because there's a lot that
Speaker 5: comes with this, and you have fifty plus thousand people
Speaker 5: every night, feel that responsibility there's the highest of expectations,
Speaker 5: and so it's not for everybody, and the people who
Speaker 5: it's not we'd rather not sign and so hopefully we're
Speaker 5: able to kind of sift through that. But I think
Speaker 5: a lot of it also is that in our conversations
Speaker 5: with guys this winner, it's conveying how hungry we are
Speaker 5: to do it again, because I think there would be
Speaker 5: some concern of Okay, they've won. No, okay, they've won
Speaker 5: twice in a row, does that mean they're going to
Speaker 5: put their feet up and hope for the best. So
Speaker 5: it's conveying and making sure to sell that point of
Speaker 5: just how committed we are to doing everything we can
Speaker 5: to win again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1: What do you believe is next for you this offseason?
Speaker 1: Do you want to add more as far as trying
Speaker 1: to help your position player group? What do you see
Speaker 1: in the near future.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think adding a bat would be great, and
Speaker 5: it would just take some pressure off some of our
Speaker 5: younger guys. That being said, things happen over the course
Speaker 5: of the season and getting our younger guys sim at
Speaker 5: bats is going to be really important. Things play out
Speaker 5: in that way. But I think just building out the
Speaker 5: depth more. Adding a really interesting kind of position player
Speaker 5: that fits into our group really well is very high
Speaker 5: on the list.
Speaker 1: How much do you look at some of your guys
Speaker 1: that have put so much of their body through it
Speaker 1: the last couple of years and are starting to get
Speaker 1: to their mid thirties and late thirties. How much is
Speaker 1: that on the forefront of your mind to try to
Speaker 1: supplement with some younger guys.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think there's looking at it in
Speaker 5: a couple different ways. I mean, if you're just focused
Speaker 5: on twenty twenty six, I'm not that worried about it.
Speaker 5: It's so important to us who we sign a long
Speaker 5: term deal with in that we know that we are
Speaker 5: going to get everything out of that player. So are
Speaker 5: gonna work really hard over the winter. They're gonna compete
Speaker 5: and they're gonna lay it out on the line to
Speaker 5: try to win. And we've got a whole clubhouse of
Speaker 5: guys that are playing for each other, they're playing for
Speaker 5: this city, that are playing for their legacy, that are
Speaker 5: playing to create a dynasty. And it is really hard
Speaker 5: to win back to back, and it takes that mentality
Speaker 5: to do it, and that mentality is still really strong.
Speaker 5: So for us, it's about adding guys that can add
Speaker 5: to that. But the core in the group we have
Speaker 5: in place, we feel like is really strong.
Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought that up because Max Munsey, Hey,
Speaker 1: you might have a future in this business. Hey, how
Speaker 1: how have you celebrated since the end of the World Series.
Speaker 1: I haven't seen you since the parade? Has there been
Speaker 1: much of a victory lap for Andrew Friedman? Did your
Speaker 1: wife throw you a party at the house? I mean,
Speaker 1: what's going on?
Speaker 5: The celebration? The parade itself was incredible, just both years.
Speaker 5: That day is so fulfilling and incredibly impactful, and it
Speaker 5: really is, like it sounds cheesy, but it's like fuel
Speaker 5: to get back there. It really is. That's how special
Speaker 5: that day is. The energy, the joy, you can feel it,
Speaker 5: and it's something that really is fuel to do everything
Speaker 5: we can to get back to it. But we got
Speaker 5: to celebrate by turning around and going to the gm
Speaker 5: ME and you know, no real time for us on
Speaker 5: our end and other teams head start preparing for the winner,
Speaker 5: you know, but I can't complain much because our goal
Speaker 5: is to have the least amount of time to prepare.
Speaker 5: So we've been playing catch up and just trying to
Speaker 5: make sure that we're not missing opportunities, and so it's
Speaker 5: been right back at it now. I would love to
Speaker 5: knock out a few of the things that we'd like
Speaker 5: to and have a little break going into spring training,
Speaker 5: but we'll see.
Speaker 1: We always ask the question about what keeps players hungry.
Speaker 1: You've had an incredible career, You've accomplished more things than
Speaker 1: some have. After being out of the game for ten
Speaker 1: years now, back to back World Series championships, how do
Speaker 1: you stay hungry? And do you ever feel like I've
Speaker 1: done it all? Do I need a new challenge?
Speaker 5: No? I mean I think for us winning is so
Speaker 5: incredibly difficult. It's so fulfilling, and we feel an immense
Speaker 5: pressure from our fans. What they pour into us is
Speaker 5: unprecedented and clearing four million this year, the passion that
Speaker 5: this city has for this team makes us feel a
Speaker 5: great sense of responsibility to return it and to be
Speaker 5: as good as we can possibly be. And we've talked
Speaker 5: about this a lot, but that goal hard when you're
Speaker 5: mired in it to have appreciation. But for us to
Speaker 5: look back after I get fired, things change whatever, to
Speaker 5: look back and say that was a golden era of
Speaker 5: Dodgers baseball, and so that is a very real motivating
Speaker 5: factor for us, is you know, nineteen eighty eight to
Speaker 5: twenty twenty was a long time and to do everything
Speaker 5: we can to keep pouring in and keep this momentum
Speaker 5: going and hopefully add you know, more and more up
Speaker 5: there and have to clear out room for the banners.
Speaker 5: But I think just the sense of responsibility we have
Speaker 5: is a very real driving factor.
Speaker 1: All right. So that's good news for Dodger fans. Andrew
Speaker 1: Friedman's not going anywhere. But if you're a Dodger fan,
Speaker 1: you're likely a Laker fan. And there was the news
Speaker 1: that you're helping out the Lakers a little bit. So
Speaker 1: what's the role, what's the balance for you between these
Speaker 1: two incredible franchises.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I've got a pretty full time job as is.
Speaker 5: I think it's more we're all under you know, Mark
Speaker 5: Walters twg umbrella, and it's about helping one another and
Speaker 5: as things are coming up and we can be a
Speaker 5: resource for one another. It's not often that you're able
Speaker 5: to do that and kind of lean on other teams
Speaker 5: and other sports. You know, there's sharing of information of
Speaker 5: how we do our scouting process or how they do
Speaker 5: or how we've set up certain systems or them. You know,
Speaker 5: have spent some real time with you know, Rob and
Speaker 5: his team, and you know they've done a great job,
Speaker 5: gotten off to a great start. But I think it's
Speaker 5: more just us all being a resource for one another
Speaker 5: and you know, helping anything that's kind of under that
Speaker 5: TWG umbrella to be as good as it can be.
Speaker 1: So the Lakers are basically your side hustle. Hey, thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time. It's great catching up with you,
Speaker 1: and look forward to doing this a few more times
Speaker 1: during the off season because you're always you're always big
Speaker 1: game hunting, so we'll see you soon.
Speaker 5: You as well. And I'm just glad because I was
Speaker 5: concerned that after you landed the Brian Cranston interview that
Speaker 5: you wouldn't slum it with me anymore. So I'm just
Speaker 5: happy that you're still slumming it.
Speaker 1: Have you heard Cranston's trade ideas like this guy's plugged
Speaker 1: into your minor league system all the way in London.
Speaker 5: That's great. I haven't heard it yet, but I did
Speaker 5: see a couple fans point out that his knowledge of
Speaker 5: some of our deeper minor league guys. Was impressive.
Speaker 1: And you heard about Elizabeth Olsen having a little bit
Speaker 1: of a crush on me as well. I mean she's
Speaker 1: only a human, all right, I'll take that. Thanks a
Speaker 1: lot for the time. Great to see you, and happy holidays.
Speaker 5: Andy you thanks Dave.
Speaker 1: Hey there he is Andrew Friedman. Appreciate his time. It
Speaker 1: was great having a chance to sit down with him,
Speaker 1: a quiet moment to really dive into a few different things.
Speaker 1: And I guess he has been paying attention Brian Cranston
Speaker 1: on the show Monday Night, Close it Out with Andrew
Speaker 1: Freeman on Friday Night Andrew Freeman and Edwin Diez. And yeah,
Speaker 1: I guess some fans out there are a little surprised
Speaker 1: that Brian Cranston is not just a superficial fan, he
Speaker 1: actually knows his stuff. So in case you missed that interview,
Speaker 1: you can find it on a five seventies YouTube page.
Speaker 1: And also if you're just taking a walk or working
Speaker 1: out or driving, you could find that interview on the
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app and make Dodger Talk a number one preset.
Speaker 1: So appreciate Andrew acknowledging my ties to Hollywood and still
Speaker 1: have not met Elizabeth Olsen. I think Spectrum is trying
Speaker 1: to put something in the works for us to meet
Speaker 1: finally during the season at Dodgers Stadium, So that would
Speaker 1: be great one day to meet her and appreciate her
Speaker 1: concern over the treatment of Dodger players towards me. And
Speaker 1: speaking of that, I'll be with Key g a Hernandez
Speaker 1: tomorrow at two o'clock at the Citadel in the City
Speaker 1: of Commerce at the Polo Ralph Laurence Store, So come
Speaker 1: out and say hi. Key k. A will be taking
Speaker 1: photos from two to three o'clock in a holiday experience
Speaker 1: type setting, and we're gonna do an interview out there,
Speaker 1: So hopefully you're there for Kei k and we will
Speaker 1: share that conversation with you on Tuesday night here on
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk. But going back to what Andrew Freeman had
Speaker 1: to say, Number One, he has not talked about what
Speaker 1: he's doing with the Lakers publicly on the record before.
Speaker 1: Right now, that's the first time he's talked about that,
Speaker 1: and it makes sense. It's not like he's running the
Speaker 1: Lakers or trying to take Rob Polinka's job. Andrew Friedman
Speaker 1: was at the forefront of just a lot of analytics
Speaker 1: and infrastructure building, not only with the Rays, but when
Speaker 1: he got to the Dodgers. So it makes sense that
Speaker 1: Mark Walter wants to have that type of infrastructure with
Speaker 1: his end the Lakers. So that's what Andrew's talking about.
Speaker 1: And I thought it was really candid his answer about
Speaker 1: what he's doing with the Lakers, and I think it's
Speaker 1: great news that he still feels the challenge of wanting
Speaker 1: to win a World Series with the Dodgers, even after
Speaker 1: back to back World Series championships, even after being to
Speaker 1: the World Series five times in the last nine years,
Speaker 1: Andrew Freeman's been the biggest I mean, he inherited really
Speaker 1: good players in a system, but he has taken it
Speaker 1: to the next level and being able to court and
Speaker 1: sign Shohei Otani and Yamamoto, along with being opportunistic and
Speaker 1: having the team in the right spot to acquire Mookie
Speaker 1: Bets to sign Freddie Freeman. I mean, he is the
Speaker 1: best in Major League Baseball. I also thought it was
Speaker 1: very candid on just how the timeline of events led
Speaker 1: up to the Dodgers signing Edwin Diaz. As I mentioned
Speaker 1: earlier in the week, he just confirmed it the Dodgers
Speaker 1: seesed the opportunity of the Mets prioritizing Devin Williams over
Speaker 1: Edwin Diaz. It's pretty obvious David Stearns did not want
Speaker 1: Diaz as much as Devin Williams. He did not want
Speaker 1: Pete Alonzo back. That was pretty clear, and he traded
Speaker 1: away Brandon Nimo, So it seems like he wanted to
Speaker 1: start fresh with the new core of players. And Andrew
Speaker 1: Friedman seized on that. And you heard what he said
Speaker 1: the same night or the next night. He was putting
Speaker 1: the full core press on Edwin Diaz to sign with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. So a great conversation in case you missed
Speaker 1: any of it. I mean, that is as candid as
Speaker 1: you are going to hear Andrew Friedman at this time
Speaker 1: of the year. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 1: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to
Speaker 1: Culver City, Kevin. I've left you on hold a couple
Speaker 1: of times this week. Thanks for hanging in there with me.
Speaker 3: What's up, Dan? God is good? I appreciate you, man.
Speaker 3: I'm glad you're having a wonderful offseason. Man, You're you're
Speaker 3: becoming a Mookie Bets with all your interviews. I'm gonna
Speaker 3: have to call you a Seacrest. I mean, you're doing
Speaker 3: your tame though. I got got it, I got I
Speaker 3: got two requests. I need you to host the Dodger
Speaker 3: Talk with Mookie Bets and one with Elizabeth Olsen. I
Speaker 3: think that'd be great, one Dodger Talk with each Becauseki's
Speaker 3: Mooki's getting big on us now. Man, he's a big star.
Speaker 3: Now you know he's got the chops.
Speaker 1: Saw that he's still grounded.
Speaker 3: Still no, no, no, he's good. He's good. I love
Speaker 3: what he's doing about this World Series. I want to
Speaker 3: talk about my guy, Dave Roberts, my former castmate, becoming
Speaker 3: Nelly on MTV. We run the show together. Dave hosted
Speaker 3: me at Dodger Stadium and showed me around. I want
Speaker 3: to give him some kudos in this game. His moves
Speaker 3: won the World Series first of all, ninety nine out
Speaker 3: of one hundred managers would have battered for Mickey in
Speaker 3: that situation with Otani behind him, he kept him in
Speaker 3: the game. Miggi Ross was a season hitter in that situation,
Speaker 3: and I think MOOKI I think I think Otani being
Speaker 3: on deck impacted Toronto's closer because he saw O'tani. He's thinking,
Speaker 3: I can't walk Miggi with Otani coming up and lose
Speaker 3: this game and lose this lead. So he throws him
Speaker 3: a fastball down the middle of the set of a
Speaker 3: ball and Miggi had the clutch hit of all clutch
Speaker 3: hits to lay it down, hit it right on the
Speaker 3: barrel and hit out the ballpark. That is textbook clutch hitting.
Speaker 3: You got to give it to Meggy and that Miggi
Speaker 3: ross in that situation. And then Dave Roberts taking out
Speaker 3: even and putting in our boy who made I think
Speaker 3: the catch is the best catching World Series hit history.
Speaker 3: Pie has that that move to put him in and
Speaker 3: he makes the game changing catch just says everything about
Speaker 3: Dave Roberts. So if we talk about this this dynasty,
Speaker 3: this was Dave Roberts World Series that he won as
Speaker 3: a manager as well, And just that whole game I
Speaker 3: called my shots. You gotta give me credit. You can
Speaker 3: play on Dodgers Talk. I said we're gonna win Game
Speaker 3: six and seven. I called it here on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: I never waivered, and I believed in these guys, and
Speaker 3: I'm telling you right now, this is the best run
Speaker 3: I've ever seen for a baseball team to have. We
Speaker 3: are a dynasty, and getting Edwin Diaz just says everything.
Speaker 3: We are culture builders. Everybody wants to be a part
Speaker 3: of this culture here and now we got Edwin Das,
Speaker 3: we got our closer when he comes in the ninth
Speaker 3: and it game's over. Now we're fully loaded and we're
Speaker 3: ready to go, and it's just it's just great to see.
Speaker 3: I'm a great interview ed when that's the guy who
Speaker 3: I want to the number one free agent. I wanted
Speaker 3: was for us to show up that closer. Now we
Speaker 3: could put our setup man, Canna Scott in the set
Speaker 3: a position where he's better and let Edwin Diaz handle
Speaker 3: the closer, and I think we'll be off and running.
Speaker 3: I really believe that great.
Speaker 1: That was like a week. That was like a week
Speaker 1: worth of hot takes from you that I've left you
Speaker 1: on hold all week, and you just dumped all of
Speaker 1: it on us in about a three minute monologue right there.
Speaker 1: So love you, Kevin, loved the passion, and thank you
Speaker 1: for the phone call, and we'll talk to you next week. Well,
Speaker 1: a lot to unpack from Kevin and Culver City Number
Speaker 1: one I was surprised that anybody suggested that Dave Roberts
Speaker 1: should have pinched it for Miguel Rojas in that situation
Speaker 1: in Game seven. I would have considered it if there
Speaker 1: was a better option, but there wasn't. Who was he
Speaker 1: going to pinch it for Miguel Rojas. It's not Kim.
Speaker 1: You're not going to have Kim pinch it for Rojas.
Speaker 1: Justin Dean, I'm not having him come off the bench.
Speaker 1: So you tell me who was going to pinch it.
Speaker 1: That was a better option than Miguel Rojas. That never
Speaker 1: even entered my mind. That was not even an option
Speaker 1: because there was no better option on the bench. And
Speaker 1: I feel like that's something the Dodgers are going to
Speaker 1: try to incorporate throughout the regular season. Rojas is back
Speaker 1: for one more year. I fully expect keyk a Hernandez
Speaker 1: to be back as well. But when you fill in
Speaker 1: that bench, you've got to be able to have some
Speaker 1: younger guys start to be able to grow as the
Speaker 1: season goes along to be an option for Dave Roberts
Speaker 1: in October. So right now, you got Miguel Rojas, you
Speaker 1: got Dalton Rushing, and you got Alex call as your bench,
Speaker 1: and Key a Hernandez is going to be back during
Speaker 1: the summer at some point. We'll see what transpires between
Speaker 1: now and spring training how it shakes out. But obviously
Speaker 1: that's something that Andrew Freeman touched on that he does
Speaker 1: want to get some of these younger guys at bats
Speaker 1: so they can grow into being the next Key k
Speaker 1: a Hernandez or the next Jack Peterson. I mean, those
Speaker 1: guys didn't just show up and all of a sudden
Speaker 1: become Key a Hernandez. It took him a couple of
Speaker 1: years to become that guy. And he has said this
Speaker 1: repeatedly that the day of Game five of the twenty
Speaker 1: seventeen NLCS he started to visualize and kind of flip
Speaker 1: the switch mentally to be able to become this October performer.
Speaker 1: So I have no doubts Keik Hernandez is going to
Speaker 1: be back, but the reality is he's not going to
Speaker 1: be able to start the season. And right now you
Speaker 1: can't put any players on the sixty day IL. So
Speaker 1: the Dodgers are being smart about managing their forty man roster.
Speaker 1: They're at thirty nine right now and are going to
Speaker 1: be you know, they have pieces to trade. They're starting
Speaker 1: to get into a forty man roster crunch to a
Speaker 1: certain extent, so I have no doubts they are eyeing
Speaker 1: a couple of trades where they could pull off an
Speaker 1: impact player because they have so many good young players.
Speaker 1: And in case you missed it earlier today, the Dodgers
Speaker 1: did claim defensive specialist from the Braves, Mike Siani. He's
Speaker 1: an outfielder that's really good defensively. And the reason why
Speaker 1: I bring that up is because my good friend, our
Speaker 1: good friend here at AM five seventy LA Sports Mark
Speaker 1: Goubazaw is a Philly guy and actually has a scholarship
Speaker 1: at his old high school, Penn Charter, and Mike Siani
Speaker 1: was actually a beneficiary of the Mark Gubazaw Scholarship at
Speaker 1: Penn Charter High School. It helps families and kids that
Speaker 1: want to go to this high school that don't have
Speaker 1: the financial means. It's kind of a pricey, expensive, you know,
Speaker 1: Harvard Westlake type of school. The goubaza Scholarship is named
Speaker 1: after Mark's dad, Anthony, and Mike Sianni, the newest Dodger,
Speaker 1: benefited from that. So very cool Mark Gubazaw, who loves
Speaker 1: Christmas more than Buddy the Elf. All right, that'll do
Speaker 1: it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. In case you
Speaker 1: missed our conversations with Andrew Friedman or Edwin Diaz, you
Speaker 1: can find it on the iHeartRadio app. We will see
Speaker 1: you tomorrow at the Ralph Lauren store at the Citadel
Speaker 1: Outlets and Commerce. Keyk Hernandez will be there at two o'clock.
Speaker 1: I'll be out there at one o'clock. We'll be interviewing
Speaker 1: keyk KEIK will be taking photos at the Holiday Experience
Speaker 1: at Polo Ralph Lauren from two to three o'clock. So
Speaker 1: hope to see you out there tomorrow, and we'll share
Speaker 1: that conversation with Kik with you on our next Dodger
Speaker 1: Talk show, which will be on Tuesday night at seven o'clock.
Speaker 1: Hope you have a great weekend. Can't wait to see
Speaker 1: you tomorrow. Can't wait to see Key k. Thanks to
Speaker 1: Ronnie Fascio and we will talk to you tomorrow from
Speaker 1: Polo Ralph Lauren at the Citadel Outlets and Commerce. Have
Speaker 1: a great rest of your Friday, Be safe, see you