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Speaker 1: This is off season Dodger Talk Winter Meetings edit.

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Speaker 2: Yar now everyone's favorite Dodger insight, David Basse.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Basse with you until eight

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Speaker 1: o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 1: Can't wait to talk Dodger baseball again with you. We

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Speaker 1: are going to be with you four times this week tonight, Tomorrow, Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: and then again on Friday. We are your home for

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Speaker 1: the NFL, so we do have Thursday Night football, so

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Speaker 1: four times this week during the week of the Winter

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Speaker 1: Meetings taking place in Orlando. We do have a very

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Speaker 1: special guest. It's like having him in studio, but via

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Speaker 1: you know, video conferencing, and that is the great actor

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Speaker 1: and longtime Dodger fan born and raised in LA saw

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Speaker 1: games in the coliseum, Brian Cranston is going to join

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Speaker 1: us us. I had a chance to catch up with

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Speaker 1: him because he's in London, England right now being the

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Speaker 1: lead actor in a great play All My Sons. So

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Speaker 1: we recorded a very lengthy interview earlier today that you

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Speaker 1: will hear coming up in our next segment and also

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Speaker 1: you will be able to see on AM five to

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Speaker 1: seventy LA sports social media pages, Instagram, X, all that stuff. So,

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Speaker 1: Brian Cranston is going to join us to talk Dodger

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Speaker 1: baseball coming up in our next segment, and I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure we're gonna have a lot of time for phone

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Speaker 1: calls tonight, but we certainly will again tomorrow night at

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Speaker 1: seven o'clock. And our guest tomorrow night is the man

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Speaker 1: that I believe is going to be the breakout pitcher

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Speaker 1: for the Dodgers this season, River Ryan. He is going

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Speaker 1: to join us tomorrow night and we are going to

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Speaker 1: have more time for your phone calls. It's been a

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Speaker 1: great month since the parade. I have I've received all

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Speaker 1: of your messages on social media. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for the love. I did not record a single out,

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Speaker 1: I did not drive in a single run. I was

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Speaker 1: just there to bring it to life for you, and

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate being part of the run, being part

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Speaker 1: of the parade. It was awesome back to back seasons.

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Speaker 1: None of us could ever dream of that, and it

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Speaker 1: certainly was a great ride. And Miguel Rojas is coming

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Speaker 1: back next year. I feel like Will Smith is not

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Speaker 1: getting enough shine for doing what he did during the

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Speaker 1: World series, but that's for another show later this week.

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Speaker 1: I had a great weekend. Got to see Tommy Edman

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Speaker 1: at One Way Memorabilia Shop in Monterey Park on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Brought my little son Joseph to meet Tommy Edman. He

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Speaker 1: was nervous and Tommy's a great guy. But Tommy Edman

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Speaker 1: a heavy boot on Saturday. If you saw him out

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Speaker 1: Jake Delance for hooking it all up. But I had

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Speaker 1: a chance to talk to Tommy. He's in a boot

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Speaker 1: for another three weeks, which makes me believe that he

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Speaker 1: probably is going to be a little bit behind other

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Speaker 1: players when spring training starts in Glendale, Arizona after the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. But he's in great spirits. He was on

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Speaker 1: chance to go out to Jackie Robinson Stadium at UCLA.

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Speaker 1: There is a high school showcase. My cousin, Mike, his

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Speaker 1: chance to go say hi to coach John Savage, who,

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Speaker 1: the country a major league team. If you're hiring college coaches,

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Speaker 1: John Savage might be a really good pitching coach one day,

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Speaker 1: or a manager. He's done incredible things with UCLA Baseball.

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Speaker 1: who coincidentally is Austin Barnes's brother, Griffin Barnes out there

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Speaker 1: Park to Jackie Robinson Stadium and look, the Winter meetings

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Speaker 1: are going on. Maybe the biggest news today is that

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Speaker 1: Dave Roberts said that ta Oscar Hernandez is his right

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Speaker 1: fielder for now. I heard Brandon Gome say as well

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Speaker 1: that Taioscar Hernandez is going to be a Dodger next year,

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Speaker 1: which is interesting. I believe the Dodgers were fielding calls

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Speaker 1: of information about players off seasons. Taoscar Hernandez was participating

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Speaker 1: Padres are not bringing him back. If he's willing to

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Speaker 1: But look, Kenley would love to be a Dodger again.

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Speaker 1: There's no secrets about that. If the fit's right, he's

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Speaker 1: talks about Brendan Donovan and Lars Newpar. You know, Hein

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Speaker 1: So Lars Newpar, Brendan Donovan, those are legit conversations. We're

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Speaker 1: hear my extensive conversation with Brian Cranston, who has trade ideas,

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Speaker 1: Dodger Talk. The great actor Brian Cranston is next right

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Speaker 1: here on Dodger Talk on a five to seventy LA

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Speaker 1: But first and foremost, he is a great Dodger fan

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Speaker 1: and not one of those bandwagon fans that showed up

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Speaker 1: and now is reaping the rewards a back to back

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Speaker 1: World Series championships. And that is the one and only

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Speaker 1: Brian Cranston from across the pond in London, England. Brian,

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Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time and so great to

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Speaker 2: David. It's good to see you again. It's about nine

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Speaker 2: pm at night right here and on my day off,

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Speaker 2: I'm doing a play here, but I'm always ready to

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Speaker 2: talk baseball all my sons.

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Speaker 1: That's what Brian Cranston is starring in. It's Arthur Miller

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Speaker 1: played from way back in nineteen forty seven. So I

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Speaker 1: don't know whether you had a spring training for this

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Speaker 1: play or not, So can we just start at where

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Speaker 1: you were for Game six? In Game seven and where

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Speaker 1: you were when Rojas hit his improbable home run.

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Speaker 2: David. Every single game started at one ten am in London,

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Speaker 2: ten am. It was I was like in a daze.

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Speaker 2: do it again. Look looking back, what a great series,

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Speaker 2: you know, back and forth? And how odd was it

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Speaker 2: the first time, and I believe this is true. I haven't.

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Speaker 2: I didn't double check this. But didn't the visiting team

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Speaker 1: Game except one? The Dodgers won that eighteen inning marathon.

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Speaker 1: Oh that's right, And they did win one in Toronto.

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Speaker 1: They did win one in Toronto. But I think the

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Speaker 1: just how competitive and the momentum swings. I mean, the

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Speaker 1: Dodgers in Game seven, Brian, they could have lost four

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Speaker 2: The idea of Miggy Roe getting up in the top

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Speaker 2: Oh my, I was screaming. Now remember it's now about

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Speaker 2: wife was saying, what happened, what happened, And as she goes,

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Speaker 2: You're gonna wake everybody up in the whole building, and

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Speaker 2: I said, I didn't care. It was it was too big.

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Speaker 2: And then in the tenth when when Smith does the

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Speaker 1: I find this so fascinating, just to see your timeline

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Speaker 1: of event. It's across the globe. So eighteen innings goes

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Speaker 1: Were you able to stay up the whole time? Did

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Speaker 2: It was like I was in a It was seemed

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Speaker 2: the other thought, it truly came to me. If the

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Speaker 2: But if they lose, oh my god, it would.

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Speaker 1: You know what's surreal about all this is how you're

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Speaker 1: on his way to winning the MVP playing shortstop. His

435
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Speaker 1: offense was really good before he broke his hand on

436
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Speaker 1: a pitch that hit him and he missed six weeks.

437
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Speaker 1: So I would say he was better at shortstop. But still,

438
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Speaker 1: as you know, it's a position that there's so many

439
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Speaker 1: nuances that if you need to play it at this

440
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Speaker 1: level you've had to play your whole life. But I

441
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Speaker 1: feel like he's done an adequate enough job. I mean,

442
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Speaker 1: they won the World Series, he had an unassisted double play,

443
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Speaker 1: So I think he's staying. I think he's staying at

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Speaker 1: shortstop in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: Okay, which leads me to another question directly to you

446
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Speaker 2: for all of us. I'm representing Dodger fans now when

447
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,680
Speaker 2: I'm pumping you for questions.

448
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: That's a great ray.

449
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Speaker 2: Alix Freeland ready to be a major league shortstop in your.

450
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Speaker 1: Mind, No, Alex Freeland is not the answer I would.

451
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: I'm a big advocate for the Dodgers pursuing bo Baschett

452
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Speaker 1: because he could play second, he could play short, he

453
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Speaker 1: can play third base. So I feel like bo Bashett

454
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 1: would be great for not only this year but beyond.

455
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Speaker 1: And he's only twenty eight years old.

456
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Speaker 2: Right, that's an interesting, interesting thing. It's going to cost

457
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 2: him quite a bit, but the Dodgers don't seem to

458
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Speaker 2: worry too much about costs. Now, if if that's a situation,

459
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Speaker 2: we find someone else to do. And because I was thinking, now,

460
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Speaker 2: here's what I would think if we if we go

461
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Speaker 2: outside with a trade instead of going free agency and

462
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Speaker 2: bringing back Cody Bellinger or something like that, which.

463
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Speaker 1: I'm I don't know, I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Those those two years were brutal when you know on

465
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Speaker 2: twenty one and twenty two brutal, and I don't I'm

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Speaker 2: with you, I thank you.

467
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Speaker 1: It's time to turn the page. I mean, Cody's moved

468
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: on the Dodgers that moved on. Yeah, I'm with you.

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Speaker 2: I agree with that. So here's two trades that won't

470
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Speaker 2: cost the Dodgers a lot in the sense of money. Okay,

471
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Speaker 2: so we have right field open, uh if we if

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Speaker 2: we move ta Oscar to left, or or we trade

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Speaker 2: ta Oscar. Oh, come on, now, stay with me for

474
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Speaker 2: a second. Ye, trade Taoskar to the Guardians for Stephen Kwan.

475
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Speaker 2: Put Kwan in left Taos. I think the Guardians would

476
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Speaker 2: go for this because I think they have five Their

477
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Speaker 2: five outfielders are all left handed and they don't have

478
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Speaker 2: much power, and so they needed a power right handed bat,

479
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Speaker 2: so they might go for that. Stephen Kwan has like

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Speaker 2: two years left, Ben, I think, does ta Oskar have

481
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Speaker 2: two years left on his contract?

482
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Speaker 1: I think something like that at a higher price tag at.

483
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Speaker 2: A higher price tag, exactly right. And the reason I

484
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Speaker 2: say that is get Stephen Kwan for a couple of years.

485
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Speaker 2: The two top Dodger farm hands are both outfielders that

486
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Speaker 2: might really make a statement, but not this year and

487
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Speaker 2: maybe not next year. Right, it's going to be maybe

488
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Speaker 2: twenty seven.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and maybe as we've seen, you're you're still uh,

490
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Speaker 1: you're still a prospect until you prove otherwise. So a suspect.

491
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Speaker 1: We've seen a lot of guys that are supposed to

492
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Speaker 1: be the next big thing that have not turned out

493
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Speaker 1: to be the next biggest.

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Speaker 2: So true, Kershaw has has told us that over and

495
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Speaker 2: over again. Where is he pitched in the minors? Not

496
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 2: the same thing, you know, it's not the same thing.

497
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Speaker 2: It's a totally new game, and you do have to

498
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Speaker 2: prove yourself. But here's so, here's the trade. So if

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Speaker 2: you take Taosca to the Guardians for Stephen Kuan and

500
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Speaker 2: now Kwan doesn't hit home runs really, but he has

501
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Speaker 2: a huge on base percentage and his defense is superb.

502
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Speaker 2: So so what you do then is that you move

503
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Speaker 2: Pahz to right which is his natural position, right field,

504
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Speaker 2: and you make a trade with the Twins for Buxton

505
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Speaker 2: Trey Alese call high song. Kim propects. You got three

506
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Speaker 2: more years of Buxton, who's an excellent fielder and a

507
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 2: big bat. Okay, you got three years of him. You're

508
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Speaker 2: gonna have to get You're gonna have to give him

509
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Speaker 2: Jackson Ferris or Mike Surra. Oh, come on, you're gonna

510
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 2: have to do. But listen, what.

511
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Speaker 1: Do you what do you value more? What's the most

512
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Speaker 1: important thing in a player? Availability? Byron Buxton has only

513
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: played two full seasons in his career. His injury list

514
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: is longer than your credits. That that's how long it is.

515
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Speaker 1: So you're I don't feel like he's an Andrew Friedman

516
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Speaker 1: type of guy. He's injury prone, great player when he's

517
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Speaker 1: on the field, but look, Stephen Kwan is on the

518
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Speaker 1: Dodgers radar, but Cleveland is a tough front office. To

519
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Speaker 1: make a trade with Pa has to right field, makes sense,

520
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund could playing left field. Brendan Donovan of the Cardinals,

521
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: Lars new Bar of the Cardinals very available as well.

522
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Speaker 1: So I feel like you're on the right track. But

523
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure which piece of the puzzle Andrew Friedman

524
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Speaker 1: is going to go for to improve the outfield and

525
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Speaker 1: somehow get younger if possible.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I mean Buxton's only thirty.

527
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Speaker 1: One, but a body that's like thirty eight. I mean

528
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Speaker 1: he has had a lot of injuries.

529
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Speaker 2: To counter that you just said. When he plays, when

530
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 2: he's healthy, he's excellent. And you have you know, Haisong Kim,

531
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Speaker 2: who has yet to prove himself. You have either Serota

532
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 2: or Farris to prove themselves. We don't know, and you're

533
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 2: going to have to give up something to get to

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Speaker 2: get that defense. But just imagine for one second, just

535
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Speaker 2: imagine the defense. We'd have the best defensive outfield in

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Speaker 2: all of baseball and without sacrificing offense either. Think about that.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I love it if if he stays healthy,

538
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: all right? And Steph Kwan I like that too. Do

539
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: you what's your bonus trade? You told me you had

540
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: a bonus trade. Was the Buston trade? The bonus trade

541
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Speaker 1: the Supervills?

542
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 2: No, the Buston trade was part of the if we're

543
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Speaker 2: moving ta Oscar, if we're gonna if we're gonna move him.

544
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Speaker 1: Oh then, by the way, Oscar Hernandez was spotted in

545
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Speaker 1: Miami and he looks like he's been putting in a

546
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: lot of off season work already. He looks at least

547
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Speaker 1: twenty pounds later.

548
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Speaker 2: Wow. Cool, I mean, I mean there's a lot of

549
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,800
Speaker 2: inside information that obviously fans don't have that.

550
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Speaker 1: Oh does Brian Kriston has all the information?

551
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 2: Yeah?

552
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: Sure, he's trying to play like he's out of touch.

553
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: Actor in London doesn't have a pipeline. Andrew Friedman.

554
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:08,920
Speaker 2: Okay, here here is a total fantasy, never will happen.

555
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 2: Trade Derek Scoogle Tarek Scougel to the Dodgers for Emmett

556
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 2: Sheen and Justin Robleski.

557
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: That's it, that's all You think the Tigers would.

558
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 2: Want, Well, remember one more year and he's a free agent. Yes,

559
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,240
Speaker 2: so they got They have to think smart as well.

560
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 2: We're giving them two proven major leaguers, both extremely young,

561
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 2: to step in. Now, you might have to sweeten that

562
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 2: deal with the prospect as well, just to fill it

563
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 2: a little bit, but not necessarily a top prospect. But

564
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 2: you have two young major league talent to get Tarek Scoogel.

565
00:34:56,680 --> 00:35:00,760
Speaker 2: Can you imagine that st arding rotation?

566
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Speaker 1: That would be the dream trade. That would be the

567
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: dream trade. The Tigers are listening, I think, just to

568
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: see what is out there from the Mets, the Dodgers

569
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 1: and other teams. But they're trying to win, so I

570
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: feel like if they're out of contention at the trade deadline.

571
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 1: Brian Cranston, though, that trade definitely would be on the table.

572
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Speaker 2: Scooball ya, I'm a motor. Snell glasno sasaki Otani.

573
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: Okay, how about this, I'll take it another step for further.

574
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Speaker 1: If the Tigers don't trade Schooble this year, would you

575
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,360
Speaker 1: advocate for the Dodgers to sign him when he's a

576
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: free agent or do you feel like they've allocated enough

577
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 1: to their starting pitching.

578
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Speaker 2: Hmmm, that's interesting, you know it. It's hard to predict

579
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 2: what's going to happen or where were what conversation we're

580
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 2: going to have a year from now after how Dodgers

581
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 2: win back to back to back. This is gonna be

582
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Speaker 2: a three.

583
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: Pat with these trades.

584
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Speaker 2: Three peat, it's possible.

585
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: I feel like there's just some tweaks that Dodgers have

586
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,799
Speaker 1: to make, and they are trying to get younger. They

587
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: are listening on what teams are offering for Taoscar Hernandez.

588
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:20,920
Speaker 1: But I feel at the end of the day, you're

589
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,759
Speaker 1: gonna see a better Taoscar. And what Brian Cranston said

590
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: is one hundred percent doable. Just move Tayo back to

591
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: left field. That'll solve a lot of problems.

592
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 2: It really it really. He seems so much more comfortable

593
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Speaker 2: and I don't even remember any conversation questioning his defense

594
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 2: when he was in left I know nobody.

595
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 1: He made a great throw to throw out John Carlos

596
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: Stanton in Game five of the World Series in twenty

597
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: four I mean he was he was really good and left. Yeah.

598
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 1: Can you give us some hope that all my sons

599
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: is coming to Broadway or Los Angeles? Can I come

600
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,760
Speaker 1: see my guy, Brian Krantzt to go to London.

601
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 2: You have to come to London for now. We're here.

602
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 2: Until we're here until the first week of March. I'm

603
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 2: going to try to see if I can get over

604
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:17,280
Speaker 2: to see some spring training games. But that that's my hope.

605
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 2: But this, you know, I mean, I'm like an island

606
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 2: over here. Everybody wants to talk soccer and I'm got anybody.

607
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 2: Nobody loved baseball, you know, it's like, is that like cricket? Hell?

608
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 1: Did you bring a Dodger hat with you to London?

609
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 2: Oh?

610
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, oh yeah, that's great.

611
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:42,320
Speaker 2: Sure. I wore it on my couch from one am

612
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 2: to three am. Oh my god. But what a what

613
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 2: a World Series? That was so exciting. I think, you know,

614
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 2: we're talking about getting younger. There's gonna be contracts coming

615
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 2: to an end within the next two years. That I

616
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:04,240
Speaker 2: think that's when they're going to make a shift.

617
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 1: And when I say younger, not like twenty two like

618
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: you're talking about with some of these prospects. There's way

619
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Speaker 1: to get younger twenty seven, twenty eight, because if you

620
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: get too young too soon, then all of a sudden

621
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 1: you're stuck with a lot of rebuilding pieces. And that's

622
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: not what the Dodgers are going to do now.

623
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 2: Dodgers retool, we don't rebuild.

624
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,919
Speaker 1: Can I ask you this question, Yeah, since you've seen

625
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,319
Speaker 1: it all in Los Angeles with the Dodgers, like we're

626
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 1: talking about, they're here to win a three peat? Is

627
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 1: this Is it overstating that since twenty thirteen this is

628
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:51,800
Speaker 1: the best stretch of consistent time in Dodger baseball history.

629
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Speaker 1: I mean, I love Garby, Loebs, Rustling, say Oral and Fernando,

630
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 1: but I feel like this is really the goal an

631
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: age of Dodger baseball. Is that overstating things?

632
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 2: Well, I would I wouldn't say that it's overstating it.

633
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 2: Certainly younger generations, this is what they know. You know,

634
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 2: after the eighties we had eighty one and eighty eight,

635
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: but after that there was there was a long stretch

636
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,720
Speaker 2: of dry road. It was. Yeah.

637
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: It's like from Darryl Strawberry to uh Gary Sheffield would yeah, yeah, exactly.

638
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 2: It was. It was tough. It was tough, but baseball

639
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 2: is tough. Now. Here's here's the thing. I hope, I

640
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 2: hope the Dodgers never ever go back to a five

641
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 2: man rotation. I think what the Japanese players that brought

642
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 2: in is smart and it's much more health conscious. We're

643
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 2: we're looking at these kids when when I was a kid,

644
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 2: nobody threw a hundred. It just wasn't. It wasn't possible. No,

645
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 2: Ryan was the first one to come up and it's like,

646
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 2: oh my god. Yeah, and that wasn't he wasn't hitting

647
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 2: that all the time. Now every kid is hitting that,

648
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Speaker 2: and every starting pitcher. There's no more complete games. No

649
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 2: one's looking for a complete game. They're throwing as hard

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Speaker 2: as they possibly can for six innings.

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Speaker 1: That's the goal.

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Speaker 2: It's it's abnormal to ask the human body to endure

653
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Speaker 2: that kind of stress. Look at what's happened to the

654
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 2: Dodger pitching staff over the last few years. It's been decimated.

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Speaker 2: It's and but when they've given the days off and

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00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 2: they've gone to a six man rotation. It has given

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Speaker 2: them an extra day of healing. I will also say,

658
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Speaker 2: if you look at who was on the IL last year,

659
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Speaker 2: almost every starter was on the IL for a stretch

660
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Speaker 2: of time, which I think, in a weird way, benefited

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Come October, when was out Freddie was out,

662
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 2: and Munsey was out, and I mean and Edmund was out,

663
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:20,320
Speaker 2: they had time to heal. Oh Smith was out. They

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Speaker 2: had some time to shut down and not spend so

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Speaker 2: much energy. And then here comes October and then they

666
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Speaker 2: regroup and get it back together. We all know one

667
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty two is a grind and it's a

668
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Speaker 2: gauntlet of pain. You got to make it through that

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Speaker 2: in order to get to October. So I'm saying, let

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Speaker 2: them go on the al, bring kids up, see how

671
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:52,399
Speaker 2: they do in June July. Let if you got a

672
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 2: risk injury, go on the ten day. Don't even question playing,

673
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,399
Speaker 2: go on the ten day. Shut it down a little bit.

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00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,240
Speaker 2: How does it feel. How do you feel You're spending

675
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 2: more time to your family, You're saving some energy. Come back.

676
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 2: When you come back, we're going to be stronger. It

677
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,800
Speaker 2: also gives Doc and the rest of the staff time

678
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 2: to look at guys like Freeland he had a nice

679
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 2: long run. It wasn't a cup of coffee. He had

680
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:22,239
Speaker 2: a pot of coffee, and it was like here, So

681
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 2: it was it was you know, we we got to

682
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 2: look at our catchers situation and you know, moving them around,

683
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 2: and so I think it benefited us in a weird way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean that's what the Dodgers have mastered the

685
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: regular season, and they sprinkle in these young guys, especially

686
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Speaker 1: pitching wise, to to really get them ready for the

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Speaker 1: next step. And remember this name, Brian Cranston for twenty

688
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: twenty six River Ryan River. Ryan will be the twenty

689
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: twenty sixth version of Emmett Shean. He will be that

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00:42:58,400 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: guy for the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: Are you saying that because Emma Chian will be a

692
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,520
Speaker 2: member of the Detroit Tigers once we have.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that.

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00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 2: No, Okay, Rookie of the Year.

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Speaker 1: You're saying that, I'm not saying that. Well, he's not

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Speaker 1: gonna I'd say he's gonna be a breakout star. No,

697
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: he'll be like a second half guy for the Dodgers

698
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 1: and if he needs if the Dodgers do have an

699
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,399
Speaker 1: injury in the first half. He would probably be one

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Speaker 1: of those guys that would they're they're getting ready.

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Speaker 2: I mean remember that River Ryan, Yeah, I remember that name.

702
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 2: Come in. But but we know there's gonna be injuries

703
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,239
Speaker 2: and it's just how you manage that going along, So

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00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 2: filtering in these guys getting like Gratterol back and back

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00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 2: on board and you know, re signing, trying and if

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00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 2: we can't maybe Phillips, you know, if we if we

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00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 2: get him back, maybe, but adding a.

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00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: Relief picture would be big for the Dodgers. A guy

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Speaker 1: that's established. There's been some rumors about Robert Suarez, Ken

710
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 1: Lee Janssen. Those are guys that could help established veterans

711
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: at the end of the game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, one more maybe one more yeah.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I don't know how to end this conversation. I

714
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: love talking to you. You've been so great with your

715
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 1: time and on your day off, and it's awesome to

716
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: hear your experiences and to share your thoughts about what

717
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 1: the Dodgers should do and your trade ideas. It's awesome.

718
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: So thank you Brian Cranston for your time. I mean

719
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 1: we could go on and on. I mean this is

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Speaker 1: like a six episode type of thing. Here come on.

721
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Speaker 2: Well, let's just pause it then for now, and we'll

722
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,439
Speaker 2: pick it up another month or two.

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Speaker 1: Sounds good, sounds good. After they make their big splash,

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Speaker 1: I'll reach out to you.

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00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 2: Well, let me ask you this. We're the winner may

726
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 2: right now. Are they going to make us splash during

727
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,240
Speaker 2: the winter meetings? Is that your prediction?

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Speaker 1: No, no, no, Lane, the groundwork, nothing splash gy in

729
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: the next couple of it's but laying the groundwork, meeting

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00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:18,760
Speaker 1: with teams to possibly get it closer to the finish line.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, makes sense.

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Speaker 1: That's how I think that. Yeah, everybody's under one roof now.

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Speaker 1: Schwarber has a good chance of signing during the winter meetings.

734
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Speaker 1: Ron Harris Suarez, same thing. But the not Trews, I

735
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,239
Speaker 1: think are just trying to wait the market out, and

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Speaker 1: they have specific guys they feel that they that could

737
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 1: help the team via trade. I think the Cardinals are

738
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: a good trade partner for Lars Newbar or Brendan Davin.

739
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 2: Yeah. I see that too. They may not have to

740
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:54,839
Speaker 2: go into the free agent market to really fortify what

741
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,320
Speaker 2: we need to change the team for this season.

742
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Speaker 1: Well, when you're back from London, you're done. In March.

743
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,839
Speaker 1: Spring training will be in full swing. I can't wait

744
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: to see you a camel back ranch. We'll give you

745
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:12,319
Speaker 1: a tour. I'll pull some strings for you know, a

746
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,439
Speaker 1: guy by the name of Brian Cranston that I'm sure

747
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:15,959
Speaker 1: people would love to see out there.

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Speaker 2: It'll be fun, it'll be fun. One more thing, Buxton

749
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 2: is only making fifteen MILLI a year for the next

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Speaker 2: three years. I'm just saying.

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00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:30,839
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, Brian Cranston, big Byron Buxton fan. I'll

752
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,879
Speaker 1: get you a jersey for Buxton if the Dodgers. If

753
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:37,280
Speaker 1: the Dodgers acquire Byron Buxton, I am getting a jersey

754
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: for you.

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00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 2: Hey, let me okay, one last thing before we sign up. Now,

756
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:48,440
Speaker 2: in the twilight of their careers, there's two future Hall

757
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:52,400
Speaker 2: of Famer pitchers out there that are free agents. What

758
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 2: do you think do you think the Dodgers would bring

759
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,759
Speaker 2: Surezer back on a one year deal or Verlander?

760
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 1: No chance, No, I don't believe they would bring either

761
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,240
Speaker 1: one of those guys in. Definitely not Sure's or after

762
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:10,560
Speaker 1: what took place in twenty one. And Verlander I don't

763
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,760
Speaker 1: see you know he was part of the seventeen Astros.

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Speaker 2: Ah, there we go. We're still hold the grudge.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, Brian, I also talking to you. Yes, great

766
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: to see uh that smile out there in London. All

767
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:33,320
Speaker 1: my sons needs to come out to uh, the United States.

768
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,880
Speaker 1: I need to see you in action. I missed Network,

769
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 1: you know, I need to see I mean, my favorite,

770
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:43,880
Speaker 1: my favorite show was The Studio. I mean that character

771
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 1: that you played. It was such a surprise to see

772
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: you and you did an awesome job.

773
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Speaker 2: And yeah we're doing this second season at the Studio.

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00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, are you doing that? Yeah?

775
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: I love it, I love it. See you just broke

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00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: news on Dodger.

777
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 2: Talk broke news. Yeah, it's better than breaking wind.

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00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:10,719
Speaker 1: I'll talk to you soon. Thank you for the time.

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00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 2: All right, thanks David.

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Speaker 1: That was really special. Thank you, thank you, Thank you

781
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 1: Brian Cranston for taking the time on your day off

782
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 1: all the way in London, England of all places, A

783
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 1: day off for All my Sons, which is running through

784
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Speaker 1: March of twenty twenty six. If you're planning a vacation

785
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:38,359
Speaker 1: out there, go see it. Brian Cranston is amazing and

786
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,759
Speaker 1: one day I can't wait to see him on stage.

787
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:45,320
Speaker 1: I loved him in the studio incredibly. I still haven't

788
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: watched a single episode of Breaking Bad, but don't tell

789
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 1: him that. Don't tell him that I can't wait to

790
00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: see it. But he's a regular guy. That's why we

791
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,839
Speaker 1: love him. He's a regular guy. He's a Dodger fan

792
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:02,400
Speaker 1: like you, and certainly had some interesting trade ideas for

793
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: Andrew Friedman. In case you missed any of the show,

794
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 1: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app, and we'll

795
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 1: be back with you tomorrow night at seven o'clock. We

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00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,720
Speaker 1: will take your phone calls, I promise from the Sports

797
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: and at LA Studios. We will be broadcasting Dodger Talk

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00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:22,440
Speaker 1: again at seven o'clock right here on a five to

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00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: seven to LA Sports and you can listen live on

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00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:29,680
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801
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Speaker 1: back at our Burbank studios. Thanks to you for listening.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow at seven Sea