Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun.
Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won
Speaker 2: three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become
Speaker 2: the fifth.
Speaker 1: Face a spring training Dodger Talk.
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Speaker 1: Back hosted by Dodgers Saint signer David Bassi. How are
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Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasey live at Campbell Back Ranching, Glendale, Arizona,
Speaker 2: with your back to back World Series champion Dodgers. We're
Speaker 2: with you tonight until eight o'clock. We've got a great
Speaker 2: show for you coming up. In fifteen minutes. You'll hear
Speaker 2: from Alex Vesia, who returned to a Major League mound,
Speaker 2: albeit in spring training today, and he was received with
Speaker 2: a standing ovation from the fans here at Kemelback Ranch
Speaker 2: when he came in and he delivered, pitched a scoreless
Speaker 2: inning and got a standing ovation from his own dugouts.
Speaker 2: So you'll hear what Vesia had to say about that
Speaker 2: coming up in fifteen minutes, and at the bottom of
Speaker 2: the hour, I'll share my conversation with Freddie Freeman, who
Speaker 2: is the only player in baseball history to have two
Speaker 2: walk off home runs in the World Series. Obviously Game
Speaker 2: three twenty eighteen or excuse me, eighteen inning game in
Speaker 2: last year's World Series, and then in twenty twenty four,
Speaker 2: of course, the Game one walk off Grand Slam against
Speaker 2: the Yankees. So Freddie Freeman, the three time World Series
Speaker 2: champion and future Hall of Famer, will join us at
Speaker 2: the bottom of the hour. This is going to be
Speaker 2: a busy week for Dodger Talk. We have four shows,
Speaker 2: including tonight. After tonight, we have a show every night
Speaker 2: this week except Thursday, Tomorrow, Wednesday, Friday, we have Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk for you from seven to eight o'clock. And our
Speaker 2: next Dodgers radio broadcast is going to be Wednesday afternoon
Speaker 2: right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports at
Speaker 2: twelve ten.
Speaker 3: So we got you.
Speaker 2: Covered all week long right here on AM five to
Speaker 2: seventy LA Sports with Dodger Talk four nights this week. Tonight,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are coming off their third win of the spring.
Speaker 2: They have won their first three games of spring training
Speaker 2: and it hasn't been close. I'm just looking at these
Speaker 2: scores now. I was gonna read them individually, but it
Speaker 2: bears to just put this all together because it may
Speaker 2: be a preview of things to come. The Dodgers, in
Speaker 2: their first three games of Cactus League play have outscored
Speaker 2: their opponents twenty three to three. They beat the Angels
Speaker 2: fifteen to two on Saturday, beat the Padres five to
Speaker 2: one yesterday, and shut out the Mariners today three to nothing. Now,
Speaker 2: I'm not a guy that puts a lot of stock
Speaker 2: in spring training games, but I will say this, everybody
Speaker 2: from Teoscar Hernandez to Miguel Rojas to James Tibbs the
Speaker 2: third have been very disciplined in the strike zone. These
Speaker 2: Dodger hitters are not chasing. So that's one thing that
Speaker 2: stands out to me already. Another thing that stands out
Speaker 2: to me is how good the Dodgers pitching is. You know,
Speaker 2: you see some of these teams like the Angels and
Speaker 2: the Padres, who obviously are not throwing every major league
Speaker 2: reliever after the starter comes out. But that's the biggest
Speaker 2: difference between the Dodgers and these other teams. You got
Speaker 2: a guy like Jackson Ferris starting the game yesterday. You
Speaker 2: got a guy like Landon Naxt starting today, and then
Speaker 2: more and more guy guys that you know and our
Speaker 2: major league viable come into the game compared to the
Speaker 2: Padres and Angels who are struggling to find guys to
Speaker 2: come into spring training games and to throw strikes. So
Speaker 2: to me, that's the biggest thing that has stood out
Speaker 2: so far in the first three spring training games that
Speaker 2: the Dodgers organizational depth, not only pitching wise, but position
Speaker 2: player wise, really really starts to rear its head even
Speaker 2: this early in spring training. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five p seventy is the phone number the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are going to play tomorrow here at Camelback Ranch
Speaker 2: against the Cleveland Guardians. Freddie Freeman is expected to make
Speaker 2: his first start of spring training tomorrow. Then the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are going to stagger in guys like Muncie and Mookie Betts.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts told me after the game today that the
Speaker 2: the reason why te Oscar Hernandez and Andy Pajez have
Speaker 2: played in all three games to open the Cactus League
Speaker 2: is because they wanted to They wanted to play early,
Speaker 2: and they wanted to play every day. So kudos to
Speaker 2: those two guys and the way the Dodgers starting rotation
Speaker 2: breaks down the rest of the week. Tomorrow, Gavin Stone
Speaker 2: will be on the mound for the Dodgers. He's coming
Speaker 2: back from shoulder surgery. Roki Sasaki, who Dave Roberts said
Speaker 2: earlier today, is definitely going to be part of the
Speaker 2: Dodger rotation. He's starting on Wednesday. Tyler Glassnew will start Thursday,
Speaker 2: and Yama Moto will start on Friday before he leaves
Speaker 2: for Team Japan and the World Baseball Classic. Originally, Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts said said that yama Moto was only making one
Speaker 2: start and that was going to be the first game
Speaker 2: of the Cactus League. Well, it turns out when Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts went to the mound and took Yamamoto out and
Speaker 2: said good luck in the World Baseball Classic, Yamamoto said,
Speaker 2: I'm pitching Friday. So Yamamoto pitches Friday, and speaking of
Speaker 2: the World Baseball Classic and Team Japan, I'm not sure
Speaker 2: if you caught this yesterday, but I did pose this
Speaker 2: scenario to sho Hao Tani. I said, show, hey, come on,
Speaker 2: we got the ninth inning Team USA versus Japan close
Speaker 2: game for the championship of the World Baseball Classic. Are
Speaker 2: you sure that you will resist the temptation to come
Speaker 2: into the game to close it out for Team Japan,
Speaker 2: similar to what you did four years ago when you
Speaker 2: struck out Mike Trout. And sho Hao Tani did not
Speaker 2: shut me down. He left the door wide open for
Speaker 2: the possibility of him pitching in that type of scenario
Speaker 2: for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic. What O
Speaker 2: Tani told me was, and I'm sure you've seen this
Speaker 2: on social media if you're listening or watching the broadcast yesterday,
Speaker 2: He said, if Mike Trout shows up very tempting, well,
Speaker 2: Mike Trout is not coming through that door for Team USA.
Speaker 2: But you know who might come out of the dugout
Speaker 2: Aaron Judge. You're telling me team Japan clinging to a one,
Speaker 2: a two, or a three run lead, and Aaron Judge
Speaker 2: is one of the three hitters coming up in the
Speaker 2: ninth inning. That show Heo Tani is not going to
Speaker 2: say I want this, I want this stage. I know
Speaker 2: he's in a different spot than he was four years
Speaker 2: ago pitching wise, but he still is the greatest player
Speaker 2: in the game, and he has a lot of pride
Speaker 2: for himself and for his country. I believe that in
Speaker 2: that type of scenario, not anything else, just that type
Speaker 2: of scenario. Championship game a one a two run game
Speaker 2: and Japan needs a closer, I would say there's a
Speaker 2: really good chance Otani will come out of the bullpen
Speaker 2: for Japan and try to close it.
Speaker 3: Out for them. Do you believe that?
Speaker 2: I believe that, And could you envision show Heotani facing
Speaker 2: Aaron Judge with two outs in the Championship game, similar
Speaker 2: to Otani versus Mike Trout four years ago. You're telling
Speaker 2: me that won't give the baseball season the momentum that
Speaker 2: it needs the way it did four years ago. And
Speaker 2: there's a real possibility that those two guys could match
Speaker 2: up against each other in the World Series, Aaron Judge
Speaker 2: versus Sho Haotani, And I'm going out on the limb
Speaker 2: right now. It will be a rematch of the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four World Series this year.
Speaker 3: In the fall.
Speaker 2: Classic Dodgers Yankees will be the World Series matchup again
Speaker 2: this year, And yes, the Dodgers will three peat. Hey,
Speaker 2: some people have to take stances. Nobody wants to take
Speaker 2: a stance around here. I'm ready to take a stance
Speaker 2: and call my shot. Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Who's your pick
Speaker 2: for the World Series? You know the Dodgers. You're picking
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Who's coming out of the American League? And
Speaker 2: here's something I will leave you with the Dodgers since
Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, every World Series they have been in, they
Speaker 2: have played a team from the Al East except the
Speaker 2: Baltimore Orioles twenty eighteen, the Red Sox you may have
Speaker 2: forgotten about. Twenty twenty, it was the Rays, twenty twenty four,
Speaker 2: the Yankees, and last year, of course, the Dodgers beating
Speaker 2: the Blue Jays. So the Dodgers have taken down all
Speaker 2: comers from the Al East except the Red Sox in
Speaker 2: twenty eighteen. Is it going to be the Orioles? Maybe? Maybe?
Speaker 2: But I got the Yankees again eight six, six, nine
Speaker 2: eight seven in two five seventy. When we continue your
Speaker 2: phone calls, we have phone lines open. We're with you
Speaker 2: until eight o'clock. I'm lonely here at camel Back Ranch.
Speaker 2: Snailzilla has gone home, but the lights are still on.
Speaker 2: David Vasse with you right here on a F five
Speaker 2: to seventy LA Sports. We are with you until eight
Speaker 2: o'clock tonight, live from camel Back Ranch in Glendale, Arizona,
Speaker 2: where the Dodgers played their first home game of the
Speaker 2: Cactus League today and shut out the Mariners three to nothing.
Speaker 2: It was a well pitched game. We saw guys like
Speaker 2: Landon Nag, Kyle Hurt, among others. Will Klein got into
Speaker 2: the game. Alex Vesia, who will hear from in just
Speaker 2: a moment, also pitched a scoreless inning. So it was
Speaker 2: a well pitched game by guys that the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: going to need at some point in time this season,
Speaker 2: some more than others. We have phone lines open at
Speaker 2: eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two five seventy. I
Speaker 2: just can't get over this. As I was about to
Speaker 2: go through the scores of the first three games of
Speaker 2: the Cactus League, the Dodgers have outscored their opponents in
Speaker 2: the first three games of this year's spring training twenty
Speaker 2: three to three. That's I mean, that just shows the dominance.
Speaker 2: But more importantly, the depth. We're talking about games that
Speaker 2: have not seen more than two three regulars for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers to play in a game so far this year,
Speaker 2: that's that's just a testament to me. You know, everybody
Speaker 2: focuses on the payroll the Dodgers have, but to me,
Speaker 2: that's just a testament to the player development and how
Speaker 2: deep this organization is beyond you know, the superstar players.
Speaker 2: So I you know, the over under I saw today
Speaker 2: because here in Arizona, gambling is very legal, so I
Speaker 2: was curious to see the over under of win totals
Speaker 2: for teams, and right now they have the Dodgers over
Speaker 2: under at one hundred three and a half. I am
Speaker 2: in favor of the Dodgers not winning one hundred games
Speaker 2: because in these back to back championship years, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have not won one hundred games. If you remember, in
Speaker 2: years previous to the last two, they've won one hundred
Speaker 2: games but have come up short in October. So for
Speaker 2: those you know, what's so funny is how the narrative
Speaker 2: changes from one offseason to the other when it comes
Speaker 2: to the Dodgers. Everybody was saying how bad the Dodgers
Speaker 2: were for baseball and how great their lineup was, and
Speaker 2: that they were going to beat the Mariners all time
Speaker 2: wins record of one hundred and sixteen wins. You know,
Speaker 2: by mid season, everybody was wondering, what's going on with
Speaker 2: this offense? What's going on with the Dodgers. What's going
Speaker 2: on with the Dodgers is they don't care about their
Speaker 2: Mariners one hundred and sixteen wins. They care about winning
Speaker 2: the WARLD World Series. And Andrew Freeman has mastered how
Speaker 2: to win the regular season. And with the additions of
Speaker 2: Tyler Glass now Yamamoto Otani now pitching to go along
Speaker 2: with Blake Snell, they have guys that they care about
Speaker 2: having ready for October. So that's where things stand with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Eight six six, nine, seven, two five seventy
Speaker 2: is the phone number. Let's go out to Long Beach. David,
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk. Lead us off tonight. How are
Speaker 2: you doing, David Good?
Speaker 5: How are you, sir?
Speaker 2: Can't be can't be bad at spring training when you're
Speaker 2: with the back to back world champs, every day is
Speaker 2: a great day.
Speaker 5: That's right. I agree with you totally. Now you made
Speaker 5: a comment as far as like this this coming year's
Speaker 5: World Series. I don't see the Yankees making it because,
Speaker 5: like last year, Toronto really had their numbers. So I'm
Speaker 5: looking at a rematch Dodgers in the Blue Jays Dodgers
Speaker 5: in seven. And now I have the question for you
Speaker 5: if I'm asked, I.
Speaker 2: Don't love the Blue Jays as much as I liked
Speaker 2: them last year. I think they're really going to miss Bobashett.
Speaker 2: They're counting on a lot of guys that were, you know,
Speaker 2: October really good and got hot at the right time.
Speaker 2: But I'm not buying the Blue Jays.
Speaker 6: Now.
Speaker 5: Can I ask you a question? Maybe you can look
Speaker 5: this up for me. Out of all the World Series
Speaker 5: that the Dodgers have won, I don't think they've ever
Speaker 5: won any at home. Would that be correct?
Speaker 3: Because they weren't correct.
Speaker 2: They've only won once at home, and that includes the
Speaker 2: fifty five Dodgers who won a Yankee Stadium. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: in nineteen sixty three swept the Yankees and they won
Speaker 2: Game four at Dodgers Stadium. But you're right, they haven't
Speaker 2: done it all but one time to win the World Series,
Speaker 2: that at home, and only one time at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 5: Okay, thanks for figuring that out for me.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it, Yeah, no problemppreciate it.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 2: If you go back to when the Dodgers moved here
Speaker 2: in nineteen fifty eight, they won the World Series the
Speaker 2: second year in Los Angeles, a seven game win over
Speaker 2: the White Sox. In nineteen fifty nine, that was in Chicago,
Speaker 2: and then you fast forward to sixty three they swept
Speaker 2: Mickey Mantle and the Yankees won that at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 2: but sixty five against the Twins in Minnesota, and then
Speaker 2: you fast forward to nineteen eighty one. That was at
Speaker 2: Yankee Stadium. Eighty eight was in Oakland. Twenty twenty was
Speaker 2: at a neutral site in Texas. The one real chance
Speaker 2: they had of winning the World Series at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: Game seven of the twenty seventeen World Series eight sixty six,
Speaker 2: nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: And speaking of the twenty seventeen World Series, Chase Sutley
Speaker 2: has been around the Dodgers again. He spent three years
Speaker 2: in London with his family, but he's back in la
Speaker 2: and is back being incorporated in the Dodgers' front office,
Speaker 2: and he has a lot to lend and he is
Speaker 2: going to join us tomorrow night on Dodger Talk, and
Speaker 2: I am going to ask him about the last game
Speaker 2: he ever played in Major League Baseball, Game seven of
Speaker 2: the twenty seventeen World Series. Nobody has ever heard what
Speaker 2: Chase Suttley feels about the Astros and those trash cans
Speaker 2: and how they robbed him of, you know, winning the
Speaker 2: World Series in his last season in the big leagues.
Speaker 2: And same goes for Andre Eighthier, who is out here today.
Speaker 2: His last game in Major League Baseball was Game seven
Speaker 2: of the twenty seventeen World Series. In fact, Andre Eighthier
Speaker 2: was the only Dodger to drive in a run in
Speaker 2: Game seven of the seventeen World Series. So when you
Speaker 2: think back to that year, I know everybody, especially Major
Speaker 2: League Baseball, wants to bury it and everybody to forget
Speaker 2: about it.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Sure, the guys like Justin Turner and Key Gay, they
Speaker 2: got more opportunity of East Kershaw. But think about this,
Speaker 2: the narrative going into the seventeen World Series. Kershaw was
Speaker 2: a choke artist in the postseason. He wasn't a playoff performer. Well,
Speaker 2: he pitched a great game in Game one of the
Speaker 2: World Series, in seventeen, nobody talks about that. And he
Speaker 2: also is pitching a great game in Game five, but
Speaker 2: for some reason, the Astros were not swinging at his
Speaker 2: devastating slider.
Speaker 3: Hmmm.
Speaker 2: So if he wins Game five, dominates Game one, dominates
Speaker 2: Game five like he should have if they were not cheating,
Speaker 2: what's the narrative about Clayton Kershaw's career even in twenty seventeen.
Speaker 2: And then you think about guys like rich Hill, andre Ethier,
Speaker 2: Chase Utley, even a guy like Logan Forsyth. That was
Speaker 2: their last chance to win a World Series, and rich
Speaker 2: Hill and Andre Ethier never won a World Series in
Speaker 2: their career, So major League Baseball and everybody else could
Speaker 2: try to, you know, guys like Alex Bregman. Aj Hinch
Speaker 2: is managing again for the Tigers. How does Carlos Beltran
Speaker 2: get into the Hall of Fame If the writers are
Speaker 2: so against cheating, what's who's the biggest cheater that just
Speaker 2: got elected into the Hall of Fame? Carlos Beltran. He
Speaker 2: was the mastermind behind the Astros cheating. So that's that's
Speaker 2: something to consider. And tomorrow Chase Sutley is going to
Speaker 2: join us and it'll be the first time that anybody
Speaker 2: has asked him that I've heard of about the twenty
Speaker 2: seventeen World Series and how that went down. So tomorrow
Speaker 2: night at seven point thirty, Chase Sutley is going to
Speaker 2: join us, and look, it's not going to be about
Speaker 2: the seventeen World Series, but I do plan to ask
Speaker 2: him about it. But I do plan to celebrate Chase
Speaker 2: Utley and what he has meant to a lot of
Speaker 2: players since he joined the Dodgers and just where his
Speaker 2: career is going now post playing with the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: under Andrew Friedman. Eight six six nine seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number coming up in about eight minutes,
Speaker 2: you'll hear from Freddy Freeman. Had a chance to catch
Speaker 2: up with Freddy one on one. We'll hear what he
Speaker 2: had to say about this year's Dodgers, last year's World Series,
Speaker 2: and his plans to play four more years and wanting
Speaker 2: to play it in Dodger Blue. But earlier this afternoon,
Speaker 2: Alex Vesia returned to the Mound and it was an
Speaker 2: emotional return because kudos to the fans at camel Back Ranch.
Speaker 2: It wasn't sold out. It's a Monday afternoon. Everybody had
Speaker 2: to go back home and go back to work. But
Speaker 2: the fans that were here for the Dodgers and Mariners game,
Speaker 2: you did a great job of recognizing the moment, giving
Speaker 2: Vess a standing ovation, and he heard it. And even
Speaker 2: more special than that, or just as special, was his
Speaker 2: own dugout after he pitched a scoreless inning in relief.
Speaker 2: They gave him a standing ovation when he came out
Speaker 2: of the game. I was standing in the clubhouse and
Speaker 2: look Sia has not spoken publicly since his opening statement.
Speaker 2: When he got here, did not take any questions. When
Speaker 2: he came into the clubhouse, he broke the ice and
Speaker 2: came up to me and said, hey, you're ready to
Speaker 2: talk some baseball, asked me some baseball questions. I wasn't
Speaker 2: the only one that had some questions, and we caught
Speaker 2: up with him after the game today and after he
Speaker 2: came out.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, it's uh, it's been hard. Actually it's uh.
Speaker 7: I guess it's hard in a good way because I
Speaker 7: want to interact with all the fans stuff like that,
Speaker 7: but I know that I have a job.
Speaker 6: To do, so you know, even on the backfields.
Speaker 7: First day, we walk out the doors and you know,
Speaker 7: cheers and lots of love. So yeah, it means a
Speaker 7: lot to not only myself, but for K two.
Speaker 3: It's been a while since you were on the mound.
Speaker 2: What have you kind of try to focus on as
Speaker 2: far as the mechanics, just staying within yourself when you
Speaker 2: go out there.
Speaker 7: Yeah, honestly, I you know, in November, I got back
Speaker 7: to work, just throwing, getting the body just right, you know,
Speaker 7: I just I just want to have fun on the mound.
Speaker 6: Honestly.
Speaker 7: I just want to you know, be able to spaz
Speaker 7: out and and kind of just be myself out there,
Speaker 7: because right now that's you know, I feel really good
Speaker 7: out there and it's just me and myself and baseball.
Speaker 3: Are you getting the action that you want on your fastball?
Speaker 5: I think?
Speaker 6: I mean, I think so.
Speaker 7: I haven't looked at any anything today, but like I mean,
Speaker 7: keeping hitters, you know, off balance and throwing my slide
Speaker 7: at for a strike, pounding the zone. That's all I
Speaker 7: really want to work on for right now. And you
Speaker 7: know when the game has me adjust, well, we'll be
Speaker 7: there for that.
Speaker 6: Those abs you got against show hey over the last
Speaker 6: like week.
Speaker 1: Here, honestly, like that was cool.
Speaker 6: That was cool.
Speaker 7: It kind of I haven't competed like that and quite
Speaker 7: some times, so you know, shows the most competitive guy
Speaker 7: that that I know, and I'm ready for it and
Speaker 7: that that was fun. That was a good little little
Speaker 7: tune up. And I asked them a couple of times
Speaker 7: just like kind of seeing like where the armslot was
Speaker 7: and you know, with like fastballs and sliders.
Speaker 6: And then it was actually funny.
Speaker 7: I saw somebody on Twitter had asked like, oh, now,
Speaker 7: let Vessie get in the box against show it, and
Speaker 7: I was like, no, thanks, absolutely not, so I'll stick
Speaker 7: to the pitching side.
Speaker 6: But yeah, today today was great.
Speaker 2: You h you had a challenge while you're out there
Speaker 2: and the catcher one if you rush, one if for you.
Speaker 2: So you're an emotional guy, do you have any hard
Speaker 2: and fast rules about Hey, I'm not gonna challenge. I'm
Speaker 2: leaving that up to the catcher.
Speaker 7: Honestly, I didn't even think about it until Rush did it,
Speaker 7: and I was like, oh, okay, yeah, we were doing
Speaker 7: that right, So honestly, like, I'm gonna leave that to
Speaker 7: Rush and to Will. I think that they've got a
Speaker 7: pretty pretty good idea of the zone. For myself, I'm
Speaker 7: just gonna try to hit the glove.
Speaker 6: I know you're talking us past about like trying to
Speaker 6: come into camp in the right kind of space physically
Speaker 6: between like the strength and just being able to move
Speaker 6: kind of. How do you feel like you struck that balance?
Speaker 7: You know this winner? And yeah, I mean, I'll be
Speaker 7: completely honest, I probably spent way too much time in
Speaker 7: the gym. Probably I needed it, But I feel really good.
Speaker 7: I think that my throw is in a really good spot.
Speaker 7: At least from all the coaching staff, They're very encouraged
Speaker 7: with where I'm at. I think I was ninety ninety
Speaker 7: two today, So like I'll take that. I've come into
Speaker 7: camp where I'm like eighty six eighty eight, you know.
Speaker 7: So you know, as long as the fastball has the
Speaker 7: ride and you know the efficiency, we're gonna be in
Speaker 7: a good spot and we'll keep building from there. But
Speaker 7: I am actually really happy that, you know, first outing
Speaker 7: or or we're in a good spot.
Speaker 2: Is uh the bullpen the biggest secret on this team.
Speaker 2: How good you guys are and can be.
Speaker 7: Man, we got a lineup, we got starting pitching bullpen.
Speaker 7: I mean, it's gonna be a fun year. I'm really excited.
Speaker 7: I think, uh, I think, or we're gonna do do
Speaker 7: some really cool things this year.
Speaker 2: Thank you, all right, if ers Alex VESSI after a
Speaker 2: very good day for him to get back out on
Speaker 2: the mound and be celebrated by the fans that stuck
Speaker 2: around here at Camelback Ranch and by his teammates, and
Speaker 2: continue to build off of that because obviously you go
Speaker 2: through what he and his wife Kay went through, that
Speaker 2: doesn't just go away, that stays with you the rest
Speaker 2: of your life. And speaking from firsthand knowledge, you know,
Speaker 2: I was there every step of the way with one
Speaker 2: of my cousins who his wife had a similar situation
Speaker 2: go down for them, you know, fifteen twenty years ago,
Speaker 2: So I know how tough that can be for a couple.
Speaker 2: And you don't wish that on anybody, but baseball is
Speaker 2: a great place to be and be around your teammates
Speaker 2: is very therapeutic for everybody. So great to have Alex
Speaker 2: Vessia smiling again. Great to have him back on the
Speaker 2: mound and hopefully that that just helps helps with everything,
Speaker 2: especially this year, and what would make him happier than
Speaker 2: being part of three consecutive World Series championships. And I
Speaker 2: really do mean that, you know, everybody's talking about the
Speaker 2: Dodger starting rotation, rightfully, so, everybody's given the Dodger offense
Speaker 2: and lineup a lot of attention, rightfully so. But Edwin
Speaker 2: Diaz changes so much for this Dodger bullpen. You have
Speaker 2: a reliable, big time closer for the first time since
Speaker 2: Kenley Jansen and Dave Roberts now just has to count
Speaker 2: out backwards now. And Edwin Diaz was very very much
Speaker 2: available for the Mets the last couple of years, not
Speaker 2: only for three out saves, but also four out saves
Speaker 2: and even sometimes five out saves, And that just takes
Speaker 2: a lot of pressure off Tanner, Scott Blake, Trinen, Jack Dryer,
Speaker 2: Alex Vesia. It just makes those guys that much better
Speaker 2: when you have that anchor at the back of your
Speaker 2: bullpen and you have that starting rotation. All of a sudden,
Speaker 2: now the games get a lot shorter for the opposition.
Speaker 2: If they don't have a lead by the sixth inning,
Speaker 2: it's probably going to be lights out. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number David
Speaker 2: Vass live at Camelback Ranching, Glendale, Arizona. When we continue
Speaker 2: you'll hear our conversation with Freddie Freeman, and one of
Speaker 2: my favorite local kids from Harvard Westlake is popping off
Speaker 2: to really try to endear himself to the fan base
Speaker 2: in Chicago. Pete Corow Armstrong, what are you doing? We'll
Speaker 2: let you know what PCA had to say in an
Speaker 2: interview with Chicago magazine The Local Kid.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 2: Don't go anywhere more Dodger Talk until eight o'clock right
Speaker 2: here on a five to seventy LA Sports David Vass
Speaker 2: Live at Camelback Ranching, Glendale, Arizona.
Speaker 3: We're here all week. We got four shows.
Speaker 2: Tonight, well three more after tonight Tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday. Tomorrow,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers will host the Cleveland Guardians. We will not
Speaker 2: be airing that game on Dodgers Radio, but be back
Speaker 2: with you on Wednesday afternoon from a talking stick, and
Speaker 2: that is against Salt River Fields. Excuse me. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: will be facing the Arizona Diamondbacks. Will have that for
Speaker 2: you at twelve ten on Wednesday afternoon. Nolan Aernado, the
Speaker 2: newest Diamondbacks third Basement ran into Nolan last weekend and
Speaker 2: he's in great spirits, in great shape. And actually hit
Speaker 2: his first home run of the spring in the Diamondbacks
Speaker 2: first game. So looking forward to seeing Nolan Aernato hopefully
Speaker 2: started third base against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Eight six
Speaker 2: six seven two five seventy is the phone number before
Speaker 2: we share my conversation with Freddie Freeman from earlier. I
Speaker 2: want to share with you one of my favorite local
Speaker 2: kids out of Harvard Westlake. I can't believe he is
Speaker 2: betraying his home city this way just to endear himselves
Speaker 2: with himself, with those Cubs fans, those lovable losers. Here's
Speaker 2: what Pete Crow Armstrong said in an interview with Chicago Magazine. Quote,
Speaker 2: Cubs fans give a s They aren't just baseball fans
Speaker 2: who go to the game like Dodgers fans to take
Speaker 2: a picture, to take pictures. They are paying attention. Really, PCA,
Speaker 2: you really want to go down this road. You really
Speaker 2: want to be public enemy number one in center field
Speaker 2: when the Cubs come to town. You're a local kid.
Speaker 2: You grew up a Dodger fan. You told me a
Speaker 2: couple of years ago at Justin Turner's golf tournament, how
Speaker 2: you love the passion and energy of Dodger fans. Now
Speaker 2: you're trying to basically, you know, say to Cubs fans, hey,
Speaker 2: I'm all yours. Well you can say that without putting
Speaker 2: down your home fan base, because you know Max Freed,
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty never said that. And it's a small world.
Speaker 2: Pi crow Armstrong, one day you may be a Dodger,
Speaker 2: you may be wanting to come here. I would say
Speaker 2: the chances are greater than fifty percent that you want
Speaker 2: to be a Dodger at one point in time in
Speaker 2: your career. May not be in two years, may not
Speaker 2: be in five years. But when you say things like
Speaker 2: this about a fan base as big and loyal as
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are, man, you just put a target on yourself.
Speaker 2: You are going to get so many booze when you
Speaker 2: take the field at Dodger Stadium. When the Cubs come
Speaker 2: to town this year, was it really worth it? And
Speaker 2: by the way, the Cubs and Pi crow Armstrong come
Speaker 2: to town April twenty fourth, a weekend series April twenty fourth,
Speaker 2: twenty fifth, and twenty sixth. Can you believe Pi crow
Speaker 2: Armstrong said this? Cub those fans give a s They
Speaker 2: aren't just baseball fans who go to the game like
Speaker 2: Dodgers fans to take pictures they are paying attention. Well,
Speaker 2: there's nothing to take a picture of at Cubs games
Speaker 2: other than Wrigley Field because the team is really not
Speaker 2: that great. The best thing you got going for yourselves
Speaker 2: is the stadium. And what happened to that dynasty?
Speaker 3: Oops?
Speaker 2: Anyway, Pete crow Armstrong, I bet you walk this back.
Speaker 2: At some point you just got a little carry it
Speaker 2: away trying to tell all the Cubby fans how much
Speaker 2: you love them and how much you are there, So
Speaker 2: I'll give them a free pass. I like PCA a lot,
Speaker 2: but man, I kind of like this too. I do
Speaker 2: like him just letting it fly.
Speaker 5: More.
Speaker 2: Guys need to let it fly to create some drama
Speaker 2: in Major League Baseball eight six six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy. All right, A guy that would never
Speaker 2: say anything like that, A guy that is a true
Speaker 2: pros pro, he gets it. He is beloved in two
Speaker 2: separate big cities, Atlanta and LA. But hey, it's starting
Speaker 2: to look like Freddie Freeman is going to have more
Speaker 2: signature moments in a Dodger uniform, and maybe already has
Speaker 2: more rings in a Dodger uniform, And who knows one
Speaker 2: day in Cooperstown. Maybe has a Dodger cap on on
Speaker 2: his plaque. But here was our conversation with Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: at Field one earlier. Well, at this stage of his career,
Speaker 2: I can only get to so many accolades. A National
Speaker 2: League MVP, a World Series MVP, but more importantly a winner,
Speaker 2: three time World Series champion. Freddie Freeman, thanks a lot
Speaker 2: for the time. And spring training has arrived. When I
Speaker 2: see that Freddie Freeman smile light up the entire camp.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's awesome. It's good to be back. You know,
Speaker 6: you have to see all the guys again, go through
Speaker 6: the grind to start the the road to three peats.
Speaker 6: It's fun. It's it's a beautiful day today and guys
Speaker 6: are getting to work in and we're getting ready to go.
Speaker 2: A year ago, at this time you were trying to
Speaker 2: come back from ankle surgery. How much happy are you
Speaker 2: now just having a normal off season.
Speaker 6: Yeah, this is nice. I'm not having to tape ankles,
Speaker 6: get here at five forty five in the morning to
Speaker 6: start treatment, to try and make it out here for practice.
Speaker 6: This is nice. It's nice to have a normal off season,
Speaker 6: get my work in, have no restrictions. It's definitely nice.
Speaker 6: I like these kind of off seasons and spring trainings.
Speaker 2: So how much preparation do you have to do still
Speaker 2: with the maintenance of your ankle.
Speaker 6: I haven't been in the training room yet. Oh yeah,
Speaker 6: So I feel good. I really do feel good. Everything
Speaker 6: feels good, So I don't need the trainers yet.
Speaker 2: Freddy, I know one of the staples of you working
Speaker 2: out during the off season is never having somebody in
Speaker 2: right field shagging for you. What's the game plan for
Speaker 2: you at this stage of your career in spring training?
Speaker 6: Yeah, saying what you just said. So the last the
Speaker 6: first few days have been really good. Swings in a
Speaker 6: good spot based swings, kind of getting into place. Balls
Speaker 6: are going to left center, live pp li vps have
Speaker 6: been going well, laying balls, travel tracks, he pitches. I'm
Speaker 6: trying to slow everything down. Everything it's exciting, so you
Speaker 6: get a little jumpy here, so you got to make
Speaker 6: sure you slow the slow of the game down a
Speaker 6: little bit of the same thing. But VP's been going good.
Speaker 6: Hitting balls the left center. If I hit all the
Speaker 6: right field, you'll probably see you might see you see
Speaker 6: myself yell at me myself in the cages. But things
Speaker 6: are going well. It's a good start so far.
Speaker 2: Everybody always wants to know what makes Freddy Freeman great
Speaker 2: when the season starts. So how do you approach spring training?
Speaker 6: I like to play, so I'm a guy that will
Speaker 6: get I think we just mapped it out yesterday. I'll
Speaker 6: get forty seven played appearances going into the season. So
Speaker 6: that's the that's the game plan. I like to play.
Speaker 6: Get the feet under me, get the legs under me,
Speaker 6: shock the body when playing back to back to back
Speaker 6: sometimes in spring. But right now, it's just getting the
Speaker 6: work in, grinding, you know, your timing, trying to get
Speaker 6: your timing as quick as you can. I mean I
Speaker 6: was facing my seventy one year old dad about five
Speaker 6: days ago, so trying to face Roki and Edwin and
Speaker 6: all those guys and livps. So you're just trying to
Speaker 6: get your working, get your timing going, and then get
Speaker 6: into the games and start getting some feel good swings
Speaker 6: and hits and build your confidence going in this season.
Speaker 2: You always come into camp ready. But when you looked
Speaker 2: around the clubhouse that first day of full squad, how
Speaker 2: impressed were you by your teammates that seem to be
Speaker 2: ready day one and the work they put in as well.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think that's kind of how it is in
Speaker 6: today's game. Everyone's coming in ready to go, and I
Speaker 6: think if you start a game today, you'd see all
Speaker 6: of us be ready to go and ready to go
Speaker 6: right now. So I think that's huge. Guys. The mentality
Speaker 6: has changed in the game in baseball in the last
Speaker 6: twenty years of how you come into spring training. Most
Speaker 6: of us are ready to go by day one, So
Speaker 6: I think that's good. We got a hungry group. We
Speaker 6: know what we're looking forward to and the grind, the
Speaker 6: chances of three p everyone coming for us, So we
Speaker 6: came in ready. The hunger's here. Everyone's doing a great
Speaker 6: job in the first few days of camp, and you know,
Speaker 6: get ready to start this spring training season so far.
Speaker 2: Last year, you guys took everybody's best shot during the
Speaker 2: regular season, but you never wavered, You never overemphasized one
Speaker 2: win or one loss. Do you feel like that serves
Speaker 2: you guys that well going into this season.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I think we have a bunch of
Speaker 6: veteran guys, so we know we're gonna go through the
Speaker 6: ups and downs. You know, obviously there's worse ways to
Speaker 6: lose during the course of a season. But we're not
Speaker 6: gonna win every game. That's just kind of how it goes.
Speaker 6: So you take the hits when you hit, take the hits.
Speaker 6: Like last August, we weren't playing that good of baseball
Speaker 6: and then we got some guys back off the eel
Speaker 6: and we started playing good, and we played good in
Speaker 6: the postseason. So I know when fans are watching their
Speaker 6: hanging on episode or we believe me, we are not
Speaker 6: happy if we lose a game. But and you just
Speaker 6: got to know, it's a one, six or two grind.
Speaker 6: You know, some days, Doc there's not relievers available, and
Speaker 6: most fans and people don't know who's available who's not available.
Speaker 6: So we do a great job of trying to keep
Speaker 6: everyone healthy as through the course of the year as
Speaker 6: best as we can while we're trying to win baseball games.
Speaker 6: And I think the fans that watch us play know that,
Speaker 6: you know, we give out our all every day. You
Speaker 6: guys are out there seeing us work at two o'clock
Speaker 6: in the afternoon getting ready for seven o'clock games. We
Speaker 6: love it. We grind, but you can take things from wins,
Speaker 6: and then you can also just move on from wins
Speaker 6: and losses a little bit differently during the course of season.
Speaker 6: So but the thing is is, I've always tried to
Speaker 6: harp on you got to win that game that night
Speaker 6: because you can sell it. Last year we had one
Speaker 6: less win than the Blue Jays during the course of
Speaker 6: the World Series regular seasons, so we didn't have home
Speaker 6: field advantage. So there is those things that you got
Speaker 6: to be mindful of. And you know, don't ever take
Speaker 6: a pitch off. We don't. But if you do lose
Speaker 6: a game, sometimes you just push it this side and
Speaker 6: worry about the next one.
Speaker 2: Paddy Freeman coming off back to back World Series championships,
Speaker 2: two consecutive World Series with walk off home runs, I'm curious.
Speaker 2: I know you're a big baseball fan, your boys are
Speaker 2: big baseball fans. How much did you replay Game six
Speaker 2: in Game seven or did you kind of stay away
Speaker 2: from it?
Speaker 7: Oh?
Speaker 6: I mean, I don't know how many times someone has
Speaker 6: come up to me and said, what a great series.
Speaker 6: That was such a fun series to watch, And I'm like,
Speaker 6: it wasn't a fun series to play. Okay, there was
Speaker 6: about eighty different times we could have lost Game six
Speaker 6: and seven, but That's what's so beautiful about this game
Speaker 6: and about the season and that run was we got
Speaker 6: out of so many situations. We found different ways to win.
Speaker 6: We won differently than we did in twenty twenty four
Speaker 6: as well. You sold Glass coming out of the bullpen
Speaker 6: that he's never done. You have Yoshinova doing superhero things.
Speaker 6: You have Blake coming out of bullpens. It was just amazing,
Speaker 6: Robuski stepping up. There's so many different things that happened
Speaker 6: that it took the whole team to win the World
Speaker 6: Series last year, and I think that's what's pretty cool.
Speaker 6: And obviously we're going to try and do it a
Speaker 6: little bit differently this year and you know, put it
Speaker 6: all together, so we're not leaning on starting pitching like
Speaker 6: we did last year or bullpen and offense before. Maybe
Speaker 6: I'll just do it all perfectly this year and everyone
Speaker 6: contributes perfectly going into another World Series win.
Speaker 2: Well, the rest of the offense should take a cue
Speaker 2: from Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 6: Keep it simple, that's the goal, and sometimes it's hard
Speaker 6: to keep it simple in this game. Your mind, this
Speaker 6: is the hardest part the brain in this game. So
Speaker 6: keep it simple and stick with your plan and approach
Speaker 6: and your routine and usually the big things will take
Speaker 6: care of themselves if you've.
Speaker 3: Stick to the little things before I let you go.
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker, what are your first impressions of him and
Speaker 2: having him in the lineup somewhere in the orbit of
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's nice. That's gonna be a tough lineup to navigate,
Speaker 6: just four straight All Stars superstar player to come onto
Speaker 6: our team. We got a great group of guys here
Speaker 6: and trying to make him feel welcome as soon as
Speaker 6: we can. And I think he's doing a great job
Speaker 6: fitting in. It's gonna be a fun season with him
Speaker 6: for the next few years.
Speaker 2: Were you surprised how people reacted to you saying at
Speaker 2: FanFest that you want to play four more years? I mean,
Speaker 2: you have not slowed down one bit. I don't know
Speaker 2: why anybody would be.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't. I obviously don't really read what's going on.
Speaker 3: Is that a thing everybody's like, Oh, he wants to
Speaker 3: play four more years?
Speaker 6: You want me to stop sooner?
Speaker 2: I don't. I certainly don't. You're a legacy Dodger at
Speaker 2: this point.
Speaker 6: Appreciate that. Yeah, I mean, obviously, you know when you're
Speaker 6: you got kids, and you know, obviously I love playing
Speaker 6: this game. I love it to death. So but I've
Speaker 6: played a long time, so I have like is for
Speaker 6: the number that like it's a dead stop or do
Speaker 6: I even get there? Who knows, but that's in my mind.
Speaker 6: That's kind of the rough estimate. So if I stay
Speaker 6: healthy and I'm playing, we'll see what the kids want
Speaker 6: me to do. But I'm not sure if Chelsea wants
Speaker 6: me to keep flying and traveling every other week during
Speaker 6: the season. But I love my family. I like to
Speaker 6: be home with them, but I also love this game.
Speaker 6: But I've played a long time, so four is just
Speaker 6: a number that's kind of out there, floated in my head.
Speaker 6: But we'll see how the next few years a go.
Speaker 2: I'm a big advocate Freddie Freeman four more years and
Speaker 2: Dodge you're blue, so we'll get to that.
Speaker 6: And also Andrews, I'll trust me, he'll hear the show.
Speaker 3: I'll be saying this often like I already have.
Speaker 2: And since Clayton's no longer with the team, I'll be
Speaker 2: the guy checking off the boxes of Freddie Freeman's career
Speaker 2: the next four years.
Speaker 6: Okay, I like that I was doing it for Clayton,
Speaker 6: so I need someone to do it for me. Now.
Speaker 3: Can I be the counter still?
Speaker 6: You can be the counter, all right, Just don't tell
Speaker 6: me every day though.
Speaker 2: Great to see you out here, Freddie. Thanks a lot
Speaker 2: for the time. You know how much Los Angeles loves you.
Speaker 2: And keep it going, mister consistent.
Speaker 6: I appreciate. Thank you, David very much. See you guys soon, fans.
Speaker 2: All right, there is Freddie Freeman. He's looking forward to
Speaker 2: a three pede and that was very interesting and emphatic
Speaker 2: what he just said that he wants to play four
Speaker 2: more years and he wants to play all of them
Speaker 2: in a Dodger uniform. And I'm not just being La
Speaker 2: Dodger Homer. There is an argument to be made that, yes,
Speaker 2: the first part of Freddie Free's career he did play,
Speaker 2: and he will play more years with the Braves than
Speaker 2: with the Dodgers. Even if Freddie plays four more years
Speaker 2: in LA. He played his first twelve years with the Braves,
Speaker 2: came up through their organization, and certainly is a guy
Speaker 2: that everybody in Atlanta still loves. But he has two
Speaker 2: major signature moments with the Dodgers in the World Series
Speaker 2: that walk off Grand Slam in Game one of twenty
Speaker 2: four's World Series. World Series MVP with the Dodgers in
Speaker 2: twenty four and then last year that walk off home
Speaker 2: run in Game three and eighteen inning walk off home run.
Speaker 2: Those are two significant signature moments, and especially the walk
Speaker 2: off grand Slam that's going down in baseball history as
Speaker 2: one of the most dramatic, greatest home runs in World
Speaker 2: Series history, alongside Kirk Gibson's home run in Game one
Speaker 2: of the eighty eight World Series. So you know, there
Speaker 2: is an argument to be made, and maybe Freddy Freeman
Speaker 2: is one of those guys that goes in without a
Speaker 2: logo on his hat. But I would find it very
Speaker 2: hard that Freddy Freeman would not have in LA on
Speaker 2: his cap in Cooperstown if he finishes his career with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, and I see no reason why he wouldn't.
Speaker 2: You look at his season last year, and keep in
Speaker 2: mind he was coming off right ankle surgery, significant ankle
Speaker 2: surgery that he played through throughout the twenty four postseason.
Speaker 2: Freddy Freeman last year hit two ninety five. He had
Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty four hits. He played one hundred
Speaker 2: and forty seven games. His slugging percentage was higher last
Speaker 2: year than it was in twenty twenty four. He slugged
Speaker 2: five hundred last year, higher ops than he did in
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. So it's not like this guy is
Speaker 2: slowing down. He is the model of consistency, and he
Speaker 2: also is a guy that is reliable. What makes Freddy
Speaker 2: Freeman so good and elite is not only how good
Speaker 2: he is when he plays, but the fact that he
Speaker 2: does play. A lot of guys are good, but they're
Speaker 2: not reliable, They're not available. Freddie Freeman is available one
Speaker 2: hundred and forty seven games and that's coming with a
Speaker 2: bad ankle to start the year, one hundred and forty
Speaker 2: seven games and twenty twenty four with a bad ankle
Speaker 2: the second half of the year. And you look at
Speaker 2: his career totals, I kind of feel like Freddy Freeman
Speaker 2: and maybe Jose Altuve are the last two guys for
Speaker 2: a while that we could talk about that have a
Speaker 2: chance for three thousand career hits. Freddie Freeman, as he
Speaker 2: steps into the batters box on opening dead Dodger Stadium,
Speaker 2: is at two thousand, four hundred and thirty one hits.
Speaker 2: If he plays the next four years to forty years old.
Speaker 2: All he needs to do is basically average one hundred
Speaker 2: and forty three hits for the final four years of
Speaker 2: his career to achieve three thousand career hits. That is
Speaker 2: very attainable. And you know what else matters to Freddy Freeman.
Speaker 2: Tim never mentioned this on the broadcast over the weekend,
Speaker 2: having that three at the front of his batting average
Speaker 2: at the end of the year. Well, Freddy Freeman right now,
Speaker 2: as we stand, after sixteen seasons in the big leagues,
Speaker 2: is exactly a three hundred hitter with an ops of
Speaker 2: eight ninety seven. It's not a question of if he's
Speaker 2: a Hall of Famer, it's a question of what hat
Speaker 2: is he going to wear in the Hall of Fame
Speaker 2: at this point in time. So, you know, he's he's
Speaker 2: climbing that doubles list. He's not going to be the
Speaker 2: all times doubles leader, but he certainly is going to be,
Speaker 2: I feel like, in the top ten of doubles leaders
Speaker 2: when it's all said and done. So, you know, when
Speaker 2: Freddy Freeman first came here, you could feel that he
Speaker 2: still wasn't one hundred percent all in with the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: but after he had that road trip to Atlanta and
Speaker 2: then Denver, I think he understood it was time to
Speaker 2: close the chapter on his Braves career and just get
Speaker 2: fully invested with the Dodgers. And ever since then he
Speaker 2: has not looked back. And he's one of the great
Speaker 2: guys you will ever meet. I mean, Freddy Freeman is
Speaker 2: that guy. And he represents his family well, he represents
Speaker 2: himself well, and he represents the Dodgers well, and he
Speaker 2: represents major League Baseball really well. Freddie Freeman is an
Speaker 2: incredible ambassador for the game and I look forward to
Speaker 2: celebrating three thousand hits with him four years from now
Speaker 2: in a Dodger uniform. He should not be in any
Speaker 2: other uniform the rest of his career. All Right, that'll
Speaker 2: do it for us on Dodger Talk. We did have
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas on the pregame show earlier today. We'll share
Speaker 2: that conversation with you tomorrow, and Chase Utley is going
Speaker 2: to join us, a guy that certainly had an incredible career.
Speaker 2: Chase Sutley will join us tomorrow night at seven point thirty.
Speaker 2: He's been back in camp and he's back part of
Speaker 2: the Dodgers front office with Andrew Friedman as one of
Speaker 2: his uh, how do they say it's special assistance, but
Speaker 2: he certainly has a lot to offer. So Chase Suttley
Speaker 2: will join us tomorrow night at seven thirty. In case
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Speaker 2: be back with you tomorrow night at seven o'clock with
Speaker 2: Chase Suttley. Have a great rest of your night.
Speaker 3: See you