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Speaker 1: Dodger Talk and now your host David Basse. Hey, welcome

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Speaker 1: to Dodger Talk. David Vase with you for the first

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Speaker 1: time in twenty twenty six, getting you ready for the

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Speaker 1: Dodgers Cactus League opener, which is just right around the

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Speaker 1: corner February twenty first, right here on AM five to

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Speaker 1: seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers will kick off the Cactus

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Speaker 1: League portion of their schedule for the first time in

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Speaker 1: three years. They will have opening Day in North America,

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Speaker 1: so somewhat of a normal spring training and we have

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Speaker 1: got you covered starting tonight on Dodger Talk. We've got

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Speaker 1: a great show for you tonight. We'll climb. As you

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Speaker 1: just heard, Money Petros and Kate's mentioned one of the

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Speaker 1: heroes of the Dodgers championship run in the World Series,

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Speaker 1: a man that came out of nowhere to pitch the

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Speaker 1: final four innings of that eighteen inning marathon through a

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Speaker 1: career high seventy two pitches and helped the Dodgers get

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Speaker 1: their only win of the World Series at Dodgers Stadium

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Speaker 1: in Game three. He will join us in thirteen minutes.

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Speaker 1: We'll climb coming up at the bottom of the hour,

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Speaker 1: I'll let you know what I know about the possibilities

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Speaker 1: of Trek Skoubol being traded. And we have some late

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Speaker 1: breaking Bob Bishek Kyle Tucker rumors circulating from Toronto because

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Speaker 1: the Blue Jays held a press conference today to introduce

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Speaker 1: their newest signing, and that is the infielder from Japan Okamoto.

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Speaker 1: He signed with the Blue Jays and is expected to

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Speaker 1: play third base. And we'll get more and more into

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Speaker 1: what that means for Bob Bishett and Kyle Tucker and

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Speaker 1: how the Dodgers may be waiting in the wings for

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Speaker 1: one of those two players. But before we get to

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Speaker 1: all that, Before we get to all that, I just

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Speaker 1: want to share with you that I've done a lot

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Speaker 1: of things so far this offseason and over the Christmas break.

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Speaker 1: I've been to a Laker game, I've been to a

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Speaker 1: could tell you, hands down right now, major League Baseball,

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Speaker 1: in the experience of being at a major League stadium,

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Speaker 1: especially Dodgers Stadium, tops all of it SOFI Stadium, beautiful place,

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Speaker 1: but I don't want to get there at nine in

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Speaker 1: don't want to have to leave with eight minutes left

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. And by the way, have you

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Speaker 1: ever been to an NFL game in person? They talk

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Speaker 1: about baseball being slow? Oh my goodness, the NFL in person.

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Speaker 1: If you have low attention span, you can't sit there.

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Speaker 1: I mean, no wonder people are getting up, getting drinks,

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Speaker 1: getting food. There is so much time in between snaps,

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Speaker 1: so much time in halftime. Forget about that just TV timeouts.

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Speaker 1: I mean, at some point we have to celebrate the

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Speaker 1: fact that Major League Baseball in twenty twenty six is

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Speaker 1: the best experience. It's the best and most entertaining sport

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Speaker 1: at the Kings game on Dodger Night. But the Lakers,

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Speaker 1: I mean, the Lakers are as much of an afterthought

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Speaker 1: I used to love the NBA. I love the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: It's unwatchable right now. The way they play the game.

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Speaker 1: They talk about, you know, analytics ruining baseball, Well, you

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Speaker 1: add to a certain extent, they went too far, and

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Speaker 1: But the Commissioner of baseball, and I don't give him

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Speaker 1: on to make this a better sport to watch, a

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Speaker 1: and we are so spoiled in Los Angeles the last

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Speaker 1: But really, I mean, I just had to get those

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Speaker 1: right now, hands down the NBA. There is zero buzz

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Speaker 1: Hey, it's an honor to have you on. You are

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Speaker 1: definitely a champion of the Dodgers, a champion of the city.

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Speaker 1: What's life been like for Will Klein ever since the

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Speaker 2: It's definitely been a different offseason than last year. It's

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Speaker 1: Will We were on different buses for the parade and

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Speaker 1: That's amazing. Will Klein is our guest. All right, Well,

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Speaker 2: slowing down and you know, taking in, taking a breath,

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Speaker 2: and so just different pieces I picked up from my

436
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,159
Speaker 2: tenure there when I first got there and really helped them.

437
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,800
Speaker 2: Kind of it's kind of funny what what comes to

438
00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 2: ahead and what helps them big moments, but I think

439
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 2: each little thing did.

440
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Speaker 1: Wow, that's amazing. Will Klein as our guest, I'm sure.

441
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,600
Speaker 1: I'm sure you you feel like you belong more, especially

442
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,680
Speaker 1: after what two play to what took place in the

443
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,520
Speaker 1: World Series. So do you feel like when you arrive

444
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,800
Speaker 1: in spring training it's a very different air of confidence

445
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Speaker 1: for where you.

446
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely like the experience, Like I don't think anything

447
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,640
Speaker 2: can you try to get experience to pitch in those

448
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 2: moments and then like having done that already, it should

449
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 2: make everything else, you know, a little a little better.

450
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,040
Speaker 2: But there's still like the whole like what you've done

451
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 2: in the past doesn't really dictate what you do in

452
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,400
Speaker 2: the future. Like you still have to go each time

453
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,400
Speaker 2: and pitch. But yeah, just just having that and just

454
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,480
Speaker 2: knowing that I can do that, I can you can

455
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,520
Speaker 2: kind of do anything there and so that really helps.

456
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Speaker 2: You know, there's like that's kind of a crazy experience

457
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 2: to get no kind of after all the last couple

458
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Speaker 2: of years, and so just having that and instills some

459
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,200
Speaker 2: serious confidence. But yeah, you still.

460
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Speaker 3: Got to go take a pitch by pitch for that. Yeah,

461
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:49,679
Speaker 3: that definitely helps.

462
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Speaker 1: No doubt. Baseball is a what have you done for

463
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 1: me lately? Sport? That's for sure. Hey, Will, before I

464
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,840
Speaker 1: let you go, I got to ask you this question.

465
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Speaker 1: It's not lost on me that Will kleimb may not

466
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Speaker 1: have that opportunity in the World Series if it wasn't

467
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Speaker 1: for the unfortunate reasons that Alex Vesia couldn't be on

468
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Speaker 1: the World Series roster. Have you heard from Vesia after

469
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,919
Speaker 1: you guys won the World Series? Has that been lost

470
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Speaker 1: on you? Do you realize just how everything kind of

471
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 1: played out for you to even be on the roster.

472
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Speaker 1: I'm curious if you've spoken to Alex Vesia.

473
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Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously, like that's that's such a heavy thing, you know,

474
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Speaker 2: for them to go through, and it's really unfortunate, Like

475
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 2: you know, you always want to find a roster spot

476
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,120
Speaker 2: for yourself, but for it to be like in such

477
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,159
Speaker 2: a way as that, like it kind of dampers it.

478
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 2: And like he was on all of our minds and

479
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,919
Speaker 2: obviously like the mood days players like we're really respectful

480
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,359
Speaker 2: about it too and put in them on their hats,

481
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,359
Speaker 2: and so I like to think that, you know, he

482
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,960
Speaker 2: was with us the whole time, like especially in game

483
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,160
Speaker 2: three where everyone of the bullpen kind of went out

484
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,400
Speaker 2: and shoved, and so we wouldn't have gotten there without

485
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 2: him either, Like he is such a huge part of

486
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Speaker 2: the team and and behind the scenes on the mound,

487
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 2: you know, everything like he did this year like got

488
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Speaker 2: us there and so but yeah, like I had uh,

489
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Speaker 2: I heard heard from him after game three, uh, and

490
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Speaker 2: then we we've texted a little bit since then. I

491
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 2: think they're, you know, handley as best as they can.

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Speaker 3: You know.

493
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Speaker 2: It's it is as unfortunate as circumstances as one can

494
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Speaker 2: have in life, and it's really it's really sad, but

495
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 2: you know, like if anything, if there's anything best you

496
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 2: can do, it's it's get through it and you know,

497
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,920
Speaker 2: come back stronger and so real, like excited to see

498
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Speaker 2: him in spring and everything. But I think they're doing

499
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Speaker 2: doing well now and now just hopefully hopefully, yeah, hopefully're

500
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Speaker 2: gonna be able to get through it and we'll see

501
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Speaker 2: him in the spring.

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Speaker 1: Love it will. Thanks a lot for coming on and

503
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Speaker 1: sharing your story. It's so cool to be able to

504
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Speaker 1: reflect on it now, because I know when you're in it,

505
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:06,320
Speaker 1: you you really can't. And I know tops produced your

506
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Speaker 1: first major league debut baseball card. I can't wait to

507
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 1: see your first baseball card in a Dodger uniform. Maybe

508
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 1: a World Series type of photo. Any any shot of

509
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,119
Speaker 1: that happening in twenty twenty six.

510
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they did a special run for the World

511
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 2: Series and the Game three, So the Game three ones

512
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 2: have been shipped out. I think people, like a lot

513
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 2: of my family members got some of those. So it's

514
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 2: really cool to get a Dodger's uniform one. And then

515
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 2: you know, there's the World Series. They did a special

516
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,440
Speaker 2: World Series team set that should be shipping out soon,

517
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Speaker 2: so that'll be really cool.

518
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Speaker 1: To I try to get that it sold out tops

519
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 1: now sold out. I couldn't get that one, dang it.

520
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 2: Yeah they were they were tough. I just yeah, I

521
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 2: posted a picture you know, a week or two ago.

522
00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 2: They sent they sent him out to sign. It was

523
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,640
Speaker 2: a so cool, like getting a hold of in my hand.

524
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 2: I'm like, man, that really that really happened. Like we

525
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 2: won the World Series and you know of a part

526
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 2: of this like some hard collector as well, So like

527
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Speaker 2: it was just kind of like holding that card in

528
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Speaker 2: my hand, I was like, oh, wow, that really did happen.

529
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Speaker 2: And there's like I can actually prove to people happen.

530
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Speaker 3: To have the card now.

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Speaker 1: You know, Hey, you'll be able to prove it the

532
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: rest of your life with that ring. When you get

533
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Speaker 1: that ring for the first game of the season, you're

534
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Speaker 1: gonna be able to prove it. Will kleinb.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm I'm really excited for that.

536
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 2: It's gonna be that's gonna be really really it's cool.

537
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,959
Speaker 1: I can't wait for that too. And I know Dodger

538
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 1: fans will show you the love that you deserve because

539
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 1: you were such a key piece. Has so many word

540
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Speaker 1: to be able to pull off one of the greatest

541
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Speaker 1: world series wins in a seven game series, and uh,

542
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: definitely your name will be in history forever. We'll go

543
00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 1: down in history forever. Will thanks a lot for coming on.

544
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: I know it took up a lot of your time.

545
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: I know this is really a thrill for you to

546
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,239
Speaker 1: kick off twenty twenty six. Now it's officially begun for you.

547
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 1: Will klinb being on the show with us.

548
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 3: No, I really appreciate this. This was fun. Yeah, just

549
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 3: really excited for the new year.

550
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 2: I know this is gonna be a little bit creative

551
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 2: of spring training with everything that's happened, so I'm excited

552
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 2: to get back at it with the guys. So I

553
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 2: can't wait and see you with twenty twenty six springs.

554
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 2: You know, hopefully another world series, so.

555
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 3: No doubt to make that happen.

556
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Speaker 1: Will Klin will be walking slow with confidence in that

557
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 1: Dodger clubhouse when he arrives in spring training. Will, congratulations,

558
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 1: and you are certainly a world champion. Can't wait to

559
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: see you in Arizona.

560
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 3: Yeh, thank you guys, thank you for having me on.

561
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 3: I appreciate it.

562
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,560
Speaker 1: My pleasure. There he goes Will Klin. What a great guy,

563
00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: what a great story, great storyteller as well, really let

564
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 1: us in on everything that was going on with him

565
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Speaker 1: on the mound with the team. Just really special. Your

566
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Speaker 1: thoughts on Will Klein eight six six nine eight seven

567
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Speaker 1: two five seventy. Will also get to a Trek Scooble update, Bobashett,

568
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker update, and where the Dodgers stand in search

569
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Speaker 1: of another outfielder. A lot more Dodger talk to come

570
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Speaker 1: between now at eight o'clock right here on a five

571
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Speaker 1: to seventy LA Sports. One of the heroes of Game

572
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Speaker 1: three of the World Series, Freddie Freeman sho Heyo Tani,

573
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Speaker 1: also had something to say as far as the outcome

574
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Speaker 1: of that game and the outcome of the World Series.

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Speaker 1: But certainly that Will Klein. I'm not going to say

576
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Speaker 1: he came out of nowhere, but he kind of came

577
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Speaker 1: out of nowhere for the majority of fans watching that

578
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Speaker 1: World Series, especially a lot of Dodger fans that really

579
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 1: didn't know who he was, and certainly Baseball fans who

580
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: did not know who Will Line was. But I can

581
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: tell you this, you know, going back to even the NLCS,

582
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 1: there were a lot of coaches that were telling me

583
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Speaker 1: Will Klin should be on our roster. Will Climb belongs

584
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Speaker 1: on this roster. And he proved them right. He proved

585
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: Andrew Friedman wright, and he proved Dave Roberts right. What

586
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts says the first day of spring training to

587
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: the entire group of players, it doesn't just take twenty

588
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: six guys to win the World Series. Some of you

589
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: that are not going to break camp with us are

590
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 1: going to help us win the World Series. When you

591
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: have guys like Will Kline among others, Justin Dean among

592
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: others that play pivotal roles not only in the regular

593
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: season but in the World Series. How much more credibility

594
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Speaker 1: do you need if you're Dave Roberts when you address

595
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 1: the team day one of this year spring training. The

596
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: sixtieth guy in that room that probably is not going

597
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,479
Speaker 1: to see or doesn't believe he's going to see the

598
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 1: major leagues until June July, well you better be ready

599
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: because you could be the next Will Kline. So thank

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00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 1: you to Will Klin for coming on the show, a

601
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: great story, a great interview. In case you missed it,

602
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: you could still find it on the iHeartRadio app. It'll

603
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: be posted after the show. I heard Petro some money.

604
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 1: By the way, are going to be at BJ's and Cerritos.

605
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: Have they checked the Clippers schedule? Make sure that they're

606
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: not rescheduling any insignificant NBA games. Just want to make sure,

607
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: you know, four hour show in Cerritos. You gotta make

608
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 1: sure has Adam Auslin notified them about the Clippers schedule?

609
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 1: You never know anyway, I well, come on, that's a

610
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 1: continuation of you know, December twenty twenty five. Got to

611
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: close the book on that. And also December twenty twenty five,

612
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 1: Katela five Pingalore report, pingaling David Pingalore was making you

613
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: freak out that the Dodgers and Tigers were going to

614
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Speaker 1: make a trade before Christmas. Well it's January sixth, twenty

615
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Speaker 1: twenty six, and no trade has happened. In fact, Terrek's

616
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 1: scuobel over the holiday break was making the Detroit sports rounds.

617
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Speaker 1: He attended the Lions game, he attended a Red Wings game.

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Speaker 1: He even attended a college basketball game with Tom Izzo's

619
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Speaker 1: Michigan State Spartans. Doesn't seem like Terrek Scuobol is acting

620
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Speaker 1: like a guy that's going to be traded and he's

621
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Speaker 1: not going to be traded. I have spoken to people

622
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Speaker 1: in the School Bowl camp over the last couple of

623
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Speaker 1: weeks that made it very clear to me that they

624
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 1: would be shocked if Trek school Bul was traded. Now,

625
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: they don't control that, the Tigers do, but the way

626
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: they explain it to me was the way I was

627
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 1: trying to explain it to you when everybody was freaking

628
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,359
Speaker 1: out over you know, an instagram or a you know,

629
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Speaker 1: a video in the lobby of the winter meetings that Hey, yes,

630
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: the Dodgers and Tigers have talked. The Tigers have talked

631
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Speaker 1: to other teams, and yes, I would agree that if

632
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 1: the Tigers were to trade Tearg Schoobl, the Dodgers have

633
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 1: the players that bets fit what the Tigers should be

634
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: asking in return. And also I reported before Christmas that

635
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: the Tigers are asking for an exorbitant amount in return

636
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:41,879
Speaker 1: as far as player capital goes. They're asking for what

637
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 1: the Padres gave up for Juan Soto when Soto had

638
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,360
Speaker 1: two and a half years left of team control. School

639
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: Bol is a free agent at the end of twenty

640
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:55,760
Speaker 1: twenty six. That's a lot to ask and basically tells

641
00:34:55,800 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 1: you that they weren't serious about trading Schooble. The way

642
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 1: it was laid out to me is if the Tigers

643
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:09,359
Speaker 1: were to trade Trek Scooble and whatever team traded these

644
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 1: amount of prospects to the Tigers, they would lose a

645
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: lot of leverage in free agency to his agent, Scott

646
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 1: Boris to be able to re sign Trek's Schouble. Scott

647
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: Boris has been through this before Garrett Cole with the Astros.

648
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: Everybody was saying the Astros should trade Garret Cole because

649
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: the Astros and Boris couldn't come to some sort of

650
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,239
Speaker 1: extension agreement. And by the way, Scott Boris is not

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Speaker 1: going to agree to an extension this year. He's taking

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Speaker 1: Trek Scouble to the open market to get what many

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Speaker 1: people probably believe he won't be able to get, similar

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Speaker 1: to what people were saying about Garret Cole, that he

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to get the single greatest contract at

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Speaker 1: the time for a pitcher in Garrett Cole. So the

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Speaker 1: Astros kept Garrett Cole and got to the World Series.

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Speaker 1: The Tigers are not going to wave the white flag

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Speaker 1: on their season before pitchers and catchers arrived, So you know,

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Speaker 1: just put that into perspective, Trek Skouble, I would say

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Speaker 1: the chances of him being traded before pitchers and catchers report,

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Speaker 1: I put it at ten percent. How about that you

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Speaker 1: want to number there? It is there's a better chance

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Speaker 1: that he gets traded at the deadline if the Tigers

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Speaker 1: fall out of it. But they're in a very weak

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Speaker 1: division and they had a pretty big lead that aj

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Speaker 1: Hinch blew. So take that for what it's worth, all right,

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Speaker 1: bobashek Kyle Tucker. A lot of news surrounding those two

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Speaker 1: players at this hour right now, because there are multiple

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Speaker 1: reports from credible reporters around Major League Baseball, including Ken Rosenthal,

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Speaker 1: a friend of the show from The Athletic and Fox Sports,

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Speaker 1: that is saying that with the signing of Okamoto that

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Speaker 1: the Blue Jays just made official yesterday, he is going

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Speaker 1: to play third base, and the Blue Jays do not

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Speaker 1: want to block Ernie Clement from getting regular playing time

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Speaker 1: at second base. So what does that mean? That means

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Speaker 1: that Bo Bishett, according to Ken Rosenthal, is not going

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Speaker 1: to return to the Blue Jays, And there is increasing

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Speaker 1: reports at this hour at seven forty five tonight that

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Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker and the Blue Jays are getting closer to

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Speaker 1: a deal. Jim Duquett of a series XM and the

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Speaker 1: Mets Network SNY is saying it's the Dodgers, the Blue Jays,

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Speaker 1: and the Mets in in the race for Kyle Tucker. Now,

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Speaker 1: Jim Duquett doesn't tweet those things very often. He works

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Speaker 1: for the Mets Network. He's based in New York, former

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Speaker 1: Mets GM. That would tell you that the Mets and

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays are trying to get Kyle Tucker at a

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Speaker 1: very high annual salary for an extended amount of years.

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Speaker 1: The Dodgers are reportedly hanging around the quote backboard. If

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Speaker 1: Tucker's market falls out, drops out and he is more

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Speaker 1: inclined for a shorter term deal, that's where the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: would come into play for Kyle Tucker. And quite honestly,

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Speaker 1: you know, Kyle Tucker's baseball reputation seems to have taken

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Speaker 1: a hit during this winner and during this past season,

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Speaker 1: there's been a lot of talk about Kyle Tucker's lack

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Speaker 1: of enthusiasm for baseball and the willingness to grind out seasons.

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Speaker 1: You know, teams that have players for multiple years know

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Speaker 1: those players better than other teams. What does it tell

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Speaker 1: you that the Astros decided to trade away Kyle Tucker,

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Speaker 1: who supposedly is a generational talent. That tells you a

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Speaker 1: lot the Astros are not afraid to spend anyway. Bobashett,

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Speaker 1: if he's not a Blue Jay, I believe he fits

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Speaker 1: in perfect with the Dodgers, and he could play second base.

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Speaker 1: Keep in mind Keiky Hernandez, who is going to be

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Speaker 1: back with the Dodgers eventually, is not going to be

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Speaker 1: able to play a game until you know, juneish and

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00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 1: last year he played more outfield than he played infield.

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Speaker 1: Tommy Edmond is coming back from major right ankle surgery.

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Speaker 1: He I mean, he told me that he believes he'll

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Speaker 1: be a little bit behind in spring training. But with

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Speaker 1: the way the Dodgers played so cautiously to keep their

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Speaker 1: guys healthy for the end of the season, you know,

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Speaker 1: if Tommy Edmund's not one hundred percent, they're not going

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Speaker 1: to rush him out to the gates. So there is

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Speaker 1: room for Bishett to play a lot of second base.

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Speaker 1: There is room for Bob Baschett to give Munsey days off,

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Speaker 1: and if Munsey gets hurt, play third base. So in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, there is a fit for Bo Bischett.

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Speaker 1: Max Munsey's on the last year of his deal. We'll

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Speaker 1: see where that goes and where that plays out. And look,

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Speaker 1: if for some reason the Dodgers need Bo Baschett to

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Speaker 1: play shortstop, they got a guy that could play second,

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Speaker 1: short and third base, and more importantly, is a right

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Speaker 1: handed hitter with power that hits for average. And he's

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Speaker 1: twenty eight years old. Name another Dodger on the infield

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Speaker 1: that is under the age of thirty you can't. So

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Speaker 1: when we talk about the Dodgers getting younger, Bob Baschett

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Speaker 1: would fit all that. And he's a pretty good second baseman.

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Speaker 1: He's I don't know, willing to play third and second

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Speaker 1: in short so you know, he's a guy that I

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Speaker 1: believe is a great fit for the Dodgers. As far

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Speaker 1: as the outfield goes, they're looking for outfield help as well.

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Speaker 1: Just because you would sign a Bob Bashett doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: you can't sign or make a trade for an outfielder.

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Speaker 1: Now that's the reason why you're still hearing the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: interest in Kyle Tucker. If they signed Tucker, there's no

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Speaker 1: trade for anybody else And probably not going to work

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Speaker 1: out with Bo Bashett, But it seems like the Blue

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Speaker 1: Jays are saying goodbye to Bo Baschett and they are

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Speaker 1: working to sign Kyle Tucker, and I actually think that's

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Speaker 1: a pretty good fit for Tucker. Not a lot of

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Speaker 1: pressure up there in Canada. As far as the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: other outfield options. We've heard about Lars Newbar out of

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Speaker 1: Elsagundo High School. Teammates with sho hey O Tani on

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Speaker 1: Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic, and I know

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Speaker 1: he likes Lars Newbar, so he's got the Otani stamp

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Speaker 1: on him. Free agent out there the Dodgers had interest

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Speaker 1: in during the trade deadline. Harrison bad are still out there.

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Speaker 1: I have heard the Dodgers have talked to the Astros

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Speaker 1: about their center fielder Jake Myers, who had a breakout

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Speaker 1: year last year. And everybody is talking about the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: and Jared Duran. How about Willy a bray You. If

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Speaker 1: I'm the Dodgers, I'm not asking about Jared Duran. I'm

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Speaker 1: asking about Willy a bray You. Willy obray You is

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00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 1: a better player than Jared Duran, and he's only twenty nine.

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Speaker 1: He hit twenty. He hit twenty two home runs last

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Speaker 1: year and had an OPS close to eight hundred, and

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Speaker 1: it was a down year for Willy A. Bray You.

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Speaker 1: He's only twenty what is he? He's twenty six years old.

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Speaker 1: He turned twenty seven in June. He's a really good

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Speaker 1: outfielder too, that can play right field. So you could

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Speaker 1: have Bray You and Taoscar Hernandez in left field, to

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Speaker 1: Bray You and right Hernandez and left and Pa Haz

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Speaker 1: in center if you went that route, if you went

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Speaker 1: the Larst new Bar route. He can play all three

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Speaker 1: outfield spots. He could play center, Paz could play right,

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Speaker 1: Taoscar Hernandez could play left. What this all leads back

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Speaker 1: to is Taioscar Hernandez going back to left field. That's

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Speaker 1: where he thrived in his first year with the Dodgers.

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Speaker 1: And when you make mistakes or you don't get great

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00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: jumps in left field, it's not as glaring as it

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Speaker 1: is in right field. Speaking of Taoscar Hernandez, I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure if you are on social media a lot many

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Speaker 1: of you are, if you have seen Taoscar Hernandez's photos

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Speaker 1: since the season ended, this guy is in tremendous condition.

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Speaker 1: It appears, and from what I've been told by p

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Speaker 1: close to ta Oscar, he has been in the lab

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Speaker 1: in Tampa, in Florida working to get better for a

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Speaker 1: resurgent twenty twenty six. And he didn't have a bad

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. He was doing pretty well. He was

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Speaker 1: on his way to the All Star Game before he

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Speaker 1: injured his groin. And it's refreshing to hear him, a

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Speaker 1: proud Dominican and a man that loves his country and

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Speaker 1: his people say, you know what, I'm going to pass

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Speaker 1: on playing for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball

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Speaker 1: Classic and focus on allowing my body to heal, to

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Speaker 1: rest to be ready for the Major League season and

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers. That tells you the mentality of Taoscar Hernandez

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Speaker 1: going into spring training. So you know, when I'm on

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Speaker 1: sports Net LA and they throw us all these topics,

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Speaker 1: hey pick your number one target for the Dodgers if

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Speaker 1: they If you were to ask me today, who is

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Speaker 1: going to have the bounce back season for the Dodgers,

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00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: the biggest bounce back come back season for the Dodgers,

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Speaker 1: it's one guy. It's thirty seven it's ta Oscar Hernandez.

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Speaker 1: He is going to have a monster twenty twenty six,

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Speaker 1: mark my words on that. Eight six six nine eight

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Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Our next

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Speaker 1: show is coming up on Thursday night at seven o'clock,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna have basically two shows a week up

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Speaker 1: until spring training starts. I'll be leaving for Camelback Ranch

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Speaker 1: in Glendale, Arizona, on February thirteenth, that's my report date,

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Speaker 1: so I'll be out there then. And the first Dodgers

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Speaker 1: Cactus League game is on February twenty first, and you

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00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 1: will hear it live right here on AM five to

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Speaker 1: seventy LA Sports. And the Dodgers will be opening up

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Speaker 1: the Major League season or they're part of the major

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00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 1: League schedule for the first time in a number of

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Speaker 1: years at Dodgers Stadium. That's right. Ring Day is going

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Speaker 1: to be opening Day for the Dodgers on March twenty sixth.

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Speaker 1: It's a Thursday Dodgers Diamondbacks at five thirty at Dodgers Stadium,

812
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,800
Speaker 1: the home opener, Opening day for the Dodgers in North

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Speaker 1: America for the first time in three years. On March

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Speaker 1: twenty six five thirty against the Diamondbacks. It's not too

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Speaker 1: soon to start looking at the first homestand because the

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00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 1: Dodgers will start with three games against the Diamondbacks and

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00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 1: then host the Cleveland Guardians for three games before they

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Speaker 1: head out on their first road trip of the season,

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Speaker 1: and that will be in our nation's capital and then

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Speaker 1: going back to Toronto. Can you believe that the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: first road trip of the season will include a trip

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Speaker 1: to Toronto, Canada as world champions? That should be spectacular.

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Speaker 1: All right, that'll do it for us on Dodger Talk tonight.

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Speaker 1: Thank you to Ronnie Fossio for all his help, Thank

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Speaker 1: you to listen, Thank you for listening. And like I said,

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Speaker 1: in case you missed any of the show, you can

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Speaker 1: find it on the iHeartRadio app. We'll be back with

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Speaker 1: you on Thursday night at seven o'clock. I'll be back

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Speaker 1: with you as well on sports net LA at six

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Speaker 1: o'clock on Thursday night with our guy John Hartung and

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Speaker 1: Jerry Harriston Junior. So we got a big Dodger day

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Speaker 1: on Thursday, sports net LA at six o'clock, Dodger Talk

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Speaker 1: at seven o'clock right here on a five to seventy

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Speaker 1: LA Sports. You can follow me on Instagram at officially

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Speaker 1: Vassa and on x at the Real Underscore DV. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you on Thursday. Coming up next, Jason Smith

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Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio. See you