WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (7-1-26) 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:02.920 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:07.000 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:11.479 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:12.640 the fifth. 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:15.160 This is world Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:17.239 Here we go again. We're getta running back. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.480 To get in on the show called eight six six 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:22.320 nine eighty seven two five seventy, and be sure to 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:27.160 follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch short podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:29.400 David Vasselas Day. 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:32.040 Welcome the Dodger Talk. 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:35.879 David Vase with you until ten thirty tonight here on 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.159 AM five to seventy LA Sports. We have phone lines 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:43.400 open at eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.800 Come one, Come all, as you pile out of the 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:50.239 sports bars after or should I say, stumble out of 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:54.760 the sports bars after watching Team USA win two to 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:55.880 nothing tonight. 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.160 So I know you had one eye on soccer. 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:03.640 I was had both eyes on Dodger baseball, and I 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:05.680 know tonight they lost seven to one. 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:09.520 But this is about the long game now more than 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:10.600 ever before. 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:15.319 The Dodgers winning seven of nine on this road trip, 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:19.280 sweeping the Twins in Minneapolis, taking two out of three 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:23.800 from the Padres, the emotional Padres who let down again 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:28.160 after losing two out of three to the Dodgers, and 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:32.440 the Dodgers coming to Sacramento and you know, continuing to 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.920 be the Dodgers winning the first two games of this series, 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:40.480 pushing Otani back two days. So he starts on Friday 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.920 at Dodgers Stadium, as they manage that left knee, and 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.800 they win seven of nine, and they have the most 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:51.680 wins in baseball fifty six. They have a twelve game 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.480 lead on the Padres. They have a twelve and a 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:58.800 half game lead on the Diamondbacks. And part of this 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.520 ten game homestead that starts tomorrow night with four against 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:07.760 the Padres is against NL West Division teams. And I'm 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:13.240 sure when the Padres and Diamondbacks saw the schedule even 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.920 a month ago, they're thinking, this is our chance. We 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:20.320 got the Dodgers right where we want them, if we 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:25.200 can go in striking distance on that final homestand in 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.959 LA and maybe surprise them and take two out of 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.120 three and put some pressure on them. But that's not 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:36.760 going to happen. The Padres are reeling. They are in 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:41.760 a five game losing streak. They are spiraling, out of control. 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:45.640 They lost twenty three to three to the Cubs today 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:46.840 at Wrigley Field. 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:49.720 Our guy, Walker Buehler, who beat the. 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:54.359 Dodgers last Friday night, gave up nine runs today and 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:58.400 that's coming off the Padres giving up fifteen runs to 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:03.120 the Dodgers last Saturday night at Peco Parks. So they're 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:07.000 not hitting, they're not pitching, and now they find themselves 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:10.560 twelve and a half games back, are twelve games back 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:12.480 of the Dodgers in the NL West. 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:14.800 The Diamondbacks are twelve. 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.480 Games twelve and a half games back of the Dodgers 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.680 in the NL West, and the Dodgers got three games 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:24.280 against the Rockies, and we all know how that usually goes. 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:30.040 So things are looking bleak, to say the least, for 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:33.359 the rest of the NL West. While my only concern 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.720 is for the Dodgers is to stay in the moment 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.920 and not take your foot off the gas, because it's 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:44.760 really easy to do having a twelve game lead and 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.560 you got ten more games all at home. 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.240 Before the All Star break. 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:53.200 But it doesn't seem like these Dodgers are going to 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:57.080 do that, especially when you have the pitchers starting that 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:00.720 they have in this four game series. Against the Padres. 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.680 You got Roki tomorrow night, you got Otani on Friday, 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:09.240 you got Yamamoto on Saturday, and you got Emid Shehan 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:15.080 on Sunday. The Padres have Randy Vasquez, who the Dodgers 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.719 got to in San Diego part of that fifteen run 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:23.600 Saturday night. So for me, I mean, the Dodgers just 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:27.120 gotta do what Jose Mota and I talked about in 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:30.760 the Clubhouse show, not to not get too far ahead 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:34.960 of themselves and finish out the pre All Star Break 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:41.000 schedule strong and not give the Diamondbacks or Padres any 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.960 hope that they can get back into this race in 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:47.599 the second half of the season and maintain a double 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.520 digit lead on them going into the All Star Break. 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:54.159 And I see no reason why the Dodgers can't do that. 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:58.359 And don't forget Tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium. Not only 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.920 is it Dodgers Padres, but to one piece night at 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.240 Dodgers Stadium, the hat, the card, all of that, and 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:08.920 I guess the first fifty thousand fans in attendance will 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:12.240 get all that when they show up at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow. 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:17.359 So certainly things are looking good and it bears repeating it, 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:20.679 bears repeating that the Dodgers in the month of June 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:26.560 had only nine home games and on the road. In June, 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:31.440 the Dodgers played eighteen games. They were twelve and six 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.440 on the road in the month of June with only 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:39.360 nine home games. So from the fans perspective, you haven't 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:43.000 had an opportunity to really get to Dodgers Stadium in 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:47.080 the last month. So here is your goalden opportunity, a 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.839 ten game homestand to come and cheer on the team 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.480 with the most wins in Major League Baseball. Eight six, 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:58.000 six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:01.560 By the way, maybe the biggest thing I could take 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:06.120 away from tonight's game outside of Charlie Barnes going seven innings, 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:10.479 is Kyle Tucker walking four times. And I think back 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.240 to talking to Max Mounsey over the years, and we 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:17.279 all know, for the better part of Max's Dodger career 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.560 he was a three true outcome player. That's not the 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:24.000 case anymore, but when he first came up, he was 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:27.760 a strikeout, a home run, or a walk type of guy. Well, 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:31.159 over the years, Max Mounsey has told me, you know, 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.679 when you could tell I'm going right and I'm seeing 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:37.240 the ball really well. Is when I'm taking walks. And 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.679 Kyle Tucker with four walks, first time in his career 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:44.320 to have four walks in a game, to me, that 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.440 is greater hope that he is getting closer to getting 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:51.000 the rhythm and seeing the baseball better than he has 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:55.640 all season long. And Freddie Fraeman, Mookie Betts, they're all 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:59.120 rolling right now, so hopefully they keep that going. Hopefully 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.679 Mookie Bets is back in the starting lineup tomorrow after 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.720 missing today's game with the sore right wrist. Maybe too 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:09.640 much guitar, you never know. Let's go out to mission vo. Bill, 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.120 you're on Dodger Talk. I guess when you're smashing the 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:15.120 ball like Mookie is, your wrist is gonna get sore. 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:20.720 Bill, That's right, it's just that repetitive action. Thanks for 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.800 taking my call. I just was wondering with the eating 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:27.000 up innings, what about Mills from last night? If they 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.560 had kept Mills would have been able to do the 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:30.160 job tonight. 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.360 No, not like Charlie Barnes. Mills is a reliever. Barnes 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:38.080 has started in Oklahoma City, and look, I know The 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.480 Dodgers were billing this as a bullpenning game, but obviously 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.360 they had the plan of dryer in the first inning 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.840 and ride Barnes for as long as they could, and 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:50.760 he kept the pitch count down despite giving up twelve 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:52.040 hits and seven runs. 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.400 Hey, I got a little trivia for you here. So 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:59.160 in the sense of Dodgers started the road trip in Pittsburgh, 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.720 they had a success road trip, and that road trip 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.360 in this one too. But the Dodgers starters have still 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:08.120 giving up around nineteen home runs those in that stretch. 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.160 Does that seem a little alarming to you or is 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:11.280 that just part of the game. 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:14.440 I'd have to look at which pitchers gave up those 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.200 home runs, because they've used a lot of pitchers. I 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.880 know their bullpen in the beginning of June, Bill was 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.600 giving up way too many home runs. So I would 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.920 have to look to see which pitchers have given up 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.480 the most home runs out of those eighteen or nineteen. 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:31.720 You're talking about the Tampas Series, there was just one 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:35.000 day they had the home run. But in Pittsburgh, I 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.160 think every game in Pittsburgh there was a home run 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.760 hit by Yeah off the start, not. 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.240 All home runs given up? Are equal? Are made to 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:42.800 be equal? 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:45.959 Bill, I would say the Dodgers, Bill, are doing pretty well, 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:46.600 wouldn't you? 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:47.720 Yeah? 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:48.320 Yeah? 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.960 What else do you want from them? What else would 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.400 you like to see from the Dodgers? What can they 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.520 do more than having the most wins in baseball and 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:57.040 having a. 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:02.080 Twelve game lead? Now just maintain all right, Bill, Thanks 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:03.800 for the phone call, appreciate it. Yeah. 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:06.640 I know the Dodger bullpen was giving up a lot 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:08.960 of home runs in the beginning part of June, but 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:12.840 it feels like they've stabilized. And look, if you wanted 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:16.600 to group in Charlie Barnes's three home runs allowed tonight, 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:20.280 that's gonna add to that statistic too. So that's not 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.160 something that you know, I look at as a whole. 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:26.760 You have to look at the circumstances, the score, and 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.480 who was giving up those home runs and when were 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:32.480 they giving them up. Eight six six nine eight seven 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:35.480 two five seventy is the phone number Dodgers fall to 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.840 the ace tonight, seven to one. When we continue on 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.040 Dodger Talk, we will take your phone calls. We will 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:46.400 let you know which Dodgers are getting closer to being 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:50.200 voted to the All Star Game voting closes tomorrow morning 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.000 at nine am Pacific time, so we'll let you know 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.160 about that. We'll let you know when you can expect 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:59.559 Evan Phillips back. And also, here's something fun. I always 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.280 think about. There's two things I think about when the 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.640 Dodgers have played the Athletics over the last fifteen years. 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.679 I think about number well, I think about three things. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.200 One of my first two years covering Kershaw twenty twelve, 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:16.280 twenty thirteen, he got so upset in a game at 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.520 the Oakland Coliseum about his defense and the way he 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.880 was pitching, he fired the baseball back at the dugout 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.640 one game. And what else I think about is the 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:29.280 nineteen eighty eight World Series. And I also think about 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:33.560 all the Dodger greats whose careers ended in Oakland with 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:35.920 the Athletics. So we'll share that with you as well 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.480 your phone calls as we roll to the bottom of 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.719 the hour on Dodger Talk after the A's salvage the 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.840 final game of this series seven to one on A 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:53.760 five to seventy LA Sports. 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.720 Seventy. Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA 0:10:56.840 --> 0:11:00.920 sports dot com hand on the iHeartRadio app back to 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.800 more Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Vasse. 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:07.000 Two balls with a strike to Freeman. 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.000 He walt and stole second in the first These swings 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:12.280 and hammers what d. 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:16.360 Bright fan way back? 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He actually plays still in 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:19.319 Ringo Stars All Star Band with my guy Colin Hay, 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:24.600 and he again doesn't understand, like so many may not, 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:28.800 why the Dodgers allow Charlie Barnes to stay out there 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:32.920 for seven innings, giving up twelve hits, including three home 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:34.760 runs and seven earn runs. 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:36.480 I'm not going to go. 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.320 As far as to say the Dodgers punted this game, 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:42.400 because that's if you look at their lineup, that's not 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:46.360 what they did. But they needed Charlie Barnes to take 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.960 down as many innings as possible, and he did. Because 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:52.440 the Dodgers are in the middle of thirteen in a row. 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:56.240 The Dodgers are playing with house money, fifty six wins, 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.280 they have a twelve game lead over the Padres, and 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.240 even if they had a five game lead over the Padres, 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.800 I don't believe they would do anything differently because they 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.920 aren't thirteen in a row. They still want to manage 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:11.920 the workload of their bullpen in the middle of thirteen 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:16.520 straight games, with ten with a ten game homestand at 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:22.440 Dodgers Stadium. And this is all This is all about 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.960 Otani and wanting to give him two extra days to 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.880 get that left knee cooled down because they have to 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:34.120 manage that left knee. Also, the Dodgers said yesterday that 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.920 Otani was only going to pitch twice before the All 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:41.079 Star break, only two more times before the All Star break, 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.520 and that's going to be this Friday. And since the 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:47.480 only pitches once a week, it's probably going to be 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:52.040 a week from Friday, which would preclude him from starting 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.360 in the All Star Game. It feels like that's a 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.880 long shot. Dave Roberts has not made that official, but 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:02.439 with where the way they have I've changed his schedule, 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.520 the way they've talked about how they're going to have 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:07.880 to manage that left knee, not to mention the blister 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.880 on his right pitching hand, I just don't see any 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.680 way the Dodgers allow Otani to start that game. 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:14.920 Now. 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:18.440 If he wants to, the Dodgers may try to reason 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:22.640 with him, but you know, usually Otani knows his body 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.720 better than anybody else, and he's earned that trust. But 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.520 I just don't see that happening. With the game in 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:32.120 Philly and right after the All Star break, the Dodgers 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:36.160 have another long road trip, a long East Coast road 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:40.400 trip three eight Yankee Stadium, three in Philadelphia, and then 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:44.200 three more at City Field. So all of that mixed in. 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:49.120 I just don't see how Otani or why Otani would 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.520 pitch in the All Star Game. And speaking of the 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:55.320 All Star Game, the voting ends Phase two, and that's 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:59.840 the final phase ends tomorrow at nine am Pacific time. 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.640 And right now, Freddie Freeman has a sizable lead on 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:06.800 Matt Olsen. Freddie has fifty nine percent of the vote. 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.000 The Dodgers don't have a second basement in the mix, 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.360 but Ozzie Albius of the Braves is leading that one 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:18.440 by a lot over Bryson Stott shortstop rightfully, so cj. 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:22.200 Abrams is beating out Mookie bet cj. Abrams is having 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:27.320 an incredible year for the Nationals. Max Munsey, Thank goodness, 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.000 the fans out there have recognized that Muncie is the 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.760 best third baseman in the National League and one of 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:37.320 the top five in all of baseball. He has sixty 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:41.680 one percent of the vote over Alec Boehme, and at catcher, 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:45.200 Drake Baldwin is going to win that because Dave Roberts 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:48.960 said officially today that Will Smith will not play a 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.600 game before the All Star break, that neck issue has 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:57.600 prevented Will Smith from participating in baseball activities. And if 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.920 you've been listening to Dodger Talk the last four or 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:05.080 five six days after Dave Roberts told us in Minnesota 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:09.240 that Will Smith would need rehab games before he played, 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:12.520 there's only ten games left. How is he going to 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.880 do that and play before the All Star breaks? So 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:17.840 all these tweets are going out like it's brand new 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:21.760 breaking news, it's not if you've been listening to the show. Okay, 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.720 So Drake Baldwin the catcher for the Braves and he's 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:25.520 had a great year. 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:26.600 Now here we go. 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.640 On the outfield, Andy pie has for a long time 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.800 was the leading vote getter among National League outfielders. 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:35.280 Well right now, at. 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:38.400 The voting closed, he would be on the outside looking 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:42.600 in because he's one percent back of the final outfield spot, 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:46.400 which is currently held by Michael Harris. The second Brandon 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:50.240 marsh has twenty three percent, Won Soto eighteen percent, Michael 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:54.440 Harris sixteen percent. Piez is down to fifteen percent, ti 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:59.160 Oscar Hernandez fourteen percent. So get to MLB dot com 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:02.680 slash vote out to try to get Paz at the 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.520 very least into the All Star Game. If it's me, 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:08.320 Here's who I believe should start in. 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.560 The outfield for the National League. 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.720 The three outfielders that I would have starting in the 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:17.200 National League outfield for the All Star Game would be 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:22.080 Picro Armstrong, it would be James Wood of the Nationals, 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:23.520 and it would be Andy Pajz. 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:27.520 Wan Soto's had a great year, but his team stinks. 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:31.359 They're having one of the more embarrassing first halves of 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:34.760 any team. How could you reward Juan Soto for being 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.680 part of that team. I know he's having a great 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:41.119 individual year, but the Mets are a hot mess. 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:44.480 I don't see how you reward Wan Soda with that. 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.080 But it is the All Star Game, so I could 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.119 see that you want to see Sodo in there. You 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.320 want to see the stars. So I get that that's fine. 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:55.919 But still I would have James Wood, Pi Crow Armstrong, 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:57.480 and Juan Soto. 0:17:57.560 --> 0:17:58.080 How about that? 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:00.600 And Paz should be part of the team, maybe not 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:04.520 as a starter, but as a reserve. Eight six, six, nine, seven, 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.720 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.159 to Andrew and Beaumont. You're on Dodger Talk. How you 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.760 doing Andrew, Hey. 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.320 I'm doing great, Dave. Thank you for taking my call. 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:21.320 Longtime listener, I just wanted to chime in and just say, 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:23.879 you know what a great job you've done over the past. 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:27.200 I don't know, like I've been listening for over ten years, 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:30.119 and I know you've covered each game that Dave Roberts 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.399 has won, and I know he got his flowers that 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.000 I want to give you your flowers for just doing 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:38.800 an outstanding job and just keeping LA informed with everything 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:44.000 Dodgers and being the best resource and just the most 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:49.480 knowledgeable compared to you know, seven ten. So I appreciate you, Dave. 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:52.960 Hey, Andrew, that warms my heart. Thank you for taking 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.120 the time to call in and say those things. 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:56.440 All I'm doing is. 0:18:56.400 --> 0:19:02.080 Documenting every day that the Dodgers have and especially documenting 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:04.680 it as best as I can the last three years 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:08.400 because this is a historic time. I mean, these guys 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.360 are going for a three peet that is something historic, 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:14.879 not only in franchise history, but in baseball history. So 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:17.800 you got to document it, you got to talk about it, 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:21.080 you got to celebrate it. And right now things are 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:22.800 looking really good for them. 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:29.000 Yeah, and I really appreciate you narrating basically the whole journey, 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:32.000 the whole trip, especially the golden age of a Dodger 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:35.640 baseball and to just a round this out, I just. 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:38.280 Want to get your thoughts on the pitching that's coming 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:39.760 back after the All Star Great. 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:40.760 Thank you again, Dave. 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.120 Yeah, my pleasure. Andrew, thank you for listening for so long. 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:45.240 I appreciate that. 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:46.160 Look. 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:49.439 Blake Snell is basically where a pitcher would be at 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:52.560 the beginning of spring training. It takes starting pitchers six 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:56.040 weeks to build up for a season. So if you 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:59.159 do the math on the calendar, that would put Snell 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:02.600 coming back and starting a game at the end of July. 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:06.320 In fact, specifically the last week of July. That is 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:09.959 six weeks from his first bullpen session a couple of 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:13.439 weeks ago. So I'm looking at that homestand where the 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:17.200 Dodgers come back from New York, Philly and New York 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:21.360 and play the Mariners and Red Sox at Dodgers Stadium. 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:24.600 That's when I see Snell coming back and being activated 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:29.200 and never looking back, similar to last year. When Snell 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:32.800 comes back, he has told me he feels fantastic. He's 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:36.440 got more range of motion than he's ever had since 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:42.399 before the loose bodies procedure that doctor Elatrosh performs. So 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:46.040 I'm looking for big things from Snell and that's gonna 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:49.840 tell the Dodgers where they're at at the trade deadline 0:20:49.840 --> 0:20:53.480 on August third, Where Snell's at, where Glass now is at. 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:56.680 And let's not forget about Robleski. You know, we talk 0:20:56.720 --> 0:21:00.399 about four starters that you know, the Dodgers have. I 0:21:00.440 --> 0:21:06.240 think Otani's where Otani is pitching wise, house Nell's feeling 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:09.720 where Glass Nail's at is really going to dictate whether 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:12.560 or not the Dodgers get aggressive for a starting pitcher 0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:15.680 like Trek Skouoble, or whether or not they do something 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:18.119 that they did last year and just fill out the 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:23.920 margins on their roster or bolster their minor league system 0:21:24.000 --> 0:21:26.399 because they are a little thin with starters in the 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:29.000 minor leagues right now, as hard as that is to believe. 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:33.880 But also maybe a third catcher, maybe a backup catcher. 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:37.199 Where is this Will Smith neck thing going? I know 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:41.080 Dave Roberts insists that it's not, you know, a season 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:46.440 type of affecting injury, but it has affected his season. 0:21:46.560 --> 0:21:50.679 He hasn't played since June fifth, So it hasn't impacted 0:21:50.720 --> 0:21:53.960 his season, and he's thirty one years old. He's had 0:21:54.000 --> 0:21:58.200 concussion is huge issues. He broke his wrist his hand 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:02.320 last year. He caught every single inning of the World Series, 0:22:02.440 --> 0:22:07.800 including all eighteen innings. So it is concerning. I don't 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:10.320 care how much Dave Roberts says it's not to me. 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:14.640 It is very concerning. Eight six sixne eight seven two 0:22:14.720 --> 0:22:16.359 five seventy is the phone number. 0:22:16.760 --> 0:22:19.760 Dodgers fall to the A's tonight, seven to one. 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:22.879 They still maintain a twelve game lead over the Padres, 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:26.400 twelve and a half game lead over the Diamondbacks after 0:22:26.480 --> 0:22:30.000 a seven to two road trip from Minnesota to San 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:35.000 Diego to Sacramento. Eight eight seven two five seventy is 0:22:35.040 --> 0:22:38.119 the phone number. Happy to be back in LA, Happy 0:22:38.160 --> 0:22:41.080 to be able to get back into my Ionic nine, 0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:43.520 to be able to drive to Dodger Stadium. 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:45.920 If you see an Ionic nine, a. 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:50.000