WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:05.280 Dodger Talk is sponsored by La Care Health Plan, providing affordable healthcare insurance to 2 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:10.679 millions of Angelinos for over twenty five years. And now your voice for Dodger 3 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:19.160 Talker. Like back damn Cats, Well, it was disaster in Detroit and 4 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:25.480 it is. The Dodgers get walked off again for the second straight day. 5 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.320 They take a lead into the bottom half of the ninth inning, and for 6 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.960 the second day in a row, they give up the lead. This time 7 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:37.359 it was a three to two Dodgers lead. Johann Ramirez went back out to 8 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:41.920 the ninth after a one two three eighth inning that included a leadoff single. 9 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:44.920 Well got a double play ball to help him out. He gives up a 10 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:49.200 leadoff triple on an O two pitch to former Dodgers Zach mckinstree, justin Henry 11 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:53.799 malloy an RBI single that tied the game, scoring mckenstree. Back to back 12 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:58.759 bunnettempts misplayed by Johann Ramirez, the Dodger reliever, and he the second one. 13 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:03.119 He throws down the third bait line and the winning run comes in and 14 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:07.359 the Tigers will win it four to three, eight six six nine eight seven 15 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:11.400 two five seventy is our telephone number eight six six nine eight seven two five 16 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:14.120 seventy is certainly a lot to get to. We want to hear from you, 17 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:15.840 Dodger fans. I got one line open if you want to jump on 18 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.480 board, believe it or not. After what happened on this three game trip 19 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.760 in Detroit, the way they lost in back to back fashions, and the 20 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.920 way this Dodgers team has played the last week, I still got one line 21 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:30.760 open here on Dodger Talk on five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two 22 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:36.480 five seventy. This is a disappointing way to go into the All Star Break. 23 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:40.359 I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. This is not the way this Dodgers team 24 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:42.799 wanted to go into the All Star break. Now, certainly, having four 25 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:48.920 plus days off, a chance to recharge, get reinvented here as far as 26 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:52.640 what they're gonna do with the starting rotation, and the front office has got 27 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:56.000 decisions to make, There's no doubt about this. This is a Dodger front 28 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.640 office that between now and the trade deadline at the end of the month, 29 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:04.640 I've got to figure out how to put together a roster for October. Now, 30 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.240 With that being said, the Dodgers have a lot of players on the 31 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:13.280 injured list and players that they're gonna get back here after the All Star break, 32 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:16.120 But to me, there's still question marks about some of those players when 33 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.919 they come back. Joe Kelly has made a couple of rehab assignments in a 34 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:25.800 ball and Triple A. He's coming back after the All Star break. But 35 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:29.319 what Joe Kelly are we going to see as far as at the back end 36 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:32.680 of that bullpen. Bruce dark graderol is trending in the right direction to come 37 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:38.439 back, probably sometime in August. It is my guess, purely my guest. 38 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:40.800 Michael Grove, we have no idea what the status is of Michael Grove, 39 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.000 im it. Shean's done for the year. Tony Gonsolin's certainly done for 40 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:50.639 the year. We find out yesterday an esophagus injury and surgery for Dustin May 41 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.199 and Is scare that he had over the week has now landed him on the 42 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:57.360 IL for the rest of this season, and certainly our thoughts are with him 43 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:01.080 in his speedy recovery. Ryan Braze haven't seen him in a while since his 44 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:07.199 calf injury. The Dodgers are gonna get back Clayton Kershaw if everything goes right 45 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.439 on his next rehab assignment in Oklahoma City coming up on Friday. They'll get 46 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:14.280 him after the All Star break back in this rotation. But to me, 47 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:19.280 you're getting back a veteran Clayton Kershaw that you don't know what you're gonna get 48 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:22.039 out of him. Certainly, you know what he can do and what he 49 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:25.159 has done in his Hall of Fame career, But now this Clayton Kershaw in 50 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:30.000 twenty twenty four, you and I we both don't know what we're gonna get 51 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:34.039 from him when he comes off the injured list. Walker Buehler, he's off 52 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:36.800 in Florida right now, trying to figure out how to get back to the 53 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:40.719 Walker Bueller of old. My point is oh Yamamoto starting to throw off a 54 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:45.360 flat ground. But I mean, I'm not a doctor. It doesn't sound 55 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:47.800 like he's coming back right after the All Star break. You're probably looking at 56 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.319 late August. I'm purely guessing there, But based on the way he's got 57 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:58.199 to make minor league rehab starts and revamp himself back up, he's a ways 58 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:02.719 off. With that all being said, the Dodgers are getting back Jason Hayward 59 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:09.120 as well. They're gonna get back players to help out this team. Max 60 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:13.159 Munsey, I don't know what's happening with Max. The oblique injury. One 61 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:15.959 week it's good, one week he's regressed. The next week he's taking ground 62 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:19.519 balls and he's hitting, and now he's shut down and not doing baseball activities, 63 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:24.560 and the oblique injury is not responding. The oblique injury is not responding. 64 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:29.040 If it's not responding in July, can it respond by August? Will 65 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.079 it respond by September? At what point do the Dodgers then say I need 66 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:36.519 to find an everyday third baseman because this platooning with three different guys at third 67 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:41.199 base is just not working. Or we're gonna give the job to one of 68 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:45.279 these guys come September and let them fight it out to see who it's gonna 69 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:48.879 be. The rotation needs help. Tyler Glass now is hurt. I didn't 70 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:53.560 even mention Tyler Glass. Now he's hurt as well. But we'll come back 71 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:57.240 with the back stiffness after the All Star break. Today a prime example of 72 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:01.439 the Dodgers team patching together a twenty seven out game and doing so with a 73 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:05.319 guy named Brent Honeywell, who nobody knew outside of Tyler Glass now. And 74 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:09.120 I don't think he's with the team right now because they were teammates in Tampa 75 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.360 at one point. Today was a rough day for the Dodgers' bullpen, but 76 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:18.279 a Dodgers' bullpen that has pitched more innings the last two weeks than Dodger starters, 77 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:24.959 more innings pitched by the Dodgers bullpen combined than Dodger starters. You're asking 78 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:30.000 them to do a lot of work and pick up for the lack of innings 79 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:34.000 from your starters. Eventually it's gonna catch up. And now we find out 80 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:38.839 today in the ninth inning, Dave Roberts saying, well, Alex Vesi was 81 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:43.480 getting warm, but he was our last guy. He was our designated survivor, 82 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:48.720 the last guy there for the Dodgers' bullpen. With not having the availablity 83 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:53.639 of Blake trying Daniel Hudson back stiffness, couldn't go to Evan Phillips after he 84 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:57.800 threw twenty plus pitches yesterday in the blown safe. They had nobody left down 85 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:03.199 there to pitch outside of Alex Vesia. Now here's my thing about the ninth 86 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:08.240 inning, you've got a left tander of Zach McKinstry. I get Johann Ramirez 87 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:11.279 was ahead O two, but he left a pitch out of the plate for 88 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:15.240 a triple. To me, I would have gone to alex Vesia to start 89 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.560 the ninth inning, and thinking in the back of my mind, final game 90 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:20.319 before the All Star Break, if I've literally got nobody else out there, 91 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:25.319 then I'll go to Keik in the tenth We'll take the l But darn it, 92 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.160 we're gonna go out there and try to win this in the ninth inning. 93 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:30.600 We're gonna go out there and tries to close the door, send a 94 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:35.920 message to my team going into the post and to the All Star Break that 95 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:40.279 we're gonna try to win this game. Now, certainly this doesn't just fall 96 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:43.680 on Dave. It's a collaborative effort here, and he's got a look and 97 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.560 you know you have to have one guy down there, I guess. But 98 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:49.319 again, my thinking this is just purely me. That's why I'm not a 99 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:51.800 manager of the big leagues. Certainly, not why I'm a pitching coach, 100 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:54.920 certainly, not why I'm an a bench coach. Certainly not why I'm a 101 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.839 bullpen coach and never will be a general manager in any of those positions. 102 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:03.120 We'll never have that job. But me lollioled me here, host and Dodger 103 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:09.399 talk. I would have gone to Vessia and said, empty the tank here 104 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:14.160 for me. You're not pitching for another four plus days. Go enjoy Tahoe 105 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:17.959 or Cabo or wherever you're going for your All Star break. But Vesia, 106 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:25.240 I need you for the ninth and if God forbid, the Tigers score run 107 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.560 tight, we gotta go to extra innings. Then the Dodgers go to a 108 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.959 position player. Are they even able to go to a position player? I 109 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:32.879 don't think they could go to a position player at that game. In a 110 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:35.399 tie game night, if you got nobody available, I guess you can go 111 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:40.199 there. But if you got options you can, Okay, But I'm trying 112 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:43.920 to win it in twenty seven ounce with my best guy out there, Johann 113 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:48.680 Ramirez. Nice guy, nice story. But the day before they're the game 114 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:53.639 before the All Star break. To me, just my opinion, I would 115 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:56.079 have gone to Alex Vassi. Again, I don't have all the numbers in 116 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:59.639 front of me. I don't have the percentages, I don't have the spreadsheet. 117 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:01.040 I don't have any of that at my disposal, but I got what 118 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:03.720 my eyes are telling me, my gut's telling me. I would have gone 119 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:07.720 to Alex Vesi in the ninth inning. They leave it to Johann Ramirez and 120 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.519 James Lord. He said it best on the postgame on Sports in LA. 121 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:16.920 The heart rate gets going, the emotions start taking over. You gotta calm 122 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.519 down in those situations. You gotta take deep breaths and get the heart rate 123 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:26.040 low, especially when you're fielding ground balls and you misplay one bunt. Okay, 124 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:33.639 regroup first and second. Still nobody out, tie game, bunt a 125 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.639 ball to you take your time, throw to third, get the force out. 126 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:39.960 So we're now one out first and second, and we roll the dice 127 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:46.799 again instead rush the throw, hurry play, throw it down the third base 128 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.879 line ten feet wide of third base. Run scores. It's just frustrating. 129 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:56.759 It's it's certainly frustrating, I know for you Dodger fans to see what the 130 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:00.759 expectations are this Dodgers team and to see the way this this Dodgers team has 131 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:03.200 played the last week or so. Now there's the other side of this where 132 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:07.159 I've got people already sending me text messages in tweets saying, slow down, 133 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:13.279 stop panicking. It's one hundred and sixty two game season and the Dodgers are 134 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.960 still in first place. The Dodgers may either go into the All Star Break 135 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.679 with a six game lead or a seven game lead, depending on what the 136 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:26.480 Padres and the Diamondbacks do in their final games before the All Star Break. 137 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.879 And right now, the Padres are losing and the Diamondbacks are losing, So 138 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:35.120 the Dodgers could remain seven games up going into the All Star break. And 139 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.960 so was a Moda put it out. They were what a half game back 140 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:45.159 at the All Star break last year, So it could be worse, it 141 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:50.159 could be a lot better. But as the great Mit Cronin says, losers 142 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:54.279 talk about winning at halftime, And right now we're at the halfway point theoretically 143 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.559 of the season, the All Star break, and you're whether you're six games 144 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:03.320 up or seven games up or a half game back. All that matters is 145 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:09.759 where you are come October and where you are in the postseason. That's it. 146 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.759 That's all that matters. So I'm not gonna panic too much about the 147 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.960 Dodgers having only a six game lead, or a seven game lead in the 148 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.559 division, because that's still a big lead in the NL West with two and 149 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.080 a half, almost three months to go in the regular season, and a 150 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:30.639 Dodgers team that's gonna get healthy. But I'm right there with you, I 151 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:31.759 see you on a hold. We're gonna go right to the phones right now. 152 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.639 I'm with you. This team needs to figure it out, figure it 153 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:41.279 out fast, clean up the defense, and start playing twenty seven outs, 154 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:46.720 playing for nine innings because this three to nothing lead and then operation shutdown offensively 155 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.919 not able to score runs. Dave Roberts, you can hear his frustration. 156 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:52.480 Had the bases load in the ninth inning, a one run game and a 157 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:56.720 chance to tack on a second run to make it a little harder for the 158 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:01.919 Detroit Tigers, and you can't, And you strand the bases loaded, and 159 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:05.440 you keep it a one run game, you keep the door open, you 160 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:07.919 leave it a jar just a little bit, and the Tigers busted right through 161 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.960 and win it in a walk off fashion. Eight six, six, nine, 162 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:15.960 eighty seven seventy Andy Lake Elson or start things off here on this postgame 163 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:20.399 Dodger Talk. Going to the All Star break, Hey Tim, Thanks for 164 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:24.600 taking my call. I just want to talk about number one. That's clear 165 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.679 to me, honestly, is we really do need a closer. We need 166 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:33.039 to call in and get a closer. Whatever our first move is going to 167 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:35.679 be, we need a closer. Bottom line, we need a closer. 168 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:39.360 We can't go to the playoffs with a super reliever or or or or bringing 169 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:41.600 guys in and thinking that they can pitch the ninth inning and shut it down. 170 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:45.879 No, we need a closer. That's number one. And number two 171 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:50.559 is I really believe that these relievers are pitching today thinking that they got to 172 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:56.360 shut it down and then I don't know. I just think that I've never 173 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:00.240 seen this before. I've never seen us just give up a leader like that 174 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.840 in the ninth inning and lose the game and walk off two days in a 175 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:07.120 row. So what about me is go ahead. What concerns me is that 176 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.279 are they trusting each other? The offense, the pitchers and all that stuff. 177 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.879 Are they trusting each other? I think they do andy. I appreciate 178 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.519 the phone call. I don't see any finger pointing. I don't see any 179 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:24.240 blaming of one guy here or a bullpen there, or the lack of scoring 180 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.200 on a game here. I don't see that, nor am I hearing that 181 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:30.679 at all. This is a team that is a very professional team, and 182 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.159 I think realizes they're just in a rut right now, and I'll get better 183 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.840 and get healthy and the second half of the season they'll get off and run 184 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.879 in on Friday against the Boston Red Sox. Now, with that being said, 185 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.960 again, you can't just keep saying that and see the division lead dwindle 186 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.080 and dwindle and dwindle and not do anything about it. If you've got a 187 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.720 hole in a boat or a hole in a ship, you got to fix 188 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:58.360 it. You can't let the hole get bigger or more holes start to pop 189 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.039 up, or what's gonna happen, and you're gonna sink. You're not gonna 190 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.879 go anywhere wherever you're at, You're just gonna stop and go to the bottom. 191 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:09.120 Now, if you're the Dodgers, you've got a six or seven game 192 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:13.840 lead, depending on what happens with the Padres and the Diamondbacks. You don't 193 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.279 want to see that get down to four and then three by the next week 194 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.960 and then go out on the road and your lead's cut in the half and 195 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.399 we haven't got to August yet or the trade deadline, and you start to 196 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:26.559 hit the panic button, and then maybe you start getting some thinking amongst players 197 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:30.000 about, hey, something's wrong here. We gotta do this, we gotta 198 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:31.720 do that. You don't want it to get to that point. Now. 199 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:37.120 A closer, Yeah, the Dodgers need a closer. But looking at baseball 200 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:43.720 and looking at the standings and looking about the divisions and who's in and who's 201 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:46.639 out, and realistically, who's gonna be a seller at the deadline. Let's 202 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:52.600 look at some of the top relievers, the top closers in baseball. I 203 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:58.240 mean it is Kyle Finnegan. Maybe an opportunity in Washington to go get him. 204 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.919 Or the Nationals, you know, realizing that there's no way they are 205 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:07.039 going to win the division. You know, they're out of it six games 206 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.879 in the wild card race, they may be sellers. So maybe a Kyle 207 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:16.840 Finnigan, the closer in Washington, who's third in baseball top closer, second 208 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:22.879 in the National League behind Hellsley. You know, look at Baltimore, San 209 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:28.000 Diego, Yankees, Atlanta, Boston, Well Kenlly Jansen. Kenley Jansen could 210 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:33.440 be available. Alexis Diaz in Cincinnati if the Reds decide they want to become 211 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:37.960 sellers. I mean the Reds right now three games under five hundred. You 212 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:43.679 know, they're not destined to make the playoffs. Carlos Stevis in Anaheim could 213 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:46.960 be available. But then again, if you're a team that's also looking for 214 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:50.600 a closer, the asking price is going to go up because I've just given 215 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:52.919 you three closers. You know what price is going to take to get a 216 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:56.679 Kyle Finnigan. Well, he's one of the top three closers in baseball the 217 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:00.600 first half of the season. He's got twenty five saves, two for five 218 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:05.360 er with a Whip North on one. Is he available at what price? 219 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.000 Kelly Jansen finally for his contract. You know the Red Sox are trying to 220 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:13.080 unload that contract and get rid of Kenley. It could be an option. 221 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:16.320 Kenley just recently, in a radio interview or an interview with the podcast, 222 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:20.279 said he sees himself closing his career in a Dodger uniform. That's what he 223 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:24.559 would like to do. You know, maybe that's an opportunity. So there'll 224 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:28.639 be some closures available at the deadline. I just don't know which direction the 225 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:31.720 Dodgers go. Then again, is that the hole the Dodgers need to close 226 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.120 up first? Is that the one they need to plug up? Or is 227 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:39.080 a starting starting pitching more of a problem for the Dodgers right now? I 228 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:43.679 would lean towards starting pitching is priority number one. I think number two. 229 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:48.120 You guys honestly started looking at the closer spot as well, and that's changed 230 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:52.960 for me. I thought starting pitching, bat off the bench, third baseman 231 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:58.320 was priority number two, but I'm starting to look at relief pitcher closer as 232 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.960 the second need for this Dodgers team. Trey and west La is next up 233 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.440 on Dodge Talk. Hi, Trey, how you doing? Tim? Hello, 234 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.559 sir, how you? Thanks for taking Oh you know you often hear 235 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.039 from me on bruinstock there. It's nice to catch up with you on this 236 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:18.159 side. Yeah, definitely listen. I spoke with Dave yesterday and I said 237 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.759 what I was witnessing was a near dumpster fire, and he thought I was 238 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:26.000 being hyperbolic, and perhaps I was, But given the roster, given the 239 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:32.519 expectations, I mean, I'm baffled. It's the situational hitting with runners in 240 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:36.519 scoring position, sloppy base running. You know, Rick and Tim, we're 241 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:41.039 like we literally threw the game away today. It's it's really frustrating. You 242 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.720 know, I don't have much to offer, but it's unfortunate right now. 243 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.759 Like you, I agree with you on the starting pitching. We had the 244 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:51.360 same bugaboo from last year. You know, it's we got guys on the 245 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:53.600 shelf. We don't know if they're coming back. We got some holes to 246 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:57.240 fill. You know, your boat metaphor. I agree with that as well. 247 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.960 The only thing I can say is, like you said, Coach Mick, 248 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:03.880 we're at the halfway point. You got to take a serious gut check. 249 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.960 These guys got to rest up and we got another half of the season 250 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:11.359 to play. So I remain optimistic, Dodger blue all the way. Let's 251 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.640 just go and you know we're gonna learn from the mistakes and let's be positive 252 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:18.839 and finish it out. All right. Appreciate it, Trey, Thanks for 253 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.599 checking in eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. The Dodger's 254 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.920 going to have to do something. The worst thing I think they could happen 255 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.440 is just to stay pat. And I know you're getting players back from injuries, 256 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.640 and you know, the old saying is like if you get a guy 257 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:34.920 back at the All Star break or the trade deadline from injury. It's like 258 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:38.160 making a trade. It's like you picked up another arm. It's like you 259 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:41.480 got a went out and got a bat by adding this player back to your 260 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:45.000 lineup. I understand that, But we just don't know what kind of arm 261 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:48.119 or we're getting back in Clayton Kershaw. Now fingers crossed. We all hope, 262 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:51.160 right, we all hope it's the Clayton Kershaw. It's going to go 263 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:53.279 out there and give you six dominating Indians every five days. You can count 264 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:59.759 on him being a stopper. We hope. We just don't know. That's 265 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.279 just the reality. You don't know what's Clayton Kershaw you're gonna get at this 266 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:08.279 point in his career. So another guy that you can count on come October. 267 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:11.960 That's what I look at. Who are your three going into a series 268 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:15.920 in October? Right now? Tyler glassnow assume he's healthy, it's just pack 269 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:26.240 stiffness. Gavin Stone and who landon Ack? James Paxton, Bobby Miller. 270 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:30.920 Who's that third starter? Is it Clayton Kershaw? But just don't know? 271 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:36.720 Is it Yamamoto? Don't know? We just don't know. James North Hollywood's 272 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.119 next up here on Dodger Talk. Hi James, how you doing? Good? 273 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:42.599 Tim Hey, listen. I agree with you that the biggest concern is, 274 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:47.160 in fact, the starting pitching. I believe a good motto for life 275 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:49.839 is expect the best, but plan for the worst. And what we've learned 276 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:56.519 about baseball the last ten years is sure we expect that Walker Buehler will come 277 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:00.160 back, figure things out in Florida, Bobby Miller will figure out mechanical issues 278 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.200 and let his stuff play at the level that we were used to seeing. 279 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:07.480 We hope that Yamamoto can't come back from a rotator cup strain all the way 280 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:14.200 through October, and that Kershaw will give us five innings of two run ball 281 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.960 every time he takes the mound. But I don't want to, you know, 282 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.559 put my eggs in that basket. So to that point, you got 283 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:25.039 to ask yourself, so how do we get that frontline starter? And in 284 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.960 my opinion, because a lot of these guys haven't performed this year, they 285 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.480 might be tough to move, but because of their track record, maybe not 286 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.799 in my mind. Gavin Lux, James Autman, Key k, Chris Taylor, 287 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:41.599 Cavin Vigio, any two of those five guys, I would, and 288 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:47.799 I think we could move for a frontline starter in addition to one of our 289 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.720 prospect catchers, you know in triple A, because they're kind of they're blocked 290 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:53.039 by will and we have a lot of talent there, but you got to 291 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:56.319 give to get. And I agree with you that where we have to get 292 00:19:56.440 --> 00:20:03.480 the most is we've got to solidify that starting rotation because all those other guys, 293 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:07.359 there's a lot of upside there, but there's certainly no guarantee, you 294 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:10.079 know. Yeah, James appreciate it, well said, I agree with everything 295 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:12.000 you said. UH. And as far as the trade is concerned, what 296 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:15.599 is it gonna take to get Kenlly Jansen from the Boston Red Sox. I 297 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:18.720 don't think it's gonna be a heavy asking price, certainly. I mean, 298 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:22.079 you're absorbing the rest of his contract this year at a couple million dollars, 299 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:26.359 I'm assuming, so you're gonna give up mid level prospect or too, maybe 300 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:30.880 somebody at the major league level that's a guy that can contribute, that's young 301 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:33.759 still under his rookie deal, that you got can control under And the same 302 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:37.759 with the UH search for a starter, you know, David Vassa and I 303 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:41.440 were talking about this off air, and he brought it up on air a 304 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:45.119 couple of days ago. A deal to Detroit Tigers, you know, would 305 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:49.240 that be a possibility, And what about a trade to go get that guy 306 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:55.960 what's his name, Stuble Scruble, Stuble Scooble. Yeah, yeah, that 307 00:20:56.079 --> 00:21:00.640 guy Tark Scruble, the kid from the Tigers who the Dodgers faced Friday night, 308 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:04.400 stud one hundred mile an hour left handed throwing starter. Go get him 309 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:08.480 and by it. At the same time, take Javier Bias his contract and 310 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:12.359 the millions that are still owed to him. And David Vesi brought the analogy 311 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:17.680 of the example of when you went and got Adrian Gonzalez and that deal with 312 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:22.359 Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett. You had to absorb contracts in order to make 313 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:26.440 it and sweeten the pot for the other team. You had to alleviate some 314 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:30.960 of the dead weight, so to speak, and take that on and just 315 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:36.039 wear it. And Javier Bia is still a good defensive shortstop. Certainly, 316 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:40.279 his production offensively is not there at all, but you would have to take 317 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:44.039 on that contract in order to make a deal for that left handed Or what 318 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:48.400 about a trade for Garrett Crochet, you know that's a possibility. But I 319 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.880 think he's going to be target number one from everybody out there. He's a 320 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:55.799 former top fifteen pick, still under control. That's going to cost more. 321 00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:59.200 So there are options out there, and I think the Dodgers, I certainly, 322 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:02.799 I would hope the Dodge would not worry about what it's gonna cost to 323 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.279 go out there and get them. And I say costs, it's not necessarily 324 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:08.359 always money. Costs could be giving up prospects, and the Dodgers have a 325 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:11.480 ton of prospects that they can give up. Eight six six nine eighty seven, 326 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.720 two five to seventy will take them come back. We'll get to all 327 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.799 your phone calls. If you're on hold, we're gonna get to you. 328 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.759 I promise. We're gonna go past the top of the hour. Even though 329 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:22.920 Colin he is not happy about that. We're gonna do it. We're gonna 330 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:26.319 bust the top of the hour and keep taking your phone calls. Eight sixty 331 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.920 six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy. Because this is a day 332 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:33.400 in which the Dodger fans will certainly remember yesterday. Yeah, that one's stung 333 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:36.400 too. Give it up a five run lead in the ninth inning, losing 334 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:40.200 ten innings. Come back today, put a three spot on the scoreboard in 335 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:44.920 the first and then lose on a walk off ball thrown away down the third 336 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:48.720 base line by Johann Ramirez, and the Tigers beat the Dodgers today, four 337 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:52.359 to three. It's the All Star break. It's the time to get healthy, 338 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:56.119 get right, and hopefully get better the second half of the season for 339 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:59.720 this Dodgers team. Your phone calls when we come back. Dodgers losing Detroit 340 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:03.119 four to three. You're on amhi seventy LA Sports Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio 341 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:11.279 app. AM five seventy LA Sports be anywhere at any time, and you 342 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:15.599 can hear past episodes of Dodger Talk all of those things. Search AM five 343 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:19.640 seventy on the iHeartRadio app. We're streaming online. We stream every game too. 344 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:25.640 Come find me back to Dodger Talk on AM five seventy LA Sports. 345 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:30.119 Still nobody out. He goes to bunch, He bunts it back to Ramirez, 346 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.720 who throws to thirty, throws it away and the Tigers are gonna away. 347 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:41.440 In Coming in the store is Molloy and the Dodgers literally throw this one 348 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:45.480 away. On a Sunday afternoon, Dodgers get walked off by the Detroit Tigers. 349 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:48.440 Tell me if you heard that one before. Second day in a row. 350 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:52.680 They lose four to three today, giving him two runs in the ninth 351 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:56.759 inning. Johann Ramirez gets tagged with the loss as the Dodgers drop two of 352 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.720 three in Detroit. They go one and five on the road trip, and 353 00:23:57.759 --> 00:24:02.519 they can lose six to seven going into the All Star Break. Daniels Jeweler 354 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:04.279 is the official sponsor of the trip around the Diamond. Stop by any Daniel's 355 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:08.200 location in say home run for your free team bracelet and a fifty dollars gift 356 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:12.839 card towards any purchase of ninety nine dollars or more. Daniels Jewelers own the 357 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:17.920 Dream. Johan Ramirez was out there in the ninth inning after getting the eighth 358 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:21.880 inning as well. Dave Roberts after the game said Daniel Hudson was unavailable with 359 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:26.799 back stiffness, Evan Phillips Blake trying it unavailable due to usage, and Alex 360 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:30.319 Vessio, who was getting warm, would have been pitching it for the fourth 361 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.880 time in five days and wanted to keep him out of harm's way. Now, 362 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:38.799 A lot of pushback on that from Dodger fans on social media, certainly, 363 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:41.440 and wondering, well, if you're going into the All Star break, 364 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:45.759 why not empty the tank so to speak, going into the All Star break 365 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:49.799 with four plus days off for a lot of these Dodger players outside of the 366 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:53.160 six who are going to the All Star Game, but for the Dodgers' bullpen, 367 00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:56.599 a chance to have a break, and why not send it back out 368 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.559 there to pitch for the fourth time in five days, the third day in 369 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:03.680 a row, or get that usage up in a game here before the All 370 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:07.319 Star Break. The flip side of that is it's July, and you don't 371 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:11.359 want to burn out a picture or risk an arm injury taxing them here in 372 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:17.160 July when you really need them in September and certainly October eight sixty sixth nine 373 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:19.359 eighty seven, two five seventy. Chris and Mattlibu, thanks for being patient. 374 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:22.559 You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Hey, Jim, I 375 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:25.680 are you doing? Buddy? It's Chris and Malibu. Thank Chris. Hey, 376 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:30.119 do me a favor. Let me empty the tank a little bit and 377 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.359 just get this off of my chest. I thought, I listened to that 378 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:38.720 game yesterday and that was like, to me, embarrassing that they lost. 379 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:45.599 But that happens. Then you come back today and you get three runs in 380 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:51.519 the first inning, and then you cannot score a single run against the Detroit 381 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:56.920 Tigers for the rest of the game. After yesterday's debacle. What I'm not 382 00:25:57.160 --> 00:26:03.000 understanding here, I get it in the middle of the season. There's a 383 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:06.759 lot of seasons ago, a lot of people coming back from the injured reserve 384 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:11.119 list. I just don't get any urgency from these guys. And I know 385 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:15.960 I'm gonna get a lot of pushback from people. But if it were if 386 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:22.880 it was Kurt Gibson's Dodgers, he would have taken somebody and shook him or 387 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:26.519 knocked over water. Somebody needs to get upset at how they're playing. It 388 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:32.720 seems like they take it for granted that they will come back and win. 389 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:37.799 They've been doing this for fifteen years. They've had the best payroll for fifteen 390 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:41.880 years, and they have not won a World Championship with one hundred and sixty 391 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:47.720 two games with the best team. As a guy who was at Game two 392 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:56.279 of the twenty seventeen World Series when I was sitting there watching Kenlly Jansen give 393 00:26:56.359 --> 00:27:00.359 up four runs. They have not been the same since they don't have Where's 394 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:04.400 where's that Where's that heart? Where's that anger? Where's the person to shake 395 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:07.799 them up? And I kind of blame this on Dave Roberts is a great 396 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:12.599 guy, but he needs to he needs to get pissed off. Somebody needs 397 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:17.319 to take somebody by them, by the caller and say, listen, we 398 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:21.880 have the highest pay roll in the damn league. Play like it. Okay, 399 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:26.599 here's my pushback, Chris, and I'll let you finish. My guess 400 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:29.799 as the response would be, well, we won one hundred plus games all 401 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:32.519 these years in a row, and we don't have a World Series to show 402 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.359 for it. Why do we need to go out there and show that fire 403 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:38.079 and try to win a game in July like it's a game in October. 404 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:41.839 Went over the course of one sixty two, which is the greater part of 405 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:45.319 this whole season, we're still winning the division by six or seven games. 406 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:48.400 I guess that would be the flip side of it, is, like, 407 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:52.400 yeah, winning today and going all out to win this game and pushing guys 408 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:56.079 to the limit. On July fourteenth. You win a game in July, 409 00:27:56.400 --> 00:28:00.440 but we're playing for the greater good of a championship in October. And I 410 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:03.440 just throw a little bit more in before he cut me off. But look, 411 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:07.000 it is July. I know it's Julian. But every time when we 412 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:11.000 get to October, these are games that you play to win in October, 413 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:15.519 and then when we get to October, we flame out because we don't have 414 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:18.240 that same heart. We have nothing to pull from. We don't have anything 415 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:23.640 to pull from. It's like Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler. They're not coming 416 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:26.680 through that door with the way they were a couple of years ago. They're 417 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:30.400 not coming to save the day. Man, this is a big problem, 418 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:36.599 and it starts at the top. Andrew Friedman Dave Roberts in the same amount 419 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:41.519 of time in three years, the Lakers have gotten rid of three coaches because 420 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:45.359 they're not getting world championships. But Dave Roberts walks out on the thing every 421 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:51.720 year for fifteen years with no world championship. I've been a Dodger fan for 422 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:56.319 forty years, and I'm just frustrated, obviously, And I mean, so 423 00:28:56.519 --> 00:29:00.440 anyways, That's where I'm at. By Chris, I appreciate man. Great 424 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:03.599 to hear you free, you know. For Dave Roberts, the old expression 425 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:07.160 damned if you do, damned if you don't, I think is the best 426 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:11.000 way to describe it. Because this is a Dodgers team that has fought, 427 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:14.200 fought, fought to win one hundred games, fought, fought, fought to 428 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:17.000 win the division, fought fought, fought to hold off the Giants, fought, 429 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:21.960 fought, fought to hold off the Padres. Have have tried to do 430 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:25.680 their best and win a record amount of games in the season and make sure 431 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:27.799 they get to the postseason. And they have done that, and they've they've 432 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:30.839 checked off that first box, you know, a decade in or plus and 433 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:36.680 now and they get to postseason and certainly they come up short outside of twenty 434 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:41.480 twenty in which they won in Arlington the World Series Championship. Now, if 435 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:45.000 the Dodgers go out today and Alex Vessi pitches the ninth inning, and I'm 436 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:48.519 just playing, you know, Devil's advocate here, the old damned if you 437 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:51.319 do, damned if you don't. So if he comes out and tries to 438 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:53.000 win the game of the ninth inning, Dave Roberts and this coaching staff and 439 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:57.119 this Dodgers team, and somebody gets hurt and they lose one of these these 440 00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:00.759 relievers for the rest of the season, then it's well, why are you 441 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:04.039 trying to push here in July when the goal is October. I mean, 442 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:08.359 we've learned over the last decade. Your whole argument of well, this Dodgers 443 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:11.880 team needs to start, you know, being aggressive during the regular season in 444 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:17.599 anticipation for October. I don't know, is a win in July where you 445 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:22.440 come back and you've forced the issue in a ninth inning in Detroit in the 446 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:26.359 final game before the All Star Break worth it when you're looking at the greater 447 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:29.599 good of one hundred and sixty two and trying to win a division which you're 448 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:32.359 six games up or seven games up. I mean, if you're a Dodger 449 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.880 player right now, I'm just being the human element right now. If you're 450 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:37.920 a Dodger player, you lost six of seven going to the All Star Break 451 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:41.559 and you're hearing what's happening around you, and you're like, well, well, 452 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:45.039 the end of the ruld is not here, because we still got a 453 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:48.440 six or seven game lead in the division. As bad as we have played 454 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:53.279 at losing three straight in Philadelphia, back to back walk off losses to a 455 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:59.119 fourth place team in the Central and we're still six or seven games up. 456 00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:03.079 I guess it's not that bad, but still I understand you need to shake 457 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.480 things up. You don't want to come back off of the off the also 458 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:07.079 break and just say, well, you know, sky is not falling, 459 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:11.839 We're okay, and just continue to play like this. Certainly you can't do 460 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:15.880 that because that legal dwindle, dwindle, dwindle by the time you look up 461 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.920 in September, Oh what happened. We're down to a game and a half 462 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:22.799 lead in the division in September fifteenth. That could happen. So I understand 463 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:26.960 both sides of it. I really do. It's July. You want to 464 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:30.839 win every game, but at the same time, your ultimate goal is October. 465 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:33.400 So you go out there, you fight as best you can. You 466 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:36.839 make sure you don't tax guys here in July and they're not pitching four games 467 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:40.160 in five days and doing something they're not used to and putting extra strain on 468 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:44.440 that arm here in July when you really need them for October. So again, 469 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:47.720 I see both sides. I understand Mike Downey, your next up. 470 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:52.960 You're on Dodge Talk. I do a Mike. It's just Frank. Sorry 471 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.480 about that, Frank, go ahead, Yeah, go ahead, Frank. 472 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:59.039 Thanks for taking my thoughts him. Well. I wanted to talk about the 473 00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:01.319 bottom of the lineup, but before that, uh, I want to say 474 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:05.839 Dave Roberts full full the whole world. We all thought vest was coming in 475 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:10.119 and he saw the result. So I've just wanted to name some players that 476 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:15.599 are just really hurting us. And this is just my opinion. I'm gonna 477 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:22.759 make it quick. Calvin Bigio defense dusted, Austen's crueless, Keith Hernandez defense, 478 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:27.759 great offense, offense not the same player, swings at everything, Calvin 479 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:31.359 looks defense okay, offense inconsistent ever since he's been a Dodger. Same with 480 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:37.559 me. Joe Vargas, Austin Barnes defense, great prize, hard to barely 481 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:42.440 hit the boss out of the infield, James Outman defense, great offense, 482 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.519 completely lost. Needs to make an effort to change and I don't see it. 483 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:51.640 Needs to get option again, And I just wanted to finally, if 484 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:53.279 this is what we have and hope to win it all, it's just not 485 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:59.519 gonna happen. We probably have the worst probably historical bottom of the lineup in 486 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:01.720 all of well at least for the first half. And that's all I've got 487 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:05.000 answer. Taking my cut team all right, Frank, appreciate it. Eight 488 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:07.960 sixty six nine Ken in Newport, You're next up on Dodge of Talk. 489 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:14.240 Hi, Ken, how you doing? Ay ten? I agree with the 490 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.839 guy prior, but I have a couple of other comments. We're two and 491 00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:23.880 eight in the last ten games. We're in the single weakest division in baseball. 492 00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:28.680 When you do two and eight and lose as many games as they have, 493 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:31.079 they would not be in first place in any other league other than the 494 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:37.039 one they're in. Now, what's the problem? Obviously starting pitching being injured 495 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:40.880 as a problem, Having those third basement is a problem. Having no real 496 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:45.079 second basement that can hit the ball as a problem. But I've been doing 497 00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:51.160 this. Laskaska hit four years multiplier that times fifteen. This had been around 498 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:58.000 for a long time, and I am sorry but putting the same picture in 499 00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:04.119 who gave a home run yesterday and started the collapse and then leaving him in 500 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:08.239 And let's not forget the first time he pitched hit five guys, So there's 501 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:13.639 something not right with him to begin with, and he makes two errors. 502 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:19.119 Why would you bring him back to second inning? And to say that everyone's 503 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:22.519 tired or everyone's in it. You don't have a game for a week. 504 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:27.199 There's no doublehanders tomorrow. There's going to be somebody in that bullpen that you 505 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:34.360 could put in because Rameirez has issues and there are constant issues learning the game 506 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:37.599 of baseball. And I'm sorry, I hate to say this, but I've 507 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:40.519 been watching this in the playoffs. I've been watching this in a World series, 508 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:45.719 and there's a lot of those that were lost by poor decisions by Dave 509 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:51.280 Roberts bringing in the right guy or leaving the starter in too long. Sorry, 510 00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:54.320 but I'm pretty angry today. I want to see this. Yeah, 511 00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:59.000 I got you can I understand your frustration. I'm gonna push back a little 512 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:04.599 bit. I see why he wanted to get guys rest. I understand that 513 00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:07.519 it's the All Star break, and it's easy to look at that and say 514 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:09.960 you got to go into the break and you know, empty the tank, 515 00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:14.760 so to speak, and let these guys pitch today knowing they'll have four days 516 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:17.599 off. That's one approach, but you have to look at their usage so 517 00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:21.639 far, and guys who have worked three days in a row, or for 518 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.760 ves you had been four out of the last five. You have to go 519 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:27.000 back and look at how many you know, pitches he threw, how taxing 520 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:30.400 he was and during those outings. And for Vessia, you know he's never 521 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.239 going to say no. But if you're getting the guy warmed up for anticipation 522 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.960 for the tenth inning, bring him in for the ninth and let him go 523 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:42.079 out there. Pete Alex Vesia and go out there and get out. You 524 00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:45.440 know, I like Johann Ramirez, nice guy, great story as far as 525 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:50.400 what Dave Roberts did talking him out in the Mountain Cincinnati and building back his 526 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.559 confidence and getting him back to being a guy that they can bring out of 527 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:57.360 the bullpen. But a high leverage situation like this going into the All Star 528 00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:00.079 break, want to feel good about yourself, you know, why not go 529 00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:04.400 to Vesia. Why not let him go out there and get the three outs, 530 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:06.639 and if he gives up the lead in the ninth inning, hey, 531 00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:09.239 that was our last man standing and we're going into the break knowing that we're 532 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:13.480 going to get healthy. You know, that's the move I would have made 533 00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:16.760 I'll go back even earlier in this game. I would have sent Brent Honeywell 534 00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:21.800 back out there to the fourth inning. He had a one two three first 535 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:24.199 through fourteen pitches. He had a one to two three second, which he 536 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:30.199 threw nine pitches. He gave up one hit in a thirteen pitch third inning. 537 00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:36.920 That's thirty six pitches. Not a lot of stress in those three innings. 538 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.880 Again, they wanted to get him around forty forty five pitchers or whatever 539 00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:42.400 and get him out of the game. And Dave Roberts didn't know how many 540 00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:45.079 innings they were going to get one, two or three. They got three, 541 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:49.119 You probably could have gotten four. If not, then you go to 542 00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:52.440 Ryan Yarborough at a phone call's notice to come in out of the bullpen. 543 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:55.800 But why not knowing Again, it's easy to say this now, but I 544 00:36:55.880 --> 00:37:00.440 said it at the time. If you know you need twenty seven outs somehow, 545 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:02.639 some way, you got to patch your way to get there with what 546 00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:07.119 you have available in your bullpen, and you know who's available and who's not 547 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:10.039 available, You know the usage on these guys and where you stand as far 548 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:15.199 as getting to twenty seven outs, why not try to get another one, 549 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:21.119 two, heck another three outs out of Brent Honeywell, he's already got you 550 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:24.639 nine. Let him try to get to twelve. And then after that reassess 551 00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:30.159 Ryan Yarborough comes in and the way Yarborough's been pitching has not been well. 552 00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:36.760 Walk two more today, sixteen walks in his last eleven appearances. First two 553 00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:38.920 guys reach base in the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth inning. 554 00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:43.360 He's able to get out of it, but his control wasn't there, falling 555 00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:45.880 behind constantly one to zero in the count too and own the count. Why 556 00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:50.280 not leave Brent Honeywell out there? What do you have to lose it? 557 00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:53.079 Brought him in to help get you through today. Let him go out there 558 00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:59.119 and pitch until he can't anymore or the situation doesn't warrant it anymore. David 559 00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:02.000 and Westlake next up on Dodgie Talk. Hi, David, Jim, thanks 560 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:06.199 a lot for taking my call. Man, oh Man, you and a 561 00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:09.079 majority of the callers are just right on the button, so much smarter than 562 00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:14.039 how Roberts acted today and managed today. I got to tell you, I'm 563 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:19.119 super angry about the message that he sent to alex Vessia today. You're just 564 00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:22.519 before the All Star break, you get him hot in the bullpen, and 565 00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:25.679 then you don't use him in the ninth inning. What kind of message does 566 00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:30.119 that send to alex Vesia. To me, it says, I don't have 567 00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.000 faith in you. I don't believe that you can get three outs in the 568 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:37.119 ninth inning. So I'm worried about the tenth inning when we don't have any 569 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:40.840 pitchers left. That guy has been lighted out in the ninth inning. He's 570 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:45.960 been great. Give him the ball to get the last three outs. Don't 571 00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:51.239 count on Ramirez, who doesn't teach the ninth inning, who's never closed the 572 00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:54.480 game. It doesn't make any sense, and it's a terrible message to send 573 00:38:54.719 --> 00:39:00.639 to Alex Vessia. And you can speculate all you want about what this team 574 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:02.239 is going to be like in the future, after the All Star break, 575 00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:06.800 after the deadline, it doesn't matter. The fact of the matter is that 576 00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:10.400 this guy, Roberts, does not know how to use his personnel the way 577 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:15.639 he played in the Major League. He used small ball, he ran the 578 00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:19.880 bases, he sold, he was a dynamic little player, and yet he 579 00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:23.400 does not have the team that understands how to lay a bunt down. Forget 580 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:28.039 about buns, how to hit a ground ball to the right side with less 581 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:34.079 than shoouts for the man on second. I appreciate it yesterday the bun attempt 582 00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:37.320 by Austin Barnes, that to me is not acceptable, and I know David 583 00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:42.639 addressed it and wonder why there wasn't a better butnt attempt made by Austin Barnes. 584 00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:45.039 Clearly, how is that Dave Roberts fault? You know you can put 585 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:49.199 the lineup out. Steve Sacks told me this over and over and continues to 586 00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:53.079 always tell me this. The manager is not the person who takes the blame. 587 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:58.039 You can put somebody out there and they've got to go out and execute. 588 00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:00.519 That's up to them to do that. Now, if they don't have 589 00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:02.280 the ability to do it, you find somebody who does have the ability to 590 00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:06.519 do it and execute and get the job done. Certainly, talent is one 591 00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.960 thing, and there's more talent on certain teams than on the other and the 592 00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:12.280 Dodgers have a lot of talent on their team. You've got to be able 593 00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:15.119 to execute bunts. You've got to be able to execute fielding a bunt and 594 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:20.440 throwing to first to get the out and not bobbling the ball away and having 595 00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:22.440 first and second and then the next butt attempt you get it, rush to 596 00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:25.679 throw and throw it down the third baseline and let the winning run come in. 597 00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:30.639 That's not Dave Roberts' fault. Johann Ramirez has got to execute the plays. 598 00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:36.079 A pitcher's got to execute making the pitches yesterday. Is that Dave Roberts 599 00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:39.559 fault Yesterday? That Evan Phillips give up the home run? Is that it's 600 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:45.360 Evan Phillips fault for giving up the pitch and giving up a home run to 601 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:50.760 lose the game. You can blame the pitcher or the manager for maybe putting 602 00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:53.159 somebody out there that you don't think is in the right situation. Maybe it's 603 00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:57.440 not not the right guy that you would have put out there. But you 604 00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:00.760 know what, they got more information we do than we do. They know 605 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:05.239 their players better than we do, and the situations they're put in is the 606 00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:08.280 ones they feel are the best. Now, certainly I would have managed a 607 00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:12.079 little differently, but that to me, I'm not the manager of the Dodgers. 608 00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:15.000 And you know what, Dave made the decisions he's gonna make. Certainly, 609 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:19.679 bringing Brent Honeywell in was a decision the Dodgers needed to last minute to 610 00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:22.880 get him through. Today he gave him three innings. I personally would have 611 00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:25.199 left him in there. But again, go to Ryan Yarborough, who up 612 00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:29.719 until the last two weeks has been really good for this Dodgers team in his 613 00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:32.639 role, and maybe today was the day he gives him four plus innings and 614 00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:36.559 they get out of there with the win. Unfortunately, today was just another 615 00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:38.960 day like Ryan Yarwals. Ryan Yarborough has been having the last two weeks in 616 00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:44.519 which he struggles to get guys out, struggles to finish off batters, falls 617 00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:47.440 behind an account, gives up leadoff singles, lead off walks, and the 618 00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:52.800 Dodgers struggle eventually give up two runs and let the Tigers back into this game. 619 00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:59.920 Now again, I can see where Dodger fans want to get after Dave 620 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:02.760 Roberts. I get that, I understand it because the manager takes the heat. 621 00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:07.280 But again, the players have to execute folks, execute pitches, execute 622 00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:13.840 bunts, execute fielding cleanly, execute going hard after a ball in the corner 623 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:17.559 and limiting a guy to a double rather than a triple. Legging out balls 624 00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:21.679 like they did yesterday, and Rick Monday talked about guys giving a hard nineties 625 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:24.320 and beating out ground balls and putting the pressure on the defense. That's just 626 00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:28.000 happening. What happened today The Tigers put the pressure on the defense to make 627 00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:32.480 plays and Johann Ramirez could not make a play twice on bun attempts. Real 628 00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:35.559 quick, we have to go to the All Star break with Ezzy? Is 629 00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:39.079 he how you doing? You gotta be quick? Is he really need to 630 00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:44.960 ask me how? I'm dainty? Day team? I am so firstrated with 631 00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:47.760 this team, and but you're right, might have to be you hear me. 632 00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:54.840 It's a way to wait top onth on Friday, that you know it's 633 00:42:54.960 --> 00:43:00.800 the team part is not even really. I don't even blame Day this weekend. 634 00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:05.199 I blame the player. They had the leader last tea game. They 635 00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:08.559 blew it. It's the team. It's a team game. Yeah, I 636 00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:14.480 know, But I'm telling me they were just unseparable. And I don't even 637 00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:19.400 blame if the players need to be blamed for it, it's totally totally right 638 00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:22.960 and we're just gonna say that. So but I when I say it's a 639 00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:29.880 long season, you guys, I know it's happened and they make this one 640 00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:34.599 thing clear. It now week up. It's only four days. Four days 641 00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:37.559 is an internity in baseball, though I appreciate it. Is he what are 642 00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:39.199 you gonna do for the All Star break? Cabo Hawaii? What are you 643 00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:49.559 doing? I can't have to work with that's we got. Thank you? 644 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:52.719 Is the good thing is you can enjoy off night Dodger Talk with Davids Monday, 645 00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:57.760 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to get you through your All Star break 646 00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:00.440 and the Dodgers will reconvene on Friday night. The second half of this season, 647 00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:05.400 and again it's a second half. I think of anticipation. How is 648 00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:07.960 this Dodger team gonna come out in the second half? What are they gonna 649 00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:09.679 look like? How are they going to bounce back? How is this roster 650 00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:13.400 gonna look like coming out out of the All Star break? Who are they 651 00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:15.440 gonna be able to get back to add to this roster from injuries? And 652 00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:20.559 at the end of July, what is this front offic was gonna do to 653 00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:24.840 make this Dodger team look different going into the postseason. What additions and subtractions 654 00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:30.280 could they be making to help this roster of twenty six come October and the 655 00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:35.239 playoffs, So a lot of things will be decided here post All Star break, 656 00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:37.760 but certainly a time for this team to rest and get ready and to 657 00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:40.840 decompress for a lot of these guys and get ready for the second half push. 658 00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:44.239 Certainly, you Dodger fans are fired up, and I love it. 659 00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:49.440 I absolutely love the passion and the excitement at times, and certainly the disappointment 660 00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:53.239 when this Dodger team doesn't play to their capabilities, and certainly the last two 661 00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:58.559 days are examples of that. This last road trip is an example of this 662 00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:01.639 Dodger team just not playing up to capabilities. You played a really good Phillies 663 00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:06.800 team, but you have no business getting swept like they did in Philadelphia. 664 00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:09.199 And this Dodgers team is way better than this team that lost to a three 665 00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:15.400 in Detroit to the Tigers. Losing in the fashion they did yesterday doesn't happen 666 00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:17.079 very often. The numbers are with the numbers are. And you've heard about 667 00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:21.639 how many times the Dodgers team had had when they score first, when they 668 00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:24.960 have a lead in the ninth inning, they win nine times out of ten, 669 00:45:25.280 --> 00:45:30.519 and yesterday was that tenth time they didn't win. And today this is 670 00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:35.079 a Dodgers team that had a golden opportunity to come back and win and go 671 00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:37.960 into the All Star break on a positive note. And they had every opportunity 672 00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:40.840 to extend the lead in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, 673 00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:44.360 and certainly the top of the ninth inning when they had the bases loaded 674 00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:47.199 and couldn't get across another run to extend the lead and give themselves a little 675 00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:51.840 bit more breathing room rather than a one run lead in the ninth inning. 676 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:55.719 And as it is, Johann Ramirez comes in pitches the eighth, they ask 677 00:45:55.800 --> 00:46:00.159 him to pitch the ninth with Alex Vessia getting hot and real quick. With 678 00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:04.039 Alex Vessia pitching, what happens if he goes out there in the tenth inning 679 00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:08.039 and the Dodgers score a run and the Tigers score a run and you've got 680 00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:13.039 to go to the eleventh inning. Is Vessia, who's now pitching for the 681 00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:15.880 fourth time in five days, able to give you two days? That's the 682 00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:19.440 question, you know, you think about, well, we're saving for extra 683 00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:22.920 innings. Well, if you don't have anybody behind them, you better play 684 00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:24.920 for twenty seven outs, you better play for only nine. And I think 685 00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:28.480 that was where the mistake also went. But you know what, the Dodgers 686 00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:30.960 will get better, they'll get healthy, they'll get right, and they'll enjoy 687 00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:32.119 their time off and get ready for the second half of the season. That's 688 00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:35.559 going to do it for Dodger Talk again. David vas Day will be with 689 00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:37.679 you Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday for off Night Dodger Talk. We'll 690 00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:42.159 be back with you for the next Dodger game on Friday against the Boston Red 691 00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:45.159 Sox who come to town. Kiley Jansen and the Sacks in town to start 692 00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:47.840 the second half of the season, the start of a seven game homestand three 693 00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:52.280 against Boston and three or four against San Francisco after that. Thanks to Colin 694 00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:54.679 Ee, thanks to you Dodger fansi being a part of the show, for 695 00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:59.320 listening, for podcasting. Enjoy your rest of your Sunday afternoon, stay cool, 696 00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:01.920 enjoy your all star break. David fast Day's back with you tomorrow night, 697 00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:04.960 Off Night Dotch. You talk so long, Everybody,