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 --> 00:00:10.560 millions of Angelinos for over twenty five years. And now your voice for Dodger 3 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:18.039 Talk. Like back, David Basse. Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vasse 4 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:23.879 with you until ten o'clock after the Dodgers defeat the Rockies nine to five at 5 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.920 Corsefield eight six six, nine to eighty seven, two five seventy is the 6 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:33.079 phone number. I know we're all going to be caught up with the offense, 7 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:36.320 and it was nice to see them put up a ninth spot tonight, 8 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:41.320 even if it was at cors Field. But this season has been about the 9 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:45.880 Dodgers starting pitching. James Paxton has been a big part of it, and 10 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:50.119 I know he's had some downs, but he's also had some ups, and 11 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:54.880 tonight he beat a not a very good team. But it's not easy to 12 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:59.359 pitch a course field, and especially not easy to pitch a course field and 13 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:03.280 only give up two hits. No matter who the Rockies lineup is, that's 14 00:01:03.319 --> 00:01:08.799 still a significant accomplishment. Paxton goes seven innings tonight, strikes out eight and 15 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:14.200 only gives up two hits. The Dodgers now forty five and twenty nine. 16 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:19.159 They are eight and a half games ahead of the San Francisco Giants, who 17 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:23.760 are now in second place behind the Dodgers in the NL West. The Padres 18 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.519 have lost four in a row. There are now two games under five hundred. 19 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:34.280 The Rockies fall to twenty five and forty seven. They are nineteen games 20 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:40.560 back of the Dodgers in the NL West. And look, this was game 21 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:45.640 one with life without Mooki, and tonight it looked good. Right against the 22 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.680 Rockies, it looked good. Show he Otani, the new leadoff hitter. 23 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:53.560 Dave Roberts said he will see most of the time in that top spot while 24 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:59.239 Mooki Betts is on the injured list. Otani will lead off against right handed 25 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:01.239 pitching. I know, we see a lot of right handed pitching in Major 26 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:06.680 League Baseball, and from there, you know, I was a little surprised 27 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:10.919 they had Will Smith hitting second and Freddie Freeman remaining in the three spot, 28 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.759 but it makes sense. I'm sure Freddie wants some consistency to his season last 29 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:21.759 year he hit second all year. I'm sure he was he would do whatever 30 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:25.039 Dave Roberts asked of him, but I'm sure he preferred to hit third, 31 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:30.000 and I'm fine with that as well. You want your guy that can make 32 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:34.439 contact and drive the ball to be in that three spot with runners on base, 33 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:39.360 especially with Mookie Betts on the injured list. And look, there's no 34 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:46.159 sugarcoating the loss of Mookie Betts, but a lot of teams would still love 35 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:51.360 to have two MVPs like the Dodgers do with sho Heyo Tani and Freddie Freeman. 36 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:54.120 They're going to have a two time All Star and catcher Will Smith, 37 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:59.759 not to mention ta Oscar Hernandez, who is having one of the best seasons 38 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:05.560 of any National League outfielder. So the Dodgers have enough players to be able 39 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:08.960 to cover it until Mooki comes back. And Dave Roberts said before the game 40 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:15.039 today it's expected to be six to eight weeks no surgery for Mookie Bets on 41 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:20.120 that left hand that was broken on a ninety eight fastball. And you know, 42 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:23.400 just like Yamamoto I was telling you, so many were worried and concerned 43 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:29.280 about who's the odd man out. Well, a lot can happen. One 44 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:34.960 pitch can change a season, one pitch can change an opportunity and all of 45 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.000 a sudden, now the Dodgers are calling Miguel Vargas back up. He was 46 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:44.280 active for tonight. And Miguel Rojas, who has been playing sparingly now is 47 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.879 thrust into an everyday role. I know he's wanted an everyday role. Well, 48 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:53.560 here you go, Miguel Rojas, here is your opportunity. Hopefully he's 49 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:58.039 ready for it, because the Dodgers are going to need him for at least 50 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:02.400 the next two months. Nine eight seven, two five seventy is the phone 51 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:08.759 number. Let's get back to Corsefield to hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. 52 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:14.360 It was a great, great performance across the board, and obviously Maggie 53 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:19.399 had had a great night. Offensively solid as always at short and to see 54 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:25.519 show Hey slide into the leadoff spots and I seamlessly was big and just up 55 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:28.759 and down the line up. We got contributions. And you know that first 56 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:31.360 inning, I thought Taos at bat really set the tone for the night. 57 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:35.839 And then the way we'll finished his bad driving in a run, capped off 58 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:40.759 the offense with James Paxton, his efficiency. What stood out to you about 59 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:45.360 it most? I thought the fastball played up today. He got a lot 60 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.519 of swing and miss. He sped him up and then he you know, 61 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.199 through the curveball short got swing and miss and they were just off balanced on 62 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:57.519 I couldn't time them up. And obviously he only gave up two hits and 63 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:01.720 had a good rhythm. And think that last inning the ball started to kind 64 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:05.360 of cut a little bit glove side, started to losing a little bit of 65 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:10.240 lose a little bit of feel. But to see him get through seven, 66 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:14.480 it's just what we needed. Obviously, got a row confident and he doesn't 67 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:16.800 kind of understand that cave. Just to see it, like the first game 68 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:23.920 after his injury, how good is that psychological to the guy? Proved the 69 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:26.360 guy gener just kind of seeing it. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 70 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:30.759 I think I wasn't concerned. You know, we still got to go out 71 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.920 there and play and win baseball games. And like I said yes yesterday, 72 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:39.279 we still have good players. And you know, Maggie's been swinging aback the 73 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:43.600 last couple of months really well. So he's going to get more more opportunities 74 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:46.959 and show, Hey, the last week has been great, and Freddie is 75 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:51.480 really this last few weeks, this month of June, he's really been on 76 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:57.800 fire and getting on base five times night or six six times tonight. Pretty 77 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:02.759 impressive. Great game by Freddie Freeman, only the second player in Dodger franchise 78 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:08.720 history to be on base six times and to have five walks. First time 79 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:13.839 in Freddy's career he has ever walked five times in a game. Eight six 80 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.120 six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat 81 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:21.920 the Rockies tonight nine to five, and going back to the Mookie injury, 82 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:26.879 the only thing I can compare it to I know I said earlier on Petros 83 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:30.800 and Money Show that it reminded me of when Sieger had Tommy john and hip 84 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:34.879 surgery back in twenty eighteen, and they went out and made the trade for 85 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:41.000 Manny Machado basically in the middle of the All Star Game. This reminds me 86 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:46.000 more of another Seeger injury in twenty twenty one, when he broke his hand 87 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:51.160 his wrist area and he was out for sixty five games, and the Dodgers 88 00:06:51.959 --> 00:07:00.279 obviously went out and made the trade for Max Scherzer and Trey Turner. This 89 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:06.040 reminds me of that because the Dodgers at the trade deadline before Mooki returns could 90 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:12.319 make another trade for a shortstop, whether it be Bobashett or if the Brewers 91 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:17.079 cooled down, maybe Williadomas outside chance for that because of how well the Brewers 92 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:24.000 are playing in their playoff chances are pretty high these days. But I don't 93 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:30.839 see the Dodgers panicking and being forced into a trade just because Mookie Bets is 94 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:36.879 out until August. I feel like the way they're going into the trade deadline 95 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:42.720 and the way they're viewing this trade deadline the next six weeks is exactly the 96 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:48.879 same way it was viewed before Mookie's injury. Now, Yamamoto's injury could be 97 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:54.240 a little bit different because I know there were some around the Dodgers that believed, 98 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:58.720 yeah, they could use another bat to lengthen their lineup, but maybe 99 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:03.079 we need another starting pitcher. And that was before Yamamoto got hurt. And 100 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:11.199 I know Dave Roberts said yamamoto injury is not season ending. I'm not gonna 101 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:15.240 say I don't believe it, because I think he is hopeful that's the case, 102 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.720 and I know the Dodgers are hopeful that's the case. But when you're 103 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.879 talking about a rotator cuff, I've spoken to pictures in the past that have 104 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.959 had it, and they said, you really don't know what's going on in 105 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.720 that rotator cuff that shoulder area unless the surgeon goes in and sees it for 106 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:39.960 himself, because the MRI could show minimal damage, while when you go inside 107 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:46.759 and operate, all of a sudden, there's major damage in that rotator cuff 108 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:52.000 area. So there have been some pictures that have been able to pitch the 109 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.840 rest of their careers with some sort of strain, which is, by the 110 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:58.960 way, a tear in your rotator cuff. A strain is a tear. 111 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:03.480 No matter how they want to word it, you could look it up. 112 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:07.960 A strain is a tear. So there is some sort of tear in that 113 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:13.600 rotator cuff. But like I said, I've spoken to pictures in the past 114 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:16.919 over the years that have said I've been able to pitch through it. There's 115 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:22.799 been scar tissue that builds up around it. But then other times you can't 116 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:28.240 get rid of the pain or the limitations. And even though the MRI shows 117 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:33.720 kind of gray, cloudy images on the MRI, you have to go in 118 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:39.320 there to be able to see exactly the extent of the injury and the damage. 119 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:46.440 So That's the reason why I believe the Dodgers may be on the lookout 120 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:52.279 for another starting pitcher, whether it's Garrett Crochet from the White Sox jesus Lozardo 121 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.480 from the Marlins. They're looking for another starting pitcher that's not just a number 122 00:09:56.519 --> 00:10:01.399 five guy, but a guy that possibly could start a game three. A 123 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:05.600 lot can happen, as I've said before, between now and the end of 124 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.360 the season, so you want to add depth to that rotation with guys that 125 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:15.399 can make a playoff start. Eight six nine, eight seven two five seventy 126 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:20.399 is the phone number. Let's hear from Dodger GM Brandon Gomes. I had 127 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:26.399 a chance to catch up with him on Sunday before the Mookie Beds injury and 128 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:31.320 before we knew the extent of the Yama Moto injury. So listen to this. 129 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:37.039 And this was the morning of Mookie getting hit by a pitch Sunday afternoon, 130 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:41.399 and the morning before it was made public the extent of the damage to 131 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:48.039 Yamamoto's shoulder. I know us in the media and in the fandom world, 132 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:52.679 we're always already zeroing in maybe five or six weeks too soon. When it 133 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.879 comes to the trade deadline, when do you start to kind of zero in 134 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:00.799 on what the needs may be and where you could help this team On July 135 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:05.039 thirtieth, I mean that's just assessing libory game and kind of seeing how guys 136 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:09.320 are trending, what we have internally, what could make sense elsewhere. So 137 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:16.399 it's it's constantly assessing what we have and kind of looking at, you know, 138 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:18.840 what's the bet we're gonna make moving forward, who's gonna help us win 139 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:24.159 you know, HELPM, who's gonna help us win in October and ultimately, 140 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:28.440 you know, win a world championship. So it's just you know, kind 141 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:33.000 of evaluating and assessing over these next six weeks or so. So much parody 142 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:37.240 in both leagues doesn't make it a little bit more challenging to pull off trades. 143 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.519 I mean, certainly right now now we don't know what's gonna look like 144 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:45.919 Gaus. It gets closer, it could stay this bunch stuff, or it 145 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.200 could separate, And you know that's that's part of like you just have to 146 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:54.240 kind of continue to stay flexible and and evaluate on what makes sense. And 147 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.679 it could be a big move, it could be a small move, Like 148 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:00.039 you don't really know how it's gonna play out. How do you assess the 149 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.440 National League? When you look at it, the Dodgers are among just four 150 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:07.399 teams consistently that have a winning record in the National League. Is it parody 151 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:11.840 or is it a down year? I think it is parody because you look 152 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:15.399 at the rosters at those teams that are like covering around five hundred, like 153 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.720 there's some real talent in there. And maybe it's you know, if they're 154 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:24.120 not because of injuries or whatever, there could be some depth component there with 155 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.759 their high end talent and a certain thing there. So I think it's more 156 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:31.720 for parity than the thing else. All Right, there's Dodger GM, Brandon 157 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.679 Gomes And that was, like I said Sunday morning, before Mookie Bets broke 158 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:41.799 his left hand wrist area and before we knew the full extent of Yamamoto's now 159 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.120 shoulder injury. And I go back to what I told you see I try 160 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.120 to share with you with what we see, and what we saw on Tuesday 161 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:56.759 afternoon was not a healthy pitcher. Because you don't see a pitcher playing catch 162 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:03.480 on flat ground with the Dodge GM, with two pitching coaches and a herd 163 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:09.600 of trainers watching you and now we found out exactly that Yamamoto, uh it 164 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:13.720 was maybe tricep titaness being a symptom of a shoulder problem, but that was 165 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:18.799 not normal, and we had an inkling of that. And if you were 166 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:22.159 listening to this show, so should you have eight six six nine, eight 167 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:26.759 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Rockies tonight nine 168 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:31.720 to five at coors Field. Let's go out to La John. You're on 169 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.600 Dodger Talk. How you doing, John? Yeah? Great post game as 170 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:39.759 always, Dave. You know, it's so interesting. It's you know, 171 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:46.320 Japanese pitchers they're incredible. I mean overaf you look at the history, including 172 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:52.320 you, Darvish. But they have to commit six years in Japan. So 173 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:58.720 when you offer a star like Yamamoto hundreds of millions of dollars, he's already 174 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:03.320 been pitching, but they don't. They pitch every five days, just like 175 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:07.039 Major League Baseball, and they have one hundred and forty four game season, 176 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:13.360 so it's not like it's a drastic increase being here in the US. So 177 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:16.039 the wear and tear, it's there. I mean, it's you know, 178 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:22.919 pitchers these days are fragile. It's just how the dynamic of being a pitcher 179 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.440 today looks like well, John, I know that the concerning part right, 180 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:31.279 because there is a lot of mileage on his arm and his shoulder, and 181 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.759 here he is two months into his major league career. The Dodgers have done 182 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:41.200 everything possible to cater to his needs, to give him extra rest and everything 183 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:46.720 else, and they're looking at a rotator CUF injury. With all that being 184 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.559 said, exactly, and it's serious. But I also I want to point 185 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:56.120 to something last night in Dave Roberts's post game and I don't mean to nitpick, 186 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:01.679 but this is really really important. Dave Roberts over and over again when 187 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:07.360 he was referring to Mookie Betts and the injury, he said, we need 188 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:11.559 to move on. He said it over and over again. He said it 189 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.919 at least twice, maybe three times, three times. I hope MOOKI was 190 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:20.360 not watching that press conference, because what he needed to say was we will 191 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:24.879 move forward, not move on, and that could bite him in. It 192 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.799 could really bite him at the end of the season if they don't win the 193 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:33.639 World Series and Mookie isn't or you know, isn't himself coming back from injury, 194 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.600 because he's going to come back, but is he going to be himself? 195 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:39.080 How long will it take for him to be himself? That's the big 196 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:43.519 question, and it's the game of baseball is all mental, and so you're 197 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.279 you know your manager has to have your back one hundred percent. I know 198 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:50.519 he does, John, I know MOOKI and number one, I'm sure he 199 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:54.600 did not hear or see what Dave Roberts said, So it's not going to 200 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.200 affect his head. What is going to be tough for Mooky is he's been 201 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:03.320 trying his hardist every single day, three or four hours and thanks for the 202 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.399 phone call three or four hours before every game, trying to be the best 203 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:11.120 shortstop as much as he can be, to be the best he can be 204 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:15.960 at shortstop. And that's gonna be a life change for him. I know 205 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:21.039 he's gonna continue to work and keep the legs going, but it's a lot 206 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:25.559 different when you're out there being able to make the throw because that was really 207 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:29.279 what he was working on, the throws more than anything else, maybe the 208 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:33.159 backhanded plays. So for me, that's going to be the biggest mental challenge 209 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:40.480 for Mookie Bets because he's been going NonStop since three or four days before Korea, 210 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.840 and it's disappointing. Right, I've been calling twenty twenty four the season 211 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:49.159 of Mookie Bets, and he was on an MVP track. But the season 212 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:53.559 of Mookie Bets is not over. This will be the season of Mookie Bets 213 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:57.919 if he leads the Dodgers to a World Series championship. And you're right, 214 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:02.240 it's not going to be easy to get back on track. It's not that 215 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:04.880 simple. He's gonna have to get some rhythm under his belt. And if 216 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.759 he comes back in August, that'll be more than enough time for him to 217 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:14.200 hit his stride in October. So who knows. This could be a blessing 218 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:18.079 in disguise. Obviously we did not like to see Moki in that much pain 219 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:23.519 on Sunday afternoon, and obviously you rather have him in the starting lineup all 220 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:27.599 the way through the season. But it could be worse. It could have 221 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:33.519 been worse. And I know my guy doctor Shin who operated on my left 222 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:37.240 wrist, is taking good care of Mookie beds and his fractured left hand or 223 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:41.839 left wrist area. Luckily, he will not have to operate on Muki, 224 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:47.880 and that's a big, a big plus for the Dodgers. Eight six six 225 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:51.759 nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take a 226 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:55.319 time out here on Dodger Talk. When we continue, well, head back 227 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:59.720 to Denver to check in with Jose Moda and also here from Freddie Freeman, 228 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:03.480 who a career night. The Dodgers beat the Rockies tonight nine to five on 229 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:15.839 AM five to seventy LA Sports on air at AM five seventy, online at 230 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:21.640 AM five seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on the iHeartRadio 231 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:26.519 app. This is Dodger Talk with David Bassi. Two nothing Dodgers in the 232 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:32.400 second in and now will winds it down the right field sign next a fair 233 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:34.640 ball, It's gonna roll of the corner. Show. He's on the run. 234 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:37.839 He's around second, now touching third. He's on his way to the 235 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:41.720 plate. Smith around second. He is in the third, standing with a 236 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:48.119 two out RBI triple three nothing. Dodgers. Look like that ball hit right 237 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:52.920 on the foul line. It certainly did. Rick Monday still got that twenty 238 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:57.559 twenty vision from his playing days. Rick Monday and Tim Neverett on the call 239 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:03.759 tonight for us on AM five seventy LA Sports and Dodgers Radio. The Dodgers 240 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:08.039 defeat the Rockies tonight nine to five. 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That triple 249 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:59.839 by Will Smith the most exciting play tonight at the Mile High City. Freddy 250 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:03.240 fe Freeman, very steady, he's not flashy, and tonight he did a 251 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:07.160 great job by and before we get to Freddy, can I just say that 252 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.039 I thought Will Smith at bat in the ninth inning sent a message to the 253 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:15.559 rest of the team. The team was up at that point in time nine 254 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:19.440 to one, and you have Will Smith battling in a twelve pitch at bat 255 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:25.160 and it ended up being a sacrifice fly. To me, that's the type 256 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:27.680 of at bat that sends a message to the rest of the team. We're 257 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:32.920 not giving up at bats and we are going to fight even without Mookie Bets 258 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:37.680 in the starting lineup. Freddie Freeman also sent a message tonight to pass the 259 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.559 baton a career high five walks tonight in the game, let's head back to 260 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:45.960 Coursfield to hear from the Dodger first baseman. I just thought overall, I 261 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.319 thought over the last few weeks, and we haven't sworn the runs that we 262 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:52.200 wanted to, but I felt like the bats were getting better and better as 263 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.319 each day went on. And you know, today we just kind of put 264 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:56.480 it all together. Yesterday and I was obviously some tough news and Mookie Bats 265 00:20:56.519 --> 00:21:00.960 going down. How did you see this team's cutting up, build around him 266 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.599 and also step up for him in a way while he's down. Yeah, 267 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:06.720 I mean, obviously you're never gonna replace Mookie Bats. It's a top five 268 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:10.000 player in all of the Major League Baseball. But you know, we got 269 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.480 a lot of good guys in this group, a lot of veteran guys. 270 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:17.079 A lot of us have been through uh on teams that have lost people to 271 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:19.480 injuries. But we got a good group to hold it down and let them 272 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:22.640 get healthy, and we'll welcome him back here, hopefully sooner rather than later. 273 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:26.880 Did you have any preference, like how if you even got readjusted, 274 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:33.079 just show up and hit and play wherever? I'm told? Mention that everyone's 275 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:36.880 kind of a team when you lose, like a good play. Obviously you 276 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:40.880 were in that that brave team. Like how tough is that emotionally and as 277 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:45.640 a as a clubhouse to tiw you guys are and how do you kind of 278 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:48.880 stay positive? I mean, I mean you always everyone was pretty down obviously 279 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:55.359 yesterday when you lose Mookie. But I think it's just more of the guys 280 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:59.440 we have in this clubhouse. When you got you got obviously I've been around 281 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:02.039 long time. You got Jay, Hey, you got ct you got Will 282 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.720 got Miggey, the guy who's going to fill in for him has been an 283 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:07.960 everyday guy for a long time, really really good too. So we just 284 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.079 got a lot of guys that you can surround and create a clubhouse culture like 285 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.359 we have that we've done over the last couple of years here that is able 286 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.319 to kind of just try and keep it going. There's not season ending. 287 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:22.319 We know he'll be back, so we just got to hold it down until 288 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:25.079 gets back, and we've got a good group to keep the vibes going and 289 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.079 play well because we know they would want us to play well and they want 290 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:30.599 to come back to a team playing really well. So we'll try and do 291 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:33.440 the best we can. How would you just wrap the way the Rockies pitched 292 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:36.279 against you tonight? Five walks at the base hit? Yeah, I mean 293 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:38.519 I have pictures to hit. I just followed him off, so yeah, 294 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:42.079 just the three more bold before I could hit the ones. But you know, 295 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:45.519 it's just kind of how they've always been pitching kind of round on the 296 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:48.000 edges, and I had some pictures of the hit that I felt off aware 297 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:51.960 of how rare it was to walk five times in a game? No, 298 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:56.440 no, is it? Is it rare? Oh? Is it rare? 299 00:22:56.519 --> 00:23:02.839 Oh? No? I rally get five hits. There's Freddy Freeman, Yes 300 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:06.000 he would, he likes to swing the bat, but yeah, five walks 301 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:11.680 is very rare. Only Carl Yastremski has had a box score line similar to 302 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:18.000 Freddy Freeman's in the last ninety years. So he's in a rarefied company with 303 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:22.240 five walks in a basic getting on base all six times tonight. All right, 304 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.200 let's head back to Coursefield again. That's where Jose Mota is in the 305 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:30.039 Mile High City, I should say, in Denver, somewhere in Lo dough. 306 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:34.400 How you doing, Jose, I'm doing wonderful, man, especially after 307 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:37.440 we win a little scary there at the end, but you know, the 308 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:41.480 whole broadcast, I'm going never enough runs. The Rea's not gonna get it 309 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.960 done. If I's not gonna get it done, keep adding, keep adding, 310 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:47.440 because you just never known this ballpark, no doubt about it, and 311 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:52.079 the Dodgers were fortunate to tack on some runs late. What impressed you the 312 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:56.319 most about this, I don't want to say new look lineup, but a 313 00:23:56.359 --> 00:24:00.839 new batting order without Mookie Bets, you know, in this ballpark. What 314 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:06.039 the personally the most was the fact that being down there in batting practice and 315 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:10.359 talking of the hitting coaches Aaron Bates and Rob Hascoyer, these guys were emphatically 316 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:14.720 just talking about line drives. Okay, It's very easy to say, oh, 317 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:17.160 we have a struggling offense. Let's go out there and take these four 318 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:21.759 games and swim for offenses. These guys were as direct as possible, just 319 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:26.039 to make sure they stress on the guys and really emphasize good at solid contact 320 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:29.279 and you sell the results. This game reminded me, Dave of that one 321 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:33.720 game in Washington against Washington that had twenty hits and it's twelve of them were 322 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:36.119 to the opposite field, to the middle of the field. Same thing, 323 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:38.400 and another thing too is I mean, the discipline is great. Another thing 324 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:42.400 too is when you look at and I always tell you this, you know, 325 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:47.839 teams like the Dodgers, he has lugging players. The minute you get 326 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:51.599 the first base, you outen score in position. So sometimes if we got 327 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:55.319 over carry without comment about what they did in men's corn position, I mean 328 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:57.799 to the fifth inning they were one for seven. What happened was you look 329 00:24:57.839 --> 00:25:03.079 at taker and Anders drug somebody from first base Will Smith did the same thing, 330 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:06.720 and it happened a short time. So it's it's one of those things 331 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:11.319 where once you're on with the guys that there's really no base clock rolls from 332 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:14.039 this ball club. So you guys got a guy first base and if the 333 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:18.119 approach had today is going to be very conducive to getting guys in from first 334 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:21.359 base, and I really like that. What do you think about show Hill 335 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:25.319 tany leading off? It's only one game. I know he's coming off a 336 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:30.759 two homer game at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. I guess two questions here, 337 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.519 Jose, is he's starting to get his rhythm back, his balance back, 338 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:37.920 And do you believe that he changes anything being the leadoff hit or now? 339 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.680 Show he's not going to change anything. I mean, show his show him. 340 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:45.359 It's like if you move for your freeman up that leadoff, he's not 341 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:48.160 going to change anything. Guys like this Mookie Bets, those type of guys 342 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:52.039 just have to be who they are. And Heavier moves him to that spot 343 00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:55.960 because he understands they are the best option. Yes, Show, he's getting 344 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.039 a little more settled with, you know, his life being anchored, his 345 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:03.359 feet being stable. We saw the results, you know against Kansas City, 346 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:06.279 the way he drew the ball, and you know, the best indication tomorrow 347 00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.960 is against the lefty when he got a couple of hits against the left end 348 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:12.000 where he's not wailing off so much and covering the plate. But for sure, 349 00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:15.480 you know, coming into today sixty four games in that leadoff spot where 350 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:18.880 he had done, you know, okay, he's gonna get on base. 351 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:21.559 But it was nice to see the way the ball was coming off the bat 352 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:25.240 hot again on a line, and when he starts going middle of the field, 353 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:27.440 we know he's back on truck. Hopefully he'll keep the rhythm going. 354 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:32.279 He doesn't have to change anything. There's gonna be some games when he's gonna 355 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:34.759 go back to the old but hopefully now he's gonna find a way to that 356 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:37.599 trigger and get back to where he is right now. The last couple of 357 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:42.400 games. Jose Mota is joining us after the Dodgers beat the Rockies nine to 358 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:48.519 five at Coors Field. Jose, let's talk about Yoshi Yamamoto. We all 359 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.119 know about rotator cuffs. The shoulder is a more serious injury than the elbow. 360 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:56.599 How can anybody say with any sense of certainty that he will come back 361 00:26:56.680 --> 00:27:02.240 because that's such a fickle injury and a lot of times MRIs don't tell the 362 00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:07.319 whole story that's true. I mean, that was the scary the injury of 363 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:10.960 the eighties when guys who rotator cuff talked to all her shaws are about that, 364 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:14.480 and so many guys are pitching in the eighties before the Elbert became the 365 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:17.839 issue. It's just you just never know that there's so much going on there 366 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:22.720 that connects and rotates and pronates and extends it. You just never know. 367 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:26.680 Hopefully, because of the way that Yoshinovo has been taking care of his body 368 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:29.759 for many many years and the way he was careful on the way he posts 369 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:33.039 things in Japan, he is going to be back. Everybody that's playing the 370 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:37.680 game today throwing a baseball has some kind of here. I guarantee you that 371 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:41.480 it doesn't mean it's major, But when it's found, then you go, 372 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:44.799 okay, let's pull the brakes on and know what we need to do here 373 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:48.039 that you know, at least in terms of the medical advances that have been 374 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:53.079 made, is going to favor him. But going back to the personality, 375 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:56.440 and you know, he's not a guy that trains in the traditional way either, 376 00:27:56.480 --> 00:28:00.519 And the Dodgers knew that every time in baseball. Knew that he has 377 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.319 his own way of training between starts, when it comes down to waste or 378 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:07.279 no weights and the javelin and things like that. So I mean, this 379 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:10.680 is something that obviously for him is new, and it's challenging because obviously the 380 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:15.359 results indicate one thing what he was feeling another thing where he was feeling, 381 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.480 I should say, But there's a lot of season left and hopefully he's going 382 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:22.079 to be able to because of the way he does take care of himself to 383 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:26.200 at least make small decisions all the directors of medical staff and know that it's 384 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:30.480 going to be a very small process without pushing it. All right, Well, 385 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:33.519 I'm not counting on it that he comes back, and I feel like 386 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:37.359 the Dodgers have enough pitching in that department to be able to make up for 387 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:41.559 it. Not to mention the trade deadline, but I guess I'll ask you 388 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:47.680 the same question people have been asking me the last twenty four hours. Or 389 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:52.799 do the Dodgers need to pursue another starting pitcher at the trade deadline more than 390 00:28:52.720 --> 00:29:00.000 say, pursuing a bigger offensive bat or another infielder. One hundred for sure. 391 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:03.720 One hundred for sure. Of course, you never have enough pitching because 392 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:07.799 you know, you never know what's going to happen with guys out in your 393 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:10.319 staff. Right now, you know the case of a glassnew the case of 394 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:12.799 a Packson. You want these guys to be on track and know that they're 395 00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:18.839 pitching under different circumstances and they're aiming for bigger stuff, so you can't have 396 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:22.559 enough. You never say that you have enough Bobby Mailers coming up of shoulder 397 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:26.000 injury, and obviously he had the shoulder injury last year too. So with 398 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:30.400 all that in short, yes, they are actually in the process of looking. 399 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:33.720 I mean that never stopped since the beginning of spring training, because I 400 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:37.400 mean these guys have been around and know they just cannot have enough arms and 401 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:40.960 to cover you. But as you mentioned too, Dave, it's very important 402 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:44.640 to remember this got to get guys, and you have to you have to 403 00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.799 give up something to get a guy that, as you mentioned, can go 404 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:49.200 out there making free in the playoffs and hopefully is down to the point with 405 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:53.160 a very tough decision needs to be made come October. Ob see, if 406 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:57.119 they win the division, expect to win the division where you know that whatever 407 00:29:57.160 --> 00:30:00.880 you acquire is going to be part of the top three guys that you need 408 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:03.759 that playoff, all right, Jose With that being said, all things equal, 409 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:08.759 I know Jose Mota scours the entire major leagues. You're not just locked 410 00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:15.319 in on the Dodgers. If you had your choice between acquiring Jazus Lozardo or 411 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:19.359 Garrett Crochet, which one would you go for? Most likely Lozardo if I 412 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:26.160 have a choice, considering the track record, No course had the injury recently 413 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:30.599 coming back, and Lozardo is a guy that with his plethora of pitches and 414 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.799 the ability to fill his own and the power stuff that he that's possessed. 415 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:37.440 But we know one thing, he is going to be very expensive no matter 416 00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:40.599 who's asking for him. So I'm going to lead for him. He's a 417 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:44.759 very talented pitcher. But I know there's some obscure guys that nobody's counting on 418 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:48.559 that perhaps can not have the names, but perhaps be on the verge of, 419 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:52.279 you know, taking the next step where guys are looking and the teams 420 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:55.519 are looking for the Dodgers. I'm not going to stay behind all right, 421 00:30:55.599 --> 00:31:00.799 Jose should be interesting the next six weeks to see who becomes sell and who 422 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:04.480 remains a buyer, because right now there's a lot of logjam in the league. 423 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:10.240 Brendan Gome said, parody, But there's a lot of teams that are 424 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:14.759 hovering around five hundred that really don't have a chance to run him to run 425 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.640 into the playoffs. Jose, that's for sure. Yep, I'll talk to 426 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.799 you money now. Okay, yeah, you agree, right, No, 427 00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.839 a lot of parody. You know what I was going to add was this 428 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:29.759 with the parody and with teams like say the Pirates and the d Backs and 429 00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:33.960 thinking we have a chance here in San Francisco, all those other teams too 430 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:36.039 are going to say, well, if we have a chance, now, 431 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:40.599 one time chance, let's go out there and you know, splurs and get 432 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:44.559 the farm system out of here and get the what we need. So in 433 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:48.599 that term, because of this parody, there's more teams thin can we're in 434 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:52.119 it, that are willing to sacrifice more than other teams will to quite a 435 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:56.519 one or two or top three pitchers. A lot of time between now and 436 00:31:56.640 --> 00:32:00.720 July thirtieth, we'll see who's a contender. As they saying, who's the 437 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:05.160 pretender? Jose, moda, you got it man. Sometimes Tom will separate 438 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:07.440 the people. So let's see that happens. Okay, thanks a lot, 439 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:13.319 be safe up there in Denver, Audios. There he goes, Jose Mota 440 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:17.319 live in Denver. After the Dodgers defeat the Rockies nine to five. Look, 441 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:22.960 there's a reason why some of these teams just hover and parody and you 442 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:27.160 don't really see them in the postseason. It's because they do not have the 443 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:31.079 ownership backing to go after it the way the Dodgers do, the Phillies do, 444 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:37.079 the Braves do. The Giants do have the ownership backing, but they 445 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.759 just haven't been able to get it on track. The Padres had it with 446 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:45.519 Peter Seidler, not really sure what direction they're going in, but there's still 447 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:51.119 they're still trying to be a playoff contender. Aj Peller continues to wheel and 448 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:54.359 deal to try to keep them in the race, and they're a perfect example. 449 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:59.440 The National League as a hole is a perfect example right now. If 450 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:02.559 you look at the wildcard race, the Dodgers, the Brewers, and the 451 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:07.240 Phillies are the division leaders, and you got the Braves at thirty nine and 452 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:13.599 thirty one, a legit wildcard playoff team. But then you have the Cardinals, 453 00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:17.400 the second wildcard team, which is just a game above five hundred. 454 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:22.319 They got off to a horrible start and have dug themselves out of a hole. 455 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:27.319 But you look at the Giants, the Washington Nationals. You got how 456 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:32.480 many teams here? You got six teams separated by one and a half games 457 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:37.799 to be the second team as far as the National League Wildcard goes. Teams 458 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:43.720 like the Giants, the Diamondbacks, the Pirates, the Mets, the Reds, 459 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:47.720 the Cubs, all of these teams are within striking distance, and the 460 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:52.400 majority of them are under five hundred. That's the dilemma for the Dodgers and 461 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:58.319 every other one of these upper echelon teams to try to make a deal to 462 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:02.440 improve their teams. If this is the case six weeks from now, it's 463 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:07.800 going to be a very slow trade deadline. Teams are gonna have to turn 464 00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:14.679 to only the Rockies, the Marlins, the White Sox, the Oakland A's, 465 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:19.599 the Angels. Those will be the one stop shop for some of these 466 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:24.000 teams if there is this type of logjam as we get closer to the trade 467 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:29.639 deadline. Because a lot of these teams have a lot of expectations to win, 468 00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:34.199 and then you look at some of these other teams and smaller markets that 469 00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:39.079 are two games, three games, four games under five hundred and still only 470 00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:44.760 a game out of the Wildcards. So that's the dilemma for the Dodgers, 471 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:50.199 the Phillies, the Braves and all these other upper echelon teams that are trying 472 00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:53.800 to add some of these teams and any other normal year would be sellers, 473 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:59.480 but with the expanded playoffs now it's a lot tougher to make a trade, 474 00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:02.679 especially in a year like this. And this, by the way, another 475 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:07.400 topic for another night, but I will say this. This was the warning 476 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:15.800 from those that were against expanding the playoffs by two extra teams. They said 477 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:21.360 this would happen that you would have teams at five hundred or under five hundred 478 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:25.360 that aren't spending, that don't have a high payroll, but are still in 479 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:32.840 the playoff hunt. And also it waters down the significance of the regular season. 480 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:39.280 But more importantly, you have teams and smaller markets that are notoriously nonspenders 481 00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:45.639 in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati that are under five hundred or right around five hundred, 482 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:52.440 that have a chance for the playoffs. What's the motivation to add payroll or 483 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:57.480 to give your city a superstar or keep a superstar. If you can be 484 00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:01.239 five hundred or two games under five hundred and be in the playoff race, 485 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:08.719 that's what the people around the league were concerned about when Rob Manfred wanted to 486 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:14.960 expand the postseason. This is what you have, this is what you wished 487 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:19.119 for, and now it's an issue. So we'll see how it plays out. 488 00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:22.280 Between now and July thirtieth. There's a lot of time, like I 489 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:28.280 said, for the pretenders to be separated from the contenders. Tomorrow, Walker 490 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:31.559 Buehler will be on the mound for the Dodgers in Game two of this four 491 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:37.639 game series between the Dodgers and Rockies. Bueller making his eighth start of the 492 00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:42.079 season, going up against Austin Gomber, who is one in four with an 493 00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:46.039 ERA of four to twenty six. Marongo Casino Dodgers on deck begins at four 494 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:51.159 point thirty, first pitch at five point forty. And you know the biggest 495 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:57.440 thing for Walker Bueller to do tomorrow believe in himself. Believe that he's that 496 00:36:57.559 --> 00:37:01.480 guy again. Believe he's that guy. If Walker Buehler starts to believe that 497 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:07.159 with every bone in his body the way he used to and not have doubt 498 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:12.800 about conviction of pitches, he will be Walker Bueler again. So that's my 499 00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:17.119 pitching mental health coach advice for Walker Bueler if it gets back to him in 500 00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:22.599 Denver for tomorrow. Once he starts believing he's that guy, he will be 501 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:27.440 that guy again. Thanks to calling me Who's that Guy? Back in our 502 00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:30.960 Burbank studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald at Corsfield, and thanks to you for 503 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:35.320 listening. In case you missed any of the show, you can find it 504 00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:40.440 on the iHeartRadio app. Coming up next Fox Sports Radio and then an hour 505 00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:45.239 from now, yeah that guy, Ben Maller on Fox Sports Radio once again. 506 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:51.360 The final score tonight at Corsfield the Dodgers defeat the Rockies nine to five. 507 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:53.159 Have a great rest of your night see them