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some Dodgers baseball. Going into the All Star Break. Dodgers fifty six and
forty on this season, first place at top the NL West. Today,
the final game before the All Star Breaking. It can't get here fast enough.
Injuries have hit this Dodgers team the first half of the season. They've
battled through them though, and still lead the division. But it's been a
tough stretch the last week. After getting swept in Philadelphia, the Dodgers blew
a five run lead yesterday in Detroit. Today they looked at going the All
Star Break on a winning note. Brent Honeywell claimed off waivers from the Pittsburgh
Pirates Dodgers gutting him last night, and he gets to start today in Detroit.
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check in with Kirston Watson. In just a few minutes, we'll head out
to the Gallpin Motors broadcast both it here from Rick Monday and Tim never Well.
Yesterday, quite frankly, was one of the worst endings to a Dodger
game this season, the Dodgers in Detroit taking on the Tigers. Justin Robleski.
He was good five innings, four runs, three of which were earned,
four hits. He gave up a couple of home runs but struck out
four along the way. The Dodgers gave the early one to nothing lead on
the Freddie Freeman Fielder's Choice scoring Show Hey O Tani and the Dodgers led one
to nothing, but Robleski gave that right back up with the two run double
in the second inning. Dodgers tied it up on a basis loaded walk in
the third, and then in the fifth a historic home run for show Hey
National league leader in home runs with twenty eight ninety nine career home runs.
The swing drills it to right field, tape to the corner. It is
gone. That's number two hundred for show Hey O'tani and the Dodgers take the
lead three to two. A line drive justin signed the right field foul poll
for Otani home run number twenty nine and a milestone homer for Otani, number
two hundred of his career, the fifty six extra base hit of the first
half, most ever by a Dodger player. As the Dodgers had a three
to two lead, they'd make it a five to lead thanks to a Gavin
Lux two run single. Later on that inning, the Tiger Zoe would chip
away. It was a five to four Dodgers lead in the sixth when Otani
grouded into a fielder's choice, again a six to four lead. Keiky Hernandez
then extended that lead for the Dodgers in the seventh ten forty Pacific time.
Will be the first pitch to kyk belts one deep to left field. That
one is gone off the pole. K k Hernandez Clank's won off the foul
pole for his fifth home run of the season. It's a two run shot
and the Dodgers now lead at eight to four. Dodgers up by four,
they'd make it a five run lead in the eighth on the Freddie Freeman sack
fly. They were up nine to four going into the ninth inning. Ricky
Venasko on in relief. He couldn't get it out, gave up three runs.
Officially, Evan Phillips gave up a two run home run to tie the
game at nine. Somehow, the Dodgers blew a five run ninth inning lead,
so extra innings we went. The Dodgers could not push across the free
base runner, so they were still tied going to the bottom of the tenth
with Geo Urshela a two run home run to the left that walked it off
for the Tigers, who come back with seven unanswered runs, including the two
run walk off home run in the bottom of the tenth. They've stunned the
Dodgers eleven to nine as the Dodgers blow a five run lead. Well,
the Dodgers back at it today, look to go out on a winning note.
The first half of this season. Brent Honeywell on the mound first pitch
and co America Park coming up at ten forty and with more, let's head
out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth as we say hello and good morning to
Rick Monday and Tim Never guys, Tim, thank you very much getting sent
for the third and final game of this three game set. It's the rubber
games who wins the series between the Dodgers and the Tigers. The Tigers yesterday
pulled off an incredible comeback on the Dodgers. The Dodgers bullpen really let them
down. On the ninth inning, a five run lead was blown. It's
the first time in many many years that has happened to the Dodgers, and
a walk off home run by Geo or Schella was the final nail in the
coffin in an eleven to nine Tigers win yesterday. It was frustrating, and
if you're reading the tea leaves at all, just as the of the players
and the coaches were getting on some of the buses last night to go back
to the hotel, they were not only stunned, I kind of sensed a
little anger because they let it get through their fingers. And we mentioned really
in the outset of the ball game yesterday with the Dodgers scored first as they
did yesterday, with a leadoff triple by Otani in the first inning and walked
to Taskar Hernanez and then the infield out by Freeman that scored Otani. So
again they led in the first inning, three batters into the game, and
their record when they score first coming into yesterday forty one wins and six losses.
So it was a shocking turn of events in the ninth inning where Detroit
Tigers, they went to home plate temp like they knew what was coming and
the pitches that were done. It was a tough afternoon for Evan Phillips a
blown save and then for Johann Ramirez third of an inning, but he gave
up the big two run home run to walk off job. So the Dodgers
have to figure out a way a to get more runners on base and then
be more efficient with runners in scoring position. That's not been the case the
last seven eight games Olympic to the finish line before the All Star break.
Today, the Dodgers fifty six and forty seven games up on both Arizona and
San Diego. They lost a game by losing that game yesterday, lost a
full game in the standings, and for the Central Division Tigers, they're still
in fourth place. They didn't gain any ground their thirteen back of Cleveland pitching
matchup today, well, it's gonna be a bullpen day, so buckle up
for that. For the Dodgers, a brand new name claimed yesterday off of
waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brent Honeywell Junior, twenty nine year old right
hander. He will get the start in the big leagues this year, no
decisions in a two to seventy era. Don't know a lot about him other
than his uncle Mike Marshall won the Cy Young in nineteen seventy four and he
throws an occasional screwball. Other than that, we'll find out together as Brent
Hulling Honeywell Junior will face Bawl Bristie Brisky we've seen in the series already.
For the Tigers, he is one to zer on a three to five two
in a challenging day for both teams in a bullpen game, no question about
it. I mentioned the fact they're trying to get more runners on base and
then being more efficient. On this road trip with the Dodgers are one and
four. They've had seventy three advanced with runners in scoring position. That sounds
pretty good, but the opposing teams, both the Phillies and the Tigers combined
have had ninety five advants with runners in scoring position. That needs to change,
and with the Dodgers, when they get runners on, need to be
more efficient. So the Dodgers, at fifty six and forty one in four
of the current road trip, look for just their second win on this swing,
and the Tigers forty six and fifty still in fourth place in the Central
Division, go at it an interleague play. Brent Honeywell Junior will start for
the Dodgers today, don't know how long he'll go. Boe Brisky will start
for the Tigers, and he's probably an inning maybe to at best. That's
your pitching matchup as we get you set for this rubber game between the Tigers
and the Dodgers. Tim all right, nothing like a bullpen game going into
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matchup and what is a bullpen game for both teams. But up next to
your Otani rewind An, we'll visit with Karsten Watson from Sports net LA.
We're leading you up to first pitch on this Sunday, Dodgers and Tigers from
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All Star break, and the Dodgers Kirsten in need of some pitching the way
the bullpen has been taxed the last week. They've brought in some help,
at least for today. Brent Honeywell gets to start for the Dodgers. Yes,
and he is someone who he can't take up too much length. The
hope is Dave was saying, an ideal situation is maybe three innings, but
the hope is he can just go out there give the team some support.
Ryan Yarborough is also available, so he has he pitched a couple of days
ago, so he's only really going to be able to give like one or
two innings. He can't take down his usual multiples just because he hasn't had
the rest in between. But today, like you said, it's really about
just piecing it together, getting I kind of feel like we might be crawling
to the first half finish line, but just finding ways, you know,
not only for the offense to continue to get going, which we did see
yesterday and really the last two days, so that's been really good. But
hopefully just the bullpen can give the offense the support to help put them in
a position to win. But when it comes to Brent honeywell, Dave was
saying, he's a pretty neutral guy, so it's not like this is major
league debut or anything. He spent some time in the big leagues and so
the hope is just for him to find ways to be efficient against his Tigers
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won. They'll have the break and then when we come back here at the
end of July, hopeful that the Dodgers can turn things around. In looks
like the Calvary could be coming to help out. Yeah, you know what
that is the biggest thing. This All Star break honestly is coming at the
perfect time. Maybe became like a week earlier could have been even better,
but the fact that there are so many guys who are getting healthy right now,
and that's been the biggest issue. They're dealing with so many injuries at
the moment. But looking ahead, we've got Jason Hayward, so he is
someone who Dave said, as soon as he's eligible to come off the il,
he should be returning. He's not going to need to do a rehab
assignment. Clayton Kershaw is someone who just threw yesterday, had to start with
OKC, was really really solid. He's only gonna need likely one more outing
then hopefully he can get through four, maybe do five or do a fifth
inning in the bullpen, and then he should hopefully be activated. After that.
You have someone like Joe Kelly. Dave Roberts said that he's going to
be returning after the All Star Break. Bruce dar graderol who I think early
in the year we had a lot of question marks about. He is someone
who he's gone back on track. He's been throwing bullpens. He's doing really
well facing hitters and Dave is saying that he's hoping to start his rehab assignment
once the All Star break ends, and then he could be returning at the
end of July. So you're seeing all of this progression, and so we're
gonna be getting a lot of guys back, which is a really good sign.
Even Yoshinobiammoto, as much as he's gonna need a bit more time.
He's moved to the sixty actually to make for the roster move in the on
the forty man as well as the activation for Brent Tunneywell that's still just his
timeline is a little bit longer, so that makes sense. But he's playing
catch and kind of starting to get stretched out, so that's a good thing.
Then you have someone like Cookie Betts, who Dave told us today that
he actually was He started playing defense and was able to catch with his left
hand. That was something he could continue using his arm to throw, but
he wasn't able to catch just due to the fracture and the fact that he
was able to do that, it's you know, it's just a sign of
progression. It's a big step for him. He said that Mookie was really
excited about it, so there's a lot of positives. You know, we
don't necessarily feeling here in Detroit right now, but there's a lot of positives
just that guys are getting healthy. The second half is going to be electric,
and I think we're going to see this team turn it on because they
have big goals when it comes to October. But you got to start playing
like that as we get into August and September, hopefully they can go out
in a winning note. Hereson, We appreciate it. We'll check in with
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Dodgers kipper anything dafties questions for Dave, Dave, can you just describe Dave?
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with Honeywell, just what is the plan for him and what can you tell
us about him, so I know, I know he was I think he
was an original race Drafty was with the Pirates and he's a neutral pitcher.
There's a good change up in there. I had a chance to talk to
him briefly this morning, and it's one of those he got in last night
at about midnight, and I figured the best way to kind of assimilate him
is to start him. And so he's gonna go out there and give us
what he can, and I don't know what that's going to be. Hopefully,
you know, he's got right around forty five fifty pitch or something like
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Basse. All Right, DV. Yesterday the ninth inning completely got away from
the Dodgers and also got away from Evan Phillips. What happened yesterday late in
this game, in particular Evan Phillips, What's going on? Any concern there,
Tim, There's a lot of concern because on the last home stand,
Evan Phillips told me he's been trying to work through some things, mechanical things,
pitch grips, and yesterday was evident that he has not worked them out.
And after the game yesterday he shared some more insight on the adjustments he
needs to make, especially to left handed hitters. We've seen it here and
there with some some good lieft handed hitters, especially against me. You know,
I think we've done, you know, an all right job so far,
have him mixing back in. You know, you sinkers have lefties any
four teams, more sliders, whatever it is to keep them off balance.
And we still believe that. You know, my cutter versus lefties are one
of my best options. So it'll still continue to be a piece for me.
But we just got to do a better job of keeping these guys off
balance. Evan Phillips is one of the higher baseball IQs on that team,
tim and obviously if anybody's going to figure it out, it is Evan Phillips.
But I thought it was interesting the day before he pitched in the sixth
inning and then yesterday asked to get the final three outs. I know the
Dodgers have definitely preached and created a culture of pitch whenever you're asked to pitch,
whether it's the sixth inning or the ninth inning, But as you know,
the final three outs are different than any other inning. Maybe a lack
of continuity for Evan Phillips recently has contributed to some of these hiccups. David
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all excited about the All Star Game and the festivities, David, but the
trade deadlines it's gonna be a few weeks after this All Star break. What
do you hearing anything bruined for the Dodgers. Well, they're still looking for
an everyday outfielder, and Randio rose Lorena and Luis Roberts seem to be the
two names that are connected to the Dodgers the most. Also, Garrett Crochet
is still out there, and the Dodgers definitely are one of the teams that
are in on the White Sox left hander. But I'm not sure you heard
me on Dodger Talk. A couple of days ago, tim I came up
with a scenario that could possibly entice the Tigers to at least consider and strongly
consider a trade of Trek Scubel to the Dodgers. It couldn't just be the
Dodgers unloading their farm system. If you remember in twenty twelve when the Dodgers
made that blockbuster trade with the Red Sox. They took on a lot of
dead money from Boston to bring Adrian Gonzalez to the Dodgers. Why not offer
to take Javier bias Is three years, eighty million dollars remaining on his contract
and take that burden off Detroit in exchange for Trek's scouble and maybe a lesser
prospect package. Not saying that's been discussed, but if people are thinking about
Schooble and how to get him away from Detroit, that would be one way
that trade makes so much sense. Dave, I'm actually in face for that
immediately, Yeah, immediately, all right, Dave, We appreciate it.
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Here's LA Dodgers broadcaster and World Series Champion Dodger Rick Monday. Well, this
is a tough day for Rick Monday. Final Game, Final pregame show before
the all Star breaks. So Rick and I are going to have some time
apart, and I'm really concerned about you, Rick, how you're going to
handle that. Well, I'll figure out a way to do it because I
will be home in Florida later tonight and I guess major League Baseball. But
there's a lot of people. The airports are going to be busy with players
and coaches kind of scattering around. It's not going to be a full plane
going back to Los Angeles. Some guys obviously are going to Texas for the
All Star Games and those events that are taking place. Others are taking your
respite for a number of days and going home wherever that may be, in
whichever state that it may be that they're headed to. So it's one of
those things. Hey, by the way, I got to ask him,
did you get any phone calls yesterday on the postgame show? Oh? We
had a few. Rike. I say that because you and I talk a
lot about the fact is that when the Dodgers lose a game, especially if
it's painful, and the one that we look at yesterday was painful. Indeed,
that's oddly enough, that's where you get the most action as far as
phone calls coming in, and everyone has an opinion. Some people have something
constructive to say, some are venting, which is a good thing. It's
a good platform for you to be able to share some moments with people that
watch this Dodger ball club. And it was frustrating and the results in the
ending in yesterday's ballgame at ten innings. The good news is Rick, there's
another game today before the All Star break, and the Dodgers can salvage this
series by getting a win. How vital is it for them to get this
win today and go into the break feeling good. Well, I think it's
a good point to bring up. They're all vital games to play. But
I think even more so, it gets magnified when you're not playing particularly good
baseball. And that's where the Dodgers find themselves right now. I mean,
on this road trip, something that Tim Nevert and I will be talking about
a little bit later on on this road trip, David, they're one and
four. They've been outscored thirty three runs to eighteen. That's not a good
sign. And if we look at the starting pitching, you look at recently,
the starting pitching has worked the last fifty eight and two thirds innings,
they've given up fifty eight earned runs, and that's going to turn around.
I don't know if it's going to turn around today or not, because you
know, you're calling up Honeywell, who, by the way, met Dave
Roberts on the bus coming to the ballpark today. Ain't that something, Rick?
I mean, that's where things are right now for the Dodgers pitching staff.
Brent Honeywell, who was picked up in the wee hours of the morning,
is now going to be the starter or opener for the Dodgers. We'll
see how long it goes. David. Word of point two is that Honeywell
also can claim the number thirty because he is now the thirtieth different pitcher the
Dodgers have used already this year. So we've had pitchers that have come in
and joined this ball club that name tags have been mandatory, and it just
feels like the Dodgers have not been able to put it together recently. Rick.
They don't get good starting pitching, and they don't score runs. They
score runs and they don't get the pitching to support it. Hopefully today they
can bring that all together. Yeah, and it needs to turn around and
do it and the guys are working hard. I mean, that's exactly what
happens. There's a couple of numbers that yesterday went south. I mean,
the Dodgers entered yesterday's ball game and they scored in the first inning a leadoff
triple by Otani. There was a walk to Tiascar Hernanez and the ground ball
out, but an RBI by Freddy Freeman sold one to nothing very quickly.
And they entered yesterday's ball game when they score first, with a record and
an incredible record of forty one wins and six losses. And yet they lost
that ball game painfully. As they looked in the ninth inning trying to close
things out, they got closed out. They had a five run lead in
the ninth, they give up five in the ninth and a walk off two
run home run in the tenth inning. So runners in scoring position has also
been problematic Dodgers have had. If we look back now to the last six
games, they've had seventy three advance with runners in scoring position. What about
the opposing teams, they've had ninety five opportunities. I just need to change
those numbers around. And today's a good day for the Dodgers to you know
what, Rick, get a win? Yeah, And we have another term
that we talk about internally with a broadcast that we will abstain from saying.
But Dave Roberts knows it exactly because you and I used to walk into his
office and when ask him, Dave, you know what today is? And
you knew exactly the answer. And hopefully we're all on board today. All
right, Rick, enjoy the all Star break, and we still got nine
innings of you and Tim Neverett before we say, see you in a little
bit. Thanks, Rick, try to live life without me. Hang in
there. We'll send it back to you in the studio. Tim, all
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Asher on the backside here. So it's just kind of like significance to me.
I'm always looking down in my arm and it's a reminder what the most
important things in life are. Even when the Dodgers are on the road,
you're away from your family quite a bit because you're working with the Dodgers injured
players here in Los Angeles. So right now on the last home stand,
I saw you working a lot with Mookie Betts. How has that progression gone
for him and for you? Yeah? No, I mean, obviously it's
an unfortunate situation to be in where someone gets injured, especially when it's Mookie
Bets, and the nature of these injuries, especially like a broken bone like
he has. Right away, we just we step into the mindset of what
can we go get better at? And it helps when it's someone like you
know, Mookie who's very motivated and wants to be the best on the field.
So we've kind of tried to attack some things. He's going after some
things in the weight room that we can do without gripping with that left hand.
Right now, He's going after some speed stuff, like to make sure
that when we come back from you know, from the il, that he's
ready to sprint as fast as he can. And then lastly it is the
throwing and so like we know right now that we can throw, and so
if you see us out here, we started with kind of a throwing program
over the first ten days, just to make sure that his arms stayed in
shape. But now we're attacking like very specific things with Dino on the field,
like positions that he's going to get into to throw the baseball, so
that he feels like he's mastered those things so that when we hit the ground
running, when he comes back, he's ready to go. This reminds me
of when you were working with Corey Seeger after he broke his hand in twenty
twenty one, and so completely opposite hand. Corey broke his right hand and
we couldn't throw. And Corey obviously another extremely motivated player and had a great
relationship with him. We had an air cast like a splint on his right
hand, like a bubble basically, and I was hitting ground balls to him
like the day after he was clear to get onto the field, because ultimately
we were just trying to maximize Corey into being the best short south that he
possibly could be, and that was more. You know, no injury is
rewarding, but one of the more rewarding processes I've ever been a part of
is like when Corey came back, he was able to ball out short.
Brandon McDaniel, the Dodgers VP of Player Performance, is our guest. You've
been with the team for a long time now. You were here during a
neck Colletti era and obviously here in the transition with Andrew Friedman. It feels
like this is a well oiled machine now after you guys got the infrastructure put
in place. It's crazy to look back. This is my thirteenth season with
the Dodgers. It was very fortunate to be around Net and Net gave me
my first big league job, and I'll always be in debt to him and
to Stan Conti, and we did some really special things. And twelve,
when everything kind of turned over when mister Walter A bought the team in thirteen,
when we went out and you know, got Zach Grienky and hunjin Rue
and Carl Crawford was coming off the IL and Josh Beckett and all those things.
So like it was really cool to be around that era of players and
that era of success because we had a really good team in thirteen, We
had a really good squad in fourteen. But obviously Andrew coming in this is
the tenth season that I've been fortunate enough to work with him. Like the
process at which we go about things all the way from you know, the
International Amateur Draft to PD all the way up to like the things that we
do at the big league level has afforded all of us on the staff the
opportunity to go be creative, go be curious, and to do things like
we're doing with Mookie right now that maybe fifteen years ago probably weren't the norm
for a strength coach to be out here working with somebody like that. But
the environment that has been created as ultimately open is up to have that well
oiled machine. Like you mentioned before, I let you go going back to
Segur in twenty one and what we're seeing with MOOKI right now. It feels
like the work that you're doing with them actually makes them feel like they're a
competing and be accomplishing something. So does that help their mental health? Yeah?
I mean, I think the hardest thing and of doing this role,
I've been around a lot of guys that have been injured. Obviously that kind
of sucks to say it that way, but I have been and you feel
disconnected, I think, and you feel disconnected from your team at times.
You feel disconnected from the competition and from the game. And I don't think
that what I'm doing is anything special anything that anybody else could do. What
I want to do is provide an environment, a competitive environment, for guys
to be able to come in and get their work in every day and feel
like they're working towards something, and not just working towards, you know,
being activated, but like working towards greatness. Let's not only do this to
make sure that you're gonna be better when you come back, but hopefully something
Mookie picks up something or learns something about himself that he takes with him for
the rest of his career. And to me, that's like where I get
the most gratification, no pun intended. MOOKI is in great hands with Brandon
McDaniel, the Dodgers VP of Player Performance. Thanks a lot for the time
and look forward to catching up with you in the second half. Awesome.
I really appreciate it. Thank you. There he is the man, Brandon
McDaniel. Dodgers very fortunate to have him on their staff. We'll send it
back to you in the studio. Tim, all right, thanks a lot
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Before first pitch, we head back out to the booth. Call America Park,
Rick Monday, Tim never guys, Tim, thanks very much. We
count you down to the first pitch between the Dodgers and the Tigers. Overcast
skies. There is a threat of rain in the area, but once game
time comes around, shouldn't be a problem. A little bit breezier than it
has been in the last few days here in the Motor City, and the
Dodgers and Tigers even at a game apiece. The Dodgers looking to put yesterday's
game behind them. It was the worst loss of the season, losing a
five run lead in the ninth. But twenty four hours have gone by.
You got to forget about it, move on, play today, try to
get a win. Brent Honeywell Junior, picked up on waivers yesterday by the
Dodgers, will make the start. The right hander twenty nine years of age,
no decisions in a two seventy era. He gets parachuted in and he
will get the start. Yeah. He had two appearances with the Pirates at
the big league level this year, signed initially with the Tampa Bay Rays.
But here's what took place this morning on the buses and I was on Dave
Roberts is already on the bus. Here comes someone we had not seen before.
He got on the bus, took a couple of steps back and goes,
mister Roberts, I'm Brent Honeywell, and he goes, I'm Dave Roberts,
and this is Bob Garren and welcome aboard. We need you today.
So that's how it worked out today. And for mister Honeywell, who made
the introductions, may be wearing name tags as he got into the locker room.
He is the thirtieth different pitcher than Dodgers have used so far this year.
Bullpenn Day for both teams. Bow Briskey will come out of the Tigers
pen and make the start for Detroit Brisky one and zero with a three,
five to two EER. It'll be his second appearance in this series. Brisky
and Honeywell. That's the pitching matchup on a bullpen Day, final game of
the first half leading into the All Star break. Tim all right, don't
forget when this game is over. I'll be back with all your postgame festivities,
reaction high lights, and of course, Dodger talk as well. Dodgers
finishing off the first half of the season in Detroit, taking on the Tiger,
hoping to go into the break on a winning note. First pitch is
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