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we will get to Trade talk mynd numbing trade Talk. Bob Nightingale was on
with Money and Don McClain. As I mentioned to them, he stole my
thunder about former Dodger Nathan Valdi. I mean you could read that with Braille.
Uh. If the Rangers are selling Nathan would be at the top of
the list of not only the Dodgers, but every other team in Major League
Baseball that is trying to contend and win in the playoffs. So we'll get
to that. And also there may be an impact bat nobody is talking about
in connection with the Dodgers. Also, we will get to the All Star
snubs. I feel like a few players were snubbed for the All Star Game,
so we'll get to that. And also right now, my guy ta
Oscar Hernandez is being snubbed for the home run Derby, So we'll get to
all that later in the show, and possibly a special guest calling in between
now and eight o'clock. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number before we get to all that, and before we go forward,
we have to look back on a homestand that left you wanting more,
wanted more against the Diamondbacks and stay Christian Walker just continue to dominate the Dodgers,
and they lost two out of three to Arizona. The Dodgers now have
a losing record against Arizona in San Diego in their division this season. Not
a coincidence with them sweeping the Dodgers last year in Arizona and the Dodgers falling
to the Padres the year before and four games. The bigger question is for
the Dodgers, do the Diamondbacks and Padres have the game plan on how to
beat the Dodgers since they play them thirteen times in a season, and if
you go back to a couple of years ago when the Padres beat the Dodgers
in the NLDS, they played each other nineteen times. So you would have
to imagine the Diamondbacks and Padres, who also have a front office, who
also have a manager, also have an analytics department. They're taking notes and
may they have the Dodgers' number, considering they're the two teams in the division
that have a winning record against the Dodgers. And that's why if the Dodgers
are in the postseason, you do not want to see the Padres or Diamondbacks
because they seem to know how you pitch them. They know how to pitch
you, and those are the two teams that have knocked you out of the
postseason unceremoniously the last two years. So don't discount or just push aside the
fact that the Diamondbacks swept the Dodgers last year. They gave them fits last
regular season as well, and already this season they have beaten the Dodgers more
than the Dodgers have beat them. Same with the Padres. The Dodgers have
lost five of eight against Arizona or San Diego this year, so definitely something
to keep your eye on. And will Smith certainly helped the Dodgers have a
five hundred homestand after Christian Walker left town, will Smith must have saved one
of his bats because he hit three home runs on Friday night, was on
base all five times, and then in his first at bat on Saturday afternoon
he homered as well. So four home runs and four at bats for will
Smith. And yesterday I felt like the Dodgers had things in their favor to
sweep Milwaukee. No, not because they had Justin Robleski on the mound,
but because the Brewers were throwing out journeyman Dallas Kichel, who was signed to
a minor league deal by the Mariners and traded to the Brewers a couple of
weeks ago, and the Dodgers let kikel off the hook a few different times.
That was disappointing they could not get young Justin Robleski some runs in his
first major league start. And what was going on with Rehys Hoskins yesterday?
Getting up at Johann Santana hitting him in the sixth inning, did he believe
that Johan Santana was trying to hit him. I mean, has he watched
Johann Santana. His pitches moved quite a bit. He's gotten a lot better,
but the pitches move a lot and Johann Johann Ramirez, I should say,
Johann Ramirez was not trying to hit him. And after the inning was
over and Hoskins ended up the inning at third base, I was watching Johann
Ramirez try to apologize once again to Hoskins, and Hoskins basically was soch a
poor sportsman that he went around and avoided Ramirez so Ramirez could not say I'm
sorry one more time. Johann Ramirez one of the greatest people you'll ever meet.
I mean, that guy's got a heart of gold. He loves being
in the big leagues. He doesn't take it for granted. And by knowing
me, was he trying to hit Hoskins on purpose? So I don't know
what's going on with Hoskins. Maybe he was upset that he has to go
back to Milwaukee for his home games, but that was ridiculous. Going back
to Justin Robleski, I had gotten a text from his Triple A manager,
Travis Barbery yesterday morning and I asked Travis, Hey, what stood out to
you the most about Robleski And he wrote back that he's very prepared and detailed
and how he goes about his process of getting ready for every start. He
pays very close attention to opposing hitters in the days he's not pitching. And
you may say, how did he do that against the Brewers, Well,
Robleski knew he was going to start on Sunday. He was in Los Angeles
on Saturday, so I'm sure he was watching the game that was nationally televised
on Saturday afternoon and took some notes, not to mention, when you come
to the big leagues, there's a lot more scating reports and detailed report on
hitters tendencies then there is at Triple A. So I'm sure he was going
all through that considering what his manager at Triple A, Travis Barbery said about
him. And here was justin Robleski after yesterday's game, after making his major
league debut. Justin Obviously major league debuts are always exciting. How did you
control your emotions to start the game. Yeah, I felt good. It
was just kind of a matter of being grateful for the moment and just kind
of that's kind of the big theme is I was kind of on the way
over here today, it's just like I'm really thankful for the opportunity and you
know, at this point, like you're already here, like let's just do
it. And I just had a lot of fun. I was. I
felt pretty comfortable out there, so I think I didn't think I was gonna
I thought I was gonna be pretty nervous, but I was just kind of,
I don't know, like any other game. I just felt normal,
felt like I belonged. So it was a lot of fun. Yeah.
So I had been told earlier this week that there was a chance, and
then kind of the past couple of days have been crazy trying to figure it
out. And I get a call, you know, midnight two days ago
or whatever telling me like you're gonna come over here, you still may not
pitch, And then ended up getting the call last night when I was at
dinner that that I'm going to start today, and I was just super excited
and happy, and you know, obviously debut today. So where were you
eating Chipotle? Garhouse? Yeah, yardhouse. Yeah. A long week.
We got back in from from Vegas earlier this week at like four am on
Wednesday or Thursday or whatever it was, and play a couple of games,
and then obviously this all happened. So what was it like to be in
the same dugout with Clayton Kershaw, who I know was your favorite player to
him kind of encourage you when you came back to the dugout. Yeah,
it's it's obviously really cool. You know, a guy like him who's been
in the game for so long, obviously legend. It's really cool, really
really cool. All right, there's Justin Robleski, who certainly was grateful for
his opportunity to make his major league debut. Unfortunately it comes in a loss.
He was charged with four runs and the dog fall to the Brewers nine
to two, and coming into the game yesterday, the Dodgers really owned the
Brewers, especially at Dodgers Stadium. They had only lost once to Milwaukee in
the last fifteen games coming into yesterday, but the Brewers were able to salvage
the final game of the series. And look, I had said this coming
into the series, the Dodgers needed to separate themselves from the Brewers because with
this new playoff format, it's important to get one of the first two seeds
as a division winner because you get a first round by and you can line
up your pitching for the nlds when you're playing in a best of three series,
even as the home team as a division winner, that's not ideal.
And coming into the series, the Dodgers were only one game ahead of Milwaukee
for the number two seed in the National League postseason picture. So winning two
out of three gave the Dodgers a little breathing room. And everybody keeps asking
looking Brewers, broadcasters and anybody around their team, how are you winning with
this pitching staff? And they're finding a way. Whether or not it lasts
in the second half still remains to be seen. But the Dodgers go from
playing one division winner to another division winner or division leader in the National League,
and from the Brewers to the Phillies in Philadelphia. And I know everybody's
hyping up this series, and it's a big series. It's an exciting series,
Marquis series, no doubt about it. But let's not forget the Phillies
do come to Dodger Stadium the second week of August, So this is only
as big as right, now when the Phillies come to LA, it will
be just as hyped as this one is. But this one is lacking,
you know, the it's lacking. It's lacking Mookie Betts, it's lacking Max
Munsey, it's lacking Yoshi Yamamoto. It's lacking Currently Bryce Harper, JT Realmudo
and Kyle Schwarber. Those three Phillies could be activated tomorrow or sometime during the
series, so we'll see whether or not that happens or not. But I
firmly believe these are the two teams you will see in the NLCS. Dodgers
Phillies get ready for a showdown from eighth nine, from seventy seven, seventy
eight. It feels like it's going to be Dodgers Phillies again in the NLCS.
Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number when
we continue here on off day Dodger talk, we'll take your phone calls.
We got two lines open, and also we'll get into my numbing trade talk.
Who do you want to see on July thirtieth be traded to the Dodgers.
I have a few ideas myself. We'll talk about it next right,
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Dodgers are in Philadelphia getting set to open up a three game series against the
Phillies, and then from there they will go to Detroit before the All Star
break. When the All Star break is over with, the Dodgers will resume
the ceremonial second half against the Boston Red Sox. So that should be fun.
Kenley Janssen coming back to Dodgers Stadium for the second time since leaving the
Dodgers, and for the second time in a different uniform, this time with
the Boston Red Sox. Remember a couple of years ago, the last time
Kenley was at Dodgers Stadium it was as an Atlanta Brave. Eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. How much stock are
you putting into this Dodger Philly series? Are you? You feel like he
carries more weight than I do? Because look, even if the Dodgers swept
the Phillies in this series, let's say all goes perfectly, the Dodgers shot
Philadelphia, go in there and sweep them. Does it really matter in October?
Does it even matter in the second week of August when Philadelphia comes to
Dodger Stadium. I'm not sure what this series proves, especially with no Mookie
Bets, no Max Muncy, no Yoshi Yamamoto, and also the possibility of
any one of the Phillies injured players in real Muto, Harper or Schwarber not
playing, not to mention, both of these teams may look a lot different
when the Phillies come to LA after the July thirtieth trade deadline. So that's
how I feel about this series. It's going to be a fun series.
We're gonna get passionate those Philly people. It's hot, it's humid back there.
They're angry, they're not feeling great. So it's going to be a
very very hostile environment for the Dodgers these next three games, and I'm interested
to see how not only Bobby Miller reacts, but also Gavin Stone in the
second game of this series. Let's go out to the phone lines before we
get to more nine mind numbing trade talk, Tony and Whittier. You're on
Dodger Talk with David Vasse. How you doing Tony, Good Dave, how's
it going tonight? Oh, it's going great. First of all, I
just want to ask you a quick question. With all the trade talks going
on, who's going to be included in what trade? I mean, I
know the Dodgers are loaded with on the farm, but who do you think
is realistically going to be part of any package, any trade you know come
July thirtieth. Well, I don't know the names, Tony, but if
you're talking about getting a Garrett Crochet or a Nathan Valdi, you're talking about
blue chip pitching. We're talking about maybe a Landon Knack, maybe a Justin
Robleski. Diego Kartaya definitely is a name that teams have called about in the
past, maybe even a Miguel Vargas, Tony. That's something you all should
brace yourself for. Yeah, I mean, to get a player like Garrett
Crochet who's not a rental, you're gonna have to give up a lot,
right right, Yeah, that's what I was. That crossed my mind.
But I just want to hear it from me because I know you know more
than we do. So but I appreciate you taking my call. Thanks a
lot, all right, Tony, thanks for the phone call. Look,
at this time of year, Andrew Friedman is really not tipping his hand too
much, and if he does, he's doing it for a purpose. He
wants misinformation out there day one. I was there when he was hired,
and he is not opposed to misinformation because that creates chaos and sometimes plays in
the Dodger's hands. So he plays it very close to the vest and is
not really talkative around this time of year leading up to the July thirtieth trade
deadline. But look, there's no secret the Dodgers need a starting pitcher.
They need a starting pitcher that can pitch a playoff game and come up big,
and Garrett Crochet is certainly the number one name that's out there. Interesting
enough, when I saw that the Rangers were now eight and a half games
back of the Astros, when I looked a couple of days ago, and
also eight and a half games back of the last wild card spot, it
made me wonder would the Rangers sell off certain pieces knowing that they don't really
have a chance, knowing that their owner has not really opened up the purse
as much as he has the last two off seasons. I mean, the
Rangers. They were pretty much inactive this offseason. They're now forty two and
forty eight, six games back of the Astro or the Mariners in the AL
West, and they have to leapfrog the Red Hot Astros. So now all
of a sudden, are forty six and forty four, two games back of
Seattle in the AL West. I fully expect the Astros to win that division.
And if you look at the wildcard race in the American League, the
Rangers are seven and a half games back. The Tampa Bay Rays are closer
to the Wildcard than the Texas Rangers are. So that got me thinking.
And then when you see a guy like Ken Rosenthal right in the athletic that
yes, the Rangers are considering selling. And when they say so, they're
talking about not Corey Seeger, not Marcus Simeon. They're talking about pitchers like
mac Scherzer. They're talking about a pitcher like former Dodger Nathan Valdi, who's
a two time World Series champion. And when I bring that up, it's
not like he was just along for the ride. He was one of the
biggest reasons why the Red Sox won in twenty eighteen, and also one of
the biggest reasons why the Rangers won last year. If Nathan Valdi is available,
I would venture to say I'd take him over Garrett Crochet. I know
that sounds crazy, hear me out. Number one, you probably would not
have to give up as much for Avaldi because not too many teams can take
on his contract for the rest of this year and next year. He is
going to hit the innings that is required for his contract to kick in for
twenty million dollars next year. Nathan Evaldi is a great guy. Number One.
He's an ultimate competitor. He is a winner, a proven winner,
and you wouldn't have to give up the farm for Nathan Evaldi. Now,
you would have to give up something significant to get him, but I'm sure
it would not empty the system of Blue Chippers that it would take to get
Garrett Crochet. If I had to choose between Crochet and Nathan Evaldi, I'm
taking the veteran. Veterans win championships. Those are the guys that will carry
you. Garrett Crochet is awesome in Chicago. He was fearless against the Dodgers
in Chicago. But Nathan Evaldi has been to the mountaintop and people know him
in the organization. You're trying to tell me. Ron Rennicky, a special
assistant to Andrew Friedman, is not saying, get this guy. You're telling
me if Andrew Freeman talks to Mookie Betts, who, by the way,
I saw them taking a long walk together near the Dodger dugout, you're telling
me Mookie Betts is saying, Nah, Nathan Avaldi, We're good. No,
Mookie Betts is telling Andrew Friedman, if you can get Nathan Evaldi,
get him. Nathan Evaldi is the guy. And with this news that Max
Munsey now is going to be out longer than right after the All Star break,
Dave Roberts saying he's had a setback. Here's a name that nobody talks
about. Why would you rule out the possibility of acquiring Vladimir Guerrero Junior.
Yes, that's the blue Jay to get. If you're going to acquire an
impact bat, make it Vladimir Guerrero Junior, not Bo Bashet. With this
news about Max Munsey, and you may say, where's Vladimir Guerrero Junior going
to play third base? That's where he's going to play. Well, what
about when Munsey comes back. Well, let's cross that bridge when we get
there. So far, he's not coming back. They've been waiting. He
hasn't come back. And you may say, okay, Vladimir Guerrero Junior is
a free agent after next year and he's going to get a big contract.
Yeah, he is. Remember what happened when Corey Seger went down with a
broken hand, Andrew Freeman pulled off a big trade for Max Scherzer and also
Trey Turner, knowing full well it was a long shot to keep Trey Turner.
Knowing full well, well, we probably won't keep Trey Turner, but
we need him right now and we can move him to second base when Seger
comes back. Vladimir Guerrero Junior is in the same spot. The Dodgers are
in the same spot. Vladimir Guerrero Junior is the blue Jay the Dodgers need
to go after with this news of Max Munsey being out longer than anticipated.
Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Yeah,
I know, I just blew your mind. Take a second before you
dial. Let's go out to Himmett. Glenn. You're on Dodger Talk with
David Vasse. How you doing, Glenn? Thanks you're taking my call,
David. I wanted to ask you two things. One about course, uh,
what's his era and his record? And what Dodgers are coming back after
the All Star Game and win? Okay, well, I'll try to answer
that as best as I can. Number One on Mookie Betts is coming back
after the All Star Game. We thought Max Munsey was coming back after the
All Star Game, but all of a sudden, now Dave Roberts said he's
had a cent back, so I guess we can't count on Max Munsey coming
back right away. That's why I'm a big believer that the Dodgers should inquire
about Vladimir Guerrero Junior. And he may say he hasn't played third base in
a while, he's been moved to first base. I know we hear about
the Dodgers talking about defense, but really it feels like defense is secondary with
some of the positions we've seen them put their players at. I mean,
come on, we saw them put Gavin Lux in center field. We saw
them try Jock Peterson at first base. Max Munsey has had to learn third
base on the fly, and Garrett Crochet is six and six this year,
with an ERA of three zero eight. He leads the league in starts made
nineteen. He's thrown one hundred and five innings so far this year, which
brings up another concern for teams out there inquiring about Crochet. He's coming off
Tommy John surgery from a couple of years ago, and his innings max has
been fifty four and a third before the injury, So many are wondering,
well, what does that mean? Does that mean that Garrett Crochet only has
like fifty innings left to pitch? I wouldn't say that. And whoever's trying
to acquire Crochet is not only acquiring him for this year, but for the
next two years. That's why the price is going to be really high.
You're not getting Crochet just for this year, You're getting him for the next
two years. That's part of this equation. And look, if the Dodgers
or the Orioles or any other playoff team acquires Garrett Crochet, they're going into
it fully aware of the fact that right now he has thrown more innings than
he ever has before, and the Dodgers are probably in the best position of
any team out there to manage his innings the rest of this regular season to
be ready for the postseason. And if you do acquire Crochet all of a
sudden, now you have three pitchers that will be pitching more innings than they
ever have in their careers. That would be Crochet, Glass Now and Gavin
Stone. And that's why I'm all in with Nathan Novaldi. I know he's
coming off his second Tommy John surgery, but this guy works tirelessly to be
big, to be strong, to be physical, and he's seeing him.
I mean I haven't seen him probably since the eighteen World Series, and standing
in front of him, the size of Nathan Valdi was incredibly impressive, and
it makes a lot of sense why he is the poster child for coming back
from a second Tommy John surgery. He's not frail, his shoulders are huge,
his body is big, physical, his hands are humongous. This guy
spends all his time in the weight room. I would say, from what
people were telling me, with the Rangers, you can't find Avaldi. And
if you're looking for a Valdi, he's in one or two places, the
weight room or the bullpen. That's what type of player he is. Eight
six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. So all
of a sudden we were talking Crochet and Randia Rose Arena. Now, with
this news coming out that the Rangers may indeed be very practical about their season
and listen to offers for Nathan Valdi, I'm all in to bring Nate a
Valdi home. Let's go out to Fresno. Jeff, you're on Dodger Talk.
Hi, Jeff, Hi David? How are you? I completely agree
one thousand percent with Crochet. This is this is a law longest he's ever
gone. He's being stretched out as a former reliever, and we have enough
of those on the Dodgers, and he's the bright, shiny flavor of the
month. And a veteran like a Valdi or or someone else is exactly what
the Dodgers need. And third base, yes, obviously the plays we need
to focus on with the infield. I remember Rick said the other day that
the Dodgers collectively are hitting right around or under two hundred at third base,
So those are the glaring needs. And yeah, I'm I'm one of those
few that's like, please don't get Crochet because I just see him ending up
on the aisle in August and then we're gonna lose three or four good prospects.
And look, Jeff, if you need a third baseman and you feel
like you can get Nata Valdi and Vladimir Guerrero Junior, which you know what,
I'm not sure the Blue Jays are going to trade vlad Junior. But
let's say you put together a package for Vladimir Guerrero Junior that may have been
part of of a crochet deal, then you don't have to give up as
much for Nathan Evaldi because you know he's only under contract for one more year,
he's coming off a second Tommy John surgery. All these things would lessen
the trade value for a guy like NATEA Valdi. But if you're the Dodgers,
you want Nathan Evaldi. And I could tell you this. The Dodgers
were considering signing a Valdi before last year. And there were a lot of
former Red Sox on the Dodgers last year that were teammates with Evaldi that were
trying to implore Andrew Freeman to sign a Valdi. And I'm sure that has
remained consistent after what they saw last year. Yeah, can I make one
more point. This is about the Philly Series. Yeah, I agree that
that championships aren't won in July series, but I think it's really important for
our young hitters, you know, Andy Pajez and those to see you get
their first look at Wheeler and Nola and I don't know if Suarez is pitching,
but they need to see these guys. Obviously, they're gonna hopefully see
him twice, so if nothing else, they're gonna get some abs against these
guys. Hey, great point. At least you'll get a look at him,
but they'll also get a look at them the second week of August when
the Phillies are in LA. So yeah, you're you're trying to get a
scout and report not just from the data but also with your eyes and your
experience. So all of that is great. Thanks for the phone call,
Jeff, appreciate it. Hey, speaking of the young guys, how about
James Outman, who got a great ovation when he was introduced in the starting
lineup on Saturday, and then he delivered with two hits, and yesterday he
came up with a hard hit base hit to right field in the ninth inning
as a pinch hitter. So just my observations looking at James Outman, he
looks like a guy that has had a lot of weight lifted off his shoulders
and he is going to join us on the pregame show the second game of
the series in Philadelphia. He just seems to be mentally a lot clearer and
his swing seems to be a lot more fluid from what I've seen. Let's
take one more phone call before we take our final time out. Let's go
out to Claremont. Danny. You're on Dodger Talk. Hi, Danny,
Hey Dave, how's it going today? Man? I think I was happy
to hear you mentioned Evaldi. That guy would be a huge pickup for them.
He's very proven pitcher, especially in big games like that, so that
gotta be a huge pickup, and especially to have him come back where he
started with the Dodgers. And that's why you see these teams wait so long
to make moves because you never know, you know who's going to be available
or what a team situation might be, and he might be surprised over who
could become available even in the coming weeks. There might be names we're not
quite aware of, but I think Evaldy'd be a big one to get.
I'm not sure about vlad I think that one might be a little more far
fetched. And as as a player, we want you know, he's been
really a struggling player last year years. You know he's gonna be a clunker
at third base. I mean Max is already over there, and he's gonna
he's gonna be reunited with Dino Ebel, who was very close to his dad.
Dino Ebel will make him work. The accountability of this clubhouse will make
him work and get better. And let's be honest, the Dodgers have lived
with Max Munsey at third base, who has been you know, the data
says an average third baseman. I'm sure Vladimir Guerrero Junior can become an average
third baseman as well. This this has trade Turner. This has trade Turner
written all over it. Just like Trey Turner, who's not the greatest defensive
shortstop. The Dodgers saw an opportunity of need because of a temporary injury,
and we're able to sign Trey Turner. Now, I know Seeger was going
to be a free agent. Munsey is not. But uh, there's a
lot of things you can do if you trade for Vladimir Guerrero Junior for the
rest of this year, and you can move some things around next year as
well, Danny. So I'm not saying that Dodgers can sign Vladdie Junior to
a three hundred million dollar contract, because you can't sign everybody to that,
but you can have him for the next two years like you had Trey Turner.
It would be an interesting move. I don't know if it's exactly like
the Turner move there. I see the similarities you're talking about, but he's
not really a third baseman, and Max has improved a lot over there this
season. He was doing really well. He has loved to pass. But
I don't think if Vladimir Guro Junior was bad at third base or not playable,
I guess in Toronto, but he was playing on AstroTurf. It's a
lot different playing at Dodgers Stadium and playing your games in the NL west On
Grass and also being on the Dodgers with Dino Ebol and Mookie Beds and Freddie
Freeman as your first baseman. I mean maybe. I mean we already took
a bigio from them. I don't know if you need to keep taking the
the Toronto Blue Jays cast. You're telling me, you're telling me Vladimir Guerrel
Junior is a cast off. Any team in baseball would love to have twenty
five year old Vladimir Guerrel Junior. You talk about I'm sure you're one of
those guys too that complains about the bottom third of the Dodger order. Do
you know the impact it would have on the Dodgers order if Vladimir Guerrero Junior
was in it with the big four, it would move everybody down. It
would move to Oscar down, it would move Rojas down. It would just
have a trickle down effect that would be huge. It wouldn't just be about
third base and Vladimir Guerrero Junior. It would be for the whole lineup.
Danny. I mean, he's a very he's a talented hitter, Dave,
But you'd have to give up a lot to get that guy for a season.
I don't know. I think I think it's kind of hard plus for
a season plus. Oh hey, Dave, I have one other question,
all right, I agree to disagree on that. What's gonna have to give
him too much to get the guy? Hey? I could be here for
an hour and talking about the same old, boring names. I'm thinking outside
the box that I don't believe is unrealistic, especially if you move off Garrett
Crochet and you start thinking about Nathan Vivaldi and then you start thinking about Vladimir
Guerrero Junior. I was thinking Crochet and Randyo Rose Arena, which still may
be the two guys the Dodgers get. But I'm thinking outside the box now
with Vladimir Guerrero Junior. With this news about Max Munsey, I mean,
I'd be more excited about seeing Vargas over at third base, and you know,
like they've been talking about and seeing if he could do anything over there.
You're gonna put a clunker over there anyways, how do you how do
you know he's a clunker. You're gonna trust the blue JS well a third
base he's played third base? Do you know to play third base? And
like I said, dude, the Dodgers really emphasize defense. They want the
bat in the lineup and they'll find you a position. Well, we won't
agree to disagree, Dave. We'll see what we'll see what we'll see what
happened in a few weeks, Like like I was saying, you never know
what player could become available. But hey, what do you what are the
chances Gavin Lucks is still a Dodger come August one? What do you what
are your thoughts there? I'd say fifty to fifty. I'd say with Mookie
Bets coming back and Miguel Rojas going to be the Dodgers shortstop moving forward,
I would say fifty to fifty. If there's a trade that needs an extra
player to be thrown in, it could be Gavin lux Okay, and if
he's still on the team, I don't believe he'll be the starting second baseman.
Well if he's not that, then what's on the team for you know,
he's not a question. I think you use him in another capacity and
get some value for the guy. While why you can we'll see. And
you know, I don't know who's going to be traded. It's a rough
time year because all these guys are mentioning Vargas lux Autman. I mean,
all these guys could be part of a deal. You never know what what
kind of deal they could pull off. I think you just answered your own
question, Danny, Yeah, maybe I did, Dave. Thank you for
having me get there though. Man, all good man, thanks a lot
for listening. Good conversation. Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy
is the phone number. We're gonna take our final time out here on off
day Dodger Talk. When we come back, more mind numbing trade talk.
Vladimir Guerrero Junior. Look, things have changed in the last forty eight to
seventy two hours with this Max Monsey news. The Dodgers need a solution at
third base if they can't count on Max Mounsey. And his name is Vladimir
Guerrero Junior. Eight six six nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the
phone number. Also ta Oscar Hernandez, who also has been a great leader
for Pa Haz, Miguel Vargas and others. He wants in on the home
run derby. You'll hear from taoscar next right here on a five to seventy
LA Sports David Vasse taking you to the top of the hour on this off
day Dodger Talk. Jason Smith on Fox Sports Radio will follow us. Tomorrow.
The Dodgers will be back in action against the Phillies in Philadelphia. Morongo
Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins at two point thirty with first pitch at three
forty. It will be Bobby Miller on the mound for the Dodgers tomorrow and
Gavin Stone on the mound for the Dodgers on Tuesday. We have a few
more minutes for phone calls at eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy
before we go on to anything else, I just want to send out our
congratulations to Justin and Courtney Turner, who welcomed their first child into the world
a couple of days ago. I was keeping tabs on it because full disclosure,
I have Justin on one of my fantasy teams, and it said he
was on the paternity list, and I was not aware the baby was due.
So I just wanted to wish my congratulations to Justin and Courtney. And
Justin went back to work. The Blue Jays are in San Francisco starting tomorrow,
so I'm sure Justin made a pit stop from Seattle to San Francisco back
in LA. But all our best to the Turner family and congratulations to Justin
and Courtney. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone
number. Let's go out to Long Beach, Joe. You're on Dodger Talk.
How you doing, Joe? How you doing? Dave? This is
a Joe the Live driver. I s bookes he a few weeks ago or
a month. Hey, I remember that you had a few few overserved ladies
in your back seat. That's that's right, that's right. Good for you,
Good for them for taking a lift. Hey, listen, I love
the trade potential to maybe get Laddie, but couldn't we get Justin Turner thrown
in there? I would love to have Justin Turner back and look third base.
Yeah, I wouldn't rule it out. I mean, we've seen other
former Dodgers come back, so I wouldn't rule it out. But you know,
Vladimir Guerrero Junior is the impact bat we're talking about. And Joe,
can you believe there's Astros bloggers now saying the Houston Astros should trade for Justin
Turner to play first base for Houston? Would Justin block a trade there,
even with a no trade clause? Would he just say I am not going
there? Can you? I can't even imagine Justin Turner in an Astros uniform.
Yeah, I don't think that'll go. I don't think he would go
for that I was just thinking, you know what, Hey, you get
the big bat with with Laddie and you would take care of third base at
the same time. Yeah, I agree, I agree. Thanks a lot
for the phone call, Joe. And I'm not really sure how much third
base Justin Turner has played in Toronto. I know the Red Sox last year
were using him as a DH and first baseman, and it feels like that's
the way Toronto is using him as well. So I'm not sure the range
is there for thirty nine year old Justin Turner to go back to third base.
I want to mention Taoscar Hernandez, speaking of the Blue Jays, former
Blue Jay, another guy that certainly would be a mentor to Vladimir Guerrero Junior.
I'm sure he was a big brother to him when he came up in
Toronto. Ta Oscar let me know a few days ago that he wants in
in the Home Run Derby, but he's just waiting for Major League Baseball to
invite him. What's taken so long? There's so many guys like Aaron Judge
that say, no, why not invite a guy that has more home runs
and RBIs than any other National League outfielder to participate in the Home Run Derby.
Look, he's a showman. He came up with the sunflower seeds.
He's not some stiff that's just going to hit home runs. He's got a
personality. I'm all in with ta Oscar Hernandez being part of the Home Run
Derby. And here was Taoskar after the game yesterday going on the record that
he wants in on the derby. You've said that if you made the All
Star team, he would love to be in the Home Run Derby. Is
that still something you're interested in? Yeah? Yeah, why not? Obviously
in my career, I wanted to. I wanted to be a part of
it, see how it feels, and why not trying to go for it
and then win everything. So now it's official, your name's out there.
I don't know. I don't know. It depends how MLV wants to decide
yes or no, but I'm able to. I'm gonna be open to participate
on it, all right, ta Oscar Hernandez, now no on the record
for being wanting in on the Home Run Derby. Make it happen, Major
League Baseball. You already snubbed former Dodger Kennley Jansen. Can you believe Kenley
Jansen did not make the All Star team but Yankees closer? Oh, the
Yankees. The Yankees got Clay Holmes selected by Major League Baseball to be part
of the Al Relief Corps. Clay Holmes, who has five blown saves and
a whip of one to three zero six, made it over Kenley Janssen,
who is on the verge of being the man with the fourth most saves in
Major League Baseball history. Ken Lee snubbed again. I can't think of a
guy that is a possible Hall of Famer being snubbed as many times as Kenley
Jansen has in his career for an All Star opportunity. Ken Ley this year
with the Red Sox has converted seventeen of eighteen six opportunities and has a whip
just over one. And he's not saving three run leads in Boston. I
got news for you. He's saving one two run leads so and that's why
I said he was a bigger snub than Craig Kimbrel. Come on, we
all know about Craig Kimbrel, right, He's not on the level of Kenley
Jansen, even at this stage of their careers, and I love that Kenley
Jansen continues to prove the critics wrong. Many thought he was done three or
four years ago, and he's still going strong. He had a great year
with Boston last year. He had a great year the year before with Atlanta.
He is still one of the best closers in all of baseball and still
is the reigning saves champion for the Dodgers. He has more saves than any
other Dodger in franchise history, three hundred and fifty. He deserved to be
an All Star and I find it hard to believe if things continue this way,
with the Red Sox being in the wildcard race and now only three games
back of the Yankees in the Al East, that they are going to trade
Kenley Janssen. That just would not go over well in Boston. Boston is
seven and a half games back of Baltimore and they're now four and a half
games back of the Yankees in the standings, but only three back in the
lost column. And as far as the Wildcard goes, and I know there's
been rumors about Kenley being traded back to the Dodgers, the Red Sox are
actually right now the last wildcard team in the American League is Yankees Twins,
Red Sox. Red Sox are forty nine to forty. And that's a testament
to Alex kra who learned how to really manage baseball ce baseball coming up through
the Dodger organization. He was drafted, developed by the Dodgers and I'll never
forget get. While Alex was still playing, Steve Garvey walked up to us
in the dugout and said, this guy is going to be a manager and
a great one, and it's turned out to be true. All right,
that'll do it for us on Dodger Talk tonight. We will be with you
after the game tomorrow Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins at two thirty with
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