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 --> 00:00:10.759 millions of Angelinos for over twenty five years. And now your voice for Dodger 3 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:18.280 Talk. Like back David Vasse. We are live at Dodgers Stadium. After 4 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:23.679 the Diamondbacks put it on the Dodgers tonight twelve to four. The final score 5 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.920 we have phone lines open at eight, six, six, nine, eighty 6 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:34.399 seven two five seventy. The Diamondbacks scored eleven unanswered runs and the last three 7 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:40.399 games the Dodgers have allowed twenty nine runs. That will not get it done. 8 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:45.560 The Dodgers talked about pitching and proving their pitching, and they did, 9 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:50.600 but things have started to fall apart a little bit here, especially with the 10 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:57.560 injury to Yoshi Yamamoto. Since then, the Dodgers starting pitchers ERA is for 11 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:03.480 eighty four and that include dudes. Gavin Stone's complete game shutout last Wednesday, 12 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:08.280 So they got a clunker from Glass now in San Francisco, a clunker from 13 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:14.519 Paxton in San Francisco, and young Gavin Stone, the rookie, did not 14 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:19.239 have his best start tonight. Three innings, seventy seven pitches, and the 15 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:25.159 Dodgers Fall twelve to four. Christian Walker. I know you may laugh, 16 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:29.000 for get a chuckle when I call him the Dodger Killer. Well, that's 17 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:34.519 exactly what he is. In forty one games at Dodger Stadium in his career, 18 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.560 he said seventeen home runs. He is now homered in four straight games 19 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:45.120 at Dodger Stadium. In eight games alone this year, he has seven home 20 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:52.560 runs and eleven RBIs. That is a Dodger killer right there. You know, 21 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:56.480 back in the early two thousands or late nineties, there was a player 22 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:01.120 for the Phillies and Marlins by the name of eisen Reich. I feel like 23 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:07.599 Christian Walker is putting him to shame with the way he has been owning the 24 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:14.080 Dodgers This year just has been incredible what he's doing. And with his seventeen 25 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:19.360 home runs and forty one career games at Dodger Stadium, he's on pace if 26 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:23.199 he were to play one hundred and sixty two games at Dodger Stadium for sixty 27 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:29.280 one home runs. That's how dominant he's been tonight, four for five, 28 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.520 two home runs, four RBIs. I mean, the list goes on and 29 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:37.680 on. What I could say about Christian Walker and let's not forget what he 30 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:43.400 and the Diamondbacks did to the Dodgers' last NLDS when they swept him. And 31 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:49.240 right now the Dodgers have split the first eight games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. 32 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:53.680 And yeah, I know the guys down there remind me how big of a 33 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:57.639 lead they had and how it's all about October. But you got to put 34 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:02.840 yourself in the right mental spot to perform in October. And you also have 35 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.560 to put yourself in the best position to run the table in October. And 36 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:13.199 if you're playing in the first round of the postseason. I know wildcard teams 37 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.000 have run the table all the way to the World Series. I know the 38 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:22.879 Diamondbacks did it last year. I know the Phillies obviously did it the last 39 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:27.039 couple of years. But that's an uphill climb, and the Dodgers would not 40 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:30.919 be a wildcard team. But right now they're in a race not with just 41 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:36.800 the Padres to just maintain their lead, but more importantly, they're in a 42 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:42.919 race with the Milwaukee Brewers because the Dodgers are only a game better in the 43 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:47.039 lost column than the Brewers. The Brewers lead the NL Central with a fifty 44 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:52.919 two and thirty five record. They won again tonight and they're coming to town 45 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:57.120 for a three game series. The first three games the Dodgers and Brewers will 46 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:00.879 see each other this year. Now, if I had to money on it, 47 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:05.439 I would say the Dodgers have a better chance of continuing leading the NL 48 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:11.319 West at this pace than the Brewers do because their pitching is starting to fall 49 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:15.719 apart as well. But nobody ever thought the Brewers would even be in first 50 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.439 place in the week n now Central, but here they are fifty two and 51 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:27.240 thirty five, a game behind the Dodgers for the second seed in the National 52 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:31.959 League postseason. The Phillies right now have the best record in the National League 53 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.160 by five games over the Dodgers six over the Brewers. I don't see that 54 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:42.199 changing. It may, but I don't see it changing. So what you 55 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:46.720 have here is the Dodgers trying to win out to have that buy in the 56 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.879 first round, and I know it hasn't worked out. With the five days 57 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:56.439 off, that's an excuse. Andrew Freeman has said it. Dave Roberts has 58 00:04:56.439 --> 00:05:00.720 said it. That's an excuse. You want those five days to just get 59 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:04.439 everything in order rather than having to play the best of three. And that's 60 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:11.439 why I keep talking about not allowing complacency to set in. You have to 61 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.800 still play with some sense of urgency. I know the Dodgers are really talented. 62 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:19.319 I understand Max Months. He's been out since May fifteenth. I understand 63 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:25.720 Mookie Bets is out now since Father's Day and won't return until the first or 64 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:30.839 second week of August. I understand Yoshiyamamoto's out. I understand all that. 65 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:34.360 But the facts are, the Dodgers have a really good team. But what's 66 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:40.439 happening now is you're having players that they were now conning on to play every 67 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:45.560 day and getting regular at bats against righty's and lefties. I'm talking about Chris 68 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:48.680 Taylor, I'm talking about Key k Hernandez, and even to a certain extent, 69 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:53.879 Jason Hayward is getting run out there a lot more than I'm sure Dave 70 00:05:53.959 --> 00:06:00.240 Roberts would ideally like, which I believe should start to change a little little 71 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:04.519 bit here, because the fact is, Miguel Vargas, when he has had 72 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:10.160 an opportunity to start games, he has delivered. He has a nine or 73 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:15.360 ten game hitting streak when he's in the starting lineup. Vargas this year albeit 74 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:20.360 in limited opportunities, is hitting three oh six. Jason Hayward is scuffling a 75 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:25.279 little bit right now. Uh, he's hitting two o five. His ops 76 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:29.800 is is seven oh three. Key A Hernandez is hitting two o six. 77 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:34.199 His ops is five eighty. I just feel like you got to do something 78 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:41.800 to change things up and get a kid that obviously has worked hard to make 79 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:46.000 adjustments and has earned, in my opinion and many others, an opportunity to 80 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:50.879 get more at bats. Eight six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the 81 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:56.120 phone number. The only bright spot for the Dodgers tonight was Freddie Freeman and 82 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:00.319 Taoscar Hernandez hitting back to back home runs in the first sinning. Freddy was 83 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:05.160 on base all four times today and drove in three with one swing of the 84 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:10.399 bat in the first inning. Let's head downstairs right now to here from Freddy 85 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.399 Freeman on sports in at LA. I mean lost the three innings. I 86 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:15.920 think that's good planned by us as an offense to get the starters out and 87 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:19.120 get to their bullpen. But first inning for big leave start, it's really 88 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:24.160 hard to put it into words. I'm sure he had a lot of nerves 89 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:27.839 out there A lot of excitement, just so I was falling behind hitters in 90 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:30.000 that first time we were able to jump on him, but steadled down a 91 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:31.759 little bit, got through a couple more innings, and you know, the 92 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.560 bullpen, we just didn't have anything for it. Recity drinking. Feel like 93 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:40.040 it just kind of dragged a little bit. I look, definitely, it 94 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:41.759 was like nine to fifteen. It was like the fifth ending. I was 95 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:45.639 like, whoa pre pitchcloth. But yeah, just a longer game, but 96 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:47.600 I wish we would have won. Is that something that like can impact you 97 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:51.160 guys with the plate at all? When it is no, no, not 98 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:58.279 at all. That sounds like a tired beat rider at the baseball game having 99 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:01.480 to sit through ooh, a three hour, twenty three minute game. We're 100 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.839 at a baseball stadium watching a baseball game. I mean, there are worse 101 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.759 things to be at. Do you think Freddy Freeman cares about being on the 102 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:15.279 field for three hours and twenty three minutes. He wants to win the game. 103 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:18.160 He wants more hits, he wants more at bats. He doesn't care 104 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:22.079 about that. I mean, I will say this about guys like Jason Hayward, 105 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.920 Guys like Miguel Rojas, being on your feet in long innings obviously is 106 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:31.680 going to take its toll. But as far as asking a player about, 107 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:35.559 you know, how long the game went, obviously abnormal these days with the 108 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:41.519 pitch clock. But if you look at what three or two of the last 109 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:46.519 four games for the Dodgers have gone over three hours, that eleven inning win 110 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:50.480 in San Francisco went three hours and forty five minutes tonight, nine inning affair 111 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:58.279 that saw the Diamondbacks score twelve runs on sixteen hits. The Dodgers four runs 112 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:01.240 on six hits and did not after the first inning. Uh, that's a 113 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:05.399 little bit different. But hey, when you're giving up hits and you're walking 114 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:09.279 hitters and you're not getting outs, the game is going to go a little 115 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.759 bit longer pitch clock or no pitch clock, and that's what's alarming. Eleven 116 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:20.919 unanswered runs for the Diamondbags tonight just not a great showing by the Dodgers. 117 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.960 Eight six, six, nine, seven, two five seventy is the phone 118 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:28.759 number. Let's go out to topanga. Ronnie lead us off on Dodger Talk. 119 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:33.639 Hi, Ronnie, Hey David, thanks for taking my call. Man. 120 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:37.159 You could not be more spot on with that postgame press conference and hearing 121 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:43.600 the praise being heaped on Christian Walker after the seemingly like I don't know, 122 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.159 five or six years, he's done this to us. We just don't need 123 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:50.840 it right now. That's first thing. I think. That's a reflection of 124 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:56.159 what I see in the pitching staff versus the lineup, and spare with me 125 00:09:56.200 --> 00:10:01.000 here. We have some we have some dogs in the pitching staff, like 126 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.320 these guys like Bobby Miller when he got out of that jam yesterday. I 127 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:07.039 think Spectrum Sports that could do a better job of not panning in on what 128 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:11.519 he's saying. It's pretty obvious what he couldn't do. But that guy run 129 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:15.320 through the wall glass now, same thing, Gavin Stone. I thought, 130 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:16.879 that's what fans want, by the way, you know, they might got 131 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:20.679 players of it. Fans want to be inside the game. That's what everybody 132 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.919 tells us, So that's what they're doing. Yeah, that's getting to my 133 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:30.120 point though, you know the pitchers they want it right And I was kind 134 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.639 of worried coming into this game because Stone, did you know, going nine 135 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:35.279 innings, granted it with the White Sox, you might as well be thrown 136 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.759 to like dummies at this at that point. But our lineup and like I 137 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.240 think our position players is just so docile and they and they take on the 138 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.799 energy I think of the manager of like, hey, you know, it's 139 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:50.519 not every game isn't life or death, but like these games against the Dinonbacks 140 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:54.440 are frustrating because they have treated the blueprint of how to stretch us out these 141 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:58.799 long games kind of wind you know, wear down our bullpen, they taxed, 142 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:03.480 the starters are deep, kind of shows wearing hair here and there. 143 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:05.279 We're making, you know, massive substitutions in the middle of the game. 144 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:09.279 It just worries me, David, going into the latter half of the season. 145 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:13.799 If we're breaking down now and we don't have let's say, reinforcements coming 146 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:16.799 up in triple A and we don't have the arms in triple A to come 147 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:22.120 up and help starting. What do you mean by breaking down? Well, 148 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.279 it's just today was a micro last night and tonight to meet or a microcosm 149 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:30.279 of what we run into every single postseason is a team that feels like an 150 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:33.399 upstart and we just kind of like our engine is like always you know, 151 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.759 always at five thousand RPMs and they're always at eight thousand and eventually it's gonna 152 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.879 like we're gonna run into a snag, like we're gonna have a breakpad, 153 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:45.120 you know, go bad, or like we're gonna have a guy. We 154 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.679 got to get better than that. I understand to a certain extent what you're 155 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:52.159 saying, but during a long one sixty two, uh, the players have 156 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:58.559 cannot be as emotional as you are or sometimes I get doing the show. 157 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:05.000 They just can't do that and be successful through the peaks and the valleys of 158 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.159 a season. But I will say this, and this is what I've been 159 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:13.360 trying to convey the last two or three nights. If you remember, Tim 160 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:18.159 Grover showed up at Dodger camp in spring training on the invitation by Jason Hayward. 161 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:24.159 Tim Grover was the personal trainer for Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne 162 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:28.960 Wade, and now is a motivational speaker. And what he preached was not 163 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:33.399 flipping the switch on and off, but not dimming the switch. Right, 164 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:37.480 you have a dimmer in your house, or I'm sure you've been to somebody's 165 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:41.000 house where they don't have the straight switch. It's a dimmer, and that's 166 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:46.559 what he warned against. And that's what I'm seeing right now. I'm seeing 167 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:50.039 the Dodgers dim the lights and then turn them back on. And I feel 168 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:56.039 like in September, especially the last few years, the Dodgers have dim the 169 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:00.120 lights and then all of a sudden they can't bring them back up. I 170 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:05.720 am warning against that again this year. And that's what you're spot on. 171 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:09.440 That's what compelled me to call that. I haven't called ever, but it 172 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.159 was what you said after the postgame show, or yeah, during the postgame 173 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:16.320 show, when it was like, we're heating praise on the opponent, who's 174 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:18.799 our division rival, who kicked our butt last year and the year before. 175 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:24.919 Nobody wants to hear Nobody wants to hear anybody in a Dodger uniform tonight say, 176 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:30.200 Hey, I really enjoyed Christian Walker or admire Christian Walker. Nobody wants 177 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.600 to hear that tonight. I understand where Dave's coming from, and he's a 178 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:39.240 great ambassador for the game of baseball, but that's not what anybody. That's 179 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.840 not what Ronnie and Tapega wants to hear. Hey, Ronnie, you want 180 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:45.960 to come out to one of the big games against the Brewers. I got 181 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:50.080 two tickets for Sunday. Oh my god, well I can't say no to 182 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.960 that, all right, then don't hold on. You got those tickets, 183 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:58.799 a pair of tickets to Sunday's game against the Brewers. And look, I 184 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:03.919 know I don't want to overhype series in July or April or May, but 185 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:09.360 we're past the halfway point in the season and now the standings mean something, 186 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:16.120 and seeding in the postseason means something. So the Dodgers not only have a 187 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.080 big three game series against the team that they're only one game better than to 188 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:26.919 earn that second seed in the postseason as it stands right now, but also 189 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:33.000 when they leave Dodgers Stadium on Sunday, they travel to Philadelphia for a three 190 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:37.360 game series against the Phillies. And you don't think that place is going to 191 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:43.840 be a playoff atmosphere. That's where you can't just turn the dimmer up again. 192 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.600 You gotta be ready for that before you get on that plane. Eight 193 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:52.039 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number Dodgers get routed 194 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:58.399 by the Diamondbacks tonight, twelve to four. Also, in case you missed 195 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:03.480 it, only show Heo Toime was voted as an All Star starter in the 196 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.600 National League's on the National League side of things for the All Star Game, 197 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:13.879 but ta Oscar Hernandez more than likely will be the replacement for Fernando Tattis Junior, 198 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.240 who has a stress fracture in one of his legs. And Freddie Freeman 199 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:24.039 should and more than likely will replace Bryce Harper at first base, who has 200 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:28.519 an injury as well. And by the way, for all of you that 201 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:33.120 were concerned about Freddie Freeman when he was hitting two to eighty, I don't 202 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.240 think you should be concerned anymore. He's hitting three to zero two. He 203 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:39.159 had a tremendous month of June. His OPS now is nine to twenty. 204 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:45.360 He not only tied the game last night with a double, he scored the 205 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:48.559 winning run last night. And tonight hit his thirteenth home run of the season 206 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:54.960 off of the Diamondbacks starter Christian Minya, a three run home run. So 207 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:00.919 I would be it's safe to say you gotta trust the resume and the track 208 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:06.080 record, and Freddie Freeman is that guy. And by the way, after 209 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:10.679 Dodger Talk on a five to seventy LA Sports, Ben Mallard comes on and 210 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:15.960 for the first time ever, I actually learned something from Ben Maller. Last 211 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:21.759 night, Freddie Freeman's game time double in the ninth inning gave him twenty five 212 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:27.559 doubles on the season, and he has now doubled twenty five times or more 213 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:34.960 in thirteen straight years. Only Jeff Bagwell has done it more in consecutive seasons. 214 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:41.879 So if Freddie doubles twenty five times next year, him and Jeff Bagwell 215 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.759 will have that distinction as far as Major League history goes eight six six nine, 216 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:49.320 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to 217 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:53.080 the gouna, Miguel, Paul, you're on Dodger talking. Hi, Paul, 218 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:56.759 Hello, David, thank you. I have a suggestion. Why did 219 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:03.679 you bring Autman back up for the Milely Platoonum with Pies and Senna and platoon 220 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:10.160 platoon Vargas and right with Hayward and send bgo down? Maybe why not do 221 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:14.799 that? Well, we'll see what happens at the trade deadline. I feel 222 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:18.599 like maybe that could be an option, Paul. I'm not going to rule 223 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.359 it out. I think we all have to see where the dust settles after 224 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:27.480 July thirtieth. Well, why wait till why wait four weeks? Why don't 225 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:30.960 you just bring out and back up and platoon them with pies, great lefty 226 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:37.000 righty matchups and platoon Vargas now with with with Haywood. Now is now? 227 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:44.119 Maybe you know why wait a month. I'm not against the platoon of Vargas 228 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:47.759 and Hayward. I feel like Vargas should be getting more of those starts, 229 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:52.319 more opportunities, no doubt about it. And you could have tai Oscar Hernandez 230 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.480 play right field and Miguel Vargas play left field. Let's see what you have 231 00:17:56.920 --> 00:18:00.960 in Miguel Vargas. He's here and last year he was. You're starting second 232 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.880 basement for the first half of the season. He's a better hitter this year. 233 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:08.039 Let's give him a little bit more opportunity. I'm with you on that, 234 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:14.960 Paul, as far as the outman PAJZ platoon not an outrageous thought. 235 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:18.160 I'm not sure what the Dodgers are thinking on that. Thanks for the phone 236 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:22.960 call. Let's go out to Ramone in Arizona. Ramone, are you a 237 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:27.599 Dodger fan in Arizona or are you one of those rare diamondback fans in Arizona? 238 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:32.839 No? No, I bleed Dodger blue and I was Actually I actually 239 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:38.559 met you opening opening series against the Cardinals in the stairway as you were going 240 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:41.359 up to the broadcast booth. I don't know if you remember that I shook 241 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:47.920 your hand, but remember that. No. I I attend Dodger games once 242 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:51.599 a month. I drive out to LA from Arizona. I want to be 243 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:56.039 heading out to the Boston series in a few weeks, all right, And 244 00:18:56.079 --> 00:19:00.880 I was just there for the Angels series. But my question was, but 245 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:06.279 first off, I wanted to talk about Gavin Stone's performance. For some reason, 246 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.200 I had a hunch that he was going to have a bad outing after 247 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:12.079 the great performance he had in Colorado last week. And for some reason, 248 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:15.640 I didn't think he was gonna fare too well tonight. And I don't know, 249 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.839 I just had that hunt. Maybe that's just being negative. I mean 250 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:23.920 you're just being negative. No, not being negative. I just had that 251 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:27.640 feeling that he wasn't gonna come out and uh, you know, have a 252 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:33.640 good performance for some reason, and uh it turned out to be true. 253 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:41.920 Yeah. My other question was, I really haven't heard anything on what injury 254 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.279 that Yamamoto has. Have they announced what it actually is yet. Yeah, 255 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:52.000 they're they're saying publicly, it's a rotator cuff injury. So you know he's 256 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:56.160 not coming back anytime before August, is what Dave Roberts has been saying. 257 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:00.839 So we'll see. I feel like we'll get more details on yamamotos injury after 258 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:06.119 the trade deadline. That seems to be a good time on when the Dodgers 259 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:10.799 will give us a little bit more information on if they believe Yamamoto will return. 260 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:14.559 That's just the way it plays out. Thanks for the phone call, 261 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:18.559 appreciate it, Ramone. I feel like Ramone called in just to tell us 262 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:22.319 I told you so about Gavin Stone, even though he never told us publicly. 263 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:26.279 He felt that way. He could have called in last night and said, 264 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.519 hey, I don't have a good feeling about Gavin Stone tomorrow. But 265 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:33.079 he did not. That's not on the record, Ramone. I'm not counting 266 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:36.359 that I told you so. We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger 267 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:40.440 Talk. When we come back, Jose Mota will tell you something. He'll 268 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:45.039 check in after the Dodgers get blown out by the Diamondbacks tonight twelve to four 269 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:52.519 on a five to seventy LA Sports on air at AM five to seventy online 270 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:59.799 at amfive seventy LA sports dot com and available my podcast on the iHeartRadio apps. 271 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:04.279 He's Dodger Talk with David Bassi. He had more hits last night and 272 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:11.519 the previous six games combined. He swings again, Taot's off, this deep 273 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:17.960 left by the scoreboard, had another to the scoreboard. Back to back home 274 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:23.759 runs for Freeman in Hernandez and now a four to one. That's when Stephen 275 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:30.119 Nelson was happy. He was sad Stephen Nelson after that. The Diamondbacks score 276 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:37.240 eleven unanswered runs against the Dodgers after Freddie Freeman and Taoscar Hernandez hit back to 277 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:41.720 back home runs in the first inning as they routed the Dodgers tonight twelve to 278 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:47.119 four in Game two of this three game series. Daniels Jewelers they are the 279 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:52.599 official sponsor of the Trip around the Diamond. Stop by any Daniel's location and 280 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:56.720 say home run for your free team bracelet and fifty dollars gift card toward any 281 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:03.440 purchase of ninety nine dollars or more. Daniels Jewelers own the Dream eight six, 282 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.519 six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. 283 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:11.400 Let's hit out to our man, Jose, Moda, it's time to go 284 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:17.880 around the horn with Jose Mota. Man Jose, I hope the Dodgers Spanish 285 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:22.960 radio booth was not sad the last eight innings of the game or seven innings 286 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:26.519 of the game tonight. No, as Mike Soshi was said, we're a 287 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.119 little sloppy there ourselves too. So you know, it seems like we're far 288 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:33.960 removed from this very dramatic win last night, doesn't it what happened, it 289 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:38.400 really does. And what's concerning to me, Jose, including last night, 290 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:44.240 is in the last three games the Dodgers have played, their opponents have scored 291 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:48.480 twenty nine runs. I'll point out to the starting pitching. I think you 292 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:52.319 mentioned already passed in my glass. Now you know, a short start tonight. 293 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:56.240 Gavistone didn't have it. I sent you a little message in the first 294 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:59.640 inning where I just saw something that I just was not comfortable with with him. 295 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:03.079 I don't think you had anything to do with what happened in the son 296 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:07.400 and three pitches against the White Sox, But you know we miss spots, 297 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:10.440 Dave, and I learned this a long time ago from like Rick Sutcliffe, 298 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:14.400 Like, hey, if I don't have a release point that's consistent with where 299 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:17.799 my body's going, and I'm losing my arm a lot. It's gonna cause 300 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:21.720 some problems. And that is the difference between two or three inches or foot 301 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:25.640 in or outside or hit able pitch. Well, lots of he's fun at 302 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.640 ninety six, but there's a way in which a player, a hitter, 303 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:32.039 can see the ball a little bit better antisipate what he might be throwing. 304 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:34.519 But mechanically, I just didn't see him where we saw him in Chicago. 305 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:38.799 And perhaps there's a second time the Dbacks I've gotten to him, so maybe 306 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:41.920 they have something on him that the other teams don't have. Yeah, very 307 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:47.680 good point. Jose Mota is joining us after the Diamondbacks beat the Dodgers tonight 308 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:52.039 twelve to four. All right, Jose, I know the easy answer is 309 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:56.200 to put up four fingers when Christian Walker comes to the plate, But as 310 00:23:56.279 --> 00:24:00.519 Dave Roberts said a lot of times, the situation does not dick hate that. 311 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:06.279 What do the Dodgers do with Christian Walker? Because who's waiting behind him? 312 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:08.880 And say who's a better chance to get out? And usually the way 313 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:14.000 he's the baseball gainst the Dodgers is a guy behind him. The other thing, 314 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:17.279 too, is you know there's a pitch inside that he didn't like very 315 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:19.839 much from Michael Peterson, and it was doing the broadcast, I said, 316 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.319 I guarantee you the next pitch is not going to be inside, because pitchers 317 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:26.200 nowadays are not repeating inside or doubling up inside or tripling up inside, and 318 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:30.000 hitters what what they do nowadays is so many hitters have told me I see 319 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:34.559 a pitch inside and I know it's either an accident or a purpose pitch, 320 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:37.599 and I'm looking middle out the next pitch, and that's exactly what happened there. 321 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:42.559 So in short, I think at some times somebody who's that hot, 322 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:47.440 I'm not promoting or advocating for hitting somebody, but make him feel a little 323 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:49.960 uncomfortable, as teams have done to show Hal tany here this season. You 324 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:53.200 get him on his heels and there's a different ballgame. So there's nothing wrong 325 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:57.160 in his soul power within the playing a clean game to make a guy feel 326 00:24:57.200 --> 00:25:02.319 a little uncomfortable. So maybe that miss stake pitch does not become a home 327 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:04.480 run. But then if you have choices, well you're gonna pitch him make 328 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:07.000 sure that if you're gonna miss, you're gonna miss by a lot. But 329 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:10.480 pitt your spouse. That's to what you're gonna do against it, because certainly 330 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.519 there's no stopping this guy. I mean, this guy was a go about 331 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:15.960 the Baltimore Orioles. He you know, he bloomed as an a result of 332 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:19.759 player, and he's not stopping. Besides that, he's a team leader in 333 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:23.799 the clubhouse, and he's a guy that plays a tremendous first base over you 334 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:26.640 know, as a go go of caliber first base. But you got to 335 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:30.240 at some point just pick your points. This is not gonna hurt me, 336 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:33.200 and I'm gonna go out there and make him uncomfortable. It's funny you say 337 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:40.200 that because unfortunately tonight in nineteen ninety three, Big d Don Drysdale passed away 338 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:45.200 when the Dodgers were in Montreal. What would Don Drysdale say about Christian Walker 339 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:48.160 and how to handle him? Very easy. I need to have a part 340 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:52.799 of the play, my son. That's a big deal with say son, 341 00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:56.519 I need part of the play too, because I need to feed my family. 342 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.680 And I'm gonna give you one try, but you give me the other. 343 00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:00.559 And that means I'm gonna get you off the play because I need to 344 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:04.400 eat outside too, So that's exactly how you try to fix that. Jose 345 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:11.160 Mode is joining us after the Diamondbacks score eleven unanswered runs against the Dodgers to 346 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:15.480 beat them tonight twelve to four. All right, Jose, what is the 347 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:19.279 state of Miguel Vargas on this roster? Are you with me and many others 348 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:25.720 that he needs or should get more at bats because there's a lot of guys 349 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:29.720 on this team that are getting a lot more opportunities and not doing a lot 350 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.680 with it. Big believer, And when I see a player that's not playing 351 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:37.240 every day and comes in and gives you a good game, the fact that 352 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:41.799 he's telling you with his actions you need to consider me a little bit more. 353 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:45.720 And I think it's gotten to the point now where Vargas has shown right 354 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:48.400 anders left enders that he's going to give you a pretty good at bat. 355 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:53.359 You know, Miguel last season on the record, was not playing with healthy 356 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:59.440 hands. He had a bad pinky, he had a bad index finger. 357 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.920 All these things happened early. He couldn't grip the bat. He's a different 358 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:06.000 hitter, his shorter swing. He understands the game in the zone a little 359 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:10.119 bit better. And besides that, what else do you want from a young 360 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.519 player that not play him? And then when he gets in there, he 361 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:15.279 gives you a pretty good at bat and produces for you. Plus the ball 362 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:18.519 is playing off his back pretty nicely too, and it's time. It's time 363 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:22.640 to give him a better look. He works hard every single afternoon with Clay 364 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.680 McCollen deno evil out there in the outfield. He's throwing the ball better from 365 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.720 the outfield, better routse, and he's only going to get better with a 366 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:30.680 rouse the more he plays. But I agree with you and the listeners, 367 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:33.920 so you know, Jason Heyward, at this point, Tom playing more than 368 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:37.519 was expected. Last year, He played more than the DoD Usic fit to 369 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:40.440 him to play. And at some point you got to consider all that, 370 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:45.759 and I'll ta Gavin Lucks to me, Dave is a guy that you got 371 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:49.599 to consider, where's this production and where are you going with him? Because 372 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:55.559 certainty from him you need way more than you're getting from him. And obviously 373 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:59.839 I'm not promoting or advocating viguas play second base. By the same time as 374 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.480 you got to be in that liner for a reason and right now from Gavin 375 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:06.200 Lux you need way more and Vargas to God that can challenge you out there 376 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:10.160 the outfield and hopefully some production in the bottom lineup righters and lefty that it 377 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:12.759 doesn't matter. Well, that's the thing. Right last year, Vargas was 378 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:18.240 the Dodgers starting second baseman. He played only left field, and only has 379 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:22.400 played left field this year in the minor leagues. And here with the Dodgers, 380 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:26.079 would it be out of the question to play him at second base if 381 00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:33.039 the Dodgers want to keep the same outfielders out there against certain matchups at this 382 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:37.000 point, yes, because the reps have not been there and he's been told, 383 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:40.079 hey, you're going to be an outfielder this time. And remember this 384 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:44.640 kid has gone from third base so little first base to the outfield, and 385 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:48.720 I saw that happen with my previous team, and for young players it becomes 386 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:51.799 quite confusing. So wherever he is right now in the outfield, he's progressing. 387 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.920 It feels comfortable. That's where he needs to be at this point because 388 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:56.839 then you don't want to be a liability at second base defensively, because you 389 00:28:56.880 --> 00:29:02.599 know the pitching staff depends on guys you know catching the Baseball's Dodgers overall, 390 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.119 even though they did not play a very good defensive game today they are one 391 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:11.799 of the best, most solid baseball teams defensively. You consider everything he comes 392 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:15.759 out on the week with reports on the defensive side. Did you, speaking 393 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:19.200 of defense, did you believe ta Oscar Hernandez had a few defensive lapses out 394 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:23.480 there tonight. I can count three of them. There's a ball that he 395 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:29.119 was going to leave the ballpark. There's a caught off throw to the cutoff 396 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:30.799 man that was not made, and you know we have thrown out of the 397 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:34.279 lines. There's three cutoffmen by the way in that play to left field, 398 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:40.119 and all three of them were not able to play. And then obviously with 399 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:42.720 Corbyn Carroll challenging him and saying, I know, I'm going to see how 400 00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:47.519 he charges baseball. I'm going to stop at second base and take off because 401 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.759 I know you're gonna be on your heels, and that's exactly what happens. 402 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:52.359 So we're going to tell this one. But for sure he knows he makes 403 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.839 a couple of mistakes and he needs to get over that. But over the 404 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:57.160 team needs to play better because obviously there's some bats missing, and the offense 405 00:29:57.200 --> 00:30:00.920 has been very inconsistent. All right, Jose, thanks a lot for stopping 406 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:06.200 by. Appreciate the insight, and we'll see who's in the starting lineup tomorrow 407 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:08.640 against Zach Gallen. Shake it up a little bit, nothing wrong with that. 408 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:11.519 There's a lot of games left. Thanks, Ose, appreciate it. 409 00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:17.839 Audios. There he goes Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast 410 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.559 with Pep Bee and Ningez and the great Fernando of Alnezuela. And by the 411 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:26.599 way, in case you're wondering which Dodger has had success against Zach Gallen, 412 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:30.599 there aren't too many. I'm looking right now. Show hey, Otani only 413 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:34.640 three at bats, zero for three. Maybe the guy that has had the 414 00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:41.640 most success against Gallen is Miguel Rojas three for six, Will Smith six for 415 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:45.359 nineteen. In case you're wondering about Jason Hayward, He's only one for ten 416 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:51.839 with four strikeouts against Zach Gallen. So maybe Dave Roberts says, you know 417 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:55.839 what, Miguel, you want to be in the starting lineup. Tomorrow's the 418 00:30:55.920 --> 00:31:00.599 day against Zach Gallen. So you know there's nobody tearing the cover off the 419 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:03.920 ball against Gallen, and you know, especially outfielders. If that's what we're 420 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.960 looking at here, so why not why not give it? Give him a 421 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:14.039 chance. A kid that is eager for an opportunity is going to do the 422 00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:17.799 most with it. So we'll see who Dave Roberts has in his starting lineup 423 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:21.880 tomorrow night against Zach Gallen. He'll be going up against Landon Knack, who 424 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:26.440 does not lack confidence. So you may say Landed nac against Zach Gallen. 425 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:32.880 Well, I thought Gavin Stone versus whoever the Diamondbacks were throwing out turned out 426 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:36.480 to be Christian Menya favored the Dodgers. So we'll see where it goes. 427 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:40.319 But like I said, it's not a division race right now, but it 428 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:45.240 certainly is a playoff seeding race between the Dodgers and Brewers. They are separated 429 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:49.279 by one game for the second seed in the National League playoff picture. As 430 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:52.799 it stands right now, Landon Knack this year is one and one with an 431 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:56.839 ERA of two zero eight going up against Zach Gallen, who I mentioned, 432 00:31:57.119 --> 00:32:02.319 He's six and four with an ERA of two eighty three. Morongo Casino Dodgers 433 00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:07.640 on Deck begins at five o'clock with first pitch at six' ten. It 434 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:12.480 is fourth of July, so the Dodgers will put on a spectacular fireworks show 435 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:15.839 following the game tomorrow, So if you're showing up, be ready for a 436 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:21.359 great show, hopefully with the Dodgers offense and then the fireworks on fourth of 437 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:25.160 July. Thanks to Colinie back at our Burbank studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald 438 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:30.039 out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to you for listening. In case 439 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:34.000 you miss any of the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app 440 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:37.799 once again. The final score tonight from Dodgers Stadium, the Diamondbags route the 441 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:42.839 Dodgers twelve to four. Have a great rest of year. Fourth of July. 442 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:45.519 Happy fourth of July. Four minutes away. We'll talk to you in 443 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:51.079 a few hours. Ben Maller on Fox Sports Radio is next see him.