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 --> 00:00:10.720 millions of Angelinos for over twenty five years. And now your voice for Dodger 3 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:18.719 Talking like Back, David Basse. We are live at Dodgers Stadium. After 4 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:23.359 the Rangers defeat the Dodgers tonight three to one and take two out of three 5 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:28.320 at Dodger Stadium, Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until the 6 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:32.399 top of the hour. Jose Moto will check in at ten forty five. 7 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:37.880 You will hear from two time World Series Champion and former Dodger Nathan Avaldi. 8 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:41.479 We had a chance to catch up with Evaldi before the game to get his 9 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:46.439 thoughts on Walker Buehler, what he saw last night and what's ahead as far 10 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:52.439 as coming back from two Tommy John surgeries for Bueller, because Nathan Valdi is 11 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:57.640 the most successful pitcher to come back as a starter after a second Tommy John 12 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:02.399 surgery. So you'll hear from the former Dodger. Eight six six nine seven 13 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:07.719 two five seventy is the phone number, not surprising after a Dodger loss. 14 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:11.120 We have a full board of calls. I would love to see this after 15 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.879 a Dodger win. But nonetheless we will get to all of you and not 16 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:19.680 surprising, some of the same names that call after losses. Also, we 17 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:26.280 do have another copy of Andy McCullough's book, The Biography on Clayton Kershaw, 18 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:30.480 The Last of his Kind, to give away. Kershaw threw a three inning 19 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:36.319 simulated game today, forty five pitches and was hitting about eighty eight eighty nine 20 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:40.959 on the fastball. I guess he's toying with a change up. He has 21 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:45.280 said for many years that he has change up envy. So uh, that's 22 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:49.719 the latest on Kershaw, and we'll give away the biography from Andy McCullough during 23 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:57.439 the show tonight if you can answer another trivia question about his no hitter against 24 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:02.000 the Rockies, which is just five days away from its tenth anniversary. Eight 25 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:07.159 six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number? All right? 26 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:10.479 A couple of frustrating things tonight, obviously the bottom of the eighth inning, 27 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:15.680 where Journeyman reliever at this point, thirty nine year old David Robertson strikes 28 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:22.639 out the Dodgers MVPs of bets Otani and Freeman with runners at the corners. 29 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:27.319 Strikes him out for the second straight night, those same three hitters in the 30 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.639 same inning, the eighth inning. So that's frustrating, and I think at 31 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:36.479 some point now we got to start talking about show Hey Otani, because show 32 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:40.039 he Otani's in a major slump. We can ignore it, we could celebrate 33 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:45.000 him, you could wear the jerseys to the stadium. But he's human and 34 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:47.319 he's going to go through slumps, and he's in a big one right now. 35 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:53.599 In his last twenty four games, show he Otani is hitting exactly two 36 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:59.439 hundred after going over tonight. He has twenty six strikeouts in his last twenty 37 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:04.680 four games and only five home runs, and quite honestly, I don't remember 38 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:09.960 any of those five being impact home runs. Otani on May sixteenth was hitting 39 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:16.599 three sixty. After tonight's game, where he went hitless, he is now 40 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:23.520 hitting three to oh six. Otani was zero for four. The Dodgers' MVPs 41 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:28.759 of Bets, Otani, and Freeman were combined two for twelve tonight. Mike 42 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:34.639 Lorenzen had the entire Dodger lineup off balance all night long. The only run 43 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:39.479 scored against Lorenzen was a solo home run by Andy Pajez in the seventh inning. 44 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:46.120 Other than that, nobody really did much of anything. Mike Lorenzen improves 45 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:50.680 his record of four and three. Michael Grove won a six Dodger pitchers tonight 46 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:53.879 in a bullpen game, gave up two runs in the first inning and takes 47 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:59.560 the loss, and Kirby eates with his tenth save of the season. Also, 48 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:02.479 the frost straight thing for Dave Roberts has got to be that he had 49 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:08.439 to use Blake Trinan tonight. The Dodgers were losing in the seventh inning three 50 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:13.439 to nothing, and he brought in a very high leverage reliever and Blake Tryning 51 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.199 down three to nothing in a bullpen game. Uh. Not only did he 52 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:21.720 have to use trin In in that situation, but Trynon pitched last night, 53 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:27.120 and it's only the third time this season Tryon has pitched in back to back 54 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.680 games. So that's frustrating, and there was really nobody else for him to 55 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:34.879 use in this type of situation. I'm sure the Dodgers would have loved for 56 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:41.240 Yarborough to give them maybe one more inning and the Dodger offense to score some 57 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:46.279 runs, but that was not to be, which is you know, confusing, 58 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:50.399 considering the Dodgers scored fifteen runs in the first game of this series and 59 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:56.240 then score combined three runs in the last two innings. I don't have an 60 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:59.120 answer for that. Eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two, 61 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:01.959 five seventy the phone number. Let's go out to Eddie and Montebello. 62 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:08.399 You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Eddie. Okay, David, 63 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:13.600 enough already with this because these bullpen games. Already this top of the order. 64 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.360 Enough, already with this. Enough is enough the thirty nine year old 65 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:24.279 pitcher and pitch that bet. I mean, this is a pandemic. Pages 66 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:29.680 run through stop signs, he by reperal concession. It's like I get fired 67 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:33.199 on the spot. Enough Gavin, luck for Bobus yet enough, I'm done? 68 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:38.759 All right, good night now, Eddie appreciate the phone call. I'm 69 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:42.959 not sure what he wants to do with the first three hitters Smooki, Otani 70 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.040 and Freeman. Does he want to bench them all at the same time. 71 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:50.399 Look, you can't have the first three hitters those guys go combined two for 72 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:56.199 twelve, especially on a night where you're going to start. Austin Barnes that 73 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:00.800 means Will Smith is not hitting cleanup tonight. That makes the line look a 74 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.600 lot different when you don't have Will Smith in there. And that's why I 75 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:10.160 told Buster Only on his podcast at Yankee Stadium that I firmly believe Will Smith 76 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:15.959 is the most underrated player on this team and could be the most underrated player 77 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.959 in all of the National League. Will Smith did come off the bench in 78 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:23.720 the ninth inning against Kirby Yates and struck out to end the game. But 79 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:29.680 nonetheless, without Will Smith in the starting lineup, without Max Munsey uh being 80 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:32.839 available, he's on the injured list and his weeks away. Those are two 81 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:36.839 big time hitters that you did not have in your lineup tonight. Eight six 82 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:42.560 six seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Fullerton. 83 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.560 Matthew, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Matthew. You 84 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:50.079 know, I gotta tell you, it's uh, this is very very hard 85 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:56.639 to watch. You go to these games, you spend hard earned money, 86 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:02.120 and it's it's it's frustrating. It's really frustrating. It's spent all this money 87 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:06.600 on teams and I mean, my god, how many time in this pandemic 88 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:14.120 team all right, thank you for the phone call. Eight six six nine 89 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:17.959 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Yeah, I can understand 90 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:23.240 the frustration. It sounds like Eddie and Montebello's got what five lines? Does 91 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:27.920 he have like a batcave in Montebello to call in with all these different voices 92 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:31.439 and phone numbers. That's pretty amazing. I applaud you, Eddie, and 93 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:36.000 I applaud your passion. I know one guy that is not Eddie and Montabello, 94 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:41.319 but loves to call after losses. And the Dodgers lose two in a 95 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.399 row, which means Ken in Newport Beach calls back to back nights. How 96 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:49.560 you doing, Ken, David? The reason that I call you is because 97 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:54.759 you tell the truth. I don't get that from all the people I listen 98 00:07:54.839 --> 00:08:00.600 to. And I'll give you an example. All night on t they were 99 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:05.399 talking about the bottom of the lineup. Not once had they mentioned that the 100 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:09.319 Dodgers are five and five, they're ten and ten or last twenty last ten 101 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:13.759 games, Otani's hitting one ninety five and Movie's hitting two nine those are the 102 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:20.439 two worst averages of the starters. Not once did anyone mention it that's where 103 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:26.839 the problem is. And O'tani is swinging at pitches that I did maybe I 104 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:31.480 did when I was four years old, but three feet in front the dirt. 105 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:35.919 This is a problem because if you're planning on going to a World Series 106 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.159 and the top of your lineup, which is supposed to be the best and 107 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:46.200 the highest paid, is this bad And it's been a while now there's a 108 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:48.759 problem, And you'll tell the truth and you already did, and I really 109 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:54.279 appreciate that. Yeah, I mean, it's no secret Mooki and Otani have 110 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:58.159 been in a major slump since probably May twenty fourth, where they're both hitting 111 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:03.000 in the two hundred and tonight, it continued, You're right, the offense 112 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:07.120 is not going to score a lot of runs with those two guys in a 113 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:11.960 slump at the same time, especially on a night where you don't have Will 114 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:15.799 Smith in the lineup and Max Munsey is on the il, It's going to 115 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:20.159 be hard to score a lot of runs, that's for sure. And we 116 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:24.080 saw this two years in a row in the playoffs, particularly with Mooki. 117 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:28.480 You know what his numbers were. I don't want to see that again. 118 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:33.279 So something has got to change, and I certainly hope that we start telling 119 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:39.080 the truth. Maybe everyone will hear it if the truth is told on TV 120 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:41.639 and on the radio. Okay, Ken, thank you for the phone call. 121 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.279 Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 122 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:50.360 Joe Davis and Oral Herscheiser are the two most honest men I have ever met 123 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:54.840 in my life. Let's go out to Weslake. David, You're on Dodger 124 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.840 Talk. How you doing, David? Hey, David, thanks for taking 125 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:01.080 my call. I'm frustrated too, man, it just feels like October and 126 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:05.440 June. Man pathetic game. Quick shout out to Bruce Bochee. Man that 127 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.120 dude can I don't know. He can barely walk now, but man, 128 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.759 oh man, he can out manage Dave Roberts. I can tell you that, 129 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:15.600 Jimmy. What was Dave Roberts doing tonight? How could you say he 130 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.879 can out manage Dave Roberts. Dave Roberts did not strike out in the eighth 131 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:24.879 inning against thirty nine year old David robertson That was Mookie Betts, Joey o'tani 132 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:28.240 and Freddie Freeman. No, I'm not talking about tonight, I'm talking about 133 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:31.600 most of the season. He just doesn't play enough smart ball as Jerry Harrison 134 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:37.000 Junior so eloquently. So now you're quoting Jerry Harriston Junior. Now you're really 135 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.799 gone off. He's my hero, David. Oh boy, here's the deal. 136 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.639 Here's the deal. Seventy games in, it's obviously what the weakness of 137 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.200 this team is. It's the offense. Okay, wait, wait a minute. 138 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:50.519 Can we get back to how Jerry Harriston Junior is your hero? Did 139 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:54.720 you know Jerry Harriston Junior was teammates with David Robertson on the O nine Yankees. 140 00:10:54.840 --> 00:11:00.679 Robertson has been a journeyman the last seven years. He's the last remaining 141 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:05.240 member of that team that's still playing. Yeah, his stuff is wicked. 142 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:11.240 It looked good tonight, although the unprofessionalism of Muki and Otani really shined through 143 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:18.639 TONIGHTFS Okay, how are they unprofessional because they tried to get a hit and 144 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:22.799 they came up empty. I mean, I don't know if you would classify 145 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:24.799 it that way. He looks at a two balls in a row right down 146 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:28.519 the middle of the plate, a curve ball that hung that he could have 147 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.399 swung at the first pitch, and then the next one right down the middle 148 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:35.120 of the plate. Well, there you go. I agree with you. 149 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:39.039 When Muki is going good, he's aggressive early in the count and he gets 150 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:43.759 into these periods of time where he sees too many pitches. When he's aggressive 151 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.879 early in the count, Alex Korra told me this when he first got to 152 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.639 the Dodgers in twenty. When he's aggressive early in the count is when he's 153 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:58.360 the most successful. One question for you, Dave, is when monkey comes 154 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:03.519 back, do you feel Friedman and upper management are gonna go find a guy 155 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.519 who has a high ops whether it's an outfielder, centerfield, right field, 156 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:13.159 or second base to upgrade those They're already looking for that, David, trust 157 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.720 me, they're looking at it. Luis Roberts' name has been out there. 158 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:20.879 He's the most obvious answer in center field. If you pull off a trade 159 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:24.759 for him, you probably put Pahez in right field and Jason Hayward gets spots, 160 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:28.120 starts and comes off the bench. That's one guy I love that. 161 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:33.519 I would make you general manage right now, David Dasse, make that deal. 162 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:37.720 Okay, thanks for the phone call. Eight sixty six nine eight seven 163 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:43.000 two five seventy is the phone number. Speaking of trades, the Dodgers made 164 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.480 a trade today. They announced it after a first pitch was thrown. It's 165 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.720 kind of good and bad. The Dodgers acquired a left handed reliever, Jose 166 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:56.200 Hernandez, from the Pirates. He's a Rule five type of player, which 167 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.759 means he has to be on the major league roster, so he will likely 168 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:05.600 be active tomorrow or Saturday against the Royals. Nick Ramirez, another left handed 169 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.879 reliever, was in the clubhouse today. The reason why the Dodgers made this 170 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:15.879 trade now two reasons. The Royals have a lot of lefties on their team, 171 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:20.159 and b it looks like Ryan Brasier is not coming back. Ryan Brasier 172 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.360 hurt his left calf I believe I think that was his left calf that he 173 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:28.559 hurt, and they moved him to the sixty day injured list, which means 174 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:35.879 Brazier is not coming back until September at the earliest. And my understanding talking 175 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:41.360 to some former Pirates that know about Jose Hernandez, they feel like the Dodgers 176 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.960 may have gotten another one of those diamonds in the rough as far as relief 177 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.519 pitchers go. Jose Hernandez, a left handed reliever, you will see him 178 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:54.200 at Dodger Stadium this weekend against the Kansas City Royals, who come to town 179 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.399 starting tomorrow night. Let's go out to Brock, who is at Dodgers Stadium 180 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:01.240 tonight. Hi Brock, you're on Dodger Talk. Hey, what's up TV? 181 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:05.720 Thanks for taking my call. Brother. You know, we just got 182 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.480 to keep perspective here. We'd rather lose now. I know, Dodgers fans, 183 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:13.399 we we're the most passionate, most loyal fan base in the MLB. 184 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:18.799 But we got every game I've been to this year, including uh May thirty 185 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:24.919 first Military Appreciation Night where I actually sang the anthem every game I've been through, 186 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.320 so I started. Yeah, I sing the anthem on the thirty first. 187 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:30.799 Yeah, it was pretty. It was a dream come true, absolutely 188 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.879 dream come true. But they lost the game. You know, the boys 189 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.559 lost, so every I I kind of want at this point, yeah, 190 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:41.919 exactly, exactly right, perfect. We got a key perspective here. We'd 191 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:45.600 rather lose now, we don't want to lose at the end. All these 192 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:48.480 people that are talking World Series and all this, like, let's take it 193 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:52.840 for what it is right now. We need to win that and these guys 194 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:54.399 will figure it out. We hope, you know, we holp the top 195 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.480 three for sure, but we've got to figure out those those little plays and 196 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:01.200 start playing small ball again, man, not trying to hit it up. 197 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:05.840 All right, Rock, since you sang the anthem and the Dodgers lost, 198 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:09.120 and he came to the game tonight and they lost, you are going to 199 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.919 play David Vassa with our next caller right now, Chris in Fortune, send 200 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:18.799 your complaints right now. The Brock who was at Dodgers Stadium tonight and did 201 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.600 a hump up brack of singing the national anthem, Go ahead, say hi 202 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:26.120 Brock, Say hi, Chris, Hey, Chris, how can I take 203 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.200 your call to night? Hey buddy, how you doing? You're talking to 204 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:35.679 bat luck charmer? Go ahead, Chris, what do you got? Oh? 205 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.879 Yes, you know, you know what, I'm pretty agree with what 206 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:43.360 you're saying. You know what, I don't really mind Dodgers losing right now. 207 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:46.159 I know they're going to make the playoff. That's what they did for 208 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:50.200 the last ten, you know, twelve years. You know, it's all 209 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:56.440 about winning the last game in October. I'm just a little worry about their 210 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:02.679 recent usage of lookie bats. Freddie Freeman and Otani. I feel like we're 211 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:07.039 just playing them too many days. Do you feel like we need to give 212 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:11.440 them more day off and get We'll let Rock. I'll let Brock answer that 213 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:15.399 question. Go ahead, Brock handle this. Sure, I'll take it. 214 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.080 I'll take it. I would agree with that. They do get a majority, 215 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:22.879 you know, obviously a majority of that playing time there, So it 216 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:26.120 is. It is a little concerning. But again, we're we're we're approaching 217 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:30.200 the All Star break and we're approaching that this is this is the dog days 218 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:32.200 of summer, so we got to keep that in mind. You know, 219 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.960 it's been hot, June's the dog days. They just came off a big 220 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:38.399 trap. Well not quite but pretty soon. All right, Well, good 221 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.360 job. I like that perspective. All right, good job. Thanks a 222 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:45.720 lot, guys. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 223 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:51.440 phone number Dodgers fall to, uh the Rangers tonight, three to one. 224 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:55.360 Hey, Brock, are you still there? Yeah? Still here. I'm 225 00:16:55.360 --> 00:17:00.240 gonna give you a copy of Andy McCullough's biography on Clayton Kershaw, the last 226 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.039 of his kind, for handling that phone call. Hey, I appreciate you, 227 00:17:03.119 --> 00:17:07.039 brother, I appreciate it. Hey see, you're a winner tonight on 228 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:10.720 Dodger Talk. Thanks for the phone call. Eight six six nine eighty seven 229 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:14.960 two five seventy is the phone number. I had a chance to catch up 230 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.920 with Nathan Avaldi. Right everybody is wondering what's wrong with Walker Buehler. When's 231 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:23.759 all going to come together for Walker Bueller. He's made eight starts. It 232 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:29.519 hasn't to me been horrible. He's just still in the process of figuring it 233 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:34.960 out. And the former Dodger Nathan Evaldi is basically the most successful starting pitcher 234 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:41.759 that has had two Tommy John surgeries. Avaldi has won two World Series Championships 235 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:45.680 since then and led the Rangers along with Corey Seger, to that World Series 236 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:51.279 last year. I had a chance to catch up with Nathan Avaldi earlier today 237 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:55.839 and here's his thoughts on what he saw from Bueller last night. I mean, 238 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.559 I think he's done really well. You know what I mean. Last 239 00:17:56.599 --> 00:18:00.839 night's having won great. You know, the swing of the bat changed everything 240 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:04.400 with Corey and I feel like Seegers, you know, he's locked in right 241 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:10.119 now. It's Corey's Corey All y'all have seen that before I talked to Walker 242 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:12.400 a little bit like when he was going through the process and rehabit and everything. 243 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:17.160 And you know, with me, it always came down to trusting the 244 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:21.039 process, right like it, I think we always have goals and we always 245 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:25.480 have little you know, you have the end goal of what time, how 246 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.680 fast you need to come back, But I think it's the game within the 247 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:30.640 game, and you know, you try not to have any setbacks. And 248 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.160 I was fortunate enough to where when I came back, it was at the 249 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:36.559 very beginning, you know what I mean, Like I wasn't trying to join 250 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:38.799 the team in the middle of everything. And you know, fortunately for Walker, 251 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:42.079 the Dodgers are playing really good baseball, so it's like he's only gonna 252 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:48.079 make them better by coming back. But I think his stuff's really good. 253 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:49.920 I mean, the fastballs, the life is there, you know, and 254 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:53.480 then it just comes down to being able to execute the pitches and trusting your 255 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.799 stuff again. I think that's one of the tough things is like you know, 256 00:18:56.799 --> 00:19:00.240 every year we come into spring training, it's you know, you put 257 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:02.680 it in all that more work in the off season, and then it comes 258 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.799 down to trust again. Yeah, trust that you can execute, trust that 259 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:08.839 you're executing it and then trust that the pitches are gonna do what you want 260 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:12.079 to do by not trying to do too much. I think we all go 261 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:15.640 through it through spring training where you're trying to throw hard again, and you 262 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.720 know, at least for me, like I get to that point where I'm 263 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:21.480 trying to throw hard and then I'm start using my arm too much and everything 264 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:23.720 starts going everywhere, and then it's like, hey, trust the mechanics, 265 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:27.880 trust the process, and then when everything's feeling good mechanically, everything comes out 266 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:32.480 better out front as well. Is it true that the last thing to come 267 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:36.759 is the feel on the fingers to throw the secondary pitches. I don't know 268 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:40.079 if it's necessarily, you know, like on the fingers and everything. I 269 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:41.359 mean, I felt like I could drip the ball fine, and hey, 270 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:45.279 it just comes down to trying not to do too much, right Like to 271 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:47.319 me, you got to execute everything, and you got to be able to 272 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:49.480 execute it out front. You know, if you're trying to spin a purball 273 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:52.720 from behind you, it's going to pop out and it's not gonna be as 274 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:55.640 sharp as that one where you execute it like a fastball kind of out in 275 00:19:55.680 --> 00:20:00.119 front and drip down through it. So again. A few times I I've 276 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:03.000 seen him throw. I thought he's looked really, really good, especially where 277 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.799 he is right now. I'm not just gonna ask you about that. I 278 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:10.079 have to celebrate you for what you've been able to accomplish in your career. 279 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:12.599 Since you were traded by the Dodgers in twenty twelve. You were a two 280 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:18.039 time champion and your reputation is for being one of the biggest gamers, big 281 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:21.319 game pitchers. Are you able to take that all in? That's the way 282 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:26.720 people look at you now. I mean, I I don't know. I 283 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:29.759 don't want to make this sound bad, but like I really care about like 284 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:32.160 what my team, how my teammates you know, preceived me, and things 285 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:34.440 like that. I work hard every day. It's, you know, how 286 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:38.119 the Dodgers brought us up and everything. So coming over there with the Dodgers 287 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:41.400 coming up, it was if you work hard and you play together as a 288 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:45.200 team. And I've always like had that passion, you know, remember tommyvilsorta 289 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:48.759 and you know, you play dodge a Blues. So it's always kind of 290 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:51.960 rain with me. And I've kept that, you know, and every time 291 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.720 you get traded, it's kind of a new opportunity to learn and get better. 292 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:56.440 And I've been able to bounce around with a lot of really good organizations 293 00:20:56.480 --> 00:21:00.680 and learn from learn from a lot of good guys, and have really good 294 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:03.640 teammates around me, and that supports staff. So try to continue to spread 295 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:07.279 that, you know, of those good vibes and things like that and help 296 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:11.519 out the younger, younger generation and players, and usually it's a good recipe 297 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.720 for success. Thanks Nate, Congratulations, Thank I appreciation Nate A. Valdi 298 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:21.160 all grown up. Now, last time we saw him in a Dodger uniform, 299 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:23.920 he was just getting his feet wet in Major League Baseball. If you 300 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:29.559 remember, in the middle of twenty twelve, the Dodgers were in Saint Louis 301 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:34.160 and they traded Nathan Evaldi to the Marlins in a trade that brought Hanley Ramirez 302 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:41.480 to the Dodgers. And interesting enough, Hanley Ramirez was playing shortstop the night 303 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:45.640 Clayton Kershaw pitched his note hitter against the Rockies, and the anniversary of that 304 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.920 game is coming up five days from now. And look, the one thing 305 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:56.400 that really struck me as far as the biggest difference between Walker Bueller and Nathan 306 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:00.000 Avaldi, I haven't been in front of Evaldi in like three years. But 307 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:06.240 what struck me about Avaldi compared to Buehler is just how big and strong native 308 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:10.599 Valdi is. I mean, you can understand why he's been able to hold 309 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:15.319 up. His shoulders are big and broad, and he's a strong dude. 310 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:18.799 He has put in a lot of work in the weight room, and that's 311 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:22.079 kind of the difference between him and Bueler. And it's still up in the 312 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:27.160 air whether or not Bueller's body can hold up. I'm sold on a Valdi's 313 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:32.279 body. I mean, like I said, bigger, stronger than Walker Bueller 314 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:36.319 and that supports the ligaments. So we'll see where it goes from here. 315 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:38.720 Don't forget Walker Bueller is a free agent at the end of the year. 316 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:45.279 Is there room for him in the rotation next year? It doesn't appear to 317 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:48.920 be, so this could be the last season Walker Buehler is in a Dodger 318 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:53.759 uniform. So we'll see where this goes and what direction it goes for Walker 319 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:59.000 Buehler. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone 320 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.839 number. Dodg fall to the Rangers tonight three to one. They score fifteen 321 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:08.000 runs in the first game and only score three runs in these last two games 322 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:12.079 that the Rangers beat them. And last night Walker Bueller gave up a go 323 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:17.279 ahead, three run home run to his former teammate Corey Seeger. But I 324 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:22.519 thought it was encouraging to hear Nathan Valdi an outside perspective say, he thinks 325 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:26.160 Bueller's doing just fine for where he's at right now. Let's go out to 326 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:30.039 San Diego. Pallo, you're on Dodger Talk with David VEASSEI. How you 327 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:33.559 doing, pollow? Hi, David, listen, My Probert is with Dave 328 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:37.559 Roberts. Like in the eighth, you know one a Beato, you know 329 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:42.759 he got hit, he got first space. Conventional wisdom would suggest you know 330 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:48.559 that you want to bunt, considering that you know, you know that bar 331 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:57.559 can heal a lack, So why not bunt? You want to No, 332 00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:03.160 No, Austin bonds, It wasn't on deck. Why not he got a 333 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:08.039 hit? Okay, Yeah, you got you gotta okay, But conventional wisdom 334 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:14.920 suggest that you should bunt, knowing that you have you know, the Dodgers 335 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:18.759 were down to the Dodgers were down two runs even if he bunchs but there 336 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:22.440 was yeah, but there was nobody out. There was nobody out, you 337 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:26.039 know, so you advance, so you advance him to second base. There's 338 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:32.039 one out, and he's still not representing the tying run. I disagree with 339 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.720 you on that one. Got a hit, Okay, I give you die. 340 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:37.680 He got a hit. But yeah, what if okay, what if 341 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:42.119 he strikes out. But conventionally anybody could strike out Mookie Bets, so Tani 342 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:47.759 and Freeman struck out. I know, but I understand, Hey, Paulo, 343 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:52.279 I understand. I'm all for moving the runner over when it calls for 344 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:56.759 it. That was not a situation to bunt in. Yeah, but we 345 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:00.359 didn't know that that the robertson the word strike out twy. You know, 346 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:02.880 two days in a row, you know the one, two, three, 347 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:07.200 you know, the best hitters in baseball. I mean, even if even 348 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:11.759 if Barnes bunts Bisio over and Mookie Bets hits a home run, it's a 349 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:15.400 two run home run, it's the same thing. It's a tied game. 350 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:21.359 It's not them going ahead. And you know, I just I don't feel 351 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:26.519 like that's the situation to bunt Bigio over the second base just to get the 352 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:32.519 runner into scoring position with one out. And he's not representing the tying run. 353 00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:34.559 I agree, there's points in time to do that, but I didn't 354 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:40.440 feel like that was the spot. POWLO, Right, all right, agree 355 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:45.200 to disagree? I agree to disagree. Okay, thank you for the phone 356 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:48.920 call. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 357 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:55.599 By the way, the trio of MVPs Bets, Otani, and Freeman 358 00:25:55.720 --> 00:26:00.279 were combined two for twelve tonight. Freddie Freeman has been hot in the month 359 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:04.119 of June. Bets and Otani have been called for the better part of the 360 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:11.160 last three weeks, especially show hey O'tani who is only hitting two hundred in 361 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:15.680 his last twenty four games. He was hitting three sixty on May sixteenth, 362 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:21.599 and it's incredible that now he's hitting three to oh six? Is it a 363 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:25.880 market correction? Was he going to hit three sixty all year long? If 364 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.920 you talk to people around here, they thought he was. But I mean, 365 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:33.000 he's a really good hitter. How many guys are going to hit three 366 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:37.519 sixty? Not many do for a whole season. Let's go out to Huntington 367 00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:41.640 Beach. Joyce, you're on Dodger Talk with David Vassi. Hi, Joyce, 368 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:45.079 Hi, number one. I'm a I've had a Dodger fan, and 369 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:51.559 you know the top three the MVPs aren't doing well. But what advice are 370 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:56.440 the batting coaches giving them to help him prove, you know, their slump? 371 00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.200 Well, I mean, and then you've got some advice too, David, 372 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:04.000 Well, thank you. They need they need help. You know what 373 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:08.480 my advice would be, sea ball, hit ball. Don't try to put 374 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:12.759 too much information in your head, just seaball hit ball. Be prepared to 375 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:18.359 know what the pitcher is throwing and know what's working for him. In that 376 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:22.519 point in time, it just felt like the Dodgers were so off balance and 377 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:27.720 caught in between against Mike Lorenzen tonight and that was the biggest issue. Okay, 378 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:33.759 yeah, so yeah, you know they need to get help, you 379 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:37.640 know. And that's great that you can pinpoint things like that. They need 380 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:41.119 to hear that, you know. Well, thank you Aaron Bates and Rob 381 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:45.200 van Zoyak. They got it handled, Joyce. But I appreciate your confidence 382 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:48.720 in me. I only play a batting coach on the radio. Eight sixty 383 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.599 six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. We had a full 384 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:56.640 board of calls and we wanted to hear from Nathan Valdi, so we did 385 00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:00.039 that first. And when we continue on Dodger Talk live from Dodgers Stadium, 386 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:04.319 we will check in with Jose Mota to see whether or not he can play 387 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:10.039 batting coach on the radio. The Dodgers fall to the Rangers three to one 388 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:15.480 tonight on a f five to seventy LA Sports on air at AM five to 389 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:21.799 seventy, online at AM five seventy LA sports dot com, and available by 390 00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:27.599 podcast on the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David Bassen one O 391 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:32.839 from Lorenzo to Pia. Swings pummels the ball leftfield, hooking toward the corner. 392 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:37.920 Stay up it will. Andy pater Has hooks his seventh home run of 393 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:45.119 the season. Five rows up just inside the left field fal pole that gets 394 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:49.759 the Dodgers on the board. It's now three to one. Steven Hawk Harrelson 395 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:55.920 right there. Andy pa Has with the only run score tonight on a solo 396 00:28:56.079 --> 00:29:00.680 home run in the seventh inning against Mike Lorenzen. The Dodger fall to the 397 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:06.000 Rangers tonight three to one. Daniels Jewelers is the official sponsor of the Trip 398 00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:11.279 Around the Diamond. Stop by any Daniel's location and say home run for your 399 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:15.960 free team bracelet and fifty dollars gift card toward any purchase of ninety nine dollars 400 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:22.720 or more Daniels Jewelers Own the Dream. It's time to go around the horn 401 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:27.200 with Jose Mota. All right, time to go to our very own hit 402 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:33.200 doctor, Jose Mota. Jose, you've heard the callers tonight, you've heard 403 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:37.640 the frustration. How does it go from the Dodgers scoring fifteen runs in the 404 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:42.440 first game of this series to only scoring a combined three runs in the last 405 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:48.480 two Do you ever see my batting average at cal State Fullerton or in the 406 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:56.039 big leagues. It's quite a contrast. In other words, I always was 407 00:29:56.039 --> 00:30:00.319 trying to fill that gap. You know, here's one thing that i' learn 408 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:06.559 and I want everybody to listen to. And there's times in which very good 409 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:10.519 hitters are going through slumps, right, and they're believe me, they're going 410 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:14.440 to go through slumps, okay. And then it's where a hitting coach stops 411 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:18.039 talking about mechanics and says, okay, let's look at this. How many 412 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:22.559 times are you getting yourself out and how many times are they getting you out? 413 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:26.200 And most of the time that as will be, I'm getting myself out 414 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:30.759 by perhaps not putting my best wing on the best pitch that I see, 415 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:34.200 by not being decisive on strips that I should be swinging at. And the 416 00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:37.359 worst part is by swinging the pitches that are of the zone. And that's 417 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:41.240 exactly what's happening right now with most of these guys getting themselves out and not 418 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:45.599 the pitch are getting themselves out. Jose, how do you explain thirty nine 419 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:51.759 year old David Robertson, who has been bouncing around baseball since twenty nineteen. 420 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:59.119 This is his seventh different team since twenty nineteen, striking out the Dodgers' MVPs 421 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:03.200 in the same inning back to back nights. Oh, because he can spend 422 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:07.240 the base. He threw the cutter today and yesterday at times when guys were 423 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:11.200 not expecting it. And I think, you know, going back to the 424 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:15.759 last two games, if you look at what the Rangers pitchers did, everything's 425 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:19.480 out of a pattern, okay, and then they pretty much were able to 426 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:23.039 expand those when they need it. But for David Robertson, if you can 427 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:27.039 spend the ball and have as they say something, respect your fastball because you're 428 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:30.119 ninety two or ninety five, then you're gonna have a lot of cook sect. 429 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:33.319 It doesn't matter who it is against. And then when you throw them 430 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:37.799 strikes, trust me, then the thinking is I gotta be even more aggressive 431 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:41.480 and before you know it, you explain a little bit more and that will 432 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:44.240 do it. Dave Robertson was pitching for Mike sociald a few years ago because 433 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:48.799 he can get a job. Yeah. Yes, and my socially gets said, 434 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:51.319 Hosy, this guy should be in the big Dy because there's a role 435 00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.680 fram I don't know if it's going to be as a closer. It's probably 436 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:56.039 not gonna be, but uh hey, that's what happens to guys like that. 437 00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:59.119 Almost have to reinvent themselves to find a way to get people out. 438 00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:02.359 And uh, I don't think you'll ever going to forget this ending here today 439 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:07.680 who's on point, no doubt, and Freddy Freeman has owned him. How 440 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:12.359 did he get Freddy Freeman out back to back nights. I was able to 441 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:15.519 look for these pitches and he did not miss it on anything down the middle 442 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:20.079 of the plate. And that's exactly what happens when you face Grade A freeman 443 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.960 lineups and you have to amp up your game a little bit more. Ask 444 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:27.400 the Cincinnati res to plush Oltania and a lot of these dollar guys because the 445 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:30.680 amping up and saying, okay, we saw the report, but also we're 446 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:34.599 competing and this is going to get the best out of us. And at 447 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:37.000 some point, you know, even though as a hitter he never want to 448 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:40.160 say tip my hat, but these guys made pitches that they needed to. 449 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:46.160 And that is the bottom line. By not being predictable and having enough fastball 450 00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:49.240 to go out there and expand and spend the ball. Well, if he 451 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:52.519 spends the ball today anywhere near thissult, you're going to be able to get 452 00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:55.000 some people out. All right. You brought up show he O tani Er 453 00:32:55.079 --> 00:33:00.559 for four tonight. He's hitting two hundred in his last twenty four games. 454 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:04.680 Tonight. I felt like some of these at bats were uncompetitive, Jose. 455 00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:08.960 How does a guy going from three sixty just a couple of weeks ago or 456 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:15.079 on May twenty or May sixteenth go to where he's at right now? Well, 457 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.200 you throw away the average and you think about where the comparitive bats where 458 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:20.559 they're good at. Ask where the walks, which is part of what you 459 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:22.440 got to respect to and Nola's a hit or that well, you come without 460 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:25.720 top. There are many walks, Jose. That's what I'm saying. The 461 00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:30.480 walks needs to be part of his game. And when Shoy's going well, 462 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:32.119 the walk is part of his game. It's not part of his game right 463 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:36.759 now, which, as I say, mechanically show he's not seeing the ball 464 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:39.960 well because Showy's lower body is moving too much, which makes everything else move 465 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:44.880 and ninety three fastball right down the heart of the play looks like it's ninety 466 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:47.319 seven with movement, and you're not able to start on time and finish on 467 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:51.519 time. He is not on time right now, and there's something he's done 468 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:54.160 than before. It's frustrating to him, leave me, but he needs to 469 00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:59.799 settle down and just understand that the that he's surrounded by are going to make 470 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:02.359 it better all the way around. He's never played in a lineup like this 471 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:07.400 before, and guys are most susceptible to make mistakes against you. But you 472 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:12.599 have to be able to be ready to hit compete against certain pitches. A 473 00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:15.840 couple of pitches here and there, and I mean, surely doesn't even need 474 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:21.119 to think about sacrificing power because he doesn't he makes bad contact of Bill's gonna 475 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.159 travel. So going for the point of Trump do too much and getting out 476 00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:27.519 of a slump and one at bat is not gonna help him by getting back 477 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:30.960 to having his steet set cock that front and thee in and be said, 478 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:34.119 with your feet, it's gonna make everything way better. And hope it starts 479 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:38.039 very simple. So you're telling us you've seen stretches that have extended twenty four 480 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:43.960 to twenty five games like this before. Let me tell you Chaviotadi in twenty 481 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:47.199 twenty was benched by Joe Madden with the Angels competing for a playoff spot and 482 00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:51.639 the pandemic here for that reason because he was not producing and he was going 483 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:55.920 through the same thing. Hopefully he's learned enough from that to know that there's 484 00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:59.599 more in his game in which he has to go simplified and as I say, 485 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:01.599 go, because that's good enough to get him back where he needs to 486 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:07.000 be. Spring tuffs a good start. He's sitting most all left field, 487 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:10.880 left center field. Now he's rolling over, which tells you exactly what you 488 00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:15.000 don't want to see from a hitter like that because part of the strength is 489 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:16.400 waiting on the ball. He's not waiting on the ball. He's rolling over 490 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:20.599 way too much. Foul ball on the pull side, not a good thing, 491 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:22.000 not a good side, as Freddie Peble will tell you, getting too 492 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:25.559 rotational. So he does the same thing over and over again. Right now? 493 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:30.599 All right? So who is shoe Hey Otani's best batting coach? Can 494 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:35.239 Rob Van Sooyak or Aaron Bates help correct it? Or is it something that 495 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:39.840 Otani goes to somebody else for or is it just Otani himself. If there's 496 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:44.360 anything the Dollers have as resources, and those are the people that have seen 497 00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:47.320 him every single at bat, have seen every swing in the cage, take 498 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:51.800 him in the cage and work with him. So the resources are right there 499 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:55.519 now out of a player applying it and nothing that has to do with translation 500 00:35:55.679 --> 00:36:00.199 or anything else but the fact that, as you mentioned before, sometimes see 501 00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:02.039 the ball, hit the ball as your best friend. All right, Jose, 502 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:07.639 you did a great job diagnosing, diagnosing the symptoms. We'll see if 503 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:10.880 the Dodgers can't correct it against the Royals it's two of them. You got 504 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:15.159 time, but certainly you got to go out there and have the mentality that's 505 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:19.000 competing in winning at bats. That's the thing. Win at bats and before 506 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:22.840 you know what, everything else goes away, no doubt about it. Thanks 507 00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:24.320 a lot, Jose. Great to hear from you, and we'll talk to 508 00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:29.960 you tomorrow night. Oh the pleasure that thanks there it goes Jose Mota, 509 00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:35.840 part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast with the great Fernando Vealezuela and Pep Bee 510 00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:39.239 and Ningez. Eight six six ninety seven, two five seventy is the phone 511 00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:44.519 number. Dodgers fall to the Rangers tonight, three to one. They dropped 512 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:49.800 to forty two and twenty eight, but remain a healthy six games ahead of 513 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:53.719 the San Diego Padres, who won their third straight game tonight. So the 514 00:36:53.760 --> 00:37:00.320 Padres now become just the fifth team in the National League with a winning record. 515 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:04.159 The Dodgers and the Padres in the n L West, the Phillies and 516 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:07.880 the Braves in the NL East, and the Brewers are the only team in 517 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:13.119 the n L Central with a winning record. Speaking of show, Hey O 518 00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:16.519 Tani, he actually spoke to the media after the game tonight. Let's hear 519 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:22.559 what he had to say about tonight's eighth inning and his struggles the last twenty 520 00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:25.920 four games. Did you feel like you were expanding the zone tonight or did 521 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:30.239 you feel like it was just some really good pitches we got you? Come 522 00:37:30.320 --> 00:38:00.159 on, he's been able to execute side by side to side some pitch which 523 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:06.719 is, you know, pretty close. Some pitches maybe not exactly a strike, 524 00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:10.159 but overall he's been able to execute pretty well. Why were you guys 525 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:15.760 having such a hard time with Lorenzen tonight? You assume you're fairly familiar with 526 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:46.840 the right mom or tie in any cock stage in this guy when he's been 527 00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:52.840 able to mix his pitches really well throughout the outing. But we've been able 528 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:54.679 to actually hit the ball pretty hard and could have been a matter of a 529 00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:59.800 couple of inches here and there. So yeah, do you how many help 530 00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:05.320 you overrun the last couple of nights? But overall the last few weeks have 531 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:08.239 not been the numbers have not been very good. What are you going through? 532 00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:15.440 Yeah? Ends with the home minus sushi. K I'm not gonna go 533 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:35.400 to my own n schedule here. Yokai it kim in a condlighted much of 534 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:42.079 conlight mean a conlighted to get you know, okay, So you put a 535 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:47.920 conlct and we must give a mania. Tibi is still not at all myst 536 00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:55.280 conversations, and there's always going to be stretches of ups and downs as a 537 00:39:55.320 --> 00:40:00.320 team. Personally, obviously, when things aren't going well, it's that's time 538 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:04.360 when we really put everything onto a microscope. So it's you know, my 539 00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:07.320 approach has been the same, just being able to put up quality at bets. 540 00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:14.159 All right, there is show Hey Otani with Will Ireton alongside on sports 541 00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:17.880 Net LA, and look disappointing for the Dodgers to come home and lose two 542 00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:22.639 out of three after winning two out of three at Yankee Stadium. We were 543 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:29.559 all very excited about that series. In the Bronx you were calling in celebrating 544 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:32.679 the Dodgers, and then tonight a full board of calls a very frustrated fans. 545 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:38.400 Obviously, there are high expectations for this team, high expectations for Mookie 546 00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:45.679 Bets, Otani and Freddie Freeman. But no matter what your expectations are or 547 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:52.199 what anybody else's expectations are, every player goes through these type of stretches, 548 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:55.840 and we've seen that with Mookie Bets. He's had high highs and certain months, 549 00:40:55.840 --> 00:41:00.559 and he's had low valleys and other months. What he's trying to do 550 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:05.280 is try to mitigate, you know, those months where you're not going to 551 00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:08.480 be hitting close to four hundred. And that's the challenge for Mookie Betts and 552 00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:14.079 certainly the challenge for every player, including show a Otani. I'm not trying 553 00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:17.199 to make excuses for these guys, but it's the reality of it. You 554 00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:22.079 would expect one of those three guys in the eighth inning to be able to 555 00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:24.480 get a hit off of David Robertson. But I will tell you this, 556 00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:30.280 hitting is hard these days. It really is. I hear that from guys 557 00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:34.719 on other teams. I hear it from guys on the Dodgers, I hear 558 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:38.519 it from hitting coaches on teams all around the league. It is really hard 559 00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:43.400 these days to hit these pitchers. I mean they are going not only in 560 00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:46.840 different directions north and south, but east and west now with a lot more 561 00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:53.199 pitchers incorporating that two seamers. So you know, even the best sometimes don't 562 00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:59.599 look great when you have pitchers pitching on point tonight like David Robertson was, 563 00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:04.559 and the way Mike Lorenzen was pitching tonight. For seven innings because he was 564 00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:09.800 spinning that slider sweeper really effectively tonight. And Mike Lorenzen, despite going to 565 00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:15.320 cal State Fullerton, is a really smart guy. Just kidding, just kidding, 566 00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:20.519 have a lot of respect for the Titans and their education system there, 567 00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:25.639 but really joking aside, Mike Lorenzen was really good tonight and is a really 568 00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:30.960 smart pitcher, and he showed that tonight with the way he kept the Dodger 569 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:36.559 lineup off balance. So hopefully the Dodgers can bounce back tomorrow night. Let's 570 00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:39.440 take one more phone call before we say goodnight. Let's go out to Hayesus 571 00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:43.960 in the San Fernando Valley. Jesus, thanks a lot for being patient. 572 00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:49.559 Holy cut, David van Fain, what's going on? David? Everything's great 573 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:54.199 late night at Dodgers Stadium. I'll do this forty minute away. Let's hope 574 00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:57.000 it's with it. Man. I got a couple of things for you. 575 00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:00.199 What do you think of that impression? Can I fill in on the tok 576 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:04.960 the money so for you anytime? All right? Good ball? Way? 577 00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:08.639 Because Petros is a idiot and that money so I said, okay, thank 578 00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:13.159 you for the phone call. Wow, he waited forty minutes for that. 579 00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:17.599 Oh boy, all right, well, we are literally going to walk it 580 00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:23.840 off right now on Dodger Talk because America's DH the man with the dead fish 581 00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:30.440 handshake last season that hit thirty home runs and drove in one hundred runs, 582 00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:37.320 hit his first walk off home run of his career. JD Martinez in New 583 00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:43.320 York at City Field against the Marlins tonight hit his first walk off home runs. 584 00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:46.239 So I had to give props to my guy JD. One out, 585 00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:51.400 last of the ninth, two to one, Marlins Lindor bouncing around. Here's 586 00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:53.800 the three to one pitch swing and a drive to right center. It's deep. 587 00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:58.480 It's gonna win it back by the wall. It's gone put it in 588 00:43:58.559 --> 00:44:04.039 the books. Day Martinez with a game, a winning two run opposite field 589 00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:08.039 home run he hit adjust to the left of the Marlins bullpen beyond the three 590 00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:13.320 eighty mark, and the Mets have cut back to win it in the bottom 591 00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:17.119 of the ninth inne three to two. As Martinez has pounded on at home 592 00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:22.280 plate, the Mets pour out of the dugout. They pour some beverages on 593 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:25.440 JD, who hits his sixth home run of the year. A come from 594 00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:29.719 behind win for the Mets. Two in the bottom of the night, they 595 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:35.599 win the ball game three to two. America's DH with the dead fish handshake. 596 00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:40.519 JD. Martinez walks it off. A walk off opposite field signature home 597 00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:45.360 run by JD Martinez to win it for the Mets at City Field, first 598 00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:49.800 walk off home run of his career, which is hard to believe, but 599 00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:53.679 it was so wanted to give our guy JD. Martinez some love. Thirty 600 00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:59.519 home runs, one hundred RBIs. He was part of a quartet for the 601 00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:05.159 Dodgers last year that drove in one hundred runs and the Dodgers have never had 602 00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:09.079 four guys drive in one hundred runs before, but JD. Martinez, Max 603 00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:15.400 Muncy, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman all did it. So you know. 604 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:20.760 JD. Martinez was a big part of last year's offensive attack, and 605 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:24.599 obviously with Otani there was no room for him, so he signed late with 606 00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:29.000 the Mets and is starting to hit his stride. If the Mets don't get 607 00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:32.480 things going here in the wing column, you might see JD. Martinez also 608 00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:37.679 traded around the July thirtieth trade deadline. All right, that'll do it for 609 00:45:37.760 --> 00:45:43.760 us. Tonight on Dodger Talk, nobody else winning forty minutes to pummel Petro 610 00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:46.400 some money. It's weird. I kind of enjoyed it, but I felt 611 00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:50.239 like I had to cut it off. I don't know, for some reason. 612 00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:52.800 I had some morality issues right there. I don't know why. I 613 00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:57.679 mean, Petro some money are never that kind to me. But I feel 614 00:45:57.679 --> 00:46:00.320 like I owed it to him. Anyway, We'll send that to him. 615 00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:05.199 They'll play tomorrow anyway. Tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow, the Dodgers will host 616 00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:09.239 the Kansas City Royals. Cole Reagan's will be on the mound for the Royals. 617 00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:13.480 He's four and four with an ERA of three to zero eight. He's 618 00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:16.760 going up against Gavin Stone, my pick to finish in the top three for 619 00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:22.760 the National League's Rookie of the Year. Stone this season is seven to two 620 00:46:22.800 --> 00:46:28.360 with an ERA of two ninety three. Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck begins at 621 00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:36.239 six o'clock with first pitch at seven. Ten man, what an entertaining show. 622 00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:40.559 The consensus is the show and the callers we're more entertaining than the game. 623 00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:47.079 Even heesus from the valley, I was entertained. Thank you all. 624 00:46:49.800 --> 00:46:52.480 A game in June. Beginning of June, everybody's fired up. I'll remind 625 00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:57.880 you again the Dodgers at the second best record in the National League and have 626 00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:01.400 a six game lead over the Padres. They lose tonight to the Rangers three 627 00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:06.440 to one. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodger Stadium, Thanks to 628 00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:09.400 Colin Ye back at our Burbank studios, and thanks to you for listening. 629 00:47:09.480 --> 00:47:13.360 In case you missed any of the show, you can find it on the 630 00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:17.119 iHeartRadio app. And also that's where you can find our conversation with one of 631 00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:22.239 the best baseball men out there, Ron Rennicky, who broke down last night's 632 00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:25.679 events and just base running and third base coaching in general. So you don't 633 00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:30.320 want to miss that. And last night we had Corey Seeger on the show. 634 00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:32.079 You don't want to miss that either. You can find it all on 635 00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:38.199 the iHeartRadio app. Coming up next Ben Maller on Fox Sports Radio. Nobody 636 00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:44.800 called in to rip then disappointing. We'll talk to you tomorrow night. See you