WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:05.160 Dodger Talk is sponsored by LA Care Health Plan, providing affordable healthcare insurance to 2 00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:10.759 millions of Angelinos for over twenty five years. Oh, welcome to Off Night 3 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:16.039 Dodger Talk here on your Home of the Dodgers, AM five seventy, LA 4 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:22.199 Sports Live Everywhere on the Ihart Radio app. Thanks for being with us on 5 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:27.679 this Thursday night as your Dodgers head back west after a three game sweep in 6 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:32.439 Chicago. They beat the White Sox last night by final of four to nothing. 7 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:36.679 They're off today. They actually stayed the night in Chicago, flew to 8 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.960 the Bay Area this afternoon, and then tomorrow night we'll start a three game 9 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:45.520 weekend series against the San Francisco Giants. Phone lines are wide open at eight 10 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:50.799 sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two 11 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:54.280 five seventy will be with you here until the top of the hour, taking 12 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:58.840 your phone calls. The trade deadline is getting closer. We'll get you a 13 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:04.760 farm report. Major League Baseball second round of All Star voting has well soon. 14 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:10.040 Starting on Sunday, we'll tell you what Dodgers have moved on to the 15 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:14.760 second round. But this Dodgers team right now eighty two games into one hundred 16 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:19.640 and sixty two were one game passed the halfway point, and this is a 17 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:23.920 Dodgers team fifty one and thirty one on this season, an eight and a 18 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.200 half game lead in the division. Going into play to nighty one of the 19 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:30.560 Dodgers are off eleven and a half games up on the Diamondbacks, twelve games 20 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:37.359 up on the San Francisco Giants, and twenty three games up on the Colorado 21 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:42.239 Rockies. This Dodgers team at the halfway point of this season, are they 22 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:46.280 where you thought they'd be? Are they? Are they who you thought they'd 23 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:52.599 be? Certainly injuries have made this Dodgers team look different at times. Mookie 24 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:57.239 Betts great start, cooled off, started to get hot again at the leadoffs 25 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.760 spot, and then gets hindered two weeks ago with the fractured hand. Sho 26 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.959 Hao Tani has been up and down into the peace production, but right now 27 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:08.520 certainly blistering red hot. More on that in a minute. Freddie Freeman will 28 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:14.240 say himself he doesn't feel like he's had himself a Freddie Freeman type season, 29 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.879 but yet still hovers around three hundred on this season. Max Munsey has been 30 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:22.800 hurt for an extended amount of time, this Dodgers team trying to figure out 31 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:27.120 who can play third base in his absence, a Dodger rotation that's been hit 32 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:31.199 by injuries, and Dodger outfield that's been hit by injuries, an inconsistent season, 33 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:36.479 James Outman sent down, Andy Poz brought up, trying to figure out 34 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:40.360 a right combination and left and right field to go around Pajes and Taoscar Hernandez, 35 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:46.319 who has been a pleasant surprise. The Dodgers bullpit been hit hard by 36 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:53.319 injuries and still missing several high leverage relievers. With that being said, this 37 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:55.680 is still a Dodgers team that, quite frankly will run away with the division. 38 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:00.599 This is a Dodgers team that, in my mind will in the NL 39 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:07.879 West an absolute boat race in front of the Padres, Giants and the Diamondbacks. 40 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:12.919 Now a lot of time between now and October, certainly, and a 41 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:16.639 Dodgers team that, in my opinion, still has got some flaws. A 42 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:23.280 Dodgers team that needs to still make I think, some moves at the trade 43 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:28.400 deadline when the Dodgers look to bulsh of this roster, and the Dodgers have 44 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.360 a couple of needs, and I'll tell you what my biggest need is for 45 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.000 this Dodgers team, and you can weigh in as well. At eight six, 46 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:37.560 six, nine, eighty seven two five seventy. I mean, we're 47 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:43.400 five weeks away from the trade deadline and twenty five of the thirty teams are 48 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:52.680 still within striking distance of postseason positions. The wildcard and extra wildcard spot have 49 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:57.840 really made things interesting, and I think for a good a good reason, 50 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:01.360 and not to get too far off on a tangent, it keeps things competitive 51 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:06.199 in August and September. Whereas if the Dodgers, which they are right now 52 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.919 running away with the division in an eight and a half game lead over the 53 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:13.039 Padres, eleven and a half games up on the Diamondbacks, twelve games up 54 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.600 on the Giants, it'd be over in the last two months of the season. 55 00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:20.519 Would be basically those teams playing it out for nothing. But instead with 56 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:26.759 the wild card and the extra wildcard, now you've got a Padres team that's 57 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.959 tied for a wildcard spot, You've got a Diamondbacks team that's only three games 58 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:33.399 back in a San Francisco Giants team that's only three and a half games back, 59 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:40.839 and allows teams to still be playoff competitive. It allows teams that maybe 60 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:44.879 are in a division which the team running away like the Dodgers, a chance 61 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.800 to still make it to October. And that's a good thing for the overall 62 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:54.199 archy of the baseball landscape. It's good you as many teams competitive possible. 63 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:58.920 Now, with that being said, we're getting closer and closer to the trade 64 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:05.319 deadline. You've got twenty five of the thirty teams in baseball still with a 65 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:10.600 chance to get to October in a playoff spot, either by winning the division 66 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:15.560 or a wild card. That makes it a seller's market. Now you don't 67 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:17.800 have to be an economics major, you don't have to be a mathematician, 68 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:25.120 but common sense tell you supply and demand. And when you've got twenty five 69 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:30.959 teams looking to get better and make a push for a championship in October and 70 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:38.800 only five teams that are willing to part ways with players on their team that 71 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:46.120 are willing to sell off major league assets, that means there's going to be 72 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:50.399 a higher price on those commodities. A Coache, the pitcher for the White 73 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:54.000 Sox, who the Dodgers saw just a couple of days ago. The big 74 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:59.439 left hander at a Tennessee former top fifteen pick in the draft back in twenty 75 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:03.000 twenty. He's really good Garret Crochet. But the Dodgers aren't the only team 76 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:08.480 interested in looking to help their bullpen. The Padres are also interested in helping 77 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:13.160 get their bullpen and their their rotation better. Supply and demand is going to 78 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:18.839 drive up the market on these pitchers that are available Jazz Chisholm, Crochet, 79 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:23.959 just to name a couple. More teams are going to be in the hunt 80 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:29.959 than there are teams willing to get rid of pieces on their team. Now. 81 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:33.839 That could change a little bit in the next five weeks before the trade 82 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:41.839 deadline, but I don't think it'll change dramatically. And with that being said, 83 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.519 the Dodgers are going to be having to willing to part ways with maybe 84 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:50.720 some extra prospects and in order to bolster this rotation, in order to bolster 85 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:57.120 this bullpen, in order to maybe go out and get another infielder. And 86 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:01.399 I'm not mad about it. I'm okay with this team wanting to win obviously 87 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.519 now and giving up some of these prospects which we're going to get into in 88 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:09.399 the Farm report coming up at seven to forty five. But I think this 89 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:12.879 Dodgers team right now glary need. I think they need another arm in the 90 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:18.800 rotation. I absolutely believe they need another proven arm ready for October and improven 91 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:23.279 arm, mean guy who's pitching the big leagues and can get guys out. 92 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:27.240 I'm not talking about proving in October necessarily. That'd be great, but there's 93 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:29.680 not a lot of those veteran pitchers that are going to be on the market 94 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:31.759 that have got that great postseason experience that you can go out and get. 95 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:38.240 And I also think the Dodgers would be smart and going out and getting another 96 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:44.560 outfielder because the Dodgers need more bats. You can never have too much of 97 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:48.839 that. I think the bullpen, you're starting to see the arms, what 98 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:54.000 they have, who's coming back still, who's potentially down the road coming back 99 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:57.519 to help out this Dodgers team. I feel like they're okay there. But 100 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:00.680 if you look at this rotation for the Dodgers, to me, that is 101 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:05.639 a glaring need and you're probably wondering, well, why do they need another 102 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.120 arm in the rotation. It kind of feels like what they're doing right now 103 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.680 is okay, and Clayton Kershaw is going to come back, right and ya 104 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:16.800 Momoto's gonna come back. Well yeah. In theory, Clayton Kershaw will join 105 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:20.680 this Dodgers' rotation in the second half of the season. In theory, Yamamoto 106 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:26.879 hopefully gets healthy and comes back. But you just don't know. And right 107 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:31.639 now the Dodgers are relying heavily on Tyler Glass now, who's innings and starts 108 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:39.440 are starting to get higher and higher near career highs. You've got Bobby Miller, 109 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:43.279 who quite frankly, hasn't looked the same his last few starts since coming 110 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:48.759 back from the injured list. You've got Gavin Stone, who's been fantastic nine 111 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:54.720 wins on the season, complete game shutout yesterday. James Paxton, the veteran 112 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:58.960 who has been consistent. If anything, he has been consistent giving you innings 113 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.120 available to pitch every five days. And a guy you can rely on that's 114 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:07.279 been healthy every time you've called his name. But quite frankly, this is 115 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:13.720 a Dodger's rotation I thinking needs another arm Kershaw. You have to treat that 116 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:18.759 as a second half edition. You have to treat the addition of Clayton Kershaw 117 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:22.399 post All Star Break is almost like a guy you acquire in a trade and 118 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:26.759 hopefully you can get something out of him. This is a reality Walker Buehler. 119 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:33.720 There's a concern there. Can he get back his mechanics? Can he 120 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.600 get back right on the mound to the Walker Bueller from a few years ago. 121 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.720 Haven't necessarily seen it yet, not to say he can't get there, 122 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:48.279 but there's a question mark. And Yoshinobu Yamamoto, let's be real, a 123 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.080 sore rotator cuff is not just something to say, all right, well, 124 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.799 skip a couple turns and he'll be back, no problem. Right, there's 125 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:00.840 a big question mark on his second half of this season. And again I 126 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:03.720 mentioned Tyler Glass. Now he's starting to get up there and starts, and 127 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.559 Adian's pitched near career highs and we're not even at the All Star break. 128 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.440 So you have to start thinking about what you're gonna do with him the second 129 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.639 half of the season, so you can have him in October and don't burn 130 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:18.960 him out. Gotta think of the long play, so to me another arm 131 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.960 to go into this rotation to add to Land and Nak who's pitched well, 132 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:26.279 and we'll get to start this weekend in San Francisco. Get fact, he 133 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:30.720 gets to start in the season the series opener tomorrow night up at Oracle Park. 134 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.879 So the trade deadline is five plus weeks away. There's gonna be more 135 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:41.360 buyers than sellers. How much are you willing to give up to get another 136 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:46.519 arm? And quite frankly, I look at Garrett Crochet. That's the guy 137 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:50.919 at the top of my list, and it may cost a pretty penny to 138 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:56.200 get him. It may cost more than you thought to get him at this 139 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:00.919 point of the season because of the supply and demand and team also out there 140 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:05.279 trying to get him via trade, like the Padres. The Mariners are looking 141 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:11.279 to improve eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy. We're getting closer 142 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:16.000 and closer to the trade deadline, and the Dodgers, I think the biggest 143 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:20.200 need right now is another arm in this rotation eight six six nine eighty seven 144 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.000 two five seventy. There's a certain debate going on right now in the political 145 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:31.080 world of our country between the sitting president and the former president. Well, 146 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:37.559 there's no debate in this sho he Otani is right now, you're National League 147 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:41.440 MVP, and I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I say 148 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:46.480 that rookie Betts was off to a great start and he can still come back 149 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:54.440 from this fractured risk and be in contention as far as MVP. But let's 150 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.000 look at what show Hatani is doing right now. Leads the National League with 151 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:03.120 the three twenty two batt average, leads the National League with home runs in 152 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:07.879 twenty five top three, and runs batted in with sixty one on the season. 153 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:13.840 He's second in the National League behind Luis Ares with one hundred hits already 154 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:20.120 on this season. And as far as stolen base he's he's nearing fifteen on 155 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:24.799 the season. Offensively, the numbers he is putting up and now moving him 156 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:31.600 into the leadoff spot seems like he's only gotten better. Show Hey Otani right 157 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:35.679 now, hands down your National League MVP, and if you're gonna give out 158 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.080 halfway point awards, he is the first half MVP in my book in the 159 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:45.559 National League. There's no debate about that at all. Eight six, six, 160 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:48.159 nine eighty seven to two five seventy. And speaking to show Heyotani, 161 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:54.960 Show Heyotani, you can vote for in the National League All Star ballot voting. 162 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:01.159 The final round is going to start on Sunday, at nine am our 163 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:07.440 time. Voting for the twenty twenty four MLB All Star Ballot Finals begins Sunday 164 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:13.799 at nine and will go through Wednesday, July third. The previous ballot had 165 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:18.240 multiple players from all the teams on there in every position. They have whittled 166 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:22.960 it down to the top two players and every position. It's out for Alfield. 167 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.799 They've got the top six and right now the Dodgers Mookie Betts is one 168 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:33.519 of the top two vote getters at shortstop, show Hey Otani one of the 169 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:39.919 top two vote getters at designated hitter, and ta Oscar Hernandez one of the 170 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:48.200 top six outfielder vote getters in the National League. You have until July third, 171 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.320 beginning on Sunday, to go to Dodgers dot com slash vote and get 172 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:58.320 that vote for will Smith. It's gonna be Mookie Betts, shoe Heotani, 173 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:05.279 at Tioscar hernande all three deserving of All Star bids. Without a doubt. 174 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:11.399 Will Smith has cooled off a little bit, and quite frankly, William Contreres 175 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:16.120 j t ro Muto. Their fan bases have pushed those two guys into the 176 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:22.720 top two catcher spots, but Will Smith is probably the best catcher in the 177 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:26.639 National League. And you can argue with that anytime you like. But for 178 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:31.159 ta Oscar Hernandez, Mookie Betts, show, Heyotani, get out and vote. 179 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:37.039 Begetting on Sunday and nine am at Dodgers dot Com slash vote. You 180 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.399 have until July third, and then the building will close, and then you 181 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.320 still have the players and coaches and managers who will vote in the reserves as 182 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:48.799 well. But this is the fan vote for their starters in the National League, 183 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:50.919 in the American League, as far as the Dodgers concerned, Mookie Betts 184 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:56.360 going up against Trey Turner at shortstop show Heyo Tani going up against Kyle Schwarber, 185 00:14:56.360 --> 00:15:01.559 as far as the designated hitter in the National League. And in outfield 186 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.200 jerks and profar, I don't know how he's there. Christian Yelich, Fernando 187 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:13.080 Tatis Junior, Brandon Marsh, Nick Castellanos, and Taascar Hernandez are the sixth 188 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.399 final outfield their votes, I mean, look at there's one, two, 189 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:26.039 three, four, five Phillies players in the final vote. That tells me 190 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:31.080 one thing. Their fans are getting out and voting. And Dave Roberts yesterday 191 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:33.840 before the game, talked about how fans need to get out and vote. 192 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:37.480 There are certain fan bases that are really good at setting their players to the 193 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:41.120 Midsummer Classic. And yeah, the Phillies are a fifty three win team. 194 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:46.360 I get it, they got the most wins in baseball right now. But 195 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.919 certainly their fans are out there voting their players into the final vote. Jt 196 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:58.159 Realmuto, Alex bowm Trey Turner, Brandon Marsh, Nick Castellanos all finalists in 197 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:00.360 their positions in the Nation League All Star Vote. But you can send the 198 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:04.360 Dodgers, show Heotani, Mookie Bets, and Taoscar Hernandez to the All Star 199 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:10.360 Game beginning Sunday in the final vote eight Dodgers dot Com slash vote Dodgers dot 200 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.159 Com slash vote. All right, we'll take a break, we'll come back. 201 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:17.039 We'll get to your phone calls. We'll get to a farm report coming 202 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:26.480 up at seven forty five, ti Oscar Hernandez could be the biggest free agent 203 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:34.840 signing this offseason not named show Hey Otani in all of baseball. All the 204 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:41.960 attention for Yamamoto, all the attention we gave to the pitchers like Blake Snell, 205 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:48.360 who sat out waited for big contracts, and Taoskar Hernandez just kind of 206 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:53.879 goes under the radar signed a one year deal with the Dodgers and is turning 207 00:16:53.960 --> 00:17:00.879 it into an all star season with big time offensive numbers. We'll get into 208 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:03.640 that, but I want to hear from you Dodger fans. We're five plus 209 00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:07.519 weeks away from the trade deadline. This is a team that needs to be 210 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:12.200 built for October. With that being said, I think they need another arm. 211 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:15.599 Are you willing to give up the farm to go get one of those 212 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:19.480 arms here in twenty twenty four? I say yes. Eight sixty six nine 213 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.880 eight seven two five seventy Tim Kates, Ronnie FOSSi, and you. Thanks 214 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.960 for being with us on this Thursday night off night Dodger Talk live here on 215 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:33.279 A five seventy LA Sports and the iHeartRadio app. Off Night Dodger Talk continues 216 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:37.000 here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. Tim Kates with you here until 217 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:40.920 the top of the hour. Dodgers in the midst of a six game road 218 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:44.920 trip. They took all three in Chicago, beating the White Sox last night 219 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:48.039 four to nothing in the series finale. Gavin Stone a complete game shutout, 220 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:52.680 and he improves a nine to two on this season. He becomes the first 221 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:56.759 pitcher to throw a complete game shutout since Walker Bueller in twenty twenty two. 222 00:17:56.039 --> 00:18:00.640 He becomes the first Dodger rookie since Young Jin Reu and only thirteen to throw 223 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:04.359 a complete game shutout. Dodgers now winners of four in a row. They 224 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:08.440 are twenty games over five hundred, and they'll start a three game series in 225 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:14.000 San Francisco Tomorrow night, seven to fifteen. First pitch Landon Knack will go 226 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.400 in this series. Opener Tyler Glass now scheduled to go on Sunday, and 227 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:22.799 then James or Saturday. James Paxton will go on Sunday in the finale, 228 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.680 and then the Dodgers will come home for a six game road trip, and 229 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:30.519 then it's back to the East Coast. Unbelievable. Just when it feels like 230 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:36.880 the Dodgers get home, they're going back East again, multiple time zones. 231 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:40.599 They're going across yet again. They go to Chicago and come back home. 232 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.599 Before that, two trips to Cincinnati, New York, New York, and 233 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:48.799 Pittsburgh, they go to Chicago. I said on this trip they'll come back 234 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:52.559 home for three against Arizona and three against Milwaukee before going back east again to 235 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:57.440 take on the Phillies and the Detroit Tigers. Now they'll get it out of 236 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:02.319 their system for the most part after this East Coast trip. They don't go 237 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:06.160 back to the East Coast until September, when they face the Atlanta Braves and 238 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:10.440 the Miami Marlins on a six game East Coast roachrip right in the middle of 239 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:15.279 September. So they'll have gotten these East Coast trips for the most part out 240 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:18.119 of their system in the rest of July, August, and the early part 241 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:22.799 of September. So that's the good news as far as the travel for this 242 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.240 Dodgers team. Health, to me is their biggest concern right now and getting 243 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:32.759 healthy post All Star Break. And if you go online and you start searching 244 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:37.720 Dodger trade possibilities, listen, there are a lot of people throwing things up 245 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:42.079 on the wall as far as the Dodgers and what they should be doing or 246 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:47.400 could be doing before the trade deadline in five plus weeks. I mean, 247 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:52.319 just go on to different websites and blogs and type in Dodgers trading and you'll 248 00:19:52.359 --> 00:20:00.119 see every possible scenario with a deal with the Oakland A's with a deal with 249 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:04.119 with the Tampa Bay Rays for Randyo Rose Arena to the Dodgers, talking still 250 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:08.680 to the Red Sox about Kenley Janssen, which to me, I just don't 251 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.119 see the need there right now. With Evan Phillips healthy, with a healthy 252 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:15.799 Blake trying, and Daniel Hudson and you know, hopefully you get back Bruce 253 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:19.880 dar Gradero and Joe Kelly the second half of the season. I'm sorry, 254 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:26.319 there's five lights out, high leverage relievers in your bullpen and I didn't even 255 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:30.960 mention Alex Vessi's name. So to me, that's not necessarily need unless they're 256 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:34.559 gonna give up Kelly Jansen for pennies on the dollar in return for a trade 257 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:40.119 that to me isn't a priority. As I said. Priority to me right 258 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:44.200 now is starting pitching. And I know there's different people talking about, you 259 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:47.839 know, the kid they saw yesterday in the White Sox and Fetti who spent 260 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:51.079 yesterday or spent last year over in Korea. Before that he was in the 261 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:53.440 big leagues and it was okay, you know, it wasn't anything great, 262 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:57.799 Eric Fetti, you know, but dominated over in Korea comes back now he's 263 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:02.599 got an era around three. The Dodgers hit him around yesterday in the first 264 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:07.519 couple of Indians, Choeotawani took him deep. I think they could do better 265 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:12.160 than that. I honestly believe Garrett Crochet again is the guy after seeing what 266 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:18.960 he did for five plus innings shutting out the Dodgers, to see how nasty 267 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.799 his stuff is, to see what he can bring as far as a hard 268 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:26.240 throwing left hander to this Dodgers rotation which has got Tyler Glass now, which 269 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:32.839 has got Gavin Stone and is gonna get hopefully back a Walker Bueller that can 270 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:37.440 figure it out. I think he'd be a nice addition to a Dodgers' rotation, 271 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:42.640 a nice one two three punch there of Tyler Glass now, Garrett Crochet 272 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:48.039 and whoever in a playoff series. I think he is to me the guy 273 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:52.359 the Dodgers need to make every effort to go out and get. I don't 274 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:56.400 want a back end of the rotation guy that's just gonna fill a spot every 275 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:00.240 five days, because in my mind, you can go and dip back and 276 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:03.240 have land and Knak do that every five days for you, assuming Walker Bueller 277 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:07.880 and Clayton Kershaw don't come back healthy and got Momoto's not healthy until after the 278 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:14.480 second half of the season is underway. So I think starting pitching to me 279 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.279 is the biggest need, and I'd love to see this Dodger team go out 280 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:22.799 and bolster this rotation with the move at the deadline eight sixty six nine seven 281 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:26.160 two five seventy. I got to mention Gavin Stone real quick before we get 282 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:30.880 out to your calls. Gavin Stone has been fantastic. A complete game, 283 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:33.400 shutout yesterday, scattered four hits, struck out seven. He's now nine to 284 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:37.240 two. Remember Gavin Stone a year ago got called up. He'd heard about 285 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:40.440 him. He was the minor league pitcher of the year in twenty twenty two. 286 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.480 Heard a lot about Garrett Gavinstone. He comes up a little rocky, 287 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:49.000 right, you know, it wasn't a great debut for Gavin Stone, goes 288 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.119 back down to the minor leagues, comes back up at the late August or 289 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:57.079 at least September, and pitched much better, add a little bit more to 290 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:02.160 his arsenal as far as pitches and pitched good. Pitched a lot better than 291 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:04.599 he did when he initially came up. Well, fast forward to this spring 292 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:08.640 and what did you keep hearing from people like David Vasse and other insiders. 293 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:17.720 He's added to his arsenal pitches. He's added a sinker. He's more of 294 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:21.200 a pitcher now, less of just a guy who can throw it by you 295 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:25.440 and talent wise, is just gonna beat you. There's a lot of those 296 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.920 guys at the big league level. There's a lot of hitters that can take 297 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:32.279 advantage of those kind of players you got eventually become a pitcher. And he 298 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:36.079 used multiple pitches out there and know how to throw them for strikes and know 299 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:40.400 when to throw them and be able to get swinging missus. And last night 300 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:42.119 I mentioned it on postgame Dodger Talk. I'm gonna mention it again here off 301 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:48.640 night Dodger Talk in case you missed it. I thought last night Gavin Stone 302 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:52.359 was a thing of beauty. It was art on the mound last night. 303 00:23:53.279 --> 00:24:00.200 He was so efficient, he was so in command. The presence on the 304 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:07.880 mound that Gavin Stone had last night looked like a veteran who just owned the 305 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:14.000 game. He was dictating the pace which he was pitching early in the pitch 306 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:18.119 clock, getting ahead in the count, getting the White Sox hitters to chase 307 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:22.640 first pitch, swing at second pitch. You know, he had a eight 308 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:26.519 pitch inning. At one point he had a nine pitch eighth inning. He 309 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:30.960 was getting early outs, he was getting them to chase pitches that are on 310 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:37.599 the border at the same time getting swinging missus and getting ahead in the count, 311 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:41.359 mixing it up with the fastball, the sinker, the slider, which 312 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:48.160 was absolutely fantastic last night in his change up which was just dirty. The 313 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:52.079 slider, I don't think he missed. Sometimes you throw that old cement mixer 314 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:56.400 slider that just hangs over the middle of the plate and guys will crush it. 315 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:02.559 He didn't miss last night. And the pace was all in favor of 316 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:07.880 him on the mound, dictating how fast those half innings were going, dictating 317 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:11.279 basically what the White Sox were gonna do it against him, not letting him 318 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:15.400 get comfortable in the box. And he didn't have to throw ninety nine or 319 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:19.160 one hundred miles an hour. No, No, he was out there painting 320 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:22.599 the corners. He was out there as a pitcher. It was a thing 321 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:27.000 of beauty last night. And to see Gavin Stone at his age develop this 322 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:32.839 quickly, because this is a different Gavin Stone more mature Gavin Stone right now 323 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.480 than we saw a year ago. And you want these guys to take that 324 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:40.880 steps as big league players. And Gavin Stone last night showed me so much 325 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:44.880 and it was so much fun to watch him out there pitch a complete game, 326 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.240 four hitter, struck out seven, didn't walk a batter, Seventy three 327 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:53.319 of his one hundred and three pitches were for strikes. You can say a 328 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:56.759 lot of where would this Dodger team be without show Hey? Where would this 329 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:02.400 Dodgers team right now be without Hernandez? Where was this Dodgers team here right 330 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:07.440 now without Tyler Glastow? Where will this Dodger team be without Gavin Stone? 331 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:11.960 Every five days taking the baseball without any complaints, not hurt, and going 332 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:18.000 out there and pitching competitively, and now nearing double digit wins before the All 333 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:23.279 Star Break. He is another guy who won't get voted in because the fans 334 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:30.440 don't vote pitchers in. Players coaches managers do that. But certainly Gavin Stone 335 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:33.480 another one or two starts like this the go before the All Star Break, 336 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:38.960 before they go to Arlington for the Midsummer Classic. There's no doubt in my 337 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:45.440 mind he and Tyler Glass Now are getting on a jet and flying to Arlington 338 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:49.680 for the All Star Game. They'll be getting on a jet from Detroit when 339 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:53.400 the Dodgers wrap up the series against the Tigers in two weeks and when everybody 340 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:57.480 else is scattering for the All Star break, and there's no doubt in mind, 341 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:02.839 in mind, at least those two Tyler glass Now and Gavin Stone should 342 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:07.759 be on a private plane heading to Arlington for the All Star Game. Eight 343 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:10.920 sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the number. Right, 344 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.880 let's go out to Let's start with Ray and Pomona. Ray, Welcome 345 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:18.400 to Dodger Talk. How you doing great? How about how about you? 346 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:25.519 Kiss? I'm doing good? Thanks? Yeah. Another question about Gavin Stone. 347 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.759 I know you picked a complete game last night, shutout. I know 348 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:32.480 that's great and everything for a rookie and stuff, but how how I mean 349 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:37.519 is that a big deal pitching against gatogre team like the White Tuk. Yeah, 350 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:40.359 absolutely, I appreciate it. Ray. They're still big league hitters. 351 00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:42.720 You still have to get them out. You know, you can go up 352 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:49.039 there and throw strikes and you know, do your thing. You still got 353 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:53.119 a pitch to them and get them out, And yeah, I think it's 354 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:57.640 a big deal. The Dodgers haven't had a pitcher starter that is, throw 355 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:00.920 a complete game since April twenty twenty two, and that was Walker Buehler. 356 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:04.319 They've had a rookie do it since twenty thirteen. Keep in mind where the 357 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:11.079 game of baseball is right now, pitch counts. Most pitchers don't go three 358 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:14.799 times through a lineup in a game. They go to a bullpen sooner other 359 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:18.319 than later. Now, it's very mechanical as far as what they do, 360 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:23.440 giving guys extra day's rest. To see Gavin Stone go out there sitting on 361 00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:29.839 ninety three pitches after eight innings to go back out there in the ninth inning, 362 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.960 and it kind of felt like it was batter to batter. Dave Roberts 363 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:38.599 started getting to Alex Vassio loose. He gets a fly ball to start the 364 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:44.039 inning, pop out to third, did a one out single from Tommy Fan 365 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.839 And I give Dave Dave Roberts all the credit. He's stuck with Gavin Stone. 366 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:52.160 Let him get out of it, and he quickly did that with the 367 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:56.359 flyball out to center and then a ground ball to Gavin Lux who's been a 368 00:28:56.400 --> 00:29:00.079 nice play on the backhander to end the game eight nine eighty seven two five 369 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:06.839 seventy. Oscar Hernandez as much praise as we give Gavin Stone. Think about 370 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:11.160 where the Dodgers team it would be without Tioscar Hernandez, thirty one year old 371 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:18.640 veteran outfielder. His signing was an understatement if you want to compare it to 372 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:23.440 what yamamotos signing was. And the press conference even bigger than that. The 373 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:30.240 show Hey Otani's signing and press conference at at Dodger Stadium. Tascar Hernandez, 374 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:34.799 Blue Jays, Mariners, veteran guy known for home run or strikeout. You 375 00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:40.640 know, an all star, but you know, just a good major league 376 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:48.079 gutfielder. Nothing flashy, just a good, solid, veteran major league gutfielder. 377 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:53.519 I think he has surpassed everything the Dodgers thought they were gonna get when 378 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:59.720 they signed to a one year deal. Two fifty two average, all right, 379 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.880 hey, today's game. That's good. Eighteen home runs fifty five ribbies, 380 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:08.839 which is top ten in the National League in eight h four ops. 381 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:15.000 He plays both left field and right field for the Dodgers and Dave Roberts. 382 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:22.160 He bats against left handed starters right handed starters. Plays virtually every day and 383 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:26.079 in the lineup. We've seen him everywhere from two to three to clean up 384 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:30.960 to five to six in the batting order. And when this team is healthy, 385 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:37.319 sloted him five or six in the lineup. Wow, when this team 386 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:41.279 is healthy like they were at the beginning of season, one through five, 387 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:45.319 one through six is arguably the best in baseball. We talked about the Big 388 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:52.400 three, the big fours, Will Smith, but the length of the lineup 389 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:55.400 with a Teoscar Hernandez in there and a healthy maxim Mount See, we know 390 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:59.240 it's really good. But man, think of a better free agent signing in 391 00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:04.279 baseball than Oscar Hernandez is one year deal, betting on himself that he'd come 392 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:11.519 to LA and have a great season on a great team. You talk about 393 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:17.960 pieces to a puzzle where he fits in. Not a superstar, but he's 394 00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.920 gonna play one hundred and forty some odd games for you. Last year he 395 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:26.680 played one hundred and sixty for the Seattle Mariners, hit two fifty eight twenty 396 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:30.160 six home runs. You know what you're gonna get from him. He's gonna 397 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:34.240 slug, He's gonna have an ops around eight hundred he'll hit around two fifty 398 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:41.000 two sixty and drive in runs. You can't ask him much more than that 399 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:45.160 from a six hitter. Now they're asking more of that right now because of 400 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:48.200 injuries and him to second, third, fourth in the lineup. But when 401 00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:51.839 fully healthy, to have him as a six hitter, five hitter, that's 402 00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:56.759 pretty darn good. And I quite frankly didn't expect this much offensive productivity out 403 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:01.759 of him, and when they've gotten so far, Yeah, all star quality 404 00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:07.400 first half for Taoscar Hernandez. You can talk about the flashy signings in baseball, 405 00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:12.519 and you can talk about the Dodgers big splash and bringing in Yamamoto and 406 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:16.279 Otani, Yeah they're great, and acquiring Tyler Glass now via trade and then 407 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:22.359 sign into extension. But free agent signings, I mean, you look around 408 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:27.519 baseball, there's not a lot better than tai Oscar Hernandez and the one year 409 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:31.599 deal and banking on himself putting up these numbers. Knock on Woods, stays 410 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:37.440 healthy, helps this Dodgers team long into October. You know, thirty one, 411 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:40.400 when is he third? Thirty two turns thirty two during the World Series. 412 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:45.839 You know he'll be thirty two going into next season, he'll be a 413 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:51.079 hot commodity and a big time free agent based on what he's done on this 414 00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:53.279 one year deal he signed with the Dodgers, So good for him. Great 415 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:59.640 job by the Dodgers front office realizing what they needed, what kind of player 416 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:02.319 they needed to bring in to fill that hole in the outfield, whether there's 417 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:07.119 left field or right field, and a five or six hitter in your lineup 418 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:12.799 with power Taskar Hernandez has been an awesome find for this Dodgers team. Eight 419 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.880 six six ninety seven two five seventy Larry and Timachila. Welcome Larry to Dodger 420 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:20.880 Talk. How you doing, Hey, thanks for taking my call. So 421 00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:27.880 getting back to this pitching the pitching need yep, I'm really interested to see 422 00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:30.880 what some of your other callers think about this idea. You know, there's 423 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:37.799 a guy that's a former cy Young Award winner who's pitching down in Mexico right 424 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:40.680 now, Trevor bal he's been vindicating. Yeah, he's been vindicated and his 425 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:45.799 suspension is up and you can get that guy for nothing. So I'm just 426 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:50.920 wondering what your other your other callers, uh and listeners might think about that. 427 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:54.599 That's a very controversial subject. It is. It doesn't everybody deserve a 428 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:58.880 second chance in life, no doubt about it, Larry, everybody deserves a 429 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:05.839 second chance. Absolute does that second chance come to the Dodgers Not my decision 430 00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:09.159 to make. Quite frankly, I think if I'm a team in baseball, 431 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:15.760 one of the thirty teams around the league, you know what happened, and 432 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:21.280 the fact that he was never charged, and you know he's now pitching in 433 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:24.880 Mexico. He pitched over in Japan. He's still only thirty three years old. 434 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:29.840 He's got some life to his fastball still. Maybe there's a team out 435 00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:31.639 there will give him a shot, but it's not gonna be the Dodgers. 436 00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:39.519 It just won't be. What happened while he was here the suspension, They 437 00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:45.840 cut ties and it's okay, move on. You know, he made his 438 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:52.000 money before the suspension. He's now pitching in Mexico. If he can get 439 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:54.679 a second chance, that's great. Hopefully he does. You'd like to see 440 00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:59.000 everybody get a second chance. I just don't think it's gonna be wearing a 441 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:01.480 Dodger uniform. Six nine, seven, two five seventy. We'll take a 442 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:05.679 quick time out, we'll come back we'll get to your phone calls final sleep 443 00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:09.239 of those, I'll get you a quick farm report. Some moving in the 444 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:15.239 minor leagues. Two of the dodgers top ten prospects on the move this week. 445 00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:19.880 We'll tell you who and where they're going and give you an update on 446 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:23.039 some of the Dodgers' top prospects here in twenty twenty four, as we get 447 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:27.559 near the halfway point of the minor league season as well, we've just passed 448 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:30.960 the halfway point of the major league season. Dodgers fifty one and thirty one. 449 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:35.119 The All Star Game just a few weeks away. Make sure you get 450 00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:39.920 out and vote Dodgers dot com slash All Star Dodgers dot Com slash Vote. 451 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:46.400 You can vote begetting on Sunday nine am to send Mookie Betts, show, 452 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:51.960 a Otani, Taascar, Hernandez their finalists at their positions for the National League 453 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:55.400 Dodgers dot Com Slash Vote beginning on Sunday, your phone calls in a farm 454 00:35:55.440 --> 00:36:00.519 report, and we continue on this warm Thursday night here in Southern California. 455 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:04.639 Thanks for being with us on a seventy LA Sports Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio 456 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:08.519 app off Night Dodger Talk continues here on your Home of the Dodgers, A 457 00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:14.079 five seventy LA Sports. Tim kates with you David Vase in San Francisco. 458 00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:20.360 Is The Dodgers left today from Chicago, heading to San Francisco for a three 459 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:24.719 game series that starts tomorrow against the Giants. It'll be landing knack on the 460 00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:30.519 mound in this series. Opener Tyler Glass now will go on Saturday as the 461 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:32.760 Dodgers started three game series against the Giants. Go out to the phones, 462 00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:46.000 Isabelle and Anaheim. H is he Hi? Hi? Tim Crazy? Hi? 463 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:52.199 How are you Tim? I'm good, Izy, how are you kid? 464 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:57.679 I'm good, Hey Tim? You put up one important pitching and talked 465 00:36:57.679 --> 00:37:01.679 about Blair Bobbly. No, I know he'd been hate. He just you 466 00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:07.320 know, I don't know. He's okay. He'd won my favorite pitch, 467 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:12.360 and I know he'd been hit. So I'm coming with you, Bobby Millie 468 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:15.360 right now. And I'm certain were actually last light the Dodger game. I 469 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:19.840 didn't know what to think about the Dodger but hey day, I'm the gate. 470 00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:22.599 Di looks like they can't win the Hendley game the game this year, 471 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:27.360 So I didn't know what to say. About that. So but anyway, 472 00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:30.320 so but anyway, have a good night, all right? Is he appreciated? 473 00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:34.360 Good to hear from you. Uh, the Dodgers will be okay, 474 00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:37.000 is he? It's not doom and gloom. I think the Dodgers will be 475 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:39.760 fine. Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy. Let's talk 476 00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:43.800 a little farm report, Ronnie. Let's go down on the farm. Give 477 00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:45.760 you up there. The Dodgers top prospects from Triple A, Oklahoma City all 478 00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:50.400 the way down to Rancho Cucamonga. Give it an update on what some of 479 00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:53.360 these Dodgers' top prospects are doing, how they're progressing. First off, Dalton 480 00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:57.800 Rushing, the dodgers number one overall prospect, twenty three year old catcher, 481 00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:00.840 left handed hitter, then double a toll us a fIF fifty five games too, 482 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:02.920 sixty one average, eleven doubles, ten home runs, forty two ribbies, 483 00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:07.039 twenty nine walks, getting on base with at eight ninety nine ops. 484 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:12.719 Ho Sway Depala, Dodgers' number two overall prospect, nineteen year old left tended 485 00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:16.239 hitting outfielder. He's a top one hundred prospect in all of baseball. He 486 00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:22.360 just got promoted from Rancho Cucamonga to High A Ball with the Great Legs Loans 487 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:25.639 and Rancho fifty five games, two seventy nine average, eleven doubles, six 488 00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:30.599 home runs, forty one ribbies, thirty four walks, and eight thirty five 489 00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:32.199 ops. In the month of June, he was hitting three twenty eight with 490 00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:37.000 a home run, fifteen ribbies and an eight twenty three ops. He's now 491 00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:38.599 just played in a couple of games at High A Ball at the Great Legs 492 00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:43.400 Loons, but good for him. Promoted from Low A Ball to High A 493 00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:47.400 Ball. Nineteen year old a Sway the Pala Nick Frosso, dodgers number three 494 00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:51.559 overall prospect, out for the year with the shoulder injury. River Ryan the 495 00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:53.840 Dodgers' number four overall prospect, twenty five year old right hander. He's in 496 00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:58.360 Triple A. It was a slow start. He was injured during spring training 497 00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:00.880 with some shoulder stiffness. He got a late start to the season. He 498 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:06.280 started in Arizona, making the starts in June, then Rancho Cucamonga. Now 499 00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:08.920 he's made two starts in Oklahoma City, most recently three innings, one hit, 500 00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:13.559 four strikeouts against Albuquerque. Kyle hurt. We've seen him up at the 501 00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:15.480 big leagues. Twenty six year old right hander is healthy and back in Triple 502 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:20.320 A Oklahoma City. Last time out one inning, two strikeouts, two walks. 503 00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:24.800 He's being used now as a reliever. Jackson Farris twenty year old left 504 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:30.840 handed pitcher the Dodgers acquired in the deal from Michael Bush's past offseason former second 505 00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:32.920 round pick of the Cubs. He's in High A Ball Great Lakes Loons. 506 00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:37.239 Fourteen starts, two to three, four to twenty four ERA and eighty one 507 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:40.320 strikeouts. Diego Kartaia, the Dodgers' number seven overall prospect, twenty two year 508 00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:45.280 old catcher. He's now in Triple A Oklahoma City. He started in Tulsa 509 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:47.639 two thirty six average, five home runs, eight doubles. The last twenty 510 00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:52.199 eight games he was hitting near three hundred with thirteen extra base hits and a 511 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:55.960 nine to eighty three OPS. Diego Kartia, who struggled in Double A Tulsa 512 00:39:57.079 --> 00:40:00.400 last year, struggled the first two months in Double A Tulsa this year. 513 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:05.159 He is now up in Oklahoma City, twenty two years old. Still Diego 514 00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:08.320 kartay A one time was the Dodger's number one overall prospect, now a top 515 00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:14.719 ten prospect and in Triple A Oklahoma City. Theyron Loronzo, number eight overall 516 00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:17.400 prospect, top one hundred prospect in Baseball America. Twenty year old catch out 517 00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:21.000 of the Dominican Republic. They're playing him at first base as well. He 518 00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:23.039 is in Great Lakes with the Loons. Fifty seven games this is two twenty 519 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:28.119 six average, thirteen doubles, six home runs and sixty seven strikeouts. Peyton 520 00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:31.599 Martin nineteen or twenty nine year old right hander. He is in a rancho 521 00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:37.360 Cucamonga and been promoted to High A Ball the Great Lakes Loons. You're in 522 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.559 Michigan, Great Legs, the Great Spot to see a lot of the Dodgers' 523 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:44.440 top fifteen prospects. He has made three starts there oh to one two fifty 524 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:47.199 three ERA and eleven strikeouts. Kendall George. He's in a rancho with the 525 00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:51.519 Quakes, first round pick a year ago, nineteen year old, fifty two 526 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:53.519 games to eighty three average, three doubles, fifteen ribies. He's a speedster. 527 00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:58.159 Jandre Vargas, eighteen year old shortstop. This is an interesting guy. 528 00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:02.360 Number eleven overall prosper He's a six to four short step by the Dominican Republic. 529 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:07.440 He's playing over in Arizona and rookie ball. It's only eighteen years old. 530 00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:09.840 Twenty seven games so far in rookie ball, three fourteen average, seven 531 00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:15.320 doubles, two triples, two home runs, and sixteen ribies. Maddix Bruns, 532 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:17.360 first round pick of the Dodgers in twenty twenty one, twenty two year 533 00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:22.400 old left hander, top thirteen prospects in High A Ball. It's starting to 534 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:25.880 click finally for Maddix Runs. Five starts zero to one one ninety eight ERA 535 00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:30.840 in thirteen to two third innings with twenty three strikeouts. For Maddix Runs, 536 00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:35.239 former first round pick in twenty twenty one, could be a name to keep 537 00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:40.280 in mind out there as far as the possible trade partner. Justin Robleski here's 538 00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:44.480 the name I've been telling you about for a few weeks now, Dodgers' top 539 00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:47.480 fifteen prospect, eleventh round pick in twenty twenty at Oklahoma State, twenty three 540 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:52.840 year old left hander throws near one hundred miles an hour. He's in Triple 541 00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:55.599 A Oklahoma City now after starting thirteen games in Double A he had sixty two 542 00:41:55.639 --> 00:42:00.639 strikeouts and sixty seven innings. One start now in Oklahoma City, five innings, 543 00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:04.880 eleven strikeouts. He took the loss, but he had eleven strikeouts in 544 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:08.760 five innings. Running Cop fifteen overall prospect for the Dodgers, twenty one year 545 00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:13.280 old left ender in Double A fifteen games, nineteen two thirds, twenty four 546 00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:15.519 strikeouts and twenty five walks. A couple of other names to point out to 547 00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:20.360 you. Ben Caspirius, twenty five year old right handed pitcher, fifth round 548 00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:22.440 pick out of Yukon. He's now in Triple A Oklahoma City. Eight starts 549 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:27.159 two to one, three to fifty eight ERA with thirty four strikeouts. Jared 550 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:30.480 Carrols, the son of Eric Carrolls, twenty three year old, sixteenth round 551 00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:34.639 pick out of UCLA in twenty twenty two. He is clicking right now. 552 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:38.679 We saw a pitch in the Freeway Series in High A ball five and zero 553 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:43.360 one fifty nine ERA twenty five and two third innings went to Double A toll 554 00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:47.039 safter getting promoted last month five starts already two and one of four twenty one 555 00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:53.360 ERA, and Real quickly Edgardo Hernriquez out of Venezuela, twenty one year old 556 00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:57.800 right handed pitcher. He started the year in Ranch with Kuca Monk, went 557 00:42:57.840 --> 00:43:00.000 to High A ball at the Great Leagus Loans. He's now in Double A. 558 00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:06.679 He is a flame thrower, a reliever five games two eighty four ERA, 559 00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:10.800 eight strikeouts and six and the third innings. He's a closer, a 560 00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:16.960 reliever back in bullpen guy forty six strikeouts and thirteen games in Double A, 561 00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:22.920 and a ball Edgardo Pronenriquez. He's not on the radar as far as the 562 00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:27.719 top fifteen minor league prospect. He's twenty one years old, a right handed 563 00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:31.400 pitcher, stocky guy short. Let's say Bruce dar graderol out of Venezuela already 564 00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:34.719 made the move. It's a double A. All right, that's going to 565 00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:37.920 do it. For the farm report, we'll you give you a good update. 566 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:40.119 There are the Dodgers' top prospects and how they're doing again. Some of 567 00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:44.599 these names you're gonna hear possibly at the trade deadline. The Dodgers want to 568 00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:47.199 go out and get a proven major leaguer. Some of these minor league prospects 569 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:50.800 are gonna have to go and return. Thanks to Ronnie fossil. Thanks to 570 00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:53.079 all of you for listening. Dodgers back at it tomorrow night in San Francisco, 571 00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:58.239 Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck at six, first pitch at seven fifteen. 572 00:43:58.360 --> 00:44:00.559 Thanks for listening, Thanks for podcast. Have a great, safe rest 573 00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:02.039 of your Thursday night. So long, everybody,