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this Thursday night as your Dodgers head back west after a three game sweep in
Chicago. They beat the White Sox last night by final of four to nothing.
They're off today. They actually stayed the night in Chicago, flew to
the Bay Area this afternoon, and then tomorrow night we'll start a three game
weekend series against the San Francisco Giants. Phone lines are wide open at eight
sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two
five seventy will be with you here until the top of the hour, taking
your phone calls. The trade deadline is getting closer. We'll get you a
farm report. Major League Baseball second round of All Star voting has well soon.
Starting on Sunday, we'll tell you what Dodgers have moved on to the
second round. But this Dodgers team right now eighty two games into one hundred
and sixty two were one game passed the halfway point, and this is a
Dodgers team fifty one and thirty one on this season, an eight and a
half game lead in the division. Going into play to nighty one of the
Dodgers are off eleven and a half games up on the Diamondbacks, twelve games
up on the San Francisco Giants, and twenty three games up on the Colorado
Rockies. This Dodgers team at the halfway point of this season, are they
where you thought they'd be? Are they? Are they who you thought they'd
be? Certainly injuries have made this Dodgers team look different at times. Mookie
Betts great start, cooled off, started to get hot again at the leadoffs
spot, and then gets hindered two weeks ago with the fractured hand. Sho
Hao Tani has been up and down into the peace production, but right now
certainly blistering red hot. More on that in a minute. Freddie Freeman will
say himself he doesn't feel like he's had himself a Freddie Freeman type season,
but yet still hovers around three hundred on this season. Max Munsey has been
hurt for an extended amount of time, this Dodgers team trying to figure out
who can play third base in his absence, a Dodger rotation that's been hit
by injuries, and Dodger outfield that's been hit by injuries, an inconsistent season,
James Outman sent down, Andy Poz brought up, trying to figure out
a right combination and left and right field to go around Pajes and Taoscar Hernandez,
who has been a pleasant surprise. The Dodgers bullpit been hit hard by
injuries and still missing several high leverage relievers. With that being said, this
is still a Dodgers team that, quite frankly will run away with the division.
This is a Dodgers team that, in my mind will in the NL
West an absolute boat race in front of the Padres, Giants and the Diamondbacks.
Now a lot of time between now and October, certainly, and a
Dodgers team that, in my opinion, still has got some flaws. A
Dodgers team that needs to still make I think, some moves at the trade
deadline when the Dodgers look to bulsh of this roster, and the Dodgers have
a couple of needs, and I'll tell you what my biggest need is for
this Dodgers team, and you can weigh in as well. At eight six,
six, nine, eighty seven two five seventy. I mean, we're
five weeks away from the trade deadline and twenty five of the thirty teams are
still within striking distance of postseason positions. The wildcard and extra wildcard spot have
really made things interesting, and I think for a good a good reason,
and not to get too far off on a tangent, it keeps things competitive
in August and September. Whereas if the Dodgers, which they are right now
running away with the division in an eight and a half game lead over the
Padres, eleven and a half games up on the Diamondbacks, twelve games up
on the Giants, it'd be over in the last two months of the season.
Would be basically those teams playing it out for nothing. But instead with
the wild card and the extra wildcard, now you've got a Padres team that's
tied for a wildcard spot, You've got a Diamondbacks team that's only three games
back in a San Francisco Giants team that's only three and a half games back,
and allows teams to still be playoff competitive. It allows teams that maybe
are in a division which the team running away like the Dodgers, a chance
to still make it to October. And that's a good thing for the overall
archy of the baseball landscape. It's good you as many teams competitive possible.
Now, with that being said, we're getting closer and closer to the trade
deadline. You've got twenty five of the thirty teams in baseball still with a
chance to get to October in a playoff spot, either by winning the division
or a wild card. That makes it a seller's market. Now you don't
have to be an economics major, you don't have to be a mathematician,
but common sense tell you supply and demand. And when you've got twenty five
teams looking to get better and make a push for a championship in October and
only five teams that are willing to part ways with players on their team that
are willing to sell off major league assets, that means there's going to be
a higher price on those commodities. A Coache, the pitcher for the White
Sox, who the Dodgers saw just a couple of days ago. The big
left hander at a Tennessee former top fifteen pick in the draft back in twenty
twenty. He's really good Garret Crochet. But the Dodgers aren't the only team
interested in looking to help their bullpen. The Padres are also interested in helping
get their bullpen and their their rotation better. Supply and demand is going to
drive up the market on these pitchers that are available Jazz Chisholm, Crochet,
just to name a couple. More teams are going to be in the hunt
than there are teams willing to get rid of pieces on their team. Now.
That could change a little bit in the next five weeks before the trade
deadline, but I don't think it'll change dramatically. And with that being said,
the Dodgers are going to be having to willing to part ways with maybe
some extra prospects and in order to bolster this rotation, in order to bolster
this bullpen, in order to maybe go out and get another infielder. And
I'm not mad about it. I'm okay with this team wanting to win obviously
now and giving up some of these prospects which we're going to get into in
the Farm report coming up at seven to forty five. But I think this
Dodgers team right now glary need. I think they need another arm in the
rotation. I absolutely believe they need another proven arm ready for October and improven
arm, mean guy who's pitching the big leagues and can get guys out.
I'm not talking about proving in October necessarily. That'd be great, but there's
not a lot of those veteran pitchers that are going to be on the market
that have got that great postseason experience that you can go out and get.
And I also think the Dodgers would be smart and going out and getting another
outfielder because the Dodgers need more bats. You can never have too much of
that. I think the bullpen, you're starting to see the arms, what
they have, who's coming back still, who's potentially down the road coming back
to help out this Dodgers team. I feel like they're okay there. But
if you look at this rotation for the Dodgers, to me, that is
a glaring need and you're probably wondering, well, why do they need another
arm in the rotation. It kind of feels like what they're doing right now
is okay, and Clayton Kershaw is going to come back, right and ya
Momoto's gonna come back. Well yeah. In theory, Clayton Kershaw will join
this Dodgers' rotation in the second half of the season. In theory, Yamamoto
hopefully gets healthy and comes back. But you just don't know. And right
now the Dodgers are relying heavily on Tyler Glass now, who's innings and starts
are starting to get higher and higher near career highs. You've got Bobby Miller,
who quite frankly, hasn't looked the same his last few starts since coming
back from the injured list. You've got Gavin Stone, who's been fantastic nine
wins on the season, complete game shutout yesterday. James Paxton, the veteran
who has been consistent. If anything, he has been consistent giving you innings
available to pitch every five days. And a guy you can rely on that's
been healthy every time you've called his name. But quite frankly, this is
a Dodger's rotation I thinking needs another arm Kershaw. You have to treat that
as a second half edition. You have to treat the addition of Clayton Kershaw
post All Star Break is almost like a guy you acquire in a trade and
hopefully you can get something out of him. This is a reality Walker Buehler.
There's a concern there. Can he get back his mechanics? Can he
get back right on the mound to the Walker Bueller from a few years ago.
Haven't necessarily seen it yet, not to say he can't get there,
but there's a question mark. And Yoshinobu Yamamoto, let's be real, a
sore rotator cuff is not just something to say, all right, well,
skip a couple turns and he'll be back, no problem. Right, there's
a big question mark on his second half of this season. And again I
mentioned Tyler Glass. Now he's starting to get up there and starts, and
Adian's pitched near career highs and we're not even at the All Star break.
So you have to start thinking about what you're gonna do with him the second
half of the season, so you can have him in October and don't burn
him out. Gotta think of the long play, so to me another arm
to go into this rotation to add to Land and Nak who's pitched well,
and we'll get to start this weekend in San Francisco. Get fact, he
gets to start in the season the series opener tomorrow night up at Oracle Park.
So the trade deadline is five plus weeks away. There's gonna be more
buyers than sellers. How much are you willing to give up to get another
arm? And quite frankly, I look at Garrett Crochet. That's the guy
at the top of my list, and it may cost a pretty penny to
get him. It may cost more than you thought to get him at this
point of the season because of the supply and demand and team also out there
trying to get him via trade, like the Padres. The Mariners are looking
to improve eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy. We're getting closer
and closer to the trade deadline, and the Dodgers, I think the biggest
need right now is another arm in this rotation eight six six nine eighty seven
two five seventy. There's a certain debate going on right now in the political
world of our country between the sitting president and the former president. Well,
there's no debate in this sho he Otani is right now, you're National League
MVP, and I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I say
that rookie Betts was off to a great start and he can still come back
from this fractured risk and be in contention as far as MVP. But let's
look at what show Hatani is doing right now. Leads the National League with
the three twenty two batt average, leads the National League with home runs in
twenty five top three, and runs batted in with sixty one on the season.
He's second in the National League behind Luis Ares with one hundred hits already
on this season. And as far as stolen base he's he's nearing fifteen on
the season. Offensively, the numbers he is putting up and now moving him
into the leadoff spot seems like he's only gotten better. Show Hey Otani right
now, hands down your National League MVP, and if you're gonna give out
halfway point awards, he is the first half MVP in my book in the
National League. There's no debate about that at all. Eight six, six,
nine eighty seven to two five seventy. And speaking to show Heyotani,
Show Heyotani, you can vote for in the National League All Star ballot voting.
The final round is going to start on Sunday, at nine am our
time. Voting for the twenty twenty four MLB All Star Ballot Finals begins Sunday
at nine and will go through Wednesday, July third. The previous ballot had
multiple players from all the teams on there in every position. They have whittled
it down to the top two players and every position. It's out for Alfield.
They've got the top six and right now the Dodgers Mookie Betts is one
of the top two vote getters at shortstop, show Hey Otani one of the
top two vote getters at designated hitter, and ta Oscar Hernandez one of the
top six outfielder vote getters in the National League. You have until July third,
beginning on Sunday, to go to Dodgers dot com slash vote and get
that vote for will Smith. It's gonna be Mookie Betts, shoe Heotani,
at Tioscar hernande all three deserving of All Star bids. Without a doubt.
Will Smith has cooled off a little bit, and quite frankly, William Contreres
j t ro Muto. Their fan bases have pushed those two guys into the
top two catcher spots, but Will Smith is probably the best catcher in the
National League. And you can argue with that anytime you like. But for
ta Oscar Hernandez, Mookie Betts, show, Heyotani, get out and vote.
Begetting on Sunday and nine am at Dodgers dot Com slash vote. You
have until July third, and then the building will close, and then you
still have the players and coaches and managers who will vote in the reserves as
well. But this is the fan vote for their starters in the National League,
in the American League, as far as the Dodgers concerned, Mookie Betts
going up against Trey Turner at shortstop show Heyo Tani going up against Kyle Schwarber,
as far as the designated hitter in the National League. And in outfield
jerks and profar, I don't know how he's there. Christian Yelich, Fernando
Tatis Junior, Brandon Marsh, Nick Castellanos, and Taascar Hernandez are the sixth
final outfield their votes, I mean, look at there's one, two,
three, four, five Phillies players in the final vote. That tells me
one thing. Their fans are getting out and voting. And Dave Roberts yesterday
before the game, talked about how fans need to get out and vote.
There are certain fan bases that are really good at setting their players to the
Midsummer Classic. And yeah, the Phillies are a fifty three win team.
I get it, they got the most wins in baseball right now. But
certainly their fans are out there voting their players into the final vote. Jt
Realmuto, Alex bowm Trey Turner, Brandon Marsh, Nick Castellanos all finalists in
their positions in the Nation League All Star Vote. But you can send the
Dodgers, show Heotani, Mookie Bets, and Taoscar Hernandez to the All Star
Game beginning Sunday in the final vote eight Dodgers dot Com slash vote Dodgers dot
Com slash vote. All right, we'll take a break, we'll come back.
We'll get to your phone calls. We'll get to a farm report coming
up at seven forty five, ti Oscar Hernandez could be the biggest free agent
signing this offseason not named show Hey Otani in all of baseball. All the
attention for Yamamoto, all the attention we gave to the pitchers like Blake Snell,
who sat out waited for big contracts, and Taoskar Hernandez just kind of
goes under the radar signed a one year deal with the Dodgers and is turning
it into an all star season with big time offensive numbers. We'll get into
that, but I want to hear from you Dodger fans. We're five plus
weeks away from the trade deadline. This is a team that needs to be
built for October. With that being said, I think they need another arm.
Are you willing to give up the farm to go get one of those
arms here in twenty twenty four? I say yes. Eight sixty six nine
eight seven two five seventy Tim Kates, Ronnie FOSSi, and you. Thanks
for being with us on this Thursday night off night Dodger Talk live here on
A five seventy LA Sports and the iHeartRadio app. Off Night Dodger Talk continues
here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. Tim Kates with you here until
the top of the hour. Dodgers in the midst of a six game road
trip. They took all three in Chicago, beating the White Sox last night
four to nothing in the series finale. Gavin Stone a complete game shutout,
and he improves a nine to two on this season. He becomes the first
pitcher to throw a complete game shutout since Walker Bueller in twenty twenty two.
He becomes the first Dodger rookie since Young Jin Reu and only thirteen to throw
a complete game shutout. Dodgers now winners of four in a row. They
are twenty games over five hundred, and they'll start a three game series in
San Francisco Tomorrow night, seven to fifteen. First pitch Landon Knack will go
in this series. Opener Tyler Glass now scheduled to go on Sunday, and
then James or Saturday. James Paxton will go on Sunday in the finale,
and then the Dodgers will come home for a six game road trip, and
then it's back to the East Coast. Unbelievable. Just when it feels like
the Dodgers get home, they're going back East again, multiple time zones.
They're going across yet again. They go to Chicago and come back home.
Before that, two trips to Cincinnati, New York, New York, and
Pittsburgh, they go to Chicago. I said on this trip they'll come back
home for three against Arizona and three against Milwaukee before going back east again to
take on the Phillies and the Detroit Tigers. Now they'll get it out of
their system for the most part after this East Coast trip. They don't go
back to the East Coast until September, when they face the Atlanta Braves and
the Miami Marlins on a six game East Coast roachrip right in the middle of
September. So they'll have gotten these East Coast trips for the most part out
of their system in the rest of July, August, and the early part
of September. So that's the good news as far as the travel for this
Dodgers team. Health, to me is their biggest concern right now and getting
healthy post All Star Break. And if you go online and you start searching
Dodger trade possibilities, listen, there are a lot of people throwing things up
on the wall as far as the Dodgers and what they should be doing or
could be doing before the trade deadline in five plus weeks. I mean,
just go on to different websites and blogs and type in Dodgers trading and you'll
see every possible scenario with a deal with the Oakland A's with a deal with
with the Tampa Bay Rays for Randyo Rose Arena to the Dodgers, talking still
to the Red Sox about Kenley Janssen, which to me, I just don't
see the need there right now. With Evan Phillips healthy, with a healthy
Blake trying, and Daniel Hudson and you know, hopefully you get back Bruce
dar Gradero and Joe Kelly the second half of the season. I'm sorry,
there's five lights out, high leverage relievers in your bullpen and I didn't even
mention Alex Vessi's name. So to me, that's not necessarily need unless they're
gonna give up Kelly Jansen for pennies on the dollar in return for a trade
that to me isn't a priority. As I said. Priority to me right
now is starting pitching. And I know there's different people talking about, you
know, the kid they saw yesterday in the White Sox and Fetti who spent
yesterday or spent last year over in Korea. Before that he was in the
big leagues and it was okay, you know, it wasn't anything great,
Eric Fetti, you know, but dominated over in Korea comes back now he's
got an era around three. The Dodgers hit him around yesterday in the first
couple of Indians, Choeotawani took him deep. I think they could do better
than that. I honestly believe Garrett Crochet again is the guy after seeing what
he did for five plus innings shutting out the Dodgers, to see how nasty
his stuff is, to see what he can bring as far as a hard
throwing left hander to this Dodgers rotation which has got Tyler Glass now, which
has got Gavin Stone and is gonna get hopefully back a Walker Bueller that can
figure it out. I think he'd be a nice addition to a Dodgers' rotation,
a nice one two three punch there of Tyler Glass now, Garrett Crochet
and whoever in a playoff series. I think he is to me the guy
the Dodgers need to make every effort to go out and get. I don't
want a back end of the rotation guy that's just gonna fill a spot every
five days, because in my mind, you can go and dip back and
have land and Knak do that every five days for you, assuming Walker Bueller
and Clayton Kershaw don't come back healthy and got Momoto's not healthy until after the
second half of the season is underway. So I think starting pitching to me
is the biggest need, and I'd love to see this Dodger team go out
and bolster this rotation with the move at the deadline eight sixty six nine seven
two five seventy. I got to mention Gavin Stone real quick before we get
out to your calls. Gavin Stone has been fantastic. A complete game,
shutout yesterday, scattered four hits, struck out seven. He's now nine to
two. Remember Gavin Stone a year ago got called up. He'd heard about
him. He was the minor league pitcher of the year in twenty twenty two.
Heard a lot about Garrett Gavinstone. He comes up a little rocky,
right, you know, it wasn't a great debut for Gavin Stone, goes
back down to the minor leagues, comes back up at the late August or
at least September, and pitched much better, add a little bit more to
his arsenal as far as pitches and pitched good. Pitched a lot better than
he did when he initially came up. Well, fast forward to this spring
and what did you keep hearing from people like David Vasse and other insiders.
He's added to his arsenal pitches. He's added a sinker. He's more of
a pitcher now, less of just a guy who can throw it by you
and talent wise, is just gonna beat you. There's a lot of those
guys at the big league level. There's a lot of hitters that can take
advantage of those kind of players you got eventually become a pitcher. And he
used multiple pitches out there and know how to throw them for strikes and know
when to throw them and be able to get swinging missus. And last night
I mentioned it on postgame Dodger Talk. I'm gonna mention it again here off
night Dodger Talk in case you missed it. I thought last night Gavin Stone
was a thing of beauty. It was art on the mound last night.
He was so efficient, he was so in command. The presence on the
mound that Gavin Stone had last night looked like a veteran who just owned the
game. He was dictating the pace which he was pitching early in the pitch
clock, getting ahead in the count, getting the White Sox hitters to chase
first pitch, swing at second pitch. You know, he had a eight
pitch inning. At one point he had a nine pitch eighth inning. He
was getting early outs, he was getting them to chase pitches that are on
the border at the same time getting swinging missus and getting ahead in the count,
mixing it up with the fastball, the sinker, the slider, which
was absolutely fantastic last night in his change up which was just dirty. The
slider, I don't think he missed. Sometimes you throw that old cement mixer
slider that just hangs over the middle of the plate and guys will crush it.
He didn't miss last night. And the pace was all in favor of
him on the mound, dictating how fast those half innings were going, dictating
basically what the White Sox were gonna do it against him, not letting him
get comfortable in the box. And he didn't have to throw ninety nine or
one hundred miles an hour. No, No, he was out there painting
the corners. He was out there as a pitcher. It was a thing
of beauty last night. And to see Gavin Stone at his age develop this
quickly, because this is a different Gavin Stone more mature Gavin Stone right now
than we saw a year ago. And you want these guys to take that
steps as big league players. And Gavin Stone last night showed me so much
and it was so much fun to watch him out there pitch a complete game,
four hitter, struck out seven, didn't walk a batter, Seventy three
of his one hundred and three pitches were for strikes. You can say a
lot of where would this Dodger team be without show Hey? Where would this
Dodgers team right now be without Hernandez? Where was this Dodgers team here right
now without Tyler Glastow? Where will this Dodger team be without Gavin Stone?
Every five days taking the baseball without any complaints, not hurt, and going
out there and pitching competitively, and now nearing double digit wins before the All
Star Break. He is another guy who won't get voted in because the fans
don't vote pitchers in. Players coaches managers do that. But certainly Gavin Stone
another one or two starts like this the go before the All Star Break,
before they go to Arlington for the Midsummer Classic. There's no doubt in my
mind he and Tyler Glass Now are getting on a jet and flying to Arlington
for the All Star Game. They'll be getting on a jet from Detroit when
the Dodgers wrap up the series against the Tigers in two weeks and when everybody
else is scattering for the All Star break, and there's no doubt in mind,
in mind, at least those two Tyler glass Now and Gavin Stone should
be on a private plane heading to Arlington for the All Star Game. Eight
sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the number. Right,
let's go out to Let's start with Ray and Pomona. Ray, Welcome
to Dodger Talk. How you doing great? How about how about you?
Kiss? I'm doing good? Thanks? Yeah. Another question about Gavin Stone.
I know you picked a complete game last night, shutout. I know
that's great and everything for a rookie and stuff, but how how I mean
is that a big deal pitching against gatogre team like the White Tuk. Yeah,
absolutely, I appreciate it. Ray. They're still big league hitters.
You still have to get them out. You know, you can go up
there and throw strikes and you know, do your thing. You still got
a pitch to them and get them out, And yeah, I think it's
a big deal. The Dodgers haven't had a pitcher starter that is, throw
a complete game since April twenty twenty two, and that was Walker Buehler.
They've had a rookie do it since twenty thirteen. Keep in mind where the
game of baseball is right now, pitch counts. Most pitchers don't go three
times through a lineup in a game. They go to a bullpen sooner other
than later. Now, it's very mechanical as far as what they do,
giving guys extra day's rest. To see Gavin Stone go out there sitting on
ninety three pitches after eight innings to go back out there in the ninth inning,
and it kind of felt like it was batter to batter. Dave Roberts
started getting to Alex Vassio loose. He gets a fly ball to start the
inning, pop out to third, did a one out single from Tommy Fan
And I give Dave Dave Roberts all the credit. He's stuck with Gavin Stone.
Let him get out of it, and he quickly did that with the
flyball out to center and then a ground ball to Gavin Lux who's been a
nice play on the backhander to end the game eight nine eighty seven two five
seventy. Oscar Hernandez as much praise as we give Gavin Stone. Think about
where the Dodgers team it would be without Tioscar Hernandez, thirty one year old
veteran outfielder. His signing was an understatement if you want to compare it to
what yamamotos signing was. And the press conference even bigger than that. The
show Hey Otani's signing and press conference at at Dodger Stadium. Tascar Hernandez,
Blue Jays, Mariners, veteran guy known for home run or strikeout. You
know, an all star, but you know, just a good major league
gutfielder. Nothing flashy, just a good, solid, veteran major league gutfielder.
I think he has surpassed everything the Dodgers thought they were gonna get when
they signed to a one year deal. Two fifty two average, all right,
hey, today's game. That's good. Eighteen home runs fifty five ribbies,
which is top ten in the National League in eight h four ops.
He plays both left field and right field for the Dodgers and Dave Roberts.
He bats against left handed starters right handed starters. Plays virtually every day and
in the lineup. We've seen him everywhere from two to three to clean up
to five to six in the batting order. And when this team is healthy,
sloted him five or six in the lineup. Wow, when this team
is healthy like they were at the beginning of season, one through five,
one through six is arguably the best in baseball. We talked about the Big
three, the big fours, Will Smith, but the length of the lineup
with a Teoscar Hernandez in there and a healthy maxim Mount See, we know
it's really good. But man, think of a better free agent signing in
baseball than Oscar Hernandez is one year deal, betting on himself that he'd come
to LA and have a great season on a great team. You talk about
pieces to a puzzle where he fits in. Not a superstar, but he's
gonna play one hundred and forty some odd games for you. Last year he
played one hundred and sixty for the Seattle Mariners, hit two fifty eight twenty
six home runs. You know what you're gonna get from him. He's gonna
slug, He's gonna have an ops around eight hundred he'll hit around two fifty
two sixty and drive in runs. You can't ask him much more than that
from a six hitter. Now they're asking more of that right now because of
injuries and him to second, third, fourth in the lineup. But when
fully healthy, to have him as a six hitter, five hitter, that's
pretty darn good. And I quite frankly didn't expect this much offensive productivity out
of him, and when they've gotten so far, Yeah, all star quality
first half for Taoscar Hernandez. You can talk about the flashy signings in baseball,
and you can talk about the Dodgers big splash and bringing in Yamamoto and
Otani, Yeah they're great, and acquiring Tyler Glass now via trade and then
sign into extension. But free agent signings, I mean, you look around
baseball, there's not a lot better than tai Oscar Hernandez and the one year
deal and banking on himself putting up these numbers. Knock on Woods, stays
healthy, helps this Dodgers team long into October. You know, thirty one,
when is he third? Thirty two turns thirty two during the World Series.
You know he'll be thirty two going into next season, he'll be a
hot commodity and a big time free agent based on what he's done on this
one year deal he signed with the Dodgers, So good for him. Great
job by the Dodgers front office realizing what they needed, what kind of player
they needed to bring in to fill that hole in the outfield, whether there's
left field or right field, and a five or six hitter in your lineup
with power Taskar Hernandez has been an awesome find for this Dodgers team. Eight
six six ninety seven two five seventy Larry and Timachila. Welcome Larry to Dodger
Talk. How you doing, Hey, thanks for taking my call. So
getting back to this pitching the pitching need yep, I'm really interested to see
what some of your other callers think about this idea. You know, there's
a guy that's a former cy Young Award winner who's pitching down in Mexico right
now, Trevor bal he's been vindicating. Yeah, he's been vindicated and his
suspension is up and you can get that guy for nothing. So I'm just
wondering what your other your other callers, uh and listeners might think about that.
That's a very controversial subject. It is. It doesn't everybody deserve a
second chance in life, no doubt about it, Larry, everybody deserves a
second chance. Absolute does that second chance come to the Dodgers Not my decision
to make. Quite frankly, I think if I'm a team in baseball,
one of the thirty teams around the league, you know what happened, and
the fact that he was never charged, and you know he's now pitching in
Mexico. He pitched over in Japan. He's still only thirty three years old.
He's got some life to his fastball still. Maybe there's a team out
there will give him a shot, but it's not gonna be the Dodgers.
It just won't be. What happened while he was here the suspension, They
cut ties and it's okay, move on. You know, he made his
money before the suspension. He's now pitching in Mexico. If he can get
a second chance, that's great. Hopefully he does. You'd like to see
everybody get a second chance. I just don't think it's gonna be wearing a
Dodger uniform. Six nine, seven, two five seventy. We'll take a
quick time out, we'll come back we'll get to your phone calls final sleep
of those, I'll get you a quick farm report. Some moving in the
minor leagues. Two of the dodgers top ten prospects on the move this week.
We'll tell you who and where they're going and give you an update on
some of the Dodgers' top prospects here in twenty twenty four, as we get
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Thanks for being with us on a seventy LA Sports Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio
app off Night Dodger Talk continues here on your Home of the Dodgers, A
five seventy LA Sports. Tim kates with you David Vase in San Francisco.
Is The Dodgers left today from Chicago, heading to San Francisco for a three
game series that starts tomorrow against the Giants. It'll be landing knack on the
mound in this series. Opener Tyler Glass now will go on Saturday as the
Dodgers started three game series against the Giants. Go out to the phones,
Isabelle and Anaheim. H is he Hi? Hi? Tim Crazy? Hi?
How are you Tim? I'm good, Izy, how are you kid?
I'm good, Hey Tim? You put up one important pitching and talked
about Blair Bobbly. No, I know he'd been hate. He just you
know, I don't know. He's okay. He'd won my favorite pitch,
and I know he'd been hit. So I'm coming with you, Bobby Millie
right now. And I'm certain were actually last light the Dodger game. I
didn't know what to think about the Dodger but hey day, I'm the gate.
Di looks like they can't win the Hendley game the game this year,
So I didn't know what to say. About that. So but anyway,
so but anyway, have a good night, all right? Is he appreciated?
Good to hear from you. Uh, the Dodgers will be okay,
is he? It's not doom and gloom. I think the Dodgers will be
fine. Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy. Let's talk
a little farm report, Ronnie. Let's go down on the farm. Give
you up there. The Dodgers top prospects from Triple A, Oklahoma City all
the way down to Rancho Cucamonga. Give it an update on what some of
these Dodgers' top prospects are doing, how they're progressing. First off, Dalton
Rushing, the dodgers number one overall prospect, twenty three year old catcher,
left handed hitter, then double a toll us a fIF fifty five games too,
sixty one average, eleven doubles, ten home runs, forty two ribbies,
twenty nine walks, getting on base with at eight ninety nine ops.
Ho Sway Depala, Dodgers' number two overall prospect, nineteen year old left tended
hitting outfielder. He's a top one hundred prospect in all of baseball. He
just got promoted from Rancho Cucamonga to High A Ball with the Great Legs Loans
and Rancho fifty five games, two seventy nine average, eleven doubles, six
home runs, forty one ribbies, thirty four walks, and eight thirty five
ops. In the month of June, he was hitting three twenty eight with
a home run, fifteen ribbies and an eight twenty three ops. He's now
just played in a couple of games at High A Ball at the Great Legs
Loons, but good for him. Promoted from Low A Ball to High A
Ball. Nineteen year old a Sway the Pala Nick Frosso, dodgers number three
overall prospect, out for the year with the shoulder injury. River Ryan the
Dodgers' number four overall prospect, twenty five year old right hander. He's in
Triple A. It was a slow start. He was injured during spring training
with some shoulder stiffness. He got a late start to the season. He
started in Arizona, making the starts in June, then Rancho Cucamonga. Now
he's made two starts in Oklahoma City, most recently three innings, one hit,
four strikeouts against Albuquerque. Kyle hurt. We've seen him up at the
big leagues. Twenty six year old right hander is healthy and back in Triple
A Oklahoma City. Last time out one inning, two strikeouts, two walks.
He's being used now as a reliever. Jackson Farris twenty year old left
handed pitcher the Dodgers acquired in the deal from Michael Bush's past offseason former second
round pick of the Cubs. He's in High A Ball Great Lakes Loons.
Fourteen starts, two to three, four to twenty four ERA and eighty one
strikeouts. Diego Kartaia, the Dodgers' number seven overall prospect, twenty two year
old catcher. He's now in Triple A Oklahoma City. He started in Tulsa
two thirty six average, five home runs, eight doubles. The last twenty
eight games he was hitting near three hundred with thirteen extra base hits and a
nine to eighty three OPS. Diego Kartia, who struggled in Double A Tulsa
last year, struggled the first two months in Double A Tulsa this year.
He is now up in Oklahoma City, twenty two years old. Still Diego
kartay A one time was the Dodger's number one overall prospect, now a top
ten prospect and in Triple A Oklahoma City. Theyron Loronzo, number eight overall
prospect, top one hundred prospect in Baseball America. Twenty year old catch out
of the Dominican Republic. They're playing him at first base as well. He
is in Great Lakes with the Loons. Fifty seven games this is two twenty
six average, thirteen doubles, six home runs and sixty seven strikeouts. Peyton
Martin nineteen or twenty nine year old right hander. He is in a rancho
Cucamonga and been promoted to High A Ball the Great Lakes Loons. You're in
Michigan, Great Legs, the Great Spot to see a lot of the Dodgers'
top fifteen prospects. He has made three starts there oh to one two fifty
three ERA and eleven strikeouts. Kendall George. He's in a rancho with the
Quakes, first round pick a year ago, nineteen year old, fifty two
games to eighty three average, three doubles, fifteen ribies. He's a speedster.
Jandre Vargas, eighteen year old shortstop. This is an interesting guy.
Number eleven overall prosper He's a six to four short step by the Dominican Republic.
He's playing over in Arizona and rookie ball. It's only eighteen years old.
Twenty seven games so far in rookie ball, three fourteen average, seven
doubles, two triples, two home runs, and sixteen ribies. Maddix Bruns,
first round pick of the Dodgers in twenty twenty one, twenty two year
old left hander, top thirteen prospects in High A Ball. It's starting to
click finally for Maddix Runs. Five starts zero to one one ninety eight ERA
in thirteen to two third innings with twenty three strikeouts. For Maddix Runs,
former first round pick in twenty twenty one, could be a name to keep
in mind out there as far as the possible trade partner. Justin Robleski here's
the name I've been telling you about for a few weeks now, Dodgers' top
fifteen prospect, eleventh round pick in twenty twenty at Oklahoma State, twenty three
year old left hander throws near one hundred miles an hour. He's in Triple
A Oklahoma City now after starting thirteen games in Double A he had sixty two
strikeouts and sixty seven innings. One start now in Oklahoma City, five innings,
eleven strikeouts. He took the loss, but he had eleven strikeouts in
five innings. Running Cop fifteen overall prospect for the Dodgers, twenty one year
old left ender in Double A fifteen games, nineteen two thirds, twenty four
strikeouts and twenty five walks. A couple of other names to point out to
you. Ben Caspirius, twenty five year old right handed pitcher, fifth round
pick out of Yukon. He's now in Triple A Oklahoma City. Eight starts
two to one, three to fifty eight ERA with thirty four strikeouts. Jared
Carrols, the son of Eric Carrolls, twenty three year old, sixteenth round
pick out of UCLA in twenty twenty two. He is clicking right now.
We saw a pitch in the Freeway Series in High A ball five and zero
one fifty nine ERA twenty five and two third innings went to Double A toll
safter getting promoted last month five starts already two and one of four twenty one
ERA, and Real quickly Edgardo Hernriquez out of Venezuela, twenty one year old
right handed pitcher. He started the year in Ranch with Kuca Monk, went
to High A ball at the Great Leagus Loans. He's now in Double A.
He is a flame thrower, a reliever five games two eighty four ERA,
eight strikeouts and six and the third innings. He's a closer, a
reliever back in bullpen guy forty six strikeouts and thirteen games in Double A,
and a ball Edgardo Pronenriquez. He's not on the radar as far as the
top fifteen minor league prospect. He's twenty one years old, a right handed
pitcher, stocky guy short. Let's say Bruce dar graderol out of Venezuela already
made the move. It's a double A. All right, that's going to
do it. For the farm report, we'll you give you a good update.
There are the Dodgers' top prospects and how they're doing again. Some of
these names you're gonna hear possibly at the trade deadline. The Dodgers want to
go out and get a proven major leaguer. Some of these minor league prospects
are gonna have to go and return. Thanks to Ronnie fossil. Thanks to
all of you for listening. Dodgers back at it tomorrow night in San Francisco,
Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck at six, first pitch at seven fifteen.
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of your Thursday night. So long, everybody,