WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:05.599 Welcome to our final show before the All Star Break ends. We have phone 2 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:11.359 lines open tonight. I promised phone calls after heavy interviews the previous three nights. 3 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:16.800 David Vasse with you here on a five to seventy LA Sports until eight 4 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.079 o'clock tonight. Phone lines open at eight six six nine, eight seven two 5 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:25.440 five seventy and coming up at the bottom of the hour. We do have 6 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:31.480 a surprise guest that was a late addition to the show, and that is 7 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:38.920 rookie right hander Justin Robleski. Justin Robleski will join us at seven thirty tonight, 8 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:43.600 so we'll hear from a man that is going to start the second game 9 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:49.159 of the post All Star break schedule for the Dodgers. We got news today 10 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:54.000 that the Dodgers have lined up their first three starters for this series against the 11 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:59.240 Red Sox. It will be Gavin Stone tomorrow night in the opener of the 12 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:04.319 three games series, then Justin Robleski on Saturday, and on Sunday it will 13 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:11.159 be James Paxton. And you may say James Paxton, Yeah, James Paxton, 14 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:15.280 who is one of the few veterans that is still standing at this point 15 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:19.760 in time in the Dodger rotation with Glass now still on the il, Yamamoto 16 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.640 still not certain when he is coming back, Bobby Miller down in Oklahoma City. 17 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.920 So these are the three guys the Dodgers have to come out of the 18 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.560 All Star break. And James Paxton, by the way, is really good 19 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:40.079 at Dodger Stadium this season. He's three and zero with an ERA of two 20 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:45.599 sixty seven, while on the road is ERA is closer to six. So 21 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:51.519 James Paxton a much better pitcher at Dodger Stadium. Well rested, as is 22 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:57.599 the entire Dodger pitching staff after having four days off after what was a very 23 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:02.680 disappointing and frustrated finish to the first half for the Dodgers, where they finished 24 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:08.240 one in six on their six game road trip to Philadelphia and Detroit. We 25 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:13.159 don't have to go all the way back there, but yeah, the Dodgers 26 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.599 limped into the All Star Break with that one and six record, and since 27 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:23.879 May twenty first, the Dodgers are a game under five hundred, twenty three 28 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:29.639 and twenty four, so they're looking to take advantage of this All Star break 29 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:35.800 reset for a few guys like keik A, Hernandez and Chris Taylor. This 30 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:38.919 is their time of the year, the stretch run, and we all know 31 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:45.840 October is Keik and Chris Taylor's month, and they need to start to get 32 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:51.639 momentum heading into the postseason. I will say this, I will flip the 33 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:58.120 script tonight with all the panic and the negativity surrounding the Dodgers play on the 34 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:02.479 last road trip, and since the middle may consider this, with all the 35 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:07.080 injuries the Dodgers have had to deal with to their pitching staff, to Mookie 36 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:12.599 Betts and Max Munsey, We'll get to Munsey in the next segment. They 37 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:19.000 still have a seven game lead in the lost column over the Arizona Diamondbacks and 38 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:23.560 an eight game lead in the lost column over the San Diego Padres. The 39 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:29.960 Diamondbacks have leapfrog the Padres for second place in the NL West, and I 40 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:34.759 mentioned this during the last road trip. I thought the Padres blew a golden 41 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:39.120 opportunity to make up ground in the division with the Dodgers struggling as much as 42 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:45.560 they have been lately. But the Padres themselves have been struggling lately as well, 43 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:51.039 so it's been the Diamondbacks who have leapfrog the Padres. For second place 44 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.879 in the division, and it feels like between the Giants, the Padres, 45 00:03:54.120 --> 00:04:00.240 and the Snakes, they've all been taking turns but really not making up a 46 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:05.240 lot of ground for whomever has been in that second place position since the Dodgers 47 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:11.439 have been playing basically five hundred ball since May twenty first. If you go 48 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:15.560 back to when the Dodgers had thirty wins on May twenty first, they still 49 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:20.120 had a seven and a half game lead in second place over the Padres. 50 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:25.399 You look at the way they stumbled into the All Star break, here they 51 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:30.680 are still with a seven game lead. And if you believe Fangrafts, who 52 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:36.800 does a lot of dissecting of schedules and statistical analysis, the Dodgers have one 53 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:42.240 of the softer schedules in the second half of the season. And if you 54 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:46.360 look at their schedule when it came out, and we'll get into next year's 55 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:50.800 schedule, even though I don't really care about twenty twenty five. Right now, 56 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:56.480 the Dodgers are in a dogfight to a certain extent, and trying to 57 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.680 get into the postseason and trying to win the World Series. This year very 58 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:04.920 odd time for Baseball to put out the schedule right in the middle of the 59 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:10.759 season. But anyway, we could get to the schedule later if you care 60 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:15.199 about it. But the Dodgers are opening up in Tokyo next year after opening 61 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:19.240 up in South Korea this year. So two games against the Cubs in Tokyo 62 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:25.199 next year, which is significant because that's two straight years the Dodgers will have 63 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:29.959 to start spring training early, and two straight years they will start the season 64 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:35.040 not in North America. Anyway, going back to all this in twenty twenty 65 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:41.360 four, the Dodgers are in a pretty good spot considering they have already played 66 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.000 the tough part of their schedule with a lot of travel, a lot of 67 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:49.120 trips to the East Coast, and now they have a lot more days off 68 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:55.839 in between. The travel is not as extensive as it was, and you're 69 00:05:55.839 --> 00:06:00.439 going to get Tyler Glass now back, no doubt about that. Do have 70 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:05.920 doubts about Yoshi Yamamoto because there seems to be a veil of secrecy surrounding the 71 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:11.199 extent of his injury and what is going to happen with him the rest of 72 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:14.959 the year. Somehow, I feel like all that will come out after the 73 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:19.199 trade deadline. But nonetheless, you look at the Dodger schedule the rest of 74 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:24.800 the way, and their only trip to the East Coast is in September when 75 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:30.759 they play four games and three against the Marlins, so the schedule is definitely 76 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:33.759 in their favor. It does start out tough here right out of the All 77 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:39.240 Star Break, with seven games at home against the Red Sox, the surprise 78 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:45.240 team in Major League Baseball they are the last wildcard team currently in the American 79 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.639 League. And then four games against the Giants, who all of a sudden 80 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:54.480 are getting their pitching healthy. And in case you missed it, snell Zilla, 81 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:58.720 in his last start before the All Star Break, had a perfect game 82 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.879 in the seventh inning and the Giants blew it and lost that game. But 83 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:06.519 nonetheless, Nelzilla is back, and we all know how well he pitches a 84 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:12.519 against the Dodgers and b at Dodgers Stadium. Eight six six nine eight seven 85 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:16.759 two five seventy is the phone number mentioning Key a Hernandez and Chris Taylor, 86 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:21.480 who do you believe needed the All Star Break more than any other Dodger player. 87 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:26.639 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. It's going to be 88 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:30.160 fun to have the Red Sox in town. It's always electric when you have 89 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:34.399 the Yankees or Red Sox at Dodgers Stadium, and it's even better when those 90 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:39.639 teams are good, and Boston is a very good team. It's going to 91 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:44.160 be great to have Kenley Jansen, the all time Dodgers saves leader, back 92 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.839 at Dodgers Stadium. He has had a tremendous year with Boston. He hasn't 93 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:51.439 been back to Dodger Stadium in a couple of years, and when he was 94 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:56.399 back, he was with the Atlanta Braves. It's also going to be fun 95 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:01.240 to have Alex Kora back at Dodger Stadium, not only because he was part 96 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:07.920 of the best double play combination defensively in dodd La Dodger history, at least 97 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:15.560 with CAESARUS Tourists, but Adrian Beltray, his former teammate and Dave Roberts' former 98 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:20.079 teammate, is going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this weekend. 99 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:24.720 So it'll be great to have Alex back at Dodger Stadium with Dave Roberts and 100 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:30.199 to celebrate Adrian going into Cooperstown. And I even exchanged texts with Sean Green 101 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:33.559 today. Sean Green was on his way to New York to be part of 102 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:39.840 the ceremony or being attendance for the ceremony. So that twenty fourteen was a 103 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:45.879 pretty tight team. And Sean Green and Adrian Beltray, Alex Corra, CAESARUS 104 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:48.840 Tourists, Dave Roberts, all those guys certainly still have a bond, even 105 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:54.399 though they came up short that year, and Dave was traded unceremoniously by Paul 106 00:08:54.480 --> 00:09:00.480 D. Podesta at the trade deadline that year. But nonetheless, the Rodgers 107 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:05.600 got to the playoffs in four and actually one at that time, the first 108 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:11.399 playoff game since Game five of the nineteen eighty eight World Series in Dodger history. 109 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:15.559 So that's how thin things were since eighty eight. But it feels like 110 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:20.399 a different world, feels like a different organization from when Adrian Beltra got called 111 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:26.639 up at nineteen years old by then interim manager Tommy Losorda. How about that 112 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:30.679 eight six six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number? 113 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.240 When we continue here on Dodger Talk, we'll get you an update on 114 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:39.879 Max Munsey, Clayton Kershaw, Joe Kelly, and where is Walker Buehler. 115 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:45.440 If you're in Florida and you've seen Walker Buehler. Please call in eight six 116 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:48.960 six nine, eight seven two five seventy Off day Dodger Talk heading into the 117 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:54.919 second half right here on AM five seventy LA Sports. David Vasse with you 118 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:58.720 until eight o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. We've had 119 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.840 a great All Star break of shows. Want to say thank you to all 120 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:09.159 the guys that came on the last three nights, starting with John Smoltz Buster. 121 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.960 Only people have been getting on me for the way I pronounced Buster's last 122 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:16.559 name. So thank you to Buster. Thank you to Jake Peevey. Thank 123 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:22.159 you to America's pitcher Rich Hill, who joined us last night. You heard 124 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.200 the full conversation. And look, rich Hill is not the savior for any 125 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:31.200 team out there. Don't get anything twisted here, but Rich Hill can bolster 126 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:37.159 a pitching staff, especially with teams that need some link out of their bullpen. 127 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:41.080 Rich is forty four years old. He's not going nine innings, even 128 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:45.240 though he probably thinks he could. I mean, he called me yesterday and 129 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:48.799 woke me up at seven thirty in the morning on his way to or on 130 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:56.039 the way back from throwing a one hundred pitch bullpen session somewhere out there in 131 00:10:56.120 --> 00:11:00.399 New England, so he is fired up and ready to go, and coming 132 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.279 up at the bottom of the hour, we will hear from twenty four year 133 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:09.919 old Justin Robleski, who is starting Saturday at Dodgers Stadium against the Boston Red 134 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.919 Sox. Let's go out to the phones, Frank and garden Grove. You're 135 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:16.759 on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Frank, I'm doing great. How 136 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:22.320 are you, Dave tremendous? Ready for the second half to start? Ready 137 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:28.039 for the stretch run A man? Hey, I wanted to get your take 138 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:33.879 on all the extra rest that the Dodgers are giving their pitchers, because I'm 139 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:37.399 wondering if it works. So a lot has been made about how they're giving 140 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.519 five and six days rest to these starters. Glass note, for example, 141 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:46.519 pitched on back to back Sundays, including one where we went twee and last 142 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.960 Now has only pitched on four days rest once. And you know what the 143 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:54.440 difference is, Frank. The Dodgers have number one, the depth to be 144 00:11:54.519 --> 00:12:00.000 able to do that, and number two, they're taking care of the pitchers 145 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:05.840 because Glass now is coming off career highs and starts an innings and you look 146 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.960 at what the White Socks have done with Garrett Crochet. They have pitched Crochet, 147 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:15.639 I believe, eleven times on four days rest for a guy that only 148 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:20.360 threw twenty five innings last year. And that's part of the problem now for 149 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:24.279 teams that want to trade for Crochet and just overall for him personally. The 150 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:30.799 White Socks really haven't taken great care of Crochet this year. Okay, But 151 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.679 that's the deeper part of my question, Dave. Because Cloche is healthy, 152 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.440 Glass knows on the IL, Yamamota's on the IL, Wheelers on the IL, 153 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:41.120 Dustin May is on the IL. Okay, well, hold Donslin's on 154 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:43.039 the IL. Bobby Miller got hurt. So what I'm asking is no, 155 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.720 no hold on, hold on, Let's go back to Glass now. Number 156 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:50.440 one. He said at the All Star weekend that if he needed to pitch, 157 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.799 he could pitch, but the Dodgers are taking extra care of him. 158 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:01.720 Dustin May, Yeah, I don't know, David. I'm just saying you 159 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.879 can't just throw it all in one bucket. Frank, there's different reasons for 160 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:09.919 why different pictures have gotten hurt. I get that vote, and I'm asking 161 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:15.480 the principle of does more rest lead to healthier pictures and isn't. One of 162 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:18.159 the reasons I ask is when Otani was an Angel a couple of years ago, 163 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:22.759 before it was clear how great he was, you made the point that 164 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:26.639 one of the things, one of the costs of having Otani in the rotation 165 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:28.240 is that you could only pitch once a week, and it throws all the 166 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.840 other pictures off their schedule. Some pictures like more rest, some don't. 167 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:37.759 And I think there's a case to be made that you sacrifice command when you 168 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:41.279 pitch so infrequently, and there's a cost that you pitch your best pictures less 169 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:46.120 if you're giving everybody more rest. So the payoff has got to be okay, 170 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:48.960 But these guys are going to be healthy when we need them. But 171 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:52.159 if they're not going to be healthy when you need them, what's the payoff? 172 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:56.399 So what's the proof that extra rest actually leads to healthy pitchers? Because 173 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:58.759 I don't see it on the Dodgers this year or last. No, there 174 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:03.360 is no proof. And I think if you spoke to Andrew Friedman or Brandon 175 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:07.960 Gomes or anybody in baseball, there is no exact science to how to keep 176 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.399 pitchers healthy these days. But I do agree with you, Frank. A 177 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:18.240 lot of pitchers are creatures of habit and they want a five day routine. 178 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:22.039 And the one thing I could say is the Dodgers have given some semblance of 179 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:28.799 consistency to all the pitchers in their rotation. It's not like they're going from 180 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:33.840 four days rest to five days rest, back to four days rest. It's 181 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:39.799 been pretty consistent since the beginning of the season that you're pitching on five days 182 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:43.519 rest. So it feels like guys have gotten used to that. And let's 183 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:50.840 not forget, Frank, the Dodgers pitchers and catchers and team reported to spring 184 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:56.600 training before any other team in Major League Baseball this year. Don't discount that 185 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:01.480 fact either. Now it's fair enough. I just think it's interesting that for 186 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:05.080 thirty forty years, pictures pitched on four days rest all the time, and 187 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:09.399 I'm not sure you could say that those pictures were getting hurt more than the 188 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:13.000 ones in the modern day. So it's an interesting question. Thank you, 189 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:16.759 Thank you, Frank, appreciate it. Well, if you go back forty 190 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.759 to fifty years, there used to be only a four man rotation and then 191 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:26.240 all of a sudden it turned into a five man rotation in the late mid 192 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:30.960 eighties, and now we're at a five man rotation, and now we're giving 193 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:37.759 pitchers five days rest. So there's an evolution to things. But really I 194 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:41.960 go back to what Sandy Kofax always preached, and he not only was a 195 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:46.840 great pitcher but also a great student of biomechanics and pitching. And he used 196 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:52.720 the analogy if you are a marathon runner, are you going to train for 197 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:56.480 the marathon by running sprints leading up to the marathon or are you going to 198 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:02.480 run long distance? Similar to pitcher. If you're a starting pitcher and you're 199 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:06.320 going to be pitching a lot, don't you want to throw more to get 200 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:11.080 your arm conditioned to that? So I'm not one to argue with Sandy Kofax, 201 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:18.399 who has They talk about coaching trees. Sandy Kofax has a coaching tree 202 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:22.000 as well that goes back to when he retired and when he was pitching. 203 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:29.279 Guys like Johnny Padres, guys like Phil Reagan, guys like Dave Wallace, 204 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:37.240 Rick Honeycut, Claude Ostein all those people are part of the Kofax pitching tree, 205 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:42.039 coaching tree, and Oral Herscheizer is part of it. So it's hard 206 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:45.440 to argue with Sandy Kofax, and it makes a lot of sense. Let's 207 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.519 go out to Whittier, Tony. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, 208 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:53.679 Tony? Hey, what's up? Dave? Have a going tremendous I 209 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:57.320 have a question. This might be off topic, but I'm in the minority 210 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:03.120 where I don't want to see a tiny pitch aside from obviously him BEINGDH is 211 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.160 there a possibility he can ever play the outfield. I'm sure he can. 212 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:10.559 I'm just wondering if I'm an advocate for that, Tony, because there are 213 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:15.599 no guarantees. I mean, O'tani is one of the most incredible baseball players 214 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.039 you will ever see, so I'm not going to put anything past him. 215 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:22.640 And he is a big physical guy as well. So if there is one 216 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:27.240 guy that can do what Nathan Valdi has done and come back from two elbow 217 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:33.839 surgeries, it's show. Hey, Otani. We can't pretend like it's not 218 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.480 a risk that he won't re injure his pitching elbow. And if he does 219 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:41.680 that, then he's lost as a hitter as well. You lose him for 220 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.319 the entire season. He wants to try it again. So the Dodgers are 221 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:49.799 going to, you know, go along with this to allow him to pitch 222 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:55.759 again, but most people expect in the next five years he will not be 223 00:17:55.839 --> 00:18:00.319 pitching anymore. Yeah, I really don't want to see it. I'd rather 224 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.240 just see him maybe just play dher just maybe roam the outfield. I'm just 225 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.440 not I just don't have a good feeling about at the field or first base. 226 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:11.319 In my opinion, is his future after pitching is done with. That's 227 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.640 another possibility I was also thinking of thinking of also, Dave, I just 228 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.720 want to ask you one quick question. Back in ninety one, when the 229 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.240 Dodgers blew that division lead, do you really think they could have beaten the 230 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:25.160 Braves in the NLCS. Well, they wouldn't have played the Braves in the 231 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:29.000 NLCS. They would have played the Pirates. Yes, without a doubt, 232 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.279 they would have beat the Pirates. They were a better team than the Pirates 233 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:34.200 and there would not have been a play at the plate with Sid Bream. 234 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:38.480 Trust me, that season still hurts. Well, thanks for taking my call, 235 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:41.319 Dave. I appreciate it. Hey, thank you, Tony, appreciate 236 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:45.960 it. Yeah, if you remember in nineteen ninety one, and John Smoltz 237 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.599 and I talked about it a couple of nights ago. The Dodgers had a 238 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:55.119 seven game actually five or seven game lead over the second place Reds in the 239 00:18:55.160 --> 00:19:00.480 Atlanta Braves at the All Star Break in nineteen ninety one were nine games back, 240 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:03.319 and they came back to win the division by one game. On the 241 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:08.400 final day of the regular season, the Dodgers lost in San Francisco. I 242 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:14.680 forgot where Atlanta was. And the Dodgers blew a nine game lead at the 243 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:18.640 All Star Break with a very talented team with Brett Butler, Wan Samuel, 244 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:25.559 Darryl Strawberry, Oral Herscheizer, Ramon Martinez. The list goes on and on 245 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:30.799 of how talented they were. And that's why I'm preaching not to be complacent. 246 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:34.880 Baseball is a strange game. There are no guarantees. So all this 247 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:38.440 talk about October, when we get to October, we have to line our 248 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:44.200 team up for October. How about get to October first, and how about 249 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:48.799 securing the second seed in the National League playoff picture before you start talking about 250 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:53.559 the playoffs, because when you look at the new playoff format, which is 251 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:59.039 much different than what it was even in nineteen ninety one. It's important to 252 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:03.039 have one of the two seeds so you don't have to play that best of 253 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:08.599 three wildcard series against probably a very hot wildcard team. And the Dodgers right 254 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:12.480 now are just a game ahead of the Brewers in the lost column for the 255 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:18.880 number two seed in the National League playoff picture. So don't just worry about 256 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:22.680 the division. Worry about that as well, or focus on that as well. 257 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:26.079 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 258 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:32.799 Part of the reason why the Dodgers have been a very average offense and average 259 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:37.920 team since May twenty first is because they have been without Max Munsey and a 260 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:44.440 whole host of pitchers and also now Mookie Betts, who is hoping to return 261 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:48.640 by the second week of August. And we've heard Max Munsey is getting closer, 262 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.519 then we hear Max Munsey has been shut down. Then we hear Max 263 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:59.039 Munsey is swinging, then we hear Max Munsey is doing nothing. Well. 264 00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:04.480 Max Munsey joined the Foul Territory podcast and gave an update on where his recovery 265 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:11.119 is. Uh No, it's definitely not like that case. It's more of 266 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:15.319 a you know, we've been trying to get back in. Uh, you 267 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:18.119 know, I've tried several times to start ramping things up. It's more for 268 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.240 me, it's more my body just hasn't cooperated and hasn't bounced back to a 269 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:25.640 lot of the treatments that we've been trying to do. And uh, you 270 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:29.920 know, we can't necessarily figure out why that is. You know, I've 271 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:33.839 gone in and done testing multiple times, gotten a whole bunch of scans and 272 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:37.440 images, and uh, you know, we've just really struggled to kind of 273 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:40.960 put our finger on what's been going on. And you know, that's its 274 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:44.359 wise. It has been taking longer than what we thought. All Right, 275 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:48.799 there's Max Munsey on the Foul Territory podcast. It feels like what did Max 276 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:53.599 Munsey do? Too much? Kind of like how he originally injured his oblique 277 00:21:53.680 --> 00:22:00.480 trying to swing too hard during batting practice. Very concerning for the Dodger and 278 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.920 what does that mean for the trade deadline? Do the Dodgers need to consider 279 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:10.440 a third baseman? I saw a report today that the Rays may be considering 280 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:15.000 training Isaac Peretti's as well. He's having a great year at third base for 281 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:21.559 Tampa Bay. The Dodgers have obviously made big trades with the Rays. Do 282 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:26.640 the Dodgers now have to consider not only starting pitching, but also a third 283 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:32.079 baseman, because, frankly, the three guys that have been rotating their at 284 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:37.240 third base have not gotten the job done offensively, Keick a Hernandez, Cavin 285 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:41.519 Bigio and Chris Taylor. Do the Dodgers now start to consider trading for a 286 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:49.200 third baseman with the uncertainty of Max Munsey returning, And when Max Mounsey returns, 287 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:55.359 what version of Max Munsey will the Dodgers get? Eight six six seven 288 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:59.160 two five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take a time out here 289 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:02.680 our final time. I'm out on Dodger Talk. We have two lines open. 290 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:06.039 We will take your phone calls. But first we are going to be 291 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:11.400 joined by rookie right hander Justin Robleski, who is going to be making his 292 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:15.200 third Major League start on Saturday at Dodgers Stadium. He will join us next 293 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:21.279 right here on Dodger Talk on five to seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers are 294 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:26.559 back in action tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium. Our coverage begins at six o'clock 295 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:33.240 with first pitch at seven ten Between the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox. Gavin 296 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:37.200 Stone will be on the mound for the Dodgers, and on Saturday afternoon, 297 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:44.400 evening twilight, our guest will be on the mound for his third Major League 298 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:48.240 start. A man that certainly has burst onto the scene and has made his 299 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:52.559 name be known in the City of Angels, and that is the one and 300 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:57.440 only Justin Robleski. Justin, Thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it. 301 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:02.279 Yeah, yeah, no, no worries. Hey, let's just get 302 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:06.279 this out of the way right now. I've heard people refer to you as 303 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:10.279 Robo. I'm not in with that nickname. I'm not sure if you're in 304 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:14.200 with that nickname. Can you just set the record straight. If you want 305 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:18.119 people to stop referring to as Robo, we can make that happen right now, 306 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:22.160 you know what. So when I was in when I was in fourth 307 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:26.119 grade, when I was in fourth grade, fourth grade, oh yeah, 308 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:30.519 that's when that's when it started. And then kind of just my whole life, 309 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:33.359 everyone's called me that. So I've kind of grown into it and I 310 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:37.119 kind of like it. So that's that's what we're gonna stick with, all 311 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.799 right, all right, I was hoping you would say you hate it. 312 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:47.039 No, it's it's it's kind of just like it's me now, you know 313 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.880 what I mean. At this point, I've written with it for so long 314 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:52.519 and it's kind of just who I am. I mean, I look at 315 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:57.440 your name. I don't see Robo anywhere in this name. It's just it's 316 00:24:57.480 --> 00:25:03.160 just because Robleski and I's for whatever reason, just Robo. That's just what 317 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:07.240 it was. So win a W in the front though not Robo. It's 318 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:12.279 Wrbo. Yeah, and maybe that's why the fourth graders there just went with 319 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:18.039 robo right right there. Yeah, W Yeah. Easier to say, hey, 320 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.960 justin I know you're in the big leagues right now, but man, 321 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:26.799 you are an underdog story. You were an eleventh round pick in twenty twenty 322 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:30.519 one. You were the three hundred and forty second overall pick that year. 323 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:37.000 Do you feel like you're an underdog story? I would say yeah, but 324 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:42.400 kind of had a lot of unfortunate things happened in my college career that kind 325 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:48.440 of, I guess, not derailed, but just kind of made my path 326 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:52.400 different than a lot of other people's. So I've always kind of felt, 327 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:56.079 you know, that's kind of a chip on my shoulder, like they don't 328 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.359 think I can, so I will. I think that's just kind of who 329 00:25:57.400 --> 00:26:02.839 I am. But yeah, it's I would say I'm an underdog, but 330 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:10.160 I would say I've never I've never viewed myself as like lesser than I guess 331 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:12.200 if that makes sense. I've always had confidence. Yeah, no doubt. 332 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:17.119 I saw that at Dodger Stadium. You really had mound presence for a guy 333 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:22.000 that was making his major league debut. Where does that come from? I 334 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:26.519 think I think it just kind of falls back on my preparation, just kind 335 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.720 of I don't know, I guess just who I am as a person, 336 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:34.440 Like if I if I feel prepared, I think, you know, I 337 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:37.480 can compete with with anybody. So I guess that's where it comes from. 338 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:42.400 It's just I guess slowly been built up over time. But it's it's just 339 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:47.240 kind of I don't know. That's a good question. But I'd say it's 340 00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:49.920 just something I've slowly built over time. Hey, I guess if you feel 341 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:53.279 like you're prepared, you have that confidence. If you're not prepared, that's 342 00:26:53.319 --> 00:27:00.000 when you're nervous, Right, I actually did some homework on you real I 343 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:04.680 actually text your triple a manager, Travis Barbery, and asked him what he 344 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:07.720 thought about Justin Robleski. You want to hear what he had to tell me. 345 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.759 If they were good things? Yeah, they were good things. And 346 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:17.240 it goes back to preparation. He said. The biggest thing that stood out 347 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:22.839 to him is how detailed your pre start preparation is and the homework you do 348 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:27.039 on the lineup that you're going to face. And I'm sure when you were 349 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:32.559 in that hotel room before you made your major league debut against the Brewers, 350 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:36.680 you were doing a lot of studying. So did I interrupt the preparation for 351 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:40.960 the Red Sox? Uh? No, that's that's already been. I mean, 352 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:44.079 there's already been a lot of that that's done already. Obviously I'm gonna 353 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:48.160 go probably going tomorrow and look at a few more things. But yeah, 354 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.759 it's I kind of I try to do it. It's kind of like homework 355 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:52.680 for me. I guess I just kind of I try to get it out 356 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:56.279 of the way and then so I can look over it and kind of really 357 00:27:56.359 --> 00:28:02.079 understand, like what I'm trying to do. From that standpoint, what are 358 00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:04.759 you looking at? Without giving away too many secrets, why are you so 359 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:10.200 detailed. Are you looking at the swings? Can you read swings as the 360 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:14.240 game is going on? What do you what are you looking for? I 361 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:17.799 think for sure reading swings is part of it for me. I'm I'm I'm 362 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:22.640 definitely more of a numbers guy, So I like, I have a customer 363 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:26.079 report that the Dodgers have that I've always I've looked at. And there's a 364 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:30.160 couple other things that they've helped me kind of I guess mold and there's certain 365 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:34.279 certain tendencies and other things that I'm looking at. I'm not going to say 366 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:37.720 everything, but yeah, just certain tendencies kind of what guys like to do 367 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:41.240 where they do damage. I guess it is kind of the biggest pieces of 368 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:45.039 it for me. And where did that come from? Justin did you learn 369 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.359 that over the years in the minor leagues? Did you learn that in college 370 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:52.559 at Oklahoma State or has that always been you going back to high school. 371 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:56.599 Yeah, it's just it's definitely a minor league thing because you don't really have 372 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:02.400 the data your fingertips, so that we dude now in college, in high 373 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:06.440 school, but definitely kind of when I got to the minor leagues and kind 374 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:11.160 of got access to data like that. It's just kind of from my perspective, 375 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:15.359 it's like this can make me better, so why would I not use 376 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:19.279 it and use it to its full ability? So just kind of but it's 377 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:22.359 a process to try and figure out, like what do I need to look 378 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:26.519 at, what's important, what's not important? What's that way? You don't 379 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:29.960 have too much to look at. So it's been kind of a process these 380 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.319 past, you know, two seasons, just really trying to figure out what 381 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:37.279 I need to know and what I don't. Justin Robleski is our guest. 382 00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:41.359 He started the season in Double A, made two starts at Triple A, 383 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:47.960 and here he is just two days away from making his third major league start 384 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:52.960 against the Boston Red Sox at Dodger Stadium. I'm curious, Justin, when 385 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:59.000 a rookie comes up and a pitcher that's starting so quickly after he gets activated, 386 00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:04.079 how have you your teammates treated you. They've been great. Everybody's been 387 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:11.079 really kind of accepting and kind of just helpful to me and obviously teaching me 388 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:15.200 kind of how things work and how things go. You know. Luckily, 389 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:18.359 I know a couple of guys and Knack and Gavin and Bobby and guys like 390 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:22.359 that that have been really just helped me out. And the guys that I 391 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:26.160 had knew previously so just kind of had that comfort. But everyone's been really 392 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:30.559 awesome. So it's been it's been a i'd say not it's not easy, 393 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:36.119 but they've definitely made it easier to kind of, just, I guess mesh 394 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:40.880 into the team. And from what you told us, Clayton Kershaw was kind 395 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:45.160 of the guy you looked up to when you were a kid. How strange 396 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:48.880 and surreal was it to be in the dugout with him? Yeah, it's 397 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:52.079 crazy. It's crazy, just kind of all those years watching him and just 398 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:56.920 kind of especially as a lefty grown up. I mean, Kershaw was going 399 00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:00.480 to be your guy. So it's it was real and obviously something that I'm 400 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.640 thankful for and I won't forget. Did you ever try to emulate anything of 401 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:10.599 his delivery when you were a kid. Have you seen my delivery? It 402 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:17.079 does not look like his. No, no, no, There's only one 403 00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:19.519 person that can throw that way, and that's him. Have you ever thought 404 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:22.160 about, you know, when you're out of the stretch, like bringing both 405 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:26.359 hands up above your head. Have you ever thought about doing that Robleski. 406 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:32.839 You know what, never once, never once have I thought about Justin Robleski 407 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:36.640 is our guest. Obviously you could tell he's an easy guy to root for. 408 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:41.119 And you went to college at Oklahoma State. Your college coach was Josh 409 00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:45.400 Holliday, who's known for being a hitting guru, because that's where a lot 410 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:49.839 of even major leaguers go to kind of get back on track. What was 411 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:53.519 it like playing for him? It was great. It was great there. 412 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:57.119 They're great people over there, and you know, obviously can't thank them enough 413 00:31:57.160 --> 00:32:01.079 for giving me the shot they did as a as a junior college guy. 414 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:06.079 So it was awesome, and they were really really awesome to me in my 415 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:08.640 time there. And unfortunately I wish, I wish I could have fished in 416 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:14.559 the postseason and done all that at Oklahoma State, but didn't get the opportunity 417 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:17.599 because because of TJ. But they've they were awesome with everything, and they're 418 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:21.960 great people and I don't can't, uh, I can't ever have a bad 419 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:24.640 word to say about those guys, you know, Kershaws guys over at Oklahoma 420 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:32.400 Skip Johnson. Yeah, I don't, I don't, UH. Is there 421 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:36.119 a rivalry? How to answer that one? I don't know how to answer 422 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:40.039 that one. We'll leave it right there. We don't want to upset anybody. 423 00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:44.920 Hey, before I let you go, the one thing that we were 424 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.880 all impressed about that you don't see a lot of pitchers do or know how 425 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:52.680 to do, is how you change speeds, not with different pitches, but 426 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:58.519 even how you change speeds with your fastball. Uh. That is something that 427 00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:06.839 shows signs of mature beyond your years. Yeah, it's funny because I think 428 00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:12.559 it's It definitely adds a layer of kind of I guess deception to me, 429 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:15.640 where it's like you're expecting one thing and you get another, and you got 430 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:20.400 two different fastballs to worry about that moved the same. So I think that 431 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:23.720 front of boat game is really important, no doubt. And it's been working 432 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:28.319 for you and I can't wait to see it again on Saturday. We're all 433 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:32.000 looking forward to a Justin and really appreciate you taking time out to jump on 434 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:36.599 the show. Looking forward to seeing you out there at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow. 435 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:40.319 Yeah, no worries, thank you guys. Hey, there he goes Justin 436 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:45.599 Robleski. You can call him Robo. He's given us permission. There he 437 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:50.319 goes. He's making the start on Saturday for the Dodgers against the Boston Red 438 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:54.319 Sox. Twenty four years old. Started the year out at Double A Tulsa, 439 00:33:54.440 --> 00:34:00.200 and here he is pitching for the Dodgers and making his third me major 440 00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:05.000 league start coming up in a couple of days. So definitely excited for the 441 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:09.559 young man and definitely is to me an underdog and a guy that certainly pitches 442 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:15.400 because a lot of people I'm sure counted him out. Eleventh round pick coming 443 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:21.199 out of Oklahoma State in twenty twenty one. Another good pitching fine for Billy 444 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:25.559 Gasparino and his staff. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 445 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:30.840 the phone number. Just to remind you about this weekend Dodgers Red Sox. 446 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:37.880 Tomorrow night is at seven ten, but Saturday and Sunday will be at four 447 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:43.880 o'clock. First pitch on Saturday four point fifteen Sunday just about four oh eight, 448 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:49.239 So make your arrangements and you can come to Dodger Stadium two and a 449 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:52.480 half hours before first pitch. That's when gates open. Let's go out to 450 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:57.559 the Bay Area. Lewis, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing Lewis, 451 00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.960 I'm doing real well, Dave. First of all, that was a 452 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:07.400 tremendous interview with Rich Hill last night. I really really enjoyed it. I 453 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:12.800 had a great laugh. I'm actually house sitting for my cousin in Santa Cruz 454 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:17.000 and I was really, really nice, So I really appreciated that. Yeah, 455 00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:22.320 I hope it works out for him the way he plans it. Yeah, 456 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:28.440 I mean, I'm like you, I'm optimistic. I could tell you 457 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:35.119 a ninety one story of sitting in the left field bleachers in the last series 458 00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:42.239 before the Dodgers went to San Francisco where they blew I believe, like two 459 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:46.400 of three to Cincinnati where they had leads they couldn't get runners in. It 460 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:52.360 was so frustrating, but you know that happens. Here's my question, though, 461 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:55.400 way back when I called you and you said, oh, Munsey's coming 462 00:35:55.440 --> 00:36:04.599 back, I'm concerned about him, and I'm of the beliefs that they should 463 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:12.000 try and find some replacement third baseman, even you know, with a hope 464 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:16.920 that however long it takes him he comes. He obviously comes back. But 465 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:23.840 I think you know, if he started swinging a bat tomorrow, he's not 466 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:28.280 going to take him off from whenever, whenever he's told me, whenever he 467 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:31.119 starts swinging a bat and it gets ramped up, it's going to be two 468 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:36.760 weeks. And that's just when he starts getting going, and he has not 469 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:43.360 been able to really take this to another level. Obliques are strange, Lewis, 470 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:45.679 and look, I'm not opposed to it either. I even threw out 471 00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:52.440 inquiring about Vladimir Guerrero Junior, who's not the best third baseman defensively, but 472 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:59.079 he would sure be an impact bat in that lineup. Yeah, I was 473 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:02.679 wondering if they would look at Brian Anderson, who is just released, who's 474 00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:07.440 an infield outfielder, and I feel like they've gone down this path already with 475 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:12.239 Cavin Bigio. I don't feel like they need to go down this path with 476 00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:19.679 Brian Anderson. Okay, well, fair enough. I'm hoping for good things, 477 00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:23.039 but I'm with you that to me, that is as important as the 478 00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:28.360 starting pitcher. I think they can figure out the outfield stuff, but if 479 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:35.800 they don't get somebody to replace Monthcy, don't. I just don't have the 480 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:42.199 confidence I love Chris Taylor that he can really take it up that. Yeah, 481 00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:45.159 we'll see where it goes from here, Lewis, thank you for the 482 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:52.320 phone call. Yeah, it's It's interesting because right now on July eighteenth, 483 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:57.320 the Dodgers can go so many different directions, and there are a lot of 484 00:37:57.320 --> 00:38:00.599 teams right now that are on the bubble, and the way their teams play 485 00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:07.239 between now and July twenty ninth is going to determine whether or not they are 486 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:10.480 still in the race or if they believe that they are out of the race, 487 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:15.599 which means there are more sellers than there are currently and that's why many 488 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:22.760 people out there believe with this new playoff format and with the waiver trade deadline 489 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:28.159 done with, and there's only one trade deadline now, they should push this 490 00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:36.280 back to August tenth August fifteenth, so there is more action and more clarity 491 00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:40.440 from these teams with the extra playoffs spot on whether they are in or whether 492 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:45.719 they are out. Give them a little bit more time since there's only one 493 00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:51.480 trade deadline. Now. Let's go out to our friend Isabelle in Anaheim. 494 00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:54.000 I could not leave you on hold again, Isabelle, I could not take 495 00:38:54.039 --> 00:39:00.559 it. Welcome the Dodger Talk. Oh yeah, I think you, David, 496 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:04.800 how are you? I'm doing great? Isabelle, how are you that 497 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:09.039 I'm okay, I'm gonna do Hey, didn't let you know I hate sick 498 00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:15.760 up for you where we're shaken, So anyway, I ax impidence pick up 499 00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:19.079 for you. So you know I will always sick up for you. So 500 00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:23.960 I appreciate it. You're welcome. But listen, I got to get this 501 00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:29.280 off my check be could have been buzzing me since this week. How long 502 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:35.360 have you wait to get this off your chest? This since this week? 503 00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:40.360 Because I have to get this before tomorrow. To describing me crazy, this 504 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:45.840 was unreseparable, loudy, lousy. Well, okay, I take understand losing 505 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:51.800 to Philly because Philly is editing than the Dodgers. But Detroit, I'm sorry, 506 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:55.760 I just couldn't taken. Oh God, I'm so upset with the team 507 00:39:55.840 --> 00:40:00.639 right now. So I'll give the I'll give them, I'll give them a 508 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:06.440 dig. I'm trying to be generous, but I just don't think I'm generous. 509 00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:09.039 I mean you think. Well, it sounded like you needed a reset, 510 00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:14.000 all star break reset as well Asabelle. I was hoping you would have 511 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:20.360 a uh be able to start fresh tomorrow. How about that? Oh? 512 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:23.960 I will, but well you were actually you were acting. You needed the 513 00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:29.559 time off. You can't point at any flinger. I think that on needed 514 00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:32.559 the time off. If you really wanted to know, so did you say? 515 00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:38.679 But listen, I think everybody, the whole team needed the day off, 516 00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:44.920 even the coaching self, the management. You clarly point one fingers. 517 00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:49.599 So, but it was we sat. It was see let them be boss 518 00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:53.440 I'll take two hours three this window. Therey is you guys. I hain't 519 00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:59.679 anything to do with bosses right now. So this b bosses as how you 520 00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:06.119 did it? But lad, yeah, and the Giants next week, who 521 00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:10.760 I hate more than oh I know, the two LA rivals Boston and San 522 00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:15.800 Francisco. Yeah, and David you really yes, this is not the launching 523 00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:20.480 pad. There's a lot. This is not the launching pad with Petros money. 524 00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:25.039 Isabelle. One final thought that we could take away for tonight. Yeah, 525 00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:31.280 well you were later. iHeart do Kimmy championships go Giants game. So 526 00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:37.719 anyway, so I just need to get that off. But I have a 527 00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:40.400 good week and we'll talk Saturday, Okay, Isabelle, I look forward to 528 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:46.960 Saturday's conversation. There she goes. Isabelle formerly from Buena Park now in Anaheim. 529 00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:52.800 She sounded very frustrated, and I hope things change for her and the 530 00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:57.920 Dodgers coming out of this All Star break. But as I let Petro some 531 00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:00.639 money know a few different times this week, and they did not want to 532 00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:06.400 accept this. They acted like this was breaking news that Gavin Stone, Justin 533 00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:10.280 Robleski, and James Paxton were going to be the first three starters out of 534 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:15.159 the All Star Break. Just because there was an All Star Break does not 535 00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:22.719 mean there was any certain miracle that healed Yoshi Yamamoto, Walker Bueller or Tyler 536 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:28.519 Glass. Now, for these first three games, it's just not the reality 537 00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:30.920 of things. And Tyler Glass now, as he said to people out in 538 00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:35.719 Texas, if this was a playoff game or a must win game, he 539 00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:40.480 would pitch. But because the Dodgers are managing his season, they feel like 540 00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:45.639 they can give him this first series off and look, there's an outside chance 541 00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:50.840 that he could pitch against the Giants, and if not against the Giants, 542 00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:55.320 certainly on the upcoming road trip, which will take the Dodgers from Houston to 543 00:42:55.400 --> 00:43:01.280 San Diego and then Oakland for the five time in Dodger history, they will 544 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:06.880 be up at the Oakland Coliseum, where there has been a lot of history 545 00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:13.519 between the Dodgers and Athletics. The nineteen seventy four and nineteen eighty eight World 546 00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:16.559 Series come to mine right at the top of my head, of course, 547 00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:22.000 so there's been some history between those two teams in that ballpark. But the 548 00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:27.000 Dodgers have to take care of business now, and it's not going to be 549 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:31.840 easy against the Boston Red Sox, who are turning a lot of doubters into 550 00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:37.039 believers out there in Beantown. And say what you want about Alex Cora, 551 00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:43.360 but Alex Cora gets a lot out of less than most managers s. He 552 00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:47.039 did not have a great team last year and they were hovering around five hundred 553 00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:52.920 and this year he has his team as the third and final wildcard team in 554 00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:58.719 the American League. So I feel like Alex Cora might be the most coveted 555 00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:02.159 free agent this side of one so right, he's a free agent manager with 556 00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:10.239 Craig Council being signed to a big contract. Ironic that Council is in last 557 00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:15.639 place with the Cubs while the Brewers are in first place with Pat Murphy. 558 00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:20.320 Anyway, that'll do it for us on Dodger Talk tonight. We'll be back 559 00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:25.159 with you tomorrow night from Dodgers Stadium, Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins 560 00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:30.039 at six o'clock with first pitch at seven to ten. It will be Gavin 561 00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:36.159 Stone on the mound for the Dodgers tomorrow night as they start a three game 562 00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:40.199 series against the Red Sox. Gavin Stone will be opposed by Nick Pavetta, 563 00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:45.400 who is formed sixth this year with an ERA of four to eighteen. And 564 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:52.320 don't forget Long Beach State dirt Bag and All Star Game MVP Jaron Duran will 565 00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:55.440 be in the house as well. So the Dodgers have their work cut out 566 00:44:55.480 --> 00:45:00.000 for them in these three games against the Red Sox, and then they'll welcome 567 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:05.239 I'm in the San Francisco Giants for four games after these three games over the 568 00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:09.079 weekend. Thanks to Katie Newton back at our Burbank Studios. Thanks to you 569 00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:13.400 for listening. In case you missed any of the show, you can find 570 00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:16.639 it on the iHeartRadio app. That's also where you can find our conversation with 571 00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:22.960 Justin Robleski. Coming up next Jason Smith on Fox Sports Radio. We'll talk 572 00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:24.199 to you tomorrow. See you