WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:05.280 Dodger Talk is sponsored by LA Care Health Plan, providing affordable healthcare insurance to 2 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:10.759 millions of Angelinos for over twenty five years. And now your voice for Dodger 3 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:18.879 Talk. Like back, David Vasse. We are live on the South side 4 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:23.640 of Chicago, a guaranteed rate field. After the Dodgers shut out the White 5 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:29.519 Sox tonight three to nothing, Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vase with you 6 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:34.840 until ninth thirty tonight right here on five to seventy LA Sports. And can 7 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:39.880 you believe this is our second Dodger Talk of the night. We had a 8 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:44.600 thirty minute rain delay Dodger Talk in this game. It was the top of 9 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.920 the seventh inning with two outs and two on for the Dodgers. Will Smith 10 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:54.960 at the plate and the Dodgers already had two runs in and the rain came 11 00:00:55.039 --> 00:01:00.200 down pretty heavy, and that's when everybody cleared the field, and luckily there 12 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.040 was not more rain or delays after that. Thirty minutes later, the Dodgers 13 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:08.200 and White Sox resumed the game and the Dodgers were able to tack on one 14 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:12.799 more run in the ninth inning for a three to nothing win. Daniel Hudson, 15 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:19.159 the winning pitcher Stephen Wilson, the losing pitcher in alex Vesia. The 16 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.000 say eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. 17 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:30.239 Miguel Rojas was our post game guest today. Yes, Miguel and I reunited 18 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:34.359 on the radio after him crashing the party on TV on Saturday. But that 19 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:38.599 was really fun and I appreciate all the love the guys give me when I'm 20 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.840 filling in for Kirsten Watson. But it was great to catch up with Miguel 21 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:49.120 Rojas tonight because I guess this is going to be a thing until it's not 22 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:53.439 a thing anymore. When Miguel Rojas has a hit like tonight two for four, 23 00:01:55.040 --> 00:02:00.519 the Dodgers are now twenty three and zero on the season. When he 24 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:05.480 gets a hit, the Dodgers win, and that trend continued tonight. Am 25 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:12.280 I going to say that's an absolute? Only cysts deal in absolutes number one, 26 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:15.080 but number two. No, it's not an absolute, but it's a 27 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:21.240 fun little thing, right, And what it says is Miguel Rojas is much 28 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:27.719 better offensively this year. A big reason why is he's another year removed from 29 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.479 right wrist surgery. That kind of hampered him last year, so that's a 30 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:37.080 big reason why he's a better hitter this year. And look, I feel 31 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:40.039 like he just got back to himself. He's not trying to pull for power. 32 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:45.280 He's just trying to get hits and hit line drives, and that's his 33 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:50.280 role on the team. What world were we living in where we thought at 34 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:54.000 the end of June Miguel Rojas would be hitting fifth for the Dodgers in a 35 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:58.719 game. I'm not sure any of us thought that. But in case you 36 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:02.800 missed it earlier today, Dave Roberts let us know that ta Oscar Hernandez was 37 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:07.280 not here in Chicago. Instead, he was in the Dominican Republic and he's 38 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:14.520 going to return tomorrow because of personal reasons. But Dave Roberts said it's nothing 39 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:17.360 serious, just a personal matter, and I'm sure we'll find out more tomorrow 40 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:22.520 when ta Oskar gets back. But obviously Dave Roberts doesn't want to speak out 41 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:28.080 a turn for any player on their personal reasons. Eight six six seven two 42 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:31.439 five seventy is the phone number. Here was Miguel Rojas. After the game 43 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:37.680 the Dodgers win, Mickey Rojas gets a hit. Seems to be a trend 44 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:42.159 and you're embracing it. Yeah. Like I told you today, all I'm 45 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.159 trying to do is do my part, you know, and help the team. 46 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:47.400 But I mean, if these is dreg gonna be alive, you know, 47 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:50.759 we want to continue to do it. Every time I get a hit, 48 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.120 I feel like we gotta get on DW so hopefully all weekend right is 49 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:59.599 out and make it forty and nothing. It seems like you haven't missed a 50 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.120 beat. Playing every day again, it's like riding a bike out there. 51 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.719 Yeah. I mean when I play my natural opposition, I feel really comfortable, 52 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:10.120 you know. Uh, you know when you're gonna play the communications been 53 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:13.680 on point with Dave and the whole the whole organization. We all know that 54 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:17.079 we gotta look it down for a little bit while while Mookie gets ready. 55 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:20.800 It's really it's really hard to replace the guys like MOOKI and we miss him 56 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:26.800 a lot, but we're gonna give him time to actually recover, get better 57 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.439 and come back a hundred person. Hey, with you at shortstop and a 58 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:34.199 Tani at leadoff, Mookie and the Dodgers can hold out as long as he 59 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:38.800 needs to. Yeah, I feel like that's a That's what happened. When 60 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:41.879 you get a group of guys that really uh really care about winning, really 61 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.600 care about each other. And I feel like when you have a group that 62 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:46.879 that is talented like us, you know, and you have a lot of 63 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:53.000 players out there that they can play everywhere and they can play every single day 64 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:56.519 for any other team in the league. He's a he's a really comfortable for 65 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.680 our organization to feel. When you lose a big pig. It's like Mookie, 66 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:01.920 but I mean, we're gonna continue to do what we're doing, and 67 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:06.319 I mean hopefully we can hold it down and he's coming back. Love being 68 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:10.639 with you, Miguel Rojas, the model taking care of you today. Thank 69 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:13.959 you, Thank you guys. I love it. I love the model. 70 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:19.199 Thanks Miguel. Appreciate that. Miguel Rojas a great night for him and the 71 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:24.319 Dodgers as he has a single and a double, scores a run, and 72 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:28.519 the Dodgers shut out the White Sox tonight three to nothing. Eight sixty six, 73 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.560 nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. Now, 74 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.319 look, here's another thing I wanted to address, and we'll get to Garrett 75 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:40.120 Crochet and some mind numbing trade talk. In a moment. Also later in 76 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:44.680 the show, we'll give you an update on Clayton Kershaw and a Dodger legend 77 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:47.439 is going to get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. We'll get 78 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:50.600 to all of that in a moment, and your phone calls at eight sixty 79 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:55.959 six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy. But I'm starting to hear 80 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:02.199 more and more debate discussion about out whether or not when Mookie Bets returns all 81 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:06.680 the way six weeks from now, whether or not he will get his spot 82 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:13.680 back at shortstop and more importantly, at the leadoff spot. I can tell 83 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.720 you this, Mookie Bets will be the Dodgers' leadoff hitter when he returns. 84 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:24.040 That's where he's best. That's where he helps the Dodgers the most. He'll 85 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.800 get on base show. Hey, Otani will go back to number two and 86 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.480 Freddie Freeman will hit third. Otani is on fire right now, and it's 87 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:36.800 not because he's hitting leadoff. He just got his swing in a better spot 88 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:43.199 and it coincided, unfortunately with Mookie Betts getting hit on the left hand on 89 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:47.399 Father's Day. Remember when Otani was hitting second on Father's Day and hit two 90 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:51.600 home runs and then Mooki got hit by a pitch and is now out for 91 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:58.480 six weeks. It's just a collision of great timing. And if you go 92 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.879 back to twenty twenty when the Dodgers first acquired Mookie Bets and during that shortened 93 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:08.079 season, they did not lead off Mooki Bets to start the year, Remember 94 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:12.639 Mooki Bets wasn't that good when he wasn't leading off. Remember how Mooki Bets 95 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.959 said, I want to hit lead off and Corey Seger will hit behind me. 96 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:19.560 And after that happened, they took off and Mooky and Seeger led them 97 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:23.600 to the World Series. Well, I got news for you. How do 98 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:28.279 you think it would go over if Mooki Bets comes back from a broken left 99 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:31.439 hand and the Dodgers tell him, Hey, Mooky, you're not gonna lead 100 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.920 off anymore. We got this guy Otani, he's gonna lead off. You're 101 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:40.279 gonna hit somewhere else. How do you think that would go over? How 102 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.759 do you think that would go over for a guy that was on his way 103 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:47.800 to his second MVP before he broke his hand. Do you think that would 104 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:51.079 go over well? Because if you do, I would love for you to 105 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:55.639 be the person to tell Mooki Bets that. And there's a real chance, 106 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.279 a more realistic chance, that when Mooki Bets comes back in six weeks, 107 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:05.279 he's no longer the Dodgers shortstop. So you're gonna tell Mookie Bets when he 108 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:11.079 comes back. Mookie Bets, who moved from right field to second base and 109 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:15.839 then you asked him to move to shortstop because you had nobody else. You're 110 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:20.920 gonna tell Mookie Bets after he comes back from a injury broken left hand. 111 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.879 You're going to tell Mookie Bets, not only are you not going to be 112 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:30.360 our shortstop anymore, but you're not going to be our leadoff hitter anymore. 113 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:35.240 Do you feel like Mookie Bets might just disengage at that point in time? 114 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.960 Do you feel like you would lose Mookie Bets for the rest of the season. 115 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.679 I would say there's a great chance that would happen, and that's why 116 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.960 it shouldn't happen, and it won't happen. When Mookie Bets comes back, 117 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.200 Mookie Bets is the leadoff hitter. Eight six, six nine, eight seven 118 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.279 two five seventy is the phone number. I love the debate and Honestly, 119 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:05.639 if ESPN was being do their job and actually broadcasting, broad means to mass 120 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:11.320 broad not narrow. If they were actually broadcasting, that would be a great 121 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.879 debate on first take. But they want to ignore baseball and talk more about 122 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:22.639 hockey than they want to talk about baseball because they have a more lucrative broadcasting 123 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.639 contract with the NHL, the Major League Baseball Eight six six nine eight seven 124 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:31.159 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Eagle Rock. 125 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.120 Michael. You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Michael, Hey, 126 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:39.960 David, thanks for taking my call. I wanted to call in this weekend, 127 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:41.559 but I know you were on TV, so so I missed you, 128 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:46.360 but I wanted to ask. I know you listened or you had that interview 129 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:50.320 with Munsey last week, and I'm just curious from talking to him, do 130 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.360 you get the sense like is it on the table that he might miss the 131 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.759 whole season. I'm just, you know, worried over the fact that it 132 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:58.759 seems like there's been very little progress if Anny, So I don't know. 133 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:01.399 Can you reassure me that he'll be back some point, even if it's really 134 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:05.399 far down the line. Yes, I can. We actually got an update 135 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:11.000 from Dave Roberts on Monseie. Munsey was in great spirits when I saw him 136 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:15.799 on Saturday. I hadn't seen him smile in quite some time, which tells 137 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.840 us things are moving in the right direction. And Dave Roberts said next Monsey 138 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:24.159 is going to start swinging by the end of this week and expects Munsey to 139 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:28.919 return shortly after the All Star break. So Monsey told me, once he 140 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:33.679 starts swinging, it's going to be two to three weeks until he returns, 141 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.519 so he is not going to be out for the season. He is going 142 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:39.960 to start swinging here at the end of the week, according to his manager, 143 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:45.519 and is going to return shortly after the All Star break. Okay, 144 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.120 great, that's that's great. Well. I was also going to request that 145 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:50.000 you do some mind numbing trade talks, but I heard you say you will, 146 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:54.759 so it sounds like your way ahead of me. So my big thing 147 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:56.279 is I would I would love to see them try to go after Sam. 148 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:01.159 I know that's controversial, so hope you'll get into But thanks so much for 149 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:03.399 taking my call, David. All Right, Michael, thank you for the 150 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:09.120 phone call. Actually it's not controversial. I'm all in with Tommy Fam because 151 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:16.120 he has a certain edge that I believe the Dodgers need, and also Tommy 152 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:20.679 FAM's a playoff performer. I've heard that Tommy Fam could be a tough teammate 153 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:24.960 for a full season because he is so intense day in and day out, 154 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:30.600 but for a half a season two months going into the playoffs. He is 155 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:35.159 an ideal teammate and an ideal guy to have, and the Dodgers need another 156 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:39.360 right handed bat. I would love to see a platoon of Jason Hayward and 157 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:45.759 Tommy Fam in right field to go along with Andy Pajez in center field and 158 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:50.679 Tioscar Hernandez in left field. I think that would be fantastic. I'm not 159 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:56.039 so hot on Luis Robert. I know there's been the rumor mill online that 160 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:01.200 the Dodgers are going to try to pursue Luis Robert. I believe the Dodgers 161 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.159 do have interest in Robert, but it seems like they're not going to get 162 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:09.720 into any sort of bidding war for Luis Robert. He's a guy that's hitting 163 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:15.039 under two hundred, strikes out a lot, and from what I'm hearing around 164 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.480 the league, picks and chooses when he wants to play. And let's not 165 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.879 forget the fact he doesn't play that much. He's always hurt. He's only 166 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:28.320 played one hundred games once in his career. So to me, Tommy fam 167 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:33.159 is more of the sure bet as a rental to help you get to the 168 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:37.519 postseason and help the pieces to the puzzle fit a little bit better. And 169 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:41.679 Garrett Crochet, you know, Rick Monday was impressed tonight, Jose Moto was 170 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:48.559 impressed tonight. We were all impressed by Garrett Crochet being so aggressive against this 171 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:52.159 Dodger lineup and not backing down to go along with great stuff. But the 172 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:56.039 facts are, as Jose and I were talking about, the Dodgers and other 173 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:01.679 teams are concerned about how by the end of this season it will be the 174 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:05.480 most innings he's pitched since his Tommy John surgery. How is that going to 175 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:11.320 play for a team that needs him to play in high intense games and be 176 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:16.080 a frontline starter. So that's a question when it comes to Garrett Crochet, 177 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:22.320 who also is under team control for two more years after this, which means 178 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:26.639 the price is going to be very high. Eight six six nine eight seven 179 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:31.360 two five seventy. Dodgers shut out the White Sox tonight three to nothing. 180 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.279 Paul in Si Ritos, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Paul, 181 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.480 Hey, Dave, turn off the radio, Paul, the radios off, 182 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:46.360 radios, off, radios up. All right. I know CIZ only 183 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:50.240 deal in absolute, but we are the EVA Empire. We need to embrace 184 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:56.720 it, and the entire league king anyway. But Okay, my reason point 185 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:58.960 of my call was we need to find ways to keep Niggy on the field. 186 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:07.279 It's just a matter of when he hits. I understand that it isn't 187 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:09.759 an absolute that he's gonna win, but we're gonna win. But it's just 188 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.440 the fact that when he does hit, we do win. So I do 189 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:16.360 think we need to find a way to keep him on the field, regardless 190 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:18.559 of what position it may be. But when you see to find the ways 191 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.879 to get him back on, I'm with you, and he's going to be 192 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.600 on the field a lot for the next six weeks until Mookie Bets comes back, 193 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.799 and we'll see where it goes from there. I'm not saying the Dodgers 194 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:37.159 need to make a trade for a Bobashett, but if they do make a 195 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:41.039 trade for Bobaschett. It brings Rojas coming off the bench again, and you 196 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:46.080 can move Mookie Bets back to second base. But if the Dodgers aren't able 197 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:50.879 to find a significant now, it has to be a significant upgrade over Mookie 198 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:56.039 for them to move Mooki off a shortstop. But if the Dodgers feel like 199 00:14:56.120 --> 00:15:01.000 it would be best for Muki to play second base and they can't make a 200 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:05.840 trade, then Rojas is going to be your playoff shortstop, which wouldn't be 201 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:11.279 too bad these days. No, but Mooki, I think he deserves the 202 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:15.440 right to come back to his position and lose it if need be. But 203 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:20.240 I mean he's too leadoff and he shouldn't lose the leadoff him. Yeah. 204 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.440 Absolutely, so I think we need to do bright by Mooki and keep his 205 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:26.840 skirts up and just be prepared when he comes back to give him everything he 206 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:31.879 deserves. All Right, thank you for the phone call. Paul eight six 207 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:37.519 six eight seven two five seventy is the phone number, since we are getting 208 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:41.120 into some mind numbing trade talk. Uh, don't forget that I've mentioned heesus 209 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:46.440 Lozardo of the Marlins. He's another trade target that the Dodgers and other teams 210 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:52.559 were looking at earlier in the season, but unfortunately he's off the list because 211 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:58.080 Lozardo is now on the sixty day IL. He was placed there in the 212 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:03.879 last twenty four hours with lumbar stress reaction, meaning he has a stress reaction 213 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.600 in his back. He's out for at least four to six weeks, so 214 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:12.200 he's off the table. But there's another Marlin pitcher that could be of interest 215 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:18.840 for the Dodgers. That is their closer, Tanner Scott, and also in 216 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:23.360 Florida there's another pretty good closer, Pete Fairbanks of the race. We need 217 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:30.320 Eric Neander and Andrew Friedman to meet back at Brad Paisley's farm in Nashville to 218 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:36.440 pull off that trade. Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is 219 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:40.360 the phone number. Let's go out to Huntington Beach. Mark, you're on 220 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:44.720 Dodger Talk. How you doing, Mark? Okay, I got a theory. 221 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.960 See what you think about this? You know their starting pitcher, I 222 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:51.600 forget his name right now, but he was in control of the starting pitcher. 223 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:56.720 Oh yeah, Garrett Crochet Crochet, Yeah, And I think the reason 224 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.879 they didn't he should have at least pitched the sixth and even the seventh, 225 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.320 you know, to try and win the game. But I think the reason 226 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:06.720 the White Sox really didn't do that is they don't want to push him and 227 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:10.279 maybe get an injury like you just mentioned with that other player, and then 228 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.839 they don't have no trade thing. So I think they held him back and 229 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:15.599 took him out in the fifth just because they are planning on trading them and 230 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:19.200 they don't want to injure them. So what do you think about that possibility. 231 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:26.319 I feel that's a good possibility. But also if they hold on to 232 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:29.599 him, they've got to watch his innings. Last year, he only pitched 233 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:37.000 ninety or twelve innings last year. That's that's not conducive for a guy that 234 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:41.599 now has pitched ninety four and a third innings. He can't jump from fifty 235 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:45.920 four to last year only thirteen games and then all of a sudden jump up 236 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:52.000 to ninety four innings. And more so, even if the White Sox keep 237 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:56.440 him, they have to watch his innings. Okay, yeah, but I 238 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.720 just wondered. I think maybe they're still thinking to trade. I mean, 239 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:03.799 you can't trade down are thinking about trading him? There there's no debate about 240 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.039 it. They are thinking of trading him, but even if they keep him, 241 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.480 they still have to be mindful of his innings. Ninety four and a 242 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:15.480 third innings for a guy that had Tommy John surgery and is slowly working the 243 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:19.640 innings up, So it's it's a win win. If they trade him, 244 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:23.319 they're protecting him, they're keeping the innings down, and if they keep him, 245 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:26.799 same thing, They're keeping the innings down so he could be ready for 246 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:32.480 next year. They're about to lose more games than the sixty two Metsu. 247 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:36.079 There's no reason to push him to win one game this year. That means 248 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:44.319 absolutely nothing. Getting over here, all right, who's that say hello for 249 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:47.799 me? All right, Mark, thanks for the phone call. Eight sixty 250 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:51.960 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. We're going to 251 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:55.200 take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When we come back, we 252 00:18:55.279 --> 00:19:00.519 will give you that Clayton Kershaw update. Also landon Nack. He made the 253 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.519 trip to Chicago. I will let you know what his future is for the 254 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:07.720 rest of this week, and also we will let you know which former Dodger 255 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.640 is going to get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So a 256 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:15.559 lot to get to between now and the bottom of the hour, including your 257 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:19.480 phone calls at eight sixty six, nine to eight seven two, five seventy 258 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:23.920 after the Dodgers shut out the White Sox three to nothing on AM five to 259 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:33.359 seventy LA Sports on air at AM five seventy, online at AM five seventy 260 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:38.839 LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on the iHeartRadio app. This 261 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:45.720 is Dodger Talk with David Bassi uh pitch to Keik in twigs and hits it 262 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:49.119 on the left hail that ball's gonna drop for a hit. Rojas will score 263 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:53.519 and the Dodgers lead at one nothing. Rounding first, heading per second and 264 00:19:53.680 --> 00:20:02.319 sliding in safely with a pop up slide is Kei k Hernandez back to back 265 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:07.319 doubles. Miguel Rojas scores on Keyk's double for the first run of the game 266 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:11.119 with one out in the seventh inning. The Dodgers would go on to shut 267 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:17.599 out the White Sox tonight three to nothing at guaranteed rate. Field eight six 268 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:22.000 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. David Vase live 269 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:26.640 on the South Side of Chicago with you until the bottom of the hour. 270 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:32.880 All right here is your Clayton Kershaw update. He is not going to throw 271 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:37.279 for a week. He did have another MRI to take a look at his 272 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:42.960 left shoulder, and Dave Roberts said there was no new damage and they're just 273 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:48.519 going to take a break from him throwing. I have not been told this, 274 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:53.559 but I'm sure if there was significant amount of inflammation, maybe a quarterzone 275 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:57.039 injection. I'm not sure if we'll ever know that or not, but it 276 00:20:57.039 --> 00:21:03.839 wouldn't surprise me if it took place. Number two. Look, Kershaw has 277 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:10.400 not had any setbacks to this point in time in his recovery from shoulder surgery, 278 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:17.559 and as good as doctor Neil Elachash is and as good as Kershaw is, 279 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:22.119 there was bound to be a bump in the road, and this is 280 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:26.200 a bump in the road. I'm not ready to call it a setback. 281 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:30.920 I'm just gonna call it a bump in the road to him hopefully coming back 282 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:34.799 this year. But everybody seemed like it was a foregone conclusion that he was 283 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:38.880 going to come back, and I was always hesitant. If you go back 284 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:45.799 to listen to shows in the past, I have never sounded as convinced as 285 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:52.119 many people out there seemed to have been that Kershaw was not going to have 286 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:56.319 any setbacks or any bumps in the road, and he was going to come 287 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:00.680 back in August. He was going to start a playoff game for the Dodgers. 288 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:04.799 That's a lot to expect from a guy that is coming off major shoulder 289 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:14.599 surgery, shoulder injury that basically ended Johan Santana's career. This was a significant 290 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:18.519 surgery, and shoulders are a lot more delicate to come back from than elbow 291 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:23.839 surgeries are. But if anybody can do it, it's cleaning Kershaw. I 292 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:30.720 am not going to doubt him. He has proven people wrong his entire life, 293 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:34.039 and I have full faith that if it is possible for him to come 294 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:40.359 back this year, he already has done everything in his power and will continue 295 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:44.599 to do everything in his power to come back. So that's where it stands 296 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:49.200 with Kershaw, and with Kershaw having a bump in the road, with Yamamoto 297 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:56.200 out supposedly until August, I'm not sold he's coming back either Yamamoto out, 298 00:22:56.519 --> 00:23:00.599 Walker Bueller out for a period of time, and I don't don't believe it's 299 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:04.039 going to be just fifteen days. The Dodgers need Landon Nack to stand the 300 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:10.000 rotation. That's what's going to happen. He is going to start in San 301 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:15.400 Francisco Friday or Saturday. I forgot which day. Dave Roberts said he's going 302 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:19.000 to start in but he is going to start in San Francisco for the Dodgers. 303 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:22.640 So Landon Nack made the trip to Chicago. He's in the rotation for 304 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:29.480 now. I would venture to say he's in the rotation until the Dodgers get 305 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:33.240 past the trade deadline to see whether or not they can acquire another starting pitcher. 306 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:37.519 Eight six, six, nine, eight seven, two five seventy is 307 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.720 the phone number. Dodgers shut out the White Sox three to nothing. Let's 308 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:45.000 go out to Lake Forest. Michael, you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse 309 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:49.480 Hi. Michael, Hey, Dave, you know, I just wanted to 310 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:56.880 say I couldn't agree with you more about Tommy Fam and I get really good 311 00:23:56.920 --> 00:24:04.119 feelings or pull hum feelings about in scenarios. I have no doubt that Tommy 312 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:10.720 Fam, like you said, for a short period, would be an incredible 313 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:17.279 assist as far as adding to the lineup for the Dodgers for a short period. 314 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:23.839 He is a gamer. He's proven he just needs to have the right 315 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:29.920 scenario and a couple of them. He gets a bad rap. He just 316 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:34.400 wants to win and he holds his teammates accountable every day. He brings the 317 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:41.240 intensity and I have no problems with that. I don't either. As you 318 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:45.680 know, we're talking about production, not so much attitude as far as long 319 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:51.319 term. Another thing, I was wondering what your thoughts were and is it 320 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:59.519 justin Rablinsky? Who are you talking about the left handed pitching prospect that just 321 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:06.720 got from up to I believe triple A that throws incredible smoke. Oh yeah, 322 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:10.799 I've heard about him. Yeah, Yeah, that's what I was wondering. 323 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:14.759 If you had any comments on that and what I wanted all the Dodgers. 324 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:17.960 What do you want me to say, Well, I didn't know, 325 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:26.400 Well what your thoughts were about his possibilities of actually making it up to major 326 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:33.279 League Baseball with the Dodgers, And if you have any comments on his performance 327 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:36.720 up to this point, I haven't. Indeed, I haven't seen him. 328 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:40.599 I haven't seen him, so I can't comment on him. He's started fourteen 329 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:45.799 games for the Dodgers, and look, if they don't have anybody else right 330 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:49.680 now, if somebody else gets injured, they may have to dip into a 331 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:56.680 guy like Justin Robleski or even a Jared carros So. Landon Nac is here. 332 00:25:56.759 --> 00:26:00.279 It's not like last year where you had Landon Knack. You had Bobby 333 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:04.440 Miller and Gavin Stone at Triple A or Emmit Sheen at Double A. They 334 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:08.119 have these other guys now that if somebody else gets hurt and they need a 335 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:12.039 spot starter, or they need a guy in the rotation for a week or 336 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:15.200 two, it's going to be these type of guys. I gotta run. 337 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:18.880 Thank you for the phone call. Eight six six nine eight seven two five 338 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:23.000 seventy is the phone number. Dodgers shut out the White Sox tonight three to 339 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:27.759 nothing. Daniel's Jewelers, they are the official sponsor of the Trip around the 340 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:33.680 Diamond. Stop by any Daniel's location and say home run for your free team 341 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:37.960 bracelet and fifty dollars gift card toward any purchase of ninety nine dollars or more. 342 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:42.640 Daniels Jewelers own the Dream. I will do my due diligence and talk 343 00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:49.079 to Andrew Friedman and Brandon Gomes about the next wave of Dodger pitchers that are 344 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:53.559 close to being ready for major league action, and I will let you know 345 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:57.200 who those guys are, I promise, all right. I also want to 346 00:26:57.240 --> 00:27:03.319 say congratulations to one of my favorite Dodgers of all time. And I was 347 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.480 lucky enough to ride the bus with him from O'Hare Airport to the team hotel. 348 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:12.799 And we're all lucky to be around Oral Herscheizer and learn about baseball from 349 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:18.920 his point of view because he has a brilliant pitching mind and he sees the 350 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:25.359 game in a spectacular way. I want to send out our congratulations to Oral 351 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:33.519 Herscheizer because earlier today, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Oral Herscheizer will be 352 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:38.279 honored with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. There 353 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:44.720 was a group of twenty five celebrities that are going to be part of the 354 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:48.599 Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars next year, and today was the day they announced 355 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:53.799 who those people were going to be, and Oral Herscheizer and David Beckham were 356 00:27:53.799 --> 00:28:02.200 the only two selected out of the Sports Entertainment category. Congratulations to Oral Herscheizer, 357 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:07.400 who will get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame sometime in twenty 358 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:11.359 twenty five, and the only other Dodger I can think of that has a 359 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:17.400 star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is the one and only Vin Scully. 360 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:22.319 I actually have a program from the late eighties where nineteen eighty nine I believe 361 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:29.200 that Vin Scully had his star placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well. 362 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:33.160 And of course Magic Johnson, part owner of the Dodgers, has a 363 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:37.160 star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well. So Oral Herscheizer going to 364 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:41.160 get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Congratulations, bulldog. Let's 365 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:45.799 take one more phone call before we say goodnight. Chris in Redondo Beach. 366 00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:49.720 You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Chris walk us off tonight. 367 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:53.759 Hey, Dave, are you doing bad news on Kershaw? Though? I 368 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:57.480 think you're right. That was hard to believe how you could come back fully? 369 00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:02.319 Hey? I do How come Vargas does a game more play? He's 370 00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:07.160 got lbs better than Lux, Piki and Taylor, but he hit almost all 371 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:11.200 the time and not really sure why is there something else we're not seeing there? 372 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:15.599 He doesn't have a position. I guess he played okay second base last 373 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:21.519 year. You could play him there against lefties, but he doesn't have a 374 00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:26.160 position. And I love Miguel Vargus. He looks like the hitter we heard 375 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.359 of two years ago, and I think he just went back to being himself 376 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:34.720 and stopped thinking too much and trying to be the hitter that other people wanted 377 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:40.359 him to be. Why he got to be the Dodgers Minor League Player of 378 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:42.880 the Year a couple of years ago is by doing what he was doing two 379 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:47.559 years ago, and he finally got back to that. I know. Over 380 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:52.119 the weekend during the Freeway Series, Nomar talked about how he's throwing his hands 381 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:56.079 at the baseball again, which is a great sign. That's something that Nomar 382 00:29:56.640 --> 00:30:00.000 saw him doing the minor leagues. But when it comes to him getting more 383 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:04.720 playing time, he's a left fielder right now, and that's a I can 384 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:08.640 make the argument. You're right that he should play and start against lefties and 385 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:15.319 left field over Chris Taylor. Tonight, Taylor start at second. Vargas was 386 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.519 in left field because ta Oscar Hernandez was dealing with a personal issue. But 387 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:25.119 I'm with you against lefties, he should be starting over Taylor. All right, 388 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:27.839 Thanks appreciate it, Thank you, No problem. Chris. That's how 389 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:33.079 we'll end it. Tonight tomorrow, game two of this three game series between 390 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:37.200 the Dodgers and White Sox. Bobby Miller, the Illinois Kid, will be 391 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:40.680 on the mound for the Dodgers. He's a huge Bears fan, so he'll 392 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:45.079 be pitching in Chicago on the South Side for the second time since coming off 393 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:48.079 the injured list. He's going off. He's going up against Chris Flexen, 394 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:52.559 who is two and six this year with an ERA of five zero three. 395 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:59.359 Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins at four o'clock with first pitch from the 396 00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:03.200 South Side of Chicago at five to ten. That'll do it for us tonight 397 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:08.559 on Dodger Talk. Thanks to Dwaen McDonald out here at what is a guaranteed 398 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:12.960 rate field, New Comiski, and thanks to Colin. You just back at 399 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:18.200 the iHeart Studios. Are you sponsored by anybody, Colin? They gave naming 400 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:25.119 rights to the building yet Okay, Thanks Colin, appreciate your help and thank 401 00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:29.039 you for listening. In case you missed any of the show or our pregame 402 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:36.480 conversation with former Dodger and now Readers Cup winning owner Jason Worth, you can 403 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:40.880 hear that on the iHeartRadio app. That's where you can listen to the pregame 404 00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:45.839 interview and all our Dodger Talk episodes. Once again. The final score tonight 405 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:49.440 from Chicago, the Dodgers shut out the White Sox three to nothing. Have 406 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:56.720 a great rest of your night. See you so chuckling.