Speaker 1: And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase live in Philadelphia after
Speaker 2: the Dodgers defeat the Phillies by a final score of
Speaker 2: three to one.
Speaker 3: We have phone lines.
Speaker 2: Open at eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers bounced back with a win, their ninth of
Speaker 2: the year, after losing their first game of the season
Speaker 2: last night, and they kind of beat themselves with some
Speaker 2: poor base running and some poor mental errors yesterday as
Speaker 2: well defensively, so a really good way to come back
Speaker 2: against a really good pitcher in Aaron Nola, as the
Speaker 2: Dodgers hid two home runs off of Nola, who has
Speaker 2: been susceptible over the course of his career to the
Speaker 2: home runs, and Keike Hernandez, who will hear from later
Speaker 2: in the show, hit a two run home run in
Speaker 2: the second inning. And then Michael Conforto, who like I
Speaker 2: mentioned during the Clubhouse, shows really well in this ballpark
Speaker 2: with an OPS of over five point fifty and ops
Speaker 2: or excuse me, a slugging percentage of over five point
Speaker 2: fifty and now an OPS of over nine hundred with
Speaker 2: sixteen home runs. He homered Offanola in the sixth inning,
Speaker 2: But really the story was today, big picture Roki Sazaki.
Speaker 2: What's the direction in the near future of Roki Sazaki?
Speaker 2: What was at stake for Roki Sazaki today? Well, I
Speaker 2: kind of feel that if he would have thrown a
Speaker 2: lot of pitches and been out of this game by
Speaker 2: the second inning, the Dodgers would have been faced with
Speaker 2: a real decision on whether or not to skip his
Speaker 2: start for a couple of turns and call up either
Speaker 2: Bobby Miller, whose birthday is today, or Landon Knack. That
Speaker 2: really would have been staring them in the face. But
Speaker 2: thankfully Roki Sazaki held his own He which much better
Speaker 2: than he did in his previous two starts, and he
Speaker 2: went four plus innings, got into the fifth inning, but
Speaker 2: allowed the first two hitters of that inning to get
Speaker 2: on base. A walk to Real Mudo and then a
Speaker 2: base hit by Bryson Stott put runners at first and second,
Speaker 2: and with a couple of left handers and Harper looming,
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts went to Anthony Bunda in the fifth inning,
Speaker 2: and thanks to Bryson Stutt's bad base running, ta Oscar
Speaker 2: Hernandez was able to catch and throw out Bryson Stott
Speaker 2: at first base on a double play on a fly
Speaker 2: ball from Kyle Schwarber. And really that was a momentum change.
Speaker 2: So that was a big inning for Banda. That was
Speaker 2: a big inning for Sazaki, who only walked two batters.
Speaker 2: And I will say this, Will Smith is an all
Speaker 2: star catcher, and he's a solid catcher, but his value
Speaker 2: is his offense. It's his throwing arm. Austin barnes Is
Speaker 2: strength is his receiving skills. We all know that the
Speaker 2: pitcher catcher relationship and today don't discount the fact that
Speaker 2: Dodgers decided Austin Barnes was going to have to catch
Speaker 2: one of these next two games because they really don't
Speaker 2: want to overwork Will Smith because we've known the last
Speaker 2: couple of years there's been a dramatic drop off offensively
Speaker 2: from Will Smith from the first half of seasons to
Speaker 2: the second half of the season. So the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: well aware of that and really don't want to overwork
Speaker 2: Will Smith. So either Barnes was going to catch Glass
Speaker 2: now tomorrow or he was going to catch Sazaki today.
Speaker 2: Sazaki needed Barnes more than Tyler Glassnew needed Barnes tomorrow,
Speaker 2: and I believe you saw the fruits of all that.
Speaker 2: A great decision by the Dodgers to have Barnes, who's
Speaker 2: really good at getting the low strikes and Sazaki has
Speaker 2: that split fingered fast I love the way that Barnes
Speaker 2: was able to receive him today, keep him calm and
Speaker 2: also get some strikes for him and not steal strikes,
Speaker 2: but present the strikes down at the bottom of the
Speaker 2: strike zone and also go to his split fingered.
Speaker 3: Fastball with two strikes after he got ahead.
Speaker 2: So would I would strongly say Austin Barnes or here
Speaker 2: it is. I'll just say a point blank without trying
Speaker 2: to be mister PC, I would have Austin Barnes catch
Speaker 2: Sayzaki another start and see how that goes because it
Speaker 2: works so well today. Sorry, that's just the reality of it.
Speaker 2: And here is Austin Barnes who spoke to the media
Speaker 2: just moments ago in the clubhouse.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he'll be fine.
Speaker 4: You know, I think he's like today, he had his
Speaker 4: feet wet for the first two starts. I think it's
Speaker 4: a little bit more comfortable, you know, maybe away from
Speaker 4: you know, La, you know, all the what comes with that,
Speaker 4: you know, But he thought he was going his fastball well,
Speaker 4: and I think that changed from you know, the other audience.
Speaker 1: Robers said that just you've been catching his bullpens and
Speaker 1: the Relationshippy to our a building. In his last bullpen,
Speaker 1: was there something that you saw that stood out to
Speaker 1: about him that kind of led to this outing today?
Speaker 3: I think he was just more convicted of his fastball.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 4: I think in his bullpens he was working on was
Speaker 4: grigging in ahead with the heater. You know, he's got
Speaker 4: a good fastball, it's you know, it's upper nineties, it's
Speaker 4: got life on it. And uh then he gets to
Speaker 4: that you know, splitter, and you know his slider.
Speaker 3: Is good too.
Speaker 4: He's mixing some of those pitches in the slider and
Speaker 4: I think he's got three good weapons. So you know,
Speaker 4: when he's ahead, he's you know, he's tough on hitter,
Speaker 4: especially when they have to respect that splitty. How important
Speaker 4: was that it's always important to get ahead of your fastball?
Speaker 3: Like, how important extra important were that for him?
Speaker 6: Said?
Speaker 2: I had just to build confidence and sort of set
Speaker 2: up the splitter more so that they could couldn't just spit.
Speaker 5: On it like they could early in the game.
Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, And I think, you know, some of those
Speaker 4: hitters still we're spinning on the on the splitter, you know.
Speaker 7: So and U.
Speaker 5: But he did some good fastballs.
Speaker 4: You know, he he drilled something at the bottom of
Speaker 4: his zone right through me. You know, I think I
Speaker 4: think that's where he needs to be, you know, just
Speaker 4: paying with the fastball and get head putting pressure on
Speaker 4: those hits and making them respect that splitty because it's
Speaker 4: one of the you know, it's it's a crazy bitch.
Speaker 4: So and there's times where he was, you know, mixing
Speaker 4: the slider slider into and I thought that was a
Speaker 4: pretty good weapon too. So now a good start fro him,
Speaker 4: I think, you know, later on, I think he'll probably
Speaker 4: finish that himself. But you know, it was good down here.
Speaker 1: Was there a point, like early in the game where
Speaker 1: you could kind of tell that he was on today
Speaker 1: in a little more mechanically like where.
Speaker 5: He wanted to be.
Speaker 4: I just thought he was in a good headspace. And
Speaker 4: before we went out there, he said, told me let's go,
Speaker 4: and I like to you know, it was good to see,
Speaker 4: like just going out there and competing. I felt like
Speaker 4: he was in a good spot and he did it.
Speaker 4: You know, I think he went out there and they're
Speaker 4: a tough lineup. You know, they got a lot of
Speaker 4: good hitters, and I felt like he went out there
Speaker 4: and he competed.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Austin Barnes, Dodger catcher who really helped
Speaker 2: Broki Sazaki today get into the fifth inning. Sazaki came
Speaker 2: out after throwing about sixty He threw sixty.
Speaker 3: Eight pitches today.
Speaker 2: Forty one of those were strikes, four plus innings, one
Speaker 2: ear and run, and more importantly, only two walks. Eight six, six, nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Jose
Speaker 2: Moto will join us in ten minutes. And also you'll
Speaker 2: hear part of my conversation with Keith Hernandez, who hit
Speaker 2: a two run home run today in the second inning.
Speaker 2: But before we get to all that, where are my
Speaker 2: Max Mounsey haters tonight?
Speaker 3: Where are they? I don't know where this came from.
Speaker 2: Where everybody now all of a sudden wants to hate
Speaker 2: on Max Mounsey. We're only ten games into the season,
Speaker 2: and yes, he had a rough night at Dodger Stadium
Speaker 2: on Wednesday, and yes he's off to a little bit
Speaker 2: of a slow start offensively, But really, are we just
Speaker 2: going to disregard everything Max Mounsey has done since the
Speaker 2: beginning of twenty eighteen. Are we just going to disregard
Speaker 2: that he has put in a lot of work to
Speaker 2: be a better defensive third baseman. He's lost a lot
Speaker 2: away coming into spring training, he's kept it off and yeah,
Speaker 2: the ninth inning, that was another tough play that he
Speaker 2: wasn't able to make on a ball hit by Bryce Harper,
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers were very fortunate that the Phillies cooperated
Speaker 2: after the air by Monsey boomed. Kepler and Castillanos saw
Speaker 2: a total of three pitches after the air by by Monthsey,
Speaker 2: and actually they didn't give Munsey an.
Speaker 3: Air, they gave Harper a hit.
Speaker 2: But I like that Mony Monsey's body language was much
Speaker 2: better than what we saw Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Monsey
Speaker 2: today three for four with a double. I just think
Speaker 2: everybody needs to just, you know, take it easy on
Speaker 2: Max Mounsey. Uh, let's let the season breathe a little bit.
Speaker 2: And if this is if he's hitting two hundred and
Speaker 2: a little unsteady at third base after fifty games, then okay,
Speaker 2: we can have a conversation, but really, after the first
Speaker 2: ten games, we're gonna start hating on Max Monsey.
Speaker 3: Where are you now? Where are you now?
Speaker 2: Eight six, six, nine, eight seven seventy? Dodgers beat the
Speaker 2: Phillies today three to one. Let's go out to Luke,
Speaker 2: who was actually here at the ballpark.
Speaker 3: How you doing, Luke?
Speaker 5: Good?
Speaker 8: How are you doing?
Speaker 3: David?
Speaker 2: Are you from Jersey like our caller from yesterday, or
Speaker 2: are you a Dodger fan living in the heart of Philadelphia.
Speaker 5: I'm a Dodger fan living in the heart of Philadelphia.
Speaker 3: Oh I love it. I love it. So are you
Speaker 3: coming back tomorrow?
Speaker 8: No?
Speaker 6: Unfortunately, not just for today.
Speaker 8: But it was good to see it win.
Speaker 3: Yeah it was. And I'm just curious.
Speaker 2: I'm sure you wear your Dodger blue LA cap around town.
Speaker 2: What's the reaction from Phillies fans with the Dodgers being
Speaker 2: the so called evil empire these days?
Speaker 1: You know?
Speaker 5: I mean, obviously you're gonna get hated on just because
Speaker 5: you're winning.
Speaker 6: Everyone hates when you win. But just keep your head
Speaker 6: high and let all the haters hate.
Speaker 2: That's such a cliche answer, Luke. Just come on, be
Speaker 2: honest with me. When you're walking in Rittenhouse Square, or
Speaker 2: if you're by the Rocky Steps, or you're getting a
Speaker 2: Philly cheese steak at Pat's or Geno's or wherever the
Speaker 2: local spot is. What's the reaction. Do they start hollering
Speaker 2: at you, cussing at you? What's the reaction?
Speaker 6: I mean, I'm being honest, like they chirp at me
Speaker 6: a little bit, but I mean I just take it
Speaker 6: like a champ because I know that we're the best
Speaker 6: team in the MLB.
Speaker 8: Like I don't know what else you want me to say.
Speaker 3: All Right, Luke, all right.
Speaker 2: I like it you You take it like a champ
Speaker 2: because the Dodgers are champs. That's why eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Gotta give love, We gotta do a bullpen roll call Today,
Speaker 2: after Roki Sazaki got into the fifth inning, Anthony Banda
Speaker 2: came in and.
Speaker 3: Put out the fire. He gets the win.
Speaker 2: Ben Casparius still has not allowed an earn run all
Speaker 2: season long. He pitched two scoreless innings. Alex Vesia set
Speaker 2: up Tanner Scott's third save after pitching a scoreless eighth inning,
Speaker 2: and he came up with a big out in the
Speaker 2: eighth inning after getting the first two outs the eight
Speaker 2: to nine hitters Stott and Marsh, he did walk Kyle Schwarber,
Speaker 2: and at that point in time, it's a two run
Speaker 2: ball game. So when you walk somebody, especially at the
Speaker 2: top of the order, you're taking a chance. Because Trey
Speaker 2: Turner can pop one out. He could pull one down
Speaker 2: the line, down the left field line like Keik Hernandez did,
Speaker 2: so he was representing the tying run. He was able
Speaker 2: to strike out Turner because not only could Turner tie
Speaker 2: the game up, he could get on base and Bryce
Speaker 2: Harper could come up representing the go ahead run right
Speaker 2: there in the bottom of the eighth inning. So that
Speaker 2: was a big out for Vesia not to see Harper
Speaker 2: with runners on base. Eight six, six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's head back
Speaker 2: downstairs to the Dodger Clubhouse to hear from manager Dave Roberts.
Speaker 7: He settling nicely. I thought there was a lot more
Speaker 7: consistent Shrike throwing with both both of his pitches. Got
Speaker 7: a lot of a miss some soft contact managed at
Speaker 7: first inning and recovered nicely.
Speaker 1: Did you see that just his demeanor change or just
Speaker 1: kind of even maybe just the control he had kind
Speaker 1: of came back to him.
Speaker 3: I think so.
Speaker 7: I thought that as the game went on, he continued
Speaker 7: to gain confidence and just kept his composure, his poise,
Speaker 7: and just kept executing pitchures. I thought Austin did a
Speaker 7: great job with him today.
Speaker 9: How much do you think he needed to have that
Speaker 9: kind of run out and he needed it.
Speaker 8: He needed it.
Speaker 7: He probably won't let on how much he needed it,
Speaker 7: but you know, to get a major league start, and
Speaker 7: given how the how the first couple went to have
Speaker 7: some success and leave the game with the lead, I
Speaker 7: think that was certainly a big positive form and also
Speaker 7: just you know, building block for him, you know for
Speaker 7: his next outing.
Speaker 6: How much he got in your mind taking him out at.
Speaker 3: That point, that was some of it.
Speaker 7: I thought that, you know, even up to that point
Speaker 7: he pitched a really good ballgame. He hadn't gone the
Speaker 7: third inning, let alone the fourth inning of the fifth
Speaker 7: inning up to this point, and so just knowing we
Speaker 7: had some help behind him, I thought that was a
Speaker 7: good spot for Banda And I thought Roki did everything
Speaker 7: he could and needed to do at that point in
Speaker 7: time and just kind of leaving the outing wanting for more.
Speaker 7: I think that's a good thing for him.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Dave Roberts on Roki Sazaki, and yes
Speaker 2: he didn't complete five innings, but it was much better
Speaker 2: than his last start where he couldn't even get out
Speaker 2: of the second inning. So with Tyler glassnew on the
Speaker 2: mound tomorrow, you would expect Glass now to be able
Speaker 2: to give the Dodgers at least six innings and take
Speaker 2: some burden off that bullpen that was used quite a
Speaker 2: bit today. Bonda, Caspirius, Vesia and Tanner Scott had to
Speaker 2: cover basically five innings of work today after Sazaki could
Speaker 2: not get an out in the fifth inning. But the
Speaker 2: Dodgers go on to beat Philadelphia three to one in
Speaker 2: the middle game of this three game series. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to Brea Mark. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Philly.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Mark?
Speaker 5: Hey, I'm doing well.
Speaker 8: How are you?
Speaker 5: Got a couple of comments here? I loved how you
Speaker 5: were defending Munsi. I think people overlook the fact that
Speaker 5: this guy draws out the pitchers a big part of
Speaker 5: Dodger plan. Right, takes a lot of pitches, got a
Speaker 5: great eye at the plate and gets that big clutch
Speaker 5: in so I love the some Max Bunci, but I
Speaker 5: did wonder like Chris Taylor. I mean, they just picked
Speaker 5: up this kid, Ruiz. He's speedy, he's got flexibility on defense.
Speaker 5: The contract is big, but not that big. I'm wondering
Speaker 5: if they're thinking about maybe kind of get rid of Taylor,
Speaker 5: moving on from him because he absolutely cannot hit well.
Speaker 2: Chris Taylor is the twenty sixth man on the bench, right,
Speaker 2: and I know who you're talking about, Ostereo Ruiz, who
Speaker 2: stole sixty plus spaces a couple of years ago for
Speaker 2: the A's and he's been added to the forty man roster.
Speaker 2: But look, he's a center field depth for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: in the minor leagues. If they call up Kim and
Speaker 2: that's the guy that you know, Kim and Pop, excuse me,
Speaker 2: Taylor and Paz should be concerned about because from what
Speaker 2: I've been told, his new swing is really starting to
Speaker 2: take hold, and he's playing great defense at second, at short,
Speaker 2: in center fields. So you know, if that continues and
Speaker 2: Paz continues to struggle, he may be in jeopardy of
Speaker 2: being sent down to get his season on track. Chris Taylor,
Speaker 2: I don't see him going anywhere, Mark, I really don't.
Speaker 2: He's on this team for right now, but we'll see
Speaker 2: where it goes. But Chris Taylor's going to be on
Speaker 2: this team for the majority of the season at least.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I get it. But why he really gives because.
Speaker 3: He's making fifteen million dollars.
Speaker 2: He's making fifteen million dollars on the last year and
Speaker 2: money plays.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I get it, all right, Thank you?
Speaker 2: Okay, Mark, thanks for the phone call. Appreciate it. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean, now we're talking about Chris Taylor. He's the
Speaker 2: twenty sixth man on the bench. He's had one start
Speaker 2: and it was against Chris Sale.
Speaker 3: Thanks a lot.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Dave and Glendale. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Dave, what's going on that day?
Speaker 5: How you doing?
Speaker 2: I'm doing great. I love Philly. I love Philly. When
Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat Philly.
Speaker 5: Nice? Nice. Yeah. I just wanted to kind of add
Speaker 5: on to what Mark was talking about with the whole
Speaker 5: monthly deal. Man. I know it's it's only ten games
Speaker 5: into the season, and you know, to be quite honest,
Speaker 5: he's not the only one that's clearly struggling, right now
Speaker 5: you know, but Max, the strength aren't on his defensive
Speaker 5: ends his strength. His strength, he's got number one's got
Speaker 5: light power, power, right, and he's gonna see a lot
Speaker 5: of pitches. Do we not forget that he set a
Speaker 5: record for most games in the playoffs of successfully getting
Speaker 5: on base right, that was only a few months ago.
Speaker 3: During the NLCS.
Speaker 5: During the NLCS, absolutely, so, as Dodger's nation, we got
Speaker 5: to be patient with him.
Speaker 3: I mean, he does have a resume.
Speaker 2: It's not his first year on the team, so I
Speaker 2: believe we all know what we're getting with Max Munsey.
Speaker 2: And yeah, exactly what I've said. He is the best
Speaker 2: example of the s being greater than the parts. He
Speaker 2: has a function in this lineup that is not always
Speaker 2: obvious because there's a lot of guys that swing at
Speaker 2: the first pitch or early in the count, and Max Munsey,
Speaker 2: when he's hitting a little higher in the lineup, he
Speaker 2: does see more pitches and makes the starting pitcher.
Speaker 3: Work a little bit more.
Speaker 1: So.
Speaker 2: He he is a three true outcome player, but I
Speaker 2: believe that he can hold his own defensively at third base.
Speaker 3: Two. What was your other point, Dave? What's your other point?
Speaker 5: Try to get them playing time at center field, and maybe.
Speaker 2: Why do you want to see him get Why do
Speaker 2: you want to see him get playing time? Did you
Speaker 2: watch him play in Oakland? Are you a big fan
Speaker 2: of his? Have you ever seen him play one pitch
Speaker 2: or one inning?
Speaker 5: I actually have it, but I just read Scott you.
Speaker 2: Haven't seen him play, but you really want to have
Speaker 2: him called up?
Speaker 3: Come on? I love you, Dave, but come on, come on.
Speaker 3: That's just that's just hearing his name.
Speaker 2: That's just hearing his name and saying, ah, this guy's
Speaker 2: got to be in the starting lineup.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 2: That's not the reason why the Dodgers made the trade
Speaker 2: for him. Remember Tim Locastro a few postseasons ago. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers called him up in September and he was the
Speaker 2: last guy on the bench to be used as a
Speaker 2: pinch runner in the playoffs. That's what the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: thinking here. And also, like I said, he gives them
Speaker 2: depth at Triple A.
Speaker 3: I like you feel me?
Speaker 6: I do all right?
Speaker 2: Thank you, Dave, appreciate the phone call. Eight six six
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat
Speaker 2: the Phillies today three to one. Austin Barnes catches a
Speaker 2: great game to help Rokey Sazaki get through four plus
Speaker 2: innings and only walk to Let's go out to Claremont.
Speaker 3: Danny, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Danny.
Speaker 8: I'm doing great. Dave's great to talk to you again. Man,
Speaker 8: it's my first call this season. I'm so excited to
Speaker 8: get back on the best show on the radio.
Speaker 3: And hey, I've been waiting for you, Danny.
Speaker 8: Oh awesome, man, thank you so much. I've been waiting
Speaker 8: for YouTube, buddy. And I listened to the game in
Speaker 8: the back of the shop today working on guitars, and
Speaker 8: when I heard that Austin Barnes is in the lineup,
Speaker 8: and I got excited. That's for Rokie Sazaki in my opinion.
Speaker 8: You know, Austin Barnes is one of the most underrated,
Speaker 8: most valuable players in the league. Definitely on the team.
Speaker 8: You know, he's basically like having an extension of the
Speaker 8: coaching and scouting staff in the field. You know, he
Speaker 8: makes a tremendous difference to the team in ways that
Speaker 8: are not going to be measured in in the staff
Speaker 8: book for the scorecard. You know, he's not gonna put
Speaker 8: up tons of War. He's not going to hit three
Speaker 8: hundred and do all that other stuff, but the value
Speaker 8: he brings to this team is immense. And there's a reason,
Speaker 8: you know, at this point he is the longest tenured
Speaker 8: position player on the team. He's got to be one
Speaker 8: of the best backup catchers in baseball. And I love
Speaker 8: the idea if that's if this is what they're going
Speaker 8: to do, is is you know, given give him Sasaki,
Speaker 8: given Barnes. Given Sasaki to Barnes and letting him work
Speaker 8: with him, because that's that's something that could help this kid.
Speaker 8: It's just going to take time for him to find
Speaker 8: to find his place in this league. But Austin Barnes
Speaker 8: is the kind of guy that can help you help
Speaker 8: a young pitcher find his place in the league. So
Speaker 8: I just was really excited about that, Dick said to
Speaker 8: Austin Barnes, and you know, go Dodgers man, love it.
Speaker 2: Danny call back any time, and yeah, look, Roki Sazaki's
Speaker 2: confidence was probably at an all time low. They needed
Speaker 2: to get him some confidence with some good results, and
Speaker 2: Austin Barnes was a great option to help Sazaki get
Speaker 2: through this start. Now, does that mean that Barnes is
Speaker 2: going to be the only one that catches Suzaki. I
Speaker 2: don't see that taking shape the whole year, but I
Speaker 2: could see Barnes catching the next two or three starts,
Speaker 2: just to get him on a roll and get him comfortable.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Phillies three to one
Speaker 2: here at Citizens Bank Park. When we continue, we'll check
Speaker 2: in with Jose Mota and you'll also hear from Keik
Speaker 2: a Hernandez after the Dodgers even up the series with
Speaker 2: a three to one win on AM five to seventy
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Speaker 10: This is Dodger Talk with David mas Sam at.
Speaker 9: The time running scoring position here too out, He'll Swayne,
Speaker 9: He'll drive one down.
Speaker 3: The left field side. This ball his teeth, ball is god.
Speaker 3: It's a home run.
Speaker 9: Kyk Hernandez has given the Dodgers a two to one
Speaker 9: lead with a home run just inside the left field
Speaker 9: fowl powl. A home run for kyk.
Speaker 2: Key k Hernandez given the Dodgers in early two nothing
Speaker 2: lead off of Aeronola. Michael Confordo, who leads the Dodgers
Speaker 2: with the highest ops this season eleven hundred also homered
Speaker 2: off of Aaron Nola that was in the sixth inning
Speaker 2: as the Dodgers defeat the Phillies tonight three to one.
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Speaker 3: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 3: All right, Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers even up the books in this series with
Speaker 2: the home runs from Kei k and Michael Conforto. But
Speaker 2: all eyes were on Roki Sazaki, so he earns another start,
Speaker 2: Yes he does.
Speaker 6: And all eyes were in the combination which you mentioned
Speaker 6: before the game about Austin Barnes, and we talked about
Speaker 6: this last night. It goes back to commanding the fastball.
Speaker 6: And then Austin Barnes talked about that fastball about six
Speaker 6: seven times during his you know, his media session. So, David,
Speaker 6: if you think about the thing that he fixed in
Speaker 6: that bullpen session or bullpen sessions, I should say he's
Speaker 6: a guy that though he is very tall, he cannot
Speaker 6: pitch tall. And in other words, is he needs that
Speaker 6: bottom half to drive through because that puts from a
Speaker 6: very good direction. And for Austin Barnes, what was most
Speaker 6: noticeable to me today was when he saw a lot
Speaker 6: of armsite running that fastball, he stood the outer half
Speaker 6: to allow the fastil to naturally do what was whatever's
Speaker 6: going to do, do the very fine job at least
Speaker 6: reading what the ball was doing out of his hands.
Speaker 2: So what you're basically saying is something that we hear
Speaker 2: from pitching coaches and pitchers when they talk about being
Speaker 2: more in their legs.
Speaker 6: Be more on your legs, make sure you're tired after
Speaker 6: the game. You know, for some guys it's like go
Speaker 6: out there and ice your legs too when you have
Speaker 6: to get into in the cold pool. And it is right.
Speaker 6: I watched him compare some video of the outing in Tokyo.
Speaker 6: We had a lot of run in that fastball, like
Speaker 6: it was giddy up one hundred and one oh one,
Speaker 6: and he didn't have a lot of run sideways after that.
Speaker 6: Since he's like kind of almost aiming, I would say
Speaker 6: the velocity is down a little bit. Is where he's
Speaker 6: lost his legs because the arm slade is not catching
Speaker 6: up with it, and have your legs you need to
Speaker 6: drive through when if he freeze any of his images
Speaker 6: and spring training throwing bullpens, watch how low he is
Speaker 6: to the ground when he lived reivers. When he is
Speaker 6: in a good spot to go out there and carry
Speaker 6: on and make the split at pitch that they're not
Speaker 6: going to be spitting on.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota is joining us on Dodger Talk after the
Speaker 2: Dodgers defeat the Phillies three to one in a start
Speaker 2: that Roki Sazaki only had two walks and four plus sinnings.
Speaker 2: That's when he handed the ball over to the bullpen.
Speaker 2: And how about Ben Caspirius. Jose, we got to know
Speaker 2: him in the World Series last year and he has
Speaker 2: been a big time weapon coming out of the bullpen
Speaker 2: today two scoreless innings. Blake Trenton told me, or told
Speaker 2: us on the pregame show yesterday that Lou Trevino is
Speaker 2: a name that he compares Ben Caspirius too, because he
Speaker 2: believes that Caspirius is one of the best young relief
Speaker 2: arms he has seen since he was teammates with a
Speaker 2: young Lou Trevino in Oakland.
Speaker 6: Who would take the ball in any situation too and
Speaker 6: be multiating guy and not be shot of his own.
Speaker 6: When I first saw BENK Casparius in Spring Trendy, he
Speaker 6: told me about a couple of adjustments he wanted to
Speaker 6: make and was making coming hereto the Cactus League.
Speaker 3: But I say, how.
Speaker 6: About the strategy to go. I'm going to go out
Speaker 6: there and fill it regardless. So the justice I've been
Speaker 6: just repeating his arm angled, But David went over very well,
Speaker 6: especially early in the season. How valuable multi inning guys
Speaker 6: are for a bullpen, and because he is really a
Speaker 6: starting pitcher, his stuff plays well in relief too because
Speaker 6: he always has He's not afraid to start you over
Speaker 6: with a break the ball for a strike, finish you off,
Speaker 6: and pitch you backwards. But nonetheless, he took all these
Speaker 6: guys that come into from Dollar's bullpen. They have a
Speaker 6: lot of heat. They can swing and miss some bats,
Speaker 6: but they throw a lot of strikes. And perhaps when
Speaker 6: you see guys come out of a bullpen on the
Speaker 6: opposing side in the year of the opposing team, do
Speaker 6: you see a lot of oen ones? And before you
Speaker 6: know it, you're more defensive than you are aggressive on
Speaker 6: early counts.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose, Tomorrow Glass, Now, with the way the
Speaker 2: Dodgers use the bullpen, how important is it for Glass
Speaker 2: now to give the Dodgers at least six innings not
Speaker 2: just five?
Speaker 6: Oh, it's huge, And I hope he's not looking around
Speaker 6: city knowing that he's got enough to go out there
Speaker 6: and win and give you some innings. He is a
Speaker 6: guy that knows. Also, going back to yeah, a motive
Speaker 6: moto yesterday on how well the fastball was located against
Speaker 6: some of these very powerful hitters, you can't shut away
Speaker 6: from us. So I hope it's more of a fastball
Speaker 6: sided type of outing for him, because that way he
Speaker 6: can go out and correct things and stay directional and
Speaker 6: have everything else worked much better as a very good
Speaker 6: ball club.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose, we'll check in with you after the
Speaker 2: game tomorrow, as the Dodgers will train it to Washington,
Speaker 2: d C.
Speaker 3: After the game tomorrow. Thanks jose A Stamanena.
Speaker 2: There he goes Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish
Speaker 2: radio broadcast. The Dodgers defeat the Phillies tonight three to
Speaker 2: one and look to win the series tomorrow afternoon, with
Speaker 2: Tyler Glass now on the mound going up against a
Speaker 2: very good pitcher in Christopher Sanchez. So tomorrow will not
Speaker 2: be easy for the Dodgers, but certainly they have They
Speaker 2: had the lineup to be able to make really good
Speaker 2: pictures seem mere mortals. And I was talking to Ken
Speaker 2: Rosenthal on the way back upstairs after the game, and
Speaker 2: he was just going down the Dodger lineup. I mean,
Speaker 2: my gosh, you got CONFORDO, you got Muncie, you got
Speaker 2: key k. You don't even have Freddy and MOOKI together.
Speaker 2: It's like, yes, they have a really good team. And
Speaker 2: it makes it really tough even for the really good
Speaker 2: teams and for the good pitchers to come out of
Speaker 2: it with a win. And that's why I believe even
Speaker 2: when teams beat the Dodgers like last night, they basically
Speaker 2: survived the Dodgers and survived twenty seven outs Hey. Earlier
Speaker 2: today I had a chance to catch up with KEYK Hernandez,
Speaker 2: and Key K tonight is going to have the last word,
Speaker 2: as Mookie Betts had the last word last night on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. Look, those two guys don't want to make
Speaker 2: anything political. They don't want to make it about themselves,
Speaker 2: but they felt the need to come out publicly to
Speaker 2: basically say they're going to the White House with their teammates,
Speaker 2: and they don't want to bring attention to themselves. They
Speaker 2: want to continue the tradition of world champions of visiting
Speaker 2: the White House, which is the House of the people.
Speaker 2: And here was our exclusive conversation with Keith A Hernandez
Speaker 2: about joining his teammates and not being alone and being
Speaker 2: part of a team celebration on Monday. Part of the
Speaker 2: reason why you're back with the Dodgers and why everybody
Speaker 2: wanted you back was to enjoy the fruits and the
Speaker 2: celebration of being a world champion. The following year you
Speaker 2: got your ring. I'm sure that was exciting for you.
Speaker 2: And then on Monday, the Dodgers are going to the
Speaker 2: White House.
Speaker 10: Yeah, no, second time there is a champ. First time
Speaker 10: that I get to you know, come back and be
Speaker 10: part of all the all the celebrations of the previous year.
Speaker 10: Of course I missed out on all of that in
Speaker 10: twenty twenty one, So the White House, I feel like
Speaker 10: being a Latino and being a somewhat of a fan favorite.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 10: It was kind of a loose lose situation for me
Speaker 10: in terms of the White House. If if if I
Speaker 10: was here in twenty twenty one, maybe my decision would
Speaker 10: have maybe possibly been easier. But you know the fact
Speaker 10: that I was in here, I need to be selfish
Speaker 10: and and and put myself and myself before anything else.
Speaker 10: I understand that, uh that I'm a role model and
Speaker 10: I'm uh, you know, I'm supposed to be a leader
Speaker 10: in the Latino community. But at the same time, you know,
Speaker 10: as a little kid, you see the World Series champ
Speaker 10: or NBA Finals champ, all the you know, NHL, all
Speaker 10: these major sports. You know, they win the they win
Speaker 10: the title, and they go to the White House, and
Speaker 10: you know that's one of the things as a little
Speaker 10: kid when you dream about winning the World Series, you know,
Speaker 10: you put yourself in those situations. And here, here we
Speaker 10: are in the present moment, and a decision that is
Speaker 10: not really easy at all. But you know, I've I've
Speaker 10: decided that I'm going to go to the White House
Speaker 10: just because we are celebrating as a team and we
Speaker 10: have a really good thing going on. I feel like
Speaker 10: if I say no, that kind of becomes a distraction,
Speaker 10: not only for myself but for my teammates. I don't
Speaker 10: want to have any of my teammates have to answer
Speaker 10: questions to the media as to why I took a
Speaker 10: personal decision. So I feel like me going to the
Speaker 10: White House is definitely not a political thing. It's more
Speaker 10: of a you know, I'm there to celebrate the title
Speaker 10: and I'm there to support my teammates. So yeah, I mean,
Speaker 10: I don't want to go back twenty years from now
Speaker 10: and regret my decision of, you know, not going to
Speaker 10: the White House. That's that would have been twice that
Speaker 10: I miss out on the opportunity. So, like I said,
Speaker 10: in twenty twenty one, the team got to go, my
Speaker 10: teammates got to go. I wasn't there because I wasn't
Speaker 10: part of the team. I missed out on that opportunity.
Speaker 10: So I'm trying to trying to make sure I don't
Speaker 10: miss out on anything this year. And you know, I
Speaker 10: think mixing politics and sports is never a good thing.
Speaker 10: So I am definitely not making this a political thing.
Speaker 10: I'm just going to be there for my team. I'm
Speaker 10: going to be there to support and my teammates, not
Speaker 10: anybody else. And uh yeah, just that's probably that's part
Speaker 10: of my reason why I'm going.
Speaker 2: No doubt, LA loves you, KEYK. Puerto Rico loves you.
Speaker 2: That will never change. So you don't have to worry
Speaker 2: about that. You just have to, uh look good and
Speaker 2: be yourself wherever the Dodgers go.
Speaker 10: Well, those are two things that I tend to be
Speaker 10: good at. Looking good and be myself. Uh be myself
Speaker 10: as something I pride on each and every day regardless
Speaker 10: of where I'm at. And uh, who knows, maybe I'll
Speaker 10: pull a k a kyk stunt at the White House.
Speaker 3: Be on your toes. You never know.
Speaker 2: Like I said, LA will never change how they feel
Speaker 2: about you. You leave it all out on the field.
Speaker 2: You wear your heart on your sleeve, and that's something
Speaker 2: that we all appreciate.
Speaker 10: Thank you, Dave, I appreciate you.
Speaker 5: There.
Speaker 2: He is KEYK Heez with the last word tonight on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk, And just like Mooki Beds said yesterday, this
Speaker 2: is not a political thing. This is sports and world
Speaker 2: champions of all sports. Part of the celebration in the
Speaker 2: perks is not only getting a championship ring, but then
Speaker 2: also going with your teammates as a group to the
Speaker 2: White House to be celebrated. And the Dodgers will do
Speaker 2: that on Monday, and they will be celebrated. And look,
Speaker 2: I feel like it's awkward that they even feel the
Speaker 2: need they have to come out and publicly give their reasoning.
Speaker 2: But obviously Mooki bets and today exclusively with us Keik
Speaker 2: Hernandez felt like he had to do the same thing.
Speaker 3: But we'll let Keik have the last word.
Speaker 2: I thought, Mooki and Keik express themselves perfectly.
Speaker 3: Tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Like I mentioned, Tyler Glass now is on the mound
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. In his first start of the year,
Speaker 2: he went five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts. He's going
Speaker 2: up against lefty Christopher Sanchez. Our coverage begins tomorrow morning
Speaker 2: at nine thirty with first pitch at ten thirty five
Speaker 2: from the Bank in Philadelphia. Thanks to Calling you back
Speaker 2: at our Burbank Studios. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here
Speaker 2: at Citizens Bank Park in Philly. And in case you
Speaker 2: missed any of the show, I want to hear the
Speaker 2: full conversation with Keith Hernandez. You can find all of
Speaker 2: that on the iHeartRadio app once again. The final score
Speaker 2: tonight from Philadelphia. The Dodgers defeat the Phillies three to one.
Speaker 2: Have a great rest of your Saturday, see them say.