WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:10.839 Let's not play one on Tom. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.720 Let's lend it. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.720 I love writing me these guys after the show. 7 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.199 So just thank you, give me all. 8 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:18.280 Your attention, your fire, and not a piss. This is 9 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:22.719 world champion, Dodger, world championing for a small soft time. 10 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:24.399 They get up people what they want to die too 11 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:26.760 in a row two is special. I'm like, yeah, it's 12 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:31.359 not a headache as one of a con. This ball's gone. 13 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:32.479 You ready to go? 14 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:33.759 Hell time? 15 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:36.439 Go to the sound grab your phone to get in 16 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:39.399 on the show called eight six six nine eighty seven 17 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:42.159 two five seven. I'll go to the show and now 18 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.200 your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 19 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:48.640 Welcome to Dodger Talk. 20 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:52.600 David Vassey with you live from Dodger Stadium. After the 21 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.479 Mets take Game one of this four game series by 22 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.359 a final score of four to three in ten innings, 23 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.679 six nine eight seven, two five seventy is the phone number. 24 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:08.120 As you can imagine, we have just two lines open tonight. 25 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:13.879 After the Dodgers who came back Tanner Scott gave back 26 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:16.799 in the tenth inning, and the Dodgers come up a 27 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:19.879 run short tonight, four to three in ten innings. And 28 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.519 before we get to Tanner Scott, and you will hear 29 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.560 from Tanner Scott, he did speak to the media and 30 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.879 sports net LA will bring that to us. But before 31 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:33.359 we get there, I just wanted to mention that the 32 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:37.799 Dodgers' offense is the best in baseball. Nineteen come from 33 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:42.760 behind victories. They came back against a guy that is 34 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:46.319 one of, if not the best closer in the National 35 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:49.840 League this year, Ryan Hellesley of the Cardinals, Edwin ds 36 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:54.599 Diz has been absolutely dominant. He was thirteen for thirteen 37 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:58.239 and save opportunities this year coming in tonight, And I 38 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:01.439 know Steve Gelbs of s and why pointed this out 39 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:05.239 in the ninth inning that coming into that ninth inning, 40 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:09.759 hitters were just one for their last thirty four against 41 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:13.680 Edwin Diaz before the Dodgers were able to get something 42 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:17.319 going there with Tommy Edmond starting it off. So you 43 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:21.039 got to give kudos to this Dodger offense coming from behind, 44 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.439 even in the ninth inning, to get a run off 45 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:28.560 a guy that has been so stingy and stubborn in 46 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:31.680 the ninth inning of games this year. But I will 47 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.120 say this earlier in the game. I thought the inning 48 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:37.840 the Dodgers had the golden opportunity to take the lead 49 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:41.520 and not give it back was the sixth inning against 50 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:47.000 another one of their really good relievers, Huascar Brasobaan. He 51 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:50.719 did not have command of his fastball. His circle change 52 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.520 was really good, but he did not have command of 53 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:58.159 his fastball, and he got himself in trouble walking a 54 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:01.639 couple of batters there, and it was bases loaded with 55 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:06.120 two outs, and the Dodgers had the bobblehead man at 56 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:11.840 the plate. Last year's NLCSMVP Tommy Edman, right guy, right time, 57 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:12.680 right moment. 58 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.520 Unfortunately, tom Y Edman. 59 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:19.479 Struck out at two pitches that were completely outside of 60 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.280 the strike zone, just trying to do too much from 61 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.879 the left side of the plate, and I thought that 62 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:27.840 was the golden opportunity for the Dodgers to be able 63 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.919 to score some runs against the Mets bullpen and hand 64 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:34.840 things over. I also want to give some shine to 65 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:38.520 Jack Dryer, who came in and pitched a scoreless seventh 66 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.840 and then came back and pitched the scoreless eighth against 67 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:44.639 the top of the Mets lineup, and I understand what 68 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:50.840 Dave Roberts is saying. Tanner Scott is one of the 69 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:55.319 highest paid relievers in baseball. The Dodgers gave him a 70 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:59.879 seventy plus million dollar contract for four years. The response 71 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:04.599 ability of high leverage, late inning situations shouldn't have to 72 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:08.199 fall on Ben Casparrius and Jack Dryer, but it may 73 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:11.639 have to, because as you heard Dave Roberts talk about, 74 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:15.719 he's going to go with the matchups, and rightfully still 75 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.639 at this point in time, until the Dodgers can get 76 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:22.040 Tanner Scott back on track, and it's been a struggle 77 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:26.920 for him, especially lately in his last seven appearances. As 78 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:32.040 Bill Plunkett astutely pointed out, hitters are hitting over four 79 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:37.639 hundred against Tanner Scott. He has blown three saves in 80 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:41.600 his last seven appearances, two of them have become losses. 81 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:45.160 He's given up twelve runs in his past seven appearances. 82 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:49.519 So the fastball velosity, you can't just look at that. 83 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:53.720 There's other factors to determine what's going on with the pitcher. 84 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:56.720 And like I mentioned last week, I feel like he's 85 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:00.920 still casting that slider, meaning that he's he's not finishing 86 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:04.759 the pitches. He's not gripping and ripping, and I'm not 87 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:07.600 sure what's going on with Tanner Scott. I'm not sure 88 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.120 the Dodgers know what's going on with Tanner Scott except 89 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:13.639 for the fact that we can all see it. He's 90 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.399 throwing pitches down the middle. We all can see that. 91 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:19.800 All right, let's head downstairs right now to here from 92 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:22.639 Tanner's Scott, who's standing at his locker on sports in 93 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:23.240 at LA. 94 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:27.040 Missed locations, especially down on the zone. 95 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:27.519 To the hitters. 96 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.240 They can that I'm supposed to be in different spots 97 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.000 and I'm just not hitting my location. It's costing us. 98 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:36.480 Do you think that's something maybe mechanically in your studs 99 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:38.920 or something, then I guess maybe coaches are seeing at 100 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:39.279 this point. 101 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:44.040 Oh yeah, I mean it's definitely probably mechanics and it's 102 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:48.040 tapping too much, and it's frustrating, especially when we battle 103 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:50.800 back and didn't go my way. 104 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.360 How do you get out of something like this this stretch? 105 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:59.240 We keep working, keep working, Uh, look at everything, talk 106 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:03.839 to Mark on Arbardo and figure it out. So the stocks. 107 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:07.439 Maybe you lose with your fastball and how it's playing 108 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:08.560 right now, Yeah, it's. 109 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:12.160 Getting hit a lot. So it's it's it sucks right now. 110 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:15.199 And last year I relied on it a lot, and 111 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:17.800 this year it's just in getting hit and I'm missing locations. 112 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:20.120 Is the quality of the pitch where you need it 113 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:21.879 to be though, and it's just a missed location. 114 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:24.800 I mean, if it's in the right spot, it usually 115 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:27.519 doesn't get hit. Then if I miss the location, usually 116 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:27.920 gets hit. 117 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:30.879 And he missed the location a couple of times in 118 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.560 that ten thinning, and the Mets made him pay for it. 119 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:38.680 Francisco Alvarez and Francisco Lindor made him pay for it 120 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:42.480 in that tenth thinning. Francisco Alvarez made him pay for 121 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:45.720 it with the first go ahead double and then Lindor 122 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:49.959 with the insurance run. So hitters go through slumps. Closers 123 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.759 certainly go through slumps. You just hope that they're minimized 124 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:58.920 because when closers go through slumps, you lose games. Eight six, six, seven, two, 125 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.959 five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to 126 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.439 David in Woodland Hills. You're on Dodger Talk live from 127 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:08.439 Dodger Stadium. Hi David, Hi, how. 128 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:08.920 Are you David? 129 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.199 I you know I wasn't gonna call. But I just 130 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.560 think it was so dumb to put Scott in there 131 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.879 on the tant I heard all the explanations, but if 132 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.639 you're gonna why why run a test on the tant inning. 133 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:23.279 If we had just gotten through the tat Indian, I think. 134 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:23.959 We could have won it. 135 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.920 We had the momentum, and. 136 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:27.360 If we're gonna lose it, let's lose it in the 137 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:30.480 eleven me put Scott in eleven? 138 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.160 I mean, probably were the right move. 139 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.319 It's the right move. You got your closer in there, 140 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:39.120 your high leverage reliever. You're in a tight game at home, 141 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:44.000 and look the Dodger bullpen. There's not many options. And 142 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:47.160 that's what's compounding the fact that this is a really 143 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:51.240 bad time for Tanner Scott to not be on his 144 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:54.680 game because the Dodgers are missing a lot of high 145 00:07:54.759 --> 00:08:01.040 leverage relievers. They're probably getting Michael Kopek back tomorrow. But okay, 146 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.360 so who would you rather have had in the tenth inning? 147 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:08.680 Would you have rather Dave Roberts gone with with Ryan 148 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:12.759 Lotus or would you rather have him gone to maybe 149 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:13.480 Will Klein? 150 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.439 Have you heard of them before? Who did you want 151 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:17.160 him to go to? 152 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:18.759 Well? 153 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.879 I just think he knew. 154 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:23.319 No, you can't. You can't do that. You have to 155 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:25.199 tell you. I want to know who you want to 156 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:25.519 go to. 157 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:28.399 Instead of Tanner Scott, either one of those? 158 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.319 Really have you ever heard of them before? 159 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:34.559 All right, David, got you have it. 160 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:35.279 Yeah. 161 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.799 I'm just saying there's not too many options, and that's why, 162 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.559 that's why this is the worst possible time for Tanner 163 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:44.720 Scott to be going through this. But the Dodgers are 164 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:46.879 going to have to figure it out with him and 165 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.080 he's not going anywhere. Thanks a lot for the phone call. 166 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:54.000 Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 167 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:57.320 Let's go out to Beverly Wood. Luca, you're on Dodger 168 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:58.679 Talk with David Vassey. 169 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.240 Hi, Luca, I David. 170 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:04.600 I was at the game tonight and like the last caller, 171 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:07.080 my heart sort of sunk when I watched Tanner Scott 172 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.679 run out from that bullpen. You know, I thought he 173 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:11.720 was a great signing. 174 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:12.639 I was really excited. 175 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:14.519 Obviously, we're paying a lot of money for him, and 176 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:17.360 so my question to you is is there anything you're seeing, 177 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.039 you know off the field that you know gets your 178 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:23.240 attention or either think might think might be a little 179 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:25.559 out of the ordinary when it comes to why he 180 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:28.919 struggled thus far this season. Obviously, you know, we heard 181 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.519 him speak and it sounds like his confidence has certainly rattled. 182 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:33.519 But is there anything that you're seeing off the field 183 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:34.960 that you think might be contributing to all this? 184 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:40.000 Well, Number one, Luca, I mean Tanner Scott is kind 185 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:43.759 of a guy that, similar to Evan Phillips, he kind 186 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.799 of was a late bloomer. He started to get on 187 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.559 track with the Orioles towards the end. He really became 188 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:53.159 somebody last year with the Marlins and with the Padres, 189 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:55.799 and then gets a big contract and he's pitching with 190 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:58.440 the team that has the most attention and has the 191 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:02.240 most expectations of any team in baseball. I'm sure that's 192 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.440 a part of all this. And he's got to block 193 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:08.159 all that out. Uh, you got to block out nobody 194 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:11.759 is flashing up your contract on the big screen. Uh, 195 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:13.960 you just got to block all that out and be 196 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:17.639 able to focus batter to batter and forget about everything else. 197 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:21.480 Maybe he's feeling the enormity of that, and that's something 198 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:24.200 that you've got to block out, especially if you're a closer. 199 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:28.360 And do you think this affects how Andrew Friedman chooses 200 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:33.120 signing big giving big contracts to relievers in the future, 201 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.240 considering we've had a lot of you know, smaller name 202 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:36.840 guys have a lot of success, and as soon as 203 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:38.639 we pay one big time, you know, it doesn't work out. 204 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:42.440 So well, yeah, he's not usually a guy that does that. 205 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:45.679 He kept his own a few years back, and ken 206 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:49.360 Lee Jansen gave him a big contract, signed Tanner Scott 207 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:51.960 for big money. Here, I don't know, what do you 208 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:55.320 consider big money? Because Blake Trenon's making a lot. I 209 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:57.679 would say Kirby Yates is making a lot. What do 210 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:01.799 you consider big money, Luca? Relatively speaking? 211 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:05.639 You know, I don't know. I that's a good question. 212 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:12.159 Maybe the twenty million dollar range. 213 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:14.200 Well, you know, we. 214 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:18.759 Say like it's all relative the Dodgers the way I 215 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:22.120 think at this point, I know what you're saying. Andrew 216 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:25.840 Friedman is one of, if not the best general managers 217 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:31.759 or president of baseball operations of constructing. But he's the 218 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.200 first guy to say that it's the most volatile part 219 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.960 of any team, and relievers are the most volatile UH 220 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:43.240 position on a team. So look, we're seeing that right 221 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.200 now with Tanner Scott. I mean Edwin Diaz, right, he 222 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:48.720 had a hiccup tonight. He's been the best closer or 223 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.759 one of and the Dodgers got to him. So it happens, 224 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:56.279 but it's happening too often recently with Tanner Scott. And look, 225 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:58.840 he's here for you know, the rest of this year. 226 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:01.080 The Dodgers are not giving up on him. You just 227 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.480 hope that he comes out of this sooner rather than later. 228 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:06.600 Yeah, I agree with you. I appreciate the time. 229 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:09.639 Have a good night you too, Luca, and I will 230 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:12.480 give Tanner Scott a lot of kudos for standing up 231 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:15.159 in front of his locker. He was available last Wednesday, 232 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:20.039 but obviously tonight everybody was looking for him and he 233 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:23.200 was there. Let's go out to Polo and San Diego. 234 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:24.200 You're on Dodger Talk. 235 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:28.600 How you doing, pollow Hi, David, I really apologize for 236 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.559 the long absence someone on your talk show. I've been 237 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:36.480 doing with some personal issue with you know, with my 238 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:39.360 daughter and I that would lives were threatened. 239 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:45.600 So it was but it's wow, I'm glad you're calling back. 240 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:48.000 No, we're fine, We're fine. Everything is good, you know, 241 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:53.279 but listen, you know it's you know, we had the 242 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:56.279 you know, the to see Austin bas and Chris Tero, 243 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:00.559 you know, two of the most you know, beloved Dodgers. 244 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.639 Is the is Michael Conforto the next one to go? 245 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.639 I mean it's and. 246 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:12.080 Then speaking of you know you're talking about, I was 247 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:13.879 listened to the you know, to the previous called a 248 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:16.759 Tennis Cup. You know, you know that the Dodgers, you know, 249 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.440 the boss or that talks and the Dodger that the 250 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:21.919 most blown saves like twelves. 251 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:22.879 I'm aware of that. 252 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.799 Yeah, tonight was not a blown save, but yeah, they 253 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.279 have the most blown saves in baseball this year. 254 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:33.039 Yeah, but I mean something's got to give. I mean, 255 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:35.720 it's it's you know, it's it's just something that that 256 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:38.799 you know, I fear for Tanna because you know, the 257 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:41.879 guy was unhearable, you know last year with you know, 258 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:44.399 with the with the padres. 259 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:44.840 And to sign out. 260 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.360 We're well aware that's why they signed him to that 261 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.080 big contract. But he hasn't looked like that guy for 262 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:53.240 whatever reason. Hey, Paulo, be safe out there and we'll 263 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:58.360 talk to you soon. Yeah, Michael Conforto, he's not this player. 264 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:02.000 Three home runs, nine RB I he hasn't driven in 265 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:04.679 or hasn't gotten a hit with runners in scoring position 266 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.279 since March. He's two for thirty four this year with 267 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:11.960 runners in scoring position. That's the reason why Dave Roberts 268 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:15.960 automatically had to pinch hit for him in that tenth inning, 269 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:18.799 because with the runner at first base, the game might 270 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:21.519 have been over without Will Smith even coming to the 271 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:24.639 plate if he didn't use him in that spot. So yeah, 272 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:28.519 I mean, everybody likes Michael Confordo. Nobody seems to have 273 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:32.360 an answer, but there are going to be situations like 274 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:35.120 that until he gets it going where he is going 275 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.799 to be pinch hit for. But I was surprised that 276 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:40.159 he was in the batter's box and then called back 277 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:42.720 to the dugout. I mean, there was no secret what 278 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:46.120 was going to happen. Mendoza was going to bring in 279 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.080 budo when Dave Roberts brought will Smith in, So that 280 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:55.120 was unusual. But I guess that's the chess match manager's play. 281 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:58.799 Let's go out to Chino, Gilbert. You're on Dodger Talk 282 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.399 with David Vasse. I got a full board of calls. 283 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:04.120 It feels like a Wednesday afternoon drive day. How you 284 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.799 doing Gilbert. 285 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:07.919 Hey, I'm doing fine, David. How how about you? Man? 286 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:08.840 Thank you for having me on. 287 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:10.799 Thank you. 288 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.000 I feel like I'm a little less emotional than i 289 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:17.240 was last Wednesday. I feel like I've been able to regroup. 290 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:20.960 Yeah, hey, David, I know, when the dust settled, will 291 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.840 be all right. But I mean, it's just some some 292 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:24.919 fits that we got to fix, like Tanner Scott. But 293 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:27.519 my biggest thing is a Comforto. I don't I really 294 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:30.200 don't think the guy's all fit to the team, and 295 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:31.799 I think we got to do a change. I mean, 296 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.519 we've been critical of games outman, but the guy Comforto, 297 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:38.440 we're paying him double trip for the money and it's 298 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:40.080 probably worst numbers than outmen. 299 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.039 Yeah. 300 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:44.480 Uh, what do you believe that Conforto's not a fit 301 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:47.559 for this team because he's hitting one seventy or because 302 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.840 he was zero for three tonight? 303 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.360 Which one? 304 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:52.759 I mean, I've been patient. I think we've all been 305 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:55.519 patient with them, I know, but we're hitting June already. 306 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:58.559 I mean, and it's one seventy, Like you said, one 307 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:04.480 seventy three home man nine RBIs that's unacceptable? Unacceptable? 308 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:09.600 Yeah, it's unexpected as well, Gilbert, because that's not the 309 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:12.639 player the Dodgers thought they were getting. They took a 310 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:16.240 one year flyer on him for seventeen eighteen million dollars. 311 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:20.559 And certainly this is not something that the Dodgers or 312 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:25.519 Michael Conforto anticipated, but certainly it's a great question to 313 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:28.639 ask the Dodgers are they going to start taking at 314 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:33.080 bats away from Michael Conforto and going more with a 315 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:37.480 different outfield alignment on certain games, Because you're right, it's 316 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.799 not April anymore. 317 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:42.320 We are into June. We are Memorial Day. 318 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:46.240 Seems to be that that first post where okay, we've 319 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:48.960 had enough of a sample size here. But the one 320 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:51.759 thing that Dodgers don't do is give up on players. 321 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:54.399 They seem to be more patient with a lot of 322 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:56.759 guys that have a track record, and rightfully so. But 323 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:59.679 it's it started to click with Max Munsey in the 324 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.559 month May and continue tonight, but it hasn't clicked for 325 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:07.839 Michael Confordo yet. He grounded into his eighth double play 326 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:10.799 of the season in this game as well. Let's go 327 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:13.880 out to Ken in Newport Beach. You're on Dodger Talk 328 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:15.160 Live from Dodger Stadium. 329 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:22.000 Hi Ken, Hello, David fun Weekend not fun today. I'm 330 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.880 not going to talk about Scott because she never know 331 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:28.640 on pitchers what happens to them. The Dodgers have an. 332 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:33.440 Opportunity to win this game in the ninth inning. Dalton 333 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:36.680 Rushing has been up twenty six times and struck out 334 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:41.319 fourteen against the Mets. This year, He's been up seven times, 335 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:46.039 of course, no hits and struck out five times. And 336 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:50.880 have Smith sitting on the bench hitting over three hundred 337 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:56.279 and daves. Let's Dalton go up to hit and of 338 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:59.920 course he strikes out again. And I'm just yelling at 339 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:04.599 the TV and my wife shlan of me. Why wouldn't 340 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:08.200 you pinch hit to win Smith? Then we never would 341 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.599 have had a. 342 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:14.519 Reason because the reason is and the reason why the 343 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:18.079 Dodgers chose to cut ties with Austin Barnes and call 344 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:21.119 up Dalton Rushing. Part of it was to get Will 345 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:24.480 Smith more rest because, as you know, Ken, the last 346 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:28.079 two years have not been pretty offensively for will Smith. 347 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:32.000 And when you're having Dalton Rushing catch that day, he's 348 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:34.759 catching that day, You're not gonna have Will Smith to 349 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.440 come in and with the possibility of him having to 350 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.000 put the gear back on. That's completely defeating the purpose. 351 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:43.279 And I will say this, and I think we all 352 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.440 should keep this in mind. The Dodgers have perfected the 353 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:51.599 regular season for many reasons, but first and foremost is 354 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:56.279 not over emphasizing a game on June second at the 355 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:01.160 cost or expense of putting a player in position to 356 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:03.839 not be ready to go for the second half of 357 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:06.319 the year when it counts the most. So I know 358 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:09.759 we're all disappointed about this game, and sure you know, 359 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.720 in a vacuum that would have been the right move, 360 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.200 but that's not what we're dealing with here. The whole 361 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.559 purpose of Dalton Rushing being here is to give Will 362 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.759 Smith a blow more than once a week. And when 363 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:26.720 you reference Dalton Rushing against Mets pitching, Mets pitching is 364 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:31.519 the best in Baseball Ken best starter era, best staff era. 365 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:35.799 They're one of the best bullpen eras. You can't just 366 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:39.640 say that compared to maybe the Marlins. Now, if you 367 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:42.599 threw that number out, maybe it would carry more weight, 368 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:45.400 But the Mets have shut down a lot better hitters 369 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.400 than Dalton Rushing. 370 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:50.680 Yeah, yeah, good point. I never thought about Smith's having 371 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:55.359 put the everything back on again, And well, I'll buy that. 372 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.599 I was angry at the time, didn't think of it, 373 00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:59.359 and I appreciate your helping me. 374 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:02.680 Out, all right, Ken, thanks a lot for Colin. Appreciate it. 375 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:06.480 Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 376 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:10.400 Speaking of the Mets pitching, they've done a number on 377 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:14.119 show hey Otani this year, coming into that at bat 378 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:17.839 where he hit it lights out over the Mets bullpen 379 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:21.200 in the seventh inning. He was just two for sixteen 380 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:25.680 against Mets pitching with seven strikeouts before that home run, 381 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:28.640 and then he eventually tied the game with a sacrifice fly. 382 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:32.200 So again, I know, we get so caught up in 383 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:35.680 what the Dodgers did or didn't do, but you gotta 384 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:39.200 give the opponent, especially a team like the Mets, who 385 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:42.039 were in the NLCS last year and got better during 386 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:45.799 the offseason, some credit here. I mean, their pitching is 387 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:48.799 a lot better, or their starting pitching is a lot 388 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:51.359 better than the Dodgers, and right now the back end 389 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:55.079 of their bullpen is better than the Dodgers. So, you know, 390 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:58.200 give the Mets some credit here. They're a really good 391 00:20:58.200 --> 00:21:02.640 team and they're actually they're actually two losses better than 392 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:05.920 the Dodgers thirty eight and twenty two. The Dodgers record 393 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:08.960 is thirty six and twenty four, So come on. The 394 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:11.599 Dodgers were not playing the Sisters of Mercy tonight. They 395 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:14.400 were playing one of the best teams in the best league. 396 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:17.480 And I think we can all see tonight there is 397 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:20.279 a great gap between the best teams in the National 398 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:23.200 League compared to the best team in the American League. 399 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:27.039 The Mets are a much much better team than what 400 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:30.039 we saw over the weekend with the Yankees. Eight six 401 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:33.119