WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:03.680 Dodger Talk is sponsored by La Care Health Plan, providing 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:07.360 affordable healthcare insurance to millions of Angelinos for over twenty 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.000 five years, and now your voice for Dodger Talk. 4 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:14.240 Like back, Tim Kaits. 5 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:21.000 Dodgers lose again. They fall to the Brewers six to four, 6 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:23.480 a game in which the Dodgers battled back from a 7 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:26.399 three to nothing deficit, took the lead, only to have 8 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.440 the bullpen give it up with a three run eighth 9 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.960 inning by the Milwaukee offense against Daniel Hudson, and the 10 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:36.119 Dodgers fall to the Brewers six to four. Hi, Welcome 11 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.799 to Dodger Talk here on this Thursday afternoon. Tim Kate's 12 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:40.600 with you here for the next thirty minutes until we 13 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:42.960 hand things over to the Petrols. Some money show. Eight 14 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.759 six six ninet eighty seven two five seventy eight six 15 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.560 six nine eighty seven two five seventy. The Dodgers at 16 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.799 one point had a five game winning streak. They won 17 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:54.119 the first two games of this series in Milwaukee. A 18 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.159 first place Milwaukee Brewers team, by the way, and a 19 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.359 really good team that's very good late in games, and 20 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.200 that is more obvious than the last two days where 21 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.519 they've come back and beat the Dodgers. Today. They do 22 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:08.200 it with three runs in the eighth inning against Daniel 23 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:12.079 Hudson as the Dodgers fall apart late and lose today 24 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:14.599 six to four. They split the four game series with 25 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:18.079 the Brewers, but when they split games, they're losing in 26 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:21.319 the standings. As the lead is getting smaller and smaller, 27 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.560 as the Dodgers now have a two game lead over 28 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.560 both the Diamondbacks and the Padres in the NL West, 29 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.200 the Dodgers said at seventy one and fifty one, the 30 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:35.560 Diamondbacks and Padres are both sixty nine and fifty three, 31 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:38.319 two games back in the loss column, two games back 32 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:41.000 in the win column. As the Dodgers played today, the 33 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:44.239 Diamondbacks and Padres are both idle. So the Dodgers just 34 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:46.920 lose a half game. So a two game lead now 35 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:50.840 in the division and down the stretch they come. And 36 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:53.519 if you're a Dodger fan, buckle up because it is 37 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.319 going to be an interesting run for the Dodgers the 38 00:01:56.319 --> 00:02:00.359 rest of August September and going into postseason play, as 39 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.840 the Dodgers right now find themselves with some question marks, 40 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:07.040 and I think the biggest question mark the Dodgers have 41 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:10.719 is the bullpen, and I bring it up for this reason. 42 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:14.879 Daniel Hudson's got a lot of innings underneath him right now. 43 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:20.000 And today Daniel Hudson gave up three runs. And it's 44 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:23.960 not reacting in the moment, oh no, But look at 45 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:28.240 his numbers. Fifty one innings now or fifty innings pitched 46 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:32.080 for Daniel Hudson. Last year he had twenty seven to 47 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:36.759 third combined with the year before. Because he's been hurt 48 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:41.280 for the last year and a half leg issues. In 49 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:48.159 twenty twenty one, Daniel Hudson pitched to combine fifty two innings. 50 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:50.719 He's gotten to that point now where he matched twenty 51 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:55.840 twenty one already here on June or August fifteenth. The 52 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:59.199 Dodgers need to find more arms down there in the bullpen. 53 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:04.319 And you look at what's coming. Maybe Bruce Dargradole, Ryan 54 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:06.800 Brazier certainly is going to be added to this bullpen 55 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:10.680 this weekend in the Saint Louis series. Blake Trining again. 56 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:13.240 A lot of miles on that arm and that body. 57 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.479 It's been taxed this year. He's on the injured list 58 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.319 right now. But the Dodgers look at this bullpen and 59 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.800 They've had a lot of arms being used and a 60 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:25.680 lot of miles put on these arms this season. And 61 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:29.280 the reason is starting pitching has just not gotten deep. 62 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.719 Starting pitching has failed to go deep into games on 63 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:36.319 a consistent basis. When you've got starters going three innings, 64 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.599 four innings, pitching into the fifth and asking your bullpen 65 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:45.199 to get twelve outs, to get fifteen outs, to get 66 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:47.479 seventeen outs in a game, and do it on a 67 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:51.400 daily basis, You're asking these guys to pitch a lot 68 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:55.319 out of the bullpen. Accountability for the starting pitching, yes, 69 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:59.199 and it's taxed the bullpen, And that to me is 70 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:03.000 a problem because it's August fifteenth, and I see a 71 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.520 lot of veterans down that bullpen that have got a 72 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:09.919 lot of innings underneath their belt, and I look at 73 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:12.439 what's coming to help this Dodgers team. Is it going 74 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:16.879 to be enough? I think the biggest answer to this problem, 75 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.279 and I think it really is the Dodgers' biggest problem 76 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:24.040 right now their bullpen and having enough guys with arms 77 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:26.560 left to get him down the stretch and into the postseason. 78 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:29.120 The Dodgers are gonna need to get more out of 79 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:34.240 these starting pitchers. They're gonna have to get more effort 80 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:38.959 in innings out of every single starter moving forward. Jack 81 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:42.279 Flaherty today, ninety three pitches through five innings. You could 82 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:44.360 have maybe thrown them back out there in the sixth 83 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:49.000 to face the heart of the lineup. Mitchell Contreras adamis 84 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:54.199 for Milwaukee. Maybe he gets them out, Maybe he can 85 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.399 get three more outs for the bullpen and make it 86 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:01.600 a little easier for them. But they need more starting 87 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:05.000 pitchers to get at least five, I mean minimum five 88 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:09.439 now moving forward, because this bullpen to me looks tired. 89 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.120 This bull bullpen to me, I mean look at Evan 90 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:15.399 Phillips as an example. Evan Phillips, the slider doesn't have 91 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:18.439 the bite anymore, as daunting as he was out there 92 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:20.519 on the mountain late in a game, and how tough 93 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:24.000 he was for hitters with that sweeper. He just does 94 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:26.000 not look like the same Evan Phillips. These guys are 95 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:29.720 getting older, and more innings put on these arms because 96 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:31.959 of the lack of ability of starting pitchers to go 97 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:36.879 deep has run this Dodger bullpen into the ground. It 98 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:40.399 just has. And the Dodgers are a first place team, 99 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.759 They're a team clinging on the division right now. Seventy 100 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:47.639 one wins is fantastic, But I look at this team 101 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:50.240 if they were if they were a car, they'd be 102 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:53.439 almost running out of gas with their bullpen. Are they 103 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:56.279 going to have enough to get through the stretch run 104 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:01.360 and two October? The starting pitching is gonna have to 105 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:05.480 be better. And with River Ryan going down, the Dodgers 106 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:09.120 now need to find another starter tomorrow. Is it Justin 107 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:11.680 Robleski who's gonna go out and pitch for the Dodge? 108 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:16.240 It can't be a bullpen game. There's no way they 109 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:20.079 can go a bullpen game tomorrow, not after the bullpen 110 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:23.439 had to pitch the last two games. Land and Next 111 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:25.720 saved their rear end by pitching four innings the other 112 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:28.439 day in Milwaukee and not having to go to anybody 113 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:30.839 out of the bullpen. But now back to back games, 114 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:32.920 you're asking the relievers to get a lot of outs. 115 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:35.319 Four and a third innings yesterday they had to pitch 116 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:37.759 combined today the Dodgers' bullpen had to come in and 117 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.920 pitch the final four innings. Eventually, you can look down 118 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:44.079 to the bullpen and say, man, we just don't have 119 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:48.879 the arms they've had to piece it together with different 120 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.959 players that they've picked up. Honeywell, they picked off of 121 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:55.720 waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates to pitch against the Tigers 122 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:59.360 right before the All Star break. Brent Honeywell wasn't on 123 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:02.279 anybody radar, and all of a sudden he's come in 124 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.240 and been a much needed arm out of that bullpen 125 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:09.839 to help out the relievers on the back end. But 126 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:12.600 today you saw I tire Daniel Hudson, to my opinion, 127 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.560 Daniel Hudson that just didn't have the bite, didn't have 128 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:19.160 the control. And they're gonna need to get better starting 129 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:23.399 pitching moving forward. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two 130 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.519 five seventy. No Mookie Bets in the starting lineup today. 131 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:30.399 It looks different, It certainly does. And and Mookie, you know, 132 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:32.920 knowing that is gonna have to play every day moving forward. 133 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.920 I know he missed what forty some odd games, and 134 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:38.079 Dave Roberts wanted to get him off his feet today 135 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:41.079 and not play four days in a row and get 136 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:44.240 him ready for the next the next series in Saint Louis. 137 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:46.920 I don't know his body, I don't know what the 138 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.199 situation is, but you're in a dogfight and I need 139 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.519 my best guys out there, not second guessing him. But 140 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:56.279 you know, maybe Mookie gets out there and plays today, 141 00:07:56.920 --> 00:08:02.279 and I know he's he's still coming back, but Mookie 142 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:05.839 is a freak athlete. Mookie bets can do anything. And 143 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:08.879 to me, Mookie Betts's got to be in the lineup 144 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:11.040 every day, and I think moving forward, he will be 145 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:12.959 in the lineup every day. Today a day off to 146 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:16.199 start the game, and the Dodgers lineup just looked different. 147 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:19.800 It did show. Hey, o Tani one for five today, 148 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.720 put the ball in play, only one strikeout. But don't 149 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:25.079 look now, he's now hitting closer to two ninety than 150 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:29.040 he is three hundred. That slug starting to come down. 151 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:33.159 The Dodgers today put the ball in play, but hit 152 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.600 it right at guys. They had ten hits out hitting 153 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:38.000 Milwaukee again for the second straight game, but for the 154 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.200 second straight game, can't hang on to a lead. Yesterday 155 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.240 it was the defense getting away. Today it was Daniel 156 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:48.399 Hudson in the bullpen letting them down. The Dodgers going 157 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.120 forward are going to have to get better outings from 158 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:57.039 their starters, deeper outings from their starters, because the bullpen, 159 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:02.559 to me, looks taxed five seven. It's goad to the phones. 160 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:06.000 Let's start things off with Garrett and Portway Niemi check 161 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:08.600 it in here on Dodger Talk on this Thursday afternoon. 162 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:10.639 After a rough one, Dodgers lose six to four to 163 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:14.279 the Brewers. What's up, Garrett, mister Tim, how are you? 164 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:16.360 I'm gonna assume could be better? 165 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.279 Yes, you're correct, Yeah, all. 166 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:23.039 Right, okay, so I'll get right to it. The eighth inning, 167 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:25.240 I think you know, I'm usually the one on the 168 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.559 other end of the Dave Roberts is the breezing Vollbar 169 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:30.039 problems saying guys that players got to play the game. 170 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:34.159 But just to your opinion, case that eighth inning, you know, 171 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.320 he couldn't find the strike zone, so he walks the 172 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:38.879 first two guys. That's no big deal, But there was 173 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.720 nobody up in the bullpen n till he'd already given up 174 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:44.519 a run. And to your point you just made, we 175 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:46.799 need to give these relievers a break. And we're typically 176 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.320 the ones that don't let the starters work through your problems, 177 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:52.080 but we let the relievers give the game away. And 178 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:54.200 I don't want to be hysterical, but I think you 179 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:56.320 got the statup yesterday. I listen to the last Yesterday 180 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:59.679 show too, three and forty going into the eighth inning 181 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:02.279 with with losing or being in the eighth inning. 182 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.039 That was three and forty two. Now one day he 183 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:05.600 had that number. 184 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.879 Yeah, that's why I'm calling, right, I have vacillated, not 185 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:10.759 even calling. I'm like, this is one game, but it's 186 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:13.080 not one game anymore. We we have given away so 187 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:15.799 many games in the eighth and ninth inning, and I 188 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:18.120 think it was fascinating and fought back on some callers 189 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.159 a few weeks back when someone says we don't have 190 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.799 a closer, I think we'd start very evident. We have him, 191 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.440 we just do not use him as one Michael Kobek, 192 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:29.840 we traded for him. What are we doing? We need 193 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.759 some stability in that eighth and ninth inning. We just 194 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.639 don't have it. And as much as I love Daniel 195 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:36.720 Hudson man He's had a career, he just doesn't have 196 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:39.720 He doesn't have that outpitch every game. And it's we 197 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:41.720 should have had someone backing him up when we saw 198 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:43.840 he didn't have it in the first three in the 199 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.399 first three batters, is my point. I don't think I 200 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:47.840 really had a point calling, and I think I just 201 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:50.080 meant to say, like, you brought up a good point 202 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.039 yesterday and today it read it's over ahead again. 203 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.840 Yeah, I appreciate it, Garrett, thanks for that. Uh, Dodgers 204 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.559 three and forty two when trailing after the eighth inning, 205 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:00.440 it's not that they're blowing games and the three forty 206 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:02.919 two because of that, when trailing after the eighth inning, 207 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.320 they are in the eighth inning on they are three 208 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:08.200 and forty two. That's the number Rick Monday hat. So 209 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.759 it's games late. They're just not able to come back 210 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:13.919 and win it. It's not blowing leads per se. 211 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:14.519 Uh. 212 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.159 Yeah, the last two days haven't been good and they've 213 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:19.240 letting leads get away from them. Today they give up 214 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:21.759 three runs in the eighth inning. You talk about a 215 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:26.440 great point you brought up. They don't let starters work 216 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:29.759 through issues. And that's a baseball issue. That's not the 217 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:33.360 Dodger issue. That's a baseball issue. They're so quick in 218 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:36.240 baseball now to get to the bullpen the first sign 219 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:40.720 of trouble adversity. It's rare to see a starter be 220 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:44.960 allowed to pitch through it, work himself out of a jam, 221 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.759 try to you know, really find a gut check and 222 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:51.039 see if he can get out of a jam with 223 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.720 runners on or deepen account and pitch himself out of it. 224 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:00.240 Teams are so quick to go to the bullpens. And 225 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:04.320 with that being said, you're right today Alex Vessia pretty 226 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:07.399 much had a long leash there in the seventh inning. 227 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:11.399 I know they started getting Daniel Hudson up, but back 228 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:15.559 to back walks, an infield fly to Frelick and then 229 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:17.559 they leave him into face or a tease, and he's 230 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:20.639 still struggling to throw pitches and find the zone. And 231 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:22.240 it was a three to two pitch that he got 232 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:24.879 to pop out, and then terrain comes up and he 233 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.159 falls behind three to one. I mean, Vessia had a 234 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:32.360 pretty long leash there, falling behind in the count. Batter 235 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:36.279 after batter after batter, after walking the first two that 236 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:40.360 he faced. If that were a starter the first two walks, 237 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:43.639 managers would have came out and pulled the guy. But 238 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:46.120 for some reason, Alex VESSI had a long leash today. 239 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:49.559 Daniel Hudson did too. I all here from Dave Roberts 240 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:50.919 coming up in a little bit. I don't know if 241 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:53.639 he'll address it or not, but the Dodgers. Maybe he 242 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:56.240 just didn't have the options today. Maybe guys were down 243 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.919 and they couldn't go to him late in the game. 244 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:02.919 Now you bring up cope Michael Kopek, I think is 245 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:06.320 your high leverage reliever right now with the freshest arm, 246 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:08.480 And I think today was a good spot for him 247 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:10.240 in the sixth inning. And I questioned it at first, 248 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:14.480 but Colling you and his baseball wisdom pointed out Dodgers 249 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:16.799 with the four to three lead, it was the heart 250 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.159 of the lineup coming up for the Brewers there in 251 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:21.919 the sixth inning when Kopek took over after five innings 252 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:26.960 of Jack Flaherty, Garrett Mitchell, Wilson Contreres, and Willia Damas, 253 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:30.120 You've got the heart of the lineup right there for Milwaukee. 254 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.039 And you bring in Copeck. You have a one run lead. 255 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:36.080 You need somebody in to put a zero up. You 256 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:39.240 need a stopper right there for the heart of the 257 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:43.320 lineup for Milwaukee. And he did exactly that line out, strikeout, 258 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:47.000 fly ball boom. Copeck gets the heart of the Brewers 259 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:49.840 lineup out and then you leave it up to the 260 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:52.919 rest of the bullpen to face Sanchez, Hoskins, Frelick and 261 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:55.039 the guys at the bottom of the lineup for Milwaukee. 262 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.639 Turns out Bessia struggled held on to the lead, but 263 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.360 Daniel Hudson just couldn't get it done in the eighth inning. 264 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:03.600 And again, the problem to me is, you've got a 265 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:09.360 gassed bullpen and I don't I don't see it getting 266 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:13.080 one hundred percent anytime soon. It's not like they have 267 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:15.919 got days off coming. It's not like the All Star 268 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:18.960 Break is coming. It's not like they've got a bunch 269 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:20.759 of starters in a row that you can say, Okay, 270 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:23.200 you know they're gonna give them six or seven and 271 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:26.200 the bullpen's gonna get a little chance to catch his breath. 272 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:31.639 The way it is now, the Dodgers have got TBD tomorrow, 273 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.320 Tyler Glasnell on Saturday, and you can probably pencil in 274 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:36.879 at least six right for Tyler Glasna on Saturday, and 275 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:39.279 then Clayton Kershaw on Sunday. Hey, roll the dice. We 276 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:42.120 don't know what Clayton Kershaw we're gonna get moving forward. 277 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:44.200 It's game to game? Is it the good one? Is 278 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:47.480 it the Clayton Kershaw posts shoulder surgery? We just don't 279 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.879 know because we don't have enough sample size yet. After 280 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:52.720 a few starts since he's made his return eight six 281 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:56.279 six nine eighty seven two five seventy. JB Louisiana is 282 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:58.919 next up here on Dodge Talk. Welcome, JB. Thanks for 283 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:15.240 checking in. We got to JB. Go ahead, JB, go ahead. 284 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:20.799 You're on the air, all right, Jabi, I'm gonna put 285 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:22.799 you back on a hold. We appreciate you checking in 286 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:26.200 from the Bayou. Let's go to Nick and San Diego 287 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:28.679 is next up here on Dodger Talk. After the Dodgers 288 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:30.039 blow a lead in Milwaukee. 289 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.519 How you doing? 290 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:34.679 Nick? Not too good. I'm not happy about the last 291 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:39.440 two games. You know, I'm starting to call calling Roberts 292 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:44.440 insteads the manager. I'm calling the mismanager. You know, I 293 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.279 you know, I understand all the players love him. You 294 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:51.639 know he's good with the media, and but I don't know. 295 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:55.960 He's not a strategist, that's for sure. He leads to 296 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:01.399 too long or not long enough. Either way, it is 297 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:05.279 never the right way. You say you're talking about Copech 298 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.279 coming in, find a harder lineup. No, Kopex should be 299 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:09.320 a closure period. 300 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:11.480 Yeah, but you got to hang on to that lead 301 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:13.360 at that point, I appreciate the phone call. Nick. You 302 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:15.919 got to hang on to that lead. In the sixth inning, 303 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.559 it's four to three and you got the heart of 304 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.679 the lineup coming in in a Milwaukee Brewers team that's 305 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.279 top two in baseball and comeback wins. You need to 306 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.799 put a zero up against the heart of the lineup 307 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:30.480 in there in the sixth and if Dave Roberts is 308 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.279 looking down the bullpen into what he got, Michael Copec's 309 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:37.159 your best option if he goes to Vessia or he 310 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:42.200 goes to somebody else besides Michael Kopek. Everybody's calling right 311 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:44.960 now and said, why don't you go to Copek when 312 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.200 you got the heart of the Brewers lineup coming up? 313 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:50.639 He did that. Kopek put up a zero. Then it's 314 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:53.320 on Alex Vessi to come in and put up a zero. 315 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:56.320 In the seventh inning, he walked the tightrope and did 316 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:00.200 not before walking the first two batters. And then it's 317 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.399 given to Daniel Hudson who again starting to rack up 318 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:06.680 those innings and put a lot of miles on that 319 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:09.519 body that hasn't been out there for the lot pull 320 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.880 out the greater part of the last two years because 321 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:15.480 of injuries. Now I don't know who was shut down. 322 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:17.440 We'll hear from Dave Roberts after our break here, but 323 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:20.400 you know, the options may not been in there for 324 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:24.279 Dave Roberts to go to eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, 325 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:28.160 two five seventy. Alex Vesia throws twenty seven pitches today 326 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:31.880 Daniel Hudson blows the game and throws twenty pitches. Are 327 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.480 Vessie and Hudson now down for Saint Louis series? They're 328 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:40.240 not pitching tomorrow. Can they come back and pitch on Saturday? 329 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:43.640 Or are they done until Sunday? So now you've got 330 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:45.559 two less arms you can go to at least for 331 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:49.519 the series open tomorrow in Saint Louis. We'll take a break, 332 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:51.200 we'll come back, we'll get to your phone calls. We'll 333 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:53.759 hear from the manager. Dave Roberts. I'm just as frustrated 334 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.200 with you, But I look at the Dodger bullpen and 335 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:00.400 I'm starting to get a little worried. Aging arms and 336 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:03.720 a lot of innings. A lot has been asked for 337 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.839 this Dodger's bullfit because the starter's inabilities to go deep 338 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:11.400 into games, and it's not just a Dodger problem. It's 339 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:14.680 a baseball program a problem. And I got a story 340 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:18.799 for you as well. Major League Baseball maybe coming up 341 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.559 with a plan to fix this problem because starters just 342 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:28.000 don't go deep anymore. Eight six, nine, seven two five 343 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:32.400 seventy Dodgers losing Milwaukee six for the final. They're leading. 344 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:35.680 The division has shrunken down to two games. They're just 345 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:38.240 two games up now on the Padres and the Diamondbacks. 346 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:40.240 We'll get to your phone calls player from Dave Roberts 347 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:42.680 next right here on NI seventy LA Sports Live everywhere 348 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.960 on the iHeartRadio. 349 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:53.720 M AM five seventy LA S four be anywhere at 350 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:56.920 any time, and you can hear past episodes of Dodger 351 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:58.240 Talk all of those things. 352 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:01.000 Search AM five to seventy on the iHeart Radio. 353 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:04.359 We're streaming online. We stream every game too. 354 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.359 Come find this. 355 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:09.319 Back to Dodger Talk on AM five seventy LA Sports. 356 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.359 Dodgers losing Milwaukee six to four. They were down three 357 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:17.079 to nothing, tied, it took the lead, Daniel Hudson gave 358 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.640 it away in the eighth India with three runs as 359 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:22.039 the Brewers win. It's six to four. Coming up. We'll 360 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:23.799 hear from Dave Roberts, so also gonna tell you what 361 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:27.200 Major League Baseball is gonna maybe implement in a few 362 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:30.039 years as far as starting pitching requirements. Let's go back 363 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.279 out to the phones. Rudy and Baldon Park is next 364 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:34.960 up on Dodger Talk. How you doing ruddy right? 365 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.200 Guys? 366 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.400 Do it? 367 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:39.480 Thanks for taking a call. Sure I hear some Congress 368 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:42.599 calling and talking about the starting pitcher bitching. I know 369 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:45.000 we don't have a lot of good I mean they 370 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.599 don't go along like before, but the boopin the booping 371 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.119 being weak for a while already. These are not the 372 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:53.200 first or second time they do it. They do it 373 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:57.319 in Detroit, they did it yesterday, They've done it other times. 374 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:00.720 I mean, is it a bitching coach or do you 375 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:02.920 think they warn or you think their bullpen is getting 376 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:05.640 too old? Because before we used to have a good bullpen. 377 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.519 What happened? 378 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:08.960 It's a lot of aging arms down there, appreciate it, 379 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:11.720 and injuries have hit this Dodgers team. You're you're counting 380 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:18.559 on trying in Brazier, Hudson, I mean, uh, Vesia, I mean, 381 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:21.200 these guys aren't spring chickens. You know, they're all over 382 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:23.400 the age of thirty. These are guys, a couple of 383 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:26.359 them past the age of thirty five and have battled 384 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:30.039 injuries the last couple of years and missed significant time, 385 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:32.359 and now you're asking to come back and do a 386 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:37.440 full workload. It's tough. You're seeing guys hit walls. Alex 387 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:40.319 Vessia did and seem to be pitching better the last 388 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:43.559 week or so. Daniel Hudson, maybe he's hit that wall. 389 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:45.640 I mentioned. He's over fifty innings now for the for 390 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:48.720 the season. He didn't have fifty innings combined the last 391 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:52.559 two years because of injuries. Jimmy and Santa Clarinas. Next up, 392 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:55.440 you're on Dodge Talk. Jimmy, how you doing good? 393 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:55.799 Are you? 394 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.160 Tim? 395 00:20:56.559 --> 00:21:00.160 Thanks again, I appreciate it. I just you know, we 396 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.119 got we gotta get a hitting back. I mean, we 397 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:04.440 need to score at least five or six runs a game. So, 398 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:06.680 I mean the pitch has been all right. I mean, 399 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:09.440 I say, check clarerty in Persian. But you know that 400 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:12.400 dude slider got it's nasty. It's nasty. 401 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:16.279