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 --> 00:00:07.320 affordable healthcare insurance to millions of Angelinos for over twenty 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:12.279 five years. And now your voice for Dodger Talking like back, 4 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:13.800 David Vasse. 5 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.600 We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers shut 6 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:21.000 out the Guardians by a. 7 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:23.359 Final score of ford and nothing. 8 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:27.719 Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase live at Dodgers Stadium 9 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:31.039 with you until five o'clock tonight. We're leading you up 10 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:34.799 to We are leading up to Fox Sports Radio Sunday Night. 11 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:38.439 Football is on another station tonight, so I was thinking 12 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:40.399 we were going to carry it, which we are not. 13 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:44.920 But we have Dodger Talk for you until five o'clock. 14 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:47.840 We will hear from Jack Flaherty, we will hear from 15 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:51.280 Alex Vesia, we'll check in with Jose Mota, and we'll 16 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:55.719 also give you a Teoscar Hernandez update. But you know, 17 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:59.479 the Dodgers, after the way people have been talking about them, 18 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.039 you would I think they were five or six games 19 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:06.120 back in the NL West and fighting for their playoff lives. 20 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:08.000 Instead with the win. 21 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:12.480 Today, they have the best record in baseball. How about that? 22 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:15.599 That doesn't seem to be what we're reading, what we're hearing, 23 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.920 all the panic in the streets, what you're reading, it 24 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.560 seems like, oh, the Dodgers are falling apart, and so 25 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.640 is their record. Well, they may not have their full 26 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.959 compliment of pictures that they would like to have right now, 27 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.599 but slowly but surely they're getting them back, and in 28 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.799 the meantime, they're winning games, and they're beating the best 29 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:41.439 I know. We don't keep tabs on the Guardians out 30 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:45.000 here in LA. I don't keep tabs on anything Cleveland, 31 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.599 by the way. I mean they could be from Mars, basically, 32 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.359 anything from Cleveland. I mean, they might be in a 33 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:55.079 different solar system as far as I'm concerned. So I 34 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:58.719 feel like you may be feeling the same way. The 35 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:02.959 only thing we really know about Cleveland is Lebron James. 36 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:07.159 Let's be honest. Nobody else in LA knows about anybody 37 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:12.039 or anything in Cleveland except for Lebron James. And the Guardians, 38 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:14.240 by the way, are one of the best in the 39 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:18.039 American League. They are in first place in the Al Central, 40 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:21.319 even though now their lead has shrunk to two and 41 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:24.840 a half games over the Royals. So the Dodgers beat 42 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:28.080 a very good team, and yesterday I said, I thought 43 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.560 it was important for the Dodgers to have a lead 44 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:34.080 going into at least the seventh inning, so they did 45 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.039 not have to see some of the two best high 46 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:41.199 leverage relievers the Guardians have to offer. So not only 47 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.960 did they have a two nothing lead, but they tacked 48 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:47.520 on two more against a low leverage reliever in the 49 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:51.479 eighth inning, Max Munsey Homer will Smith was part of 50 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:54.520 the action with a double and they go on to 51 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:57.520 beat one of the best teams in the American League, 52 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.120 the Cleveland Guardians. But by the way we get phone 53 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:04.840 calls and what you read online, you would think the 54 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:08.719 Dodgers were six or seven games back. The truth of 55 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:12.360 the matter is the Dodgers' magic number is down to 56 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:16.159 thirteen to clinch the NL West again and there's only 57 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:20.919 nineteen games to go. The Padres lost again to the Giants. 58 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.840 They're six games back. The Diamondbacks are in the middle 59 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.560 of playing the Astros right now. They have an early 60 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.879 three to nothing lead out there in Houston. But right 61 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:33.479 now the lead is seven games. If they win, it'll 62 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.639 be six and a half again. But time is running out. 63 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:40.400 The calendar is on the Dodgers side. After taking three 64 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:44.960 out of four from Arizona, they basically took control of 65 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:48.560 this division. It got down to four games a couple 66 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:52.639 of days ago, but the Dodgers took control of this 67 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:56.879 division taking three out of four in Arizona, and now 68 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:01.039 take even more of a tighter grip on this division 69 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.360 by taking two out of three from the Guardians. 70 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.199 Shutting them out four to nothing. 71 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:10.840 Behind Jack Flaherty's best performance not only as a Dodger, 72 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.560 but of the entire season for Jack Flerity in his 73 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:19.720 renaissance season for Jack Flarity. Jack Flerity now is twelve 74 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:23.920 and six on the year with an ERA of two 75 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:28.120 eighty six overall with the Dodgers five and one a 76 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:32.240 two sixty one ERA in seven starts. His whip is 77 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:37.399 one sixteen uh. He has forty seven strikeouts, only ten 78 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:41.800 walks today, six strikeouts, no walks, four hits. It was 79 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:45.040 his finest moment and I'm sure he loved doing it 80 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:49.560 here at Dodger Stadium. The last time Jack Flaherty pitched 81 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:51.959 into the eighth inning of a game was when he 82 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:56.279 was with the Cardinals in twenty nineteen. That's how good 83 00:04:56.360 --> 00:05:00.839 he was today against a very good slugging hitting team 84 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:05.120 in the Guardians seven and a third scoreless innings for 85 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:09.240 Jack Flaherty. Let's head downstairs right now and here from 86 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:12.079 the winning pitcher, Jack Flaherty on sports net LA. 87 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.800 It was fun. You know, those are when you get 88 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:18.279 different elements like that, whether it's super cold or really hot, 89 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.800 you know, it's just another challenge that's, you know, fun. 90 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:24.480 Then it just leads to a lot of preparation before 91 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:26.879 you know, I go to make sure you know, everything's moving, 92 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.319 you're hydrated, But I'm pretty sure everybody else was hotter than. 93 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:29.920 I was out there. 94 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:32.199 You were excellent today, and just what was the focus 95 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:34.920 for you? Navigating through their lineup and being able to 96 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.199 get deep into the game and just be efficient with 97 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:37.920 your stuff today. 98 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:40.480 You know, they came out swinging the bat early, so 99 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:42.600 at that point we just you just got to go 100 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:45.720 go out and execute and let everything else come to you. 101 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:47.160 You know, we had some strike casts as a game 102 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:49.439 went along, but you know, first and foremost, run about 103 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:53.600 and execute some pitches, and they're swinging the bats early, 104 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:55.680 and defense made some great plays. You know, I didn't 105 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.040 know months could jump like that. That was that was 106 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:00.759 impressive and a huge play too, because ball gets through 107 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:03.959 the inning looks a little bit different. Man said he 108 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:06.519 get two outs on that play and uh able to 109 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:09.079 get laying out right after that, so, uh, you know 110 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:12.040 it's a huge play. Yeah, guys did a good job 111 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:12.480 all weekend. 112 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:14.720 What was the conversation up to the seventh penny? 113 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:17.480 Uh, it was just you know, how you're feeling, and 114 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:19.680 I was like, you know, I I'm always honest. It 115 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:21.439 was like I knew it was getting towards the end there, 116 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:23.439 just with where my body was at and how I 117 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:25.560 kind of diden feeling all week, you know, a little 118 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:28.360 like little uder the weather kind of throughout the week. 119 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.839 So you know, I went out, gotten out, kill a hit, 120 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:35.199 and kime and got me. So it was uh yeah, 121 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:38.160 it was pretty straightforward. 122 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:39.279 Tale and get deeper into games. Just what did it 123 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:40.160 mean to get into the. 124 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:44.800 Eighth and uh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, just just huge, 125 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.279 especially you know you get the bullpen day yesterday, which 126 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.279 which they did a great job brace starting the game 127 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:52.199 and then you know, guys were putting up putting up 128 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:54.800 runs and uh, just the way the offense came out 129 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:56.160 and swung it in the way that guys came out 130 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:59.000 and threw it, so you don't get deep after after 131 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:03.279 a bullpen game, you know, was huge, and yeah, it's 132 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:06.160 just it's a nice feeling when you. 133 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:09.399 Think about just kind of pitch usage. Fastball is really good, 134 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:10.879 but also you kind of went to it more. Was 135 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:12.480 that a part of the game plan going into it 136 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:14.000 or was that field during the game. 137 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:16.399 I think it's all feel, you know. I feel like 138 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.319 he had asked that a lot. And it's just a 139 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.519 game to game thing. Like we threw more sliders today, 140 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:23.759 not as many curve balls, and it's been kind of 141 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.279 the opposite in the last couple months because I haven't 142 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:28.000 felt I haven't had a good slider, so I had 143 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.000 a better one today. Worked on it all week and 144 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:31.839 I was able to make you know, execute. So that 145 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:34.360 was nice for me to see having worked on it 146 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:37.399 all week and really try to make some adjustments. But 147 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:38.560 it's just a game to game thing. 148 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:38.720 Well. 149 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:40.399 It does a really good job of mixing things up. 150 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:41.160 You know. 151 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:44.040 I shook once and I shook a couple of times. 152 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:45.680 One of them I get a hit and I, you know, 153 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.319 give him a little okay out ones on me. So 154 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:50.279 but he does really good job and they do a 155 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.199 really good job of game planing and just find ways 156 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:52.759 to mix it up. 157 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:56.680 Jack Flaherty did a real nice job today, efficient and 158 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.480 effective seven and a third scoreless sinning. And when he 159 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:04.639 talks about the slider today, he got five swings and 160 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:07.879 misses on his slider. That was the second most swings 161 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:10.720 and misses by any pitch he threw today. The one 162 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:13.240 he got the most on was his curveball. So all 163 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.319 of it was playing together, the fastball, the slider, and 164 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:20.519 the curveball. And if you're asking me right now, to me, 165 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:24.560 Jack flaherty has separated himself as the number one starter 166 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:27.920 in this rotation. As I have mentioned before, I'm a 167 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:31.000 firm believer Glass Now and Yama Moto are going to 168 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.559 be coming back, but they're only going to get one 169 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:36.360 or two starts. Don't expect five or six innings from 170 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:40.360 Yamamoto on Tuesday. He's only pitched two innings and two 171 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:44.120 separate rehab starts because of pitch count, so don't expect 172 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:46.919 him to go more than four or five innings on Tuesday. 173 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.559 Whether or not he's built up for Game one of 174 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:53.120 the postseason. I still don't see the Dodgers going that route. 175 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:56.399 I want Jack Flaherty on the mound. That guy has 176 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.919 the edge and attitude you need to set the tone 177 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:03.879 for a playoff series. Oh, by the way, Michael Kopek 178 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.159 remember him. Yeah, he's pretty good too, and he was 179 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.159 in the game today after Flairty came out with one 180 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:12.600 out in the eighth inning and he was able to 181 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:16.519 retire the rest of the Guardians by He was able 182 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.240 to retire the side in order the two batters he faced, 183 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:20.879 and he also had a strikeout. 184 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:22.120 With the Dodgers. 185 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:25.759 Michael Kopek in seventeen games is three and zero with 186 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:30.519 an ERA of zero fifty three zero fifty three for 187 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:34.320 Michael Kopek. So the two pitchers the Dodgers acquired at 188 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:38.720 the trade deadline have been huge impact guys because of 189 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:43.519 injury and also just performance, flat out performance. Eight six 190 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.679 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 191 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.960 Let's go out to Hollywood. Eric, you're on Dodger Talk. 192 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:52.519 How you doing? Go ahead, do your Dodger nation? 193 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:55.120 Damn it? 194 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.200 Love taking care of the Guardians. Man, forget about these guys, 195 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:02.759 but listen continue, Eric, listen to you now. You were 196 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:05.559 so down in the dumps the last couple of times 197 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:08.600 you called me. But what did I tell you, Eric, 198 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:12.440 You'd be calling back, hooping and hollering, Dodger nation and 199 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:15.879 all that stuff, And here you are crawling back to. 200 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:20.399 Me, David. Come on, nobody likes me. 201 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.440 I keep the receipts, Eric, I keep the receipts. 202 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.399 Nobody likes somebody that's right all the time. That's not cool, Man, 203 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:28.600 I was wrong. 204 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:29.399 I've been wrong. 205 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:33.440 No, Well, you always I mean, as far as I'm concerned, 206 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:35.559 you're always killing me. Man, You're always right. 207 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:37.759 You're always telling me be cool. 208 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:38.519 You know what I mean. 209 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:41.519 But I love it. I love this game. 210 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:45.240 I love this win. I'm still a little bit concerned 211 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:46.480 about the pitching. 212 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:47.320 I am. 213 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:49.600 I know we have a couple of horses coming back, 214 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:54.080 but I'm a little bit concerned. And Yo, David, what's 215 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:55.279 up with Kevin stone Man? 216 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.159 That was like a shot. 217 00:10:57.320 --> 00:10:58.679 That was like a shot in the dark. 218 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.159 Man, what's up with that? Yeah? 219 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:06.080 That was shocking to all of us, Eric, I mean, unfortunately, 220 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:09.240 another one of a long line of pitchers this season 221 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:12.480 that have gotten hurt for the Dodgers. He's thrown more 222 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:15.919 innings than any starter on the Dodgers staff. He has 223 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:19.519 made twenty five starts, the most of any other Dodger, 224 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:25.000 so he's had a big workload and unfortunately for him, 225 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:28.639 the shoulder just couldn't take it anymore. But I will 226 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:32.480 say this, Eric, the Dodgers are not ruling him out 227 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:35.679 to return this season, which is a good thing. They 228 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:39.240 don't know really right now, and nobody really knows for 229 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.240 the next ten days or so until he starts to 230 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:45.399 pick up a baseball again and sees how his shoulder 231 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.840 feels when he throws it. But I would say Gavin 232 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:53.600 Stone coming back in time for Round one probably not likely. 233 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.679 If he does come back, it would be in a 234 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.720 limited fashion. 235 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:02.360 Well, I love the Dodger W Dodger Tax, Shane Caambo, 236 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:04.679 George Hornhey Bray. 237 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:05.279 We all love you. 238 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:08.759 Keep doing your thing man, go blue all. 239 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:10.600 Right, Eric, thanks a lot for the phone call. 240 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:14.200 Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone 241 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:18.200 number the Dodgers shut out the Guardians today, Ford to nothing. 242 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:20.840 We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk. 243 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:23.480 When we come back, we'll hear from Alex Vesia and 244 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:26.000 we'll check in with Jose Mota. Plus we have a 245 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:30.399 ti Oscar Hernandez update for you as well, Dodgers have 246 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:34.000 the best record in baseball after their ford to nothing 247 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:38.639 victory over the Guardians. On the Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. 248 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.559 On air at AM five to seventy, online at AM 249 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:49.960 five seventy, LA sports dot com, and available by podcast 250 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:54.600 on the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David Bassan. 251 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:59.720 Sure, hey, swings and hammers one way down the right 252 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:00.559 bit line. 253 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:08.360 That ball's gone home run show, Hey tony number forty six? Oh, 254 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:16.399 what a monster blast over the visiting bullpens. Incredible Big 255 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:21.639 Tokyo show, Hey Otani with this forty sixth home run 256 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:22.639 of the season. 257 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:25.840 What a shot. We have not seen that before. 258 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:29.279 We have seen home runs hit into the loge level, 259 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:31.919 down the right and left field lines, But when was 260 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.559 the last time you saw a player hit a ball 261 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.519 one hundred. 262 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:37.919 And seventeen miles an hour? 263 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:42.679 That hit direct shot on the nineteen fifty five World 264 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:46.799 Series banner on the stadium club Even Dave Roberts said 265 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:49.519 he has never seen it. What a shot four hundred 266 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:54.639 and fifty feet by Big Tokyo, Sho, hey Otani. 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Alex Vesia was our pregame guest 275 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:29.200 and he took us through what it's like for a 276 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.480 reliever during a bullpen game. 277 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.000 We call it our lane, right, and you know, whether 278 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.000 you're facing five, six, seven, eight nine or one two, 279 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:42.159 three four five, right, like, it's kind of broken up 280 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:49.120 to for like myself or Blake or Huddy, Evan Kobe, 281 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:52.279 right like all it's broken up differently, and you know 282 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.679 we're talked about that and told, but still the game, right. 283 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:00.000 You know, there's certain situations where if I'm coming in, 284 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:02.120 I can come in the fourth inning to face a 285 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.799 certain amount of hitters, so I can come in the 286 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:06.759 eighth inning to face those same hitle hitters. So you know, 287 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:09.919 and that's that's a DOCS call. And you know we're 288 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:10.720 ready for it. 289 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:13.120 Have you've been able to come in whether it's the fourth, 290 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.200 the eighth, the ninth. Is there something different about the 291 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:20.000 innings even if you have that certain lane you described, Uh, no. 292 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.840 We try to keep it. You know, the score is irrelevant, 293 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.279 the inning is irrelevant. 294 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:24.720 Uh. 295 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.639 You know, we go out there and do our job right, 296 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:29.960 And that's where you don't you don't put more pressure 297 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:33.320 or less pressure on yourself depending on the situation. You 298 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:35.919 want to kind of eliminate all of that and focus 299 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.639 on the you know, one, two or three hitters that 300 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:42.480 you know you're the task at hand basically, And yeah, 301 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:47.120 that's it helps kind of eliminate riding the highs too 302 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:49.600 high and the lows too low, right, And that's trying 303 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:54.960 to stay consistent, is you know, just knowing what to 304 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:57.600 do when you go out there for you know, preparation 305 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:01.440 and all that stuff that you can do before the 306 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.879 game before you know your name gets called. And once 307 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.759 you out there, your job is to get three outs, 308 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:08.559 put up a zero walk out, gets the game going. 309 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:12.120 Hey, that's what Alex Vesia and the other six relievers 310 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:14.559 did for the Dodgers last night in a big win. 311 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:17.919 Vessia was one of those seven pitchers, and certainly that 312 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:22.480 bullpen game went smooth, smoother than most. With a six 313 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:25.200 run first inning by the Dodgers in their seven to 314 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:27.960 two win last night, you would love to see Justin 315 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.600 Robleski and all the Dodger pitchers for that matter, throw 316 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:35.399 strike one and get those guys back in the dugout. 317 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:38.360 And that's what Jack Flaherty did in his seven and 318 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:42.200 a third scoreless innings today as the Dodgers shut out 319 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:44.120 the Guardians forward to nothing. 320 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:46.679 All right, let's head out to our guy, Jose Moda. 321 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:51.759 It's time to go around the horn with Jose Moda. 322 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:55.639 Jose Mota. Jack Flaherty almost went to the Yankees. They 323 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:59.279 backed out because they were concerned about his back. The 324 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:02.480 Dodgers right there to catch him. Where would they be 325 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.879 without Jack Flaherty. 326 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.480 Uh? Not where they're at right now, because this guy 327 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:09.240 takes the ball and he has set it tom pretty 328 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:11.720 much for guys on that rotation, and in fact, tegue 329 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:15.319 to some of the players in the staff was expected. 330 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:17.799 Now that every game matters, every game is a playoff game, 331 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:21.039 and it just it's beautiful to watch him pitch because 332 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:24.079 his pace is one thing, but also how he reads 333 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:27.400 how guys take pitches. It's something that hitters and opposing size. 334 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:29.519 I've told me he's like he sees how guys take 335 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:32.200 a pitch, and he'll double up on him and full them, 336 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:33.839 thinking that he's not going to repeat it, and before 337 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:35.799 we know, they're swinging him, especially when he throws those 338 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:37.839 breaking balls all in different angles. 339 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.599 He was talking about his slider today. 340 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.359 Was he using the fastball office slider or was it 341 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:48.039 the fastball establishing that command and then going to the 342 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:49.240 curveball and slider. 343 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.160 He had command of the fastball, which is number one. 344 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:55.400 If you're erratic with your fastball and you try to 345 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:57.920 spin the baseball, you're not going to have success in 346 00:17:58.039 --> 00:18:01.039 guys spreading this all more. But when you have command Dave, 347 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:03.400 even if you're missing close enough like he does with 348 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:06.279 a fastal sometimes on purpose, especially up and a way 349 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.160 on lefties, they're going to be looking out there. He 350 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:11.319 backs or breaking and steals strikes in that manner. So 351 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:13.359 and he's a strikes through which is a beautiful thing. 352 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:15.200 But you know he got the strikeouts. He's closing in 353 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:17.960 on two hundred punchoes, but he throws strikes and is 354 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:20.240 not afraid of contact. But certainly you saw that, you know, 355 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:22.799 the pitches kind of accumulated a little bit more is 356 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:25.759 he found more strikeouts and swings and missus. But he's 357 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:30.279 like the perfect versatile picture on getting his defense ready 358 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.480 to play, keeping them on their toes, but also when 359 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:36.079 he needs to wrap it up, he does it all right. 360 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:38.559 So, like I mentioned at the trade deadline, there were 361 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:44.119 some concerns about Flaherty's back. Have you seen anything that 362 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.440 tells you that there should be any concern when a 363 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:49.359 guy goes into the eighth inning, it feels like, I know, 364 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:51.640 a back can pop up at any time, but it 365 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.400 doesn't feel like he's dealing with anything right now. 366 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:57.559 The only thing I've seen from this guy that convinces 367 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:00.920 me that he is all fine is his workout. This 368 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.759 guy is in the clear and cursehop mode of just 369 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:06.759 being an animal in the eating of everything that has 370 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:10.119 to do with equipment or waits or running in conditioning. 371 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:12.839 He just goes after and just gets through it. And 372 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:15.920 the hottest days and the coolest days, it doesn't matter. 373 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:18.599 He stays with his routine. And when your manager says 374 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:20.480 that he is one of the hardest workers you've ever 375 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:22.880 seen Dave Rowan's been around a lot of guys. But 376 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:24.519 to say that with the guy that just got here, 377 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:27.039 you know a few weeks ago. He speaks loudly and 378 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:29.880 then I pay attention to mechanics. Is he varying anything, 379 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:33.319 Is he favoring anything? Absolutely now, So obviously Dodgers that 380 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:36.200 due diligence on him in this medical report to say, 381 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:38.359 get him over because no matter what, they're gonna be 382 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:39.480 taking good care of him, and they have. 383 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:43.440 Jose Mota has seen a lot of games played here 384 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:46.559 at Dodgers Stadium, going back to when his dad, Manny, 385 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.119 was playing for the Dodgers. 386 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.799 Have you ever seen. 387 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:52.680 Any of your dad's teammates hit a home run off 388 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.799 the stadium club facade where Otani hid his today. 389 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:01.440 Ep I mean that is absolutely ridiculous for show. Hey, 390 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:06.160 Oshue City ought to be very proud of their native son, 391 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.240 because there's been nobody that I've ever seen in nineteen 392 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:12.279 sixty nine. The furthest one I've seen, Oh, the right 393 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:15.839 field side is stargled over the bleacher. Okay, but pavilion 394 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:18.480 on that roof, but nothing like this on the pole 395 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:22.240 side to stay fair and the blast off the bad. 396 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:25.160 The sound is just tells you that a big boy 397 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:27.680 hit it and de Ble kept traveling as you mentioned. 398 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:29.960 Who knows how far would have lended had not death 399 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:30.680 thought up there. 400 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:33.839 So you're saying you don't like my nickname the big 401 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:36.160