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Speaker 3: Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 4: What a performance, just what the Dodgers needed as they
Speaker 4: get to win in Saint Louis today two to one. Hi, everybody,
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Speaker 4: eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy. Clayton
Speaker 4: Kershaw his fifth start since coming back from offseason shoulder surgery,
Speaker 4: and what a performance it was. His first couple of
Speaker 4: outings were a little rocky, and we can kind of
Speaker 4: wonder whether or not show Clayton Kershaw was going to
Speaker 4: be the Clayton Kershaw of old with the post Clayton
Speaker 4: Kershaw at thirty six years old, coming off shoulder surgery,
Speaker 4: still have enough in the tank to help out this
Speaker 4: Dodgers team here in the regular season, impossibly into October,
Speaker 4: and the last three starts he's been really good here
Speaker 4: in the month of August, they combined sixteen and the
Speaker 4: third innings two in runs over those three starts at
Speaker 4: one ten erora. And today he goes out and pitches
Speaker 4: to contact. Was very efficient. Faced his two batters over
Speaker 4: the minimum and six innings have worked, allowed just four singles,
Speaker 4: only one batter reached second base, had just one walk.
Speaker 4: He had a runner caught stealing, so he got some
Speaker 4: help from his defense. He had two double playballs the
Speaker 4: eras runners on base, so that helped him out, including
Speaker 4: in the sixth inning after he gave up back to
Speaker 4: back singles to the Cardinals to lead off the bottom
Speaker 4: of the six he got a fly ball out and
Speaker 4: then a five to three mcguill of Rojas step on
Speaker 4: third throw to first double play to get out of
Speaker 4: the sixth inning, and he was only at seventy pitches.
Speaker 4: Clayton Kershaw today was efficient. Clayton Kershaw had his stuff
Speaker 4: working as far as his command, his off speed pitches,
Speaker 4: the slider was biting. Everything that he had hoped to
Speaker 4: have back was back today over six solid innings, and
Speaker 4: then he turned it over to the bullpen for the
Speaker 4: final nine outs. A little bit of a rocky outing
Speaker 4: from Daniel Hudson yet again gives up a solo home
Speaker 4: run to Lars Newbar in the eighth inning to pinch
Speaker 4: hit home run for the young man at El Segundo.
Speaker 3: But that was it.
Speaker 4: The damage was done in the eighth and that was
Speaker 4: done from the Cardinals. Is in the ninth ny Michael
Speaker 4: Kopek comes back out to pitch this and close the
Speaker 4: game for the second time in a Dodger uniform and
Speaker 4: picks up his second save for the Dodgers, is eleventh
Speaker 4: of the season. Is the Dodgers get the two to
Speaker 4: one win. I loved everything about Clayton Kershaw's performance today,
Speaker 4: the fact that he was not only getting swinging misses,
Speaker 4: but more important, I think that the stat that sticks
Speaker 4: out to me is fifteen of twenty fifteen of the
Speaker 4: twenty batters that he fixed first pitch strikes or he
Speaker 4: got him out on a first pitch. And we've known
Speaker 4: the last couple of seasons this isn't a secret, right
Speaker 4: Teams like to ambush Clayton Kershaw now, knowing that he
Speaker 4: likes to get first strike and to get it ahead
Speaker 4: of the count, they know they need to jump on
Speaker 4: him early before he can start going to his other pitches.
Speaker 4: And so that has been the mo against Kershaw, jump
Speaker 4: on him early first pitch, swinging, and he has kind
Speaker 4: of battled that back and is able to get contact
Speaker 4: and get out and not give up hits or home
Speaker 4: runs on the first pitch and at bats fifteen of
Speaker 4: the twenty batters he faced he got ahead first pitch.
Speaker 4: Ten ground ball outs today, including a double playball to
Speaker 4: end the first in the double play ball to end
Speaker 4: the sixth inning, got soft contact, got some hard hit
Speaker 4: balls right at players in the outfield. He did a
Speaker 4: really good job staying in rhythm, and he talked about
Speaker 4: that on the Clubhouse show about how he and Barnesy
Speaker 4: were on the same page today. Not a lot of shakeoffs.
Speaker 4: They felt like they were in a good pace, getting
Speaker 4: guys going the keeping the defense engaged, and it showed
Speaker 4: he looked really good out there today over six shutout innings.
Speaker 3: Now I know the big question is going to be
Speaker 3: should he.
Speaker 4: Have gone back out there for the seventh And he
Speaker 4: said he left that up to Dave Roberts. The Dodgers
Speaker 4: brought up Ben Casparius from Triple A Oklahoma City, who
Speaker 4: was a fifth round pick in twenty twenty one, a
Speaker 4: hard throwing right hander who strikes out a lot of
Speaker 4: guys in Double A and Triple A. They brought him
Speaker 4: up today and he was on the roster in case
Speaker 4: something happened to Kershaw, in case it was one of
Speaker 4: those outings of his. Kersh could only go two plus
Speaker 4: innings and they needed somebody to go long to fill
Speaker 4: the gap because this bullpen is gassed. Now with that
Speaker 4: being said, I think the schedule changed. When Kershaw got
Speaker 4: through sixteen innings is gonna be sixteen six innings and
Speaker 4: got through eighteen outs, I think things changed, and Ben
Speaker 4: Kisparius got put to the side because he is a
Speaker 4: starter and you realize you need to piece nine outs
Speaker 4: to get out of this.
Speaker 3: With the win. At the time the rep two to nothing.
Speaker 4: Dave Roberts and Mark Pryor and this pitching staff felt
Speaker 4: like they had enough in the bullpen today, even with
Speaker 4: guys pitching for the second day in three three to
Speaker 4: four long road trip coming to an end, they felt
Speaker 4: like they could piece together these nine outs, and they did,
Speaker 4: with Evan Phillips looking good in the seventh inning, Daniel
Speaker 4: Hudson another rocky outing, and then Michael Kopek, whose velocity
Speaker 4: was down, came in and still throwing ninety six ninety seven,
Speaker 4: was able to get out of the inning despite a
Speaker 4: throwing air from Austin Barnes to the second battery faced
Speaker 4: he got a ground ball six, four to three double
Speaker 4: play ballgame over today. It was sort of like how
Speaker 4: you'd like to see it set up. Six from your starter,
Speaker 4: the final nine outs. You piece it together with your bullpen,
Speaker 4: and today they needed one reliever per inning to get
Speaker 4: those nine outs. That's the ideal formula if you're the
Speaker 4: Dodgers going into October. Six from your starter, nine outs,
Speaker 4: piece together by your bullpen. Bank Asparius was there today
Speaker 4: for help, they didn't need him. We'll see if he's
Speaker 4: with the team as they make their way to Los Angeles,
Speaker 4: because certainly they got more roster moves they got to make. Tomorrow,
Speaker 4: Tommy Edmonds is expected to be activated for the first
Speaker 4: time this season and the first time with the Dodgers
Speaker 4: since they acquired him in a trade. And with the
Speaker 4: unknown status now with Freddie Freeman in that middle finger,
Speaker 4: we could see Max Munsey activated tomorrow instead of Tuesday.
Speaker 4: It was supposed to be one on Monday, one on Tuesday,
Speaker 4: bringing back Edmund and Munsey, and Dave Roberts said in
Speaker 4: the pregame before today's matchup that they could act eight
Speaker 4: both players tomorrow depending on further evaluation of the middle
Speaker 4: finger of Freddie Freeman. In case you missed it, Freddy
Speaker 4: not in the lineup today. Last night came out of
Speaker 4: the game after he jammed his middle finger on his
Speaker 4: right throwing hand. It swelled up, it stiffened up. He
Speaker 4: had X rays which were negative this morning. He couldn't
Speaker 4: take any batting practice, can't throw because the finger was
Speaker 4: really swollen and still stiff. Could not bend that middle finger,
Speaker 4: so he did not play today, and Dave Roberts says
Speaker 4: they'll figure out in the next twenty four hours, what
Speaker 4: to do with Freddy Freeman depending on how that finger
Speaker 4: feels tomorrow when the Dodgers get out to Dodger Stadium
Speaker 4: for the start of the next homestand so we'll see
Speaker 4: what Freddy Freeman's status is officially now day to day,
Speaker 4: but we'll find out more when he gets evaluated back
Speaker 4: at Dodger Stadium. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two
Speaker 4: five Seven's go out to the phones. Good day for
Speaker 4: the Dodgers. With all that being said about how good
Speaker 4: Clayton Kershaw was, how about the defense really good today
Speaker 4: behind Kersh how about the offense, Well, they did just
Speaker 4: enough to get two runs and get the win. Showy
Speaker 4: Otani home run number thirty nine, Miguel Rojas RBI single
Speaker 4: part of a two run fifth any and that's all
Speaker 4: Clayton Kersh on the Dodgers needed in a two to
Speaker 4: one win. All right, let's go out to Maxwell in Austin, Texas.
Speaker 4: Is gonna be our first call today?
Speaker 3: Maxwell? How you doing buddy?
Speaker 2: He did? Mom?
Speaker 5: Do it good?
Speaker 6: How about you?
Speaker 3: I'm doing great.
Speaker 4: I'm happy the Dodgers get the win, Maxwell, and they
Speaker 4: get the win behind Clayton Kershaw, who looked so good
Speaker 4: out there today, didn't he?
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 7: I saw Cursha twice in TRIPLEA one in Oklahoma's today
Speaker 7: one in Round Drop.
Speaker 8: That's cool.
Speaker 6: And I got some very good news that I want
Speaker 6: to share.
Speaker 2: Okay, I did a podcast with the man himself, Joe Kelly.
Speaker 6: Go check it out Holding Cow Talking Baseball with.
Speaker 2: Maxwell Maxisis and follow my Instagram.
Speaker 4: All right, we'll give it a plug. Maxwell, I appreciate it.
Speaker 4: Thanks for checking in. Check out the podcast with Maxwell
Speaker 4: and Joe Kelly. Very cool. I think I saw it
Speaker 4: pop up on my Twitter timeline, so if I can
Speaker 4: go back, I'll retweet that from Maxwell down in Austin
Speaker 4: who got eyes on Clayton Kershaw twice when he was
Speaker 4: making rehab starts coming back from soulder surgery. And today
Speaker 4: Clayton Kershaw looked really good. Six shutout innings as the
Speaker 4: Dodgers get the win. Keeping an eye on what's happening
Speaker 4: between the Padres and the Rockies in Denver, because the
Speaker 4: Dodgers going into action today had a two game lead
Speaker 4: over San Diego to a three game lead over Arizona.
Speaker 4: Right now the Padres, well, they've just pushed across a
Speaker 4: run on the top half of the eighth inning. They're
Speaker 4: going to the bottom of the eighth the coors Field
Speaker 4: Rockies three, Padres two, so we'll keep an eye on
Speaker 4: that one. It is a final from Tampa as the
Speaker 4: Rays and twelve innings beat the Diamondbacks eight to seven.
Speaker 4: Arizona loses all three games in Tampa Bay over the weekend.
Speaker 4: They've lost three straight and the Dodgers pick up a game.
Speaker 4: So Dodgers now four games up over the Snakes in
Speaker 4: the division, and we'll see what happens with the Padres
Speaker 4: as they battling out right now in Denver. Let's go
Speaker 4: to Tom and Santa Monica's next up here on Dodger
Speaker 4: Talk after the Dodgers two to one win in Saint Louis.
Speaker 3: Hi, Tom, Hi Jim. How you doing, sir, I'm doing great.
Speaker 3: Thanks for asking.
Speaker 2: Hey, Tim, So here's my question with Bueler and Miller
Speaker 2: still struggling, what are the options through their Dodgers in
Speaker 2: their starting rotations if them guys can't get it together.
Speaker 4: Well, the options are to bring back Land and Neck
Speaker 4: and Tom. I appreciate the phone call. Justin Robleski is
Speaker 4: an answer for the Dodgers if need be. Ben Casparius,
Speaker 4: who they called up today fifth round pick in twenty
Speaker 4: twenty one out of Yukon, skyrocketed through the minor leagues.
Speaker 3: He's part of the second wave.
Speaker 4: For those of you who don't know who Ben Casparius is,
Speaker 4: He's part of this second wave of starting.
Speaker 3: Pitchers that the Dodgers have had in the system.
Speaker 4: Right image and Bobby Miller, Gavin Stone that first wave
Speaker 4: of pictures, and now we're starting to see the second
Speaker 4: wave land and neck kind of in the middle there,
Speaker 4: and you've also got Ben Casparius. And this is a
Speaker 4: minor league system that the Dodgers have really good starting pitching,
Speaker 4: and we've seen three or four of them. Kyle Hurts
Speaker 4: another guy who's unfortunately is hurt right now, like Immachian.
Speaker 4: But this is another young wave of starting pitchers that's
Speaker 4: starting to come through, and Ben Casparius is one of them.
Speaker 4: I wouldn't be surprised if we see him at some point.
Speaker 4: Tyler Glass now goes on the iel at the beginning
Speaker 4: of this series in Saint Louis. But as Dave Roberts
Speaker 4: has alluded to, and we heard from Tyler Glass now
Speaker 4: yesterday when he talked to David Vassay.
Speaker 3: He didn't even want to go on the IL.
Speaker 4: He felt like his arm was fine and he didn't
Speaker 4: need rest, but the Dodgers felt otherwise, and so he
Speaker 4: goes on the IL for fifteen days to get rest
Speaker 4: and to get right for the stretch run. And don't
Speaker 4: forget about Yoshiyamamoto, who is going to throw another SIM
Speaker 4: game and then most likely a minor league rehab start
Speaker 4: is from what we gather, and he's maybe three weeks
Speaker 4: away from joining this Dodger rotation. So there are options
Speaker 4: for the Dodgers to mix and match and get to
Speaker 4: where they need to going into September when they get
Speaker 4: healthy and hopefully get Yamamoto back, and certainly in the
Speaker 4: next two weeks to get Tyler Glass now back from injury.
Speaker 4: So they got arms, they got possibilities that they can
Speaker 4: use in the minor leagues as well. I'm not too
Speaker 4: concerned about them having a shortage of starting pitching and
Speaker 4: having to go to bullpen games, because that would be
Speaker 4: disastrous because they have enough starting pitching right now. I
Speaker 4: truly believe at Triple A and here at the major
Speaker 4: league level to get them through this. Let's go to
Speaker 4: Manny and guardiena Ben a while since we heard from Manny.
Speaker 3: What's going on? Manuel?
Speaker 2: So mother loving Wall, Tim, Kate Star Scam Sax and
Speaker 2: Kate's in the am. Baby, what is up?
Speaker 4: I'm doing great? Dodgers get two or three and Saint Louis.
Speaker 4: Hopefully you can pick up a game on these stinking
Speaker 4: padres today.
Speaker 2: Manuel, as you could hear, I'm pumped up.
Speaker 8: Bro.
Speaker 2: When Clayton Edward Kershaw is showing up the way he
Speaker 2: has a few starts, it could be a godsend. I
Speaker 2: mean he's doing the old Roger Clemens come in. I'm sorry,
Speaker 2: Royd's jer Clemens coming in mid season and just dominating.
Speaker 2: I hope that he could stay healthy. If I'm the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: I put Hoody on the ten day or something, just
Speaker 2: even if it's just to let his mind get right.
Speaker 2: He we need Hoody, and like you said, we need
Speaker 2: that six innings from our starters three innings, you know, bullpen.
Speaker 2: I think we could cover it. We got the arms
Speaker 2: to do that, but anything else is gonna spread a stint.
Speaker 2: Nick Ahmed, keep him on the roster. That guy is
Speaker 2: the type of glove we are going to need. I
Speaker 2: hope the Dodgers keep him because when the playoffs come around,
Speaker 2: a guy like that is invaluable. Timmy love the show
Speaker 2: always man Go Dodgers Baby all the way.
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely braced.
Speaker 4: I don't know what the future has for nick on
Speaker 4: Med in the Dodger uniform. Like I said, Tommy Edmonds
Speaker 4: is going to be activated tomorrow. Right behind him is
Speaker 4: Max Munsey. Whether it's tomorrow or Tuesday, depending on Freddie
Speaker 4: Freeman's fingers.
Speaker 3: It's a game of musical chairs.
Speaker 4: I keep saying it because I don't want Dodger fans
Speaker 4: to be surprised. I don't want you to be confused
Speaker 4: as fires why guys are being dfade, Why certain guys
Speaker 4: are being sent back to Triple A.
Speaker 3: You only allowed twenty six.
Speaker 4: Guys on the roster until they can expand it by
Speaker 4: two in September. You only got twenty six spots, and
Speaker 4: the Dodgers got hit by injuries, and so they went
Speaker 4: out and picked up the Kevin Kierr Myers of the worlds,
Speaker 4: and they gave Andy Pajez's and James Altmans all the
Speaker 4: opportunities that they could. They went out and got nick
Speaker 4: On med They went out and got why my Vigio
Speaker 4: Cavin Bigio and had him plugged in to play several
Speaker 4: infield spots because of injuries. Well, now that this team
Speaker 4: is getting healthy and you're seeing a return a month
Speaker 4: Sie and finally the addition to Tommy Edmund, Yeah, they
Speaker 4: gotta take two spots on the roster. I don't know
Speaker 4: anything officially, but if I'm looking at this board here
Speaker 4: of the twenty six man roster, my guess is Kevin
Speaker 4: kier Meyer is not going anywhere. My guess is that
Speaker 4: it's gonna be Nick on Med And if I'm guessing
Speaker 4: Andy Pojz, you'll get sent to Triple A or an
Speaker 4: injury stint to the IL for Chason Hayward. That's the
Speaker 4: only thing I can think of right now, because you
Speaker 4: need to swap out two position players because you're not
Speaker 4: losing a pitcher or not taking a spot out of
Speaker 4: the bullpen for another position player. So in order to
Speaker 4: bring back two position players, you got to take off
Speaker 4: two position players from the roster. I think Nick on
Speaker 4: Med is going to be a casualty there, and again
Speaker 4: it could be Poz or maybe it's an IL stint
Speaker 4: to rest Jason Hayward, who is one of your older
Speaker 4: veterans in the outfield. So we'll find out tomorrow when
Speaker 4: they have to make these moves, but certainly I'm sure
Speaker 4: they already know what those moves are gonna be. And
Speaker 4: certainly Nick, guys like Nick on Med and Cavin Bighow
Speaker 4: have helped out this dot tam. I mean, if thicker
Speaker 4: were the Dodgers would be with no Miguel Rojas, no
Speaker 4: Mookie Beds, and a gaping hole at shortstop that Nick
Speaker 4: I met has helped Phil when he's made these starts
Speaker 4: the last month for the Dodgers. So he's been very valuable.
Speaker 4: And you heard what Brent Honeywell pregame. Dave Roberts talked
Speaker 4: about how hard was it to have to tell Brent
Speaker 4: Honeywell that he was being designated for a summon. Yeah,
Speaker 4: before the game they had the guy, one of the
Speaker 4: guys who came in and helped him in Detroit when
Speaker 4: they needed desperately innings to be eaten up in that
Speaker 4: series against the Tigers. Right before the All Star break,
Speaker 4: they acquired Brent Honeywell off of waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Speaker 4: He comes in, gets a start, has pitched out of
Speaker 4: the bullpen, and done everything they've asked him to do.
Speaker 4: Eat up innings, go out there in garbage time, go
Speaker 4: out there and wear it for a couple of innings
Speaker 4: in relief, just to help out the bullpen in the
Speaker 4: arms and to save guys down there. He's done everything
Speaker 4: he's been asked to do, and sometimes been very good
Speaker 4: at it. With that that knuckle curve that he throws,
Speaker 4: but unfortunately the screwball, I should say that he throws.
Speaker 4: But unfortunately it's a numbers game, and you just couldn't have.
Speaker 3: Any more room for Brett Honeywell on.
Speaker 4: The roster, and Dave Roberts says it's it's a tough
Speaker 4: part of the business having to tell a guy who's
Speaker 4: basically done everything right that you've asked him to do,
Speaker 4: that just don't have a.
Speaker 3: Job for him anymore.
Speaker 4: Eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight six
Speaker 4: six nine eighty seven two five seven. We'll take the
Speaker 4: time out, we'll come back. We'll get to your phone calls.
Speaker 4: Dodgers get to win in Saint Louis today. Clayton Kershaw
Speaker 4: six shutout idiots. He gets the victory. Michael Kolpek closes
Speaker 4: it out for his second saving at Dodger uniform Lux
Speaker 4: Rojas each had three hits. Shoeyotani goes deep. The good
Speaker 4: guys win. The Dodgers beat the Cardinals two to one.
Speaker 4: As we speak now seventy three and fifty two on
Speaker 4: this season, and hopefully about to pick up a game
Speaker 4: on the Padres who are losing in Colorado, after already
Speaker 4: picking up a game on the Arizona Diabacks who lost
Speaker 4: in Tampa. More of your phone calls. When we come back,
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Speaker 4: Louis Happy manager Dave Roberts talking to the media.
Speaker 9: Dave, how remarkable is it to witness what Kershaw has
Speaker 9: done this season and the way he pitched today, considering
Speaker 9: it the long road back.
Speaker 10: It's been fun to watch to be on this ride
Speaker 10: with Clayton. Obviously it was a big win as far
Speaker 10: as the road trip, the game in itself, and he
Speaker 10: stepped up and does what he seems to always do
Speaker 10: when he's his back is against the wall. Our team,
Speaker 10: you know, he steps up and today I thought he
Speaker 10: mixed well. He commanded the fastball really well to both
Speaker 10: sides of the plate. And I thought Austin was great
Speaker 10: tonight with him today with him and you know, we
Speaker 10: got a lot of weak contact, a lot of was
Speaker 10: allowed to be allowed for him to be efficient and
Speaker 10: get through six innings and so you know, we went
Speaker 10: to the pen. I felt good about the guys and
Speaker 10: then also coming out of this one for Clayton to
Speaker 10: be strong for the next one. So I think, you know,
Speaker 10: in totality was fantastic.
Speaker 9: You guys only scored two runs, but you put a
Speaker 9: lot of pressure and made Sunny great throw a lot
Speaker 9: of pitches. Was that significant in itself to get him
Speaker 9: out of the game early?
Speaker 3: It was good.
Speaker 7: You know.
Speaker 10: I thought we did a good job, you know as
Speaker 10: a group to put pressure, take good at bats, get hits,
Speaker 10: take some walks, and we just couldn't situation a couple
Speaker 10: of times. And I thought we had a chance to,
Speaker 10: you know, give us a little bit more breathing room,
Speaker 10: but that's baseball. They still have to make pitches, and
Speaker 10: you know, make pitches with stress. And but it was
Speaker 10: just good that you know, we played solid defense. It
Speaker 10: was just a really good baseball game. And obviously Miggy
Speaker 10: continues to take get big hits and Mooki had a
Speaker 10: nice day. So just across the board, really good.
Speaker 4: All right, there's Dave Roberts talking about the Dodgers offense,
Speaker 4: the defense, and certainly what Clayton Kershaw was able to
Speaker 4: do today, six shutout Indians for the future Hall of Famer,
Speaker 4: all right, eight six, six ninety seven two five seventy
Speaker 4: Before go back out to the phones, real quickly mentioned
Speaker 4: the second wave of starting pitchers for the Dodgers as
Speaker 4: far as guys in the minor leagues, and we saw
Speaker 4: the group of Bobby Miller, Immachean, Gavin Stone, that group
Speaker 4: coming through. Justin Robleski certainly followed behind in that second wave.
Speaker 4: Ben Casparius was called up today. I tweeted it out
Speaker 4: earlier with Ben Casparius getting called up today, didn't pitch,
Speaker 4: but on the active roster. He is the fifth pitcher
Speaker 4: from the Dodgers twenty twenty one class to make the
Speaker 4: major leagues. Emmit Shean, Justin Robleski, Nick Nestrini who's now
Speaker 4: with the Chicago White Sox, and Jordan Leser who is
Speaker 4: with the Chicago White Sox, who was once a Dodger
Speaker 4: and was sent in a deal last year. I think
Speaker 4: it was a Joe Kelly deal he was part of,
Speaker 4: and then Casparius. Today, five pitchers from the class of
Speaker 4: twenty twenty one draft have made the major leagues, three
Speaker 4: with the Dodgers and two since traded away to the
Speaker 4: Chicago White Sox. Pretty good job of scouting, signing players,
Speaker 4: drafting and certainly developing eight sixty six nine, eight seven,
Speaker 4: two five. And Eddie's in Santa Clarita choice this year
Speaker 4: on Dodger Talk after the Dodgers two one win, Hi, Eddie,
Speaker 4: he how's it going?
Speaker 7: Yo yo yo?
Speaker 11: A long time?
Speaker 6: This in our first time caller. I just have a
Speaker 6: concern and uh I also about Tan Kursaf. I want
Speaker 6: to say within the last I was look at the numbers.
Speaker 6: The numbers don't lie. I want to say, between the
Speaker 6: last ten and fifteen eights all started pitching. I mean,
Speaker 6: we couldn't even get over five innings, right, and so
Speaker 6: you and then you mentioned that that we're going to
Speaker 6: have the Calvary or the Calbury arriving, which is great.
Speaker 6: And my second question is do you see kan Kursaw
Speaker 6: being part of the starting roster for the postseason, or
Speaker 6: do you see him coming out of the coming out
Speaker 6: of the bullpen. I'll hang up and let me know
Speaker 6: what you can.
Speaker 3: Do, all right, and I appreciate it.
Speaker 4: If the Clayton Kershaw we saw today is the same
Speaker 4: Clayton Kershaw that's pitching this way come the first week
Speaker 4: on October and the NLDS, absolutely he's part of the rotation.
Speaker 4: And again, you just need to get down to three
Speaker 4: starting pitchers come that NLDS, and I think it'll be
Speaker 4: you know, if everybody's healthy, which we assume you're looking
Speaker 4: at in no particular order, Tyler Glass now, Jack Flaherty,
Speaker 4: and Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 3: Right, that's the three.
Speaker 4: If you get Yamamoto back and he can show that
Speaker 4: he is efficient and getting guys out and is able
Speaker 4: to go out there and be effective, then certainly.
Speaker 3: He could be your third or fourth starter.
Speaker 4: And that means some of these young arms could go
Speaker 4: to the bullpen and be long relievers, or they can
Speaker 4: go down there and help out in a game in
Speaker 4: which you know you need to go out there get
Speaker 4: an inning in the sixth inning or fifth inning and
Speaker 4: it's too soon to go to a high leverage reliever.
Speaker 4: They could come I'm in and help out this Dodger,
Speaker 4: you know, offense. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 4: five seventy.
Speaker 3: So it's a good problem.
Speaker 4: Once this team gets healthy, I've said it over and
Speaker 4: over again, you're gonna have a team with more spots
Speaker 4: than they have available for players, and some guys are
Speaker 4: gonna be left out looking into the playoff roster and
Speaker 4: not on that playoff roster come October in the NLTS.
Speaker 4: But again, this is going to create competition the final
Speaker 4: six weeks of the season. Uh, not only competition of
Speaker 4: the division when you're fighting the Padres and you're fighting
Speaker 4: the Dianabacks, but competition amongst this team to make sure
Speaker 4: guys are staying efficient, staying on top of their game,
Speaker 4: still battling, having good at bats, playing hard and out there,
Speaker 4: and when their time is called the pitch out of
Speaker 4: the bullpen, are efficient and getting guys out, because if
Speaker 4: you're not getting guys out and you're struggling, you're not
Speaker 4: gonna be a part of this post team, postseason team.
Speaker 4: Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. Keeping
Speaker 4: an eye on what's happening in Denver? Top half of
Speaker 4: the ninth inning, Rockies lead to Padres three to two.
Speaker 4: Now two out in the bottom half, or made that
Speaker 4: the top half of the ninth inning, So one out
Speaker 4: of way from the Rockies closing out the Padres. And
Speaker 4: again it's Coors Field, so anything can happen there until
Speaker 4: the final out. We already know the Diamondbacks lost in Tampa.
Speaker 4: So the Dodgers four games up on Arizona, and if
Speaker 4: the Rockies can hang on beat the Padres, the Dodgers
Speaker 4: will pick up a game on San Diego and be
Speaker 4: three up in the division. Brad and mission Viejo is
Speaker 4: next up here on Dodger Talk. Brad, welcome, how are
Speaker 4: you on this Sunday?
Speaker 11: Yeah? Thanks, how are you? That's a nice reference by
Speaker 11: Tim on the call, welcome back, you know from ELP.
Speaker 11: Very nice. Just wanted to say, tiny Holman. I just
Speaker 11: want to say that the offense should pick up now
Speaker 11: with everybody coming back. That's what Dave was saying yesterday.
Speaker 11: He thinks that Dodgers could be the best lineup around
Speaker 11: once everyone's plugged in. Do you think so?
Speaker 4: I think they could be once everybody gets plugged in,
Speaker 4: is back ready to go. I think it's going to
Speaker 4: take Max Muncy, hopefully not a long time to get
Speaker 4: back into the groove and find his spot in this
Speaker 4: I'm curious to see where he does bat in this
Speaker 4: lineup when he returns here in the next couple of days.
Speaker 4: Tommy Edmonds, where does he fit into this lineup? You're
Speaker 4: gonna see a lineup that one through five is really
Speaker 4: good now, all of a sudden, one through seven, one
Speaker 4: through eight, heck it could be one through nine. Where's
Speaker 4: there gonna be a breath for a pitcher? Where's there
Speaker 4: going to be a chance for a team to exhale
Speaker 4: in this against this Dodger lineup? Just not going to
Speaker 4: see it? And it's gone final. In Denver, Rockies have
Speaker 4: just beaten the Padres three to two, so the Dodgers
Speaker 4: pick up a game on both San Diego and Arizona.
Speaker 4: The Dodgers now three games up over the Padres, four
Speaker 4: games up over the Diamondbacks after the Dodgers get a
Speaker 4: two to one win today in the Saint Louis don
Speaker 4: An Industry. Next up here on Dodgers Talk, Hi, Don.
Speaker 7: Jim Cats MCTK, how are you today?
Speaker 3: Sarah, I'm doing fantastic. How are you?
Speaker 7: Oh great. I'm so happy for curseh you know, it's
Speaker 7: uh so instead he wins the race, you know, one
Speaker 7: brick at a time. I like the fact that they're
Speaker 7: they're not pushing them, you know, they're just letting them
Speaker 7: get a little better every time, a little better every time,
Speaker 7: and so far, so good. I just you know, you know, Tim,
Speaker 7: it reminds me of John Elway and football, remember all
Speaker 7: those using these incredible things without very much help. And
Speaker 7: then it wasn't until the later part of his career,
Speaker 7: when his body was all broken down, that he won
Speaker 7: two Super Bowls. So I'm hoping we got a couple
Speaker 7: of championships, you know, waiting for waiting for Kurse. You know,
Speaker 7: with his master today was just masterful, wasn't he. I
Speaker 7: Mean it was just all the experience to touch the control.
Speaker 7: It's just what you want to see from a master, master,
Speaker 7: seasoned pitcher. And I'm just so happy for him. I
Speaker 7: just and thank you for what you said about the
Speaker 7: waves of help we got coming. And that's the one thing,
Speaker 7: mister you know, mister Friedman needs credit for is like
Speaker 7: building up that pipeline, building up that depth. Hallelujah, let's
Speaker 7: keep it coming.
Speaker 4: It's a job collectively by this front office, from player
Speaker 4: development to scouting to major league development as well, and
Speaker 4: the front office putting together the twenty six man roster
Speaker 4: at the major league level. It's a combined effort. And
Speaker 4: they'll to be the first ones to tell you that.
Speaker 4: And the Dodgers do such a good job at drafting players,
Speaker 4: developing them and getting them through the system and up
Speaker 4: to the major leagues. And again, Ben Conspari's didn't pitch today,
Speaker 4: but could see him not in the not so future.
Speaker 4: Here uh in the Dodger uniform. If he's sent back
Speaker 4: to Oklahoma City, I'm not sure, depending on what the
Speaker 4: roster moves are in the next twenty four hours. The
Speaker 4: Dodgers head home now for the start of a nine
Speaker 4: game homestead. I gotta get to Izzy Colin all right,
Speaker 4: I gotta get to Izzy.
Speaker 3: Is he welcome? What's going on?
Speaker 5: Hey? I'm great? Hey, yeah, I was gonna tell you
Speaker 5: the partly did lose, so they they make me happy.
Speaker 5: It made me happy beeing the Diamond. That's what I
Speaker 5: hate as measure, I hate the Giants, but guys, you
Speaker 5: Sade the points. So anyway, by one day, one thing,
Speaker 5: I've been buzzy meets in Friday. They you had this
Speaker 5: guy in jetting campaigning about it. He even called last
Speaker 5: week David about the injury. I agree everything what you
Speaker 5: said about, but it's not the chain fall. I nt
Speaker 5: me even mind him.
Speaker 1: When did it?
Speaker 5: When? When did the painted play? I mean, how can
Speaker 5: it be any put the Dodger training I'm savvy. It
Speaker 5: didn't Buggy meeting Friday.
Speaker 4: Wow, I appreciate that. I appreciate your support. There is
Speaker 4: he in backing me up on that. That's in reference
Speaker 4: to a call on Friday night in which somebody on
Speaker 4: Dodger Talk suggested that the Dodger training staff is to
Speaker 4: blame for all these arm injuries to pitchers here in
Speaker 4: twenty twenty four, and I just simply went to their
Speaker 4: defense because it's not the case. It's a uh, the
Speaker 4: problem across baseball from little league to the major league.
Speaker 4: So no, not not blaming the athletic training staff on
Speaker 4: this at all. All Right, that's gonna do it for
Speaker 4: postgame Dodger Talk. Many thanks to Colin You. He's gotta
Speaker 4: get on the one on one right now, folks. So
Speaker 4: can we clear a path on the one on one
Speaker 4: north from Burbank up to the ocean in Ventura.
Speaker 3: Just clear lane calling e coming through folks.
Speaker 4: Thanks to you for listening, being a part of the show.
Speaker 4: Thanks you, thanks for podcasting. Dodgers get to win and
Speaker 4: head home on a happy flight with a two to
Speaker 4: one winner. With the Cardinals, they take two to three
Speaker 4: and say Louis, they go four and three on this
Speaker 4: road trip. They're now seventy three and fifty two. Clayton
Speaker 4: Kershaw gets to win. Michael Colpek to save Shoeyotani home
Speaker 4: brun number thirty nine, and the Dodgers pick up a
Speaker 4: game on both San Diego and Arizona. They're leaving the
Speaker 4: division now three over the Padres, four over the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 3: We're back at it tomorrow night.
Speaker 4: Monday, Dodgers sent home to start a nine game homestand
Speaker 4: first up three against Justin Turner and the Mariners. Davin Stone,
Speaker 4: Brian Wu the pitching matchup Dodgers on Decad six, First
Speaker 4: pitch at seven ten. Until then, have a safe, cool
Speaker 4: rest of your Sunday afternoon, So everybody say the same,
Speaker 4: Munsh