WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:10.839 Let's not play one on Tom. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:13.720 Let's I love writing these guys out to the show. 6 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:15.199 Just thank you, give me are. 7 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.760 Your attention, your fire and not a piss. 8 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.160 This is world champion, Dodger, world champion. 9 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:23.440 Put a small soft time they get up people. What 10 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.000 they want to die in a row two is special. 11 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:29.359 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache one of them. Come, 12 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.479 this ball's gone. You ready to go? 13 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:33.159 Hell? 14 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:36.439 Time to the sound, grab your phone to get in 15 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:39.399 on the show called eight six six nine eighty seven 16 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:42.159 two five seven and go to the show. And now 17 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.200 your host of Dodger Talk, David Basse. 18 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.679 We're here live at Truist Park in Atlanta in a 19 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:52.719 rain delay. First pitch was supposed to be at four 20 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:57.920 fifteen Pacific time, and right now this game is delayed 21 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:01.719 because both teams do not want to risk losing their 22 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:06.799 starting pitchers, Roki Sazaki for the Dodgers, Spencer Schwellenbach for 23 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:10.959 the Atlanta Braves, Rick Monday, Tim Devericks still hanging out 24 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:11.599 here in the. 25 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:13.319 Booth with the windows closed. 26 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.000 Now as we are anticipating the rain to come through 27 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:20.640 right now it has not. And a little fun fact, 28 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.159 I'm not sure even Rick Monday realizes. I know this 29 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:28.439 weather factoid here being down in the camera well yesterday 30 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:33.120 with obviously people from Atlanta. Those center field flags out there, 31 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.319 when they're blowing from right field to left field, that's 32 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:40.319 when you know the rain is on its way because 33 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:46.040 the rain comes through Truest Park from the west. So 34 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:48.519 the west is in right field and it's blown from 35 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.519 right to left. Right now, the flags are down dead 36 00:01:51.640 --> 00:02:00.239 right now, Rick, are you impressed? I know my directions. Hey, 37 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:03.079 jet streams come from the west. Who knew, Well, we 38 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:06.239 just found that out. Anyway, phone lines are open eight 39 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:10.159 sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy as the 40 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:12.759 Dodgers and Braves are getting set for Game two of 41 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:16.159 this three game series. And look, Dave Roberts said this 42 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:19.439 in his office before the game about three hours ago, 43 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:24.919 that the both teams, mostly the Braves, but both teams 44 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:29.319 in Major League Baseball have agreed to quote hunker down tonight, 45 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.039 and if you look at the radar, you can check 46 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:32.919 it out right now. 47 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:37.759 It's no secret the rain is expected to come through here. 48 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:41.280 In the next fifteen minutes or so and is not 49 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.719 going to let up until around nine thirty ten o'clock 50 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:49.280 Eastern times seven o'clock Pacific. And the Dodgers are on 51 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:53.000 Sunday Night Baseball tomorrow as well, so it's not as 52 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:56.520 quick of a turnaround for these two teams. So maybe 53 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:01.120 that's part of what went into this decision, to be 54 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:05.000 able to wait around for the rain to come through. 55 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:08.759 Me personally, I would have opted for the doubleheader, just 56 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:11.560 call it a night, because the worst thing that could 57 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:15.560 happen right now is if the Dodgers and Braves wait 58 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:18.800 around for the rain to come and pass through. 59 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:21.960 What if it doesn't. What if we're sitting. 60 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:26.639 Here until eleven or midnight Eastern time and they haven't 61 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:29.199 thrown a pitch, or even worse, they throw a pitch 62 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.840 and more rain comes through. Very unpredictable weather here in 63 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:35.759 the South. Don't know if you realize that, but it is. 64 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:42.960 I'm looking at you, Rick Monday. It's a risk, it's 65 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:45.919 not guaranteed, you know. So, yes, he's holding up the 66 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.479 radar for me. I appreciate it. Great color screen right there, 67 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:54.080 led screen on Rick Monday's iPad. I could see the green, 68 00:03:54.159 --> 00:04:00.439 and the orange and yellow, so many colors. I saw 69 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:06.319 some lightning coming from underneath the desk. Oh Man, we're 70 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.680 having a good time. See, this is what happens when 71 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.199 I leave for a few days and come back to 72 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:14.719 my day job. These guys miss me so much, including 73 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:18.560 Rick Monday the most. I mean, I feel like I'm 74 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:23.160 the wind beneath his wings as a former pilot right there. Anyway, 75 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:26.560 if you want me to really pull the curtain back 76 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.680 a little bit more, while we were wrapping up the 77 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:33.079 pregame show, I had to go downstairs to the Dodger 78 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:39.040 Clubhouse to record some radio commercials with my guy, Taoscar Hernandez. 79 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:43.480 And you know, every time I see Taoskar in the clubhouse, 80 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:47.160 he's not just sitting at his locker. He's actually watching 81 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:51.680 baseball'll he loves the game of baseball. He's watching other 82 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.920 games while he's in the clubhouse and not in the 83 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:58.120 batting cage. So as I got down there in this 84 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:01.360 room that's off of the clubhouse just about fifteen to 85 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:05.600 twenty minutes ago, I walked into the coaches room and 86 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.079 ta Oskar's sitting there with the rest of the coaches. 87 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.360 Denui bol Josevis Guyino. 88 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:14.240 Especially, and they were watching the end of the A's 89 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:19.160 Marlins game and talking baseball. I shouldn't have been surprised 90 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:22.319 because taoscar was glued to the game. He wasn't just 91 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:25.240 watching it, he was really into it. The strategy of 92 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:28.680 what the whacking Marlins are doing now and the A's 93 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:32.600 and all that. Mason Miller had walked the bases loaded 94 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.959 in the bottom of the ninth inning and Kyle Stowers 95 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:40.319 hit a walk off grand Slam as we were watching it, 96 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:44.040 and they were talking about the fact before Stours came 97 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:45.959 to the play there was a left handed hitter up 98 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:50.199 for the Marlins against Mason Miller, and Tayo is asking 99 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.759 the question, why is this guy in with two outs? 100 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:53.720 He's not gonna bunt? 101 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:57.160 And there was some sort of questions on whether or 102 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.759 not the A's had some data about something. 103 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:03.720 You know, Tail brought up a great question. 104 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:07.920 That seems to be an internal eternal debate going on 105 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:12.000 in baseball right now. Yes, the macro three year sample 106 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:15.079 size says this, but what about the here and now 107 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:18.199 against the relief pitcher that's storing one hundred miles an hour, 108 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:21.879 why would you have the third basement in when he 109 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:24.600 probably is not going to catch up to one hundred 110 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:27.160 miles an hour and turn on and pull it. It's 111 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:29.800 probably gonna be laid on it. And if he hits it, 112 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:33.399 it's gonna be hard hit to the opposite side of 113 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.480 the field. So just some baseball talk and just taking 114 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.800 you inside the Dodger Clubhouse. There a great guy in 115 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:45.240 Taoscar Hernandez, who loves the game of baseball, always watching baseball. 116 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.839 When you see the smile on his face, that's not fake. 117 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:51.600 He truly enjoys being here. And when I was filling 118 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:55.439 in for Kirsten Watson back at Dodger Stadium, sitting so 119 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:59.560 close to the Dodger dugout the first night especially, I 120 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.160 was watching the game. You know, I'm trying to add casual. 121 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:04.800 I don't want to act all weird down there. I'm 122 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:08.279 just trying to blend in. And Taoscar, before each of 123 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:10.879 his first two at bats, came and banged on the 124 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.480 fence right next to where I was sitting and said, 125 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:16.439 come on, let's go smile, have fun. Let's have fun. 126 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:18.800 That's as he was in the hole getting ready to 127 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:21.920 go on deck. So that just shows you his type. 128 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:26.360 Of personality and why everybody loves being around Tioscar Hernandez. 129 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:32.480 And obviously his celebration for his teammates is far above 130 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:36.199 anything that I've seen from another teammate as far as 131 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:39.680 being happy for another guy's success. Usually a lot of 132 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:42.240 guys are just worried about they're at bats what they 133 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:46.040 do and sometimes allows that to change their mood even 134 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:49.519 if their team's winning, or even if they have or 135 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:54.279 another teammate has success. But Taoscar Hernandez is the epitome 136 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:58.720 of an inclusive teammate, a teammate that is unselfish. And 137 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:03.240 those sunflowers heats are a great celebration organic, that's an 138 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:04.439 organic celebration. 139 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:06.600 He started back in Toronto. 140 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:10.079 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 141 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:14.160 the phone number. David Vaseai, Rick Monday, Tim Neverett, and 142 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:18.360 our producer engineer Dwayne McDonald out here at Truesce Park 143 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.399 in Atlanta, Georgia, as the tarp has come on the 144 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:25.240 field and we are waiting for this heavy rain system 145 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.720 to pass through Atlanta so they can get first pitch 146 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:31.920 thrown here between the Dodgers and Braves in Game two 147 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:35.720 of this three game series Roki Sazaki going up against 148 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:40.320 Spencer Schwellenbach. In case you missed the news, we have 149 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:43.200 mentioned it throughout the pregame show, but at bears repeating, 150 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:48.120 the Dodgers finally did place Tommy Edmund on the injured 151 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:50.279 list with right ankle inflammation. 152 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:51.559 What does that mean? 153 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:55.480 It means the Dodgers are giving Edmund extra time to 154 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:57.639 get that soreness out of his right ankle. 155 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:00.240 He is eligible to return at the. 156 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.960 End of this ten game road trip when the Dodgers 157 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:07.240 are in Arizona for a four game series against the Diamondbacks. 158 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:08.639 So that's good news. 159 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:14.320 And the Dodgers recalled hes Sung Kim from TRIPAA Oklahoma City. 160 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:16.159 We all know about Kim. 161 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:20.480 There was a lot of hype surrounding his signing coming 162 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.559 out of the KBO. He just seemed to be a 163 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:27.879 little bit overmatched offensively in spring training, so the Dodgers 164 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:31.639 hitting coaches kind of revamped his swing and started from 165 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.080 the ground up. And the biggest thing that you would 166 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:37.440 notice if you watched at bats of Kim in his 167 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:40.919 first Cactus League game compared to his last one is 168 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:43.879 the lake kick. He does not have as pronounced of 169 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:46.799 a late kick as he did when he first arrived 170 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.320 at Camel Back Ranch, and guys told me, he just 171 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:52.799 doesn't have a quick enough bat to be able to 172 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:54.440 have that type of lake kick. 173 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:55.639 He need to shorten. 174 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:58.360 He needed to shorten his swing and be able to 175 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:01.960 get to the baseball quicker. So this is twofold, right. 176 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:05.639 The Dodgers understand the marathon of a season. We hear 177 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.120 this a lot with their pitchers. There's something barking, there's 178 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.720 no need to push them. They want them for the 179 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.919 stretch run the second half. Same thing with a guy 180 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:15.919 like Tommy Edmund. 181 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:17.039 The Dodgers need him. 182 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:19.720 He is everything in a lot of ways to them, 183 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.200 and certainly him and Taoscar Hernandez have been the glue 184 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.600 of this Dodger offense since the start of the season, 185 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:29.879 the most consistent guys since the start of the season. 186 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.919 So the Dodgers want Tommy Edmond to be one hundred 187 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:36.600 percent healthy. And remember last year he was coming back 188 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:41.080 from his wrist surgery and he tweaked his right ankle. Well, 189 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:43.639 that's the same ankle that he tweaked on Tuesday night 190 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.720 at Dodgers Stadium just going from second to third in 191 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.600 the sixth inning. So the right move by the Dodgers, 192 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:54.559 and this gives Kim an opportunity to experience Major League 193 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.120 Baseball and also for the Dodgers to see where his 194 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.240 swing is at, where is he compared to the last 195 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:05.120 time they saw him in Arizona at camel Back Ranch. 196 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:08.519 Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is 197 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:10.480 the phone number. We're going to take a time out 198 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.519 here on rain delay Dodger Talk. When we come back, 199 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:16.320 your phone calls at eight sixty six nine eighty seven 200 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:19.679 two five seventy. We have phone lines open and just 201 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:23.519 for our Dodgers Audio Network, we are signing off at 202 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.320 the top of the hour as we hunker down with 203 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.519 Dave Roberts here in Atlanta, and we'll keep you updated 204 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:32.080 when first pitch will come. So we're taking you to 205 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:35.200 the top of the hour on the Dodgers Audio Network 206 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.960 as we wait for first pitch between the Dodgers and 207 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:42.200 Braves right here on AM five seventy LA Sports and 208 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.039 the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. 209 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:54.000 World champions. Once again, my friend. 210 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:58.360 This is the home of your world champion LA's Dodgers. 211 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:00.879 The only way I love the my Dodger game. 212 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:03.159 Don't miss a moment all season long. 213 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:05.120 It's almost ninety six miles an hour. 214 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:07.440 Ookay swings HiT's a drive to left field. 215 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.559 Indeed going back is Perdugo still going back? 216 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:13.240 And this pros gone. 217 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:17.320 It's a home run for Bets, his fifth of the season, 218 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:21.240 a solo shot per Mookie, and the Dodgers. 219 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:21.960 Lead it two to nothing. 220 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:27.039 That was the difference in last night's game, as Mookie 221 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.279 beds homeward for the first time. 222 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:30.879 Since April fourteenth. 223 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:34.440 He now has seven RBIs in his last three games. 224 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:37.240 The Dodgers beat the Braves in the opener of this 225 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:40.960 ten game three ten game, ten day road trip, the 226 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:44.320 start of a three game series here in Atlanta. This 227 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:47.480 is David Vasse. We are live at Truest Park in Atlanta, 228 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:49.759 where we are in a rain delay. The game hasn't 229 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:52.600 even started. They want to wait this out, the rain 230 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:57.000 coming through before they get first pitch thrown. Here in Atlanta, 231 00:12:57.159 --> 00:13:00.879 Daniels Jewelers presents the home run Forecast. 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Just a week or two ago, 243 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:38.759 everybody was asking what's wrong. 244 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:41.039 With the Dodgers. Why aren't they beating teams? 245 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:44.639 Why aren't they taking off with the highest payroll in baseball? 246 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:45.759 Well, it was. 247 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:49.720 Never that bad. Have they hit their stride? Absolutely not. 248 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:53.840 Is their ceiling a lot higher? Absolutely it is. Those 249 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:56.799 players down there would tell you their offense isn't even 250 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.519 hitting on all cylinders. They've done this without Michael hopeeck, 251 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:03.600 they're going to be doing it without Blake Trining. They've 252 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:07.480 only gotten two starts from Blake Snow. Clayton Kershaw hasn't 253 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.039 even returned. So all that being said, and all that, 254 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.960 I guess early season adversity if you want to call 255 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.799 it that, And the Dodgers still have the best record 256 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:21.039 in Baseball twenty two to ten, looking to win their 257 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:24.279 seventh in a row. Tonight, whenever this game gets started, 258 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:27.840 let's go out to Ontario. Ronald, You're on Dodger Talk 259 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.919 live from Atlanta. 260 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.480 Hi Ronald, Hi Dave. 261 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:32.159 How's it going. 262 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:33.759 Oh? 263 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:36.720 It's great quality time with Rick Monday. Nothing gets better 264 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.039 than this. 265 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.559 I guess not. Hey, I just called my first time 266 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:45.960 calling it been a listener forever. I was just a 267 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.320 couple of things on my mind with the pitching, the 268 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:52.200 starting picking com back are going down, the pictures with 269 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.799 injuries where they can turn. I mean, they don't have 270 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.840 the same people. They're the same you know farm system 271 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:02.960 that had last year, you know Emmett and those guys 272 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:06.240 going down. What's our thought on that? Who they you know, 273 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:07.320 somebody else goes down. 274 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:10.360 We're not concerned at all. I'm not concerned at all. 275 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:12.720 Speaking of Mit, she and he's gonna be ready to 276 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:14.399 pitch the second half of the season. 277 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:17.559 They still have Landon Knack, they still have Bobby Miller. 278 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.799 They got a guy like Justin Robleski that can fill 279 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.799 in for a few innings. But I'm not concerned about that. 280 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:27.480 And when people talk about the Dodgers pitching going down. 281 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:30.480 Has it really gone down? Has it really been as 282 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:33.519 bad as it was last year? I mean, Kershaw, we 283 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:35.440 all knew was going to start the year on the 284 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:38.879 il Tyler glass. Now you know, you couldn't count on 285 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:43.039 And Dave Roberts still doesn't seem to have a clear 286 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:46.240 answer on what's going on with his shoulder his arm, 287 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:50.080 and neither didn't pitching coach Mark Pryor. Blake Snell is 288 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:55.320 being treated very cautiously with that stiff left shoulder. He's 289 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.279 gonna start throwing in Miami. He'll be back before the 290 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:02.600 All Star breaks. So I feel like, again everybody wants 291 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:04.879 to make things worse. 292 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.879 Than what they really are. 293 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.440 The Dodgers have the best record twenty to ten, and 294 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:12.919 they have two starters missing from their rotation, one that 295 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:15.000 you could probably anticipate, the other. 296 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:17.320 They're just being cautious with it. 297 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:19.559 And they do have the depth in the minor leagues, 298 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:22.120 not only at Triple A but also we're talking about 299 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.759 Double A. Jackson Ferris and Jared Carros they got more 300 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.240 on the way. 301 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:32.279 Ronald didn't think about that, but yeah, hey, that's why 302 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.720 I'm here. 303 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:36.320 I don't know much, I know, just a little bit 304 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.440 about the Dodgers in baseball, just a little. 305 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:40.360 Thanks a lot for the phone call. 306 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:42.279 Don't ask me to be a hitting guru, though, but 307 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:46.679 I don't give hitting lessons on Instagram or Twitter or anywhere. 308 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:49.559 I allow that kind of stuff to be held to 309 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:52.320 the professionals. Let's go out to bishop. 310 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:55.039 Jeff. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Atlanta. 311 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:58.759 Hi, Jeff, Thanks, thanks a lot, David, I just want 312 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:01.559 to know where does otait in rotation? 313 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:05.680 Hey, Otani, I'm glad you brought him up. He threw 314 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:10.480 a bullpen session today. It still hasn't rained. So he 315 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:13.240 went out there and threw a bullpen session about thirty 316 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:16.160 five pitches, and I could tell it went really well 317 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:18.759 for him because he was in a great mood in 318 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.000 the clubhouse when he came in, and he was joking around. 319 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:23.200 He was having a good time. 320 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:27.039 And you know, Jeff, when it comes to a Twani pitching, 321 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.680 it's not about the regular season because the Dodgers don't 322 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:34.519 need him. It's about having him as a weapon in 323 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:37.799 the postseason. And look, he's not going to be able 324 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:40.039 to go out on a rehab assignment. How do they 325 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:42.960 get him built up? And that's why I could envision 326 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:46.799 him in the postseason starting a playoff game and going 327 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:49.400 three or four innings, because that's all he's built up 328 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:53.240 to do, and that's more than enough for the Dodgers now. 329 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:57.519 So that's how I see it playing out. I know 330 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:59.759 everybody wants to know when's he gonna pitch, when's he 331 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.400 gonna Well, I don't see it happening until after the 332 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:06.519 All Star break, and it's going to have a purpose, 333 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:09.640 and the purpose is for him to be a weapon 334 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:12.920 in October. And look, the reality is, yes, he is 335 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:18.079 the most unique player in baseball history, certainly modern day baseball, 336 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:22.799 and now with the roster restrictions, he's even more of 337 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:26.279 a weapon that nobody else has because when you go 338 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:30.359 into the postseason, you can only carry thirteen pitchers. Well, 339 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.359 the Dodgers will do that, and they'll have a position 340 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:37.759 player that can pitch in show Aotani, So essentially they 341 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.240 have fourteen pitchers on their roster while other teams can 342 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:45.400 only have thirteen. Let's go out to Wineka Waldo. You're 343 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.400 on Dodger Talk Live from Atlanta. 344 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:53.759 Hi Waldo, h Dave, I have one question in one comment, 345 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:59.599 I wanted to get a update from you on Charlie Steiner, 346 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:02.839 see how he's doing and Helk wise and if he's 347 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:05.440 playing on returning to play by play. 348 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:09.759 Yeah, I actually spoke to Charlie before we left for 349 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.960 the road trip, and he's taken it day by day, 350 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:17.480 just like everybody else that's going through something. And he 351 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.279 is still hopeful that he can return this year. And 352 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:23.319 we we send our best to Charlie. We hope that 353 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.680 he does come back, but it's bigger than baseball. He's 354 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:28.559 got to take care of himself. And then when he's 355 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:31.079 ready for that, and you'll come back to. 356 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:36.400 The booth, Well, send him my love. I really appreciate him. 357 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:38.559 I hope he's just given better. 358 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.680 You just did. You just sent him your life. 359 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:45.079 And and my comment is with with ed bn out 360 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:49.519 and you know, I wouldn't mind seeing more Chris Taylor, 361 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:53.039 and and not just because I think, you know, he 362 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:55.440 deserves to be out there, but it's last year of 363 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:58.319 his contract. He's about, you know, fifty million dollars sitting 364 00:19:58.319 --> 00:20:00.359 at the end of the bench. The only way they 365 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:04.079 could possibly trade him at the deadline would be if 366 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:07.279 he plays, and other teams, you know, see some potential there. 367 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.920 What do you think I don't think right now another 368 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:13.920 team's gonna try to trade for Chris Taylor. He's in 369 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:17.519 the starting lineup tonight at second base. And look, he 370 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:20.079 has a track record, he has a resume, and he 371 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:23.920 plays hard and that's something the Dodgers value. Thanks for 372 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:27.200 the phone call, Waldough appreciated. Yeah, the Dodgers have Taylor 373 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:31.359 at second base tonight. And Dave Roberts before the game 374 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:34.559 was asked why not Kim starting, and he basically said, 375 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:36.720 we weren't sure if Kim was gonna get here in 376 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:39.240 time to put him in the starting lineup. 377 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.160 So there's a good. 378 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:44.160 Chance that you may see him tomorrow or eventually when 379 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:47.480 the Dodgers get to Miami. But the way the Dodgers 380 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:50.519 have stacked their lineup tonight, it's so Tani Betts, Freeman, 381 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:55.200 ta Oscar Hernandez, will Smith, Max Muncy, Andy Pie has 382 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:59.119 Michael Conforto and Chris Taylor. You know, Dave Roberts talks 383 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:02.519 about when guys are struggling just having them watch the game. 384 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.480 How much longer is Michael Confordo going to start every 385 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:09.039 day in left field? I know the Dodgers made a 386 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:12.119 big investment in him, and they believe in Conforto. I'm 387 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:14.359 not saying I'm giving up on him or the Dodgers 388 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:18.200 should pull the plug, But how about giving Chris Taylor 389 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.279 or Key a Hernandez a start in front of Michael Conforto, 390 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:25.279 Because not only is he not hitting the ball well, 391 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:28.119 he's only hitting a buck fifty two with an ops 392 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:31.759 of five sixty five, and that's even with a very 393 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:35.119 hot first two weeks of the season. How about Key 394 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:38.039 k a Hernandez in center field and Andy Poe hasn't left, 395 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:41.240 or Chris Taylor and left. I feel like that's a 396 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:45.440 fair question to ask why Confordo is continually being ran 397 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:48.640 out there against righty's and lefties. I just think he 398 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:52.319 could benefit from taking a day off and being able 399 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:56.079 to regroup mentally. I'm sure it's weighing on him, no 400 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:59.119 doubt about it. Eight six six ninety seven two five 401 00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:01.880