Speaker 1: Now your host walking you up to first pitch. It's
Speaker 1: Tim kays.
Speaker 2: Hi, everybody, and welcome in to Morongo Casino, Dodgers on Deck.
Speaker 2: I hope you enjoy this beautiful Sunday afternoon here in
Speaker 2: southern California. You're world champion Los Angeles Dodgers back home
Speaker 2: after taking two from the Chicago Cubs and the Tokyo series.
Speaker 2: After a few days to get their body clocks back
Speaker 2: on track, the Dodgers will play a three game exhibition
Speaker 2: freeway series against the Anaheim Angels before the regular season
Speaker 2: home opener on Thursday.
Speaker 3: Tonight.
Speaker 2: It's game one of this three games set against the
Speaker 2: Halos Tonight Dodgers Stadium. The next two nights at the
Speaker 2: Big A and Anaheim. Jackson Farris, the minor league pitcher
Speaker 2: of the year for the Dodgers, will get the start.
Speaker 2: Left Tendrill take the mount at first pitch at five
Speaker 2: to ten. Coming up over the next hour here on
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Speaker 2: get to. We're gonna hear from the manager himself, Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: How's this team feeling after those two games in Tokyo
Speaker 2: and getting ready for the home opener on Thursday, we'll
Speaker 2: dive deeper into this pitching matchup. David va segoes one
Speaker 2: on one with reliever Kirby Yeates. We've got your Dodgers
Speaker 2: magical moment, and shortly we'll check in with Kirsten Watson
Speaker 2: and of course, in just a few minutes we'll head
Speaker 2: out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth. And here from
Speaker 2: Charlie Steiner and Rick Monday. The Dodgers back home safe
Speaker 2: and sound after a wonderful trip to Japan that saw
Speaker 2: them take two against the Cubs in Tokyo. They won
Speaker 2: the first game four to one on Wednesday. In the
Speaker 2: second game, it was the Dodger debut of Roki Sasaki.
Speaker 2: The young right hander win three innings, allowed one run
Speaker 2: on three hits, truck out three, walked five. Got himself
Speaker 2: into some trouble in the second a ground ball double
Speaker 2: play got out of that, and then after loading the bases,
Speaker 2: he got back to back strikeouts to get out of
Speaker 2: the third inning, allowing just one run. The Dodgers z
Speaker 2: were able to get on the board early. They scored
Speaker 2: two in the second. Will Smith scored on a pass ball.
Speaker 2: Keik A Hernettez a sack fly his first RBI of
Speaker 2: the year, and the Dodgers were up two to nothing.
Speaker 2: Then the top of the third, Tommy Edmund hit the
Speaker 2: first home run in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4: Payoff pitch from Steel.
Speaker 5: This one has swung on well, hit to left, toward
Speaker 5: the corner. It goes hit is pack it has gone.
Speaker 5: It's a home run Tommy Edmund as he hits his
Speaker 5: first tank of the year. It's three nothing Dodgers. A
Speaker 5: solo shot for Edmund.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund goes deep. Three nothing Dodgers lead. The one
Speaker 2: run that Rokie Sazaki came up came in the bottom
Speaker 2: half of the third inning. He walked Kyle Tucker with
Speaker 2: the bases loaded. When the command was starting to get
Speaker 2: away from Rokie Suzaki, he went to three innings, turned
Speaker 2: it over to the bullpen. Dodgers were up three to
Speaker 2: one in the fourth when keik Hernandez unloaded.
Speaker 5: Two two, swung on and hammered deep left field.
Speaker 1: Way packing gone.
Speaker 5: Key k Hernandez with a two run home run, five
Speaker 5: to one.
Speaker 4: Dodgers.
Speaker 5: Oh, that was an absolute, no doubt or off the
Speaker 5: bat of Key k Hernandez as that was way up
Speaker 5: in the left field bleachers.
Speaker 2: Two runs shot for a keyk that came in the
Speaker 2: fourth Dodgers up five to one, E and a half.
Speaker 2: A RBI single on the fourth show, Hey Otani, Yeah,
Speaker 2: I heard of him? Home run the fifth bomb that
Speaker 2: gave the Dodgers a six to two lead. The Cubs
Speaker 2: would come back with an RBI double in the fifth
Speaker 2: inning off Jack Dryer, the Dodger reliever Landon ac then
Speaker 2: two shutout Indians Kirby Yates a scoreless inning, and Alex
Speaker 2: Vessio came in to get the save. Dodgers beat the
Speaker 2: Cubs six to three in front of forty two thousand,
Speaker 2: three hundred and sixty seven and a sold out Tokyo
Speaker 2: Dome in Japan as a Dodger start off the year
Speaker 2: two to zero. In twenty twenty five, after a few
Speaker 2: days off back home a three game exhibition freeway series
Speaker 2: against the Anaheim Angels with more, let's head out to
Speaker 2: the Gallpin Motors Broadcast booth as we say hello and
Speaker 2: welcome in Charlie Steiner and Rick Monday, guys.
Speaker 6: So the Dodgers return home from Tokyo on Wednesday night.
Speaker 6: Here it is early Sunday evening Dodgers and the Angels
Speaker 6: in the first of the three game mini series as
Speaker 6: we get ready for Opening Day on Thursday, beautiful night
Speaker 6: for baseball here at Dodgers Stadium, and the Dodgers, of course,
Speaker 6: the defending world champions, feeling awfully good about themselves. A
Speaker 6: successful road trip, and the Dodgers are not just the
Speaker 6: champions of Major League Baseball based on what we saw
Speaker 6: in Tokyo, they're the champions of baseball period.
Speaker 4: Well it seems to be that way.
Speaker 7: First of all, it's great to see you. You and
Speaker 7: I had a chance to bond yesterday, and it's good
Speaker 7: to have you right alongside and welcome Backcodder.
Speaker 4: On that end up, I agree one hundred percent. And
Speaker 4: I have said that.
Speaker 7: That series in Tokyo in Japan itself was a terrific
Speaker 7: platform for the defending world champion Dodgers, and I think
Speaker 7: even more so, probably a wonderful platform for Major League Baseball.
Speaker 7: The reception was off the charts, that the games were
Speaker 7: off the charts, and now the ball club has come back.
Speaker 7: They got rid of a jet lag, they made some adjustments,
Speaker 7: and there's also been some new elements added to Dodgers steadium,
Speaker 7: new locker rooms.
Speaker 4: We've had a.
Speaker 7: Glimpse of that, and it's nice to be back home,
Speaker 7: and it's nice to have you back home.
Speaker 6: Be it ever so humble, It truly is your takeaway from.
Speaker 4: The off season.
Speaker 6: You know, as I was watching from Afar, one of
Speaker 6: the things I noticed is that the Dodgers fundamentally have
Speaker 6: not changed very much on the field. They've got a
Speaker 6: fistful of starters, a fistfull of relievers, these guys ninety
Speaker 6: last year loaded for bear again. Yeah, Charlie, you and
Speaker 6: I have been talking all winter long, and Jude I said,
Speaker 6: really in the first broadcast a season ago in spring training,
Speaker 6: that the Dodgers were perceived as really the Goliath of baseball.
Speaker 6: Well this year in the first broadcast, I said, yeah,
Speaker 6: they're again perceived as the Goliath of baseball. And by
Speaker 6: the way, in my estimation, Goliath has gotten bigger, stronger.
Speaker 4: And better.
Speaker 7: And I'm not certain that David's going to appear this year,
Speaker 7: but that's on paper. Dodgers still have games that they
Speaker 7: have to win on the field.
Speaker 6: And the Dodgers, of course have Dave Broughbers back once
Speaker 6: again his tenth season. This is without question his team
Speaker 6: and they're going about their business. It all begins on
Speaker 6: Thursday against the Tigers. So weird to have the opener
Speaker 6: at Dodgers Stadium with the Tigers on a Thursday, but
Speaker 6: so be it. That's the schedule.
Speaker 4: Right now.
Speaker 6: Everything is exactly where the Dodgers would like to have it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I.
Speaker 7: Think that if I'm reading the tea leaves the right way,
Speaker 7: this is a Dodger ball club. Yes, they have a
Speaker 7: World championship underneath their belts, but I just sense that
Speaker 7: they came to Spring trunning, hungry, hungry to make it
Speaker 7: back to back, hungry to understand that there is a
Speaker 7: challenge out there every time that.
Speaker 4: They go past.
Speaker 7: I know Mookie Betts made a comment that every game
Speaker 7: that they play against other teams is going to be
Speaker 7: like their World Series, the other team's World Series.
Speaker 4: Some people got irritated by that.
Speaker 7: I thought it was a very realistic statement and understanding
Speaker 7: is the Dodgers know on their schedule or the other
Speaker 7: clubs know when the Dodgers are scheduled to come into
Speaker 7: their homes stadium and play against him. I think this
Speaker 7: is a wonderful prelude to a season. Already two games
Speaker 7: in the win column. A lot more need to be
Speaker 7: added there.
Speaker 6: It is two games before everybody else plays.
Speaker 7: The Dodgers are in first plays the best reckon in baseball.
Speaker 4: All right, so we're getting ready to go.
Speaker 6: Let's see Angels and the Dodgers and there will be
Speaker 6: a couple of games down in Anaheim Thursday, the Tigers
Speaker 6: and the Dodgers open the regular season this side of
Speaker 6: the Pacific. Line ups the first pitch and tell you
Speaker 6: more about who's playing and where tonight when we come back.
Speaker 2: All right, thank you, Charlie. Great to have you back
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Speaker 3: Night, first pitch at five to ten.
Speaker 8: Thanks for being with us.
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Speaker 2: and zero start to the regular season in the two
Speaker 2: games against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo. After a few
Speaker 2: days off, Dodgers back at at the play at Dodger
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Speaker 2: are at the Big A and Anaheim. Some lineup shifting.
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts was in the lineup originally when it posted
Speaker 2: two hours ago, starting at shortstop and batting seconds well.
Speaker 2: In the last five minutes, the Dodgers have updated their
Speaker 2: lineup and no longer is Mookie Betts starting for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas will now play shortstop instead, where he played
Speaker 2: for the first two games in Tokyo. So had hoped
Speaker 2: to have Mookie Betts back in the lineup. Looks like
Speaker 2: it's not gonna happen tonight. In the first game of
Speaker 2: this freeway series.
Speaker 1: This is the Otani ree Why anytime Jack Dryer continues
Speaker 1: to warm up, he's getting ready for his major league debut.
Speaker 1: Two two, and Otani hammers one.
Speaker 4: Oh.
Speaker 5: This ball is well struck, deep bright center, back to
Speaker 5: the wall.
Speaker 1: That's off the top of the wall.
Speaker 5: Otani around first, he's in the second and Kyle Tucker, Well,
Speaker 5: they're saying home run. It looked like it came off
Speaker 5: the top of the wall initially, but Otani comes around
Speaker 5: with his first home run of the season.
Speaker 4: Show.
Speaker 2: Hey, Otani put on a show in Tokyo, picking up
Speaker 2: where he left off last year with the fifty four
Speaker 2: home runs in the fifty nine stolen bases. He hits
Speaker 2: a home run in the Dodgers' six to three win
Speaker 2: over Chicago. Otani, by the way, in the two games
Speaker 2: in Tokyo, three for eight, a home run, a double,
Speaker 2: two walks, and three runs scored.
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Speaker 9: So he was a late scratch ahead of Game one,
Speaker 9: dealing with just some ribsreness on that left side of
Speaker 9: his body. And that's the same rib that he was
Speaker 9: dealing with in the postseason that we heard about after,
Speaker 9: I mean the incredible postseason run that he had. So
Speaker 9: he was whether it was the ankle, the rib, he
Speaker 9: was dealing with a lot. So to see the success
Speaker 9: he had last year was just remarkable. Now this spring,
Speaker 9: it seemed like that was a thing of the past.
Speaker 9: There was still some focus as he was working through
Speaker 9: his ankle was full go heading into Tokyo, But in
Speaker 9: that last round of batting practice ahead of Game one,
Speaker 9: he just kind of tweaked something. Dave Roberts said today
Speaker 9: that they believe it was scar tissue that maybe he
Speaker 9: was feeling. He was lobbying to be back out there
Speaker 9: for Game two of that Tokyo series. Ultimately, Dave Roberts,
Speaker 9: the training staff just said it's not worth it, not
Speaker 9: worth in case getting hurt, obviously with the rest of
Speaker 9: the regular season coming up, so for him to be
Speaker 9: back out there is really good. Dave Roberts said that
Speaker 9: he's feeling so much better. He's probably gonna have a
Speaker 9: limited outing today, two to three at bats, three to
Speaker 9: four innings of defensive work.
Speaker 2: How are you feeling here, said body clock back coming
Speaker 2: back from Tokio.
Speaker 8: Everything good.
Speaker 9: A few days after you know that I've talked about
Speaker 9: everyone else hanging in there. I will say that is
Speaker 9: the number one topic of conversation today. How are you
Speaker 9: feeling the jet lag? What's going on for everyone is
Speaker 9: slowly but surely getting back on track. Sleep is here
Speaker 9: and there those first few days back where we're definitely rough,
Speaker 9: but the laundry is done. I have unpacked. That's huge
Speaker 9: for me, and here we go.
Speaker 2: Routine is what baseball players are all about, and the
Speaker 2: fast that they can get back on the routine coming
Speaker 2: back from Japan to better curst. We appreciate it. We'll
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Speaker 1: Any questions for Dave Dave?
Speaker 4: Can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 1: In the dugouts with Dave Robbers?
Speaker 10: Have you settled on a starter for the home opener
Speaker 10: and for the Tiger series?
Speaker 11: We have we have It's gonna be Blake Snow and
Speaker 11: it's it's great in the sense of Yamamoto starting the
Speaker 11: opener in Tokyo, but then Blake getting the opportunity to
Speaker 11: start the home opener here at Dodger Stadium, and then
Speaker 11: we'll follow it with Yamamoto and then Roki for the
Speaker 11: for the last game of the Tiger Series.
Speaker 10: That's a pretty good old school pitching matchup between two
Speaker 10: cy young winners with school ball and Blake.
Speaker 4: It really is.
Speaker 11: I think that if you you know, if you look
Speaker 11: at Major League Baseball starting pitching, in anyone's math or opinion,
Speaker 11: those two are two of the top five pitches in
Speaker 11: all of baseball, and so to have them kind of
Speaker 11: two South Paul's going against one another's gonna be fun.
Speaker 10: What was his reaction when you let him know that
Speaker 10: he was going to be that guy?
Speaker 4: I think he was.
Speaker 11: He was certainly honored, excited. You know, Blake chose to
Speaker 11: be a Dodger for various reasons, and you know, for
Speaker 11: him to start home opener here at Dodger Stadium, I
Speaker 11: think it's just something else that he can add to his,
Speaker 11: you know, already great career.
Speaker 10: What's the outlook for Evan Phillips.
Speaker 11: Evan through yesterday in a live session and look really sharp,
Speaker 11: And so the thought is he will either throw tomorrow
Speaker 11: or the next day another inning, and he'll be here
Speaker 11: for the ring ceremony obviously, and then he'll make his
Speaker 11: way to Arizona.
Speaker 10: How about Copek since you got back any updates on him?
Speaker 11: No, not not really. I think Copek is sort of
Speaker 11: in a holding pattern. Don't really know what that means.
Speaker 11: There's not a it's not a setback. It's just kind
Speaker 11: of where he's at the build up. He's just kind
Speaker 11: of been pretty stagnant. I think, I don't know, you know,
Speaker 11: what his time of return is.
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Speaker 2: Right, the Mookie Bets scratch from the lineup about fifteen
Speaker 2: minutes ago.
Speaker 3: What's going on?
Speaker 4: I'm not sure.
Speaker 10: I saw him out here during the pregame batting practice
Speaker 10: and doing his routine with Chris Woodwards, So I'm not
Speaker 10: sure what came up where Mookie Bets was not able
Speaker 10: to play. But we got that word about thirty minutes ago,
Speaker 10: and we'll have to wait and see if the Dodgers
Speaker 10: put out some sort of announcement on why he was scratched.
Speaker 10: So we'll have to wait and see what the situation is.
Speaker 10: But I saw Mooki out here, and I saw him
Speaker 10: in the clubhouse. Who knows, but I guess the most
Speaker 10: important part is that Mookie Betts is in the starting
Speaker 10: lineup on Thursday against the Tigers.
Speaker 4: No doubt it.
Speaker 2: Speaking of Thursday, we heard your question to Dave Robbers
Speaker 2: just a few minutes ago. It's gonna be Blake's now
Speaker 2: getting the start on.
Speaker 3: The home opener, A big one for him.
Speaker 10: Yeah, big, I mean he is the big fish the
Speaker 10: Dodgers signed during the off season of all the guys
Speaker 10: they signed. He was the biggest and a two time
Speaker 10: Cy Young Award win. He wanted this moment. And not
Speaker 10: only is it Blake Snell starting for the Dodgers for
Speaker 10: the home opener, but we got a rare marquee pitching
Speaker 10: matchup that you rarely see in Major League Baseball these days.
Speaker 10: The Tigers are throwing out the ragining American League Cy
Speaker 10: Young Winner and Krek Schoobel. So you got two of
Speaker 10: the best lefties in the game at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.
Speaker 10: And here's what Blake Snell said about trying to control
Speaker 10: all those butterflies and adrenaline on Thursday.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 12: I don't know how to.
Speaker 13: I don't know.
Speaker 12: I could say one thing, but it's gonna be different
Speaker 12: when I walk out there, I don't I can tell
Speaker 12: you I won't be thinking about Scooba at all or
Speaker 12: going against him. My only goal be just dominate the own,
Speaker 12: get us in the dugout so we can hit. That's
Speaker 12: my only goal.
Speaker 3: But I don't know.
Speaker 12: I would imagine I'll be excited a little nervous, and
Speaker 12: then once I get out there, it's just like I
Speaker 12: love ghost, I love pitching, and I can't win a
Speaker 12: pitch and compete.
Speaker 10: Blake Snell threw a simulated game yesterday Tim just as
Speaker 10: a final tune up, and he told me that he
Speaker 10: started to get better feel for his secondary pitches than
Speaker 10: what he had in Tokyo and what.
Speaker 3: He had in Arizona.
Speaker 10: He's going to need that slider and maybe the most
Speaker 10: important pitch to Blake Snell, not only on Thursday, but
Speaker 10: this entire season, is his change up.
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Speaker 2: Evan Phillips, Michael Kopek.
Speaker 4: They're hurt.
Speaker 3: What's going on with those guys?
Speaker 4: Well?
Speaker 10: I talked to Evan earlier today in the brand speaking
Speaker 10: new Dodger Clubhouse, and he said he's going to throw
Speaker 10: to hitters tomorrow at Dodgers Stadium, and he's not going
Speaker 10: to be on the opening day roster. Maybe if he
Speaker 10: convinces the Dodgers from what they see tomorrow.
Speaker 3: But the fact is, when.
Speaker 10: You have a torn rotator cuff, it doesn't just all
Speaker 10: of a sudden mend itself. Maybe there's some scar tissue
Speaker 10: that can help ease the burden of the pain tolerance
Speaker 10: of that torn rotator cuff, but it's not just going to.
Speaker 1: Get fixed by resting.
Speaker 10: So I think he's going to give it a go
Speaker 10: for as long as he can go this season, but
Speaker 10: certainly something to keep an eye on. As far as
Speaker 10: Michael Kopek goes. He's not here, and I believe there's
Speaker 10: a good chance you won't see Michael Kopek for at
Speaker 10: least the first month of the season.
Speaker 8: All Right, Davie, appreciate it.
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Speaker 10: Rick, it's great to be back in Los Angeles and
Speaker 10: even better to be close to you and Charlie Steiner
Speaker 10: for this Freeway series opener.
Speaker 7: Well for our buddy Charlie Steiner, welcome back, and we
Speaker 7: had lunch yesterday together and we're going to hook him
Speaker 7: up and put him into harness tonight.
Speaker 4: So that's the good news.
Speaker 7: And as we get ready, it's kind of strange you
Speaker 7: go to Arizona for spring training and over there you
Speaker 7: play nineteen games, then you fly over the pond and
Speaker 7: you play two games that count against the Cubs in Tokyo,
Speaker 7: which was a sensational series not only for the Dodger's
Speaker 7: in exposure, but I think for Major League Baseball, I
Speaker 7: thought it was a wonderful, wonderful thing. You were there.
Speaker 7: Meanwhile we were hidden in El Segundo. But and then you
Speaker 7: come back and you have three more exhibition games, which
Speaker 7: I've always said even as a player, that the Freeway
Speaker 7: Series Doggers and Angels is a wonderful respite, if you will,
Speaker 7: in kind of a dress rehearsal for the regular season.
Speaker 7: And I think if you look at last year going
Speaker 7: to South Korea and again this year going to Tokyo,
Speaker 7: coming back and down having the Freeway Series, it gives
Speaker 7: everyone a chance to get back into the swing of
Speaker 7: things because during the regular season, baseball becomes very nocturnal
Speaker 7: because it's majority night games. So now we're getting back
Speaker 7: into that area. But on this side of the pond,
Speaker 7: I would say that that series in Tokyo was absolutely terrific.
Speaker 4: You were there and your impression.
Speaker 10: Well show, hey o Tani, we were all there for him.
Speaker 10: I mean, he could be as humble as he wants,
Speaker 10: but everybody in that Tokyo Dome, everybody in that country
Speaker 10: came out in War number seventeen. And how many players
Speaker 10: Rick can perform on the way he did.
Speaker 7: Well that's the biggest thing we saw him last year
Speaker 7: after unsettling circumstances that took place had nothing to do
Speaker 7: with him as far as what he did, and everybody
Speaker 7: understands as well documented. For him to be able to
Speaker 7: refocus was I thought amazing last year. And for him
Speaker 7: to be able to go over there, I mean, he's
Speaker 7: he could be the governor, he could be the mayor,
Speaker 7: he could be whatever you want to be in Tokyo.
Speaker 4: That's a big, big burden, and I thought.
Speaker 7: He handled it exceptionally well, to say the least, and
Speaker 7: to be able to do it and be able to
Speaker 7: at least from the outside looking in, is if he
Speaker 7: was able to partition everything away and play the game
Speaker 7: of baseball. And when he got to home plate, I say,
Speaker 7: many many times. No one leaves their seats during the
Speaker 7: regular season. I mentioned a number of times in spring draunning,
Speaker 7: no one leaves their seats when Otani's on deck and
Speaker 7: about to hit, and that was the case. You could
Speaker 7: hear a pin drop when he came to home plate
Speaker 7: in Tokyo.
Speaker 10: I mean, many players rick the place was filled for him.
Speaker 10: They wanted to see him do something special, and he delivered.
Speaker 10: He hit a home run. That's what they came to see.
Speaker 7: Yeah, they just came to see him. There was one
Speaker 7: line that I read in the papers. There was a couple,
Speaker 7: a husband and wife. I read the article, and they
Speaker 7: had gone to the airport when you guys were flying
Speaker 7: in to Japan, into Tokyo, and they said that we
Speaker 7: didn't think that we would see Otani, but we wanted
Speaker 7: to go to the airport and at least breathe the
Speaker 7: same air. Yeah, as he arrived in his native Japan.
Speaker 7: So I thought it was just a tremendous series for baseball,
Speaker 7: with all the pomp and circumstance. I thought it was
Speaker 7: received so so well from what we were able to discern.
Speaker 7: You were there in the heat of the moment and
Speaker 7: it was just delightful to watch.
Speaker 10: And the Dodgers really were in a different weight class
Speaker 10: than the Cubs in those first two games.
Speaker 7: Without mosting and you hit it right on the nail
Speaker 7: on the head. It looked like they were in a
Speaker 7: different weight class, at least for that particular moment.
Speaker 4: So we get good news.
Speaker 7: Freddie Freeman will be in the lineup tonight, although you
Speaker 7: found out it would not be for an extended period
Speaker 7: of time, nor does it have to be now when.
Speaker 10: You talked about dress rehearsal, Rick, isn't that the most
Speaker 10: important part of tonight's scheme.
Speaker 7: Yeah, that and the fact that we're getting sneak previews
Speaker 7: of what just the incredible Janet Marie Smith has been
Speaker 7: able to do and the Dodgers were able to do
Speaker 7: with new construction, locker rooms on both sides, you've got
Speaker 7: a sneak peek. I haven't seen all of it yet.
Speaker 7: I haven't seen any of it yet, but we'll get
Speaker 7: a glimpse of it. And it's really a great calling
Speaker 7: card for what the Dodgers' ownership has done with his
Speaker 7: beautiful stadium. It may be the third oldest in Major
Speaker 7: League Baseball, but you would not know it coming around
Speaker 7: and looking at all aspects of it. By the way,
Speaker 7: dwayn McDonald welcome back to because he's been on paternity leave.
Speaker 7: We got Charlie Steiner back, We've got dwayn McDonald. Well,
Speaker 7: you're here, but you'll have to leave in some particular.
Speaker 10: Two out of three ain't bad, right.
Speaker 4: Not too bad?
Speaker 7: But you know, hey, you hit that much in baseball,
Speaker 7: you're doing really really well.
Speaker 10: Well, you're doing great rank.
Speaker 4: Thanks so great to see you too.
Speaker 10: We'll check back in with you and Charlie Steiner a
Speaker 10: little bit later in the show. For now, we'll send
Speaker 10: it back to you in the studio.
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Speaker 2: We'll be back with Rick Monday, get you those keys
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Speaker 2: game one of this exhibition freeway series Dodgers and Angels.
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Speaker 10: The Dodgers are back home from the first two regular
Speaker 10: season games in Tokyo, and we're joined right now by
Speaker 10: veteran Dodger reliever, a new member to the Dodger bullpen,
Speaker 10: but not a new member to Major League Baseball or
Speaker 10: the National League West. That is the one and only
Speaker 10: Kirby Eates. Kirby, thanks a lot for the time, appreciate.
Speaker 8: It, no problem, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 10: So what's it like to be here at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 10: for the first time wearing a Dodger uniform.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's it's a little different.
Speaker 13: I mean, I don't know the numbers, but I feel
Speaker 13: like I've probably played here the most out of any
Speaker 13: visiting stadium, so it's always been one of my favorites.
Speaker 13: So it's kind of cool to be on the home side.
Speaker 10: Yeah, and it will be refreshing that if you do
Speaker 10: warm up in the game tonight or in Anaheim, it
Speaker 10: will be back in open air bullpens, unlike in Tokyo.
Speaker 13: Yes, it's uh, you know, we're people again. We got
Speaker 13: to be a part of the actual stadium. So looking
Speaker 13: forward to you know, feeling the energy again.
Speaker 10: What was it like in Tokyo as far as the bullpen.
Speaker 8: I mean, it was actually kind of fun to be
Speaker 8: down there.
Speaker 13: I mean I think we made the best thought of it.
Speaker 13: But you know, you'd rather kind of be out in
Speaker 13: the field and have the you know, get to experience
Speaker 13: the environment and kind of the energy of the stadium
Speaker 13: instead of you know, running back from the tunnel, getting
Speaker 13: out on the dugout and then being kind of thrown
Speaker 13: right into it. It was a little weird, but you know,
Speaker 13: it was an experience.
Speaker 10: And you're getting a taste of the new Dodger clubhouse experience.
Speaker 10: Obviously you weren't here last year, but can you compare
Speaker 10: it to other clubhouses you've been in.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's very nice.
Speaker 13: You know, I think with the space that they had
Speaker 13: and you know, what they were capable of doing if
Speaker 13: they nailed it, you know, I think it's now you
Speaker 13: could say it's a first class facility. I would agree
Speaker 13: with that, And yeah, it's very nice. They did great
Speaker 13: job with the locker room, great job of the weight room,
Speaker 13: training room, everything.
Speaker 10: Globally Field one of the newest ballparks in baseball. How
Speaker 10: would you compare the amenities to that.
Speaker 13: It's definitely comparable, you know, the only the Dodgers kind
Speaker 13: we were kind of at a disadvantage of based on
Speaker 13: the space that they had. You know, Texas got to
Speaker 13: build from a clean slate, so you know, in that aspect,
Speaker 13: I don't think it's kind of fair to compare the two,
Speaker 13: but I think they're both very, very nice, and you know,
Speaker 13: it would be one a one b best clubhouses I've
Speaker 13: been in.
Speaker 10: Hey, Kirby HS has been around for a while. So
Speaker 10: do you remember the old Dodger Stadium visiting clubhouse.
Speaker 13: I think the first year I got there, they had
Speaker 13: just remodeled a little bit and kind of gave it
Speaker 13: a facelift. But the old visiting one was still there
Speaker 13: and you could kind of you could go check it
Speaker 13: out if you wanted to. So, you know, I think
Speaker 13: I just miss the very very old one.
Speaker 10: This new one, though, it's still a work in progress.
Speaker 13: Yeah, it's still work in progress. I mean, you know,
Speaker 13: it's I believe it or not. It's probably not the
Speaker 13: worst visiting clubhouse there is. You know, it's just a
Speaker 13: little small and type for space, but overall it's nice.
Speaker 8: Yeah, all right.
Speaker 10: Facial of approval from Kirby, a to who has seen
Speaker 10: many clubhouses in his major league career. You've been a
Speaker 10: part of many bullpens in your career as well. Can
Speaker 10: you just take us through the organic process of a
Speaker 10: bullpen coming together?
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think, you know, you just get to know
Speaker 13: everybody's personality. I think this team it's like, look, we
Speaker 13: got two new guys, a three me, Tanner and Louis.
Speaker 13: Everybody else's kind of been knows each other and knows
Speaker 13: each other's personality. So you know, as the new guys,
Speaker 13: you just kind of come in, try and fit in.
Speaker 8: And it's been fun. It's a good group. It's fun.
Speaker 13: You know, Bardo keeps the loose down there, Bartow does
Speaker 13: a really good job, and you know, I just you're
Speaker 13: looking forward to kind of getting in the role of
Speaker 13: things and having the season start and kind of, you know,
Speaker 13: everybody kind of settle in, settle in the roles and
Speaker 13: you know, really have it become a bullpen.
Speaker 10: And speaking of roles, just being around the team since
Speaker 10: Dave Roberts took over. It's not necessarily roles when it
Speaker 10: comes to innings. It's about groupings of hitters. Is that
Speaker 10: something new to.
Speaker 13: You, Yeah, I would say, yeah. No, I think here
Speaker 13: they do it a lot differently than a lot of
Speaker 13: other places. You know, other places kind of focus on
Speaker 13: the pockets too. I think this is a little bit
Speaker 13: different the way they do it. But you know, they
Speaker 13: communicate and tell you exactly what they do they're going
Speaker 13: to do and where you think you're going to pitch,
Speaker 13: and you know, just be ready for that. And you
Speaker 13: know that makes it kind of easier to prepare.
Speaker 10: I've heard of relievers saying they want roles to find
Speaker 10: so they know when to, you know, get ready for
Speaker 10: the game, just as long as it's defined for you clearly.
Speaker 10: Is that a good enough role of an understanding?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 13: I think just every guy down there wants clarity and
Speaker 13: doesn't want to be surprised when the phone rings. You know,
Speaker 13: you want to be prepared when that phone rings, and
Speaker 13: so you can go in there and do your job and.
Speaker 8: Help your team win. You know, that's all. That's what
Speaker 8: it's all about.
Speaker 10: Hey, Opening day starter, right, in front of us. Here,
Speaker 10: Blake Snell. Hello, hopefully you don't have to work on
Speaker 10: the nights. He pitches. I want seven innings out of you, Snell.
Speaker 12: Hey, get on Colin Mobile one time.
Speaker 10: Oh, come on, right, Kirby, I demand seven innings from
Speaker 10: this guy.
Speaker 8: She can go whatever he wants. We'll be ready.
Speaker 13: I think we're armed and ready for it, whether it's six,
Speaker 13: seven to eight or nine. But you know what, every
Speaker 13: bullpen guy never complains about those seven innings, those complete games.
Speaker 13: We you know, we love when we can kick our
Speaker 13: feet up and not have to worry.
Speaker 10: Well, Kirby, thanks a lot for the time. Mahalo and
Speaker 10: Aloha means goodbye.
Speaker 8: Right now? All right, Aloha, there he goes.
Speaker 10: Kirby Yates has been our guest and you'll hear and
Speaker 10: see a lot of him during the season. We'll send
Speaker 10: it back to you in the studio.
Speaker 3: Tim, all right, thanks to lot DV.
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Speaker 2: Dodgers back home from Japan after taking two from the Cubbies,
Speaker 2: a couple of days off to get the body clocks
Speaker 2: right back at it. Now for a three game exhibition
Speaker 2: series against the Halos tonight from Dodgers Stadium, that is
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Speaker 2: Jose Soriano on the mound for the Angels, twenty six
Speaker 2: year old right hander out of the Dominican Republic. Was
Speaker 2: signed in twenty sixteen by the Angels. Didn't make his
Speaker 2: major league debut until twenty twenty three, when he was
Speaker 2: used primarily as a reliever out of the bullpen forty
Speaker 2: two innings, three sixty four ERA with fifty six strikeouts
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three. Last year, made twenty two appearances
Speaker 2: twenty starts for the Angels, six and seven with a
Speaker 2: three forty two ERA and ninety seven strikeouts. He was
Speaker 2: pitching well for the Halos, but then got some arm
Speaker 2: soreness in the middle of August, went on the il
Speaker 2: and never came back and pitched the rest of the season.
Speaker 2: He throws primarily three pitches fastball, curveball, slider. This spring,
Speaker 2: Jose Soriano five starts in the Cactus League fourteen to
Speaker 2: two third innings, nineteen strikeouts with a four thirty ERA.
Speaker 2: Jackson Ferris on the mound for the Dodgers, twenty one
Speaker 2: year old left hander six four one to ninety five
Speaker 2: second round pick at the Cubs in twenty twenty two
Speaker 2: out of IMG Academy in Florida. He was traded to
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and the Michael Bush deal last year. Last
Speaker 2: season in the minor leagues High A Ball, Great Lakes,
Speaker 2: then Double A Tulsa combined twenty seven starts, three twenty
Speaker 2: erray one hundred and nineteen strikeouts. He had a one
Speaker 2: to fifty nine ERA over his last twelve minor league
Speaker 2: starts last season and held opponents to a one fifty
Speaker 2: nine batting average during that period. He was the Dodgers
Speaker 2: Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Dodgers Angels were fifteen
Speaker 2: minutes away for first pitch keys to the game. Our
Speaker 2: next I'm Tim Katis's the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers
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Speaker 2: we head back out to the two guys on the
Speaker 2: call tonight Charlie Steiner Rick Monday.
Speaker 6: The Dodgers are home at long last. Spring training in
Speaker 6: Arizona is over. The trip to and from Tokyo has
Speaker 6: come and gone, and tonight the first to free the
Speaker 6: Dodgers and the Angels. And it's interesting. The Dodgers have
Speaker 6: a lefty, Jackson Ferris, who a lot of people have
Speaker 6: a lot of curiosity about going tonight, and.
Speaker 4: For good reason.
Speaker 7: The lefty wound up being really he was acquired in
Speaker 7: a trade with the Cubs that was the Michael Bush deal,
Speaker 7: and if you look at what he did, all he
Speaker 7: did was go out and become the Dodgers the League
Speaker 7: pitcher of the year last year. Interesting, this is the
Speaker 7: first start that he's had any quote unquote spring trending.
Speaker 7: So I'm a couple of times very impressive. And he's
Speaker 7: got a very good fans ball. He can move the
Speaker 7: good line. He says, strike one is the biggest pitch
Speaker 7: that I throw.
Speaker 6: And you know it sounds simple, but boy, that's exactly
Speaker 6: right going for the Angels. Tonight, Jose Soriano will detail
Speaker 6: their lineup. The Dodgers lineup. By the way, Freeman back
Speaker 6: in the lineup had an issue with his ribs. Until
Speaker 6: we'll get to the details in just a little bit.
Speaker 2: All right, Thank you, Charlie. Dodgers and Angels. First pitch
Speaker 2: is next. David Massey has got the post game when
Speaker 2: it's all over. Enjoy everybody, Happy Sunday. I'm Tim Kates
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