Speaker 1: We are live in Dallas at the Winter Meetings, the
Speaker 1: final night of this year's Winter Meetings and our very
Speaker 1: first Hot Stove Live Dodger Talk on AM five to
Speaker 1: seventy LA Sports, your home for the world champion Dodgers,
Speaker 1: and boy does that sound good. We'll be saying that
Speaker 1: all season long, and the Dodgers are looking to make
Speaker 1: it a back to back World Series championship. We have
Speaker 1: phone lines open. This is the first time we've had
Speaker 1: a chance to talk since Game five of the World Series,
Speaker 1: since the parade at Dodgers Stadium, and this kicks off
Speaker 1: our hot Stove coverage. Eight six six nine eight seven
Speaker 1: two five seventy is the phone number you will hear
Speaker 1: from manager Dave Roberts and President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman,
Speaker 1: as well as general manager Brandon Gomes. In case you
Speaker 1: missed our podcast shows from the first two nights of
Speaker 1: the Winter Meeting, you can find that on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1: So very excited to be back here. We'll have another
Speaker 1: show for you tomorrow night at seven o'clock. I'll be
Speaker 1: back in Los Angeles and we'll be joined by one
Speaker 1: of the world champion Dodgers. So looking forward to that
Speaker 1: as well. I know all of you want to know
Speaker 1: about Taoscar Hernandez. As of right now, there is no deal.
Speaker 1: And going back to last week, the Dodgers and Taoscar
Speaker 1: Hernandez were getting closer to finding some common ground. Obviously
Speaker 1: they have not been able to find that common ground
Speaker 1: since then, but the Dodgers are hopeful to try to
Speaker 1: find a deal with ta Oscar Hernandez. And I know
Speaker 1: a lot of you thought that there was going to
Speaker 1: be this crazy bidding war for Tioscar Hernandez after Juan
Speaker 1: Soto signed, and maybe even Taoscar Hernandez and his representative
Speaker 1: felt that way as well. The reality is number one,
Speaker 1: Oskar Hernandez and the Dodgers are better together than they
Speaker 1: are apart. Tioscar Hernandez was one of the best hitters
Speaker 1: in the National League last year because he was hitting
Speaker 1: in that Dodger lineup thirty three home runs, ninety nine RBIs.
Speaker 1: He just fits so perfectly, and he fits so perfectly
Speaker 1: on the team. He's a great chemistry guy. So it's
Speaker 1: one thing to have a chemistry guy that's hitting two twenty.
Speaker 1: It's another to have a chemistry guy that hits thirty
Speaker 1: three home runs and ninety nine RBIs. But going back
Speaker 1: to just the dynamics of this free agency, that bidding war,
Speaker 1: that feeding frenzy did not materialize for Tioscar Hernandez, or
Speaker 1: at least it hasn't yet it did for Max Freed.
Speaker 1: That's where as I reported, the Yankees were going to
Speaker 1: turn to if they lost Juan Soto to starting pitching,
Speaker 1: and they're not done. The Boston Red Sox are trying
Speaker 1: to sign Alex Bregman, and it seems like Bregman, just
Speaker 1: like Max Freed, has a bidding war going on between
Speaker 1: the Yankees, the Astros, and the Red Sox. When that happens,
Speaker 1: the price goes up. As we saw with Max Freed,
Speaker 1: that just hasn't happened for Tioscar Hernandez. And maybe part
Speaker 1: of the reason why is because he has a qualifying
Speaker 1: offer attached to him. Meaning one of these teams, like
Speaker 1: the Red Sox we're hearing, if they were to sign
Speaker 1: Tioscar Hernandez, they would forfeit a top draft pick in
Speaker 1: this year's upcoming amateur draft. And look that draft pick
Speaker 1: in baseball, it may or may not amount to anything,
Speaker 1: but in this day and age, a lot of GMS
Speaker 1: value those draft picks, so I just don't see the
Speaker 1: Red Sox going overboard to outspend the Dodgers or any
Speaker 1: other team to and also forfeit a draft pick. Now,
Speaker 1: I just get a feeling the wild hard team and
Speaker 1: all this is tai Oscar's former team, the Toronto Blue Jays.
Speaker 1: I feel like if there was one team that was
Speaker 1: gonna come in and maybe go overboard with with signing
Speaker 1: ta Oscar, it would be the Blue Jays. But I
Speaker 1: just don't see how that would fit for them. So
Speaker 1: I'm a true believer that the Dodgers will sign Tioscar Hernandez.
Speaker 1: I think eventually they will find common ground, and hopefully
Speaker 1: it's by the end of this week because they've kind
Speaker 1: of been in a holding pattern for a week to
Speaker 1: ten days, So hopefully that happens. But I'm a big
Speaker 1: believer they will make it happen. And all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: now you have a great outfield of Tioscar Hernandez, Michael Confordo,
Speaker 1: and a combination of Pajez and Tommy Edmand in center field. Now,
Speaker 1: also there's been talk about Tanner Scott, who was great
Speaker 1: for the Padres after being traded from the Marlins to
Speaker 1: San Diego at the trade deadline. Yeah, it seems like
Speaker 1: the Dodgers have some interest, but to a certain point,
Speaker 1: They're not going to give him a Josh Hayter type
Speaker 1: of deal the Astros gave Hater last year, probably a
Speaker 1: shorter term deal if they were to sign Tanner Scott.
Speaker 1: But yeah, the Dodgers have interest in Tanner Scott, but
Speaker 1: the priority right now is to re sign taoscar Hernandez.
Speaker 1: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone number. We have two lines open right now.
Speaker 1: Our first hot stove Dodger talk since winning the World Series,
Speaker 1: since your Los Angeles Dodgers are the World champions, and uh,
Speaker 1: just before we get to the phone calls here, I
Speaker 1: wanted to update you on a couple of former Dodgers,
Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger and Jock Peterson. Jack Peterson may have been
Speaker 1: on the table for the Dodgers if they did not
Speaker 1: sign Michael Conforto. They decided to go with Confordo and
Speaker 1: Jock Peterson, who is a free agent after having a
Speaker 1: great year with the Arizona Diamondbacks, has interest from a
Speaker 1: lot of teams, including the Texas Rangers. And I know
Speaker 1: you've heard trade rumors about Cody Bellinger, the Cubs looking
Speaker 1: to trade Cody Bellinger to the Yankees. That is very real.
Speaker 1: But my understanding is the Rangers have also engaged the
Speaker 1: Cubs on trade talks for Cody Bellinger as well. So
Speaker 1: could you imagine that the Rangers signed Jock Peterson, they
Speaker 1: trade for Cody Bellinger, and they have Jock Peterson, Corey Seeger,
Speaker 1: and Cody Bellinger in the same lineup. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: very Dodgerish right there. And three really good players and
Speaker 1: guys that were drafted by the Dodgers, developed by the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: and had great careers with the Dodgers. Possibly could all
Speaker 1: be in the same lineup for the Rangers. And speaking
Speaker 1: of the Rangers, they had interest in Max Freed, but
Speaker 1: they still have something unsettled with their sports cable regional network,
Speaker 1: so the Max Freed could not wait around for the Rangers.
Speaker 1: But my understanding is the Rangers now have turned their
Speaker 1: attention to Walker Buehler. Walker Buehler's getting a lot of
Speaker 1: interest from every Al East team, with the exception of
Speaker 1: the Rays. He's getting interest from the Cubs, and he
Speaker 1: also is getting a lot of interest from the Texas Rangers.
Speaker 1: So there you have it. You're all caught up on
Speaker 1: everything the buzz here from the lobby at the winter meetings,
Speaker 1: and the Dodgers so far, in my opinion, have put
Speaker 1: themselves in a great spot. They signed Blake Snell early
Speaker 1: in the free agency, they don't get into a bidding war.
Speaker 1: They re signed Blake Trinan, and they add Michael Conforto.
Speaker 1: I think it's been great, and not to mention, they've
Speaker 1: they picked up the options on Austin Barnes and Miguel
Speaker 1: Rojas and look, Key K a Hernandez certainly on the table,
Speaker 1: but that's not something that is at the top of
Speaker 1: the list right now. But certainly KEYK a Hernandez should
Speaker 1: be brought back. I mean you brought back Miguel Rojas,
Speaker 1: you should bring back Key hurt Nandez as well. We're
Speaker 1: gonna hear from Dave Roberts coming up in at the
Speaker 1: bottom of the hour, and you'll hear from Andrew Friedman
Speaker 1: in our next segment. But I want to take some
Speaker 1: phone calls. I've missed you guys, So let's do this.
Speaker 1: Let's start in Huntington Beach, Mark, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: How you doing, Mark?
Speaker 2: Hey, it's really great to know that we're the world champions.
Speaker 2: That sounds so good every time it.
Speaker 1: Gains great, Oh so great World Champion Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: I had a couple of questions.
Speaker 4: One, uh, what's our current roster?
Speaker 2: I mean, are we gonna get just for simplicity, are
Speaker 2: we gonna get everyone back that we had with that
Speaker 2: World Series team. I haven't been able to keep Tams on,
Speaker 2: who might go somewhere else? And then the other thing
Speaker 2: is the second question is who do you think we
Speaker 2: can get as a big bat? Your opinion that would
Speaker 2: just you know, fill it up and that would be
Speaker 2: it basically barring injuries during the regular season.
Speaker 1: Well, I think they got their big bat in Michael Conforido,
Speaker 1: and they already have three big bats in Otani and
Speaker 1: Mookie and Freddie Freeman. Now all they have to do
Speaker 1: is re sign ta Oscar Hernandez, and you know, pretty
Speaker 1: much their position player roster is pretty set as far
Speaker 1: as bringing back the same guys and Mark, it's basically everybody,
Speaker 1: with the exception of Jack Flaherty and probably Walker Bueller.
Speaker 1: I think those guys are are gonna find different teams.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well I kind of let Jack flaherty, but then
Speaker 2: I don't know what goes on.
Speaker 5: In the clubhouse like you do. So but it was great.
Speaker 1: But I certainly, I mean, he's looking for a big
Speaker 1: contract and he was solid. He was solid, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. And he's gonna get interest after Corbyn Burns signs,
Speaker 1: and uh, I think teams are gonna look to him.
Speaker 1: Thanks for the phone call, Mark, We got a full
Speaker 1: board of calls. Actually, we have two lines open right
Speaker 1: now at eight six six nine eighty seven, two five seventy.
Speaker 1: I want to get to all of you. Let's go
Speaker 1: out to Gilberto and San Diego. You're on Roger Talk
Speaker 1: Live from Dallas. How go hi, Gilberto?
Speaker 6: All of the bit comments pass.
Speaker 1: Oh total Bianna. I'm trying to get some text mex
Speaker 1: out here, Gilberto.
Speaker 6: Oh no, you gotta come to you gotta come back
Speaker 6: with Mexican food is better.
Speaker 1: Than here, no doubt.
Speaker 7: No.
Speaker 6: Listen, first of all, congratulations on an amazing year last year.
Speaker 6: I mean, I leave the whole story through you and
Speaker 6: through uh the play by play guys and Big Monday.
Speaker 6: I mean, it was a wonderful year. I have one
Speaker 6: question only for you.
Speaker 7: Thank you.
Speaker 6: What about Dalton Rushing? You as you wanted him to
Speaker 6: come up in the playoffs to to get some experience.
Speaker 6: Do you think he's gonna be ready or is he
Speaker 6: gonna have an opportunity in spring training to earn a
Speaker 6: spot in the major league rosters.
Speaker 1: Well, Gilberto, the Dodgers need to win now. They're not
Speaker 1: like other teams where they have the luxury just to
Speaker 1: hand a job over to a young player, a promising player.
Speaker 1: Dalton Rushing is going to have an opportunity to leave
Speaker 1: an impression with the Dodgers during spring training and from
Speaker 1: there he will start the year more than likely in
Speaker 1: the minor leagues, but will probably be one of the
Speaker 1: first guys to be called up if there's an injury
Speaker 1: to one of their corner outfielders or you know, if
Speaker 1: there's an injury to Will Smith or Austin Barnes. So
Speaker 1: there's a very good chance he gets his opportunity this year,
Speaker 1: but it's not going to be right away unless there's
Speaker 1: an injury. But yeah, he's getting closer, Gilberto.
Speaker 6: I'm glad because eventually we're going to need new blas
Speaker 6: for the team, especially for twenty six, so a good
Speaker 6: experience in twenty five will do him very good. But
Speaker 6: thank you, David, and I'm going to be listening to
Speaker 6: all of your podcasts.
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, Gilberto, Merry Christmas. Thanks a lot. Let's
Speaker 1: go out to Marina del Ray.
Speaker 7: Arthur.
Speaker 1: You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse live from the
Speaker 1: Winter meetings. How you doing, Arthur?
Speaker 5: Doing well?
Speaker 6: David.
Speaker 5: Good to hear your voice again. And it knows all
Speaker 5: season Dodge.
Speaker 7: And so this is great.
Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate and you know.
Speaker 5: I enjoyed the celebration. We're working on a celebrations. I
Speaker 5: actually saved all the podcast from the celebrations just doing
Speaker 5: stuff around the house. Well, put it on the background,
Speaker 5: just be living on it. Gains great.
Speaker 1: Oh that's awesome, Arthur. I love to hear that.
Speaker 5: Our favorite outfield though. I'm gonna be Oscar Oscar. I'm
Speaker 5: not surprised he hasn't signed yet. I'm just I'm just
Speaker 5: wondering whether I think what the issue was, how is
Speaker 5: working out, because basically I think somebody's pushing the price
Speaker 5: up on him, which is unnatural giving the fact that
Speaker 5: soda went for more than the expected.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't think Soto's contract has anything to do with
Speaker 1: ta Oscar Hernandez. There are two different type of players,
Speaker 1: two different ages, just different players. So I know that's
Speaker 1: what everybody thought, but it just doesn't have that type
Speaker 1: of effect. When the Yankees and Red Sox lost out
Speaker 1: on Soto, they did not go to ta Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 1: They turned their attention to try to spend on pitching,
Speaker 1: and the Red Sox today traded for Garrett Crochet. Thanks
Speaker 1: for the phone call, Arthur, appreciate it. Let's go out
Speaker 1: to Beaumont Andrew. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Dallas.
Speaker 3: Hi Andrew, mister David Masse, how are you, sir.
Speaker 1: I'm fantastic.
Speaker 3: Thank you for taking my call. So I just wanted
Speaker 3: to comment about last season and all the work you've
Speaker 3: been doing off season. I'm a big I'm a big fan.
Speaker 3: I haven't been a Dodger fan for the longest time,
Speaker 3: but it's very inspiring for me to hear you and
Speaker 3: all the things that you got to say about the
Speaker 3: Dodgers because my dad was a big Dodger fan, and
Speaker 3: it's just fantastic to hear all the great things you're doing,
Speaker 3: especially with PMS. That's the that's number one show on
Speaker 3: your station.
Speaker 1: Yes it is. I love those guys. I can't believe
Speaker 1: they've been on the air, I think almost twenty years.
Speaker 1: It's wild. But Andrew, that's really humbling, and I really
Speaker 1: appreciate what you said right there. I just love the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: I grew up here in Los Angeles and it's really
Speaker 1: special for all of you that the Dodgers were able
Speaker 1: to deliver that World Series championship last year and have
Speaker 1: a parade and celebrate all of it. So thank you, Andrew.
Speaker 1: That's really kind of you. Do you have any question
Speaker 1: about the Dodgers?
Speaker 3: A little bit, But I listened to you on PMS
Speaker 3: and on Rogan Rodney earlier. I just wanted to comment
Speaker 3: on what you said earlier about Yeah, I'm a full
Speaker 3: time painter for Rivers I Unified School District, so I
Speaker 3: got a lot of time on my hands. But I
Speaker 3: heard what you said about Justin Turner missing out on
Speaker 3: the parade, and yeah, man, that was one of the
Speaker 3: guys that I met that you know. I've been following
Speaker 3: you guys for a while and he was definitely missing
Speaker 3: from that parade. I felt like with the twenty twenty
Speaker 3: season and everything that happened, he definitely he deserved to
Speaker 3: be there, and unfortunately he wasn't.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you, Andrew, uh. But the one thing
Speaker 1: you can't take away from Justin Turner is that he
Speaker 1: did win the World Series with the Dodgers in twenty twenty.
Speaker 1: He obviously wanted a parade, He obviously wanted to be
Speaker 1: on the field for the last doubt, but he had
Speaker 1: a great nine years with the Dodgers, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: We're gonna take our first time out here on Dodger
Speaker 1: Talk when we come back more of your phone calls
Speaker 1: At eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy.
Speaker 1: We'll give you the latest update on the Dodgers pursuit
Speaker 1: of Rokies Sazaki. You'll hear from Andrew Friedman, you'll hear
Speaker 1: from Dave Roberts and Brandon Gomes, and we'll have time
Speaker 1: for more of your phone calls. Coming up next eight
Speaker 1: six six nine eight seven two five seventy David Vasse
Speaker 1: live at the Winter Meetings in Dallas on the home
Speaker 1: of your World champion Dodgers, AM five seventy LA Sports
Speaker 1: First Hot Stove Dodger Talk of the Winter. Eight six
Speaker 1: six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 1: You'll hear from Andrew Freeman coming up in a moment.
Speaker 1: You'll hear from Dave Roberts coming up at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the hour. And Dave Roberts is being honored tonight
Speaker 1: back in Los Angeles for the Boy Scouts dinner, and
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts was also honored earlier today he was named
Speaker 1: Baseball America's Manager of the Year. And very happy for Dave.
Speaker 1: He was in Japan last week. He was in his
Speaker 1: hometown where he was born. He brought his mom there,
Speaker 1: brought his son there, and he was celebrated and rightfully so.
Speaker 1: A great year for Dave Roberts and a great managed
Speaker 1: postseason by Dave Roberts. Eight six six nine eighty seven
Speaker 1: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 1: to Kloss in Thousand Oaks. You're on Dodger Talk, Hi Closs.
Speaker 8: Merry Christmas, mister Passe Hot stove talk from Dallas, Texas.
Speaker 8: I just wanted to express my gratitude for Tioscar Hernandez.
Speaker 8: I became a Dodger fan because of Justin Turner. In fact,
Speaker 8: I became a baseball fan because of Justin Turner and
Speaker 8: watching him with the Dodgers for five years. Was was
Speaker 8: a real tree, was really special and when he left,
Speaker 8: it left a hole as a Dodger fan. And I
Speaker 8: twenty three was pretty tough for me, especially during the
Speaker 8: postseason and obviously the regular season. I didn't have a
Speaker 8: player to really gravitate towards. Ta Oscar was that became
Speaker 8: that guy for me. His smile, his gratitude, his love
Speaker 8: for the game, his love for the fans, the way
Speaker 8: that he welcomed Shohio Tani into the team because he
Speaker 8: knows what it was like to go from team to
Speaker 8: team and just to get show hey acclaming into a
Speaker 8: new team and obviously at his bat and his tribal
Speaker 8: screams as he got home runs and telling all the
Speaker 8: other players though, let's go and it's just all I
Speaker 8: want for Christmas from Santa Andrew is to convince to
Speaker 8: convince Taskar's agent to stay with the Dodgers's He is.
Speaker 8: I believe he is the heart and soul of the
Speaker 8: Dodger player team.
Speaker 5: Yeah, he is the.
Speaker 1: Heart and soul of the Dodger team claws, and I
Speaker 1: believe you speak for everybody else out there, and it
Speaker 1: takes two to tango. As they say, the Dodgers want
Speaker 1: Tioscar Hernandez. Now it's up to Tioscar Hernandez's representative to
Speaker 1: meet them in the middle and make it happen. And
Speaker 1: I am optimistic that will happen, class, I really am.
Speaker 1: And hopefully it happens by the weekend. But if not,
Speaker 1: I mean opening day and spring Train's not happening. But
Speaker 1: I will say this, the longer this goes on, I
Speaker 1: start to get a little bit nervous, right, So hopefully
Speaker 1: it happens. And I'm glad you shared that with ta
Speaker 1: Oscar Hernandez, and I'm with you. Justin Turner will forever
Speaker 1: be a Dodger. He meant a lot to the team
Speaker 1: and to the city. Thanks for the phone call, appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone number. We'll get back to your phone calls
Speaker 1: in a second. But here is my conversation with Andrew Friedman.
Speaker 1: We are in Dallas for the winter meetings, and man,
Speaker 1: not too many people get dressed up for me. Clayton
Speaker 1: McCullough did earlier because he's a fancy new manager and
Speaker 1: now the president of Baseball Operations, Andrew Friedman the best
Speaker 1: dressed I have seen him in quite some time. Thank
Speaker 1: you so much. You didn't to be so formal.
Speaker 9: Yeah, no, Dave, anything for you. I've got to return
Speaker 9: this by six, So if we can get this going,
Speaker 9: that'd be great.
Speaker 1: Well aware of those deadlines on suits and stuff when
Speaker 1: you walk through the lobby. I know you were asked
Speaker 1: this earlier, what is the feeling for you coming off
Speaker 1: this World Series championship compared to twenty and just compared
Speaker 1: to come in here the last few years.
Speaker 9: You know, in a lot of ways people said, you know,
Speaker 9: how long did you get to enjoy it? And it
Speaker 9: really was like forty eight hours. Those forty eight hours
Speaker 9: were incredible. But then it was on a flight to
Speaker 9: San Antonio for the GM meetings and everything focused on
Speaker 9: the twenty twenty five season, and so, you know, walking
Speaker 9: through the lobby, a lot of you know, hey, congratulations,
Speaker 9: So it's like a half second bite of like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 9: we won the World Series last year. But obviously for us,
Speaker 9: so much of our focus and energy right now is
Speaker 9: on repeating you know, winning is really really hard. Repeating
Speaker 9: is even harder. So we've got a lot of work
Speaker 9: to do to try to do that. And you know,
Speaker 9: talking to different guys, I think everyone's mindset is that,
Speaker 9: which is great.
Speaker 1: If we can go back to the day of the parade,
Speaker 1: I asked a lot of players this question, and I'm
Speaker 1: just curious, from your standpoint, did you realize how much
Speaker 1: that team, those group of players meant to the city
Speaker 1: before that day?
Speaker 9: You know, for me, right or wrong, Like I've always
Speaker 9: associated winning with a parade, Like the parade is the
Speaker 9: cherry on top of the winning and you know, the
Speaker 9: kind of tying it up in a neat bow, And
Speaker 9: I've always associated that with winning so much so that
Speaker 9: the night before the parade, I said to my wife,
Speaker 9: I was like, God, I've built this up so much
Speaker 9: in my head, Like there's just no way it can
Speaker 9: match what my expectations are. So it just kind of
Speaker 9: thinks that we're going to do this and it's definitely
Speaker 9: going to come in below what I've built up in
Speaker 9: my head. And then to go experience it the next
Speaker 9: day demolished anything I had in my head because my
Speaker 9: brain couldn't even fathom that, like it was so incredible.
Speaker 9: The outpouring of love and support, the passion that the
Speaker 9: fans have for our guys. It was just so palpable,
Speaker 9: the energy. It was an incredible moment for everyone.
Speaker 1: I saw how emotional you were, how the group of
Speaker 1: players were. And now, like you said, you've turned your
Speaker 1: attention to trying to repeat and put together the best team.
Speaker 1: How do you detach the emotions you have for some
Speaker 1: of the players that have the opportunity to test free
Speaker 1: agency and make the best decision for the way you've
Speaker 1: done it in years past.
Speaker 9: You know, I think for us, all we can really
Speaker 9: do is be honest, and that's the most important thing
Speaker 9: to me. And so when free agency hits, right before
Speaker 9: it opens, you know, make sure and touch base with
Speaker 9: our guys and be open and honest about how we're.
Speaker 7: Kind of viewing it.
Speaker 9: You know, what potentially works now doesn't mean that we
Speaker 9: wouldn't go up a little bit here or there, like, No,
Speaker 9: it doesn't mean that, especially with guys that we have
Speaker 9: relationships with. But it's all we can really do is
Speaker 9: just be straightforward and honest. And a lot of times
Speaker 9: that results and something getting done, and sometimes it doesn't.
Speaker 9: But the most important thing for me is that they
Speaker 9: feel the love, support and respect from us during that process,
Speaker 9: and so touching base with the agents and making sure
Speaker 9: that you know that we're checking in and they know
Speaker 9: that we're thinking about them, and we're just we'll be honest,
Speaker 9: and that's all I can guarantee.
Speaker 7: Before I let you go.
Speaker 1: Everybody focuses on the Winter meetings, but the Dodgers have
Speaker 1: been aggressive already, signing Michael Conforto, bringing back Blake Trining,
Speaker 1: and so far the centerpiece of the winter signing, the
Speaker 1: great Blake Snell. Snell Zilla, congratulations.
Speaker 9: That, Oh I listening to you over the years. I
Speaker 9: didn't know you'd be supportive of that.
Speaker 1: Some people think I had some influence, but I that
Speaker 1: was all you.
Speaker 7: No, I think it was all you.
Speaker 9: But I'll take the victory lap for us. You know,
Speaker 9: Michael's a guy that we've had a lot of respect
Speaker 9: for from AFAR. It's not often that you can say,
Speaker 9: on one hand, you think that this player will be
Speaker 9: a really good floor raiser and at the same time
Speaker 9: have upside. Michael's a guy that will hit middle ist
Speaker 9: somewhere in the lineup, and you know, we think driving
Speaker 9: a lot of runs and be in the middle of
Speaker 9: a lot of different run scoring opportunities. Blake is a
Speaker 9: guy that obviously has been a huge part of the
Speaker 9: success we've had over the last five years. What he
Speaker 9: did this October was incredible. When we got to the
Speaker 9: end of the parade and guys are starting to go
Speaker 9: their separate ways, Blake said, hey, it's a priority for
Speaker 9: me to come back, and we said, hey, it's a
Speaker 9: priority for us as well, And so that's always a
Speaker 9: helpful imping off point. It doesn't guarantee anything, but both
Speaker 9: sides kind of lived up to that and kept working
Speaker 9: at getting a deal done and couldn't be happier about
Speaker 9: him returning.
Speaker 1: All right, Andrew, thanks a lot for the time. We'll
Speaker 1: catch up with you back in LA and hopefully you
Speaker 1: get to have those moments continue where you enjoy what
Speaker 1: you built and continue to build upon. Thanks a lot,
Speaker 1: Thanks Dave. There he is, Andrew Friedman. I'm very happy
Speaker 1: for him, because, you know, I feel like he did
Speaker 1: not need validation for as good as he has been
Speaker 1: going back to his raised days. But I know Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts deserves all the flowers he's getting, but so does
Speaker 1: Andrew Friedman and In fact, I feel like when you
Speaker 1: say Dave Roberts, you say Andrew Friedman and vice versa.
Speaker 1: And arguably when you talk about the greatest GM manager tandems,
Speaker 1: you have to put those two guys on that list.
Speaker 1: You know, going back to recent history, you'd have to
Speaker 1: say Brian Ashman and Joe Tory, Bobby Cox and John Serholtz.
Speaker 1: As far as the Dodgers go, Tommy Lesorda and Al Campanis,
Speaker 1: and now it's Dave Roberts and Andrew Friedman. There's no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. And they have had sustained success together
Speaker 1: and they work hand in hand. So very happy for
Speaker 1: both of those guys. And look, Andrew Friedman, he's one
Speaker 1: of those guys that doesn't just stay up in the offices.
Speaker 1: He's in the clubhouse, so he knows these guys on
Speaker 1: a personal level, and I'm sure some of these decisions
Speaker 1: are tougher than others. Eight six six nine eighty seven
Speaker 1: two five seventy is the phone number, Joe and Riverside.
Speaker 1: You're on Dodger Talk Live from Dallas.
Speaker 4: Oh Hey, thanks, Dave, appreciate your your show. I was
Speaker 4: just wondering if you had any any feelings as to
Speaker 4: why it seems like the Dodgers don't seem to be
Speaker 4: wanting to resign Walker Wheeler.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're in a tough spot because they signed Blake Snell, who,
Speaker 1: by the way, is looking like a better sign by
Speaker 1: the day. I mean, incredible for Andrew to win the
Speaker 1: World Series Championship and be as aggressive as he was
Speaker 1: to sign a guy like Blake Snell after we saw
Speaker 1: what Max Fried got. But they got Blake Snell. They're
Speaker 1: going after Roki Sazaki, they got Glass, now they got Yamamoto.
Speaker 1: But more importantly, Joe. It's a tough decision, right. It
Speaker 1: feels like Walker Bueler is going to get somewhere between
Speaker 1: three four years and seventy five to one hundred million dollars.
Speaker 1: He had a great October, he has he's done. He's
Speaker 1: left his arm basically on the mound for the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: We know what he's made up of. But it's a
Speaker 1: tough call at this point in time to say, hey,
Speaker 1: here's one hundred million dollars after a regular season where
Speaker 1: you had a five ERA, You're coming off your second
Speaker 1: elbow surgery, you had a right hip issue. I mean,
Speaker 1: Walker Buehler and congratulations to him, but raised the bidding
Speaker 1: with the way he pitched in October, and I just
Speaker 1: I just feel if I was in andrew shoes, it
Speaker 1: would be a tough decision for me, Joe. I mean,
Speaker 1: we all love Walker Buehler. We all know what he's done,
Speaker 1: we all know what he meant in this championship. But man,
Speaker 1: don't you can kind of feel what I'm saying here, Joe.
Speaker 1: It's a tough call to just say, automatically bring him back.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know, I understand that, and it makes sense.
Speaker 4: I mean, especially when he signs now he is a better,
Speaker 4: better fit and a better at this point.
Speaker 7: A better pitcher.
Speaker 4: It's just and honestly like such a good Dodger.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and honestly, last year the Dodgers not only traded
Speaker 1: for Tyler Glass Now, but they gave him a big extension.
Speaker 1: You know that that might have been if Bueller was healthy,
Speaker 1: that might have been his extension.
Speaker 7: Unfortunately.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right, all right, Thank you so much, Dave.
Speaker 4: I appreciate it. I hope you and the family have
Speaker 4: a good Christmas and a happy New Year.
Speaker 1: Same to you, Joe. Be safe out there in Riverside.
Speaker 1: Eight sixty six. Nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone number. Look, nobody wants Walker Buehler back with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers more than me, But I do understand where
Speaker 1: Andrew Friedman's coming from. And I also understand where Walker
Speaker 1: Bueller's coming from. He's getting a lot of interest, and
Speaker 1: the prices keep going up for pitchers. That's why the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: being as aggressive as they were early to sign Blake's
Speaker 1: now looks better and better by the day. Uh with
Speaker 1: the with the prices and the bidding wars going on
Speaker 1: for these starting pitchers. And we will give you an
Speaker 1: update on what's going on with Roki Sazaki in our
Speaker 1: next segment, we'll give you an update on the next
Speaker 1: big starting pitcher, Domino to fall in free agency. And
Speaker 1: also you'll hear from Dave Roberts coming up next. Eight
Speaker 1: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 1: phone number. David Vasse with you until eight o'clock live
Speaker 1: from Dallas at Baseball's Winter Meetings on the World champion
Speaker 1: Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. Welcome back to Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: David Vase with you until eight o'clock tonight here on
Speaker 1: a five to seventy LA Sports. We are at the
Speaker 1: Winter Meetings in Dallas, and it's awesome to be joined
Speaker 1: by two time, two time World Series winning manager, a
Speaker 1: three time World Series champion going back to his playing days,
Speaker 1: a man that has been celebrated from Europe to LA
Speaker 1: to Japan and here in Dallas, the one and only
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts. Dave, thanks a lot for the time. And
Speaker 1: it feels a little different this time around at the
Speaker 1: Winter Meetings.
Speaker 7: Oh my gosh, Dave, it does you know?
Speaker 10: I don't feel a weight or a burden or trying
Speaker 10: to spin a story and try to show optimism for
Speaker 10: the coming season or try to rehash.
Speaker 7: The previous postseason.
Speaker 10: So this year, you know, you can still bask in
Speaker 10: the glory of twenty four and then you know, going
Speaker 10: to twenty five with a lot of optimism.
Speaker 1: Hey, last year we had a great time in Nashville
Speaker 1: at Brad Paisley's farm, and we're gonna have a great
Speaker 1: time tonight. From my understanding, the two days are going
Speaker 1: to be at the Kershaw Compound.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 10: So I'm a little under the weather, so I'm trying
Speaker 10: to figure out if I want to just bail and
Speaker 10: keep you guys healthy. But you know, I'll tell you
Speaker 10: Clayton invited me and I'm trying to keep it open
Speaker 10: and there's nothing better than hanging out with you, Alex
Speaker 10: Torres and obviously Brad and Kerse. So it's good to
Speaker 10: be here. We got some great weather and there's a
Speaker 10: lot of good energy here at the Winter Meetings.
Speaker 1: Great energy, and it feels like the great energy was
Speaker 1: from the Dodgers winning the World Series. So what's life
Speaker 1: been like for you? We saw you celebrated in Japan.
Speaker 1: We all know your mom has roots there. That's, you know,
Speaker 1: part of who you are. What was it like to
Speaker 1: be there and be there with your son Cole?
Speaker 7: It was great, Dave.
Speaker 10: I think that, you know, just to kind of go
Speaker 10: back to where I was born and just realizing that
Speaker 10: obviously every game that we play is televised in the
Speaker 10: mid morning in Japan, so there's a lot of eyeballs
Speaker 10: on us, and obviously with Shohey and Yamamoto and myself,
Speaker 10: and so to be able to go back there and
Speaker 10: be celebrated. I said it in the in My City
Speaker 10: Council award reception where I said that it was the
Speaker 10: end of a journey tied a boat to my season
Speaker 10: and full circle you know where I was born to
Speaker 10: then now finish up there in Okinawa.
Speaker 7: It was great.
Speaker 10: Good to be back here back in the States, and
Speaker 10: you know, we've already done some exciting things this offseason,
Speaker 10: and I'm sure there's some more things to come.
Speaker 1: When you look back at your playing and managing career,
Speaker 1: can you compare winning the World Series having a parade
Speaker 1: actually being celebrated to when you won your first one
Speaker 1: as a player? Does it have the same feeling for you?
Speaker 7: You know what?
Speaker 10: I think the more I've gotten that question a few times,
Speaker 10: and I think the more I've got that question, the
Speaker 10: more I can kind of give an accurate answer. And
Speaker 10: I think as a manager it's more gratifying and special.
Speaker 10: And I say that because obviously, as a player, you're playing,
Speaker 10: you're taking the offers, you're making the plays, you're getting
Speaker 10: the hitds getting the outs. But I say that in
Speaker 10: the sense that as a manager you have your hands
Speaker 10: and a lot more aware of the people that it impacts.
Speaker 10: Obviously the fans, but then there's ticket holders, there's vendors,
Speaker 10: there's parking attendants, there's scouts, baseball operations. You know, the
Speaker 10: business side, and I think as a player, you're just
Speaker 10: focused on just the players and playing your game. And
Speaker 10: so I think that the gravity the scope as a
Speaker 10: manager is just way more weighty for me. And so
Speaker 10: that's why I think that, you know, I got so
Speaker 10: much more emotion because as a manager, you realize how
Speaker 10: impactful it truly is for a lot of people.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like you had that impact on you
Speaker 1: in that perspective because your first major League game was
Speaker 1: with the Dodgers. You've been with the Dodgers longer than
Speaker 1: anybody else currently in this organization. You know how badly
Speaker 1: the city wanted this.
Speaker 10: I think that's part of it, you know. And you
Speaker 10: look back in recent years and I lost a friend,
Speaker 10: We lost friends and you know don Nukeom, you know,
Speaker 10: Mariy Wills, Vincecully, Tomy Lasorda, you know Sweet Lou. You know,
Speaker 10: the list goes on and on, and so people that
Speaker 10: you know, I I was friends with that were Dodgers
Speaker 10: that I played for, the Dodgers, went to school in
Speaker 10: the city of Los Angeles. I know this organization, you know,
Speaker 10: I know the O'Malleys, and you know, so that makes
Speaker 10: it more personal to me and the connection to the city,
Speaker 10: the fans, the organization, and I think that's probably why
Speaker 10: you know, I showed, you know, a ton of emotion.
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts has taught his players a lot. He's taught
Speaker 1: me a lot. And the one thing that always sticks
Speaker 1: out to me when I hear your voice in my head,
Speaker 1: which is somewhat scary, but I hear your voice in
Speaker 1: my head a lot when you talk about gratitude, because
Speaker 1: you've always talked about how important that is, and it
Speaker 1: feels like you have a lot of gratitude right now.
Speaker 7: I do.
Speaker 10: I do, And I think that you know, just off
Speaker 10: the top of my head, it didn't interview and just
Speaker 10: you know, Keicky Hernandez coming back to Los Angeles and
Speaker 10: having a great postseason and winning another championship, and you
Speaker 10: know Clayton Kershaw and we talked about him on the
Speaker 10: stage and you know, it was hurt in the postseason,
Speaker 10: but he got his parade. And so I think that
Speaker 10: each day baseball, as anyone knows to watch the game,
Speaker 10: it's a game of failure. So I just think that
Speaker 10: if you approach it from a place of having some gratitude,
Speaker 10: it's much more palatable to get through a season and
Speaker 10: the grind of such a tough game in sport. And
Speaker 10: I want to impress out of my players because as
Speaker 10: a Dodger fans, I think that they can appreciate the
Speaker 10: way our guys go about the game with zest and
Speaker 10: zeal and energy and compete every single night.
Speaker 1: As excited as the fans are about signing Blake Snell
Speaker 1: and obviously the reports of Michael Conforto, they still have
Speaker 1: a lot of emotional attach to the players that you mentioned.
Speaker 1: How hopeful are you that you'll be able to bring
Speaker 1: back a Taioscar Hernandez and a Keik Hernandez.
Speaker 7: I'm hopeful, you know.
Speaker 10: Obviously, you know, Tao in particular, really had a tremendous
Speaker 10: season and put himself in the rightful spot to choose
Speaker 10: where he wants to go, and so he's sort of
Speaker 10: suessing out different deals and opportunities and and I would
Speaker 10: be very disappointed if he's not back with us and
Speaker 10: Key K. You know, he's a postseason player and that's
Speaker 10: what he's built for, and so I'm sure he's got
Speaker 10: a lot of interest from ball clubs. But again, these guys,
Speaker 10: Tao has cemented himself and Dodger lore. Key K is
Speaker 10: certainly a Dodger legend, and so I would certainly love him.
Speaker 10: They make my job a lot easier having those guys back,
Speaker 10: and you know, and obviously with Clayton, we talked about
Speaker 10: Clayton really and expect him back to at some point
Speaker 10: once we get him healthy.
Speaker 1: Hey, you always talk about betting on your players. No
Speaker 1: greater example of that in Game five when you went
Speaker 1: to the mound and you know, didn't look at whatever
Speaker 1: the three year sample size was. You listened to Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman Blake trining when you went to the mound. That
Speaker 1: seems to be one of the images that stand out
Speaker 1: from the World Series. How proud are you that you
Speaker 1: were able to bet on the player, but the player
Speaker 1: was able to deliver.
Speaker 10: It's everything I think that I think I told our
Speaker 10: guys after the World Series. This is the team that
Speaker 10: most sort of mirrored I feel who I am as
Speaker 10: a person, as a competitor, and the buy in was reciprocated,
Speaker 10: the trust reciprocated. And so yeah, when you believe in
Speaker 10: bet on a player like Blake or like FREDI or
Speaker 10: anyone and our key K, you know, in tougher spot
Speaker 10: and they come through. It makes you feel good and
Speaker 10: it's about the players. The game is about the players,
Speaker 10: and I do think that, you know, I showed my
Speaker 10: trust in those guys all says along and they delivered.
Speaker 1: Dave, very happy for you. You deserve all the celebration
Speaker 1: you're getting from Europe to Japan to Dallas and Wednesday
Speaker 1: you'll be back in Los Angeles to be celebrated by
Speaker 1: the Scouts of Los Angeles. So looking forward to the
Speaker 1: celebration continuing back at home.
Speaker 10: That's gonna be great to get home to Los Angele
Speaker 10: and the boy Scouts do great things and it's gonna
Speaker 10: be a great evening.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Will Dave Roberts, you're getting your flowers long overdue,
Speaker 1: some congratulations and look forward to many years being together.
Speaker 7: Thanks Dave. I appreciate you and all the work you did.
Speaker 1: All right, there's Dave Roberts. He is back in Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: We had a chance to catch up with him last
Speaker 1: night and yes, indeed we had a great night with
Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw, great dinner. Dave went back home and then
Speaker 1: a few was went back to the Kershaw house and
Speaker 1: continue to talk shop. So appreciate Clayton and Ellen's hospitality.
Speaker 1: Never and why my wildest dreams did I think he
Speaker 1: would ever invite me over to his home. But here
Speaker 1: we are in Dallas. He knew a lot of the
Speaker 1: staff was in town and wanted to talk baseball. Clayton
Speaker 1: love baseball, that's for sure. And he's doing much better
Speaker 1: after the left knee and left foot surgery. It's coming along.
Speaker 1: It's a slow process, but he's in good spirits, which
Speaker 1: is a good thing for the Dodgers. Now, speaking of
Speaker 1: talking shop and baseball and all that, Roki Sazaki was
Speaker 1: posted yesterday and the Dodgers have a lot of interest.
Speaker 1: They're not hiding it. So they're going to go after Suzaki.
Speaker 1: They're gonna make their best pitch. I wouldn't be surprised
Speaker 1: if Otani and or Yamamoto try to recruit him to
Speaker 1: a certain extent. I'm sure you Darvish is going to
Speaker 1: do that for the Padres. But Joel Wolf, his agent,
Speaker 1: said yesterday that Suzaki has not expressed any sort of
Speaker 1: geographic area that he wants to pitch in, so he's
Speaker 1: leaving his options open. But a lot of people here
Speaker 1: in the lobby in Dallas believe the Dodgers and Padres
Speaker 1: are the favorites to land him. And speaking of other
Speaker 1: starting pitchers, I mentioned the next starting pitcher free agent
Speaker 1: Domino to fall that is going to be Corbin Burns,
Speaker 1: who pitched for the Orioles last year. They're trying to
Speaker 1: bring them back. But my understanding is right now it's
Speaker 1: coming down to the Giants and Boston Red Sox for
Speaker 1: Corbyn Burns, and Boston traded for Garrett Crochet earlier today,
Speaker 1: So they're trying to go different routes to try to
Speaker 1: make their team better and try to compete in that
Speaker 1: very tough Al East. There's also rumors about Nolan Arenado
Speaker 1: and the Dodgers. Look, the only certainty I could tell
Speaker 1: you is Aeronado is going to be traded, But the
Speaker 1: Cardinals right now are having a hard time getting teams
Speaker 1: to offer anything substantial. A lot of teams right now
Speaker 1: are seeing what everybody else saw last year, diminishing Nolan Aronado.
Speaker 1: That is not going to beat Father time. And there's
Speaker 1: a lot of dollars attached to the back end of
Speaker 1: his contract, the remaining three years, and that's not something
Speaker 1: teams want to take on. And how much are the
Speaker 1: Cardinals willing to take on. So I know everybody would
Speaker 1: love to have Nolan Arenado on the Dodgers. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be opposed to it. You know, I'm a big fan,
Speaker 1: but I am I'm a big fan of Max Muncie.
Speaker 1: I believe he serves, he is this. He is the
Speaker 1: greatest example of the sum being greater than the parts.
Speaker 1: As far as the Dodger lineup goes, eight six six
Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go
Speaker 1: out to Utah, Edgar, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: Hi Edgar, Oh, Hi David.
Speaker 11: Real quick question behind the shortstop position? So is that
Speaker 11: set and soles for Mookie Becks? Because I was just
Speaker 11: playing GM and I have seen it online on X
Speaker 11: a few times. The Dodgers trading for as.
Speaker 12: Much as we would will not leave, but as much
Speaker 12: as the famm would hate Carlos Carrea since the twins are,
Speaker 12: I think the owners want to sell, and I believe
Speaker 12: they would on a shit that large contract. I was
Speaker 12: just wondering if you had heard or if you think
Speaker 12: it's a good idea. I know we have Lucy, Ben
Speaker 12: Edmund and Rowa.
Speaker 7: I would love that.
Speaker 1: Carlos Korea. But it just can't happen after what took
Speaker 1: place in twenty seventeen, Edgar, it just it's not going
Speaker 1: to happen.
Speaker 6: With the Dodgers.
Speaker 5: Maybe it's the apologizing.
Speaker 1: It's too late for that, Edgar. Thanks for the phone call,
Speaker 1: appreciate it. He had his chance, and not only was
Speaker 1: he part of that, but he was very flippant and
Speaker 1: very unapologetic after that. And I like Carlos. If you
Speaker 1: listen to the show, you know that when he came
Speaker 1: back to Dodger Stadium for the first time since then,
Speaker 1: he answered my questions and he was a stand up guy.
Speaker 1: And I like Carlos. But unfortunately the Dodgers and Carlos
Speaker 1: Korea can't happen. It won't happen. All right, let's go
Speaker 1: out to Hemmitt Glenn. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Glenn.
Speaker 5: I'm doing good.
Speaker 3: David, thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 5: You're talking about all these other new pictures coming in.
Speaker 11: What about what's going on with Tony Gons and Dustin
Speaker 11: May and pas bringing Jusio back?
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Julio haven't heard much from him since he
Speaker 1: was suspended and well since free agency. He hasn't been
Speaker 1: suspended because he never signed with the team. Uh, don't
Speaker 1: see that happening, Glenn. As far as Dustin May and
Speaker 1: Tony Gonsling goes, the Dodgers are going to give them
Speaker 1: an opportunity to be part of the rotation. And I'm
Speaker 1: sure teams are calling about them as well, But as
Speaker 1: of now, the Dodgers are going to stretch out Dustin
Speaker 1: May as a starting pitcher. Let's take one more phone
Speaker 1: call before we say good night. Danny in Pomona. You're
Speaker 1: on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Danny?
Speaker 13: Good about yourself, David, Thanks again for the coper allow
Speaker 13: me to talk. I actually met you with the Jackie
Speaker 13: Robinson Day tickets that I won in the suite. Again,
Speaker 13: me and my better have got to meet you, very
Speaker 13: free about the opportunity. My question would be, James Outman,
Speaker 13: are we going to see him back in the big
Speaker 13: club or is he his day is going to be
Speaker 13: back in Triple A?
Speaker 1: Thanks again, Yeah, great question. All right. The Dodgers, if
Speaker 1: they sign like we all hope they do, ta Oscar Hernandez,
Speaker 1: have a full outfield. One thing that they don't have
Speaker 1: is a lot of left handed bats. Maybe James Outman
Speaker 1: is part of their bench, so I don't think it's
Speaker 1: the last we've seen a James Outman in the big leagues.
Speaker 1: But he's not going to be handed roster spot. He's
Speaker 1: got to earn it. Andy Pa has has got to
Speaker 1: earn it. These young guys have got to earn It's
Speaker 1: that's what it's all about. That'll do it for us
Speaker 1: tonight on Dodger Talk. If we did not get to
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Speaker 1: and hopefully by then the Dodgers and Taoscar Hernandez have
Speaker 1: found some common ground, so we'll keep our Taoscar watch
Speaker 1: going here. Everybody wants him back, including the Dodgers, so
Speaker 1: hopefully that happens. Thanks to Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts
Speaker 1: for their time here in Dallas, Thanks to you for listening.
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