WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this team is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:10.199 This team is really becoming a family. Let's not play 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:10.839 one on Tom. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.720 Let's wind it. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:14.439 I love writing these guys after the show, just thank you, 7 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:15.199 give me are. 8 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.480 Your attention, your fire and not a pisson. 9 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.679 This is world champion, Dodgers, world champion. 10 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:23.440 For a small soft time they get a people what 11 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:24.359 they want to die to? 12 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:27.760 A two is special. I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. 13 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:32.439 One of the con This ball's gone. You ready to go? 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, Tim Kats. 18 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:49.640 Dodgers do what they're supposed to do, go into Denver 19 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.840 and beat up on a bad Rockies team. And that's 20 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:58.000 exactly what they did today. A little bit of offense, 21 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:00.880 a little bit of defense, and a lot of great 22 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:05.680 pitching today from Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers' bullpen, holding 23 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:09.519 the Rockies to just one run today and the Dodgers 24 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:13.120 get a three to one victory in coors Field. Eight 25 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.519 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is a 26 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:17.920 number we're here for about the next forty five minutes 27 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.200 or so, so light up the phones, Dodger fans, eight 28 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:23.840 sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy. I'm sure 29 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:28.480 something has been weighing on you for the last few hours, 30 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:32.560 ever since Clayton Kershaw left the game after six innings 31 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:34.640 of work today, and boy was he good. 32 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:35.959 Six innings. 33 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:39.280 Just the one run, a Brenton Doyle solo home run 34 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:42.959 with two outs in the second, the only damage all day. 35 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:45.000 You have a single in the third with one out, 36 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:49.760 but didn't affect him. Six innings, one run, two hit, 37 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:53.799 five strikeouts. He was eight strikeouts away from three thousand 38 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.280 going in. He gets five strikeouts today, so now he's 39 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:01.000 sitting on two thousand, nine hundred and nine, so he's 40 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:04.920 three shy going into his next start. And Dave Roberts 41 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:09.800 did say it will be next Wednesday against the Chicago 42 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:13.400 White Sox at Dodgers Stadium. So a good time if 43 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.039 you're listening, if you're driving, don't do it right now 44 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:20.039 while you're driving, Bud. If you're listening, you're podcasting, you're 45 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:22.560 at a place where maybe you can pull over. I 46 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:25.960 would suggest you go to Dodgers dot Com and get 47 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:31.479 some tickets while they last for next Wednesday, when Clayton 48 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:34.759 Kershaw will take them out against the Chicago White Sox. 49 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:40.319 Three strikeouts away from three thousand in his Hall of 50 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:43.639 Fame career, certainly a moment that you would want to 51 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:46.479 be at if you're a Dodger fan at Dodger Stadium 52 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:50.560 next Wednesday. For Clayton Kershaw and his next start, he 53 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:54.240 was fantastic today. He had a one two three first, 54 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:56.680 He worked around that home run in the second inning. 55 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:58.840 He had a single in the third inning. He got 56 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:01.400 out of the first four thinning with the double playball 57 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.159 after a leadoff walk. He had a one two three fifth. 58 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:06.599 He had a one two three sixth sandwich about the 59 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:09.719 strikeout his fifth of the day. His longest out inning 60 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:13.120 was the third, in which he threw sixteen pitches. Other 61 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.080 than that, he had an eight pitch inning, a ten 62 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:17.319 pitch inning, a ten pitch inning, the twelve pitch inning, 63 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.000 up and down five different times to get to the 64 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:25.759 sixth inning. I felt just listening and watching the game man, 65 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:28.719 and I really wanted Clayton Kershaw to go back out 66 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:31.639 there for a seventh inning. Eight, six, sixth nine eighty 67 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:34.719 seven to two, five seventy. That's what I wanted. That's 68 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.400 what I would have loved to see him go back 69 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:39.360 out there in the seventh inning, especially with a low 70 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.680 pitch count sixty nine pitches, second fewest pitches he's thrown 71 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:44.800 in the start this year other than the rain delayed 72 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:48.120 game in New York back on May twenty third. To 73 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.360 go back out there three strikeouts away from three strike 74 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:54.240 from three thousand. 75 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:55.360 That's me. I would have loved to have seen it. 76 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.879 But I understand the decision not to go back out 77 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:02.199 there in the seventh, And I say that for this reason. 78 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:07.599 Clayton Kershaw could go out there and things could go 79 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.439 drastically wrong in a two to one game. What you 80 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:13.680 just did for six solid innings could all unravel and 81 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:17.439 be undone in the seventh inning. Another spinner around the 82 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:21.360 lineup for the Colorado Rockies. You're working on a thirty 83 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:25.120 seven year old in the six innings of high altitude 84 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.800 of Denver. I get it, it's only sixty nine pitches, 85 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:33.759 But Dave Roberts, Clayton Kershaw, Mark Pryor, I'm sure was 86 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:35.639 part of it. Will Smith was asked about it well 87 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:37.839 here from will come up in a few minutes about 88 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:40.560 the decision to end the day for Clayton Kershaw or 89 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.040 to send it back out there in the seventh. It 90 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.680 could have gone drastically wrong. Things could have unraveled in 91 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.079 the seventh inning. You know, you start to wear and 92 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.680 tear a little bit, especially a thirty seven year old 93 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:54.879 in Denver. What you did for six innings, you applaud them, 94 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:58.399 You tell them, great job, slap them on the behind, 95 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.360 and say, next time out, you're gonna get to three thousand. 96 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:02.800 Next time out at home. 97 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.600 At Dodger Stadium, in front of Dodger Nation, you are 98 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:06.560 gonna get. 99 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:07.839 Your three thousand strikeout. 100 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.639 But what he did today is exactly what they needed. 101 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.720 Six innings, one run, two hits, five strikeouts. I think 102 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.519 he kind of have to put aside the milestone in 103 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:22.040 which he was getting close to for the game itself. 104 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.600 You have to put aside him getting to three thousand 105 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:29.199 strikeouts for the nine inning game today on June twenty sixth, 106 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:32.560 and what it means as a whole. Certainly he's gonna 107 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:37.560 get to three thousand strikeouts. It's gonna happen. It's gonna happen. 108 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:40.600 Next time out most likely, but no need to go 109 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.959 out there force a seventh inning. Things could get away 110 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:48.279 from Clayton Kershaw. All the good that just happened over 111 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:52.199 six innings comes apart, and you lose a ballgame to 112 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.839 a Rockies team you have no business losing to. You 113 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:58.759 beat him three to one, You bang out eight hits, 114 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:02.079 including a solo home run from Otani. You hold the 115 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:06.120 Rockies to two hits. Folks holding a team to two 116 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:09.759 hits at Coors Field in the late part of June 117 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:13.879 when it's hot, that's tough to do. There hasn't been 118 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:19.000 very many no hitters there. I mean, dll Nomo did it, certainly, 119 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:23.360 but you don't see a lot of great pitching performances 120 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:26.680 in the Mile High City. So the longer and longer 121 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.480 you go, the more and more the odds are things 122 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:30.759 are gonna maybe fall apart. 123 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.160 You're gonna lose a little bit. Guys are gonna tee 124 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:33.720 off on you. 125 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.079 That's why I thought the decision for him to come 126 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:41.759 out after six innings. I'm alright with five strikeouts, one run, 127 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:46.519 two hits, six innings, great, great outing for Clayton Kershaw, 128 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:49.680 a thirty seven year old Clayton Krushaw hitting eighty eight 129 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.079 and eighty nine on the radar gun. Not blowing it 130 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:57.879 by guys, but just pitching. I mean, it was artwork 131 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:02.639 out there. What he was doing, Peyton the corners, getting 132 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.240 a couple of called strike threes. Let's see, out of 133 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:10.519 his five strikeouts, he had one, two, three called third strikes, 134 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.319 one of the fifth and then his final strikeout of 135 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:16.639 the game in the sixth inning. It was a great outing. 136 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:19.879 No need for him to push it in the seventh 137 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:24.199 inning just to get three more strikeouts, just to chase 138 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:26.079 this milestone. 139 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:27.199 He's gonna get there. 140 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:30.160 If this was the last game of the season, If 141 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:34.040 this were September twenty sixth, and the Dodgers had no 142 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:37.600 shot at the playoffs, and this was the last start 143 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:41.000 for thirty seven year old Clayton Kershaw, what could be 144 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:45.199 It could be it forever for Clayton Kershaw. Then yes, 145 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:52.040 he is going back out there and chasing three more strikeouts. 146 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:55.040 We could all agree on that. 147 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:58.800 But with so much more of the season to go, 148 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:04.240 hopefully more of his career to go, chasing three strikeouts 149 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:06.439 just for the sake of doing it, and a chance 150 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:10.639 to lose a game to the Rockies just doesn't add up. 151 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:13.079 And the more and more I talked through it, the 152 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.560 more and more I've actually convinced myself it was a 153 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:17.879 really good idea not to send him back out there 154 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:22.360 for the seventh, because, hey, full disclosure cards on the table, Gamm, 155 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:26.360 I'll pull back the curtain here. When it happened and 156 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:31.279 Kirby Yates was warming up and we find out Yates 157 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:34.519 has taken over after six innings, I said to Colin Yee, 158 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:36.600 I said to Matt de Mecki. I even said to Petros, 159 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.159 who is here, I said, I don't like this. Let 160 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.759 him go back out there for the seventh. Sixty nine pitches, 161 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:47.039 that's it. He's got twenty more in the tank, twenty 162 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:50.000 more pitches. That could be another inning and inning in 163 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:53.279 a third ainything. In two thirds, maybe two plus more innings. 164 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:55.879 Clayton Kershaw can get to Heck, if we really want 165 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:59.240 to push him, get to one hundred pitches, maybe he 166 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.000 throws a complet game at Coursefield. 167 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:03.879 But why the now? 168 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:05.879 The more and more I think about it and talk 169 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:08.639 about it here on Dodger Talk, the more and more 170 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:12.159 I literally talk myself into this being a really good 171 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:17.000 decision don't chase three strikeouts for the sake of maybe 172 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:21.720 losing the game, or Kershaw getting hurt, or Kershaw going 173 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:23.320 out there and leading with a bad taste in his 174 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.200 mouth and losing a two to one lead at the time. 175 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:29.159 Eight six six nine eighty seven two five to seventy. 176 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:33.120 Maybe you disagree. Eight six six nine eighty seven two 177 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:38.039 five seventy. Initially I was like, yeah, why I want 178 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:40.960 to hear this. This dive got some explaining to do. 179 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:44.399 They gotta tell me why he just came out after 180 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:47.919 six innings, especially after the perfect game he had in 181 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:51.480 Minnesota a few years ago in early April at Target Field, 182 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:52.159 and they. 183 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:52.960 Pulled him out of the game. 184 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:56.440 Now you gotta explain why did they pull him out 185 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.480 after six innings, just one run, two hits, five strikeouts, 186 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:00.840 and only say, sixty nine pitches. 187 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:03.720 I just I just told you why. 188 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:07.919 I just explained why, And in doing so, I've not 189 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:10.600 convinced myself that was a really good decision. Eight sixty 190 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.360 six nine eight seven two five seventy. The game itself, 191 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.360 all right, the game itself the Dodgers, if you could 192 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:18.720 draw it up anyway, and you can look at a 193 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.879 box score, you can look at a game recap. You 194 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:26.120 can go on to TikTok or Instagram or uh Facebook 195 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:28.919 or Twitter and look at a recap of a game. 196 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:33.000 This is how you would draw it up. This would 197 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:37.000 be the art of the day. This would be yes ah. 198 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.399 If this were to be a perfect Dodger scenario and 199 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:42.240 a Dodger win, This is how I would predict it 200 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:44.919 to go. This is how I would script it to go. 201 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.519 A starter going six innings, just one run, check, turn 202 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:53.399 it over to a bullpen one inning for a high 203 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:58.720 leverage reliever Kirby hs Check, Michael Kopek, Oh another closer, 204 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.480 high leverage reliever for the eighth check. 205 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:02.759 Ninth inning. 206 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:08.559 We bring in our third high leverage closer, Tanner Scott 207 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.480 check for the save. Starter six innings won in a 208 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:17.879 piece for your three high leverage relievers Yates, Kopek Scott, 209 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:20.679 you just painted a perfect pitcher for me. 210 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:21.600 Oh. 211 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.879 And on top of that, on offense, the big three 212 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:29.679 all drive in runs in a win. Bets an infield single, 213 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:34.000 scoring in rojas Freddie Freeman and RBI single, and show 214 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:37.759 hey Otani his twenty eighth home run. Your big three 215 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:41.480 provide the offense. Your starter go six and your high 216 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:43.240 leverage relievers. 217 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:45.840 Bing bang boom, seventh eighth. 218 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:50.080 Ninth ball game. Can you draw it up any better 219 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:54.320 than that? And the Dodgers get the win? Now, fifty 220 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.919 one and thirty one on this season tied for the 221 00:11:57.960 --> 00:11:59.360 best record in baseball. 222 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.200 Now, don't spit out your drink or your food. 223 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:04.159 I don't want anybody choking right here if you're having 224 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:08.039 a late afternoon snack. Yes, the Dodgers, at fifty one 225 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:12.279 and thirty one have tied this team for the best 226 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:15.240 record in baseball. Again, I'm gonna let you chew your foods, 227 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:18.639 spit out your gum, finished drinking your late afternoon coffee 228 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:25.399 or whatever. The Detroit Tigers, Yes, those Detroit Tigers, who 229 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:29.120 are fifty one and thirty one. I didn't say the Yankees. 230 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:32.559 I didn't say the Red Socks. I didn't say the 231 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:36.279 Mets or the Cubs, who've got forty eight wins. The 232 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:40.919 Dodgers and Tigers. Just feels weird saying that the Tigers 233 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:44.679 tied for the best record in baseball at fifty one 234 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.000 and thirty one. Dodgers winners of four in a row, 235 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:51.440 eight of their last ten. Again, today is how you 236 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:54.240 draw it up? When you wake up in the morning, 237 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:56.320 if you're a Dodger manager or a coach or the 238 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:01.000 front office, how do we want today to go? Starter, sick, bullpen, 239 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:02.799 high leverage guys each going inning. 240 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:03.759 Get the final nine. 241 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:06.000 Now, Dan, let's see the heart of the order, the 242 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:11.600 big three, your MVP's bets, Freeman Otani, check check, check, 243 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:14.480 all drive in runs, and you win a game. That's 244 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:18.200 what happened today, Dodgers three to one win over the 245 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:19.960 Colorado Rockies. And in case you missed it in the 246 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:22.320 clubhouse show, I told you what the latest standings are. 247 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:26.440 And by the way, the Giants have lost. The Giants 248 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:29.720 have lost to the Miami Marlins in San Francisco. So 249 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:33.080 as we sit right now, the updated standings look like this. 250 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.840 The Dodgers first place of the NL West. The San 251 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.480 Diego Padres, who I believe are not playing today, they 252 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:43.799 are off. Padres are off. The Dodgers six games up 253 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:46.679 in the division on the Padres, six and a half 254 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:50.559 games up on the San Francisco Giants, nine games up 255 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.159 on the Diamondbacks. And as we sit right now on 256 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:58.720 June twenty sixth, now eighty two games into the season, 257 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:02.440 just past the halfway point of the twenty twenty five 258 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:07.000 Major League Baseball season, with in essence, a half of 259 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.720 a season still to play. 260 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.240 Your Los Angeles Dodgers. 261 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:15.480 Are thirty two and a half games up on the 262 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:17.480 Colorado Rockies. 263 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:20.960 I I'm looking at it. 264 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:24.559 I'm hitting refreshed, thinking maybe somebody threw it an extra number, 265 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:28.639 just like to be funny or as an air. Thirty 266 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.960 two and a half games out of the division, not 267 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.559 even the All Star break, and we've just passed the 268 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:37.519 halfway point of one hundred and sixty two game season. 269 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:44.440 That's gross, that's disgusting. Oh, to be a Rockies fan. 270 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:47.399 What do you have? What do you have to look 271 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:48.759 forward to the rest of the summer? 272 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:54.639 The fourth of July fireworks, Dion Sanders and Colorado football, 273 00:14:55.039 --> 00:15:02.240 the Broncos training camp, the Nuggets draft tonight, AH, thirty 274 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:03.639 two and a half games back. 275 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:08.639 Hey, count your blessings. You're a Dodgers fan, and you've. 276 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:11.879 Got ownership like Mark Walter in this group, and a 277 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:17.240 front office like Andrew Freeman, and a coaching staff and 278 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:20.639 manager led by Dave Roberts that put a winning product 279 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.759 on the field and win and are competitive and make 280 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:28.240 sure that this team is competitive with the players on 281 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:35.240 the field. It could be Colorado, you could be the A's, 282 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:37.039 you could be the White Sox. 283 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:38.879 Wow. 284 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:44.120 Do not take for granted what this ownership does and 285 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:47.600 make sure with this front office and coaching staff has 286 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:54.600 to work with a winning product, winning players, successful successful players. 287 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.279 Wow. 288 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:58.840 It is mind boggling that a team could be thirty 289 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:01.559 two and a half games back in the division and 290 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:03.159 it's not even July first. 291 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.000 Wow. 292 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.120 Eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two five seventy. Let's 293 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.559 take a quick call and then we'll take a break. 294 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:11.960 Let's go to Will in Long Beach. Start things off 295 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.559 here on this Thursday after the Dodgers finish off the 296 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.759 sweep of the Colorado Rockies. 297 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:18.000 How you doing, Will Good? Sir? 298 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.919 Good, sir doing? 299 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:21.320 Bro Will eating my food. 300 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:24.159 Right now in the afternoon, my ticket Mollet hey check 301 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:24.639 this out. 302 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:26.440 The pitching that real quick. 303 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:28.559 I have a question that maybe you can just answer 304 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.000 it for me. 305 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:32.039 Back in the sixties when Sandy Kofex was pitching, why 306 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:34.799 were they pitching so many innings? And nowadays these pictures, 307 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.399 you know, they really don't get too much, you know, 308 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:40.720 the pitch counts, not that I think they're not pitching enough. 309 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:42.200 Well, you can make an argument. 310 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.879 It's that is a long loaded question. Will and I 311 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.720 appreciate it. If we had, I don't know, another four hours, 312 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:51.279 we can sit here and debate that and talk about 313 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:54.080 what is wrong with the game. Why is it different? 314 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:56.960 Why are pitchers not able to go more than seventy 315 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.559 five eightyen pitches? Why is it that two times through 316 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:01.600 the lineup do we not see a starting pitcher back 317 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:07.759 out there. It is a long question with a long answer. Okay, 318 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.599 we'll have. 319 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:10.000 A lot of time to get into it. But the 320 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.960 game is evolved. 321 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:14.559 There's more money involved with pitchers, there's more money invested 322 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.440 with arms, and being that you're investing two hundred million 323 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:21.519 dollars three hundred million dollars one hundred and fifty million 324 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:24.519 dollars in pitching in an arm, the last thing you 325 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:26.839 want to do is have a breakdown, and what, unfortunately 326 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:31.400 is happening is arms are breaking down. Usage is at 327 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:35.319 an all time high for bullpens because starters just don't 328 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:38.799 go past two times in the lineup. Because analytics then 329 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:41.880 tell you the third time a pitcher and a hitter 330 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.839 face off in a game, the hitter gets more of 331 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:47.720 an advantage having now seen the picture and in what 332 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:52.160 he's throwing two times a third time through maybe he's 333 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:54.400 oh for two. Maybe he's now seen a curve ball 334 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:56.160 again for the third time and he hits it for 335 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.200 a home run. So you limit that chance by bringing 336 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:04.880 it a different arm. Analytics, money have changed the game 337 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.160 of baseball. That is the simple answer to It is 338 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.319 a loaded question and what could be a very long 339 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:14.759 answer and debate as far as why starting pitchers don't 340 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.720 go long anymore into games, But I will throw this 341 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:23.680 out you. Dwayne McDonald, our engineer producer on the broadcast 342 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:26.759 in the booth along with the great Colony of course, 343 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:31.880 Dwayne McDonald had this nugget for Colin and I off air, 344 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.079 and he said, as many starting pitchers as the Dodgers 345 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.799 have used, he said, I'm looking down south in Anaheim. 346 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:43.039 As just an example, he said, do you know how 347 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:46.079 many starting pitchers the Anaheim Angels have. 348 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:47.680 Used in twenty twenty five? 349 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:54.599 Okay, how many starting pitchers have the Anaheim Angels used 350 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:59.559 in twenty twenty five because the Dodgers. The Dodgers have 351 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:06.160 used one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, 352 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.000 sixteen seventeen. If I'm adding up correctly and I got 353 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.440 my glasses on, I think I counted seventeen starting pitchers 354 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:17.880 already the Dodgers have used. The Anaheim Angels have used five. 355 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.200 Five starting pitchers. 356 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:23.599 That they've used. Well that hold up. 357 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:25.920 I don't know, but it's interesting to see that in 358 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:29.000 twenty twenty five. And this question you bring up about 359 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:32.559 why starting pitchers don't go longer, why they don't throw 360 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:35.319 as many pitches in games, why there's a shorter leash 361 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:37.319 for them and there's such a quick trigger to go 362 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:41.559 the bullpen. There is a team in baseball, the Anaheim Angels. 363 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:45.440 Five starting pitchers they have used this year. 364 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.160 That is it. 365 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:50.880 That's that's interesting. That's a crazy nugget of a stat. 366 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.799 I don't know if it's gonna stay that way. I 367 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:54.920 don't see how it maintains over the course of one 368 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:58.440 hundred and sixty two game season, but we shall see. 369 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:00.960 And what has it got the Angels five hundred record 370 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:03.640 in the American League eight six, six nine eighty seven 371 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:06.480 two five seventy. Peter and Corona is next up here 372 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.799 on Dodger Talk after a three to one win over 373 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.640 the Colorado Rockies. 374 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:15.000 Hi doing Peter, Hey, I'm doing great, a great series. 375 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:20.519 Kershaw was great. But my big question is hess on Kim. 376 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:24.200 He didn't get a single abat in this series and 377 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.519 we got when we got them. 378 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:27.119 We let Gavin Lux go. 379 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:30.680 He should be getting the advats that Gavin Luck said. 380 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:35.880 So what is your question, Why isn't Kim plain more? 381 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.119 That's my question. 382 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:40.839 Yeah, that's that's a good question for Dave Roberts. 383 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.720 I'm not sure Michael Confordo is getting an opportunity still 384 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.839 to see what he can do, and they're riding out 385 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:50.319 that as long as possible. And look what he did 386 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:54.359 over the weekend in Colorado. Hopefully that translates into Kansas 387 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:57.000 City and beyond, because certainly you go to Colorado, things 388 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.240 could be elevated as far as their stats are concerned. 389 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:01.440 But maybe jump starts him. I mean, he had a 390 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:05.039 hit in the finale against the Nationals on Sunday. He 391 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:08.599 goes into Colorado on Tuesday, hits a home run, has 392 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:12.079 a double, three RBIs last night two for four, a 393 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:15.440 home run, and a Ribby did not play today because 394 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:18.759 of the left hander Austin gomer So maybe when he's 395 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:20.480 back out in Kansas City, and I'm looking at what 396 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:24.039 Kansas City's thrown out there. Noah Cameron, left hander on Friday, 397 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:27.480 Seth Lugo the right hander on Saturday, and then Chris Bubick, 398 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:30.400 the left hander, will go on Sunday. So they'll see 399 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:33.000 two left handers in this series. I don't know how 400 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:35.839 that affects the lineup as far as Conforto's concerned and 401 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:38.920