Speaker 1: And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Fassey live from Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 2: until eleven o'clock. We are taking your phone calls at
Speaker 2: eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. Jose
Speaker 2: Moto will check in. You'll hear from Freddie Freeman. But
Speaker 2: tonight was about the Dodgers improving to seven and oh,
Speaker 2: and it was about Dustin May a successful return to
Speaker 2: the man for the first time since twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are seven and oh to begin the season.
Speaker 3: That is new.
Speaker 2: That is a new record to start the season for
Speaker 2: any LA Dodger team. The eighty one Dodgers begin their
Speaker 2: season six and oh. These Dodgers are now seven and oh.
Speaker 2: The best start to any season for a Dodger franchise
Speaker 2: team was the nineteen fifty five Dodgers, who began that
Speaker 2: season ten and oh. And if you want more context
Speaker 2: to what the Dodgers are doing, only the nineteen thirty
Speaker 2: three World champion Yankees started the season seven to zero
Speaker 2: as a defending champion. So not only did the Dodgers
Speaker 2: win the World Series last year, they have continued to
Speaker 2: play with edge and urgency and have played like they
Speaker 2: did not win.
Speaker 3: The World Series last year.
Speaker 2: They want more and that's the most encouraging part of
Speaker 2: the start to this season. Not to mention, guys are
Speaker 2: playing really well even with or without Freddie Freeman on
Speaker 2: certain nights to start this year, even without Mookie Bets
Speaker 2: on certain nights to start the season. Freddie was not
Speaker 2: in the starting lineup for a second straight night, but
Speaker 2: you'll hear from him he's encouraged about how his right
Speaker 2: ankle is re cooper rating from that shower fall on
Speaker 2: Sunday morning. Mookie Bets, by the way, big game for him,
Speaker 2: especially in the sixth inning when he hit that go
Speaker 2: ahead two run home run off of Chris Sale, making
Speaker 2: up for the air that he made earlier in the
Speaker 2: game to allow the Braves to score their first and
Speaker 2: only run of the game. You know, Mookie Bets was
Speaker 2: feeling good, and you know Mookie Bets felt redemption as
Speaker 2: he was rounding the bases after that go ahead two
Speaker 2: run home run off his former teammate Chris Sale in
Speaker 2: the bottom of the sixth inning.
Speaker 4: Nookie, You've had three home runs on this season. All
Speaker 4: three of them have been go ahead home runs. When
Speaker 4: you think about that on that against Chris Sale, he
Speaker 4: was cruising to this one. How did you get to him?
Speaker 5: I was just ready to hit him. Mean, he was
Speaker 5: throning a lot of strikes and you know, I mean
Speaker 5: he's bitching really well. I mean, there was nothing else
Speaker 5: I can really do but be ready to swing.
Speaker 3: Yes, close game.
Speaker 4: When you think about just earlier in the game, the
Speaker 4: defensive mishap to come back to get that go ahead
Speaker 4: home run, did it make it feel any sweeter for you?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: It was huge.
Speaker 5: I mean I'm still beating myself self up about that
Speaker 5: because that's just that can't happen. And so I'm glad
Speaker 5: I was able to make up for it. But you
Speaker 5: better believe I'll be working on that same late tomorrow.
Speaker 4: This game was also about Dustin May making his return
Speaker 4: to the mountain. When you saw what he was able
Speaker 4: to do, his efficiency, what stood out about his.
Speaker 5: Performance to you, I mean everything, I mean, he was
Speaker 5: he was in the zone, got himself out of trouble
Speaker 5: a couple of times. He really just did a great job,
Speaker 5: and especial with this his first time pitching, and so long.
Speaker 5: You know, he there were some emotions out there and
Speaker 5: you felt it, and I'm just glad to pitch.
Speaker 4: Well, you guys are continuing to be undefeated seven and
Speaker 4: zero on this season. That ties a record for most
Speaker 4: wins just coming off of winning the World Series. The
Speaker 4: tone you guys have set this early in the season
Speaker 4: doesn't say about this for.
Speaker 3: You know, I don't.
Speaker 5: I think it's more just the culture we created here.
Speaker 5: You know, it's a winning culture. And you know, we
Speaker 5: looked up we're seven and zero, but I mean, nobody
Speaker 5: here really cares. You know, We're just focused on the
Speaker 5: game tomorrow and we're got a final way to win tomorrow,
Speaker 5: and you know the record will be the record. You know, well,
Speaker 5: we're not gonna worry about that.
Speaker 4: Congratulations on this one tonight, bookie.
Speaker 5: Thank you.
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts with Kirsten Watson on sports Net LA after
Speaker 2: he comes up with the big hit and redemption in
Speaker 2: the bottom of the sixth inning off of Chris Sale
Speaker 2: with a two run home run off his former teammate
Speaker 2: to give the Dodgers a two.
Speaker 3: To one lead, and then Tommy Edmond and.
Speaker 2: Will Smith teamed up for the third run in that
Speaker 2: inning that came off a reliever Pierce Johnson. Edmund got
Speaker 2: on base and then stole second, and the Braves rookie
Speaker 2: catcher Drake Baldwin threw it into center field. Edmund got
Speaker 2: to third and scored with the infield drawn in will
Speaker 2: Smith hitting one past the drawn in Ozzy Albis to
Speaker 2: give Will Smith a nine game hitting street going back
Speaker 2: to last season, and now Smith is four for five
Speaker 2: with runners in scoring position. Quite honestly, Will Smith probably
Speaker 2: has the best job on this Dodger team because not
Speaker 2: only is he hitting in and big and being a
Speaker 2: big part of the best offense in baseball, but he
Speaker 2: also has a front row seat catching the best pitching
Speaker 2: staff in baseball, including tonight with Dustin May coming back
Speaker 2: and pitching in a Major league stadium for the first
Speaker 2: time since May seventeenth of twenty twenty three. And what
Speaker 2: a start for Dustin May tonight, striking out the Braves
Speaker 2: in order to begin his comeback. He struck out Michael
Speaker 2: Harris looking, Austin Riley swinging, and Matt Olsen looking to
Speaker 2: get those first three huge threats of the Braves and
Speaker 2: skipped off then. And I'm sure I had a prayer
Speaker 2: or just something to himself to say thank you for
Speaker 2: allowing me to be here, because he was facing the
Speaker 2: dugout wall and I'm sure he was saying some sort
Speaker 2: of prayer of thanks no matter what you believe in.
Speaker 2: He was saying thank you to somebody. Let's head downstairs
Speaker 2: right now to the Dodger Clubhouse to hear from the
Speaker 2: big ginger.
Speaker 6: Well.
Speaker 7: To start off, they started with the wrong walkout song,
Speaker 7: so that kind of pissed me off to start the game.
Speaker 3: But it's okay.
Speaker 7: It ended up being a good start, so I can't
Speaker 7: complain it. But there was definitely a lot of emotions
Speaker 7: that got let out after the first hitter and the
Speaker 7: first thing. Definitely, like I said, after my first outing
Speaker 7: in spring training, it was a huge weight lifted off
Speaker 7: my shoulders. It was just super super great to be.
Speaker 4: Back out there just seeing how your stuff played. Though.
Speaker 4: Just how rewarding was it to see all the hard
Speaker 4: work that you have been doing to make sure you're
Speaker 4: in a good spot and didn't see it really playing out.
Speaker 8: The world.
Speaker 7: Knowing that my stuff still plays, I mean, I thought
Speaker 7: I could strike a lot of guys out of my
Speaker 7: bullpens that I've been throwing, because I've thrown a lot
Speaker 7: of them, but it was good to see actually get
Speaker 7: big lea kidders out in the big league game.
Speaker 5: If they've been theory and hoop.
Speaker 7: He would that big. Yeah, I mean it was huge.
Speaker 7: I mean, we're we're never out of it. I mean,
Speaker 7: especially with the hitters that we got. I mean, we
Speaker 7: can go score ten runs and one anything. I mean,
Speaker 7: we're very very talently team. We're gonna have to wait
Speaker 7: for the next one.
Speaker 6: I guess it looked like it was just fun out
Speaker 6: there for yeah.
Speaker 7: I mean even if it would have went bad, I
Speaker 7: mean I still would have been having a good time
Speaker 7: just being being back on the Big league mount. I
Speaker 7: mean it literally meant the world to me just to
Speaker 7: be back out on the mount, because about eight months ago.
Speaker 3: I didn't know if I would be all right.
Speaker 2: There's Dustin May, who had a good sense of humor
Speaker 2: about himself. Obviously, he told us during spring training that
Speaker 2: he has a different outlook on life after what took
Speaker 2: place last year with choking on salad on a piece
Speaker 2: of lettuce where he had you know, obviously the lettuce
Speaker 2: did not cause his esophagus to tear. It was something
Speaker 2: that was I'm sure happening, but man, that changed his
Speaker 2: outlook on life, and he's worried about his his warm
Speaker 2: up song.
Speaker 3: That's pretty funny.
Speaker 2: But whatever it was, I guess it worked against the
Speaker 2: Braves because he struck him out in order to start
Speaker 2: the game and pitch five scoreless innings tonight with six
Speaker 2: strikeouts and certainly proved that he belongs here still after
Speaker 2: not pitching since May of twenty twenty three. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
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Speaker 9: Hey DV, thanks for having me on. I just wanted
Speaker 9: to say I went to the game tonight. I had
Speaker 9: no expectations. I was just happy to be there. Stressed
Speaker 9: out after the playoff last year, and these guys are
Speaker 9: working so hard. I can't believe it to see Dustin
Speaker 9: come back. It's so inspiring to watch his team every night.
Speaker 9: And I want to say that I hope we can
Speaker 9: get Freddie a flat shower bed.
Speaker 6: In his guest room.
Speaker 2: Yeah, hopefully he gets that, but he told us that
Speaker 2: he will not be showering there again, and we're gonna
Speaker 2: take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When we
Speaker 2: come back, you'll hear from Freddie Freeman. We'll also chick
Speaker 2: in with Jose Mota. After the Dodgers defeat the Braves
Speaker 2: three to one and remain undefeated seven and zero on
Speaker 2: the season. The Dodgers and Brave Dodgers and Padres are
Speaker 2: the only two remaining undefeated teams, and they happen to
Speaker 2: be in the same division. Should be a fun season.
Speaker 2: It's off to a great start for the Dodgers after
Speaker 2: a three to one win over the Braves on five
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Speaker 3: The one to one pitch, Mookie fla ball left.
Speaker 5: Field, going back toward the wall.
Speaker 1: It is.
Speaker 3: Oh did do?
Speaker 5: Mookie pumps his this twice as he hits third base
Speaker 5: and gives the Dodgers a lead.
Speaker 2: You know, Mookie wanted to redeem himself after an embarrassing
Speaker 2: error early in the game to allow the Braves to
Speaker 2: score the first run of the game. That would be
Speaker 2: the only run Atlanta score tonight. As the Dodgers go
Speaker 2: on to beat the Braves three to one and improve
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Speaker 2: their six straight loss to begin the season. Atlanta is
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Speaker 2: The Dodgers this season have set a new best to
Speaker 2: begin a year with a seven and oh record. They
Speaker 2: are chasing the nineteen fifty five Dodgers for the best
Speaker 2: start to a season The Boys of Summers started that
Speaker 2: year ten and oh. The Dodgers win again against Freddy
Speaker 2: Freeman's former team without Freddy Freeman. And if you remember
Speaker 2: last night, I was a little curious about the story
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts was telling yesterday because he said Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: slipped and fell in his shower on Saturday night, and
Speaker 2: that didn't really add up, considering the Dodgers played on
Speaker 2: Saturday night. You're telling me that Freddie Freeman took two showers.
Speaker 2: Well earlier today, Freddie Freeman was out on the field
Speaker 2: doing his normal pregame routine and came over and spoke
Speaker 2: to a few of us to kind of take us
Speaker 2: through the sequence of events that led to him reaggravating
Speaker 2: his right surgically repaired ankle.
Speaker 8: Chelsea drove me to the field Sunday morning and then
Speaker 8: I was able to drive home, so big, that was
Speaker 8: a big progress, big relief. Really, I've had an X ray.
Speaker 8: There's no little chips or anything like that. But I
Speaker 8: literally stepped in with my right foot and it slid
Speaker 8: and I went down, which is a glass door, So
Speaker 8: it could have been so much worse, you know, I
Speaker 8: could have hit my head or something like that. So
Speaker 8: I'm very thankful that it was just a little misshalf
Speaker 8: of my ankle. So I'm feeling good today and did this.
Speaker 8: I'm gonna go hit and if hitting goes well, I'll
Speaker 8: come out here and run a few Sprintston just trying
Speaker 8: to check out the boxes, trying to check out.
Speaker 2: So Freddie went into the shower at about ten fifteen
Speaker 2: on Sunday morning. That's when he slipped and fell in
Speaker 2: his bathtub slash shower. He was telling us there were
Speaker 2: some plumbing issues in his master bedrooms, so he went
Speaker 2: to go use a different shower that he normally doesn't use,
Speaker 2: and he slipped and fell, and that's where he had
Speaker 2: some issues, and he had his wife, as you heard
Speaker 2: him say, Chelsea, drive him to Dodgers Stadium. He had
Speaker 2: three hours of treatment and then was able to drive
Speaker 2: back home. And that's a huge relief for Freddy and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers that there were no bone chip fragments shown
Speaker 2: in the X ray, So that's great news. It's great
Speaker 2: news that he was trying to hit today. He's going
Speaker 2: to try to force the Dodger's hand to let him
Speaker 2: play tomorrow. The chances of him playing tomorrow are not
Speaker 2: very high. The Dodgers are going to play a caution
Speaker 2: and see how things go in Philadelphia where rain is
Speaker 2: in the forecast on Friday night. So we'll see how
Speaker 2: that plays into the Dodgers' decision, especially after Freddie having
Speaker 2: to fly across country on the travel day Thursday.
Speaker 3: But Freddy did have.
Speaker 2: A good sense of humor about all this, which tells
Speaker 2: me things are not that serious, and he feels pretty
Speaker 2: good about where his right ankle is and it wasn't
Speaker 2: a huge setback. Here's what Freddy had to say about
Speaker 2: how things have been going for that right ankle since
Speaker 2: the beginning of the season.
Speaker 8: I've been actually feeling really good. I have not felt
Speaker 8: my rib at all, which is that's the most kind
Speaker 8: of the frustrating part. I was actually feeling really good
Speaker 8: with all my injuries. I got sick, the sickness was
Speaker 8: doing good too, so I was I was so close,
Speaker 8: you know, really hard to get in these regular season
Speaker 8: games right now. But I'm feeling much better today, so hopefully.
Speaker 8: I mean, they're gonna, I know them, they'll probably push
Speaker 8: me to play Friday, just because of the flying across country.
Speaker 8: It's gonna be cold and filled. There's a lot of
Speaker 8: variables that we're gonna have to deal with in the
Speaker 8: East Coast as well. So I think they all know
Speaker 8: my plan. They're actually okay with me if everything goes
Speaker 8: well to playing tomorrow. But you know, I'm gonna get
Speaker 8: to push back a little bit. I'm sure tomorrow, but
Speaker 8: I feel good enough so far. The hitting is a
Speaker 8: big one because it's more of when I get my stance.
Speaker 8: I don't want to be on my back side. I
Speaker 8: want to be able to go into my front leg
Speaker 8: a little bit so which causes a little dorseyflection. So
Speaker 8: if that goes well, which I'm about to go try
Speaker 8: and do now, then I really do believe I'll can
Speaker 8: potentially get back out there tomorrow.
Speaker 3: So you feel like you haven't set yourself back.
Speaker 8: I don't think so. No. I mean the way how
Speaker 8: it's responded to the treatment, I think it was just,
Speaker 8: you know, I just kind of just irritated everything again.
Speaker 8: So Bernard's been working real hard again trying to get
Speaker 8: me back. So we we were down to like a
Speaker 8: fifty minute treatment before the games, and we're back up
Speaker 8: to three hours again. So I don't feel bad for Bernard,
Speaker 8: but he's got me into a good spot. You know,
Speaker 8: yesterday was just a full shutdown to try and do
Speaker 8: what I was doing today yesterday. But then Thomas and
Speaker 8: Doc they're like, let's just give you a day. So
Speaker 8: I'm feeling much better, so I'm going to try and
Speaker 8: do all.
Speaker 2: That's it even more frustrated that you're not able to
Speaker 2: play in this particular series.
Speaker 8: Obviously, I would love to be I want to be
Speaker 8: in every game. I think that we all know that.
Speaker 8: But thankfully, you know, it kind of works. We got
Speaker 8: a lot of guys and we're getting rotating at bass
Speaker 8: Hey case just coming back off his sickness, can said
Speaker 8: more about Zmiggie. So, I mean, we got such a
Speaker 8: deep team that I want to be out there every game,
Speaker 8: but we're not losing that much, so you know, the
Speaker 8: boys are playing really good right now. So I think
Speaker 8: the main thing is getting me healthy so I can
Speaker 8: make it through the rest of the year.
Speaker 3: So there it is.
Speaker 2: You heard from Freddie Freeman himself. You did not have
Speaker 2: to read words or read between the lines. You heard
Speaker 2: the tone of his voice. Things are okay with his
Speaker 2: right ankle. So that's a huge relief for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Freddie Freeman who had a freak accident on Sunday morning,
Speaker 2: slipping and falling in his uh one of his whatever
Speaker 2: x amount of showers in his house.
Speaker 3: But that's good. That's a good sign.
Speaker 2: And the Dodgers kept rolling tonight as they beat the
Speaker 2: Braves three to one and improve their record to seven
Speaker 2: and zero.
Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with jose Mota.
Speaker 2: All right, jose Mota, we talked a lot about Dustin May.
Speaker 2: We heard from Dustin May. Let's talk about something that
Speaker 2: fans were trying to pick apart, and that is new
Speaker 2: closer Tanner Scott. I know Blake Trynin faced the heart
Speaker 2: of the Braves lineup, but it was still good to
Speaker 2: see Scott get the Braves out in order in the
Speaker 2: ninth inning.
Speaker 6: Boy, it was good to see him be put on
Speaker 6: that situation. And as you mentioned, Dave, Robert has a
Speaker 6: way because the luxury of so many guys that can
Speaker 6: go their and close. But you got to throw about
Speaker 6: the fire. I mean, there's no reason to paddic there's
Speaker 6: no reason to not trust the guy. The one thing
Speaker 6: you don't want to do with a guy that just
Speaker 6: joins your organization and whom you publicly said and he's
Speaker 6: going to get the majority of says opportunities. You don't
Speaker 6: let just the bad start a couple of innings here
Speaker 6: and there derail him. So you got to throw him
Speaker 6: out that the only way to get fixed is out
Speaker 6: there on the field. A bullpen side is not.
Speaker 5: Going to do it.
Speaker 6: He's got to read hitters get the reactions, how their
Speaker 6: reaction to things. And the one thing that obviously he
Speaker 6: knows he's got to get better at is get those
Speaker 6: lefties out. Because he's been so good throughout his career.
Speaker 2: Up until last year, basically he's been a journeyman reliever.
Speaker 2: He gets a big contract during the offseason with the
Speaker 2: defending world champion Dodgers. I'm sure we always talk about
Speaker 2: position players trying to do too much. I'm sure Tanner
Speaker 2: Scott is trying to show out. Do you believe that
Speaker 2: maybe played a part in some of the rocky outings
Speaker 2: he's had so far in this Homestand.
Speaker 6: It's fair to say that, Dave, it's normal to think that.
Speaker 6: I mean the expectations you mentioned something so important, which
Speaker 6: is for journeymen, when that means people are not believing
Speaker 6: in you, that's where you're bouncing around and somebody has
Speaker 6: a doubt, but somebody always believes and gives you that opportunity.
Speaker 6: And now the big contract, the higher expectations. When he
Speaker 6: joined the Powders last year. Is not pitching in Miami anymore.
Speaker 6: It's pitching for the Dodgers, and that, you know, brings
Speaker 6: a whole lot and then to say you are a
Speaker 6: guy who's gonna say games pull the Dodgers in LA
Speaker 6: it's not the same as other other places. And I
Speaker 6: think at the same time we look at a big
Speaker 6: number of the Dodgers put on him with that contract.
Speaker 6: It's naturalist, normal, and it's human to go I got
Speaker 6: to be perfect, but we know one thing. This game
Speaker 6: is not perfect, and he was on for a reason.
Speaker 6: Every dad that you needed from him you had, and
Speaker 6: every chance to know that you don't need to match
Speaker 6: him against lefties or right he's he's with the guy
Speaker 6: that's going to go out there and challenge people, which
Speaker 6: is what you want, and he's got it done.
Speaker 2: We talk about Father Time always winning. Jose, how is
Speaker 2: Blake Trining as nasty as he is at age thirty
Speaker 2: six almost age thirty seven.
Speaker 6: You've had a lot of conversations with him. This guy
Speaker 6: is so analytical. He is so precise in self assessing
Speaker 6: that I'm not surprised at all. He's not chasing velocity,
Speaker 6: which he has. He has movements, he has the ability
Speaker 6: to pitch backwards. He's very hard to predict, and I
Speaker 6: think Dave he has fun doing this. When there's a
Speaker 6: time last season, when the word got around that he's
Speaker 6: throwing that wrapper around, break the ball down in the
Speaker 6: back of the foot of the lefties, guys got away
Speaker 6: from it and they start to not swing at it.
Speaker 6: He reinvented himself. It's going to be a little bit slower,
Speaker 6: a little bit tighter, smaller to gain a strike, and
Speaker 6: before you know it, he's out there in the middle
Speaker 6: of every important inning, in the limelight in October, getting
Speaker 6: it done. Because I don't think he's ever satisfied. He
Speaker 6: knows there's always another level. That's what you want from
Speaker 6: your guys out there, and that's how they're going to
Speaker 6: take it to another level. And that's why guys want
Speaker 6: to copy people like that, because they know the leadership
Speaker 6: and the guts of their takes and know that one
Speaker 6: bat outing is not going to derail them.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota is joining us after the Dodgers improved their
Speaker 2: record to seven and oh to begin the season with
Speaker 2: the three to one win over the Braves Bets with
Speaker 2: the big hit Jose in the sixth inning off his
Speaker 2: former teammate Chris Sale a go ahead to run home run,
Speaker 2: and Mooki admitted he was very relieved and happy that
Speaker 2: he could redeem himself after a play that caused the
Speaker 2: Braves to score their first run.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, as we're just talking about Tanner Scott. Yeah,
Speaker 6: it matters to these guys. They're they're even, they have
Speaker 6: feelings and Mookie, by the way, that was the Dodgers
Speaker 6: first air of the season. You think about this, We
Speaker 6: talk about the prows of the offense, the pitching, how
Speaker 6: well they're doing, but that was the first era committed
Speaker 6: about the Dodgers defense this season in seven games, which
Speaker 6: is remarkable. But going back to MOOKI having a conversation
Speaker 6: went before the game and he's one of those guys
Speaker 6: a day. But you can count in one hand the
Speaker 6: guys that can tell you if I get out of bed,
Speaker 6: I'm playing, meaning all the questions about his weight coming
Speaker 6: back from Japan and all the obviously the wheel wondered,
Speaker 6: but he goes, oes, Hey, if I can get up,
Speaker 6: I'm gonna play, and there's no doubt. And then we
Speaker 6: talk about greatness. That's trying to be great. And I'm
Speaker 6: glad that he mentioned in his interview the fact the
Speaker 6: fact that he wanted to he was thinking about the
Speaker 6: air still gonna eat him up. He's gonna work on
Speaker 6: that tomorrow. But to have the ability to just turn
Speaker 6: the game around like that, what he does with once
Speaker 6: thing is pretty sweet.
Speaker 2: All Right, we'll see if the Dodgers go eight and
Speaker 2: oh on snell Zilla Day tomorrow.
Speaker 3: Jose, look forward to seeing you out here.
Speaker 6: A big day for you. Deve Assey. The Snell's back.
Speaker 3: Hey, I'm not on the mound.
Speaker 6: He is, though, He's fun to watch. Take care of
Speaker 6: good night, all right.
Speaker 2: Good night, Jose moda. Good to have Jose back with
Speaker 2: us this season. Part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast.
Speaker 2: It is snell Zilla Day tomorrow, the Dodgers looking to
Speaker 2: improve their record and to eight and oh.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers and Padres are the.
Speaker 2: Two only undefeated teams in baseball this season. I couldn't
Speaker 2: get over the fact everybody was just disregarding the San
Speaker 2: Diego Padres coming into the season. I know they've had
Speaker 2: some issues with their ownership after the unfortunate passing of
Speaker 2: a great man, Peter Seidler, but they did not sell
Speaker 2: off their players like everybody thought they were going to do.
Speaker 2: They still have Fernando Tattis Junior, they still have Manny Machado.
Speaker 3: They still have boguards.
Speaker 2: They still got Luisa Rise, They still have a budding
Speaker 2: star in Jackson Merrill. They still have Dylan Ceese and
Speaker 2: Michael King and You Darvish and Robert Suarez. They didn't
Speaker 2: add a big piece during the off season, no doubt
Speaker 2: about it. The Dodgers blew them away in the off season.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are the defending World Series champions, and they
Speaker 2: added even more. The Padres did not really make a
Speaker 2: significant addition during the off season, but they still have
Speaker 2: basically the same team that pushed the Dodgers to five
Speaker 2: games in the NLDS, and still have the same team
Speaker 2: that many believe was good enough to win the World
Speaker 2: Series if they got past the Dodgers. So I'm a
Speaker 2: big believer in the Padres hanging around all season long. No,
Speaker 2: I don't believe they're going to win the NL West,
Speaker 2: but I do believe they're a playoff team, and I
Speaker 2: do believe we could have a rematch in the NLDS
Speaker 2: of a year ago between the Dodgers and Padres. So
Speaker 2: I'm and I'm a firm believer. If the Dodgers win
Speaker 2: ninety nine games or one hundred and seventeen games. That
Speaker 2: first round is still the most dangerous round for any
Speaker 2: division winner. If the Dodgers can get past that trap
Speaker 2: round like they did last year, they're going on to
Speaker 2: the World Series, and I believe they'll win the World Series.
Speaker 3: But that first round is a wildcard.
Speaker 2: Everybody knows it, and I could see the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: Padres playing again in that first round. I also believe
Speaker 2: the Diamondbacks are going to be a playoff team, and
Speaker 2: I still believe this Braves is going to be a
Speaker 2: wildcard team as well, even though their record and their
Speaker 2: offense don't reflect that. Right now, they're owing six to
Speaker 2: start the season. Tonight, Anthony Banda got the winning relief
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. Chris Sale takes the loss in his
Speaker 2: first outing at Dodgers Stadium since Game five of the
Speaker 2: twenty eighteen World Series, when he came through the bullpen
Speaker 2: gates to close out that World Series and beat the
Speaker 2: Dodgers in twenty eighteen. Tanner Scott got his second save
Speaker 2: of the season and a successful night for Dustin May,
Speaker 2: who returned to a Major League mount for the first
Speaker 2: time since May of twenty twenty three. Tomorrow Night is
Speaker 2: showe Aotani MVP Bobblehead Night, which means you want to
Speaker 2: get here early. There's gonna be a lot of traffic
Speaker 2: around the stadium. No, they're not opening the gates any earlier,
Speaker 2: but just get here early. You know when I used
Speaker 2: to come the games and it was a big giveaway night,
Speaker 2: I got here at least an hour before first pitch,
Speaker 2: So I would recommend doing that. I know it's an
Speaker 2: early start, but do your best and save yourselves some headaches.
Speaker 2: Snell Zilla is on the mound for the second time
Speaker 2: as a Dodger. He's going up against right hander Bryce
Speaker 2: Elder Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins at four thirty tomorrow,
Speaker 2: with first pitch at five thirty eight, and then the
Speaker 2: Dodgers hit the road again. They will travel to Philadelphia
Speaker 2: and Washington, DC on their upcoming East Coast road trip.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks
Speaker 2: to Colin Yee back at our Burbank Studios, Thanks to
Speaker 2: Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to
Speaker 2: you for listening.
Speaker 3: In case you missed any of the show, you can
Speaker 3: find it on the iHeartRadio app. Once again.
Speaker 2: The final score from Dodgers Stadium the Dodgers defeat the
Speaker 2: Braves three to one. Ben Maller on Fox Sports Radio
Speaker 2: is next. We'll talk to you tomorrow on snell Zilla Day.
Speaker 2: See them times said it away