WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:10.839 Let's not play one on Tom. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.720 Let's wind it. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.880 I love writing me these guys after the show. So 7 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:16.519 just thank you, give me are your attention, your fire 8 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:17.480 and not a pisson. 9 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.120 This is world champion, Dodger, world champion. 10 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:23.440 Put a small soft time they get up people what 11 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.000 they want to die to in a row two is special. 12 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:29.359 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. One of a con. 13 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.479 This ball's gone. You ready to go? 14 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.119 Hell time go to the sun. Grab your phone to 15 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.799 get in on the show called eight six six nine 16 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.399 eighty seven two five seven. I'll go to the show 17 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.119 and now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 18 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:50.920 We are live in Miami after the Dodgers fall to 19 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.000 the Marlins tonight in ten innings by a final score 20 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:58.520 of five to four. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vasse 21 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:02.320 with you until eight tonight. We have phone lines open. 22 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.040 We actually have three lines open right now at eight 23 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:09.480 six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. Coming up 24 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:12.959 later in the show, you'll hear from five time world 25 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:17.840 champion David Cone. One of the most underrated pitchers when 26 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:21.519 we look back at history. But certainly one thing that 27 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:25.400 David Cone was a winner. And we'll hear from David 28 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:28.760 Cone because he was part of the Yankees team that 29 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:32.959 won three in a row back that was back in 30 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:35.560 ninety nine, two thousand and ninety eight. 31 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:37.439 Ninety eight ninety nine two. 32 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:41.079 Thousand was when they repeated and we're the last team 33 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:46.359 in baseball history to repeat his champions something the Dodgers 34 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.959 are determined to try to do for the first time 35 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:53.120 in twenty five years. So we'll hear from David Cone 36 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:55.719 on what it takes to repeat his champions. 37 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:57.959 But just about this game. 38 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:01.439 Look, I'm not going to overreact to this game because 39 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:05.000 it's one on one sixty two. I you know, I 40 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:09.439 loved the Dodgers competitive spirit that we saw in the 41 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.919 eighth inning as Anthony Banda was able to get an 42 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:16.840 inning ending double play, not a conventional double play, a 43 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:18.879 hard hit ground ball to Max Muncy. 44 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:20.560 He threw home for one. 45 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.800 Will Smith threw the first four the third out of 46 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:28.400 the game or the inning, excuse me, And they all 47 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:30.960 showed a lot of emotion. They were pumped up to 48 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.000 get out of that jam and to have a chance 49 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:35.439 to win the game in the ninth inning. It just 50 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.800 didn't happen. And a big reason why is the Dodgers 51 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:41.680 really didn't put the ball in play when they needed to. 52 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:46.199 They struck out eleven times tonight and walked just five times. 53 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:48.319 And I thought Jose Mona brought. 54 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:51.919 Up a great point the bullpen game yesterday kind of 55 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.759 handcuffs what you're able to do bullpen wise in this 56 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:59.680 game because the Dodgers are playing ten straight games and 57 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:03.280 you you can't overtax that bullpen that already has been 58 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:06.599 taxed quite a bit. So that was a great point 59 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:09.919 by Jose on what the Dodgers couldn't couldn't do with 60 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:11.000 their pitching staff. 61 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:15.000 So, you know, one of those nights, But big. 62 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:19.400 Picture wise, I feel like the Dodgers are looking at 63 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.000 a couple of different things here, especially with the loss 64 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.439 of ti Oscar Hernandez. In case you missed it before 65 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:30.360 the game, the Dodgers placed Hernandez on the injured list 66 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:33.439 with a left groin strain, and Dave Roberts said it's 67 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:36.680 an adductor issue and he's going to be out weeks, 68 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.000 hopefully not months, just weeks. It's a grade one strain. 69 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:44.039 I saw Ti Oscar before the game today. He was 70 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:48.400 getting some treatment. He didn't seem to be limping that badly, 71 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:52.280 So hopefully this is just a couple of weeks that 72 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:56.840 Tai Oscar Hernandez is out, maybe three weeks, and until 73 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.439 then they're gonna have to start getting production from some 74 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:04.240 of the guys other than O'tani, Betts, Freeman, and Will Smith. 75 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:08.240 It's time for Max Munsey to start get it going here. 76 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.319 He was over two tonight with two walks. He's hitting 77 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.439 a bucks seventy six on the season. It's time for 78 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.120 Michael Confordo to get it going. He only has one 79 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:22.240 hit in his last thirty five at bats. Michael Confordo's 80 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:25.399 hitting one forty two this year with a five to 81 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:30.120 nineteen ops. Before the sixth inning yesterday when he had 82 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:34.680 a single, he was over his last thirty one. He's 83 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:38.120 getting paid seventeen to eighteen million dollars, so this does 84 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:41.720 not look them like the Michael Conforto that we know 85 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:45.279 he can be. The Dodgers need him to get going here. 86 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:50.120 James Autman, this is his opportunity, oh for three tonight 87 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:55.000 with three strikeouts. For me, some of these players now 88 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:59.879 were into May. Now it's it's time to get it going. 89 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.800 Because if you don't get it going in May, May 90 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:06.160 turns into June and all of a sudden you look 91 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:08.680 up and say, all right, now, we've got to decide 92 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:12.959 what we're going to do. And quite honestly, James Autman 93 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:17.639 got a three month window last year before the Dodgers said, 94 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.319 you know what, we got to find somebody else, and 95 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:25.199 he's got to regroup in the minor league. So for me, now, 96 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.360 I'm not saying the Dodgers need to trade Monseie or 97 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:33.040 get rid of Monseie. But if Monsey doesn't start producing, 98 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:38.600 do the Dodgers consider calling up Alex Freeland, who can 99 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:42.279 play shortstop and third base. He's played third base ten 100 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:48.240 times this season. He's a ballplayer. He's, from what I understand, 101 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:52.680 a great teammate at Oklahoma City. Do the Dodgers consider 102 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:57.560 if this continues and Max Monsey is not driving in 103 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:02.199 runs and not doing Max Monsely things, walking, driving in runs, 104 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:06.759 extra base hits, do the Dodgers consider calling up Alex 105 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:11.680 Freeland and Freeland and Muncie sharing third base, Or do 106 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:15.160 the Dodgers do what they did last year While Munsey 107 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:19.240 was hurt and consider having key K a Hernandez play 108 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.480 more days at third base. I mean, where's key K 109 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:26.560 a Hernandez. I know he's not hitting the lights out 110 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.959 right now. I know Keyk is only hitting a buck 111 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.040 seventy nine himself, but he does have five home runs. 112 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:35.160 He's not getting a lot of opportunities when there are 113 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:40.920 opportunities to start at second base or anywhere else. Maybe 114 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:44.680 the Dodgers need to start considering more key K Hernandez 115 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.079 at third base. And what do the Dodgers do in 116 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:50.839 left field? Are they going to keep riding it out 117 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:56.040 with Michael Confordo. Obviously, money plays and professional sports. But 118 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.920 if Michael Confordo doesn't get things going here in June, 119 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:05.839 do the Dodgers consider Dalton Rushing? And the reason why 120 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:09.399 I'm bringing up these young players, they're not that young. 121 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.959 They've been in the minor leagues. Now they've been seasoned. 122 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:16.839 It's their time is arriving. And in spring training the 123 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:19.639 Dodgers said they were not going to play Dalton Rushing 124 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:23.319 and left field anymore. Well, they started playing Dalton Rushing 125 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:26.399 and left field again, and they're playing them at first base. 126 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:29.680 So they're trying to find a position for him because 127 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:34.360 his bad is that good. And like we've talked about, 128 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.680 money's not an issue for the Dodgers. So if it 129 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:42.160 comes to a point where the one year let's take 130 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.079 a flyer on Michael Conforto isn't working out, do the 131 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:49.079 Dodgers say, here you go, Dalton Rushing, here's your opportunity. 132 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.319 Let's see what you can do. Do they do it 133 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:55.079 while keeping Conforto. There's just a lot of different options 134 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:57.839 that the Dodgers have. And the reason why I'm bringing 135 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:01.759 up those two young guys, especially Alex Freeland at third base, 136 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:04.600 is because if you look at the third base landscape 137 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:05.160 in Major. 138 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.800 League Baseball, as far as players that. 139 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:13.120 May be available, there's really not that many better options 140 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:14.079 than Max Munsey. 141 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.920 Max Munsey is a really good. 142 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:21.399 Option, and you know, there are certain years where you're 143 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:23.639 not the same guy that you were in your previous 144 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:29.360 careers in your previous career, and look, I don't believe 145 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:31.720 the Dodgers need to give up on Max Munsey. He's 146 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.080 a really good October player, and he's a really good 147 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:38.639 player with a really good resume since twenty eighteen. But 148 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.039 if he doesn't get things going in June and the 149 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:45.399 Dodgers need some more production five through nine. Do they 150 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:50.240 consider giving a young guy like Alex Freeland an opportunity 151 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:53.240 to get some time, maybe share some time at third base. 152 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:56.080 We'll have to wait and see, but those are the 153 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:58.600 options for those that want to trade for Nolan Arenado. 154 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.799 Nolan Arenado has come back to Earth. He's sitting two 155 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.679 fifty seven with an OPS just over seven forty five. 156 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:09.879 So everybody that believes that Nolan Aeronato is this super 157 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:13.720 upgrade at third base, I'm not sure that's the case, 158 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:17.519 especially with his contract. Eight six six nine, eight seven 159 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:20.639 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs 160 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:23.519 right now to hear from manager Dave Roberts after tonight's 161 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:26.360 five to four loss and ten innings to the Marlins. 162 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:30.919 It was it was good early. I thought, you know, 163 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.279 as the pitch count crap up, I thought he was 164 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:37.960 getting a little fatigue. There wasn't as much miss but 165 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:39.799 he gave us all he had. I mean, I thought 166 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.639 that it's the most amount of pitches he's thrown since 167 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:48.759 he's been back in two starts, and unfortunately, you know, 168 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.240 it wasn't enough. But I thought he did a nice job. 169 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:52.279 With Luis Garcia. 170 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:53.919 Just what did you see was kind of missing for 171 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:55.519 him tonight that allowed them to get in. 172 00:09:56.120 --> 00:10:01.000 Well, I thought he had good stuff. They hit some 173 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:05.080 good pitches, some sliders when you had count leverage, and 174 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.000 you know, the first set bat, the first pitch gets 175 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:12.559 double and then I think he had norby one to two, 176 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.559 and then a slider it just didn't get down enough 177 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:17.679 and he put a good swing on it, and then 178 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.759 obviously the base hit I think off Myer's bat, But 179 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.039 you know, it's gonna happen. 180 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:24.879 And I'm just kind of an example of just how 181 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.279 many bulls you guys have taken that there's going to 182 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:28.200 be a cost kind. 183 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:31.840 Of absolutely, we had a few guys that were down, 184 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:35.600 and so that's kind of the cost of you know, 185 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.759 you know when yeah, that's just kind of the cost 186 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:43.679 of using your pen and starters that are on you know, 187 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.200 that don't go that haven't gone as deep, our pitch 188 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.879 counts go up, and you know, you can't get into 189 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.759 the sixth seventh inning. That's just kind of the cost 190 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:50.919 of it. 191 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:55.240 Yeah, do you want to leave the Major's bullpen? 192 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:59.519 And absolutely not, absolutely not. You know, it just seems 193 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:02.879 like you know, just certain guys, and you know, I 194 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:05.720 could go back on each starter, but you're still trying 195 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:10.559 to manage their health and managed mindful of the innings 196 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.080 that the bullpen's taking on and trying to stagger as 197 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.799 much you can and manage leverage and all that stuff. 198 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.320 So to your question, yeah, absolutely not. We want to 199 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.679 lead the league in bullpen innings. 200 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:25.159 All right. 201 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.960 There's manager Dave Roberts answering the question about how much 202 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.759 he's had to use his bullpen this year, and let's 203 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.639 face it, a lot of that comes from Tyler glass 204 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:35.919 now starts where he. 205 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:39.200 Had to come out of the game early for three 206 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:41.720 different reasons in three different starts. 207 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:46.360 So that's part of why they have so many innings. 208 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:48.960 Glass now has come out of games after one inning, 209 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:52.360 after three innings, so that's part of it. And also 210 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:55.759 the fact that when the Dodgers called up Justin Robleski 211 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:59.519 and Bobby Miller and now Landon Knack for a third start, 212 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.679 they really haven't delivered. And given the Dodgers the option 213 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:06.399 of using them more and more, they've had to go 214 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.000 to bullpen games in place of those options early in 215 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:12.799 the season. And if you look at how many innings 216 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:17.039 the Dodger bullpen has thrown already one hundred and fifty 217 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.039 seven innings so far this season, the. 218 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:21.039 Most in baseball. 219 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:24.279 The second most are the Marlins at one hundred and 220 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:27.960 forty eight. Compare that to how many innings their starters 221 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:32.600 have thrown. It's it's shocking, it really is, considering how 222 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:37.480 much talk about the Dodger rotation, and I wasn't buying 223 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:40.639 into that, at least to start the year, and especially 224 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:44.120 now with Glass now and Blake Snell on the IL. 225 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:49.240 I was never buying into this great Dodger starting rotation 226 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:52.639 to start the year because I knew there was no Kershaw, 227 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:57.320 there was no Otani. Suzaki was going to start out slow. 228 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:00.519 He's gotten better each and every time out. And you 229 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:04.879 look at the Dodgers' innings started by their their rotation, 230 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:08.519 one hundred and sixty two innings, which is the fewest 231 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:13.159 among major league staffs out there, compared to the team 232 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:15.919 that's got the most innings out of their starters, the 233 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:19.120 Kansas City Royals two hundred and ten innings. And look, 234 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:21.799 the Dodgers' goal is not to have any of their 235 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:25.720 starters throw one hundred and ninety innings or two hundred innings. 236 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:28.559 They were hoping to get one hundred and eighty and 237 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:32.159 thirty starts from Blakes now, but unfortunately that's just not 238 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:35.399 the case. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five 239 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.559 seventy is the phone number Dodgers fall to the Marlins tonight, 240 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:41.639 five to four in ten innings. Let's go out to 241 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.000 the phone south Central. Tyson. 242 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.320 You're on Dodger Talk live from Miami. How you doing, Tyson? 243 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:53.200 Pretty good? I wanted to talk about Michael Conforto. It 244 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:56.000 kind of reminds me of when the Dodgers signed Aj 245 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:59.039 Pollock and it just never seemed like he really belonged 246 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:02.240 or clicked. Kind of felt kind of weird and kind 247 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:05.720 of felt like Pollock was maybe pressing a little bit. 248 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:07.639 I know he was pretty good at the end there, 249 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:11.639 like twenty twenty one ish, but I remember that first season. 250 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:13.600 He was a big free agent signing and they expected 251 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:15.799 him to be hit like Conforto was like middle of 252 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.840 the order, and he just never really got going and 253 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:21.120 never really felt like he really belonged. 254 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.559 Yeah, he signed a bigger contract than what Michael Confordo did, 255 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:31.120 but you're right, the first year was early on he 256 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:33.919 was trying to do too much, and that was twenty nineteen. 257 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:37.480 But he did hit two sixty six and he did 258 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:40.840 hit fifteen home runs that year. And you're right, in 259 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.960 twenty one he got a lot better. By twenty one 260 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:45.519 he got a lot better. He had a lot of injuries. 261 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:49.679 So yeah, that's not a stretch of a comparison, Tyson. 262 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.879 I'm just from thinking of Pollock. I don't know his 263 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.279 regular seam stats. Remember the playoffs he went like, oh 264 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.159 for with like majority stroke. 265 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.279 Oh yeah, yeah, he was not a playoff player by 266 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:02.759 any stretch of the imagination. You're right, but he was 267 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:08.080 a pretty good regular season player, big time, all right, Tyson, 268 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:11.720 Thanks for the phone call, appreciated. Yeah, you know, like 269 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:15.679 I said, that's not a stretch of a comparison. With 270 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:19.320 the Dodgers were thinking with Confordo a one year contract. 271 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:22.840 They're hitting coaches him being out of San Francisco because 272 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.919 that ballpark is not conducive, especially to left handed hitters. 273 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.440 Because if you look at what Confordo did away. 274 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:34.240 From that ballpark in San Francisco, his offensive numbers were 275 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:39.000 considerably better. Slugging percentage was well over five hundred. We 276 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.600 just haven't seen it since the first couple of weeks 277 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:45.279 of the season and asking around not a lot of answers. 278 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.519 Nobody can figure it out why Michael Confordo is struggling 279 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:51.200 as much as he is. But at this point in time, 280 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:53.639 it's more mental than physical. 281 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:56.600 Let's go out to the OC. Richard. You're on Dodger 282 00:15:56.679 --> 00:16:00.679 Talk with David vasse Hi. Richard Off, how's it going? 283 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.200 How's it going? 284 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:04.039 I just wanted to say, you know, it's because the 285 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:07.080 Dodgers are We're always trying to buy stars. 286 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.440 Can we bring them? 287 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:10.639 Can we bring them up from our farm team? 288 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:13.879 Are we always that week that we don't have anyone 289 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:17.440 to bring up? Stop buying all the stars, and that's 290 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:21.559 bringing up our farm team to place a good ball team, 291 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:24.919 a good ball club that could win, that we. 292 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:28.480 Can win away. Don't you don't like Freddy Freeman? 293 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:32.279 You know what, I'm tired of buying all the stars? 294 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:34.759 Where I got to hear it from everyone saying all the. 295 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.639 Time the World Series last year. You didn't like winning 296 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.879 the World Series last year? 297 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.200 Don't you want to? 298 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.840 I want to? 299 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.399 I want to. 300 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:45.279 I want to I want to win the World Series. 301 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.879 I like winning. I like winning. Richard, then become a 302 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.559 Marlins fan. 303 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.559 If you want to talk about the farm system and 304 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.360 playing young players. 305 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:56.039 Tommy and the Porter said this, we don't. We don't 306 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:56.679 go free agent. 307 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:58.000 We go for our farm team. 308 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.279 I guess that's over with. 309 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:01.519 I wouldn't say it's over with. 310 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:05.160 The Dodgers are are grooming a lot of players in 311 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:08.559 the minor leagues, but right now the expectations are high. 312 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:12.519 You don't have an opportunity like the Marlins to give 313 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.799 a young player time to grow into becoming a major 314 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.480 league player. 315 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:21.799 I'm always getting beat up about because the Dodgers, by everyone, 316 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:24.119 they're buying All Star team. 317 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.720 I don't know at the OC, but they must be 318 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:31.640 angel fans just to just remember who won the World Series. 319 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.799 Remind them that, Richard. 320 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:35.960 Well, let me say this. I'm just getting beat up 321 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.319 because all my friends say, all, all right, we. 322 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.519 Heard you, we heard you. Don't worry about it. 323 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:44.920 I mean, that's ridiculous, Sophomore, thank you for the phone call, Richard. Look, 324 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:48.440 would the Dodgers love to have handed the job in 325 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:53.480 left field or uh somewhere else to Dalton Rushing. Sure, 326 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:57.240 but the expectations are really high for the Dodgers, and 327 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:59.799 they have a lot of veteran players that want to 328 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:03.400 win now, and rightfully so they are built to win now, 329 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:08.279 and they don't have the time to wait five six 330 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:11.200 months for a player to get his feet wet. That's 331 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:16.359 why if they do incorporate a young player, they do it. 332 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:19.759 They stagger it like an Andy pie has who's a rookie. 333 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:22.799 If you want to talk about homegrown guys, Will Smith 334 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:27.079 homegrown guy, they stagger them in. They can't just bring 335 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:32.039 up three or four Triple A guys rookies to start immediately. 336 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:35.000 You have to stagger them when you have a veteran 337 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:38.039 group like this. So if they do decide to pull 338 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:41.519 the trigger on Dalton Rushing, it's because things haven't gone 339 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:44.480 well with Michael Confordo for an extended period of time. 340 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.160 If they decide to go to Alex frielan route, it's 341 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:52.640 because Max Munsey hasn't gotten back on track and is 342 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:55.039 not the same player that we have known Max Munsey 343 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:58.680 to be. So that's when you start to tap into 344 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:02.119 your farm system. You don't call up three or four 345 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:05.799 guys and hand them the job coming out of spring training. 346 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:09.559 Haysan Kim. Same thing started the year in Oklahoma City. 347 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:11.920 There's a need. Now he's going to start playing. 348 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:16.640 So whoever says the Dodgers are just buying their championships. Yeah, 349 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:19.599 they're spending on really good players, but a lot of 350 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:22.839 teams spend on a lot of teams spend on players, 351 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.680 but they're. 352 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.480 Not the right players. 353 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:28.039 And look, the Dodgers are not going to apologize for 354 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:30.839 the fact that the Red Sox decided to make one 355 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:35.160 of the worst decisions in their franchise's history to trade 356 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:39.359 Mookie Betts. The Dodgers are not going to apologize that 357 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:43.880 the Angels couldn't capitalize on having six years of show 358 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:46.720 he Otani and he decided to leave and go to 359 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:49.920 a team that has the infrastructure to win a World 360 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:53.200 Series championship, which they did in his first year. The 361 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:56.839 Dodgers are not going to apologize that the Braids made 362 00:19:56.839 --> 00:20:00.279 one of their worst decisions in their franchise history by 363 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.079 letting one of the all time greats walk away for 364 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:08.119 basically nothing as far as salary in Freddie Freeman. The 365 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:12.160 Dodgers are very fortunate those three guys were available when 366 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:16.359 they were, or this would not be happening. It just 367 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:19.640 doesn't happen all the time, and the Dodgers were in 368 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:22.000 the right place at the right time and have the 369 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:24.680 right ownership to be able to capitalize on all that. 370 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:29.440 Nothing to apologize for. Let's go out to Mission Viejo. Bill, 371 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:31.720 you're on Dodger Talk with David Vassay. 372 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:35.880 Hi, Bill, Hi, thanks for taking my call. Why didn't 373 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:39.960 Dave let Goslin pitch the sixth inning? I know that 374 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:42.400 he had the number of pitches you mentioned in the 375 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:46.640 postgame show, but they had a lead and then Garcia 376 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.359 gave it up. 377 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:51.000 Yeah, well, I agree with you, Bill, I wouldn't have 378 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:53.400 been opposed to that, But we have to take into 379 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:56.960 account the fact that Tony Gonsolin has not pitched in 380 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:59.720 the major leagues in almost two years. 381 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:02.920 So it's a gradual build up with a guy like that. 382 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.359 Maybe a time he. 383 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:07.720 Goes out and is able to throw ninety pitches, but 384 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:12.279 obviously there were some restrictions on how far Dave could go. 385 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:16.400 With him, right. But also he did give up the 386 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.480 two run home run to Hicks, who's a ninth place hitter, Right. 387 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:24.200 He did, and Andy Paie has rob Hicks of what would. 388 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:27.279 Have been two home runs tonight, right, So it's just 389 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:29.000 one of those nights. Yeah, it's not going to happen 390 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:31.279 a lot with the number nine hitter gets a home run. 391 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:33.279 So there's a couple of quirks at about tonight's game. 392 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:37.599 Yeah, number nine hitter for the Marlins. Especially thanks for 393 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:40.000 the phone call bill. We have two lines open now 394 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.480 that we've taken some phone calls at eight sixty six 395 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:44.839 nine eight seven two five seventy. 396 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:48.400 When we continue here from Miami, we'll get more of 397 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.759 your phone calls in. We'll let you know which former 398 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:54.839 Dodger retired officially on social media. I guess that's how 399 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:58.200 you announce your retirement these days. And you also hear 400 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:01.240 from David Cohne on what it takes to repeat as 401 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:04.799