WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:06.440 One thing about this gem is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:09.359 that they have. This team is really becoming a family. 3 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:10.759 Let's not play one on Tom. 4 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.679 Let's wind it. 5 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:13.679 I love letting you guys after the show. 6 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.239 Just thank you, give me all your attention, your fires. 7 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:21.719 This this is world champion, Dodgers, world champion thing for 8 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:23.640 the small song time they get at people what they 9 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:24.320 want to die to. 10 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:25.960 In a row two is special. 11 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:30.120 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache's one of a con. 12 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:34.240 This ball's gone. You ready to go? He go to 13 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:34.759 the South. 14 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:37.359 Grab your phone to get in on the show called 15 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:40.560 eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven. I'll 16 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.679 come to the show and now your host of Dodger Talk, 17 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:45.159 David Basse. 18 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:49.560 We are live at Dodgers Stadium. 19 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:54.439 After the Pirates and in particular Paul Schemes shut out 20 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:58.359 the Dodgers tonight by a final score of three to nothing. 21 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:01.960 We are with you until eleven fifteen tonight at eight 22 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.400 sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. Jose Mota 23 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.159 will check in before eleven o'clock. 24 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:11.120 We'll hear from Paul Skins. 25 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.359 In a moment, and we do have phone lines open 26 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.439 at eight six, six, nine, eight, seven, two five seventy. 27 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:19.319 I mentioned this during the Club Out show, but I'll 28 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:23.519 mention it again. Jordan Lorenz, the head ground screwkeeper here 29 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.640 at Dodger Stadium and his crew have rolled out the tarp. 30 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:31.120 They have covered the infield at Dodger Stadium, towing in 31 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.599 the tarp from the seventy six gas station and have 32 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:39.480 the infield covered because rain is in the forecast overnight 33 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:44.319 and possibly into the early afternoon tomorrow, so hopefully there 34 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:47.200 are no rain delays tomorrow night, a rare rain delay 35 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:50.760 at Dodger Stadium, but they are doing the responsible thing, 36 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.400 unlike the Orioles ground screw a couple of years ago, 37 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:58.400 where on the East Coast in August, with the humidity 38 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:02.879 at nearly one hundred percent, neglected to cover the infield 39 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:07.200 and the Dodgers and Orioles were standing around for an 40 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.919 extra forty minutes while they try to fix the infield 41 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:15.159 after not covering it overnight. But here in La Jordan 42 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.360 Lorenz and his crew have a lot of due diligence 43 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.520 and even though it may be a light rain, they 44 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:25.639 have the tarp covered or the infield covered with the tarp, 45 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:28.919 so a rare side of here at Dodgers Stadium in 46 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:31.639 the wee hours of the evening on a Friday night 47 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.800 that La is sad. Not only did the Dodgers get 48 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:39.240 shut out by Paul Skeins, the Lakers lost in Minnesota, 49 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:43.280 and the Kings lost to the Edmonton Oilers in their 50 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:47.840 playoffs series. So a sad night in LA. But really, 51 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.000 I know fans are frustrated with the Dodger offense. And yes, 52 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:55.080 it's frustrating when you haven't scored in your last twelve 53 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:59.120 innings and you have guys like Otani, Betts and freemen 54 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.919 four to zero month see Tommy Edmund Tascar, Hernandez. But 55 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:09.000 Paul Skeens had a lot to say about tonight. You know, 56 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.039 it wasn't Colin Ray. I mean, you're talking about Paul Skeens, 57 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:17.719 one of the top three pitchers in Major League Baseball, 58 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:21.520 and he rose to the occasion tonight. He knew this 59 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:25.080 was a big stage for him, and he came and 60 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.000 was you know, I saw some photos of him walking in. 61 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.719 He was locked in from the moment he got off 62 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:35.599 the team bus tonight to be ready to do what 63 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:39.560 he did. Six and a third scoreless sinnings throws a 64 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:44.439 career high one hundred and eight pitches, has nine strikeouts, 65 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:48.199 and the Dodgers just were overwhelmed tonight. They had no 66 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:52.759 answers for Paul Skeens tonight. And you know, it reminds 67 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.960 me of when guys like Dwight Gooden used to come 68 00:03:55.960 --> 00:03:59.039 to Dodgers Stadium and shut out the Dodgers. 69 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:00.560 He was good. 70 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.439 Paul Skeens is that good. He's like Dwight Gooden in 71 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:08.759 nineteen eighty five. That's how good he is. And you 72 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:12.680 at times have to might be tough, and you always 73 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:14.319 want to look at your own team and say, we 74 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.519 could have done this better, or they we could have 75 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:18.959 you know, got to base it or bunt it. 76 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:24.160 Yeah, maybe, but Paul Skeens was really good tonight. 77 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:29.160 I guess the only glaring offensive shortcoming tonight against Skeens 78 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:32.279 was in the fourth inning when Freddie Freeman doubled and 79 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:35.680 got to third on a poor defensive play by Brian 80 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.360 Reynolds in right field, who, by the way, I can't 81 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:41.199 believe how bad of a right fielder Brian Reynolds is. 82 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:45.600 He was having a real issues out there tonight. But nonetheless, 83 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:48.560 Freddie at third when nobody out and the Dodgers can't 84 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:51.000 get him in. That has a lot to do with 85 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:53.439 Paul Skeen's no doubt about it, But it also has 86 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:55.800 to do a lot with the Dodgers trying to do 87 00:04:55.959 --> 00:05:00.160 too much, and that was to me the only glaring 88 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:05.279 thing that you could say the Dodgers failed at show. Hey, Otani, 89 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:08.920 he is human, He is proving that he is just 90 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.839 one for his last fifteen the Dodgers are zerover fifteen 91 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:18.079 with men on base now, So just a really frustrating 92 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:22.000 night for the Dodger offense. All in all, eleven strikeouts 93 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.000 and we're seeing way too many nights where the Dodgers 94 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:28.360 have double digit strikeouts and not really taking their walks. 95 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.759 They had eleven strikeouts tonight and only walked once. Again, 96 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:35.160 a lot of that had to do with Paul Skans, 97 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.360 who really showed a lot tonight going out in the 98 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:41.600 seventh inning with one hundred and three pitch count at 99 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:45.040 that point in time and try to finish the seventh 100 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.480 but was taken out after getting one out and finishes 101 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:51.600 six and a third scoreless tonight. So really a great 102 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:54.920 performance from the kid from Eltora High School. Let's go 103 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:58.480 downstairs right now, to the Pirates Clubhouse to hear from 104 00:05:58.480 --> 00:05:59.319 Paul Skeens. 105 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:00.560 It was cool. 106 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.800 I mean just really just about executing. And you know, 107 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:07.519 sometimes there's a you know, two or three in the 108 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:09.959 in the run column when you execute, but today was zero, 109 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:11.360 So it felt good. 110 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:12.920 I glad would pulled it out. 111 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:16.240 You've faced this lineup before, but it is elite. What 112 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:19.360 did you buy comparison? Feel you did better tonight? 113 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:22.439 Executed better? I mean they. 114 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:27.319 I mean you saw it today with a lot of 115 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.519 the hits that they got. Like, even when you execute 116 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.240 your pitches, they're still gonna they're still gonna find ways 117 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:32.759 to get on. 118 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:36.360 And uh, that's not. 119 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.199 Exactly like I definitely executed better today than I did 120 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:42.800 the other two times that I've faced them, But that's 121 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:44.519 just kind of the nature of it. They're they're they're, 122 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:48.759 you know, really good hitters and just you know, find 123 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.040 ways to to get you know, through innings. 124 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.600 I know you threw sixteen curve balls. I believe it 125 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:56.000 was tonight. How pleased you with how that pitch worked? 126 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:59.600 Yeah? Felt good? Definitely, Yeah, I did. 127 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:04.279 Did you know, good job kind of resetting their eyes 128 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:08.360 and a couple of things of misses in there at times. 129 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:11.360 But yeah, I mean, you kind of got to do 130 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:13.319 different things when when you face guys like that. 131 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:15.319 So I was pleased with. 132 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.120 It wasn't one of those games where it just felt 133 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:18.319 like everything was working. 134 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:20.040 For you at times. 135 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.399 Early my heater command was pretty pretty poor, I thought. 136 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:26.600 I actually, to an extent, I thought it was pretty 137 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:29.879 poor throughout the game, but kind of had it when 138 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:32.639 I needed it. We knew what pitches we could go to, 139 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:36.800 you know, to get outs, to get weak contact, and 140 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.759 we went to them and we needed to. So the 141 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.399 bullpen before the game was good. But that's a little 142 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.439 misleading sometimes. So it felt good, it wasn't it wasn't 143 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:50.040 you know, there were there were some big misses in 144 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:52.560 there too, So it wasn't. 145 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:53.879 Like everything was, you know, firing. 146 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.120 And also and there's just kind of when I needed 147 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:57.399 to execute, I executed. 148 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:01.920 All right, There's Paul Schemes And thanks to Sportsnet Pittsburgh 149 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:04.720 for bringing us tonight's winning pitcher and one of the 150 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:08.279 best pitchers in baseball, young Paul Skeens, who by the way, 151 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:13.519 had thirty five friends and families at Friends and Family 152 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.399 at Dodgers Stadium tonight. In a suite he had his 153 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:19.600 parents here, his aunts, his uncles, a lot of friends. 154 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.519 So the Orange County native out at El Toro High 155 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:25.720 School had a lot of people supporting him here tonight 156 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:28.519 at Dodger Stadium. It was the third time, by the way, 157 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:31.639 and just a little over a year that Paul Skeeness 158 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.240 has faced the Dodgers. He first faced them last year 159 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:39.080 at PNC Park where he dominated them there. The Dodgers 160 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:43.399 got him for four runs at Dodgers Stadium last last August, 161 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:47.240 and then tonight. Obviously it goes to Skiens. So Skeens 162 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:50.879 has won two out of the three against the Dodgers 163 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:53.960 in his young career. Eight six six nine, eight seven 164 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:57.559 two five seventy is the phone number. I guess the bigger, 165 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.159 big picture issue for the Dodgers is they're not getting 166 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:04.039 a lot of production from key guys that are not 167 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:11.600 named betts O'tani Freeman, Taoscar Edmund will Smith, and I'm 168 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:15.240 talking about two guys in particular, that's Michael Conforto and 169 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:19.360 Max Munsey. Confordo going into that road trip that took 170 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:22.039 the Dodgers to Washington, d C. 171 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:22.759 And Philly. 172 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:25.879 Going into that road trip, he led the Dodgers with 173 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:30.000 the highest ops. His OPS was at eleven hundred going 174 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:32.200 into that road trip, and all of a sudden, now 175 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:36.000 it's taken a huge downturn. Michael Conforto, oh for for 176 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:39.720 tonight with three strikeouts, he's sitting a buck eighty seven 177 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:43.320 with an OPS of six point fifty. In spring training, 178 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:48.519 Dave Roberts was trying to reinforce to him think opposite field, 179 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:51.000 and right now not a lot of Dodgers are thinking 180 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:55.360 opposite field and having a shorter swing. But Conforto looks 181 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:58.320 really lost out there after being locked in to begin 182 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:01.600 the year, and Max, he looks like a player that's 183 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.720 just not playing with a lot of confidence. 184 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:04.200 Right now. 185 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.679 It feels like his confidence is at an all time low. 186 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:10.600 It feels like he's looking at the scoreboard and he's 187 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:14.080 seen zero home runs and he's chasing that. It feels 188 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:17.320 like his swing is more violent than it needs to be. 189 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:21.080 His UH batting average is that one seventy one, is 190 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:24.120 on base is that two seventy three, and his OPS 191 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:28.399 is that five ten. You know, I this doesn't look 192 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:31.759 like the Maximunsey that we have known over the course 193 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.960 of his Dodger career. And I know it's easy to 194 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:36.960 use him as a punching bag. And yeah, I saw 195 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.960 that video that was circulating on social media that was 196 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:44.879 that was uncalled for two and you know it's it's 197 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:47.600 it's one thing to come to a ballpark and boo 198 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:49.720 a guy in the stadium, but then to wait for 199 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:54.240 a guy outside of Wrigley Field and start yelling profanities 200 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:57.200 at him. I mean, that's overstepping a little bit in 201 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:02.080 my opinion. But nonetheless, uh Unsei's thirteen for seventy six 202 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:07.879 to start the year, that's just uncharacteristic of Max Muncy. 203 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:13.759 And you know it's he's just a guy. 204 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:15.960 Right now that doesn't have a lot of confidence, and 205 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:18.919 I'm not sure how he gets that confidence back. He 206 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.200 had a throwing error tonight, so you know that confidence 207 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:24.639 I'm not just talking about at the plate. It's kind 208 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.320 of bleeding over into his defense. So he's got to 209 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:32.200 figure it out point blank, or you know, Dave Roberts 210 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:36.759 has got to consider using a combination of Miguel Rojas 211 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:41.360 and Keyky Hernandez until Munsey gets his confidence back. Eight 212 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:44.519 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 213 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:47.039 phone number. We're gonna take a time out here on 214 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:49.519 Dodger Talk. When we come back, we'll check in with 215 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:52.759 Jose Mota. Also, i'll get you an update on Blake 216 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:58.000 Snell and Tony Gonsolin. Gonsolin maybe starting here sooner than 217 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.720 you realize, so we'll get to that news as we 218 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.360 continue live from Dodgers Stadium. After Paul Skeen's and the 219 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:08.879 Pirates shut out the Dodgers tonight three to nothing on 220 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:19.519 a five to seventy LA Sports. 221 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:18.080 On air at AM five to seventy, online at amfive 222 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:22.279 seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on 223 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:27.080 the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David Best said. 224 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:32.320 It was all Paul Skeens tonight, as Skiing's in the 225 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:35.639 Pirates shut out the Dodgers by a final score of 226 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:36.559 three to nothing. 227 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.039 Skeens with his third win of the year. He's now 228 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:39.720 three and two. 229 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:44.559 Yamamoto three and two, David Bednar with his second save 230 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:48.080 of the year. Yama Moto just his worst start of 231 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:50.080 the season, and it wasn't even that bad. 232 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.759 That's how good he's been all year long. 233 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:56.440 It just wasn't enough when the offense was shut out 234 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:01.399 by Paul Skeens Yamamoto in the first three innings of 235 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:05.200 tonight's game gave up a leadoff walk, and all three 236 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.879 of those first innings, so three of the five of 237 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.960 the innings he he surrendered a walk a free pass, 238 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:13.720 and that's not a way to live and that's not 239 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:19.360 Yamamoto esque. Five innings tonight, five hits, four walks, one 240 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:23.360 earned run, eight six six seven two five seventy is 241 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:25.799 the phone number. Let's go out to Long Beach. Will 242 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:28.600 you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. 243 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:30.639 Will, Hey, what's up? 244 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:30.840 Man? 245 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:32.000 Hey, check us out. 246 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:33.360 I've been on hold so longer for Governor. 247 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.480 I was gonna ask you, but Hey, you took kind 248 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.159 of touches on it. 249 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:36.440 You know. 250 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:40.200 The eras was like monsty pages. 251 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:42.240 And all these guys, you know, they're not really. 252 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:43.679 They're not getting it yet. 253 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:45.279 But you know what, if this would have been last 254 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:47.879 year and they hadn't won the championship, we'll be having 255 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:48.840 a different conversation. 256 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:51.080 But I think they get a pass. 257 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:52.559 What do you think? Hey? 258 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:54.360 Will, thanks a lot for the phone call. 259 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.279 Yes, Andy, PAHs, yes, and their batting averages and not 260 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.080 their e R yes or not where you would want 261 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.399 it to be. 262 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:04.000 Pa has Tonight three for three with two. 263 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:08.720 Doubles and his home run on Wednesday's game at Wrigley 264 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:11.440 Field in the sixth inning was the last time the 265 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.320 Dodger offense scored a run. So he's starting to come 266 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:16.840 around and we'll see where it goes. The Dodgers are 267 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:20.240 not going to pull the plug on Andy Poz after 268 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:24.720 just one month and twenty five games or so. Let's 269 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:27.559 go out to alta Dina, Greg, You're on Dodger Talk. 270 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.039 How you doing? 271 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:28.360 Greg? 272 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:31.480 Hey, that's say I don't know how I follow up 273 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:33.440 that call. I don't know where that was going. 274 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:38.440 I don't know either. Sounded like the guy that was 275 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:40.440 streaming at months at Wrigley Field. 276 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.080 Yeah, and if you play it back later and you 277 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:44.399 don't have any time for that, I think he calls 278 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:45.480 you Max and what's up Mad? 279 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:46.840 So I was like, oh no, this is this is 280 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.080 going to go off the rails fast. 281 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:52.120 But on that subject, two things, right. I think this 282 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:56.159 is the first year I can say every like, I 283 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.559 don't know. The first three innings were always playing from behind, 284 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:00.960 and I don't know if that's eating into these guys 285 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.080 taking these hacks. I think Otani missed one of the 286 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.879 splinkers today, and I'm like, I don't know how he 287 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:08.399 doesn't flip at this with how hard he swings and 288 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:10.039 he missed and he whipped, and it's one of those 289 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:11.559 things like that's going to be on schemes, is like 290 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.200 highlight reel. So there's that. Maybe they're pressing because of that. 291 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:17.480 But with Munsey, you hit it on the head and 292 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.399 I called in to talk about this, but you kind 293 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:22.639 of already did it that his defense, Like Freddie Freeman 294 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:25.279 deserves a Gold Glove every year or at least consideration 295 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:27.039 for having to put up with that left side of 296 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:29.799 the infield and it's bleeding into the plate, and if 297 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:32.799 the plate's bleeding to the field, he doesn't have options. Right, 298 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:33.600 He's thirty four? 299 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:35.120 How long? 300 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:37.120 And I know I love him, right, so I can't 301 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:40.559 believe I'm saying this. How long does this go before 302 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:44.240 there's an il stint? He can't move to first, right, 303 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:46.320 Freddie's not going to learn a new position. He's not 304 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:48.960 fleet of foot to play the outfield. How long do 305 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:49.840 you think long? 306 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:54.279 Remember we saw this two years ago, I believe, where 307 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:57.480 the Dodgers sent him to the minor leagues on kind 308 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:00.159 of an Iel stint. But he wasn't really that hur 309 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.360 Aaron Bates, one of the Dodger hitting coaches, went to 310 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:05.840 the minor leagues with him. That's when they came up 311 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:10.320 with that backfoot step back and Tony Larusa walked the 312 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.759 bases loaded ahead of month. See, and he hit a 313 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:16.120 home run when he first came back. So we've seen 314 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:20.039 months he go through struggles like this, and the Dodgers 315 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:23.240 have found a way to give him a reset. Maybe 316 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:25.720 that's coming soon if he can't find his way out 317 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.840 of it, but right now, he's a player with no confidence. 318 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:32.000 And if you don't have confidence. 319 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:35.879 Whether it's little league, college, high school, or the major leagues, 320 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:39.039 it's tough to perform. 321 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:42.399 Right Yeah, and I'll end on this, Dave. You coined 322 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:44.399 this two years ago and they were doing it, and 323 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:47.559 then Game five when they quinched the World Series pass 324 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:50.000 in the baton. I haven't seen any of that since 325 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:52.440 the Ji Japan series. Right, these guys are all three 326 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:55.080 true outcome. It feels like one through nine it's either 327 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:58.159 a home runner or bust or Today Freddie hits an 328 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.000 extra base, he gets an extra base. The third, we 329 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:03.360 can't even move a runner home right now, So hopefully 330 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.119 they get back to playing with one another, not playing 331 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:08.480 home run derby. It'd be nice to see the old 332 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:08.960 Dodgers back. 333 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:12.400 Okay, Greg, thanks a lot for the phone call. And 334 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:17.119 when I interviewed Andrew Friedman in Washington, d C. He 335 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.039 said the same thing. Even at that time two weeks ago, 336 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:23.759 he was concerned the Dodgers were scoring too many of 337 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.920 their runs with home runs. And home runs are great. 338 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:30.960 He's constructed a slugging team, but he's the guy that 339 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:34.160 coined that phrase. And the players actually coined that phrase 340 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:37.680 back when Adrian Gonzalez and Justin Turner were on the team. 341 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:41.440 They talked about passing the baton and that's when the 342 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:45.079 Dodgers are at their best, taking walks, taking getting base hits, 343 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.720 and really breaking that picture. They were at that best 344 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:52.559 passing the baton in twenty seventeen, and that's when they 345 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:56.079 started to coin that phrase, and that became the identity 346 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.160 of every Dodger team. And we saw that a lot 347 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:02.920 last year. We just haven't seen it consistently this year. 348 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.039 Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is 349 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:09.079 the phone number. Paul Skens pitches six and a third 350 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:12.920 scoreless innings tonight and the Pirates shut the Dodgers out. 351 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.480 Three to nothing. 352 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:15.759 Now, I told you I'd give you a Blake Snell 353 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:20.799 and Tony Gonsolin update. Tony Gonsolin pitched his last rehab 354 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:25.599 start for the Oklahoma City Comets last week, which puts 355 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:30.240 them online to make his first major league start in 356 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:34.799 a couple of years this Tuesday against the Marlins, and 357 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.319 the Dodgers need Tony Gonsolin, and it feels like he 358 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:40.839 is itching and ready to go. He's still got a 359 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:45.000 shaved bald head courtesy of Miguel Rojas and Anthony Banda, 360 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:48.400 So there's a very good chance you see Tony Gonsolin 361 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:52.799 make the start Tuesday against the Marlins. Now, as far 362 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.319 as Blake Snell goes, Dave Roberts said today they are 363 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:59.400 shutting him down for the time being. They plan on 364 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:04.400 in acting giving him a quarterzone injection, and that's to 365 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:07.960 basically get the inflammation out of his left shoulder that 366 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:13.079 has been tight and not cooperating since the last couple 367 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:15.480 of weeks of spring training. He tried to pitch through 368 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:18.519 it the first start two starts of the regular season, 369 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:22.119 and when I spoke to Snell, he's in a good headspace. 370 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:25.400 And the Dodgers don't want to rush him when he 371 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:29.039 comes back, and when he's activated off the IL, the 372 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:34.039 Dodgers want him to not look back with his shoulders. 373 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:36.799 So that's the reason why they're not rushing him. And 374 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.319 he's in a good spot with it. 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This kid really is is pitching like he's 391 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:32.720 a ten year veteran who understands what modern based on 392 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:35.640 what modern hitters are all about. When you talk about 393 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:39.359 a guy that implemented his curveball today more frequently than 394 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:43.559 the past. And also his word just expressed stay so 395 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:46.759 much respect for that lineup. He did not take one 396 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:48.839 pitch for granted. But also at the same time, every 397 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:52.119 pitch has a purpose. He's okay, well, he's not a thrower. 398 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:53.960 This guy's a complete pitcher and he how your hands full. 399 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:57.160 So that's what with a minimum opportunities, you have to 400 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:59.759 take advantage of it, like you did against the ground recently. 401 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:02.559