WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:03.680 Dodger Talk is sponsored by La Care Health Plan, providing 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:07.320 affordable healthcare insurance to millions of Angelinos for over twenty 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:12.240 five years. And now your voice for Dodger Talking Back, 4 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:13.720 David Basse. 5 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.280 Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Chase Field. 6 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:24.320 After the Diamondbacks blow the Dodgers out in Game three 7 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:27.440 of this four game series by a final score of 8 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:28.800 fourteen to three. 9 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.079 Phone lines are open on this Labor Day weekend. 10 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:35.520 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 11 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:40.000 the phone number. Arizona wins, San Diego wins, and the 12 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:43.880 Dodgers are now five games ahead of both of those 13 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:47.759 teams in the NL West. It was an ugly second 14 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:52.479 inning in the Diamondbacks eight run second for the Dodgers, 15 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:56.439 and Justin Robleski, obviously, when he was allowed to stay 16 00:00:56.479 --> 00:01:00.399 in that game, you knew Dave Roberts was trying to 17 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:02.679 get him through that inning and get him as deep 18 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.640 into the game as possible. You have to give Robleski 19 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.959 credit because even with that eight run second inning, he 20 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:15.319 lasted until one out in the sixth inning. Arizona scored 21 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.480 one more in the third inning on a solo home run. 22 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:22.560 By Huguenio Suarez and then another in the sixth inning, 23 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:25.480 but all in all, after that eight run second inning, 24 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:28.599 Robleski was able to hang in there and give Dave 25 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:31.879 Roberts what he was looking for. Not too many times 26 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:34.920 are you going to see in a baseball pitcher's line 27 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.840 score five and a third innings, ten hits and ten 28 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:41.400 earned runs. By the time it gets to that point, 29 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.519 he is long gone. So a very unusual pitching line 30 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.480 for any pitcher in Major League Baseball. You don't see 31 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:52.439 that in games usually. And just to let you know 32 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:57.719 how shocking today was, it's the most run scored against 33 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:02.920 the Dodgers by Arizona twenty fourteen. That was an eighteen 34 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:06.920 to seven win over Kershaw and the Dodgers. And this 35 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:10.000 was the second most runs the Dodgers have allowed all 36 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:13.680 season long. They gave up fifteen in South Korea to 37 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:18.280 the Padres on March twenty first, so basically this is 38 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:21.639 the most runs they've given up all season long here 39 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:26.120 in the United States. And very frustrating day for a 40 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:29.479 number of different reasons, because of the first game of 41 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:33.560 this series, the Dodgers using seven relievers and winning that game, 42 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:35.840 but that compromised. 43 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.120 The bullpen the last two days. 44 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:41.680 Luckily for the Dodgers, nobody claimed Brent Honeywell and he 45 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:45.039 went to Triple A last week he was available to 46 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:48.479 be called up. He pitched yesterday and the Dodgers were 47 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:52.280 able to call up Ben Casparius for his major league debut. 48 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:54.680 He turned out to get his first major league win, 49 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:58.840 pitching in the eighth inning. But this was not something 50 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.360 the Dodgers, where I wouldn't say, able to do, but 51 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:06.439 willing to do, to compromise their bullpen, even as Robleski 52 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.039 was getting ripped apart in that second inning for eight runs, 53 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:15.000 including a home run by Randall Gritchik to straightaway center field, 54 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.759 as that over hang jets out four hundred and thirteen 55 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:22.199 feet away. Eight six six nine eighty seven, two five 56 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:25.719 seventy is the phone number. I will say this. I 57 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:29.240 understand where Dave Roberts is coming from. He explained it 58 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:33.479 perfectly clear after the game that we played on the 59 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:37.680 Clubhouse Show. But what I will say is I thought 60 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:41.639 it was too soon to pull Freddy Freeman, Mookie Betts, 61 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:46.039 and Taoscar Hernandez. There were forty six, two hundred and 62 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.639 seventy eight here at Chase Field. A lot of you 63 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:53.479 came from Los Angeles to cheer on the Dodgers, and 64 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:57.560 you know, c Otani, see Mookie Betts, and see Freddy Freeman. 65 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:02.599 Taking those guys out in the third inning maybe to 66 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:05.879 me was a little bit too soon. There's no harm 67 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:08.560 in leaving those guys in for at least five innings, 68 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.360 six innings at the most, and you still get them 69 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:14.840 off their feet. And don't wave the white flag to 70 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:19.000 the rest of this crowd because yeah, you're down eight 71 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:22.560 to nothing after two innings. But we saw the Dodgers 72 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:25.759 score eight runs yesterday, and we saw the Dodgers score 73 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:28.399 ten runs the day before. You're telling me, if you 74 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:32.600 leave Freddy Freeman, Mooki, Bets, and taoscar Hernandez in there, 75 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:36.439 there's not a chance that you may score at least 76 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:40.680 six or seven runs to make this interesting. So to me, 77 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.040 I would have left those guys in for those reasons. 78 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.240 Give the fans what they paid for. They want to 79 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:49.800 see Mooky, they want to see Freddy, they want to 80 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:54.279 see Otani. Otani's a dh Freddy and Mooki play out there. 81 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.959 I understand Freddie is still dealing with a micro fracture 82 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.839 and his right middle finger. But what's two or three 83 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:03.720 innings going to do for him? You could have left 84 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:05.759 him in for at least two more innings. So that's 85 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.439 the only thing when you're in a blowout game like 86 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:10.800 this that you know you want to give the fans 87 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:14.199 what they paid for, and that's the superstars of the game. 88 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:17.879 Eight six six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is 89 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:18.720 the phone number. 90 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:22.959 Let's go out to the phone. Sergio in Azusa. You're 91 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.360 on Dodger Talk with David vas Say, Hi, Sergio. 92 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:29.879 Hi, David. Uh you know the question I have for you. 93 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:32.319 I totally agree with you that he could have like 94 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:36.759 slowly pulled them out. But when you see these sideway 95 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:43.000 numbers and you hear about these stadiums having humidifier human 96 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.839 doors for the balls, I just start to question, does 97 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:51.040 the MLB check that? Is that something that can be askewed? 98 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:53.800 You know, I don't know. I just I'm very suspicious 99 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:55.399 of that. Give me your thoughts. 100 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:58.920 Well, what are you saying the base balls were not humidified? 101 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.639 There jump out of the ballpark. A lot of that 102 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:05.399 had to do where Justin Robleski was pitching those baseballs. 103 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:08.759 I get you, But what if those baseballs are affecting 104 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:11.879 his curveball or the way his breaking ball is breaking, 105 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:14.160 and they're bounding off. 106 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.439 It's an eight run second inning, Sergio. 107 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:23.079 They were tattooing the baseball, and even Jose Motor was 108 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.199 telling me he may have been tipping his pitches. 109 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:27.720 So that's also part of the equation. 110 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.639 These days in baseball, it's not whether or not the 111 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:34.360 baseballs were cooked enough in the humidifire or not. I 112 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.680 will concede this, Sergio. There have been some players that 113 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.399 told me they have noticed the baseball jumping more since 114 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.839 the All Star break. I don't know what that means. 115 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:46.720 I don't know if that's their perception or their reality. 116 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:50.120 But there is something to what you're saying. But that's 117 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:54.160 not the reason why Justin Robleski gave up eight runs 118 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:55.040 in the second inning. 119 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.319 Gotcha, gotcha? Okay, all right, thanks for your input. 120 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.000 All right, Serge, thank you for your phone call. Appreciate it. 121 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:05.920 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 122 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:09.759 the phone number. Look with how ugly today was, and 123 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.560 everybody wants to try to win every game, but it 124 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:18.160 is a long season and it was unfortunate Kershaw came 125 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:21.639 out of the game after one plus innings and forced 126 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:25.000 Dave Roberts to use seven different relievers in the first 127 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.519 game of the series. But those are the cards the 128 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:31.319 Dodgers were dealt with, and they're trying to manage this 129 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:34.800 series as best as they can. What I will say 130 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:38.319 is the silver lining in all this is the Dodger 131 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.720 offense was able to score ten runs in that first game. 132 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.639 If the Dodgers lose that first game, I feel like 133 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:48.759 this entire series is much different, and the feeling in 134 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:52.240 that Dodger clubhouse is much different because if they lose 135 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:55.000 that game, not only do they lose the first game 136 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:58.079 of the series, but they also used a lot of 137 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:02.160 their high leverage relievers that haven't been available the last 138 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:06.160 two games. So for me, winning that first game somehow, 139 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.240 some way, with the injury to Kershaw and those seven 140 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:15.120 relievers being used, I mean that was monumental with not 141 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.279 only this series, but maybe how the rest of the 142 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.240 regular season shapes up, because if the Dodgers lose that 143 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:26.480 first game to Yesterday, they're in a tough spot. I mean, 144 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:30.040 that's a real tough spot. If you lose the first 145 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.679 game and are limited to Brent Honeywell and Ben Casparius 146 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.279 to come in after your starting pitcher, who was Gavin Stone, 147 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:39.840 who was a little rocky early in the game, but 148 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:44.039 did retire the last eight batters he faced. But nonetheless 149 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:47.080 keep in mind how vital that first game was eight 150 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.519 six six, seven, two five seventy is the phone number. 151 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.600 Let's go out to La Charles. You're on Dodger Talk. 152 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:54.519 Thanks. 153 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:02.200 Yeah, I kind of wonder forecast the foreshadow. You know, 154 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.960 I really feel like the Dodgers have the pieces, just 155 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:06.960 got to figure out that equation of getting to the 156 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.759 seventh innings with some fresh arms. I wanted to get 157 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:12.519 your take of, like, you know, what they could do 158 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:16.279 to intentionally manage that. Staying with your themes of too soon, 159 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:18.840 you know, maybe it might have been too soon letting 160 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:21.559 Yarbrough go. He's the type of person who would be 161 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:24.039 really nice to come out give us those three innings 162 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:26.679 whenever we need it, kind of give people that release, 163 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:29.120 and you know, just using the pieces that we have. 164 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:32.279 You know, I look to that the Royal teams back 165 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:35.480 in twenty fifteen, you know, just getting getting to their 166 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.559 fresh arms in the seven days and ninth and I 167 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:39.960 feel like we can get to that recipe, you know, 168 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:44.399 and managing, you know, without Dave Roberts and everybody intervening. 169 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:47.159 And then last thing, have feeling for this front office 170 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:49.639 because it was really supposed to be plug and play 171 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:54.720 with our starting pitchers, you know, Miller Dueller coming back, 172 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:58.279 Dustin May, et cetera, et cetera. So looking at things 173 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:00.679 they can kind of with some to. 174 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:01.200 Get this coach. 175 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:05.279 Well, I wouldn't necessarily say Walker Bueller and Dustin May 176 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:08.720 were plugging play automatics at the beginning of the year, Charles. 177 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:10.080 If Dustin May. 178 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:14.960 Unfortunately doesn't have that uh accident with his esophagus, he's 179 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.200 not able to pitch and pitch out of the bullpen 180 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.799 until today September first, and Walker Bueller's coming back from 181 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.440 two elbow surgeries. So to me, those were not automatics. 182 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.360 And as far as Ryan Yarborough goes, yeah, it would 183 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.120 have been ideal if he could have duplicated his season 184 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:35.039 from a year ago. But the Dodgers were using him 185 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:37.639 that way and he was giving up runs. So that's 186 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:40.159 the reason why they went away from him and brought 187 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:42.799 in Brent Honeywell, who's been much better in that role. 188 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:43.960 He did that yesterday. 189 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.279 Thank you so much for your time and taking the call. 190 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:49.559 All right, Charles, thank you for the phone call. 191 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:52.679 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 192 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:55.480 the phone number. Here's a question for you that I've 193 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:59.799 been asking a few different people around Arizona today. Who 194 00:10:59.919 --> 00:11:04.759 is the better matchup for the Dodgers Because the Dodgers 195 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:08.600 are going to play the winner of the Padres Diamondbacks 196 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:13.080 Wildcard Series in the NLDS this year if things remain 197 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:15.519 the way they are right now with the Dodgers being 198 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:19.039 the number one seed in the National League. And I 199 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:22.159 don't see any reason why that wouldn't happen for the 200 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.480 Dodgers to finish with the best record in the National League. 201 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.519 So I go back and forth on this. The Padre 202 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:33.080 strength is their bullpen. The Diamondback strength is they're starting 203 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:36.440 pitching in their offense top to bottom. To me, they 204 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:40.480 have a much deeper lineup, especially when kateel Marte and 205 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:44.600 Christian Walker and Gabrielle Moreno are in the starting lineup. 206 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:48.960 To me, this is a better team. The Padres are 207 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.759 a very emotional team. They can ride momentum and they 208 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.639 can shorten the game with their bullpen. But I'm not sure, 209 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:01.759 especially in this ballpark. The diamond offense isn't better than 210 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.600 the Padres. And if the Dodgers have Glass now and 211 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:08.360 Yamamoto starting a series, I would say the Dodgers have 212 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:11.320 a very good chance of beating any one of those 213 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:16.159 two teams. But nonetheless, those teams have given the Dodgers 214 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:19.440 the most trouble this season. They have seen the Dodgers 215 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:22.720 more than any other teams. The last couple of years, 216 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:26.759 those two teams, the Padres and Diamondbacks, have each taken 217 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.679 the Dodgers out in the last two playoff series. So 218 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.200 to me, that's the big question. Who is the better 219 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:35.879 matchup for the Dodgers. And in case you don't know 220 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.840 the record, the Dodgers are just three and seven against 221 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:42.000 the Padres this year and are six and six against 222 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:45.559 the Diamondbacks. And Tomorrow's game is a big game in 223 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:47.120 the respect of tiebreaker. 224 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:48.000 If for some. 225 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:53.080 Reason Arizona wins tomorrow and they make this a very 226 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:56.159 tight race, if they finish with the same record as 227 00:12:56.200 --> 00:13:00.320 the Dodgers, they would win the NL West. Let's go 228 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:02.879 out to see me, Valley Jeremy. You're on Dodger Talk 229 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:03.919 with David Vassi. 230 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:07.440 Hi, Jeremy, Hey David, thank you for taking my call. 231 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.919 But uh, I'm gonna have to disagree with you about 232 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:17.039 taking out those three guys and blaming Dave Roberts for it. 233 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:20.960 Number One, if you're traveling thereson you, you're traveling there 234 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:24.600 to go see the series. Fans have already seen two 235 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.840 fantastic games and Seasons's. 236 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.840 True, Jeremy, the entire at all. 237 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:32.919 I know people that came here just for this game, 238 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:36.000 and I know people that only could afford one game 239 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:36.720 of this series. 240 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:37.720 That's not true at all. 241 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:41.600 And it's not Dave Roberts to win us or to 242 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:44.840 keep fans happy. It's up to Dave Roberts to make 243 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:46.559 sure we're gonna win a world series. 244 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:50.000 So you're telling me three was going to make a 245 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:53.480 big differt. You're telling me was going to make a 246 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:54.600 big difference of them. 247 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:58.320 If one of them gets hurt, If one of them 248 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:02.200 gets hurt like some one of their relievers gets wild 249 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:04.919 with an inside pitch and Mookie goes down for another 250 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.559 eight weeks, then that would be a problem. 251 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.039 That's probably what he was thinking, But any player can 252 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:12.320 get hurt at any time. 253 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:13.759 Thanks for the phone call. 254 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.720 Jeremy, I understand what you're saying, and I appreciate Dave 255 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.159 roberts Uh taking those guys out to protect them as 256 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:23.279 far as any pitches getting away from a guy that 257 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:27.039 had a lot of control today and Brandon fought. Daniels 258 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:30.480 Jewelers is the official sponsor of the trip around the Diamond. 259 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.960 Stop by any Daniel's location and say home run for 260 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.480 your free team bracelet and fifty dollars gift card toward 261 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.240 any purchase of ninety nine dollars or more. Daniels Jewelers 262 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:44.039 own the Dream. Hey, I'm just speaking for the fans 263 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:47.679 that we're here the forty six two seventy eight. If 264 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:50.200 I made the road trip here and this was the game, 265 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.759 I had tickets too. I want to see a little 266 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.679 bit more on Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman than three innings, 267 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.720 no matter what the score is. I don't think that's 268 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:01.600 too much to ask. And I understand Dave has to 269 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:05.320 keep in mind the winning and trying to keep those 270 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:08.600 guys healthy. And I understand Freddy has a microfracture in 271 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.240 his right middle finger. And I think Dave has done 272 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:14.080 a really good job this year as the manager of 273 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:17.399 the Dodgers. But that doesn't mean I agree with everything 274 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:20.639 that he does or every decision he makes. I'm just 275 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:23.879 pointing that out three more innings, two more at bats 276 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.240 would have been fine with me. Let's take a time 277 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:30.759 out here on Dodger Talk either way, the Dodgers lose 278 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:34.679 to the Diamondbacks fourteen to three. When we continue, we'll 279 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:37.519 bring up a player that you may see in September 280 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:41.919 and why it may become a reality, and also show 281 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:46.080 hay Otani threw off the mound again yesterday. I'll let 282 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:49.440 you know how hard he was throwing. A lot more 283 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:52.000 to come here on Dodger Talk Live from Chase Field 284 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.679 after the Diamondbacks score fourteen runs and beat the Dodgers 285 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:09.720 fourteen to three on a five to seventy LA Sports. 286 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:07.879 On air at AM five to seventy, online at amfive 287 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:12.120 seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on 288 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:13.480 the iHeartRadio app. 289 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.960 This is Dodger Talk with David Bassa. 290 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:25.799 David Bassey live from Chase Field with you as the 291 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.399 Dodgers fall to the Diamondbacks today by a final score 292 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:33.480 of fourteen to three. Arizona cuts the Dodgers lead to 293 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:36.840 five games in the NL West. The Padres beat the 294 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.200 Rays earlier today, four to three, so both those teams 295 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:43.639 are five games back of the Dodgers in the NL West. 296 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:45.360 Tomorrow will be the. 297 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:48.639 Final time in the regular season the Dodgers and Diamondbacks 298 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:52.200 will play each other. The Dodgers will see the Padres 299 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.399 on their final homestand of the season later this month. 300 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.720 September twenty fourth, twenty fifth, and twenty six will be 301 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:04.359 the final three games the Dodgers and Padres play against 302 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:07.559 each other, and those three games can be huge if 303 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:11.559 San Diego hangs around from three to five games back 304 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:14.759 in the NL West. I will say this as far 305 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:18.359 as schedule goes, the Padres have a very easy schedule 306 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:22.319 for totality this month. But for the Dodgers, nine of 307 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.160 their last twelve games are against the Marlins and Rockies. 308 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:29.880 After those three games against the Padres the final week 309 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.480 of September, the Dodgers close out the regular season with 310 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:37.960 three games at Corsfield. Eight six, six, nine, seven, two 311 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:40.000 five seventy is the phone number. 312 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:43.119 Let's go out to the OC. Steve, You're on Dodger 313 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.799 Talk Live from Chase Field. 314 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.880 Hi, Steve, Hey, Dave, Hey, thanks for taking my call hey, 315 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:53.119 you know Friday, the first game was a huge win 316 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:57.640 through a kerbas pardon the punt when Kershaw had to leave, 317 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:02.400 and we pulled that game out. Yesterday's game was fantastic. 318 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:06.920 Both of these very highly emotional, really really drown and dirty, 319 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:11.880 great ballgames. And every team has blowouts. I don't care 320 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:15.359 who you are, there's every team in this league has 321 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:19.400 it won two, maybe three blowouts. So I think that 322 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:22.200 if we have to lose one of these games, this 323 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.200 is much easier and easier to take losing it than 324 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:28.039 a one run heartbreaker in the ninth dating or something 325 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:31.200 like that. The Dodgers didn't hang their head today. They 326 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:34.200 fought back. I thought it was a good decision taking 327 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:38.400 the three guys out because Dodger luck Man, somebody gets 328 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:41.799 injured something like that. The game was pretty much done, 329 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:44.319 so I didn't have a problem with that. But you know, 330 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.720 hats off to the Dodgers. 331 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:49.480 You can't live your life, fer Steve, you can't live 332 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.319 your life. 333 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:57.200 I thought that Dodgers taking the first two was phenomenal. 334 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.559 It was. 335 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:00.920 It's great, and they've put themselves in a position to 336 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.599 take three out of four tomorrow. With Jack Flaherty on 337 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:07.720 the mound against Eduardo Rodriguez. The Dodgers are very good 338 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:10.440 against the lefties. You're going to see Keith a Hernandez 339 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.680 in there. You're gonna see Tommy Edmond and Miguel Rojas 340 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:17.119 and Will Smith who has torched leftist. So I'm very 341 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:20.359 confident the Dodgers can win tomorrow and take three out 342 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:23.319 of four, and if they leave here six games ahead 343 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:26.200 of Arizona. I know there's still a lot more games 344 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:29.279 to go, but the calendar is working against San Diego 345 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.720 and Arizona. They would be in a huge favorable position 346 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.880 if they win tomorrow. 347 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:38.640 I'm proud of our guys, phenomenal weekend so far. Take 348 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:42.039 this loss, laugh at it, spin at it, and come 349 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:44.400 back tomorrow and be ready to take them down. 350 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:47.599 All right, Steve, thanks for the phone call. I like 351 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:50.599 that attitude. Look, I'm not that upset about this loss. 352 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:53.640 You never want to get beat this way, especially to 353 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:56.920 a team that swept you out of the postseason last 354 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:59.640 year and ended year year. But in the big picture 355 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:04.559 of regular season baseball, the Dodgers put themselves in a 356 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:08.440 position to reset their bullpen today and be ready to 357 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:12.119 go tomorrow and take three out of four. Even if 358 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:15.599 they win two to nothing, that is going to be 359 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.920 significant as they would have taken three out of four, 360 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:22.319 and like I mentioned, leave here six games ahead of Arizona, 361 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:28.119 and I would definitely take the over tomorrow considering all 362 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:31.799 these games have been very high scoring nineteen runs combined 363 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:35.599 in the first game, fourteen runs. Yesterday and today it 364 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:39.359 was lopsided, but seventeen runs were scored, and this feels 365 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:41.599 like there's going to be a lot of offense and 366 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:45.039 hopefully the Dodgers can return the favor tomorrow in the 367 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:48.759 finale of this four game series. Now, I mentioned today 368 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:53.200 that the rosters expanded by two. Justin Robleski was the 369 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:56.599 pitcher the Dodgers called up. Andy pa Has was the 370 00:20:56.720 --> 00:21:00.799 hitter the Dodgers called up to round out their twenty 371 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:05.799 eight man roster in September. I mentioned yesterday the Dodgers 372 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:10.160 have not ruled out the possibility of calling up Dalton Rushing, 373 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:14.200 who has just had a tremendous season. He will be 374 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.359 the Dodgers Minor League player of the Year, no doubt 375 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:20.519 about it. And in twenty two games in Oklahoma City 376 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:24.720 since being promoted from Double A, Rushing has five home runs, 377 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:28.440 fifteen RBIs is hitting three toho eight with a five 378 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:33.039 point fifty one slugging percentage. I will venture to say, 379 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:36.920 at some point in time this month, Dalton Rushing will 380 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:40.599 make his major league debut. The Dodgers will see whether 381 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:43.680 or not Rushing has what it takes to be a 382 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:46.759 threat from the left side to change the game with 383 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:50.000 one swing. I could see the Dodgers giving him some 384 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:54.599 spot starts in left field. I definitely feel like Dalton 385 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:57.920 Rushing will get an opportunity at some point in time 386 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:00.640 this September. So that was the player I was talking 387 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:05.119 about that you may see this month with rosters expanded, 388 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:08.000 that you did not see on the first day. Also, 389 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:12.039 I promised to let you know sho He Otani's velocity 390 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:16.200 throwing yesterday for only the second time off the mound. 391 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:21.680 The catcher was sitting down yesterday and the Japanese reporters 392 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:25.839 told me Otani was clocked at ninety two miles an 393 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:30.359 hour throwing ten pitches in the bullpen yesterday here in Arizona. 394 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:34.640 So there you go. The remarkable Otani not only leads 395 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:37.599 off with a home run yesterday, he was throwing ninety 396 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:40.720 two in the bullpen as he still comes back from 397 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:45.119 his second elbow surgery, so pretty insane how good he is, 398 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:49.079 and you know, it feels like he's not from this world, 399 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:52.839 He's from Krypton. It feels like we never seen a 400 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:56.400 player like that. He is just amazing, And I think 401 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:59.039