WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 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 lend it. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.679 I love writing me these guys after the show. 7 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.199 So just thank you, give me all. 8 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.760 Your attention, your fire, and not a piss. 9 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.519 This is world champion, Dodger world championing for a small. 10 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:23.359 Soft time they get up people. 11 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:25.280 What they want to die to in a row two 12 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:27.359 is special. I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. 13 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:29.359 One of a con. 14 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.479 This ball's gone. You ready to go? 15 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.119 Hell time go to the sun, grab your phone to 16 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.799 get in on the show called eight six six nine 17 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.399 eighty seven two five seven and go to the show. 18 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.079 And now your host of Dodger Talk, David. 19 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:51.960 Vasse, Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Peco 20 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:56.359 Park in San Diego. After the Padres beat up the 21 00:00:56.439 --> 00:01:00.719 Dodgers tonight by a final score of eleven in a 22 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:04.400 blowout victory for San Diego in game two of this 23 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.760 three game series, after the Dodgers came to town and 24 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:12.439 beat the Padres last night and ten innings eight to seven, 25 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:17.359 they come back and they CounterPunch with eleven to one 26 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:22.239 drubbing of the Dodgers tonight, and look coming into the 27 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:25.719 game tonight, it was a pitching mismatch. Even with Dylan 28 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:30.000 Cease not being the consistent Dylan Cees the Padres got 29 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:30.719 last year. 30 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:32.120 The Dodgers were. 31 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:34.959 Going with a bullpen game with two journeymen and Lou 32 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:39.120 Trevino and Matt Sour, and it just didn't work out. 33 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:44.159 Matt Sour, unfortunately tonight, really was hung out to dry 34 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:47.680 because the Dodgers when they saw this game get a 35 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.239 little bit out of hand, they were down five nothing 36 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:53.239 and then all of a sudden it turned into a 37 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.439 nine to nothing game in the sixth inning. They did 38 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:58.519 not want to go to any more of their relief 39 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:03.000 pitchers in that bullpen, and Matt Sower had to throw 40 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:07.200 one hundred and eleven pitches in four and two thirds innings. 41 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:11.719 He gave up thirteen hits and nine earned runs. Just 42 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.719 to put it all into context, this is nothing that 43 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.800 we have seen in a long time. Matt Sower's one 44 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:21.199 hundred and eleven pitches in relief tonight are the most 45 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:25.680 by a Dodgers since the knuckleballer Tom Candiotti threw one 46 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:29.759 hundred and eleven pitches at Shay Stadium in New York 47 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:34.719 against the Mets on July eighteenth, nineteen ninety four, and 48 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:37.719 the thirteen hits allowed in relief are the most by 49 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:44.000 a Dodger pitcher since Clyde King allowed thirteen on August twelfth, 50 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:47.840 nineteen forty five, against the Cubs. Rick Monday heard me 51 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:51.080 talk about that during the Clubhouse Show. Our guy Dwayne 52 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.639 McDonald found that, and then obviously Rick has seen a 53 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:57.800 lot of baseball over the years and recognized Clyde King's 54 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.520 name as a manager. He was the man of the 55 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:04.000 Yankees in nineteen eighty two, and he also was the 56 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:08.120 manager of the Braves when Hank Aaron broke Babe Bruce 57 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.759 home run record against the Dodgers back in I think 58 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:16.280 it was nineteen seventy four. That's right, Okay, So there 59 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:19.080 you go. That's Clye King. And in case you're not 60 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:22.280 familiar with the rule about bringing in a position player, 61 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.800 the new rule that Major League Baseball implemented a couple 62 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:29.199 of years ago to try to stop this from happening 63 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:33.240 more often than it was is that any team that 64 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:38.280 is down eight runs or more at any point in 65 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:42.560 the game can bring a position player in and if 66 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:45.400 you're up or down ten runs or more in the 67 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.319 ninth inning, you can bring in a position player. So 68 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.199 that's the reason why they were able to bring in 69 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:55.319 keyk Hernandez after it turned into a nine tohing game 70 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.680 in the sixth inning. And you really feel for Matt Soer, right, 71 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:02.039 I feel like he was hung out to dry out 72 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.560 there and obviously was out of bullets, did not have 73 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:12.159 anything left, the tank was empty, whatever a cliche you want. 74 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:13.960 To use, he just didn't have it. 75 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:18.199 And that's when Dave Roberts decided, you know what, it's 76 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:20.639 not going to look good. It's not a great reflection 77 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:23.279 on any of us, but we're going to keyke Hernandez 78 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:27.240 with two outs in the sixth inning. This is just 79 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:31.920 a strategic, big picture, regular season move. And look, the 80 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:36.199 Dodgers punted on two playoff games to preserve their pitching 81 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:40.079 in their bullpen in last year's NLCS, So you're telling me, 82 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:43.920 in a situation that they felt like they were in 83 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.639 in game sixty eight of one hundred and sixty two, 84 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:51.560 they weren't going to do something similar if they did 85 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:56.800 it in the NLCS under thin pitching circumstances. They certainly 86 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:59.439 weren't going to hesitate to do it on a game 87 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.000 like tonight, and they still have a chance to win 88 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:06.399 the series tomorrow, and obviously that means more than losing 89 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.560 eleven to one and having Keik Hernandez come in and pitch. 90 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:13.839 So those are some of the reasons. It wasn't a 91 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:16.759 great look. It wasn't great for the fans that were 92 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:20.639 listening that we're here or watching on television. But that's 93 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:24.519 the reality of the situation for the Dodgers right now. 94 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:30.040 No Roki Sazaki, no Tyler Glass Now, no Blake Snell, 95 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:34.480 no Tony Gonsolin, and Bobby Miller was not an option 96 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.600 because he gave up ten runs tonight for Oklahoma City 97 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:41.399 and Albuquerque. So this was the only option the Dodgers 98 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:44.639 had tonight. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five 99 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.879 seventy is the phone number. As we roll on to 100 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:51.480 the top of the hour, we also have some information 101 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:55.959 on Blake Snell and show hey Otani simulated game. You'll 102 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:59.600 hear from Dodgers pitching coach Mark Pryor on Otani and 103 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:02.920 you'll all so here from Blake Snell himself, who did 104 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.399 throw a bullpen session today at pet Goo Park. But 105 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.360 before we go to the phones, let's hear from Matt 106 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:12.360 Sour who's in the clubhouse on sports at LA. 107 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:17.399 I mean, every time I come and there's a you know, 108 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.319 opener in front of me, I know, my job is 109 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:21.839 to just beat as many as I can. And obviously 110 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:24.120 today I didn't have my as good as stuff, but 111 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:26.199 I felt like I was just out there, you know, 112 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:29.439 pitching my ass off, trying to compete and trying to 113 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:31.360 get as many innings as I could for the bullpen. 114 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:35.079 Frustrated as that there seas just with the two out 115 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:37.720 hits that kind of got strung together there. Yeah, No, 116 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.680 I mean a lot of times just gotta be better 117 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:44.040 with loking in the ball. I you know, to out 118 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:48.040 walk there hurt big time. Can be walking guys with 119 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.160 two outs, and then you know, after after the walking 120 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:54.680 stuff hit the fan and you know I'll be able 121 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:56.000 to compete a little better and get out of the 122 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:56.920 anthing quicker. 123 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.040 Sound like a local pride take out of still being 124 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.319 able to just kind of eat up innings like you 125 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.079 did know on kind of like what it could mean 126 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:06.519 bigger picture for the team. 127 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:10.680 I wouldn't necessarily like say a pride thing you know, 128 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.120 I know my role is to eat up innings, and 129 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:16.800 I feel like I got the frame and the repertoire 130 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:18.319 to do that, and I'm gonna go out there and 131 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:19.120 compete every time. 132 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:23.480 Yeah, Matt Sour has done that in previous times, we've 133 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:23.920 seen him. 134 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.439 This year, it just wasn't his night. 135 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:31.079 And I don't believe anybody's putting this on Matt Sour's shoulders. 136 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:35.839 It just wasn't the best of appearances for the Dodgers 137 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:39.199 to go to a position player at that juncture of 138 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:39.600 the game. 139 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:42.240 And look, it was weird. 140 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:44.399 You know, you kind of felt like it was coming though, 141 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:48.560 because after the Padres got to the ninth spot, you're thinking, 142 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:53.120 there's nobody as that inning's unfolding. You're not seeing any 143 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:57.240 movement in the Dodger bullpen, and you're thinking, oh, all right, 144 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:00.800 so they're just gonna leave Matt Sour out there, and 145 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.720 if Kik doesn't come in in the sixth inning, he's 146 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:05.439 coming in in the seventh inning. 147 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.399 So what's the difference at that point? And I did 148 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:09.439 get some text from. 149 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:11.879 People around the league and they said, you know, they 150 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:15.600 were frustrated as well seeing this unfold, and some were 151 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:19.560 even saying, okay, you do that, but you're basically white 152 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:23.079 waving the white flag. How about your hitters don't swing 153 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:25.959 and just end this game as quickly as possible if 154 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:29.199 you're waving the white flag to live another day, which 155 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:32.600 hard to argue with. Eight six six nine eight seven 156 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:35.639 two five seventy is the phone number. Padres beat the 157 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:40.039 Dodgers tonight, eleven to one. Danny in Claremont, You're on 158 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:42.080 Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. 159 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:42.440 Danny. 160 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:45.279 Hey, Dave, thanks for getting me on, as always, my man, 161 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:46.600 my pleasure. 162 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:47.039 What do you got? 163 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:50.080 I got, well, I got a strong disagree with you 164 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:52.200 on your last Dave and how you said it's the 165 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:55.399 hard to argue with going up there and just letting 166 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:58.399 the guys take ditches and not swing the bat. I mean, 167 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.320 I love you, Dave, I love this show. But come on, man, 168 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:02.840 that's gotta be one of the most in name things 169 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:03.480 I've ever heard. 170 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.039 What are you talking about? The Dodgers waved the white 171 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:08.799 flag in the sixth inning. Did you think they were 172 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:09.720 going to come back? 173 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:12.519 Of course not, Dave, But there's a there's a number 174 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.279 of good reasons why you would never ever do that, 175 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:16.240 and why You've never ever seen that happen in the 176 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.600 history of baseball. There's a number of reasons why you 177 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:19.320 wouldn't do that day. 178 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:22.080 I haven't seen a position player pitch in the sixth 179 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.720 inning too many times either, Danny not. 180 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:26.399 I haven't seen that either, Dave. That was a new 181 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:28.360 one for me too. That was that was a good one. 182 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:31.440 But that doesn't that doesn't mean you can You're gonna 183 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.399 send a player like Dalton Rushing or Kim Up or 184 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:36.200 Conforto and tell them just to go look at three 185 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:39.000 pitches and sit back down. You know, these guys are 186 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.320 still playing every day and rhythm is such a big 187 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:43.039 thing for them. You're gonna tell them to go up 188 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:45.559 there and just take some strikeouts. I mean, that's not 189 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.080 how it goes. You can't take off your competitive naybe. 190 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:51.120 Should the game after seven innings? Maybe they should end 191 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:53.279 also the game after seven innings? 192 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:55.919 Well, that's another in an idea I've heard before. I 193 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:57.440 don't like that one either, But that's. 194 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:58.720 Better than what you're suggesting, Dave. 195 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.720 And also, you know there's a game tomorrow, right, I mean, 196 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:04.120 what if those guys put together a three or four 197 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:06.240 one rally there? They're not going to win this game. 198 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:09.120 But if they get another Padres picture in or two 199 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:11.559 pictures in, you know, it's another picture down tomorrow. They're 200 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:14.200 not going to see tomorrow. So there's reasons I didn't have. 201 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:17.919 A I don't have as big of a problem with 202 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:20.399 what we saw on the sixth inning, Danny. We saw 203 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.919 the Dodgers basically say we're going to live another day 204 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:25.600 in playoff games. 205 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:27.120 So that was my point. 206 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:30.480 If you were listening and not hearing and just harping 207 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.799 on one part of what I said, The bigger picture 208 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:38.159 here is the Dodgers did something similar to this in 209 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:42.240 the postseason last year twice against the Mets, to live 210 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:45.919 another day and to win four games before they did 211 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:49.480 and not just worry about one game. So this is 212 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.799 game sixty eight. They're trying to win the series tomorrow, 213 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:57.240 and that's the way they played it tonight, And considering 214 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:01.519 where they're at with their pitchers, it's that's hard to 215 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.759 argue with too. But I don't believe you're redlining anybody 216 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:07.320 if you bring him in for an inning apiece like 217 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.080 Jose Motas suggested. I don't think you're red lining anybody 218 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:14.639 outside of Michael Kopek, who just came back from not 219 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:16.000 pitching all season long. 220 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:19.279 I think you misunderstand me, Dale. I'm not talking about 221 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:21.799 the Dodgers. I'm talking about the Dodgers getting more padres 222 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:23.799 pitchers in the game. You're saying you're telling them to 223 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:26.000 go up there and take pitches and not have competitive 224 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:28.600 at bats. I'm saying, if they put together some competitive 225 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:30.960 the bats and they score years, they're going to. 226 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:34.919 Bring relievers the game. They did that last morrow. They 227 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:37.200 did that last night. They did that last night. 228 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.799 And also, you know, I know you probably don't remember. 229 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:41.840 Think the Dodger players. 230 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:44.799 You don't think the Dodger players feel the vibe of 231 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:48.440 what's taking place in that game. Taoscar Hernandez is out 232 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:50.440 of the game, Mookie Betts is out of the game. 233 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.879 You really thought the Dodgers were going to come back 234 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:55.480 and make this a game tonight. 235 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:57.039 That's not what I'm saying. 236 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.639 Also, with a position player on the mountain, you're all right, 237 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:03.480 we're around in circles. Danny will agree to disagree tonight. 238 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:06.360 Thank you for the phone call. Eight sixty six nine 239 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:09.399 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. I mean, geez, 240 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:13.080 let's go out to San diego, Ray, you're on Dodger Talk. 241 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:13.840 How you doing? Ray? 242 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:17.679 Hey, David, thanks for taking my call. Longtime listening, first 243 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:21.039 time called her a couple of things. I think Pot 244 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:24.120 has earned the clean up spot. Bring down Tail until 245 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:27.559 he fixes things. 246 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:30.399 I'm glad you brought up I'm glad you brought up Tail. 247 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.480 Can I just interrupt you really quick? That third inning, 248 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:38.279 ta Oscar Hernandez was running back and forth on so 249 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:41.720 many hits from the Padres in that third inning. And 250 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:44.840 I'm not saying this is the reason why he may 251 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:47.679 be hurt, but I believe he came into this game 252 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:51.440 not feeling great. Remember the groin injury that kept him out. 253 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:55.080 He came back quicker than most guys, and over the 254 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:58.360 course of his last twenty games, coming into tonight, he 255 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:01.879 was just twelve for his last seven three with one 256 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:05.600 home run, and he wasn't you remember he had to 257 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:08.320 take a time out in his last at bat tonight 258 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:11.720 to Ray. So I would say, give ta Oscar Hernandez 259 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:14.679 a break. I don't believe he's playing at one hundred percent, 260 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.720 and I would be surprised if you saw him in 261 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:20.639 the starting lineup tomorrow in a day game after a 262 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:22.159 night game after what we saw. 263 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:24.440 No, I get that. 264 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:27.120 I get it, and I'm not like, you know, like 265 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:30.000 pointing fingers saying Tail, You're like you're being terrible, Like no, No. 266 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:31.480 I get it, Like he's got to be eased in. 267 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:33.480 But he hasn't been good, but there might be a 268 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:34.039 reason why. 269 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:37.519 Yeah, I definitely thinks maybe earned a spot to move 270 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.799 up a little bit on the lineup wild Tail either 271 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:43.240 recovers or maybe takes a couple of days off here 272 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:43.559 and there. 273 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:44.600 Uh. 274 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:46.639 The next thing I want to say was comfort o, 275 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:49.840 Like whatever they paid this guy, Like, I'm so over 276 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:53.519 he's taking swings away from Kim possibly maybe guys that 277 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:55.720 we could maybe bring up to give some like you know, 278 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:00.399 you know, big show swings or something, because I don't 279 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:03.840 even know what the guy's uh how many times he's 280 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.279 struck out? 281 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:07.440 How many times is that runners on day? I'm over it. 282 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.639 I'm overseeing this guy swinging. I get it. You might 283 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:13.720 have something there that that the number see, but you 284 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.519 know you can't the high test. He's failed it every 285 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:19.159 single time practically. Yeah, he got to run today great 286 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:21.559 in a in a losing contest that we already saw 287 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.200 was gonna be No. 288 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:28.080 You're not going to celebrate that, Ray, No, absolutely not absolutely. 289 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:32.639 Like maybe, by the way, I agree with you. 290 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.399 I agree with you dropping Taoe down in the order 291 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:37.879 if he's going to continue to go out there every day. 292 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.480 But I would say Will Smith should be the guy 293 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:45.639 hitting behind the MVPs, not Andy Piez in the cleanup spot. 294 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:48.799 Oh, you know what, You're right, You're right. 295 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:50.840 I'm basically I'm going off with tonight's. 296 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:53.480 Lineup, but absolutely, absolutely either way. 297 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:55.919 I still think Piez should be hitting in front of tail. 298 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:58.879 But yes, and the last thing, the last thing here, David, 299 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:02.639 I read something funny. I read something funny or kind 300 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:06.279 of interesting about ever since the Dodgers going to Drive Line, 301 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:08.519 the injuries shot through the roof. 302 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.200 I think they were. 303 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:12.720 Ranked like low twenties and now they're like top five 304 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:13.159 or something. 305 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:14.159 I don't know. 306 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:14.759 I saw that. 307 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:17.639 I saw it. Yeah, I saw that. 308 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:19.879 They're trying to pin it on Rob Hill, who the 309 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:25.759 Dodgers hired away from Drive Line a few years ago. Well, 310 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:29.039 I saw Carlos Bierga post it. Ray, I don't I 311 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:31.120 don't know if that's a coincidence. I don't know if 312 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.480 there's a direct correlation, But you know, that I don't 313 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.279 have the proof, and neither does anybody else. 314 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:40.120 I mean, those are just the numbers. 315 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:43.799 So the Dodgers are not the only organization to hire 316 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.000 guys out of that drive line think tank. 317 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:49.759 So yeah, I saw it. I saw it. 318 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:53.360 I think it's I just think it's just like something 319 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:56.000 is going on, and yeah, the guys. 320 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:58.679 Are chasing velocity too much. They got to put down, 321 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:00.720 you know what they gotta do. They've got to be 322 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:04.200 able once they break spring training to understand how to 323 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:08.399 use those heavy balls. Those weighted balls I think are 324 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:12.879 really hurting these guys. Not because the way I feel 325 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:15.879 like the way they're using the weighted balls are hurting them. 326 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:19.320 Maybe they're abusing or the way they throw them. But 327 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:23.120 in spring training there's a lot more monitoring over that. 328 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:26.159 So when these pitchers go off to double A or 329 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.080 triple A, there's got to be more monitoring of the 330 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.960 way they use it. 331 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.960 Hey, Ray, I got to move on. Thanks a lot 332 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.720 for the phone call. 333 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:36.320 Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone 334 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:40.000 number speaking of injured pitchers for the Dodgers show, Hey 335 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:44.840 Otani through a simulated game today, you'll hear from Mark Pryor. 336 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:47.799 I was here to watch it. I'll share that with you, and. 337 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:52.879 Also Blake Snell through a bullpen session today. I'll share 338 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.679 with you what Blake had to say after the bullpen session. 339 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.000 But things are looking very good for him and Tyler Glass, 340 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:04.200 so we'll get to that after this, and also we'll 341 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.960 take more of your phone calls. At eight sixty six nine, 342 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:10.359 eight seven two five seventy. Dodgers fall to the Padres 343 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.920 tonight eleven to one. And by the way, I guess 344 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.240 I should say this before we do take that break. 345 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:17.200 You can roll a call and keep rolling it. 346 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:21.799 I just wanted to point out again tai Oscar Hernandez, 347 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.119 you don't all of a sudden be one of the 348 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:27.839 best hitters in the National League and then fall off a. 349 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:30.880 Cliff for no reason, including tonight. 350 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:34.720 Oscar Hernandez in his last twenty games, hitting a bucks 351 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:39.480 seventy one with twenty six strikeouts and only four walks, 352 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:44.160 and more importantly, only one home run. There is something 353 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:46.799 going on physically with Taioscar Hernandez. 354 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:47.880 I am sure about it. 355 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:50.519 I don't know exactly what it is, but he just 356 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:54.160 has not looked like himself, and I think it was 357 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:57.839 evident tonight where he was grimacing at the plate, kind 358 00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:59.920 of moving his right legs. 359 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.920 I don't know. 360 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:05.440 Maybe that groin injury has re emerged here, So hopefully 361 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:08.599 he gets it back where it needs to be for 362 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:11.480 him to be the ta Oscar Hernandez that we saw 363 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:14.240 at the beginning of this year. Dodgers fall to the 364 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:17.480 Padres tonight eleven to one on the world champion Dodgers 365 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:22.759 Audio network AM five to seventy LA Sports. 366 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:29.519 Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports 367 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:33.559 dot com and on the iHeartRadio app. Back to more 368 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.079 Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basse. 369 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:44.440 No highlight, not too many tonight as the Padres put 370 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:47.599 it on the Dodgers eleven to one in Game two 371 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:51.519 of this three game series at Peco Park. David Vasse 372 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:56.599 live in San Diego until eleven o'clock. Right here on 373 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.559 AM five to seventy LA Sports. Daniel Stewelers presents the 374 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:04.160 home run forecast. 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And this is 386 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:43.680 the most we have seen Otani throw in these simulated games. 387 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:47.680 He simulated three innings. He threw forty four pitches. He 388 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:51.480 threw his whole array of pitches. His uh I actually 389 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:54.039 spoke to one of the minor leaguers that faced him. 390 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:57.039 He said, the best pitch he saw from Otani was 391 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.880 his sweeper. 392 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:59.359 So he used the sweeper. 393 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:03.279 He he was the splitter, and he threw the fastball 394 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:07.319 as high as ninety six miles an hour. And after 395 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:09.440 he was done with it, he went to go visit 396 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:13.039 with my guy, you Darvish. We had a little fun 397 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:16.039 me and O'tani. After that we were debating whose guy 398 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:18.880 you Darvish is, And I said Darvish is my guy, 399 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:23.799 and O'tani came back and said, no, Darvish is my guy. 400 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:25.960 I said, all right, all right, all right, you want 401 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:28.880