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 --> 00:00:07.360 affordable healthcare insurance to millions of Angelinos for over twenty 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.800 five years. And now your voice for Dodger Talk like 4 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:14.080 that David Vasse. 5 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:19.359 We are live at the Oakland Collie CM for Dodger 6 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:22.839 Talk until the bottom of the hour. Phone lines are 7 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:26.199 open at eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. 8 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.679 Dodgers fall to the A's tonight. Six to five eight 9 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.600 six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the 10 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:36.439 phone number we will get to your phone calls. We 11 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:40.719 will hear from Dave Robert Show, Hey Otani, and Gavin Stone. 12 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:43.560 But the Dodgers are struggling right now with a lot 13 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.640 of their players out, including Freddie Freeman, who is not 14 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:51.960 going to rejoin the Dodgers here in Oakland obviously, bigger 15 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.159 things going on with his family. And we're sending out 16 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:57.960 our thoughts and prayers. I know all of Los Angeles 17 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:01.719 is to little Max Free We're with you. We know 18 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:04.280 you got this, Max, and you got a great mom 19 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:09.000 and dad and grandpa Grandpa Freddie Freeman as well, So 20 00:01:09.239 --> 00:01:13.000 we're thinking about you, Max. And good news that Chelsea 21 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:17.359 Freeman tweeted out yesterday that Max is starting to get 22 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.879 on the right track to recovery and handling this syndrome 23 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:25.959 that unfortunately he's been hit with. So if I could, 24 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:28.760 I don't dedicate shows to anybody, but if I could 25 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.640 dedicate a show, it would be to Max Freeman, Freddie 26 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:36.200 Freeman and the rest of their family, because that's bigger 27 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:40.079 than baseball. So Freddie's out for this series, don't know 28 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:44.159 when he's coming back. Mookie Betts is out, Max Munsey 29 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.680 is out, No, Miguel Rojas and the Dodgers are waiting 30 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:53.120 on Tommy Edmond to get his right ankle straight for 31 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.599 him to be a contributor to this roster after they 32 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.959 traded for him. So you got guys like Kevin Bugey 33 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:03.640 playing first base. You got Keithy Hernandez playing third base. 34 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:07.159 Kevin Kiermeier got the start in center field tonight. He 35 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:09.840 was zero for two in his Dodger debut. You got 36 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.199 Nick on med playing shortstop. I mean, Cavin Bigio, Kevin 37 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:18.800 Kiermeyer and Nick amed were all designated for assignments by 38 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:22.120 their teams, and they're in the starting lineup in the 39 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:26.199 same lineup for the Dodgers. Jason Hayward is struggling. He's 40 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:30.479 not hitting. I'm sure Jason is still feeling the effects 41 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:34.240 of the different back injury that he suffered when he 42 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:36.919 tried to rob Jock Peterson of a home run about 43 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.680 three weeks ago. He obviously was having some issues earlier 44 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.400 in the season with it as well, So he just 45 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.560 does not look like the same Jason Hayward that we 46 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:50.719 saw the first part of spring training and the Jason 47 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:54.759 Hayward we saw last year. You got Gavin Lux starting 48 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:57.719 at second base and hitting third for the Dodgers. Gavin 49 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.080 Lux right now is the Dodgers best hitter, make no 50 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:05.520 mistake about her, or hottest hitter. You got Will Smith struggling. 51 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:08.960 He's hitting two oh eight with an ops of seven 52 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.039 ten since May one. So you can judge and panic 53 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:16.080 and freak out all you want, but I'm a big 54 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:20.080 believer when the Dodgers get their guys back, they are 55 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.960 going to have to start playing their best baseball of 56 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.520 the season and are not going to have a lot 57 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.159 of time to do it, because once they get whole, 58 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:33.360 it's probably a month plus a month and ten days 59 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:36.599 they probably have all their guys back. Not to mention 60 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:41.319 their bullpen of Michael Grove, Bruce Star graderol Ryan Brazier. 61 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:46.280 They need those guys back, they need Yamamoto back. They're 62 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.039 going to see what they got with Walker Buehler. I've 63 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:53.479 said all season long, I'm not really I don't really 64 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.560 have high expectations for a guy that's missed two years 65 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:00.800 with Tommy John surgery and after or what we saw 66 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:04.280 earlier in the season. I don't know how your expectations 67 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:08.759 could be any higher than that. Whatever he gives you 68 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:14.159 or doesn't give you is kind of a neutral effect 69 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.279 on this team because the Dodgers, I feel like, built 70 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:22.839 this team to a certain extent, not expecting a lot 71 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:26.319 out of Walker Buller, but hoping he could come back, 72 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:29.720 and so far it just hasn't gone that way. And 73 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:33.000 Bobby Miller taking a step back in his second season 74 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:38.079 obviously was not something the Dodgers envisioned, and that's where 75 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:40.920 they're at right now. But right now, their lineup is 76 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:44.560 a skeleton of what it will look like in the 77 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:48.639 next two to three weeks because Mookie Bets, Max Munsey, 78 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:52.399 and Tommy Edman are all expected to participate in a 79 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:57.279 simulated game next week at Dodgers stadium. That's a consolation 80 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.759 prize right now. The Dodgers have got to find out 81 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:05.439 how to win games, and it starts with their starting pitching. 82 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:11.199 They have not gotten good starting pitching consistently. Tyler Glass. Now, 83 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.480 when seven innings in his last start, that's probably the 84 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:17.160 best start the Dodgers have gotten out of a starter 85 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:21.839 since the beginning of July. Because since the beginning of July, 86 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:26.560 only five innings separate how many innings the Dodgers starters 87 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:31.319 have pitched compared to the relievers. That's just not going 88 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.360 to get it done. Eight six, six, nine, seven, two, 89 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:37.560 five seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs right 90 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:41.240 now to hear from the manager, Dave roberts Well. 91 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.120 I thought the ninth we took some good at beats, 92 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:48.399 obviously got show hate to the plate, and I thought, tonight, 93 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:51.399 you know, he just missed a couple homers early, took 94 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.560 some good swings and squared one up in the ninth, 95 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:57.639 which is good to see. Love the fight. We kept going, 96 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:02.240 you know, strikeouts, you know, eleven strikeouts against a guy 97 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.240 that really doesn't strike me any guys out, and we 98 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:09.360 just can't right now find ways to build innings. Get hits, 99 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.439 and you know, it's hard when you're not getting hits 100 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:14.560 and you're striking out at the clip where you are 101 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:19.160 right now. And I thought Gavin was good early, and 102 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:23.120 you know, you can just tell that Langeliers was hunting 103 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:26.319 that change up that second at bat and get another 104 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:30.160 home run on a high ball to Smith that he 105 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.680 got him earlier, and then just kind of the doubles 106 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.399 started happening for me. I just felt we had to 107 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:40.480 try to keep that getting close with Gavin tonight. 108 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:42.000 What are you even seeing from him? And what do 109 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:43.920 you think is just been kind of leading to the 110 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:45.759 long ball. It seems like that's been kind of the 111 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.120 one thing that's been getting tenssively, you know. 112 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.920 I think tonight, I don't know if that Smith pitch 113 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.639 was was a bad pitch. It was a fastball count. 114 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:58.360 I think it was three to two and he put 115 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:01.759 goodwood on it. The change I think just it was 116 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:06.199 just elevated. I don't know, you know what the reason 117 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:11.279 behind the propensity recently for the long ball. You know, 118 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:12.639 he's a guy that's going to put the ball on 119 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.720 the ground work efficiently gets strike one, and I thought 120 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:17.920 he did that for three innings and then it just 121 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.360 got away from pretty quickly. 122 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:21.040 Before the game. 123 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:22.439 He's gonna throw more innings securely. 124 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:24.920 Ever, has is that a factor in his last month end? 125 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:27.680 You know what it might be. It might be. 126 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.720 You know, he's been our most consistent starter as far 127 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:35.519 as taking the baseball, giving us length. But I think 128 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:40.000 if you look back at since that New York start, 129 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:42.160 you know, it hasn't been what he was doing in 130 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:44.120 the first, you know, a few months of the season. 131 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.240 So I don't know if it's fatigue. You know, everything 132 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:51.040 I hear from our guys, he still feels strong. And 133 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:55.480 the fastball velocity at times during the inning during an 134 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:59.160 outing is right where in line with where it has been, 135 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:02.319 So that's a good I thought. Commanding of the baseball 136 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.079 tonight was good at times, and there are a couple 137 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:07.759 of balls that were just elevating and they got to 138 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:10.079 be able to, you know, move them forward. And you 139 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:13.800 know even that the bledat double it just found, you know, 140 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.600 got past Cavin right there. But you know, then there 141 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:22.319 was a hanging breaking ball another double. So yeah, I 142 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.879 don't know if it's a fatigue though, but it very 143 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:25.399 well could be. 144 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:29.120 That's Dave Roberts on sports Net LA and look, Gavin 145 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:32.360 Stone was not fooling anybody after the first couple of innings. 146 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:36.720 They were hitting the ball really hard. And look, Gavin 147 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:39.399 Stone's a rookie. He's in the second half of his 148 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:43.559 rookie season. This should not all be on him. Unfortunately, 149 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:47.480 that's where the Dodgers are in their season. But he's 150 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.279 got to find a way to get a second win 151 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.200 here down the stretch because he has been so good 152 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.519 the first half of the season. And I fully expect that. 153 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.000 The one thing that Gavin Stone has is that he 154 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:02.120 has that competitive to fight in him. He is not 155 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:05.080 going to just wilter on the mound there, and that's 156 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:07.240 what gives you hope that he'll find his way out 157 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:11.320 of this. And this is a seven point fifteen era 158 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.559 since his complete game shutout six starts ago on the 159 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:19.519 South side of Chicago. Athletics beat the Dodgers tonight six 160 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:22.039 to five, And I said coming into the game, I 161 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.559 was on with Rogan and Rodney earlier Petro some money 162 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.639 pregame show. They needed a really good start for Gavin Stone, 163 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.960 and Gavin Stone needed to keep the A's in the ballpark. 164 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:34.919 He was not able to do that and Joe Kelly 165 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:38.039 certainly was not able to do that. Joe Kelly, to me, 166 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.879 gave up the biggest hit of the game. He came 167 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:42.840 in to put out the fire and keep the game 168 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:45.799 four to two. Instead, he gave up a monster home 169 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:48.480 run to Brent Rooker made it six to two. That 170 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:51.159 was the difference in the game. A's beat the Dodgers 171 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:54.399 six to five. Let's go out to Sam Pedro. Eddie, 172 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:56.799 you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. 173 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.840 Eddie, Hey, David, thanks stake my call in. I was 174 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:05.440 gonna say power and praise to the Freeman Front family. Also, 175 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:09.080 you mentioned what I was going to talk about regarding 176 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:13.440 Will Smith. He's also in that same timeframe from May 177 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:18.080 to present. He's got twelve home runs and like thirty 178 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:22.039 three RBIs so he's down there too. But my question 179 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.679 really was do you think they should under the certain 180 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:30.279 conditions they're in with the lineup move showhy back a 181 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.600 couple spots so he can come up. 182 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:34.600 With a lot of show. Hey, Otani came up with 183 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:36.879 a lot of runners on base tonight. He just has 184 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:40.080 not been proficient with runners in scoring position. He came 185 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.279 up with the bases loaded in the seventh inning with 186 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:45.840 two outs, and it seemed like he was just trying 187 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:49.200 to do too much. In the ninth inning, he seemed 188 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:52.240 a lot more within himself. So no, I think Otani 189 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:54.639 is perfect where he's at. If you want to talk 190 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:59.559 about lineup adjustments, the Dodgers just acquired Ahmed Rosario, who 191 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:03.600 is hitting three hundred against righty's three hundred plus against lefties. 192 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.120 He should be starting at shortstop. The Dodgers need offense, 193 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:10.799 and Ahmed Rosario should be starting at shortstop. 194 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:12.320 Yeah, I agree with that. 195 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.480 All right, thanks for the phone call. Let's go out 196 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:18.440 to Brad and Mission Viejo. How you doing, Brad. 197 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:21.159 Hi pretty good? A quick question and in a comment, 198 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:25.240 how do you think copex and a figure in the 199 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:28.240 bullpen moving forward? Even with the guys coming back? Is 200 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.759 he going to be prominently featured? 201 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:34.360 He's going to be part of a very strong bullpen 202 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.879 when Bruce Darr Graderol comes back and you give these 203 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.080 guys like Daniel Hudson, Blake trin In and Evan Phillips 204 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:44.240 some support in that bullpen to go along with Alex 205 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:47.240 Vesi and Anthony Banda. When you get those guys back 206 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:51.039 with Kopek, Brad, that's going to be a power armed bullpen. 207 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:54.679 That'll be a great bullpen to have going into the postseason. 208 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:58.440 If Kopek can throw strikes. When he throws strikes, he's 209 00:11:58.480 --> 00:11:59.600 a really good pitcher. 210 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:02.440 Yeah, and the other stinger is gonna say, was the 211 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.159 a's or no stranger to offense? You know, they went 212 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:07.759 to Philly and hit eight home runs. If you might 213 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.679 have seen that in the paper. They they can, they 214 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:12.360 can take it out of the park. There's no doubt 215 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:12.799 about it. 216 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:16.240 No doubt. That's how they score runs. They slug and 217 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:19.080 that's what they did tonight hitting three home runs and 218 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:23.919 that was basically their six runs tonight eight six, six, seven, 219 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.879 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's head back 220 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:29.960 downstairs right now to here from Dodgers D eight show, 221 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.840 Hey Otani, who hit a three run home run with 222 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:34.840 two outs in the ninth inning tonight? 223 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.200 So hey, does when you look at your avats this evening, 224 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:39.600 did it kind of feel like it was a build 225 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:41.200 up for that home run late in the game? 226 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:47.840 Oh sha't see home you you much get amost mine 227 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:52.519 on I go you on ah kanji like a home 228 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:55.919 did the kanji Kanji is gonna. 229 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:00.080 Let's come on for those is sane Shorty k I 230 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:00.279 don't know. 231 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:06.799 Jobe Skiple, Mmm. 232 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:17.159 Some of mine? That's ok, uh, Domins. 233 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.200 Just to be honest, the last several games, I haven't 234 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.799 been too uh you know, feeling too great at the 235 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:26.080 play and the previous at bat before that home run 236 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.799 at that if I could have you know, uh, contributed 237 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:32.559 a little bit more, I think we wouldn't have been 238 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:36.000 in that spot late in the inning, uh the next inning. 239 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:39.679 So the emotions that you expressed, was that just reflection 240 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.039 I guess of that feeling and that frustration. 241 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:46.559 Franustoration the home run. That's as kind it. 242 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.240 So it's not. 243 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:52.240 It's not good if you. 244 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:55.200 Uh, it's all. 245 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.759 Sort of mind William. 246 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:00.279 That's yeah. 247 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.120 Yeah, I thought I could have done a little bit 248 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:10.200 more to help the team the last three at bats 249 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.919 and just being able to you know, I just was 250 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:16.919 very you know, I felt the urgency to be able 251 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:18.759 to do something at that at that. 252 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:25.200 All right, there is showhil Tani with interpreter will Ireton 253 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:30.480 on sports Net. La Otani obviously understands the situation the 254 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:34.639 Dodgers need him to perform without Freddy Freeman. Without Mooki Bets, 255 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:37.759 without Max Munsey. The list goes on and on, and 256 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:41.320 before that ninth inning home run with two outs, Otani 257 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:45.639 was old for his last fifteen eight six six eight 258 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.759 seven two five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna 259 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:51.000 take a time out here on Dodger Talk. We have 260 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:54.320 three lines open at eight six six nine eighty seven 261 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:57.279 two five seventy. When we come back, more of your 262 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:00.840 phone calls. Also an update on mouk Bets and the 263 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:04.600 position he made play when he returns. And also we 264 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:07.399 have a couple of highlights to share from around Major 265 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:10.480 League Baseball. A couple of big things happen that we'll 266 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:12.200 share with you. I'm sure you know one of them. 267 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.559 Snel Zilla throwing a no hitter. We'll let you hear 268 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:19.559 the final call of the no hitter in Cincinnati after 269 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.480 the Dodgers fall to the Athletics tonight six to five 270 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:25.080 on a five to seventy LA Sports. 271 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:32.840 On air at AM five to seventy, online at AM 272 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:37.200 five seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast 273 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:38.759 on the iHeartRadio app. 274 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.840 This is Dodger Talk with David Bassi. 275 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.519 Two down and the pitch fromestis to Hernandez swung on well, 276 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:49.039 hits a left going back. 277 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:50.639 As Miguel ander Harn's. 278 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:53.039 At the track, he looks up and has gone hondre 279 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:57.639 on a two runs shot for Taioscar Hernandez's twenty third 280 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:00.600 and the Dodgers jump on the board first. 281 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:05.360 Is two to nothing. Things were looking good in Oakland early, 282 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:08.399 a two out, two run home run by ta Oscar 283 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:12.840 Hernandez to give the Dodgers an early two to nothing lead. Unfortunately, 284 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.120 they gave it back and then some as Oakland scored 285 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:19.440 four runs in the fourth inning off of Gavin Stone 286 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:22.799 and Joe Kelly, and Oakland beats the Dodgers in Game 287 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.639 one of this three game series six to five. Daniels 288 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:30.279 Jewelers is the official sponsor of the Trip around the Diamond. 289 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:34.240 Stop by any Daniel's location and say home run for 290 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:37.639 your free team bracelet and fifty dollars gift card toward 291 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:41.360 any purchase of ninety nine dollars or more. Daniels Jewelers 292 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:44.679 own the Dream eight six, six, nine to eighty seven 293 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.360 two five seventy is the phone number you know for 294 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:53.600 the last week ten days, I would say. Dave Roberts 295 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:56.039 has been asked about where Mookie Betts is going to 296 00:16:56.159 --> 00:17:01.279 play when he returns off the IL. And look, there 297 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.480 are a lot of questions surrounding the Dodgers and how 298 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:07.319 the pieces to their puzzle are going to fit when 299 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:10.559 all these players come off the IL as they're expecting. 300 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.359 But for anybody to think that it's a fore gone 301 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:17.640 conclusion that Mookie Betts is going to be forced to 302 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.920 go to right field, think again. I mean, look at 303 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:25.400 Nick al Med right now. He's a really good defensive shortstop. 304 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:28.640 But if you're going to play Kevin Kiermeyer and Nick 305 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:31.759 almd on the same day and you're gonna have them 306 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:34.880 hitting eight to nine for defense, you're not going to 307 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:37.240 score a lot of runs. I got news for you. 308 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:41.920 So that's why I still earlier in the week, I thought, 309 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:45.960 for sure, there's no chance Mooki plays shortstop when he 310 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:48.640 comes back. But when you see this offense and you 311 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:51.920 see the lack of production at shortstop, it makes you 312 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:55.720 give pause. And here was Dave Roberts in San Diego 313 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:58.960 when he was asked, probably for the fiftieth time in 314 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:02.000 the last six days, where Mookie Betts is going to 315 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:03.319 play when he returns. 316 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:07.680 You know, right now, I talk to Mooki today. That's 317 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:14.440 his intent, and I welcome that. I support that. As 318 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:18.279 we get to the middle of August when we're expecting 319 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:21.759 him back, I don't know if that's going to change. 320 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:25.400 I really don't. I know that we have two gold 321 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:29.599 Gloves shortstops, one guy that's won a couple of gold 322 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:33.240 Gloves and another guy that probably could have on our roster. 323 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:37.839 So and we got a second base and that's playing 324 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:41.680 you know, his base his best baseball in the last 325 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:45.279 few years. So that shouldn't be lost on anyone. It's 326 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:47.839 certainly not lost on me. And we got guys that 327 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:51.519 can really defend on the offield. So I'm gonna have 328 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:53.920 a conversation with Mooki and we'll figure out what's best 329 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:55.000 for him. 330 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:57.279 As well as our ball club, you know, when the 331 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:59.400 time comes. So I don't I can't even answer that 332 00:18:59.440 --> 00:18:59.799 old him. 333 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:05.319 There no doubt he cannot answer that. Right now. Jason 334 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:07.720 Hayward is struggling at the plate. But if you bring 335 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.839 back Tommy Edmond and he's part of your outfield dynamic, 336 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:13.880 then where does Mookie Bets go? Does he stay in 337 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.480 right field? There are a lot of moving parts, and look, 338 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:19.960 Mookie Betts last year did a great job and had 339 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:23.880 one of his actually his best offensive season with the Dodgers, 340 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:27.880 moving from right field to second base a few different times, 341 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:33.799 sometimes in the same game. I can envision a situation 342 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:38.240 in the postseason where Mookie Betts is not playing shortstop, 343 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:43.000 where Miguel Rojas or Nick Ahmed is playing shortstop, depending 344 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:46.640 on if Rojas can come back from his right forearm 345 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:50.759 strain or tightness, whatever they're calling it. But if Rojas 346 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:54.039 doesn't come back, let's just say Nick Ahmed is the shortstop. 347 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:58.160 I would personally like to have a sure handed shortstop 348 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:03.359 in the postseason. Now where does that leave Mookie Betts. 349 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:05.640 It leaves him in a spot to play right field 350 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:09.559 because I am still believing in Gavin Lux doing what 351 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:12.799 he's doing right now. He has turned the corner to 352 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:15.799 his season, whether it's talking to his uncle during the 353 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:18.559 All Star break, whether it's him trusting his right leg. 354 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:23.480 Something has changed where he is a much more aggressive 355 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:28.000 and powerful hitter that we saw than we saw in 356 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:31.279 the first half of the season. So second base is 357 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:33.720 out of the question if Gavin Lux is playing the 358 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:37.000 way he's playing right now, So it's either shortstop or 359 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:41.359 right field, and in a critical postseason game, I'd rather 360 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:46.160 have a goal glove shortstop than having Mookie Betts at shortstop. 361 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:49.480 But all of that is still up in the air. 362 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:53.480 I mean, we have seen so many guys get hurt 363 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:58.200 or something pop up, and all of the Dodger plans 364 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:03.440 have gone sideways. So back to my initial point, you 365 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:06.599 can't tell me where Mookie Bets is going to play, 366 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:09.480 or you can't tell me Mookie Bets is not going 367 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:12.799 to play shortstop when he comes back, especially when we're 368 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:16.000 looking at an offense like this right now, and you're 369 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:20.000 looking at an infield like this right now. But one 370 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:23.160 thing is certain, second base is out of the question. Now. 371 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:27.640 Mookie Bets is either playing shortstop or he's playing right field. 372 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:31.200 And Gavin Lucks right now, how can you even think 373 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:35.640 about anybody else playing second base. You're finally getting the 374 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:40.359 Gavin Lucks that you wanted. He's staying there. Eight six 375 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:43.359 six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. 376 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:47.680 The Dodgers now just four games ahead of the Arizona 377 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:51.559 Diamondbacks in the NL West. Arizona came back in Pittsburgh 378 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:55.400 to beat the Pirates nine to eight. The Padres had 379 00:21:55.480 --> 00:22:00.559 their usual letdown after a Dodgers big series win for them. 380 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:04.279 They lose to the Rockies at Peco Park. So the 381 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:07.759 Padres now four and a half games back of the Dodgers, 382 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:12.119 while Arizona is in second place, four games back and 383 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:16.759 getting their starting rotation healthy. Eduardo Rodriguez is coming back, 384 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:20.400 Merrill Kelly is expected back, and don't look now, Corbyn 385 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:24.599 Carroll offensively has gotten his season on track. Let's go 386 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:27.799 out to downy Frank. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Frank? 387 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:31.960 Pretty down, pretty down? I think we're taking a call. 388 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:36.720 First of all, I just wanted to talk about the 389 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:40.319 bottom of the lineup. I know, I know where Mickey, Mookie, 390 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:43.920 Bett and Monty and Freeman is out right now. I 391 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.960 think we're gonna be okay. But right now we have 392 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:48.960 got a weather the storm at least for a couple 393 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:52.839 of weeks at least to maintain that four or three 394 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:55.559 or fight five game lead over the Pockets or the 395 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:58.720 Arizona dialing back. I just think that from one to 396 00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:05.400 four those are going to be our run and opposing 397 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:09.279 pieces are looking at our lineup, then nothing but automatic 398 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:13.160 out after Toccer Hernandez or Calvin looked all the way 399 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:17.599 to the night hitter, and unfortunately the trading tail line 400 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:20.319 came and left, and all we got was utility there 401 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:23.440