Speaker 1: One thing about this gem is the invisible and tangibles
Speaker 1: that they have.
Speaker 2: This team is really becoming a family.
Speaker 3: Let's not play one on Tom.
Speaker 4: Let's I love writing these guys after the shows and
Speaker 4: just thank you me are.
Speaker 5: Your attention, your fire.
Speaker 6: This is world champion Dodgers, world championing.
Speaker 5: For a small salt time they get a people what
Speaker 5: they want to die too? In a row two is special.
Speaker 5: I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. One of a
Speaker 5: con this ball go on?
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Speaker 5: Dodger Talk, David Basse. Welcome to Dodger Talk.
Speaker 6: David Basse, with you until eight thirty tonight right here
Speaker 6: on a five seventy LA Sports. After the Dodgers fall
Speaker 6: to the Astros for the second straight game today, the
Speaker 6: final score six to four, and like I said after
Speaker 6: last night's game, I know it was skewed. It was
Speaker 6: not the Dodgers' best pitchers last night, as the Astros
Speaker 6: beat them up eighteen to one, including a ten run
Speaker 6: sixth inning against Noah Davis.
Speaker 5: Today just again proves.
Speaker 6: That this is the best team the Dodgers have played.
Speaker 6: And the reality is the Astros are red hot. They're
Speaker 6: the best team with the best records since June first.
Speaker 6: The Dodgers are not playing well. That was evident right now,
Speaker 6: and even Dave Roberts gave us a warning during that
Speaker 6: White Sox series. Even though the Dodgers swept the White Sox,
Speaker 6: they took two out of three in Kansas City, they
Speaker 6: swept the Rockies, we all know those teams are nowhere
Speaker 6: near the caliber of team the Astros are. So if
Speaker 6: you're gonna make defensive mistakes, you're gonna make base running mistakes,
Speaker 6: You're going to make sequencing mistakes behind the player, the
Speaker 6: Astros are going to make you pay for it. And
Speaker 6: that's exactly what they did. Miguel Roja so rough day
Speaker 6: early at third base today, he made a key error
Speaker 6: in the third inning. He also couldn't turn sure inning
Speaker 6: ending double play in the fourth inning. He did make
Speaker 6: up for it with a two run home run. And
Speaker 6: of course we talked about it, and I don't want
Speaker 6: to keep harping on it.
Speaker 5: Because Mooki is such a great player.
Speaker 6: He has done so many good things since he got
Speaker 6: here in twenty twenty, but this has not been a
Speaker 6: Mookie Betts caliber season.
Speaker 5: And I'm not buying that it's shortstop.
Speaker 6: Because he hit really well last year the first half
Speaker 6: of the season playing shortstop and putting in way more
Speaker 6: effort in time to play catch up to play that position,
Speaker 6: but hitting two forty nine and an ops of seven
Speaker 6: to eighteen, not to mention in his last thirty games,
Speaker 6: just nonexistent offense up until recently. You look at what
Speaker 6: he's done in his last thirty games, two thirty five
Speaker 6: batting average, two ninety two on base a three seventy
Speaker 6: slugging percentage.
Speaker 5: That's just not Mookie Betts.
Speaker 6: So I said this earlier in the homestand I'm a
Speaker 6: big advocate for Mooki Bets not to be voted in
Speaker 6: by the players or coaches to be one of the
Speaker 6: backup shortstops on this year's National League team. And quite honestly,
Speaker 6: I don't believe he's been better than Lindor or even
Speaker 6: Elie de la Cruz this year. I mean, that's the reality. Uh,
Speaker 6: that is the reality. But the season's not over and
Speaker 6: it's not made or broken at the All Star break
Speaker 6: or by making an All Star team. I firmly believe
Speaker 6: Mookie Bets is going to have a monster second half.
Speaker 6: In fact, MOOKI loves the month of August, and I
Speaker 6: would expect a big July, a big August, and a
Speaker 6: big run towards October.
Speaker 5: But today, because of everything that I just.
Speaker 6: Said about his season so far, in the seventh inning,
Speaker 6: Mookie Betts tried to do too much and tried to
Speaker 6: make up for the last thirty games or forty games
Speaker 6: by trying to go from second to third.
Speaker 5: That just wasn't the right decision, and he knew it.
Speaker 6: If you saw the replay and the Fox cameras on
Speaker 6: him in the dugout, he knew it.
Speaker 5: He knew he made a mistake.
Speaker 6: And I would expect for that same situation not to
Speaker 6: happen again this year because he's the tying run. He
Speaker 6: got a gift, a gift passed to second base because
Speaker 6: that should have been an out in left field that
Speaker 6: should have been caught by Cooper Hummel. So he should
Speaker 6: have just taken the gift and stood at second base.
Speaker 6: Muki has said this time and time again, he's not
Speaker 6: that fast. Yeah, you're not fast enough to get from
Speaker 6: home to third base on a ball to the wall
Speaker 6: in left field, and they made a great play to
Speaker 6: get the relay in.
Speaker 5: And it just wasn't a good play and Mooki knew it.
Speaker 6: But in that sweet sequence of events, Mooki thrown out,
Speaker 6: you don't have the time run on base. And then
Speaker 6: in the eighth inning, Altuve hits a rocket off the
Speaker 6: low base of the short wall in left field and
Speaker 6: keyk can't come up with it. You know, I'm not
Speaker 6: gonna say Kei K misplayed that completely. You could obviously
Speaker 6: tell when he was standing out there he was upset
Speaker 6: with himself because he felt like he should have played
Speaker 6: it better and maybe played the Karen better. All right,
Speaker 6: but that's also led to Altuve being at third base
Speaker 6: and scoring on a sack fly, So you had a
Speaker 6: big extra run there by the Astros after Mooki was
Speaker 6: thrown out to lead off the seventh inning. Eight six
Speaker 6: six seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 6: head downstairs right now to hear from Mookie Betts hoop?
Speaker 1: Is that just on that one where you're going for third,
Speaker 1: just kind of misreading the thrower.
Speaker 2: Not ready to throw it.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 4: Uh, when I was running, I was just like, if
Speaker 4: he throws it and if I see it not going
Speaker 4: towards their base, because it.
Speaker 1: Was more towards shortstops.
Speaker 5: So that's why I just kept going because.
Speaker 4: I figure behind him usually their base and has lined
Speaker 4: up to third, but he wasn't in line with their
Speaker 4: so's a mysterad for sure.
Speaker 1: Quacking when you see what what Connor is able to
Speaker 1: do with just two innings and glasshows coming, Snow's coming?
Speaker 1: How couldes that feel for the second half when you
Speaker 1: guys are already holding the best record.
Speaker 5: Base, Uh, it don't matter.
Speaker 2: We got we gotta finish off.
Speaker 8: We've been we both in healthy for like a week.
Speaker 5: So you're asking him about Otani.
Speaker 1: Being able to just drive the ball a little bit
Speaker 1: more of the last couple of days that reflected as
Speaker 1: something you found at the plate or we'll see. I
Speaker 1: mean every time every time you guys a best and
Speaker 1: this question, I would go for twenty next.
Speaker 8: So we'll see.
Speaker 3: It with mar Burns.
Speaker 5: All right, there's mookie bats.
Speaker 6: Audio quality not great sports in La off today, Fox
Speaker 6: Sports in the house, So we procure that audio from
Speaker 6: one of those riders. I mean, come on You're really
Speaker 6: gonna ask him about Otani after this type of game.
Speaker 6: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 6: the phone number coming up In ten minutes you'll hear
Speaker 6: from blake'snew He gave us an update on where things
Speaker 6: are out with him after throwing the hitters for two
Speaker 6: innings today. Let's go out to Jackie, who is at
Speaker 6: Dodgers Stadium today. Hi, Jackie, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: Hello, how are you.
Speaker 5: Well?
Speaker 6: I don't like losing back to back games the way
Speaker 6: the Dodgers have to the Astros.
Speaker 5: Jackie, I'm just keeping it real well.
Speaker 9: I can respect that, but I'm pretty pretty good. I
Speaker 9: caught show Hay sun in the ninth today, so that
Speaker 9: was pretty lucky for me.
Speaker 5: What did you catch?
Speaker 9: I caught show Hay's follow ball in the ninth.
Speaker 8: Game.
Speaker 2: Oh cool?
Speaker 5: I wish it was a home run here?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I yeah.
Speaker 9: Well, I've got a question for you. I've become a
Speaker 9: huge Andy Pajes fan. Do you think he's gonna make
Speaker 9: the All Star team.
Speaker 6: That's a great question, Jackie. It's gonna be tough. He's
Speaker 6: gonna need an injury, I think to get on the
Speaker 6: All star reserves because having two cubs voted in and
Speaker 6: then Ronald ducunya Junior, So you got pcro Armstrong, Kyle
Speaker 6: Tucker and ronald'cunya junior as your starters. That means Juan
Speaker 6: Soto and James Wood are going to be reserves and
Speaker 6: Corbyn Carroll just came back. Ken Rosenthal was telling me
Speaker 6: he had like a bone ship in his left or
Speaker 6: right wrist, and he came back or is coming back,
Speaker 6: and he's had a great year, so he may be
Speaker 6: voted on. And if he's gonna sit it out, that
Speaker 6: would open the door for Paz and then we go
Speaker 6: back to every team having to be represented. Kyle Stowers
Speaker 6: of the marl is having a really good year among
Speaker 6: National League outfielders, so those would be your seven. And
Speaker 6: right now Pa has needs some help. All right, Thanks
Speaker 6: for the phone call. She caught a foul ball. Wasn't
Speaker 6: sure if it was a clean catch or it bounced
Speaker 6: a couple of times and it came to her.
Speaker 5: But that's always cool.
Speaker 6: You went home with a ball that Shoel Tani fouled off.
Speaker 6: Let's go out to west Lake Village. David, you're on
Speaker 6: Dodger Talk and I wasn't being sarcastic.
Speaker 5: That is exciting. How you doing, David?
Speaker 8: I'm I could be better, dv. I'm I'm a lifelong
Speaker 8: Dodger fan who hates to lose, and when they lose
Speaker 8: to the Astros, it make my blood boil. I had
Speaker 8: to take a walk in the park to calm down.
Speaker 8: I'm better now, but I gotta be honest. You know,
Speaker 8: the defense of this team, to me, is the biggest issue.
Speaker 8: And I'm sure this is going to fall upon deaf ears.
Speaker 8: But you know Mookie Betts, who is you know, categorized
Speaker 8: as the best team player and will do anything to
Speaker 8: help the team win. Does he understand that him playing
Speaker 8: shortstop makes the team weaker because the outfield is weaker
Speaker 8: when he's not out there. The outfield is slow when
Speaker 8: he's not out there. Tayo looks super uncomfortable in right field.
Speaker 8: He can't track the ball, his body language is terrible.
Speaker 8: Pa Haz, who has the strongest arm on the team,
Speaker 8: should be in right field if Muki doesn't want to
Speaker 8: do it. But I'm telling you, Luki and right, Paz
Speaker 8: in center and Tayo and left is gives the Dodgers
Speaker 8: the best chance to win another World Series. If it
Speaker 8: ain't broke, don't fix it. They won the World Series
Speaker 8: with Tao and left and Luky and right. Why why
Speaker 8: does Luki have to play shortstop? I don't care if
Speaker 8: he's above average? Freddie srumen Dale's you want.
Speaker 3: To hear me?
Speaker 6: What do you want to hear the answer and the
Speaker 6: thought process behind it. Sure, Miguel Rojas is another year older.
Speaker 6: I mean you can't run him out there every day.
Speaker 6: You could have a combination of Rojas, Kim and Tommy
Speaker 6: Edmond at shortstop, but now you need Rojas and Edmund
Speaker 6: to rotate at third base with the injury to Max Munsey.
Speaker 6: And what are you gonna do with Michael Conforto, who
Speaker 6: all of a sudden is starting to find it now.
Speaker 6: The reason why Taoscar Hernandez looks uncomfortable is I would
Speaker 6: venture to say he's not one hundred percent and his
Speaker 6: growing adductor that he went on the il with in
Speaker 6: May is probably limiting his range out there.
Speaker 5: Now.
Speaker 6: The argument would be David more than saying Mookie should
Speaker 6: go back to right field, and I wouldn't argue against that,
Speaker 6: But really what your argument should be is Taoscar Hernandez
Speaker 6: should go on the IL, get an extended break, and
Speaker 6: be healthy for the second half of the season.
Speaker 8: So why isn't he going on the IL?
Speaker 5: Great question, I don't have the answer.
Speaker 6: Well, I thank you for the phone call. That was
Speaker 6: too long of a dramatic pause. I thought you were done.
Speaker 6: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 6: the phone number. Look, I know on games like this,
Speaker 6: the default frustrated answer is going to be why is
Speaker 6: Mookie Betts playing shortstop? You can't ask that question after
Speaker 6: every loss and never bring it up when the Dodgers win.
Speaker 6: As of now, this is the best alignment for the Dodgers,
Speaker 6: especially with the injury to Muncie. Now I agree, and
Speaker 6: Dave Roberts even conceded this. In Kansas City, which is
Speaker 6: the biggest outfield in baseball, Confordo and Taascar Hernandez cannot
Speaker 6: cover a lot. You don't have a lot of range
Speaker 6: in the corners when those two guys are out there,
Speaker 6: no doubt about it. But the Dodgers have the best
Speaker 6: record in baseball by one game.
Speaker 5: With all that being said, so.
Speaker 6: You know, by the time October rolls around, I would
Speaker 6: imagine that they will have that outfield defense figured out,
Speaker 6: and they may figure it out at the trade deadline.
Speaker 6: Everybody's so fixated on pitching. I still believe the Dodgers
Speaker 6: are going to be looking for an outfielder. Eight six
Speaker 6: sieven two five seventy is the phone number. Astros beat
Speaker 6: the Dodgers six to four today. Let's go out to
Speaker 6: Newport Beach. Ken, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Ken?
Speaker 3: I mean, David so a couple of things. I didn't
Speaker 3: get a chance of call yesterday because I was out
Speaker 3: of town. But Dave started a pitcher that now in
Speaker 3: his last three games, which is ten inning, has given
Speaker 3: up fifteen runs, twenty five hits, and there was just
Speaker 3: one after another throwing them out there until all of
Speaker 3: a sudden you have a record for the most runs
Speaker 3: given them.
Speaker 5: Was that was Noah Davis in the sixth inning. And yeah, I.
Speaker 6: Don't get those type of things because you know, usually
Speaker 6: after five runs you take a picture out. But nonetheless, yeah,
Speaker 6: that Experius was tipping Bank. Asparius was tipping, He's going
Speaker 6: to go back to the role where he is best
Speaker 6: suited for.
Speaker 5: So that's a mood point at this on Saturday.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but It was embarrassing, especially when you're only got
Speaker 3: a lot of people there for fourth of July. Now,
Speaker 3: today was another thing that I'm a little confused about.
Speaker 3: First off, you've got some dollyes on aren't hitting. You
Speaker 3: mentioned Toss Grnandez last fifteen games is hitting one fifty
Speaker 3: two and o'tani last ten games is hitting two hundred.
Speaker 3: So here's what I don't get. Obviously, the mookie thing,
Speaker 3: that's a the time he's done that well with no outs,
Speaker 3: he's tried to get to third base and got thrown out.
Speaker 3: Those things happen, and maybe he thinks he's faster than
Speaker 3: he is. But in the ninth inning, when you're trying
Speaker 3: to make a comeback, Dave Hinch hits four. The only
Speaker 3: guy hitting the ball hard, which was Ruy's, and he
Speaker 3: was going to bring his left fielder, who's hitting one
Speaker 3: to seventy in. Well, Denny changed and brought a guy
Speaker 3: in who's brand new. He's been up twice for the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: He hasn't even hit a foul ball. Instead of leaving
Speaker 3: the guy Rudy, who's the guy hitting the ball. I mean,
Speaker 3: let's let's face it, Houston's really good. I mean, they're
Speaker 3: seventeen and five in the last twenty two games, and
Speaker 3: they're well, yeah, cloth they're.
Speaker 6: The best team, but either the best team the Dodgers
Speaker 6: have played this year and look that's not whereas yeah, well.
Speaker 5: I don't believe how he can't make this.
Speaker 6: Okay, I didn't like burning three players in the in
Speaker 6: the eighth inning.
Speaker 5: That's where you're talking about. It went from Rojas to
Speaker 5: Conforto to Ruiz.
Speaker 6: So when they brought in Hayter, Dave Roberts did not
Speaker 6: want Confordo facing him, and I could I can understand
Speaker 6: that thanks to the phone call, can appreciate it feels
Speaker 6: like you're a couple of steps behind on what's taken
Speaker 6: place here the first two games of the series. And look,
Speaker 6: I don't believe that's the reason why the Dodgers lost
Speaker 6: the game that Dave Roberts.
Speaker 5: Brought in Conforto then brought in.
Speaker 6: Ruiz to face Josh Hater, who is one of the
Speaker 6: best closers again this year, twenty five freaking saves for
Speaker 6: Josh Hater. I mean, come on, And by the way,
Speaker 6: he was considering signing with the Dodgers two off seasons ago,
Speaker 6: but chose to go with the ninety million upfront from
Speaker 6: the Astros. Eight six six nine to eighty seven two
Speaker 6: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to
Speaker 6: Phil who was at Dodgers Stadium today. I Phil, you're
Speaker 6: on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 4: Hey David, thanks for saving my call.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no problem. So I was.
Speaker 4: I was at the game, and I just so happened
Speaker 4: to be sitting in the Houston Astros friends and family section.
Speaker 4: So I'm not gonna lie that made it a little
Speaker 4: extra painful throughout the game.
Speaker 3: But uh, show.
Speaker 5: Him, Yeah.
Speaker 4: No, I had no idea, but but showho Tani was incredible.
Speaker 4: I think he started off the game just it just
Speaker 4: it seemed like all of his pitches off speed, fastball,
Speaker 4: everything was just awesome. So I walk away excited about that.
Speaker 4: The question that I have for you is, I mean,
Speaker 4: Miguil Rojas, It's kind of like two things are going on.
Speaker 4: He struggled fielding, but he's been awesome hitting and Robleski,
Speaker 4: you know, obviously was a little frustrating with his, uh
Speaker 4: his pitching. So I've heard you talk about Kasparius before
Speaker 4: the game, the role that he's going to settle back into.
Speaker 4: So I guess, just to leave off the questions I
Speaker 4: have is what do you think the Dodgers will do
Speaker 4: at third base until Monkey comes back? And then what
Speaker 4: do you think Robleski's role will be moving forward? Because
Speaker 4: I know he had such a great start last time,
Speaker 4: but then today was obviously a little shaky and scary.
Speaker 4: But those are my thoughts. Thank you so much for
Speaker 4: taking my call, David.
Speaker 6: Yeah, no problem, Phil. It might be Robleski now piggybacking Otani.
Speaker 6: He may be the guy that comes in after Otani
Speaker 6: after what we saw today, and look, Robleski was good.
Speaker 6: After the third inning, a misplay by Rojas that cost
Speaker 6: him a couple of runs gave the Astros extra outs,
Speaker 6: and also the predictable sequencing they called eighth straight fastballs
Speaker 6: and then first pitch to du Bond they go slider.
Speaker 6: I mean, I just didn't understand the pitch sequencing in
Speaker 6: that inning, and it seemed like they got on the
Speaker 6: same page after that. But I still believe in he
Speaker 6: has a role in these type of situations. And as
Speaker 6: far as what the Dodgers plan to do at third base,
Speaker 6: it's going to be a combination of Miguel Rojas, Key
Speaker 6: k Hernandez.
Speaker 5: And Tommy Edmund.
Speaker 6: I would love to see key K Hernandez get another
Speaker 6: runway the way he did last year when Munsey was out.
Speaker 6: I know he didn't hit great, but I like this
Speaker 6: plan of rotating these three guys. But I certainly would
Speaker 6: do a lot more of Edmund. And you know I
Speaker 6: shouldn't say that I would. I would say Edmund Rojas
Speaker 6: Key K is the right trio because Rojas has been
Speaker 6: a very good regular season player for the Dodgers the
Speaker 6: last couple of years. Eight six, six nine, eight seven,
Speaker 6: two five seventy is the phone number. We're going to
Speaker 6: take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When we
Speaker 6: come back, well check in with Jose Mota. Also, you'll
Speaker 6: hear from Blake Snell, who gave us an update on
Speaker 6: how he's feeling after throwing to hit us for two
Speaker 6: innings today at Dodgers Stadium. Also, Blake Trinon did the
Speaker 6: same and Tryon's feeling good, he told Rick Monday.
Speaker 5: He is extremely extremely close.
Speaker 6: So there's a very good chance you could see Blake
Speaker 6: trining right after the All Star break or a couple
Speaker 6: of weeks after that.
Speaker 5: So that's great news.
Speaker 6: More Dodger Talk live from Dodgers Stadium around the corner
Speaker 6: after the Astros beat the Dodgers six to four on
Speaker 6: a five to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 5: This is Dodger Talk with David Bassan in.
Speaker 8: The last twenty two games.
Speaker 5: Gets the ball in the air left field. This is deep,
Speaker 5: this is back toward the wall. It is gone.
Speaker 7: Has Mookie Betts found the power stroke a solo home run?
Speaker 7: He celebrates between second and third. Hello, high five from
Speaker 7: gino Ebol. He's coming home and given the Dodgers they
Speaker 7: won nothing.
Speaker 6: Lead hooky bet showing signs of life with the bat
Speaker 6: during the home stand here at Dodgers Stadium. Unfortunately, it
Speaker 6: wasn't enough, as the Dodgers fall to the Astros six
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Speaker 5: the horn with Jose Mota. All right, Jose Mota. Last
Speaker 5: night was ugly.
Speaker 6: Today it was costly mistakes for the Dodgers. I felt like,
Speaker 6: as much as the Astros won the game, the Dodgers
Speaker 6: beat themselves in many ways.
Speaker 2: Well, I think we've got the conversation all the way
Speaker 2: through the spring training. I said, how do you beat
Speaker 2: the Dodgers? Well, who can beat the Dodgers? The Dodgers
Speaker 2: can beat the Dodgers. And that is what we saw
Speaker 2: today from the pitching and relief by Rubleski. No matter
Speaker 2: what we said about the mistakes were made against teams
Speaker 2: like the Astros, against teams that are elite teams, you're
Speaker 2: going to be exposed a little bit more because everything's
Speaker 2: going to cost a little bit more too. But if
Speaker 2: you avoid a beginning in the fourth inning, we're not
Speaker 2: even talking as highly or is weighted with the mistakes
Speaker 2: that may. But for sure, you got to play cleaner
Speaker 2: baseball all the way around, starting with the guy on
Speaker 2: the mound where it always falls.
Speaker 6: Jose, do you believe that this is the best team
Speaker 6: the Dodgers have seen this year?
Speaker 2: It is the best team in many ways. The deepest lineup,
Speaker 2: the grinding lineup, they can for power, they put the
Speaker 2: ball in play, and then the starting pitching. I mean
Speaker 2: they strike out a lot of people, obviously more than
Speaker 2: anybody in baseball per game. They don't walk a lot
Speaker 2: of guys. They are three walks nine innings. So that
Speaker 2: just tells you about how good they are through their
Speaker 2: you know, thirty men staff, and then with a lineup
Speaker 2: that parentis who's at a thirty homeer guy betting lead
Speaker 2: up because he averages four point four pitches per play appearance,
Speaker 2: and that's things that you're sacrificed him because you know
Speaker 2: it's a better match. So Joe Spott has not been
Speaker 2: given a lot of credit, but for sure he knows
Speaker 2: how to manage his team. They again did not get
Speaker 2: after a good start and never panic. But for sure
Speaker 2: they know how to play because they have some very
Speaker 2: good gootter leadership.
Speaker 6: And they don't even have Jeremy Payna or your Done
Speaker 6: Alpharez in their lineup.
Speaker 2: Right, those are two guys that you know, are our
Speaker 2: premier guys pena shortstop. We've seen the way he's been
Speaker 2: missing short stop this year so far since the injury
Speaker 2: and jorn On Oliver's we know one swing can change everything.
Speaker 2: But hey, you know what, it's not a bad thing
Speaker 2: when these things happen. It's never fun to lose, but
Speaker 2: you need these things to at least expose themselves to
Speaker 2: you to know that you're not there yet. And as
Speaker 2: you mentioned, Dave Roberts mentioned this against the White Taks,
Speaker 2: a team that you can get away will make mistakes
Speaker 2: like this, but overall, it is a game based on mistakes.
Speaker 2: You have to correct address them. That's why I guy
Speaker 2: takes VP. That's why I think batting practice. That's what
Speaker 2: guys take extra VP. They take ground balls and walk
Speaker 2: in all the plays because you're parn to make mistakes
Speaker 2: in this game, but for sure, you got to minimize
Speaker 2: it when it comes down to playing championship type caliber baseball.
Speaker 6: Jose, when we had Tioscar Hernandez on the pregame show
Speaker 6: the first day in Kansas City, he told us he
Speaker 6: was not going to participate in the Home Run Derby
Speaker 6: this year because he thought it was too fatiguing, and
Speaker 6: he didn't want to compromise his growing adductor injury that
Speaker 6: he had in May where he went on the IL.
Speaker 6: I know ta Oscar is a guy like Freddie Freeman
Speaker 6: that wants to be out there every day.
Speaker 5: But do you.
Speaker 6: Believe it would be beneficial for him and the Dodgers
Speaker 6: to take the rest of the first half off and
Speaker 6: come back strong for the second half schedule.
Speaker 2: In terms of not participating. I'm all for it. I
Speaker 2: spoke with to Oscar about that too. Even when the
Speaker 2: new rules becomes a little bit more grinding, and he
Speaker 2: says the recovery, Thomas, you don't feel it right away.
Speaker 2: It's just a couple of days later because you're you're
Speaker 2: talking so much with your hips and you're you're firing
Speaker 2: through with so many muscles, and you're trying to stand
Speaker 2: the ball. The concentrations and the focus. It takes a
Speaker 2: lot out of you. But we know is a color
Speaker 2: called you know said before, he's not moving very well
Speaker 2: right now. We know that the first jump, the first step,
Speaker 2: that quickness is not there. Kaskar is a guy that
Speaker 2: played at very decent outfield last year, even though not
Speaker 2: the best out field for in terms of the metrics
Speaker 2: and things like that. But he made plays and this
Speaker 2: year this season started off with guys taking the extra base.
Speaker 2: He made the adjustment there. But now we know that
Speaker 2: the first step maybe where you think about it because
Speaker 2: you're hurting, or at least they're not comfortable, you don't
Speaker 2: cover as much ground because there's some plays in Kansas
Speaker 2: City play here that needs will be made and hopefully
Speaker 2: the body will take care of himself in the break.
Speaker 6: So do you think he should maybe take the next
Speaker 6: road trip off too.
Speaker 5: That's what I feel like.
Speaker 6: You know, if he's not doesn't have the mobility right now, Oh,
Speaker 6: it's not going to get better just with two or
Speaker 6: three days off.
Speaker 2: No, I don't want to lose to Oscar for that
Speaker 2: prolonged time because he'll lose his timing, He'll loses, you know,
Speaker 2: rhythm at the plate. I want to see him hit
Speaker 2: where they're going in Milwaukee and get his confidence back,
Speaker 2: and I want to see him go out them play
Speaker 2: and square go those gaps against the Giants. So I
Speaker 2: need him in that lineup right now. Let things fix
Speaker 2: themselves out there in the outfield the way they're supposed
Speaker 2: to do.
Speaker 6: Okay, that's a big outfield at Miller Park and an
Speaker 6: even bigger right field at Oracle Park.
Speaker 2: Hey, you get paid a lot of money, go out
Speaker 2: there and get it done. You got to make adjustment somehow,
Speaker 2: And he's got a great staff to allow him to
Speaker 2: position himself better according to what he's going through. But
Speaker 2: I know that bad He needs to play big and
Speaker 2: they need him right now.
Speaker 5: Jose Mode is joining us.
Speaker 6: After the Dodgers fall to the Astro six to four.
Speaker 6: Let's close out with Otani. Not so much about what
Speaker 6: you saw the pitching wise, but do you believe it's
Speaker 6: working out with him pitching and leading off, especially at home.
Speaker 2: If he's see the results, you're going to say no.
Speaker 2: But hopefully they're looking into it a little bit closer
Speaker 2: as to the rush to get to the play pitching
Speaker 2: or not. On days that he's not pitching, he hasn't
Speaker 2: looked so that great. I mean, I think right now
Speaker 2: his foster's not right. Position is not right, as we say,
Speaker 2: his nose is way too far from the point of contact,
Speaker 2: and he needs to get back and away from the heels,
Speaker 2: and that's who he needs to be scored up. And
Speaker 2: just think about singles up the middle to get scored up.
Speaker 2: But if Tom progresses now that he's a little bit older,
Speaker 2: obviously he's happy birthday show. Those things need to be
Speaker 2: looked at because obviously you can't treat him the way
Speaker 2: he was treated back six years ago because things have changed.
Speaker 2: But if he needs a little more of a breathing
Speaker 2: between at bets, then things need to be considered. But
Speaker 2: for sure, I know he's going to be the first
Speaker 2: guy to say no. Hopefully they'll listen and he'll listen,
Speaker 2: and just people are going to explain from the way
Speaker 2: in which he understands, see if it's beneficial and move on.
Speaker 2: Make adjustments.
Speaker 6: All right, Jose, thanks for checking in. Well see how
Speaker 6: it goes tomorrow. No sweep at Dodger Stadium to the astros, no.
Speaker 2: La manana good sound?
Speaker 6: Okay, there he goes Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers
Speaker 6: Spanish radio broadcast. And when you talk about needing Taoscar
Speaker 6: Hernandez is bat in the lineup and his timing and
Speaker 6: all that, Well, how can you have timing if you're
Speaker 6: not one hundred percent and you know you just don't
Speaker 6: look like yourself. I mean, Taoscar got off to a
Speaker 6: great start offensively this year. That's why he was considered
Speaker 6: for the All Star Game. But if you look at
Speaker 6: his last thirty games, he's hitting a buck eighty eight
Speaker 6: with four home runs and slugging three twenty one, striking
Speaker 6: out thirty two times, and only walking eight.
Speaker 5: He's not the same guy.
Speaker 6: I want ta Oscar Hernandez as close to healthy for
Speaker 6: the second half, and it's not gonna get better by
Speaker 6: continuing to play out there. All right, We're gonna close
Speaker 6: it out with Blake'snell had a chance to catch up
Speaker 6: with Blake's Nell. It is nell Zilla's Saturday. He did
Speaker 6: throw the hitters two innings, and he is taking the
Speaker 6: next big step towards returning to the Dodger rotation after the.
Speaker 5: All start break. Here with Snell earlier today, No, I
Speaker 5: felt good. It's good to be back.
Speaker 10: It's good to you know, learn again and feel and
Speaker 10: know that it's getting closer to pitching and getting back
Speaker 10: to that. So happy with today. I just I felt
Speaker 10: like the fastball was better. I feel like I got
Speaker 10: a lot better from the first one to this one.
Speaker 10: So starting to repeat stuff and feel stuff that's right wrong,
Speaker 10: and yeah, getting getting better.
Speaker 6: You had a big leaguer in the mix today, Hayes
Speaker 6: Song Kim. Did you request that or did he want
Speaker 6: to see what snell Zilla is all about?
Speaker 10: He needed some AB's. Yeah, so he got in there,
Speaker 10: and uh no, that was good. You know, you facing
Speaker 10: big leader is always good, so I appreciate.
Speaker 5: Him doing that when the games are going on.
Speaker 6: You've explained to me how you read hitter swings in
Speaker 6: a situation like today. Is that what you're doing or
Speaker 6: are you more focused on what you're doing?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 10: I mean, folks, on what I'm doing. And then you know,
Speaker 10: trust and feel and understanding hitters when they get into
Speaker 10: the box what they're presenting and and you know what
Speaker 10: that tells me? And then you know, how do I
Speaker 10: plan on dissecting? You know it that and just more strikes,
Speaker 10: you know. I mean, the more I get ahead, the better.
Speaker 10: And yeah, as I've gotten older, I felt like I've
Speaker 10: done a lot better job of that and understanding that. So, yeah,
Speaker 10: they just get in the box. You just learn what
Speaker 10: they're telling you, and then you just pitch and see
Speaker 10: if you're right or wrong and you adjust.
Speaker 6: This is the first time I've been around you every day,
Speaker 6: and I knew it was rough for you when you
Speaker 6: had to go on the I l I know it
Speaker 6: was tough for you when you couldn't throw, But I
Speaker 6: feel like there's a change. There's been a change the
Speaker 6: last three weeks and even on this homestand it feels
Speaker 6: like you believe you're close.
Speaker 10: Yeah, No, I know I'm close. I feel good, I
Speaker 10: feel healthy, put a lot of work in to get
Speaker 10: to where I'm at right now, and really happy about it.
Speaker 10: You know, got a lot more to do before I
Speaker 10: come back, but I really can't wait. Uh, this is
Speaker 10: this is what I do, It's what I love, and
Speaker 10: I just it's all I want to do.
Speaker 6: So since I am and this is the platform of
Speaker 6: snail Zilla on Saturdays, what's the next step.
Speaker 10: I think I want to rehab starting next. They'll let
Speaker 10: me know, but I think that's what's next. And then yeah,
Speaker 10: just get going, get closer to getting back here.
Speaker 5: Does it make it easier with the lead this team
Speaker 5: has built without you.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean it definitely helps. It's fun to watch
Speaker 10: and see, you know, guys get there their opportunities and
Speaker 10: then the boys that you know are here for a
Speaker 10: long time just doing what they've been doing their whole career,
Speaker 10: but it's not surprising or anything to me. I think
Speaker 10: we should be even better and I think the best
Speaker 10: is yet to come.
Speaker 6: All Right, there's Blake Snell on snail Zilla's Saturday. You
Speaker 6: can hear our full conversation on the iHeartRadio app, and
Speaker 6: he's echoing the sentiments of everybody else.
Speaker 5: There's more in there for the Dodgers the rest of
Speaker 5: this season.
Speaker 6: Right now, there's seven and a half games ahead of
Speaker 6: the Padres, eight and a half games ahead of the
Speaker 6: Sam and Cisco Giants, and they're still not hitting on
Speaker 6: all cylinders.
Speaker 5: So that's scary for the rest of the league.
Speaker 6: And hopefully they can close out the first half of
Speaker 6: the season before the All Star Break on a high
Speaker 6: note with the final game tomorrow against the Astros and
Speaker 6: then heading out on a tough road trip. It doesn't
Speaker 6: get any easier, as the Dodgers will take on the
Speaker 6: Brewers in Milwaukee that's where they're usually a better team,
Speaker 6: and also the Dodgers will close out the first half
Speaker 6: before the All Star Break in San Francisco, where they
Speaker 6: are a better team as well. Tomorrow, Emmitt Sheen will
Speaker 6: make his return to the major leagues for his second
Speaker 6: start this season he will be going up against.
Speaker 5: We don't know yet. We'll find out later.
Speaker 6: The Astros have not announced their starter even by the
Speaker 6: end of Dodger Talk Moronco Casino.
Speaker 5: Dodgers on Deck begins.
Speaker 6: At noon, first pitch at one ten with Rick Munday
Speaker 6: and Steven Nelson tomorrow afternoon to avoid the sweep. Thanks
Speaker 6: to ye back at our Burbank studios, thanks to Dwayne
Speaker 6: McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to you
Speaker 6: for listening. In case you missed any of the show,
Speaker 6: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. That's also
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Speaker 6: Once again, the final score from Dodgers Stadium. The Astros
Speaker 6: beat the Dodgers six to four. Have a great rest
Speaker 6: of your Saturday.
Speaker 5: See them