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Speaker 2: the next hour, Dodger fans eight sixty six nine eight
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Speaker 2: two five seventy Tomorrow at three o'clock Pacific, the Major
Speaker 2: League Baseball trade deadline will come and go, and their
Speaker 2: teams around baseball right now jocking for position, trying to
Speaker 2: figure out where they fall in the wild card races,
Speaker 2: where they fall in divisional races.
Speaker 3: Some teams still.
Speaker 2: Taking these last few hours to decide what they are
Speaker 2: sellers or buyers after trade deadline. We've seen some moves
Speaker 2: being made already around baseball. Your Dodgers have been active today,
Speaker 2: making not one, but two trades already today, not for
Speaker 2: frontline starting pitching, but they have brought in reinforcements to
Speaker 2: help in the infield, outfield, and in the bullpen.
Speaker 3: Eight sixty six nine, eight seven, two five seventy is
Speaker 3: the number.
Speaker 2: We'll start off with the trade that happened earlier today,
Speaker 2: an eight player three team deal between the White Sox,
Speaker 2: the Cardinals and the Dodgers. An eight player, three team
Speaker 2: deal that saw the Dodgers trade away Miguel Vargas, who
Speaker 2: was the starting second baseman a year ago for this
Speaker 2: Dodgers team at the age of twenty three, one of
Speaker 2: their most prized minor league prospects the last three seasons.
Speaker 2: Had a up and down first half of the season.
Speaker 2: A year ago, sent down to Triple A, started the
Speaker 2: season with this Dodgers team, spent time in Triple A
Speaker 2: this year at ok See, and it really just felt
Speaker 2: like there wasn't a place every day for Miguel Vargas
Speaker 2: in this lineup, outfielder, third basement. He was the second
Speaker 2: baseman for the first half of the year last year.
Speaker 2: What was he an outfielder? Infielder? Where did he fit
Speaker 2: as far as this puzzle of this Dodgers team, And
Speaker 2: they just didn't feel like there was an everyday spot
Speaker 2: for Miguel Vargas, who when he did play, played well
Speaker 2: and played good for this Dodgers team. But in order
Speaker 2: to get you have to give. And the Dodgers get
Speaker 2: utility player Tommy Edmond, who is from San Diego. His
Speaker 2: dad is the head coach at Tory Pines Country Day
Speaker 2: High School down there in San Diego County, went to Stanford,
Speaker 2: has been in the big leagues for a few years now,
Speaker 2: can play the middle infield, can play third base, and
Speaker 2: can play some outfield. They also acquired right handed reliever
Speaker 2: Michael Kopek and a minor leaguer in Oliver Gonzalez. Now,
Speaker 2: in order to get the reliever Kopek and to get
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund, the Dodgers say goodbye to Miguel Vargas and
Speaker 2: two prospects, Alexander Albertis and Gerald Perez, who both get
Speaker 2: dealt away to top twenty three prospects for this Dodgers
Speaker 2: minor league farm system. That is absolutely so. On paper,
Speaker 2: I think it's a good deal for the Dodgers. It's
Speaker 2: not a blockbuster trade. It is not a deadline deal
Speaker 2: where you say, wow, look at what this Dodgers team
Speaker 2: did to get ready for the playoff push. There's still
Speaker 2: a chance that the Dodgers go out and make a
Speaker 2: deal for a frontline starting pitcher. But on this paper,
Speaker 2: this trade is good. You get a Tommy Edmond who
Speaker 2: can play multiple positions, and you get a Michael Kopek
Speaker 2: who can still throw upper nineties. And if they can
Speaker 2: tinker with his mechanics, this pitching staff, Mark pryor the
Speaker 2: pitching coach, maybe they could unlock something to get him
Speaker 2: back to being a high leverage reliever and an elite
Speaker 2: reliever for this Dodgers team. He was a starter for
Speaker 2: so many years, transition into a reliever a closer for
Speaker 2: the Chicago White Sox and it has been okay, just
Speaker 2: hasn't been great. And you also hope that maybe leaving
Speaker 2: Chicago and the South Side in particular the White Sox,
Speaker 2: who just going into this season really knew they ain't
Speaker 2: wen't going to be contenders in the division, weren't going
Speaker 2: to be making the playoffs at all. They're going through
Speaker 2: a rebuild, and now they're going through a just knock
Speaker 2: it down to the studs, we're gonna start this whole
Speaker 2: thing over again rebuild with the trades they're making. Now,
Speaker 2: he didn't fit into their plans. But by acquiring Tommy Edmond,
Speaker 2: you get a utility player who can play multiple positions,
Speaker 2: and that's what the Dodgers need right now when he
Speaker 2: gets healthy. Because the topper on this is he hasn't
Speaker 2: played this year Tommy Edmund. Tommy Edmonds had a wrist
Speaker 2: surgery in the offseason, has been bothered by spray ankle.
Speaker 2: He's been in the minor leagues a couple of weeks
Speaker 2: on a minor league rehab assignment in Double A, but
Speaker 2: hopes to be ready here shortly. So he hasn't played
Speaker 2: in twenty four So you'll get a fresh Tommy Edmond
Speaker 2: that can play multiple positions in a Michael Kopek who
Speaker 2: you hope can be a back end, high leverage reliever
Speaker 2: in the Dodgers' bullpen. Now, about an hour and a
Speaker 2: half ago, the Dodgers made it official, which we have
Speaker 2: been hearing shortly before that that the Dodgers were working
Speaker 2: on yet another trade, and they bring back a med Rosario. Yes,
Speaker 2: the twenty eight year old do it all utility player,
Speaker 2: can play outfield, can play in field, can hit wherever
Speaker 2: you like for him in the lineup, hitting three zero
Speaker 2: seven on the season, just two home runs, twenty six
Speaker 2: ribies in seventy six games for the race. So he's
Speaker 2: been hurt, hitting three to sixteen against left he's hitting
Speaker 2: over three hundred against right handers. He can produce, and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers saw it a year ago when they acquired
Speaker 2: him from the Cleveland Guardians at the trade deadline, and
Speaker 2: he spent the last two and a half months in
Speaker 2: Dodger Blue. So they get back Ahmed Rosario, who's now
Speaker 2: been in the big league's eight years. You know what
Speaker 2: you get from him, You know what he can do
Speaker 2: for you. You acquire Tommy Edmond and you get Michael Kopek.
Speaker 3: Three needs.
Speaker 2: In my opinion, you just check the boxes for bullpen help,
Speaker 2: outfield and infield help and depth to this Dodgers team
Speaker 2: now in order to make room for a ed Rozario.
Speaker 2: You've heard Petro somebody talk about it here on an
Speaker 2: FI seventy LA Sports. Dodgers had to clear a forty
Speaker 2: man roster spot, and by doing so, they had to
Speaker 2: designate for assignment left hander Ryan Yarborough, who's appeared in
Speaker 2: thirty two games for the Dodgers this year, sub for E. R.
Speaker 2: Ray in about sixty seven and a third innings. My opinion,
Speaker 2: Ryan Yarborough in twenty twenty four, he's pitched a lot
Speaker 2: of innings and you needed more of a fresh arm
Speaker 2: to come out of the bullpen and help. And they'll
Speaker 2: bring Michael Kopek in. They're gonna get back Bruce dr
Speaker 2: Gerol Michael Grove is on the horizon, so you're gonna
Speaker 2: get some fresh arms. To me, Ryan Yarborough helped out
Speaker 2: this Dodgers team a lot. Sixty seven and the third
Speaker 2: innings is a lot for a Ryan Yarborough, now I
Speaker 2: get it. He goes out and pitches bulk innings for
Speaker 2: this Dodgers team and has done so as an opener,
Speaker 2: bulkeeting guy, reliever in two or three days in a row.
Speaker 2: He's done it at all and he's done everything they
Speaker 2: asked him to do in eating up innings this year
Speaker 2: so far in twenty twenty four. So a tip of
Speaker 2: the cap for Ryan Yarborough for being asked to go
Speaker 2: out there and eat up out, go out there, get innings,
Speaker 2: get the Dodgers through a ballpaenning game. He did all that,
Speaker 2: but he gets designated for assignment. So the Dodgers busy
Speaker 2: today adding three players to the roster. Miguel Vargas traded away,
Speaker 2: Ryan Yarborough designated for assignment. A couple more quick reactions
Speaker 2: to this, and David Vasse, who is with the Dodger
Speaker 2: team and is off tonight. He'll join us at the
Speaker 2: bottom of the hour with more on this, because the
Speaker 2: Dodgers may not be done tonight, and certainly we'll keep
Speaker 2: an eye on what they do between now and three
Speaker 2: pm Pacific tomorrow. Yeah, Tommy Edmund and Amed Rosario aren't
Speaker 2: Wow players. They aren't those impact players. I know a
Speaker 2: lot of you right now are hitting their stein wheel,
Speaker 2: are at home going gosh. These are a role players.
Speaker 2: These are guys that are gonna help you know, Phil
Speaker 2: Gaps or eat up innings or coming out of the bullpen. Yeah,
Speaker 2: but these are guys you need on a twenty six
Speaker 2: man roster because right now you've got a third base
Speaker 2: spot that's unclear. You've got a short stop spot with
Speaker 2: both Miguel Rojas and Mookie Betts hurt. You've got an
Speaker 2: outfield situation in which really the only consistent production you're
Speaker 2: getting is from Taoscar Hernandez. Yeah, we've seen James Altman
Speaker 2: and Spurts. Sure, we've seen Andy Pajes catch fire at times.
Speaker 2: Jason Hayward, it's been up and down. He's been hurt
Speaker 2: as well at the back, But consistently, tay Oscar Hernandez
Speaker 2: has been the only outfielder that has helped out this
Speaker 2: Dodgers team and then line up producing. So you're now
Speaker 2: getting Tommy Edmond who can play multiple positions. Amed Rosario,
Speaker 2: who can play multiple positions. David Vasse tweeted it out earlier.
Speaker 2: A met Rosario when the Dodgers got him a year ago.
Speaker 2: Second base shortstop is primarily where we saw him fill in.
Speaker 2: Remember Gavin Lux was out a year ago. A met
Speaker 2: Rosario this year's played three different spots, twelve games at shortstop,
Speaker 2: fourteen games at the third base. Okay, that's what he
Speaker 2: did with the Dodgers last year, but he also has
Speaker 2: played more games twenty in right field, and he's hitting
Speaker 2: over three hundred. He's got an OPS over seven point fifty.
Speaker 2: He fills in need multiple needs. Can play shortstop, can
Speaker 2: play second base, he can slide over to third, can
Speaker 2: play right field. Same with Tommy Edmund. These are needs
Speaker 2: right now. And while they're not sexy, big name players,
Speaker 2: they're major leaguers who are gonna come in and help
Speaker 2: out this twenty six man roster. Add depth to this
Speaker 2: twenty six man roster, David Vassa will join us coming
Speaker 2: up in about twelve fifteen to twenty minutes. He said
Speaker 2: it earlier today on the station. He'll say it again,
Speaker 2: I'm sure, and it's worth repeating. The Dodgers this past
Speaker 2: offseason brought in more stars. The Dodgers that the trade
Speaker 2: deadline are filling in around those stars, and hopefully, hopefully,
Speaker 2: because of injury and the unknown to Yamamoto, maybe are
Speaker 2: gonna go out and get a big time front end
Speaker 2: of the rotation arm to help him out in September
Speaker 2: and October. But win healthy when Mookie Betts is back,
Speaker 2: when Miguel Rojas is back, when the outfield is healthy,
Speaker 2: when this team is you know right, and it hasn't
Speaker 2: been a lot to season. We've seen everybody in the
Speaker 2: lineup altogether. It feels like the Lakers, doesn't it, Dodger fans.
Speaker 2: It feels like the Lakers.
Speaker 3: This last year. Injuries injuries.
Speaker 2: When we get healthy, when we get healthy, well, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers aren't gonna get healthy. The arms are coming back.
Speaker 2: Bruce dar graderol is right around the court. I'm telling
Speaker 2: you he's gonna be back soon. You've gotten Joe Kelly back,
Speaker 2: You're gonna get Michael Grove back. Arms are coming back
Speaker 2: to help out this Dodgers bullpen. You add Michael Kopick,
Speaker 2: Amed Rosario, you had Edmund. These are guys who are
Speaker 2: gonna fill spots at third with the unknown a Munsie,
Speaker 2: with the injuries to Rojas and Bets at shortstop. They're
Speaker 2: gonna help fill needs. And when everybody comes back. Now
Speaker 2: you have depth on the bench for this Dodgers team
Speaker 2: with Edmund and Rosario. So it helps out a lot
Speaker 2: for this Dodgers team to get these trades today done
Speaker 2: and bring in these type of players. So again, they're
Speaker 2: not gonna be wild trades today. They weren't, but they
Speaker 2: filled needs. And if you've been with us, or you're
Speaker 2: following the Dodgers, or you're you're you're trying to check
Speaker 2: the boxes of what they needed to trade deadline. We've
Speaker 2: been talking about it, have we not. We've been conversing
Speaker 2: for the last two months. Looks like they made need
Speaker 2: another arm of the bullpen to help out check well,
Speaker 2: it looks like they may need some more depth. You know,
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts had a slive over the shortstop. We got
Speaker 2: some outfield issues, some inconsistencies as far as production. We
Speaker 2: don't really get that every day in center field check
Speaker 2: check you get Edmond who can play in the outfield?
Speaker 2: Do you get now Rosario who could play the outfield
Speaker 2: and play up the middle. You're checking off boxes that
Speaker 2: you need.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: The big box that was at the top of my
Speaker 2: list is still unchecked, and that is frontline starting pitching.
Speaker 2: Because I still hope, I still hope that some time
Speaker 2: between now seven to fifteen Pacific time check and tomorrow
Speaker 2: at three o'clock Pacific, the Dodgers can go out and
Speaker 2: add an arm to this rotation. Starting to see some
Speaker 2: names come off the ball, but there are still some
Speaker 2: other pitchers that are out there. And not to say
Speaker 2: that there are some guys that the Dodgers are out
Speaker 2: on completely.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 2: There's a certain name that has been talked about a lot.
Speaker 2: Garrett Crochet. Garrett Crochet of the Chicago White Sox with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers just did a deal today in a three
Speaker 2: way deal with the Cardinals themselves in the White Sox,
Speaker 2: Garrett Crochet is under contract for a few more years.
Speaker 2: He was drafted in twenty twenty, a top twenty pick
Speaker 2: out of Tennessee, rushed to the major leagues, has been
Speaker 2: really good out of the bullpen, and they've made him
Speaker 2: a starter this year. Well, Garrett Crochets want to buy
Speaker 2: a lot of teams. He's one of the hot commodities, well,
Speaker 2: the hot pitchers that everybody wants. Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, Orioles,
Speaker 2: Mariners have been sniffing around Padres.
Speaker 4: Well.
Speaker 2: Garrett croche has an agent who last week made it
Speaker 2: be known that, uh, he's getting towards his innings limits. Yeah,
Speaker 2: if he gets traded, Garrett's gonna want an extension. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Garrett Garrett wants to get paid if they're gonna deal him.
Speaker 2: He wants to get a big contract. If all these
Speaker 2: teams really want him, like you say, and he's valued
Speaker 2: as the arguably top pitcher at the deadline that's available,
Speaker 2: well then he should be paid like one of those guys.
Speaker 2: And that completely caught White Sox GM. Chris gets off guard.
Speaker 2: And today before the White Sox game, in the dugout,
Speaker 2: listen to this. This is the general manager of the
Speaker 2: Chicago White Sox. Chris gets reacting to his star pitcher,
Speaker 2: Garrett Crochet and the agent making this demand for a
Speaker 2: new contract.
Speaker 3: I was a little surprised by him.
Speaker 5: I was.
Speaker 3: I think most people, most.
Speaker 6: Fans and even players, you know, without knowing everything makes sense.
Speaker 6: I mean, I think we understand, you know, why a
Speaker 6: stance would be taken like that. Now how you go
Speaker 6: about expressing that is what was you know, the hurtful?
Speaker 6: Quite honestly, considering, I felt like we we could have
Speaker 6: handled it a little bit differently. And still I think
Speaker 6: everyone accomplished what they wanted to accomplish. So, you know,
Speaker 6: but I you know, Garrett's a uh, you know, very
Speaker 6: talented arm and he's just getting his his starting career going.
Speaker 2: There's Chris Getz, the general manager of the Chicago White Sox,
Speaker 2: and I play that for you for this reason. If
Speaker 2: you're a team of acquiring about Garrett Crochet and want
Speaker 2: to pull off a big deal, you've now got the leverage.
Speaker 2: I believe the White Sox don't have the leverage. They
Speaker 2: have the big player, the big piece that everybody wants.
Speaker 2: And now the agent comes in from the side and
Speaker 2: say whoa, whoa, whoa, Yeah, he's the big piece. So
Speaker 2: you're only hurting now the White Sox and any chances
Speaker 2: they have to get the most for Garrett Croche. Now
Speaker 2: we don't care about that as Dodger fans, right, but
Speaker 2: keep in mind, Garrett Crochet has already thrown a career
Speaker 2: high one hundred and fourteen innings this year. Last year
Speaker 2: he pitched twelve innings coming off with Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 2: So he's a year removed. He's already had a career high.
Speaker 2: His agent wants more money and a new deal. You've
Speaker 2: only now tied the hands I believe of Chris Gets,
Speaker 2: the general manager of the White Sox, who now says
Speaker 2: he's disappointed the way their tactics and letting other teams
Speaker 2: know that.
Speaker 3: Well, they'll shut him down and rest him for the season.
Speaker 2: If he gets traded and doesn't get a new contract. Wow,
Speaker 2: that's pretty ballsy if you ask me for the agent
Speaker 2: to do that. I know he's the guy that's in demand,
Speaker 2: but if he's traded to a contender, he wants a
Speaker 2: contract extend in order to pitch in the postseason. So
Speaker 2: you're now holding a team like the Dodgers ransom or
Speaker 2: the Orioles ransom. And he has no desire to pitch
Speaker 2: out of the bullpen. He wants to remain as starter. Okay, Oh,
Speaker 2: so now you control all the cards here. You're the
Speaker 2: one in negotiations controlling everything. I don't think so. If
Speaker 2: you're a Dodger fan and you're hearing a guy that
Speaker 2: Garrett Crose Crochet say yeah, yeah, that's cool, I'll accept
Speaker 2: the trade because he can't not turn it down. He's
Speaker 2: got no he doesn't have no trade claws. He's still
Speaker 2: under his rookie deal. But but I may shut it down.
Speaker 2: You know, I've I've hit my max on the Indians. Yeah,
Speaker 2: you know what, I want to be a starter. Don't
Speaker 2: put me the bullpen to help you know the Innians
Speaker 2: stay low. No, no, no, no, no, give me an extension
Speaker 2: if you're gonna trade me to a contender, no, you
Speaker 2: don't control this agent and Garrett Crochet if he gets
Speaker 2: dealt the White Sox and whatever team he deals with
Speaker 2: and making a trade, or give me the one in control.
Speaker 2: If you think calling out before the trade, donline by
Speaker 2: saying well, he may sit out, he may rest wink
Speaker 2: wink the rest of the season, because he's already at one.
Speaker 3: Hundred and fourteen.
Speaker 2: He needs I don't know if I want a guy
Speaker 2: on my team that's acting like that before he even
Speaker 2: gets traded.
Speaker 3: I don't want a guy coming into my clubhouse.
Speaker 2: And the guy who's you know, good, really good, can
Speaker 2: strike out a bunch of guys. One of the best
Speaker 2: young arms in baseball. But quite frankly, he's having this
Speaker 2: is his best year as a starter, hasn't done it
Speaker 2: for multiple years. Not to say he won't at all,
Speaker 2: not to say that, but in my mind, still a
Speaker 2: little unproven, but really talented, and you assume he's going
Speaker 2: to be really good moving forward. Still, but to come in,
Speaker 2: he say no, no, no, you. I don't want to go
Speaker 2: the bullpen. I want a contract extension, and if you
Speaker 2: don't do that, I may just shut it down. I
Speaker 2: may just rest, you know, come on, you are not
Speaker 2: in control here, Garrett Crochet and Chris Gets. So maybe
Speaker 2: Garrett Crochet is completely off the board. And if it is,
Speaker 2: and this is truly what's happening with behind the scenes,
Speaker 2: and it sounds like it is, because the gm today
Speaker 2: was very honest and talking to the media. You just
Speaker 2: heard the comments. That's pretty remarkable for an agent and
Speaker 2: a player knowing that they're the number one target of
Speaker 2: all these teams, to all of a sudden started making
Speaker 2: these demands. Tarren Scrubel is still out there, Tanner Scott's
Speaker 2: still out there. Even an Austin Gomber Griffin Canning is
Speaker 2: available from the Angels still out there. These are names
Speaker 2: you're starting to see being talked about more. Not necessarily
Speaker 2: the big front of the line arms that we've all
Speaker 2: been talking about, but Jack Flaherty's rumored to be going
Speaker 2: to the Yankees. They're sniffing around Blake Snell. Blake Snell
Speaker 2: quite frankly, been fantastic. But there's no way the Giants
Speaker 2: trade with the Dodgers. Tyler Anderson possibility, Chris Bassett. The
Speaker 2: Blue Jays look like they're dumping, not only looking like it,
Speaker 2: they are dump. Justin Turner gets traded to the Maritors.
Speaker 2: So there's the option still out there. But I'm I'm
Speaker 2: not convinced that if Garrick Oshe is gonna start making
Speaker 2: these demands, he's necessarily a guy one on this Dodgers
Speaker 2: team here in twenty twenty four. Yeah, you're having a
Speaker 2: great year, but these are some hefty demands and words
Speaker 2: you're thrown around as far as resting if you don't
Speaker 2: get what you want. Eight six, six nine, eight seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy. The Dodgers have made some moves. We'll
Speaker 2: get to your phone calls. We'll hear from David Vassay.
Speaker 2: Anything else coming out tonight for the Dodgers. If anybody
Speaker 2: knows it's David Vassay. We'll keep an eye on what
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are doing at the deadline, what other moves
Speaker 2: they could be making, how these pieces fit into this
Speaker 2: Dodgers team. In case you missed it, Dodgers are making
Speaker 2: a couple of deals today adding to the roster. Ryan
Speaker 2: Yarborough gets designated for an assignment. Big day for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers could be even bigger tonight or tomorrow. Still time
Speaker 2: until three o'clock eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two,
Speaker 2: five seventy is our number. Off Night Dodger Talk Dodgers
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Speaker 2: Sports Live Everywhere on the iheartra Radio app. Tim kates
Speaker 2: with you until the top of the hour. David Vesse
Speaker 2: is gonna check in from San Diego the very latest
Speaker 2: song What the Dodgers may or may not be doing
Speaker 2: here in the night before the MLB trade deadline. They
Speaker 2: do reacquire Amed Rosario from the Tampa Bay Rays. They
Speaker 2: acquired him last year from the Cleveland Guardian. To the
Speaker 2: trade deadline, they also pick up Tommy edmund Is switch
Speaker 2: hitteror who's played second base, third base, shortst off, all
Speaker 2: three outfield spots in his career. Won a Gold Glove
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one at second base with the Saint
Speaker 2: Louis Cardinals. Has not played in the game this year
Speaker 2: because of an ankle injury offseason risk surgery. He's been
Speaker 2: in Double A rehabbing, so he will join the team
Speaker 2: Michael Kopek will join the Dodgers as well in San Diego.
Speaker 2: He is a hard throwing reliever that the Dodgers pick
Speaker 2: up and will help in the pen, no doubt about that.
Speaker 2: Hopefully they can get back Michael Kopek to the form
Speaker 2: that he was when he was a really good starter
Speaker 2: a couple of years ago, but has since moved to
Speaker 2: the bullpen. They do give up Miguel Vargas and two
Speaker 2: prospects in the three way trade with the White Sox
Speaker 2: and the Saint Louis Cardinals. Let's go out to the phones.
Speaker 2: Let's go to Richard in Coconut Creek. Flora joins us
Speaker 2: here on Dodger Talk on a five to seventy.
Speaker 7: How you doing been a Dodger fansis nineteen fifty four,
Speaker 7: two nights ago. I saw maybe the worst managing of
Speaker 7: any game I've ever seen, and I really can't get
Speaker 7: over it. There was no excuse to take Rob Blisky out,
Speaker 7: Absolutely no excuse. Score was five to nothing. The guy
Speaker 7: was pitching great, He deserved to finish the inning. Anybody
Speaker 7: who manages by the eye test, which Dave Roberts obviously
Speaker 7: does not, would never have taken him out. I was
Speaker 7: so disgusted, and of course course we know what happened.
Speaker 7: You bring in Phillips who hasn't pitched well in almost
Speaker 7: a month, and he doesn't pitch well again, What a shock.
Speaker 7: I just can't get over it. I mean, we need
Speaker 7: a manager who goes by the eye test, not by
Speaker 7: looking at a computer and taking him out without noticing
Speaker 7: the guy is pitching an absolutely brilliant game and deserves
Speaker 7: to finish the inning.
Speaker 2: Yeah, appreciate it, Richard, I appreciate. I gotta get going,
Speaker 2: but I appreciate it. You can make the case yesterday
Speaker 2: as well, with two outs in the sixth inning and
Speaker 2: going out and getting River Ryan when they did.
Speaker 5: So.
Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a little bit. But
Speaker 2: joining us now from San Diego. He is our Dodger insider.
Speaker 2: David Vesse Dodgers off tonight. They'll start a two game
Speaker 2: series against the Padres tomorrow. The Major League Baseball trade
Speaker 2: deadline is also tomorrow at three o'clock. In the Dodgers
Speaker 2: making two moves already today. Dave the latest one a Metrozario,
Speaker 2: reunited with the Dodgers after they picked him up from
Speaker 2: Cleveland last year. They bring him back in the trade
Speaker 2: with the Tampa Bay Rays. Why a met Rozari.
Speaker 1: Kim Ahmedrosite has had a really good year with the race.
Speaker 1: He's hitting three oh seven this year. They gave up
Speaker 1: virtually nothing for him, and he's been very versatile, including
Speaker 1: at third base. And I feel like that's where this
Speaker 1: stems from. Because Max Monthly still has not come back
Speaker 1: to play a game since May fifteenth, even though Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts said that the scans have come back where there
Speaker 1: is no injury showing in Monthsey's opleaque anymore. And the
Speaker 1: Dodgers seem to be a little bit impatient waiting for
Speaker 1: Monthly to decide that he's ready to play. So they
Speaker 1: needed a better option at third base or part of
Speaker 1: the equation at third base, to cover themselves because Monsey
Speaker 1: really has put them in a really bad spot, and
Speaker 1: Dodger third basemen are among the worst in baseball right now.
Speaker 1: So that's part of the reason why.
Speaker 2: Roger's made a trade earlier today, a three way deal
Speaker 2: with Saint Louis and the Chicago White Sox and Tommy Edmunds,
Speaker 2: the switch hitting infielder outfielder again a utility player, won
Speaker 2: a Gold glove at second base in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 3: Hasn't played at all this year DV.
Speaker 2: He had offseason rist surgeries been hampered by an ankle injury.
Speaker 2: What's the latest with Tommy Edmund? When can we see
Speaker 2: him actually play for the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, my sources tell me Tim the Dodgers are going
Speaker 1: to have Tommy Edmund come to San Diego be evaluated
Speaker 1: by their training staffs and decide from there when Tommy
Speaker 1: Edmond is going to play for them. And also talking
Speaker 1: to people with the Cardinals, they had told me before
Speaker 1: this trade that they were expecting Edmund to come back
Speaker 1: to play for them within the next ten days. So
Speaker 1: it could be on this road trip that Edmund makes
Speaker 1: his Dodger debut. At the very latest, it seems like
Speaker 1: he'll make his Dodger debut when they return home from
Speaker 1: this road trip that takes them from San Diego to Oakland,
Speaker 1: So he's on the verge of returning and look. Dodger
Speaker 1: defense in center field has been a lackluster. Andy Pa
Speaker 1: has has not looked great out there. James Outman has
Speaker 1: been disappointing with his regression. So Tommy Edmond gives them
Speaker 1: a stabilizing force out there in center field and also
Speaker 1: as a switch hitter and gives them a left and
Speaker 1: right handed bat. And I know your callers and are
Speaker 1: callers call in almost on a nightly basis talking about
Speaker 1: the bottom third of the order, talking about strikeouts. The
Speaker 1: Dodgers struck out a ton of times in Houston. Tommy
Speaker 1: Edmond's a contact hitter, so he's going to put the
Speaker 1: ball in play. So I know these are not headline
Speaker 1: grabbing trades. But the Dodgers already had three MVPs that
Speaker 1: they were having their lineup in August or at some
Speaker 1: point in time in August. They have five or six
Speaker 1: All stars on their team. They did not need more superstars.
Speaker 1: You obviously would not say no to that, But I
Speaker 1: felt like they needed their role players to start acting
Speaker 1: role players. And Tommy Edman is the epitomy of that.
Speaker 2: Michael Kopek at one time a hard throwing right hander,
Speaker 2: a starter, been transitioned to the bullpen. He had Tommy
Speaker 2: John surgery a couple of years ago. Is this still
Speaker 2: the same Michael Kopek that throws one hundred plus miles
Speaker 2: an hour? And what are they getting as far as
Speaker 2: his availability? The back end of the bullpen. You look
Speaker 2: at his numbers DV. The last five outings in Chicago,
Speaker 2: no earned runs, no runs given up at all. But
Speaker 2: it don't have every so often he'll have, like once
Speaker 2: a month, a game of which he just implodes and
Speaker 2: gives him four or five runs.
Speaker 1: Yeah, talking to my people in Chicago, Tim, the biggest
Speaker 1: problem for Michael Kopek this year has been throwing strikes.
Speaker 1: When he throws strikes, he's been dominant and he does
Speaker 1: still throw upwards of ninety seven and touches one hundred
Speaker 1: now and then as well, so he's still that pitcher.
Speaker 1: But the strikes have been a problem. And Connor McGinnis,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers pitching coach, he's been a magician at time,
Speaker 1: fixing guys that we've never heard of, or making pictures
Speaker 1: that have been on their last leg and major League baseball,
Speaker 1: last chance in Major League Baseball and turning them into something.
Speaker 1: His latest success story is Anthony Banda. So if anybody
Speaker 1: can get Michael Kolpak back on the train tracks, it's
Speaker 1: Connor McGinnis.
Speaker 3: All right, DV.
Speaker 2: Tomorrow, three o'clock's the deadline. Do you think the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are done? And if not, could there be a front
Speaker 2: line starting pitcher still out there that they could be
Speaker 2: trying to obtain.
Speaker 3: Garrett Crochet certainly's.
Speaker 2: Got a lot of demands right now, and his general
Speaker 2: manager was very vocal earlier today that they are not
Speaker 2: happy with the way him and his agent have approached
Speaker 2: the last three days in this trade deadline.
Speaker 3: What are you hearing, Yeah, I.
Speaker 1: Would not rule out Garrett Crochet to the Dodgers at
Speaker 1: this point in time, tim for the right price. If
Speaker 1: anybody can find a way to get creative with contracts,
Speaker 1: it's Andrew Friedman. If that's exactly what Crochet's demanding, and
Speaker 1: it sounds like he is. Also, how is Garrett Crochet
Speaker 1: going to come into the clubhouse and look Clayton Kershaw,
Speaker 1: Tyler Glass, now, Freddie Freeman and the others in the
Speaker 1: eye and say, you know what, I'm not pitching in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I still find that very hard to believe.
Speaker 1: So I would say, do not rule out Garrett Crochet.
Speaker 2: Just hearing what the agent supposedly said, it doesn't make sense.
Speaker 2: I mean, Chris gets the GM in Chicago was completely
Speaker 2: stunned today talking to the media, and it felt like
Speaker 2: this is completely blindsided him and the relationship he has
Speaker 2: with Garrett Croche talked about how you know they talked
Speaker 2: a lot during the COVID year he was drafted and
Speaker 2: immediately you know, Skyrockett into the major leagues, and the
Speaker 2: relationship he has with the agent he felt good with.
Speaker 2: They feel completely blindsided by this, And maybe it's just
Speaker 2: Garrett Crochet trying to get some leverage, but it's not
Speaker 2: gonna sit well with any clubhouse for this guy demand well,
Speaker 2: I may sit and rest the rest of the year
Speaker 2: if I go to a team or don't go to
Speaker 2: a team because of a new contract.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm not sure many people have thought about this,
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of times that agents and teams
Speaker 1: talk to each other, and maybe this is a way
Speaker 1: for We see in the NBA a lot where an
Speaker 1: agent and a player are trying to force their way
Speaker 1: out of a situation. And maybe the White Sox were
Speaker 1: asking for a little bit too much, and maybe this
Speaker 1: lowers the price as far as that goes for crocheted
Speaker 1: beyond a winning team, whether it's the Dodgers, the Braves,
Speaker 1: or any other team out there, that makes sense.
Speaker 2: Final thing, DV and I know you got to go
Speaker 2: Cody Bellinger. I've gotten two tweets in the last twenty minutes.
Speaker 2: Any chance of Cody Bellinger reunion in a Dodging uniform?
Speaker 1: You know it's funny, Tim, I just mentioned his name
Speaker 1: in passing when I found out the Cubs had scouts
Speaker 1: at all three levels, and I found out later that
Speaker 1: it was for the purpose of a possible Nico Horner
Speaker 1: trade to the Dodgers. Since then I found out the
Speaker 1: Cubs are not trading Nico Horner. We know why they
Speaker 1: traded one of their middle infielders to the Race and
Speaker 1: the Isaac Bradies deal. But my understanding is there is
Speaker 1: no reunion in the works for Cody Bellinger and the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Not sure where all this fandom is coming from lately.
Speaker 3: What is your gut?
Speaker 1: Tech They got Tommy Edmund, Yeah, they got Tommy Edmund,
Speaker 1: they got their center fielder.
Speaker 2: Exactly what is your gut Tell your DV Between now
Speaker 2: and three o'clock when the deadline comes, will there be
Speaker 2: an arm added to this rotation?
Speaker 1: And by tomorrow I feel like there will be. That's
Speaker 1: so what's missing? I know that's what the coaching staff
Speaker 1: believes is missing. I feel like Andrew Freeman is going
Speaker 1: to try to work towards that. Whether or not he
Speaker 1: has a trade partner still remains to be seen with
Speaker 1: how things have been going as far as buyers and
Speaker 1: sellers go. But like I said, I still would not
Speaker 1: close the door on Garrett Crochet.
Speaker 3: All right, David, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: We will be checking in hearing from you all day
Speaker 2: tomorrow leading up to the deadline, then of course leading
Speaker 2: up to Morongo Casino Dodgers on Decond five thirty.
Speaker 3: Appreciate it, all right, Thanks Sam.
Speaker 1: Thanks for holding it down tonight.
Speaker 2: Oh no, no problem, Dave. I left it a mess
Speaker 2: so you'll have some plead enough to do here. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2: There goes David Vasse, who is in San Diego with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and off night for this Dodgers team, a
Speaker 2: rare week in which the Dodgers have two off nights.
Speaker 2: They'll be off tonight and then again on Thursday night
Speaker 2: when they start the final leg of this three city
Speaker 2: road trip, which of course started in Houston.
Speaker 3: Dodgers dropped two of three.
Speaker 2: They're now in San Diego for a two game series
Speaker 2: Tuesday and Wednesday. Day off Thursday, and then they head
Speaker 2: to Oakland Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in what is the
Speaker 2: final ever trip for the Dodgers to the Oakland Memorial
Speaker 2: County Coliseum whatever they're calling it now up there as
Speaker 2: the A's are scheduled to move to Sacramento for a
Speaker 2: few years while the new stadium in Las Vegas gets
Speaker 2: built in twenty twenty eight, so it'll be the last
Speaker 2: trip at least for now that is scheduled, assuming something
Speaker 2: doesn't change and they don't move to Sacramento for the
Speaker 2: next couple of years. The last trip ever, I mean,
Speaker 2: think about the nineteen eighty eight World Series and the
Speaker 2: Dodgers winning up there and Rick Dimsey running out and
Speaker 2: grabbing Oral Herscheizer with his hands up and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: went in a World Series. Last time ever, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: will step foot in that stadium. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eighty seven two five seventy. We'll take a quick time out,
Speaker 2: we'll come back. We'll get to your phone calls. If
Speaker 2: you're on hold, we'll get to you. You and you Izzy,
Speaker 2: I see you. Eight six six nine eighty seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy. Dodgers making a couple of trades today. Are
Speaker 2: they done? What would you like to see between now
Speaker 2: in three pm tomorrow it's the deadline. The Dodgers. What
Speaker 2: are they gonna do? They're already in first play, six
Speaker 2: and a half game lead, but they're looking to get better.
Speaker 2: What does Andrew Freeman have up his sleeve? We'll find
Speaker 2: out together your phone calls next here on off Night
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Speaker 3: Night Dodger Taki Continua is thanks.
Speaker 2: To David Vat say, who is in San Diego? I'm
Speaker 2: about to enjoy a nice dinner out. I assume probably
Speaker 2: have his phone charged.
Speaker 3: I know he does.
Speaker 2: I was texting with him and he said he's got
Speaker 2: his charger with him, making sure that phone's got plenty
Speaker 2: of juice. Is It's gonna be a long nights, hopefully
Speaker 2: a good night and day leading up to the trade
Speaker 2: deadline tomorrow at three o'clock Pacific the Dodgers Will they
Speaker 2: be done making deals? Is this the roster we are
Speaker 2: gonna see going into September and October? The Dodgers acquiring
Speaker 2: a med Rosario again at the trade deadline. Last year,
Speaker 2: they acquired him from the Cleveland Guardians They re acquire
Speaker 2: him today from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for
Speaker 2: a minor leaguer, Tommy Edmond, part of a three way
Speaker 2: deal eight players three teams Dodgers, White Sox and Cardinals.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmond, who's from San Diego, a switch hitter, can
Speaker 2: play multiple positions. Gold Glove winner, been banged up this year,
Speaker 2: but is scheduled to get healthy and come off the
Speaker 2: injured list here shortly. Davidvasse said the plan is to
Speaker 2: have him joined the team in San Diego and evaluate
Speaker 2: where he's at in his recovery. Michael Kopek, hard throwing Dodger,
Speaker 2: now right hander out of the bullpen, was a starter
Speaker 2: with the White Sox, A top first round pick of
Speaker 2: about ten years ago for the White Sox, has since
Speaker 2: been moved to the bullpen as a high leverage reliever,
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers acquire him by the way. Both Edmont
Speaker 2: and Copek not free agents until the end of next year.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers also made some corresponding moves part of that
Speaker 2: three team, eight player deal. Michael Miguel Vargas was traded
Speaker 2: to the Chicago White Sox, so he had to give it.
Speaker 2: Miguel Vargas and this deal and the Dodgers also dfing
Speaker 2: Ryan Yarborough. Yes, designated for assignments. Is Ryan Yarborough who
Speaker 2: has pitched a lot of innings for the Dodgers since
Speaker 2: they acquired him at the trade deadline last year, helped
Speaker 2: him out during their playoff run, and then certainly this
Speaker 2: year thirty two games, he's pitched sixty seven and a
Speaker 2: third inning. So Ryan Yarbrooke gets designated for assignment doesn't
Speaker 2: mean Dodgers still can't try him. That's certainly on the table. Still,
Speaker 2: you got ten days to make a decision, and the
Speaker 2: Dodgers could be could be using Ryan Yarborough's part of
Speaker 2: a package deal if they decide to continue to make
Speaker 2: some deals before tomorrow's deadline.
Speaker 3: Polo and san Diego. Polo, I always.
Speaker 2: Hear you with David on Dodger Talk, but now the
Speaker 2: pleasure is all mine to get to talk to you.
Speaker 3: Finally, how about.
Speaker 8: You, my friend.
Speaker 4: Speaking of DV I actually test him earlier about in
Speaker 4: regards to the rumors about rich here, and I said,
Speaker 4: is the road to the World Series must go through
Speaker 4: rich Haill. Seriously, you know the rumors about it were
Speaker 4: trying to get rich here in the Yankees and the Dodgers. Ye,
Speaker 4: now I know they are. You know you have Andrew
Speaker 4: Friedman and Mark Walter's for number. Just please do me
Speaker 4: a favor, give him a call and tell him to
Speaker 4: unload the truck with all the prospect and all the
Speaker 4: position players that make the deal you know, you know,
Speaker 4: for us Nell or a tennis Scott or Crouchet and
Speaker 4: make the all school ball. You know. Hell, they can
Speaker 4: even end my grandmother if they want to. She's like
Speaker 4: you know, she was at the whole time in a
Speaker 4: Dodger fan. So anything less than a championship team, it's
Speaker 4: a failure. So you know, I know you got the
Speaker 4: phone number, Make the phone call and unload the truck.
Speaker 4: All right, good night, now.
Speaker 2: Good night, Paulo. I appreciate the phone call. Great to
Speaker 2: talk to you. I hear you all the time, all
Speaker 2: with DV. Yeah, I'm the same sentiment with Paulo, and
Speaker 2: maybe you do agree with me as well. Dodger fans,
Speaker 2: You've made every effort in the off season to make
Speaker 2: this a championship roster and continue to make it a
Speaker 2: championship roster for years to come, with long term deals
Speaker 2: for Yamamoto and then of course show hey O Tani
Speaker 2: and Mookie Betts has still got a decade left on
Speaker 2: his contract, Freddy Freeman a few more years. The cornerstones,
Speaker 2: the pillars, the MVPs are here, and they're here now,
Speaker 2: and Tyler Glass now is here now for a few
Speaker 2: years as an ace or a second guy in your rotation.
Speaker 2: You look at this Dodgers team when they're gonna get
Speaker 2: healthy here and they are Rookie betch is gonna come back,
Speaker 2: and the bullpen's gonna get healthy, and these additions that
Speaker 2: they helped fill out this roster today with Edmund and
Speaker 2: Crochet and picking up again Amedrozario. You need to push
Speaker 2: the chips all in and the Dodgers can do that
Speaker 2: by going out and getting a Garrett Crochet. They can
Speaker 2: do that by going out and getting a front end
Speaker 2: guy to help out this rotation. In my opinion, to
Speaker 2: put a stamp on a Dodger postseason run doesn't mean
Speaker 2: any guarantees. Certainly, certainly because you get to the postseason,
Speaker 2: a lot of things have to go your way. Things
Speaker 2: can happen. I get all that, but you put yourself
Speaker 2: in the best situation and put your roster out there
Speaker 2: with top to bottom one through twenty six, argue the
Speaker 2: best roster in baseball going into October. And if you
Speaker 2: have a chance to go out and add to what
Speaker 2: is an already uber talented, MVP filled team with the
Speaker 2: prospects that you have and chips, do you have to
Speaker 2: go out and make a trade like this, you need
Speaker 2: to do it. There's no guarantees in two years. There's
Speaker 2: no guarantees that in twenty twenty eight you'll still be
Speaker 2: you know, having a roster built like this, you figure
Speaker 2: they will. You certainly hope that the Dodgers will, because
Speaker 2: they've got guys signed the long term deals.
Speaker 3: But this group, this.
Speaker 2: Talent man, you've got to strike while the iron's hot.
Speaker 2: And I get you don't want to trade away to
Speaker 2: the farm, but heck, you've got guys in their prime
Speaker 2: right now, and you've got a chance over a next
Speaker 2: three or four year run to really just go after
Speaker 2: champion after championship, go all in on a frontline starting
Speaker 2: pitcher to help out this Dodger team.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and I hope they do. I hope they do.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to.
Speaker 2: Don in the city of Industry with the deepest voice
Speaker 2: in sports talk radio.
Speaker 3: How you doing, Don.
Speaker 5: Jim Kits holding down the fort. Awesome job, buddy, Man.
Speaker 5: You know, I like what you said. You remember that
Speaker 5: football coach a few years ago when he says, I'm
Speaker 5: pushing all my chips to the middle of the table.
Speaker 5: Anybody wants in, get in, anybody wants out, get out.
Speaker 5: He sounds like you're channeling your spirit. I like that,
Speaker 5: you know. I like the moves they made today, you know,
Speaker 5: because like I heard this old timer say, well, you
Speaker 5: gotta have a bench and you gotta have a bullpen
Speaker 5: if you want to win a championship. Sounded like John Wayne.
Speaker 5: But that's true, you know. But still, yeah, if we
Speaker 5: can get a marquee guy. I know Andrew Friedman. He's
Speaker 5: a wheeler dealer par excellence, you know, so Man, sure
Speaker 5: that would be sweet if he could put that cherry
Speaker 5: on top of the milkshake.
Speaker 2: I hope so, Don, I appreciate it. Great to hear
Speaker 2: your voice, so squat to Lewis in the Bay Area,
Speaker 2: how you doing.
Speaker 9: Hey, I'm doing great. Nice to hear your voice. Tim Boy,
Speaker 9: did I want to call in Saturday night?
Speaker 5: I tried.
Speaker 9: I wanted to ask your old Catcher's opinion. But if
Speaker 9: we're not going to discuss that now about them move
Speaker 9: made and stuff. So here's my solution to Garrett Crochet.
Speaker 9: And I think it's actually easy. I borrowed some of
Speaker 9: it from m'b network. But tell me what you think.
Speaker 9: You say to him, assuming you can figure out the
Speaker 9: pieces for the White Sox, you say, okay, I understand
Speaker 9: exactly where you're coming from, Garrett. We will give you
Speaker 9: an additional year. Again, he has no rights. We'll give
Speaker 9: you an additional year. He's making eight hundred k. Now,
Speaker 9: we'll give you ten million dollars, which is sort of
Speaker 9: like the average of a picture, but not as much
Speaker 9: as normally somebody would go up. And then on the
Speaker 9: second year, which you want, which is your I guess
Speaker 9: I think I forget what year of arbitration that is,
Speaker 9: We'll do some sort of mutual option where if you
Speaker 9: like it and we like it, twenty million, twenty five
Speaker 9: million all future of money if you and and it
Speaker 9: has to be mutual, so Dodgers and him have to
Speaker 9: opt in. And then I think you could get it
Speaker 9: done with one of the young pictures, which would be painful,
Speaker 9: but I think you probably have to do that, and
Speaker 9: then I'd be willing to put in either and Depause
Speaker 9: or James Autman in maybe one low level minor leaguer.
Speaker 9: What do you think about that?
Speaker 3: I'm interested in it.
Speaker 2: I'd get confused on the numbers and the salary, arbitration
Speaker 2: and all that stuff.
Speaker 3: Here's what it is.
Speaker 2: He's twenty five years old, he's playing on a contract
Speaker 2: this year. He's making eight hundred thousand dollars. He's arbitration
Speaker 2: eligible next year and the year after. Garrett Crochet is
Speaker 2: not scheduled to be a free agent until twenty twenty seven. Okay,
Speaker 2: so you still got him for two more years after
Speaker 2: this year. Now he's gonna get a bumping salary. You'll
Speaker 2: go to arbitration and he'll get more money. Certainly, that's understandable.
Speaker 2: But what's to say you can't go to him. You're right, listen,
Speaker 2: go to him and say, well, we're gonna give you
Speaker 2: an arbit We're gonna give you whatever, eighteen twenty million dollars,
Speaker 2: and then we'll revisit after next year.
Speaker 3: Here's my thing. I don't want to.
Speaker 2: I understand he wants a six eight year deal and
Speaker 2: rip up his current rookie deal and rip it up
Speaker 2: and give him a deal. That's what a lot of
Speaker 2: these other teams are doing, you know, Wander Franco type
Speaker 2: deal first year in the scene. Obviously he's not a
Speaker 2: baseball right now, but young player, Oh catches hot, he's
Speaker 2: catches fire. You sign him to a long term deal
Speaker 2: and avoids all the arbitration for the next three years.
Speaker 2: You could do that, But then again, if I'm Andrew Freeman,
Speaker 2: yeah he's a talent, he's an arm but I still
Speaker 2: look at him and say, he's got one hundred and
Speaker 2: fourteen innings a year and a half after Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 3: Do it again next year. So maybe you acquire me.
Speaker 2: You tell him we're gonna give you a healthy increase
Speaker 2: in pay for next year during arbitration, and if you
Speaker 2: have another season like this next year, then certainly we
Speaker 2: will come back and in good faith we'll tell you
Speaker 2: we'll give you a long term deal. But I don't
Speaker 2: think I give it to him right now. I give
Speaker 2: him one year whatever it is, twenty million dollars the
Speaker 2: e arbitration number, and see if he can do it
Speaker 2: for another year. Assuming he does because he's uber talented.
Speaker 2: Then you lock him up to a long term deal. Benji,
Speaker 2: claim out your next up, Hi, Benji?
Speaker 9: All right?
Speaker 8: I was wondering who you think won the trade with
Speaker 8: Tommy Edmans and who it would take to get a
Speaker 8: picture like per Se or Scoogle.
Speaker 3: It's gonna take a lot.
Speaker 2: It's gonna take a lot of minor league talent and
Speaker 2: a major league talent to do that.
Speaker 3: Isabelle in Anaheim? Is he go ahead?
Speaker 8: Hey? I made this quick. M I like the case,
Speaker 8: so they can do it every they want. I still
Speaker 8: being Dance in June and still got back to being
Speaker 8: Dan and track that before the old subplate when they
Speaker 8: guys swept by Detwitt. All right, he wi, so they
Speaker 8: can do every they want. But no, I like the case,
Speaker 8: all right, is he?
Speaker 2: I like the trades to today, and I hope the
Speaker 2: Dodgers aren't done, but we'll find out. If it's gonna
Speaker 2: be a big deal for a crochet type player, it's
Speaker 2: gonna take a lot to give up. Brace yourself, Dodger fans.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Ronnie Fossio. Thanks to you for listening podcasting
Speaker 2: be a part of the show. Trade deadline three o'clock
Speaker 2: Pacific Tomorrow, Tuesday, will the Dodgers make another deal? Are
Speaker 2: they done or is this the roster they're going with
Speaker 2: In October we'll find out.
Speaker 3: So long everybody