Speaker 1: One thing about this gene 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 me these guys after the show.
Speaker 5: So just thank you, give me all your attention, your fire,
Speaker 5: and not a pisses.
Speaker 6: This is world champion, Dodger world championing for a.
Speaker 7: Small soft time they get a people what they want
Speaker 7: to die in a row two is special.
Speaker 8: I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache one of them.
Speaker 9: Con this ball's gone. You ready to go show old time,
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Speaker 6: of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 9: Oh geez, what a way to start Dodger Talk. I
Speaker 9: get a broom emoji from Mark goobizaw Angels broadcaster. Thanks
Speaker 9: a lot, Gooby. Welcome to Dodger Talk David Bassey live
Speaker 9: at Dodgers Stadium with you until five thirty today, taking
Speaker 9: your phone calls at eight sixty six nine eight seven
Speaker 9: two five seventy. And yes, the Angels beat the Dodgers
Speaker 9: six to four today. And yes, they sweep the Dodgers
Speaker 9: at Dodgers Stadium for the first time since June of
Speaker 9: twenty ten, and the Dodgers have bigger problems than just
Speaker 9: losing a three game series. Being swept by one of
Speaker 9: the worst hitting teams in Major League Baseball obviously not ideal,
Speaker 9: but the trend continues. Very difficult to beat any team
Speaker 9: out there when your starters are only going four innings.
Speaker 9: And I don't have the average of innings in the
Speaker 9: last two weeks, three weeks, but I know what happened
Speaker 9: in this series, and they got three lack luster starts
Speaker 9: in this series against the Angels. Dustin May the only
Speaker 9: starter in this series to go five innings, but he
Speaker 9: didn't pitch that great. Clayton Kershaw coming back for the
Speaker 9: first time in over a year, through thirty eight pitches
Speaker 9: in the first inning, gave up three runs and you
Speaker 9: can kind of understand that. And then Tony Gonsolin today
Speaker 9: four innings, he had blood on his pants after he
Speaker 9: ripped skin off his right thumb. You know, our moms
Speaker 9: always teach us, don't pick your skin, just leave it there, Okay,
Speaker 9: don't pick your skin, especially when you're about to come
Speaker 9: out and pitch a major league game. But nonetheless, Tony
Speaker 9: got out there and pitched for four innings, but he
Speaker 9: was not very good. Five walks, four runs, and Dave
Speaker 9: Roberts went to his bullpen, which is now even thinner
Speaker 9: than it was twenty four hours ago because the Dodgers
Speaker 9: did place Kirby Eates on the injured list after he
Speaker 9: came out of last night's game with a right hamstring strain.
Speaker 9: So you look at this Dodger bullpen, And I said
Speaker 9: this to Jose Moda and Steven Nelson during the broadcast.
Speaker 9: The Dodgers two most trusted and experienced relievers to come
Speaker 9: in in a high leverage situation right now, and right now,
Speaker 9: that's Tanner Scott and Alex Vesia, Blake Trinon, IL, Evan Phillips, IL,
Speaker 9: Kirby Yates, IL Michael Kopek, who's on a rehab assignment,
Speaker 9: has not thrown one pitch in the big leagues this year,
Speaker 9: IL Bruce Star Grattol with a shoulder surgery during the offseason. IL.
Speaker 9: This kind of reminds me of that two week stretch
Speaker 9: last year in the middle of the season, right around
Speaker 9: the All Star break, right after the All Star break,
Speaker 9: where the Dodgers were playing guys like Cavin Bigio and
Speaker 9: Taylor Tremmel. That's kind of how it feels right now.
Speaker 9: With the Dodger bullpen, they're gonna have to weather this
Speaker 9: storm because Anthony Banda has no business being in a
Speaker 9: Tide game at this point in time. But because of
Speaker 9: where the Dodger bullpen is and who's available he was.
Speaker 9: He's given up more home runs this year than he
Speaker 9: or the same amount of home runs this year as
Speaker 9: he gave up all of last year, including two Grand Slams.
Speaker 9: I think we all remember those and today the go
Speaker 9: ahead home run to Travis Darnault. I know he became
Speaker 9: a cult hero because he took his shirt after in
Speaker 9: the parade. But the reality is the Dodgers took Anthony
Speaker 9: Bonda from obscurity last year and put him in positions
Speaker 9: to succeed, and those positions were not high leverage situations.
Speaker 9: But that's what they're trying to do this year, and
Speaker 9: it hasn't worked. I'm not sure he's meant for those moments.
Speaker 9: Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is
Speaker 9: the phone number the Dodgers disappointing three game sweep here
Speaker 9: and when I'm looking at the Dodger bullpen right now.
Speaker 9: I mentioned this the other day and I'll see it again.
Speaker 9: It's Nick Frosso. Time. The Dodgers need Nick Frosso. He's
Speaker 9: on the forty man roster. It would be a very
Speaker 9: easy move to make. They need a good bullpen arm.
Speaker 9: And I know he's a rookie. And now Dave Roberts
Speaker 9: basically has rookies and veterans journeymen in his bullpen. With
Speaker 9: the way things are right now, let's head downstairs right
Speaker 9: now to hear from the manager Dave Roberts about the
Speaker 9: state of his starting staff and the state of his bullpen.
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's not sustainable. I think that I personally just
Speaker 10: look at each night and try to figure out who's
Speaker 10: available and how to try to win the game, cover
Speaker 10: the game, protect players, and that's kind of sort of
Speaker 10: the math, and you put these pieces together and try
Speaker 10: to away on in my decision making. But yeah, I
Speaker 10: mean I think that our starters will, you know, gain
Speaker 10: some traction to start going deeper because we certainly need
Speaker 10: it out of the Penya.
Speaker 9: So today was a milestone for the Dodger bullpen after
Speaker 9: having to cover the final six innings, the Dodger bullpen
Speaker 9: reached two hundred innings pitched this season. The next closest
Speaker 9: bullpen to throw that many innings this year the Miami
Speaker 9: Marlins and the Chicago White Sox one hundred and eighty
Speaker 9: three and one hundred and eighty four innings pitched. This
Speaker 9: just can't go on and tomorrow they got landing knack
Speaker 9: on the mound. And when you look at the Dodger
Speaker 9: rotation minus Tyler Glass now and Blake Snell and Roki Sazaki,
Speaker 9: really the only dependable starter in this rotation, dominant starter
Speaker 9: is Yoshi Yamamoto, and after that it's a flip of
Speaker 9: the coin these days. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven,
Speaker 9: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 9: to mission Viejo. Bill. You're on Dodger Talk live from
Speaker 9: Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 11: Hi, Bill, Hi, thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers starters have given up home runs too a
Speaker 3: lot lately, not just going you're not being able to
Speaker 3: go five innings? Is that a concern too, Just the
Speaker 3: way they haven't took the ball down, It just seems like.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I just think in total, the Dodgers are giving
Speaker 9: up way too many home runs, not just their starters,
Speaker 9: but also the relievers in key situations. As a staff,
Speaker 9: the Dodger staff has given up fifty nine home runs
Speaker 9: this season. The leader in that category is the Baltimore Orioles.
Speaker 9: Thanks for the phone call, Bill, appreciate that contribution. Let's
Speaker 9: go out to Riverside, Adrian. You're on Dodger Talk. How
Speaker 9: you doing, Adrian, he's getting yourself. Oh hey, it's a
Speaker 9: young kid. Hi, Adrian, Hi, what do you want to ask?
Speaker 12: I wanted to ask. Obviously, the Dodger bullpen is one
Speaker 12: of the most heave heavenly used bullpens in baseball, and
Speaker 12: now with Roki Sazaki down, Blake's Bell down, and Tyler
Speaker 12: Glacknow down, I was really wondering how they're gonna push
Speaker 12: forward now having two to three bullpen games a week.
Speaker 9: Yeah, well, no more bullpen games, Adrian, even though it
Speaker 9: feels that way with their starters only going four innings seemingly.
Speaker 9: But thank you for the phone call. That's the good news.
Speaker 9: They're not doing the bullpen games intentionally. It's unintentional in
Speaker 9: some of these starts, these guys that want opportunities and
Speaker 9: in spring training we're hoping to prove that they belong
Speaker 9: in this rotation. Now's the time to step up and
Speaker 9: raise your hand and be that guy. I mean, this
Speaker 9: is when the Dodgers need Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May and
Speaker 9: Landon Knack. If Landon Nack and Tony Gonsolin and Dustin
Speaker 9: May believe they're that guy, they've got to start pitching
Speaker 9: like it. And quite honestly, Tony Gonsolin has Dustin May
Speaker 9: started out well, but he's let his emotions get the
Speaker 9: best of him. Again. Let's squat downtown La. Manny, you're
Speaker 9: on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 13: Hi, Manny, Hey Dave, first time calling this year.
Speaker 14: Good to hear you.
Speaker 13: Man I want to just give a quick shout out
Speaker 13: to Chris Taylor. I was a very big fan of
Speaker 13: his and so was my girlfriend. I will never forget
Speaker 13: being at the World Series game in twenty seventeen first
Speaker 13: pitch home run off Dallas Kichel and he wore the uniform. Well,
Speaker 13: he was out of the media for no bad comments
Speaker 13: or no negative media, and you know, he just did
Speaker 13: the Dodgers a great service by being part of the team.
Speaker 13: So thank you, Chris. But it is a business and
Speaker 13: you know, if you're not performing on this team and
Speaker 13: you're not doing your job as best as you can,
Speaker 13: they're going to replace you and they're going to figure
Speaker 13: it out. So one of my main concerns, and I
Speaker 13: know everyone's calling about it, what to do with all
Speaker 13: the bullpen injuries now with Kirby Yates being out? Are
Speaker 13: we going to see Bobby Miller come back for a
Speaker 13: third stint?
Speaker 9: You know? Are you saying, are you asking if Bobby
Speaker 9: Bobby Miller is going to come back for a third
Speaker 9: stint in the bullpen for the first time?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 2: As a starter?
Speaker 13: You know, we're just we're short staff right now.
Speaker 9: I mean to help the bullpen. They're not short staff.
Speaker 9: They have guys, but they're not pitching that well right now.
Speaker 9: They have guys. Their rotation is back to being five,
Speaker 9: you know, without Glass, now without Snell. They got guys,
Speaker 9: and these guys have got to do it.
Speaker 13: Gotta do it, man, please guys.
Speaker 9: I mean, I don't know. I mean, Andrew Freeman and
Speaker 9: Dave Roberts can only do so much at this point.
Speaker 9: These guys have wanted this opportunity. They felt like they're
Speaker 9: that guy. Then be that guy.
Speaker 13: Yeah, I agree, I just with everything happening, just unfortunate
Speaker 13: injuries and early exits from the from the starters many.
Speaker 9: You know, at some point the players have got to play.
Speaker 9: The players have got to pitch. Okay, I mean injuries
Speaker 9: are part of it, and everybody wants their opportunity. They
Speaker 9: all felt like they deserve to be that guy, be
Speaker 9: part of the rotation. Well, now they're getting an opportunity.
Speaker 9: Take it and run with it. Thanks for the phone call, man,
Speaker 9: He appreciate it. Good call on Chris Taylor as well.
Speaker 9: We all sensed it. Hayesng Kim was not going anywhere.
Speaker 9: When Tommy Edmund came back, Tommy Edmund was activated, he
Speaker 9: started in center field today. Chris Taylor had a great
Speaker 9: Dodger career. We'll celebrate him with some of the more
Speaker 9: memorable moments in his Dodger postseason career later in the show,
Speaker 9: but earlier today. Andrew Friedman spoke publicly since cutting ties
Speaker 9: with longtime Dodgers Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor. Here's what
Speaker 9: he had to say. Where's your starting to pitch? You
Speaker 9: get right now with snow and glass?
Speaker 15: Now are you opted to stare at that club out?
Speaker 9: Hey? Guys. Sorry, that was about the Dodgers starting pitching.
Speaker 9: So we'll get to that in a moment, and we'll
Speaker 9: hear what Andrew Freeman had to say about Chris Taylor
Speaker 9: and Austin Barnes and cutting ties with him. Let's go
Speaker 9: out to you, Kaypa Eric, you're on Dodger Talk. How
Speaker 9: you doing, Eric?
Speaker 14: I'm doing good? Thanks, Dave. Hey, Dave, I just want
Speaker 14: to say to all the Angels fans, you guys should
Speaker 14: be ashamed of yourself.
Speaker 13: Have you guys can compete this hard for these three games?
Speaker 2: Why are you guys in last place?
Speaker 4: There should be.
Speaker 14: No celebrating the dugout and stuff like that. It's all
Speaker 14: I want to say. And hey, Dave, can you just
Speaker 14: tell us a little bit of Andy Pojas because I
Speaker 14: see him talking to the hitting coaches like he's all
Speaker 14: in home.
Speaker 2: I'm like, I like him.
Speaker 3: He's awesome.
Speaker 2: Thanks.
Speaker 9: You know what's great about Andy Pa has he has
Speaker 9: worked his way to this. He's the first guy out there.
Speaker 9: He works daily and he tries to beat Dino Ebel
Speaker 9: out to the field to do outfield drills, to run
Speaker 9: the bases, to long toss. Taoscar Hernandez helped him as
Speaker 9: far as the hitting goes and where his head's at.
Speaker 9: So that's that's on Andy paj Has. When I talk
Speaker 9: about taking the opportunity and making the most of it.
Speaker 9: He could have curled up in fetal position after the
Speaker 9: first two rough weeks, but he kept going and look
Speaker 9: where he's at right now now. You know, everybody wanted
Speaker 9: to send Paz down after the first two weeks, but
Speaker 9: the Dodgers stayed the course and gave him a larger
Speaker 9: sample size. So that's where things are with Andy poe
Speaker 9: Has and couldn't be happier for the hardware work that
Speaker 9: he's put in. All Right, thanks for the phone call,
Speaker 9: Eric Collin. Do we have Andrew Friedman talking about Austin
Speaker 9: Barnes and Chris Taylor, because Andrew spoke this morning about
Speaker 9: it for the first time since having to say goodbye
Speaker 9: to two guys that he brought in. He traded for
Speaker 9: Austin Barnes in that three way deal with the Marlins
Speaker 9: in twenty fifteen. He traded Zach Lee for Chris Taylor
Speaker 9: from the Mariners in twenty sixteen, and Chris Taylor turned
Speaker 9: out to be a big part of the Dodgers during
Speaker 9: his tenure. Here here's what Andrew Freeman had to say
Speaker 9: this morning.
Speaker 15: No decision has ever made in a vacuum. It's within
Speaker 15: the context of our roster and where we're at. And so,
Speaker 15: you know, he's done a great job. Rush talked about
Speaker 15: the other day. You know, when we drafted him, obviously
Speaker 15: we loved the bat, didn't have a ton of experience
Speaker 15: behind the plate. Have challenged him each year with different
Speaker 15: goals and things to work on, and to his credit,
Speaker 15: he has an incredible motor and work ethic and has
Speaker 15: continued to get better and better and better and better.
Speaker 15: And so on one hand there is the element of
Speaker 15: you know, the guys who have been here and been
Speaker 15: a big part of what we've done, and the other
Speaker 15: is looking ahead, who is going to be a part of,
Speaker 15: you know, the next wave And it's far from science.
Speaker 15: It's it's art, and it's difficult, and it's you know,
Speaker 15: I think the end for people that you know have
Speaker 15: been such significant contributors. It's never going to feel good.
Speaker 15: And it's been tough for a lot of us this week,
Speaker 15: but you know, felt like in Russia's development, where he's at,
Speaker 15: what he's done, that he had earned this right and
Speaker 15: that he would help us be able to win games
Speaker 15: and continue his development. You know, the last mile part
Speaker 15: of a catcher's development plan is leading and running a
Speaker 15: major league staff, and you can't really do that unless
Speaker 15: you're up here, you know, catching some games. So I
Speaker 15: felt like at this point that was an everyone's best interest.
Speaker 15: You know, we didn't feel like coming into the season
Speaker 15: this is something that we would necessarily be doing in May.
Speaker 15: But you learn things and things change and things evolve
Speaker 15: and play out. You know, we just have a lot
Speaker 15: more information at this point in May than we do
Speaker 15: before the season. So I wouldn't say it was something
Speaker 15: that we thought was fait a company and was necessarily
Speaker 15: going to happen. But with where we were all things
Speaker 15: fat Doctor Dan again, well, not easy. We felt like
Speaker 15: it was the right thing to do.
Speaker 9: And kudos to Andrew Friedman because it's not easy to
Speaker 9: say goodbye to guys that he brought in. I guess
Speaker 9: you could always say this about GMS. In any sport,
Speaker 9: it's tougher to say goodbye to guys that you brought in,
Speaker 9: you traded for, you drafted, And that's the case with
Speaker 9: Chris Taylor and Austin Barnes. But let's not you know,
Speaker 9: pretend that things were going great for Chris Taylor the
Speaker 9: last couple of years, and you bring in a player
Speaker 9: like Hayesan Kim, who has certainly made an impact in
Speaker 9: minimal opportunities with his speed, with his fielding. That was
Speaker 9: Chris Taylor's role to pinch run, to come in late
Speaker 9: for defense, and Kim is just a younger, better option
Speaker 9: right now for the Dodgers and their roster construction off
Speaker 9: the bench, and look at Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor
Speaker 9: when they first started getting regular playing time. They took
Speaker 9: time away from longtime Dodgers Andre Ethier and aj Ellis.
Speaker 9: And that's the evolution organically of a successful organization. And
Speaker 9: you can go even further back than just this thirteen
Speaker 9: year period if you go back to the early eighties,
Speaker 9: the late seventies, the famed infield of Garvey, Loops Russell
Speaker 9: and say that hurt a lot more for those Dodger fans.
Speaker 9: When Greg Brock was wearing number nine in playing first base,
Speaker 9: Steve Sachs took over first Davey Lops was the first
Speaker 9: member that famed infield to move on when Al Campanis
Speaker 9: decided to call up Steve Sacks, who won Rookie of
Speaker 9: the Year his first season in nineteen eighty two. Bill
Speaker 9: Russell was the dean of the infield. He stayed the longest.
Speaker 9: Ron Say moved on and they went to Bill Madlock
Speaker 9: and Pedro Guerrero. But this happens. And also, you know,
Speaker 9: I feel like there were more impactful players that already
Speaker 9: have moved on, Corey Seeger, Cody Bellinger, Justin Turner. Those
Speaker 9: to me hurt more than these two because Chris Taylor
Speaker 9: and Austin Barnes, the Dodgers really took care of them.
Speaker 9: Chris Taylor got a four year, sixty million dollar contract.
Speaker 9: Austin Barnes was with the How many times have you
Speaker 9: heard a backup catcher stay with one team for as
Speaker 9: long as Austin Barnes did, and the Dodgers picked up
Speaker 9: his contract option of three and a half million dollars
Speaker 9: this year. I'm not sure many other teams would have
Speaker 9: done that. So I feel like Andrew Friedman, as much
Speaker 9: as it stinks to release or DFA these two guys,
Speaker 9: I don't know how they could harbor any ill will
Speaker 9: towards him or the Dodgers. He gave them every opportunity
Speaker 9: to extend their careers with the Dodgers, but better options
Speaker 9: in Dalton Rushing and Hayesung Kim. But nonetheless, I know
Speaker 9: over the last two years many of you have called
Speaker 9: in even when Chris Taylor wasn't playing, just randomly called
Speaker 9: in to kick Chris Taylor when he was down. Let's
Speaker 9: not forget all the great moments Chris Taylor had as
Speaker 9: a Dodger. I know it wasn't pretty the last couple
Speaker 9: of years, but there was a reason why he stuck
Speaker 9: around this long. He had a lot of great moments
Speaker 9: from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty one and was a
Speaker 9: very valuable member of the team. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 9: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. We're
Speaker 9: gonna take a time out. When we come back, we'll
Speaker 9: check in with jose Mota. We'll take more of your
Speaker 9: phone calls. Also, we'll get to some of those memorable
Speaker 9: moments from Chris Taylor, and we will hear from Andrew
Speaker 9: Friedman about Blake Snell and Tyler Glassnell. And we'll try
Speaker 9: to read between the lines, because he kind of danced
Speaker 9: around the question anyway, Dodgers fall to the Angel six
Speaker 9: to four. LA Sports.
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Speaker 8: Indeed, this ball is good. Just like that, we are time.
Speaker 9: Will Smith doing what Will Smith has done since twenty nineteen.
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Speaker 9: seventy LA Sports David Vasse Live at Dodgers Stadium. Coming
Speaker 9: up in the next half hour. You'll hear some of
Speaker 9: those memorable Chris Taylor moments. You'll hear from Andrew Friedman
Speaker 9: about Tyler Glassnell and Blake Snell. We'll get to Jose Mota,
Speaker 9: but first let's go back out to the phones. David
Speaker 9: in Temecula. You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse.
Speaker 2: Hi, David, how you doing, David all days?
Speaker 16: A great guys, Baby, We're.
Speaker 9: Beloved, Yeah we are. David's are the best.
Speaker 11: Yeah, what David is better than two Steeds?
Speaker 4: That's what That's what I tell my neighbors like that.
Speaker 14: All right, My girlfriend's really, really really upset.
Speaker 2: TT three was her.
Speaker 16: Uh most favorite player in the world, and I just
Speaker 16: don't think he got a fair shot this year.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 16: And and there's two people on the roster Conperto and
Speaker 16: uh out and that they could have let go and
Speaker 16: CC three never really got enough playing time to to
Speaker 16: proove himself this year. I feel he kind of got
Speaker 16: a short end of the stick. And uh, you know,
Speaker 16: we just have splinters in his app the whole the
Speaker 16: whole time, all year.
Speaker 9: And uh, who is he going to play over.
Speaker 11: Over?
Speaker 9: I mean they paid. I mean, come on, Michael Conford
Speaker 9: to at this stage of his career, is a better
Speaker 9: player than Chris Taylor. I'm sorry, come on, David, Yeah,
Speaker 9: but I mean he's a guy that is driving the
Speaker 9: ball much better. Chris Taylor hasn't really made contact with
Speaker 9: the baseball much. And look, even Andrew Friedman said this.
Speaker 9: It's hard for him to play once a week. It's
Speaker 9: hard for anybody. But it just it just wasn't there
Speaker 9: for Chris Taylor, going back to spring training, going back
Speaker 9: to two years. Come on, David, I love Chris Taylor
Speaker 9: more than anybody. It just wasn't there.
Speaker 16: And then Austin Barnes as well. Man, I mean, I
Speaker 16: don't know, he couldna let him count. Chris kept one
Speaker 16: more game and then.
Speaker 14: Let him go.
Speaker 9: You know, I mean, I mean, I know it sounds
Speaker 9: like you're you're doing this with your heart and your emotions,
Speaker 9: and I love it because those guys do have a
Speaker 9: resume do have a track record. It was interesting timing,
Speaker 9: but I mean it's tough Dalton rushing. We already have
Speaker 9: seen this guy is he's ready for prime time, David.
Speaker 9: And you know, a big part of baseball these days
Speaker 9: is stealing bases, and you've got to be able to
Speaker 9: control the running game. And I just don't feel like
Speaker 9: Austin was one hundred percent with that throwing.
Speaker 14: Arm right now, right, I agree?
Speaker 9: All right, thank you for the phone call. I'm sorry
Speaker 9: you and your girlfriend in are upset. Many people in
Speaker 9: La are. You know, it's funny we get a call
Speaker 9: like that, but for the last two years I've been
Speaker 9: fielding NonStop calls about getting rid of Chris Taylor. Now
Speaker 9: everybody wants the Dodgers to keep him. I mean, come on,
Speaker 9: let's go out to Pasadena. Leo, you're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 9: Live from Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 14: Hi, Leo, Hi, they be.
Speaker 17: First time color. Congratulations, your show is great.
Speaker 9: Thank you.
Speaker 17: I wanted to ask you a question. You're very close
Speaker 17: to the team, and I don't think it's a coincidence
Speaker 17: that we have so many peachers hurts all the time.
Speaker 17: It was last year, it was a day before it
Speaker 17: was easier again, there might be something going on with
Speaker 17: the way they're practicing the routines, the schedules. I don't
Speaker 17: know what's your take on that, because when I look
Speaker 17: at the other teams, we don't see this number of
Speaker 17: teaches hurt all the time.
Speaker 14: We'll love to hear your thoughts.
Speaker 9: Well, take a deeper look, because other teams do have
Speaker 9: pictures that get hurt, and I feel like every case
Speaker 9: is individual. Blake Trenan's pushed to the max last year
Speaker 9: and has a history of arm issues and shoulder issues,
Speaker 9: so that shouldn't be a surprise that he got hurt.
Speaker 9: Bruce dar Gradol has been having a shoulder that's been
Speaker 9: barking for a couple of years. Evan Phillips missed the
Speaker 9: World Series last year with a shoulder issue and now
Speaker 9: he's got an elbow issue. He was pushed to the max.
Speaker 9: Kirby Yates is what thirty six, thirty seven years old.
Speaker 9: Shouldn't be a surprise that he has pitched in half
Speaker 9: of the games this year and his hamstring gave out.
Speaker 9: So I feel like their every case is specific to
Speaker 9: that pitcher in those circumstances.
Speaker 17: Maybe you give you know, the assle with a push
Speaker 17: to the max. You know the fact that the word
Speaker 17: starting pitchers are not going up these five innings might be,
Speaker 17: but thank you.
Speaker 9: I mean, look at the postseason last year. The Doc
Speaker 9: pushed these relievers to the max. Those guys pitched more
Speaker 9: than anybody else because the Dodgers only had two and
Speaker 9: a half starters. If you look at any pitcher or
Speaker 9: pitching staff that wins the World Series or goes to
Speaker 9: the World Series and they're pushed to the max, like
Speaker 9: at Chris Sale in Boston in twenty eighteen, it took
Speaker 9: him a couple of years to rebound from that. So
Speaker 9: we got to take that into account. And not to
Speaker 9: mention the Dodgers reported a training camp before any other
Speaker 9: team out there. It was a short offseason for a
Speaker 9: lot of these guys that were on the team last year.
Speaker 3: That is correct.
Speaker 17: Well, I hope everybody gets healthy because we needed.
Speaker 2: This was embarrassing.
Speaker 17: Not a great week.
Speaker 9: It's a yeah, it wasn't great. It wasn't great. I
Speaker 9: thought the Dodgers took care of business against the A's,
Speaker 9: taking two out of three. I felt like they were
Speaker 9: going to be the ones to sweep the Angels and
Speaker 9: instead the Angels took advantage of number one. They had
Speaker 9: a really good game plan against the Dodgers starters, and
Speaker 9: they took advantage of it. But the Dodger starters have
Speaker 9: got to pitch better and deeper into games. Let's go
Speaker 9: out to riverside. Doug, you're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 9: vasse Hi.
Speaker 1: Doug Hey, Dave went an honor. I just want to say, Dave,
Speaker 1: you got the most luxurious job in the world talking
Speaker 1: to those players. You are so spoiled, it's disgusting.
Speaker 9: Oh the glamorous life, Doug. You should see it.
Speaker 14: Oh yeah, I could betch.
Speaker 9: They feed me caviar, they bring me champagne as soon
Speaker 9: as I walk into that clubhouse. I got Freddie Freeman
Speaker 9: and Mookie Betts and show Hao Tani waiting for me
Speaker 9: at the door. Every day when I walk in with
Speaker 9: some champagne, with some caviar. I got Tommy Edmund massaging
Speaker 9: my feet while I do the interviews. Yes, it's so glamorous.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, I tell you what. I'm a big
Speaker 1: Tommy Ebvey fan. He didn't do too much today, but man,
Speaker 1: I'm glad we got him. Boy Saint Louis really screwed
Speaker 1: up on that. Well, we got to steel there.
Speaker 14: You can say.
Speaker 9: Why Saint Louis did screw up, but how many gms
Speaker 9: could have had Tom He had been twenty nine others
Speaker 9: and Andrew Friedman was the one that swooped in.
Speaker 2: That's true.
Speaker 1: But my point today is I'm surprised that Roberts put
Speaker 1: Garcia out there when you should. I mean, I'm sold
Speaker 1: on Sour and Dryer. I mean they didn't even get
Speaker 1: a chance. I mean there looks to me like they're
Speaker 1: ready to build up into the point where they can
Speaker 1: take high pressure leverage. So I'm just letting that.
Speaker 9: But you can't run that guy into the ground too.
Speaker 9: I mean, he's he's being counted on in different ways
Speaker 9: for multiple innings. You gotta be careful with him or
Speaker 9: we're gonna get more phone calls about why are pitchers
Speaker 9: getting hurt? I would have gone with Sour in the
Speaker 9: middle of that game instead of Bonda. I really would have.
Speaker 9: Right now, Bonda needs to reset. The Dodgers have got
Speaker 9: to get him in lower leverage situations and put him
Speaker 9: back in the spot that he was in last year,
Speaker 9: where he was the seventh or eighth relief pitch coming
Speaker 9: into the game, but with the injuries, they're forced to
Speaker 9: use him in situations like today. Thanks for the phone call, Doug.
Speaker 9: I'll send you a picture of me and my reclining
Speaker 9: chair doing interviews in the Dodger clubhouse. Eight six six
Speaker 9: nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 9: The Dodgers fall today six to four. The Angels come
Speaker 9: to Dodger Stadium and sweep a three game series for
Speaker 9: the first time since June of twenty ten. How about this,
Speaker 9: The Dodgers were not the only team to be swept
Speaker 9: this weekend. Al West versus NL West. The Mariners swept
Speaker 9: the Padres in a three game series this weekend. The
Speaker 9: Giants swept the A's in the Bay Area series this weekend.
Speaker 9: So the Padres and Giants are just a game back
Speaker 9: of the Dodgers in the NL West. We'll get back
Speaker 9: to the phone calls in a moment. We'll hear from
Speaker 9: Andrew Friedman also in a moment.
Speaker 7: But first it's time to go around the horn with
Speaker 7: Jose Mota.
Speaker 9: Jose Mota, you see me every day, the luxurious life
Speaker 9: of Mookie and Freddy. Welcome me into the clubhouse with
Speaker 9: Caviare Champagne and maybe even sometimes crow Nuts. I mean
Speaker 9: I get spoiled every day.
Speaker 2: Right, Oh, you have it so well, Dave, I mean
Speaker 2: so good to the point where we see you from
Speaker 2: upstairs going there goes Dave, up, there goes Dave. He's
Speaker 2: going right, he's going left. No, I mean you work
Speaker 2: your tail out. There's no doubt about it. There's there's
Speaker 2: no one between producers saying, hey, by the way, I
Speaker 2: got you this player to go talk to. It's like,
Speaker 2: it's all you, man. I've been there before, and I
Speaker 2: really appreciate what you do. So certainly I can go
Speaker 2: back and just answer the call of that noise. It's
Speaker 2: not a glamorous life. As you're feeling content, you have
Speaker 2: to really earn it. So I applaud you for that.
Speaker 9: Hey, you're grinding it out to Jose Mota filling in
Speaker 9: for Rick Monday. I mean, fans are upset right now,
Speaker 9: but I feel like there's a bigger issue problem and
Speaker 9: that's a very thin bull him these.
Speaker 2: Days, it is, And the biggest thing that managers want
Speaker 2: is defined bullpen rolls. That is a dream, okay, And
Speaker 2: the only way that happens is by your starting pitchers
Speaker 2: going out there and also having defined rolls like a god,
Speaker 2: they can say, Hey, I know this guy's gonna pitch
Speaker 2: me into this other thing. I know this guy's gonna
Speaker 2: give me six. It's the last sixteen games for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Going back to the trip to Atlanta, the Dodgers have
Speaker 2: had the starting pitchers complete past six innings three times. Okay,
Speaker 2: after that, you go five, go four. Guess what all
Speaker 2: those innings, whether there's four where there's three other row,
Speaker 2: whether it's another five at home, it's it's tough to
Speaker 2: go out through and just get consistency out of guys,
Speaker 2: even in performance wise, because now God like Manda today,
Speaker 2: Banda did his job for one inning, that's all he
Speaker 2: needed to. But because Tony has the issue with the
Speaker 2: with the finger and the skin, and then he goes
Speaker 2: four innings, band has to go back to his second
Speaker 2: inning after making eight pitches and six strikes in the
Speaker 2: first time. In the seventh any then he goes out there,
Speaker 2: ends up with thirty three and just very in effective.
Speaker 2: I saw a band that throw a couple of change
Speaker 2: up today, and I don't know if that's in the case,
Speaker 2: if he's trying to tweak with something, but he's usually
Speaker 2: what he's good is fastball, slider here is But Dave,
Speaker 2: the only way to fix this is not even words
Speaker 2: from your manager or Baseball Operations president. No, it's the players.
Speaker 2: It's the pictures that have to just have a chat
Speaker 2: and say, hey, guys, here's here's what I think we
Speaker 2: need to do. At some point, you've got to just
Speaker 2: stop being mechanical and just understand what he needs. And
Speaker 2: guys know how to sort it out by themselves. They've
Speaker 2: been around this game for a while. But the values
Speaker 2: do need some hell because this bullpen'sn't gonna be able
Speaker 2: to withstand this.
Speaker 9: Yeah, if you're a picture, if you're landing knack tomorrow, Jose,
Speaker 9: you got to go to that mound and pitch to contact. Obviously,
Speaker 9: try to get swing and miss. He had eight strikeouts. Yeah,
Speaker 9: that was great in his last start. But the primary
Speaker 9: focus has got to be to be economic and get
Speaker 9: deep into the game tomorrow.
Speaker 2: That's the first inning. The Angels saw an average of
Speaker 2: thirty pitches in every first inning. That fills your everything
Speaker 2: for Landon NAC take note and just understand what's happening.
Speaker 2: David really goes back to the simplest thing, which is
Speaker 2: sometimes the hardest thing. It's not either being on that
Speaker 2: manager you're by yourself, but pitch execution, no velocity. You
Speaker 2: mentioned next strikeouts, which many people applaud great, but that
Speaker 2: also takes more pitches. You got to keep your defense
Speaker 2: alive and making place for you so you know, a
Speaker 2: well located fastball is still your best friend. It's not
Speaker 2: practiced enough on baseball nowadays because everybody believes and thrown harder,
Speaker 2: but also spending the ball more, which kind of contradicts itself. Right,
Speaker 2: Lamon Nac has a very good breaking both Lamon Nick
Speaker 2: that's a pretty decent fastball, but he can go out
Speaker 2: and utilize and the better fastball is the better. It's
Speaker 2: change up is there's another terrific pitch that he has
Speaker 2: when he's implemented well according to the count. So to
Speaker 2: him take notice and just understand that you've got to
Speaker 2: do homework on who's coming in and know that you
Speaker 2: still got to locate to keep the ball down and
Speaker 2: get rolling. But also give your manager that look to hey,
Speaker 2: I'm gonna change this thing around. It doesn't take a
Speaker 2: better player or pitcher, but just get look at confidence
Speaker 2: in body language of confidence to say this time around
Speaker 2: the rotation, it's gonna be me making a difference, and
Speaker 2: guys want to see that.
Speaker 9: And I also believe Jose getting into a five day
Speaker 9: routine for guys like Nac and Gonsolin are going to
Speaker 9: help them settle in. It's hard to be shoveled from
Speaker 9: the bullpen to the minor leagues back to starting in
Speaker 9: the major leagues in Land in next case. So a
Speaker 9: five day routine means a lot more than what people
Speaker 9: give it credit for.
Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it. You have your day where
Speaker 2: you're gonna lift is what you're gonna throw a long toss,
Speaker 2: you go your bullpen days. I'm a big ponent of
Speaker 2: even throwing another bullpen in between, just to touch and
Speaker 2: fie a bullpen. It's gonna be about command, and we
Speaker 2: talked so much about guys not commanding a pitch or two,
Speaker 2: and when they have trouble, then you know, pictures play
Speaker 2: catch every single day, right and you see pictures down
Speaker 2: the line every single day, MVP doing what one crossing,
Speaker 2: one throwing. Why not take that to the mound and
Speaker 2: just say, hey, pitches here and there here in my
Speaker 2: little bullpen session. Just hit spots, hit spots because obviously
Speaker 2: everybody's reading radar guns and I think it has not
Speaker 2: been beneficial for everybody in the game. But I think
Speaker 2: just the feel of the strike zone in the field,
Speaker 2: of reading swings in the field where your catcher has
Speaker 2: been laws and its translated into what we're seeing generally
Speaker 2: in baseline For the Dodgers, right, I was, it turned
Speaker 2: out to missing a lot of spots. And teams like
Speaker 2: the Angels that came into this series bleeding pretty much
Speaker 2: as one of the worst teams in baseball, Well, they
Speaker 2: go out with confidence because with two strikes with two
Speaker 2: outs when they needed and base hit, they found a
Speaker 2: lot of good pictures to hit.
Speaker 9: Uh did we lose Jose? We lost Jose? All right, Well,
Speaker 9: check in with Jose tomorrow. He is going to fill
Speaker 9: in one more game for Rick Monday, as the Dodgers
Speaker 9: and diamond start a three game series here at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 9: The Dodgers and Arizona split a four game series last week,
Speaker 9: and the Diamondbacks are a much better hitting team than
Speaker 9: what the Angels were. And you heard what Jose had
Speaker 9: to say. The Dodgers starters in this three game series
Speaker 9: through an average of thirty pitches. It would be huge.
Speaker 9: Just keep it simple. It would be huge for the
Speaker 9: Dodgers to get into that dugout with a zero on
Speaker 9: the board in that first inning because they have been
Speaker 9: fighting uphill, offensively, seemingly all season long, because their starters
Speaker 9: have been giving them a deficit to work with. I
Speaker 9: mean Otani came to the plate the last two nights
Speaker 9: with the Dodgers being down three to nothing. Just coming
Speaker 9: into the dugout tied with no score will be huge
Speaker 9: tomorrow night for Landon Nak and the Dodgers. Eight six
Speaker 9: six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 9: Let's go out to Craig and long beach. Iray, Craig,
Speaker 9: what do you got today.
Speaker 14: Day, buddy?
Speaker 4: What's going on? Man? How you doing?
Speaker 9: I'm doing great? Talking baseball from Dodger Stadium. It's a
Speaker 9: glamorous life.
Speaker 4: Taking them on the chin with the little kids down
Speaker 4: the block there. You know, it's kind of embarrassing, and uh,
Speaker 4: I'm really not too into it. Just one team. I
Speaker 4: can't stand as the Angels and I'm getting swept by
Speaker 4: him does not sit well with me at all.
Speaker 9: The way I felt in this series, Craig. The way
Speaker 9: I felt in this series was that the first night
Speaker 9: the Dodgers lost, it was cute the Angels beat them,
Speaker 9: and then the Dodgers lost last night and it became annoying.
Speaker 9: And then they got swept for the first time at
Speaker 9: Dodgers Stadium by the Angels in twenty ten, and then
Speaker 9: it became upsetting, especially when you're getting broom emojis from
Speaker 9: Mark goubazaw and text from Mark Langston righty left he
Speaker 9: won two punch from those two guys.
Speaker 4: Yeah, well that's all fine and good, but Gooby and Langston,
Speaker 4: can you could text? You could send them some emojis
Speaker 4: when they're sitting at home in October, you can hit
Speaker 4: them with.
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, I will, I will.
Speaker 2: Telling you dude.
Speaker 4: It's like, I mean, Dave, you know me, I'm a
Speaker 4: pretty good fan for the Gotogland fans. So it's nineteen
Speaker 4: seventy five when I'm six years old, and it's like,
Speaker 4: you know, we have something to be proud of right
Speaker 4: now with the Dodgers, and see them then get sweat
Speaker 4: by the Angels. That's kind of embarrassing. Even though our
Speaker 4: pitching is really, really, really thin. Right now, and it's
Speaker 4: running on fumes, like you say, in the bullpens just
Speaker 4: gassed and the starting rotation is just torn apart. But
Speaker 4: they'll get better. They'll get well, and people forget we're
Speaker 4: still the best team in baseball. People are acting like, well,
Speaker 4: right there with.
Speaker 9: The Tigers and the Padres and now the Giants, they're in.
Speaker 4: The toughest divisions.
Speaker 9: Well, I mean you hur at the top. Yeah. With
Speaker 9: all that said and all the pitching issues, the Dodgers
Speaker 9: are still on top thanks to their offense. And that
Speaker 9: was the case last year through October. People forget about
Speaker 9: how good their offense was, and that's what's carried the
Speaker 9: Dodgers through October to the World Championship. Thanks for the
Speaker 9: phone call, Craig, appreciate it. Eight six six nine seven
Speaker 9: two five seventy. The Dodgers fall to the Angels today,
Speaker 9: six to four. The Angels sweep the three game series,
Speaker 9: and the Dodgers need to refocus and reset as the Diamondbacks,
Speaker 9: a very tough team to beat, is coming to town,
Speaker 9: and you know they have blood on their minds. They
Speaker 9: want to make it hurt even more for the Dodgers
Speaker 9: on this homestand so Hopefully the Dodgers can bounce back
Speaker 9: against the team that gave the Dodgers everything they could
Speaker 9: handle and more last week in Arizona. Earlier in the show,
Speaker 9: I told you we had a chance to catch up
Speaker 9: with Andrew Friedman. He had a press conference this morning
Speaker 9: to address having to say goodbye to Austin Barnes and
Speaker 9: Chris Taylor. But then I felt like that ran its
Speaker 9: course and it was time to ask about guys that
Speaker 9: are still on the team, like Blake Snell and Tyler Glass. Now,
Speaker 9: where's your starting pitching at right now? With Snell and Glass?
Speaker 14: Now, are you.
Speaker 15: Optimistic at that club out?
Speaker 9: Okay, training room? Probably we'll leave you on the mount.
Speaker 9: I don't know.
Speaker 15: Yeah, it's let's get to that. Did we have more
Speaker 15: on Barnes Taylor?
Speaker 9: I didn't know, it's the other question.
Speaker 15: Okay, Yeah, it's it's been uh, it's been challenging, and
Speaker 15: you know, we're not looking ahead of Hey, this is
Speaker 15: the exact date. It's more just biting off in small chunks.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 15: Snell starting up his throwing program, Glass is a little
Speaker 15: further along in his and we'll get off a mound
Speaker 15: at some point point and then obviously, you know each
Speaker 15: of them will throw bullpens, move on to live BPS
Speaker 15: and then get into to game action and then get back.
Speaker 15: So I know both of them want that to happen
Speaker 15: as quickly as possible. It's it's challenging with the starting
Speaker 15: pitcher who's not built up anymore of how to get
Speaker 15: back to that point and try to get him back
Speaker 15: to stay back, and so that's what we're in the
Speaker 15: middle of right now.
Speaker 9: So with all that being said, and Andrew obviously apprehensive
Speaker 9: to answer that question because there was twenty minutes worth
Speaker 9: of Chris Taylor Austin Barnes questions. That's the most that
Speaker 9: I've been asked about those two players in the last
Speaker 9: ten years. So I felt like we could move on
Speaker 9: to more pressing issues like his two high priced starters,
Speaker 9: Glass Now and Blake Snell. You heard from Blake Snell yesterday,
Speaker 9: and Blake Snell gave us a little bit more insight
Speaker 9: to what's going on with him than Andrew Freed and
Speaker 9: did right there in that setting. But what Andrew did
Speaker 9: let us know is that glass Now is maybe a
Speaker 9: little bit ahead of Blake SNeW and we may see
Speaker 9: Glass Now return before Blake snow. So that's good news
Speaker 9: that they are now throwing baseballs and that they may
Speaker 9: be back on the mound in the next month or so.
Speaker 9: So that's the silver lining there. Eight six, six, nine
Speaker 9: eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 9: go out to Malibu. Bob, You're on Dodger Talk live
Speaker 9: from Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 11: Hi, Bob our Man, Uncle Day of the Robin Leech of.
Speaker 9: The MLB, Caviard dreams, Baby.
Speaker 11: Champagne, wishes for you, Dave always Ben Hey, you know,
Speaker 11: just want to share a quick touching Chris Taylor's story. Man,
Speaker 11: He'll be missed, no doubt. He put in his time
Speaker 11: as the Dodger. But business is business and it's.
Speaker 3: Time to move on.
Speaker 11: Chris was a really stand up guy, both on and
Speaker 11: off the field.
Speaker 18: Man.
Speaker 11: There was a time when my young daughter was in
Speaker 11: Boston to see the Dodgers at Fenway. Chris got off
Speaker 11: the bus came back just to take a picture with
Speaker 11: her because he saw her waiting outside. Man, So for that,
Speaker 11: I'll be forever thankful to that guy. Man, he seemed
Speaker 11: like a real stand up guy.
Speaker 9: He was a great guy. I remember seeing him do
Speaker 9: that type of stuff all the time. And I even
Speaker 9: remember one day Joe Davis brought his son out here
Speaker 9: and Chris Taylor started playing catch with him on the field.
Speaker 9: Chris Taylor is a high character guy. That's why he
Speaker 9: stuck around for as long as he did, and part
Speaker 9: of the reason why Andrew Freeman gave him such a
Speaker 9: large contract four year, sixty million dollars to a guy
Speaker 9: that was a utility player.
Speaker 11: Well learned man. I know my daughter mays he really
Speaker 11: appreciated it, and you know he continues to be her
Speaker 11: favorite player even today. One thing I did want to
Speaker 11: ask you, though, a bullpen wise, Dave, Joe Kelly questions
Speaker 11: for you, man, what are your thoughts?
Speaker 9: We're talking about injured pictures. Joe Kelly is more injured
Speaker 9: than anybody right right now. Bob No, I'm sorry.
Speaker 6: No.
Speaker 9: Nick Frosso is the guy that I would call up.
Speaker 9: He's on the forty man roster. He had a great spring.
Speaker 9: He's having a really good minor league season. It's Nick
Speaker 9: Frosso time. If you want a fresh, real arm in
Speaker 9: that bullpen, it's Nick Frosso.
Speaker 11: Frosso it is Dave will follow your lead as always, man.
Speaker 11: Thanks for the call, Dave, have a great one.
Speaker 9: I'll pass along to Joe Kelly that somebody called in
Speaker 9: asking about him. That's the first time this year somebody
Speaker 9: asked about Joe Kelly.
Speaker 11: Anytime, man, I'll have a one on one man.
Speaker 9: All right, Bob, thanks a lot for the phone call.
Speaker 9: I still pass Jonas Never's mural a Mariachi Joe on
Speaker 9: the reserve level every day that we walk in, so
Speaker 9: I'm glad they did not paint over that. Let's go
Speaker 9: out to Wan, who is at Dodger Stadium today. Hi, Wan,
Speaker 9: you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 14: Hey, glad to be here. Thank you for having me
Speaker 14: on the air.
Speaker 9: Oh, happy to have you on. We're happy you're here too.
Speaker 14: Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're celebrating my birthday. Unfortunately we didn't
Speaker 14: get to win, but I had a good time with
Speaker 14: my family.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 14: The maken certain I want to bring up, though, is
Speaker 14: why is he playing every day?
Speaker 9: Wait? Who was that reminding you who you called in about?
Speaker 9: You just had to be reminded by somebody why you
Speaker 9: were calling.
Speaker 14: No, I wasn't reminded. I just had a hard time
Speaker 14: sound of his name.
Speaker 2: I was just going to make sure I got his
Speaker 2: name right.
Speaker 14: Wrong with the guy.
Speaker 9: Before me, anybuddy, it's not even a it's not even
Speaker 9: fifty games in. We just played the Dodgers just played
Speaker 9: their forty seventh game of the year. Let's let it
Speaker 9: go into June and then reassess where Confordo's at. You know,
Speaker 9: he hit a you know after you say Kakuchi walk
Speaker 9: Keith Hernandez on four pitches in the fifth inning. I
Speaker 9: couldn't understand why Confordo swung at the first pitch, even
Speaker 9: though he he sent it to the warning track in
Speaker 9: center field. It wasn't a good pitch to hit. He
Speaker 9: wasn't going to do anything with it. So I just
Speaker 9: hope he settles in. It feels like he's trying a
Speaker 9: little bit too hard. But let's give him until June first.
Speaker 9: But I do seriously believe that Dave Roberts has to
Speaker 9: consider pinch hitting for Confordo in certain situations at this point.
Speaker 14: Yeah, I agree with that. I just think sometimes maybe
Speaker 14: we need to get him rest, maybe to reset that way.
Speaker 14: But I think he's getting a lot of plenty time.
Speaker 14: But I think sometimes hey take a break, reset and
Speaker 14: work on something and maybe come back again. So again,
Speaker 14: it's also even sad. I'm glad about Austin Barnes and
Speaker 14: Chris Taylor, wishing well, hope they can continue playing baseball.
Speaker 9: All right, Well, thanks for the phone call, and they
Speaker 9: obviously want to continue to play baseball and hopefully they
Speaker 9: get that opportunity. Speaking of those two guys, we talked
Speaker 9: about Austin Barnes earlier this week after he was designated
Speaker 9: for assignment. Today, Chris Taylor released to make room for
Speaker 9: Tommy Edman to return, and Kirby Yates was placed on
Speaker 9: the IL and the Dodgers called up Lu Trevino, who
Speaker 9: pitched two scoreless innings today. I wanted to share some
Speaker 9: of the and remind you of some of the great
Speaker 9: moments Chris Taylor had for the Dodgers in the postseason.
Speaker 9: Twenty seventeen was Taylor's breakout year and he was leading
Speaker 9: off for the Dodgers that season, and he also was
Speaker 9: leading off for the Dodgers in Game one of the
Speaker 9: World Series against the Houston Astros.
Speaker 19: Twenty three starts during the regular season, fourteen and five
Speaker 19: and two point nine to zero er. He stays away
Speaker 19: from the strike zone. He likes to see other hitters
Speaker 19: pish at I'm a first pitch Chris Taylor hits it out.
Speaker 19: Heichael gave up fifteen home runs during the regular season
Speaker 19: in a hundred forty six innings. In one pitch, the
Speaker 19: Dodgers take.
Speaker 9: A one to nothing lead. That's the voice of Charlie Steiner.
Speaker 9: Game one of the twenty seventeen World Series. Before the
Speaker 9: Astros started banging trash cans in Houston, Chris Taylor was
Speaker 9: hitting a leadoff home run that was thrilling the first
Speaker 9: World Series game played at Dodger Stadium since Game two
Speaker 9: of the eighty eight World Series, because after that the
Speaker 9: scene shifted to Oakland, so it was electric that day,
Speaker 9: and Chris Taylor made it even more electric as the
Speaker 9: Dodgers were often running against the Astros in that game.
Speaker 9: One fast forward to Game seven of the twenty eighteen
Speaker 9: NLCS Dodgers in Milwaukee. Chris Taylor in left field, clinging
Speaker 9: to the lead to try to advance to the World
Speaker 9: Series for a second straight year.
Speaker 19: No Ball's two strikes camee leading from second for a
Speaker 19: set at the belt. The two fly ball left center field.
Speaker 19: It's gonna be a long run for Taylor and he
Speaker 19: makes a spectacular over the shoulder catch on the warning
Speaker 19: track falling to the ground.
Speaker 9: What to play by Chris Taylor saving a run and
Speaker 9: ending the inning.
Speaker 5: I didn't think he had a chance in the world.
Speaker 5: He reached up as high as he could as he
Speaker 5: was really falling down. He was gonna sacrifice body and all.
Speaker 5: An incredible catch in a critical spot.
Speaker 9: That saved Game seven for the Dodgers. Rick Munday and
Speaker 9: Charlie Stenner on the call for that as well. Chris
Speaker 9: Taylor coming up big with the bat, with the glove,
Speaker 9: and certainly if he doesn't make that catch, the Dodgers
Speaker 9: are not winning that NLCS in twenty eighteen, And of
Speaker 9: course to finish it off, who could forget Chris Taylor
Speaker 9: walking the Dodgers off in the wild Card Game twenty
Speaker 9: twenty one against the Saint Louis Cardinals. Race on two
Speaker 9: and one, Taylor five.
Speaker 18: All the left and deep and dun Chris Taylor, oh
Speaker 18: walk up home run. The Dodgers are walking off to
Speaker 18: San Francisco.
Speaker 9: They win the Wild Card three to one. Here comes
Speaker 9: Taylor to the plate. They are bobbing him. The crowd
Speaker 9: is going crazy.
Speaker 18: The Dodgers advance to the National League Division Series with
Speaker 18: one the mighty swing by Chris Taylor.
Speaker 9: Chris Taylor certainly left memorable moments in Dodger history during
Speaker 9: his career after being acquired in twenty sixteen. We wish
Speaker 9: Chris the best, and I know he has a lot
Speaker 9: of baseball left and certainly there's a lot of teams
Speaker 9: out there that could use a versatile player like Chris Taylor.
Speaker 9: It was just a numbers game on a very talented
Speaker 9: team with a lot of young players emerging for the Dodgers,
Speaker 9: namely Dalton Rushing and Hayesan Kim, and the Dodgers acquiring
Speaker 9: Tomy Edmund last year extending him bringing back Keik A
Speaker 9: Hernandez kind of made him the odd man out. But
Speaker 9: certainly a lot of teams out there that could use
Speaker 9: a Chris Taylor and use his experience and just what
Speaker 9: he's been through, including three big postseason moments right there.
Speaker 9: That'll do it for us on Dodger Talk tonight. Thanks
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Speaker 9: Once again, the final score today the Angels defeat the
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