WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.879 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:12.000 Let's not play one on Tom, Let's win this. I 5 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:13.679 love listening to these guys after the show. 6 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.519 So just thank you, give me all your attention, your fire, 7 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:17.440 and not a pisson. 8 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.920 This is world champion, Dodger world championing for a. 9 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:23.879 Small soft time they get a people what they want 10 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:26.600 to die to in a row two is special. I'm like, yeah, 11 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:31.359 it's not a headache. One of the con This ball's gone. 12 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:32.479 You ready to go? 13 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.119 Hell time, go to the su grab your phone to 14 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.799 get in on the show called eight six six nine 15 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.399 eighty seven two five seven and go to the show. 16 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.600 And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 17 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:50.159 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until two 18 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:53.159 thirty this afternoon. Then we'll hand it over to the 19 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:57.280 overworked Rogan and Rodney and then Petros the Money take 20 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:01.799 over for a full four hours right here on Dodgers 21 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.680 Radio and five to seventy LA Sports. We have three 22 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:08.799 lines open at eight six six nine, eight seven two 23 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.000 five seventy. The Dodgers Fault today in Cleveland seven to 24 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:16.879 four to the Guardians. They had a golden opportunity to 25 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:20.120 sweep the Guardians and come back on a winning road 26 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.159 trip that started with them losing two out of three 27 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.439 to the Mets. Instead, they come back five hundred, but 28 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:31.920 obviously wanting more because they had this game, and unfortunately 29 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.599 Tanner Scott and Alex Vesia cannot get them to the 30 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:40.079 finish line, in particular Tanner Scott, who has now blown 31 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:44.760 five saves after blowing just two all of last season. 32 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:47.959 And it's funny right already. The spin is out there 33 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:51.280 with some tweets where it was a seeing eye single 34 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:55.560 through the left side of the infield by Nolan Jones 35 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:58.719 to beat Tanner Scott to tie the game with a 36 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:04.040 two run single. That's not completely true. I mean that 37 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.400 is where the ball went. But here's my question. And 38 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.840 Tanner Scott, we saw him last year. He was overpowering 39 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.960 at times last year. That's the reason why the Dodgers 40 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:20.680 gave him the richest contract of any reliever this past offseason. 41 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:23.719 What we saw from Tanner Scott and what we have 42 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:27.280 seen from Tanner Scott is not the same guy that 43 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:31.159 we saw last year. Where's the guy that dominated Otani? 44 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:35.840 Last year right one for ten, he owns Otani because 45 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:40.120 he overpowered him with his fastball. Instead, he's thrown ninety 46 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:43.520 six and he's casting his slider this year. I mean, 47 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:48.199 when you look at this play, this pitch sequencing from 48 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:52.000 Tanner Scott, he's got Nolan Jones, the leadoff hitter of 49 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:54.800 the Guardians, down one two, He's got two strikes on 50 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:58.439 him with one out and the bases loaded. You would 51 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:00.560 think he would want to try to get swing and 52 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:03.719 miss and not put the ball in play. Number one. 53 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:09.199 Number two, if he and Will Smith have decided on 54 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:14.560 a slider, is why I'm so I just can't believe this. 55 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:19.560 That's the reason why. I mean, I'm it's incomprehensible to 56 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:24.360 me that the Dodger defense was shaded to pull Nolan 57 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:28.680 Jones when Tanner Scott and Will Smith and remember there's 58 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.319 a pitch com right, so everybody in their hats here 59 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:37.080 what pitch is coming? So number one, why is Tanner 60 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:39.520 Scott and Will Smith not coming up and end to 61 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:43.520 try to strike out Nolan Jones? Number two? Why are 62 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:47.919 they throwing a slider away from the left handed hitting 63 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:53.039 Jones with the infield shaded for Jones to pull Mookie 64 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:57.960 Betts was behind the bag. Why are you throwing that pitch? 65 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:03.680 Why is the defense aligned that way? The defense should 66 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:07.240 be aligned with the pitch. Is not everybody on the 67 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:12.319 same page here, So you know this is on Tanner Scott. 68 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.479 I don't want to hear about how this ball was 69 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.160 seeing guy through the left side of the infield. No, 70 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:22.480 it was a poor pitch call. It was bad alignment 71 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:25.800 by the defense and whoever's aligning them. They were not 72 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:28.959 on the same page. That's the inside of the inside 73 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:33.319 of baseball that wins or loses games late and the 74 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.959 Dodgers obviously were not on the same page. And Tanner 75 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:40.480 Scott obviously has not been the same Tanner Scott from 76 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:45.800 a year ago. It's utterly frustrating. And if you're Tanner 77 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.040 Scott and you're the closer and you're making more than 78 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:52.399 anybody else in that bullpen, you should be standing at 79 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:56.240 your locker after the game today. You know. Kenley Jansen 80 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:00.439 used to get criticized early in his closing career after 81 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.319 he blew saves rare saves by the way with the 82 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.879 Dodgers that he wasn't at his locker to be accountable. 83 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:10.199 Where was Tanner Scott. Today he did not speak to 84 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:13.560 the media. You've got to be there. It shouldn't be 85 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:17.600 just Alex Vessia. Sorry, Alex Vesia had to try to 86 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.600 clean up a mess. Alex Vessi is a two time 87 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:24.639 World Series champion. He has credibility with this fan base. 88 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.480 Tanner Scott, you don't eight six six nine eight seven 89 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:33.439 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go back 90 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:36.800 to Cleveland to the only stand up reliever speaking to 91 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:39.680 the media after he gave up the go ahead three 92 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:43.839 run home run to Unhel Martinez. Alex Vesia, I. 93 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.800 Mean tried to throw him, obviously, two change ups and 94 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:51.240 they were not very good. So and then say fast 95 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:57.480 balls right down the middles. Gotta be better in those situations. Obviously, Yeah, the. 96 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:02.120 Little them are hard contact than usual for you. What 97 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.439 do you think is leading to that right now? 98 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:09.639 Just misses have been bad. It's pretty much it's gotta 99 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:13.439 gotta keep going and uh, executing pitches a little bit better. 100 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.680 Is it more mechanical pen that you're kind of working 101 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.600 through or it's just like a bunch of other on sources. 102 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.759 How it's going right now? Made mechanically? I feel fine, 103 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:26.360 So it's I don't think it's anything regarding that. 104 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:27.120 I think it's just. 105 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:29.720 Making bad pitches. 106 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:34.879 Much just with kind of the workload the bullpen's taken 107 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:37.079 on lately, Like how tough has it been as a 108 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.439 group just to kind of keep bouncing back, and I. 109 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:43.920 Mean bullpens, the bullpen, man, I mean it's I feel 110 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.759 like we go through it every year. So it's, uh, 111 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.319 you know, we're a bunch of tough guys down there, 112 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:54.360 and I'll bet on anybody, so at the end of 113 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:56.120 the day, I gotta do a better job. 114 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.480 All right. There's the stand up Alex Vesia, the two 115 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:04.160 time Series champion, Alex Vesia answering the questions in front 116 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:08.199 of his locker. Unlike Tanner Scott by the way, Alex Vesia, 117 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:13.000 I mean, he hasn't been the same guy as far 118 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.360 as keeping the ball in the ballpark. That's been a 119 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.519 problem for him and the rest of the Dodger bullpen 120 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.839 this year. They have allowed thirty three home runs this year. 121 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:25.560 That's the second most in Baseball of any bullpen two 122 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:28.839 the Angels, who have given up one more thirty four 123 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.399 home runs. The Dodgers and Red Sox have blown the 124 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:35.879 same amount of saves this year twelve blown saves to 125 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:39.319 lead Major League Baseball. The Dodger bullpen gives up five 126 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:43.279 runs today to blow what would have been Clayton Kershaw's 127 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.279 first win of the year. He had a gutsy performance. 128 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.920 He competed his butt off for five innings to put 129 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:53.240 the Dodgers in position along with their offense to get 130 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.399 this win. But it wasn't meant to be. Eight six, six, nine, 131 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:59.480 eight seven, two five seventy is the phone number, David 132 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.279 Vasse with you until two thirty today here on a 133 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.759 five seventy LA Sports. After the Guardians score five in 134 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.079 the eighth and beat the Dodgers seven to four, let's 135 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:12.519 go out to riverside. Michael lead us off on Dodger Talk. 136 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:17.240 Hi Michael, Hi Dave, how are you doing. I've been better, Michael. 137 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:20.399 I'm a little frustrated with way things have gone for 138 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.120 the Dodger bullpen and for this team, and certainly from 139 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:27.279 you know, honestly a disappointing start by Tanner Scott. 140 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:31.680 Well, I wouldn't just say disappointing for Tanner Scott. There's 141 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:33.759 a lot of pitches on this staff that he just 142 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:38.120 whipped himself in the mirror and take take Payton Kershaw's 143 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:42.000 leads on not only competing, but not not just throwing, 144 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:45.120 but learning how pitch against some of these Major League 145 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:50.320 Baseball lineups. You know, you know, I've been a lifelong 146 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.799 Dodgers fan. I grew up in the late seventies going 147 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:57.559 to the Dodger games when they were playing Yankees in 148 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.639 the playoffs, and I was looking up do that. I 149 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:02.679 think we've been lucky enough as a fan base to 150 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:06.080 have some broadcasts over the years. Not only been, of course, 151 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:10.960 but Rick Monday, as you mentioned yesterday, how his baseball 152 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:15.960 IQ and just his knowledge of the game is second 153 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.919 to none. And we're not only lucky enough to have him, 154 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:23.240 but Jose Mota as the second one. You know, he's 155 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:27.120 got an amazing insight as well, and uh you know, uh, 156 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:31.399 it's it's it's refreshing to to to get their takes 157 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:33.759 on a day and a day off basis not only 158 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.360 there but yours as well. One thing I will mention, 159 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:40.639 uh in conclusion of the broadcasting, Uh, he made comments 160 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:44.440 with regard to I believe it was Wayne Rendozo a 161 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:47.720 few days ago on the Apple broadcast or what have you, 162 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.960 and how much of a homer. He is for a 163 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:54.039 team that he doesn't even represent anymore. But uh, you know, 164 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:57.120 I I do understand broadcasts are homers to a certain 165 00:09:57.159 --> 00:09:59.679 extent for the teams that they actually are employed by. 166 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.720 Well, I'm not a big believer in homers. That's not 167 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:07.519 what we're accustomed to in La, Michael. I mean, if 168 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:09.559 you grew up in La, we had the best of 169 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:13.200 the best, and we all knew they obviously wanted their 170 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:16.240 teams to win, but they always called it down the middle, 171 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:19.120 some more than others. Chick hern Ward on his sleeve 172 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:22.519 a lot, but Vince Scully, Bob Miller, even Dick Emberg 173 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:24.879 back in the day. And look, my only gripe with 174 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.840 Wayne Randazzo that night was that he was basically calling 175 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:31.399 the umpire stupid when that broadcast booth that had no 176 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.840 idea about the rule as far as what it is 177 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:37.200 to tag up when a ball is being babbled. That 178 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.840 was my only gripe is it's fine if you don't 179 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:42.879 know the rule, but you're basically calling everybody else the 180 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:46.960 idiot when they had the call right, and honestly, even 181 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.039 Brian Gorman in New York, I mean, yeah, he had 182 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:51.639 it right. They went to him, and that was a 183 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.799 good thing to have that tool at their disposal. Look, 184 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:58.039 I'm not in the business of criticizing broadcasters or play 185 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:02.039 by play guys. They're like in the cockpit flying a plane. 186 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.519 It looks a lot easier than what it is. It's 187 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.120 not that easy. So I'm not in the business of 188 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:10.440 criticizing play by play guys. Let's go out to Eric 189 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:13.000 in the two one three. You're on Dodger Talk. How 190 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:13.600 you doing Eric? 191 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.159 You doing good? Dave Man. I love your passion, man, 192 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:20.279 I love the fire in you because it tells me 193 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:24.000 that you care and I care too. You know a 194 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:27.639 few things really quickly, Man, Why is Kim not playing? Man? 195 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:28.799 He started? 196 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:31.399 That's not the reason why they lost today. Kim's a 197 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.759 role playing I know that, of course. 198 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.360 No, No, hold on, hold on, I know that. I'm 199 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:38.600 just I'm just trying to get my points out. I'm 200 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:39.320 just saying, but. 201 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.919 Why would you call about hay Song Kim when the 202 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.559 Dodger bullpen gave up five runs in the eighth inning. 203 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:48.240 It has nothing to do with today's game, because. 204 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:51.039 You're not letting me finish my take, man, Okay, well 205 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.639 finish it. I'm calling about it. I'm calling about it 206 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:58.000 because he started off hot, then you benched him. It's all, 207 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:02.080 you know, Roberts Freeman being cute. And it leads me 208 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:05.480 to my next take, which is putting in Tanner Scott 209 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:10.639 right in the seventh inning, Like, what is there like 210 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:12.879 something that I don't know in terms of the splits? 211 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.799 Is he doing something different? You know, baseball players are 212 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:17.679 creatures of habits. 213 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:17.919 Man. 214 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:21.000 I noticed because I used to be a baseball player myself. 215 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:22.360 It's very routine. 216 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.600 Orient Well, here's a memo for you, Eric. It doesn't 217 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:26.600 matter if it's been the ninth inning, the eighth inning, 218 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:28.879 or the seventh inning. Tanner Scott has not been the 219 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:32.440 same guy. And Dave Roberts put him in to face 220 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:35.360 a weak part of the lineup, maybe to help him 221 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:39.000 get his confidence back, and he still couldn't get the outs. 222 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.559 And guess what this leads me to. My next take 223 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:47.120 is Freedman giving the contracts to the wrong guys. Why 224 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:47.679 are you know? 225 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:50.639 Look, okay, hold on, hold on, let me ask you 226 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.519 a question. Were you celebrating in the streets when he 227 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:56.399 signed Tanner Scott Because the rest of the baseball world 228 00:12:56.679 --> 00:13:00.480 was they couldn't believe they signed him, and everybody thought, Okay, 229 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:04.080 that's it. So you know, be honest with me. When 230 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:06.120 they signed Tanner Scott, were you excited? 231 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.879 And and snell. 232 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:11.240 I asked you a question, Eric, I asked you a question. 233 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:14.600 No, I'm saying what am I saying, David? I'm saying 234 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:17.159 that I was happy because when he signed, snell I 235 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:20.399 was happy to blast. Now when he signed Glass Now 236 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:23.559 the year before, I was happy too. So here's here's 237 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:27.799 my question. This is my question. Okay, is it are 238 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:31.440 we signing the wrong guys and they're getting injured or 239 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:34.480 is there something more going on in terms of the 240 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:38.919 pitching staff, the workload, what we're doing with these pictures 241 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:40.840 that are leading to these injuries. 242 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:43.519 Man, all right, well you're going all over You're going 243 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.799 all over the place with that question. You're talking about 244 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:50.519 Tanner Scott, who's healthy, You're talking about the off season signings. 245 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:53.320 You're all over the place on that, Eric. So I 246 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:57.320 can only answer the questions that I can answer. The 247 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:01.200 pitching injuries is one thing. Signing the wrong guys is another. 248 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:05.080 The Dodger signed what everybody thought were the right guys, 249 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:08.799 but they just haven't performed. Snell got hurt, Tanner Scott 250 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:13.440 hasn't performed, Michael Confordo hasn't performed, Kirby Yates has been. Okay, 251 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.679 so every off season signing hasn't panned out the way 252 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:21.159 everybody thought it would, not just in the Dodger front office, 253 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.440 but across LA and across Major League Baseball. 254 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:27.799 Okay, but here's my question. Are you here, Dave? 255 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.159 You have a lot of questions that are not connecting. 256 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:34.360 You went from Hay Song Kim to Tanner Scott to 257 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:39.480 pitch your internet. I gotta move on. Sorry, Sorry, you 258 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:43.919 were bouncing all around like a Plinko board on prices right. 259 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:48.039 I'm very happy to answer all these questions. But Hay 260 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:51.159 Song Kim and bringing in Tanner Scott in the seventh 261 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:54.559 inning have nothing to do with each other. They are 262 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:59.519 mutually exclusive. And Hay Song Kim not playing today had 263 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:02.879 nothing to do with Tanner Scott and Alex Vesia giving 264 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:05.720 up the game in the eighth inning. Sorry, let's go 265 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:06.399 to Walnut. 266 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:06.799 Jay. 267 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:09.279 You're on Dodger Talk. Wow, j My head have to 268 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:11.440 get my head back on straight after that call. 269 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:15.600 Yeah, most definitely, so as I see it, for the 270 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:19.799 Dodger pitching, we are terrible and the amount of contracts 271 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:22.679 they just gave out to terrible pitchers like Blake Snell, 272 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:24.840 Tanner Scott for example. 273 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:28.279 Were they terrible though? Isn't there a reason why other 274 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.240 teams were trying to sign them? And you know they 275 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:34.799 they were coveted as much as they were. I don't 276 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.960 feel like they are terrible. And when Blake Snell gets back, 277 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.879 I don't think I. 278 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:42.360 Think he'll be when it comes to actually doing their 279 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:43.000 part of the job. 280 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.279 Oh, right now, they haven't done their job. You're right, Jay, 281 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.759 it hasn't been a good start for those guys. So 282 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.759 what's your solution? 283 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:52.440 Work with somebody like that and you can't get any 284 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:54.759 wins or you can't get the job done. It's like, 285 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:57.320 I don't know how the team must feel having a 286 00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:59.639 ride with those guys on the bus, on the plane. 287 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.080 It's it's terrible, man. It's making everybody upset. 288 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:05.440 And in the. 289 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.759 Offseason when they signed all these guys, I didn't think 290 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.960 it was a great idea. 291 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:11.360 Oh really, there's. 292 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:12.720 Much better pitching out there. 293 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:14.759 That Really, who did you want the Dodgers to sign? 294 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:17.000 Why don't you tell me what your shopping list was 295 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.159 and what you could have done better instead of Tanner Scott, 296 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:23.960 the best closer on the market, and Blake Snell along 297 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.600 with Max Free, the two best starters on the market. 298 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:29.679 The only argument you would have, Jay, that would hold 299 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:33.360 credibility at this point was the Dodgers maybe should have 300 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:37.080 signed Max Freed instead of Blake Snell. And even that 301 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.039 is a huge armchair quarterback call. 302 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:44.480 Yeah, but se that's that's that's a problem. Are either 303 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:47.000 the pitching coaches are not. 304 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:52.120 Oh yeah, it's the pitching coach's fault that a two 305 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.480 time Cy Young winner decided to pitch through a shoulder 306 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:58.480 issue that they could have nipped in the bud if 307 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:03.039 he was just honest with them. Sorry, Jay, apologize. That's 308 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:05.640 not on the pitching coaches. It's not on Andrew Friedman. 309 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:09.480 Blake Snell is our pregame guest two Saturdays ago and 310 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:13.720 even took responsibility for that. So here's my thing. Here 311 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:18.000 are guys that have signed big contracts, Michael CONFORDO even 312 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:23.119 for one year, big contract, Blake Snell, Tanner Scott. At 313 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:26.880 some point you have to acknowledge, especially early in the year, 314 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:29.039 We've seen this time and time again. We're seeing it 315 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:32.160 in New York with Wan Soa and the Mets. These 316 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:37.359 guys try too hard to impress to justify their contracts, 317 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:40.680 and then they settle into it. I fully expect that 318 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:43.559 to happen with Blake Snell. I hope that happens with 319 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.960 Tanner Scott. Like I said today, that was a groundball 320 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:50.440 to shortstop. If Mookie Betts is positioned where he needed 321 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.519 to be on a slider away from a left hander, 322 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:58.279 it makes no sense why the Dodgers infield was positioned 323 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:00.880 to pull on a left handed hitter like Nolan Jones 324 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:04.599 when there's two strikes on him, and Tanner Scott and 325 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:07.559 Will Smith on the pitch com are saying they're going 326 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:11.279 away with a slider. Where's the strikeout pitch? By the way, 327 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:14.000 as well, how about don't leave it to chance and 328 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.359 strike them out, throw a fastball up and in tie 329 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:21.160 him up and move on with the bases loaded. Eight six, six, 330 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:23.880 nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number 331 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:27.200 Dodgers blow their twelfth save of the season. That's the 332 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.000 most in baseball. With the Boston Red Sox as the 333 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.240 Guardians a void, a three game sweep seven to four. 334 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:35.960 Let's go out to see me Valley Sam you're on 335 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.680 Dodger Talk. 336 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.759 How you doing, Sam, I'm doing pretty good. This whole 337 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:45.480 Tanner Scott situation brings back memories of Tom Devency or 338 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:49.039 when he gave a home up. I'm not home runs 339 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:51.759 up in the in a playoff game or a World 340 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.559 series and they end up losing the series. 341 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.920 Yeah, that was the NLCS in nineteen eighty five. He 342 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:00.359 gave up a home run to Ozzie Smith and Game 343 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:02.720 five and then gave up a go ahead home run 344 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:06.519 to Jack Clark, and it's completely different. So go ahead 345 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.039 with your call. 346 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.279 Well, yeah, I just and then he came back to 347 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:14.880 next year and then just Temyer didn't perform at all. 348 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:15.880 Yeah, he was old. 349 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:19.039 But I do what yeh, what I do like is 350 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.920 or your point that you said that they brought him 351 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:24.039 in in the Panner Scott in the bottom of the 352 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:27.440 order to try to build up his confidence. I didn't 353 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:29.480 even think about that. And that was that was I 354 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:32.240 really I thought that was a really good point you 355 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.759 brought up. 356 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:35.440 Hey, thank you. Do you know what the batting averages 357 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:39.319 of the players he faced were. We're talking about a 358 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:42.599 one fifty hitter, We're talking about a two sixteen hitter. 359 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:45.960 We're talking about a two forty six hitter. We're talking 360 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:50.079 about a catcher that probably is one of the worst 361 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:53.559 hitting catchers in baseball the last two years. Austin Hedges 362 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:57.079 batting a Buck thirteen. I mean, those are the guys 363 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:58.119 we're talking about. 364 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:03.160 Yeah, and it should be easy out see and get the. 365 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:05.880 Ball, and get the ball to Alex Vesia, who would 366 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:08.000 have came in in a clean inning to face the 367 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:10.839 top of the order. That was the thinking behind Dave 368 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.119 Roberts' strategy. Appreciate the phone call, and thank you again 369 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:18.119 for bringing up the most traumatizing moments of my childhood 370 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:21.400 watching the Dodgers, Tom Needon Fure giving up home runs 371 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:25.559 to the Cardinals in the eighty five NLCS. I don't 372 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:27.359 know if you know this, but after he gave up 373 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:30.720 that home run to Jack Clark in Game six, in 374 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:33.599 the ninth inning of the eighty five NLCS, there was 375 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:37.000 a picture, black and white picture in the Herald Examiner, 376 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:40.640 the old Great Sports section, of Tommy Lasorda in his 377 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:45.640 office with both hands over his head, buried in his desk. 378 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:48.000 I cut that picture out and put it on my 379 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:52.160 bedroom door until spring training the next year, and the 380 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:55.160 reason why Tom Needon Fure was in that game. Steve 381 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.079 Jaeger Rick Monday have explained this to me. He was 382 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:02.440 overworked that year because I'm fortunately Steve House demons caught 383 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:04.640 up with him in the beginning of the year. So 384 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:09.440 Tom needing Fewer was the best reliever and was overworked 385 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:12.079 by the time they got there in the NLCS. So 386 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:14.720 thank you very much for bringing up that great memory 387 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.279 of Tom needing Fewer and the Dodgers. All right, let's 388 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:22.000 go out to Huntington Beach. Paul, enough of David vasse 389 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:25.519 traumatization as a Dodger fan. How you doing, Paul. 390 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:29.839 I'm good man, I loved, I loved, fired up David 391 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:32.640 pass I appreciate you today, dude, and I'm with you. 392 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:35.839 I don't know why we're comparing a loss in May 393 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:40.279 to giving up an NLCS on an over the hill 394 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:43.519 pitcher who's over worked compared to a guy that's. 395 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.920 Six weeks into a season. 396 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:48.480 But that's beside the point. Yes, book man, I'm as 397 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:53.319 frustrated as anybody. The Bullton has been unwatchable. Twelve blown 398 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:57.359 saves is unexcusable. But let's be honest, dude, I mean, 399 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:59.279 we got at least four guys down there in the 400 00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:02.279 pen that aren't even on this team. If we're healthy, 401 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:05.519