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Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase live at Peco Park
Speaker 2: in San Diego, where the Dodgers fall in ten innings
Speaker 2: tonight six to five to the Padres, and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: NLS lead is shruck in to five and a half
Speaker 2: games over the Padres, and Tomorrow night an important game
Speaker 2: in some respects obviously a long way to go, but
Speaker 2: if the Padres win tomorrow night, not only will they
Speaker 2: have closed the gap to just four and a half
Speaker 2: games in the nl West, but also would have won
Speaker 2: the season series, giving them the tiebreaker if it came
Speaker 2: down to that at the end of the year. Eight
Speaker 2: six six seven two five seventy is the phone number
Speaker 2: we'll get into all the Dodgers trades before today's trade deadline.
Speaker 2: In a little bit. We'll also hear from Brandon Gomes,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers GM on some of the dynamics of trying
Speaker 2: to make trades this season, and also we'll hear from
Speaker 2: one of the newest Dodgers Tommy Edmund who is here
Speaker 2: at Dodgers State or excuse me, at Peco Park taking
Speaker 2: batting practice. So we'll get to all that a little
Speaker 2: bit later into show. But you know, it's fine to
Speaker 2: talk about the trade deadline and fun to hear about
Speaker 2: these new players the Dodgers acquired. But the bottom line
Speaker 2: is they've got to start winning games, and they got
Speaker 2: to start winning games late. Nothing is more demoralizing to
Speaker 2: a team than blowing games in the ninth INNK and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers have done it way too often recently, going
Speaker 2: back to before the All Star break in Detroit. This
Speaker 2: is the fourth walkoff loss for the Dodgers in their
Speaker 2: past six road games. The bullpen has not had a
Speaker 2: scoreless night since July twelve, and that's coming from our
Speaker 2: friend Bill Plunkett at the Orange County Register. It's not perception,
Speaker 2: it's reality. And I feel like this is deja vu
Speaker 2: from just a few games ago in Houston, where Blake
Speaker 2: Trinon and Will Smith had very confusing game plans against
Speaker 2: Alex Bregman and tonight against Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill
Speaker 2: Number one, where is the firm target from Will Smith.
Speaker 2: It's a critical juncture at that point in time, and
Speaker 2: you know your relievers have been struggling. You've got to
Speaker 2: give them a target, especially against a hitter like Manny
Speaker 2: Machado who was locked in tonight. He already had homer
Speaker 2: it in the second inning. He was playing his butt
Speaker 2: off at third base tonight. This guy was salivating to
Speaker 2: help the Padres come from behind tonight. And you felt like,
Speaker 2: because the Dodger offense couldn't tack on runs after scoring
Speaker 2: five runs in the first inning and the Padres chipping
Speaker 2: away and making it a five to three game going
Speaker 2: into it late, you were a little bit concerned that
Speaker 2: the door was opened. And when Blake Trinon came in
Speaker 2: there for the ninth inning, I had two feelings. Number One,
Speaker 2: I was thinking, where's Michael Kopek, the newly acquired reliever
Speaker 2: from the White Sox who has not pitched in four
Speaker 2: or five days. He's supposed to be a guy that
Speaker 2: you can count on in the ninth inning as well.
Speaker 2: And then number two, I wasn't nervous that Blake Trinon
Speaker 2: wouldn't be able to get those three outs. But what again,
Speaker 2: was the purpose of that first pitch to Many Machado,
Speaker 2: was it to get it over for a strike? Did
Speaker 2: you think you were going to full Many Machado with
Speaker 2: a ninety four fastball. You've got to bury that in
Speaker 2: the dirt or you've got to get that way inside
Speaker 2: on Machado, And neither one occurred. And as far as
Speaker 2: the pitch to Jackson Merrill, you know, we've seen this
Speaker 2: a million times recently where these Dodger right handed relievers
Speaker 2: are having a lot of struggles against left handed hitters
Speaker 2: and they're trying to come inside, but they don't try
Speaker 2: to come inside enough. I don't know where it's changed
Speaker 2: in baseball where you can't try to get a guy
Speaker 2: to move his feet and make them a little uncomfortable
Speaker 2: throwing a cutter inside to a guy like Jackson Merrill,
Speaker 2: you better get it in there. And basically what it
Speaker 2: came down to was trya did not execute a cutter.
Speaker 2: It was flat, and when you throw a flat cutter,
Speaker 2: it's like batting practice. And I would love to see
Speaker 2: trying to start throwing that slider again consistently to left
Speaker 2: handed hitters like we saw at the beginning of the season.
Speaker 2: So the game plan was very much in question as
Speaker 2: far as I'm concerned in the ninth inning eight six
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs
Speaker 2: right now to here for manager Dave Roberts on Sports
Speaker 2: at LA.
Speaker 3: I think that's what it is. It's just fallen behind
Speaker 3: hitters and not making good pitches. And you know when
Speaker 3: we do that, they're going to make you pay. And
Speaker 3: that's you know what's happening. Tyler Thu a heck of
Speaker 3: a ball game. I thought he worked some things out
Speaker 3: as a outing, you know, you know as he got
Speaker 3: into the outing and very good line score, great job,
Speaker 3: and then Anthony came in and did a really nice job,
Speaker 3: and you know, I had Blake ready. I felt really
Speaker 3: good about you know, where he was at. He was
Speaker 3: up kind of the to get get us out of
Speaker 3: the inning. So he was ready to go. And we've
Speaker 3: done it all year. And unfortunately, you know, he didn't
Speaker 3: make good.
Speaker 4: Pictures to that.
Speaker 5: Can you explain just he had a lot of questions
Speaker 5: about kind of what happened with the Empires and then
Speaker 5: calling the ball there and just I guess what kind
Speaker 5: of wait, what did they explain to you?
Speaker 3: I guess, Well, if the one I went out there
Speaker 3: is I just wanted to clarify that Mark went out
Speaker 3: there to talk to Alex after they pinch hit Solano,
Speaker 3: and I was asking if I could bring in Evan
Speaker 3: at that moment, and then once he already visited, then
Speaker 3: he's got to face a hitter. So yeah, and intentional
Speaker 3: walk counts facing correct.
Speaker 2: Colin, let me just explain something as far as that
Speaker 2: goes in the tenth inning. Here it is rule five
Speaker 2: point one zero, paragraph three. The manager or coach is
Speaker 2: prohibited from making a second visit to the mound while
Speaker 2: the same batter is at bat, but if a pinch
Speaker 2: hitter is substituted for this batter, the manager coach may
Speaker 2: make a second visit to the mound, but must remove
Speaker 2: the pitcher from the game. What happened there was the
Speaker 2: pinch hitter Donovan Solano was announced, which meant Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: could not go back out there after prior just went
Speaker 2: out there. That's the rule book, and that's not a
Speaker 2: new rule. All right, let's hear more from Dave Roberts.
Speaker 6: Than for trying the don't know he's come back to
Speaker 6: loss has been fine, but it's been ninety fourst post to.
Speaker 4: Where it was before the surgery.
Speaker 3: It's certainly, you know, not the same velve. You know,
Speaker 3: all year it hasn't been you know, but you know,
Speaker 3: outside of you know, the last Houston outing, he hadn't
Speaker 3: given up a run, you know, the month of July,
Speaker 3: so you know, he was still very, very good, and
Speaker 3: it's just obviously the last two it hurts.
Speaker 4: It's it's more recent.
Speaker 3: But again, you know before you know, three days ago
Speaker 3: he had or two days, three days ago, whatever it was,
Speaker 3: he hasn't given up a run in a month. So
Speaker 3: it's one of those things that it happens, he's going
Speaker 3: to give up runs and just unfortunately just kind of
Speaker 3: you know, collectively, it just we feel a little bit
Speaker 3: more of late.
Speaker 4: And how can you do both and when you feel
Speaker 4: like it's springing so many leagues?
Speaker 3: Well yeah, I mean I think it's just one of
Speaker 3: those things that we gotta We got a lengthy outing tonight,
Speaker 3: you know, which we felt good about that to start
Speaker 3: to give guys hopefully you know, we got a handful
Speaker 3: of guys an off day another off day to get
Speaker 3: them more fresh. But outside of that, they've got to
Speaker 3: go in and make pitches and you know, I look
Speaker 3: at who's available and expect them to go out there
Speaker 3: and do their jobs. And you know that's kind of
Speaker 3: you know where I'm at right now?
Speaker 2: All right, there's manager Dave Roberts on Sports at LA.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure if anybody asked him, why not Michael
Speaker 2: Kopek in the ninth inning because he was the most
Speaker 2: rested of the Dodger relievers and they just acquired him.
Speaker 2: He's throwing a fastball, he's throwing a slider. Not sure
Speaker 2: why he wasn't being considered there, but nonetheless, as Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts said, Blake Trinon's been pretty good up until his
Speaker 2: last two outings. And I feel like why it's so
Speaker 2: shocking is because of how dominant Blake Trinon has been
Speaker 2: since coming off the IL. So that's part of the
Speaker 2: shock in awe we saw tonight here in San Diego.
Speaker 2: Eight six, six, nine, seven, two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Padres beat the Dodgers six to five in
Speaker 2: ten innings. I want to get some of these calls in,
Speaker 2: so let's start off with Scott in Los Angeles. You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk Live from San Diego. Hi. Scott carrying Dave. Well,
Speaker 2: so it would have been nicer to win this game
Speaker 2: after you a head five to nothing.
Speaker 7: Absolutely, I mean, I guess you know. I'll just preach
Speaker 7: to the choir here. It's just perplexing that the Dodgers
Speaker 7: don't go out and make a move for a closer,
Speaker 7: and it seems like it's always been their Achilles heal
Speaker 7: in the in the postseason, you you gotta have a
Speaker 7: guy who can be lights out, and to see the
Speaker 7: Padres go and pick up a third closer, they got
Speaker 7: three closers on the roster, now, yeah, and the Dodgers
Speaker 7: really have zero, and it's a little distressing to think
Speaker 7: that they can get through the cot with no clowners.
Speaker 4: What do you think?
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I will say this, Scott. We've seen teams
Speaker 2: do a lot of different things to get the final
Speaker 2: three outs, so you don't necessarily always have to have
Speaker 2: that quote lockdown closer, but it certainly makes things easier
Speaker 2: to manage when you have a Tanner Scott or a
Speaker 2: Robert Suarez at the back end of your bullpen. And
Speaker 2: I'm sure the Dodgers tried to acquire Tanner Scott, but look,
Speaker 2: I talked to a few different people with other teams,
Speaker 2: and the Marlins asking price was astronomic for Tanner, Scott
Speaker 2: and the Padres were the only team willing to pay that.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure I would do what the Padres did.
Speaker 2: Not many people believe they would either. But yeah, it's
Speaker 2: it's a little uh frustrating that the Dodgers have not
Speaker 2: been able to lock down the ninth inning recently.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I appreciate that. Yeah, I just hope they figured
Speaker 7: out and Scott a key part of.
Speaker 4: The phone call.
Speaker 2: Bruce dar Grattarol will be coming back. And look, Blake
Speaker 2: Trenton's a really good reliever. Don't know what's going on
Speaker 2: right now. I'm sure you've heard this before. Around this
Speaker 2: time of year, some pitchers start to get what they
Speaker 2: call quote dead arm, meaning their arm is a little fatigue,
Speaker 2: the wear and tear of the season. Blake's coming off
Speaker 2: of major shoulder surgery, so maybe he's feeling the effects
Speaker 2: of that. So hopefully he bounces back. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to man in downtown Los Angeles. High Manny,
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 8: Hey Dave, what's going on? Thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 8: I'm just gonna keep it, Pleasu shout out. From what
Speaker 8: I've been watching these last couple of weeks, the Dodgers
Speaker 8: are playing with absolute zero sense of urgency in some
Speaker 8: of these games where they should be winning. And today
Speaker 8: was a big example of what it means not having
Speaker 8: a dog inside that clubhouse just to get the runs
Speaker 8: on those tack on runs that they didn't put on
Speaker 8: in the seventh inning, that's what kind of caused them,
Speaker 8: not only Blake trying to employ in this game, but
Speaker 8: that's what caused them not to secure that insurance, that
Speaker 8: extra breath of fresh air sort of say they're shooting
Speaker 8: themselves in the foot, Dave, and it's it's just frustrating.
Speaker 8: And then on top of that, with everything I said, hold.
Speaker 2: One second, many, let's hold on one second, let's talk
Speaker 2: about that seventh inning. Because Dave Roberts made the right
Speaker 2: move to pinchhit for Jason Hayward against the left hander
Speaker 2: Mara Home, but the only right hander he had available
Speaker 2: off his bench was Austin Barnes. Ahmed Rosario has been acquired,
Speaker 2: he would have been a great option right there when
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund comes off the il. He could be an
Speaker 2: option right there, and you may have keyk a Hernandez
Speaker 2: on the bench with Tommy Edmund and Ahmed Rosario in
Speaker 2: the folds. So to me, what the Dodgers did today
Speaker 2: would help in a situation like we saw in the
Speaker 2: seventh inning tonight.
Speaker 8: Definitely, I'm not losing hope though. You know, I have
Speaker 8: a strong faith in this team. I do believe this
Speaker 8: team is World Series caliber and they're just waiting for
Speaker 8: a couple of major pieces of comeback, and that's what
Speaker 8: I keep telling myself. But it would be nice to
Speaker 8: beat a team who are on your heels and a
Speaker 8: game we had full control out of the first inning.
Speaker 8: And shout out to my guy Tyler Glassnaw for getting
Speaker 8: it done. Seven strong innings. Thanks Tyler. Sorry we couldn't
Speaker 8: get you that win tonight.
Speaker 2: All right, Mannie, thanks for the phone call. Yeah, Tyler
Speaker 2: glass Now really pitched well, given the Dodgers exactly what
Speaker 2: they needed and more. Seven innings tonight, eight strikeouts, allowed
Speaker 2: just three earned runs and just walk one batter. Many
Speaker 2: Machado got Tyler glass Now in the second inning for
Speaker 2: a laser shot to right center field, his first of
Speaker 2: two home runs tonight, and look, Manny Machado came to
Speaker 2: play tonight. He made two amazing catches in foul territory,
Speaker 2: and he would he's probably the Padre that was keeping
Speaker 2: them in the game when they were down five to nothing.
Speaker 2: Eight six, six, nine, seven, two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Dodgers fall to the Padres tonight, six to
Speaker 2: five in ten innings. Let's head back downstairs right now
Speaker 2: to hear from Blake Trinon, who gave up two solo
Speaker 2: home runs in that ninth inning to Many Machado and
Speaker 2: the game tying home run to Jackson Merrill.
Speaker 9: I mean, I'm back and look at the cutter to
Speaker 9: Jackson and it, I mean didn't have great lateral movement,
Speaker 9: but it was in ball and a half.
Speaker 10: N Vonn.
Speaker 9: The one to Mitchell, It's probably the worst thing growth
Speaker 9: through all night.
Speaker 4: Put a swing on it.
Speaker 9: But you know, obviously it's pretty frustrating that, you know,
Speaker 9: I was like a second outing in a row where
Speaker 9: it's been a little bit not what I was hoping
Speaker 9: to do for the team. I mean, I take pride
Speaker 9: in being successful for my teammates that worked hard and
Speaker 9: put five runs on the board give us a chance
Speaker 9: to go out there and just put their faith in
Speaker 9: me to go put up a zero, and I didn't
Speaker 9: get the job done.
Speaker 4: So I don't need to be better than what I.
Speaker 6: Have been at The stretch been for you guys as bullpen.
Speaker 6: I think three times the last sixteen days, you guys
Speaker 6: have given a five run lead just to sort of momentum.
Speaker 4: Try to stop this momentum. I honestly heard.
Speaker 6: How difficult has the stretch just been for you as
Speaker 6: is a bullpen. That's especially the big blow leads last
Speaker 6: two weeks.
Speaker 9: I mean, obviously you don't want to do it. I
Speaker 9: mean take pride and doing the best we can. I
Speaker 9: think our bullpen has been one of the best, if
Speaker 9: not the best, over the last like five years since
Speaker 9: I've been here. There's obviously going to be some tough
Speaker 9: stretches and a lot of that falls on me and
Speaker 9: two or the least you know few that you've talked about, So.
Speaker 4: I don't I don't know if we really think.
Speaker 9: Much about it. It's just the day of when it happens.
Speaker 9: It's pretty frustrating.
Speaker 5: When the be low's down like it has been this year,
Speaker 5: like it does, do you have to compensate in other
Speaker 5: ways with how you attack guys or like, how have
Speaker 5: you adjusted to that this year?
Speaker 4: No, I mean like the last last two addings.
Speaker 9: I don't know if anybody's done damage on the fastball
Speaker 9: that pregnant did to me. I don't know if anybody
Speaker 9: typically has put a swing. My child is a very
Speaker 9: familiar face with me. The most impressible one is probably
Speaker 9: Jackson Merrill. It's a ball and a half inside. So
Speaker 9: I'm not I'm not going to try to reinvent the wheel.
Speaker 4: I know who I am.
Speaker 9: You know they give me, you know, langs to be successful.
Speaker 9: It just comes down to execution. But movement patterns are great.
Speaker 9: So in my vehble has been what it's been this year.
Speaker 9: I know it's going to be a focus of talking
Speaker 9: point for a lot of people, but at the end
Speaker 9: of the day, execution and you know, stuff will win over.
Speaker 4: I've lost his luxury. I would love to have more,
Speaker 4: but that I have what I have. So and it's
Speaker 4: been it's been working for Lesuary of the year. Just
Speaker 4: a few outings are really bit there.
Speaker 2: All right. There's Blake trying on sports net LA and
Speaker 2: he's right looking back at where that pitch was. It
Speaker 2: was inside off the plate and Jackson Merrill just put
Speaker 2: a good swing on it. But man, that's his sweet
Speaker 2: spot right there. Why not try to go away, go
Speaker 2: arm side away from Jackson Merrill? Why are you trying
Speaker 2: to go inside on Jackson Merrill? I just didn't get that.
Speaker 2: And you know the pitch before was a slider, a
Speaker 2: ball down and in. I just wasn't on board with
Speaker 2: trying to go inside on Jackson Merrill. Just trying to
Speaker 2: keep the ball away to limit damage right there against
Speaker 2: a very good left handed hitter. Eight six six eighty
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number we're going
Speaker 2: to take a time out here on Dodgery Talk when
Speaker 2: we come back, more of your phone calls at eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. And also
Speaker 2: we'll hear from one of the new US Dodgers, Tommy Edmund,
Speaker 2: if we have time, and we'll get to the possibility
Speaker 2: of Mookie Beds making a possible position change again. When
Speaker 2: we're back with you from Oakland on Friday night. We
Speaker 2: are obviously talking about tonight's disappointing loss as the Dodgers
Speaker 2: blow a five nothing lead in the first inning to
Speaker 2: fall to the Padres tonight six to five in ten
Speaker 2: innings at Petco Park on a five to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 11: Two and two and the pit swang Hann Peltic tape
Speaker 11: to right down the line. It is headed for the
Speaker 11: corner after a David Peralta and he can't make the play.
Speaker 11: That ball is off the foul Paul for our home
Speaker 11: run bet D's second home run with two strikes on
Speaker 11: him this road trip, and the Dodgers have opened up
Speaker 11: a five to nothing leave.
Speaker 2: That's when things were looking good for the Dodgers, as
Speaker 2: they put up a five spot in the first inning
Speaker 2: tonight against knuckleballer Matt Waldron. The bad news was the
Speaker 2: Dodger offense did not score after that five run first inning,
Speaker 2: and they left the door open for the Padres to
Speaker 2: chip away, chip away, and then boom in the ninth inning,
Speaker 2: two solo home runs off of Blake Trining and the
Speaker 2: Padres win it on a walk off basit in the
Speaker 2: tenth inning by Donovan Solano the final score tonight at
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Speaker 2: Speaking of the Dodgers' inability to tack on runs, tonight,
Speaker 2: they struck out thirteen more times tonight. The Dodgers in
Speaker 2: their last four games have struck out a combined fifty
Speaker 2: five times. The forty two strikeouts in three games in
Speaker 2: Houston was a new franchise record for the most strikeouts
Speaker 2: in a three game series. So obviously the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: missing Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Max Munsey, Miguel Rojas. The
Speaker 2: list goes on and on, but certainly thirteen strikeouts a
Speaker 2: little bit too much. Today. In case you missed the news,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers were able to pull off a few more trades.
Speaker 2: Going back to yesterday, the Dodgers were able to acquire
Speaker 2: in a three team deal Michael Kopak, who was active
Speaker 2: and available tonight, but Dave Roberts chose to stay away
Speaker 2: from him in the ninth inning, instead going with Blake Trinan.
Speaker 2: And also Tommy Edmund, who is currently on the sixty
Speaker 2: day IL which with risk surgery, and also when he
Speaker 2: was coming back from risk surgery, in his rehab assignment,
Speaker 2: he hurt one of his ankles, so that delayed his
Speaker 2: return to the Cardinals this season. He still has not
Speaker 2: played a single game this year. But Tommy Edmund, speaking
Speaker 2: of strikeouts, is a contact hitter, and he joined us
Speaker 2: on the pregame show and we'll try to share that
Speaker 2: conversation with you. But he said his idols growing up
Speaker 2: in San Diego where Tony Gwinn and more recently Adrian Gonzalez.
Speaker 2: So he's a guy that's not a swing and miss hitter.
Speaker 2: He's a versatile player. He helps the Dodgers up the
Speaker 2: middle defense, shortstop, second base, center field, and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: were able to acquire him and Michael Kopek yesterday, along
Speaker 2: with Ahmed Rosario. Yes, that Ahmed Rosario. He's having a
Speaker 2: really solid year for the race, hitting over three hundred.
Speaker 2: He can play a variety of different positions, including third base,
Speaker 2: so that's another right handed option off the bench for
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts and then today for me personally, and we
Speaker 2: were doing reports all day long. The Dodgers to say
Speaker 2: they won the trade deadline was for them to acquire
Speaker 2: an impact starting pitcher, and they were able to do
Speaker 2: that by acquiring Jack Flaherty for two minor league prospects,
Speaker 2: including Trey Sweeney who they acquired from the Yankees and
Speaker 2: the Victor Gonzalez trade. Trey's a really good defensive player,
Speaker 2: but he is not the shortstop of the future for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. That's double a shortstop Alex Friedland. So the
Speaker 2: Dodgers give up him in Thyron Leriano, and that is
Speaker 2: what they needed to give up for Jack Flaherty and
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty is expected to make his Dodger debut in Oakland,
Speaker 2: probably Friday, since he was supposed to start yesterday and
Speaker 2: was scratched for the Tigers just to be safe now.
Speaker 2: He has had some back issues this year, but as
Speaker 2: of now, the Dodgers were confident the back will hold up.
Speaker 2: Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Connor in Oceanside, Colin, can you
Speaker 2: punch up Connor for us? Hi? Connor, You're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk Live from San Diego.
Speaker 12: Hey, Dave, to your point earlier, if anyone is unaware
Speaker 12: of who the MVP of this lineup is missing, Freddie
Speaker 12: Freeman these last few games is really exposed the lengths
Speaker 12: that he provides at the top, I thought, you know,
Speaker 12: five runs in the first inning. I was like, whoa,
Speaker 12: what is this team? We haven't done this in a while,
Speaker 12: and then they fell asleep for their for the rest
Speaker 12: of the game.
Speaker 13: To my point why I called it, You've brought up
Speaker 13: a few times the mindset it takes to pitch in
Speaker 13: the ninetheen, and I think we're kind of rotating that.
Speaker 13: I think I don't know if we're doing auditions right now.
Speaker 13: It seems like Phillips needs to get his head right
Speaker 13: how soon before you know the playoffs that we have
Speaker 13: to have an established guy because it definitely seems like,
Speaker 13: you know, Hudson has used to have it, but he's
Speaker 13: you know, he's old and when his tertiary pitches aren't going.
Speaker 13: He doesn't have a second pitch, So you know, just
Speaker 13: in your mind, I.
Speaker 2: Will say that right now, think about yeah, think about
Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, right the Boston Red Sox one hundred and
Speaker 2: eight wins. They beat the Dodgers in five games in
Speaker 2: the World Series, and they went through the entire postseason
Speaker 2: with an ineffective Craig Kimberl and finally Alex Kora pulled
Speaker 2: the plug on him and he just mixed and matched
Speaker 2: and found different guys to close out games. And obviously
Speaker 2: the image that all Red Sox fans have is Chris
Speaker 2: Sale coming out of the bullpen at Dodgers Stadium to
Speaker 2: close out the World Series. And I feel like that's
Speaker 2: the point that the Dodgers may be getting to. If
Speaker 2: they cannot find a guy that can get the final
Speaker 2: three outs, it could be Michael Kopek. I'm confident that
Speaker 2: if Evan Phillips does not get back on track and
Speaker 2: his confidence does not go up between now and the
Speaker 2: end of the season, Blake Trenton is very capable of
Speaker 2: being that guy. But the price was extremely high for
Speaker 2: a Tanner Scott, and that's not Andrew Freeman's style to
Speaker 2: give up that much as much as they were asking
Speaker 2: for a closer. So the Dodgers have guys including Bruce
Speaker 2: Star Graderol who you hope comes back and is somewhat
Speaker 2: himself after missing the majority of the year. So there
Speaker 2: are ways to do it right now. It's a rough patch,
Speaker 2: no doubt about it, Connor, but the Dodgers do have
Speaker 2: relievers that can do it perfect. Thank you all right,
Speaker 2: thank you for the phone call. Appreciate it. Eight sixty
Speaker 2: six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Charles, who was here in San Diego.
Speaker 2: Were you at the game tonight, Charles.
Speaker 14: Uh, yeah, unfortunately, yeah, I did. The way it ended
Speaker 14: right center field. So yeah, it was a good game
Speaker 14: doing you know, up until the first Oh yeah, it
Speaker 14: was really fun actually, you know, next to the lady
Speaker 14: with all the signs for each player.
Speaker 7: But but what I wanted to.
Speaker 14: Talk about was basically not I know, the pitching and
Speaker 14: the ninth inning was you know, it's been a problem
Speaker 14: for the last couple of weeks at least. But what
Speaker 14: got me is that after the first inning he stopped hitting,
Speaker 14: and you know, and it seemed like guys were coming
Speaker 14: up and they're swimming for the faces and not trying
Speaker 14: to get that that base hit to get get the
Speaker 14: man over.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you. And I thought the key
Speaker 2: at bat of the game was in the seventh thing
Speaker 2: when the Dodgers had the left handed reliever Morohone on
Speaker 2: the ropes. And I had no issues with Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: pinchionting for Jason Hayward at that point in time. But
Speaker 2: it's Austin Barnes who's coming up with a twelve game
Speaker 2: hitting streak. Yes, but he's got to realize and see
Speaker 2: the situation that Morohone had walked the Oscar Hernandez on
Speaker 2: what five pitches. He can't be swinging at the first
Speaker 2: pitch with the bases loaded, in a reliever that cannot
Speaker 2: find the strike zone. He's got to take strike one.
Speaker 2: And I thought that was a pivotal at bad a
Speaker 2: pivotal juncture at that point in time. If the Dodgers
Speaker 2: score one or two runs right there, at the very least,
Speaker 2: I feel like they win this game.
Speaker 14: But yeah, yeah, in the night any even though trying
Speaker 14: to struggle, he still got the third out, So one
Speaker 14: or two more runs would have made a difference.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. Like I said, I first heard about
Speaker 2: this when I first started in twenty twelve traveling with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Don Mattingly was the manager, and there were
Speaker 2: a few games like this where the Dodgers would put
Speaker 2: up a three to five spot and they wouldn't score again,
Speaker 2: maybe one run, and he would talk about how there's
Speaker 2: got to be tack on runs, even when you put
Speaker 2: up a crooked number early in the game, and you
Speaker 2: could kind of feel the padres chipping away and gain
Speaker 2: momentum back in this game late, especially when you head
Speaker 2: back to back doubles by a Rise and Cronenworth and
Speaker 2: then you know it's a five to three game all
Speaker 2: of a sudden, and you have to go to your
Speaker 2: bullpen to protect that. And I thought Tyler Glass noow
Speaker 2: did a great job because he was in there for
Speaker 2: seven innings. You got to give Tyler glass Now a
Speaker 2: lot of credit and that was certainly much needed start. Unfortunately,
Speaker 2: the Dodger bullpen in the ninth inning, Blake Trenton just
Speaker 2: could not hold it, and he gave up two solo
Speaker 2: home runs. And look, he had his reasons for the
Speaker 2: pitches he was throwing. I just did not agree with
Speaker 2: the pitch calling in the ninth inning to those two hitters.
Speaker 2: Eight six, six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Padres tonight, six
Speaker 2: to five in ten innings. Before the game, I had
Speaker 2: a chance to catch up with one of the newest Dodgers,
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund, who was at a Stanford University and grew
Speaker 2: up here in San Diego. A great guy and looking
Speaker 2: forward to him playing for the Dodgers. He's under team
Speaker 2: control not only the end of this year, but next
Speaker 2: year as well. Tommy Edmund was here at Petco Park
Speaker 2: to be examined by the Dodgers' trainers to figure out
Speaker 2: when that ankle is going to be one hundred percent
Speaker 2: sound to bring him back. Talking to my sources in
Speaker 2: Saint Louis, they were expecting to activate Tommy Edmund within
Speaker 2: the next ten days, so that's encouraging. But Tommy Edmund
Speaker 2: was here. He participated in hitters meetings, he met with
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts, he took batting practice on the field, and
Speaker 2: in between all that he joined us on the pregame show.
Speaker 5: Yeah, thank you, I'm really excited to be here and
Speaker 5: excited to be part of a great team.
Speaker 2: How unexpected was this trade for you?
Speaker 10: Yeah, it was certainly out there.
Speaker 5: You know, it wasn't really on my radar a few
Speaker 5: weeks ago, especially being injured this whole year, but I
Speaker 5: really started coming along in that injury recovery, and once
Speaker 5: I started hearing my name thrown around a few days ago,
Speaker 5: I was kind of excited to hear that it was
Speaker 5: the Dodgers, you know. So I'm ecstatic to be here,
Speaker 5: really really looking forward to getting back and contributing.
Speaker 2: I know you're a versatile player, but have the Dodgers
Speaker 2: told you where they see you playing when you come back?
Speaker 5: No, not necessarily. I think my role is kind of
Speaker 5: influx right now. You know, there's a lot of moving
Speaker 5: parts with the trade, acquisitions and injuries and things like that,
Speaker 5: so don't necessarily know where I'll be playing. But that's
Speaker 5: kind of been my role for my career thus far,
Speaker 5: you know, being able to move around the field and
Speaker 5: help wherever necessary.
Speaker 2: Where is the rehab on your ankle? From what I understand,
Speaker 2: the Cardinals were expecting you to come back and play
Speaker 2: within ten days. Is that a fair expectation.
Speaker 5: It's I can't really estimate when that'll be. You know,
Speaker 5: I haven't played the field yet, and the goal was
Speaker 5: to start playing the field this week. But I think
Speaker 5: with these guys are gonna evaluate the ankle themselves and
Speaker 5: really figure out where it's at and really get a
Speaker 5: good idea of what that timeline will look like.
Speaker 10: So we'll probably know a little bit more in the
Speaker 10: next couple of days.
Speaker 2: How have you felt through this entire process. Do you
Speaker 2: feel like you're starting to feel like Tommy Edman of old?
Speaker 10: Yeah, starting to.
Speaker 5: You know, I'm just looking forward to being back at
Speaker 5: one hundred percent again and being able to play baseball
Speaker 5: like I know I'm capable of.
Speaker 2: I know you're from La Joya, you're an oc kid,
Speaker 2: you went to Stanford. How good is it to come
Speaker 2: back to California and play for the Dodgers.
Speaker 10: Yeah, no, it's great. It's great. I love coming back
Speaker 10: to southern California.
Speaker 5: It makes things really easy for myself and my family,
Speaker 5: and you know, really looking forward to to being in
Speaker 5: this weather a little bit more.
Speaker 2: Who was Tommy Edmund's kind of childhood hero to pursue
Speaker 2: this dream of baseball?
Speaker 5: Well, growing up in San Diego. I actually watched a
Speaker 5: lot of Tony Gwynn, so he was he's one of
Speaker 5: the best hitters of all time. But there were a
Speaker 5: lot of actually one of the other former Dodgers potters
Speaker 5: guys with Adrian Gonzalez, So he was.
Speaker 10: He was a ton of fun to watch hit.
Speaker 2: Hey, you just went over Dodger fans by saying Adrian
Speaker 2: Gonzalez was your guy.
Speaker 10: Yeah, he was.
Speaker 5: He was a stud and he's one of my favorite
Speaker 5: guys to watch.
Speaker 2: That's my understanding of watching you play. I would say,
Speaker 2: you're a guy that puts the ball in play. You
Speaker 2: believe in uh in contact. It feels like that's kind
Speaker 2: of the pillar of what you do as a hitter.
Speaker 2: And Tony Gwynn and Adrian Gonzalez were like that as well.
Speaker 5: Yeah, they're both, you know, such pure hitters and and
Speaker 5: have a great idea of what they're doing to the play.
Speaker 10: And I mean, one can only aspire to be as
Speaker 10: good as those guys.
Speaker 5: So if that's a that's the goal I'm going for,
Speaker 5: then you know, if I fall way short of that,
Speaker 5: I'll still hopefully to be a good hitter.
Speaker 2: Hey, before I let you go walking into that clubhouse
Speaker 2: with so many superstars MVPs. What was it like to
Speaker 2: go in there.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's a little surreal, you know, especially playing against
Speaker 5: these guys over the past few years. I know they
Speaker 5: got some incredibly good players on the team and it's
Speaker 5: been a lot of fun.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 5: They've been very welcoming on me so far and looking
Speaker 5: forward to getting to know everyone a little bit better.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time, and welcome to the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Glad you're wearing blue because that Cardinal red man that stings.
Speaker 5: Yeah, thank you, I appreciate it. I'm excited to be here.
Speaker 2: All right. There's Tommy Edman. To hear the full conversation,
Speaker 2: you could find it on the iHeartRadio app. A really
Speaker 2: great kid and certainly's going to fit in the way
Speaker 2: he was described to me from people in Saint Louis.
Speaker 2: Was a very steady ball player and a guy that
Speaker 2: makes a lot of contact, which obviously the Dodgers need
Speaker 2: in their lineup. After striking out thirteen more times tonight,
Speaker 2: fifty five strikeouts over the course of the last four games.
Speaker 2: So Tommy Edmund is going to be a welcome addition
Speaker 2: to this roster once he gets healthy and hopefully that's
Speaker 2: within the next ten days that the Cardinals we're expecting
Speaker 2: as well. That'll do it for us. On Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: Tonight tomorrow, It's Kershaw Day. Clayton Kershaw will be on
Speaker 2: the mound for the second time this season, going up
Speaker 2: against Dylan Cees, who will be making his first start
Speaker 2: since pitching a no hitter last week. Cease. This season
Speaker 2: for the Padres is ten and eight with an ERA
Speaker 2: of three point fifty. Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck begins
Speaker 2: at four thirty tomorrow with first pitch at five point
Speaker 2: forty with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett from Pego Park
Speaker 2: here in San Diego. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here
Speaker 2: at Peco Park, Thanks to Colin Yee back at our
Speaker 2: Burbank Studios, and thanks to you for listening. In case
Speaker 2: you missed any of the show, you can find it
Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. Once again. The final score tonight
Speaker 2: from Peco Park in San Diego. The Padres come from
Speaker 2: behind to beat the Dodgers in ten innings, six to five.
Speaker 2: Have a great rest of your night. See you