April 23, 2025 • 29 mins
DV takes your calls after the Dodgers lose to the Cubs, 11-10. Tanner Scott talks to the media after giving up a game-tying HR in the 9th.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
One thing about this gem is the invisible and tangibles
that they have.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This team is really becoming a family. Let's not play
one on Tom.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Let's wind it.
Speaker 4 (00:11):
I love letting you guys after the show.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Just thank you, give me are your attention, your fire
a piss this This is world champion, Dodgers, world champion
thing for the small.
Speaker 5 (00:22):
Soft time they get at people what they want to die.
Speaker 6 (00:24):
To in a row two is special.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache's one of a con.
Speaker 6 (00:30):
This ball's gone. You ready to go? Hell time go
to the South.
Speaker 7 (00:35):
Grab your phone to get in on the show called
eight six six nine to eighty seven two five seven.
I'll come to the show and now your host of
Dodger Talk, David Vassi.
Speaker 6 (00:47):
We are lying at Wrigley Field until nine thirty on
Dodger Talk after the Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight
by a final score of eleven to ten in ten innings.
We have lines opening nine to eight seven two five seventy.
We will get to your phone calls. Also, I'll give
you a Clayton Kershaw update and also a Blake Snell update.
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We're hoping to hear from Tanner Scott, because that's kind
of the unwritten rule. When you're the closer and you're
you're the guy. You know, after you blow a safe,
you usually are expected to stand in front of your
locker and answer questions. Kenley Jansen did it. He had
to learn. There were times where he did not do it,
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and his teammates got on him, and he learned, Tanner Scott,
this is not Miami, it's not the Padres. You got
to stand in front of your locker and answer the
questions after tough games like this. And we'll get to
Tanner Scott in a second. But this was a wild game.
I mean eight runs were scored in the very first
inning tonight, thanks to Tommy Edmunds three run home run
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in the first inning. Then the Cubs came back with
five of their own against Dustin May, who hung in
there for five innings. After those five runs in the
first inning, the Cubs only got two more, and that
was a big two run home run by Pete Crow
Armstrong in the fifth inning. So all in all, Dustin
May's worst start of the year five innings, ten hits,
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seven earned runs, five strikeouts, and three walks. He just
didn't have his sweeper tonight against left handed hitters. It
was lingering, hanging out over the plate. It wasn't coming
inside on lefties, and that was problematic for him. Shota Imanaga,
he was pretty good, and the Dodgers still were having
fits against his splitter. But the Dodgers were benefited by
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some poor defense behind him, including Gage Workman, the third baseman,
who made a big error in the first inning that
led to Tommy edmonds three run home run. The Dodgers
got three homers tonight, Edmunds three run shot, Pat Hez
and Smith hit solo home runs. But this was such
a seesaw game. I mean, you know, you hear about
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these type of games at Corsefield, but I kind of
felt like, with the conditions warming up before first pitch tonight,
it felt like this was going to be a high
scoring game. And I'm not a gambling guy, but if
you were sitting next to me at Wrigley Field and
the over under being at seven and a half, I
would have said go over tonight. With the conditions, how
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warm they were and how the wind was blowing out.
You saw that in the very first inning. Eight runs
scored in the first inning, But you know, I thought
there were five or six different momentum changes, including the
Cubs scoring five in the first inning, and then when
the Dodgers got within one run, Pete Crow Armstrong's two
run homer off at Dustin May gave the momentum back
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to the Cubs. I thought, after there was some poor
outfield defense by the Dodgers. Will Smith throwing out Nico
Horner was a big play. And then pa Has obviously
thrown out Hap to end the sixth inning after his
error allowed Happ to get to third base, and then
obviously the air by workmen in the seventh inning again
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on ta Oscar Hernandez ground ball was a big one
as well. So just a lot of different plays, plays
that were not made, pitches that were not made, really
affected this game. And Tucker hitting the two run home
run off of Vessia obviously was not ideal. It became
a one run game after it being a three run game,
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and Tanner Scott, like I said, giving up a home
run to Miguel Amaya on a fastball. And the one
thing if you look at the Skinner report on Miguel Amaya,
he's a fastball hitter. He doesn't hit a lot of
pitches with spin, and you would think that, you know,
Will Smith and Tanner Scott would decide to go to
a slider or even get him to chase a fastball
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up in the strike zone. Maybe that's what they were
trying to do, but it certainly didn't work out. And
Miguel Amaya hits only his second home run of the year,
a game tying huge home run in the ninth inning
as the Cubs were down to their final out, and
they come back to beat the Dodgers tonight eleven to
ten in ten innings. And it was on the second
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pitch that Amaya hit that homer, Tanner Scott left a
slider up. It was a strike, called strike, and then
he threw a ninety seven fastball right down Broadway for
a fastball hitter. And this goes back if you were
listening or if you podcasted the shows in Texas, I
told you after Friday Night's game standing next to the
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Dodger on deck circle with Elvis Andrews, who's going into
the Rangers Hall of Fame and is an analyst for
the Rangers. He actually faced Tanner Scott in his career
when Tanner Scott was trying to come into his own
and he said he used to love to hit lefties,
but when he saw Tanner Scott with his fastball and
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his slider, he could do nothing with it. But he
saw Tanner Scott in that very high wire act of
a ninth inning in Texas, and he told me that
fastball doesn't look like the tan Scott that we know.
That slider does not look like it has the bite
that we know. And look, there's been some people that
have seen Tanner Scott tell me that he's a slow
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starter traditionally. Well, okay, I guess, I guess that's a
I mean, pitchers go through dead arms. But you have
to ask the question that Jose Mota brought up, are
the lights a little too bright now for Tanner Scott
as the closer for the Dodgers. I mean, that's a
fair question to ask he closed for the Marlins. I mean,
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the Dodgers get more fans that Dodger finfest than the
Marlins do for a game. And then in San Diego,
obviously it was high pressure situations and you know, show
hey o Tani could attest to you how tough Tanner
Scott was on him. But that We're not seeing that
Tanner Scott. We have not seen that Tanner Scott. And
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you just wonder if he's a trying too hard or
b sometimes the moments get to him. But I agree
with the Dodgers need to consider until Tanner Scott can
get back on track to have Evan Phillips, who's now
back close out games. They were using Blake Trenting to
do it, so why not Evan Phillips, who is, by
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the way, Tanner Scott's best friend. Eight six six nine
seven two five seventy is the phone number. Has Tanner
Scott spoken to sports net LA yet, Colin? He has not. Okay,
we hope he does. Let's go out to mission vi Ah, Bill,
you're on Dodger Talk. Lead us off tonight.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Thanks for taking my call. Yeah, there's a little concern there.
I mean Garsier, you know, was he the right guy
to bring Insia?
Speaker 6 (07:38):
It's not hockey. It's not Mark hold On, it's not
Mark Messier, it's Alex Vessia hell Tesse.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yeah, was it smart to bring him in the eighth
and you think.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
Yeah it was? It was because Dave Roberts has used,
has been forced to use a lot of his relievers,
and he had to go to Luis Garcia. Garcia uh
put up a zero and then from there you got
a bridge it to Tanner Scott and Vesia is one
of their best relievers.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
That's that's good new. I just I just kind of wish,
you know, like it's been like two times now in
three games with blown saves. You know, hopefully they can.
Speaker 6 (08:13):
Share that out. Yeah, the bullpen's a little volatile there,
but yeah, if you've been following the Dodgers even the
last couple of years, you would know that Alex Vessi
is one of their best relievers. Let's go out to
Laguna Neguel, Ralph, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Ralph?
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Yeah, thank thank you, Dave. I've been a Dodger saying
my whole lot. What happened to Dryer in this game?
The way Bessie is pitching. I know he's you know,
he's got a good reputation last year, but Drya should
jump in the in the depth shot. Definitely, not yet,
not yet.
Speaker 6 (08:45):
And by the way, keep in mind, Dryers a rookie.
They've been using him a lot, and tomorrow the Dodgers
have a bullpen game. So I'm sure Jack Dryer is
going to be counted on for at least multiple innings tomorrow.
So you have to think about not just night, but
the fact that Dave Roberts is going with a bullpen
game tomorrow. You can't use all these guys.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
I know, I know the Dodgers needed to get some
retribution against the Cubs, and now is now. Today is today,
and you worry about tomorrow. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (09:18):
How about this retribution in the postseason, That's what it's about.
The regular season. I don't know what you're talking about
as far as retribution goes. I guess for the Cubs
winning two out of three in LA. But you know,
in the grand scheme of things, Ralph, if the Dodgers
win the West again, are you really going to be
thinking about this game.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I know it's a long season. I know you always
say that it is.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
It's a long season. And also you got to consider
what they have planned for tomorrow too. They're going with
a bullpen game, right or wrong, agree or disagree, that's
their plan. And you'll see Jack Dryer tomorrow. Thanks to
the phone call, Ralph appreciated eight six six nine to
eighty seven two five seventy is the phone num where
Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight in ten innings, eleven
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to ten. You know, one thing that we also brought
up with Jose Moda is the fact that the Big
Three really haven't gotten on track yet. And Freddie Freeman
was the first to tell us that in Texas when
he drove in the only run the Dodgers scored in
there one nothing victory in Texas on Sunday, it was
a sacrifice fly to left field, and Freddie told me
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his swing is nowhere near where he wants it to be.
The double that he hit to give the Dodgers the
lead in the seventh inning was only his second opposite
field hit. And if you follow Freddie Freeman's career, you
know that's where he lives. In fact, when he hits
during the off season and he has a high school
kid shagging for him, he doesn't put anybody in right
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field because he doesn't want to hit fly balls or
line drives to right field. He wants to go up
the middle and the other way. And today was only
the second time he has done that. Show. Hey, Otani,
I mean, let's not forget you know, the walk off
hit that he had at home, obviously, but outside of that,
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you know, he's not seeing the ball really well, and
he's very He's looked very human so far to start
this year, hitting two sixty four with an ops of
eight seventy two. Yes, that's great, but we're talking about
a guy that was fifty to fifty and was superhuman
last year. He's been very ordinary. Does that have something
to do with the fact that he's hitting more this
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season with the bases empty and not runners on base.
I could tell you last year teams were telling me
they would get extremely nervous. Their biggest key was to
keep those eight to nine hitters off the bases for
Otani because he's a lot easier to pitch to when
nobody's on base. And I've seen Otani kind of question
calls from umpires. Uh, they've called strikes where he thought
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they were balls. We don't see that a lot, and
usually when a hitter is doing that, hitter like Otani,
who has great awareness of the strike zone, that means
that he's not seeing the ball really well. And Mookie
Betts right now is in a slump. He's won for
his last twenty one or twenty two. Freddie is just
starting to get his feet underneath him. So all of
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this offense the Dodgers have had and haven't had is
with those big three really not hitting on all cylinders.
And also the fact that those big three have only
been in the starting lineup eight times nine times now
out of their first twenty four games. You have to
keep that in mind as well. The Dodgers, with all
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that being said, are sixteen and eight in the best
division in baseball. Eight six six eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. When we continue from Wrigley Field,
we will hear from Tanner Scott and we'll take more
of your phone calls at eight six six nine eighty
seven two five seventy plus. We have an update on
Clayton Kershaw. He made his second rehab start tonight for
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the Tulsa Drillers. He offered to take me to Arkansas
with him, but I said, oh no, oh, no, I'm
not going to Arkansas. Dodgers swalter the Cubs tonight eleven
to ten in ten innings right here on M five
seventy LA.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
Sports Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA
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more Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Bassey.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Bitch and Smith sends a fly ball to left field. Indeed,
this ball's gone, Will Smith with the third Dodger home
run off shutta Umanaga and it's Will's third of the season.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
Where would the Dodgers be without Will Smith and Tommy Edmund.
Those two guys have come up with some big hits.
Will Smith has been the best Dodger hitter since the
beginning of the season, going all the way back to Tokyo,
and if you go back to the very first day
of the Cactus League, Will Smith has been on fire.
He's taking his walks, he's hitting for power, he's sitting
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for average. He's hitting three point fifty now with an
ops of over a thousand. So you know, it makes
you wonder. I know, the Dodgers have to construct a
lineup and they're trying to get production, not just from
the first four guys, but when you have Tommy Edmond
and Will Smith swinging the bat the way they are,
you would love to see them a little bit higher
in the lineup. But tonight, you know, the Dodgers had
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a pretty good lineup with those two guys sitting behind Otawni, Betts,
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the dream all right. So I got my hands on
Tanner Scott audio from the Dodger Clubhouse. Apparently he only
spoke to Fabian our daya of the Athletic. I don't
know the dynamics why. I'm sure he would have been
willing to talk to everybody, but Fabian was the guy
that got him and he was kind enough to share
it with us. So Fabian our Dya from the Athletic
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brings us Tanner Scott, what did you kind of see
on that last at that missed the location?
Speaker 5 (15:25):
Tall?
Speaker 6 (15:25):
I missed the location. I thought it was the right pitch.
I just missed the location. Middle.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Middle is not very good in the Big League. Thank
you for the asy.
Speaker 8 (15:32):
Overall, a good spot for the smug moviekly, I say
they bit kind of that.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
I mean I've been throwing strikes and I mean people
meet it out and I just missed a spot.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
Right there is that one like when you're watching it,
O you kind of think it stays in Is that
one that gets caught up in the little bit or
I mean you really don't know. I mean I thought
he got a good piece of it, and then they
went in the basket something do it. I made him
make a better pitch for it. All right. There's Tanner Scott,
obviously not in the best of moods, but answering the questions.
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And I gave him a lot of credit for standing
in front of his locker and answering those questions from
Jack Harris of the La Times and Fabian ar Daya
of The Athletic. So kudos like Chris mad Dog Russo
would say, good on him, good on him, good bye you,
goodbye you for standing in front of your locker. Eight
six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
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phone number. Let's go out to Uppland. Alfred. You're on
Dodger Talk Live from Wrigley Field.
Speaker 8 (16:26):
Hi, Alfred, Hey Dave, how you doing a lock tonight.
Speaker 6 (16:32):
You know, I always get I don't know, like I
hate hearing that song God Go, Cubs Go after they
beat the Dodgers. It's so annoying too much. In twenty sixteen, I.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Had a couple of questions.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
The first one was, I thought Tommy Edmond should have
caught that ball and in the first inning, it looks
like I don't know what happened there, but it looks
like you should have caught that.
Speaker 6 (16:52):
What do you think No, I think he played it right.
I thought he played it right. You know he's playing it.
You know he's trying to go back and make the catch.
It's a do or die play, you know. I felt
like Andy Pajez did a pretty good job of backing
them up, because if you're if you see your center
fielder doing a do or die type of play, one
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of your corner outfielders has to rush over to get
the rebound in case it does go off the wall
and you don't make the catch. So I got no
issues with Tommy had been trying to make that catch.
Alfred okay.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
And then the other question I had was, I know
we signed Confordo during the off season, but man, I
wish we would have got to ask eighteen.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
I know, and then I think they're payning Tucker sixteen
point sixteen point five.
Speaker 6 (17:39):
Right, Well, he was under contract and they made a
trade for him. Oh he's at the end of the season.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Oh man, I would love to have You'll be.
Speaker 6 (17:50):
Making a lot more than that. Trust me, he'll be
making a lot more than that because he's a better
I'm not going to say he's a better hitter than
Juan Soto, but he's a better all around player than
one Soto, that's for sure. He plays defense and great
defense and right field. Thanks for the phone call, Alfred,
appreciate it. Eight six six two five seventy. Let's go
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out to Van Eyes.
Speaker 8 (18:11):
Roy.
Speaker 6 (18:11):
You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Roy? Oh good,
Dave good?
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Yeah, what a game tonight?
Speaker 6 (18:18):
And I got three quick kies for you. Number one
is Will Smith the best catch in baseball.
Speaker 7 (18:24):
Number two is Chris You are the best.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
Defensive center fielder.
Speaker 5 (18:30):
For the Dodgers.
Speaker 6 (18:31):
And three, when we ever see James Amans bad.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
Again in the Dodger lineup?
Speaker 3 (18:37):
Thank you?
Speaker 6 (18:39):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Roy?
Speaker 6 (18:41):
Uh? Number one, No, Chris Taylor is not the best
defensive center fielder on the Dodgers. I would say Tommy
Y Edmond and Key Y Hernandez are better than him,
and I would venture to say, if they had to,
Mookie Betts probably better in centerfield than Chris Taylor, although
Chris is a really good defensive player, and we all
remember how good of a center fielder he was back
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in twenty seventeen, So he is a good outfielder and
he made himself a good outfielder. Is Will Smith the
best catcher in baseball right now? It's hard to argue
that he's not, because of the way he's hitting and
also how strong his arm is, especially with a pitching
staff that doesn't hold runners on that well. He he
was trying to control the running game of the Cubs
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by himself, especially in that seventh inning where there was
some mistakes made behind Luis Garcia. So I would say
if you told me Will Smith was the best catcher
in baseball, I would not argue with you. Eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy is the home
phone number? Phone number, sorry, sorry phone home et phone home,
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Javier in the Hall of Ambra. You're on Dodger Talk.
How you doing, Javier?
Speaker 8 (19:54):
H Pretty good, but better I'll rattled.
Speaker 6 (19:56):
Tonight, Ivier. You could tell that song rattled me. It
rattles me every time it plays.
Speaker 8 (20:02):
I hear it in voice just so quick. Fay. I'm
glad that Tennor Scott spoke to somebody, right, because it
would have been a shame if he didn't. And it
kind of seems like, obviously we started off hot and
then it seems like there's a little bit of championship
fatigue with amongst our big three, and it's just good
to see that Will Smith and Tommy Edmund are trying
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to carry the team while everyone's trying to find themselves
this season so far.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
Yeah, I wouldn't say it's championship fatigue. Just think about this.
Mookie Betts started the season on the wrong foot with
the stomach bug, right, he didn't play in Tokyo, who
had to fly back lost you know, ten to fifteen pounds,
so that was an ideal. Freddy's was dealing with the
right ankle surgery that he had, so I wouldn't say
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it's a World Series hangover. It's just that they've been
dealing with stuff and show. Hey, obviously, I'm sure you know,
even before the actual birth of his first child that
had to be weighing on his mind, and him trying
to help his wife through the final few weeks of
the birth of their child and the pregnancy. So I
just think all three of them been going through individual
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stuff that has worked against them getting into any sort
of rhythm.
Speaker 8 (21:15):
Yeah, okay, yeah, I gouts see that. And I have
one last thing, which if any of the current Dodgers,
do you think you could beat in the foot race?
Happened to come upon your video from here with eight Gonzales,
So I just want to ask out before I go.
Speaker 6 (21:31):
Hey, can you believe that was ten years ago? Javier?
The anniversaries just in a couple of days. It was
ten years ago, Adrian and I raised and you know,
I at the risk of having Freddy turn his ankle
again because he did fall in the shower. I would
love to take my chances with Freddie Freeman these.
Speaker 8 (21:48):
Days, all right, we want to see it happen. When
he gets better, maybe we can see it happens.
Speaker 6 (21:54):
Yeah, I'm not risking that, Hoavier, thanks for the phone call. Yeah,
can you believe that the anniversary of that race is
just a few days away? Ten years ago? And on
Friday it's the forty ninth anniversary of our very own
Rick Monday saving the American flag while playing for the
Cubs at Dodger Stadium. That was almost fifty years ago.
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Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Dodgers fell to the Cubs tonight, eleven
to ten in ten innings at Wrigley Field. While the
Dodgers were playing here in Chicago, Clayton Kershaw went from Arlington, Texas,
to Arkansas to pitch for the Double A Tulsa Drillers
in his second rehab start. He pitched three innings tonight,
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allowed four hits. He only gave up one and run
on a wild pitch, but that was on his catcher.
I was watching that game. He wasn't getting much help
from those Double A Drillers Tonight four strikeouts and one walk.
So a good night for Kershaw. And you know, watching
that game, you could watch these games now online. I
think we all take for granted just the conditions even
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in Double A. These days are Triple A with these stadiums,
these minor league stadiums. You know, this guy's coming back
from a bad left toe surgery and it was caused
by some of these hard mounts, and in particular, it
got aggravated in Milwaukee last year, and I was watching
him today, It's like he had to field his own position.
He's not gonna, you know, run to first base to
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cover first base in a rehab game, just in his
second rehab so I understand that. And I saw him
kind of like messing with the mounds. So you know,
you gotta be careful of the conditions you're sending him
out to, because you know, you've got to have an
advanced scanner report on the mounds that he's pitching on,
because that would be a shame that he's coming back
from left knee and left foot surgery and you're sending
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him out in Arkansas on a mound that's really not
major league quality. And could you imagine if he re
injured or you know, reaggravated that on a crappy minor
league mound. So I'm sure the Dodgers are crossing their teas,
dotting their eyes, but you've got to be aware of
where you're sending him. Eight six six, nine eighty seven,
two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
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to Malibu, Bob, You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse,
Hi Bob.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
David Vasse and the Windy City. How you doing, Man, Oh.
Speaker 6 (24:16):
Live in the light, living the life out here in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
I'm surprised.
Speaker 4 (24:22):
I thought you'd be a geenie georgiettie by now man
having a nice steak dinner day. But after that, I
can understand. I know everybody's having a tough night after
a loss like that, But in my opinion, man, I'm
really happy to see that the work Paw has is
putting in it seems to be somewhat paying off. Would
you agree with that?
Speaker 6 (24:39):
Well, he had a big error today in left field,
but it is getting better. I mean, he's a corner outfielder,
he's not a center fielder, and he's doing his best
to get better there. But Andy pa has has got
to pick it up defensively and offensively. Tonight he was
two for four with an RBI, maybe one of his
better offensive games, a big home run. So you know
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he's got to pick it up. Because his job is
not guaranteed. He has options. The Dodgers can send him
to the miners. So if the defense doesn't pick up
and if he doesn't keep getting on base and making
a difference at the bottom of the order. The Dodgers
are going to find somebody.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Else understandable, Well, I'm never going to waste an opportunity
to not seeing Tommy Edmonds. Praise is when I have
you on the phone.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Man.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
That guy continues to be a producer for the Dodgers,
and I can't say enough good things about that guy.
We're lucky to have him as a Dodger.
Speaker 6 (25:31):
Very lucky. That may go down as one of the
best trades Andrew Friedman has made, getting Michael Kopek and
Tommy Edmond basically for Miguel Vargas in a three way
trade with the White Sox and Cardinals. And speaking of
trades with the Cardinals, now that Blake Trening is out
for an unknown amount of time, and it's not weeks,
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it's going to be months because in case you missed it,
over the weekend, he felt some tightness in his right forearm,
had an MRI and there was it's a little bit
of a strain in that forum. From what I understand,
nothing structurally damaged, but the Dodgers are going to take
it careful with him. So you know, as I look
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out at this bullpen. I'm looking at Ryan Helsley of
the Cardinals again, He's a free agent at the end
of the season. He's going to be a rental. I'm
not sure if the Cardinals want to trade with the Dodgers,
but I mean, Nolan Aernado is still a Cardinal and
Ryan Helsley is probably their best trade ship at this
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point in time. So I'm all in on Ryan Helsley
at the trade deadline. Right now. Let's go out to Portland, Sean,
You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Sean, Hey, They're
really good.
Speaker 8 (26:45):
Great game tonight. I mean this is like a like
a like a wonderful game.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
What happened at the end with Noah Davis? Why Noah?
Speaker 6 (26:55):
Because the Dodgers see, this was the worst case scenario
for the Dodgers to go extra innings because they have
a bullpen game scheduled for tomorrow. So Noah Davis was
going to be out there until this game came to
an end. The Dodgers were obviously holding him in case
they needed him in Texas if Sazaki did not go
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deep in that game. He went six innings, so that
was able to buy the Dodgers sometime to use Noah
Davis possibly tomorrow in a bullpen game, but since it
went extra innings, they had to use him tonight. So
that's what they're winning their options now. And that's why
I haven't really focused on it, because that's a tough
spot for Noah Davis, a guy already at second base
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that placed runner rule, and you know, that's really tough
in a hostile environment to make your Dodger debut. He
gave up a base hit to a really good left
handed hitter and Ian Happ. The game was lost with
the two run home run to Tucker and the game
tying home run to Amaya by guys that are supposed
to get outs.
Speaker 8 (27:57):
Yeah, I understand, Well we'll knock out tomorrow, so no problem.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
All right, sounds good. I like that optimism, and I
have no doubts that the Dodger offense, if the conditions
are like what they were tonight, we'll be able to
put up more runs. And the tarp is on the
field right now. They're expecting rain overnight and possibly tomorrow
before first pitch, and you never know here in Chicago,
right the weather changes so quickly. Tomorrow. The Dodgers, like
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I said, are going to have a bullpen game. No
word on who's going to start that bullpen game, but
one thing we know. The Cubs are throwing left handed
starter Matthew Boyd at the Dodgers. They saw him at
Dodgers Stadium a couple of weeks ago. Boyd is two
and two with an ERA of two seventy two Morongo Casino.
Dodgers on Deck begins at three o'clock tomorrow with first
(28:46):
pitch from Wrigley Field at four o'clock with Rick Monday
and Steven Nelson. That'll do it for us tonight on
Dodger Talk. Oh, here's your Blake Sneill update. He played
catch today, but he will not throw a bullpen session
tomorrow tomorrow. The Dodgers don't feel the need to have
to rush him. He has not had a setback. They're
just playing it very careful with him, all right. Like
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I said, pregame tomorrow at three o'clock, first pitch at
four o'clock with Rick Monday and Stephen Nelson. In case
you missed any of this show or our pregame conversation
with Michael Bush, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Once again, the final score tonight from Wrigley Field. The
Dodgers fall to the Cubs eleven to ten in ten innings.
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Dodger Talk, David Vassi.
Speaker 6 (00:47):
We are lying at Wrigley Field until nine thirty on
Dodger Talk after the Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight
by a final score of eleven to ten in ten innings.
We have lines opening nine to eight seven two five seventy.
We will get to your phone calls. Also, I'll give
you a Clayton Kershaw update and also a Blake Snell update.
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We're hoping to hear from Tanner Scott, because that's kind
of the unwritten rule. When you're the closer and you're
you're the guy. You know, after you blow a safe,
you usually are expected to stand in front of your
locker and answer questions. Kenley Jansen did it. He had
to learn. There were times where he did not do it,
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and his teammates got on him, and he learned, Tanner Scott,
this is not Miami, it's not the Padres. You got
to stand in front of your locker and answer the
questions after tough games like this. And we'll get to
Tanner Scott in a second. But this was a wild game.
I mean eight runs were scored in the very first
inning tonight, thanks to Tommy Edmunds three run home run
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in the first inning. Then the Cubs came back with
five of their own against Dustin May, who hung in
there for five innings. After those five runs in the
first inning, the Cubs only got two more, and that
was a big two run home run by Pete Crow
Armstrong in the fifth inning. So all in all, Dustin
May's worst start of the year five innings, ten hits,
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seven earned runs, five strikeouts, and three walks. He just
didn't have his sweeper tonight against left handed hitters. It
was lingering, hanging out over the plate. It wasn't coming
inside on lefties, and that was problematic for him. Shota Imanaga,
he was pretty good, and the Dodgers still were having
fits against his splitter. But the Dodgers were benefited by
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some poor defense behind him, including Gage Workman, the third baseman,
who made a big error in the first inning that
led to Tommy edmonds three run home run. The Dodgers
got three homers tonight, Edmunds three run shot, Pat Hez
and Smith hit solo home runs. But this was such
a seesaw game. I mean, you know, you hear about
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these type of games at Corsefield, but I kind of
felt like, with the conditions warming up before first pitch tonight,
it felt like this was going to be a high
scoring game. And I'm not a gambling guy, but if
you were sitting next to me at Wrigley Field and
the over under being at seven and a half, I
would have said go over tonight. With the conditions, how
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warm they were and how the wind was blowing out.
You saw that in the very first inning. Eight runs
scored in the first inning, But you know, I thought
there were five or six different momentum changes, including the
Cubs scoring five in the first inning, and then when
the Dodgers got within one run, Pete Crow Armstrong's two
run homer off at Dustin May gave the momentum back
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to the Cubs. I thought, after there was some poor
outfield defense by the Dodgers. Will Smith throwing out Nico
Horner was a big play. And then pa Has obviously
thrown out Hap to end the sixth inning after his
error allowed Happ to get to third base, and then
obviously the air by workmen in the seventh inning again
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on ta Oscar Hernandez ground ball was a big one
as well. So just a lot of different plays, plays
that were not made, pitches that were not made, really
affected this game. And Tucker hitting the two run home
run off of Vessia obviously was not ideal. It became
a one run game after it being a three run game,
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and Tanner Scott, like I said, giving up a home
run to Miguel Amaya on a fastball. And the one
thing if you look at the Skinner report on Miguel Amaya,
he's a fastball hitter. He doesn't hit a lot of
pitches with spin, and you would think that, you know,
Will Smith and Tanner Scott would decide to go to
a slider or even get him to chase a fastball
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up in the strike zone. Maybe that's what they were
trying to do, but it certainly didn't work out. And
Miguel Amaya hits only his second home run of the year,
a game tying huge home run in the ninth inning
as the Cubs were down to their final out, and
they come back to beat the Dodgers tonight eleven to
ten in ten innings. And it was on the second
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pitch that Amaya hit that homer, Tanner Scott left a
slider up. It was a strike, called strike, and then
he threw a ninety seven fastball right down Broadway for
a fastball hitter. And this goes back if you were
listening or if you podcasted the shows in Texas, I
told you after Friday Night's game standing next to the
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Dodger on deck circle with Elvis Andrews, who's going into
the Rangers Hall of Fame and is an analyst for
the Rangers. He actually faced Tanner Scott in his career
when Tanner Scott was trying to come into his own
and he said he used to love to hit lefties,
but when he saw Tanner Scott with his fastball and
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his slider, he could do nothing with it. But he
saw Tanner Scott in that very high wire act of
a ninth inning in Texas, and he told me that
fastball doesn't look like the tan Scott that we know.
That slider does not look like it has the bite
that we know. And look, there's been some people that
have seen Tanner Scott tell me that he's a slow
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starter traditionally. Well, okay, I guess, I guess that's a
I mean, pitchers go through dead arms. But you have
to ask the question that Jose Mota brought up, are
the lights a little too bright now for Tanner Scott
as the closer for the Dodgers. I mean, that's a
fair question to ask he closed for the Marlins. I mean,
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the Dodgers get more fans that Dodger finfest than the
Marlins do for a game. And then in San Diego,
obviously it was high pressure situations and you know, show
hey o Tani could attest to you how tough Tanner
Scott was on him. But that We're not seeing that
Tanner Scott. We have not seen that Tanner Scott. And
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you just wonder if he's a trying too hard or
b sometimes the moments get to him. But I agree
with the Dodgers need to consider until Tanner Scott can
get back on track to have Evan Phillips, who's now
back close out games. They were using Blake Trenting to
do it, so why not Evan Phillips, who is, by
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the way, Tanner Scott's best friend. Eight six six nine
seven two five seventy is the phone number. Has Tanner
Scott spoken to sports net LA yet, Colin? He has not. Okay,
we hope he does. Let's go out to mission vi Ah, Bill,
you're on Dodger Talk. Lead us off tonight.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Thanks for taking my call. Yeah, there's a little concern there.
I mean Garsier, you know, was he the right guy
to bring Insia?
Speaker 6 (07:38):
It's not hockey. It's not Mark hold On, it's not
Mark Messier, it's Alex Vessia hell Tesse.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yeah, was it smart to bring him in the eighth
and you think.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
Yeah it was? It was because Dave Roberts has used,
has been forced to use a lot of his relievers,
and he had to go to Luis Garcia. Garcia uh
put up a zero and then from there you got
a bridge it to Tanner Scott and Vesia is one
of their best relievers.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
That's that's good new. I just I just kind of wish,
you know, like it's been like two times now in
three games with blown saves. You know, hopefully they can.
Speaker 6 (08:13):
Share that out. Yeah, the bullpen's a little volatile there,
but yeah, if you've been following the Dodgers even the
last couple of years, you would know that Alex Vessi
is one of their best relievers. Let's go out to
Laguna Neguel, Ralph, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Ralph?
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Yeah, thank thank you, Dave. I've been a Dodger saying
my whole lot. What happened to Dryer in this game?
The way Bessie is pitching. I know he's you know,
he's got a good reputation last year, but Drya should
jump in the in the depth shot. Definitely, not yet,
not yet.
Speaker 6 (08:45):
And by the way, keep in mind, Dryers a rookie.
They've been using him a lot, and tomorrow the Dodgers
have a bullpen game. So I'm sure Jack Dryer is
going to be counted on for at least multiple innings tomorrow.
So you have to think about not just night, but
the fact that Dave Roberts is going with a bullpen
game tomorrow. You can't use all these guys.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
I know, I know the Dodgers needed to get some
retribution against the Cubs, and now is now. Today is today,
and you worry about tomorrow. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (09:18):
How about this retribution in the postseason, That's what it's about.
The regular season. I don't know what you're talking about
as far as retribution goes. I guess for the Cubs
winning two out of three in LA. But you know,
in the grand scheme of things, Ralph, if the Dodgers
win the West again, are you really going to be
thinking about this game.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I know it's a long season. I know you always
say that it is.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
It's a long season. And also you got to consider
what they have planned for tomorrow too. They're going with
a bullpen game, right or wrong, agree or disagree, that's
their plan. And you'll see Jack Dryer tomorrow. Thanks to
the phone call, Ralph appreciated eight six six nine to
eighty seven two five seventy is the phone num where
Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight in ten innings, eleven
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to ten. You know, one thing that we also brought
up with Jose Moda is the fact that the Big
Three really haven't gotten on track yet. And Freddie Freeman
was the first to tell us that in Texas when
he drove in the only run the Dodgers scored in
there one nothing victory in Texas on Sunday, it was
a sacrifice fly to left field, and Freddie told me
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his swing is nowhere near where he wants it to be.
The double that he hit to give the Dodgers the
lead in the seventh inning was only his second opposite
field hit. And if you follow Freddie Freeman's career, you
know that's where he lives. In fact, when he hits
during the off season and he has a high school
kid shagging for him, he doesn't put anybody in right
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field because he doesn't want to hit fly balls or
line drives to right field. He wants to go up
the middle and the other way. And today was only
the second time he has done that. Show. Hey, Otani,
I mean, let's not forget you know, the walk off
hit that he had at home, obviously, but outside of that,
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you know, he's not seeing the ball really well, and
he's very He's looked very human so far to start
this year, hitting two sixty four with an ops of
eight seventy two. Yes, that's great, but we're talking about
a guy that was fifty to fifty and was superhuman
last year. He's been very ordinary. Does that have something
to do with the fact that he's hitting more this
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season with the bases empty and not runners on base.
I could tell you last year teams were telling me
they would get extremely nervous. Their biggest key was to
keep those eight to nine hitters off the bases for
Otani because he's a lot easier to pitch to when
nobody's on base. And I've seen Otani kind of question
calls from umpires. Uh, they've called strikes where he thought
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they were balls. We don't see that a lot, and
usually when a hitter is doing that, hitter like Otani,
who has great awareness of the strike zone, that means
that he's not seeing the ball really well. And Mookie
Betts right now is in a slump. He's won for
his last twenty one or twenty two. Freddie is just
starting to get his feet underneath him. So all of
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this offense the Dodgers have had and haven't had is
with those big three really not hitting on all cylinders.
And also the fact that those big three have only
been in the starting lineup eight times nine times now
out of their first twenty four games. You have to
keep that in mind as well. The Dodgers, with all
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that being said, are sixteen and eight in the best
division in baseball. Eight six six eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. When we continue from Wrigley Field,
we will hear from Tanner Scott and we'll take more
of your phone calls at eight six six nine eighty
seven two five seventy plus. We have an update on
Clayton Kershaw. He made his second rehab start tonight for
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the Tulsa Drillers. He offered to take me to Arkansas
with him, but I said, oh no, oh, no, I'm
not going to Arkansas. Dodgers swalter the Cubs tonight eleven
to ten in ten innings right here on M five
seventy LA.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
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Speaker 1 (13:30):
Bitch and Smith sends a fly ball to left field. Indeed,
this ball's gone, Will Smith with the third Dodger home
run off shutta Umanaga and it's Will's third of the season.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
Where would the Dodgers be without Will Smith and Tommy Edmund.
Those two guys have come up with some big hits.
Will Smith has been the best Dodger hitter since the
beginning of the season, going all the way back to Tokyo,
and if you go back to the very first day
of the Cactus League, Will Smith has been on fire.
He's taking his walks, he's hitting for power, he's sitting
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for average. He's hitting three point fifty now with an
ops of over a thousand. So you know, it makes
you wonder. I know, the Dodgers have to construct a
lineup and they're trying to get production, not just from
the first four guys, but when you have Tommy Edmond
and Will Smith swinging the bat the way they are,
you would love to see them a little bit higher
in the lineup. But tonight, you know, the Dodgers had
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a pretty good lineup with those two guys sitting behind Otawni, Betts,
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the dream all right. So I got my hands on
Tanner Scott audio from the Dodger Clubhouse. Apparently he only
spoke to Fabian our daya of the Athletic. I don't
know the dynamics why. I'm sure he would have been
willing to talk to everybody, but Fabian was the guy
that got him and he was kind enough to share
it with us. So Fabian our Dya from the Athletic
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brings us Tanner Scott, what did you kind of see
on that last at that missed the location?
Speaker 5 (15:25):
Tall?
Speaker 6 (15:25):
I missed the location. I thought it was the right pitch.
I just missed the location. Middle.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Middle is not very good in the Big League. Thank
you for the asy.
Speaker 8 (15:32):
Overall, a good spot for the smug moviekly, I say
they bit kind of that.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
I mean I've been throwing strikes and I mean people
meet it out and I just missed a spot.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
Right there is that one like when you're watching it,
O you kind of think it stays in Is that
one that gets caught up in the little bit or
I mean you really don't know. I mean I thought
he got a good piece of it, and then they
went in the basket something do it. I made him
make a better pitch for it. All right. There's Tanner Scott,
obviously not in the best of moods, but answering the questions.
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And I gave him a lot of credit for standing
in front of his locker and answering those questions from
Jack Harris of the La Times and Fabian ar Daya
of The Athletic. So kudos like Chris mad Dog Russo
would say, good on him, good on him, good bye you,
goodbye you for standing in front of your locker. Eight
six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
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phone number. Let's go out to Uppland. Alfred. You're on
Dodger Talk Live from Wrigley Field.
Speaker 8 (16:26):
Hi, Alfred, Hey Dave, how you doing a lock tonight.
Speaker 6 (16:32):
You know, I always get I don't know, like I
hate hearing that song God Go, Cubs Go after they
beat the Dodgers. It's so annoying too much. In twenty sixteen, I.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Had a couple of questions.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
The first one was, I thought Tommy Edmond should have
caught that ball and in the first inning, it looks
like I don't know what happened there, but it looks
like you should have caught that.
Speaker 6 (16:52):
What do you think No, I think he played it right.
I thought he played it right. You know he's playing it.
You know he's trying to go back and make the catch.
It's a do or die play, you know. I felt
like Andy Pajez did a pretty good job of backing
them up, because if you're if you see your center
fielder doing a do or die type of play, one
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of your corner outfielders has to rush over to get
the rebound in case it does go off the wall
and you don't make the catch. So I got no
issues with Tommy had been trying to make that catch.
Alfred okay.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
And then the other question I had was, I know
we signed Confordo during the off season, but man, I
wish we would have got to ask eighteen.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
I know, and then I think they're payning Tucker sixteen
point sixteen point five.
Speaker 6 (17:39):
Right, Well, he was under contract and they made a
trade for him. Oh he's at the end of the season.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Oh man, I would love to have You'll be.
Speaker 6 (17:50):
Making a lot more than that. Trust me, he'll be
making a lot more than that because he's a better
I'm not going to say he's a better hitter than
Juan Soto, but he's a better all around player than
one Soto, that's for sure. He plays defense and great
defense and right field. Thanks for the phone call, Alfred,
appreciate it. Eight six six two five seventy. Let's go
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out to Van Eyes.
Speaker 8 (18:11):
Roy.
Speaker 6 (18:11):
You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Roy? Oh good,
Dave good?
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Yeah, what a game tonight?
Speaker 6 (18:18):
And I got three quick kies for you. Number one
is Will Smith the best catch in baseball.
Speaker 7 (18:24):
Number two is Chris You are the best.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
Defensive center fielder.
Speaker 5 (18:30):
For the Dodgers.
Speaker 6 (18:31):
And three, when we ever see James Amans bad.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
Again in the Dodger lineup?
Speaker 3 (18:37):
Thank you?
Speaker 6 (18:39):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Roy?
Speaker 6 (18:41):
Uh? Number one, No, Chris Taylor is not the best
defensive center fielder on the Dodgers. I would say Tommy
Y Edmond and Key Y Hernandez are better than him,
and I would venture to say, if they had to,
Mookie Betts probably better in centerfield than Chris Taylor, although
Chris is a really good defensive player, and we all
remember how good of a center fielder he was back
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in twenty seventeen, So he is a good outfielder and
he made himself a good outfielder. Is Will Smith the
best catcher in baseball right now? It's hard to argue
that he's not, because of the way he's hitting and
also how strong his arm is, especially with a pitching
staff that doesn't hold runners on that well. He he
was trying to control the running game of the Cubs
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by himself, especially in that seventh inning where there was
some mistakes made behind Luis Garcia. So I would say
if you told me Will Smith was the best catcher
in baseball, I would not argue with you. Eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy is the home
phone number? Phone number, sorry, sorry phone home et phone home,
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Javier in the Hall of Ambra. You're on Dodger Talk.
How you doing, Javier?
Speaker 8 (19:54):
H Pretty good, but better I'll rattled.
Speaker 6 (19:56):
Tonight, Ivier. You could tell that song rattled me. It
rattles me every time it plays.
Speaker 8 (20:02):
I hear it in voice just so quick. Fay. I'm
glad that Tennor Scott spoke to somebody, right, because it
would have been a shame if he didn't. And it
kind of seems like, obviously we started off hot and
then it seems like there's a little bit of championship
fatigue with amongst our big three, and it's just good
to see that Will Smith and Tommy Edmund are trying
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to carry the team while everyone's trying to find themselves
this season so far.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
Yeah, I wouldn't say it's championship fatigue. Just think about this.
Mookie Betts started the season on the wrong foot with
the stomach bug, right, he didn't play in Tokyo, who
had to fly back lost you know, ten to fifteen pounds,
so that was an ideal. Freddy's was dealing with the
right ankle surgery that he had, so I wouldn't say
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it's a World Series hangover. It's just that they've been
dealing with stuff and show. Hey, obviously, I'm sure you know,
even before the actual birth of his first child that
had to be weighing on his mind, and him trying
to help his wife through the final few weeks of
the birth of their child and the pregnancy. So I
just think all three of them been going through individual
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stuff that has worked against them getting into any sort
of rhythm.
Speaker 8 (21:15):
Yeah, okay, yeah, I gouts see that. And I have
one last thing, which if any of the current Dodgers,
do you think you could beat in the foot race?
Happened to come upon your video from here with eight Gonzales,
So I just want to ask out before I go.
Speaker 6 (21:31):
Hey, can you believe that was ten years ago? Javier?
The anniversaries just in a couple of days. It was
ten years ago, Adrian and I raised and you know,
I at the risk of having Freddy turn his ankle
again because he did fall in the shower. I would
love to take my chances with Freddie Freeman these.
Speaker 8 (21:48):
Days, all right, we want to see it happen. When
he gets better, maybe we can see it happens.
Speaker 6 (21:54):
Yeah, I'm not risking that, Hoavier, thanks for the phone call. Yeah,
can you believe that the anniversary of that race is
just a few days away? Ten years ago? And on
Friday it's the forty ninth anniversary of our very own
Rick Monday saving the American flag while playing for the
Cubs at Dodger Stadium. That was almost fifty years ago.
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Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Dodgers fell to the Cubs tonight, eleven
to ten in ten innings at Wrigley Field. While the
Dodgers were playing here in Chicago, Clayton Kershaw went from Arlington, Texas,
to Arkansas to pitch for the Double A Tulsa Drillers
in his second rehab start. He pitched three innings tonight,
(22:38):
allowed four hits. He only gave up one and run
on a wild pitch, but that was on his catcher.
I was watching that game. He wasn't getting much help
from those Double A Drillers Tonight four strikeouts and one walk.
So a good night for Kershaw. And you know, watching
that game, you could watch these games now online. I
think we all take for granted just the conditions even
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in Double A. These days are Triple A with these stadiums,
these minor league stadiums. You know, this guy's coming back
from a bad left toe surgery and it was caused
by some of these hard mounts, and in particular, it
got aggravated in Milwaukee last year, and I was watching
him today, It's like he had to field his own position.
He's not gonna, you know, run to first base to
(23:22):
cover first base in a rehab game, just in his
second rehab so I understand that. And I saw him
kind of like messing with the mounds. So you know,
you gotta be careful of the conditions you're sending him
out to, because you know, you've got to have an
advanced scanner report on the mounds that he's pitching on,
because that would be a shame that he's coming back
from left knee and left foot surgery and you're sending
(23:45):
him out in Arkansas on a mound that's really not
major league quality. And could you imagine if he re
injured or you know, reaggravated that on a crappy minor
league mound. So I'm sure the Dodgers are crossing their teas,
dotting their eyes, but you've got to be aware of
where you're sending him. Eight six six, nine eighty seven,
two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
(24:07):
to Malibu, Bob, You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse,
Hi Bob.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
David Vasse and the Windy City. How you doing, Man, Oh.
Speaker 6 (24:16):
Live in the light, living the life out here in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
I'm surprised.
Speaker 4 (24:22):
I thought you'd be a geenie georgiettie by now man
having a nice steak dinner day. But after that, I
can understand. I know everybody's having a tough night after
a loss like that, But in my opinion, man, I'm
really happy to see that the work Paw has is
putting in it seems to be somewhat paying off. Would
you agree with that?
Speaker 6 (24:39):
Well, he had a big error today in left field,
but it is getting better. I mean, he's a corner outfielder,
he's not a center fielder, and he's doing his best
to get better there. But Andy pa has has got
to pick it up defensively and offensively. Tonight he was
two for four with an RBI, maybe one of his
better offensive games, a big home run. So you know
(25:02):
he's got to pick it up. Because his job is
not guaranteed. He has options. The Dodgers can send him
to the miners. So if the defense doesn't pick up
and if he doesn't keep getting on base and making
a difference at the bottom of the order. The Dodgers
are going to find somebody.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Else understandable, Well, I'm never going to waste an opportunity
to not seeing Tommy Edmonds. Praise is when I have
you on the phone.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Man.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
That guy continues to be a producer for the Dodgers,
and I can't say enough good things about that guy.
We're lucky to have him as a Dodger.
Speaker 6 (25:31):
Very lucky. That may go down as one of the
best trades Andrew Friedman has made, getting Michael Kopek and
Tommy Edmond basically for Miguel Vargas in a three way
trade with the White Sox and Cardinals. And speaking of
trades with the Cardinals, now that Blake Trening is out
for an unknown amount of time, and it's not weeks,
(25:52):
it's going to be months because in case you missed it,
over the weekend, he felt some tightness in his right forearm,
had an MRI and there was it's a little bit
of a strain in that forum. From what I understand,
nothing structurally damaged, but the Dodgers are going to take
it careful with him. So you know, as I look
(26:12):
out at this bullpen. I'm looking at Ryan Helsley of
the Cardinals again, He's a free agent at the end
of the season. He's going to be a rental. I'm
not sure if the Cardinals want to trade with the Dodgers,
but I mean, Nolan Aernado is still a Cardinal and
Ryan Helsley is probably their best trade ship at this
(26:32):
point in time. So I'm all in on Ryan Helsley
at the trade deadline. Right now. Let's go out to Portland, Sean,
You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Sean, Hey, They're
really good.
Speaker 8 (26:45):
Great game tonight. I mean this is like a like
a like a wonderful game.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
What happened at the end with Noah Davis? Why Noah?
Speaker 6 (26:55):
Because the Dodgers see, this was the worst case scenario
for the Dodgers to go extra innings because they have
a bullpen game scheduled for tomorrow. So Noah Davis was
going to be out there until this game came to
an end. The Dodgers were obviously holding him in case
they needed him in Texas if Sazaki did not go
(27:17):
deep in that game. He went six innings, so that
was able to buy the Dodgers sometime to use Noah
Davis possibly tomorrow in a bullpen game, but since it
went extra innings, they had to use him tonight. So
that's what they're winning their options now. And that's why
I haven't really focused on it, because that's a tough
spot for Noah Davis, a guy already at second base
(27:38):
that placed runner rule, and you know, that's really tough
in a hostile environment to make your Dodger debut. He
gave up a base hit to a really good left
handed hitter and Ian Happ. The game was lost with
the two run home run to Tucker and the game
tying home run to Amaya by guys that are supposed
to get outs.
Speaker 8 (27:57):
Yeah, I understand, Well we'll knock out tomorrow, so no problem.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
All right, sounds good. I like that optimism, and I
have no doubts that the Dodger offense, if the conditions
are like what they were tonight, we'll be able to
put up more runs. And the tarp is on the
field right now. They're expecting rain overnight and possibly tomorrow
before first pitch, and you never know here in Chicago,
right the weather changes so quickly. Tomorrow. The Dodgers, like
(28:25):
I said, are going to have a bullpen game. No
word on who's going to start that bullpen game, but
one thing we know. The Cubs are throwing left handed
starter Matthew Boyd at the Dodgers. They saw him at
Dodgers Stadium a couple of weeks ago. Boyd is two
and two with an ERA of two seventy two Morongo Casino.
Dodgers on Deck begins at three o'clock tomorrow with first
(28:46):
pitch from Wrigley Field at four o'clock with Rick Monday
and Steven Nelson. That'll do it for us tonight on
Dodger Talk. Oh, here's your Blake Sneill update. He played
catch today, but he will not throw a bullpen session
tomorrow tomorrow. The Dodgers don't feel the need to have
to rush him. He has not had a setback. They're
just playing it very careful with him, all right. Like
(29:08):
I said, pregame tomorrow at three o'clock, first pitch at
four o'clock with Rick Monday and Stephen Nelson. In case
you missed any of this show or our pregame conversation
with Michael Bush, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Once again, the final score tonight from Wrigley Field. The
Dodgers fall to the Cubs eleven to ten in ten innings.
(29:30):
Have a great rest of your night, see you just
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