May 7, 2025 • 44 mins
DV takes your calls after the Dodgers fall to the Marlins, 5-4. Dave Roberts talks about Tony Gonsolin's outing and the bullpen. DV shares part of his conversation with 5x World Series Champion, David Cone.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles
that they have.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This team is really becoming a family.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Let's not play one on Tom.
Speaker 4 (00:10):
Let's wind it.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I love writing me these guys after the show. So
just thank you, give me are your attention, your fire
and not a pisson.
Speaker 5 (00:17):
This is world champion, Dodger, world champion.
Speaker 6 (00:21):
Put a small soft time they get up people what
they want to die to in a row two is special.
I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. One of a con.
This ball's gone. You ready to go?
Speaker 5 (00:33):
Hell time go to the sun. Grab your phone to
get in on the show called eight six six nine
eighty seven two five seven. I'll go to the show
and now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 7 (00:47):
We are live in Miami after the Dodgers fall to
the Marlins tonight in ten innings by a final score
of five to four. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vasse
with you until eight tonight. We have phone lines open.
We actually have three lines open right now at eight
six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. Coming up
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later in the show, you'll hear from five time world
champion David Cone. One of the most underrated pitchers when
we look back at history. But certainly one thing that
David Cone was a winner. And we'll hear from David
Cone because he was part of the Yankees team that
won three in a row back that was back in
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ninety nine, two thousand and ninety eight.
Speaker 6 (01:35):
Ninety eight ninety nine two.
Speaker 7 (01:37):
Thousand was when they repeated and we're the last team
in baseball history to repeat his champions something the Dodgers
are determined to try to do for the first time
in twenty five years. So we'll hear from David Cone
on what it takes to repeat his champions.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
But just about this game.
Speaker 7 (01:58):
Look, I'm not going to overreact to this game because
it's one on one sixty two. I you know, I
loved the Dodgers competitive spirit that we saw in the
eighth inning as Anthony Banda was able to get an
inning ending double play, not a conventional double play, a
hard hit ground ball to Max Muncy.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
He threw home for one.
Speaker 7 (02:20):
Will Smith threw the first four the third out of
the game or the inning, excuse me, And they all
showed a lot of emotion. They were pumped up to
get out of that jam and to have a chance
to win the game in the ninth inning. It just
didn't happen. And a big reason why is the Dodgers
really didn't put the ball in play when they needed to.
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They struck out eleven times tonight and walked just five times.
Speaker 6 (02:46):
And I thought Jose Mona brought.
Speaker 7 (02:48):
Up a great point the bullpen game yesterday kind of
handcuffs what you're able to do bullpen wise in this
game because the Dodgers are playing ten straight games and
you you can't overtax that bullpen that already has been
taxed quite a bit. So that was a great point
by Jose on what the Dodgers couldn't couldn't do with
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their pitching staff.
Speaker 6 (03:11):
So, you know, one of those nights, But big.
Speaker 7 (03:14):
Picture wise, I feel like the Dodgers are looking at
a couple of different things here, especially with the loss
of ti Oscar Hernandez. In case you missed it before
the game, the Dodgers placed Hernandez on the injured list
with a left groin strain, and Dave Roberts said it's
an adductor issue and he's going to be out weeks,
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hopefully not months, just weeks. It's a grade one strain.
I saw Ti Oscar before the game today. He was
getting some treatment. He didn't seem to be limping that badly,
So hopefully this is just a couple of weeks that
Tai Oscar Hernandez is out, maybe three weeks, and until
then they're gonna have to start getting production from some
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of the guys other than O'tani, Betts, Freeman, and Will Smith.
It's time for Max Munsey to start get it going here.
He was over two tonight with two walks. He's hitting
a bucks seventy six on the season. It's time for
Michael Confordo to get it going. He only has one
hit in his last thirty five at bats. Michael Confordo's
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hitting one forty two this year with a five to
nineteen ops. Before the sixth inning yesterday when he had
a single, he was over his last thirty one. He's
getting paid seventeen to eighteen million dollars, so this does
not look them like the Michael Conforto that we know
he can be. The Dodgers need him to get going here.
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James Autman, this is his opportunity, oh for three tonight
with three strikeouts. For me, some of these players now
were into May. Now it's it's time to get it going.
Because if you don't get it going in May, May
turns into June and all of a sudden you look
up and say, all right, now, we've got to decide
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what we're going to do. And quite honestly, James Autman
got a three month window last year before the Dodgers said,
you know what, we got to find somebody else, and
he's got to regroup in the minor league. So for me, now,
I'm not saying the Dodgers need to trade Monseie or
get rid of Monseie. But if Monsey doesn't start producing,
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do the Dodgers consider calling up Alex Freeland, who can
play shortstop and third base. He's played third base ten
times this season. He's a ballplayer. He's, from what I understand,
a great teammate at Oklahoma City. Do the Dodgers consider
if this continues and Max Monsey is not driving in
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runs and not doing Max Monsely things, walking, driving in runs,
extra base hits, do the Dodgers consider calling up Alex
Freeland and Freeland and Muncie sharing third base, Or do
the Dodgers do what they did last year While Munsey
was hurt and consider having key K a Hernandez play
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more days at third base. I mean, where's key K
a Hernandez. I know he's not hitting the lights out
right now. I know Keyk is only hitting a buck
seventy nine himself, but he does have five home runs.
He's not getting a lot of opportunities when there are
opportunities to start at second base or anywhere else. Maybe
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the Dodgers need to start considering more key K Hernandez
at third base. And what do the Dodgers do in
left field? Are they going to keep riding it out
with Michael Confordo. Obviously, money plays and professional sports. But
if Michael Confordo doesn't get things going here in June,
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do the Dodgers consider Dalton Rushing? And the reason why
I'm bringing up these young players, they're not that young.
They've been in the minor leagues. Now they've been seasoned.
It's their time is arriving. And in spring training the
Dodgers said they were not going to play Dalton Rushing
and left field anymore. Well, they started playing Dalton Rushing
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and left field again, and they're playing them at first base.
So they're trying to find a position for him because
his bad is that good. And like we've talked about,
money's not an issue for the Dodgers. So if it
comes to a point where the one year let's take
a flyer on Michael Conforto isn't working out, do the
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Dodgers say, here you go, Dalton Rushing, here's your opportunity.
Let's see what you can do. Do they do it
while keeping Conforto. There's just a lot of different options
that the Dodgers have. And the reason why I'm bringing
up those two young guys, especially Alex Freeland at third base,
is because if you look at the third base landscape
in Major.
Speaker 6 (08:05):
League Baseball, as far as players that.
Speaker 7 (08:07):
May be available, there's really not that many better options
than Max Munsey.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
Max Munsey is a really good.
Speaker 7 (08:16):
Option, and you know, there are certain years where you're
not the same guy that you were in your previous
careers in your previous career, and look, I don't believe
the Dodgers need to give up on Max Munsey. He's
a really good October player, and he's a really good
player with a really good resume since twenty eighteen. But
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if he doesn't get things going in June and the
Dodgers need some more production five through nine. Do they
consider giving a young guy like Alex Freeland an opportunity
to get some time, maybe share some time at third base.
We'll have to wait and see, but those are the
options for those that want to trade for Nolan Arenado.
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Nolan Arenado has come back to Earth. He's sitting two
fifty seven with an OPS just over seven forty five.
So everybody that believes that Nolan Aeronato is this super
upgrade at third base, I'm not sure that's the case,
especially with his contract. Eight six six nine, eight seven
two five seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs
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right now to hear from manager Dave Roberts after tonight's
five to four loss and ten innings to the Marlins.
Speaker 8 (09:26):
It was it was good early. I thought, you know,
as the pitch count crap up, I thought he was
getting a little fatigue. There wasn't as much miss but
he gave us all he had. I mean, I thought
that it's the most amount of pitches he's thrown since
he's been back in two starts, and unfortunately, you know,
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it wasn't enough. But I thought he did a nice job.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
With Luis Garcia.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Just what did you see was kind of missing for
him tonight that allowed them to get in.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Well, I thought he had good stuff. They hit some
good pitches, some sliders when you had count leverage, and
you know, the first set bat, the first pitch gets
double and then I think he had norby one to two,
and then a slider it just didn't get down enough
and he put a good swing on it, and then
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obviously the base hit I think off Myer's bat, But
you know, it's gonna happen.
Speaker 9 (10:23):
And I'm just kind of an example of just how
many bulls you guys have taken that there's going to
be a cost kind.
Speaker 8 (10:28):
Of absolutely, we had a few guys that were down,
and so that's kind of the cost of you know,
you know when yeah, that's just kind of the cost
of using your pen and starters that are on you know,
that don't go that haven't gone as deep, our pitch
counts go up, and you know, you can't get into
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the sixth seventh inning. That's just kind of the cost
of it.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Yeah, do you want to leave the Major's bullpen?
Speaker 8 (10:55):
And absolutely not, absolutely not. You know, it just seems
like you know, just certain guys, and you know, I
could go back on each starter, but you're still trying
to manage their health and managed mindful of the innings
that the bullpen's taking on and trying to stagger as
much you can and manage leverage and all that stuff.
(11:16):
So to your question, yeah, absolutely not. We want to
lead the league in bullpen innings.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
All right.
Speaker 7 (11:25):
There's manager Dave Roberts answering the question about how much
he's had to use his bullpen this year, and let's
face it, a lot of that comes from Tyler glass
now starts where he.
Speaker 6 (11:35):
Had to come out of the game early for three
different reasons in three different starts.
Speaker 7 (11:41):
So that's part of why they have so many innings.
Glass now has come out of games after one inning,
after three innings, so that's part of it. And also
the fact that when the Dodgers called up Justin Robleski
and Bobby Miller and now Landon Knack for a third start,
they really haven't delivered. And given the Dodgers the option
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of using them more and more, they've had to go
to bullpen games in place of those options early in
the season. And if you look at how many innings
the Dodger bullpen has thrown already one hundred and fifty
seven innings so far this season, the.
Speaker 6 (12:19):
Most in baseball.
Speaker 7 (12:21):
The second most are the Marlins at one hundred and
forty eight. Compare that to how many innings their starters
have thrown. It's it's shocking, it really is, considering how
much talk about the Dodger rotation, and I wasn't buying
into that, at least to start the year, and especially
now with Glass now and Blake Snell on the IL.
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I was never buying into this great Dodger starting rotation
to start the year because I knew there was no Kershaw,
there was no Otani. Suzaki was going to start out slow.
He's gotten better each and every time out. And you
look at the Dodgers' innings started by their their rotation,
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one hundred and sixty two innings, which is the fewest
among major league staffs out there, compared to the team
that's got the most innings out of their starters, the
Kansas City Royals two hundred and ten innings. And look,
the Dodgers' goal is not to have any of their
starters throw one hundred and ninety innings or two hundred innings.
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They were hoping to get one hundred and eighty and
thirty starts from Blakes now, but unfortunately that's just not
the case. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five
seventy is the phone number Dodgers fall to the Marlins tonight,
five to four in ten innings. Let's go out to
the phone south Central. Tyson.
Speaker 6 (13:44):
You're on Dodger Talk live from Miami. How you doing, Tyson?
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Pretty good? I wanted to talk about Michael Conforto. It
kind of reminds me of when the Dodgers signed Aj
Pollock and it just never seemed like he really belonged
or clicked. Kind of felt kind of weird and kind
of felt like Pollock was maybe pressing a little bit.
I know he was pretty good at the end there,
like twenty twenty one ish, but I remember that first season.
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He was a big free agent signing and they expected
him to be hit like Conforto was like middle of
the order, and he just never really got going and
never really felt like he really belonged.
Speaker 7 (14:23):
Yeah, he signed a bigger contract than what Michael Confordo did,
but you're right, the first year was early on he
was trying to do too much, and that was twenty nineteen.
But he did hit two sixty six and he did
hit fifteen home runs that year. And you're right, in
twenty one he got a lot better. By twenty one
he got a lot better. He had a lot of injuries.
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So yeah, that's not a stretch of a comparison, Tyson.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
I'm just from thinking of Pollock. I don't know his
regular seam stats. Remember the playoffs he went like, oh
for with like majority stroke.
Speaker 7 (14:56):
Oh yeah, yeah, he was not a playoff player by
any stretch of the imagination. You're right, but he was
a pretty good regular season player, big time, all right, Tyson,
Thanks for the phone call, appreciated. Yeah, you know, like
I said, that's not a stretch of a comparison. With
the Dodgers were thinking with Confordo a one year contract.
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They're hitting coaches him being out of San Francisco because
that ballpark is not conducive, especially to left handed hitters.
Speaker 6 (15:27):
Because if you look at what Confordo did away.
Speaker 7 (15:30):
From that ballpark in San Francisco, his offensive numbers were
considerably better. Slugging percentage was well over five hundred. We
just haven't seen it since the first couple of weeks
of the season and asking around not a lot of answers.
Nobody can figure it out why Michael Confordo is struggling
as much as he is. But at this point in time,
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it's more mental than physical.
Speaker 6 (15:53):
Let's go out to the OC. Richard. You're on Dodger
Talk with David vasse Hi. Richard Off, how's it going?
Speaker 8 (16:00):
How's it going?
Speaker 9 (16:01):
I just wanted to say, you know, it's because the
Dodgers are We're always trying to buy stars.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Can we bring them?
Speaker 10 (16:08):
Can we bring them up from our farm team?
Speaker 9 (16:10):
Are we always that week that we don't have anyone
to bring up? Stop buying all the stars, and that's
bringing up our farm team to place a good ball team,
a good ball club that could win, that we.
Speaker 6 (16:24):
Can win away. Don't you don't like Freddy Freeman?
Speaker 9 (16:28):
You know what, I'm tired of buying all the stars?
Where I got to hear it from everyone saying all the.
Speaker 6 (16:34):
Time the World Series last year. You didn't like winning
the World Series last year?
Speaker 10 (16:41):
Don't you want to?
Speaker 6 (16:42):
I want to?
Speaker 9 (16:42):
I want to.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
I want to I want to win the World Series.
I like winning. I like winning. Richard, then become a
Marlins fan.
Speaker 7 (16:49):
If you want to talk about the farm system and
playing young players.
Speaker 9 (16:53):
Tommy and the Porter said this, we don't. We don't
go free agent.
Speaker 10 (16:56):
We go for our farm team.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I guess that's over with.
Speaker 6 (17:00):
I wouldn't say it's over with.
Speaker 7 (17:01):
The Dodgers are are grooming a lot of players in
the minor leagues, but right now the expectations are high.
You don't have an opportunity like the Marlins to give
a young player time to grow into becoming a major
league player.
Speaker 9 (17:17):
I'm always getting beat up about because the Dodgers, by everyone,
they're buying All Star team.
Speaker 7 (17:25):
I don't know at the OC, but they must be
angel fans just to just remember who won the World Series.
Speaker 6 (17:31):
Remind them that, Richard.
Speaker 9 (17:33):
Well, let me say this. I'm just getting beat up
because all my friends say, all, all right, we.
Speaker 6 (17:38):
Heard you, we heard you. Don't worry about it.
Speaker 7 (17:40):
I mean, that's ridiculous, Sophomore, thank you for the phone call, Richard. Look,
would the Dodgers love to have handed the job in
left field or uh somewhere else to Dalton Rushing. Sure,
but the expectations are really high for the Dodgers, and
they have a lot of veteran players that want to
win now, and rightfully so they are built to win now,
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and they don't have the time to wait five six
months for a player to get his feet wet. That's
why if they do incorporate a young player, they do it.
They stagger it like an Andy pie has who's a rookie.
If you want to talk about homegrown guys, Will Smith
homegrown guy, they stagger them in. They can't just bring
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up three or four Triple A guys rookies to start immediately.
You have to stagger them when you have a veteran
group like this. So if they do decide to pull
the trigger on Dalton Rushing, it's because things haven't gone
well with Michael Confordo for an extended period of time.
If they decide to go to Alex frielan route, it's
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because Max Munsey hasn't gotten back on track and is
not the same player that we have known Max Munsey
to be. So that's when you start to tap into
your farm system. You don't call up three or four
guys and hand them the job coming out of spring training.
Haysan Kim. Same thing started the year in Oklahoma City.
Speaker 6 (19:09):
There's a need. Now he's going to start playing.
Speaker 7 (19:12):
So whoever says the Dodgers are just buying their championships. Yeah,
they're spending on really good players, but a lot of
teams spend on a lot of teams spend on players,
but they're.
Speaker 6 (19:23):
Not the right players.
Speaker 7 (19:25):
And look, the Dodgers are not going to apologize for
the fact that the Red Sox decided to make one
of the worst decisions in their franchise's history to trade
Mookie Betts. The Dodgers are not going to apologize that
the Angels couldn't capitalize on having six years of show
he Otani and he decided to leave and go to
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a team that has the infrastructure to win a World
Series championship, which they did in his first year. The
Dodgers are not going to apologize that the Braids made
one of their worst decisions in their franchise history by
letting one of the all time greats walk away for
basically nothing as far as salary in Freddie Freeman. The
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Dodgers are very fortunate those three guys were available when
they were, or this would not be happening. It just
doesn't happen all the time, and the Dodgers were in
the right place at the right time and have the
right ownership to be able to capitalize on all that.
Nothing to apologize for. Let's go out to Mission Viejo. Bill,
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you're on Dodger Talk with David Vassay.
Speaker 10 (20:32):
Hi, Bill, Hi, thanks for taking my call. Why didn't
Dave let Goslin pitch the sixth inning? I know that
he had the number of pitches you mentioned in the
postgame show, but they had a lead and then Garcia
gave it up.
Speaker 7 (20:48):
Yeah, well, I agree with you, Bill, I wouldn't have
been opposed to that, But we have to take into
account the fact that Tony Gonsolin has not pitched in
the major leagues in almost two years.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
So it's a gradual build up with a guy like that.
Maybe a time he.
Speaker 7 (21:05):
Goes out and is able to throw ninety pitches, but
obviously there were some restrictions on how far Dave could go.
Speaker 10 (21:12):
With him, right. But also he did give up the
two run home run to Hicks, who's a ninth place hitter, Right.
Speaker 6 (21:20):
He did, and Andy Paie has rob Hicks of what would.
Speaker 10 (21:23):
Have been two home runs tonight, right, So it's just
one of those nights. Yeah, it's not going to happen
a lot with the number nine hitter gets a home run.
So there's a couple of quirks at about tonight's game.
Speaker 7 (21:34):
Yeah, number nine hitter for the Marlins. Especially thanks for
the phone call bill. We have two lines open now
that we've taken some phone calls at eight sixty six
nine eight seven two five seventy.
Speaker 6 (21:45):
When we continue here from Miami, we'll get more of
your phone calls in. We'll let you know which former
Dodger retired officially on social media. I guess that's how
you announce your retirement these days. And you also hear
from David Cohne on what it takes to repeat as
world champions and whether or not Cone believes show how
Tani should pitch this season. So a lot to get
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to between now and the bottom of the hour as
the Dodgers fall to the Marlins tonight five to four
in ten innings on A five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
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Speaker 4 (22:33):
Sho Heltani leads off against leftand or Anthony Veneziano.
Speaker 6 (22:36):
He comes out of the bullpen to take over for
Cal Quantrill on the top of the sixth and Otani hammers.
Speaker 11 (22:43):
One a ton that is an offer deck monster shot
from the first pitch against the Marlins reliever, and he
ties the game of two.
Speaker 7 (22:56):
Rick Monday Tim Nevert on the call tonight as the
Rogers fall to the Marlins in ten innings, five to four,
despite home runs from sho Hey Otani and Freddie Freeman.
Freeman's home run, by the way, his forty second against
the Marlins in his career. That's the most home runs
any player has hit against the Marlins as long as
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we go back to the phone calls, I want to
get this in because I forgot last night. After sharing
our conversation with Joe Tory, former Dodd Ross Stripling announced
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his retirement on social media yesterday. Ross Stripling a big
fan favorite in LA. He was drafted, developed by the Dodgers,
went through Tommy John surgery, came back a really good pitcher.
His first start back back in twenty sixteen after Tommy
John surgery, he had a no hitter after seven innings
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in San Francisco. We all remember that and Ross was
one of those valuable hybrid pitchers that could pitch out
of the bullpen or make a start. He actually was
an All Star with the Dodgers as well, and part
of the twenty twenty Dodgers, even though he was not
on the team when they went to the World Series.
Speaker 6 (24:41):
He was traded by then.
Speaker 7 (24:43):
But congratulations Ross Strippling on a great career, and certainly
the Dodgers will always remember you being a part of
the franchise's history during this period of sustained success eight
sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
oh number. Let's go out to Ash and Sherman Oaks. Ash,
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did you know Ross Strippling retired or you already.
Speaker 6 (25:05):
Saw it on?
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Actually I did, Dave, because if you followed some social media.
Even though I just left work from just like yourself,
I've been working all day, but I did.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
Want to work at the Woodman.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
No, I'm a I'm a dentist. I pulled teeth all day.
My friend.
Speaker 6 (25:28):
A job.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
And yeah, but you are my favorite Dodger non player.
Speaker 4 (25:35):
Of course, thank you, Ash.
Speaker 6 (25:37):
I appreciate we all.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
I think we all appreciate you know how much time
you spend from morning till nighttime to give us all
the updates the news. This is not going to be
a fun conversation with you because I know Max Munsey
is your son's favorite player.
Speaker 6 (25:57):
But that's son's favorite player, that's Petros.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Yes, well then you know then I don't feel bad
so I can be even more comfortable talking to you
about this. But my friends, at some point, how many
years can we handle a sub two hundred hitter. I
love Max Muncy as well. My son's name is Maddix,
so it's a you know, close but not close enough,
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but it's not enough. It's either walks or home runs.
We need players that can hit the ball and get
on base. You just mentioned that we don't have that
luxury of bringing up young players like we did back
in the year, you know, in the years with Piazza
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and whatever. We're in the win now mode.
Speaker 6 (26:52):
You don't even have to go far back where you
could talk about Kershaw. You don't have to go that far.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Kersha is still you know, he's still within the team.
He hasn't pitched, and we're going to use him when
we need him the most. But I'm really tired of
you know, and you would just alternative.
Speaker 6 (27:15):
It's fine that you you feel like you need to
make a move.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
You the man, well Arnado's name. I'm tired of reading.
Speaker 6 (27:26):
I'm tired of hearing about Nolan Aeronado. I'm tired of
hearing that.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
I feel like at this point, if somebody says, bring
trade for Nolan Aeronado, it's the most lazy take out there.
Anybody could say that. That's why I came up with
a very creative solution. Ash Alex Freeland is a really
good player in the minor leagues for the Dodgers.
Speaker 6 (27:49):
Now, is he going to be a really good Major leaguer.
Speaker 7 (27:52):
We don't know, but I would love to see him
get the opportunity because he's a guy that I was
really impressed with in spring training. He's sitting three hundred
for Oklahoma City. He's a baseball player, he's a baseball rat.
I love guys like that, and Hayesan Kim told me
he loves Alex Freeland as well, guys I have heard
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he is a great teammates. So it might be Alex
Freeland and Dalton rushing time if Munsey and CONFORDO don't
get on track soon.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
I don't with you. I didn't call you know. You
know much better than all of us because you're in
the the thick and thin, as they say. But at
some point, I think every Dodger fan, none of us
have anything bad to say as far as Max Munsey personally,
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but at some point.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
He loves being a Dodger. He cares, He cares a lot.
You could tell me he.
Speaker 12 (28:50):
Bleeds he bleeds blue, and that's the only reason that
he's still with the team, I believe, because he bleeds
blue and he would ticket back seat with someone coming
in front of him and doing better, and he can't
take it backseat and be not an everyday player.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
But I don't care if Max Munci or Otani. If
you're hitting and playing every day and it's either a
strikeout or nothing, you're doing harm. And I love you, brother, man.
I love listening to you. Sometimes I'm listening to you
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more than the game because the game is three hours
and I don't got that time pulling out sets, okay,
and doing surgery. But I'm been a Dodger fan since
I came to California in nineteen eighty eight, and I
bleed blue and nothing else. And I just want the
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best for the team. And I think we're sitting at
a pinnacle to be an empire, the evil empire that
whatever I don't.
Speaker 7 (30:01):
We need to be a I hear you, I hear you, Ash,
I hear you, and I appreciate the love and you
you could podcast. Why don't you replay the show for
your patients? They have nothing to say about it in
your doctor's office?
Speaker 6 (30:14):
Moving forward?
Speaker 2 (30:15):
How about that, Sinatra? As I'm pulling out their teeth
so they can't be.
Speaker 4 (30:18):
A little more probable.
Speaker 6 (30:20):
But I.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Want to get off the phone sec and listen to
everyone talking, and I appreciate everything that you do. And
people don't realize, brother man, how much time you spend
away from your family to be and report to us.
You're like, you're like seventy eleven for Dodgers.
Speaker 6 (30:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (30:45):
I appreciate that. And my wife is a saint. I
wouldn't be able to do this without her support. So
she's home with the kids while I'm in Miami and
on this ten game, ten day road trip. But yeah,
I appreciate that, and my wife is a I remember
Vince Scully always praising his wife, Sandy, and I always
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thought it was just, you know, him giving his wife
some shine, right, But doing this now for my fourteenth year,
it wasn't just him saying it. You do need the
support of your wife and your kids when you're doing
something like this. But it's a great job. It's my passion,
it's my dream job. Grew up born and raised in
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the San Fernando Valley. Loved the Dodgers, loved listening to
Dodger talk when I was growing up.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
So every day I pinched myself that I'm doing this.
Speaker 7 (31:34):
And as far as Max months, he goes, look, I
know It's frustrating at times to watch him, but this
is who he was day one. He's a three true
outcome player, slug, strikeout, or walk.
Speaker 6 (31:49):
That's who he is.
Speaker 7 (31:50):
And it's only thirty six games in. He did do
something to try to see if it works. He went
to go see doctor Alex lou Out in Rolling Heights.
He's the same eye doctor that diagnosed keyk Hernandez with
astigmatism and same thing with Munsey. So now you're seeing
him wear some goggles. Those are prescription and it feels
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like he's having better at bats. And when I talked
to him before he hit his first home run of
the year, he told me he felt like May was
going to be the month that things click.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
And I gotta be honest with you. The bats are better.
Speaker 7 (32:24):
He's hitting the ball harder, So I'm not ready to
pull the plug on Max Munsey. Resume track record means
a lot to me. We're thirty six games into the season,
he's playing better defense. I'm just saying, if we're into
game ninety and things are not clicking for him on
all cylinders, then I believe the best option for the
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Dodgers is either more Key k Hernandez or to consider
calling up Alex Freeland. And I know the Dodgers have
discussed Freeland about being called up, but they want him
to develop, They want him to get every day at bats.
Speaker 6 (33:00):
Same thing with Dalton Rushing. I think it's really.
Speaker 7 (33:02):
I believe it's really interesting that after saying they were
not going to use Rushing in left field in the
minor leagues, that all of a sudden, now in the
last week he has started twice in left field, and
by the way, tonight he started at first base. Obviously,
the Dodgers have a pretty good first baseman in Freddie Freeman, who, oh,
by the way, homeward again tonight he has eight home runs.
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Freddie Freeman is hitting three forty four with an ops
of eleven hundred. Tell me who is the most underrated
player in baseball, and I'll say it's Freddie Freeman because
we take consistency for granted.
Speaker 6 (33:41):
He's not flashy.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
He's not trying to, you know, make it rain when
he hits a home run or he does something spectacular
on the field. He's just consistent. And the biggest thing
that people fail to realize, the biggest part of being
a part player on this level is being a guy
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that you can count on. And Freddie Freeman's not only
great that he plays and he hits, but he's out
there every day, even on a bad ankle. Still playing
every day says a lot about him. He's a Hall
of Famer. He's one of a kind, and I hope
we all appreciate a guy like Freddie Freeman. Let's go
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out to Ensino. Colin, you're on Dodger Talk with David
vasse Hi. Colin, close that door, Hey.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
David, sorry, door shut. Everything he just said is accurate.
I love Freddy. I mean, he's a man's man. He
does everything right, shows up every day. The main reason
I was calling was the gentleman who called about buying
a team, and he gets all the slacks from his buddies.
Speaker 6 (34:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
I have a bunch of Brewers. Yeah, I have a
bunch of Brewers fans that are my friends. And they're
always talking smack to me too. But I'm like, look,
call the Braves, call the Red Sox, call whoever you want.
They gave up Mookie, they gave up Freddy. You know
we're talking about billionaires here. Every every owner of every
team is a billionaire. If they want to spend, they'll spend,
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and Dodgers just go after what's the best. I mean,
I'm not I'm not hating on it.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
Ask your Brewer fans. Ask your Brewer fans.
Speaker 7 (35:17):
What took place in twenty eighteen and what took place
in bas around at twenty.
Speaker 6 (35:21):
Twenty Dodgers and Dodgers owned the Brewers. And I reminded
Justin Turner when I saw him in Chicago he hit
a home run in betting practice at Wrigley Field down
the left field line. I said, oh, there it is.
There's that Jeremy Jeffers home run.
Speaker 7 (35:36):
Remember Jeremy Jeffers was talking all that smack about the
Dodgers during the NLCS, and Justin Turner shoved it right
where you know it belongs.
Speaker 6 (35:46):
Colin.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Oh absolutely, And I was, Me and my son were
in the stands in twenty eighteen when Monthy hit the
walkoff homer first the Red Sox. So I mean, I
can never say a bad word about that man. He'll
turn it up, he'll turn it on. Monthy always comes alive.
I love him, Lucky number thirteen.
Speaker 6 (36:04):
And all right, call him, thank you for the phone call.
No doubt.
Speaker 7 (36:08):
Look there's something to be said about a track record.
I know, guys get older and maybe bat speed decline,
skills decline. This is Max Munsey's last year on his contract.
He's very well aware of it. Maybe put a little
bit too much pressure on himself to start the year.
I know everybody talks about his condition, his weight. Well,
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he lost a lot of weight during the off season,
and a lot of times when a player loses a
lot of weight, depending on how they did it, it's
an adjustment period to play at that weight. And I
feel like Munsey's doing the best he can and it's
only thirty six games in The one thing you can't
say about Max Munsey is that he doesn't care. He
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cares a lot. He shows that out there. Let's go
out to Alpine A Joy. You're on Dodger Talk with
David vasse Hi A Joy.
Speaker 4 (36:59):
Hey, what's up, Dave Man. Thanks for taking the call.
First of all, I just wanted to kind of go
on what Ash was saying to earlier. Man. Thanks for
everything you do, like literally appreciate it. Like I have
a long commute for San Diego purposes, but I listen
to you guys all day and you always filled me
in with some great information. So Number one, that number
two just where we're at as far as our outfield,
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I know we have has a pretty good outfield defensively,
even with you know, bringing Outman in obviously, I know,
like you've said recently, he's gonna be great in the
outfield and what we end up doing from the hitting perspective,
But what do you see going forward from the outfield
as far as who we're gonna put not just from
a defensive perspective, but what we're gonna do going forward defensively,
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Like how we're gonna line that up while we're kind
of waiting for Comfordo to hopefully at some point come
out of this this sumth that he's in right now.
Speaker 7 (37:52):
Yeah, well, number one or Joy, that's one thing you
could put players out there. But for me, the biggest
concern is not that the Dodgers can find somebody to
play center and right. Pajez is going to play a
lot of right. But for me, who's going to step
up in the lineup five through nine? Missing Oskar Hernandez
really shrinks that lineup with the way guys are swinging
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it five through nine, Taoskar Hernandez don't sleep on the
fact he was great with runners in scoring position, great
with two strikes, great with two outs, And that's the
reason why he's right up there with Aaron Judge for
the league lead, major league lead in RBIs. That's my
biggest concern. They can find guys to play defense fine
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out there, the offense and the offensive production is what
I'm most concerned about. I feel like we take for
granted that without Taoscar Hernandez, the Dodgers don't tie the
score in Game five of last year's World Series. I mean,
he had the biggest hit of that inning, make no
mistake about it. And he's been Him and Tommy Edmond
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have been, and Freddie Freeman been the two most three
most consistent guys offensively all year. Huge drop off after
Will Smith. Now all of a sudden, Uh, you don't
have Tioscar Hernandez, and you don't have Tioscar Hernandez and
Will Smith when.
Speaker 6 (39:13):
They have to give Will a day off. So that's
my biggest concern.
Speaker 4 (39:19):
Yeah, no, I completely agree. I think defensively, especially with
how Pa has has come along with his work with Evil,
it's definitely not that. But it's like Will.
Speaker 6 (39:30):
Play right field. That's no problem. They could get Key
g and center.
Speaker 7 (39:33):
They could When Edmund comes back, he'll play some center.
Kim can play some center. But who's gonna hit five
through nine? Who's gonna be who's gonna help move the
line six through nine?
Speaker 4 (39:44):
Do you think it's time to give CT three and
some of those extra that I'm all in.
Speaker 6 (39:49):
I'm all in with CT three. I think it's hard
for him. You feel like what, I'm.
Speaker 4 (39:54):
Sorry to cut you off. Yeah, I feel like his
approach has been better in the minimal you know that's
that he has had and I don't know about it.
Speaker 7 (40:04):
Well, it's hard, it's hard only playing, it's hard only
playing and starting once every two weeks. But that's where
he's at right now. And I'm you know, he has
a trek record too. Why not give him a few
more opportunities? Thanks for the phone call, appreciated. Eight six
six seven two five seventy is the phone number. Marlins
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beat the Dodgers tonight five to four and ten innings.
That's why we're talking big picture. With the injury to
ta Oscar Hernandez, the Dodger offense needs to find somebody
that's going to help them. Move the line that is
not named Otani Betts, Freeman or Will Smith had a
chance to catch up with David Cohne, and I wanted
to share this with you. David Khne, who is a
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five time World Series champion. That's right, five time World
Series champion with the Yankees and Blue Jays.
Speaker 6 (40:54):
He was part of the last.
Speaker 7 (40:55):
Team in baseball to repeat his champions that was the
two thousand Yankees. And I wanted to tap into David
Cone because he was such a fierce competitor about the
mentality you have to have to try to do something
that only the Yankees have done in the last twenty
five years.
Speaker 13 (41:14):
How motivated are you to be great? How motivated are
you to have a legacy? How motivated are you to
sort of be remembered.
Speaker 6 (41:21):
As a dynasty? And that's what you got going on here.
Speaker 13 (41:24):
Historically speaking, you're going to have ten twenty years from now,
you're going to look back on this air and said
that was the dynasty And did we do all we
could to make sure.
Speaker 4 (41:32):
That it happened?
Speaker 7 (41:32):
How did David Cone and the Yankees twenty five years
ago stay motivated not when it got to October, but
during the marathon.
Speaker 6 (41:40):
Of the season. It was the same thing.
Speaker 13 (41:42):
It was a relentless professionalism. It was just a never
too high and never too low kind of a mentality
of you know, you forget the losses, you forget the
tough games. You're ready for today, You're ready for the
next game, and you really do just stay in the present.
That's where that mentality comes through, is when you just
think about we play today, We win today today's game.
That is all that matters. I'm not worried about tomorrow.
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I'm not worried about yesterday.
Speaker 6 (42:03):
That makes sense.
Speaker 7 (42:04):
David Khane is our guest before I let you go.
Everybody from Barry Bonds to David Vase has shared their
opinion on whether or not Shoheyo Tani should pitch again.
Speaker 6 (42:15):
Where do you fall on that. I let him do
what he wants to do. He's earned it. Yes, he
should pitch again.
Speaker 13 (42:22):
He absolutely should pitch again, especially when you think that
the Dodgers and the type of games are going to
play in September and down the stretch run and potential postseason.
Absolutely he should pitch again. Everybody wants to see that
is their risk involved. Of course, there's always risk involved,
but you know that's what he wants, and that's why
he signed here because he was guaranteed that he would
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be able to do both. So if he's game, I'm game.
Speaker 6 (42:45):
Let show hey do what he wants.
Speaker 7 (42:48):
All right, there's David Khane and to hear that full
interview before Sunday Night Baseball, you can find it on
the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 6 (42:56):
I love tapping into him.
Speaker 7 (42:57):
I think he was one of the best pitchers from
nineteen eighty eight until two thousand through a perfect game
with the Yankees, a five time World Series champion. Think
about that, he won five World Series championships. How many
players pitchers can say that he was a winner. And
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for a period of time there he was being traded
to teams to get them over the hump at the
deadline to win a World Series, in particular the Blue Jays,
and they did. They went back to back World Series
as well. All right, that'll do it for us. Tonight
on Dodger Talk, thanks to everybody that listened and called in.
Loved hearing your thoughts on how the Dodgers improve a
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few different areas and how they're going to keep this
going without ta Oscar Hernandez for the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow,
landon Nack will be on the mound for the Dodgers.
It is the final game here in Miami as the
Dodgers keep going on their longest road trip of the year.
After Tomorrow's game, the Dodgers will fly overnight so Phoenix,
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Arizona for a four game series first look at the Diamondbacks.
But first things first. Tomorrow, Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck
begins at twelve thirty with Tim Kate's first pitch from
Miami with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett at one. Thanks
again to Colin Ye for all his help back at
our Burbank studios. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at
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Lone Depot Park in Miami. And like I said, thanks
to you for listening and thank you for all the
kind words. I love you guys too, so thank you
once again. The final score tonight five to four. Marlin's
get a rare win, their fifth walk off win of
the year in ten innings. Dodgers go down to the
Fish five to four. Have a great rest of your night.
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We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Speaker 6 (44:46):
See just done.
One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles
that they have.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This team is really becoming a family.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Let's not play one on Tom.
Speaker 4 (00:10):
Let's wind it.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I love writing me these guys after the show. So
just thank you, give me are your attention, your fire
and not a pisson.
Speaker 5 (00:17):
This is world champion, Dodger, world champion.
Speaker 6 (00:21):
Put a small soft time they get up people what
they want to die to in a row two is special.
I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. One of a con.
This ball's gone. You ready to go?
Speaker 5 (00:33):
Hell time go to the sun. Grab your phone to
get in on the show called eight six six nine
eighty seven two five seven. I'll go to the show
and now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 7 (00:47):
We are live in Miami after the Dodgers fall to
the Marlins tonight in ten innings by a final score
of five to four. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vasse
with you until eight tonight. We have phone lines open.
We actually have three lines open right now at eight
six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. Coming up
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later in the show, you'll hear from five time world
champion David Cone. One of the most underrated pitchers when
we look back at history. But certainly one thing that
David Cone was a winner. And we'll hear from David
Cone because he was part of the Yankees team that
won three in a row back that was back in
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ninety nine, two thousand and ninety eight.
Speaker 6 (01:35):
Ninety eight ninety nine two.
Speaker 7 (01:37):
Thousand was when they repeated and we're the last team
in baseball history to repeat his champions something the Dodgers
are determined to try to do for the first time
in twenty five years. So we'll hear from David Cone
on what it takes to repeat his champions.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
But just about this game.
Speaker 7 (01:58):
Look, I'm not going to overreact to this game because
it's one on one sixty two. I you know, I
loved the Dodgers competitive spirit that we saw in the
eighth inning as Anthony Banda was able to get an
inning ending double play, not a conventional double play, a
hard hit ground ball to Max Muncy.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
He threw home for one.
Speaker 7 (02:20):
Will Smith threw the first four the third out of
the game or the inning, excuse me, And they all
showed a lot of emotion. They were pumped up to
get out of that jam and to have a chance
to win the game in the ninth inning. It just
didn't happen. And a big reason why is the Dodgers
really didn't put the ball in play when they needed to.
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They struck out eleven times tonight and walked just five times.
Speaker 6 (02:46):
And I thought Jose Mona brought.
Speaker 7 (02:48):
Up a great point the bullpen game yesterday kind of
handcuffs what you're able to do bullpen wise in this
game because the Dodgers are playing ten straight games and
you you can't overtax that bullpen that already has been
taxed quite a bit. So that was a great point
by Jose on what the Dodgers couldn't couldn't do with
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their pitching staff.
Speaker 6 (03:11):
So, you know, one of those nights, But big.
Speaker 7 (03:14):
Picture wise, I feel like the Dodgers are looking at
a couple of different things here, especially with the loss
of ti Oscar Hernandez. In case you missed it before
the game, the Dodgers placed Hernandez on the injured list
with a left groin strain, and Dave Roberts said it's
an adductor issue and he's going to be out weeks,
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hopefully not months, just weeks. It's a grade one strain.
I saw Ti Oscar before the game today. He was
getting some treatment. He didn't seem to be limping that badly,
So hopefully this is just a couple of weeks that
Tai Oscar Hernandez is out, maybe three weeks, and until
then they're gonna have to start getting production from some
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of the guys other than O'tani, Betts, Freeman, and Will Smith.
It's time for Max Munsey to start get it going here.
He was over two tonight with two walks. He's hitting
a bucks seventy six on the season. It's time for
Michael Confordo to get it going. He only has one
hit in his last thirty five at bats. Michael Confordo's
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hitting one forty two this year with a five to
nineteen ops. Before the sixth inning yesterday when he had
a single, he was over his last thirty one. He's
getting paid seventeen to eighteen million dollars, so this does
not look them like the Michael Conforto that we know
he can be. The Dodgers need him to get going here.
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James Autman, this is his opportunity, oh for three tonight
with three strikeouts. For me, some of these players now
were into May. Now it's it's time to get it going.
Because if you don't get it going in May, May
turns into June and all of a sudden you look
up and say, all right, now, we've got to decide
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what we're going to do. And quite honestly, James Autman
got a three month window last year before the Dodgers said,
you know what, we got to find somebody else, and
he's got to regroup in the minor league. So for me, now,
I'm not saying the Dodgers need to trade Monseie or
get rid of Monseie. But if Monsey doesn't start producing,
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do the Dodgers consider calling up Alex Freeland, who can
play shortstop and third base. He's played third base ten
times this season. He's a ballplayer. He's, from what I understand,
a great teammate at Oklahoma City. Do the Dodgers consider
if this continues and Max Monsey is not driving in
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runs and not doing Max Monsely things, walking, driving in runs,
extra base hits, do the Dodgers consider calling up Alex
Freeland and Freeland and Muncie sharing third base, Or do
the Dodgers do what they did last year While Munsey
was hurt and consider having key K a Hernandez play
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more days at third base. I mean, where's key K
a Hernandez. I know he's not hitting the lights out
right now. I know Keyk is only hitting a buck
seventy nine himself, but he does have five home runs.
He's not getting a lot of opportunities when there are
opportunities to start at second base or anywhere else. Maybe
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the Dodgers need to start considering more key K Hernandez
at third base. And what do the Dodgers do in
left field? Are they going to keep riding it out
with Michael Confordo. Obviously, money plays and professional sports. But
if Michael Confordo doesn't get things going here in June,
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do the Dodgers consider Dalton Rushing? And the reason why
I'm bringing up these young players, they're not that young.
They've been in the minor leagues. Now they've been seasoned.
It's their time is arriving. And in spring training the
Dodgers said they were not going to play Dalton Rushing
and left field anymore. Well, they started playing Dalton Rushing
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and left field again, and they're playing them at first base.
So they're trying to find a position for him because
his bad is that good. And like we've talked about,
money's not an issue for the Dodgers. So if it
comes to a point where the one year let's take
a flyer on Michael Conforto isn't working out, do the
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Dodgers say, here you go, Dalton Rushing, here's your opportunity.
Let's see what you can do. Do they do it
while keeping Conforto. There's just a lot of different options
that the Dodgers have. And the reason why I'm bringing
up those two young guys, especially Alex Freeland at third base,
is because if you look at the third base landscape
in Major.
Speaker 6 (08:05):
League Baseball, as far as players that.
Speaker 7 (08:07):
May be available, there's really not that many better options
than Max Munsey.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
Max Munsey is a really good.
Speaker 7 (08:16):
Option, and you know, there are certain years where you're
not the same guy that you were in your previous
careers in your previous career, and look, I don't believe
the Dodgers need to give up on Max Munsey. He's
a really good October player, and he's a really good
player with a really good resume since twenty eighteen. But
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if he doesn't get things going in June and the
Dodgers need some more production five through nine. Do they
consider giving a young guy like Alex Freeland an opportunity
to get some time, maybe share some time at third base.
We'll have to wait and see, but those are the
options for those that want to trade for Nolan Arenado.
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Nolan Arenado has come back to Earth. He's sitting two
fifty seven with an OPS just over seven forty five.
So everybody that believes that Nolan Aeronato is this super
upgrade at third base, I'm not sure that's the case,
especially with his contract. Eight six six nine, eight seven
two five seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs
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right now to hear from manager Dave Roberts after tonight's
five to four loss and ten innings to the Marlins.
Speaker 8 (09:26):
It was it was good early. I thought, you know,
as the pitch count crap up, I thought he was
getting a little fatigue. There wasn't as much miss but
he gave us all he had. I mean, I thought
that it's the most amount of pitches he's thrown since
he's been back in two starts, and unfortunately, you know,
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it wasn't enough. But I thought he did a nice job.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
With Luis Garcia.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Just what did you see was kind of missing for
him tonight that allowed them to get in.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Well, I thought he had good stuff. They hit some
good pitches, some sliders when you had count leverage, and
you know, the first set bat, the first pitch gets
double and then I think he had norby one to two,
and then a slider it just didn't get down enough
and he put a good swing on it, and then
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obviously the base hit I think off Myer's bat, But
you know, it's gonna happen.
Speaker 9 (10:23):
And I'm just kind of an example of just how
many bulls you guys have taken that there's going to
be a cost kind.
Speaker 8 (10:28):
Of absolutely, we had a few guys that were down,
and so that's kind of the cost of you know,
you know when yeah, that's just kind of the cost
of using your pen and starters that are on you know,
that don't go that haven't gone as deep, our pitch
counts go up, and you know, you can't get into
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the sixth seventh inning. That's just kind of the cost
of it.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Yeah, do you want to leave the Major's bullpen?
Speaker 8 (10:55):
And absolutely not, absolutely not. You know, it just seems
like you know, just certain guys, and you know, I
could go back on each starter, but you're still trying
to manage their health and managed mindful of the innings
that the bullpen's taking on and trying to stagger as
much you can and manage leverage and all that stuff.
(11:16):
So to your question, yeah, absolutely not. We want to
lead the league in bullpen innings.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
All right.
Speaker 7 (11:25):
There's manager Dave Roberts answering the question about how much
he's had to use his bullpen this year, and let's
face it, a lot of that comes from Tyler glass
now starts where he.
Speaker 6 (11:35):
Had to come out of the game early for three
different reasons in three different starts.
Speaker 7 (11:41):
So that's part of why they have so many innings.
Glass now has come out of games after one inning,
after three innings, so that's part of it. And also
the fact that when the Dodgers called up Justin Robleski
and Bobby Miller and now Landon Knack for a third start,
they really haven't delivered. And given the Dodgers the option
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of using them more and more, they've had to go
to bullpen games in place of those options early in
the season. And if you look at how many innings
the Dodger bullpen has thrown already one hundred and fifty
seven innings so far this season, the.
Speaker 6 (12:19):
Most in baseball.
Speaker 7 (12:21):
The second most are the Marlins at one hundred and
forty eight. Compare that to how many innings their starters
have thrown. It's it's shocking, it really is, considering how
much talk about the Dodger rotation, and I wasn't buying
into that, at least to start the year, and especially
now with Glass now and Blake Snell on the IL.
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I was never buying into this great Dodger starting rotation
to start the year because I knew there was no Kershaw,
there was no Otani. Suzaki was going to start out slow.
He's gotten better each and every time out. And you
look at the Dodgers' innings started by their their rotation,
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one hundred and sixty two innings, which is the fewest
among major league staffs out there, compared to the team
that's got the most innings out of their starters, the
Kansas City Royals two hundred and ten innings. And look,
the Dodgers' goal is not to have any of their
starters throw one hundred and ninety innings or two hundred innings.
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They were hoping to get one hundred and eighty and
thirty starts from Blakes now, but unfortunately that's just not
the case. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five
seventy is the phone number Dodgers fall to the Marlins tonight,
five to four in ten innings. Let's go out to
the phone south Central. Tyson.
Speaker 6 (13:44):
You're on Dodger Talk live from Miami. How you doing, Tyson?
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Pretty good? I wanted to talk about Michael Conforto. It
kind of reminds me of when the Dodgers signed Aj
Pollock and it just never seemed like he really belonged
or clicked. Kind of felt kind of weird and kind
of felt like Pollock was maybe pressing a little bit.
I know he was pretty good at the end there,
like twenty twenty one ish, but I remember that first season.
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He was a big free agent signing and they expected
him to be hit like Conforto was like middle of
the order, and he just never really got going and
never really felt like he really belonged.
Speaker 7 (14:23):
Yeah, he signed a bigger contract than what Michael Confordo did,
but you're right, the first year was early on he
was trying to do too much, and that was twenty nineteen.
But he did hit two sixty six and he did
hit fifteen home runs that year. And you're right, in
twenty one he got a lot better. By twenty one
he got a lot better. He had a lot of injuries.
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So yeah, that's not a stretch of a comparison, Tyson.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
I'm just from thinking of Pollock. I don't know his
regular seam stats. Remember the playoffs he went like, oh
for with like majority stroke.
Speaker 7 (14:56):
Oh yeah, yeah, he was not a playoff player by
any stretch of the imagination. You're right, but he was
a pretty good regular season player, big time, all right, Tyson,
Thanks for the phone call, appreciated. Yeah, you know, like
I said, that's not a stretch of a comparison. With
the Dodgers were thinking with Confordo a one year contract.
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They're hitting coaches him being out of San Francisco because
that ballpark is not conducive, especially to left handed hitters.
Speaker 6 (15:27):
Because if you look at what Confordo did away.
Speaker 7 (15:30):
From that ballpark in San Francisco, his offensive numbers were
considerably better. Slugging percentage was well over five hundred. We
just haven't seen it since the first couple of weeks
of the season and asking around not a lot of answers.
Nobody can figure it out why Michael Confordo is struggling
as much as he is. But at this point in time,
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it's more mental than physical.
Speaker 6 (15:53):
Let's go out to the OC. Richard. You're on Dodger
Talk with David vasse Hi. Richard Off, how's it going?
Speaker 8 (16:00):
How's it going?
Speaker 9 (16:01):
I just wanted to say, you know, it's because the
Dodgers are We're always trying to buy stars.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Can we bring them?
Speaker 10 (16:08):
Can we bring them up from our farm team?
Speaker 9 (16:10):
Are we always that week that we don't have anyone
to bring up? Stop buying all the stars, and that's
bringing up our farm team to place a good ball team,
a good ball club that could win, that we.
Speaker 6 (16:24):
Can win away. Don't you don't like Freddy Freeman?
Speaker 9 (16:28):
You know what, I'm tired of buying all the stars?
Where I got to hear it from everyone saying all the.
Speaker 6 (16:34):
Time the World Series last year. You didn't like winning
the World Series last year?
Speaker 10 (16:41):
Don't you want to?
Speaker 6 (16:42):
I want to?
Speaker 9 (16:42):
I want to.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
I want to I want to win the World Series.
I like winning. I like winning. Richard, then become a
Marlins fan.
Speaker 7 (16:49):
If you want to talk about the farm system and
playing young players.
Speaker 9 (16:53):
Tommy and the Porter said this, we don't. We don't
go free agent.
Speaker 10 (16:56):
We go for our farm team.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I guess that's over with.
Speaker 6 (17:00):
I wouldn't say it's over with.
Speaker 7 (17:01):
The Dodgers are are grooming a lot of players in
the minor leagues, but right now the expectations are high.
You don't have an opportunity like the Marlins to give
a young player time to grow into becoming a major
league player.
Speaker 9 (17:17):
I'm always getting beat up about because the Dodgers, by everyone,
they're buying All Star team.
Speaker 7 (17:25):
I don't know at the OC, but they must be
angel fans just to just remember who won the World Series.
Speaker 6 (17:31):
Remind them that, Richard.
Speaker 9 (17:33):
Well, let me say this. I'm just getting beat up
because all my friends say, all, all right, we.
Speaker 6 (17:38):
Heard you, we heard you. Don't worry about it.
Speaker 7 (17:40):
I mean, that's ridiculous, Sophomore, thank you for the phone call, Richard. Look,
would the Dodgers love to have handed the job in
left field or uh somewhere else to Dalton Rushing. Sure,
but the expectations are really high for the Dodgers, and
they have a lot of veteran players that want to
win now, and rightfully so they are built to win now,
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and they don't have the time to wait five six
months for a player to get his feet wet. That's
why if they do incorporate a young player, they do it.
They stagger it like an Andy pie has who's a rookie.
If you want to talk about homegrown guys, Will Smith
homegrown guy, they stagger them in. They can't just bring
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up three or four Triple A guys rookies to start immediately.
You have to stagger them when you have a veteran
group like this. So if they do decide to pull
the trigger on Dalton Rushing, it's because things haven't gone
well with Michael Confordo for an extended period of time.
If they decide to go to Alex frielan route, it's
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because Max Munsey hasn't gotten back on track and is
not the same player that we have known Max Munsey
to be. So that's when you start to tap into
your farm system. You don't call up three or four
guys and hand them the job coming out of spring training.
Haysan Kim. Same thing started the year in Oklahoma City.
Speaker 6 (19:09):
There's a need. Now he's going to start playing.
Speaker 7 (19:12):
So whoever says the Dodgers are just buying their championships. Yeah,
they're spending on really good players, but a lot of
teams spend on a lot of teams spend on players,
but they're.
Speaker 6 (19:23):
Not the right players.
Speaker 7 (19:25):
And look, the Dodgers are not going to apologize for
the fact that the Red Sox decided to make one
of the worst decisions in their franchise's history to trade
Mookie Betts. The Dodgers are not going to apologize that
the Angels couldn't capitalize on having six years of show
he Otani and he decided to leave and go to
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a team that has the infrastructure to win a World
Series championship, which they did in his first year. The
Dodgers are not going to apologize that the Braids made
one of their worst decisions in their franchise history by
letting one of the all time greats walk away for
basically nothing as far as salary in Freddie Freeman. The
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Dodgers are very fortunate those three guys were available when
they were, or this would not be happening. It just
doesn't happen all the time, and the Dodgers were in
the right place at the right time and have the
right ownership to be able to capitalize on all that.
Nothing to apologize for. Let's go out to Mission Viejo. Bill,
(20:29):
you're on Dodger Talk with David Vassay.
Speaker 10 (20:32):
Hi, Bill, Hi, thanks for taking my call. Why didn't
Dave let Goslin pitch the sixth inning? I know that
he had the number of pitches you mentioned in the
postgame show, but they had a lead and then Garcia
gave it up.
Speaker 7 (20:48):
Yeah, well, I agree with you, Bill, I wouldn't have
been opposed to that, But we have to take into
account the fact that Tony Gonsolin has not pitched in
the major leagues in almost two years.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
So it's a gradual build up with a guy like that.
Maybe a time he.
Speaker 7 (21:05):
Goes out and is able to throw ninety pitches, but
obviously there were some restrictions on how far Dave could go.
Speaker 10 (21:12):
With him, right. But also he did give up the
two run home run to Hicks, who's a ninth place hitter, Right.
Speaker 6 (21:20):
He did, and Andy Paie has rob Hicks of what would.
Speaker 10 (21:23):
Have been two home runs tonight, right, So it's just
one of those nights. Yeah, it's not going to happen
a lot with the number nine hitter gets a home run.
So there's a couple of quirks at about tonight's game.
Speaker 7 (21:34):
Yeah, number nine hitter for the Marlins. Especially thanks for
the phone call bill. We have two lines open now
that we've taken some phone calls at eight sixty six
nine eight seven two five seventy.
Speaker 6 (21:45):
When we continue here from Miami, we'll get more of
your phone calls in. We'll let you know which former
Dodger retired officially on social media. I guess that's how
you announce your retirement these days. And you also hear
from David Cohne on what it takes to repeat as
world champions and whether or not Cone believes show how
Tani should pitch this season. So a lot to get
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to between now and the bottom of the hour as
the Dodgers fall to the Marlins tonight five to four
in ten innings on A five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
On air at AM five to seventy, online at AM
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on the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with dand Bassi.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Sho Heltani leads off against leftand or Anthony Veneziano.
Speaker 6 (22:36):
He comes out of the bullpen to take over for
Cal Quantrill on the top of the sixth and Otani hammers.
Speaker 11 (22:43):
One a ton that is an offer deck monster shot
from the first pitch against the Marlins reliever, and he
ties the game of two.
Speaker 7 (22:56):
Rick Monday Tim Nevert on the call tonight as the
Rogers fall to the Marlins in ten innings, five to four,
despite home runs from sho Hey Otani and Freddie Freeman.
Freeman's home run, by the way, his forty second against
the Marlins in his career. That's the most home runs
any player has hit against the Marlins as long as
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first home run against the Marlins came when they were
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we go back to the phone calls, I want to
get this in because I forgot last night. After sharing
our conversation with Joe Tory, former Dodd Ross Stripling announced
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his retirement on social media yesterday. Ross Stripling a big
fan favorite in LA. He was drafted, developed by the Dodgers,
went through Tommy John surgery, came back a really good pitcher.
His first start back back in twenty sixteen after Tommy
John surgery, he had a no hitter after seven innings
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in San Francisco. We all remember that and Ross was
one of those valuable hybrid pitchers that could pitch out
of the bullpen or make a start. He actually was
an All Star with the Dodgers as well, and part
of the twenty twenty Dodgers, even though he was not
on the team when they went to the World Series.
Speaker 6 (24:41):
He was traded by then.
Speaker 7 (24:43):
But congratulations Ross Strippling on a great career, and certainly
the Dodgers will always remember you being a part of
the franchise's history during this period of sustained success eight
sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
oh number. Let's go out to Ash and Sherman Oaks. Ash,
(25:03):
did you know Ross Strippling retired or you already.
Speaker 6 (25:05):
Saw it on?
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Actually I did, Dave, because if you followed some social media.
Even though I just left work from just like yourself,
I've been working all day, but I did.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
Want to work at the Woodman.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
No, I'm a I'm a dentist. I pulled teeth all day.
My friend.
Speaker 6 (25:28):
A job.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
And yeah, but you are my favorite Dodger non player.
Speaker 4 (25:35):
Of course, thank you, Ash.
Speaker 6 (25:37):
I appreciate we all.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
I think we all appreciate you know how much time
you spend from morning till nighttime to give us all
the updates the news. This is not going to be
a fun conversation with you because I know Max Munsey
is your son's favorite player.
Speaker 6 (25:57):
But that's son's favorite player, that's Petros.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Yes, well then you know then I don't feel bad
so I can be even more comfortable talking to you
about this. But my friends, at some point, how many
years can we handle a sub two hundred hitter. I
love Max Muncy as well. My son's name is Maddix,
so it's a you know, close but not close enough,
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but it's not enough. It's either walks or home runs.
We need players that can hit the ball and get
on base. You just mentioned that we don't have that
luxury of bringing up young players like we did back
in the year, you know, in the years with Piazza
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and whatever. We're in the win now mode.
Speaker 6 (26:52):
You don't even have to go far back where you
could talk about Kershaw. You don't have to go that far.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Kersha is still you know, he's still within the team.
He hasn't pitched, and we're going to use him when
we need him the most. But I'm really tired of
you know, and you would just alternative.
Speaker 6 (27:15):
It's fine that you you feel like you need to
make a move.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
You the man, well Arnado's name. I'm tired of reading.
Speaker 6 (27:26):
I'm tired of hearing about Nolan Aeronado. I'm tired of
hearing that.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
I feel like at this point, if somebody says, bring
trade for Nolan Aeronado, it's the most lazy take out there.
Anybody could say that. That's why I came up with
a very creative solution. Ash Alex Freeland is a really
good player in the minor leagues for the Dodgers.
Speaker 6 (27:49):
Now, is he going to be a really good Major leaguer.
Speaker 7 (27:52):
We don't know, but I would love to see him
get the opportunity because he's a guy that I was
really impressed with in spring training. He's sitting three hundred
for Oklahoma City. He's a baseball player, he's a baseball rat.
I love guys like that, and Hayesan Kim told me
he loves Alex Freeland as well, guys I have heard
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he is a great teammates. So it might be Alex
Freeland and Dalton rushing time if Munsey and CONFORDO don't
get on track soon.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
I don't with you. I didn't call you know. You
know much better than all of us because you're in
the the thick and thin, as they say. But at
some point, I think every Dodger fan, none of us
have anything bad to say as far as Max Munsey personally,
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but at some point.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
He loves being a Dodger. He cares, He cares a lot.
You could tell me he.
Speaker 12 (28:50):
Bleeds he bleeds blue, and that's the only reason that
he's still with the team, I believe, because he bleeds
blue and he would ticket back seat with someone coming
in front of him and doing better, and he can't
take it backseat and be not an everyday player.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
But I don't care if Max Munci or Otani. If
you're hitting and playing every day and it's either a
strikeout or nothing, you're doing harm. And I love you, brother, man.
I love listening to you. Sometimes I'm listening to you
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more than the game because the game is three hours
and I don't got that time pulling out sets, okay,
and doing surgery. But I'm been a Dodger fan since
I came to California in nineteen eighty eight, and I
bleed blue and nothing else. And I just want the
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best for the team. And I think we're sitting at
a pinnacle to be an empire, the evil empire that
whatever I don't.
Speaker 7 (30:01):
We need to be a I hear you, I hear you, Ash,
I hear you, and I appreciate the love and you
you could podcast. Why don't you replay the show for
your patients? They have nothing to say about it in
your doctor's office?
Speaker 6 (30:14):
Moving forward?
Speaker 2 (30:15):
How about that, Sinatra? As I'm pulling out their teeth
so they can't be.
Speaker 4 (30:18):
A little more probable.
Speaker 6 (30:20):
But I.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Want to get off the phone sec and listen to
everyone talking, and I appreciate everything that you do. And
people don't realize, brother man, how much time you spend
away from your family to be and report to us.
You're like, you're like seventy eleven for Dodgers.
Speaker 6 (30:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (30:45):
I appreciate that. And my wife is a saint. I
wouldn't be able to do this without her support. So
she's home with the kids while I'm in Miami and
on this ten game, ten day road trip. But yeah,
I appreciate that, and my wife is a I remember
Vince Scully always praising his wife, Sandy, and I always
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thought it was just, you know, him giving his wife
some shine, right, But doing this now for my fourteenth year,
it wasn't just him saying it. You do need the
support of your wife and your kids when you're doing
something like this. But it's a great job. It's my passion,
it's my dream job. Grew up born and raised in
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the San Fernando Valley. Loved the Dodgers, loved listening to
Dodger talk when I was growing up.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
So every day I pinched myself that I'm doing this.
Speaker 7 (31:34):
And as far as Max months, he goes, look, I
know It's frustrating at times to watch him, but this
is who he was day one. He's a three true
outcome player, slug, strikeout, or walk.
Speaker 6 (31:49):
That's who he is.
Speaker 7 (31:50):
And it's only thirty six games in. He did do
something to try to see if it works. He went
to go see doctor Alex lou Out in Rolling Heights.
He's the same eye doctor that diagnosed keyk Hernandez with
astigmatism and same thing with Munsey. So now you're seeing
him wear some goggles. Those are prescription and it feels
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like he's having better at bats. And when I talked
to him before he hit his first home run of
the year, he told me he felt like May was
going to be the month that things click.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
And I gotta be honest with you. The bats are better.
Speaker 7 (32:24):
He's hitting the ball harder, So I'm not ready to
pull the plug on Max Munsey. Resume track record means
a lot to me. We're thirty six games into the season,
he's playing better defense. I'm just saying, if we're into
game ninety and things are not clicking for him on
all cylinders, then I believe the best option for the
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Dodgers is either more Key k Hernandez or to consider
calling up Alex Freeland. And I know the Dodgers have
discussed Freeland about being called up, but they want him
to develop, They want him to get every day at bats.
Speaker 6 (33:00):
Same thing with Dalton Rushing. I think it's really.
Speaker 7 (33:02):
I believe it's really interesting that after saying they were
not going to use Rushing in left field in the
minor leagues, that all of a sudden, now in the
last week he has started twice in left field, and
by the way, tonight he started at first base. Obviously,
the Dodgers have a pretty good first baseman in Freddie Freeman, who, oh,
by the way, homeward again tonight he has eight home runs.
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Freddie Freeman is hitting three forty four with an ops
of eleven hundred. Tell me who is the most underrated
player in baseball, and I'll say it's Freddie Freeman because
we take consistency for granted.
Speaker 6 (33:41):
He's not flashy.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
He's not trying to, you know, make it rain when
he hits a home run or he does something spectacular
on the field. He's just consistent. And the biggest thing
that people fail to realize, the biggest part of being
a part player on this level is being a guy
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that you can count on. And Freddie Freeman's not only
great that he plays and he hits, but he's out
there every day, even on a bad ankle. Still playing
every day says a lot about him. He's a Hall
of Famer. He's one of a kind, and I hope
we all appreciate a guy like Freddie Freeman. Let's go
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out to Ensino. Colin, you're on Dodger Talk with David
vasse Hi. Colin, close that door, Hey.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
David, sorry, door shut. Everything he just said is accurate.
I love Freddy. I mean, he's a man's man. He
does everything right, shows up every day. The main reason
I was calling was the gentleman who called about buying
a team, and he gets all the slacks from his buddies.
Speaker 6 (34:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
I have a bunch of Brewers. Yeah, I have a
bunch of Brewers fans that are my friends. And they're
always talking smack to me too. But I'm like, look,
call the Braves, call the Red Sox, call whoever you want.
They gave up Mookie, they gave up Freddy. You know
we're talking about billionaires here. Every every owner of every
team is a billionaire. If they want to spend, they'll spend,
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and Dodgers just go after what's the best. I mean,
I'm not I'm not hating on it.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
Ask your Brewer fans. Ask your Brewer fans.
Speaker 7 (35:17):
What took place in twenty eighteen and what took place
in bas around at twenty.
Speaker 6 (35:21):
Twenty Dodgers and Dodgers owned the Brewers. And I reminded
Justin Turner when I saw him in Chicago he hit
a home run in betting practice at Wrigley Field down
the left field line. I said, oh, there it is.
There's that Jeremy Jeffers home run.
Speaker 7 (35:36):
Remember Jeremy Jeffers was talking all that smack about the
Dodgers during the NLCS, and Justin Turner shoved it right
where you know it belongs.
Speaker 6 (35:46):
Colin.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Oh absolutely, And I was, Me and my son were
in the stands in twenty eighteen when Monthy hit the
walkoff homer first the Red Sox. So I mean, I
can never say a bad word about that man. He'll
turn it up, he'll turn it on. Monthy always comes alive.
I love him, Lucky number thirteen.
Speaker 6 (36:04):
And all right, call him, thank you for the phone call.
No doubt.
Speaker 7 (36:08):
Look there's something to be said about a track record.
I know, guys get older and maybe bat speed decline,
skills decline. This is Max Munsey's last year on his contract.
He's very well aware of it. Maybe put a little
bit too much pressure on himself to start the year.
I know everybody talks about his condition, his weight. Well,
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he lost a lot of weight during the off season,
and a lot of times when a player loses a
lot of weight, depending on how they did it, it's
an adjustment period to play at that weight. And I
feel like Munsey's doing the best he can and it's
only thirty six games in The one thing you can't
say about Max Munsey is that he doesn't care. He
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cares a lot. He shows that out there. Let's go
out to Alpine A Joy. You're on Dodger Talk with
David vasse Hi A Joy.
Speaker 4 (36:59):
Hey, what's up, Dave Man. Thanks for taking the call.
First of all, I just wanted to kind of go
on what Ash was saying to earlier. Man. Thanks for
everything you do, like literally appreciate it. Like I have
a long commute for San Diego purposes, but I listen
to you guys all day and you always filled me
in with some great information. So Number one, that number
two just where we're at as far as our outfield,
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I know we have has a pretty good outfield defensively,
even with you know, bringing Outman in obviously, I know,
like you've said recently, he's gonna be great in the
outfield and what we end up doing from the hitting perspective,
But what do you see going forward from the outfield
as far as who we're gonna put not just from
a defensive perspective, but what we're gonna do going forward defensively,
(37:43):
Like how we're gonna line that up while we're kind
of waiting for Comfordo to hopefully at some point come
out of this this sumth that he's in right now.
Speaker 7 (37:52):
Yeah, well, number one or Joy, that's one thing you
could put players out there. But for me, the biggest
concern is not that the Dodgers can find somebody to
play center and right. Pajez is going to play a
lot of right. But for me, who's going to step
up in the lineup five through nine? Missing Oskar Hernandez
really shrinks that lineup with the way guys are swinging
(38:14):
it five through nine, Taoskar Hernandez don't sleep on the
fact he was great with runners in scoring position, great
with two strikes, great with two outs, And that's the
reason why he's right up there with Aaron Judge for
the league lead, major league lead in RBIs. That's my
biggest concern. They can find guys to play defense fine
(38:36):
out there, the offense and the offensive production is what
I'm most concerned about. I feel like we take for
granted that without Taoscar Hernandez, the Dodgers don't tie the
score in Game five of last year's World Series. I mean,
he had the biggest hit of that inning, make no
mistake about it. And he's been Him and Tommy Edmond
(38:58):
have been, and Freddie Freeman been the two most three
most consistent guys offensively all year. Huge drop off after
Will Smith. Now all of a sudden, Uh, you don't
have Tioscar Hernandez, and you don't have Tioscar Hernandez and
Will Smith when.
Speaker 6 (39:13):
They have to give Will a day off. So that's
my biggest concern.
Speaker 4 (39:19):
Yeah, no, I completely agree. I think defensively, especially with
how Pa has has come along with his work with Evil,
it's definitely not that. But it's like Will.
Speaker 6 (39:30):
Play right field. That's no problem. They could get Key
g and center.
Speaker 7 (39:33):
They could When Edmund comes back, he'll play some center.
Kim can play some center. But who's gonna hit five
through nine? Who's gonna be who's gonna help move the
line six through nine?
Speaker 4 (39:44):
Do you think it's time to give CT three and
some of those extra that I'm all in.
Speaker 6 (39:49):
I'm all in with CT three. I think it's hard
for him. You feel like what, I'm.
Speaker 4 (39:54):
Sorry to cut you off. Yeah, I feel like his
approach has been better in the minimal you know that's
that he has had and I don't know about it.
Speaker 7 (40:04):
Well, it's hard, it's hard only playing, it's hard only
playing and starting once every two weeks. But that's where
he's at right now. And I'm you know, he has
a trek record too. Why not give him a few
more opportunities? Thanks for the phone call, appreciated. Eight six
six seven two five seventy is the phone number. Marlins
(40:25):
beat the Dodgers tonight five to four and ten innings.
That's why we're talking big picture. With the injury to
ta Oscar Hernandez, the Dodger offense needs to find somebody
that's going to help them. Move the line that is
not named Otani Betts, Freeman or Will Smith had a
chance to catch up with David Cohne, and I wanted
to share this with you. David Khne, who is a
(40:47):
five time World Series champion. That's right, five time World
Series champion with the Yankees and Blue Jays.
Speaker 6 (40:54):
He was part of the last.
Speaker 7 (40:55):
Team in baseball to repeat his champions that was the
two thousand Yankees. And I wanted to tap into David
Cone because he was such a fierce competitor about the
mentality you have to have to try to do something
that only the Yankees have done in the last twenty
five years.
Speaker 13 (41:14):
How motivated are you to be great? How motivated are
you to have a legacy? How motivated are you to
sort of be remembered.
Speaker 6 (41:21):
As a dynasty? And that's what you got going on here.
Speaker 13 (41:24):
Historically speaking, you're going to have ten twenty years from now,
you're going to look back on this air and said
that was the dynasty And did we do all we
could to make sure.
Speaker 4 (41:32):
That it happened?
Speaker 7 (41:32):
How did David Cone and the Yankees twenty five years
ago stay motivated not when it got to October, but
during the marathon.
Speaker 6 (41:40):
Of the season. It was the same thing.
Speaker 13 (41:42):
It was a relentless professionalism. It was just a never
too high and never too low kind of a mentality
of you know, you forget the losses, you forget the
tough games. You're ready for today, You're ready for the
next game, and you really do just stay in the present.
That's where that mentality comes through, is when you just
think about we play today, We win today today's game.
That is all that matters. I'm not worried about tomorrow.
(42:02):
I'm not worried about yesterday.
Speaker 6 (42:03):
That makes sense.
Speaker 7 (42:04):
David Khane is our guest before I let you go.
Everybody from Barry Bonds to David Vase has shared their
opinion on whether or not Shoheyo Tani should pitch again.
Speaker 6 (42:15):
Where do you fall on that. I let him do
what he wants to do. He's earned it. Yes, he
should pitch again.
Speaker 13 (42:22):
He absolutely should pitch again, especially when you think that
the Dodgers and the type of games are going to
play in September and down the stretch run and potential postseason.
Absolutely he should pitch again. Everybody wants to see that
is their risk involved. Of course, there's always risk involved,
but you know that's what he wants, and that's why
he signed here because he was guaranteed that he would
(42:42):
be able to do both. So if he's game, I'm game.
Speaker 6 (42:45):
Let show hey do what he wants.
Speaker 7 (42:48):
All right, there's David Khane and to hear that full
interview before Sunday Night Baseball, you can find it on
the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 6 (42:56):
I love tapping into him.
Speaker 7 (42:57):
I think he was one of the best pitchers from
nineteen eighty eight until two thousand through a perfect game
with the Yankees, a five time World Series champion. Think
about that, he won five World Series championships. How many
players pitchers can say that he was a winner. And
(43:18):
for a period of time there he was being traded
to teams to get them over the hump at the
deadline to win a World Series, in particular the Blue Jays,
and they did. They went back to back World Series
as well. All right, that'll do it for us. Tonight
on Dodger Talk, thanks to everybody that listened and called in.
Loved hearing your thoughts on how the Dodgers improve a
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few different areas and how they're going to keep this
going without ta Oscar Hernandez for the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow,
landon Nack will be on the mound for the Dodgers.
It is the final game here in Miami as the
Dodgers keep going on their longest road trip of the year.
After Tomorrow's game, the Dodgers will fly overnight so Phoenix,
(44:00):
Arizona for a four game series first look at the Diamondbacks.
But first things first. Tomorrow, Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck
begins at twelve thirty with Tim Kate's first pitch from
Miami with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett at one. Thanks
again to Colin Ye for all his help back at
our Burbank studios. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at
(44:24):
Lone Depot Park in Miami. And like I said, thanks
to you for listening and thank you for all the
kind words. I love you guys too, so thank you
once again. The final score tonight five to four. Marlin's
get a rare win, their fifth walk off win of
the year in ten innings. Dodgers go down to the
Fish five to four. Have a great rest of your night.
(44:45):
We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Speaker 6 (44:46):
See just done.
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