October 6, 2025 • 42 mins
Steve Sax and Tim Cates react to the Game 1 win. David Vassegh checks-in from Philadelphia. Hear from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts before Game 2 of the NLDS
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
They say, the hardest thing in sports isn't winning a title.
It's hard to repeat seasons. It's winning it again.
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This year is not trying to win a championship, They're
trying to repeat.
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The twenty twenty five Dodgers are the National League's Western
Division champions.
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And you know what that means.
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Steve Sacks, Tim Kates.
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Tim Kates and world champion Dodger Steve Sacks.
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Ah, they should be with this on this Monday morning,
October six, twenty twenty five, Hour two of Sacks and
Kates and the Am Steve Sacks, Tim Kats and you
as we get ready for game two the National League
Divisional Series, a pivotal must win Game two for the
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Dodgers after a Game one win on Saturday. Blake Snell
on the mountain tonight in Game two against hey zeus Lozardo,
and then the series will shift back to Dodger Stadium
on Wednesday, possibly Thursday for Game four if needed, a
Game five back in Philadelphia on Saturday. But the Dodgers
take care of business on Saturday behind show Hey o'tani
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six innings and I just keep shaking my head Steve
Sacks in what show Hey o'tani did on the mound?
And again people want to nitpick that he was zero
for four at the plate and just didn't have very
good at bats. I don't care about that. The fact
that he went out for six innings and gave Dave
Roberts what he did. And again coming to that second inning,
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the miss Cuba Tascar Hernandez and right center field, which
then led to another run scoring on a sack fly,
which probably should never have happened because it should have
been a double, not a triple by JT. Real Muto.
He didn't let it affect him, He didn't let the
emotions get to him. He didn't let you know, oh gosh,
what's going on behind me and get all paudy out
on the mound. He dialed in, He got nice and calm,
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got out of the inning and then put zero's up
the rest of the way. I thought that was a
fantastic job and a calm, cool, show hey Otani when
the Dodgers needed him out there.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Yeah, the main thing for show hey, is that he
can go out there and keep that team at bay.
He certainly did that. The moment wasn't too big for him.
And you know, one thing about him is man. He
doesn't change expression very much, either on the mound or
in the batter's box. Very very business like the whole way.
You don't see him in the dugout. You see a
little emotion, but not on the field. It's it's very stoic.
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And I like that. It wasn't just show hey. I
mean you look at the top three guys, you know,
for for the Dodgers with with Otani, Betts and what
was that one for what they were one for seven
was one for thirteen was seven K's Yeah. You know
you had some damage with Hernandez, of course, but you
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know Sanchez got to tip your cap to him. He
was pretty darn good and show Hey, like we said before,
in the in the last set, it seemed to me
that the last two times up he was guessing more
because you don't see him let fastballs go right down
the middle. He was looking for that change up, which
was a dynamite change up, by the way. I mean,
that was just they could fool anybody, and so that's
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it's what it is. And he pitched show Hey really well.
He was on the corners, he was on the fringes
of the plate, and he just had his number. But
that's one game. You know, the deal is the Dodgers win,
and that's what matters. And he shut down Trade Turner.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
He shut down Kyle Schwarber, who was zero for four
with three strikeouts. The only time he didn't strike out
was his first bat, in which he hit a towering
fly ball to right field. Just got underneath it. If not,
he hits that ball out of the ballpark.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
JT.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Real Muto did a little damage against Sho Helotani, certainly
with the two run triple there in the second inning,
but outside of that, any threat that came from the Phillies,
any traffic on the base pass that Philadelphia had. Otani
kept him at bay, no stolen bases off him. That's
something that's important too. Jeams ran wild on the Dodgers
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during the regular season, I mean took advantage of Dodgers
starting pitchers, not holding them on, not being accountable for
guys on base, and they were running rampant against them
on Saturday night. You didn't see that. And you know,
Philadelphia has got bigger guys than not necessarily a speed
team like an Arizona Diamondbacks team or an AS team
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that you see a lot Steve much different built team.
But again, something that Dodgers did a really good job
on Saturday night, and that's keeping Philadelphia from just running
around the base mass well.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Turner can do that. You know, he's one of the
fastest guys in baseball, travels over thirty feet per second.
When he's healthy, he can flat out motor. That's one
guy that you're gonna have to worry about. But you know,
this thing basically came down. This is a very evenly
matched two teams. The Dodgers struck out thirteen times in
the game, the Philly struck out twelve. You're talking about
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twenty five strikeouts in the game. I mean, you can
see where the dominance right now is in baseball. And
these two starting pitchers had it over on the offense
big time. They just had their number twenty five strikeouts
thirteen and twelve respectively for these two teams. But that's
that's the way baseball is now. I mean, Buttingham moving
them over, you know, the stolen base, those type of things.
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Know this, these teams are these teams are built to slug.
That's what they do. And you know it comes out
sooner or later. And that's what Hernetta's did.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
You are you watching these other series Yankees, Blue Jays, Tigers,
Mariners yesterday? The two games in the American League. The
game in Seattle was unreal and the fact that they
won a home game in the postseason for the first
time in twenty four years was cool to see. It
was a pitcher's duel the first six innings and then
it kind of popped off with some late runs. That
was an awesome environment in Seattle. And then in Toronto
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we're the I mean the Blue Jays scored thirteen runs
against the Yankees and.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Maxed and ten before that.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
I mean, who is this Toronto Blue Jays.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Team, Man, I'm telling you what, they are just absolutely
on fire right now. They are just ripping them up.
They're they're just they're just dissing the Yankees like it's
no problem whatsoever. And the Yankees are in a real
fix right now because they're actually facing a team that
not only is good throughout the year with their ups
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and downs, but they're facing this team when they're really
hot right now, and that is troublesome that you Savage,
the pitcher for Trump, was just absolutely electric. Maybe the
best change up splitter combination I've seen in a long time.
You could tell those guys that was coming and they
still couldn't hit it. I mean, this was a shove
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match right here.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
That kid, the twenty two year old is an absolute
study for the Toronto Blue Jays. I gotta be honest
with you, I didn't watch a lot of Toronto Blue
Jays baseball during the regular season. So the fact that
he pitched in three games during the regular season, I mean,
twenty two years old and goes out there and double
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digit strikeouts eleven five and a third no hit innings,
I mean, he was absolutely on fire.
Speaker 5 (07:40):
Again.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
This Toronto Blue Jays team look out in the American League.
They're the hottest of the four teams left in the
American League, no doubt about it.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
They are. And you know Springer, Yeah, he had a
big year this year. And how about Alejandro Kirk behind
the plate? I mean, he just dig This guy. He
does not look like your prototypical Major League baseball player,
but he can hit, and he can he can you know,
pick it behind the plate. And Varshow how about Varshow?
Yesterday he got four hits and he was just killing it.
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Two home runs, four hits and five at bats. And
this is a guy that had a pretty good year
this year. I think he had what seventy games, he
at twenty home runs. Yeah, he's got some pop.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
The catcher Kirk looks like me on a Sunday Beard
League playing that there. I mean, he just you're right,
he does not look like a major league catcher, let
alone an All Star catcher.
Speaker 5 (08:29):
Out an all Star, that's right.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
It is unbelievable what Toronto did yesterday against the New
York Yankees. They have shell shocked this Yankees team, now
up two games to nothing with that series. Going back
to the Bronx tomorrow for Game three, that series between
the Tigers and Mariners, going back to Detroit for Game
three tomorrow, all tied up at a game of peace.
And of course we got Game two of the NLDS
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coming up right here on a five seventy LA Sports
Dodgers and the Phillies. Blake Snell, heyesus, Lozardo, David Vassy
will join us, coming up in a fifteen minutes. Rick
Monday will join us at the eight o'clock hour. We'll
hear from Dave Roberts later on this hour, we'll hear
from tonight's starter, Blake Snell. Coming up in just a
little bit. But let's go back to Saturday night. Let's
hear post game from show. Hey, o Tani, After his
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six ins of work, he picks up to win his
first major league postseason win in his career as the
Dodgers take Game one Saturday night in Philadelphia.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Can you walk us through that show? Hey, you talked
yesterday that about possibly being a little nervous, How did
it feel to pitch in your first postseason game?
Speaker 5 (09:31):
And what were the good and the bad shams?
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Listen now, no, not you know data, I'll say oh,
Shan Nicole, you made just stick.
Speaker 7 (09:41):
Can I get well? Then he comes show off?
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Uh, shoot you stick Ken Cho Kong, you must take it.
Shoot you stayed it cool, Shane Hei take it to
the Anaton wins.
Speaker 7 (09:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (09:53):
Prior to the game, just preparing for the game, just
looking at the data, doing my usual preparation. I was
a little nervous, you know, imagining myself out there on
the mound. But once I was on the mound and
on the field, that went away and it was really
me focusing.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
Yeah, sh hey rough and id the plate for strikeouts
three of them and called third strikes. What did you think.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
About those bats?
Speaker 3 (10:18):
How difficult was saying, Chez? And why did you end
up in those situations?
Speaker 7 (10:24):
Omogalization schedule.
Speaker 8 (10:42):
That's the Yeah, really quality arms coming out of the uh,
you know, the Phillies starting pitcher and bullpen and the
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fact that you know, when I'm leading off, it does
allow for the bullpen, the left handed bullpen to come out.
Uh that really gives you know, Mookie and Tail hitting
behind me, the opportunity to you know, be able to hit.
So in that sense, like I felt like, even though
the results weren't good, that you know I was able
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to contribute in that sense.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
All right, there's Will his translator along with Shoe hey
o Tani postgame on Saturday Night Show, hey Oo for
four at the plate with the four strikeouts in a walk,
three strikeouts. Looking you mentioned it, Saxy, he was probably
guessing a little bit on the change up in the
fastball from Christopher Sanchez. Uh, he got fooled, but you'll
take what he did on the mound. But tonight, just
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as a designated hitter, I fully expect to see a
dialed in hitter in show Heyo Tani tonight.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
Yeah. And even though you know the guy's got some
of the same stuff as the guy previously, it's a
different pitcher. It's a new look. And I you know,
really personally, I don't I don't feel that these guys think, well,
it's a left handed pitcher. I don't have a chance.
I don't think any of the hitters and the Dodger
or you know, lineup think that at all. I mean,
it is what it is, or left handed these guys
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have you know, hit left handers are whole live so
there they don't care, and so I fully expect to
see show Hay come up and do some damage on
Lozardo because you know, taking it like like they did
and having you know, Sanchez kind of show him up
in the box. You know, they take that personally and
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they'll come back tonight and they'll do remedy that.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Over the course of his career. The day after he
pitches usually not a great day at the plate for
Shoeotani as far as production wise. The numbers speak for itself.
But the day off yesterday it was huge. Not only
do you get a rest for the bullpen, well, let's
not keep it. I forget that the guy pitched six
innings through ninety pitches on Saturday night would have to
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come back out on Game two on a Sunday. Instead,
the day off allows him another twenty four hours of rest,
and now you get a fully arrested show Ao Tani
the hitter for Game two.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
Yeah, this is this is big for the whole team.
You know, you got to travel back and forth across
the United States. It's not like going to San Francisco
in LA I mean, you're going all the way across
and so I get that. But the off day is
good now, so they play tonight and the next time
is Wednesday to get another off day, so it'll be
Wednesday Thursday if necessary. Is that right, Tess correct. That's
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that's good for the that's good for the Dodgers. That
boats really well for them to be at home another
night and play back to back. I think that's good
for the Dodgers.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
Yeah, you're not gonna need show Hey to pitch again
right until Game five, which would be a week since
his next start on Saturday. So pretty much on schedule
for what Shoyotani during the regular season, one start a week,
and the way the Dodgers plan this really the second
half of the season again all mapped out for show
A Otani, but also mapped out for the starting rotation.
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Because of the amount of starting pitchers they had, they
were able to go to a six man rotation. With
the built in off days, they were able to basically
have Yamamoto, Otani, Glass now Snell all pitch one day
a week. They weren't pitching on four days rest, pitching
twice a week sometimes. No, these guys were all going
one start a week the second half of the season,
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and I think that also factors into this team and
this pitching staff having the health and having the amount
of Indians underneath their belt right now. It's not like
they're pitching on one hundred and eighty innings, one hundred
and seventy five innings. These guys were strategically mapped out
the second half of the season to be ready for
this point, not just show.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
Hey, and this resets their track of normalcy, right which
is what you know starters really really like. I mean,
the deeper you go into pitchers, the more you see
how they like that more of an normal, routine, creature
of habit type of thing. And so if they have
to reset what is normal to pitch one day a week,
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and that's what they're going to be doing now, this
fits really well for them. And you really want to
contrast this with what we saw last year tim where
they were really challenged with their starting pitching. They had
to piece that thing together. And here the Dodgers won,
won everything. They're the defending champs now and sitting in
a much better situation. He took a snapshot in time.
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You know, they're they're past the first round. There, they're
one game winning in the second round. Their pitchers are set,
they're rested. The only thing you can say different is
is the bullpen confident they're getting there. And I think
each day that goes by, and you know, the more
chips are in on their side of the table, the
more confident that bullpen is going to be as well.
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So you know, you can't take anything for granted. Anything
can happen. But I like even now more than what
I you know, saw last year.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
I look at the bullpen the way it set up
for tonight and Game three and four. You haven't gone
to Tried and you haven't gone to I Michigan. You
haven't gone to Clayton Kershaw yet in this NLDS. And
two of those three guys are arms that you can
use for extended innings if need be. Let's you know,
God forbid Blake Snell gets into trouble tonight and snell
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Zilla's at the game early. You've got two quote unquote
starters that you can go to now for extending innings
without blowing up your bullpen. Even with the day off tomorrow,
or with that being said, you can keep those guys
fresh and ready to go for a Wednesday in case
Yamamoto doesn't have the audience. So these plan b's, these piggybacks,
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so to speak to go if case the starter these
in case starters don't fully go, you can go to
Plan B. This is an option quite frankly, Dave Roberts,
I don't think it's had ever, not even in the
postseason before, to have this luxury.
Speaker 5 (16:57):
Tim, how much confidence do you think it's going to
give the the relievers down there in the pen when
Clayton Kershaw is sitting there with them throughout the game.
He's gonna be there, you know, down there, you know,
just as just his presence there is going to mean
a lot for the bullpen. Sitting there knowing that Clayton's uh,
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I mean, you got a you got a Hall of
Famer sitting there with you. That's that's pretty nice. Those
teams don't have that luxury of having a former starter
that's going to be a Hall of Famer down there,
you know, helping you out in the bullpen. This is
this is could be a big thing for LA.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
No doubt about it. Eight six six ninety seven to
two five seventy. There's also another arm down there we
haven't seen yet in Tanner Scott. Now, if Tanner Scott's
coming to the game, no offense to Tanner Scott. It
better be in a situation where the Dodgers are struggling
and need somebody to eat up innings or vice versa.
They're up big and they need somebody to eat up Indians.
I do not want to see Tanner Scott in any
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kind of high leverage game in this series against the Phillies.
No knock on Tanner Scott, but well, actually it is
a knock on tan Scott because I I don't trust him.
I just do not trust.
Speaker 5 (18:03):
But he can win your trust back as well.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
Yeah, it would have to be a dominant outing out
of the bullpen and a shut down situation for me
to say, Okay, Tanner Scott, I can put you back
in that group of relievers I trust bombs.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Sometime in his life he can win back your trust,
right Yeah, wow, it's the Tayler is there is hope? Yes, Okay,
sometime he can do it right.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
And I'm hoping that sometime is sooner rather than later.
If you're the Dodgers, your phone calls coming up, We're
gonna hear from David Vadsay live from Philadelphia, coming up
in an hour, Rick Monday, we'll join us as well.
We'll hear from Blake Snell. We'll hear from Dave Roberts,
and we'll hear from you at eight six six, nine
eighty seven two five seventy Here we go Game two
and LDS tonight from Philadelphia. Dodgers a chance to take
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We wouldn't have it any other way on your home
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with the Dodgers AM five seventy LA Sports. Dodgers a
one to zero series lead in this best of five
NLDS Game two coming up later on this afternoon from
the bank in Philadelphia. Heyesus Lozardo and Blake Snell the
pitching matchup before we joined David Vesta in just a minute,
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Saxon and watching the MLB Network and they got the
Mariners highlights from last night and the trident that they
all get after a home run, and Julio Rodriguez was
walking around with it postgame last night. Do you like
these postgame celebrations? These I don't know these uh gimmicks,
these products, these these things they use in their hands.
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What am I looking for? These the different things, you
know what I mean, they win and they put a
hat on it, they put a.
Speaker 5 (20:02):
Down some guys going the shopping car. Yeah, you know,
you know what. To me, it's it's okay, I mean,
I guess that's what it is.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
A problem.
Speaker 5 (20:10):
Yeah, it's a prop it's a little gimmick. It's uh,
you know, it kind of brings some some togetherness I guess,
you say, or culture or fun or whatever it is.
I don't mind it at all, you know. I think
it's guys are down there having fun and if that's
what it is, and uh, you know, let them do it.
It's I would I would encourage whatever they wanted to do,
all right.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
Game two coming up later on this afternoon, First pitch
from the Bank in Philadelphia at three oh a Pacific.
Blake Snell, Hey Susilzarto on the Mountain. Joining us live
from Philadelphia is our intrepid Dodger reporter, the best of
the best. No other baseball insider out there like the
one and only David Vese. David, Good morning, how you doing, buddy.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
I'm doing great, guys, ready for Game two and ready
to come home to the Los Angeles with the Dodgers
up two games to nothing.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
Yesterday a weird off day in between games one and two.
The American League teams played today game two today in
the National League. What was the workout like yesterday afternoon
in the mindset really being around this team yesterday on the.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
Field, Yeah, it was just a normal workout, nothing too crazy.
Quite honestly. It was close to the media, so we
were not there, and it was a little bit dicey though.
From what I understand, the Dodgers had to coordinate their
workout around the Eagles game so they wouldn't get caught
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in that crazy traffic. Because if you don't know, here
in Philadelphia, they have a sports complex where all the
arenas are in a triangle area, and the Eagles stadium,
Lincoln Financial, is directly across the street from where the
Phillies played the Bank. So that game was at one
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o'clock Eastern time, and the Dodgers had to schedule their
workout while that football game was going on and ended,
you know a little bit after the Eagles lost to
the Broncos, so they wouldn't get stuck in horrific traffic.
So that's the way they coordinated their workout. And Dave
Roberts even went across the street and was on the
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field before the game and Saquon Barkley wanted a photo
with him, so he took a photo of Saquon Barkley.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Good, David, good to be with you. Wanted to ask
you a little bit about Jesus Lozardo. Look, I mean,
is it a big stretch to say there's a massive
difference between what we saw on Christopher Sanchez and what
we're going to see with Jesus Lozardo. Both left handers,
both can bring it, both outstanding in their own ride,
but maybe some differences between the two, if there's any.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
Yeah, just talking to some of the Dodgers and some
scouts that had seen both Sanchez and Lozardo the last
three weeks, they believe the Dodgers will be able to
actually work longer counts and you know, really be able
to not chase pitches with Lozardo the way they were
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chasing them with Sanchez because his changeup was so good, right,
But Lozardo can be erratic, especially up in the strike zone.
So what they're preaching to their hitters is for some
in the middle of the strike zone, maybe up in
the strike zone, And it seems like from what I've gathered, Steve,
it may be easier for the Dodgers not to chase
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against Lozardo because when he misses, he really misses. It's
not like Sanchez's changeup that it was so good the
first five innings where it tempts you to chase when
it's on like it.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
Was, David, what do you think they'd do catching wise tonight?
Dave Robert is gonna go with Will Smith? Or will
you go with Ben reward Vet like he did in
Game one until a pinchit situation in the game calls
upon Will Smith to come out or come into the game.
Where do you think he leans As far as starting
behind the plate.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Tonight, I'm leaning towards Will Smith starting for a couple
of reasons. Number One, he caught the majority of the
first game. Number two, when Blake Snell went out before
Game one to throw his bullpen, it was Will Smith
that caught that bullpen. So to me, it's going to
be Snell and Will Smith as the battery tonight.
Speaker 5 (24:17):
All right, Hey, Dave, you know we got Clayton Kershaw
down there in the bullpen. To me, I think his
presence alone there is a stabilizing force for a bullpen
that maybe lacks a little bit of their confidence. But
I think it's getting better as time goes on. But
the day off helped, and I think Clayton Kershaw down there,
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you know, given his presence could mean a massive thing
for that bullpen. What's your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
For sure? Whenever you have a guy like that as
part of your group in the bullpen, it does bring
a lot of confidence and an edge to that bullpen.
Steve and the way the Dodgers plan on using Kershaw
a number of different scenario including if there's extra innings
or maybe even tonight if they need a bridge to
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the seventh or eighth inning, Kershaw would be a great
breach who throws, who gives you a different look from
the left side than Blake Snell does. So I'm actually
I don't know if I shared this with you guys,
but I'm an advocate of Tyler glass Now pitching out
of the bullpen one more time and maybe even consider
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having Kershaw start Game four. But the Dodgers plan on
using glass Now as a Game four starter. But that
was my That was my brilliant idea that you know
the way the Dodgers use glass now in Game one,
why not use them that way again today or in
Game three and half Kershaw start Game four.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
That's a great idea, especially with a Game four at
home with Clayton Kershaw. Pitch it in front of that
Dodger stadium. Karate's not there in Philadelphia, have to do
it in front of all those fans at the Bank.
But tonight it will be Blake Snell on the mound.
He's pitched on a lot of big games before in
the postseason. David, do you think he's feeling going into
this one? I mean, he wants the ball out of
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all these guys, He's the dude that wants the ball
in every big situation.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
He gave me a look after the first game when
they were coming off the field, him and he just
had that grin where it was basically a coyote that
got into the rooster henhouse and just ate a whole lot.
He's ready. He has that type of look to him
in confidence, and the reason why he's so confident is
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because he has wanted to challenge himself to be in
these situations with the Dodgers. He passed the first test
and he wants the second challenge, which is the Phillies
in Philadelphia. And another reason why he may be confident
is because how he has dominated Phillies hitters. Max Kepler
does not have a hit against Snell in eleven at bats.
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Kyle Schwarber two for fourteen with six strikeouts against in
his career. How about Bryce Harper? Bryce Harper hasn't done
much of anything against Blake Snell two for thirteen with
six strikeouts. Tray Turner, the right handed hitting Trade Turner
four for twenty in his career against Blake's That was
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on full display in September when snow and seven innings
and had his signature moment as a Dodger telling Dave Roberts,
you want to stay in the game to face Auto Camp.
So if he's on, you're gonna know early and it's
gonna be a long night for the Phillies.
Speaker 5 (27:34):
Yeah, agree with that one hundred percent. Keeping on that
same theme, David, coming back to Los Angeles after this game,
you have Yamamoto and this situation with the Dodgers, the
way they sit with their starting pitching compared to last
year is a massive difference, of course, But how much
do you think this plays in to you know, all
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the things that we don't know that's gonna happen. There's
always things out there that come up that you don't
know about. But this starting pitching as it is right now,
I think it's the best in baseball covering the span
of all the other teams, but I think the starting pitcher,
the starting pitching, and the way they're rested is probably
tops in all of the Major League Baseball right now.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Without a doubt. Since the beginning of September, Steve their
era is two and a half. No other starting staff
has that. And another thing that goes hand in hand
with their starting pitching is the offense scoring early for
them and giving them an early not just one run
support lead, but three or four runs for them to dominate.
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And that makes it a lot easier for them to
pitch free and easy and attack the strike zone. So
the Dodgers scoring early tonight would be huge to give
Blake Snell an early lead, two or three run lead
in the first three innings. If they give him that
type of lead, I don't I think it might be
lights out for the Phillies.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Final thing for me, David Otani the hitter on Saturday night,
completely different from the six innings that he did on
the mound or for four with a walk, four strikeouts,
three different strikeouts called looking. I think we're gonna see
a different show, hey, Otani at the play tonight, because
he's not pitching, right.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Yeah, that's what history tells us. He was the one
to eighty hitter on the days that he was pitching.
And remember during the regular season, the Dodgers would be
lining him up on Wednesdays, the day before our usual
Thursday off days. So having a day off yesterday really
helps him. I'm sure recharge to be ready to go
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as a DH tonight and leading off. I think we
all forget just how much effort goes into pitching in
the postseason, and he's being asked to lead off and
carry the offense as well. Uncharacteristic looking at three fastballs,
But I mean, at some point we have to acknowledge
that he's not Kryptonian. He is from this planet, even
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though sometimes he doesn't seem like it.
Speaker 5 (30:04):
Yeah, David, and I know the affinity that you have
for Blake Snell. You know it is what it is, Okay,
But look, both of these teams are are built the
same way. They're built to slug, and they do strike
out a bit. I mean, the Dodgers struck out thirteen
times the previous game, the Philly struck out twelve. Given
this type of a kind of a way that they're
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both built like this, who's got the better advantage in
this game? I know Blake's pitching, but lazardro was pretty
good too, So how does this shape up?
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Lazardo's pretty good, Steve, but the Dodgers just throw two
and a half three weeks ago and he wasn't an
uncomfortable at that And I think that's the biggest thing.
The Phillies hitters are telling people that they can't see
the ball out of Snell's hand and he's an uncomfortable
at bat. The Dodgers are not saying that about Jesus Lozardo.
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And you know, if Taeoscar Hernandez continues to swing the
bat the way he has been in the last two
weeks and especially the first three playoff games, He's going
to be hitting third again. I'm sure behind o'tani and
Mooki and in front of Freddy. To me, he's the
biggest key to this series. He's got to take advantage
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when there's runners on base, and he did in a
big way in the in the first game.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
David, we appreciate everything. Thanks for being with us earlier
this morning and looking forward to great coverage later on
today before Game two as a Dodgers look to come
back home with a two to zero series lead. Have
a great afternoon, buddy.
Speaker 5 (31:34):
Thanks David.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Don't forget what day it is. Today's Saxy Snell Zilla day.
Speaker 5 (31:40):
Gotcha, brother?
Speaker 4 (31:42):
There you go, by the way, David love your commercial?
There he goes David. He is fired up, he is.
Do you like David's commercial his commercials?
Speaker 5 (31:51):
Yeah, he's doing he's doing the commercial where he's going
back and forth and he's kind of doing this little
dance about I forgot what it was, but yeah, I
like the commercial. It was really good.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
Dave is a master of all things, including acting and commercials.
So that's what we love about it.
Speaker 5 (32:06):
Don't forget what day it is. God, the guy's just
got just got this thing for Snell, doesn't he.
Speaker 4 (32:11):
Saxony, You're starting to You're starting to get it. You're
you're starting, you're starting to see it, you're starting to
feel it, you're certainly starting to hear it. It is
snell Zilla Day with Blake Snell on the mound. Coming up,
we'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. Thanks to David
for being with us live from Philadelphia. Rick Monday will
join us next hour. We'll hear from snell Zilla before
his Game two start. Also looking at the Game one
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and Game two pitchers for the Dodgers, a lot of
them have not pitched in the postseason or I haven't
pitched in the postseason for the Dodgers yet, and it's
kind of eye opening to me. We'll get into that next. Plus,
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here in October, as the Dodgers make another World Series
push and they're up one game to nothing in this
NLDS series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Game two coming up
at three eight this afternoon. Blake Snell and Hay sus
Lozardo the pitching matchup. We'll hear from the manager Dave
Roberts in just a minute. Saxony I was looking at
this up as Dave was talking and Blake Snell getting
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the start tonight. Rookie Sasaki pitched out of the bullpen
on Saturday. Tyler Glass now pitched out of the bullpen
on Saturday, showing Otani made his postseason debut. All four
of these arms that we saw pitch either Saturday night
or tonight, Blake Snell going in Game two weren't guys
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that pitched in October last year for the And I
thought about that for a second. I'm like, no, no, no,
a tawny pitch lesson. No, No, he didn't. He was
the hitter. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Sosaki wasn't around class
now was hurt. Remember he got hurt around Labor Day
and had to shut him down because of inflammation and
Tendonnight is in his right elbow, and Blake Snell was
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a San Francisco Giant And here we are the next
October and these four guys who are either going to
pitch Saturday or Blake Snell get the start tonight all
major contributors to this Dodgers team. It's just a crazy
to think how retooled this pitching staff is, with healthy
arms that weren't here a year ago, or arms a
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added in free agency.
Speaker 5 (34:40):
Yeah, and it all starts with the starters, if you will.
That's where it's That's where it's going to come down to.
Most traditional organizations like the Dodgers, you know, the Braves
are like that, and there's other organizations, the Athletics have
been like that in the past, the Cardinals that really
rely on on starting pitching to carry the mail. The
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traditional way that baseball was set out and its plans
to be a successful game is to have you know,
very very relevant starting pitching and piecing together you know,
like the Tampa did you know a few years ago
of having a pan opener and whatnot. You know, it's
okay for you know, a shot in time, but for
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the long run, for you know, traditional success it's built
on starting pitching, and that's where the Dodgers have it
in spades over everybody right now, which is, you know,
completely different than what it was last year.
Speaker 4 (35:36):
Tonight, Game two, Dodgers looking to come back home with
a two to zero series lead. Right guy, right time,
right place in Blake Snell. We'll hear from him coming
up in just a little bit. Rick Monday will join us,
coming up in a little over thirty minutes. But yesterday,
an off day in this series. Dave Robertson, manager, joined
the media via zoom and talked a lot about this
Dodgers team between Game one and Game two and what
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they need out of tonight's starting pitcher.
Speaker 9 (35:58):
Obviously getting Blake on you know, his regular rest. I
think with you know, the guys that we use out
of the pen, they're all back online outside of glass now,
so I think that, yeah, we kind of reset, and
I feel good with obviously Smell going kind of having
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whoever we want to deploy behind him. Actually we did
that fortunately, you know, that was something we did intentionally,
you know, towards the end of the season. We got
him at two out of three, and so we've kind
of checked that box. So I feel good. You know,
if needed, we could use him tomorrow night as well.
You know, I just don't want to be, you know,
pigeonholed into the ninth because you know, with the way
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this lineup is constructed, there could be different ways where
the eighth could kind of present itself where he could
be the best option. But I do consider him one
of our you know, top highest leverage relievers for sure.
He's here right now, getting treatment, going to go through
the workout. I haven't talked to him today yet. He's
gonna go out there and take batting practice, and so
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once I kind of, you know, have the conversation, talk
to the trainers, you know, watching him go through his work.
They don't have a better idea. But I think even
you know, making the decision tomorrow whether he's in the
starting lineup or not, is going to not be until
tomorrow kind of late morning. Once I you know, hear
from him and hear how he feels. Show, Hey, did
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a fantastic job of moving the ball around. You've got
to kind of change locations, You've got to use the
front to back. I thought his curve ball was as
good as I've seen it, But you have to have
these guys on to the fastball. They hunt locations, they
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hunt velocities, and you've got to keep them guessing. You
just can't be predictable. And I thought we did a
fantastic job of not being a predictable I thought Tyler
did the same thing.
Speaker 4 (38:02):
All right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts on Blake Snell
on Rokie Sasaki on his decision on whether or not
Will Smith will start Game two tonight. Sounds like it'll
be a decision made later on today as we get
closer to first Bitch and then his thoughts on Yosha
on shohy Otani in his Game one start. It's interesting
the comments about Rokie Sasaki the media. Steve wants to
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get an answer from Dave Roberts. Is he your closer?
I don't know why the media is so obsessed with
Dave Roberts having to come out and say, yo, he's
our closer. Dave keeps saying he's our highest leverage reliever.
I'm okay with that. Why do we have to say
the sea word for Sasaki? We don't have to say
the sea word. Let's just call him at back end
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of the rotation high leverage reliever, and let's all lump
him in together in that bullpen together is one collective group.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
We don't need a.
Speaker 4 (38:52):
Quote unquote sea word closer. Stop asking him wow.
Speaker 5 (38:58):
You know you know like sometimes eyes come out up
with their with their uniform on, they have a C
on their chests. It takes on a whole new meeting.
Now what you're saying that.
Speaker 4 (39:08):
Why do we need to know? Okay, he's our closer?
What what is that gonna do all of a sudden
Now you have to look and say, okay, there's the closer.
Speaker 5 (39:15):
No, I think Dave. Dave's right. Dave did it exactly right.
He's our highest leverage type of reliever. And you know
that opens the door for you know, middle of the game,
six or seventh inning, bases loaded, one or two outs
or one out, and you know you need you need
to dowse this, uh, this momentum they got going right now, boom,
Sasaki's in you know that type of thing. So you
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know he's saving that bullet for you know, for a
time that may come up. And I think he's right
in doing that. You don't have to pronounce him to close.
Everybody knows that of course he's the closer right now.
He's he's what's working. You think they're gonna change up
what's working? This is a very short series, as they
say in New York, it's very short. Okay, you're not
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gonna be upset in the apple cart by doing something different.
Why do that?
Speaker 1 (40:04):
Now?
Speaker 5 (40:04):
Just go with what's working. And he's the closer right now.
Speaker 4 (40:08):
He didn't have to say it, right And the fact
that he has to say the Seaward as a joke
because Alex VESSI it could be a high leverage guy
in the ninth inning, depending on the situation. Anthony Bonda
could be that guy Blake trying. And I still have
a lot of confidence in to come out, even though
he's a right hander, just like Sasaki, just because Sasaki
is the flavor of the month and it really is
the guy that they could go to in any situation
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to get it out. And you have a lot of
confidence in and right of now, I don't think that
that closes the door. No pun intended on any other
guy to come out and finish off a game. That's
what it should be. Who's your finisher, who's your back
end of the bullpen, Who's ever closer.
Speaker 5 (40:43):
Who's ever right is the finisher and right now for
for the Dodgers, Sasaki is maybe maybe not mister right,
but he's mister right now right correct. Yeah, absolutely, that's
the way. That's the way they're looking at it, mister
right now. And he's working so right that pony, and
you know, take it as long as you can. And
I think it's gonna work for the Dodgers. I really
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believe that this guy comes out there completely different than
what some of the other bullpen look like, you know,
a bit tenuous, you know, not at all confident. Sosaki
goes up there with his twenty three years old face
on and his inexperience says, give me the ball, I'm
gonna mow these guys down, and man, does he do it.
Just keep letting him do it. He probably didn't even
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know what he's doing, he's only twenty three. But let
him do it. Man. I just I think he's doing great.
And I'm just being facetious when I say that, Yeah,
he knows more than anybody's what he's doing. He's when
I say I want to see the tiger out there,
that's a tiger right now. You look at his face.
He just wants to get in there and get after it.
That's what a tiger does.
Speaker 4 (41:45):
If you want to call him a closer during the
regular season, if you want to call him a closer
and arbitration because it gets some more money, fine, But
in the postseason, let's take the labels off everybody in
the pitching staff. You are a pitcher in October. If
we need you to start, fine, We need you to
open a game, great, If we need you to come
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out of the bullpen, fantastic. You are a pitcher.
Speaker 5 (42:10):
You're an out getter.
Speaker 4 (42:11):
You're an outgetter. Absolutely. You're not a closer. You're not
a reliever, you're not a starter. You are a pitcher
in October, and you'll do what you need to do
to get out.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Like pac Man.
Speaker 4 (42:23):
You're gonna eat out in October for this Dodgers team.
And he's a seaword, not the sea word. Don't say
the sea word around me anymore. Right, tired of it?
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as we get ready for game two the National League
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Dodgers after a Game one win on Saturday. Blake Snell
on the mountain tonight in Game two against hey zeus Lozardo,
and then the series will shift back to Dodger Stadium
on Wednesday, possibly Thursday for Game four if needed, a
Game five back in Philadelphia on Saturday. But the Dodgers
take care of business on Saturday behind show Hey o'tani
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six innings and I just keep shaking my head Steve
Sacks in what show Hey o'tani did on the mound?
And again people want to nitpick that he was zero
for four at the plate and just didn't have very
good at bats. I don't care about that. The fact
that he went out for six innings and gave Dave
Roberts what he did. And again coming to that second inning,
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the miss Cuba Tascar Hernandez and right center field, which
then led to another run scoring on a sack fly,
which probably should never have happened because it should have
been a double, not a triple by JT. Real Muto.
He didn't let it affect him, He didn't let the
emotions get to him. He didn't let you know, oh gosh,
what's going on behind me and get all paudy out
on the mound. He dialed in, He got nice and calm,
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got out of the inning and then put zero's up
the rest of the way. I thought that was a
fantastic job and a calm, cool, show hey Otani when
the Dodgers needed him out there.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Yeah, the main thing for show hey, is that he
can go out there and keep that team at bay.
He certainly did that. The moment wasn't too big for him.
And you know, one thing about him is man. He
doesn't change expression very much, either on the mound or
in the batter's box. Very very business like the whole way.
You don't see him in the dugout. You see a
little emotion, but not on the field. It's it's very stoic.
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And I like that. It wasn't just show hey. I
mean you look at the top three guys, you know,
for for the Dodgers with with Otani, Betts and what
was that one for what they were one for seven
was one for thirteen was seven K's Yeah. You know
you had some damage with Hernandez, of course, but you
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know Sanchez got to tip your cap to him. He
was pretty darn good and show Hey, like we said before,
in the in the last set, it seemed to me
that the last two times up he was guessing more
because you don't see him let fastballs go right down
the middle. He was looking for that change up, which
was a dynamite change up, by the way. I mean,
that was just they could fool anybody, and so that's
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it's what it is. And he pitched show Hey really well.
He was on the corners, he was on the fringes
of the plate, and he just had his number. But
that's one game. You know, the deal is the Dodgers win,
and that's what matters. And he shut down Trade Turner.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
He shut down Kyle Schwarber, who was zero for four
with three strikeouts. The only time he didn't strike out
was his first bat, in which he hit a towering
fly ball to right field. Just got underneath it. If not,
he hits that ball out of the ballpark.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
JT.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Real Muto did a little damage against Sho Helotani, certainly
with the two run triple there in the second inning,
but outside of that, any threat that came from the Phillies,
any traffic on the base pass that Philadelphia had. Otani
kept him at bay, no stolen bases off him. That's
something that's important too. Jeams ran wild on the Dodgers
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during the regular season, I mean took advantage of Dodgers
starting pitchers, not holding them on, not being accountable for
guys on base, and they were running rampant against them
on Saturday night. You didn't see that. And you know,
Philadelphia has got bigger guys than not necessarily a speed
team like an Arizona Diamondbacks team or an AS team
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that you see a lot Steve much different built team.
But again, something that Dodgers did a really good job
on Saturday night, and that's keeping Philadelphia from just running
around the base mass well.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Turner can do that. You know, he's one of the
fastest guys in baseball, travels over thirty feet per second.
When he's healthy, he can flat out motor. That's one
guy that you're gonna have to worry about. But you know,
this thing basically came down. This is a very evenly
matched two teams. The Dodgers struck out thirteen times in
the game, the Philly struck out twelve. You're talking about
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twenty five strikeouts in the game. I mean, you can
see where the dominance right now is in baseball. And
these two starting pitchers had it over on the offense
big time. They just had their number twenty five strikeouts
thirteen and twelve respectively for these two teams. But that's
that's the way baseball is now. I mean, Buttingham moving
them over, you know, the stolen base, those type of things.
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Know this, these teams are these teams are built to slug.
That's what they do. And you know it comes out
sooner or later. And that's what Hernetta's did.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
You are you watching these other series Yankees, Blue Jays, Tigers,
Mariners yesterday? The two games in the American League. The
game in Seattle was unreal and the fact that they
won a home game in the postseason for the first
time in twenty four years was cool to see. It
was a pitcher's duel the first six innings and then
it kind of popped off with some late runs. That
was an awesome environment in Seattle. And then in Toronto
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we're the I mean the Blue Jays scored thirteen runs
against the Yankees and.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Maxed and ten before that.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
I mean, who is this Toronto Blue Jays.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Team, Man, I'm telling you what, they are just absolutely
on fire right now. They are just ripping them up.
They're they're just they're just dissing the Yankees like it's
no problem whatsoever. And the Yankees are in a real
fix right now because they're actually facing a team that
not only is good throughout the year with their ups
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and downs, but they're facing this team when they're really
hot right now, and that is troublesome that you Savage,
the pitcher for Trump, was just absolutely electric. Maybe the
best change up splitter combination I've seen in a long time.
You could tell those guys that was coming and they
still couldn't hit it. I mean, this was a shove
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match right here.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
That kid, the twenty two year old is an absolute
study for the Toronto Blue Jays. I gotta be honest
with you, I didn't watch a lot of Toronto Blue
Jays baseball during the regular season. So the fact that
he pitched in three games during the regular season, I mean,
twenty two years old and goes out there and double
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digit strikeouts eleven five and a third no hit innings,
I mean, he was absolutely on fire.
Speaker 5 (07:40):
Again.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
This Toronto Blue Jays team look out in the American League.
They're the hottest of the four teams left in the
American League, no doubt about it.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
They are. And you know Springer, Yeah, he had a
big year this year. And how about Alejandro Kirk behind
the plate? I mean, he just dig This guy. He
does not look like your prototypical Major League baseball player,
but he can hit, and he can he can you know,
pick it behind the plate. And Varshow how about Varshow?
Yesterday he got four hits and he was just killing it.
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Two home runs, four hits and five at bats. And
this is a guy that had a pretty good year
this year. I think he had what seventy games, he
at twenty home runs. Yeah, he's got some pop.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
The catcher Kirk looks like me on a Sunday Beard
League playing that there. I mean, he just you're right,
he does not look like a major league catcher, let
alone an All Star catcher.
Speaker 5 (08:29):
Out an all Star, that's right.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
It is unbelievable what Toronto did yesterday against the New
York Yankees. They have shell shocked this Yankees team, now
up two games to nothing with that series. Going back
to the Bronx tomorrow for Game three, that series between
the Tigers and Mariners, going back to Detroit for Game
three tomorrow, all tied up at a game of peace.
And of course we got Game two of the NLDS
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coming up right here on a five seventy LA Sports
Dodgers and the Phillies. Blake Snell, heyesus, Lozardo, David Vassy
will join us, coming up in a fifteen minutes. Rick
Monday will join us at the eight o'clock hour. We'll
hear from Dave Roberts later on this hour, we'll hear
from tonight's starter, Blake Snell. Coming up in just a
little bit. But let's go back to Saturday night. Let's
hear post game from show. Hey, o Tani, After his
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six ins of work, he picks up to win his
first major league postseason win in his career as the
Dodgers take Game one Saturday night in Philadelphia.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Can you walk us through that show? Hey, you talked
yesterday that about possibly being a little nervous, How did
it feel to pitch in your first postseason game?
Speaker 5 (09:31):
And what were the good and the bad shams?
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Listen now, no, not you know data, I'll say oh,
Shan Nicole, you made just stick.
Speaker 7 (09:41):
Can I get well? Then he comes show off?
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Uh, shoot you stick Ken Cho Kong, you must take it.
Shoot you stayed it cool, Shane Hei take it to
the Anaton wins.
Speaker 7 (09:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (09:53):
Prior to the game, just preparing for the game, just
looking at the data, doing my usual preparation. I was
a little nervous, you know, imagining myself out there on
the mound. But once I was on the mound and
on the field, that went away and it was really
me focusing.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
Yeah, sh hey rough and id the plate for strikeouts
three of them and called third strikes. What did you think.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
About those bats?
Speaker 3 (10:18):
How difficult was saying, Chez? And why did you end
up in those situations?
Speaker 7 (10:24):
Omogalization schedule.
Speaker 8 (10:42):
That's the Yeah, really quality arms coming out of the uh,
you know, the Phillies starting pitcher and bullpen and the
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fact that you know, when I'm leading off, it does
allow for the bullpen, the left handed bullpen to come out.
Uh that really gives you know, Mookie and Tail hitting
behind me, the opportunity to you know, be able to hit.
So in that sense, like I felt like, even though
the results weren't good, that you know I was able
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to contribute in that sense.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
All right, there's Will his translator along with Shoe hey
o Tani postgame on Saturday Night Show, hey Oo for
four at the plate with the four strikeouts in a walk,
three strikeouts. Looking you mentioned it, Saxy, he was probably
guessing a little bit on the change up in the
fastball from Christopher Sanchez. Uh, he got fooled, but you'll
take what he did on the mound. But tonight, just
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as a designated hitter, I fully expect to see a
dialed in hitter in show Heyo Tani tonight.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
Yeah. And even though you know the guy's got some
of the same stuff as the guy previously, it's a
different pitcher. It's a new look. And I you know,
really personally, I don't I don't feel that these guys think, well,
it's a left handed pitcher. I don't have a chance.
I don't think any of the hitters and the Dodger
or you know, lineup think that at all. I mean,
it is what it is, or left handed these guys
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have you know, hit left handers are whole live so
there they don't care, and so I fully expect to
see show Hay come up and do some damage on
Lozardo because you know, taking it like like they did
and having you know, Sanchez kind of show him up
in the box. You know, they take that personally and
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they'll come back tonight and they'll do remedy that.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Over the course of his career. The day after he
pitches usually not a great day at the plate for
Shoeotani as far as production wise. The numbers speak for itself.
But the day off yesterday it was huge. Not only
do you get a rest for the bullpen, well, let's
not keep it. I forget that the guy pitched six
innings through ninety pitches on Saturday night would have to
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come back out on Game two on a Sunday. Instead,
the day off allows him another twenty four hours of rest,
and now you get a fully arrested show Ao Tani
the hitter for Game two.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
Yeah, this is this is big for the whole team.
You know, you got to travel back and forth across
the United States. It's not like going to San Francisco
in LA I mean, you're going all the way across
and so I get that. But the off day is
good now, so they play tonight and the next time
is Wednesday to get another off day, so it'll be
Wednesday Thursday if necessary. Is that right, Tess correct. That's
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that's good for the that's good for the Dodgers. That
boats really well for them to be at home another
night and play back to back. I think that's good
for the Dodgers.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
Yeah, you're not gonna need show Hey to pitch again
right until Game five, which would be a week since
his next start on Saturday. So pretty much on schedule
for what Shoyotani during the regular season, one start a week,
and the way the Dodgers plan this really the second
half of the season again all mapped out for show
A Otani, but also mapped out for the starting rotation.
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Because of the amount of starting pitchers they had, they
were able to go to a six man rotation. With
the built in off days, they were able to basically
have Yamamoto, Otani, Glass now Snell all pitch one day
a week. They weren't pitching on four days rest, pitching
twice a week sometimes. No, these guys were all going
one start a week the second half of the season,
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and I think that also factors into this team and
this pitching staff having the health and having the amount
of Indians underneath their belt right now. It's not like
they're pitching on one hundred and eighty innings, one hundred
and seventy five innings. These guys were strategically mapped out
the second half of the season to be ready for
this point, not just show.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
Hey, and this resets their track of normalcy, right which
is what you know starters really really like. I mean,
the deeper you go into pitchers, the more you see
how they like that more of an normal, routine, creature
of habit type of thing. And so if they have
to reset what is normal to pitch one day a week,
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and that's what they're going to be doing now, this
fits really well for them. And you really want to
contrast this with what we saw last year tim where
they were really challenged with their starting pitching. They had
to piece that thing together. And here the Dodgers won,
won everything. They're the defending champs now and sitting in
a much better situation. He took a snapshot in time.
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You know, they're they're past the first round. There, they're
one game winning in the second round. Their pitchers are set,
they're rested. The only thing you can say different is
is the bullpen confident they're getting there. And I think
each day that goes by, and you know, the more
chips are in on their side of the table, the
more confident that bullpen is going to be as well.
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So you know, you can't take anything for granted. Anything
can happen. But I like even now more than what
I you know, saw last year.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
I look at the bullpen the way it set up
for tonight and Game three and four. You haven't gone
to Tried and you haven't gone to I Michigan. You
haven't gone to Clayton Kershaw yet in this NLDS. And
two of those three guys are arms that you can
use for extended innings if need be. Let's you know,
God forbid Blake Snell gets into trouble tonight and snell
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Zilla's at the game early. You've got two quote unquote
starters that you can go to now for extending innings
without blowing up your bullpen. Even with the day off tomorrow,
or with that being said, you can keep those guys
fresh and ready to go for a Wednesday in case
Yamamoto doesn't have the audience. So these plan b's, these piggybacks,
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so to speak to go if case the starter these
in case starters don't fully go, you can go to
Plan B. This is an option quite frankly, Dave Roberts,
I don't think it's had ever, not even in the
postseason before, to have this luxury.
Speaker 5 (16:57):
Tim, how much confidence do you think it's going to
give the the relievers down there in the pen when
Clayton Kershaw is sitting there with them throughout the game.
He's gonna be there, you know, down there, you know,
just as just his presence there is going to mean
a lot for the bullpen. Sitting there knowing that Clayton's uh,
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I mean, you got a you got a Hall of
Famer sitting there with you. That's that's pretty nice. Those
teams don't have that luxury of having a former starter
that's going to be a Hall of Famer down there,
you know, helping you out in the bullpen. This is
this is could be a big thing for LA.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
No doubt about it. Eight six six ninety seven to
two five seventy. There's also another arm down there we
haven't seen yet in Tanner Scott. Now, if Tanner Scott's
coming to the game, no offense to Tanner Scott. It
better be in a situation where the Dodgers are struggling
and need somebody to eat up innings or vice versa.
They're up big and they need somebody to eat up Indians.
I do not want to see Tanner Scott in any
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kind of high leverage game in this series against the Phillies.
No knock on Tanner Scott, but well, actually it is
a knock on tan Scott because I I don't trust him.
I just do not trust.
Speaker 5 (18:03):
But he can win your trust back as well.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
Yeah, it would have to be a dominant outing out
of the bullpen and a shut down situation for me
to say, Okay, Tanner Scott, I can put you back
in that group of relievers I trust bombs.
Speaker 5 (18:20):
Sometime in his life he can win back your trust,
right Yeah, wow, it's the Tayler is there is hope? Yes, Okay,
sometime he can do it right.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
And I'm hoping that sometime is sooner rather than later.
If you're the Dodgers, your phone calls coming up, We're
gonna hear from David Vadsay live from Philadelphia, coming up
in an hour, Rick Monday, we'll join us as well.
We'll hear from Blake Snell. We'll hear from Dave Roberts,
and we'll hear from you at eight six six, nine
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with the Dodgers AM five seventy LA Sports. Dodgers a
one to zero series lead in this best of five
NLDS Game two coming up later on this afternoon from
the bank in Philadelphia. Heyesus Lozardo and Blake Snell the
pitching matchup before we joined David Vesta in just a minute,
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Saxon and watching the MLB Network and they got the
Mariners highlights from last night and the trident that they
all get after a home run, and Julio Rodriguez was
walking around with it postgame last night. Do you like
these postgame celebrations? These I don't know these uh gimmicks,
these products, these these things they use in their hands.
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What am I looking for? These the different things, you
know what I mean, they win and they put a
hat on it, they put a.
Speaker 5 (20:02):
Down some guys going the shopping car. Yeah, you know,
you know what. To me, it's it's okay, I mean,
I guess that's what it is.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
A problem.
Speaker 5 (20:10):
Yeah, it's a prop it's a little gimmick. It's uh,
you know, it kind of brings some some togetherness I guess,
you say, or culture or fun or whatever it is.
I don't mind it at all, you know. I think
it's guys are down there having fun and if that's
what it is, and uh, you know, let them do it.
It's I would I would encourage whatever they wanted to do,
all right.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
Game two coming up later on this afternoon, First pitch
from the Bank in Philadelphia at three oh a Pacific.
Blake Snell, Hey Susilzarto on the Mountain. Joining us live
from Philadelphia is our intrepid Dodger reporter, the best of
the best. No other baseball insider out there like the
one and only David Vese. David, Good morning, how you doing, buddy.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
I'm doing great, guys, ready for Game two and ready
to come home to the Los Angeles with the Dodgers
up two games to nothing.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
Yesterday a weird off day in between games one and two.
The American League teams played today game two today in
the National League. What was the workout like yesterday afternoon
in the mindset really being around this team yesterday on the.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
Field, Yeah, it was just a normal workout, nothing too crazy.
Quite honestly. It was close to the media, so we
were not there, and it was a little bit dicey though.
From what I understand, the Dodgers had to coordinate their
workout around the Eagles game so they wouldn't get caught
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in that crazy traffic. Because if you don't know, here
in Philadelphia, they have a sports complex where all the
arenas are in a triangle area, and the Eagles stadium,
Lincoln Financial, is directly across the street from where the
Phillies played the Bank. So that game was at one
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o'clock Eastern time, and the Dodgers had to schedule their
workout while that football game was going on and ended,
you know a little bit after the Eagles lost to
the Broncos, so they wouldn't get stuck in horrific traffic.
So that's the way they coordinated their workout. And Dave
Roberts even went across the street and was on the
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field before the game and Saquon Barkley wanted a photo
with him, so he took a photo of Saquon Barkley.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Good, David, good to be with you. Wanted to ask
you a little bit about Jesus Lozardo. Look, I mean,
is it a big stretch to say there's a massive
difference between what we saw on Christopher Sanchez and what
we're going to see with Jesus Lozardo. Both left handers,
both can bring it, both outstanding in their own ride,
but maybe some differences between the two, if there's any.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
Yeah, just talking to some of the Dodgers and some
scouts that had seen both Sanchez and Lozardo the last
three weeks, they believe the Dodgers will be able to
actually work longer counts and you know, really be able
to not chase pitches with Lozardo the way they were
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chasing them with Sanchez because his changeup was so good, right,
But Lozardo can be erratic, especially up in the strike zone.
So what they're preaching to their hitters is for some
in the middle of the strike zone, maybe up in
the strike zone, And it seems like from what I've gathered, Steve,
it may be easier for the Dodgers not to chase
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against Lozardo because when he misses, he really misses. It's
not like Sanchez's changeup that it was so good the
first five innings where it tempts you to chase when
it's on like it.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
Was, David, what do you think they'd do catching wise tonight?
Dave Robert is gonna go with Will Smith? Or will
you go with Ben reward Vet like he did in
Game one until a pinchit situation in the game calls
upon Will Smith to come out or come into the game.
Where do you think he leans As far as starting
behind the plate.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Tonight, I'm leaning towards Will Smith starting for a couple
of reasons. Number One, he caught the majority of the
first game. Number two, when Blake Snell went out before
Game one to throw his bullpen, it was Will Smith
that caught that bullpen. So to me, it's going to
be Snell and Will Smith as the battery tonight.
Speaker 5 (24:17):
All right, Hey, Dave, you know we got Clayton Kershaw
down there in the bullpen. To me, I think his
presence alone there is a stabilizing force for a bullpen
that maybe lacks a little bit of their confidence. But
I think it's getting better as time goes on. But
the day off helped, and I think Clayton Kershaw down there,
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you know, given his presence could mean a massive thing
for that bullpen. What's your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
For sure? Whenever you have a guy like that as
part of your group in the bullpen, it does bring
a lot of confidence and an edge to that bullpen.
Steve and the way the Dodgers plan on using Kershaw
a number of different scenario including if there's extra innings
or maybe even tonight if they need a bridge to
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the seventh or eighth inning, Kershaw would be a great
breach who throws, who gives you a different look from
the left side than Blake Snell does. So I'm actually
I don't know if I shared this with you guys,
but I'm an advocate of Tyler glass Now pitching out
of the bullpen one more time and maybe even consider
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having Kershaw start Game four. But the Dodgers plan on
using glass Now as a Game four starter. But that
was my That was my brilliant idea that you know
the way the Dodgers use glass now in Game one,
why not use them that way again today or in
Game three and half Kershaw start Game four.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
That's a great idea, especially with a Game four at
home with Clayton Kershaw. Pitch it in front of that
Dodger stadium. Karate's not there in Philadelphia, have to do
it in front of all those fans at the Bank.
But tonight it will be Blake Snell on the mound.
He's pitched on a lot of big games before in
the postseason. David, do you think he's feeling going into
this one? I mean, he wants the ball out of
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all these guys, He's the dude that wants the ball
in every big situation.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
He gave me a look after the first game when
they were coming off the field, him and he just
had that grin where it was basically a coyote that
got into the rooster henhouse and just ate a whole lot.
He's ready. He has that type of look to him
in confidence, and the reason why he's so confident is
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because he has wanted to challenge himself to be in
these situations with the Dodgers. He passed the first test
and he wants the second challenge, which is the Phillies
in Philadelphia. And another reason why he may be confident
is because how he has dominated Phillies hitters. Max Kepler
does not have a hit against Snell in eleven at bats.
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Kyle Schwarber two for fourteen with six strikeouts against in
his career. How about Bryce Harper? Bryce Harper hasn't done
much of anything against Blake Snell two for thirteen with
six strikeouts. Tray Turner, the right handed hitting Trade Turner
four for twenty in his career against Blake's That was
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on full display in September when snow and seven innings
and had his signature moment as a Dodger telling Dave Roberts,
you want to stay in the game to face Auto Camp.
So if he's on, you're gonna know early and it's
gonna be a long night for the Phillies.
Speaker 5 (27:34):
Yeah, agree with that one hundred percent. Keeping on that
same theme, David, coming back to Los Angeles after this game,
you have Yamamoto and this situation with the Dodgers, the
way they sit with their starting pitching compared to last
year is a massive difference, of course, But how much
do you think this plays in to you know, all
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the things that we don't know that's gonna happen. There's
always things out there that come up that you don't
know about. But this starting pitching as it is right now,
I think it's the best in baseball covering the span
of all the other teams, but I think the starting pitcher,
the starting pitching, and the way they're rested is probably
tops in all of the Major League Baseball right now.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Without a doubt. Since the beginning of September, Steve their
era is two and a half. No other starting staff
has that. And another thing that goes hand in hand
with their starting pitching is the offense scoring early for
them and giving them an early not just one run
support lead, but three or four runs for them to dominate.
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And that makes it a lot easier for them to
pitch free and easy and attack the strike zone. So
the Dodgers scoring early tonight would be huge to give
Blake Snell an early lead, two or three run lead
in the first three innings. If they give him that
type of lead, I don't I think it might be
lights out for the Phillies.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Final thing for me, David Otani the hitter on Saturday night,
completely different from the six innings that he did on
the mound or for four with a walk, four strikeouts,
three different strikeouts called looking. I think we're gonna see
a different show, hey, Otani at the play tonight, because
he's not pitching, right.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Yeah, that's what history tells us. He was the one
to eighty hitter on the days that he was pitching.
And remember during the regular season, the Dodgers would be
lining him up on Wednesdays, the day before our usual
Thursday off days. So having a day off yesterday really
helps him. I'm sure recharge to be ready to go
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as a DH tonight and leading off. I think we
all forget just how much effort goes into pitching in
the postseason, and he's being asked to lead off and
carry the offense as well. Uncharacteristic looking at three fastballs,
But I mean, at some point we have to acknowledge
that he's not Kryptonian. He is from this planet, even
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though sometimes he doesn't seem like it.
Speaker 5 (30:04):
Yeah, David, and I know the affinity that you have
for Blake Snell. You know it is what it is, Okay,
But look, both of these teams are are built the
same way. They're built to slug, and they do strike
out a bit. I mean, the Dodgers struck out thirteen
times the previous game, the Philly struck out twelve. Given
this type of a kind of a way that they're
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both built like this, who's got the better advantage in
this game? I know Blake's pitching, but lazardro was pretty
good too, So how does this shape up?
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Lazardo's pretty good, Steve, but the Dodgers just throw two
and a half three weeks ago and he wasn't an
uncomfortable at that And I think that's the biggest thing.
The Phillies hitters are telling people that they can't see
the ball out of Snell's hand and he's an uncomfortable
at bat. The Dodgers are not saying that about Jesus Lozardo.
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And you know, if Taeoscar Hernandez continues to swing the
bat the way he has been in the last two
weeks and especially the first three playoff games, He's going
to be hitting third again. I'm sure behind o'tani and
Mooki and in front of Freddy. To me, he's the
biggest key to this series. He's got to take advantage
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when there's runners on base, and he did in a
big way in the in the first game.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
David, we appreciate everything. Thanks for being with us earlier
this morning and looking forward to great coverage later on
today before Game two as a Dodgers look to come
back home with a two to zero series lead. Have
a great afternoon, buddy.
Speaker 5 (31:34):
Thanks David.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Don't forget what day it is. Today's Saxy Snell Zilla day.
Speaker 5 (31:40):
Gotcha, brother?
Speaker 4 (31:42):
There you go, by the way, David love your commercial?
There he goes David. He is fired up, he is.
Do you like David's commercial his commercials?
Speaker 5 (31:51):
Yeah, he's doing he's doing the commercial where he's going
back and forth and he's kind of doing this little
dance about I forgot what it was, but yeah, I
like the commercial. It was really good.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
Dave is a master of all things, including acting and commercials.
So that's what we love about it.
Speaker 5 (32:06):
Don't forget what day it is. God, the guy's just
got just got this thing for Snell, doesn't he.
Speaker 4 (32:11):
Saxony, You're starting to You're starting to get it. You're
you're starting, you're starting to see it, you're starting to
feel it, you're certainly starting to hear it. It is
snell Zilla Day with Blake Snell on the mound. Coming up,
we'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. Thanks to David
for being with us live from Philadelphia. Rick Monday will
join us next hour. We'll hear from snell Zilla before
his Game two start. Also looking at the Game one
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and Game two pitchers for the Dodgers, a lot of
them have not pitched in the postseason or I haven't
pitched in the postseason for the Dodgers yet, and it's
kind of eye opening to me. We'll get into that next. Plus,
you're gonna hear from the manager Dave Roberts, and your
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here in October, as the Dodgers make another World Series
push and they're up one game to nothing in this
NLDS series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Game two coming up
at three eight this afternoon. Blake Snell and Hay sus
Lozardo the pitching matchup. We'll hear from the manager Dave
Roberts in just a minute. Saxony I was looking at
this up as Dave was talking and Blake Snell getting
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the start tonight. Rookie Sasaki pitched out of the bullpen
on Saturday. Tyler Glass now pitched out of the bullpen
on Saturday, showing Otani made his postseason debut. All four
of these arms that we saw pitch either Saturday night
or tonight, Blake Snell going in Game two weren't guys
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that pitched in October last year for the And I
thought about that for a second. I'm like, no, no, no,
a tawny pitch lesson. No, No, he didn't. He was
the hitter. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Sosaki wasn't around class
now was hurt. Remember he got hurt around Labor Day
and had to shut him down because of inflammation and
Tendonnight is in his right elbow, and Blake Snell was
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a San Francisco Giant And here we are the next
October and these four guys who are either going to
pitch Saturday or Blake Snell get the start tonight all
major contributors to this Dodgers team. It's just a crazy
to think how retooled this pitching staff is, with healthy
arms that weren't here a year ago, or arms a
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added in free agency.
Speaker 5 (34:40):
Yeah, and it all starts with the starters, if you will.
That's where it's That's where it's going to come down to.
Most traditional organizations like the Dodgers, you know, the Braves
are like that, and there's other organizations, the Athletics have
been like that in the past, the Cardinals that really
rely on on starting pitching to carry the mail. The
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traditional way that baseball was set out and its plans
to be a successful game is to have you know,
very very relevant starting pitching and piecing together you know,
like the Tampa did you know a few years ago
of having a pan opener and whatnot. You know, it's
okay for you know, a shot in time, but for
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the long run, for you know, traditional success it's built
on starting pitching, and that's where the Dodgers have it
in spades over everybody right now, which is, you know,
completely different than what it was last year.
Speaker 4 (35:36):
Tonight, Game two, Dodgers looking to come back home with
a two to zero series lead. Right guy, right time,
right place in Blake Snell. We'll hear from him coming
up in just a little bit. Rick Monday will join us,
coming up in a little over thirty minutes. But yesterday,
an off day in this series. Dave Robertson, manager, joined
the media via zoom and talked a lot about this
Dodgers team between Game one and Game two and what
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they need out of tonight's starting pitcher.
Speaker 9 (35:58):
Obviously getting Blake on you know, his regular rest. I
think with you know, the guys that we use out
of the pen, they're all back online outside of glass now,
so I think that, yeah, we kind of reset, and
I feel good with obviously Smell going kind of having
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whoever we want to deploy behind him. Actually we did
that fortunately, you know, that was something we did intentionally,
you know, towards the end of the season. We got
him at two out of three, and so we've kind
of checked that box. So I feel good. You know,
if needed, we could use him tomorrow night as well.
You know, I just don't want to be, you know,
pigeonholed into the ninth because you know, with the way
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this lineup is constructed, there could be different ways where
the eighth could kind of present itself where he could
be the best option. But I do consider him one
of our you know, top highest leverage relievers for sure.
He's here right now, getting treatment, going to go through
the workout. I haven't talked to him today yet. He's
gonna go out there and take batting practice, and so
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once I kind of, you know, have the conversation, talk
to the trainers, you know, watching him go through his work.
They don't have a better idea. But I think even
you know, making the decision tomorrow whether he's in the
starting lineup or not, is going to not be until
tomorrow kind of late morning. Once I you know, hear
from him and hear how he feels. Show, Hey, did
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a fantastic job of moving the ball around. You've got
to kind of change locations, You've got to use the
front to back. I thought his curve ball was as
good as I've seen it, But you have to have
these guys on to the fastball. They hunt locations, they
(37:50):
hunt velocities, and you've got to keep them guessing. You
just can't be predictable. And I thought we did a
fantastic job of not being a predictable I thought Tyler
did the same thing.
Speaker 4 (38:02):
All right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts on Blake Snell
on Rokie Sasaki on his decision on whether or not
Will Smith will start Game two tonight. Sounds like it'll
be a decision made later on today as we get
closer to first Bitch and then his thoughts on Yosha
on shohy Otani in his Game one start. It's interesting
the comments about Rokie Sasaki the media. Steve wants to
(38:24):
get an answer from Dave Roberts. Is he your closer?
I don't know why the media is so obsessed with
Dave Roberts having to come out and say, yo, he's
our closer. Dave keeps saying he's our highest leverage reliever.
I'm okay with that. Why do we have to say
the sea word for Sasaki? We don't have to say
the sea word. Let's just call him at back end
(38:45):
of the rotation high leverage reliever, and let's all lump
him in together in that bullpen together is one collective group.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
We don't need a.
Speaker 4 (38:52):
Quote unquote sea word closer. Stop asking him wow.
Speaker 5 (38:58):
You know you know like sometimes eyes come out up
with their with their uniform on, they have a C
on their chests. It takes on a whole new meeting.
Now what you're saying that.
Speaker 4 (39:08):
Why do we need to know? Okay, he's our closer?
What what is that gonna do all of a sudden
Now you have to look and say, okay, there's the closer.
Speaker 5 (39:15):
No, I think Dave. Dave's right. Dave did it exactly right.
He's our highest leverage type of reliever. And you know
that opens the door for you know, middle of the game,
six or seventh inning, bases loaded, one or two outs
or one out, and you know you need you need
to dowse this, uh, this momentum they got going right now, boom,
Sasaki's in you know that type of thing. So you
(39:38):
know he's saving that bullet for you know, for a
time that may come up. And I think he's right
in doing that. You don't have to pronounce him to close.
Everybody knows that of course he's the closer right now.
He's he's what's working. You think they're gonna change up
what's working? This is a very short series, as they
say in New York, it's very short. Okay, you're not
(39:59):
gonna be upset in the apple cart by doing something different.
Why do that?
Speaker 1 (40:04):
Now?
Speaker 5 (40:04):
Just go with what's working. And he's the closer right now.
Speaker 4 (40:08):
He didn't have to say it, right And the fact
that he has to say the Seaward as a joke
because Alex VESSI it could be a high leverage guy
in the ninth inning, depending on the situation. Anthony Bonda
could be that guy Blake trying. And I still have
a lot of confidence in to come out, even though
he's a right hander, just like Sasaki, just because Sasaki
is the flavor of the month and it really is
the guy that they could go to in any situation
(40:29):
to get it out. And you have a lot of
confidence in and right of now, I don't think that
that closes the door. No pun intended on any other
guy to come out and finish off a game. That's
what it should be. Who's your finisher, who's your back
end of the bullpen, Who's ever closer.
Speaker 5 (40:43):
Who's ever right is the finisher and right now for
for the Dodgers, Sasaki is maybe maybe not mister right,
but he's mister right now right correct. Yeah, absolutely, that's
the way. That's the way they're looking at it, mister
right now. And he's working so right that pony, and
you know, take it as long as you can. And
I think it's gonna work for the Dodgers. I really
(41:05):
believe that this guy comes out there completely different than
what some of the other bullpen look like, you know,
a bit tenuous, you know, not at all confident. Sosaki
goes up there with his twenty three years old face
on and his inexperience says, give me the ball, I'm
gonna mow these guys down, and man, does he do it.
Just keep letting him do it. He probably didn't even
(41:26):
know what he's doing, he's only twenty three. But let
him do it. Man. I just I think he's doing great.
And I'm just being facetious when I say that, Yeah,
he knows more than anybody's what he's doing. He's when
I say I want to see the tiger out there,
that's a tiger right now. You look at his face.
He just wants to get in there and get after it.
That's what a tiger does.
Speaker 4 (41:45):
If you want to call him a closer during the
regular season, if you want to call him a closer
and arbitration because it gets some more money, fine, But
in the postseason, let's take the labels off everybody in
the pitching staff. You are a pitcher in October. If
we need you to start, fine, We need you to
open a game, great, If we need you to come
(42:06):
out of the bullpen, fantastic. You are a pitcher.
Speaker 5 (42:10):
You're an out getter.
Speaker 4 (42:11):
You're an outgetter. Absolutely. You're not a closer. You're not
a reliever, you're not a starter. You are a pitcher
in October, and you'll do what you need to do
to get out.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Like pac Man.
Speaker 4 (42:23):
You're gonna eat out in October for this Dodgers team.
And he's a seaword, not the sea word. Don't say
the sea word around me anymore. Right, tired of it?
Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy. We'll
hear from Blake Snell coming up. Rick Monday will join us.
We'll get Steve's keys. One hour to go, two down,
one to go here, on Saxon Kate's and AM want
you to be a part of the show as well.
(42:44):
Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seven seventy
eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy Saxon
Kates and am right here live in local on an
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