January 23, 2025 • 52 mins
We bring you the Tanner Scott press conference from Dodger Stadium. David Vassegh hops on to talk about the signing of Scott and potential signing of Kirby Yates. Jacob Emrani joins us to talk about the fires that have ravaged southern califnornia and what you can do to help yourself (or loved ones) who may now be locked up in legal battles surrounding the tradgedy.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Oh, there we go, Fred Rogan, Rodney Pete AM five
to seventy l A Sports. We'll switch our right out
to the stadium. New Dodger reliever Tanner Scott is meeting
with the media as we speak, so let's listen.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
In sign to impact free agents on back to back days,
we view as a as a good problem. You know,
what's what we consider an already really talented bullpen. It's
a unique opportunity when we get to add somebody who
is a real needle mover.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Such as Tanner.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
You know, he's someone that we have watched and admired
from afar over the years, and you know, have tried
to acquire multiple times and even last year as well,
and uh we failed to do so. And unfortunately we
got to see it far too up close and personal
down the stretch in the DS. Uh So we are
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glad to be on this side of it today. Tanner possesses,
you know, all of the qualit that he's we value
as an organization when looking to bring on a free agent.
You know, coaches and players alike praise him as a
as a person and the work ethic, you know, his
dedication to his craft and taking care of his body
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is really impressive as well as a real passion to
giving back to the community. You know what, what Tanner
did down the stretch last year, taking the ball every
day and doing whatever was needed to help his team win,
is something that you don't see that often when it
comes to somebody who's about to hit free agency for
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the first time. You know that for us spoke volumes
to the type of competitor he is and how that
would fit within our team and the bullpen culture that
Josh Bard has helped create. You know, obviously, our pitching
group was incredibly excited when they found the found out.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
The news about Tanner joining us.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
But I do think what was even more impressive and
speaks volumes to to Tanner, is that I think our
hitting group was equally as giddy not having to face
him and game plan UH for him, because the stuff
that he's bringing just is not something that you can
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gain plan for. So you know, with that, please join us,
UH and officially welcoming Tanner Scott UH to the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
All right, so those are the Dodger Luminaries introducing Tanner
Scott at the stadium. It is his introductory news conference
to the media in Los Angeles.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Totally, totally like that four times.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Yeah, yeah, you go down to get you where is.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And of course we will have the ceremonial presentation of
the jersey and then it is picture time and then
Tanner will address the media.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Sounds good, that's best part. You know.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
You heard Andrew Friedman say, this is somebody we've had
our ion for some time, and this is someone that
we got to know all too well up close and
personally during the playoffs. And the one thing that I
have observed about the way the Dodgers operate, and specifically
Andrew Friedman, if there is someone they have their ion,
it doesn't matter if they had their ion them seven
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years ago. If it's somebody they identified, somebody they believed
would be a contributor, they never stop looking at that person.
A perfect example of that is Tommy Edmond. Now that
is somebody the Dodgers. Andrew Friedman had his ion for
some time, and he waited and he waited, and he waited.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Till he got a shot.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
So if they identify you, if they think there's something there,
if they think that you can make a difference for Rodney,
they will pursue you as long as they they need to.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Get the Dodgers.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
When you think about just what this off season looked
like for you, the conversations with different teams, what made
Los Angeles the right decision for you and your family.
Speaker 6 (04:11):
They were the first ones to call, and I mean
me and my wife always talked about it, and they're
not a fun team to face, especially one, two, three
is kind of unfair, and uh, but it's awesome. I
was really happy that they that they made an offer,
and thank you Andrew and thank you Brandon. So you
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guys have been awesome and I know ready to win
another one. I'll be a part of this one.
Speaker 7 (04:40):
Hey Tanner a fabul ar die with the athletic as
a player sort of watching the Dodgers put together this offseason,
what sort of is your reaction sorts of seeing some
of the numbers pile up and some of the guys
that they're able to add, and the fact that they
were able to sort of give you this kind of
contract too.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Uh, it's it's gonna be a really exciting year.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
I mean, there's a great group of guys and they
keep adding people and it's awesome to see and I'm
ready to be a part of it, and whenever the
phone rings, I'm ready to go.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
I mean, I just want to win. Uh.
Speaker 8 (05:12):
For Andrew, you know, you talked at the winter meetings about,
you know, wanting to be a seller at the deadline
and kind of avoid having a patch maybe some of
the holes you guys did last year, like how much
the totality of this offseason is kind of reflection of
that and making sure you guys have shored up every
part of the roster as much as you can at
this point of the year.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, I mean, we've talked about this a lot. Obviously.
Speaker 9 (05:37):
Obviously, our goal going into each year is to win
a championship. And as we've gotten into years, some years
we've had to be more aggressive in July, some years
not as aggressive. But the one thing that has stood
every year, it is the worst time to try to
add players. And so for us going into this offseason,
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it was let's do everything we can on the front end.
Let's be as aggressive as we can be and be
in a position where we don't have to go to
market in July.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Obviously, things can happen and you never know, but that's
our game plan and.
Speaker 9 (06:13):
It's to have a really talented team as we head
into spring training.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Give that team a.
Speaker 9 (06:19):
Chance to gel and bond together and not need to
go to market in July where prices are two acts
what they are other times.
Speaker 10 (06:29):
Yeah, Tanner, Andrew and Brandon's the front office talks a
lot about making this a destination where players want to play.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Speak to that in your own case.
Speaker 10 (06:41):
How is that kind of manifested itself across the board?
Speaker 6 (06:47):
I mean, California is beautiful, especially in Los Angeles. I
mean who doesn't want to live here? And I mean
me and my wife are loving it right now and
we can't wait for the next four year years and
it's going to be really exciting times and we hope
that we just keep winning.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Me too, I just don't know which Mike to speak in.
Speaker 8 (07:12):
So it's like, uh, for any of the three of
you guys. Obviously, you guys have kind of not had
like a designated closer per se the last couple of years. Obviously,
getting somebody like Tanner who has that track record, do
you envision using him and more of a designated closer
role or do you kind of foresee doing the same
thing you guys have the past couple of years when
it comes to that spot.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Yeah, I think throughout this process, you know, having conversations
with Danny and going through Tanner and obviously Doc and Andrew,
I think this is he's Tanner's gonna get a ton
of opportunities to close games. But you know the biggest
thing is how it all fits together to handle the
back end. So you know, I think, you know, the
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main focus will be how best do we put together
you know, that bullpen down the stretch for out to
figure out how he's gonna deploy guys. But we anticipate
Tanner getting a lot of saves.
Speaker 9 (08:07):
And not surprisingly, Tanner's mindset is I just want to win,
whatever that looks like. And I think just speaks to
who he is as a competitor and how much he
wants to win, and how much that fits into the
culture and our bullpen and just what he's going to
add to it.
Speaker 11 (08:26):
Tanner, your story is not like an Overnight Sensations story.
There's a lot of work coming from all the way
back from Ohio to here. How would you describe that journey?
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Long, long, long, it was.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
It was a long journey, and I'm very grateful for
the journey.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
I think it really helped to define who I was
in a way.
Speaker 6 (08:46):
But I'm glad that I landed here in LA And
it's a it was a long journey, fun journey, and
I mean anyone that has to go through it, I mean,
you love it, you hate it, but it is what
it is, and I'm glad everything clicked and landed me here.
Speaker 11 (09:04):
Was there something in Miami or even Baltimore that clicked
for you that kind of turned the page for you?
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Definitely when I was in Sorry, I just.
Speaker 6 (09:13):
When I was in Miami Mills Stotomyre Junior, it really
helped me.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
And my first year in Miami, I wasn't the greatest.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
And we worked a lot, a lot, so I give
a lot of credit to him. And twenty three and
twenty four everything clicked and it was, Hey, I'm gonna
go out there and attack. I just want the ball.
I want to win, and that's my mindset every single day.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Hey, I'm just curious.
Speaker 6 (09:39):
You know your year, your last year started in Miami,
you go to San Diego, you're here now.
Speaker 7 (09:43):
How much of a whirlwind had the past kind of
six months felt like for you?
Speaker 6 (09:49):
It was a lot, But I mean I'd rather it
be a lot, and it's really positive. My time in
Miami was great. My time in San Diego was great.
We didn't want to play the Dodgers because there was
a good team. Then thankfully they offered me and I'm
here now and it was it was a great time
at both those places.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
But I'm happy where I'm at now.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
I didn't know from what I've seen, you have a
really good relationship with Evan Phillips.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
What is it like just I don't think.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Just what has he.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Told you about this Bullpen, this group of guys, and
how much you're looking forward to just building relationships and
really getting to know even coaches like Josh bart Oh.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Yeah, I'm definitely excited to meet everyone. And then yes,
me and Evan have a really close relationship and he's
probably text me way too much this offseason. I love
the guy, but not that much. So No, it's going
to be really exciting to meet everyone. And uh, I mean,
the Bullpen's a small family inside of a big family,
and it's going to be great to build that relationship
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and then.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Keep moving forward with that cool thank you.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Well, there you go, say hello to one of the
newest Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott interesting Rodney, and that was
his news conference at the stadium, so you got to
hear him for the first time. Why did he sign
with the Dodgers? What was one of the big reasons. Well,
that was the first team that called him as soon
as he became a free agent got he got his
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first call from the Dodgers, and I think that shows
you how much they were really interested in him.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 12 (11:36):
You said it before, you know earlier that once the
Dodgers have their sights on you and they're looking at you,
it doesn't matter if it's two years down the road,
seven years down the road, you're going to stay in
their rolodecks and they're going to keep their eye on you.
And they've done that with numerous players that they didn't
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get a chance to get at one point, but then
years later they found themselves in a position to get them.
Like you mentioned Tommy Edmond, but also Tanner Scott is
another one. What I find fascinating, and it's what everybody
says when they come here, is I want to win.
And that is that that's a competitor, that's a player's mentality,
you know, you get to a certain point where, yes,
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the money is fantastic. Don't get me wrong, the money
is great. In professional sports. You make a living, a
very good living. But at the end of the day,
you never forget why you played the sport in the
first place, since you were eight years old or whenever
you started, is that you wanted to win, and that's
what drives you. And when you get to a situation
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and you're not winning, it's not fun. And so you know,
for him to say that's what I wanted to do
is win. What surprises me is that you look at
the Dodgers and they're going out and they're being aggressive.
They just want a World Series And could easily just
sit back and say, we want a World Series and
last year, so we're you know, we don't need to
really be aggressive this offseason. But they went the us
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the direction. They went the direction like a team that
was desperate, a desperate team to that hadn't want it
in years and now they're trying to put together a team.
But that is the mentality of the Dodgers and reverse
the guy has been lights out and was lights out
for your club, why wouldn't San Diego offer him why
wouldn't San Diego try to resign him. That is the
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difference in the Padres organization and the Dodger organization. Well,
right now they can't afford him, can't let guys out
the building for it.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
No, you can never let the greats go agree one
hundred percent, but sometimes you got a lot of walk
if you can't afford him. The Dodgers gave this guy
a four year deal at eighteen million dollars a year. Now,
even for the Dodgers, that's a bit pricey for a reliever.
But the point you make is so incredibly well taken.
What the Dodgers have done during this offseason looks like
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they need to be competitive and make a lot of
moves so that they can become in the conversation, that's
not the case. They just won the World Series. They
acted like a team that was a few players away
to get a shot at it, but they had just
won it. So what they did is completely completely improved
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the team that already won. And I don't know how
often that happens. Quite frankly, you had just won, and
when you win, sure you want to bring back your
own guys, but there's a chance you'll lose one or two,
you know that, and maybe you start bringing guys up
and give them a chance and work their way in.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
These guys went at it like.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
We have a one in one hundred years and this
is going to be our season and we're going for it.
I mean Tanner he said he wanted to win, and
when asked, Andrew Friedman said, Doc will make the decisions
Dave Roberts. So let's dispel the myth that Andrew Friedman
or Brandon Gomes has given Dave Roberts the card on
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who to play. Went Doc will make the decisions, but
they envision Tanner getting a lot of chances and a
lot of saves at the end of the game.
Speaker 12 (15:09):
You mean wait, you mean Andrew and Brandon are not
calling into the dugout mid game in the fifth inning
and telling them put this guy in and take this
guy out, like you know Al Davis used to call
down from the booth and the Raiders back in the
day that guy out of the game.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Given what he just said, apparently that line has been
disconnected for this season, that Dave Roberts has made zero
decisions and just simply picks up a notepad before the
game and walks in and goes.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
By the number. How absurd is that is? People still
want to try to believe that.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
If Dave Roberts didn't earn people's respect after last year,
then he'll never earn it. Yeah, it's impossible he can't
earn it after the job he did. But they did
say he'll get his chances to close and we'll probably
get a lot of saves. But that doesn't mean you're
going to see him in the ninth inning every night
once they get Kirby Yates done at thirty three saves
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last year.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Yeah, he did.
Speaker 12 (16:08):
And with Kopek going to be out, the word came
down he's going to be out the first month of
the season. Yeah, he might get more early, you know,
the early half of the season until you know Kopek
comes back. But because if you look at last year,
Kopek was lights out as the closer last year and
and I'm sure when he's healthy again he'll he'll go
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back into that role. But we've seen this with the Dodgers.
They've had different guys closed all the time. It's been
kind of by committee, you know, outside of when Keilly
Jansen was here, when you knew California. Love came out
for about what a five six year stretch. You knew
Kinley was closing and he was your guy. But after that,
it's it's been Evan Phillips, been Blake Trining, It's been
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different guys that have have closed out. Kopek was fantastic
last year, and I'm sure he will be again. But
that's not to say that Tanner Scott early in the
season could fit into that role as well.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
Or Yates or Yates.
Speaker 12 (17:05):
Yes, exactly, absolutely, they have an abundance of guys that
they can fit in that role, and they'll have the
luxury of kind of playing with it Fred for the
first couple of months of the season.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
Remember the Dodger philosophy. Remember, you need to get so
many outs. That's how they look at it. They don't
look at it like you do or I do. Oh,
we're in the sixth who are you going to bring it?
They need so many outs, That's how they approach this. Okay,
so who will be hitting for the opponent in the sixth?
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We need those outs? Who is our guy that will
do the best job against that part of the lineup.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
That guy's gonna pitch. Now we're in the seventh. We
need so many outs.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
When you get to the eighth inning, let's say the
heart of the order for the other team is coming
up and you've got a small lead, so you really
got to shut them down right here. And this is it,
this is the heart of the order. Well, we've seen
in the past, and it'll probably happen again. You might
think they will hold Tanner Scott to close in the ninth,
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but if they feel that the power is coming up
in the eighth and he matches up well against those guys,
that's when you'll see him. And maybe in the ninth
you'll see trying it, or maybe in the ninth you'll
see Yates. They're gonna match guys up. That's how they
do it. They've kind of revolutionized the way you operate
the bullpen as well. They're looking for twenty seven outs
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and how are they going to get them?
Speaker 12 (18:34):
You're absolutely right, because if it's the seventh inning, in
the heart of the lineup and you got Machado Tatis
coming up, you know, and it's a one run ball game,
well that's the most important inning because that may be
the last time those guys come up, and any threat
with their big guns coming up, who you bring it in,
And oftentimes they would bring in Blake trying it in
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the past, or a guy like Evan Phillips comes shut
that down. He did a great job doing that last
year in high leverage situations. So they've got many guys
to choose from to make that happen. So it's it's
it's scary for other teams. It's scary what the Dodgers
can trot out there on the mound, you know. I
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mean we're not even talking about at the plate what
they can do, but just just from a pitching standpoint,
what they can trot out to the hill is absolutely scary.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
And what Andrew Friedman has done this offseason, at least
in my mind, is unprecedented, and he has a reason
for it. We're gonna spend money right now and get
the guys we need, and we need everybody to stay healthy. Certainly,
we have enough now where we have some reserves if
somebody goes down for a while, but we're gonna do
it right now. And here is why he doesn't want
to be a buyer in July at the trade deadline.
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He doesn't want to do that, and he spoke of
it at the new setting. Yes, And he said, you're
paying two times as much. The cost is double in
what you have to give up at the trade deadline.
So I think I'll do all my shopping now. We'll
just go to the store and buy everything we need
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so we don't have to go shopping again. And that's
why they have done this. So when doing this has
a cost of money, sure it has again they have
all the money, but it's cost him money. But it
hasn't cost them the players. It hasn't cost them the
prospects that they may have had to give up when
you get to the trade deadline. That's why they've done it.
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That's why they've made the move they have. I mean,
he said he wants to win. When Sazaki was introduced
and had his high I'm here and Friedman was there,
Dave Roberts, Brandon Gohmes and San cast and gotten in
one on that picture.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
He was on the stage for that one too.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
He said he chose the Dodgers because of the stability
in the front office and thought he could grow as
a player. The moster, of course, is what we said
before he even made a decision. If you want to grow,
if you want to win. This is the place to
come and that's why he picked the Dodgers. He wants
to be great from the beginning, and they will give
him every opportunity to do so. Tanner Scott, he wanted
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to be in a place he can win. I'm sure
we will hear that from Yates. He wanted to be
in a place he can win. Michael CONFORDO thinks he
just won the lottery. That guy's got to be the
happiest person on the face of the planet. That the
Dodgers called him and said, you're in. We need you
for a year. You'll be a starting outfielder for us.
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Come in play for us. That guy's probably losing his mind.
He's so happy because he's now here.
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Think about it, he's here.
Speaker 12 (21:44):
He looked up and saw what tail Tusker Hernandis did
last year and got to be a part of. I mean,
tayl did more for the Dodgers' landing free aid than
a lot of folks realized, coming here, betting on yourself
being in a great organization, rising, you know, raising your stock.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
You know.
Speaker 12 (22:06):
He goes on and wins the home run Derby, and
also they win the World Series in which he's a
big part of it, and then gets to sign back
with him. It's an incredible story and I'm sure other
guys looked at that. Damn that's that's that's where I
want to be. I got a chance to shine on
the biggest stage. And again, Fred, it is not just
the biggest stage, because you're gonna, you know, be in
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the playoffs and be in the World Series, which is great.
That's where you want to be. But it's also on
a Friday night, Fred, where there's fifty thousand people in
the stands at Dodger Stadium in July. It's it's that
Sunday afternoon where there's forty five thousand people in the
stands in mid May. I mean, you don't get that
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in Pittsburgh. You don't get that. In Cincinnati, you don't
get that. Even down in Sandy, you don't get that.
It isn't in credible scene to be a part of that.
Every I can tell you. As a player, when you
come out, you get energized knowing, oh we got a
nice crowd today, Oh yeah, what's the crowd gonna be like?
You think about those things and when you walk out
and you run out for that first pitch and you
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know that that stadium is packed and jammed and got
the Dodger blue on. That is that is motivation and
it's excitement, and it's like, man, this.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
Is this is really really cool.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
You know the pictures I saw of Sazaki, he was
putting on his uniform. Yes, number eleven. Yes, didn't the
Dodgers have a number eleven?
Speaker 4 (23:37):
Yes? Yes?
Speaker 12 (23:40):
And what's going on with that? That number eleven was
Mickey Rojas. So it was very interesting that that's the jersey.
Sometimes they put a guy comes in, especially a young
player like that, who is you know, you know, sign
a modern lague deal and and and it's going to
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you know, be in spring training. But you know, at
some point we all believe he's gonna be with the
big club and pitching in the major leagues. But for
him to put on a specific number, what does that
actually mean? You know, there's something to that. And because
it could they could have left it blanked. It could
have it could have been just a number that nobody
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has right now. It's an obscure number. But it was
specifically number eleven, So that I wonder if there's something
to that for it.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Well, first I'm sure sozict he's not wearing number sixty
four because he's going to start the season in the rotation.
I mean, he's not going to be number seventy five.
He's going to start the season in the rotation.
Speaker 12 (24:46):
Yeah, number, he's going to have to switch at you know,
someone wants to get to the big league.
Speaker 4 (24:51):
He's in.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
And the other thing is, I think he may have
had a conversation with Rojas and and make he agreed
to give him his jersey. So that turns into this
because you have to understand it's the way it is.
Otani gave Joe Kelly's wife a Porsche. Yeah right, absolutely,
So if that's the case, you know what it's Tazaki,
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you have to give up. What do you have to
give him? I did make you just say, you know what,
I get it, you got a number.
Speaker 12 (25:20):
He doesn't have Otani money right now. So Otani, you
know he got he got that money for that Porsche,
you know, picking through the couch, the pocket change in
the couch that just lays through, and got that Porsche
for Joe Kelly's wife. But who knows. I mean, I
think it was an agreement all along. When this kid
was being wooed by the Dodgers and that's his favorite
number and all that kind of stuff. Then NIGGI rose like, listen,
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if if giving up my number is what it takes
to get this kid and land this kid as part
of it, I'm cool with giving up number eleven.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
It could be as simple as that.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
And what do you think would have happened if they
went to him and said, Miggy, uh, you know we're close,
but we're taking this number eleven and he goes, no, no,
I'm not doing it.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
I don't care. Well you would. Well listen, Mickey is
not Freddy and not Moki.
Speaker 12 (26:13):
So if if if if Suzaki said, you know what,
I gotta have number five or I gotta have number fifty,
that's a different story than saying.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
I need number eleven.
Speaker 13 (26:26):
Right, he's not getting Freddy's jersey, he's not getting he's
not getting Mookie's fifty either, So uh, that's a little
bit different story.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
David Vassa is going to jump on here, uh sometime
during this hour, perhaps early next hour, because he's out
there talking to Tanner Scott right now. Uh when we
come back, now, tell me, please tell me. Bill Plaski
has not cursed the season already.
Speaker 12 (26:52):
Oh stop it, yeah, bring it right, come on, Yeah,
Tanna Scott, he is, Sazaki is.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
Signed, sealed, delivered.
Speaker 12 (27:13):
That's what I'm talking Ronnie Pete, Fred Rogan on throw
Back Thursday. Yes, you just heard it Tennis Scott press
conference not too long ago.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
You heard Sazaki press conference. Who's next, Freddy, Who's next?
Well let's find out. Go back out to Dodger Stadium.
David Vasse is standing by, Hey, Dave.
Speaker 14 (27:34):
Hey, guys. Yeah, just spoke to Tanner Scott and said,
obviously they're all excited, but a large part of this
was having buy in to not just being the closer
and ranking up saves in the ninth inning. So they
got the buy in.
Speaker 4 (27:55):
I think Dave's in a bad cell area.
Speaker 14 (27:58):
Yeah, at Rodgers Stadium. Fred No, I understand.
Speaker 12 (28:01):
You're in the corridors. Got cut off a little bit, dated,
You got cut off a little bit, Dave.
Speaker 4 (28:06):
That's all. It's all good.
Speaker 14 (28:08):
Hey, how are we doing now, guys? I moved around
Chavez Ravine a little bit, and uh yeah, I just
want to relay that the biggest part of this signing
is that Tanner Scott is bought into the fact that
he's not going to be exclusive to the ninth inning
and racking up essays, he's going to be a guy
that's gonna do with Evan Phillips and Michael Kopek and
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others have done. And that's be ready whether or not
the high leverage part of the lineup's coming up in
the seventh or eighth or ninth to really buy into
that role. And that's something that he expressed that he
just wants to win.
Speaker 4 (28:42):
Hey, Dave, isn't that I mean, he just heard him.
Speaker 12 (28:46):
You know, he has a relationship with Evan Phillips, but
and other guys and players talk, Dave. You know there's
players talk to other players, and especially when they're free agents,
and hey, this is how we do it over here.
But that has been the mantra since Dave Roberts is here,
Andrew Freeman, those guys have been here, is that you know,
you fit into what the Dodgers do, whether we need
you to play second base, third base, right field, center field,
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you swallow your pride a little bit at the door
and come in and do it the dodge away and
everybody realizes that. Yet still people want to come here.
What I mean, that's that's got to speak volumes for
the Dodgers organization, that guys want to come here and
be willing to sacrifice something just to.
Speaker 14 (29:26):
Be honest, Yes, and Rodney is and Rodney It's really
about the culture that Andrew Friedman has built since he
took over, even during John Manningly's last year as the manager.
It's taken a slow build and obviously the dynamics of
baseball up change. But I remember when the Dodgers signed
Sergio Romo Dave Roberts first year, and Romo wanted specific innings,
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and Dave Roberts said, look, that's not the way we're
doing things anymore. We're not doing it by innings. It's
more about groupings of hitters. And they brought in guys
that buy into that philosophy because you can't have you know,
number one closers may have just as big of an
ego as any other player in all of Major League Baseball.
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That's just the reality of how it goes. And to
have guys like Evan Phillips and Kopek and now Tanner
Scott that are checking their egos at the door for
the better of the team and to buy into this
new philosophy of groupings of hitters instead of innings and
racking up numbers. That just says a lot about the Dodgers,
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not just again spending money on certain or anybody. It's
about being very specific on the players that they believe
will buy into their philosophy of winning. And well, you
have a track record now that the Dodgers have had
under Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts and just how they
do things. You know, it's hard to argue against that
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if you're a player.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
Where are we with Kirby Yates?
Speaker 14 (31:01):
Nothing official yet. I did ask Brandon Gomes about that.
They're not ready to even talk about Kirby Yates right now,
but look, it's going to happen, and they're going to
have two veteran relievers now that were highly coveted by
many other teams out there. I know the Rangers really
wanted to sign Kirby Yates back, and the Dodgers spoiled
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those plans and have spoiled a lot of plans for
a lot of teams. So Kirby Yates is going to
be a Dodger. It's just a matter of when, not if.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
And Dave what happens with Bruce Star Gretarol.
Speaker 14 (31:36):
Well, Bruce Star Gretarol underwent right labrum surgery on his
pitching shoulders, so he's not going to be ready the
first half of the season. So that's another part of
all this as far as the Dodgers signing these pitchers.
Speaker 12 (31:52):
And Kopek as well. Right, he's not going to be
ready for the first month of the season. Is that
what I'm hearing.
Speaker 14 (31:58):
That's what Bob Ningeale reported his agent Scott Boris, and
the Dodgers have not commented about that publicly, but obviously
when you have a guy like Bob nine Gel tweeting
something like that, yeah, they'll assume that it's true or
close to true.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
Dave a report, I don't know if you confirm or no.
Maybe trade and Ryan Brazier now because they have so
many guys in the bullpen.
Speaker 14 (32:25):
Yeah, my understanding is he's definitely one of the players
that are being discussed in trade talks with other teams,
and you know, he has a high price tag. Chris
Taylor has a high price tag. They both only have
this upcoming season left on their contract, so it could
be enticing to another team that is looking to shed
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a player with multi years and big numbers to maybe
acquire a Brazier and Chris Taylor because it would be
an exchange of salaries for only one season.
Speaker 12 (32:57):
Dave Tazaki is obviously probably going to be on the
fast track to start pitching in the big league. How
do you see that playing out through spring training and
his development and then how quickly he comes up.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 14 (33:12):
I asked Andrew Freeman about that yesterday when we spoke
to him after the press conference, and he said he
wasn't sure just exactly how they're going to deploy Sazaki
right now, But you would have to imagine Rodney. He's
twenty three years old. This is not just a short
term signing. It's a long term signing. And that's why
the fit is so perfect for Sasaki on the Dodgers
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is because he's not going to be thrust into being
the anchor or the ace of the staff. The Dodgers
have the infrastructure of pitching depth to allow him to
ease into it. So I don't see him and there's
no number that's been thrown out, but I just can't
see him throwing more than one hundred and twenty one
hundred and thirty innings, and I just feel like the
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Dodgers are going to be very careful with him because,
like I said, it's a long term signing. He's not
just here for one year. The Dodgers have him under
a team friendly cost for the next six years. And
one of the most important parts of him choosing the
Dodgers was how they're going to help him get better
and help him, you know, stay healthy.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
But he's in the he's in the rotation opening day, right.
Speaker 14 (34:24):
I can't say that, Fred, I don't know that. It's
a whole new adjustment, and it would be spectacular. It
would be spectacular to see him and Yamamoto pitch those
two games in Tokyo. But I know anybody that tells you,
Fred they know that answer, they're not being truthful because
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the Dodgers may not even know that answer right now.
Speaker 12 (34:48):
Hey, Dave, speaking of that, do we know timeline is
like ballpark when Otani could possibly.
Speaker 4 (34:57):
Start pitching.
Speaker 14 (35:00):
That's not going to be Once we get to spring training, Rodney,
we'll have a more clear idea of when Otani may
be able to pitch. But I could tell you, like,
there's a thought in my mind that if the Dodgers
have a full boat of pitchers. What's the rush to
start him? You want him at the finish line, you
don't want him. The importance is in April or May.
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It's October for Otani if he's off the mound.
Speaker 4 (35:28):
All right, Dave, good job out there today. Thanks for
checking out doing your Thanks brother always.
Speaker 14 (35:34):
Thank you guys. Great to be with you.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
There goes our buddy David Vassy. If it happens, he
knows about it. The pulse of the Dodgers beats within
David Vass's heart.
Speaker 4 (35:47):
Is that fair? Wow? That's like says through the hour glass.
So that's right by the day of our lives. Okay.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
So I don't know how your life's going, but tomorrow
I know where you need to be here in Coachella
at Spotlight twenty nine, Casino, noon to three. Eric Dickerson,
Christian Dacoyer, Rodney myself. It is our now annual trek
to the Coachella Valley. We will do the show from
Spotlight twenty nine. There is food, There are drinks, alcohol
(36:18):
if you want to pay for it. If not, you
know we've got all non alcoholic drinks for you. So
we'll feed you, give you something to drink. We're giving
away prizes. Last year we had a ton of fun.
It was a great show. So I would recommend if
you're coming first go to AM five seventy LA sports
dot com slash Promotions and register be a registered guest.
What does that mean? Only good things? If you're a
(36:39):
registered guest, only good things. But if you get there
and the sign ups are closed or you don't get
a chance to register, you still can come out. Everybody's
got a chance to win. It's a great time. We
had the best time last year, Rodney and looking forward
to seeing everybody out here tomorrow one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (36:56):
Can't wait. Come on out, y'all, Come on.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Out, top of the hour, into the NFL, the championship
games on the line. Who goes to the Super Bowl.
We'll talk with Vinnie bon Senior about that.
Speaker 12 (37:12):
Yeah, boy, this came out. Nobody was hotter than this
man right here. Today's throwback Thursday edition of Afternoon Delight
is My Prerogative by Bobby Brown. This track was the
second single all of his Don't Be Cruel album, which
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was released in nineteen eighty eight and reached number one
on the Billboard Hot One hundred yards.
Speaker 4 (37:38):
In January of nineteen eighty nine, In.
Speaker 12 (37:43):
Addition to reaching gold status, was over five hundred thousand
units sold. The song was also nominated for the Grammy
Award for Best R and B Song.
Speaker 4 (37:53):
Again.
Speaker 12 (37:54):
Today's throwback Thursday edition of Afternoon Delight is.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
My Prerogative by Bobby Brown. All Right, and now.
Speaker 3 (38:08):
From the court to the court room with Jacob em
Ronnie by Rodney.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
Let's welcome on our good friend Jacob m Ronnie and Jacob.
Speaker 4 (38:15):
How are you today?
Speaker 15 (38:17):
Hey Fred, Hey Rodney, how you guys doing.
Speaker 12 (38:20):
We are fantastic, Jacob, Let's jump right into how are
you doing?
Speaker 4 (38:24):
Man? I just was awakened this morning to more.
Speaker 12 (38:27):
Fires man, and it's just, uh, it's it's a it's
astonishing and horrific and all those things. Jacob, what can
you tell us about what you're hearing at your office
and what's going on?
Speaker 15 (38:41):
Yeah, I mean astonishing. I don't think we've seen, you know,
catastrophic events like this here in you know, Los Angeles
and the surrounding areas in many years, and uh, you know,
we uh, we're right in the middle of it. In
terms of they're getting a lot of phone calls, getting
a lot of you know, people who are confused, a
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lot of people are emotional, but they want to do
the right thing and protect themselves and their families. You know,
all of these different fires have left families literally with nothing.
I mean, people left with the shirt on their back
and could not get back into their homes. And you know,
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obviously every one of these fires is being reported in
a different way in terms of what was the cause
of this fire and you know why it occurred. But
you know, we've had an opportunity to meet with a
lot of people, speak to a lot of people, you know,
do a lot of what I would call good things
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for the community. We've been doing a lot of pro
bono reviewing people's paperwork and just answering questions and just
kind of allowing us to be, you know, a place
for people to call if they have questions in terms
of all of these different fires. Specifically for us, we've
been doing a lot with the Eaton fires. Uh and
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those are the fires that were in the Pasadena, Altadena
and the surrounding areas.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
Jacob, we hear your team is reviewing insurance claims and
FEMA forms pro bono.
Speaker 4 (40:24):
What does that mean?
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 15 (40:27):
Absolutely, so you know, we are putting our time and
helping people for free in terms of reviewing their insurance policies.
Many people who've never had to open their insurance policy
having to do with their home or their business are
now having to try to figure out what it all means.
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And you know, we have been reviewing those insurance policies
and walking people through them. You know, people have come
together in order to help all of these individuals that
have been badly, badly damaged. But you know, our job
here in the community, as we've been around here now
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for about twenty eight years now, is to try to
be there for the people. And a lot of people
don't know how to fill up these forms. They don't
know how to make a claim against their own insurance company,
which is called a first party insurance a claim. They
don't know where FEMA stands, why FEMA's there. So it's
given us an opportunity in order to explain to people,
(41:34):
you know, how to go about it, what's step one,
what's step two, what's step three, and review stuff for
them without charging them. And it's important for all of
our listeners to know that nobody should be charging you
for reviewing your insurance policy. Nobody should be taken advantage
of you by charging you to fill up you know,
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FEMA paperwork or insurance paperwork of the time that you know,
people have to come out and try to help the
people do the right thing and you know, recover all
that they have lost.
Speaker 12 (42:10):
Jacob, I mean you mentioned you're already representing and filed
some lawsuits. Are these class action suits? And who can
who can join these lawsuits?
Speaker 4 (42:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 15 (42:22):
So, so just to take it back a little bit,
it's important to understand that yes, we are representing people.
We are going to be filing a number of lawsuits
in the Superior Court either today or tomorrow. And it's
important to understand that currently these lawsuits are being filed
on behalf of individuals who lost their home, lost their business,
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had their home affected. Even you know, by losing your home,
it could be burnt all the way down, partially burnt.
People who may have lost their vehicles, a lot of
their personal property may be either been destroyed or may
have been completely completely damaged. Anybody who is in the
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area has a claim and it's called the third party claim.
And I'll explain that a little bit further. If your
home burn down into Altadena Pasadena fires, which they are
now labeling to eating fires. What has been shown now
in terms of evidence is that Edison's equipment was involved
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in the start of the fire. And once we're able
to prove that, then anybody who lost their home, their business,
their personal belongings has the rights in order to make
a recovery from a recovery bucket that is completely different
than your own insurance that you've paid for in order
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to ensure you in terms of your home, your personal property,
and your business. This is a complete different bucket. It's
also a complete different bucket than any help that you
would get from FEMA. And on those type of cases,
when people are hiring us to file the lawsuit against Edison,
then at that point we are coming to an agreement
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to charge them, you know, a fee for that, and
it's a contingency fee, which means we don't get paid
unless we recover. So at this particular moment, this is
what you know a number of attorneys who have all
you know, come together to help the done. We have
actually partnered up with another very strong law firm in
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order to increase our resources even more than we already
have in order to have more experts with hands on
deck to you know, work on these lawsuits, hire investigators
to be able to understand because this is going to
be a long process, guys. This is not something that's
going to get done in a few months. But right
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now a lot of the people are proactively wanting to
be involved in these claims. And the reason it's important
for people to understand they have that right is that
the steps that people are taking right now is that
the first thing they're supposed to be doing is to
reach out to their insurance company and make a claim. Usually,
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insurance companies are not there in order to be straight
and help people, but because this is such a catastrophic
event and the microscope is on them, a lot of
our clients and a lot of the information that we're
seeing is that the insurance companies are in fact stepping
up and they are paying. The thing that's important to
understand is that when you make a claim with your
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insurance bucket, the insurance that you have has different buckets
within itself. Number One, they pay for your dwelling if
the house is burnt down. Number Two, you have a
bucket that talks about your personal property. That's where you
have and you have the right to recover all the
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personal property that many people have lost. There's also buckets
in terms of being able to recover for loss of
use of your home being misplaced, or having an alternative,
you know, living expenses that everybody is facing now by
having to you know, rent home, buying new clothes and
all that. It's important for people who are listening who say,
(46:24):
I just want to make a claim with my insurance
and I may not even want to be involved with
these Edison lawsuits that are firm and many other you know,
firms are involved with. It's fine if that's what they
want to do, but it's important to understand it. Even
if you're making a claim with your own insurance company,
there are steps you have to take and it's important
(46:47):
for you even though it's very difficult and a lot
of people you know are having a hard time, but
it's important that as of right now, you start to
put down and write down all of the personal proper
you lost while it's still fresh in your mind. We
encourage a lot of people who we talk to and
we're representing to go through videos that they have taken
(47:11):
inside their house for birthdays, gatherings pictures. They have to
remind them and make a list of everything they've lost,
because you are supposed to present that most of the
time to your insurance company to recover for your personal property.
And what a lot of people don't know is that
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whatever you represent your insurance company for your claim against
them is going to later be subpenade by the attorneys
for Edison when the lawsuit against Edison is being litigated.
So it's really important that right now for the people
who are making claim against their insurance to be able
to talk to an attorney. We can help with that
(47:56):
to make sure that all the information that they're putting
in those claims are correct, because if you don't write
it correctly, then then down the line when you have
the claim against Edison, they're going to say, well, you
only claimed you lost, for example, one hundred thousand dollars
in personal property when you filed your claim against your
home insurance, but now you're filing a claim against us
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Edison and you're saying you lost five hundred thousand, which
is correct. So that's why we walk them through to
put the right terminology in there, to be able to
make sure that you know there's a coverall so that
they can be protected with their first claim against the
insurance company. Then after that the additional money they can
get from FEMA, and then the complete separate bucket which
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is a lawsuit against Edison.
Speaker 1 (48:42):
All right, and final question, Jacob, how would a homeowner
get full value for their inventory and things they lost?
Speaker 12 (48:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 15 (48:51):
So you know what I just explained in terms of
getting full value is for them to be able to
make that list, to be able to get credit card receipts,
to be able to find any evidence for what they purchased.
The other part of it is to get full value
for their home. There's a thing called the scope of work.
And usually when an insurance company that you're making your
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first party claim, your own insurance company, when they're coming
to pay you, they will do a scope of work,
which means to come out and look at you know,
how much it would cost for you to rebuild your home.
That scope of work that the insurance company gives you
is just their analysis that they run through a system.
We encourage a lot of the people, after you get
the scope of work from the insurance company, to also
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bring your own contractor out and have them do a
scope of work because your insurance company may believe it
will cost five hundred dollars an hour for you five
hundred dollars a square foot, I'm sorry, in order for
you to rebuild, but the practical aspect of it maybe
one thousand dollars. So you want to be able to
have your own scope of work. And I know I'm
explaining a lot of stuff, but I just hope that
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our listeners are getting a taste of all the different
steps that they can, you know, that they can take
and they should be taking to protect themselves as they
are putting their life back together. And I just want
them to know that we are here in order to help.
We're doing a lot of the work for free, and
I really do hope that they use us and any
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other resources that are there for them for free. There's
a lot of people and that I have to say
this that are landing here from you know, San Diego
and San Francisco and all their places. The planes are
landing here and these people are making, you know, all
of these commercials in order to help the people, and
some of them are there to take advantage of the
local residents and US attorneys that are here boots on
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the ground that LA means so much to us. We
want to make sure to protect them and you know,
offer these you know, free services so that they don't
have to be duped into going with somebody that is
not really here to help eight.
Speaker 1 (50:50):
Twenty four Jacob eight four four twenty four Jacob. Jacob
and his team are there for you and to help you.
Speaker 4 (50:58):
Also.
Speaker 12 (50:59):
Also, red fire at Calledjacob dot com is another way
you can get help if you need it. And Jacob,
we can't thank you enough and appreciate you enough, man,
And I know you you and your whole firm work
tirelessly and give back to this community so much, and
we just want to say we appreciate you.
Speaker 15 (51:18):
Brother, Thank you. I appreciate you guys as well. And
you know, I want to just let our listeners know
this LA Strong motto is correct and we're all here
to help each other. Thank you very much, guys.
Speaker 1 (51:29):
All right, and for a dedicated wildfire support line you
can call eight four four seven nine five one three
three three Jacob.
Speaker 15 (51:39):
Thank you, Thank you guys.
Speaker 4 (51:47):
All right.
Speaker 1 (51:47):
When we come back, Vittie bon Signori jump on here.
We'll set the stage for the NFC and AFC Championship Games,
who is going to the Super Bowl? And then later
in the hour back to the Dodgers. Please tell me
it's not the kiss of death from one individual, so
we'll talk about it.
Oh, there we go, Fred Rogan, Rodney Pete AM five
to seventy l A Sports. We'll switch our right out
to the stadium. New Dodger reliever Tanner Scott is meeting
with the media as we speak, so let's listen.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
In sign to impact free agents on back to back days,
we view as a as a good problem. You know,
what's what we consider an already really talented bullpen. It's
a unique opportunity when we get to add somebody who
is a real needle mover.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Such as Tanner.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
You know, he's someone that we have watched and admired
from afar over the years, and you know, have tried
to acquire multiple times and even last year as well,
and uh we failed to do so. And unfortunately we
got to see it far too up close and personal
down the stretch in the DS. Uh So we are
(00:54):
glad to be on this side of it today. Tanner possesses,
you know, all of the qualit that he's we value
as an organization when looking to bring on a free agent.
You know, coaches and players alike praise him as a
as a person and the work ethic, you know, his
dedication to his craft and taking care of his body
(01:18):
is really impressive as well as a real passion to
giving back to the community. You know what, what Tanner
did down the stretch last year, taking the ball every
day and doing whatever was needed to help his team win,
is something that you don't see that often when it
comes to somebody who's about to hit free agency for
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the first time. You know that for us spoke volumes
to the type of competitor he is and how that
would fit within our team and the bullpen culture that
Josh Bard has helped create. You know, obviously, our pitching
group was incredibly excited when they found the found out.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
The news about Tanner joining us.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
But I do think what was even more impressive and
speaks volumes to to Tanner, is that I think our
hitting group was equally as giddy not having to face
him and game plan UH for him, because the stuff
that he's bringing just is not something that you can
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gain plan for. So you know, with that, please join us,
UH and officially welcoming Tanner Scott UH to the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
All right, so those are the Dodger Luminaries introducing Tanner
Scott at the stadium. It is his introductory news conference
to the media in Los Angeles.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Totally, totally like that four times.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Yeah, yeah, you go down to get you where is.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And of course we will have the ceremonial presentation of
the jersey and then it is picture time and then
Tanner will address the media.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Sounds good, that's best part. You know.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
You heard Andrew Friedman say, this is somebody we've had
our ion for some time, and this is someone that
we got to know all too well up close and
personally during the playoffs. And the one thing that I
have observed about the way the Dodgers operate, and specifically
Andrew Friedman, if there is someone they have their ion,
it doesn't matter if they had their ion them seven
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years ago. If it's somebody they identified, somebody they believed
would be a contributor, they never stop looking at that person.
A perfect example of that is Tommy Edmond. Now that
is somebody the Dodgers. Andrew Friedman had his ion for
some time, and he waited and he waited, and he waited.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Till he got a shot.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
So if they identify you, if they think there's something there,
if they think that you can make a difference for Rodney,
they will pursue you as long as they they need to.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Get the Dodgers.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
When you think about just what this off season looked
like for you, the conversations with different teams, what made
Los Angeles the right decision for you and your family.
Speaker 6 (04:11):
They were the first ones to call, and I mean
me and my wife always talked about it, and they're
not a fun team to face, especially one, two, three
is kind of unfair, and uh, but it's awesome. I
was really happy that they that they made an offer,
and thank you Andrew and thank you Brandon. So you
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guys have been awesome and I know ready to win
another one. I'll be a part of this one.
Speaker 7 (04:40):
Hey Tanner a fabul ar die with the athletic as
a player sort of watching the Dodgers put together this offseason,
what sort of is your reaction sorts of seeing some
of the numbers pile up and some of the guys
that they're able to add, and the fact that they
were able to sort of give you this kind of
contract too.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Uh, it's it's gonna be a really exciting year.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
I mean, there's a great group of guys and they
keep adding people and it's awesome to see and I'm
ready to be a part of it, and whenever the
phone rings, I'm ready to go.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
I mean, I just want to win. Uh.
Speaker 8 (05:12):
For Andrew, you know, you talked at the winter meetings about,
you know, wanting to be a seller at the deadline
and kind of avoid having a patch maybe some of
the holes you guys did last year, like how much
the totality of this offseason is kind of reflection of
that and making sure you guys have shored up every
part of the roster as much as you can at
this point of the year.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, I mean, we've talked about this a lot. Obviously.
Speaker 9 (05:37):
Obviously, our goal going into each year is to win
a championship. And as we've gotten into years, some years
we've had to be more aggressive in July, some years
not as aggressive. But the one thing that has stood
every year, it is the worst time to try to
add players. And so for us going into this offseason,
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it was let's do everything we can on the front end.
Let's be as aggressive as we can be and be
in a position where we don't have to go to
market in July.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Obviously, things can happen and you never know, but that's
our game plan and.
Speaker 9 (06:13):
It's to have a really talented team as we head
into spring training.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Give that team a.
Speaker 9 (06:19):
Chance to gel and bond together and not need to
go to market in July where prices are two acts
what they are other times.
Speaker 10 (06:29):
Yeah, Tanner, Andrew and Brandon's the front office talks a
lot about making this a destination where players want to play.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Speak to that in your own case.
Speaker 10 (06:41):
How is that kind of manifested itself across the board?
Speaker 6 (06:47):
I mean, California is beautiful, especially in Los Angeles. I
mean who doesn't want to live here? And I mean
me and my wife are loving it right now and
we can't wait for the next four year years and
it's going to be really exciting times and we hope
that we just keep winning.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Me too, I just don't know which Mike to speak in.
Speaker 8 (07:12):
So it's like, uh, for any of the three of
you guys. Obviously, you guys have kind of not had
like a designated closer per se the last couple of years. Obviously,
getting somebody like Tanner who has that track record, do
you envision using him and more of a designated closer
role or do you kind of foresee doing the same
thing you guys have the past couple of years when
it comes to that spot.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Yeah, I think throughout this process, you know, having conversations
with Danny and going through Tanner and obviously Doc and Andrew,
I think this is he's Tanner's gonna get a ton
of opportunities to close games. But you know the biggest
thing is how it all fits together to handle the
back end. So you know, I think, you know, the
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main focus will be how best do we put together
you know, that bullpen down the stretch for out to
figure out how he's gonna deploy guys. But we anticipate
Tanner getting a lot of saves.
Speaker 9 (08:07):
And not surprisingly, Tanner's mindset is I just want to win,
whatever that looks like. And I think just speaks to
who he is as a competitor and how much he
wants to win, and how much that fits into the
culture and our bullpen and just what he's going to
add to it.
Speaker 11 (08:26):
Tanner, your story is not like an Overnight Sensations story.
There's a lot of work coming from all the way
back from Ohio to here. How would you describe that journey?
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Long, long, long, it was.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
It was a long journey, and I'm very grateful for
the journey.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
I think it really helped to define who I was
in a way.
Speaker 6 (08:46):
But I'm glad that I landed here in LA And
it's a it was a long journey, fun journey, and
I mean anyone that has to go through it, I mean,
you love it, you hate it, but it is what
it is, and I'm glad everything clicked and landed me here.
Speaker 11 (09:04):
Was there something in Miami or even Baltimore that clicked
for you that kind of turned the page for you?
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Definitely when I was in Sorry, I just.
Speaker 6 (09:13):
When I was in Miami Mills Stotomyre Junior, it really
helped me.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
And my first year in Miami, I wasn't the greatest.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
And we worked a lot, a lot, so I give
a lot of credit to him. And twenty three and
twenty four everything clicked and it was, Hey, I'm gonna
go out there and attack. I just want the ball.
I want to win, and that's my mindset every single day.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Hey, I'm just curious.
Speaker 6 (09:39):
You know your year, your last year started in Miami,
you go to San Diego, you're here now.
Speaker 7 (09:43):
How much of a whirlwind had the past kind of
six months felt like for you?
Speaker 6 (09:49):
It was a lot, But I mean I'd rather it
be a lot, and it's really positive. My time in
Miami was great. My time in San Diego was great.
We didn't want to play the Dodgers because there was
a good team. Then thankfully they offered me and I'm
here now and it was it was a great time
at both those places.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
But I'm happy where I'm at now.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
I didn't know from what I've seen, you have a
really good relationship with Evan Phillips.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
What is it like just I don't think.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Just what has he.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Told you about this Bullpen, this group of guys, and
how much you're looking forward to just building relationships and
really getting to know even coaches like Josh bart Oh.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Yeah, I'm definitely excited to meet everyone. And then yes,
me and Evan have a really close relationship and he's
probably text me way too much this offseason. I love
the guy, but not that much. So No, it's going
to be really exciting to meet everyone. And uh, I mean,
the Bullpen's a small family inside of a big family,
and it's going to be great to build that relationship
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and then.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Keep moving forward with that cool thank you.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Well, there you go, say hello to one of the
newest Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott interesting Rodney, and that was
his news conference at the stadium, so you got to
hear him for the first time. Why did he sign
with the Dodgers? What was one of the big reasons. Well,
that was the first team that called him as soon
as he became a free agent got he got his
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first call from the Dodgers, and I think that shows
you how much they were really interested in him.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 12 (11:36):
You said it before, you know earlier that once the
Dodgers have their sights on you and they're looking at you,
it doesn't matter if it's two years down the road,
seven years down the road, you're going to stay in
their rolodecks and they're going to keep their eye on you.
And they've done that with numerous players that they didn't
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get a chance to get at one point, but then
years later they found themselves in a position to get them.
Like you mentioned Tommy Edmond, but also Tanner Scott is
another one. What I find fascinating, and it's what everybody
says when they come here, is I want to win.
And that is that that's a competitor, that's a player's mentality,
you know, you get to a certain point where, yes,
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the money is fantastic. Don't get me wrong, the money
is great. In professional sports. You make a living, a
very good living. But at the end of the day,
you never forget why you played the sport in the
first place, since you were eight years old or whenever
you started, is that you wanted to win, and that's
what drives you. And when you get to a situation
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and you're not winning, it's not fun. And so you know,
for him to say that's what I wanted to do
is win. What surprises me is that you look at
the Dodgers and they're going out and they're being aggressive.
They just want a World Series And could easily just
sit back and say, we want a World Series and
last year, so we're you know, we don't need to
really be aggressive this offseason. But they went the us
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the direction. They went the direction like a team that
was desperate, a desperate team to that hadn't want it
in years and now they're trying to put together a team.
But that is the mentality of the Dodgers and reverse
the guy has been lights out and was lights out
for your club, why wouldn't San Diego offer him why
wouldn't San Diego try to resign him. That is the
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difference in the Padres organization and the Dodger organization. Well,
right now they can't afford him, can't let guys out
the building for it.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
No, you can never let the greats go agree one
hundred percent, but sometimes you got a lot of walk
if you can't afford him. The Dodgers gave this guy
a four year deal at eighteen million dollars a year. Now,
even for the Dodgers, that's a bit pricey for a reliever.
But the point you make is so incredibly well taken.
What the Dodgers have done during this offseason looks like
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they need to be competitive and make a lot of
moves so that they can become in the conversation, that's
not the case. They just won the World Series. They
acted like a team that was a few players away
to get a shot at it, but they had just
won it. So what they did is completely completely improved
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the team that already won. And I don't know how
often that happens. Quite frankly, you had just won, and
when you win, sure you want to bring back your
own guys, but there's a chance you'll lose one or two,
you know that, and maybe you start bringing guys up
and give them a chance and work their way in.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
These guys went at it like.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
We have a one in one hundred years and this
is going to be our season and we're going for it.
I mean Tanner he said he wanted to win, and
when asked, Andrew Friedman said, Doc will make the decisions
Dave Roberts. So let's dispel the myth that Andrew Friedman
or Brandon Gomes has given Dave Roberts the card on
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who to play. Went Doc will make the decisions, but
they envision Tanner getting a lot of chances and a
lot of saves at the end of the game.
Speaker 12 (15:09):
You mean wait, you mean Andrew and Brandon are not
calling into the dugout mid game in the fifth inning
and telling them put this guy in and take this
guy out, like you know Al Davis used to call
down from the booth and the Raiders back in the
day that guy out of the game.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Given what he just said, apparently that line has been
disconnected for this season, that Dave Roberts has made zero
decisions and just simply picks up a notepad before the
game and walks in and goes.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
By the number. How absurd is that is? People still
want to try to believe that.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
If Dave Roberts didn't earn people's respect after last year,
then he'll never earn it. Yeah, it's impossible he can't
earn it after the job he did. But they did
say he'll get his chances to close and we'll probably
get a lot of saves. But that doesn't mean you're
going to see him in the ninth inning every night
once they get Kirby Yates done at thirty three saves
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last year.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Yeah, he did.
Speaker 12 (16:08):
And with Kopek going to be out, the word came
down he's going to be out the first month of
the season. Yeah, he might get more early, you know,
the early half of the season until you know Kopek
comes back. But because if you look at last year,
Kopek was lights out as the closer last year and
and I'm sure when he's healthy again he'll he'll go
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back into that role. But we've seen this with the Dodgers.
They've had different guys closed all the time. It's been
kind of by committee, you know, outside of when Keilly
Jansen was here, when you knew California. Love came out
for about what a five six year stretch. You knew
Kinley was closing and he was your guy. But after that,
it's it's been Evan Phillips, been Blake Trining, It's been
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different guys that have have closed out. Kopek was fantastic
last year, and I'm sure he will be again. But
that's not to say that Tanner Scott early in the
season could fit into that role as well.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
Or Yates or Yates.
Speaker 12 (17:05):
Yes, exactly, absolutely, they have an abundance of guys that
they can fit in that role, and they'll have the
luxury of kind of playing with it Fred for the
first couple of months of the season.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
Remember the Dodger philosophy. Remember, you need to get so
many outs. That's how they look at it. They don't
look at it like you do or I do. Oh,
we're in the sixth who are you going to bring it?
They need so many outs, That's how they approach this. Okay,
so who will be hitting for the opponent in the sixth?
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We need those outs? Who is our guy that will
do the best job against that part of the lineup.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
That guy's gonna pitch. Now we're in the seventh. We
need so many outs.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
When you get to the eighth inning, let's say the
heart of the order for the other team is coming
up and you've got a small lead, so you really
got to shut them down right here. And this is it,
this is the heart of the order. Well, we've seen
in the past, and it'll probably happen again. You might
think they will hold Tanner Scott to close in the ninth,
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but if they feel that the power is coming up
in the eighth and he matches up well against those guys,
that's when you'll see him. And maybe in the ninth
you'll see trying it, or maybe in the ninth you'll
see Yates. They're gonna match guys up. That's how they
do it. They've kind of revolutionized the way you operate
the bullpen as well. They're looking for twenty seven outs
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and how are they going to get them?
Speaker 12 (18:34):
You're absolutely right, because if it's the seventh inning, in
the heart of the lineup and you got Machado Tatis
coming up, you know, and it's a one run ball game,
well that's the most important inning because that may be
the last time those guys come up, and any threat
with their big guns coming up, who you bring it in,
And oftentimes they would bring in Blake trying it in
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the past, or a guy like Evan Phillips comes shut
that down. He did a great job doing that last
year in high leverage situations. So they've got many guys
to choose from to make that happen. So it's it's
it's scary for other teams. It's scary what the Dodgers
can trot out there on the mound, you know. I
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mean we're not even talking about at the plate what
they can do, but just just from a pitching standpoint,
what they can trot out to the hill is absolutely scary.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
And what Andrew Friedman has done this offseason, at least
in my mind, is unprecedented, and he has a reason
for it. We're gonna spend money right now and get
the guys we need, and we need everybody to stay healthy. Certainly,
we have enough now where we have some reserves if
somebody goes down for a while, but we're gonna do
it right now. And here is why he doesn't want
to be a buyer in July at the trade deadline.
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He doesn't want to do that, and he spoke of
it at the new setting. Yes, And he said, you're
paying two times as much. The cost is double in
what you have to give up at the trade deadline.
So I think I'll do all my shopping now. We'll
just go to the store and buy everything we need
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so we don't have to go shopping again. And that's
why they have done this. So when doing this has
a cost of money, sure it has again they have
all the money, but it's cost him money. But it
hasn't cost them the players. It hasn't cost them the
prospects that they may have had to give up when
you get to the trade deadline. That's why they've done it.
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That's why they've made the move they have. I mean,
he said he wants to win. When Sazaki was introduced
and had his high I'm here and Friedman was there,
Dave Roberts, Brandon Gohmes and San cast and gotten in
one on that picture.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
He was on the stage for that one too.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
He said he chose the Dodgers because of the stability
in the front office and thought he could grow as
a player. The moster, of course, is what we said
before he even made a decision. If you want to grow,
if you want to win. This is the place to
come and that's why he picked the Dodgers. He wants
to be great from the beginning, and they will give
him every opportunity to do so. Tanner Scott, he wanted
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to be in a place he can win. I'm sure
we will hear that from Yates. He wanted to be
in a place he can win. Michael CONFORDO thinks he
just won the lottery. That guy's got to be the
happiest person on the face of the planet. That the
Dodgers called him and said, you're in. We need you
for a year. You'll be a starting outfielder for us.
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Come in play for us. That guy's probably losing his mind.
He's so happy because he's now here.
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Think about it, he's here.
Speaker 12 (21:44):
He looked up and saw what tail Tusker Hernandis did
last year and got to be a part of. I mean,
tayl did more for the Dodgers' landing free aid than
a lot of folks realized, coming here, betting on yourself
being in a great organization, rising, you know, raising your stock.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
You know.
Speaker 12 (22:06):
He goes on and wins the home run Derby, and
also they win the World Series in which he's a
big part of it, and then gets to sign back
with him. It's an incredible story and I'm sure other
guys looked at that. Damn that's that's that's where I
want to be. I got a chance to shine on
the biggest stage. And again, Fred, it is not just
the biggest stage, because you're gonna, you know, be in
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the playoffs and be in the World Series, which is great.
That's where you want to be. But it's also on
a Friday night, Fred, where there's fifty thousand people in
the stands at Dodger Stadium in July. It's it's that
Sunday afternoon where there's forty five thousand people in the
stands in mid May. I mean, you don't get that
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in Pittsburgh. You don't get that. In Cincinnati, you don't
get that. Even down in Sandy, you don't get that.
It isn't in credible scene to be a part of that.
Every I can tell you. As a player, when you
come out, you get energized knowing, oh we got a
nice crowd today, Oh yeah, what's the crowd gonna be like?
You think about those things and when you walk out
and you run out for that first pitch and you
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know that that stadium is packed and jammed and got
the Dodger blue on. That is that is motivation and
it's excitement, and it's like, man, this.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
Is this is really really cool.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
You know the pictures I saw of Sazaki, he was
putting on his uniform. Yes, number eleven. Yes, didn't the
Dodgers have a number eleven?
Speaker 4 (23:37):
Yes? Yes?
Speaker 12 (23:40):
And what's going on with that? That number eleven was
Mickey Rojas. So it was very interesting that that's the jersey.
Sometimes they put a guy comes in, especially a young
player like that, who is you know, you know, sign
a modern lague deal and and and it's going to
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you know, be in spring training. But you know, at
some point we all believe he's gonna be with the
big club and pitching in the major leagues. But for
him to put on a specific number, what does that
actually mean? You know, there's something to that. And because
it could they could have left it blanked. It could
have it could have been just a number that nobody
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has right now. It's an obscure number. But it was
specifically number eleven, So that I wonder if there's something
to that for it.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Well, first I'm sure sozict he's not wearing number sixty
four because he's going to start the season in the rotation.
I mean, he's not going to be number seventy five.
He's going to start the season in the rotation.
Speaker 12 (24:46):
Yeah, number, he's going to have to switch at you know,
someone wants to get to the big league.
Speaker 4 (24:51):
He's in.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
And the other thing is, I think he may have
had a conversation with Rojas and and make he agreed
to give him his jersey. So that turns into this
because you have to understand it's the way it is.
Otani gave Joe Kelly's wife a Porsche. Yeah right, absolutely,
So if that's the case, you know what it's Tazaki,
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you have to give up. What do you have to
give him? I did make you just say, you know what,
I get it, you got a number.
Speaker 12 (25:20):
He doesn't have Otani money right now. So Otani, you
know he got he got that money for that Porsche,
you know, picking through the couch, the pocket change in
the couch that just lays through, and got that Porsche
for Joe Kelly's wife. But who knows. I mean, I
think it was an agreement all along. When this kid
was being wooed by the Dodgers and that's his favorite
number and all that kind of stuff. Then NIGGI rose like, listen,
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if if giving up my number is what it takes
to get this kid and land this kid as part
of it, I'm cool with giving up number eleven.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
It could be as simple as that.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
And what do you think would have happened if they
went to him and said, Miggy, uh, you know we're close,
but we're taking this number eleven and he goes, no, no,
I'm not doing it.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
I don't care. Well you would. Well listen, Mickey is
not Freddy and not Moki.
Speaker 12 (26:13):
So if if if if Suzaki said, you know what,
I gotta have number five or I gotta have number fifty,
that's a different story than saying.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
I need number eleven.
Speaker 13 (26:26):
Right, he's not getting Freddy's jersey, he's not getting he's
not getting Mookie's fifty either, So uh, that's a little
bit different story.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
David Vassa is going to jump on here, uh sometime
during this hour, perhaps early next hour, because he's out
there talking to Tanner Scott right now. Uh when we
come back, now, tell me, please tell me. Bill Plaski
has not cursed the season already.
Speaker 12 (26:52):
Oh stop it, yeah, bring it right, come on, Yeah,
Tanna Scott, he is, Sazaki is.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
Signed, sealed, delivered.
Speaker 12 (27:13):
That's what I'm talking Ronnie Pete, Fred Rogan on throw
Back Thursday. Yes, you just heard it Tennis Scott press
conference not too long ago.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
You heard Sazaki press conference. Who's next, Freddy, Who's next?
Well let's find out. Go back out to Dodger Stadium.
David Vasse is standing by, Hey, Dave.
Speaker 14 (27:34):
Hey, guys. Yeah, just spoke to Tanner Scott and said,
obviously they're all excited, but a large part of this
was having buy in to not just being the closer
and ranking up saves in the ninth inning. So they
got the buy in.
Speaker 4 (27:55):
I think Dave's in a bad cell area.
Speaker 14 (27:58):
Yeah, at Rodgers Stadium. Fred No, I understand.
Speaker 12 (28:01):
You're in the corridors. Got cut off a little bit, dated,
You got cut off a little bit, Dave.
Speaker 4 (28:06):
That's all. It's all good.
Speaker 14 (28:08):
Hey, how are we doing now, guys? I moved around
Chavez Ravine a little bit, and uh yeah, I just
want to relay that the biggest part of this signing
is that Tanner Scott is bought into the fact that
he's not going to be exclusive to the ninth inning
and racking up essays, he's going to be a guy
that's gonna do with Evan Phillips and Michael Kopek and
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others have done. And that's be ready whether or not
the high leverage part of the lineup's coming up in
the seventh or eighth or ninth to really buy into
that role. And that's something that he expressed that he
just wants to win.
Speaker 4 (28:42):
Hey, Dave, isn't that I mean, he just heard him.
Speaker 12 (28:46):
You know, he has a relationship with Evan Phillips, but
and other guys and players talk, Dave. You know there's
players talk to other players, and especially when they're free agents,
and hey, this is how we do it over here.
But that has been the mantra since Dave Roberts is here,
Andrew Freeman, those guys have been here, is that you know,
you fit into what the Dodgers do, whether we need
you to play second base, third base, right field, center field,
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you swallow your pride a little bit at the door
and come in and do it the dodge away and
everybody realizes that. Yet still people want to come here.
What I mean, that's that's got to speak volumes for
the Dodgers organization, that guys want to come here and
be willing to sacrifice something just to.
Speaker 14 (29:26):
Be honest, Yes, and Rodney is and Rodney It's really
about the culture that Andrew Friedman has built since he
took over, even during John Manningly's last year as the manager.
It's taken a slow build and obviously the dynamics of
baseball up change. But I remember when the Dodgers signed
Sergio Romo Dave Roberts first year, and Romo wanted specific innings,
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and Dave Roberts said, look, that's not the way we're
doing things anymore. We're not doing it by innings. It's
more about groupings of hitters. And they brought in guys
that buy into that philosophy because you can't have you know,
number one closers may have just as big of an
ego as any other player in all of Major League Baseball.
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That's just the reality of how it goes. And to
have guys like Evan Phillips and Kopek and now Tanner
Scott that are checking their egos at the door for
the better of the team and to buy into this
new philosophy of groupings of hitters instead of innings and
racking up numbers. That just says a lot about the Dodgers,
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not just again spending money on certain or anybody. It's
about being very specific on the players that they believe
will buy into their philosophy of winning. And well, you
have a track record now that the Dodgers have had
under Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts and just how they
do things. You know, it's hard to argue against that
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if you're a player.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
Where are we with Kirby Yates?
Speaker 14 (31:01):
Nothing official yet. I did ask Brandon Gomes about that.
They're not ready to even talk about Kirby Yates right now,
but look, it's going to happen, and they're going to
have two veteran relievers now that were highly coveted by
many other teams out there. I know the Rangers really
wanted to sign Kirby Yates back, and the Dodgers spoiled
(31:23):
those plans and have spoiled a lot of plans for
a lot of teams. So Kirby Yates is going to
be a Dodger. It's just a matter of when, not if.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
And Dave what happens with Bruce Star Gretarol.
Speaker 14 (31:36):
Well, Bruce Star Gretarol underwent right labrum surgery on his
pitching shoulders, so he's not going to be ready the
first half of the season. So that's another part of
all this as far as the Dodgers signing these pitchers.
Speaker 12 (31:52):
And Kopek as well. Right, he's not going to be
ready for the first month of the season. Is that
what I'm hearing.
Speaker 14 (31:58):
That's what Bob Ningeale reported his agent Scott Boris, and
the Dodgers have not commented about that publicly, but obviously
when you have a guy like Bob nine Gel tweeting
something like that, yeah, they'll assume that it's true or
close to true.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
Dave a report, I don't know if you confirm or no.
Maybe trade and Ryan Brazier now because they have so
many guys in the bullpen.
Speaker 14 (32:25):
Yeah, my understanding is he's definitely one of the players
that are being discussed in trade talks with other teams,
and you know, he has a high price tag. Chris
Taylor has a high price tag. They both only have
this upcoming season left on their contract, so it could
be enticing to another team that is looking to shed
(32:45):
a player with multi years and big numbers to maybe
acquire a Brazier and Chris Taylor because it would be
an exchange of salaries for only one season.
Speaker 12 (32:57):
Dave Tazaki is obviously probably going to be on the
fast track to start pitching in the big league. How
do you see that playing out through spring training and
his development and then how quickly he comes up.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 14 (33:12):
I asked Andrew Freeman about that yesterday when we spoke
to him after the press conference, and he said he
wasn't sure just exactly how they're going to deploy Sazaki
right now, But you would have to imagine Rodney. He's
twenty three years old. This is not just a short
term signing. It's a long term signing. And that's why
the fit is so perfect for Sasaki on the Dodgers
(33:36):
is because he's not going to be thrust into being
the anchor or the ace of the staff. The Dodgers
have the infrastructure of pitching depth to allow him to
ease into it. So I don't see him and there's
no number that's been thrown out, but I just can't
see him throwing more than one hundred and twenty one
hundred and thirty innings, and I just feel like the
(33:57):
Dodgers are going to be very careful with him because,
like I said, it's a long term signing. He's not
just here for one year. The Dodgers have him under
a team friendly cost for the next six years. And
one of the most important parts of him choosing the
Dodgers was how they're going to help him get better
and help him, you know, stay healthy.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
But he's in the he's in the rotation opening day, right.
Speaker 14 (34:24):
I can't say that, Fred, I don't know that. It's
a whole new adjustment, and it would be spectacular. It
would be spectacular to see him and Yamamoto pitch those
two games in Tokyo. But I know anybody that tells you,
Fred they know that answer, they're not being truthful because
(34:45):
the Dodgers may not even know that answer right now.
Speaker 12 (34:48):
Hey, Dave, speaking of that, do we know timeline is
like ballpark when Otani could possibly.
Speaker 4 (34:57):
Start pitching.
Speaker 14 (35:00):
That's not going to be Once we get to spring training, Rodney,
we'll have a more clear idea of when Otani may
be able to pitch. But I could tell you, like,
there's a thought in my mind that if the Dodgers
have a full boat of pitchers. What's the rush to
start him? You want him at the finish line, you
don't want him. The importance is in April or May.
(35:23):
It's October for Otani if he's off the mound.
Speaker 4 (35:28):
All right, Dave, good job out there today. Thanks for
checking out doing your Thanks brother always.
Speaker 14 (35:34):
Thank you guys. Great to be with you.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
There goes our buddy David Vassy. If it happens, he
knows about it. The pulse of the Dodgers beats within
David Vass's heart.
Speaker 4 (35:47):
Is that fair? Wow? That's like says through the hour glass.
So that's right by the day of our lives. Okay.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
So I don't know how your life's going, but tomorrow
I know where you need to be here in Coachella
at Spotlight twenty nine, Casino, noon to three. Eric Dickerson,
Christian Dacoyer, Rodney myself. It is our now annual trek
to the Coachella Valley. We will do the show from
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(36:18):
if you want to pay for it. If not, you
know we've got all non alcoholic drinks for you. So
we'll feed you, give you something to drink. We're giving
away prizes. Last year we had a ton of fun.
It was a great show. So I would recommend if
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What does that mean? Only good things? If you're a
(36:39):
registered guest, only good things. But if you get there
and the sign ups are closed or you don't get
a chance to register, you still can come out. Everybody's
got a chance to win. It's a great time. We
had the best time last year, Rodney and looking forward
to seeing everybody out here tomorrow one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (36:56):
Can't wait. Come on out, y'all, Come on.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Out, top of the hour, into the NFL, the championship
games on the line. Who goes to the Super Bowl.
We'll talk with Vinnie bon Senior about that.
Speaker 12 (37:12):
Yeah, boy, this came out. Nobody was hotter than this
man right here. Today's throwback Thursday edition of Afternoon Delight
is My Prerogative by Bobby Brown. This track was the
second single all of his Don't Be Cruel album, which
(37:33):
was released in nineteen eighty eight and reached number one
on the Billboard Hot One hundred yards.
Speaker 4 (37:38):
In January of nineteen eighty nine, In.
Speaker 12 (37:43):
Addition to reaching gold status, was over five hundred thousand
units sold. The song was also nominated for the Grammy
Award for Best R and B Song.
Speaker 4 (37:53):
Again.
Speaker 12 (37:54):
Today's throwback Thursday edition of Afternoon Delight is.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
My Prerogative by Bobby Brown. All Right, and now.
Speaker 3 (38:08):
From the court to the court room with Jacob em
Ronnie by Rodney.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
Let's welcome on our good friend Jacob m Ronnie and Jacob.
Speaker 4 (38:15):
How are you today?
Speaker 15 (38:17):
Hey Fred, Hey Rodney, how you guys doing.
Speaker 12 (38:20):
We are fantastic, Jacob, Let's jump right into how are
you doing?
Speaker 4 (38:24):
Man? I just was awakened this morning to more.
Speaker 12 (38:27):
Fires man, and it's just, uh, it's it's a it's
astonishing and horrific and all those things. Jacob, what can
you tell us about what you're hearing at your office
and what's going on?
Speaker 15 (38:41):
Yeah, I mean astonishing. I don't think we've seen, you know,
catastrophic events like this here in you know, Los Angeles
and the surrounding areas in many years, and uh, you know,
we uh, we're right in the middle of it. In
terms of they're getting a lot of phone calls, getting
a lot of you know, people who are confused, a
(39:05):
lot of people are emotional, but they want to do
the right thing and protect themselves and their families. You know,
all of these different fires have left families literally with nothing.
I mean, people left with the shirt on their back
and could not get back into their homes. And you know,
(39:28):
obviously every one of these fires is being reported in
a different way in terms of what was the cause
of this fire and you know why it occurred. But
you know, we've had an opportunity to meet with a
lot of people, speak to a lot of people, you know,
do a lot of what I would call good things
(39:50):
for the community. We've been doing a lot of pro
bono reviewing people's paperwork and just answering questions and just
kind of allowing us to be, you know, a place
for people to call if they have questions in terms
of all of these different fires. Specifically for us, we've
been doing a lot with the Eaton fires. Uh and
(40:12):
those are the fires that were in the Pasadena, Altadena
and the surrounding areas.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
Jacob, we hear your team is reviewing insurance claims and
FEMA forms pro bono.
Speaker 4 (40:24):
What does that mean?
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 15 (40:27):
Absolutely, so you know, we are putting our time and
helping people for free in terms of reviewing their insurance policies.
Many people who've never had to open their insurance policy
having to do with their home or their business are
now having to try to figure out what it all means.
(40:49):
And you know, we have been reviewing those insurance policies
and walking people through them. You know, people have come
together in order to help all of these individuals that
have been badly, badly damaged. But you know, our job
here in the community, as we've been around here now
(41:10):
for about twenty eight years now, is to try to
be there for the people. And a lot of people
don't know how to fill up these forms. They don't
know how to make a claim against their own insurance company,
which is called a first party insurance a claim. They
don't know where FEMA stands, why FEMA's there. So it's
given us an opportunity in order to explain to people,
(41:34):
you know, how to go about it, what's step one,
what's step two, what's step three, and review stuff for
them without charging them. And it's important for all of
our listeners to know that nobody should be charging you
for reviewing your insurance policy. Nobody should be taken advantage
of you by charging you to fill up you know,
(41:56):
FEMA paperwork or insurance paperwork of the time that you know,
people have to come out and try to help the
people do the right thing and you know, recover all
that they have lost.
Speaker 12 (42:10):
Jacob, I mean you mentioned you're already representing and filed
some lawsuits. Are these class action suits? And who can
who can join these lawsuits?
Speaker 4 (42:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 15 (42:22):
So, so just to take it back a little bit,
it's important to understand that yes, we are representing people.
We are going to be filing a number of lawsuits
in the Superior Court either today or tomorrow. And it's
important to understand that currently these lawsuits are being filed
on behalf of individuals who lost their home, lost their business,
(42:48):
had their home affected. Even you know, by losing your home,
it could be burnt all the way down, partially burnt.
People who may have lost their vehicles, a lot of
their personal property may be either been destroyed or may
have been completely completely damaged. Anybody who is in the
(43:09):
area has a claim and it's called the third party claim.
And I'll explain that a little bit further. If your
home burn down into Altadena Pasadena fires, which they are
now labeling to eating fires. What has been shown now
in terms of evidence is that Edison's equipment was involved
(43:30):
in the start of the fire. And once we're able
to prove that, then anybody who lost their home, their business,
their personal belongings has the rights in order to make
a recovery from a recovery bucket that is completely different
than your own insurance that you've paid for in order
(43:54):
to ensure you in terms of your home, your personal property,
and your business. This is a complete different bucket. It's
also a complete different bucket than any help that you
would get from FEMA. And on those type of cases,
when people are hiring us to file the lawsuit against Edison,
then at that point we are coming to an agreement
(44:15):
to charge them, you know, a fee for that, and
it's a contingency fee, which means we don't get paid
unless we recover. So at this particular moment, this is
what you know a number of attorneys who have all
you know, come together to help the done. We have
actually partnered up with another very strong law firm in
(44:35):
order to increase our resources even more than we already
have in order to have more experts with hands on
deck to you know, work on these lawsuits, hire investigators
to be able to understand because this is going to
be a long process, guys. This is not something that's
going to get done in a few months. But right
(44:56):
now a lot of the people are proactively wanting to
be involved in these claims. And the reason it's important
for people to understand they have that right is that
the steps that people are taking right now is that
the first thing they're supposed to be doing is to
reach out to their insurance company and make a claim. Usually,
(45:18):
insurance companies are not there in order to be straight
and help people, but because this is such a catastrophic
event and the microscope is on them, a lot of
our clients and a lot of the information that we're
seeing is that the insurance companies are in fact stepping
up and they are paying. The thing that's important to
understand is that when you make a claim with your
(45:40):
insurance bucket, the insurance that you have has different buckets
within itself. Number One, they pay for your dwelling if
the house is burnt down. Number Two, you have a
bucket that talks about your personal property. That's where you
have and you have the right to recover all the
(46:03):
personal property that many people have lost. There's also buckets
in terms of being able to recover for loss of
use of your home being misplaced, or having an alternative,
you know, living expenses that everybody is facing now by
having to you know, rent home, buying new clothes and
all that. It's important for people who are listening who say,
(46:24):
I just want to make a claim with my insurance
and I may not even want to be involved with
these Edison lawsuits that are firm and many other you know,
firms are involved with. It's fine if that's what they
want to do, but it's important to understand it. Even
if you're making a claim with your own insurance company,
there are steps you have to take and it's important
(46:47):
for you even though it's very difficult and a lot
of people you know are having a hard time, but
it's important that as of right now, you start to
put down and write down all of the personal proper
you lost while it's still fresh in your mind. We
encourage a lot of people who we talk to and
we're representing to go through videos that they have taken
(47:11):
inside their house for birthdays, gatherings pictures. They have to
remind them and make a list of everything they've lost,
because you are supposed to present that most of the
time to your insurance company to recover for your personal property.
And what a lot of people don't know is that
(47:34):
whatever you represent your insurance company for your claim against
them is going to later be subpenade by the attorneys
for Edison when the lawsuit against Edison is being litigated.
So it's really important that right now for the people
who are making claim against their insurance to be able
to talk to an attorney. We can help with that
(47:56):
to make sure that all the information that they're putting
in those claims are correct, because if you don't write
it correctly, then then down the line when you have
the claim against Edison, they're going to say, well, you
only claimed you lost, for example, one hundred thousand dollars
in personal property when you filed your claim against your
home insurance, but now you're filing a claim against us
(48:16):
Edison and you're saying you lost five hundred thousand, which
is correct. So that's why we walk them through to
put the right terminology in there, to be able to
make sure that you know there's a coverall so that
they can be protected with their first claim against the
insurance company. Then after that the additional money they can
get from FEMA, and then the complete separate bucket which
(48:39):
is a lawsuit against Edison.
Speaker 1 (48:42):
All right, and final question, Jacob, how would a homeowner
get full value for their inventory and things they lost?
Speaker 12 (48:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 15 (48:51):
So you know what I just explained in terms of
getting full value is for them to be able to
make that list, to be able to get credit card receipts,
to be able to find any evidence for what they purchased.
The other part of it is to get full value
for their home. There's a thing called the scope of work.
And usually when an insurance company that you're making your
(49:12):
first party claim, your own insurance company, when they're coming
to pay you, they will do a scope of work,
which means to come out and look at you know,
how much it would cost for you to rebuild your home.
That scope of work that the insurance company gives you
is just their analysis that they run through a system.
We encourage a lot of the people, after you get
the scope of work from the insurance company, to also
(49:33):
bring your own contractor out and have them do a
scope of work because your insurance company may believe it
will cost five hundred dollars an hour for you five
hundred dollars a square foot, I'm sorry, in order for
you to rebuild, but the practical aspect of it maybe
one thousand dollars. So you want to be able to
have your own scope of work. And I know I'm
explaining a lot of stuff, but I just hope that
(49:55):
our listeners are getting a taste of all the different
steps that they can, you know, that they can take
and they should be taking to protect themselves as they
are putting their life back together. And I just want
them to know that we are here in order to help.
We're doing a lot of the work for free, and
I really do hope that they use us and any
(50:17):
other resources that are there for them for free. There's
a lot of people and that I have to say
this that are landing here from you know, San Diego
and San Francisco and all their places. The planes are
landing here and these people are making, you know, all
of these commercials in order to help the people, and
some of them are there to take advantage of the
local residents and US attorneys that are here boots on
(50:37):
the ground that LA means so much to us. We
want to make sure to protect them and you know,
offer these you know, free services so that they don't
have to be duped into going with somebody that is
not really here to help eight.
Speaker 1 (50:50):
Twenty four Jacob eight four four twenty four Jacob. Jacob
and his team are there for you and to help you.
Speaker 4 (50:58):
Also.
Speaker 12 (50:59):
Also, red fire at Calledjacob dot com is another way
you can get help if you need it. And Jacob,
we can't thank you enough and appreciate you enough, man,
And I know you you and your whole firm work
tirelessly and give back to this community so much, and
we just want to say we appreciate you.
Speaker 15 (51:18):
Brother, Thank you. I appreciate you guys as well. And
you know, I want to just let our listeners know
this LA Strong motto is correct and we're all here
to help each other. Thank you very much, guys.
Speaker 1 (51:29):
All right, and for a dedicated wildfire support line you
can call eight four four seven nine five one three
three three Jacob.
Speaker 15 (51:39):
Thank you, Thank you guys.
Speaker 4 (51:47):
All right.
Speaker 1 (51:47):
When we come back, Vittie bon Signori jump on here.
We'll set the stage for the NFC and AFC Championship Games,
who is going to the Super Bowl? And then later
in the hour back to the Dodgers. Please tell me
it's not the kiss of death from one individual, so
we'll talk about it.
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