Dodgers Territory - Shohei Ohtani Battles Blister as Dodgers Sweep the Rays!

Episode Date: June 17, 2026

Alanna Rizzo and Clint Pasillas break down all the action from the Los Angeles Dodgers sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays. Shohei Ohtani battled against the Rays. How much was he hampered by hamstring and blister issues? And how good is this Dodger offense at never giving up? Our recap, your reactions, LIVE! :hot_pepper: Win exclusive signed merchandise from Foul Territory and other prizes from Simon's Heart—visit https://justaball.org to learn how to enter for a chance to win. Subscribe on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@DodgersTerritory  Follow our social media channels for more content!https://x.com/LADTerritory https://www.instagram.com/ladterritory/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578546105253  Check out DT merch at https://dodgersterritoryshop.com Support Guidry's Guardian at https://guidrysguardian.org Find Clint on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@alldodgers Follow Katie's work at The Athletic https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/katie-woo/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Shoheyo Atani's afternoon. What up, everybody, and welcome to the live postgame edition of Dodgers Territory on this Wednesday, June 17th. I'm Alana Rizzo. That is Clint Paseas. And, whoa, I tell you what, that was a little bit of a, uh, who. Tightrope. Heart attack.

I just let all of the air out because I was a little tight there for a hot second. Alex Vessia ended up loading the bases, but he got out of the jam. And the Dodgers, would they come from behind win in a five to four victory over the Tampa Bay Rays? Hey, guys, thank you for being here. Rate us five stars, like and subscribe to Dodgers Terry, the podcast on Apple, Spotify, wherever you get your pods. I looked last night. We were at about 16,600 subscribers. so still trying to make our way to the 20K.

I feel like we've been saying that for months now, so help us get there. We appreciate it very much. Share your thoughts about this game in the live chat. Let's get to this one and let's talk about Vesia and kind of the exhale that just occurred. Yeah, Vessie, listen, listen, he doesn't like to give us some cheapies sometimes. Obviously, in the game there, we put up the box score here. If you guys are watching on the YouTube side, it gets in the game because Tanner Scott

unavailable after going back-to-back games in this eventual Dodger sweep here. But there are some days where Vess, I mean, he always kind of has it, but there are some days where he is more ready to give us a little bit of a heart attack, give us that. You know, he's going to give us the tightrope version of himself. But I don't care. Didn't give up a run. He had a one-run lead to protect, and he did it. He did his part.

Thank you, Alex Vescia. Would like you to get it done a little bit easier there, like the rest of the guys. Henrique is good in this one coming out of the bullpen. Jack Dreyer, much needed, um, uh, clean appearance for him as well. And,

you know, I think that would have been Vessie's last batter and, uh, pump those fists, baby. Dodgers win. They did win. Let's get to the big ticket a lot to talk about,

uh, and not the big ticket. This is not a, this is not a pregame show. I apologize for that. But let's talk about, um, you know,

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heart shortly. But Shohei makes his, uh, what, eighth, sorry, 11th start of the year, um, was cruising through the first four innings, ran into the, trouble there in the fifth. Got out of hand real quick. What you see was Shohei because it just seemed like the rays. I mean, the rays are a very good baseball team, but the rays were kind of hitting, dinking, doinking,

driving a little bit of everything. We went, we ran through the full gamut there with Shohei in that, in that fifth inning. But I kind of feel like that's just the raise way, right? I mean, they do, they dink and they doink and they kind of move guys over and they lay down the bunt or have a swinging bunch or whatever it is.

But Shoah, I thought was pretty good. in the first, you know, three innings that he's kind of cruising. And then all of a sudden, really through the four innings, and then all of a sudden he runs into trouble in the fifth. You have the lead off walk, a single, a sack fly, Yandi Diaz, RBI single, but I would tie it, Aranda singles, and then Mollens an infield single with bases loaded. And Mollins is fast.

He may have a batting average below 200, but the man can run, right? And I just think that Shohad just didn't have control in the zone today. He had a lot of pitches outside of the zone. So what he was throwing was not for strikes. He had the seven hits, four earned runs, one walk, and only five Ks, which is fine. I mean, five Ks is fine. But I just felt like he didn't, he wasn't seem aggressive, didn't seem like he was like pounding the zone as much as he typically does. A lot of stuff kind of outside of the zone for Show Hey today.

Yeah. I mean, battling, of course, he has a knee issue that working through. He has a blister issue on that hand that has been there for the last, you know, four or five starts, something like that. I'm seeing a scene right now in Sportsnet where you see active blood coming from that middle finger there. But usually what we see with Shohei is when things get sideways, he has the ability to just kind of rear back and blow it by a dude. You know, and you saw him try to do it a few times, you know, hump it up to 100, 101. Problem is, the rays are a very good hitting team and they're able to, they're not showing out for power. They are willing to slap some singles, find some grass, and spoil some pitches, which spoiled

Shohei Otani's afternoon. Hey, he still ends up with the win. That's, you know, solid. He was good enough. By far, his worst outing of the year, I think this is the first time, you know, definitely the first time he's given up four earned. First start where he's given up. Back to back. Yeah, back to back games have given up multiple runs in a game. So he is humid. Balloons, that ERA balloons all the way up to. 147. I know. That is that it. So,

that's a, that's a trip that we're like, oh my God, is he a RA now is 1.47 obviously. But it's funny too, not funny, but I was wondering too when I was kind of, again,

I talked about how quickly Cedric Mullins runs, right? But I'm like, why wasn't showay necessarily backing up first base? And kind of Freddie was like waiting to get him to get him the ball at first base to make the tag on Mullins. But I'm wondering how much of that hamstring is still in play. The knee.

I think that was more of, oh, I thought I was a hamstring. I apologize. The knee. Do you think that was more of a physical issue or more of a mental? I don't think it's mental wish. Oh, he's so locked in on the game and so locked in on everything in his,

in his fear that maybe, do you think it was the knee that was bothering him as to why he wasn't covering first? I think potentially a little bit of it, you know, it gave him not so much that he couldn't go and physically do it. I think it was more so that if he didn't need to, he probably thought Freddie would be able to get it and just kind of take it to the bag, himself potentially. I got to look back at the play, but I do remember thinking like, hey,

what's what's going on there? You know, usually you're able to cover that bag. How did this dude beat him out and show hey, just late getting into the bag? But yeah, I think it was more so probably a misunderstanding on his part rather than the knee. It's worth noting that before the game they did address the knee again. Dave Roberts saying before the game, he wouldn't say it's completely behind them. I think they mentioned that the inflammation is down, but they're managing it. Something I talked about. out earlier in the week. I get terrified when I hear the Dodgers are still managing a knee injury for Shohei Otani, but, you know, not behind them at this point. It's going to be something that

kind of lingers that and the blister. And I think, you know, there are a few people out there that aren't opposed to seeing maybe show skip a start. Just just give him a blow for a week in the rotation. What do you think there? I don't know. You got to fight him for it, though. You got to fight to, I mean, you always have to fight him to take him out of the of the lineup. And if you're going to take him out of the lineup, now you're going to fight him to skip a start. I don't know. I just, I don't want to, I don't want to put on those boxing gloves. I mean, I'm sure that they obviously, he will do what's best for the team, but I love the fact that he's such a competitor that that's going to be hard for him to do. I think it depends on how bad

that blister is. I mean, a lot of his off speed stuff wasn't happening with that. Yeah, it was not crisp. No, it wasn't crisp. And maybe, and maybe that's part of it. Like if, you know, again, it's like, oh, it's just a blister and you see like hockey players and football players like get concussions and get their teeth knocked out. But if you're a starting pitcher and you have a blister on your finger, just ask Rich Hill. Not to compare the two, obvious. But, I mean, just ask, ask, you know, like there's that matters. The condition of your hands, your supple skin on your hands, it matters when you're trying to throw and have certain grips. The bad I'm just picking.

I'm just picking out of my finger while we're talking. about this yeah that that ain't it that in it but anyway it is like for for and i've talked about this before a couple weeks ago for show hey and and particularly you know split finger anybody in a split finger like so much of that that pitch kind of slides off a split finger and a forkball it slides off that area so if you have that irritation and this is more useful for people watching than listening but if you are listening hey right right and uh review the show while you're here um you know it might especially if it's bloody as well it could stick the ball could stick to your finger a little bit more and you might get.

Well, I'm sure it hurts. I mean, and the pain factor. Show Hey, doesn't feel pain. Right, right. He's an Android, but I'm sure it doesn't feel really great. The fact of the matter is he still picks up the win. His ERA is still just 1.47. And he is always our story of the game presented by Simon's Heart.

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Honestly, he's not wrong. He's not wrong. Yeah. And Rich Hill lives about 25 minutes from me. We could have a deep conversation about the blisters and the pickle juice and all of the things that the man tried when he was dealing with blister issues. What are your thoughts, Clint, on the bullpen? The rest of the bullpen, obviously, we opened the show with talking about Alex Vessia in there. Same with Shohay. Somebody asked in the chat, like, Shohay gets the win. Yeah, Shohay gets to win.

Alex Vessia gets a save. It wasn't pretty. I really liked seeing Jack Dreyer get back on track. He just faced the two batters. But still, like, you need, Jack Dreyer was such an important. important weapon, somebody that was very high on Dave Roberts, trust tree slash, slash confidence cactus last year, which is, that's patent pending right there. You can't, you guys can't steal it. So to get him back on track, I think that is pretty huge with the state of the bullpen as it is. And again, Vesia, you know, he got the job done. That's what it is. And hitting in a third, though, out of Henriquez. I think that's, that's pretty big. That is big for this team as well. and we'll look at the pitching side of the box score here.

What I was happy to see to shift gears and talk about the offense was the Dodgers chase Shane McClanahan early. This was every bit. 83 pitches, they chased him out in the fourth inning. And honestly, like I was even thinking that. I was like, this is a pretty good starting pitching matchup. This could be something very well that we see in the postseason. Both of these teams happened to get to the World Series.

But, I mean, yesterday you had Drew Rasmussen, right, and Justin Robleski, who looked great. And then today you have Shane McClanahan and Shohay Otani. I mean, that was a really nice pitching matchup. And they were able to get to him, capitalize on mistakes, kind of, I guess, run up the pitching count, 83, the pitch count, 83 and four innings. Like, okay. Doesn't even complete four innings. Yeah. No, I know.

Good job, boys. And I love that the way this game came together, the way they kind of chipped at it. I mean, the first run of scoring there in the fourth inning, couple of two out RBIs, Alex Kahl, drives in Mookie Betts, who had walked earlier in the inning. Alex Freeland drives in Alex Kahl because Alex Kahl stole second base after that RBI single to drive in Mookie there. In between, Dalton Rushing draws the walk with the ABS Challenge,

which there's a lot of great dialogue maybe we'll talk about shortly. you know, between Eric Caros and Joe Davis. And Eric Caros is very opinionated about the ABS and more so the challenges of when people are challenging. Should you use them? Yeah, yeah, exactly. The timing. Alex Call has had some questionable challenges at time, Dalton rushing. I mean, for the Dodgers to run out of challenges in the sixth.

That said, I like Alex Call. I love the compete. I think he has been solid in there. Wow, that's a very, that is you sound like Dave Roberts. I love the compete. Alex Call, though. What a great day for him. You know, obviously, two really good defensive plays.

You know, I'm proud of him. He's making the most of his opportunity when he has been penciled into the lineup, if you will. Yeah, absolutely. You know, another hit for Mookie in there. A couple hits for Andy Pahez. Tucker continues to kind of slowly get himself off the Schneid. did get a basis-loaded walk. Surprised, you know, a little disappointed.

They couldn't put anything else together in that fifth inning, because that was huge. I mean, to cut battle right back after Shohei allows the four runs there, you know, to battle right back. That was huge. That's what you want. You know, don't rest on your laurels, try to get those runs back. You bring the score back to four-three.

And then, of course, Freddie, we got to talk Freddie. And Freddie is today's fan duel. daily-dinger pick because he daily-dingered for us if everybody was not watching more on Fanduel in a second here. But yeah, Freddie with the two-run Bamba in the sixth inning, you know, Pah has doubled, I think with one-out, one-out double there in the sixth inning. And then Freddie goes yard, 12th of the year, Freddie looking good. Freddy's been on an absolute tear. I'm going to put, I got numbers up here. Just give me a second to be able to pull him up. But like he has just been in sane over the last, I think it's like month and change. Here we go. Uh, I guess he's cooled off a little

bit, but still, here we are. The last 30 days hit in 294, eight, eight homers. He's close to 300. I know it's the last 30 days, but still. And the 981 OPS hitting, you know, OPS in close to a thousand. Like, there's a reason he's our daily dinger pick for today, but also just in general, because he has been so dang good as we get a Fredericks of Hollywood from Dawn in the chat here. He is the team's top run producer, as he almost always is. And he's locked in. Talk about Freddie a little bit before we plug Fanduel a little more. Yeah, no, Freddie Freeman.

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But Alex Call, one for three. I wanted to circle back really quick about what you were talking about, how this team got down. They got, you know, they gave up, Shohay gave up the four runs there in the fifth inning. Yesterday, I was covering another game for another team, and they were down three-nothing. And we were all of us that were covering the game. was like this game's over. This team doesn't have any sort of come from behind, any sort of clutch gene,

any sort of resiliency, overcoming adversity, yada, yada, yada. When the daughters are down by four runs, you still don't feel like the game is over. It's almost kind of like a challenge. Like we can still do this. And they have the ability to do so.

So that's something to be said too that like even when they went down by four runs, I was like they still haven't, they still can win this game. And they sure, in fact, did that. Whereas other teams in this league, a three run advantage or deficit, rather, is insurmountable. So we're fortunate to be able to cover a team that has that. That's a great point.

And I think, you know, some Dodgers fans in this era are just kind of so used to being so good. I would say for us old heads that suffered through the McCourt era, the Fox era, you know, the end of the O'Malley era, even though they were still pretty decent. Then they were turning out good players. It's like now the expectation is you're never out. You are never out of a baseball game with this roster with the coaching staff with Dave pulling levers. I mean, Dave, you know, opting to have Shohei hit in this game.

You know, he gives up the DH, does not prove to really matter, you know, be an issue, losing, what's his name, Miguel Rojas who was D. How about Miguel Rojas designated hit her? Throw that one up there. But yeah, the ability to always know that you are in a game, whether you're down four runs, two runs, seven runs, they can find a way to battle. This team could battle.

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available on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Even though he went 0 for 3 in his return, Tommy Edmund. How about that? He is back. He is back. And he draws the first tough assignment against McClanahan, even though McClanahan, as we just mentioned, was taken out after 83 pitches. Oh, for three in his return.

But he did have a nice defensive play, right? I mean, he had a good defensive play, Alex Freeland on the other side of that defensive play. And Eric Caris was very complimentary of both of those guys in terms of being able to do that because he easily could have given up two runs in that at bat. But yeah, it's good to see Tommy Edmund back, a thousand percent. And, you know, it's funny, too, because I was listening. So last night I was driving home from my other job. And I was, like, listening to AM 570. I was listening to Tim Cates on the pregame show.

And Dave Vasay had an interview with Tommy Edmund. And he was saying, you know, all right, so when did you really feel like there's one thing to have the, you know, physical hurdle of like I feel better? But mentally, when do you feel like you can really test it, right? To know that you can use it as you need to, that your body's going to be. to work the way it's supposed to work in an actual game. And Tommy Edvin said he was actually really grateful for the three week rehab outing because then it was like about a week ago. And I think Joe Davis said this too on the broadcast.

He was like it was about a week ago that I really felt like my ankle was okay, that it was 100% that I could use it full strength, that I wasn't going to be timid on it. I wasn't going to be tentative. So Tommy Edmund needed every ounce of that rehab outing that he did. And I'm glad. And, you know, he looks good today. I'm happy to have him back.

I'm okay. I mean, the timing's going to take some time. I know that's redundant. But the offense is going to take some time because rehabbing and, you know, simulated games and rehab assignments and AAA or whatever the heck it is, it is not the same as a big league game. So, but again, it allows them to have a bunch of, you know, like he can play a lot of positions and all of the things.

Yeah. And the position thing. That's what I really love is that Dave has pretty much, they came out and said, like, he is not going to be an everyday player. He's at the least at the start going to probably be in there three times a week to open the season. He's going to play some left field, some third base, some second base, spots where they need some help. Of course, we know on the left-handed side, so the right-handed batterback versus a leftie, Alex Freeland hasn't been a great hitter up to this point. And even at the minor league level, he kind of struggled a little bit from the right-hand.

right-handed batters box, and that is a, as we were talking about with Katie Wu on Monday, that's a much better side of the box for somebody like Tommy Edmund. He has a better right-handed swing, solid, left-handed swing, and hopefully that gets better with the, what am I looking for it, with the healthier ankle, with the surgically repaired ankle there. But the fact that they're not just straight-up telegraphing, he is going to be our everyday second base. or everyday left fielder until Tay Oscar comes back.

And we have a Teo update in just a minute here. Or every day of third, which obviously you're not going to bench Muncie. But against a tough lefty, given Muncie a day off, isn't going to be the worst idea. So huge, huge weapon to have back for Dave Roberts is Tommy Edmund. And utilizing him well will just make Tommy that much more lethal, in my opinion. Can Tommy Edmund catch? Because we have learned from our own Katie Wu, who is doing post-eastern, game right now. That's why she's not on the show. Make sure you check her out and read her at the

athletic. It's unlikely that Will Smith is activated off of the injured list when eligible. That would be on Friday. Dave Roberts said that Dodgers still working through when that could be. Teosker could also start a rehab assignment as early as Tuesday, likely with OKC and Reno, which is good for Teosker, but not great for Will Smith. So that makes the onus on Dalton rushing even more important. You know, so how do you feel about this? I think it's another one of those situations where they kind of just dick us around. The doves don't need to tell us everything about the state of everybody's health. But it went from they kept him on the active roster for four days longer than they needed to.

and they, you know, retroactive, whatever. Like, he could be activated sooner if everything went right. But, you know, Dave said he slept kind of funky and, hey, listen, Will's on the wrong side of 30 now. I'll tell you, if I don't sleep a certain way, your boy, neck, it hurts real bad when you wake up. I mean, I got 10 years on Will and, you know, more than 10 pounds over Will as well. But still, if you don't sleep like that certain way in the middle of night, you might, you might wake up with a, it's a crick in the neck. my neck my back my neck and my back you know how much you can get for a slip and fall in the stove anyway if anybody tells me anybody knows what movie that is put it in the chat right now she will quote it to you

dollar 50 in some envelopes oh smoky taking the shit back here put it on my gravestone smoke you guys hit that thumbs up button if you know what we're talking about hit that thumbs up button for Alana's beautiful rendition there of the movie in which we speak. But yeah, I don't know. I'm, I wouldn't say I'm worried about Will because it doesn't seem to be, you know, they haven't been, they haven't said like it's a tissue issue or there's any sort of actual injury, just, you know, inflammation. I think they said inflamed disc.

Takes time. That takes time to stop barking here. And Dalton has been solid. I mean, he had a hit today. He hasn't been, you know, perfect or great, but he hasn't been. necessarily a problem. You know, the average is back up, hitting 264 with some power as a catcher. He's calling really good games. You know, he's utilizing the ABS phenomenally behind the plate. There's a reason this guy was a number one prospect in this organization, because

Dalton rushing is good. And if it gives him an opportunity to keep playing, it's okay, because that means that's that much more time for Will Smith to get healthy and rested. And, you know, a couple a couple of weeks of major league money for Chuckie Robinson, which I'm assuming he loves. No, I mean, I'm happy for him, but God forbid, what if something happens to

Dalton? Like, I don't mean, it's... Then you're in a bad spot. You're going to have a bad time. Yeah, yeah, they might need to get on the horn and go see if they could... Well, Ben, Wark, bet is hurt right now, but they would need to find somebody to fill in there. Richie, with the $1.99 super chat

here. There will pop on the screen. He says, waiting for Dave to say, neck surgery went on. No. That went from he's fine. He slept wrong to he's been decapitated and rest of peace. First it would be the tweets from the organization and then Dave would have to address it later that afternoon. But no, I'm waiting for that, as I've said a few times with Gavin Stone. We are very close to hearing Gavin Stone surgery out for the year.

Another nugget, though, from Katie's tweet about Smitty style, big Willie style there, is Tay Oscar. He's, you saw him running yesterday at Dodger Stadium, getting that, that hamstring back on track. And the expectation is, I think it's tomorrow in the off day, he's going to hit in a sim game at Dodger Stadium. And then if all goes well, head out on rehab next week. So we could be maybe a week to 10 days away from Tay Oscar. That might even be on the long side. He was hitting when they lost them. But this would be another huge addition. because I think right now you're seeing the lack of right-handed slug in this lineup. And I would love to see Teo get back, be happy, be healthy. Unfortunately, it probably, you know, maybe means a whole lot less playing time for Ryan Ward.

But it is what it is. Tay Oscar is a two-time-older has way more experience and way more production than Ryan Ward, which, by the way, he is our guest tomorrow on Dodgers territory, our regular time. So hopefully, but by the way, shout out to sports in LA because if you want to know how Teasca Hernandez is doing in terms of his rehab to get back, backstage Dodgers has this whole thing coming up on Teosker, not only about his rehab and getting back on the field, but also about his three young sons and finding out about one of his son's autism diagnosis. So check it out, sports in LA, backstage Dodgers. They do tremendous, tremendous work.

How did you like those? I mean, you worked for SportsNet, but how was it, like, them following the team everywhere? From my understanding, they've paired it back a lot from, you know, your time covering the team. I haven't, oh, yeah, I mean, when we first got there, well, when we first got there, it was like the guys, I mean, the players didn't really know the crew, right? So it was like a little bit of a, they were kind of veiled. But then they started realizing, like, that was sports in LA, we're not going to bury you. And then they really opened their hearts in their home. I mean, we were at Kirshaw's, you know, MVP season, Cody's MVP season, like all of the big moments that have happened in Dodgers history, sports not, I mean, since sports in L.A. took over.

They've been there and they're phenomenal. And, you know, it has changed hands in terms of personnel and stuff. Marina Macros no longer there. Dave Strumbs no longer there. But they have, like, some really amazing, talented people that have gained access. And the Dodgers know that they're there to do good work. So it's a really great way to kind of. of pull back the curtain and have them take you someplace that you're not typically allowed to go. So kudos to my colleagues at Sportsnell. Great storytelling. Great storytelling. Yeah.

Absolutely. Great storyboarding to get to great storytelling. Also, I want to shout out sign tag. I don't know if I'm saying that right, but $5 on the super chat. They're saying, miss my teo. Don't we all? I miss the smile. This week, we had somebody miss a seed shower.

I think Show Hay's Homer yesterday in that hour. 52 game. He did not get seeded. Oh. How dare he? How dare they? Sunflower seeds. Oh, my goodness.

Yeah. Gotta get sunflower seeds. I don't got much else to say. I mean, we were going to maybe talk about the ABS style. I think we talked enough about it. Why don't we talk about that tomorrow on the show? Because that makes sense.

No. Oh. Oh. Okay. Oh, okay. Bye. Okay. Okay.

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