Dodgers Territory - Winter Meetings News and Teo Trade Rumors! Alex Call Joins!

Episode Date: December 9, 2025

Day 1 of the MLB Winter Meetings are here and Alanna Rizzo and Clint Pasillas are breaking down all the latest news and rumors involving the Los Angeles Dodgers. Are the Dodgers planning for a slower offseason (1:30)? The hosts dissect the words of Dave Roberts, Andrew Friedman, and Brandon Gomes. And what does Teoscar Hernandez's future look like in LA (7:35)? The Dodgers shared some insight into the situation.Plus, World Series champion Alex Call joins to talk about his postseason run with LA (12:57), heading to Toronto down 3 games to 2 in the Fall Classic, what he's working on this offseason and more!Check out DT merch for the holidays at dodgersterritoryshop.com/promo/HOLIDAYUse promo code HOLIDAY at checkout and save!Support Guidry's Guardian at guidrysguardian.orgFind Clint on YouTube at youtube.com/@alldodgersSubscribe to Dodgers Territory on YouTubeRate and review our podcast on Apple and SpotifySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Again, one of the things Andrew Friedman was emphasizing is the need to shore up the outfit. We'll get into that momentarily. So Alex is going to be here in just a few minutes. But it is winter meetings time, Clint. Let's get to it in the big ticket. All right. So what's going on so far?

And you know what? it's actually not a ton, but Clint, honestly, we knew this was kind of be the case, right? Like Dave Roberts addressing the media on day one saying, listen, we don't need to be exceptionally active. What do you read from that? Yeah, I mean, this is something, I'm happy to know that I've been kind of already putting this out there for, you know, the weeks since the Dodgers went and won their back-to-back World Series title there. looking at that roster. It's a very good roster. We'll eventually get to the point where I'm starting to roll here. It's a very good roster. They don't need a lot of work. This was something we, you know, the more you break it down, the more you look at what's available and, you know, some of the bigger names, like do the Dodgers really need a Cody Bellinger? Do they really need a Kyle Tucker? No, they have a lot of talent. We have talked about Alana. They need some bouncebacks from guys like Teasca Hernandez, unless it gets traded. We'll talk about that in a little bit. But they need a bounce back from him. They need a healthy season from somebody like Tommy Edmund.

They need a full and complete season into the playoffs for Andy Paix. Maybe more of an A season than a B season for Freddie Freeman. But all those guys, they're all capable of stepping up. The starting rotation is great. The bullpen is going to be pretty good as long as some of like the younger dudes and the guys coming back from injury kind of work out. So yeah, there's not a lot of heavy lifting. there's no real big splash needed for this team.

Now, would it be fun to land Kyle Tucker? For sure, Dodgers fans would love to be winning the offseason and all the headlines again, but they don't need to. And that is what I have been preaching for the last month and change. Yeah, I don't know that it's the Kyle Tucker, but I understand what you're saying. It's always fun to be like, oh, wow, the Dodgers won the offseason, right? the Dodgers won winter meetings because they signed ex-player.

But I don't think we need that this year. And Andrew Friedman, Clint, on the eve of winter meeting started, starting, which was today. But on Sunday, Andrew Friedman, president of baseball operations was saying, listen, he kind of doubled down saying, listen, we don't need to do much. We're going to keep a lower profile than the last two off-season saying there's not as much heavy lifting required this winter. And there really isn't. This is obviously from a Bill Plunkett friend of the program. He does a great job covering the Dodgers for the OC Register.

I think we feel really good about the team, which is, by the way, the biggest Andrew Friedman cliche. I think we feel really good about the team we have as we sit here today. Obby. I interjected the obby. So it's not as much heavy lifting required. That being said, we're going to stay open-minded opportunities that present themselves. That's saying a lot without saying anything.

And that basically means like we like our team, right? And I truly believe that he believes that. I believe that they like their team. What's not to like? I think you throw this team out there on opening day and you're feeling pretty dang good about your chances. Again, this is a team that's built for October, right? We don't necessarily care about March 28th to whatever it is, September 30th. If you care about October.

But he did say, Clint, that figuring out the outfield is a top priority. So what do you interpret that to mean? I interpret that to mean. And even that first quote from Friedman there. I interpret that to mean that they are definitely keeping their options open, whether there is a clear and obvious advantage to trading away to Oscar Hernandez or moving him to left field, which is another one of the things that Dave Roberts had said is on the table. But actually, I want to go back to that first quote. You know, we're open-minded to opportunities that present themselves. Another vintage Andrew Friedman type of line, and he did continue.

We're not going to force anything. and it could be an opportunity for the guys that they have. You know, they're spending time kind of identifying the strengths that they have on the roster as it is and trying to, quote, figure out the optimal configuration for our position player groups that also come from Andrew Friedman via Bill Plunkett and the Orange County Register. Bill does a great job, of course, as you all know, covering the Dodgers. But yeah, the out field, whether it is being figured out internally or through some sort of move, You know, I don't think to Oscar Hernandez is going to be traded. They even continued on with that idea as well.

Brandon Goem saying, like, you never say never on these kind of things. It's not something they anticipate. It would seem dumb. If we're saying here, Alana, that figuring out the outfield is kind of like the top priority, it would seem counterintuitive to trade away to Oscar Hernandez. Well, you're also hoping. Yeah, I get you. I get you on that.

but you're also hoping that Teo has the bounce back year, right? And doesn't have the 2025 season necessarily has more of that 2020-4 season that left us all screaming from the mountaintops that we better bring this dude back, right? Because he was so valuable. And again, like, I don't know what that necessarily looks like. I think the Dodgers could use a bona fide center fielder.

I don't know who that is. But you definitely want to bounce-back season from Teo. You're expecting Andy Pahez, who I believe is his birthday today. Happy birthday, Andy Pahas. You're hoping that he continues to develop. Obviously, he made tremendous improvements over the course of the year, but he's going to have to take it to the next level. And then you figure out left field, right,

whether that's an Andy call or whether that's a Ryan Ward or whether that's like you move, you move Tommy Edmund to, I don't know. I don't know what we're doing. But that's a. Yeah, and I think that's a big factor there. You mentioned the Tommy Edmund factor. If Edmund coming off of this ankle surgery, which he had, I think last week, two weeks ago, if he comes back and is healthy enough to maybe slot in and be the center fielder,

and I think this was kind of, people saw the doc talk, the Davism of, you know, right now. Teasca Hernandez is my starting right fielder right now. It's more so that I think the question to him was, could he be moved to left field rather than he be traded? and I think that might have been part of the clip that I put in here. Yeah, a move to left field could happen depending on how things shake out. And I think, yeah, that is the Tommy Edmund sort of factor. If he can figure out how to be healthy and hit consistently over the course of a season with a healthy ankle, he could be the center fielder.

You slide Andy Pahas over to right, to Oscar to left. There is also the Ryan Ward factor, which I will bring up again. Yeah. I want. And I get it. I get it. I'm learning more about him. Thanks to you. You're big on the, you're big on the pipeline guys and the farm guys. And I appreciate that because I'm not as well versed. But I mean, this guy is making a name for himself, right? So do I feel super confident that Ryan Ward would be our starting left fielder? Maybe not, but maybe I don't know enough about the dude. I mean, this is the Los Angeles Dodgers we're talking about, right? So it's like, we'll see. But I do, I do like the fact that like we're nitpicking everything at this point. Yeah. Because we have the ability to do so. My favorite part is, and yes, there's like a Terrick Scoobel rumor out there. I don't really want to waste our time about that today.

That's not happening. You know, let's get through the winter meetings. We'll be back on live on Thursday. Katie Wu will be joining us from the winter meetings, and I'm sure we'll have a little bit more of an idea of the reality of the Tigers trading away their ace. I know Ken was Ken Rosenthal, your co-host on Fair Territory every Thursday, most Thursdays, as long as you're around. he was advocating for the tigers i was getting an award this week okay that's why i wasn't around how dare you how that was and by the way we're we're flipping it to friday this week because of

ken's schedule so don't throw me under the bus big guy uh you know what i'm not going to say anything alana is perfect a lota is wonderful um but the point i want to make before we uh we get to welcoming alex call uh very much looking forward to that conversation but but what with Ryan Ward, yes, it is not an ideal situation to have a rookie who has never even had a cup of coffee as your everyday left fielder. I understand that. And that's where I do think they eventually end up, I'll put me on the screen for now, eventually do end up landing some sort of veteran. Bob Nightingale had mentioned Harrison Bader as somebody of the Dodgers are kind of kicking the tires on. They have been linked to him often.

But with Ryan Ward, quickly, I put the numbers up for the third and final time every year. Look at that. The homers increase. the runs batted in they increase the strikeouts decrease he is putting in the work he has gotten better as a defender in the outfield one of the another one of the things that that andrew had said uh in his uh conversation with bill plunk it was like at some point we need to look to inject some youth inject some of the the pipeline guys the younger players into the mix I mean, this, our team, and I understand that.

I mean, aren't we all getting older? Aren't we all day to day, as Vin used to say? But, like, yes, this team is aging, right? Like, I get it. Like, if you look at your major stars, I mean, Freddie, Mookie, you know, they are. They're getting older. I get that. So I can understand the need to want to interject some younger, younger talents in there.

So we'll see. We'll see how it plays out. I get it. A ton more to come up on Dodgers' tickets. We're going to talk to Alex Call here momentarily, but don't forget, guys, support the show. We appreciate it so much. The store is open and holidays are right around the corner. I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving. We've talked to you since then, but Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah, all the things. They're coming up. We want you guys to support our show. I'm going to ask you, please support us. You can scan the QR code, Dodgers Territoryshop.com slash promo slash holiday and use the code holiday at checkout to save. You can save. You can get some really cool stuff. The stuff is legit. Like, Clint just got a beanie. I got a hoodie. I like it. It's good stuff. We appreciate that. All right. We're going to take a quick break. I'm John Green. You may know me as the author of The Fault

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team and being a Dodger? Oh, man, thanks for having me, guys. That's a tough one because there's so many special moments. There's so many memories that are lifetime memories. You know, but the first one that comes to my head is is Kershaw's last start. Just being able to, you know, watch his career, be a fan, look up to him, you know, as a Christian athlete as well. And just be able to see the fans interact and have like the emotion that they had knowing it was his last start. So just being able to be a part of that and, you know, give him a nice hat tip for the last time in his career. That was really special and, you know, seeing his press conference and just how much he he cares about the organization and all of his teammates, was a really cool moment.

Yeah, having that opportunity to spend the last couple of months with a, you know, bona fide, certified Hall of Famer, that has to be pretty cool. Understanding that those boys, obviously everybody there wants to win that ring, wants to bring that trophy home for themselves. But very unselfishly, I know how much those gentlemen wanted to bring that trophy home for 22 one last time. Yeah, World Series champion, man. Pretty cool.

Has that whole thing kind of sunk in? Obviously, I know you've been part of the groups bouncing around. You visited the Lakers. You visited the Kings. Has that whole thing kind of sunk in for you? I mean, it's just an amazing feeling. I still feel like I'm on top of the world. Just enjoying it all.

I mean, it could be a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Hopefully we can do it again next year. But just to go from Washington, trade it over at the deadline. and all of a sudden, you know, World Series champion, you got to take advantage of everything that they're throwing at you and soak it all in, just be fully president in the moment. And yeah, praise God, it's just been an amazing run. It's been an amazing experience.

And couldn't have asked to do with a better group of guys either. They were really welcoming for me and just made me feel part of the team and made it easy to be myself and compete for it all. You know, you bring up a good point. I want to ask you about that. You said, you know, it might only be one time. There are guys that have played many years in this great game of ours, Alex, that never get to touch a World Series trophy. They never get to win it. So what was the vibe like? When you come over from Washington, obviously this is a veteran group of guys, been there, done that, but what was the vibe like and how much of what you just said,

hey, don't take this for granted? How much of that was a message? Yeah, I mean, honestly, the vibe, was it was a little bit, I wouldn't say, maybe just a little bit nervicing because when I got there, we weren't playing our best ball by any means. You know, the Tampa Bay series was my first series. And I was like from afar, it's like, oh, I know the Dodgers, they're going to figure it out. They're going to, once everybody comes back healthy, it's just going to be a matter of time and they're going to start rolling. But when I got into the building, it was like, yeah, we're kind of going through it right now. And I think the confidence was always there that we're going to figure

it out. You know, we've been here, done that. But it definitely took a little bit of time. And even the first month that I was there, we were right about 500. And so there was never any panic, though, because, again, there's just so many great players. There's so many good guys that the back of their baseball card is so incredible that you just know it's just a matter of time. And so it was really fun to just kind of see them lock it in, dial it up a notch, if you will. And as we get into the playoffs, even it was just like, hey, we expect to be here. We expect to move on. We expect to keep going. And, you know, then when we got to the World Series, that was like, okay, now we're finally here where we expect to be. And then let's win it all. You know what I said?

I love hearing that perspective for me because that's something particularly Alana and I trying to preach to fans all throughout the season, people complaining about, you know, oh, they're not out here, winning 162. You know, you're going to go through these dry spells. You're going to go through points where people just plainly aren't hitting the baseball or not throwing the baseball particularly well. But this is a team where it doesn't really matter about 162.

Yeah, it's important to some degree. But we're going to make it to the postseason. Chances are this club is good enough to make it to the World Series. And, you know, it is cool to understand. You got that immediately. You get that. You're only there for a couple of months and you're able to kind of see that that mindset from this club. They're going to turn it on when they need to.

That said, there are some weird points. Obviously, you guys, you lose the final two games at home in that World Series there. You're heading to Toronto down three to three, two. What were the vibes kind of like on that flight to Toronto? And how important was, I'm going to call it that sniper that took down Dave Roberts, racing Hesson Kim. How important was that to kind of get the, you know, the juices going again, get everybody loose

and ready to win those final two in Toronto? Yeah, I mean, it was, it was, obviously, this is the highest stakes. This is the World Series, and we are in a can't lose situation. But I think how I was feeling, how the guys are feeling is like, look, if you told us at the beginning of the year,

we're going to be two wins away from a World Series. All we have to do is win two. games in a row, you know, and it's like, well, I'd sign up for that, you know, opportunity. I think we can do that. And that was, that was it. It's like, we don't have to do anything crazy. We just have to win two games in a row. You know, that's all it is. And, you know, then we get to Toronto and we have our practice and I just, I don't even know where it came up from or what happened, but I was like, what is he doing? And then like, he started running on the inside. I'm like, because at first I was like, okay, this is going to be a real race. He's like going

with a little bit of a head start. And all of a sudden, as he gets around there, he goes, down he goes. It was just so funny. It was just, um, Woody, Woody loving it right there, by the way. It was just like, there was nothing you could do except hysterically laugh. And then he gets up, that's right. And he had like a hamstring, like, pull. And that was, he wasn't faking that.

That was completely legit because he was like halfway through the race. He was like, oh, like, this is real. Like, I got to beat Kim right here. He tried to turn on and he probably hasn't hit that gear for a while. And just, oh, it was so funny. And, you know, it was just exactly what we need. We weren't tight. We weren't, we weren't, you know, nervous.

It was just like, hey, we've got to go out there. We got the best team. We're going to go play ball. And it'll all take care of itself. Yeah, the levity was perfect. It was perfect timing. You got to love Doc's willingness to be that guy and have some fun. I tell you what, Alex, you made the most of your opportunities.

Nobody gets to play as much as they want in the postseason unless you're like a Shohei Otani or Freddie Freeman or whatever it is, Clayton Kershaw, whenever he wants and that type of stuff. But four hits, three walks, 15 plate appearances, a 533 on base percentage. I mean, you made the most of every single opportunity. How much pride do you take and just being able to post number one and produce number two? Yeah, well, thank you. It's certainly there's a lot of pride that goes into it. knowing that you have to prepare and be ready to help this team. I mean, again, I came over this team, and I'm like, this is the best team ever on paper.

Like, I, unbelievable. And the fact that they want me to just kind of come in and be who I am and take good at bats and all that stuff. Like, it was really validating for me. And so I took it and I'm like, all right, I have to just keep being who I am, but I'm going all in. and whatever that may be, whatever, whenever Doc puts my name on the lineup card or puts me in the game, it's my job to be ready. It's my job to be focused, and it's my job to help this team in any way that I can. It doesn't mean I'm always going to come through, but I know that every time I step in the box, every time I'm on the field, I'm going to be in the best position to perform because of how I've prepared.

And so I think when you have that confidence in how you've prepared and how you're ready, then it makes the game easy to go out there and play and then trust the process. And in the playoffs, it's a little bit, you know, the process sounds great, but you need results. So when you get results, it's also, you know, very rewarding. It takes a little bit of pressure off and you can just kind of keep the momentum going. So, yeah, I really was just excited for every opportunity that I had. and put my full attention and focus into every pitch, just like I always do. But to do it in a setting where this is something you always dream about,

you want to play in the postseason, you want to play with the highest stakes, and just getting a chance to compete with the best in the world for a trophy, just really, really special and, you know, grateful to have the chance to do it. You're kind of expanding on the whole idea of playing time and role and all that kind of stuff. You know, what would you say, I mean, come from Washington, weren't necessarily playing every single day. I'm sure you took a little bit more of a step back than you anticipated in L.A., but then you look at the other dudes on the 26-man roster,

many 13 position players, you're like, that's a lot of all-star games, that's a lot of talent over there. What was the biggest challenge for you kind of getting into that mindset of just staying ready? We saw, you know, Miggie Rose already talked about this off season. He takes a couple weeks off, stays ready, stays in the moment, and has arguably the two biggest games for this team in games six and seven for Blake Snell. I'll do the hand thing. But yeah, what was that biggest challenge for you in kind of not really necessarily playing

as much as maybe you anticipated or expected in coming over here, regular season and into the postseason? Yeah, well, like you said, I wasn't playing every day with Washington. And I kind of knew what my role was. And then, you know, Doc kind of laid out what the role was going to be as we were moving forward. And it just kind of makes you ready to do whatever. And you know kind of when your name's going to be called, when your name's going to be pencilled in. You kind of get a feel for it. Either way, yeah, obviously you'd love to play every day.

But again, like you said, when you look it up and down the lineup, it's like, hey, I'm cool just, you know, jelling in with these guys whenever they need me. And obviously I continue to work, continue to grind to the point where I would love to be in that lineup card every single day. But that's not up to me. All I can do is control what I can control, take what they give me, and then do the very best that I can and then hope that I get more. I mean, when you do well, usually you get a little bit more. So if you perform, if you're ready, that you can only control when they put you in. You can't control when they put you in. You can be ready for when they put you in.

And then when you do, if you're in a good spot, you're able to perform, hopefully your name gets in there a little bit more. And so that's kind of the mindset, the approach. You always want more, but you're content with where you are because you know, well, one, this is an amazing busting to be playing this game in the first place, an amazing busting to be on this best team ever and just having fun every day. So you want to play, but at the same time, you just understand that this is, a team it takes every single person to be ready focused and um willing to do their job and not and just

have a great attitude at all times and that's part about being a team and so that was you know team first mindset for me ready to be a contributor whenever I need to be but then always hoping um to perform and then get a little bit more on your plate yeah I love that's all you can do man that's all you can is do the best that you can and hope that it's rewarded and have a good attitude and a good team mindset. Talk about a guy that did his job and then some Yoshinobu Yamamoto. I don't know if you heard of him, but my word, World Series MVP, this guy absolutely shoved, would have, you know, taken the ball at any time. And it was so funny when we saw the behind the scenes on backstage Dodgers, a great crew there on sports in LA going in and following you guys everywhere. And everyone's

like bowing down to Yama and all those things. From a teammate perspective, Alex, and just from a fan of the game. What is your impression of what he did? Yeah, I mean, it was truly remarkable, spectacular, so, so cool. I mean, it's just so cool to be a part of that to see it. I mean, you're just, you're so nervous in the dugout, like playing through situations in your head. You know, I'm trying, I'm still available to go on the game, so I'm trying to just execute my role. But like, you're watching the game go down and Yoshinov comes in to, you know, know clean things up and you're like oh my gosh like he pitched last night he just did all this stuff and he comes out there and he throws a 92 mile hour splitter like dot it and it's like he that looks

the exact same as it did last night and uh it's just like how is that possible like in today's game and you know um guys just don't do that so and then to go a few more innings and and close it out and i mean on top of his spectacular performances in in all the other series and in game two and, man, it was just so much fun to watch. And I can, I just have such an appreciation for what he did for our team, being willing to go out there and take the ball, warming up in the 18th inning of the 18 inning game. I wanted to take the ball there.

You know, just a true professional, great teammate, competitor, and, you know, one of the best. So it was just an all-time postseason and all-time performance, and everybody was blessed to be able to watch that. Yeah, I mean, obviously, you got to have some people step up to win a World Series. My sweet word did Yoshi step up for this team and for the fans for everybody to go back to back for him and get somebody like you, a ring, much deserved, all that kind of stuff. You talk about role, we talk about playing time, we talk about now, trying to run it back.

What sort of things are you working on to be ready for that 2026 season? obviously we still don't know quite what the roster looks like but right now you you're penciled into that starting lineup um what are you working on how you're trying to get better uh what sort of communication have you had with the club about uh you know what things are looking like heading towards spring training yeah i mean i'm just focused on being the best that i can be uh whatever however they choose to use me uh is up to them but i'll be ready i'll be focused and i'm working on just getting, you know, bigger, faster, stronger, continuing to have great discipline at the plate, take my strengths, keep them strengths, look at my, you know, areas where I can

improve. You know, for me, I think advantage counts on the offensive side is something where I can maybe be a little bit more aggressive. I think I was one of the best two strike hitters in baseball last year. So keep that because that's the toughest thing. But then maybe just be a little bit more, you know, a little bit more aggressive in those advantage counts. Not, you know, staying within myself, but having a plan and approach to, you know, try to drive the ball a little bit more. I wanted to say happy sixth wedding anniversary to you, Alex, and your beautiful wife, Samantha. I'm a little concerned, though, that you're sitting in the car. Is there a reason that you have to sit in the car?

Is she upset with you? Or is it quiet in there because your son is in the house? I mean, what are we doing in the car, Alex? That's exactly right. I was thinking, you know, where is the best spot for me to have, you know, because I love my son. He loves me. He loves playing with Daddy. As soon as Daddy comes in the door, it's time for Daddy to play. So Daddy's not quite in the door yet. So we need to playtime a little bit. And I figured this would be the most peaceful area that I could have an uninterrupted interview for at least a few minutes before it's Daddy Dutty.

Well, Daddy, yeah, we appreciate that. Happy anniversary, Alex and Sam. Thank you guys. We appreciate it. I'm going to call him. That's Daddy now. Make that the official nickname fans. That is Daddy for 2026 there.

You might see Daddy as your opening day left here. Okay, now it feels weird saying it. But Alex, we very much appreciate the time that is our World Series champion. Alex call best of luck for the rest of the off season. Best luck in spring training. looking forward to catching you at Campbellback sometime, man. All right. Thank you guys.

Appreciate you having me. All right, Alex. Merry Christmas. Thanks for the time. Appreciate it. Yeah, you guys are welcome. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it.

Of course. Yes, that is Alex Call, World Series champion. Alana, what do you say from here? We get to Last Licks. Let's do it. I'm John Green. You may know me as the author of The Fultonar Stars. And now, I guess, also is the co-host of the Away End,

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I love its history, its hope, its heartbreak, and above all, its beauty. Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important. Listen to the away end with Daniel Alarcon and John Green on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, it's Alec Baldwin this season on my podcast. Here's the thing I'm speaking with more artists, policymakers, and performers, my composer Mark Shaman. Once you've established that you have the talent, it's about the hang. It's the pleasure of hanging out with the people that you're with. You know, Rob and I was always a great hang.

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She's being fostered in Crestline, California. but we need a forever home for her. All right, so all Dodgers with Clint Paseas, I'm imagining you're talking more about winter meetings, what's going on right after us tonight? What are you doing? Yeah, yeah, myself, Jeff Snyder, we're going to be live as soon as we are wrapped up here pretty much.

I technically scheduled it for 635 Pacific time. But yeah, you know, there we're going to address a little bit this Terrick Scoobble thing and how people are trying to link him to the Dodgers. I don't know how Jeff feels about it. We'll have that conversation and more things about what right now means coming out of Dave Roberts mouth when it comes to to Oscar Hernandez as the everyday right fielder. So guys, tube in right after Alana and I rap here on Dodgers territory. Yes.

And Clint and I will be back again live on Thursday unless something magnanimous happens. We'll be live before then. But a baseball thought for the road before we say goodbye. This was so much fun. We know that Freddie Freeman, of course, Dodgers first baseman. all of the things has Canadian roots. His mom is from Canada. His mom who passed away from cancer is from Canada.

So he has a lot of ties to Canada. And also, of course, he is our guy, right? The Toronto Blue Jays played the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. So Ryan Reynolds does something every single year for sick kids. And Freddie Freeman is a good sport. And he wanted to do this commercial for sick kids for the Children's Hospital there in Toronto. and the kids just gave Freddie Freeman the business, just gave him the business.

He was such a good sport. The kids were great. Go back to Sunshine and traffic, you hoser, you ruined everything. And it's so awesome. Both Ryan Reynolds, of course, and Freddie Freeman, the kiddos, sick kids there in Toronto. What a great campaign. What a great opportunity.

They were taking in fundraisers up to a million dollars. That was the amount that was going to be matched. So good on Freddie Freeman, good on Ryan Reynolds, good on Toronto, good on the kiddos, good on all of it. What a fun thing. Yeah, I love Freddie being able to kind of play around with it. Obviously, he's not the funniest dude, but he's a funny dude. And having some fun with that is awesome as long as they are finding a way to raise for charity and all that kind of stuff. Before we do take off, Snideog is in the chat and he says disrespect for the with Clint Pisces part.

Listen, listen. You're still new here, my guy. But, uh, guys, we appreciate you hanging out with us here on this kind of half live, half on live edition of Dodgers territory. We are here.

We waited up, but we appreciate Alex call taking some time on his anniversary to hang out with us. He was not in the dog house. He was trying to be dead. He was trying to do, he was trying to do us a solid and have a quiet interview. All right. So make sure you guys tune in to all Dodgers with Clempicius.

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