Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David maas say or
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk. Remember when I used to take you down
Speaker 1: to the creek and dip your head in the creek. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm joined right now, but I'm Tyler Glass now. Tyler,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, dude, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: What's the season been like for you, Tyler? Obviously in
Speaker 1: spring training you laid it out for all of us,
Speaker 1: just what's the biggest difference for you? But to get results?
Speaker 1: How big is that?
Speaker 2: It's good?
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think just working on all this stuff during last
Speaker 2: playoffs and bringing it into the off season and spring
Speaker 2: in the now, it's just nice to have like a
Speaker 2: sense of consistency, and I think like making adjustments within
Speaker 2: those changes has been really really easy.
Speaker 1: I remember you said in spring where you've kind of
Speaker 1: let the coaches do you in the right direction. Now
Speaker 1: that you're in the thick of the season, is it
Speaker 1: as easy to do as it was in spring training? Yeah.
Speaker 2: I have a lot of trust in Connor and Mark,
Speaker 2: and I do think a lot of it is just
Speaker 2: preparing how I normally prepare, and then just going out
Speaker 2: and throwing and then something feels off, just trust their
Speaker 2: eyes and for the most part, every time there's something
Speaker 2: I need answered, they're always there to answer it.
Speaker 1: On a day like today, where you're out there on
Speaker 1: flat ground and Connor's out there with you, what are
Speaker 1: you feeling out there? What's different in between starts for
Speaker 1: you than maybe a year ago.
Speaker 2: It's all kind of the same, Like you're you're the
Speaker 2: throw itself is the same, But I think each day
Speaker 2: like it is a little different. You're always trying to
Speaker 2: get back to baseline. I felt good, my petty yesterday,
Speaker 2: I felt relatively fine, pretty good today, and then tomorrow's
Speaker 2: a new day, and on and so forth. So I
Speaker 2: think like one day throughout the week doesn't really dictate
Speaker 2: how you feel on start day. So it's just trying
Speaker 2: to like stay healthy. Fixers you need to fix and
Speaker 2: then move on.
Speaker 1: Are you a guy that goes back to look at
Speaker 1: video of the previous start or is it moving on
Speaker 1: to the next one?
Speaker 2: Don't you? I won't. I guess it just depends, like
Speaker 2: if it's a really good one or something, I'll maybe
Speaker 2: watch it. But I think a lot of times the
Speaker 2: only time I really watch a video is if I'm
Speaker 2: something like feels off and I can refer back to
Speaker 2: when I was feeling good or how I was setting up,
Speaker 2: or like where my hands or like just something like that.
Speaker 2: So for the most part, it's just if I'm trying
Speaker 2: to like fix something. All your work at video.
Speaker 1: You've been in the league for a while now, you
Speaker 1: know yourself pretty well for pictures when you're going good,
Speaker 1: Do you have to understand what is working so well
Speaker 1: for you for when times are a little off?
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, Well, I just think a lot of times
Speaker 2: when you feel bad, you remember what it feels like
Speaker 2: to feel good, or like you kind of remember your
Speaker 2: cues then or like I said to you just go
Speaker 2: back and look at videos, and like, for the most part,
Speaker 2: everyone's trying to get Like every start, you're trying to
Speaker 2: get that feeling of feeling good and like feeling timed up.
Speaker 2: And I think throughout the weekend, throughout the course of
Speaker 2: a season, like there's different things you have to do
Speaker 2: to achieve that, whether it's like fatigue or something like
Speaker 2: your hips are in a different spot or whatever. It is,
Speaker 2: like you're just trying to find on time for what
Speaker 2: that day is. So I think it's just realizing that
Speaker 2: it's not gonna be perfect every day, but just doing
Speaker 2: what you can and managing your workload to like figure
Speaker 2: out how to feel as good as you can that day.
Speaker 1: When did you learn how to be your best pitching
Speaker 1: coach in the middle of games?
Speaker 2: I know, I don't. I think it's just like experience
Speaker 2: of doing it a lot, like I since I started pitching,
Speaker 2: it was always like hunting the feeling of being on time,
Speaker 2: and I think just the more you do it, the
Speaker 2: better you are at it, or like you've run through
Speaker 2: it so many times that like you know, this doesn't
Speaker 2: work and this works and stuff like that. So I
Speaker 2: don't know. Maybe I just think the more experience I get,
Speaker 2: the better I feel with it. And I also think,
Speaker 2: like I said, it's it's nice to just be able
Speaker 2: to trust Connor remark to where there's times I will
Speaker 2: tinker around and just be like, what do you like,
Speaker 2: and they're just always I feel like they're just there
Speaker 2: to kind of tell me what they see, and it's
Speaker 2: like a lot easier to expedite the process. When I
Speaker 2: have two guys watching me.
Speaker 1: Will they say, hey, stop tinkering.
Speaker 2: No, They'll just say, like, this is what I see
Speaker 2: so they kind of understand that, like this is kind
Speaker 2: of how I am, which has been really nice. Like
Speaker 2: I don't think that's ever been something I've had before,
Speaker 2: Like I think every coach ever had is like just
Speaker 2: stop bla blah blah blah. But like it's just a
Speaker 2: gift and a curse. I guess it's just always how
Speaker 2: I am when I pitch, and uh, for the most part,
Speaker 2: it's when i'm good, I'm tinkering. When I'm bad, I'm
Speaker 2: tinkering just how I am, and they're just really good
Speaker 2: at being like this is what I see, like your
Speaker 2: hands are too low and I'm moving smooth or whatever
Speaker 2: it is. And then for the most part, I'll go
Speaker 2: out and implement what they say and it usually works out.
Speaker 1: So that last start in San Francisco, you were so good.
Speaker 1: Can you describe if there was any tinkering or any
Speaker 1: feeling that you can take with you moving forward.
Speaker 2: No, that honestly, that game felt like every inning was different.
Speaker 2: So I've been kind of on a role here, but
Speaker 2: I think, like, like I said, the foundation of what
Speaker 2: I'm doing right now is good to where like it's
Speaker 2: not huge tinkering. Like I think like I'm still like
Speaker 2: my base is still strong enough to like make adjustments
Speaker 2: now it feels good, and I think, are you still
Speaker 2: even like that game? I tinkered and stuff and I
Speaker 2: felt really good every inning, and it's just you're trying
Speaker 2: to get back to a feeling and like staying behind
Speaker 2: the baseball, and yeah, that's what I did.
Speaker 1: So two starts to go, one sinker. Then the last
Speaker 1: start you threw more than you have all season. Is
Speaker 1: that something for you to be able to lean on
Speaker 1: having both fastballs now in your back pocket whenever you
Speaker 1: need them.
Speaker 2: It's nice. I've had it for a couple of years now. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think some days some play better than others, and
Speaker 2: I kind of just sequence off of what feels good
Speaker 2: that day. But it is good to have. Just the
Speaker 2: more options I have, the better.
Speaker 1: Your curve I remember that game in Anaheim. I don't
Speaker 1: know why it stands out more this year than in
Speaker 1: years past. Your curveball has always been amazing, but I
Speaker 1: don't know, it feels like your fastballs are playing more
Speaker 1: off your curveball. What's so special about the way you're
Speaker 1: able to grip and rip.
Speaker 2: Before the playoffs and just taking it into the off
Speaker 2: season like that whole thing that Connor in Mark switched
Speaker 2: with me. Like my back foot, I always would just
Speaker 2: rush down the mound and i'd either throw it like
Speaker 2: a really sharp one at like fifty feet or I
Speaker 2: would just back up. And then I implemented like doing
Speaker 2: the spike before two strikes and putting both fingers on
Speaker 2: with two strikes, and I think it's just I'm able
Speaker 2: to just kind of even if I'm late now, I
Speaker 2: can still kind of get it into the zone. And
Speaker 2: I just think with the confidence, I'm throwing it more
Speaker 2: and it just feels more comfortable. But I think it
Speaker 2: was all because of those adjustments. And then I mean,
Speaker 2: I've always my curveball has always been my best pitch,
Speaker 2: even in like high school, and I kind of lost
Speaker 2: it there for a little bit. And then I just
Speaker 2: think now that I'm kind of back on track, I
Speaker 2: feel like I have it again for strikes especially.
Speaker 1: Well, it's thanks a lot for the time. Keep it going,
Speaker 1: and I'll try to come up with more lyrics for
Speaker 1: the next time.
Speaker 2: Good, I'll remember next time too. Perfect