Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk. Well,
Speaker 1: Andrew Freeman has done it again. No word on whether
Speaker 1: or not he was in that bathrobe he was in
Speaker 1: during the winter meetings a few years ago, but Derek
Speaker 1: Scouble is a Dodger, a two time cy Young Award winner,
Speaker 1: and Andrew's still in the thick of the trade deadline.
Speaker 1: So thank you so much for the time.
Speaker 2: Absolutely thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1: How much time do you have to enjoy being able
Speaker 1: to pull off this type of trade two.
Speaker 3: And a half minutes, the phone start uring in right after,
Speaker 3: and obviously we're in the thick of it, and once
Speaker 3: we get to three o'clock tomorrow, that's when we can
Speaker 3: exhale and go hibernate.
Speaker 1: When did you believe you had a real shot that
Speaker 1: the Tigers liked what you had to offer.
Speaker 2: I think yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 3: Even then I would say that I was more confident,
Speaker 3: but not confident. You have no idea exactly what other
Speaker 3: teams were offering. And obviously since got Harris's interest to
Speaker 3: make it seem like it's more from other teams, and
Speaker 3: you know he's probably saying that to every team. But
Speaker 3: we knew that what we put out there was aggressive
Speaker 3: and there was no way that someone was beating it
Speaker 3: by a lot. And so then the question was, you know,
Speaker 3: obviously how they see our guys, and you know, just
Speaker 3: through conversation felt reasonably confident. But until he called and said, hey,
Speaker 3: we have a deal, I wasn't sure.
Speaker 1: Can you tell us about the players that you sent
Speaker 1: to Detroit because it feels like they're not getting enough
Speaker 1: of the value that you saw in them when you
Speaker 1: acquired a few of these guys.
Speaker 3: Yeah, their hope is an incredibly talented outfielder, really good
Speaker 3: bat speed. He's improved his back to ball, like the
Speaker 3: contact raid has increased while he's still doing damage. Great
Speaker 3: has really blossomed in our system, and feel really confident
Speaker 3: he's gonna be a good major league player.
Speaker 2: River Ryan obviously we got to see some.
Speaker 3: Unfortunately had the UCL and the Tommy John came back
Speaker 3: from that this spring training. We got to see exactly
Speaker 3: just how electric he still was even after surgery. And
Speaker 3: then Brady Smith is a third round high school pitcher.
Speaker 3: It took a few years ago, had Tommy John, but
Speaker 3: just has a really funky kind of low slot ride
Speaker 3: fastball can really spin a baseball, really good athlete, and
Speaker 3: feel like, you know, it's a great bet on the
Speaker 3: come of what he's capable of and really talented and hated.
Speaker 3: You know partis him in this, but obviously have to
Speaker 3: give up really good players to acquire Trek Scooble.
Speaker 1: We all know how good Schooble is when he's on
Speaker 1: the mound, but you obviously witnessed what made Cruse shot great.
Speaker 1: It wasn't just every fifth day, but the way he
Speaker 1: competed in the weight room, the way he pushed and
Speaker 1: had everybody feel that accountability to do the same. It
Speaker 1: feels like Schooble's that type of guy.
Speaker 3: Yeah, everything we've gotten on the guy, the makeup the
Speaker 3: competitor is as good as you could ask for, which
Speaker 3: in turn made us even more aggressive and trying to
Speaker 3: require him. It's like watching him last October gave me goosebumps.
Speaker 3: I love watching playoff baseball, especially when I don't care
Speaker 3: about the outcome. I hate watching our games, but love
Speaker 3: watching others. And it gave me goosebumps watching him compete
Speaker 3: last October.
Speaker 2: You could feel the energy through the TV.
Speaker 3: And just the way he goes after hitters It's rare
Speaker 3: to have that combination of power to your stuff and
Speaker 3: also feel in command. So to have that kind of
Speaker 3: dominant stuff and not walk guys, challenge hitters in the
Speaker 3: strike zone, be able to throw pitches kind of on
Speaker 3: to off to get miss. It's exactly how you draw
Speaker 3: it up. And he is incredibly talented and really excited
Speaker 3: about watching him compete in Dodger Blow.
Speaker 2: So is everybody else.
Speaker 1: Trek Scooble is a Dodger thanks to Andrew Friedman. Before
Speaker 1: I let you go, there's so much said out there
Speaker 1: that is not true when it pertains to this time
Speaker 1: of year. Everybody assumes that you acquired Schooble just because
Speaker 1: there's some conspiracy theory that Otani is not going to
Speaker 1: pitch again this year. Was that a factor in any
Speaker 1: of this, the uncertainty of that.
Speaker 3: No, I mean, we feel very confident that Show will
Speaker 3: be back. You know, obviously Snell one more rehab outing
Speaker 3: then he'll be back. Glass is going out on rehab.
Speaker 3: As far as the injuries for those guys, we feel
Speaker 3: good that they're in the rearview mirror and it's about
Speaker 3: just building up and getting him back here. Show will
Speaker 3: start playing catch this week. We feel as confident as
Speaker 3: we can can that those guys will be back, but
Speaker 3: obviously in two months things can happen, and for us,
Speaker 3: this is the last real point in the year and
Speaker 3: the calendar to add to your group.
Speaker 2: And so, you know, we.
Speaker 3: Went into this trade deadline with the mindset of we
Speaker 3: were going to be aggressive for one player, Trek Scooble.
Speaker 3: If we don't line up on Trek'schooble, we're good going
Speaker 3: as is, you know, maybe smaller moves here or there,
Speaker 3: But that was our mindset was we are going to
Speaker 3: be aggressive on one player because of how much we
Speaker 3: feel like he improves our championship odds. And fortunately we
Speaker 3: were able to line up.
Speaker 1: When does Scooble pitch for the first time for the
Speaker 1: Dodgers Tuesday night tune Ino, Will you be at Wrigley
Speaker 1: with us?
Speaker 2: I will not. I'll be hibernating. I will wake up
Speaker 2: to watch Trek Schooble.
Speaker 1: Though you'll be recovering from this trade deadline. Thanks a
Speaker 1: lot for the time, Andrew Freeman. Still eating healthy these
Speaker 1: days with the fruit again, the blood sugar up. Hey,
Speaker 1: thank you again for the time. I know it's a
Speaker 1: busy situation until tomorrow at three o'clock, but Trek school
Speaker 1: is a dodger.
Speaker 2: Yep. Thanks for having me on, I appreciate it.