WEBVTT - Justin Wrobleski (4-14-26) 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:04.840 And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker. 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:10.720 Everybody wants a piece now, everybody knows where Justin Robleski's 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:13.560 locker now is in the Dodger Clubhouse after a great 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:17.000 pitch game, Justin, thanks a lot for remembering the little people. 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:19.680 I know there's a big crowd around your locker right now. 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:20.799 I appreciate the time. 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:24.400 Yeah, yeah, it's for Tanner, right next to Tanner's locker. 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:25.000 That's what it's for. 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:28.120 I love upsetting Tanner Scott, and that's why we're doing 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:29.160 this interview right here. 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:30.760 Yeah, we need to probably do it in front of 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:31.600 his locker instead. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.600 No comment, no comment. I mean, this guy loves to hate. 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:41.159 He's so jealousy. 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:42.559 Because you said show me that beautiful bald head, and 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:44.760 I hit him with the please show me that beautiful 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.440 two pey. I'm trying to get Tanner some fampoo, but 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:51.600 he's not a part that maybe just lotion. 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:55.760 Well here we go. Hey, Tanner, since you're here, what'd 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:58.040 you think about what Robleski did last night? Since you 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.080 closed the game out for him. I honestly thought he 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:04.080 was going back out me too, I mean it was. 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:07.760 I was ready efficient. 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:12.560 Very efficient. Hey three like five pitch innings maybe it 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:16.319 was eight eight six for uh five six seven. 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.120 Yeah, keep going, that's what we need. 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:21.960 I actually talked to Miguil Rojas after the game last night, 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:25.120 and it seemed like he was really excited that you 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:29.080 kept your infielders engaged, You work quick, and kept those 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:29.840 guys involved. 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:31.880 Yeah, I think that's, you know, that's the key to 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.160 to you know, getting deep into games. I think you 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:36.360 watched a lot of the guys that that pitch quicker, 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:39.080 and when you're throwing strikes like that, it's just a 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:41.000 tack mote against the hitters, and I think it creates 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.560 a level of discomfort with the hitters. And I think 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.560 we have more of an advantage now than even in 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:47.840 past years because of the pitch clock and everything else. 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.120 And they only get one time out, so if you're 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:52.120 just filling up his own and they're putting in playing 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.880 getting out, I think it's it's just more uncomfortable on them. 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:56.680 So I think that's and then yeah, like you said, 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.160 it keeps them fielders engaged and keeps everybody you know 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:01.720 ready to go. Oh so yeah, I love it. 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:03.840 With that being said, you're a guy that came up 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.240 through the miners with the pitch clock, do you feel 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:08.919 like you have a better understanding on how to use 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:10.079 that to your advantage? 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.359 I would say, I'd say it's been something that you've 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:16.120 kind of had to learn. It's just like a I 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:17.880 don't know, it's it's a little nuanced. I don't think 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.239 it's anything that's like super game breaking or game changing. 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.760 But I think definitely for a guy like myself who 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:24.960 likes to work quick, it's it's a little lot better 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:26.960 because in college, like I'd be working quick and having 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.240 a good outing and then you know everyone's like time 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.639 and it's just calling three timeouts in at bat and 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:33.440 you know it gets a little annoying and they can't 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:35.200 do that anymore. So that's that's kind of a good 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.240 part for me. But other than that, it's just a 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.240 matter of you know, knowing how much time you need 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.160 between pitches and kind of using it more of as 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.520 like you know, how to get a breather. Then some 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:46.480 of these guys do, like like Frameber for example, stand 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.080 there and stare at the ground for a while and 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:49.799 try to get the hitter to get into the box late, 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.240 which honestly credit to them. I think it's a it's 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:53.799 a smart thing to do if you can do it right, 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:56.040 But I don't have the patience for that. So it's 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.320 it's there's there's little games within the game you can 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.720 do with it. But I'm more so just happy that 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:02.400 we have it because it keeps me working quick and 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:04.800 it keeps a tour. The game can't get stalled if 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:06.280 you're if you're cruiser. 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.440 So it's fair to say that you're a rhythm picture, 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.079 especially with the new setup that you have where you're 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:12.800 straddling the mound the rubber. 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.160 Yeah, I'd say I'd say it. I've always been that 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.480 kind of way. It's just, you know, I think for 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.200 the most part, all of us are that way. It's 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:21.440 just once you get into a groove and are feeling 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.359 it and feel good, I think you want to just 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.120 keep going and go as quickly as you can. But yeah, 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:28.440 i'd say definitely. I'm definitely more of a rhythm guy. 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.520 I guess the obvious question is today, how is Justin 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.360 Robleski feeling after throwing more innings than you ever have 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:35.760 in your professional career? 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.400 Yeah, I feel good, I feel good. I feel normally 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:39.960 I'm a day two shortness guy. So we'll see how 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:41.560 I feel tomorrow. But today I feel pretty good. I 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:44.080 feel like I'm not gonna throw them all to day. 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.880 But I have an extra day this week, so why 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.080 would I, you know, take a little spot day. Watch 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.600 you I'm my throw gen tonight and and sit back. 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:54.000 When you talk about wanting to go back out there 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:56.960 for the ninth inning, do you have any say? Did 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.760 you have any chance to plead your case? 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:03.080 I'd like to think I did not. You know, I 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.960 think from a from a perspective of health and everything else, 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.640 I've that was the first time ever going eight ups 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.640 in my life, so I think from from that perspective, 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:14.320 it was the right decision out of them. But like 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:15.960 I said last night, I just kind of want to 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.440 build off that and do it, do it more and 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.600 more time, so that if we're in that situation again, 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:22.800 it's there's no question, it's I'm going back out for 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:25.320 the ninth inning and we'll see where we get from there. Hopefully, 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:28.440 hopefully I can get that opportunity again. Obviously, those outings 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.640 are are pretty hard to get to nowadays. But you know, 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:33.560 obviously the goal is always to go as hard as 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.240 you can as long as you can, and if that 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.680 ends up being a complete game, that's that's even better. 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:39.920 I'm not sure if you could share this with us now, 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:43.320 but when you're facing a team that's struggling offensively as 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.720 much as the Mets are, does that go into your 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.520 game planning before the game as far as attacking the 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.760 strike zone to dare them to hit it. 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.400 No, I personally don't really look at a lot of 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:57.280 that stuff is because you know, all these guys are 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:59.080 good hitters, and that's a really good team over there, 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.839 especially against lefties. So I just kind of view it 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.240 how they have hit lefties over the past two years, 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.640 year and a half, and that's kind of how I 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:09.680 go into my game planning, is you know how how 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.680 they are and what their tendencies are and kind of 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.680 what kind of hitters they are. But at the end 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.040 of the day, as a starter, it's it's less about 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.800 a game plan more about just kind of feeling the 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.039 game as you go through it. And that's kind of 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:25.080 something I've learned, you know, bouncing back and forth and 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.280 doing all this, is that out of as a as 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:30.919 a starter, you can kind of your game plan is 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.800 more fluid than it is, like setting like setting Stone. 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.440 So that's it's pretty cool. It's a lot of fun 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.640 to face these really good lineups and yeah, just see 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:41.480 how you can navigate them and just attack. 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.240 Justin Robleski has a lot of swagger, a lot of 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:47.040 confidence in himself. One of my favorite scenes when they 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.640 panned into the dugout a few different times. You were 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:53.480 stalking that dugout like a lion stalking its prey. What 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.200 was going through your mind when you're stalking that dugout, 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:57.160 pacing up and down. 0:05:58.120 --> 0:05:59.480 I don't know. Once we get the two outside, just 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:01.200 getting the dug out, and I'm not gonna I can't 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.800 sit down, like well, I've already done my sitting down, 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.360 So once it gets the two outs, I go on 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.200 the dugout and I'm that's just it's just me. It's 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.400 just how I do it. It's just what happens. I 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.240 don't really think about it or try to, but it's 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:15.839 just kind of what happens. And I'm just ready to 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.120 go back out there and pitch. So that's just kind 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:19.120 of me getting ready to go. 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:22.560 Hey, love it. You just keep stacking those chips. The 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:25.240 World series last year, Now what you did last night, 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:27.800 Sky's limit for you. Thanks a lot for the time, 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.680 and thank you for squeezing me in amongst all your 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:31.320 new fans. 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:33.320 Yeah, thanks Dave, thank you, thank you.