Speaker 1: An exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: We're joined right now by a man that emerged in
Speaker 2: the second half again last season and was a big
Speaker 2: part of the Dodgers winning back to back championships, and
Speaker 2: that's the one and only Emit She and Emmett.
Speaker 3: Thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it, of course.
Speaker 2: How's going to I feel like I got your day
Speaker 2: started the right way when I put you on the
Speaker 2: phone with America's picture Rich Hill.
Speaker 3: Of course.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, that was awesome. Thank you.
Speaker 3: How much do you know about guys that came before you?
Speaker 3: A lot.
Speaker 1: I watched a lot of baseball growing up and obviously
Speaker 1: studied a lot of great pictures like Lake Rich Hill,
Speaker 1: So yeah, I know a lot about him.
Speaker 2: Did you ever think you would have that type of
Speaker 2: demeanor on the mound like Rich would have if things
Speaker 2: did not go well? I mean, he was known for
Speaker 2: his curveball and his tantrums on the mound.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think that shows you care. I
Speaker 1: think it's a good way to look at it. You know,
Speaker 1: it's intensity out there for sure.
Speaker 3: What's this spring been like for you? Emmett?
Speaker 2: Last year you were still coming back from Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 2: You knew the goal was to help the team the
Speaker 2: second half of the season. This year, obviously you've established
Speaker 2: yourself being healthy again.
Speaker 3: What's it been like for you. It's been great.
Speaker 1: It's nice to get a full, healthy offseason in and
Speaker 1: get ready for spring and come in ready to go,
Speaker 1: ready to help the team early in the year, which
Speaker 1: I haven't done yet.
Speaker 2: So yeah, what did you do differently this offseason? Did
Speaker 2: you go back to your normal routine to be ready?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I honestly haven't had a full offseason
Speaker 1: since I've been in Pro BA. I've been rehabbing or
Speaker 1: you know, doing the Fall League or something like that
Speaker 1: every time. Obviously this year's a little shorter too, but yeah,
Speaker 1: it was it was good to get a routine going. Definitely.
Speaker 3: How did you find that routine?
Speaker 1: I think just picking it up from other guys, you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: you know I'm pretty into like the physical side of things,
Speaker 1: like working out that type of thing, so I was
Speaker 1: that was pretty easy. But throwing wise, just leaning on
Speaker 1: you know, our coaches and some of the other guys.
Speaker 2: I feel like you set the standard for these other
Speaker 2: guys that are coming back from.
Speaker 3: A shoulder injury or an elbow injury.
Speaker 2: I'm talking about River Ryan and Gavin Stone because they
Speaker 2: use the time like you did to get bigger and stronger,
Speaker 2: I hope.
Speaker 1: So, I mean, yeah, that's that's great to hear. I
Speaker 1: definitely felt like I put everything I had into my rehab,
Speaker 1: and I think those guys definitely did too. So it's
Speaker 1: awesome to see.
Speaker 2: What is the balance as far as being a picture
Speaker 2: and wanted to get bigger and stronger but still be
Speaker 2: flexible enough to do what you guys do on the mound.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think a lot goes into it. I try
Speaker 1: to stretch every day and you know, take care of
Speaker 1: that side of things too. I think it's just as
Speaker 1: important as what you do in the weight room. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I think the more mass you have and the better
Speaker 1: you know. If you can move just as well at
Speaker 1: a heavier weight and produce more force than you're always
Speaker 1: you're gonna throw harder and feel better later in the year.
Speaker 2: When you described that, is it the upper body or
Speaker 2: are you talking about the lower half, Because we've heard
Speaker 2: so many pictures in the past talk about how important
Speaker 2: staying connected to the ground is.
Speaker 1: I think a good mix of both. Upper body wise,
Speaker 1: I think core strength is really important for a picture.
Speaker 1: So that's something that the straining coaches have have been
Speaker 1: giving me a lot of stuff to do over the
Speaker 1: last you know, year and a half two years. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I feel like I've improved on that.
Speaker 2: Imachian is our guest ahead our first pitch, Emmett. We've
Speaker 2: seen photos of Yamamoto and what he does in between starts.
Speaker 3: You talk about core. He seems to focus on that.
Speaker 3: Have any of the pictures taken.
Speaker 2: A piece of what he does and incorporated.
Speaker 1: I think a little bit.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean I know Snow's doing the pilates, so he's
Speaker 1: he's getting uh.
Speaker 3: Well that's a different story, yeah, a little different.
Speaker 1: But no, I think, yeah, anytime you see a guy
Speaker 1: that's that successful and you know can can do what
Speaker 1: he does at his size, it's it's super impressive. So
Speaker 1: you want to be able to pick up as much
Speaker 1: as you can for a guy like that.
Speaker 3: Have you ever tried to tap into sinse YadA?
Speaker 1: I have not yet. I've been observing and trying to
Speaker 1: pick up little things here and there, but I haven't
Speaker 1: gotten a session in with with since a Yata yet.
Speaker 2: No, imitician had a little bit of an illness during spring,
Speaker 2: a little flu symptoms.
Speaker 3: How far back did that set you back?
Speaker 1: I think only only a couple of days set back.
Speaker 1: I feel really good. I kept, you know, throwing plios
Speaker 1: and stuff at home as much as I could to
Speaker 1: keep my arm going.
Speaker 2: Are you excited about this season, about running this back
Speaker 2: with the same group of guys?
Speaker 1: Absolutely? Yeah, No, I think it's you know, the best
Speaker 1: group of guys you can you can hope for in
Speaker 1: a locker room, and uh really excited to just spend
Speaker 1: a year with them.
Speaker 2: Hopefully Snell's taking Kershaw's locker. Kershaw took you into his
Speaker 2: summer home last year. How do you feel about Snell
Speaker 2: automatically taking that locker.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's I like it. He's got a pretty
Speaker 1: nice house too, so maybe he can take me into
Speaker 1: his house or something like that. But uh no, he's
Speaker 1: you know, I look up to him a lot and
Speaker 1: and try to learn from him. So yeah, it's it's
Speaker 1: been great to have him.
Speaker 3: Can you describe your relationship.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, he's been great to me. He's definitely messing
Speaker 1: with me a lot, but that's part of it, and
Speaker 1: it's all it's all out of love, and I know
Speaker 1: it's it's just because you know, he likes me and
Speaker 1: he wants me to do well, so he's He's helped
Speaker 1: me a lot on the field of that type of
Speaker 1: stuff too, So it's been good.
Speaker 2: So you got something cooking to get him back after
Speaker 2: what he did to you on social media.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I got something for him. I gotta, I gotta
Speaker 1: figure it out. But uh yeah, you're you're helping me
Speaker 1: a little bit with that, David too, I think. So
Speaker 1: you got to take some of the blame there.
Speaker 3: I was trying to give you all the credit.
Speaker 2: No, no, no, we're cooking something up. I've seen a
Speaker 2: lot of things over the last fourteen years, so we'll
Speaker 2: get this going.
Speaker 3: A man, I'm on your side on this one
Speaker 1: All right, perfect, all right, thank you.