Speaker 1: It's around the Park with Dave Fleming, Giants Rangers in Texas.
Speaker 1: Our guests today Giants outfielder Drew Gilbert. Will talk to
Speaker 1: Drew after this. It's around the park with Dave Fleming.
Speaker 1: We're here in Texas, Giants and the Rangers and a
Speaker 1: guy that we've watched all year and I realized we
Speaker 1: hadn't talked to. So it's time to catch up with
Speaker 1: Drew Gilbert, who has done a really good job as
Speaker 1: a young player for the Giants in a lot of
Speaker 1: different ways. Now, Drew, you and I are talking on Monday.
Speaker 1: This show is going to air on a Tuesday, so
Speaker 1: the timing might be a little bit off, but it
Speaker 1: is a I know you're a young guy, but it's
Speaker 1: a strange day around this Giants team, isn't it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt. I mean, you know, even when you're
Speaker 2: in the minor leagues, whether it was you know, last year,
Speaker 2: years pass for me, you understand that, you know, there's
Speaker 2: always potential for crazy things to happen, you know, and
Speaker 2: obviously we haven't put ourselves in a farewel position this
Speaker 2: year to you know maybe add you know, so that
Speaker 2: kind of puts in a position where you know, we
Speaker 2: have really good players and you know, you kind of
Speaker 2: understand that teams are probably gonna want some of those players.
Speaker 2: So you know, it's it can be a bittersweet day, right,
Speaker 2: And you have guys who've formed relationships with and uh,
Speaker 2: you know, when you're with each other every day for
Speaker 2: you know, a long long time. You know, however, so
Speaker 2: many hours. Uh, you know, you get to know guys
Speaker 2: really well, and so you know, it's tough, but like
Speaker 2: I said, we put ourselves in these situations, but you know,
Speaker 2: happy for those guys may get an opportunity to compete
Speaker 2: and play for you know, a chance to compete for
Speaker 2: a championship this year. So yeah, like you said, it's
Speaker 2: a strange day, but it is part of the business.
Speaker 1: And it's a good you know, it's a good mature
Speaker 1: answer you have. On the flip side, is is that
Speaker 1: you just went through this a year ago, and and
Speaker 1: for a player who's coming to a team that's brand new,
Speaker 1: it does you use the word opportunity like for some
Speaker 1: guys it's an opportunity to play in the playoffs. For
Speaker 1: some guys like you, it's an opportunity to blossom your
Speaker 1: big league career.
Speaker 2: You take every day. It's an opportunity, right, you know,
Speaker 2: in this league, right, like, you have to find a
Speaker 2: way to try to prove yourself every single day. You
Speaker 2: know it's not always going to go your way. It
Speaker 2: results wise, just because it's tough, it's a tough leak,
Speaker 2: but yeah, you gotta you gotta take every opportunity you
Speaker 2: can possibly get in and at least try to make
Speaker 2: the most of it. So you know, like you said,
Speaker 2: it's an opportunity and that's all you can ask for, right,
Speaker 2: you know, you're great for the opportunity. You appreciate the opportunity,
Speaker 2: and you know you do everything in your power to
Speaker 2: make the most of it.
Speaker 1: All right, give me a little self assessment on the
Speaker 1: progress you've made, kind of the things you've been working on.
Speaker 1: How you feel like you're progressing.
Speaker 2: It's a tough question because I'm very competitive and I
Speaker 2: expect the most out of myself. But you also, you know,
Speaker 2: you gotta have perspective when you know you get home
Speaker 2: at night and you understand that you know, maybe you're
Speaker 2: not gonna it might not be an overnight process, right
Speaker 2: where you're just the player you want to be right
Speaker 2: out the get go. And that doesn't that doesn't mean
Speaker 2: you you don't work like it. But I think it's
Speaker 2: it's it's been a process, right. I feel like I
Speaker 2: do feel like I have slowly improved over the course
Speaker 2: of time, and I do trust my ability to do
Speaker 2: that over a long period of time. And I'm not
Speaker 2: gonna stop until I am the player I want to be.
Speaker 2: But as of now, I'm not that player. But I
Speaker 2: do feel like I'm continuing to improve. And you know,
Speaker 2: I just want to be a winning player for the Giants.
Speaker 2: So that's really all I want to be. And you know,
Speaker 2: I have great support team around me, coaches, teammates, staff
Speaker 2: that are always pushing me to be that, and uh,
Speaker 2: you know, I'm determined to get that done.
Speaker 1: And I and as a final thought, because it's a
Speaker 1: short little show here, but like I think all of
Speaker 1: us have noticed a bunch of improvements for you. I
Speaker 1: know for you, I talked to Tony about that's this
Speaker 1: with you, about you because you are hard on yourself
Speaker 1: and you can see it on the field and the
Speaker 1: emotion I think for you is a part of what
Speaker 1: makes you successful as an athlete. But I know, Tony,
Speaker 1: at least it tells me. He's talked with you about
Speaker 1: channeling that emotion sometimes in a different way.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's actually someone I've gotten a lot
Speaker 2: better at. I mean, hey, y'all, y else should have
Speaker 2: seen me back in the day. I mean it was
Speaker 2: it was crazy. So you know, I think, like you said,
Speaker 2: it's it's it's probably what's gotten me here, but you
Speaker 2: know it can also hurt me, right, So I think
Speaker 2: it's just how can I make it so it's something
Speaker 2: that helps me all the time, you know, which may
Speaker 2: be impossible to get, but not someone that I'm not
Speaker 2: gonna chase after, So you know, just try to You know,
Speaker 2: I got great examples here that try to help me,
Speaker 2: whether it's you know, Tony, he's great with the Metal game,
Speaker 2: and then guys who have played this league.
Speaker 1: Took us too long to catch up with you. Thanks
Speaker 1: for the time. We'll talk to you again.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it.
Speaker 1: That's true, Gilbert. We'll keep going with our pregame right
Speaker 1: after this