WEBVTT - Justin Wrobleski Opens Up, Talks First Season in the Rotation and More 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.960 You know, I was going to find a way to succeed, 0:00:02.000 --> 0:00:04.040 and I think that was regardless of role. I think, 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:06.400 you know, I've had that confidence in myself to be 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:08.280 able to go out there and get out whenever I 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:08.520 need to. 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:21.840 Hello everybody, and welcome to a live episode of Dodgers 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:24.200 Territory on this Monday, June twenty ninth. 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:26.000 We appreciate the fact that you guys are here. 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.479 Don't forget to subscribe to us on YouTube, wherever you 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:31.319 get your podcast, you know the deal, Apple, Spotify, any 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:33.519 of those places. We have a lot to get to, 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:35.720 but we're going to skip all of the pleasantries because 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:37.720 it is always an honor and a privilege when we 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.400 have a current Los Angeles Dodger able to join us today, 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:44.000 and that is the case third year Dodger, two time 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:48.640 World Series Champion Justin Rableski joining Dodger's Territory. 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.360 Justin, Thanks so much, man. We appreciate you being here. 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:53.400 I know you guys are you know, pulled in so 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.600 many different directions, but to have you on here is 0:00:56.640 --> 0:01:01.240 a privilege. Appreciate you first and foremost. This has been 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.240 a pleasure to watch you pitch this season. How would 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.920 you assess your first big league season as a starter. 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:10.600 Yeah, I think it's you know, it's it's going. Uh, 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:11.160 it's going well. 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.399 I'm learning on the fly, you know, just kind of 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:15.200 as I've been doing the past couple of years. Is 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.160 just trying to trying to learn and trying to you know, 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:20.960 improve as I can. And uh, yeah, it's it's been 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:22.960 a lot of fun and I'm having a good time. 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:24.920 So I guess that that checks that box too. 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:31.000 So, uh, I'm not gonna say hater. They're they're entering 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:34.800 the season you get in that starting irritation. There are 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.680 some haters, there are some doubters about Justin Rableski's ability 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:39.240 as a starter. 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.200 For me, I'm not saying I was a hater or 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:41.560 a doubter. 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.240 I just saw you dominate dudes out of the bullpen, 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:46.679 and I was like, I want that guy there. 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:47.920 He's so damn good at this. 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:52.120 Like, how how good does it feel to to know, 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:54.520 like you you are succeeding in this. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:55.880 Role you always hope you can do. 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:58.120 Uh, that was always the goal for you, to be 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.960 a starter. I don't know how much you know you 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:04.160 tune out the outside noise. I'm certain that's the only 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.160 way to do this job well. But at some point too, 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.239 you also need to be like given one of these 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.080 the people who said, no, this guy needs to be 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:13.480 in the bullpen. How does it feel just to you know, 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:15.040 know that you can do this job so well. 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:17.160 No, it feels good. 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.440 I mean, I mean, you know, I never you know, 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:24.160 I never doubted kind of my ability to succeed in 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.160 this role. I always felt like, you know, I have 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.080 I have the ability to have the I don't know, 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.400 like the work effort, like the workout, think and everything else. 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:34.760 Like I know that, you know, I was going to 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:36.600 find a way to succeed. And I think that was 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:38.880 regardless of role. I think, you know, I've had that 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.040 confidence in myself to be able to go out there 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.799 and get out whenever I need to, whether that's in 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:47.120 a bullpen capacity, whether it's as a starter and as 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:49.560 you guys know that's on this team. It's it's not always, 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.640 you know, it's not easy to find your spot, especially 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.160 as a young guys. It's tough to kind of figure 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:56.400 out where you fit in. But at the end of 0:02:56.440 --> 0:03:00.320 the day, you know, I felt like, you know, if 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.320 I was given the opportunity, if I was finally given 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:04.600 you know, a run of more than you know, two 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:06.919 or three starts in a row that I could I 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.280 could figure this thing out and be a starter, and 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.040 you know, yeah, it feels good to kind of be 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:13.959 able to prove that, you know, when everyone's telling you 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.160 you can't do that, and oh you don't have the stuff, 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.280 Oh you don't have this, you know, have that, and 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:20.799 uh yeah, it's it's it's kind of nice to to 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:22.760 to kind of show people like, hey, I can do 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:24.440 this and I am capable of it. But at the 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:28.800 same time, you know, it's always people are gonna people 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.079 are gonna say what they want regardless, and you kind 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:32.400 of got to tune it out and just kind of 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.400 stay in your own world and stay locked into to 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:37.760 what you know, you know gets gets you the results 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.360 that you want, whether that those results are coming right 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.080 away or whether you know they're going to come in 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:42.520 the future. 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:44.080 I think that's kind of the big thing. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:47.560 Rub Well, you talked about it a little bit, but 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:49.720 coming into spring, we were kind of looking at the 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.000 starting rotation and thought, you know, maybe the Dodgers would 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.360 use a sixth starter kind of a piggyback role. And 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:56.760 you seem to be the logical fit and then you 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:58.800 said I'm gonna take that opportunity and run with it. 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.280 And now we can't picture that res ortation without you 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:03.960 as you're making that adjustment. Obviously you've had this stuff, 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.360 You've had the experience, But what's different about pitching out 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.320 a relief and then pitching in rotation and how do 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.760 you use those skills that ultimately helped to become this 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:13.600 effective of a starter. 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.200 Yeah, I think I think a lot of it has 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.520 to do with the way you manage the game. You know, 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.359 last year you'd see me go into my card a 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.200 lot more, especially back half and in the playoffs, because 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.520 just the way you game plans a little different. Obviously 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:31.400 as a as a bullpen guy, you're kind of going 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.880 out there and you know, you're just you're trying to 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:35.919 create as much miss as you can. You're you're not 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:39.080 worried about, you know, how long can I go or 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.600 how long can I last in this game to save 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:42.359 the guys behind me. 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:44.440 It's just like I need to you know I'm coming. 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:45.840 And that was something I had to learn, is like 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.960 I'm coming in this game because I fit this lane 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:52.479 that is coming up in in the order and I 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:54.240 need to throw my best stuff and I need to, 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:56.280 you know, make these guys swing a miss. 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:58.520 I needed to get out of this inning. You know. 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.200 However, whatever it takes, And as a starter, it's definitely 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:05.080 more of a there's more of a chess match. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:06.160 You can tell, there's. 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:09.839 More of a plan versus you, just because obviously, like 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.200 you know, I've I've been on enough teams in Propol 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.600 now and being on our team and just kind of 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:18.960 watching how guys prepare, there's a lot more preparation for 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.799 a starter than there's for a reliever, just because obviously 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:23.559 you're going to have more at bats off the starter, 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.760 and I think that's something you got to adjust to 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.039 and realize as being a starter is the game plans 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.960 a little different, and also the game plan is going 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.599 to change sometimes, Like certain guys are gonna hunt you 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.080 in certain spots and certain teams are going to look 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:38.760 for certain things, and that's just kind of the fun 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:40.400 of being a starter is trying to figure that out 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:43.240 as fast as you can and then exploit those those 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:45.960 game plans that they have against you. So there's a 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.960 lot of different things, you know, being a starter and 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:49.440 a reliever. 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:50.760 But I think the most. 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:53.600 The biggest difference is the game planning and just kind 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.839 of that chess match is being played, whereas as a reliever, 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.360 you're not playing that chess match as much. You still are, 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.560 but it's you know, you're not facing the guy multiple 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:01.480 times for the most part. 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.479 Justin when you talk about the game plan, I wonder 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.040 what your game plan is going to what is expected 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.640 to be a start for you tomorrow in Sacramento. I mean, 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:11.960 it is a bandbox, right of course, It's a very 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.560 unique park. This is a weird situation for the athletics. 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:18.440 Do you play the park, do you go with your strengths? 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:20.760 How will you approach that to keep the ball in 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.640 the yard because that is very difficult to do in Sacktown. 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.520 Yeah, I mean, you know what, It's funny because in 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:30.560 the Major league is like, yeah, this is you know, 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:34.040 this is a park that you're that is more hit 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.800 or friendly, right, But at the same time, you know, 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:38.479 when I played here in the PCL, I was like, 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.200 thank god, we're going to sack Like this is one 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:41.919 of the best places of pitched in the league. So 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:47.279 it's funny that kind of you know, the just the 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:51.000 way it's different. But yeah, I'm not you know, I'm 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:52.680 not going to try to change based on what the 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:55.760 ballpark is. You know, maybe I'll give up some cheap homers, 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:59.480 maybe I won't. Maybe you know, I'll go seven scoreless, 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.719 maybe I'll go seven two runs, whatever, whatever happens happens. 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.120 At the same time, I think it's just again worrying 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.719 about what I can control them, the things that you know, 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:11.080 matter within my process, and making sure, you know, I 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.920 understand the hitters and kind of how they are reacting. 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:17.920 And yeah, just kind of going going satis quo for me, 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.000 just trying to go out there and get as deep 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.680 in the game as I can, and yeah, wherever that 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:24.680 may take may take me, it'll take me. 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.200 And you know you mentioned pitching deep in the game 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.880 seven innings, eight innings. Some people would call you old 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.080 school throwback. I don't know if you saw this. It's 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:35.600 the Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez had some high praise 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.040 for the kid there. It's a kid that's very unusual, 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.760 good character on the mound. It hits location like an 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:45.559 old timer, changes speed with each pitch. See the smile 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:47.440 on your face a little bit there, you know, like 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:51.000 what does it mean to hear from Pedro Martinez, like 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.200 the fact that he's watching you, he's impressed with what 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:53.760 you're doing. 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:56.520 The same with other guys in the rotation. 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:58.760 I mean last year pitching with Clayton Kershaw, future Hall 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:02.560 of Famer, learning from him, getting in this day and 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.560 age of you know, obviously we'll probably talk about it 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:06.200 in a little bit. You know, the strikeout numbers for 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.600 you probably aren't where you want to be, but it 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:10.400 doesn't matter what you're doing, what you need to do 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:14.400 for the team, getting deep into games, pitching every six days, 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.040 getting out So that's that's your fucking job, you know, 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.679 and you're killing it. What does it mean to see, 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:21.640 you know, what what Pedro had to say for you 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:22.240 or about you. 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:23.680 Yeah, it's it's super cool. 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.360 You know, it's super cool to see, you know, anyone 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.000 you know that that played at a high level saying 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.560 stuff like that. Let alone, you know a guy that 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.240 that's arguably one of the best pictures of all time, 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:38.480 arguably the best pictures of all time to certain people. 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.640 So I think, yeah, it's it's super cool to see that. 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:43.800 It was it was kind of funny to see that, 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.200 and yeah, he he said the whole shark thing, which 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:49.040 is which is funny in the clubhouse right now, Meggi's 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:50.160 Meggie's eating up on that. 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:54.040 Which is pretty good. But yeah, it's it's pretty pretty 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.040 funny stuff. But yeah, I love it. 0:08:56.040 --> 0:09:01.160 It's really cool. You know Pedro's obviously what a great picture. 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.920 And yeah, I've always I've always thought his his kind 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:07.040 of you know, post pitching and his you know analysis 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:10.040 and stuff is good. And yeah, I like watching him 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:14.440 over there on TVs, so super cool, someone I really respect. 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.560 And yeah, what a beast when he played man it 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.360 was I still don't to watch on his starts whenever 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.319 I get the chance, and whenever they pop up on 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.640 my Instagram, I'll see like a clip of a start 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:25.000 and I'll be like, a, let's go back and watch 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:25.640 what he was doing. 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.480 So yeah, it's pretty cool. 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.240 Yeah, he was an absolute animal. Quick follow quick follow 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.199 on this. So, I mean, we've we've grown up with 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:36.360 you being robo? Where are you robo versus shark? You're 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.400 saying this kind of taking over the clubhouse there, and 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.600 then the second part, I want to know which you prefer? Uh? 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:47.520 And then also have you seen this monstrosity that's that 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:53.160 that is justin Rableski the shark. So shout out Nike. 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:54.880 Yeah, Nike, deal there. 0:09:55.679 --> 0:10:00.200 So that's like the that's like the brain rot like shark. Right, 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.560 that's the Trilileo Trella law. Right, that's that that one 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:07.720 is with be on it. Which that's interesting, good stuff. 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:09.120 Shout out shout. 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:12.920 Out Nick Frosso and uh and okay, see he's my boy. 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.120 He's he's big on he's big on that stuff. That's funny. 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:19.000 But yeah, as far as Robo Shark whatever, I mean, 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.760 I think I think ROBO's probably more of the nickname 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:24.360 that people were gonna know me by if I had 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.520 to take a guess, But yeah, whatever, whatever people want 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:29.520 to call me, I can't you know, I can't control that. 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:33.120 So but it's it has been funny just kind of 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.040 see that whole thing, and yeah, it's good stuff. 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.880 You know, it's funny looking at what Pager Martinez said 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.000 about you. And I think if anyone was called unusual, 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:43.920 Like if someone called me unusual, I'd be like, well, 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:44.800 that's not very nice. 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:45.320 I don't love that. 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.800 But for sure to be called unusual, that's pretty you know, 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:51.840 testament to how valued you are. Then for Pager Martinez 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:54.400 to say it that's like the highest tier of compliments. 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.880 So I just love the picture language where the more uncommon, 0:10:58.040 --> 0:10:59.960 the the insult is the actual like better. 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:01.600 It is a testament to you. 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:04.400 But that's what we're trying to do is be unusual. 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:06.920 That's that's the whole goal. If you're unusual, that's usually 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.400 a pretty good thing as a picture, unless you're unusual 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.760 in terms of you know, walking too many guys are 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.400 giving up too many homers. That's roight, so you don't 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.199 want to be But other than that, it's a good thing. 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:20.080 The weirder the better, especially for lefties. But you mentioned 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.600 with watching pedro is, are there any other pictures? I 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.640 know you've had so many already in your early career 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.600 that you could do watch in real time kershaw, you 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:28.720 have to show hey once a week. Y'a'm a moto 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.560 just a staff full of aces. But when you were 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:34.080 growing up or even now, were there specific pictures that 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:35.760 you were locked in and watching starts on? 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:37.760 Yeah? 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:39.960 I mean I think for me, I grew up a 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:42.080 Cubs fan, so kind of anyone that was good in 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.440 that Cub's rotation, especially you know, watching the area to 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:48.160 do what he did for that period of time, and 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.040 he was a guy I like to watch, but really 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:53.440 anyone like Hendrix Leicster, that whole rotation. Those are the 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.280 guys that I watched a bunch and but I still like, 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:59.440 wasn't like super I don't know, I wasn't like, oh 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.520 I got to watch every day. That wasn't really how 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.760 I consume baseball. I just like to play it more 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:06.199 than you know. Yeah, i'd watch the Cubs, and as 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.360 I got older, like into high school, end of high school, 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.720 I started watching every game. And but I think, you know, 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:13.320 once I got into college, that's kind of when I 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:17.280 really started being like, Okay, let's watch who's great right now, 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:19.400 Let's watch who's really good. And so I would watch 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:21.920 Garrett Cole, I would watch, you know, I think a 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:23.719 guy that I had circled and I would watch every 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.440 start was de Grom, just like anyone during that era 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.240 when he was just like, this guy's throwing one hundred 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.640 every pitch, like this is crazy, How's how's this? 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:32.480 How's he doing this? 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.040 I'm sure the kids in college right now are watching 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:37.120 Miserowski kind of the same way. I mean, like what 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.960 is happening? But at the same time, yeah, that like 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.199 those are my guys. Obviously i'd watch Curse when I could. 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.920 It's just tough being on the East coast, you know, 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.240 to stay up till ten o'clock to watch watch a 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.440 Curse starts a little different, but whenever I could, I'd 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:54.079 watch Curses starts and just kind of anyone who is 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.120 really good, Sure's Heer, just just all the guys Verlander, 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:59.960 like all those guys. Just whoever was great. That's kind 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.480 who I would watch. Whoever's really good and performing at 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:04.600 a high level, That's what i'd watch. And I'd say 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:06.360 I kind of still do that to this day. It's 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.120 just kind of whenever I can tune in to the 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:09.599 guys that are that are really good and see what 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.160 they're doing and see if I can adjust anything I'm 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:13.840 doing to kind of match match them and. 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:15.240 Stay ahead of the curve that way. 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:19.160 So yeah, it's it's I just like I like watching 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.240 people who are really good and seeing what I can 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:22.240 take from. 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.960 You said that you don't care what people call you, uh, 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.920 in terms of nicknames you to me, I'm seeing a 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:33.480 little bit of Timothy Chalomay. If Justin Robleski, if Justin 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:37.559 Robleski wasn't dominating on the mound every fifth day or 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:41.680 sixth day, depending upon the calendar for the Los Angeles Dodgers. 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:44.720 What would you be doing what takes your mind off 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:45.439 of baseball? 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:48.800 Oh well, that's two different questions. 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:52.200 I think as far as like what I would what 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.960 I would like to be doing, as far as and 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.079 then what's possible are two different things. I think if 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:00.440 I wasn't playing baseball, I probably would have tried to 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.680 pursue golf in some capacity, just because, you know, golf 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:05.560 is something that my dad and I, you know, I 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.720 grew up playing. I played golf for I played baseball, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:11.120 So you know, I think that'd be something I probably 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.760 would have. I don't know, that's just kind of my personality. 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:15.559 Golf's kind of right up my aliti and the fact 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:18.160 that like you can just practice it and grind and 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:19.040 there's always. 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:21.000 Ways to try and get better and whatever. So that'd 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:21.840 probably be one thing. 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:26.040 If if I didn't have athletic ability, I think it 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:30.080 would be probably something within an engineering field of some sort. 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:31.360 I don't know which one. 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.560 That's what I was doing my first year at college, 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:36.920 so I think that probably was where it would have 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.280 took me. But then obviously ended up going to junior college, 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.240 so that that went out the window after after that 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.720 freshman year. But yeah, i'd say probably probably something along 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:46.280 those lines. 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:48.760 It's funny too that you say that, because your path 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.920 in terms of your collegiate activity and playing baseball was 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.600 not linear by any stretch if I'm looking at this correctly, 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:59.720 justin Clemson, then Oklahoma State, State College of Florida in 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.520 in Bradenton. So tell me how your path kind of 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:04.840 evolved to the point in which you were able to 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:08.160 get to, you know, the draft type of situation and 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:10.640 get to the professional ball. It's not it's certainly not 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:11.800 an easy path. 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:13.760 No, not an easy path. 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:17.040 I had a lot of things you know, quote unquote 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.600 go wrong during my my college career, and yeah, I 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:23.840 struggled my freshman year pretty heavily. Pretty much got got 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:25.960 cut after that year, and they kind of said, you know, 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:27.240 you're not a fit here anymore. 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:28.760 So I was like, dang. 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:30.720 And this was before transfer portal and all that stuff, 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:33.240 so I couldn't just you know, go to some other 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:33.640 d one. 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:35.080 I had to sit out a year if I did that. 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:36.000 So I went to. 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:39.320 Junior college and you know, again shout out to to 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:42.160 Stay College of Florida and coach Hill and coach Batson 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.240 and you know Donnie the pitching coach there. 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.240 They they really are great people. 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.360 They gave me a shot, just kind of went somewhere 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:51.040 where I was able to pitch, and you know, I 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:52.680 was still hitting at the time, so kind of doing 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:53.040 all that. 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.520 And then yeah, I ended up. 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:57.200 You know, I got I broke my jaw while I 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.560 was there, like my first our first practice back in 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.640 the spring, so that that happened, and then you know, 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:05.360 I come back. I actually got got the wires out 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.960 of my face, you know, a five five weeks mouth 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.800 wired shut. And then on the last day of that 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.760 I got the wires out. I remember, went and got 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:16.840 some Chick fil A. Couldn't eat it because I was 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.080 on like liquid diet. I was on Linquid diet for 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:21.680 five weeks. I was like, oh, this is a great idea, 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:23.560 let's just eat Chick fil A. And then I just 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.440 like couldn't eat it. Got to the yard. I started 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.360 that game that day on the mound. Bitch that day. 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:31.320 But I went from you know, like a ninety five 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.520 guy to like an eighty eight, ninety one guy. And 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:37.800 then Covid hits and then end up you know, losing 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.000 the rest of that season kind of doing whatever, and 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:43.200 then going to Oklahoma State finally feeling like I'm getting 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.480 back back on the saddle and feeling good and like, 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.360 all right, I can be a top five round draft 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:49.440 pick here if I just stay healthy. 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:51.120 And then sure enough, you know, tear my. 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:54.240 EBow, you know, midway through that year, and it gets 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:55.160 surgery and all that. 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.120 Stuff, and then the Dodgers. 0:16:57.280 --> 0:16:59.840 Dodgers drafted me in the eleven the eleventh round, which 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.640 the time I was upset about. I was like, dang, like, 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.280 you know, I wanted to be a higher round pick 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:09.280 and and and everything. But you know, hindsight is it's 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.240