WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:05.080 The Dodgers are back in action tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium. Our coverage begins 2 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:11.160 at six o'clock, with first pitch at seven ten between the Dodgers and Boston 3 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:15.679 Red Sox. Gavin Stone will be on the mound for the Dodgers, and 4 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:22.239 on Saturday afternoon evening twilight, our guest will be on the mound for his 5 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:28.000 third Major League start. A man that certainly has burst onto the scene and 6 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:32.560 has made his name be known in the City of Angels, and that is 7 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:37.119 the one and only Justin Robleski. Justin, thanks a lot for the time, 8 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:41.200 appreciate it. Yeah, yeah, no worries, no worries. Hey, 9 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.840 let's just get this out of the way right now. I've heard people 10 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:48.880 refer to you as Robo. I'm not in with that nickname. I'm not 11 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.240 sure if you're in with that nickname. Can you just set the record straight. 12 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.520 If you want people to stop referring to as Robo, we can make 13 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.880 that happen right now. You know what. So when I was in when 14 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:06.439 I was in fourth grade, when I was in fourth grade, fourth oh 15 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:08.319 yeah, that's when that's when it started. And then kind of just my 16 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.840 whole life everyone's called me that, so I've kind of grown into it and 17 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:15.799 I kind of like it. So that's that's what we're gonna stick with, 18 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.400 all right, all right. I was hoping you would say you hate it. 19 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.519 No, it's it's it's kind of just like it's me now, you 20 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:29.200 know what I mean. At this point, I've written with it for so 21 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:30.920 long, it's kind of just who I am. I mean, I look 22 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:37.680 at your name. I don't see Robo anywhere in this name. It's just 23 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:42.719 it's just because Robleski and for whatever reason, just Robo. That's just what 24 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.159 it was. So win a W in the front though not not not r 25 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.159 O b O. It's W R O b O. Yeah, and maybe 26 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.480 that's why the fourth grader's there just went with robo right right there. Yeah, 27 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.640 W Yeah. It's easier to say, easier to say, hey, 28 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:00.599 justin. I know you're in the big leagues right now, but man, 29 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:06.359 you are an underdog story. You were an eleventh round pick in twenty twenty 30 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:10.080 one. You were the three hundred and forty second overall pick that year. 31 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:16.479 Do you feel like you're an underdog story? I would say, yeah, 32 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:22.680 but kind of had a lot of unfortunate things happen in my college career that 33 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:27.319 kind of, I guess, not derailed, but just kind of made my 34 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:31.000 path different than a lot of other people's. So I've always kind of felt, 35 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:35.439 you know, that's kind of a chip on my shoulder, like they 36 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.759 don't think I can, so I will. I think that's just kind of 37 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:42.159 who I am. But yeah, it's I would say I'm an underdog, 38 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:49.520 but I would say I've never I've never viewed myself as like lesser than I 39 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:52.840 guess if that makes sense. I've always had confidence. Yeah, no doubt. 40 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.439 I saw that at Dodger Stadium. You really had mound presence for a 41 00:02:55.479 --> 00:03:01.280 guy that was making his major league debut. Where does that come from? 42 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:06.639 I think I think it just kind of falls back on my preparation. It 43 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.960 just kind of I don't know, I guess just who I am as a 44 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:14.919 person, Like if I'm if I feel prepared, I think, you know, 45 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:16.879 I can compete with with anybody. So I guess that's where it comes 46 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:22.599 from. It's just I guess slowly been built up over time. But it's 47 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.439 it's just kind of I don't know, that's a good question, but I'd 48 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:30.120 say it's just something I slowly built over time. Hey, I guess if 49 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.639 you feel like you're prepared, you have that confidence. If you're not prepared, 50 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:38.159 that's when you're nervous. Right. I've I actually get some homework on 51 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:44.439 you, Robleski. I actually text your Triple A manager Travis Barbary, and 52 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:46.639 asked him what he thought about justin Robleski. You want to hear what he 53 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:52.719 had to tell me. If they were good things? Yeah, they were 54 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.000 good things, And it goes back to preparation. He said. The biggest 55 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:01.319 thing that stood out to him is how detailed your pre start preparation is in 56 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:05.919 the homework you do on the lineup that you're going to face. And I'm 57 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:11.120 sure when you were in that hotel room before you made your major league debut 58 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:14.719 against the Brewers, you were doing a lot of studying. So did I 59 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:18.759 interrupt the preparation for the Red Sox? Uh? No, that's that's already 60 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:21.600 been. I mean, there's already been a lot of that that's done already. 61 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:26.279 Obviously I'm gonna go probably going tomorrow and look at a few more things. 62 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.480 But yeah, it's I kind of I try to do it. It's 63 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:31.759 kind of like homework for me. I guess I just kind of I try 64 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:34.279 to get it out of the way and then so I can look over it 65 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:40.480 and kind of really understand, like what I'm trying to do from that standpoint, 66 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:44.439 What what are you looking at? Without giving away too many secrets, 67 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:46.920 Why are you so detailed? Are you looking at the swings? Can you 68 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:50.720 read swings as the game is going on? What are you what are you 69 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:56.680 looking for? I think for sure reading swings is part of it for me. 70 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:00.680 I'm I'm I'm definitely more of a numbers guy, So I like, 71 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:04.720 I have a customer report that the Dodgers have that I've always I've looked at, 72 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:08.480 and there's a couple of other things that they've helped me kind of, 73 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.759 I guess mold and there's certain certain tendencies and other things that I'm looking at. 74 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:16.319 I'm not going to say everything, but yeah, just certain tendencies kind 75 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:18.839 of what guys like to do where they do damage. I guess it's kind 76 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:23.160 of the biggest pieces of it for me. And where did that come from? 77 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:26.839 Justin Did you learn that over the years in the minor leagues, Did 78 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:30.199 you learn that in college at Oklahoma State or has that always been you going 79 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:35.160 back to high school. Yeah, it's just it's definitely a minor league thing 80 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:40.600 because you don't really have the data your fingertips so that we do now in 81 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:45.360 college in high school, but definitely kind of when I got to the minor 82 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.560 leagues and kind of got access to data like that, it's just kind of 83 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:53.480 from my perspective, it's like, this can make me better, so why 84 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:57.879 would I not use it and use it to its full ability. So just 85 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:01.319 kind of but it's a process to try and figure out, like what do 86 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.519 I need to look at, what's important, what's not important? What's that 87 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:08.639 way? You don't have too much to look at, So it's been kind 88 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.639 of a process these past, you know, two seasons, just really trying 89 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:15.800 to figure out what I need to know and what I don't. Justin Robleski 90 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:20.279 is our guest. He started this season in Double A, made two starts 91 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:25.839 at Triple A, and here he is just two days away from making his 92 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:31.759 third major league start against the Boston Red Sox at Dodger Stadium. I'm curious, 93 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:35.959 Justin, when a rookie comes up and a pitcher that's starting so quickly 94 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:43.160 after he gets activated, how have your teammates treated you. They've been great. 95 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:48.639 Everybody's been really kind of accepting and kind of just helpful to me and 96 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:54.319 obviously teaching me kind of how things work and how things go. You know, 97 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:58.920 Luckily know a couple guys and Knack and Gavin and Bobby and guys like 98 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:00.920 that that have been really just helped me out. And the guys that I 99 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.720 had knew previously so just kind of had that comfort. But everyone's been really 100 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:11.120 awesome. So it's been It's been a i'd say not it's not easy, 101 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:15.920 but they've definitely made it easier to kind of just, I guess smash into 102 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:19.560 the team. And from what you told us, Clayton Kershaw was kind of 103 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:24.839 the guy you looked up to when you were a kid. How strange and 104 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:28.879 surreal was it to be in the dugout with him? Yeah, it's crazy. 105 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:31.959 It's crazy, just kind of all those years watching him and just kind 106 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:35.639 of especially as a lefty grown up, I mean, Kershaw was going to 107 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:41.439 be your guy. So it's it was surreal and obviously something that I'm thankful 108 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:45.319 for and I won't forget. Did you ever try to emulate anything of his 109 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:49.399 delivery when you were a kid. Have you seen my delivery. It does 110 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:57.000 not look like no, no, no, no. There's only one person 111 00:07:57.040 --> 00:08:00.439 that can throw that way, and that's him. Have you ever thought about, 112 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.079 you know, when you're out of the stretch, like bringing both hands 113 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:05.920 up above your head. Have you ever thought about doing that? Robleski? 114 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:09.360 You know what? Never? Once? Never, once have I thought about 115 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:15.680 Justin Robleski is our guest. Obviously you could tell he's an easy guy to 116 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.959 root for. And you went to college at Oklahoma State. Your college coach 117 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:24.680 was Josh Holliday, who's known for being a hitting guru, because that's where 118 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:30.000 a lot of even major leaguers go to kind of get back on track. 119 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.879 What was it like playing for him? It was great. It was great. 120 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.240 They're they're great people over there, and you know, obviously can't thank 121 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.440 them enough for giving me the shot they did as a as a junior college 122 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.240 guy. So it was awesome and they were really really awesome to me in 123 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.120 my time there. And unfortunately I wish, I wish I could have fished 124 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:52.639 in the postseason and done all that at Oklahoma State, but didn't get the 125 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:58.200 opportunity because because of TJ. But they've they were awesome with everything and they're 126 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.960 great people and I don't can't, can ever have a bad word to say 127 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.159 about those guys, you know, Kershaw's guys over at Oklahoma Skip Johnson. 128 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:13.960 Yeah, I don't. I don't. Uh is there a rivalry? How 129 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.399 to answer that one? I don't know how to answer that one. We'll 130 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.399 leave it right there. We don't want to upset anybody. Hey, before 131 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:24.759 I let you go, the one thing that we were all impressed about that 132 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:28.480 you don't see a lot of pitchers do or know how to do, is 133 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:33.480 how you change speeds, not with different pitches, but even how you change 134 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:39.320 speeds with your fastball. That is something that shows signs of maturity beyond your 135 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:48.720 years. Yeah, it's funny because I think it's It definitely adds a layer 136 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:54.480 of kind of I guess deception to me, where it's like you're expecting one 137 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.759 thing and you get another, and you got two different fastballs to worry about 138 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:01.679 that move the same. So I think upfront of that game is really important, 139 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.559 no doubt. And it's been working for you and I can't wait to 140 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.919 see it again on Saturday. We're all looking forward to a justin and really 141 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.240 appreciate you taking time out to jump on the show. Looking forward to seeing 142 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:18.440 you out there at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow. Yeah, no worries, Thank you 143 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:22.440 guys. Hey, there he goes, Justin Robleski, you can call him 144 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:26.480 Robo. He's given us permission. There he goes. He's making the start 145 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:31.759 on Saturday for the Dodgers against the Boston Red Sox. Twenty four years old. 146 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.799 Started the year out at Double A Tulsa, and here he is pitching 147 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:41.399 for the Dodgers and making his third major league start coming up in a couple 148 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:46.480 of days. So definitely excited for the young man and definitely is to me 149 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:52.559 an underdog and a guy that certainly pitches because a lot of people, I'm 150 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.759 sure counted him out. Eleventh round pick coming out of Oklahoma State in twenty 151 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:01.720 twenty one. Another good pitching fine for Billy Gasparino and his staff.