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<v Speaker 1>It's snell Zilla Day at camel Back Ranch and Glendale, Arizona.

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<v Speaker 1>Blake Snell making his debut with the Dodgers in a

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<v Speaker 1>Cactus League game. And you got to have the A

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<v Speaker 1>team in there behind Blake Snell, and they have the

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<v Speaker 1>A team behind him. The NLCSMVP playing second base today,

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<v Speaker 1>Tommy Edmund, Tommy, great to see you, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>it's always busy in the morning, so thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, of course, good to see you too. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an exciting day to get to watch Blake pitch

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<v Speaker 2>for the first time in the Dodgers' UNI, so you

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<v Speaker 2>know it's gonna be a fun game today.

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<v Speaker 1>You faced him quite a bit over your career. How

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<v Speaker 1>big of a relief is that you don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>see him anymore?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's got my number. You know, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>I ever got a hit off of him, so, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad that we don't have to face him anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>This is your first spring training at camel Back Ranch.

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<v Speaker 1>You were traded for in the middle of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>So what's the feeling now being a world champion and

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<v Speaker 1>having time to just kind of ease into the season

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<v Speaker 1>with the same team.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's been fun, you know, to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>have a healthy spring training, and obviously it's a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit different schedule because we got to get ready to

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<v Speaker 2>go to Tokyo. But you know, just getting this time

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<v Speaker 2>to get the work in that I need and just

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<v Speaker 2>to get ready for season and prepare for you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the next eight months of baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we forget it. This time last year you were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to come back from not just one injury, but

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<v Speaker 1>a couple. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely had a frustrating first half last year. But

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<v Speaker 2>you know, everything's feeling good now and hopefully I have

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<v Speaker 2>a full healthy season, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm always looking at guys and what things they've

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<v Speaker 1>done to try to improve every year. Now, sometimes it

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<v Speaker 1>deceives me. I'm not a baseball nerd like other people,

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<v Speaker 1>but it looks like from the left side, you may

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<v Speaker 1>have stood taller with your stands. Have you decided to

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<v Speaker 1>maybe do a couple of different things there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the ultimate goal is just to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>stay taller in my backside, you know, and be able

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<v Speaker 2>to land in a position where I'm able to adjust

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<v Speaker 2>and cover more parts of the zone. So yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just just small mechanical adjustments and you know, just to

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<v Speaker 2>help myself give myself a better chance to have success,

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<v Speaker 2>regardless who's pitching.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the process of making that decision to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to say, you know, this may help me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's just identifying, you know, the areas of my

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<v Speaker 2>swing that are not optimal and you know, really hammering

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<v Speaker 2>those down in the cage and during VP rounds and

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<v Speaker 2>just making sure I'm focusing on those few things and

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<v Speaker 2>staying locked in and not losing sight of what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>working towards.

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<v Speaker 1>Since Tommy Edmund has one of the highest baseball iques

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<v Speaker 1>in the room, maybe you can explain to us what's

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest difference for a hitter to stand taller rather

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<v Speaker 1>than do what you were doing and maybe shrink the

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<v Speaker 1>strike zone.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, now the ABS is you know we're using this,

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<v Speaker 2>it's that they pretty much just measure your height, so

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't really matter how tall you're standing anymore. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't know. I'm just trying to find

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<v Speaker 2>a way to help myself keep that backside strong. So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, when if I squat down, then there's the

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<v Speaker 2>tendency to kind of get get I guess squatted into

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<v Speaker 2>the backside so that I'm I kind of slide out

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<v Speaker 2>instead of being able to stay strong and be able

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<v Speaker 2>to stay firm with my back hip and be able

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<v Speaker 2>to use that in my swing. So yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of I don't want to get too much

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<v Speaker 2>into the mechanical side of it, but it's basically just

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<v Speaker 2>being able.

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<v Speaker 1>To use the back hit better, so simplify things I've heard.

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<v Speaker 1>Hitting coaches and great hitters always talk about you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be connected to the ground to be a successful hitter.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you a big believer in that?

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<v Speaker 2>For sure? Yeah, you're you know, the strongest muscles are

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<v Speaker 2>your legs, so you got to be able to use

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<v Speaker 2>them if you want to, you know, have the have

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<v Speaker 2>the most power that you can.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, Tommy Edmond's playing a lot of infield. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like you're going back to the majority of your

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<v Speaker 1>time where you want a gold Glove at second base?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, it's been fun to play a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of second again, you know, playing with with Mooki over

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<v Speaker 2>at short it's been fun to you know, kind of

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<v Speaker 2>communicate with him and learn about how each other works. So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we'll see what this season brings. But playing

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<v Speaker 2>second for now I'm sure I'll mix it a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit in the center as well, But you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just making sure to stay fresh regardless of ready put me.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw you yesterday taking outfield drills and making throws

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<v Speaker 1>from center field to home plate. The throws are so

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<v Speaker 1>different from second obviously compared to center field. How important

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<v Speaker 1>is it for you to stretch out your arm like

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<v Speaker 1>that to be ready whenever called upon?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I got to just make sure to do that

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<v Speaker 2>and make sure I'm keeping up today with my long

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<v Speaker 2>toss and making those longer throws, you know, every now

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<v Speaker 2>and then, to make sure I'm ready whenever I whenever

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<v Speaker 2>I got a head out there. But you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>definitely a little bit different of a throw, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the concepts are kind of the same. Be able to

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<v Speaker 2>get behind the ball and use my momentum to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to get some carry on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Some guys have a hard time just making throws from

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<v Speaker 1>the position they play every day. It's remarkable that you're

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<v Speaker 1>able to make the accurate throws from several different positions.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, it's a lot of work. Hey, you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta stay on top of it, but you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>that's part of it. You gotta gotta put in the

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<v Speaker 2>work that's required.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you mentioned Mooki and you being a double play

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<v Speaker 1>combo right now. Can you tell the confidence that he

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<v Speaker 1>has at that position.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, for sure. You know, he's put in the whole

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<v Speaker 2>off season of work and looked really good during the spring,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's always out there taking extra ground balls and

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<v Speaker 2>just making sure he can be the best defensive short

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<v Speaker 2>stop that he can be. And you know, it's looked

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<v Speaker 2>really good so far.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Tommy, thanks a lot for the time. Really

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate it. And I always feel like I learned something

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<v Speaker 1>from you, because obviously a lot of people know how

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<v Speaker 1>high your IQ is on and off the field. So

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, Tommy. I really appreciate it, especially for a

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<v Speaker 1>mere mortal like myself.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, of course, always a pleasure.