Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: I'm joined right now by a man that we met
Speaker 1: last year at Dodgers Stadium, and he was the Dodgers
Speaker 1: Minor League pitcher of the Year. And you would think
Speaker 1: being the minor league pitcher of the year, he would
Speaker 1: have a real locker, But not so for Jackson Ferris.
Speaker 1: He's got one of these fold out lockers in the
Speaker 1: middle of the clubhouse, hiding behind it every morning.
Speaker 2: Jackson, thanks a lot for the time. Great to see you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, great to see you. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2: What do you think about this locker situation.
Speaker 4: I'm just happy to be here, honestly, it doesn't matter
Speaker 4: what locker to be honest Yeah.
Speaker 1: After the year you had being traded over to the
Speaker 1: Dodgers and now being in your first big league camp,
Speaker 1: what's been the experience?
Speaker 4: Like, it's been good, you know, being a big league
Speaker 4: camp now, just trying to learn from all these guys,
Speaker 4: getting the routine down, getting like learning from them how
Speaker 4: like a long year goes, and just how to stay
Speaker 4: healthy through out a long year. Because I mean, I'm
Speaker 4: hoping at some point that this year, next year, whenever,
Speaker 4: that I can be up there and hopefully playing in
Speaker 4: October with all these guys, and.
Speaker 1: It feels like all of you guys that are coming
Speaker 1: up through the organization have a real tight bond. Have
Speaker 1: you fit in quickly with your new teammates.
Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, Like I mean, getting to know these guys,
Speaker 4: the minor league guys, everybody, it's been a lot of fun.
Speaker 4: So I mean just learning from them, learning from the
Speaker 4: older guys, and then everybody just having fun at the
Speaker 4: same time.
Speaker 2: What was your off season like to prepare for this,
Speaker 2: for the next step?
Speaker 4: You know, I didn't really do anything different, just kind
Speaker 4: of went back home to North Carolina, did everything that
Speaker 4: I've been doing.
Speaker 3: It's kind of been working for me the last few years.
Speaker 4: Didn't want to change anything up and just kind of
Speaker 4: like do my routine, get the weight room stuff down, pack,
Speaker 4: get a little bit stronger, and then just come out here.
Speaker 3: Ready.
Speaker 1: We always hear about the Dodgers and developing pitching in
Speaker 1: the minor leagues. You've been with two different You've been
Speaker 1: with another organization before coming to the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: What is the secret sauce? For a lack of better term.
Speaker 4: I just feel like all the coaches here they're confident
Speaker 4: in what they what they say, and what they believe
Speaker 4: in terms of like, hey, we're not like, yeah, we
Speaker 4: might screw up whatever, but like we'll be able to
Speaker 4: fix whatever happens, whatever goes wrong, But like at the
Speaker 4: same time, they're confident that they're right whenever they give
Speaker 4: you a coaching suggestion.
Speaker 3: So, I mean, I like that a lot.
Speaker 1: Jackson ferriss is our guest, had a first pitch at
Speaker 1: camel Back Ranch, and Jackson, I don't know if you
Speaker 1: could see beyond this locker and this post right here,
Speaker 1: but there's some pretty good pitchers on the other side
Speaker 1: of that clubhouse. Have you had a chance to watch
Speaker 1: them and just see how they do things?
Speaker 4: Yeah, made it kind of a priority to go out
Speaker 4: there every time any of these guys are throwing out
Speaker 4: there to make sure I get out there and just
Speaker 4: kind of see how they go about their routine before
Speaker 4: before they throw their routine in the weight room, and
Speaker 4: just kind of watch them. I mean, they've been doing
Speaker 4: it for a lot longer than me, and clearly they
Speaker 4: they're doing it well. So I mean, can learn something
Speaker 4: from everybody.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Snell seems to be a guy that wants to
Speaker 1: coach up the younger guys. Has he talked to you
Speaker 1: have you guys had any interactions.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we have.
Speaker 4: I feel like just kind of like me getting my
Speaker 4: feet way, you know, like I'm still learning from like myself,
Speaker 4: you know, like getting out here and like I'm trying
Speaker 4: to take everything I want right now, and then as
Speaker 4: I get going, you know, like ask these guys questions
Speaker 4: about like what they what they feel about when they
Speaker 4: like are in a bullpen, pregame, bullpen, aer out in
Speaker 4: the game as they as they're getting going too.
Speaker 1: So yeah, all right, Jackson Ferris since from North Carolina,
Speaker 1: Bob Kats.
Speaker 2: Duke UNC.
Speaker 1: Where does Jackson Ferris landa in the Carolina Basketball Wars?
Speaker 4: I'm a Notre Dame fan and then I'm a Boston
Speaker 4: sports fan, so Celtics.
Speaker 3: Patriots, everything.
Speaker 2: Yeah, how did that happen?
Speaker 4: Might A's from just outside of Boston and we just
Speaker 4: kind of always grew up watching Notre Dame, so yeah,
Speaker 4: it's just kind of always been the team.
Speaker 3: For us to watch.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a good Bowl season for Notre Dame.
Speaker 4: It was it wasn't the result that we wanted at
Speaker 4: the end, but like it was good to be there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, Wow, you threw me a curveball. Right there,
Speaker 2: Jackson Farris.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's just kind of who we grew up watching. Yeah,
Speaker 3: all right, well cool.
Speaker 1: Great to share you with the Dodger fans and look
Speaker 1: forward to seeing you again, not only in a suit
Speaker 1: at Dodgers Stadium, but pitching at Dodger Stadium one day soon.
Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, that's always the goal.
Speaker 2: It is. Thanks a lot for the time, Thank you
Speaker 2: for having me.