Speaker 1: The Dodgers are getting ready for a Cactus League playing.
Speaker 1: We're joined right now by another one of their young
Speaker 1: stars that is on the forty man roster for the
Speaker 1: first time in his professional career with the Dodgers, and
Speaker 1: that is Jack Dryer. Jack, thanks a lot for the time,
Speaker 1: appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1: You're in a good spot here. It feels like everybody
Speaker 1: gets along. Everybody's rooting for each other on this wall
Speaker 1: of guys that are trying to make their major league
Speaker 1: dreams come true.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, We have a lot of guys here who
Speaker 2: you know, everybody's just rooting for each other, and uh yeah,
Speaker 2: it's a really good atmosphere.
Speaker 1: What's it like for you not only to be in
Speaker 1: big league camp but also know that you're one step
Speaker 1: closer being on the forty man roster.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, getting outed to the roster is obviously
Speaker 2: cool because it shows that the team you know, values
Speaker 2: you to a certain extent. But you know, my goal
Speaker 2: is just to focus on the things that I can control,
Speaker 2: and you know, when, when and if a debut happens,
Speaker 2: that's out of my control, so I try not to
Speaker 2: think about that kind of thing.
Speaker 1: How have you embraced this role of being the guy
Speaker 1: that the Dodgers value coming out of a bullpen.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, as soon as you sign with the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: everybody treats you you know you or a first round
Speaker 2: or the exact same. So there's no difference there. So
Speaker 2: it's always just been, you know, do whatever you can
Speaker 2: to help the organization.
Speaker 1: What's it been like learning from the guys across from
Speaker 1: you because they were nicknamed the dogs during the postseason
Speaker 1: last year, have they started to embrace you into their
Speaker 1: circle or their dog pack.
Speaker 2: Yeah, a few of them have done a really good
Speaker 2: job of helping me and teach me different things like
Speaker 2: routines and how they deal with you know, pregame anxiety
Speaker 2: and that kind of stuff. So I'm just very lucky
Speaker 2: to be in a clubhouse with so many, you know,
Speaker 2: future Hall of famers.
Speaker 1: What's the biggest message they've given you to kind of
Speaker 1: control all that?
Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing is to take control of
Speaker 2: your preparation, and you know, you can control those kinds
Speaker 2: of things, and so if you execute all of that,
Speaker 2: you won't need to, you know, worry about the performance
Speaker 2: because that'll take care of itself.
Speaker 1: You only listen to left handed relievers.
Speaker 2: No, we have. We have a few good right handed
Speaker 2: players as well, so I listened to them too.
Speaker 1: Jack Dryer is our guest. You're gonna know him pretty
Speaker 1: well soon as he is on the forty man roster,
Speaker 1: and the Dodgers obviously have their sight set on him
Speaker 1: making his major league debut at some point this season.
Speaker 1: I have to say, you know, I was really impressed
Speaker 1: by Alex Freelance Dash, but I mean, your Captain Morgan
Speaker 1: facial here right now is pretty impressive as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. Some of the players have dubbed me
Speaker 2: Captain Jack Sparrow, so I'll lean into that a little bit.
Speaker 1: Have you been called up to the morning meeting yet?
Speaker 1: I have.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it actually went pretty smoothly, so I'm glad that
Speaker 2: I was able to get that taken care of well.
Speaker 1: Last year. I'm not sure fans realized this, but you
Speaker 1: created a show. Hey, Otani Rubik's Cube. How did you
Speaker 1: come up with that? How did you? Was it a
Speaker 1: homework assignment?
Speaker 2: No, that's just kind of a side hobby that I have.
Speaker 2: You know, I've been solving riverscubes for several years now
Speaker 2: and turned it into art and so over time, I've
Speaker 2: just kind of developed my process of making more and
Speaker 2: more murals and bigger murals. So, yeah, last year was
Speaker 2: the Shoho tany one. I tried to stay a little
Speaker 2: bit anonymous, so nothing's really come of it so far.
Speaker 1: You know how to solve a Rubics cube one hundred
Speaker 1: thousand different ways?
Speaker 2: Yeah, basically, it doesn't matter how you mix it up,
Speaker 2: it's going to be pretty easy to solve.
Speaker 1: I know you make it sound that way, but for
Speaker 1: mere mortals like myself and guys that are not from
Speaker 1: higher learning, like Gavin Stone, I'm not sure they've ever
Speaker 1: solved the Rubics cube before.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think I can attribute that to a lot
Speaker 2: of alone time in college, sitting in my room by
Speaker 2: myself and just kind of memorizing some things.
Speaker 1: All right. I was not very popular either in high
Speaker 1: school or college, so I could relate to that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, lots of alone time.
Speaker 1: Well whatever you date it worked. You put in a
Speaker 1: lot of time not only with the brain but with
Speaker 1: the pitching. And appreciate the time. And we'll see at
Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium soon.
Speaker 2: That sounds great. Thank you for having me