Speaker 1: Obviously, the Dodgers are loaded with proven veterans superstars, but
Speaker 1: the future is also bright because the Dodgers farm system
Speaker 1: has great players and people like jose Wi Depaula, Josey.
Speaker 1: Great to talk to you, and you got prime real
Speaker 1: estate here next to Mookie Bedslocker.
Speaker 2: Yes, sir, Yes, sir, it's honored to be him. Man.
Speaker 1: What's it like being in your first big league camp?
Speaker 3: It's pretty fun and it's a good experience, and it's
Speaker 3: fun to be around these group of guys to learn from.
Speaker 2: Everyone's so an experience.
Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but it feels like yesterday
Speaker 1: where I saw you playing on the minor league fields
Speaker 1: and you really left an impression on so many and
Speaker 1: here you are, just a couple of years later in
Speaker 1: big league camp. What's the journey been like for you?
Speaker 3: Oh, it's been been a good journey. It's been a
Speaker 3: journey of experience. You learn a lot throughout the journey,
Speaker 3: especially being so young and around these group of guys,
Speaker 3: and telling is really fun, really fun.
Speaker 1: When you're this close to Mookie Beds and just his
Speaker 1: work ethic, his mental approach to the game. How much
Speaker 1: sure you observing and trying to absorb.
Speaker 3: I'm trying to observe every day. I'm trying to whether
Speaker 3: they're hitting in the cage, doing defense, just seeing about
Speaker 3: how they go about their work. And it's really impressive
Speaker 3: watching them day in and day out.
Speaker 1: Which it been like for you in this organization? How
Speaker 1: much have you grown from day one?
Speaker 2: Ah?
Speaker 3: A lot, especially it's going from DSL to now for
Speaker 3: like growth mentally and just about how I go about it,
Speaker 3: it's going a lot sway.
Speaker 1: I tell all the young guys, we just hear about you,
Speaker 1: we read about you on the internet. What can you
Speaker 1: tell Dodger fans about your game?
Speaker 2: It's a very relaxed patient.
Speaker 3: I'm not showy, but I'm very relaxing patient, especially in
Speaker 3: the box.
Speaker 2: Feel like that's what helps me. And yeah, very relaxing
Speaker 2: patient game.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like, as a young person you're doing
Speaker 1: a good job of controlling the strike zone?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, for sure. That's one of my keys to
Speaker 3: hit it. I mean, that's one of my strengths, especially
Speaker 3: controlling the strikes, swinging out good pitches, controlling that bat,
Speaker 3: making the pitch of work and when he once he
Speaker 3: makes a mistake, blue damage to him.
Speaker 1: You got cousins that played in the NBA, Stefan Marbury
Speaker 1: one of them. What drew you to the game of baseball?
Speaker 1: Because you're a big guy. I think you could handle
Speaker 1: yourself in the NBA or college basketball. What made you
Speaker 1: gravitate towards this game?
Speaker 2: First, it was my dad.
Speaker 3: Coming from my dad's side, being the Minigan, there's always
Speaker 3: baseball on that side, and I guess the game just
Speaker 3: called to me and I'll call it to the game.
Speaker 2: So it was. Ever since I was young, I was
Speaker 2: always drawn to Did.
Speaker 1: You ever consider basketball?
Speaker 3: No? No, no, no, never considered basketball. Always played it for fun,
Speaker 3: but like ever take it serious like that, especially on
Speaker 3: a team though never And.
Speaker 1: You you have your dad's Dominican. But you grew up
Speaker 1: in New York, right, yes, sir, Brooklyn. How close to
Speaker 1: the Barcley Center, I'm not that far.
Speaker 2: I'm not that far. Actually, I don't know. Probably around
Speaker 2: like forty minutes out there, Probably not that far.
Speaker 1: Most way to Paula is our guest in front of
Speaker 1: first pitch between the Dodgers and Cubs here in Cactus
Speaker 1: League play. All right, since you are a New Yorker,
Speaker 1: Brooklyn born, best pizza is it New York, Is it Chicago?
Speaker 1: Is it La? What do you got on the pizza?
Speaker 2: I have no clue. I don't eat pizza like that.
Speaker 2: But wherever it is good, I go. It doesn't matter
Speaker 2: to me.
Speaker 1: No, you're not big pizza gut no no, no, no no.
Speaker 2: Wherever is good. If the pizza is good, I'll eat it. It
Speaker 2: doesn't matter to me.
Speaker 1: You got a great smile, you got a great spirit
Speaker 1: about yourself. Thank you for the time, and we can't
Speaker 1: wait to watch this journey continue to Los Angeles.
Speaker 2: Thank you, sir, Thank you a lot.