Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: All right, we're joined right now by a man that
Speaker 2: the Dodgers have found and maybe they found something.
Speaker 3: He is not Italian, though, he is a proud Ecuadorian.
Speaker 1: That is freaking a proud Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican and Pennsylvania dutchman.
Speaker 3: Wow. That were a mutt. Wow.
Speaker 2: That is Luke Trevino. He is one of the Dodgers'
Speaker 2: newest relievers. That's a lot more you threw at me
Speaker 2: than I expected, lou.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but it is what it is, and everyone
Speaker 1: thinks of Italian but I know it doesn't it doesn't
Speaker 1: seem like it.
Speaker 3: But not a time.
Speaker 2: Hey, that's a compliment, especially going to college in Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2: I'm sure a lot of people thought you were at Paisano.
Speaker 1: Oh absolutely absolutely, But yeah, it is what it is.
Speaker 2: What was it like going to college in a small
Speaker 2: college and being able to be drafted by the A's
Speaker 2: back in twenty thirteen.
Speaker 1: I mean it was great. I mean I went to
Speaker 1: a small Christian school to graduated in nineteen so at
Speaker 1: the time, eight thousand people was huge to me.
Speaker 3: So it was a step up.
Speaker 1: Even though it was small, but it was it was
Speaker 1: great to have that college experience there and throw well.
Speaker 1: And then the A's were able to notice that there's
Speaker 1: something going on over there, and then I was thankful that,
Speaker 1: you know, they were able to draft me and rest history.
Speaker 3: What drew you to baseball? My dad?
Speaker 1: My dad, he always he loved baseball growing up, and
Speaker 1: he played football for a long time. He was a stud.
Speaker 1: But he didn't want me to. You know, it's a
Speaker 1: very physical sport. Not to say I would have been
Speaker 1: good at football, although you know, I think I would
Speaker 1: have been good at football, but he always knows that
Speaker 1: a strong arm. So so we just kind of stuck
Speaker 1: with baseball and I fell in love.
Speaker 2: And yeah, so you're telling me, if you played football,
Speaker 2: you would have been a great quarterback or receiver.
Speaker 3: You don't really seem to have that football body. What
Speaker 3: are you talking about. You're thin, and your you're wiry.
Speaker 1: I'm two hundred and forty pounds of solid muscle. I
Speaker 1: don't know what you're talking about. What would have been linebacker,
Speaker 1: probably be a tight end, maybe defensive line. I'd probably be
Speaker 1: about three hundred pounds right now, so it definitely would
Speaker 1: have been a little different.
Speaker 3: I think I think he made the right choice. I
Speaker 3: agree with you.
Speaker 1: I agree with you.
Speaker 3: Lou.
Speaker 2: Trevino is our guest, and Lou, the Dodgers have this
Speaker 2: reputation of finding guys that other teams don't see what
Speaker 2: they do.
Speaker 3: Well. Have the Dodgers done that with you?
Speaker 1: I would think so. The first time I was here,
Speaker 1: when I got here in Triple A when when was
Speaker 1: that three weeks ago? You know, they had some they
Speaker 1: had some stuff for me, and we were able to
Speaker 1: work on things, and uh and and I felt like
Speaker 1: I kind of hit hit his stride and and some
Speaker 1: of these things, you know, whether it's grip changes or
Speaker 1: mechanical changes or just usage. Honestly, they they've been really
Speaker 1: helping as of as of late and just kind of
Speaker 1: keep on going. But you know, I mean, I have
Speaker 1: a lot of confidence in myself as well. I know
Speaker 1: that God blessed me to with me to be able
Speaker 1: to throw a baseball and throw it well. So it's
Speaker 1: nice that you know a team is as prestigious and
Speaker 1: as good as the Dodgers are, we're able to see
Speaker 1: that as well.
Speaker 2: I saw you today even as the rain was falling,
Speaker 2: continuing that maintenance with Connor McGinnis. How difficult is it
Speaker 2: for a reliever to find a way to refine while
Speaker 2: you still may be pitching on a daily basis.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it can be a little challenging, but that's something
Speaker 1: that you have to learn with age. When I was younger,
Speaker 1: I would throw away too much. I'm not saying I
Speaker 1: don't throw it too much now, because I probably do.
Speaker 1: But it's one of those things where instead of instead
Speaker 1: of throwing a lot flat ground when you're playing catch,
Speaker 1: maybe you limit the flat ground catch if you want
Speaker 1: to get some work in on the slope, and then
Speaker 1: again when you're on the slope. It's not about throwing hard.
Speaker 1: It's for me, it's about trying to be about seventy
Speaker 1: seventy five percent, but feeling it out in front and
Speaker 1: feeling the delivery so you're getting work in without overtaxing
Speaker 1: your body.
Speaker 2: What have the Dodgers told you to lean into because
Speaker 2: you said maybe usage pitch grips. Is it as simple
Speaker 2: as just throwing what you throw?
Speaker 1: Well? Yeah, I think that they were able to identify
Speaker 1: what I do well and and and maybe especially to
Speaker 1: certain lefties, I threw maybe too many sinkers, not not
Speaker 1: to say that, not to say I don't throw it
Speaker 1: now because I have, but it's like, instead of leaning
Speaker 1: on one specific pitch, I feel like the pitch mix
Speaker 1: have been has been really good, and then we were
Speaker 1: able to refine the slider a little bit in recent
Speaker 1: and in the last week, and I think it's been
Speaker 1: a much sharper of a pitch. So it's just like
Speaker 1: it's nothing mind blowing, It's not nothing from out left field,
Speaker 1: but it's just, you know, they I feel like they
Speaker 1: are very good at knowing what you do well and
Speaker 1: trying to get that a little bit bit better and
Speaker 1: then whatever your weaknesses is, you know you can mask.
Speaker 3: It as well.
Speaker 2: Being a guy that's a veteran, you've seen a lot,
Speaker 2: but even at this stage of your career and using
Speaker 2: some of those new pitches to get the results that
Speaker 2: you've gotten, how much of a confidence booster of the
Speaker 2: work you put in is it?
Speaker 1: I mean it's definitely big. I know the last couple
Speaker 1: of years for me with having Tommy John surgery and
Speaker 1: then and then trying to come back and uh, and
Speaker 1: I thought it was gonna be a lot more smooth
Speaker 1: sailing than it was.
Speaker 3: There was a lot of setbacks.
Speaker 1: I thought i'd be back last year and it wasn't
Speaker 1: so to be back, and then I was first of
Speaker 1: all thankful that the Giants were able to give me
Speaker 1: the opportunity. It obviously didn't go the way I wait, wait,
Speaker 1: anyone wanted it to. But and then again being here,
Speaker 1: it's and then having success. I've had one thankful to
Speaker 1: God to give me this, this opportunity, and then too
Speaker 1: just it's a it's a good feeling to be back
Speaker 1: in the big leagues, competing at such a high level.
Speaker 1: I think I took it for granted for a long time.
Speaker 1: So it's you know, life is a mixture of being
Speaker 1: grateful but not being satisfied. And if you're too grateful,
Speaker 1: you're never going to strive to be the best. And
Speaker 1: if you're too satisfied, uh yeah, you're you're you're Yeah,
Speaker 1: well that's the same thing. Uh but yeah, just trying
Speaker 1: to stay grateful but as well, like continue to work
Speaker 1: hard and kind of being able to sit back and
Speaker 1: and being thankful for everything God gave me. It's been
Speaker 1: you know, this a roundabout way of answering your question.
Speaker 1: But but yeah, it's I'm very thankful. I'm throwing well,
Speaker 1: but it's more of like a gratefulness to be back
Speaker 1: in the big leagues and and and uh. And that
Speaker 1: realization came with, you know, being through all I've been
Speaker 1: through the last two years.
Speaker 3: So hey, I'll make it simple for you.
Speaker 2: Jim Harbaugh, the head coach of the Chargers, has a
Speaker 2: saying that he wants his team to really identify with
Speaker 2: humble and hungry.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, that's really good. That might be a little
Speaker 1: bit better than what I said.
Speaker 3: That's why he's captain comeback exactly exactly. Hey, before I let.
Speaker 2: You go, new teammates, new bullpen mates, a lot of
Speaker 2: guys that are world champions down there. Can you give
Speaker 2: us a peek into the vibe of those guys.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, there's a there's a there's a quiet
Speaker 1: confidence in the group. You know, whether it's positionally starters
Speaker 1: like you said, the bullpen, a lot of guys are very,
Speaker 1: very talented and they know it, and there's that confidence
Speaker 1: that they have that just it's contagious. So it's it's
Speaker 1: it's cool to be around guys who've had that experience
Speaker 1: and success in such big moments. So it's it's it's
Speaker 1: it's fun to be around.
Speaker 2: Hey, Lou Trevino, thanks a lot for the time. Really
Speaker 2: appreciate getting to know you, and you've been phenomenal. Stay
Speaker 2: humble and hungry, Absolutely humble, ungry. There he is the man,
Speaker 2: one of the newest Dodger relievers. He's sticking around, Lou Trevino,
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Speaker 3: Hey, Lou gets it.