Speaker 1: Join right now by a man that made his major
Speaker 1: league debut, and he's sitting next to a man that
Speaker 1: also made his major league debut, that's River Ryan. But
Speaker 1: it was a great year for the young Dodger pitchers,
Speaker 1: including Justin Robleski. And I promise not to embarrass you
Speaker 1: in front of your locker.
Speaker 2: Mete, thank you, thank you. I appreciate that. It's kind
Speaker 2: of hard to do that though we both we both
Speaker 2: we've seen a lot from each other.
Speaker 1: There's a few of you that weren't in big league
Speaker 1: camp last spring but played such a big part during
Speaker 1: the regular season in the postseason. Is there any different
Speaker 1: feeling now? Do you have more of a confidence of
Speaker 1: belonging being here?
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. I think confidence just comes with experience
Speaker 2: at any time. Like you know, getting getting up in
Speaker 2: the big leagues last year and being able to pitch
Speaker 2: up there was super helpful for me just to kind
Speaker 2: of learn what I need to do to get better
Speaker 2: and things like that, and to be able to kind
Speaker 2: of make that jump come this spring training and I
Speaker 2: feel like I'm kind of progressing, you know, more and
Speaker 2: more each and getting to where I can be not
Speaker 2: just a serviceable major league picture but it but a
Speaker 2: good one. So that's kind of where I'm where I'm
Speaker 2: at right now.
Speaker 1: It feels like spring training, even the games, there's more
Speaker 1: room to develop yourself and hone in on what you
Speaker 1: want to work on.
Speaker 3: Has that been the case for you ye.
Speaker 2: You know, especially with some of the guys we've signed,
Speaker 2: like just kind of getting the chance to see how
Speaker 2: they go about it. It's definitely been super helpful for me.
Speaker 2: And kind of finally being able to be over on
Speaker 2: this side for spring training has been nice. Especially you
Speaker 2: know in games that you know they mat they matter,
Speaker 2: but quote unquote don't matter. It's it's been nice to
Speaker 2: kind of get the chance to go out there and
Speaker 2: work on stuff and and just again continue to hone
Speaker 2: the craft and get better.
Speaker 3: Have you found what you've been looking for?
Speaker 2: I mean, you're never gonna find what you're looking for,
Speaker 2: because you know, I think anybody in this clubhouse, especially pitchers,
Speaker 2: are are always looking for perfection. I think that's kind
Speaker 2: of what I've noticed is that that keeps you there,
Speaker 2: is kind of that that, you know, forever chase of
Speaker 2: trying to be perfect, even though you know you're never
Speaker 2: going to be. But kind of on that point, I
Speaker 2: think I'm definitely moving in the right direction. Kind of
Speaker 2: had to make some arsenal changes when I got to
Speaker 2: the big leagues last year. So having the ability to
Speaker 2: kind of go into this offseason, have everybody tell me
Speaker 2: kind of what I need to work on, and then
Speaker 2: continue to kind of do that in the off season
Speaker 2: and kind of really hone the pitches in and get
Speaker 2: my arsenal in the spot where not only are they
Speaker 2: moving the way I wanted to, but continuing to gain
Speaker 2: the understanding of how to use the pitches that I have,
Speaker 2: because I think that was kind of the problem towards
Speaker 2: the back half of last year for me. It was
Speaker 2: like made a few changes and then it was like
Speaker 2: you're kind of up there in the blueprint that I
Speaker 2: used to got to get to the big leagues. It
Speaker 2: was not the same anymore. So then you're kind of
Speaker 2: out there and trying to perform, but also you know,
Speaker 2: figure out how to sequence the stuff and make everything
Speaker 2: work together. And I think I'm in a much better
Speaker 2: place with that now, as I got the whole off
Speaker 2: season to use it, and then kind of being able
Speaker 2: to use it in the past couple of games.
Speaker 3: Justin Robleski is our guest.
Speaker 1: He's a world champion Dodger made his major league debut
Speaker 1: last year. Have you had a chance to reflect on
Speaker 1: your major league debut and what this team accomplished with
Speaker 1: the help of guys like Gavin Stone, yourself, River Ryan
Speaker 1: to mention a few.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, it was obviously kind of
Speaker 2: sitting in the same spot last year, you know, being
Speaker 2: in minor league camp. I remember being a little frustrated,
Speaker 2: you know, hoping I was going to be in major
Speaker 2: league camp last year and and kind of didn't. And
Speaker 2: so that was kind of a little bit of fuel
Speaker 2: for me going into the year because, you know, even
Speaker 2: if no one else thought it, I believe that I
Speaker 2: was going to debut last year, and I think that
Speaker 2: was a big reason why I did, just because I
Speaker 2: had that belief and and that kind of confidence in
Speaker 2: myself that I could do it and that I was
Speaker 2: good enough and sure enough, like you know, come come July,
Speaker 2: they needed me and ended up, you know, gett into
Speaker 2: the chance to fulfill a dream and yeah, just again,
Speaker 2: like getting the chance to pitch up there was awesome,
Speaker 2: and you know, I'm definitely grateful that the organization gave
Speaker 2: me the opportunity to to go help the team and
Speaker 2: everything else, and again just you know, very valuable stuff
Speaker 2: that I gained in order to to kind of continue
Speaker 2: to get better and to continue to grow as as
Speaker 2: a pitcher.
Speaker 3: Self confidence is not something you're lacking. I'm sure that
Speaker 3: helped you a lot.
Speaker 2: I'd say, you know, it's it's not it's not that
Speaker 2: I never want to come across as a guy that's
Speaker 2: that's overly confident. But I've been through a lot of
Speaker 2: stuff in this game, went through a lot in college
Speaker 2: to kind of to get here.
Speaker 3: Wasn't a high round guy.
Speaker 2: So I think, you know, part of that is just
Speaker 2: like a chip on my shoulder, and I think that
Speaker 2: kind of helps, you know, fuel meat that through everything
Speaker 2: is is because I'm not supposed to be here. I
Speaker 2: think that's kind of where it comes from for me.
Speaker 2: It's you know a lot of people thought I couldn't.
Speaker 2: So I think that's that's where like I'm a to
Speaker 2: prove to you that I can. And I think that's
Speaker 2: kind of my It's always going to be my viewpoint,
Speaker 2: and that's always going to be how I view things.
Speaker 2: And you know, I've worked really, really hard to get
Speaker 2: in this position, and you know, the goal is always
Speaker 2: the same, just to continue to get better and to
Speaker 2: continue to improve. And you know, kind of see where
Speaker 2: where the ceiling is and I feel like I can
Speaker 2: I can raise that pretty high.
Speaker 3: All right, justin thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a pleasure to watch you continue
Speaker 1: to grow and it's awesome to see your journey because
Speaker 1: that's what it's all about.
Speaker 3: So thank you for the time, for sure. Thank you