Speaker 1: We are here with mister reliable and also a winner,
Speaker 1: the only ten game winner in the Dodger rotation and
Speaker 1: that is the one and only Gavin Stone. Thanks a
Speaker 1: lot for the time.
Speaker 2: Appreciate it anytime day.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, back in Saint Louis a team that you
Speaker 1: grew up rooting for. What's it been like being at
Speaker 1: Busch Stadium as a major league player?
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a lot different feel.
Speaker 3: As a kid, it just seemed just so surreal and
Speaker 3: like so magical. I mean it still does, but like
Speaker 3: it just seems so much bigger, but being down here
Speaker 3: and stuff.
Speaker 2: Like, it's cool. It's a lot cooler from down here.
Speaker 3: It's shows a lot of years of experience and hard work.
Speaker 1: How many Cardinals games did you get to? I probably
Speaker 1: went to about four or five growing up. That was
Speaker 1: probably like seven the first time I came.
Speaker 3: But yeah, last time I was here was twenty seventeen.
Speaker 1: So you got a better seat these days than when
Speaker 1: you were a kid. Where would you sit here at
Speaker 1: Bush Stadium?
Speaker 3: I think the first time I actually said the top
Speaker 3: in left field. Once I sat behind home plate, like
Speaker 3: second deck. Once I sat up here in the second
Speaker 3: deck just behind third base.
Speaker 2: But Yeah, it was awesome.
Speaker 3: We actually had a U Trip World Series here and
Speaker 3: we got to walk around the field and stuff like
Speaker 3: they usually like they do sometimes and so yeah, I
Speaker 3: remember that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was awesome, and it's awesome being back here.
Speaker 1: Since you're not pitching in this series, have you been
Speaker 1: able to take it in more than you would have?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been it's been nice not having to, you know,
Speaker 3: worry about pitching here and then just getting to focus
Speaker 3: on seeing family and friends and stuff.
Speaker 2: It's been nice.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, how many family and friends did come to
Speaker 1: visit you?
Speaker 3: Yeah, there was a lot, a lot of my buddies, came,
Speaker 3: a lot of friends and family from around the area.
Speaker 2: So yeah, it's been cool.
Speaker 1: So it's out there now your favorite player growing up
Speaker 1: with David xteyn. But I was surprised to hear when
Speaker 1: you started to gravitate towards pitching, Joe Kelly was your
Speaker 1: favorite player. What's it like being teammates with Joe? Is
Speaker 1: he everything that you thought he would be?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, Joe's my favorite pitcher ever.
Speaker 3: And yeah he's he's more than what I thought he'd be.
Speaker 2: He's even crazier.
Speaker 3: And so to actually get to like play with him
Speaker 3: and see what he's like. He's one of a conference, sure,
Speaker 3: and so it's been it's been an honor, you know,
Speaker 3: to get to be on the same team as him.
Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but it feels like whenever
Speaker 1: I'm least expecting it, he sneaks up on you and
Speaker 1: completely rattles you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he does, he does. He's a good yeah though,
Speaker 2: he's a great guy. Yeah.
Speaker 1: What's the one thing that you love that Joe Kelly did?
Speaker 1: Was it the way he had mount presence and was
Speaker 1: aggressive in the strike zone? What what made you gravitate
Speaker 1: towards Joe?
Speaker 3: Yeah, all of that, like just his mentality in general,
Speaker 3: in the way that he you know, I guess really
Speaker 3: was just throwing slow as a starter or slower as
Speaker 3: a starter and then just kindle all that velo you know,
Speaker 3: so quick, and so to see that just really gave
Speaker 3: me confidence of, you know, like I have a chance,
Speaker 3: like I can work to throw hard like that too.
Speaker 2: And like I said, just to be on the team
Speaker 2: with him is pretty cool.
Speaker 1: Keevin, you're the Dodgers only ten game winner. What does
Speaker 1: that mean for you as far as being the most
Speaker 1: reliable starter as well? Because Kershaw always talks about the
Speaker 1: wins are a product of him being out there. You've
Speaker 1: made twenty two starts, twenty three tomorrow. It's turned into
Speaker 1: a really good year.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I mean every time I get the ball, I'm just
Speaker 3: trying to go out there and get a win for us.
Speaker 3: You know, we need them really bad right now, So
Speaker 3: any chance I can get that's my goal.
Speaker 2: But it's all about just having fun.
Speaker 3: It's a lot of fun out there, and so when
Speaker 3: you have a defense as good as ours, it makes
Speaker 3: it a lot easier to get those wins in an
Speaker 3: offense when you got you know, Mookie Freddy's show, Hey
Speaker 3: at the top, so they make it a lot easier, definitely.
Speaker 2: But yeah, it's been pretty.
Speaker 1: Fun being a rookie with those type of veterans that
Speaker 1: you describe playing behind you. What's it like. Do you
Speaker 1: feel like you have more confidence because you know you
Speaker 1: have guys behind you?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Absolutely, I mean our lineup is unbelievable and so it
Speaker 3: makes it a lot easier to kind of just work
Speaker 3: in and out of the zone. Yeah, it's really cool,
Speaker 3: you know to look back and see those guys behind me.
Speaker 1: We know that Gavin Stone put in a lot of
Speaker 1: work during the off season. You came to spring training
Speaker 1: a more refined picture. Can you take us through the
Speaker 1: evolution of this season? How have you gotten better as
Speaker 1: the season has gone forward.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think it's just been trying to
Speaker 3: stay consistent as possible.
Speaker 2: You know, last year it just wasn't as consistent.
Speaker 3: So that was really the main focus, you know, throughout
Speaker 3: the long process of the season, and Connor Mark, you know,
Speaker 3: we have great guys to kind of just help and
Speaker 3: keep everything the same, and so yeah, that's.
Speaker 2: That's really just been It's just trying to stay consistent.
Speaker 1: And just trusting My routine today is krushaw day. I've
Speaker 1: seen you out there watching his bullpen sessions. What's it
Speaker 1: like to see one of the greatest pictures? Do the
Speaker 1: behind the scenes work for days like today?
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's how you learn, honestly, That's how I like
Speaker 3: to learn, is just to.
Speaker 2: Watch these guys and see how they.
Speaker 3: Go about their you know, daily work throughout the year,
Speaker 3: at different parts of the year, at different times during
Speaker 3: the day. And so yeah, just to get to be
Speaker 3: you know, like same with the same old Joe, Like
Speaker 3: he's Hall of Famer and so to get to be
Speaker 3: on the same staff as him is really cooling to get.
Speaker 2: To learn from him. You know, I'm trying to pick
Speaker 2: up as much as I can.
Speaker 1: What have you learned about how he approaches his work
Speaker 1: in between starts, as far as cruise shot goes.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, he doesn't take any days off, and
Speaker 3: I think that's really the key. Uh, He's always one
Speaker 3: of the first people here. He's always, I mean, he's
Speaker 3: always you can tell he loves the game. He's always,
Speaker 3: you know, doing something out here on the field. And
Speaker 3: so to see that and admire that, it's it's pretty cool.
Speaker 1: Earlier on this road trip, Like you said, he's watching
Speaker 1: the game. He came up with a big assist when
Speaker 1: Joey Ortizmi's second base was that Sutter a wake up
Speaker 1: call for everybody to pay attention to what's going on
Speaker 1: in the game, even though you may not be playing.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, absolutely, And Chris is the best at it.
Speaker 3: He's he's locked in every game and yeah, and you
Speaker 3: can tell he's out here watching, observing and stuff like that.
Speaker 3: And so he's probably the only one that picked up
Speaker 3: on that, because I don't even think I mean, dog
Speaker 3: might not even picked up on it.
Speaker 2: But yeah, Chris comes from sprinting down the dugout. That's
Speaker 2: a big victory. Oh that was huge. Yeah that was huge.
Speaker 2: But yeah, that's just the kind of guy he is.
Speaker 1: He always talks about change up envy going back five
Speaker 1: or six years. Has he talked to you about your changeup?
Speaker 2: Not a lot.
Speaker 3: I mean I ask him like every now and then
Speaker 3: how it feels and stuff, and like what his grip is.
Speaker 3: But I think he just knows that it's more of
Speaker 3: a secondary pitch and so he's not trying to make
Speaker 3: it nasty.
Speaker 2: But it's still a great bitch.
Speaker 3: I think he's I think he'll I think it'll be
Speaker 3: good at the end of the year too, so we'll.
Speaker 1: See you feel like he's not giving it enough.
Speaker 3: Du Yeah, I mean he's used in good counts past
Speaker 3: two games and it's worked.
Speaker 2: So love it.
Speaker 1: Can't wait to see the change up of Gavin Stone
Speaker 1: tomorrow night at stadium. Appreciate the time and man, you're
Speaker 1: an easy guy to root for. I tell people that
Speaker 1: all the time. You're a great young man and certainly
Speaker 1: have the foundation to be great.
Speaker 2: Thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Dev Yeah, winning is what it is with Gavin Stone.
Speaker 1: That's the bottom line because stone Cold said so.