Speaker 1: A young man that really impressed in his first outing
Speaker 1: this spring. If you're from southern California or the South
Speaker 1: Bay you know all about him. He's a legend in
Speaker 1: palace vertice, and his dunking ability is even greater. That
Speaker 1: is the one and only Nick Frosso. Nick, thanks a
Speaker 1: lot for the time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: I got a text immediately when you came into the
Speaker 1: game from the Papadakas family that coached you up in
Speaker 1: little league basketball. What's it like to have a community
Speaker 1: that's so proud of you?
Speaker 2: It's awesome obviously, like being from LA Area and playing
Speaker 2: on this team, Like everyone from hometown is a fan,
Speaker 2: so a lot of support getting out there on Saturday,
Speaker 2: and yeah, it felt good for sure.
Speaker 1: You've obviously gone through your adversity right with the labrums
Speaker 1: and your hip and your shoulder. What's it like to
Speaker 1: come to big league camp and be a normal pitcher.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's just amazing just to be healthy again.
Speaker 2: I'm just super grateful that everyone here just got me
Speaker 2: back to where I was and I'm just happy to
Speaker 2: be pitching again.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like the opportunit tunity to make your
Speaker 1: major league debut is getting closer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, of course, like every day it gets at gets
Speaker 2: a little closer. But still gotta take care of business
Speaker 2: here and just stay consistent and yeah, hopefully when they'll
Speaker 2: get up.
Speaker 1: There, if they need you to be a relief pitcher, right,
Speaker 1: this rotation's pretty stacked to break in if you're most
Speaker 1: needed in the bullpen. Do you feel like you have
Speaker 1: that type of mentality to be able to do that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll do I'll do whatever. I mean I did.
Speaker 2: I probably threw more out of the bullpen in college anyway,
Speaker 2: So I did a little bit of both, kind of
Speaker 2: fifty to fifty and yeah, I'm happy to do whatever. Lmu,
Speaker 2: Lion go Lions baby. Yes, sir.
Speaker 1: When you were growing up in Palace Verdues, were you
Speaker 1: a Dodger fan growing up?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Who was your favorite picture?
Speaker 2: Probably twenty two over there growing up. I mean, there's
Speaker 2: a bunch of guys I was very young. Obviously I
Speaker 2: love Ganya because he threw gas and like, I mean, yeah,
Speaker 2: it's cool for sure.
Speaker 1: That was an incredible time record setting time eighty one
Speaker 1: consecutive sabs for Eric Gania game over from So that's insane.
Speaker 2: Eighty one. I don't think I knew that stuff. That's absurd. Yeah, nasty.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and Kershaw was here for the first couple of
Speaker 1: days of camp, but he'll be back. Just for that
Speaker 1: period of time that he was here, did you just
Speaker 1: stare at him from across the locker room like a creeper?
Speaker 2: Exactly, That's exactly what I was doing, Just kept my
Speaker 2: eyes on him. Nah g Yeah, great guy said Hi,
Speaker 2: hopefully he's back soon. Converse a little more.
Speaker 1: But yeah, Nick Frosso is our guest. I just love
Speaker 1: the energy on this end of the clubhouse. I was
Speaker 1: telling Alex Freeland the other day, it seems like you
Speaker 1: guys really have a tight bond that you don't really see.
Speaker 1: It feels like when the time comes and you guys
Speaker 1: all get your opportunity at the major league level, the
Speaker 1: bond that you created in the minor leagues will carry forward.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely. I mean a lot of us have been
Speaker 2: playing together for a while now, been in a bunch
Speaker 2: of different clubhouses together from kind of throughout all the levels,
Speaker 2: so we've gotten to know each other pretty well. And yeah,
Speaker 2: it's definitely a fun group.
Speaker 1: Who was your best friend on this on this locker wall?
Speaker 2: Man, I don't know. I don't know if I got one.
Speaker 2: I mean, these are all great guys, they're all super
Speaker 2: fun and funny.
Speaker 1: So do you stick with pictures?
Speaker 2: No? No, I mean not really. I mean at the field,
Speaker 2: probably because I'm doing stuff with them all day. I
Speaker 2: work on on the same program, but outside the field. Whatever, anyone, Yeah,
Speaker 2: all right, close, Yeah.
Speaker 1: All right, Nick Frosso, thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 1: Great to meet you in person. We'll see you at
Speaker 1: the beach, right, yes, sir, let's go after Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, have a beat. Let's go