Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger, talking.
Speaker 2: Well, this is the stage of a player's career where
Speaker 2: everybody wants to own them. He's my guy. No, he's
Speaker 2: my guy. I always believed in him. That only is
Speaker 2: true right here when it comes to benk Caspirius. Nobody
Speaker 2: even spoke to Caspirius until recently. Ben thanks a lot
Speaker 2: for the time, and not forgetting your roots.
Speaker 1: Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2: That's all. That's all you got for me after that intro. No,
Speaker 2: you're my guy.
Speaker 1: You always you always, you always be my guy, and
Speaker 1: I appreciate that.
Speaker 2: Do you feel like more and more people want a
Speaker 2: piece of you? Now? I wouldn't say so.
Speaker 1: I mean we just got home too, so I haven't
Speaker 1: really seen anybody, but maybe a little bit, just in
Speaker 1: terms of the role change and just hearing about like
Speaker 1: kind of the progression of things.
Speaker 2: Don't worry, I'll never You're not in danger or Blake
Speaker 2: Snell's not in danger of being bumped on Saturdays at
Speaker 2: this stage. It's it still snalls ill a Saturday. You
Speaker 2: can't take that from him. That's fine with me, all right,
Speaker 2: That's fine with me. All right. So now after making
Speaker 2: that start in San Diego four innings. The Dodgers have
Speaker 2: kind of relate to us that they're thinking of transitioning
Speaker 2: you back to a starting pitcher. Are you treating this
Speaker 2: as a five day routine? Now?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you know, wherever I line up, whether
Speaker 1: it's on a five day or a six day routine,
Speaker 1: it's something that I'm used to just coming up through
Speaker 1: the system and obviously like just tailoring, tailoring my workload
Speaker 1: throughout the week, and you know, again just taking the
Speaker 1: ball when they need it from me and just go
Speaker 1: out there and compete.
Speaker 2: But there's got to be a difference in preparation. You've
Speaker 2: been very nimble, You've been very willing to do whatever role.
Speaker 2: But if this is going to be the role for
Speaker 2: the time being, do you have to kind of flip
Speaker 2: that switch and change your preparation for sure?
Speaker 1: You know, I think the biggest thing is just you know,
Speaker 1: being able to throw a bullpen, you know, at least
Speaker 1: once a week, pretty structured with a little bit more
Speaker 1: intent than what I would do, you know, getting ready
Speaker 1: for a game or trying to be hot every single
Speaker 1: night as a reliever, and obviously like a more structured
Speaker 1: plan in the weight room in the training room, and
Speaker 1: then just being a little bit more independent in general,
Speaker 1: and just you know, listening to my body, knowing what
Speaker 1: I need to do in terms of like the throwing,
Speaker 1: the workload, you know what I'm working on day to day.
Speaker 1: And then you know, just I've got one day a
Speaker 1: week to you know, go to work and you know,
Speaker 1: do what I can do to help us wind Ben.
Speaker 2: Other guys have tried to do this, but they haven't
Speaker 2: been successful because obviously it's challenging to go from being
Speaker 2: a reliever to being a starter. How have you been
Speaker 2: able to be as effective as you have been going
Speaker 2: back to last year's World Series?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's just you know, staying present, focusing
Speaker 1: on you know, one pitch at a time, you know,
Speaker 1: sticking to our game plan, whether it's you.
Speaker 2: Know, going out there to get three outs.
Speaker 1: If it's you know, six outs, eighteen, whatever it is,
Speaker 1: just being present, you know, trusting will back there or
Speaker 1: Dalton whoever it is, and just you know, you know,
Speaker 1: being open with the communication with our coaches and what
Speaker 1: we're trying to accomplish.
Speaker 2: Have they doubled down on the communication that yes, you
Speaker 2: are going to be the starter, the next time your
Speaker 2: spot in the rotation comes around.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I think, you know, sometime early next week,
Speaker 1: I'll probably be back out there as a starter. I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. It's obviously, you know a new
Speaker 1: role for me just in the big leagues, and you know,
Speaker 1: still being stretched out and getting to a normal pitch count,
Speaker 1: but it's a you know, a different type of challenge
Speaker 1: navigating a lineup three times through or whatever it is.
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 2: Then Caspiraus is our guest, the super pitcher for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not putting a label on you, Caspiraus.
Speaker 2: You just you're that outstanding.
Speaker 1: I'll take that.
Speaker 2: I'll take that.
Speaker 1: I'll take it a run with.
Speaker 2: It, no doubt, no doubt. And he certainly has in
Speaker 2: a lot of different ways. So now that you're on
Speaker 2: a five day routine, does your catch partner change?
Speaker 1: Yeah, So I've been throwing with It's changed a lot
Speaker 1: this year, but I think I'll probably continue to.
Speaker 2: Throw a Chico. That's a safe way to go.
Speaker 1: Sure, just you know, being able to get off the
Speaker 1: mound if I need to. And you know, he's been great.
Speaker 1: The feedback is always great from him, and I'm I
Speaker 1: think he's like comfortable with my arsenal and what we're
Speaker 1: trying to accomplish too.
Speaker 2: Man, that is the safest way to go to not
Speaker 2: offend anybody. Chico, Yep, exactly.
Speaker 1: That's that's that's my safest bet right there. I can't
Speaker 1: can't hurt any feelings with that, all right.
Speaker 2: I'm fair and balanced, So I feel like I have
Speaker 2: to give you equal time. Since Jack Dryer was our
Speaker 2: guest on the last home stand and he just raved
Speaker 2: about the quality of roommate that you were, can you
Speaker 2: say the same thing about wacky Jack Dryer?
Speaker 1: Absolutely, we have lived together, I want to say, the
Speaker 1: better part of two seasons, so you know, obviously something worked.
Speaker 1: He's a he's a great guy. He's you know, clean,
Speaker 1: which is a big deal. Obviously cleaner than I am.
Speaker 1: So for him to say that was nice to him.
Speaker 1: But now he's great into experience. What we have this
Speaker 1: year together has been really special and he's, you know,
Speaker 1: one of my best friends.
Speaker 2: He also let us know that he is a new
Speaker 2: found passion for baseball cards. After you guys went to
Speaker 2: the MLB store in New York City, have you found
Speaker 2: that same passion have.
Speaker 1: I think I got around five hundred or seven hundred
Speaker 1: cards that day, So I'm still kind of shuffling through
Speaker 1: and I think it's something i'll get into as time
Speaker 1: goes on.
Speaker 2: But yeah, we'll see what happens. All right, breaking news
Speaker 2: for you, Ben. I don't know how you let Jack
Speaker 2: Dryer know this, but in the New Top Series two,
Speaker 2: Ben Caspirius has a baseball card.
Speaker 1: Jack Dryer does not. Yeah, we're gonna have to change that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna have to change that. Someone's gonna
Speaker 1: have to reach out to somebody.
Speaker 2: But we're gonna. Yeah, he needs it. He needs a card.
Speaker 2: He needs a card for sure. All Right. You hear
Speaker 2: the strength in that voice. A man that is strong
Speaker 2: on the mound, strong in the clubhouse, and you don't
Speaker 2: want to mess with him anywhere from Connecticut to LA.
Speaker 2: That's the one and only BENK Caspirius. Thanks a lot
Speaker 2: for the time, Ben, and keep it going because whatever
Speaker 2: you're doing has been so valuable for the Dodgers, almost
Speaker 2: as valuable as Andy pa Has. I would say the
Speaker 2: two rookies Pie Has and Casparius have been the two
Speaker 2: most valuable guys on this team. Forget about that guy Otani.
Speaker 2: Thanks for having me, David