Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger
Speaker 1: Talk the Dodgers and Mets wrapping up this four game
Speaker 1: series at Dodgers Stadium, and we're joined right now by
Speaker 1: rookie reliever Jack Dryer, who has made such a big
Speaker 1: impact on this team.
Speaker 2: Jack, thanks a lot for the time, appreciate.
Speaker 3: It absolutely, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2: I mean, you and.
Speaker 1: Ben Casperius I have declared the MVPs of this bullpen.
Speaker 1: What's it like to be leaned upon and deliver when asked?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's great.
Speaker 4: I think the biggest thing is just knowing that, you know,
Speaker 4: the mindset for all of the guys in the bullpen
Speaker 4: is it's next guy up. So whenever the team needs
Speaker 4: outs and the phone rings, whoever's name gets called, we
Speaker 4: know is the best guy for the job.
Speaker 1: Jack Dryer and Ben Casparius's name has been synonymous so
Speaker 1: many times this year, and it's fitting that you guys
Speaker 1: go way back.
Speaker 2: To the beginning of your professional careers.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right, same draft class.
Speaker 4: I think this is you know, year four or five
Speaker 4: of us together, and we've lived together at just about
Speaker 4: every level of minor league affiliates.
Speaker 3: So we know each other pretty well.
Speaker 1: How have you seen Casparius' career grow and evolve?
Speaker 3: It's great.
Speaker 4: You know, he started as a starter and I've always
Speaker 4: been a reliever, so you know, our paths didn't cross
Speaker 4: too much at the field. But now that he's become
Speaker 4: a reliever, it's nice getting to spend more time with
Speaker 4: him and stuff like that.
Speaker 3: So it's been really good.
Speaker 1: I've asked him about that interesting delivery where he goes
Speaker 1: from one side of the rubber to the other.
Speaker 2: When did he start that?
Speaker 4: He has always been doing that, and that's something that
Speaker 4: you know, we've.
Speaker 3: Kind of talked about in the bullpen.
Speaker 4: When we watch him, it's it's kind of incredible how
Speaker 4: big of a step he takes. But you know, whatever works,
Speaker 4: and he's obviously been dominating, so don't change anything.
Speaker 1: What's he like as a roommate because he seems to
Speaker 1: be like a very confident guy from Connecticut. He has
Speaker 1: that New York swag even though he's from Connecticut.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's he's great, you know, keeps things clean, which
Speaker 4: is important for me. Yeah, and you know, he's great
Speaker 4: with connections, so whenever we're in different cities, he's able
Speaker 4: to get us into dinners and stuff like that.
Speaker 3: So I'm very thankfu for that.
Speaker 4: You know, he's been able to give me a lot
Speaker 4: of experiences that otherwise I wouldn't have had.
Speaker 1: Hey, I saw him in New York. He was at
Speaker 1: some clothing places. He's become an influencer.
Speaker 4: I mean rightfully, so I think he has great style.
Speaker 4: So if other people want to take a little cut
Speaker 4: out from what he does, I think it'd be a
Speaker 4: good idea.
Speaker 1: Did you tap into some of those influencing opportunities with
Speaker 1: him in New York?
Speaker 4: Yeah, we both went to the MLB headquarters and got
Speaker 4: a tour of that and stuff, which was really cool
Speaker 4: to kind of see how the you know, video review
Speaker 4: system works and stuff like that. But other than that,
Speaker 4: you know, he knows New York a lot better than
Speaker 4: I do, so he kind of knows the places to go,
Speaker 4: and I was. It was my first time, so that
Speaker 4: was pretty fun.
Speaker 1: A lot of players don't know what goes into that
Speaker 1: MLB review headquarters. Does it give you a greater appreciation
Speaker 1: or understanding of how they make decisions on challenges?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Absolutely, It's it's pretty cool the setup they have. There's
Speaker 4: so many monitors in there and when a review happens,
Speaker 4: it kind of gets flash up on the board or
Speaker 4: they have a countdown clock that's going so they know,
Speaker 4: you know, how long they've been taking on a review
Speaker 4: and stuff like that, and it it definitely seems like
Speaker 4: a very stressful environment when when there are challenges coming in,
Speaker 4: but it would be it would be pretty fun to
Speaker 4: see in person.
Speaker 1: Jack Dreyer is our guest in front of first pitch
Speaker 1: between the Dodgers and Mets. And Jack's a great kid
Speaker 1: and loves being a professional baseball player. And you got
Speaker 1: a lot of kids inside of you because you told
Speaker 1: me you started to get back into buying baseball cards.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4: One of the things that I did at the MLB
Speaker 4: headquarters was was buy a few boxes of cards, and
Speaker 4: so I'm really excited to open them and you know,
Speaker 4: see who I get because I don't know anything about it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, have you have you been able to pull any
Speaker 1: Anthony Bomda baseball cards? He seems so so happy and
Speaker 1: thrilled to be here today.
Speaker 4: I actually haven't opened any of the boxes yet. I'm
Speaker 4: keeping them. I might save them till after the season,
Speaker 4: but yeah, hopefully I pull all of the band of cards.
Speaker 1: What got you inspired to get into be ball cards
Speaker 1: and opening the packs? Because we all love that. It's
Speaker 1: like Christmas every time you open one.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 3: I've always been huge into collecting things.
Speaker 4: And so when I was younger, my dad had hundreds
Speaker 4: of cards from when he was a kid, but I
Speaker 4: never had any of my own, so I would just
Speaker 4: kind of organize the ones that he had given me.
Speaker 4: So now that I've bought some newer cards, now I
Speaker 4: can kind of rekindle that old passion that I had.
Speaker 1: I didn't ask you this the other day, but what
Speaker 1: are you waiting for?
Speaker 4: I think just, you know, maybe some free time. There
Speaker 4: aren't many off days here. If I get you know,
Speaker 4: maybe the all Star break or an off day here there,
Speaker 4: I'll start ripping some packs open and see what I
Speaker 4: can get.
Speaker 1: Okay, not a lot to do in Saint Louis, Jack,
Speaker 1: you might want to bring a box with you.
Speaker 3: That's actually a pretty good idea.
Speaker 1: I might do that, all right, and you never know,
Speaker 1: you might see Jack Dryer. If you see that Captain
Speaker 1: Morgan facial here at a baseball card shop and Ventura Boulevard,
Speaker 1: that's Jack Dryer.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've gotten Captain Morgan.
Speaker 4: I've also gotten Jack Sparrow quite a bit so, so
Speaker 4: both of those.
Speaker 2: Yeah, which one do you prefer?
Speaker 4: I mean, Jack Sparrow. We share the same name, so
Speaker 4: I think I'm gonna go with that one.
Speaker 2: Jack sounds good.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, and can't wait to
Speaker 1: hear which baseball cards you pull.
Speaker 3: Yes, I'm very excited. Thank you for having me