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<v Speaker 1>Well, the Tampa Bay Rays are in town, which means

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<v Speaker 1>old friend Ryan Pepio is back in Los Angeles. Great

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<v Speaker 1>to see him and his butler Mullet. Thanks a lot

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<v Speaker 1>for the time appreciated.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks day, good back man.

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<v Speaker 1>It is so good to see you. How's your season

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<v Speaker 1>gone in Florida.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been great, you know, really happy with where I am.

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<v Speaker 3>Been a great group of guys in a great clubhouse,

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<v Speaker 3>to be a part.

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<v Speaker 1>Of one of the best pitchers, the Rays having their rotation.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite my tweet, I feel shamed.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, No, you're good. You had to do what you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta do to your job. No, no, no, it's okay.

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<v Speaker 3>It's okay. I don't need the spotlight. Yeah, Boz and

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<v Speaker 3>Tajh and they're throwing the ball really well. So it's

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<v Speaker 3>been fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 2>You're having a great year too. Nineteen starts.

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<v Speaker 1>Your era is below four three and a half in

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<v Speaker 1>a tough Al East. Your whip I don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you. How have you been able to navigate such

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<v Speaker 1>a tough division.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. I think a lot of it was

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<v Speaker 3>starting here in Los Angeles, you know, a tough division

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<v Speaker 3>here and then going to another tough division just kind

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<v Speaker 3>of feel like it prepared me a little bit, and

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<v Speaker 3>then the pitching staff and department over in Tampa has

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<v Speaker 3>been has been great, and just continuing efforts to just

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<v Speaker 3>keep me throwing the ball and zone and letting guys

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<v Speaker 3>get themselves out.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels like young guys when they get traded. It

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<v Speaker 1>kind of makes the the maturation process speed up a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like you had to grow up really

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<v Speaker 1>quick after being traded?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like I kind of grew up a lot

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<v Speaker 3>between my first and second year here in LA. But

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<v Speaker 3>I think going through that whole experience and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>getting the spring training and meeting everybody, getting down there

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<v Speaker 3>early so I could get accimated to Florida and get

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<v Speaker 3>accimated to everyone staff wise and the team really helped.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think just going there and just fully buying

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<v Speaker 3>in and just trust them what they had and what

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<v Speaker 3>they saw in me and believed really helped.

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<v Speaker 2>What's it? What's it like to be with the Rays?

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Cash and their pitching coach I heard is amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>Does it feel like you just put on a different

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<v Speaker 1>uniform but it's the same process.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I love also was similar. I think a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of just the main difference is maybe just the way

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<v Speaker 3>things were messaged, you know stuff. Aaron Tampa's very simplified.

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<v Speaker 3>Cash is great, really supportive, you know, he's he's always

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<v Speaker 3>pulling for us and wants to steal our best and

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<v Speaker 3>then snides on the pitching side and the rest of

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<v Speaker 3>the pitching department, they've been great. They're just doing whatever

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<v Speaker 3>they can to help help us continue to get better

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<v Speaker 3>each between starts.

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan Pepio is our guest in front of first pitch

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<v Speaker 1>between the Dodgers and Rays. Pepio is not pitching in

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<v Speaker 1>this series. He'll be pitching in Seattle against the Mariners.

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<v Speaker 1>But it feels like the change up and everything else

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<v Speaker 1>is still very Ryan Pepio this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, throw a lot of change ups. The

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<v Speaker 3>fastball isn't good, slider mixing a little cutter, no more lefties,

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<v Speaker 3>and then uh we talked about a five pitch mixed

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<v Speaker 3>the other a couple of years ago, and that have

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<v Speaker 3>about the curve ball back. So a little bit of

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<v Speaker 3>a grip change that they helped me in Tampa with.

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<v Speaker 3>So just you know, tinkering things and adding extra tools

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<v Speaker 3>with the toolbox.

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<v Speaker 1>How much are you keeping tabs on some of your

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<v Speaker 1>former teammates like Gavin Stone or Bobby Miller. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>watching those guys?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, you know, you go through the minor leagues, you

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<v Speaker 3>go through seeing those guys get called up, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>playing on the same team, you obviously want to follow

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<v Speaker 3>all your buddies. You know, you go through a full season,

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<v Speaker 3>you go through the grinds of an actual season with

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<v Speaker 3>all those guys, You really get to know them because

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<v Speaker 3>you end up spending more time with them in your

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<v Speaker 3>own family. So just being able to see the success

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<v Speaker 3>that those guys have had, and obviously I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>keep tabs on them because they're my buddies and I

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<v Speaker 3>want them to do well. You know, you always want

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<v Speaker 3>your friends to do well.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure you're the guy that is least surprised that

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<v Speaker 1>Gavin Stone was able to make this jump. What is

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<v Speaker 1>it about Gavin Stone that he has such an even

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<v Speaker 1>keel personality.

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<v Speaker 3>He's always been that way, always been even keel, had

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<v Speaker 3>always been stone cold, So you know, he just goes

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<v Speaker 3>out there and pitches. You know, I think similar to

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<v Speaker 3>me my first year. You know, you kind of get

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<v Speaker 3>your teeth kicked in a little bit and you kind

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<v Speaker 3>of learn from it, and you know, sometimes you need

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<v Speaker 3>that experience to you know, make the correct adjustments to

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<v Speaker 3>see that when you do have some success, your stuff

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<v Speaker 3>does play in the big league level and at this level.

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<v Speaker 3>And just to watch him go out there and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>take what he learned from last season and then go

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<v Speaker 3>and have a stellar season like he has this year.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's been fun to watch them far.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're part of a staff like you are with

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<v Speaker 1>the Rays, you guys have some pretty good young pitch.

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<v Speaker 1>And also next year you're getting back Shane McClanahan, so

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<v Speaker 1>the future is even brighter with you part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it like getting to know some new pictures about

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<v Speaker 1>the way they go about things.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's cool because you know, coming from here, he

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<v Speaker 3>had a lot of guys that he could bounce ideas

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<v Speaker 3>off of, especially with kursh and Walker and Tony t May,

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<v Speaker 3>all the guys and veteran presents. And then you go

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<v Speaker 3>over to Tampa and you got the young guys like

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<v Speaker 3>Baz and Taj, and then you have Springs and Rass

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<v Speaker 3>and Shane. Because Shane's over a rehabbing in Tampa, so

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<v Speaker 3>he's there every day, so you know, you get to

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<v Speaker 3>bounce ideas and you get to learn stuff that I

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<v Speaker 3>learned here and then also stuff that I learned from

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<v Speaker 3>the guys in Tampa. And just take ideas from every

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<v Speaker 3>single person and you know, fit what makes work for me,

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<v Speaker 3>and maybe take a piece from one of the young guys,

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<v Speaker 3>take a piece from somebody who's been doing it for

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<v Speaker 3>a while, and you know, make it my own.

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<v Speaker 1>Before I let you go, I was at Brad Paisley's

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<v Speaker 1>bar when Eric Neander and Andrew Friedman made the trade

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<v Speaker 1>to send you to Tampa Bay.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to know Neander that night.

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<v Speaker 1>He seems to be a great guy and really cares

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<v Speaker 1>about his players.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you had that experien with him?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Absolutely. Eric's been awesome. One of the first people

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<v Speaker 3>to call me when everything went down and really just

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<v Speaker 3>made me feel like I was at home, really made

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<v Speaker 3>me feel and my wife, make us feel like we're

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<v Speaker 3>coming to a good situation, and really eased our minds

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<v Speaker 3>when everything was kind of going crazy. So you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm really thankful for him and all the effort that

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<v Speaker 3>he put in to make us feel comfortable and welcomed,

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<v Speaker 3>because without that, you know, I would have been going

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<v Speaker 3>crazy in my mind. But he's been great, nothing but

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<v Speaker 3>nothing but great things to say about him.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I watch more Raise games now than I ever

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<v Speaker 1>did in my life, but I only watch them every

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<v Speaker 1>fifth or sixth day when Ryan Pepio is on the mound,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll be watching on Monday night.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't forget about Johnny and Clove too. You know

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<v Speaker 3>you got other view Come on now, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to see that blonde stash of Johnny DeLuca.

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<v Speaker 2>It's there, it's there. He did shave it off for

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit, but it's back. It's back.

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<v Speaker 1>I get to watch de Luca when you pitch, that's

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<v Speaker 1>when I check in.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there you go, there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks Ryan, great to see you, and I'm glad you

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<v Speaker 1>keep me honest. I needed that in my life again.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody's got to Yeah right, Ryan Peppio, he's the fact

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<v Speaker 1>checker right here. Thanks a lot for the time. Great

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<v Speaker 1>to see that smile, and man, you never know full

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<v Speaker 1>circle things sometimes happen in baseball. But we're keeping tabs

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<v Speaker 1>on you in South Florida.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you very much. I appreciate it.