Speaker 1: Well, this pregame interview is going to cost me a lot,
Speaker 1: maybe even a fantasy football player, because Gavin Stone is
Speaker 1: in the same fantasy football league as yours. Truly, Gavin
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time, even after a tough
Speaker 1: loss in fantasy this week.
Speaker 2: Yeah one got me.
Speaker 3: Did you win?
Speaker 1: I did win? I beat Adrian Gonzalez.
Speaker 3: Kind of.
Speaker 2: Catches that last ball right there, then I'll win. But
Speaker 2: one one pulled it out.
Speaker 1: Broke a lot of hearts last night.
Speaker 3: A lot of hearts, a lot of hearts.
Speaker 1: So what do you think about my team? Do you
Speaker 1: feel like, uh, you might be crawling back for some
Speaker 1: players on old Vassay's team.
Speaker 2: No, your team is pretty trash.
Speaker 1: I like to call it with a lot of death.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of death. You say trash, I say stacked.
Speaker 3: One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Speaker 1: Damn right. Gavin Stone is our guest. As the Dodgers
Speaker 1: and Marlins are getting set for first pitch, all right,
Speaker 1: fans want to know how Gavin Stone is feeling, How
Speaker 1: is the shoulder feeling, and do you feel like you're
Speaker 1: close to giving this a try?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I think that the plan is to throw at some
Speaker 2: point later this week, you know, just trying to get
Speaker 2: that inflemation to go down a little bit, take the
Speaker 2: pain out of the back of the shoulder. But you know,
Speaker 2: it feels a lot better, It feels stronger in a
Speaker 2: lot of positions, and so hopefully you know, whenever I
Speaker 2: start throwing again, there's no pain.
Speaker 1: So is that really the biggest check? You might be
Speaker 1: throwing from sixty feet and figure out where you're gonna
Speaker 1: go from there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, as long as there's no pain that
Speaker 2: I'm gonna throw. So that's really the only issue is
Speaker 2: just cleaning that up in the back of the shoulder
Speaker 2: and then seeing where that is right now. I really
Speaker 2: don't have many answers right now, but hopefully, like whenever
Speaker 2: I start throwing, there's no pain.
Speaker 1: You've been so dependable this entire year, more starts, more
Speaker 1: innings than any other picture on the staff. How have
Speaker 1: you dealt with being on the I l.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's tough.
Speaker 2: It's tough watching and then not know or knowing that
Speaker 2: you're not gonna get to get a chance to go
Speaker 2: out there relatively soon. I was talking to NAC earlier,
Speaker 2: I was like, being on the isle, I have no
Speaker 2: idea what day it is anymore, just because I was
Speaker 2: so he used to knowing what day I pitched and
Speaker 2: then basically in the.
Speaker 3: Week off that. But yeah, it's stuff.
Speaker 2: It's tough watching, but you know, these guys are really good,
Speaker 2: so it makes it even more enjoyable.
Speaker 1: How have you been able to cope with all that?
Speaker 1: What are you doing during games? What are you doing
Speaker 1: during your off time to keep your mental health in
Speaker 1: a good spot.
Speaker 2: Just trying to stay positive. That's the biggest thing, is
Speaker 2: just being positive, being positive for our guys. You know,
Speaker 2: we're we're in a close race right now, so that's
Speaker 2: the biggest thing, is just you know, trying to stay upbeat.
Speaker 1: You're a good buddy and roommate Bobby Miller is on
Speaker 1: the mound tonight. What does he need to do to
Speaker 1: kind of get back to the Bobby that we know
Speaker 1: he can be.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just you know, throwing his aw
Speaker 2: speed for strikes and getting ahead and counts.
Speaker 3: That's really it.
Speaker 2: You know, he looks more comfortable up there. I think
Speaker 2: it's just you know, just getting ahead of hitters and
Speaker 2: then sequencing, right, That's pretty much it. But you know
Speaker 2: he's gonna pull through. I have a lot of confidence
Speaker 2: on what he's able to do.
Speaker 1: How much do you guys talk about pitching even at
Speaker 1: this stage with you not being out there? Does he
Speaker 1: lean on you? Do you lean on him?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I mean, and we don't really even talk a lot
Speaker 2: about pitching. I think it's more about mentality more than anything,
Speaker 2: because I mean, Bobby's so good and and I mean,
Speaker 2: if you just clean up the mentality then then he'll
Speaker 2: he'll show it for sure. But yeah, we don't relatively
Speaker 2: talk a lot about pitching wise, just like you know,
Speaker 2: the mentality part of it.
Speaker 1: The two most overlooked young pitchers that have come up
Speaker 1: the last two years in my mind are yourself and
Speaker 1: Land and Knack. Why were you guys not as talked
Speaker 1: about as some of these other pictures that are really
Speaker 1: good as well?
Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's just because we have a
Speaker 2: ton of guys in the minor leagues that are really good.
Speaker 2: Like if you look at our our farm system, there's
Speaker 2: you know, top to bottom pitching wise really good, top
Speaker 2: to bottom hitting wise really good, and so there's just
Speaker 2: a lot of prospects you know, that could possibly come
Speaker 2: up and stuff like that, and so NAC you know,
Speaker 2: he's he's been a dog all year. He's he's he's
Speaker 2: pushed there. He's given us some big stars and so
Speaker 2: for him to come up and down that that role
Speaker 2: is hard, going up and down and and then coming
Speaker 2: up and having good starts, and so for him to
Speaker 2: you know, be able to do that consistently, that's that's
Speaker 2: pretty big.
Speaker 1: Why has Lindon Knack been so good?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he throws strikes, he's not scared of hitters,
Speaker 2: he believes in his stuff. He's really confident. Yeah, and
Speaker 2: and like I said, he's a dog and he just
Speaker 2: loves to get people out.
Speaker 1: Sounds like you're describing Gavin Stone.
Speaker 3: I think that's the Dodger mentality.
Speaker 2: Basically, that's how they that's how they brought us up,
Speaker 2: I guess. But yeah, I mean it's been a lot
Speaker 2: of fun to come up with those two guys.
Speaker 1: Gavin Stone is our guest, wearing his Clayton Kershaw Rot
Speaker 1: to Wear T shirt.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 1: Kershaw said a lot of great things about you, Gavin Stone.
Speaker 1: What's the relationship like between you and a future Hall
Speaker 1: of Famer? Now?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like, you know, we've gotten a lot
Speaker 2: closer this year, just picking his brain, messing with him.
Speaker 2: He's really a real laid back guy, just I mean,
Speaker 2: kind of like me, and so we meshed well together.
Speaker 3: We talk a lot.
Speaker 2: He's just a good, good got to surround yourself with,
Speaker 2: and good family man, good great dude off the field
Speaker 2: on the field, and he's a good friend too, So
Speaker 2: you know, being able to like lean on him and
Speaker 2: and just kind of like put my trust in him
Speaker 2: has been huge.
Speaker 1: Have you heard about his change up envy? Has he
Speaker 1: expressed that to you?
Speaker 3: Mm hmm a little bit, not a lot?
Speaker 2: Uh, Like I said before, though he doesn't use it
Speaker 2: a lot, so he doesn't need it.
Speaker 3: He doesn't need just a really good one.
Speaker 2: But I did just imagine if he had just a
Speaker 2: nasty change up like that, like I know, But no,
Speaker 2: he doesn't need it.
Speaker 3: He's good enough.
Speaker 1: God doesn't give you everything, Gavin Stone, just like you
Speaker 1: won't get Blake Korm from me.
Speaker 3: I don't want him anyways.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, and we're all pulling
Speaker 1: for you. You talk about you're describing these other guys
Speaker 1: as being great people, great family people. That's who Gavin
Speaker 1: Stone is and certainly La is rooting for the best
Speaker 1: for you and if you need me to stand in
Speaker 1: when you play catch that first time, let me know.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll play catch with you day you can stand in.
Speaker 1: I love it, love it. Thanks a lot for the time,
Speaker 1: and thank you again for bailing me out one more
Speaker 1: time this season.
Speaker 3: Anytime, Dave anything for you.