Jack Dreyer (3-6-25)

DV is joined by the pitcher and Rubik's Cube master, before the Dodgers play the Rangers at Camelback Ranch. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Dodgers are getting ready for a Cactus League playing.
We're joined right now by another one of their young
stars that is on the forty man roster for the
first time in his professional career with the Dodgers, and
that is Jack Dryer. Jack, thanks a lot for the time,
appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Thank you for having me.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
You're in a good spot here. It feels like everybody
gets along. Everybody's rooting for each other on this wall
of guys that are trying to make their major league
dreams come true.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah. Absolutely, We have a lot of guys here who
you know, everybody's just rooting for each other, and uh yeah,
it's a really good atmosphere.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
What's it like for you not only to be in
big league camp but also know that you're one step
closer being on the forty man roster.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yeah, you know, getting outed to the roster is obviously
cool because it shows that the team you know, values
you to a certain extent. But you know, my goal
is just to focus on the things that I can control,
and you know, when, when and if a debut happens,
that's out of my control, so I try not to
think about that kind of thing.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
How have you embraced this role of being the guy
that the Dodgers value coming out of a bullpen.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yeah. I mean, as soon as you sign with the Dodgers,
everybody treats you you know you or a first round
or the exact same. So there's no difference there. So
it's always just been, you know, do whatever you can
to help the organization.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
What's it been like learning from the guys across from
you because they were nicknamed the dogs during the postseason
last year, have they started to embrace you into their
circle or their dog pack.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, a few of them have done a really good
job of helping me and teach me different things like
routines and how they deal with you know, pregame anxiety
and that kind of stuff. So I'm just very lucky
to be in a clubhouse with so many, you know,
future Hall of famers.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
What's the biggest message they've given you to kind of
control all that?

Speaker 2 (01:40):
I think the biggest thing is to take control of
your preparation, and you know, you can control those kinds
of things, and so if you execute all of that,
you won't need to, you know, worry about the performance
because that'll take care of itself.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
You only listen to left handed relievers.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
No, we have. We have a few good right handed
players as well, so I listened to them too.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
Jack Dryer is our guest. You're gonna know him pretty
well soon as he is on the forty man roster,
and the Dodgers obviously have their sight set on him
making his major league debut at some point this season.
I have to say, you know, I was really impressed
by Alex Freelance Dash, but I mean, your Captain Morgan
facial here right now is pretty impressive as well.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, thank you. Some of the players have dubbed me
Captain Jack Sparrow, so I'll lean into that a little bit.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Have you been called up to the morning meeting yet?
I have.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, it actually went pretty smoothly, so I'm glad that
I was able to get that taken care of well.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Last year. I'm not sure fans realized this, but you
created a show. Hey, Otani Rubik's Cube. How did you
come up with that? How did you? Was it a
homework assignment?

Speaker 2 (02:44):
No, that's just kind of a side hobby that I have.
You know, I've been solving riverscubes for several years now
and turned it into art and so over time, I've
just kind of developed my process of making more and
more murals and bigger murals. So, yeah, last year was
the Shoho tany one. I tried to stay a little
bit anonymous, so nothing's really come of it so far.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
You know how to solve a Rubics cube one hundred
thousand different ways?

Speaker 2 (03:12):
Yeah, basically, it doesn't matter how you mix it up,
it's going to be pretty easy to solve.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
I know you make it sound that way, but for
mere mortals like myself and guys that are not from
higher learning, like Gavin Stone, I'm not sure they've ever
solved the Rubics cube before.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah. I think I can attribute that to a lot
of alone time in college, sitting in my room by
myself and just kind of memorizing some things.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
All right. I was not very popular either in high
school or college, so I could relate to that.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah, exactly, lots of alone time.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Well whatever you date it worked. You put in a
lot of time not only with the brain but with
the pitching. And appreciate the time. And we'll see at
Dodger Stadium soon.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
That sounds great. Thank you for having me