June 7, 2025 • 7 mins
Lou talks about going to a small college,his Dad's passion for baseball, and how the Dodgers have helped him make adjustments.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
All right, we're joined right now by a man that
the Dodgers have found and maybe they found something.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
He is not Italian, though, he is a proud Ecuadorian.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
That is freaking a proud Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican and Pennsylvania dutchman.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Wow. That were a mutt. Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
That is Luke Trevino. He is one of the Dodgers'
newest relievers. That's a lot more you threw at me
than I expected, lou.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yeah, yeah, but it is what it is, and everyone
thinks of Italian but I know it doesn't it doesn't
seem like it.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
But not a time.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Hey, that's a compliment, especially going to college in Pennsylvania.
I'm sure a lot of people thought you were at Paisano.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Oh absolutely absolutely, But yeah, it is what it is.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
What was it like going to college in a small
college and being able to be drafted by the A's
back in twenty thirteen.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I mean it was great. I mean I went to
a small Christian school to graduated in nineteen so at
the time, eight thousand people was huge to me.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
So it was a step up.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Even though it was small, but it was it was
great to have that college experience there and throw well.
And then the A's were able to notice that there's
something going on over there, and then I was thankful that,
you know, they were able to draft me and rest history.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
What drew you to baseball? My dad?
Speaker 1 (01:22):
My dad, he always he loved baseball growing up, and
he played football for a long time. He was a stud.
But he didn't want me to. You know, it's a
very physical sport. Not to say I would have been
good at football, although you know, I think I would
have been good at football, but he always knows that
a strong arm. So so we just kind of stuck
with baseball and I fell in love.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
And yeah, so you're telling me, if you played football,
you would have been a great quarterback or receiver.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
You don't really seem to have that football body. What
are you talking about. You're thin, and your you're wiry.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I'm two hundred and forty pounds of solid muscle. I
don't know what you're talking about. What would have been linebacker,
probably be a tight end, maybe defensive line. I'd probably be
about three hundred pounds right now, so it definitely would
have been a little different.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
I think I think he made the right choice. I
agree with you.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I agree with you.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Lou.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Trevino is our guest, and Lou, the Dodgers have this
reputation of finding guys that other teams don't see what
they do.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Well. Have the Dodgers done that with you?
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I would think so. The first time I was here,
when I got here in Triple A when when was
that three weeks ago? You know, they had some they
had some stuff for me, and we were able to
work on things, and uh and and I felt like
I kind of hit hit his stride and and some
of these things, you know, whether it's grip changes or
mechanical changes or just usage. Honestly, they they've been really
(02:47):
helping as of as of late and just kind of
keep on going. But you know, I mean, I have
a lot of confidence in myself as well. I know
that God blessed me to with me to be able
to throw a baseball and throw it well. So it's
nice that you know a team is as prestigious and
as good as the Dodgers are, we're able to see
that as well.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
I saw you today even as the rain was falling,
continuing that maintenance with Connor McGinnis. How difficult is it
for a reliever to find a way to refine while
you still may be pitching on a daily basis.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Yeah, it can be a little challenging, but that's something
that you have to learn with age. When I was younger,
I would throw away too much. I'm not saying I
don't throw it too much now, because I probably do.
But it's one of those things where instead of instead
of throwing a lot flat ground when you're playing catch,
maybe you limit the flat ground catch if you want
to get some work in on the slope, and then
again when you're on the slope. It's not about throwing hard.
(03:39):
It's for me, it's about trying to be about seventy
seventy five percent, but feeling it out in front and
feeling the delivery so you're getting work in without overtaxing
your body.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
What have the Dodgers told you to lean into because
you said maybe usage pitch grips. Is it as simple
as just throwing what you throw?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Well? Yeah, I think that they were able to identify
what I do well and and and maybe especially to
certain lefties, I threw maybe too many sinkers, not not
to say that, not to say I don't throw it
now because I have, but it's like, instead of leaning
on one specific pitch, I feel like the pitch mix
have been has been really good, and then we were
(04:19):
able to refine the slider a little bit in recent
and in the last week, and I think it's been
a much sharper of a pitch. So it's just like
it's nothing mind blowing, It's not nothing from out left field,
but it's just, you know, they I feel like they
are very good at knowing what you do well and
trying to get that a little bit bit better and
then whatever your weaknesses is, you know you can mask.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
It as well.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Being a guy that's a veteran, you've seen a lot,
but even at this stage of your career and using
some of those new pitches to get the results that
you've gotten, how much of a confidence booster of the
work you put in is it?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
I mean it's definitely big. I know the last couple
of years for me with having Tommy John surgery and
then and then trying to come back and uh, and
I thought it was gonna be a lot more smooth
sailing than it was.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
There was a lot of setbacks.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
I thought i'd be back last year and it wasn't
so to be back, and then I was first of
all thankful that the Giants were able to give me
the opportunity. It obviously didn't go the way I wait, wait,
anyone wanted it to. But and then again being here,
it's and then having success. I've had one thankful to
God to give me this, this opportunity, and then too
just it's a it's a good feeling to be back
in the big leagues, competing at such a high level.
(05:33):
I think I took it for granted for a long time.
So it's you know, life is a mixture of being
grateful but not being satisfied. And if you're too grateful,
you're never going to strive to be the best. And
if you're too satisfied, uh yeah, you're you're you're Yeah,
well that's the same thing. Uh but yeah, just trying
to stay grateful but as well, like continue to work
(05:55):
hard and kind of being able to sit back and
and being thankful for everything God gave me. It's been
you know, this a roundabout way of answering your question.
But but yeah, it's I'm very thankful. I'm throwing well,
but it's more of like a gratefulness to be back
in the big leagues and and and uh. And that
realization came with, you know, being through all I've been
(06:16):
through the last two years.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
So hey, I'll make it simple for you.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Jim Harbaugh, the head coach of the Chargers, has a
saying that he wants his team to really identify with
humble and hungry.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Well, yeah, that's really good. That might be a little
bit better than what I said.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
That's why he's captain comeback exactly exactly. Hey, before I let.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You go, new teammates, new bullpen mates, a lot of
guys that are world champions down there. Can you give
us a peek into the vibe of those guys.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah, you know, there's a there's a there's a quiet
confidence in the group. You know, whether it's positionally starters
like you said, the bullpen, a lot of guys are very,
very talented and they know it, and there's that confidence
that they have that just it's contagious. So it's it's
(07:07):
it's cool to be around guys who've had that experience
and success in such big moments. So it's it's it's
it's fun to be around.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Hey, Lou Trevino, thanks a lot for the time. Really
appreciate getting to know you, and you've been phenomenal. Stay
humble and hungry, Absolutely humble, ungry. There he is the man,
one of the newest Dodger relievers. He's sticking around, Lou Trevino,
and he'll receive a pair of sunglasses from Canaan Canaan's
world's best polarized sunglasses. Canaan's lenses are clearer, lighter, and
(07:37):
stronger than other lenses and are nearly impossible to scratch.
Visit canaan dot com for your pair.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
How you reading that?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
That's look at it.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
That's Ray Vision Cannan's sunglasses right exactly.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Hey, Lou gets it.
And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
All right, we're joined right now by a man that
the Dodgers have found and maybe they found something.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
He is not Italian, though, he is a proud Ecuadorian.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
That is freaking a proud Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican and Pennsylvania dutchman.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Wow. That were a mutt. Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
That is Luke Trevino. He is one of the Dodgers'
newest relievers. That's a lot more you threw at me
than I expected, lou.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yeah, yeah, but it is what it is, and everyone
thinks of Italian but I know it doesn't it doesn't
seem like it.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
But not a time.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Hey, that's a compliment, especially going to college in Pennsylvania.
I'm sure a lot of people thought you were at Paisano.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Oh absolutely absolutely, But yeah, it is what it is.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
What was it like going to college in a small
college and being able to be drafted by the A's
back in twenty thirteen.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I mean it was great. I mean I went to
a small Christian school to graduated in nineteen so at
the time, eight thousand people was huge to me.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
So it was a step up.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Even though it was small, but it was it was
great to have that college experience there and throw well.
And then the A's were able to notice that there's
something going on over there, and then I was thankful that,
you know, they were able to draft me and rest history.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
What drew you to baseball? My dad?
Speaker 1 (01:22):
My dad, he always he loved baseball growing up, and
he played football for a long time. He was a stud.
But he didn't want me to. You know, it's a
very physical sport. Not to say I would have been
good at football, although you know, I think I would
have been good at football, but he always knows that
a strong arm. So so we just kind of stuck
with baseball and I fell in love.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
And yeah, so you're telling me, if you played football,
you would have been a great quarterback or receiver.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
You don't really seem to have that football body. What
are you talking about. You're thin, and your you're wiry.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I'm two hundred and forty pounds of solid muscle. I
don't know what you're talking about. What would have been linebacker,
probably be a tight end, maybe defensive line. I'd probably be
about three hundred pounds right now, so it definitely would
have been a little different.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
I think I think he made the right choice. I
agree with you.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I agree with you.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Lou.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Trevino is our guest, and Lou, the Dodgers have this
reputation of finding guys that other teams don't see what
they do.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Well. Have the Dodgers done that with you?
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I would think so. The first time I was here,
when I got here in Triple A when when was
that three weeks ago? You know, they had some they
had some stuff for me, and we were able to
work on things, and uh and and I felt like
I kind of hit hit his stride and and some
of these things, you know, whether it's grip changes or
mechanical changes or just usage. Honestly, they they've been really
(02:47):
helping as of as of late and just kind of
keep on going. But you know, I mean, I have
a lot of confidence in myself as well. I know
that God blessed me to with me to be able
to throw a baseball and throw it well. So it's
nice that you know a team is as prestigious and
as good as the Dodgers are, we're able to see
that as well.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
I saw you today even as the rain was falling,
continuing that maintenance with Connor McGinnis. How difficult is it
for a reliever to find a way to refine while
you still may be pitching on a daily basis.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Yeah, it can be a little challenging, but that's something
that you have to learn with age. When I was younger,
I would throw away too much. I'm not saying I
don't throw it too much now, because I probably do.
But it's one of those things where instead of instead
of throwing a lot flat ground when you're playing catch,
maybe you limit the flat ground catch if you want
to get some work in on the slope, and then
again when you're on the slope. It's not about throwing hard.
(03:39):
It's for me, it's about trying to be about seventy
seventy five percent, but feeling it out in front and
feeling the delivery so you're getting work in without overtaxing
your body.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
What have the Dodgers told you to lean into because
you said maybe usage pitch grips. Is it as simple
as just throwing what you throw?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Well? Yeah, I think that they were able to identify
what I do well and and and maybe especially to
certain lefties, I threw maybe too many sinkers, not not
to say that, not to say I don't throw it
now because I have, but it's like, instead of leaning
on one specific pitch, I feel like the pitch mix
have been has been really good, and then we were
(04:19):
able to refine the slider a little bit in recent
and in the last week, and I think it's been
a much sharper of a pitch. So it's just like
it's nothing mind blowing, It's not nothing from out left field,
but it's just, you know, they I feel like they
are very good at knowing what you do well and
trying to get that a little bit bit better and
then whatever your weaknesses is, you know you can mask.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
It as well.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Being a guy that's a veteran, you've seen a lot,
but even at this stage of your career and using
some of those new pitches to get the results that
you've gotten, how much of a confidence booster of the
work you put in is it?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
I mean it's definitely big. I know the last couple
of years for me with having Tommy John surgery and
then and then trying to come back and uh, and
I thought it was gonna be a lot more smooth
sailing than it was.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
There was a lot of setbacks.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
I thought i'd be back last year and it wasn't
so to be back, and then I was first of
all thankful that the Giants were able to give me
the opportunity. It obviously didn't go the way I wait, wait,
anyone wanted it to. But and then again being here,
it's and then having success. I've had one thankful to
God to give me this, this opportunity, and then too
just it's a it's a good feeling to be back
in the big leagues, competing at such a high level.
(05:33):
I think I took it for granted for a long time.
So it's you know, life is a mixture of being
grateful but not being satisfied. And if you're too grateful,
you're never going to strive to be the best. And
if you're too satisfied, uh yeah, you're you're you're Yeah,
well that's the same thing. Uh but yeah, just trying
to stay grateful but as well, like continue to work
(05:55):
hard and kind of being able to sit back and
and being thankful for everything God gave me. It's been
you know, this a roundabout way of answering your question.
But but yeah, it's I'm very thankful. I'm throwing well,
but it's more of like a gratefulness to be back
in the big leagues and and and uh. And that
realization came with, you know, being through all I've been
(06:16):
through the last two years.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
So hey, I'll make it simple for you.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Jim Harbaugh, the head coach of the Chargers, has a
saying that he wants his team to really identify with
humble and hungry.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Well, yeah, that's really good. That might be a little
bit better than what I said.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
That's why he's captain comeback exactly exactly. Hey, before I let.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
You go, new teammates, new bullpen mates, a lot of
guys that are world champions down there. Can you give
us a peek into the vibe of those guys.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah, you know, there's a there's a there's a quiet
confidence in the group. You know, whether it's positionally starters
like you said, the bullpen, a lot of guys are very,
very talented and they know it, and there's that confidence
that they have that just it's contagious. So it's it's
(07:07):
it's cool to be around guys who've had that experience
and success in such big moments. So it's it's it's
it's fun to be around.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Hey, Lou Trevino, thanks a lot for the time. Really
appreciate getting to know you, and you've been phenomenal. Stay
humble and hungry, Absolutely humble, ungry. There he is the man,
one of the newest Dodger relievers. He's sticking around, Lou Trevino,
and he'll receive a pair of sunglasses from Canaan Canaan's
world's best polarized sunglasses. Canaan's lenses are clearer, lighter, and
(07:37):
stronger than other lenses and are nearly impossible to scratch.
Visit canaan dot com for your pair.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
How you reading that?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
That's look at it.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
That's Ray Vision Cannan's sunglasses right exactly.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Hey, Lou gets it.
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