Pedro MartÍnez (10-17-25)

DV talks to the Hall of Fame pitcher before Game 4 of the NLCS. Pedro talks about his time with the Dodgers and Blake Snell's maturity as a pitcher. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
It's Game four of the NLCS and rejoined right now
by a man that was found by the Dodgers and
the Dominican Republic. His brother Ramon. One of the great
pictures of the nineties, and of course he's a Hall
of Famer and does a great job for TBS. That's

(00:21):
the one and only Pedro Martinez. Pedro, awesome to have
you at Dodgers Stadium. Always special to see you here.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Uh, it is an honor to be here, back where
I I was developed to be uh, to be honest,
and uh, where I made my debut. A lot of uh,
you know, memories in here, A lot of great memories
and one nuts of great which was having to leave
the Dodgers. I remember crying like a baby because I

(00:51):
didn't know what what I was gonna do. Actually, I
was so young. I didn't know what to expect, what
the future will hold for me. And uh, but now
I'm glad I finally mature and I understand that baseball
can also be business as well.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
No doubt, you had a great career, a Hall of
Fame career, and you talk about maturity and changing teams
and learning how to grow. When you had that postgame
interview with Blake Snell the other day, he really appreciated
the questions that you had for him and how much
growth have you seen in him?

Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, I'm really impressed with his growth right around us,
in front of our eyes, and I wanted to ask
him because I see him slow elite. It's such a
player that it's intriguing to actually get to know Blake Snell.

(01:45):
Blake Snell is one of those rare breed of players
that you can actually say has everything that you want
to see in the picture and then the ore that
he asked for the big moment. I played for eighteen
years and in a lot of postseason games, but to
see a guy that that can be so dominant, uh

(02:07):
during the postseason.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
He's a rare breed a player.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
He's a rare breed and and I think that's a
guy that everybody should should be keeping an eye on
to see how everything just comes around for him.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
He has a great change, Hug. You had a great change, Hug.
Do you see any similarities on how he uses it?
Because he was really excited about the fact that he
had three different speeds for his changehog.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
I was the same way, but for some reason for
him it seemed like it came later than it did
for me. But the way he's using it now, it's
actually scary because I'm gonna say this for the first time.
I still think he's got his pace to improve and

(02:56):
to become better, which is really really impressed from a
guy like Blake Snell. I think Blake Snell still has
a little ways to go when it comes to developing
everything he has. I think he's gonna have some space
to improve even more his location. I think his change
up is gonna get even better than it is. I

(03:18):
think he's fat ball. He's gonna learn how to locate better,
which is scary to think. As good as he is,
he still has ways to go when it comes to
improving everything he is and what he can do.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
That's great words from a Hall of Fame Pitcher Dodger
Sweep Tonight Pedro.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
I believe they could. But once again, today is the
anniversary of the Red Sox coming back on the Yankees,
and I was part of it, so I refuse to
say this is our last day. But the Dadgers are
in very good position to actually finish it today.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
Thanks a lot for the time, Patro. You do a
great job. On TBS we watch for Pedro.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Thank you well, thank you so much. Thank you for
having me.