World Series: Robert Gasser before Game 2

And now in the World Series, and a guy that wasn't with the team on opening day, what does that mean to you? I'm really lucky, for one. It's taken a lot of hard work, though. You know, not everything is always luck. It took a lot of perseverance, you know, working with different coaches in different places and just staying the course. Stay on the right side, second row. Robert, what have you learned about your stuff at the big league level, given you know maybe to the outside they don't see the massive velocity numbers but they see good break what do you think makes your stuff work at this level starts with strikes i feel if i'm able to locate everything in the zone or not even locate but just fill it up it gives me the best chance we have one of the best defenses in baseball and we have a great mind behind the plate that knows how to call a game so relying on all those people the left side there though Robert, one thing that's stuck out during the final month of the regular season and into these first two postseason starts is your success against right-handed hitters. What do you attribute to that success as of late? Nothing in particular. Again, I trust William to call the pitches. I do my best to execute. And, you know, right now the sinker and the sweeper combo has been working well. So just keep going with what we're going with. Go up to the top row towards the middle. All right, we'll go to Kurt first. Hey Robert, after that Mariners game when Murph pulled you mid at bat, I'm curious how the next couple days after that were, how did you respond to it and do you feel like that was maybe a bit of a turning point for your year? I'd say it was a key point. There was a few games where I felt kind of gave me an opportunity to learn every outing is an opportunity to learn, but definitely the Seattle one and going into the game and just how I'm approaching trying to get hitters out you know it's not always about the swing and miss and letting it fly and i think learning from that seattle game where it was kind of just trying to throw you know wipe out stuff every single pitch it's it's not necessary like i said we got really really good defense so relying on them is good now we'll go up to the top if i remember correctly john smoltz when you were pitching in the nlcs he just said you're so composed you're so just dialed in there's a little emotion but obviously when it comes to the right time to show that emotion but where does that come from just being even keel no matter what the spot is and just kind of dialing in when you need to uh i was raised with the mindset of like act like you've been there before and i've tried to you know keep that and then watching drohan honestly this year i mean that guy doesn't doesn't seem like he breathes out there and in a good way um so trying to trying to you know watch that and then just not not get too high or too low i feel Like, especially as a starter, you know, you have a long game and you're, you know, getting insanely excited in the third inning. You know, you've still got two, three more innings. So, just trying to stay even keel and stay in the moment. Go up to Tom in the fourth row. Robert, what's it like on any given night as a starter knowing what's coming up behind you in your bullpen? And as a fellow lefty, what do you think about what Ashby's doing in the postseason? Yeah, I mean, it kind of goes into that bullpen. and Ashby is you know if we can get through you know for now it's been four but you know five or six it's you feel really confident handing the ball over to those guys Ashby is doing his thing and it's great and then Trevor's locking down the games and you know Rebae's always in there for the for the key part of the order in the middle of the game so um and there's you know plenty more guys back there so handing them the ball in the fifth inning with a lead we feel really good about to the left side second row Robert how much has has your trust and and relationship with William grown and is there any like example of a moment or a story where he kind of you know helped you during his start whether it be refocus or something like that no i mean we're not super vocal in the game um we're not not not super vocal but i mean i even look back to you know my debut in 24 and you know he's back there and you know you're throwing to William Contreras and You know, he's got the Jordan logo on his chest, and, you know, he's a dude So, you know, I feel like every game I go out and, you know, I want to impress him because, you know, you don't really want to get those laser beams thrown back at you because it means you've got to figure it out Go to Steve and then Ron, second row in the middle You mentioned, I mean, ever since that Seattle game, you've really been pitching really well. But I don't know if there was a particular start where you kind of realized you kind of locked it in and were kind of on this roll I mean, was there any particular start where it kind of sunk in for you? no there was there wasn't a start in particular um i've said it before it's like it's an accumulation over the year you know there's i had a great game against st louis and then i gave up eight runs the next outing so you know i feel like it's learning learning from the bad outings and you know trying to carry on the success and the game plan from the good ones ron when you finally had the elbow pain after the start against the white socks uh two years ago was it sudden or was that a build-up related to the bone spurs you felt earlier in spring training yeah uh i mean it definitely flared up a lot more that day um i mean there i was I was definitely grinding that year um to start the season you know I was on the IL and then worked back and felt really good for a numerous amount of starts and I was throwing hard in Nashville and came up here and continue the same and, yeah, just that one, which, you know, obviously was unfortunate. You know, you're riding a pretty good high in the big leagues and you end up in Arizona with a brace on your arm. What was that rehab process like in Arizona? Were you just alone? Were there people with you on the backfields? Yeah, certainly. I mean, there's a ton of guys rehabbing. You know, it's not ideal. You don't want to have a lot of guys rehabbing. But I had a good supporting cast there, but, you know, Arizona is hot in the summer. It wasn't a ton to do, so I just tried to take care of the body. What was it like watching them in the postseason from afar? Yeah, I mean, it sucked. You know, to be on this team and riding a high, feeling good to start my career and then end up there, it was definitely demoralizing. But, you know, it's part of the game, and I'm lucky to be here now. Back to Adam in the third row. All right, this is Brewers pitcher Robert Gasser. We know that probable starter for game three.