Interview with SF Giants Prospect Luis De La Torre!

Interview with SF Giants Prospect Luis De La Torre!

Welcome back everybody to the Junior Dynasty Show. [Music] We just got breaking news in Welcome back everybody to the Union Dynasty Show. We are back with a very special guest today. Giants left-handed pitcher Luis Deator. How are you today? I’m good. I’m good. I’m pretty good. Good. Glad to be here tonight. Yeah. Really appreciate you jumping on. Um hopefully everybody that’s jumping in right now, make sure you drop some questions in the comments. We’ve all got a bunch that we’re going to ask him. Um but yeah, definitely if you guys have anything you want to ask Luis, drop it in there. Um we’ll try and get to as many as we can tonight. Um but just to uh kind of start it off, we just I wanted to ask, you know, kind of what drew you into baseball? How do I end in Basil? Like Yeah. Like what why baseball when you when you were growing up? What what what got you into it? Yeah. What got you into it? Um well like my when I was really young I bet my dad my dad play b play baseball like his whole life. Well he’s still playing and he’s like 55. So uh I started playing baseball cuz my dad I guess. And well, my parents said uh when I was young, like when I was like five or four, they they had like this plastic like bat and this plastic bowl and I was like asking to play like every single time and I was like I don’t know. I just picked it like I think. Nice. Picked it up and never put it down. Huh. Yeah. My whole life. Five years. four years is when I when I started playing baseball and yeah it was it was I think my decision some some way. Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. So So kind of on that note I saw you’re you’re born in Arizona, right? Yep. So you’re born in Arizona, you grew up in Mexico and then you went to high school in Utah. Yeah. Yeah. for a little bit, but CO come out and um so I left school for a little bit basically or well I I finished my junior year but by through the computer and stuff like that. You know time you know. Yeah. Okay. So tell us about how that impacted your baseball career and what that journey was like kind of moving around a little bit um throughout your childhood like COVID or like just baseball like Oh no no no uh just baseball in general like as a as a kid growing up I play my whole life like play baseball like everywhere for well I live in Mexici and it’s like 30 minutes away from San Louis which is like like a city small city from Sonoa. So it was like a kind of like a big deal like oh yeah like it was gas money for every day for practice and stuff like that. But my parents for me so bad, like really really bad. And they they were like in love of baseball, like just like me. And they were like, “Okay, let’s do it.” Every time, every tournament, every like every opportunity that that I had, my parents like support my back like really bad. And then uh yeah, I played in this I think this like baseball league in in San Louis Sonora since I was like five to um 13 14. Yeah, it’s called Kukapa. Like Kukapa Kukapa, I don’t know if you guys have heard about it. And uh yeah, I play there every time. So many like they call it like like like selections I think like teams like trouble teams I think. Oh, I don’t know. I don’t know. was like the best guys in this like nine nineu. It was like I was like in every like tournament like for representing the that league like kukapa league and it was it was it was great like a lot of traveling and a lot of like baseball all over the place in Mexico. I went to so many like tournaments in US, one in Las Vegas, one in San Diego, one in Lake Havaso, like a lot of in Yuma, Phoenix because uh like a lot of kids like from San Louis, they had like the same thing like, “Oh, you were born in um in um like US and they they were like from Mexico like so it was like it was great like so many experiencing stuff. And yeah, I think that was like the journey, baseball journey that I had when I was like young. So, do you have any like favorite memories from when you were playing for those Sonora leagues? Yeah, for sure. Like they had like a big tournament in Sonora and it’s called uh impartial. I don’t know how to say impartial. I don’t know something like that. like it’s like I think it’s one of the one of the biggest tournaments in Mexico. I’m not sure. And there’s like teams like invited teams from Colombia, Panama, uh Venezuela, and like a lot of places and from like I think Latino America. So, um, yeah, we won the championship and I I had a double to like to to to grab the lead run in in the game and it was like the ninth and we were losing by five or something and I was like in the like hitting and it it was great. It was great moment and we won that game and I got a nice moment right there like Nice. Yeah. One of my favorite moments. Yeah. Um, so you you had a very um kind of a unique path to to the Giants organization. You know, it’s not as straightforward as a lot of people you see where it’s kind of, you know, they just get drafted or signed or very quickly. Um, can you tell us a little bit about that because I I know I was reading about it and you kind of got discovered in a WC league game which is very interesting. Yeah. Well, yeah. I was when I was when I turned like 15, I was like just doing baseball, not even not even to try getting signed or anything. And then I had the opportunity like my uncle my my aunt from uh Utah, she was like, “Hey, you well, I’m going to start from that. It’s like far away from like the the team like the men’s league game or whatever.” But yeah, uh like I moved to to uh Utah cuz my I was like mom I don’t want to be a part of like like all like I got good opportunities like I can go to US and start learning English and try like try to get better opportunities in life like I was mom I don’t want to stay here in Mexico and she was like yeah that’s great. She was like, “Yeah, I support that. You’re not you’re not going to be I don’t know how to say it in English. Like I’m kind of like I don’t want you to be like a normal kid.” And I was when I was like in the same in the same way. I was like, “Mom, I I want to do something different. I don’t want to be part of like same uh generation of kids like doing high school and then start working or going to college like here in Mexico. I got better opportunities.” And she was like, “Yeah, yeah.” my my my aunt was like, “Yeah, come here.” And I started like working going to high school and then and then I started practicing with the team, but I never played like a lot like I because co come out. So I never got like into that high school tournaments and stuff. But yeah, I was I was good doing that. And then CO come out and then I was like six already. And then what did I do? I started working again like in a construction company like of like mobile homes. Yeah, mobile like installing mobile homes. I was 16. Yeah, I was I was 16. Yeah, I saved a lot of money and I came back to then I came back to Mexico and started doing like like selling cars like from marketplace like buying fixing and it was that’s a crazy path. Yeah. Like Yeah. I never like well I was but at the same time I was playing like this men’s league or like best level amateur amater level I don’t know how how do you say that like like I was playing Sundays in Mexico whatever when like any place I I ever been I like I play baseball anywhere and then I was good and it was it was fun. I never pitched either way like I was never a pitcher. I I started pitching when I was like, well, I might get to that. And yeah, I went back to Mexico like when I was like 18. It was and then I mean to Utah because I was like I’m in the same place and doing nothing. I’m I’m going to try to go to college and stuff and or at least like this like shorter like career like I don’t know something like welding or something like that. I was like electric like a Hback or something. I was like planning to to go to school to like Hback school or welding. And uh I was working again as a maintenance in Utah, not like no not doing school or anything. And then playing this men’s league that I found out one of my co-workers was like, “Oh, you play baseball? Oh, I got a coz and then I think you can play with him in their team.” And I was like, “Okay, great.” I was like, “Yeah, I want to do something like not just working.” And I was like, and um yeah, uh this guy was was nice. I don’t know. Cole. Cole. I don’t remember his last name. His his name was Cole. And yeah, started playing over there like with the guys and they they all had the same stuff. They were like just playing for fun. It was like a men’s league on like Wednesdays and Saturdays or like it was either way like Wednesday or Saturday games in Morgan Morgan Utah. It was like I think that was the place that I was playing with with this team. It was called the dream team. And then yeah, I was like the first batter center field, never pitched there. And then this guy was catching against well on the other team and he was like he was like, “Yo, I saw you like hitting the first the first um the first AV and you’re great.” And I was like, “How old are you?” And he like during the AV, you know, he was a catcher and I was like And then I was like, “I’m 18.” Yeah. Trying to like focus in my 80 and he was like, “Yo, you you’re good.” He was like 40 and he was like Jack. He was like really weird really big but like but like a really nice guy. He’s like my angel like he like cuz him cuz that guy like I started like doing what I’m doing right now. That was like four years ago. And uh yeah I was 18 about to be 19. And he was like oh yeah you go to school. And I was like, I’m trying to I’m trying to get a scholarship. I don’t I don’t have any money to like pay school, but I don’t know, bro. I can’t I know someone who can who who can help you to get like scholarships and stuff. And I was like, yeah, great. And yeah, next next next AB of him, he had like a double and the next batter like had like a single and he tried to like steal home home plate and I I did like a really nice throw to home plate and he was like the next day, “Bro, you got a nice arm too.” And I was like, “Yeah, thank you.” And he was like, “It was it was fun. It was fun.” And and I don’t remember his name. I think I think I I have his phone number. I got to call him sometime. And uh yeah, he brought me to Audi Mesa to his Dominican Academy. That’s that’s the name of the of the like academy in Utah. I think it’s one of the best one or the actually the best one in Utah like for the kids and stuff. And he has like a like a a lot of guys in college and stuff. And yeah, I had like a try out with him like literally everything like it was like the 60s from the mount from the like from toes like the velocity what else and then throwing like I don’t know how you guys call that like running and and throwing and it was and it was really good. I never practiced in the LA I in the last three years be before that never practiced never end doing it and I threw like 86 from the mount I hit like 95 96 from the thumb toes and uh 67 and and the and the 60s and yeah I did some some good stuff and he was like dude you’re good and I can find a scholarship for you like really good like really easy and he was like And I was like and I was like, “Yeah, uh, that that sounds good.” Like that it was like crazy. I I never thought about it like it like it was going to be that easy. Yeah. I started like like practicing and stuff and like a couple days after he was like, “Dude, you want to try like turning into like just pitching and then go to go to Dominican Republic.” I got a friend there and then like another part of his academy. He has like a program in in Dr. you know, he sends a lot of guys there and make them better over there cuz you know, Dominicans like breathe baseball. It’s it’s crazy over there. And then and I was like, well, yeah. I mean, you want you want to try like get signed as a Mexican and then and then let’s see if you can like you got to hit 90 90 like soon and then I don’t know, we we’ll see from that. And it was like yeah, I I think I can do that. like I didn’t know it was going to be that that hard. I thought it was easier at the moment. I was like, “Yeah, 90 sounds easy.” And uh yeah, and then like a month after he was like, “Well, I I start practicing in Dominican Academy there in uh Utah, Ogden, Utah.” And uh yeah, getting ready to like So I because I never pitched in my life, so I didn’t know how to do anything. I was I was just like it was just like I don’t know I just pitched like it was fun. I had a crier since I was like six because I I used to pitch a couple times but but it was it was not not not my thing when I was young. And uh yeah this guy was like Charles Das that’s the pitching coach in the in that academy. He was like he played for the Giants for no for the for the Dodgers I think for the Raptors and stuff like that. And he was like he was like like doing crazy stuff with me like just to get get into like pitching stuff and like my curbal like long ths my arm was like oh dang it. It was crazy crazy hard work. It especially for me that I never practiced in the last three years. It was just like a hobby basically. And uh and yeah, like a month after I had my my passport and so I got my flight to Dominican Republic and then I I met my my pra my my coach, his nickname is my why. I’ll talk to him about this. And um yeah, I started practicing every day like a cat like a pro guy. like just waking up 7 a.m. walking to like to the to the academy or just getting rides or whatever like practice running, eating, resting, everything like for like eight months and then I started like after like eight months like eight, seven months I started like throwing 90 90 91 89 and then I did I had like a like 10 or 12 tryyouts with a lot of guys with a lot of teams over in Dr. and it was it was great. I was like, “Oh my gosh, I can throw strikes in hard. That’s crazy.” Like I didn’t it was like it was like crazy work during dur during those eight months. I was like locked in in my stuff. I was like I’m not do I’m like I left my my work my my job. I I saw like my cars, a couple cars, all I save all my money I could save and so I could like eat over there in DR. So I was like, I’m doing like I’m going crazy with this. I’m I’m going to go crazy. So I’m gonna I’m gonna get signed, you know, like I was like, I’m going to get signed because I I was already 19 by that mo by by that moment. And uh that’s pretty old for for an international kid, you know. But the only good thing I was like, “Okay, I’m a lefty. I’m a I got a good curbo and then I throw kind of like good. There’s a lot of kids over there throwing gas, but I was like, I’mma throw a strike, you know, and uh yeah. Uh then after a couple like triyouts, I got signed with the Giants and then start from that. I start from that.” Awesome. Yeah. I mean, um, first off, Louise, you know, um, you know, especially for a lot of us Mexicos. Um, yeah. So, I just want to let you know that. And I just wanted to ask, do you have any like advice you would give to some young kid in Mexico that wants to make it to the big leagues one day or make it to Pro Bowl? Yeah, I think the something that I learned these last three years like and not a lot of people say it like how do you getting obsessed obsessed? That’s the word like obion like crazy with with work or whatever like pull pull out everything. Just go through like straight to your goal and then you’ll make it. Like there’s nothing there’s not nothing can stop you when you’re like crazy with with your goal. Like get obsessed with the goal. Yeah, that’s all I do. That’s that’s all I was trying and that’s what I did. Like I’m leaving everything and like I left everything that I had like my my job everything. I was like, “Okay, I did it cuz I’m going to do this. I’m going to do it.” and I did it. Like it it was crazy. That’s that’s the advice I can give to the kids. Like if you really want to like start throwing gas, start like getting, okay, I’m going to get drafted or or like sign or whatever, like just forget about everything and then and just get obsessed with your goal and you’ll make it. Yeah. Love that. So, the end of your story there actually kind of led into my next question for you, which was um you know, asking about how the showcases were in the DR like you’re just talking about, but what was that recruitment process like? Obviously, we know you signed with the Giants, but were there other teams like after you or were the Giants the main one the whole way through? like like how many teams like that were in? Well, I had I had like three with Kansas, three with uh a couple with um uh Divox. Uh Cincinnati, I had like three with them. They were really interesting on me. Like they were like they were going to sign me too. And uh who else? I had one with with GI with the Dodgers I think and I’m like I’m another team with what other team three with the Giants and yeah I think that’s it. Yeah it and then they were like like individual like it was not like a showcase. It was like like just a couple guys with one team and like every time it was it was like crazy. There’s a lot of a lot of scouts in in Dr. so it was not like like a showcase stuff. Mhm. But yeah. Okay. Nice. Um, so you talked about your, you know, obviously you had that long kind of long road to to 90, um, for your velocity, but you’ve picked up quite a bit more velocity since you’ve been in the in pro ball. Um, is there anything in particular that has kind of helped, you know, accomplish that? I know I saw some comments that you’ve gained like almost two miles an hour almost every season since you’ve been in Pro Bowl. Well, as I said, like I love hard work. Like I know I’m not that big. I’m not a big guy. So I I go crazy with mechanics with like like every like advantage like advantage I can take, I take it like and I’m trying to get better and better like like and I’m the good thing about me is like I’m I’m not a big but I’m really strong. I got good genetics. So, I I like lifting weight. I’m crazy with lifting weight with like everything. Mobility, mechanics. I try to hit every single spot that I can hit like for a pitcher. And then Yeah. Yeah. That’s what I do. So, I never never read Never working hard. Yeah. Said, huh? Yeah. try where do where do you feel like you’ve improved the most over the last year or so probably my my control like my how do you say that anyways like my your command your control my command my command yeah my command got better I add like like a better change up this year to I didn’t use it at all because of my fas and slider worked like easier like I don’t know it was a lot of stuff but yeah my better pitches like like all of them were better my curl my slider my fast ball and then my change up like and I I got better command so yeah that was a big the biggest thing that your like command it’s it’s like your best friend as a pitcher I feel like a lot of guys like don’t understand like throwing hard is not like the Like the the the main goal is not just throwing gas. Like I think throwing the ball wherever you want it things better way better than throwing gas. For sure. Yeah. Yeah. That was um so so this season so obviously your first couple years in Pro Bowl I mean I know the first one uh 2023 it was kind of shorter for you. Um but you were in the Dominican for the first couple. this season you obviously made the jump over the to state side playing in Arizona um for you know half the year roughly and then you finished with San Jose. Um what was like the biggest jump you saw you know whether it’s with just the level of competition or whatever to to low or from Dr. Yeah. kind of all of it you know just like as you progressed like what what were you seeing? Well, like hitters like miss less and if they miss, they miss better. You know, it’s not like they don’t swing to bad pitches like high like in Dr. You could like throw like in the ground and stay some some of them swing swing at it and then some high fast like curl like like you know like not good decision at the plate and uh and the from umpires are better umpires are better in the like as soon as you get better like better levels I think they will be they will be better for sure. Um, yeah. And then I think the environment, like all the guys from like better levels, they’re like crazy with their routines. Like they’re locking. They don’t do much much like stuff stupid stuff, you know? Like they’re like doing their stuff, you know, like every time like and then yeah, I think just the pictures like from my from just besides me like guys are like better pitchers like they’re they have better command better pitches and yeah cuz they’re all all I I’ll say it’s cuz they’re older too you know like like everything is because they got more experience they’re older like they play good good baseball in college and stuff or the guys international guys they play like we play a couple years in all their levels like so It’s getting better. I I feel I love competition. I love challenges. Like I feel like it’s as soon as like get gets harder to me, it’s like okay, I’m going to get better. So yeah, you know, I feel like that’s good. That’s good. But yeah, that’s all how can Yeah, that’s all I can say. I think Nice. Nice. like what kind of uh training in particular kind of helps you personally with your mechanics and you know get your velocity up and whatnot? Well, I I add a couple of these a year. Well, at the beginning of the year in Utah, I usually the last couple years I went to Utah like the January and February before spring training, you know, and uh I practiced with a guy from DoubleA from the Mets. From the Mets. Yeah. He’s playing double A, I think. And um he’s really short. He’s really short. He’s like 5’9 and he throws like a 100. You might know him. and his name is Eduardo Era. He’s from Venezuela and he’s really good. And we had a couple like drills the help me a lot with the you know these like water balls like with like handles and stuff. I I have a couple like drills that I do like probably four times a week before my bullpen. And then I got my like my primer. I think it’s I don’t know how you what’s it like the real name but my my strength conditioner I had like I had a primer thing for um before my outing like the day before my outing I had like a primer gym stuff like explosive stuff couple drills and yeah pro probably like the drills that I had this year is like just with the water ball and then the medicine ball like the big one like Mhm. six pounds, eight pounds or 10 pounds were were good just to to the wall. And yeah, that I think that’s the thing that helped me this year a lot to be in trade or like my release point and my mechanics like like to stay there with my mechanics like Yeah. Nice. Nice. Awesome. Now, what what would you say it was like for you going from, you know, playing in like a men’s league in Utah to the DR, then to Arizona, and then going to San Jose and making that jump and playing in stadiums in front of, you know, pretty decentsized crowds for the minor leagues? Well, I don’t know. I always like the like the pressure, I think. Like my dad always says that like that I’m better when I’m like in this pressure spot like you know like tie game when I was young. He always says that like, “Yeah, that’s good for like that was you your thing.” Like I was like kind of like the clutch kid in the team or something because since I was a kid, my dad was like, “Yeah, you’re good under pressure like me.” And he was like, “Yeah.” And I was like, “Yeah, Dad, like you like uh yeah, I don’t know. I mean, people don’t make me feel like more pressure or like the crowd or anything.” I think uh I don’t know you know this movie like this movie I think it’s called like the the Detroit picture and and in Spanish it’s called foram poramore for like and he’s like as soon as he’s like stretch or and doing his wind up he cannot hear anything that’s kind of like what happens to me like it’s like I grab the ball and I’m like thinking like next pitch what yeah I’m going to use the tuno or whatever. I’m like, you know, all my stuff and I’m not I don’t care like how many people is in the crowd. Um um I feel like doesn’t make me doesn’t make me feel like better or worse or anything. But yeah, like the I like the challenge. I think it’s like like my dad, my mom always says like no matter where you’re playing or against who you’re playing, you’re going to do your best and whatever you’re trying to do like and I think that’s this kind kind of like the stuff that I always do because my parents like the the things that my parents teach me when I was young. So yeah, it’s awesome. I see. Um, do you have anything for this off season that you’re hoping to improve on the most or focus on? Yeah, probably a better change up or more like better command in my change up or a better change up at all. Like everything with my change up. Uh, probably like I think I’m going to do it like throw harder. Why not? you know, like improve all my stuff like my my command like I want to get better and get sent to like higher levels this year, this next year. So, um yeah, the goal is like improve every everything I have for orders, you know, but my biggest goal probably my change up, but it’s getting better and better every year. So, yeah. Yeah, privilege is at I’ll piggyback off that. Are you um are you planning are you staying in Arizona and working out at the facility there? Are you where where you at this? Actually, yeah, I’m I’m I’m in Mexico right now with with family, resting a little bit. I work I got a nice place here to practice and with a couple of guys trying to get signed. So, they’re good. They’re they’re good with catching like playing catch with me and there’s a couple playing like pro bowl here in Mexico. So So I got like a good crew here and good gym. Like I got all all my tools here, but I like to like stay away from Mexico or my or my friends for so I’m going to move go to AC this next month and then practice. I’m going to practice in the facility in AC. Nice. By my Well, I think it’s not by my own. I think there’s like staffs and I don’t know how it works still like but I think I’m going to work there and then get it get getting ready to spring training next for next year. Yo, so I know you’re you know locked in on trying to get better this off season, but you know looking forward to next year Luis Ger Logar like what are you trying to accomplish next year? you have any particular goals for yourself um that you really want to meet next year? Oh, yeah. There’s a lot nice. But I don’t know how to I don’t know if I can say it like I don’t I don’t like say my goals like so I can say like so I don’t know. I I believe this like in vibes and stuff and so like if I sound ambitious I don’t like to sound ambitious but yeah probably I don’t know 40 men why not like let’s say 40 men roster. That’s a good goal. Yeah. I’m gonna go for the Yeah. Yeah. Aim high, bro. Exactly. Hey, I mean, you keep striking out people at the rate you’re striking out people. Things will move quick. Yeah. I hope. Yeah. I’m trying to get trying to do my stuff with the striking out striking out people and, you know, just doing my stuff. Yeah. for for anybody listening, he had 109 strikeouts in 74 innings. Not not counting playoffs. It didn’t unfortunately keep their uh he he pitched in a couple games where he also I think you had six maybe in each outing in the playoffs, but yeah. Yeah, it was a lot. You made hitters look stupid, bro. That’s that’s another goal. Like make things look stupid when I But when I’m in the mound, I’m like I’m going to make you look stupid. You know, if I think about it right now, I’m like, nah. But in the mound, yeah, I’m very ambitious with my with my pitches pitches and stuff. Nice. Yeah. Now, I gotta put you on the spot a little bit. Who who are your favorite teammates? Um, let’s just say in San Jose that you played with, bro. I got a lot like a little a lot of nice guys in this team. I think that that’s why the team was really good because we were like like union unit or how do you say that? United. United. Yeah. Like it was like crazy like everyone like like each other and stuff. But yeah, probably from the Lion part, probably Diaz Stra, you know, Strata, the other left Mexican lefty in my team. He he’s been with me since I was in DR last year. And then AZ, he got called up and next week I got called up and it’s crazy. Like they make fun of us, but yeah. Um, uh, probably Diaz Torres, you know, Goody Goody Gutierrez, Carlos Gutierz from my team. Um, he’s he’s my friend, too. He’s Mexicans. He’s my friend, but I didn’t play with him when I got to called up to San. He got injured. But yeah, from the like the American guys, probably Walker. I don’t know. I feel like I’m missing a lot of guys. Yeah. Oh, my my roommate. Yeah. I I love that guy. Um Breham. Resi. Yeah, Brezie. He’s my guy. He’s I love that guy. Or you know, or Hunter Dryden. Mhm. Masa. Yeah, they were like I feel like we we match a lot because we not that big. like we’re we’re short pitchers, you know, and we were like working out like I feel like those two those two guys like Hunter and Naza they’re like best friends and they work out like crazy and I was like oh can I join you guys like I was like when I got to the team and yeah probably all of them all the team was nice all the all of them they all like really friendly so nice yeah I I’ll uh I’m gonna pull up a comment here Tom He said, “Who is the teammate who impresses you the most?” And I I want to maybe we’ll limit this down. Is there any pitcher in particular that you played with this year? Because you played with especially San Jose and then um you know Kayama, he played with you in both Arizona Keenir in both. Um did any pitcher in particular like really stand out because there was a ton of talent especially in those lower lower levels. There’s a lot of them. It’s kind of an unfair question, but yeah, it’s not a reason, especially my in this team or the levels I play, they they were all good, good, good, really good. I was I was glad I was with that type of, you know, we’re like we’re teammates, but we’re like trying to get like call trying to get better and you know, it’s crazy like dang there’s a lot of good guys in here. But yeah, I’ll say probably I I love um Cayama. Cayama is crazy. He’s he he’s got like crazy talent. But Kanir Kanir Oh my gosh. Kan is crazy, too. I don’t know. Like those th those guys are my Oh, yeah. They’re they’re one of my best friends, too. Especially Cayama. He’s like really close to me. Um boy Cayama Kirner Bresnham. I’m going to say Brelam is like the best pitcher like I ever met. Like he’s like his work, his job is like clean. He’s always focused. He’s like, and he was my roommate also. So, or I think Jaden Smith, he got called up to the high. He was really good, too. Those guys impressed me really bad. Nice. Really, really good. They’re really good. For sure. Well, before we move off that that topic, uh Juan Perez commented on the IG side and he he wanted to know who your favorite catcher was. He knows me. He’s my dog. He’s one of my friends, too. I forgot. You know, there’s a lot of good guys. He’s my He’s my friend. My dog. My Yeah, obviously. Obviously him. Obviously him. He he he made me he was like he was like dude who made you had like I had like a couple when I got called up I got a couple good innings like with a scoreless innings like a good man with scoreless innings. He was like you got all those scoreless innings cuz me bro but he was playing he’s he’s crazy. I love that guy and he’s really good he’s a really good good good catcher. Nice. Hey, you started off with I think the first three starts I think were all scoreless. Yeah, at one point I think it really caught a lot of people’s attention um early on when you got to San Jose. Yeah, it was it was nice. It was nice. Yeah, that was a fun team this year. Yeah, lots of fun. Oh, yeah. Um do you have any And we’ll jump over. Do you have I don’t know how many more Dan and Ricky might have. Um I only really had one more on my list, but do you have any hobbies? Do you have any other hobbies like away from baseball? Oh my gosh. Not really. Like like sport hobbies, anything. I love cars. I’m actually I just bought a car like a Mustang and stuff and I’m my my my brother paints cars and I’m like trying to like learn anything from like mechanic like I was literally before this call I was like literally like like doing like witches or I don’t know how you guys call it like to my one of my seats car seats cuz it was like a little rip and I was like I I love everything about cars like I love cars I go crazy with that. What year? Am I missing? It’s a 2016. It was my dream car when I was really young and I just bought it. GT. Yeah. No. No. Hell no. I was four cylinder. I would love to have a GT, but they’re really expensive. Oh, yeah. Someday. One day. One day. They’re expensive to work on, too. Yeah. We got an auto repair shop. those come in. Oh, that’ll fun. Yeah, I’m I’m trying to do like I drive trying to like fix this car like painting, doing everything like as like the cheapest way I can. Like you’re going to keep this one though, huh? I like to do it by myself, you know. And my brother helps me a lot. He’s he sells cars and he literally do like like tools like he has he has like a Harbor Freight in at home like through his phone and like I got a everything here so I can fix now. Are you going to keep the Mustang though? I don’t know. I don’t think so. I’m trying to get like a more I’m just I’m just making my I’m trying to like enjoy my dream car for a little bit, but I need a car for like traveling. I hope I can go cold up and cold up and and then I can drive like whatever whatever it is in US. I need a better car like a I don’t know, Corolla, Honda, like whatever really really good cars like to drive all over the place. We I’m gonna I’m gonna enjoy this next month for sure. We’ll hook you up, Primo. You hit me up. We We fix them up and sell them. I got you. Okay. Toyota and Honda, bro, all the time. Let me know. Okay. Shameless plug. No, get I’ll get you a deal, Primo. That’s funny. I’m wondering where are you guys from? So he’s in Washington. Yeah. Okay. I I I live in Bre state or DC. Yeah. Washington state. I actually live apparently where Brezrey grew up. Same city. Yeah. Yeah. He’s from Washington. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. From Washington. Yeah. Small. I think Dryen Dry Hunter Dryden is from from Washington, too. Yeah. I think he’s like eastern Washington. I’m on the kind of the western side, but yeah. I I’m from I’m from the Bay Area originally down there and then been up here for a bit. Cool. Yeah, me and Ricky are in Cali. He’s in more of the Bay Area. I’m closer to the valley. Oh, yeah. Cool, cool, cool. That’s crazy. That’s cool. Yeah. Um, do you want me Do you got Ricky? Do you have any more or do you want me to go ahead and start pulling? I’ve only got one more after Ricky, so you go first. Oh, no. I was going to say we can after Dan’s done, we can start jumping into the questions in the chat. Okay. Uh I only got one more question for you, Luis. So I have you, you know, been to Oracle Park? Have you explored San Francisco? Um and if so, what are your thoughts, you know, on the park and the city as a whole? Because, you know, you’re going to be pitching there pretty soon. I hope. Yeah. But I never been in in the Oracle Park. I went to to the to San Francisco like like a couple of months ago. Yeah. Like like a month and a half. Like a couple Yeah. And I just went by my by my own. Well, one of my friends from he’s a fan really crazy fan of Giants. And he’s like he’s really close. And he was like, “Hey yo, you want to go eat out?” And I was like, “Yeah.” As soon as I got in the car, he was like we were It was like me. It was Rick uh Ricardo Stra and Molly Maldonado the pitchers and we were like and I was like you want to go eat and I was like yeah and as soon as I got in the car he was like you want to go to San Francisco and explore a little bit and I was like yeah I never been there and I was like crazy. Yeah. We went to the to the bridge and to the everything like it was crazy. That guy that guy was a nice guy. It’s uh it’s a little different than Sonora, huh? Uh, wait. It’s beautiful out there. But yeah, I hope I can play in that like at least a bin or something in the Oracle Park. But yeah, it’s a beautiful, beautiful city. Like weather is perfect. And uh, yeah, you got the stuff, Ka. They could have used you this September. Yeah, sounds good to me. Yeah, they use that curveball. Yeah, I I know they fly uh I know they have some people some prospects go out there around it’s either December or January. I don’t I don’t know when they try and select that. So maybe you’ll get to go see it soon. I hope. Yeah. Yeah. I think there’s like a camp or something. I don’t know when or if I’m getting invited or anything, but I hope I can go. Yeah, that’d be cool. All right. Um, so we’ll pull a couple of the the comments. Um, I know you you said you didn’t um you didn’t really pitch until pretty, you know, pretty late, but did you have a favorite pitcher either growing up or we could say, you know, once you really started picking up seriously even? Well, I got I got the one, but like there’s no discussion. Like my favorite pitcher ever was Clay Clayton Kersha like since I was like five. I was like, “That guy is my be like best pitcher.” I don’t know. I I grew up like as a Dodger fan. Not Not proud of it. But uh yeah, you know, Mexicans love Dodgers or San Diego, so it’s like they’re not wrong. Yeah. And uh yeah, Clayton Ko is my favorite pitcher of all time by a lot. But like since I was like I started playing like Pro Bowl and stuff, I got my what’s this guy? Oh, I forgot his name from FA. He’s playing with the Phillies right now. Lousardo. Lousardo or Valdez from Houston. Like the Dominican guy and the Venezuelan guy. They’re I love those guys. They’re crazy. Obviously, too. What? That’s the ley best picture I ever see. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Here’s uh Ed asks, “Who’s one is there one hitter in the majors that you want to face off against or one or even one hitter?” What’s that? Show Otani for sure. Otani. That’s That’s a dream in Avi. I want to I want to face that guy as soon as I can. I mean, he’s playing for 10 years. I got I got a chance. Got time. Yeah. Would he be the answer to the second part of that question? It says, “How about one hitter you’re afraid to go up against?” Wait, I can’t I can’t I cannot hear you guys. Oh, dang it. My phone’s about to die. No worries. Get the charger. Can you hear me? Yeah, I’m charging my phone. We’re almost done, though. Yeah, no worries. We’re Yeah, we’ll wrap it up here shortly. Okay. I think I can hear you, but like Yeah. Yeah, it’s still good. Yeah, it’s still good. We can hear you. Um, yeah. The second half of the question says, “How about one hitter you’re afraid to go up against, if there is any?” Like the what’s it? Who’s it? What? It says, “How about one hitter that you’re afraid to go up against?” I if if there are any afraid. No, I’m never afraid of anyone. Yeah, there we go. No chance. No. Like I think th those those like big hitters or like those guys are like the ones that I always want to face, you know? Good. Like the scary ones if I if I can like say something like that. Yeah. Let’s see. What’s up? I’m curious about this one, Luis. Um, do you notice a difference when you’re pitching at altitude in Utah compared to like if you’re pitching more, you know, at sea level? Yeah, it’s way different. Like Utah is really high and it’s like really hard to like run or anything like it’s I get like like no air over there. It’s really hard. But I never pitch like a real game over there. like I I just do like bull pens and long toes or stuff like that, but but yeah, it’s really high and so it’s kind of harder to do basically anything. You probably need some oxygen. Yeah, when when you reach uh AAA that there there are at least I think four of the parks are at altitude. So you’ll get on that Colorado. Yeah. Yeah. They’ll like Yeah, I got to get used to it. So, but yeah, I I practice enough season every time in Utah, so Yeah. Well, the Angels are in uh the their triple AAA team is in Salt Lake City, so you’ll get the Beast. Mhm. Yeah. For And they’re in our division, too, right? In Triple A. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then you got Albuquerque and Reno and um I feel like I’m forgetting one, but yeah, there’s a few down there. Yeah. Um you may have kind of answered this earlier, but is there any, you know, coach in particular that’s kind of helped you the most at any point in your journey? Wow. I think they all helped me some way. But Louise, uh I think yeah, Luis Pino from AZ. Yeah, he he helped me a lot this year. He He’s really good. He’s got really good advices like or like he knows how to what to say at at the moment. You know, you need it. Luis Pino. Yeah, for sure. him. You know him? You have you guys hear about him? Uh I have not. Yeah, he’s you guys know he’s a pitching coach from AC team. Okay. From the ACL team. Okay. Yeah, we’re hoping to make a trip down there next uh next season. So maybe we’ll we’ll try and uh catch a few of the guys down there. Great. Yeah. Um, this isn’t a question, but I’m just gonna share it because I thought it it was funny. George says, “As a Giants fan for over 40 years, it’s it’s important that you buzz the first Dodger you face to show your loyalty to the Giants when you make it.” That’s funny. Yeah, that’s a fact. Like, I better do something like that. At least I got to strike out a lot of guys. That’s that’s a goal. Yeah, for sure. All right. Yeah. Do you guys have anything else you want to ask him? Anybody in the uh that’s watching right now, if you have any last one or last second questions you want to ask Luis, make sure you go ahead and throw that in the chat now. Um but you know, thank you so much for joining us tonight. Uh we appreciate it. We love having you guys on here. So yeah, a bunch of your a bunch of your teammates were watching on Instagram, too. So they saw you. That’s why a few of them were commenting on there. Maza was on there. Uh Darien Smith. Carlos Smith. Uh Juan Perez, like I said earlier, Brezrey was on here. There’s a bunch of them. Yeah, those are my guys. All of them, actually. Yeah. It’s hard to pick friends from our team. Like you live with all of them and you make fun of them, too. And it’s I don’t know, they’re all friendly, so I got a lot of fans in the team. Yeah. Yeah, bro. Well, hopefully we get to watch all of you guys rise kind of through the system together there. Um, you know, especially the watching you pitchers got um throw in San Jose. It was pretty it was really fun to watch and um I look forward to you guys all coming up to to high A hopefully next season. I’m I live close to the where you guys play a lot of your sites up here. So, I’ll definitely be uh swinging by to to to watch you guys a little bit. And, you know, we’ll hopefully watch you all do a whole lot of winning as you go through the system. So, it’ll go winning games. Winning championships. Luis Canon. It was great to meet all of you guys and having a nice nice time here. It was it was a big pleasure pleasure for me. Absolutely. Um we’re going to You want to cut this out, Cody? I was just going to let Louise know probably just if you want can hang tight just a couple minutes after it ends just so we can let everything upload. Cool. All right. All right. Well, uh we’ll wrap this up. Go Giants and we’ll catch you all next time. Thanks again, Luis. All right. [Music]

Giants #17 prospect (Baseball America) joins us to talk about his baseball journey, his experience in 2025 and his plans for the offseason.

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