Somerset Patriots - Gerrit Cole Interview
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00:00Yeah I thought it was really fun overall. It was a nice environment. It felt really
00:06great to get back out there and get back in the flow of things, get some
00:10adrenaline. And yeah Ben did a great job behind the plate and everyone here did a
00:16great job making me feel comfortable and and settling right in. What were you
00:21happy with? Really everything through all my pitches for strikes. I left a couple
00:27soft breaking balls over the plate. One was the base hit the other one I got away
00:30with and was able to move the ball both sides of the plate and get the top and
00:36the bottom of the strike zone. So yeah it was good. What's next for you? Go to dare with my wife.
00:45What were your thoughts about the atmosphere? You mentioned the fans,
00:49the crowd standing room only. Your thoughts by Yankee fans coming out tonight.
00:53Yeah it was just so it was just a lively environment. It felt like a just a nice
00:58summer night. I know the big clubs having a good night so far so all is all is well.
01:05Has the sense of urgency increased at all for you since getting the news about Clark
01:10Schmidt recently or? No. As far as what you were looking for in this game did it
01:16exceed or you know undersell your expectations of what you wanted to get
01:20out of it to mark where you are? Yeah I didn't really have any expectations to be
01:25honest. I just kind of held myself to the same standard that that did I do when I
01:31play and and you know executing the pregame routine well. You know hitting some of
01:38our goals in terms of pitch count and the ups and and you know just you know
01:44there's some moments there to just go have fun and compete so we did that well as well.
01:48But when you said Sunday in San Diego at least two for you I guess today he said
01:53at least a few. What determines whether your next one is your last one or if you
02:00want to build up back in the big leagues? What's your thoughts on that?
02:03Yeah that's a good question. I don't think I quite have the answer for you right right now. I'm not a I haven't gone through this process in a while so I'm kind of taking it just one start at a time.
02:17And and I'll just let my body tell me you know kind of when we're ready and
02:22and obviously you know looking objectively at you know how the ball is coming out of
02:27our hand and and the areas that we're getting to on a consistent basis you know
02:32because you know you know the heat is on when you're up there and so you know you've
02:39got to be able to got to be able to get the ball where you want to. Did you feel like
02:42you're able to simulate the intensity not of a major league start but just what
02:46you're hoping to get out of it? Yeah I had a lot of adrenaline yeah I had a
02:49hold a few back so it's a good place to be. Do you feel you're close? Well I mean
02:55certainly I think you asked you gave me some number scale of why don't we put
03:00like six weeks ago or something like that I would say definitely definitely close
03:05yeah I'm not sure how many more we'll need but definitely closer rather than farther
03:09away right you know it should be right around the corner here so. After after
03:14you had thrown my VP you said you were still looking for the feeling change up
03:17how did that bitch feel today? Yeah I executed three of them so it was good
03:25yeah it was good. You said you had to hold it back a little bit is that under Sam
03:28Breen's orders or was it more just checking how you feel with it? Just like big
03:34surge of adrenaline so you know you get on the bull in the first inning and you
03:41got it you guys you know you got to make sure you got two hands on on him so he
03:45doesn't kick you off and so so so really that's that's what I mean by that just a
03:53lot of horsepower tonight and and so that that was that was great and you know just
03:58had to make sure that we directed that energy you know through the through the
04:02glove so. Was there anything you didn't like about how you
04:04felt today? No. Great. I mean a couple plays at first too and then I had to back
04:13up so that was good. That's good too you know a little extra a little extra you
04:19know whatever you want to call it conditioning or just you know kind of
04:22moving around so. Given that your buildup is gone did you feel like you've had
04:26more in the tank there when he came out in the fourth? Yeah I mean I think the the
04:31objective here is to cause you know stabilizing you know the the amount of the
04:36amount of pitches that we throw in over the last two innings because we're at our
04:39last two outings rather because we're adapting to a new environment and you
04:44know you have to get out to you know proceed to the next inning so there's just a
04:48you know a little extra intensity you know there's a crowd and you know so but you
04:56know you just kind of get right up to that threshold and and and save a few
05:01bullets for the next time when you're in a similar environment. What are you
05:05going to be looking for in the next couple days in terms of assessing how you
05:08break or break? I'm not I'm not looking for anything anything really and not
05:15nothing in particular yeah just plugging along. Earlier were there pitch
05:19comm stuff with Ben? There's no pitch comm in AA. Then there was not pitch comm stuff?
05:23First hit was a curveball. Yeah. In the second? Uh fast fall down the way. You
05:31mentioned the atmosphere here the super summer fishing this ballpark
05:34from the Almonta. What did you make of the place? Yeah the weight room is
05:39the best best weight room I can recall. You know the Yankees have done a
05:44great job and the Somerset Patriots have done a great job. It looks like the
05:48facilities are great. The atmosphere was great too. Here did you keep up with the radar
05:53going at all and how much does the deal matter? Yeah they told me it was not accurate and to
05:57not worry about it so I just checked in with the guys in the dugout. 96? Yeah they
06:03said you know 94 and 97 so. Your thoughts about working with Ben Rice were the top
06:08prospects coming up for the system? Yeah Ben was fantastic tonight. A lot of moving parts for
06:14him today. He you know they had a lot of meetings and stuff first game in the series so. And so we
06:21were able to connect to get on the same page and I thought his targeting was great and you
06:26know he kept a nice level ahead to you know give us opportunity to execute you know all the different
06:31pitching you know. We're trying to perform and also you know checks and boxes at the same
06:35time is very pro on a man. Do you think you're up to 60 next time around there? We'll see. We'll see Randy. If it
06:42was up to just you do you feel ready to be back at the Bronx? I don't think that
06:46would be I don't think that would be a responsible move.