Marcus obviously you're right not to be here until the 22nd but anything that you'd like to share about you know why you chose not to be here the last two days no you know what I mean um I mean at this stage my career I put a priority on obviously getting my body ready um yeah I don't think there was a a need for me to be here the in the last few days given the climate you know I talked to Boon uh we had a great conversation everything's uh honestly perfect and seamless and my
relationship with the guys in the clubhouse hasn't changed so yeah I feel great to be back and I'm ready to roll what did you make of everything that was sort of talked about in the offseason you know various trade rers Etc yeah to be honest I I'm very detached in the offseason so I learn about most things probably you know through my mom or small people that I have around me um but yeah I'm so grounded at this point like nothing can really phase me um like I said I I I know who I am
as a pitcher I can compete at any level with um any team and if I'm here if I'm not here like I said my body's ready to roll I'm ready to go out there get 30 plus Parts I know health is always something that's um a huge importance and like I said I know how to take care of my mind and body so I'm going to always be available plers don't do this very often it it seems like it's a statement that hey I'm on rotation I'm on a trading block uh are you saying it
is not that no not at all not at all statement no yeah what what's today's date 14th day but everyone else is here is that thatum no not at all like I said put a priority on my workout routine my mind and my body I come and Camp ready to go 30 plus starts um a huge point in my body which like I said I know health is something that's not focused on and being available to go out there and Pitch every 5 days it's not something I take lightly and I prepare to the utmost
degree sometimes I take a few more days so yeah I had a a tough offseason I was getting settled have family around um it's probably be good to call I've been donating a lot to the Assistance League in La as far as the fires a lot of people especially the Altadena Community palates Malibu I lost my home in Malibu so yeah just been dealing with a lot um yeah so if anybody can donate to the Assistance League or there's a lot of charitable organizations and Foundations there's a lot of people that are going through a
lot out there right now and a lot of families from lower income cities and towns that have lost completely everything so yeah if you have anything in your heart to to donate to those people I think it'd be awesome Mark how much do you want to remain a Yankee you know what it's like to switch teams and it get gets a little awkward and tough I'm so grounded and calm man I truly float through life for the grace now took a lot of work but I'm good I'm good wherever I may be I love everybody
in this Clubhouse everybody knows that you can ask my teammates the relationship I have with them um I think that's the best way to truly tell the character of a person is to go to the teammates and ask I spend the most time with them inside that Clubhouse I spend the least time um with people who are reporting on me right now and it seems like a lot of the narrative and perspectives come from this group so if you go in that Clubhouse the next time anybody about me um like I said feel free in
a perfect scenario what's the season if you're here oh I don't play out perfect scenario I'm focused on today what do you hope for for this season with the I'm truly focused on today like I said I'm very grounded I'm very calm nothing can really throw me off this my my life's incredible my son's incredible my family's incredible so it's nothing I can take away from that youve been the two All-Star games you've had a good career last year first half was really good I've had a pretty good I've had a I've had a great
career for my sense a lot of people thought I was never going to be a starter so done this 10 plus years now at a high level so considering your pedigree could you handle being a relever start I'm a starter so right now you're the six starter so how do you handle that see how it plays out I'm a starter I'm a starter you do not want to pitch in the bullpen I won't pitch in the bullpen I'm starter I'm starter how would you describe the the conversation you had with Bo on Tuesday oh me
and booner I love boom there's not there you know it's nothing but laughs and and good times when I see him so yeah like I said it's perfect my relationship with everyone cash everyone involved everything's perfect um yeah me and boom talked it out he was he was well aware I was coming in for my physical and I told him I being a few days after that and yeah like I said couldn't couldn't be in a better situation between boony and I I have a lot of respect for Boon I think he's an incredible manager
marus you wanted wanted to start have you expressed that Daren I don't think that needs to be expressed but yeah we can go from there Marcus did it bother you that you were in the bullpen in the postseason no no no no I'm just talking about being a star of this role not at all not at all those playoffs there different roles that that calls for different um yeah for you to be in different circumstances I was completely fine with that but overall I'm a starter I've been doing this 10 plus years and like I
said not many people do it at that level or can stay healthy at the level that I do to go out there and give 30 plus starts that I do pretty routinely Marcus either by you or through your aging have you asked what your status is as far as being in the rotation not at all because I'm truly not I'm not worried about it in that sense like I said I truly be like in life everything plays out for itself so I'm in incredible shape my arm feels great I know like I said health is
always something that's of importance to be available to go out there and and perform so I'm ready to go yeah 30 plus starts come today uh just felt like today was a good day to come Valentine's Day feel like The Vibes are going to be proper you know yeah just you know everyone's happy on this day so feel like it was a good day to come if it's the end of spring and you're not in rotation are you going to leave the team I'm going to be completely honest I haven't thought about tomorrow so to
I'm just being the state that I'm in the perspective that I live through it's hard for me to even look past to a moment that there's so many unpredictables that can happen up until that point I'm not someone who lives in that level of uncertainty I'm very present and grounded so I'm good you Happ I'm not I'm a starter though it sounds like a messy cast saying if I'm not in a rotation you better get rid of me cuz I'm not going to you think me saying I'm a starter is I'm a starter that's it's
like me making the most basic brief statement I'm a starter my entire career go look at the numbers and how many people can stay healthy and do it 30 plus starts year after year after year especially after being the one that they said could never do it at my size I'm a starter Marcus appreciating that you actually didn't have to be here until February 22nd and you did deal with some stuff personal like with your home in Malibu Etc uh if your name had not come up trade stuff things like that would you have been
here it's such a hypothetical you know well it's not a hypothetical you been here or you couldn't it is a hypothetical cuz it played out as is so for me to answer if this and this and this and this it's it's a hard life it's not a life I live in for the people that haven't been in California how bad is it out there did you go ter yeah I was out there for the first part of it and then had to evacuate had to evacuate my family but yeah it's it's very it's I don't
even want to talk about it cuz I'm going to get emotional so like I said that's my second home out there I spent a lot of time out there um me and my son like our main meeting point is Palisades so I spend a lot of time in Pacific Palisades Malibu that's like my home home so I mean you see you see it and the home is gone my home's completely gone yeah something about not being here the climate what you mean the climate just the climate just everything going on obviously so yeah describe the
situation is a little bit awkward how you do you think this is awkward no I think maybe boom was speaking um um maybe initially you know I think initially he thought when we when we had met or talked he thought it would be awkward but it wasn't you know it was like I said it was it was fine from the beginning but coming into it I can see how you might think it may be awkward but my love and my my my like I said everyone in that Clubhouse I have nothing but love for and
they all know that we all have a great relationship in there from the staff from the employees all the way down you can freely go ask anybody you know I love everybody in that Clubhouse so this is part of the business it has nothing to do with my love for anybody in there so you're on schedule to work out from today on oh yeah I'm in great shape I can go seven right now I'm good I'm good my body's in great great shape will beat what's good my guys I want to give you a 180
can we get a scouting report on your brother I know he's back at P oh my brother's nasty man he's coming he's still he's still figuring out the the ways of the game but when it comes to toolsy he's he's toolsy man I mean runs a 62 63 60s 95 off the mount 96 across the diamond and he's got pop you know plus plus exit ELO from both sides he's he's Elite he's Elite and he's a lot bigger than me I'm I'm a small little guy you like like him picking your brain how much does
he do that oh yeah yeah we talk so much I've been a huge obviously we're there for each other but I think he's a a big fan of just being around and witnessing um it's awesome having a little brother who's so dialed in he's going to Duke he's kind of following my footsteps so to to be a part of his process is incredible having him in here last year taking reps with with Soo and judge and just seeing cage work and how they go about things Big G um I feel like that that really took
home to him and he's he was in there jot down every note he could possible so yeah he's at a point where he's he's playing well he's very toolsy and like I said I wish and hop him nothing but the best I love you bro mark this a a very deep rotation you don't you probably wouldn't be in this situation in a lot of different places do you think that that you will be given a fair chance to beat out somebody that right now it's higher than you on the depth chart I'm not even concerned
to be to be to be honest about that like I said I know I'm someone who's ready to go 30 plus starts and I'm someone who's who's done that at a high level for my entire career so um yeah we'll see how it plays out I'm not even slightly worried about it uh yes yes hit is going throwing yeah like I'm really very very go I can go into a game right now thr I think prob five
