Bailey Ober talks preparation and the 2025 season at Spring Training

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Twins pitcher Bailey Ober catches up with WCCO's Jason DeRusha at Spring Training.

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00:00Bailey, you got the ball in the hand already, right? You're ready to go?

00:03Oh yeah, feeling good. I've been down here for a little while now, so it feels good to have the

00:07entire squad here today and get everything rolling.

00:11When you're here before the official start, what are you doing?

00:15It's kind of the same schedule, to be honest with you. Like, all the pitchers are primarily down here a little bit early,

00:19just that we can get acclimated to the weather and being outside every day.

00:23But yeah, just going through our routine and kind of staying on the same schedule.

00:27The only thing that's a little bit different is that we'll be batting in team defense

00:32and kind of those types of things in all the meetings.

00:35You're on the schedule today to throw. Is that different when you get the first time out there,

00:40there's some people in the stands, or is it just still the same for you?

00:44It's kind of the same, just because I've been here, done it a little bit now,

00:48and just kind of going out there and getting my work in and trying to get better

00:52and try to work on some stuff while I'm out there.

00:54The staying healthy is key, right? How is the offseason?

00:59What kind of things have you been doing to make sure you're ready to go?

01:03Yeah, I've been feeling good. Just kind of mixing in different types of aerobic exercises,

01:10trying to build capacity up that way. And also in the weight room,

01:15just doing a little bit of different exercises to try to build capacity

01:18so you can last the whole season, 162 games, and be able to pitch and be fresh in October.

01:25Is the offseason, like, I mean, do you get to have some fun and eat like a normal human,

01:30or are you still on, like, athlete eating plan year-round?

01:34You get a little bit of a break. So I feel like I like to cook,

01:39so when I'm home I get to make kind of whatever I'm feeling like.

01:42Most of the time it's good food. I'm not making too much of unhealthy stuff.

01:47What's your favorite thing to cook?

01:49Oh, that's a tough question. I don't know. I made a really good salmon dish last night.

01:56It's like a garlic butter cream sauce with spinach over some salmon. It was really good.

02:02Some penne alla vodka. Really good.

02:05Do you cook for a family, or who do you cook for?

02:06Yeah, so. Are they down here?

02:08Not yet, but I cooked for Randy and his wife last night.

02:12But my family will be here in a couple days.

02:14That's cool to have them down here, right?

02:16Because during the season you don't get to see them as much.

02:19Yeah, exactly. They'll be up with me during the season,

02:21but like you said, we're traveling a lot, and half the time of the day I'm at the field.

02:27Tell everybody about your family. You have how many kids?

02:29I have four kids. Five-year-old, four-year-old, and twins that are two.

02:33So this is like vacation for you?

02:35A little bit, yeah. Just getting in work vacation, yeah.

02:38Do you miss them, though?

02:39Oh, yeah, I do.

02:40Do you FaceTime, or how do you stay in touch?

02:42Yeah, we FaceTime a few times a day, and text, and I'll call them, talk on the phone,

02:46and they're ready to get down here.

02:48If you weren't playing baseball, what would you do?

02:51That's a good question. Probably something on the business side of the world.

02:56Maybe try to work my way up in front office in any sport,

03:01or maybe try to run my own type of business.

03:04What's your sport, your other sport, to watch or to geek out about?

03:09Probably football and golf.

03:12There's a lot of cooks on this pitching staff. It's kind of interesting.

03:15I know. I think I'm the best, though.

03:19I mean, I wasn't going to say anything, but Simeon Woods Richardson thinks he's a pretty good cook.

03:23Yeah, I don't know. I haven't had anything from his, so maybe we'll have to try something else.

03:27We need like a twins cook-off here.

03:31All right, Bailey, good luck. Thank you.

03:32Thank you. Appreciate it.

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