Mets CF Luis Robert Jr talks about playing his first spring training game
New Mets center fielder Luis Robert Jr finally saw spring training game action for the Mets, and spoke about how it felt to get back out there, and also discussed the plans put in place to keep him healthy.
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How did it feel to finally get out there in a game, Luis?
Cmo se sinti para poder jugar en tu primer juego?
No, en verdad, me siento muy contento de, de ya haber pasado el, el proceso que, que tena el equipo, el plan conmigo y ahora se dio.
Estamos en el terreno o no.
You know, honestly, um, I was very excited to, to be, to be able to go out there after following, um, the process and, and, and the program that the team has put me out on.
Um, but, uh, thank God, um, I was able to be out there and, and yeah, do what I do.
Had they told you how they're gonna, like, handle your workload during the, during the season?
Te han dicho como, como cul es el plan para, para ti durante la temporada?
No.
Eh, no me han hablado exactamente eso, pero pienso que, que es jugar la mayor, la mayor cantidad de juegos posible.
No, they haven't, they haven't spoken to me about a, about a direct plan.
But, um, I'm assuming that the plan will be for me to play the majority of the games that I can.
The plan that they put in place early this spring to, you know, keep you from playing, uh, in a, a real game to this point, just how did they kind of explain it to you?
Y Cmo, cmo you te explicaron el plan que tenan para ti, para, para este entrenamiento?
No, simplemente fue trabajar en fortalecer algunos lugares de mi cuerpo, la parte de abajo que, que ellos vieron que estaba un poco dbil y lo dems fue, ya fue poco a poco jugar.
Yeah, so they, they just explained to me, um, that they wanted me to strengthen, um, parts of, parts of my lower body that, that, uh, they thought were a little bit weaker.
And then eventually I would, I would progress into the point where I would be able to play in games.
How healthy, how healthy do you feel right now?
Do you feel a hundred percent?
Crees que ests al- No, en verdad, desde que llegu yo senta que estaba al cien por ciento y ahora mismo me siento al cien por ciento.
Yeah, when I, when I arrived here, I felt, I felt like I was a hundred percent and, and right now I, I still feel like I'm a hundred percent.
Is there anything other than staying healthy that you're focused on to have a good start to this season?
Yeah- No.
Pienso que es eso y despus de eso las cosas van a ir saliendo solas poco a poco.
No, I, I, I think that's, that's all it is.
Um, I think that the rest of it will kind of take care of itself and, and come out little by little.
What kind of player can you be if you stay on the field?
Qu tipo de jugador t puedes ser si te quedas en el terreno?
Eh, no, eh, , el ao que he jugado una temporada entera, eh, los nmeros estn ah.
Pienso que, eh, quiero ser ese tipo de jugador o, o mejor.
Yeah, um, I think, um, the year that I, that I did play almost a full season, um, those numbers that I was able to put up, uh, I think I can put up that type of year again and, and, uh, or even better.
Okay.
How about playing in this lineup?
What do you think of it?
Jugando en esta alineacin, qu t piensas?
En verdad se siente bien.
Se siente bien estar en, en un lineup que sabes que con tantas estrellas al lado y sabes, se siente bien.
Yeah.
Um, it feels good to be in a, in a lineup like this, um, just to have a lineup with so many stars.
Um, it's really exciting.
