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On this episode of the Circuit of Success, host Brett Gilliland interviews two-time Major League Baseball All-Star Trevor Rosenthal. Rosenthal shares his journey to success, emphasizing the importance of hard work and trusting the process. He also talks about the differences between being a starting pitcher and a relief pitcher, his routine and preparation for game day, and his experience playing with Yadi Molina. Rosenthal shares his plans for the next five years, which include completing his Tommy John rehab process and investing in relationships with his family.
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Speaker Brett Gilliland: Welcome to the Circuit of Success. I'm your host, Brett Gilliland. Today, got a cardinal player with me, man. I'm fired up. Trevor Rosenthal, what's going on, my man? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: That's right. Baseball has in full swing. What's up, Brad? Thanks for inviting me to come on the show. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Absolutely. Like the old hat lunch there. You got that on your shirt. You got a buddy there. I got a a new, relationship from back in the day. So I get some hats. You get some hats stuff getting made. They're good stuff. We're not being paid to say that, we'll give him a little plug here. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Definitely. It's a good plug. St. Louis voice through and through. Got a support local Speaker Brett Gilliland: That's right, man. That's right. So, well, you are Trevor Rosenthal. You are a, two thousand and fifteen major league baseball All star. Single saves leader for the cardinals, and what was that? Two thousand fifteen as well for forty eight. Beat my boy Is he there. Didn't you? You had to beat Is he? What didn't isn't that who you beat? Was Jason? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Yeah. Scratch him out by just a couple and Lee Smith as well. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Nice. Nice. Two big names for the cardinals. And then, see, yeah, so single saves leader that year. And then two two thousand fifteen, you were the third youngest pitcher with forty plus saves and back to back season man. That was, it was awesome. So fun to watch you. But before we dive into it, being from Lee's Summit, Missouri, I gotta ask you, were you a Cardinal fan or a Royal fan? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: I'd say a little bit of both. There was some great players on both teams, certainly, pool halls or Saint Louis and pretty cool story, actually getting able being able to watch, Carlos Beltran, and also is that growing up in the St. Louis area. Beltran was a teammate, and that two thousand fifteen year, Grinky was an all star game teammate of mine. So pretty surreal experience to have. Now at thirty three years old, I have the young bucks coming up to meet telling me these same stories, and I realized, man, maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that to Carlos Beltran. I think I probably didn't Speaker Brett Gilliland: make it Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: feel too young. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Yeah. Yeah. I used to grow up watching you play. So, if you can't tell us what's major the man you are today, man. You don't just, you know, grow up and then become a major league baseball player. There's a lot there and love to dive into that and start the conversation there. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Oh, yeah. That's a big question. Definitely has you know, could dive in deep, but I think, you know, it's fortunate to have great parents, first and foremost, born in Carney, Nebraska, my parents own my dad owned, a restaurant with a business partner in Carney, and watched him work hard and operate that, as a young, young child from age one to Gilliland then at six years old, My dad was about actually my age now, and he decided to go back to law school. Wow. So moved into the Kansas City, Lisa, Missouri area. Back, became an attorney. And, I think a combination of those two things, one being exposed to the farm life, the constant work. I think that that requires then seeing my dad put himself, through a a rigorous course and course work with with education and you should change career paths. Really just rubbed off on me. I think more than anything, grew up as a a normal kid playing sports and eventually had the opportunity to become a professional baseball player and being able to apply that discipline and work ethic that I was that was demonstrated for me as a kid. I applied that to the opportunity I had in the game. Was very he's very good and paid huge dividends. And he's, and, yeah, thank you for taking that. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Yeah. I think it's I'm always fascinated, man, by guys. Like, you didn't grow up I mean, probably pitched and all that stuff right growing up, but you I know you went to play junior college baseball, I believe. Right? And you were a short stop. And and so Like, how does that conversation go? It's like, hey, you're no longer gonna be a short stop, man. You're moving to a picture. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Conversation is a tough one. As most pitchers will tell you. No one wants to be just a pitcher only. That's Speaker Brett Gilliland: Right. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: It's fun. He got up to the play. It's fun to hit home runs. I mean, stick a long ball. Right? Speaker Brett Gilliland: Right. Exactly. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: But, yeah, at at a certain point, you can't hit nine five or you're swinging at the breaking ball and the dirt over and over again, you might have to take advantage of the powerful right arm at arm. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Yeah. That's awesome. Because I know it wasn't Jason Mod. Wouldn't he, catch her, I think, first? I mean, there's tons of stories, Ankyo, all these guys. It's, just amazing to me from to get to the level that you guys get to and it wasn't your main position. It just shows you how athletic you are, and and and again, a mindset, which we'll talk about. So, So let's let's talk about that. So when you when you're pitching, what's what's Trevor Rosenthal mindset on the mound? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Yeah. That's a that's a it's a it's evolving. I think at the end of the day, to sum it all up when you get on the mound, when you get into competition, you have to have some pretty clear and concise thoughts and it starts with confidence. Without confidence, it's gonna be hard to compete or win at any level, especially against competition is the best in the world at what they're doing. Yep. My my confidence a lot of times comes from preparation, that has put me in that situation. And then also a mindset of I'm not in an alone. We're lucky fortunate enough to be in a team sport and have bunch of guys behind me that are are supporting me and really trying to give their best just as I am to have success on that field. So those two things being confident in myself and being confident in the team that that's behind me. Are are really the clear thoughts. And then from there, you know, we could go down the list that that goes into the preparation of of scouting, and workout, workouts, sleep, diet, all the contributors that go into that preparation. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Yeah. And and I think what I like now, it seems more than ever. I don't know if it's social media or what it is, but you're finding more and more people focusing on sleep and hydration and, you know, all the things that are so important. Again, whether that's business or baseball, it is a focus of yours and I'm one of the things I wrote down today is the off season kinda prep versus the in season prep. What was that like? Did that differ for you much? Was it the same? What was that like? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: It is a lot different. I think it goes to different stages almost where in the off season, there's there's a buildup. We're trying to really just prepare our body as much as possible. We use that free training phase to continue to build the body, but then also adjusting the mind. To the the season ahead, the challenges that are gonna be ahead. And then throughout the season, it's a game of adjustments. It's a game of recognizing the competition, getting their feedback from your results and constantly, adjusting to achieve the goals that you have and ultimate goals winning. Speaker Brett Gilliland: I'm into that. Taking some notes here, writing something down I thought of. So, so talk about that. So let's say it's game day today, you know, the difference between being a starting pitcher and a, relief pitchers, you know, you assume, hopefully, especially the roles you were playing, you're probably gonna pitch If not every day, you know, you'll get a day off here and there, but you gotta go with the mindset every day that you're going in. Right? So so what was that like? You know, it's It's 01:10 on a on a Thursday afternoon here, and the game's not till 07:10. Let's call it. What's going on right now for Trevor? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: 01:10. Right now, we have completed the night before. Gilliland end the night with a little recap of how my day went performance wise, maybe make some notes on things that I would like to change or repeat for the following day. So I had a good night's sleep. Breakfast, a good meal. Are you losing me? Do we cut out? Am I good? Speaker Brett Gilliland: No. I got you. I got you. Sorry. There's a little delay, but we're good. I got you. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Okay. Okay. Okay. So right right about 01:00, we're headed down to the ballpark. Usually, I'm using that time to be on the phone. During the drive with, family friends can take an advantage of that time to catch up and build or maintain some relationships. And then Once we get to the park, it's, more or less, kind of phone and lock their phone off, and we start the build up for the game. And both of things with, physical physically the body and the mind. I think that's the difference, the biggest difference of being a professional athlete versus a business leader or, a normal workforce is you have to prepare two things.
Full YouTube Video: Unlocking Success with MLB All-Star Trevor Rosenthal
Speaker Brett Gilliland: Welcome to the Circuit of Success. I'm your host, Brett Gilliland. Today, got a cardinal player with me, man. I'm fired up. Trevor Rosenthal, what's going on, my man? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: That's right. Baseball has in full swing. What's up, Brad? Thanks for inviting me to come on the show. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Absolutely. Like the old hat lunch there. You got that on your shirt. You got a buddy there. I got a a new, relationship from back in the day. So I get some hats. You get some hats stuff getting made. They're good stuff. We're not being paid to say that, we'll give him a little plug here. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Definitely. It's a good plug. St. Louis voice through and through. Got a support local Speaker Brett Gilliland: That's right, man. That's right. So, well, you are Trevor Rosenthal. You are a, two thousand and fifteen major league baseball All star. Single saves leader for the cardinals, and what was that? Two thousand fifteen as well for forty eight. Beat my boy Is he there. Didn't you? You had to beat Is he? What didn't isn't that who you beat? Was Jason? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Yeah. Scratch him out by just a couple and Lee Smith as well. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Nice. Nice. Two big names for the cardinals. And then, see, yeah, so single saves leader that year. And then two two thousand fifteen, you were the third youngest pitcher with forty plus saves and back to back season man. That was, it was awesome. So fun to watch you. But before we dive into it, being from Lee's Summit, Missouri, I gotta ask you, were you a Cardinal fan or a Royal fan? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: I'd say a little bit of both. There was some great players on both teams, certainly, pool halls or Saint Louis and pretty cool story, actually getting able being able to watch, Carlos Beltran, and also is that growing up in the St. Louis area. Beltran was a teammate, and that two thousand fifteen year, Grinky was an all star game teammate of mine. So pretty surreal experience to have. Now at thirty three years old, I have the young bucks coming up to meet telling me these same stories, and I realized, man, maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that to Carlos Beltran. I think I probably didn't Speaker Brett Gilliland: make it Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: feel too young. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Yeah. Yeah. I used to grow up watching you play. So, if you can't tell us what's major the man you are today, man. You don't just, you know, grow up and then become a major league baseball player. There's a lot there and love to dive into that and start the conversation there. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Oh, yeah. That's a big question. Definitely has you know, could dive in deep, but I think, you know, it's fortunate to have great parents, first and foremost, born in Carney, Nebraska, my parents own my dad owned, a restaurant with a business partner in Carney, and watched him work hard and operate that, as a young, young child from age one to Gilliland then at six years old, My dad was about actually my age now, and he decided to go back to law school. Wow. So moved into the Kansas City, Lisa, Missouri area. Back, became an attorney. And, I think a combination of those two things, one being exposed to the farm life, the constant work. I think that that requires then seeing my dad put himself, through a a rigorous course and course work with with education and you should change career paths. Really just rubbed off on me. I think more than anything, grew up as a a normal kid playing sports and eventually had the opportunity to become a professional baseball player and being able to apply that discipline and work ethic that I was that was demonstrated for me as a kid. I applied that to the opportunity I had in the game. Was very he's very good and paid huge dividends. And he's, and, yeah, thank you for taking that. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Yeah. I think it's I'm always fascinated, man, by guys. Like, you didn't grow up I mean, probably pitched and all that stuff right growing up, but you I know you went to play junior college baseball, I believe. Right? And you were a short stop. And and so Like, how does that conversation go? It's like, hey, you're no longer gonna be a short stop, man. You're moving to a picture. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Conversation is a tough one. As most pitchers will tell you. No one wants to be just a pitcher only. That's Speaker Brett Gilliland: Right. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: It's fun. He got up to the play. It's fun to hit home runs. I mean, stick a long ball. Right? Speaker Brett Gilliland: Right. Exactly. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: But, yeah, at at a certain point, you can't hit nine five or you're swinging at the breaking ball and the dirt over and over again, you might have to take advantage of the powerful right arm at arm. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Yeah. That's awesome. Because I know it wasn't Jason Mod. Wouldn't he, catch her, I think, first? I mean, there's tons of stories, Ankyo, all these guys. It's, just amazing to me from to get to the level that you guys get to and it wasn't your main position. It just shows you how athletic you are, and and and again, a mindset, which we'll talk about. So, So let's let's talk about that. So when you when you're pitching, what's what's Trevor Rosenthal mindset on the mound? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Yeah. That's a that's a it's a it's evolving. I think at the end of the day, to sum it all up when you get on the mound, when you get into competition, you have to have some pretty clear and concise thoughts and it starts with confidence. Without confidence, it's gonna be hard to compete or win at any level, especially against competition is the best in the world at what they're doing. Yep. My my confidence a lot of times comes from preparation, that has put me in that situation. And then also a mindset of I'm not in an alone. We're lucky fortunate enough to be in a team sport and have bunch of guys behind me that are are supporting me and really trying to give their best just as I am to have success on that field. So those two things being confident in myself and being confident in the team that that's behind me. Are are really the clear thoughts. And then from there, you know, we could go down the list that that goes into the preparation of of scouting, and workout, workouts, sleep, diet, all the contributors that go into that preparation. Speaker Brett Gilliland: Yeah. And and I think what I like now, it seems more than ever. I don't know if it's social media or what it is, but you're finding more and more people focusing on sleep and hydration and, you know, all the things that are so important. Again, whether that's business or baseball, it is a focus of yours and I'm one of the things I wrote down today is the off season kinda prep versus the in season prep. What was that like? Did that differ for you much? Was it the same? What was that like? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: It is a lot different. I think it goes to different stages almost where in the off season, there's there's a buildup. We're trying to really just prepare our body as much as possible. We use that free training phase to continue to build the body, but then also adjusting the mind. To the the season ahead, the challenges that are gonna be ahead. And then throughout the season, it's a game of adjustments. It's a game of recognizing the competition, getting their feedback from your results and constantly, adjusting to achieve the goals that you have and ultimate goals winning. Speaker Brett Gilliland: I'm into that. Taking some notes here, writing something down I thought of. So, so talk about that. So let's say it's game day today, you know, the difference between being a starting pitcher and a, relief pitchers, you know, you assume, hopefully, especially the roles you were playing, you're probably gonna pitch If not every day, you know, you'll get a day off here and there, but you gotta go with the mindset every day that you're going in. Right? So so what was that like? You know, it's It's 01:10 on a on a Thursday afternoon here, and the game's not till 07:10. Let's call it. What's going on right now for Trevor? Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: 01:10. Right now, we have completed the night before. Gilliland end the night with a little recap of how my day went performance wise, maybe make some notes on things that I would like to change or repeat for the following day. So I had a good night's sleep. Breakfast, a good meal. Are you losing me? Do we cut out? Am I good? Speaker Brett Gilliland: No. I got you. I got you. Sorry. There's a little delay, but we're good. I got you. Speaker Trevor Rosenthal: Okay. Okay. Okay. So right right about 01:00, we're headed down to the ballpark. Usually, I'm using that time to be on the phone. During the drive with, family friends can take an advantage of that time to catch up and build or maintain some relationships. And then Once we get to the park, it's, more or less, kind of phone and lock their phone off, and we start the build up for the game. And both of things with, physical physically the body and the mind. I think that's the difference, the biggest difference of being a professional athlete versus a business leader or, a normal workforce is you have to prepare two things.
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