"I love adrenaline": Alex Vesia reveals drinking Red Bull before every Dodgers game

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Mar 21, 2025, 18:15 IST

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"I love adrenaline": Alex Vesia reveals drinking Red Bull before every Dodgers game

<p>Dodgers relief pitcher Alex Vesia reacts after earning the last out in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the World Series against the Yankees at Dodger Stadium on Friday. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)<br></p>

Alex Vesia's pitching abilities have a huge contribution behind the success of the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in the last couple of years. In fact, the pitcher recently helped the Dodgers win Wednesday's game in the Tokyo Series. In a recent interview, Versia revealed confusing Red Bull before and during games, to feel energized till the last play.

Alex Vesia reveals a secret to feeling energized through a game

On Thursday, Alex Vesia was interviewed by Dodgers Nation and talked about his secret to feeling energized throughout the games. Vesia revealed that he had been drinking Red Bull before and during the game in order to maintain his caffeine levels. Talking about the same, he said:
“Definitely, I have my Red Bull in the first, I have my Red Bull in the fifth right. Sugar-free, but it's like 180 milligrams of caffeine they're like the eight-ounce ones. I love adrenaline. I've loved adrenaline since I was a little kid riding motorcycles, you know, fast cars, that's me.”
Moving forward in his statement, Vesia talked about things that fired him up in a game, motivating him to perform better. Talking about it in detail, Vesia said:

“I get fired up because I want to get off the mound so the boys can hit. I don't know it's never towards other teams so I always try to keep it respectful in that sense. But at the same time, you know I love this game, man.”

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Alex Vesia entered his 5th MLB season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, after the team signed him in 2021. Before that he played for the Miami Marlins for one season in 2020. That's the same year the pitcher made his MLB debut after being drafted by the Marlins in the 2018 MLB Draft.
Alex Vesia was drafted by the Marlins in exchange for a signing bonus worth $25,000. In 2020, the franchise signed a pre-arbitration deal with Versia worth $563,500. In his last season with the Marlins, Versia was on a pre-arbitration agreement worth $570,500.
As for the Dodgers, the pitcher is currently signed on a $2.3 Million worth contract, according to which, Alex Vesia is set to go free agent in 2027.

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