1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Today is April thirteenth. In this is big fish, small pot. 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm Andrew Erdall, and I don't think that there's a 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: problem for this Marlins offense that a day of rest 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: can't fix. So as we get into it, it's been 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: since Friday since I spoke with you about these Marlins bats, 6 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: and I mean the season has started. Since then, two 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: series have played out. The Marlins are now one in 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: four with two series played on the road in California 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: to open the year. You know all that, I'm just 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: really trying to like compartmentalize that because it is such 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: an unusual thing to do to open the year on 12 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: the road. That's not been the norm for these Marlins 13 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: players as they as they are. I think it's been 14 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: since twenty seventeen. Don't quote me on that, but totally 15 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: do stay my reputation on that. I think twenty seventeen 16 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: was the last time the Marlins opened on the road. 17 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: But the point really is that watching this offense, like, 18 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: certainly there's an amount of baseball will do what baseball 19 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: will do, and like a hard hit ball won't necessarily 20 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: be a hit, but looking at this team like the 21 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: sort of like patience they deserve and the day of 22 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: rest to just reconfigure in address the last couple of 23 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: days is actually really critical. So I've made something of 24 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: a list of watching I mean, certainly this is biased 25 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,559 Speaker 1: towards the last three innings of last night's game against 26 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: the Angels. Really like occurred to me what I wanted 27 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: to talk about today as I was watching the game, 28 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: so I started to really take some notes, and what 29 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: I noticed was overall there was still a very focused offense. 30 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: There was that thing just like between at bats, every 31 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: player really like came to the plate and didn't let 32 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: the Angels just push them over. There was like a 33 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 1: sustained pressure from the bats, and that's what we thought 34 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: we were getting going into this year. That was like 35 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: even the whole build of this offense just having a 36 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:40,279 Speaker 1: one to nine deep lineup to keep opposing pictures accountable, 37 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: which is a really like low bar to ask for 38 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: of anyone and of pictures, but like it is like 39 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: the skeleton of the offense. So I want to dive 40 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: in deeper just to talk about these batters kind of 41 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: one by one, starting just where I started while watching 42 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: the game. So John Dirty obviously is the start of 43 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: this conversation. He's always been this very professional hitter. He 44 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,679 Speaker 1: I believe leads the Marlins in professional at bats dating back, 45 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: you know, like including non major league play, and he's 46 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: like right on it with these pitches. He's like having 47 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: good at bats and really like just doing everything he can. Obviously, 48 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: for him, like a day of rest is just like 49 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: make sure you're sustaining it coming back from a concussion. 50 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: There's a bit of like a like a worry there. 51 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: So Avi Garcia I was thinking about him. He's kind 52 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: of our dearly placed in this offense thus far. Obviously 53 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: he had the last two days off, so we'll have 54 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: like three days off when it's all set done on Thursday. 55 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: But it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to 56 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: say that there's like something there physically that was keeping 57 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: him from the height of his like absolute best performance 58 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: in that Giant Series. So hopefully a couple of days 59 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: could do him well, just as a veteran hitter who 60 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: might have even just come forward and said, hey, I 61 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: need a couple of days off, knowing himself and his 62 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: limits and addressing it like a prowt. So Jorge Solaire, 63 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: what I'm noticing with him, is that there is not 64 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: that power. So that tells me he's not quite getting 65 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: enough on the ball. Maybe he's too slow to it 66 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: and hitting it more on the ground and not getting 67 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: enough of like an upward trajectory that he ideally has 68 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: and converting his like obvious physical strength into power. So 69 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: something like a day off to just refresh can give 70 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: those muscles like an extra bit of force. Like if 71 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: you've ever you know, like even so much as like 72 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: worked in a restaurant, you know, from just the movement 73 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: the next day you're tired. It's hard to judge exactly 74 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: what you're getting into when you go into a major 75 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: league season. It's also just hard to be fully acclimated 76 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: to that and then ready for that adjustment after the 77 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 1: shortened spring. So it doesn't feel like a surprise that 78 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: maybe some of these bats are really just slow going. 79 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: So uh, Jazz, he's had some great at bats. He's 80 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: also had some kind of inconsistent moments would have liked 81 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: to see like a lot more than like the strikeout 82 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,559 Speaker 1: in the ninth any last night. So it doesn't seem 83 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: like a lot to like want Jazz to take a 84 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: day a step back and maybe just reflect as a 85 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: developing player. So, uh, Maggie, I've I've really liked his 86 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: at bats thus far. His kind of in a similar 87 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: boat with Jorge Solaire, where like he's hitting the ball, 88 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: but it seems to be just more on the ground, 89 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: Like ideally he's something of like a line drive kind 90 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: of like spray guy. He'll at least like stay inside 91 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: the ball and get it the other way really reliably. 92 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: So so just to ask him for that little extra 93 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: notch that it certainly he's been able to deliver before, 94 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like something that's too much for just a 95 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: day of rest to recover. Garrett Cooper, he's a picture. 96 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: He's he's a picture. Yeah, I apologize it is late 97 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: at night. So with Cooper, what I have seen is 98 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: his swing in place, like he's been able to take 99 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: the ball the other way, staying inside the pitch and 100 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,239 Speaker 1: been able to like work it like a great hitter. 101 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: But what I haven't seen yet is that power. So 102 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: it kind of does occur to me similarly to like 103 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: Solaire and Rojas, that he's not quite there. He's not 104 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: getting the hit, he's not quite getting the ball the 105 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: way he wants it. So like another guy that I 106 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: think was just like a day of rest could really recover. 107 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: It's I feel like I'm just like repeating myself, like 108 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: I worked out this list and that's you know somehow 109 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: like oh wait, I thought to approach it. But like 110 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: so much of what we're seeing is this like similar 111 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: pattern of everyone just being like a like not quite 112 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: where you want them to be. And it's so early 113 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: to really say that it's some like deeper I don't know, 114 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: strength or conditioning issue. It sounds more and more like 115 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: it is just like a consequence of adjusting to the 116 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: major league season and the Marlins stoning some time to 117 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: kind of get it in near. Perhaps the most I 118 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: don't know concerning hitter that you could perhaps point too 119 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: of the last like several days is Brian Anderson swinging 120 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: out like a curveball that was like in the grass, 121 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: almost like funny. Like JP in the Bally Sports broadcast 122 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: mentioned that it was like a head thing for Brian, 123 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: like and I totally agree with that. It seemed like 124 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: he was just like anticipating fastball and so quick to 125 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: the trigger. I mean that's because Brian likes to get 126 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: out ahead of the ball. He likes to have that 127 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: pole field thing going for him, so he's kind of 128 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: quick to ambush a fastball, and he did eventually like 129 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: strike out on some just kind of like goofy stuff 130 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: next time around too. I mean, he did show the 131 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: right approach and did like attempt to adjust to taking 132 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: the ball the other way, so it's not like he's 133 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: fully It's tough because everyone's just like focused in on 134 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: the right objective and that's at least half the battle, 135 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: sustaining that pressure. And then once you have that, you 136 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 1: know the couple of changes you need to make to 137 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: get a bit more out of your offense. With this team, 138 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: they're in one of those positions too, where it's just 139 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: maybe a day of rest, but do it some good. 140 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: Maybe just take in some swings of your own finding 141 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: out exactly what you need is the right path. Thank 142 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: you for listening. This has been big fish, Small pot.