1 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: Fresh episode of Fish Bites with Eli Sussman here safe 2 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: and sound from an undisclosed location, keeping my social distance 3 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 1: from all of you. We talk Miami Marlins baseball here 4 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: on the pod, as well as on fish stripes dot Com, 5 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: across social media at fish Stripes on Twitter, Instagram, on YouTube, 6 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: on Facebook, et cetera. More Marlin's content coming in just 7 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: a few moments. But first, a plea from me to 8 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: all of my fellow citizens of the world, particularly my 9 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: fellow Americans, particularly ill young Americans who don't have pre 10 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: existing health conditions. You gotta stay inside, walk your dogs, 11 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: support whichever small local businesses remain open, but otherwise self 12 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: quarantine pleads. The more seriously we take this situation, the 13 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: more effective it will be at saving lives, and the 14 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: quicker we can resume business as usual and everything's more 15 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: fun with baseball in it. Major League Baseball has announced 16 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: already that there will be no regular season games this week, 17 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: as originally scheduled. It's now unfortunately pretty evident that there 18 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: will be no games in April or May either. A 19 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: shortened version of the twenty twenty schedule is still on 20 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: the table, of course, but the normal rules and rhythm 21 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: of the baseball season no longer apply. So what I 22 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: was wondering first of all is how this will affect 23 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: the Marlins. And one of the great points about this 24 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty Marlins team is that they're so young. They 25 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: still have so much growing to do. More upside, in 26 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: many cases, these players haven't realized their true baseball ceilings 27 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: yet there's still room to grow. The downside of trying 28 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: to analyze this twenty twenty Marlins team is that it 29 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: is kind of the same thing. All these players are young. 30 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: They don't necessarily have long track records in the majors 31 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: that extend beyond more than a season or two. Very 32 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: few of them are even into their arbitration years, which 33 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: means that the track records don't necessarily prepare you for 34 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: how you think that player would have done at the 35 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: beginning of a normal regular season that we're not going 36 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: to get in the first place. But realizing that there's 37 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 1: going to be no regular season baseball in March, April 38 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: or May, I decided to dig into the splits. But 39 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: particularly with the veteran players, the ones that have been 40 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,399 Speaker 1: around a handful of years, that have been through those 41 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: first few months of the season several times before, under 42 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: different conditions, in different roles on their teams, where the 43 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: sample size is large enough that maybe you find something 44 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: interesting about the way that they perform as the season 45 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: goes on. All things being equal, it's not always the 46 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: same type of player that you get at different stages 47 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: of the season. The role that the player has with 48 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: that particular team has a big effect on it. Sometimes 49 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: it's just about the proximity to spring training at the 50 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: start of the year, or just the mentality that that 51 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 1: player has early in the year when technically everybody is 52 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: still alive for the postseason. At that point, where no 53 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: one individual game has the same type of intensity pressure 54 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: that those games would have later in the year, I 55 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: think it's fair to expect that there's some sort of 56 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: difference in the way that baseball in the majors is 57 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: played during the first few months of the year versus 58 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: later in the year. Once you get a clearer idea 59 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: of where you are as a team in the broader 60 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: landscape of baseball and where you are as a player, 61 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: what the specific role that that player has and what 62 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: they're being asked to do by their teams. I try 63 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: to dig into Jose Urina to find something interesting, and 64 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: there's really not much there, especially because his numbers are 65 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: thrown through a loop because the previous it was at 66 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: one point earlier in his career that he saw a 67 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: lot of work in the bullpen during the first few 68 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: months of the season, and considering that the Marlins have 69 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: cast him as a starter heading into twenty twenty, some 70 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: of those numbers that he put up as a reliever 71 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: in previous March aprils in May, that doesn't give us 72 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: a whole lot to work with in terms of who 73 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: he would be now that he's in a more prominent 74 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: role once again. I also did some digging on Jesus 75 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: Aguilar as well, the new first baseman, and it turns 76 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: out that he's pretty terrible most aprils, but then he 77 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: bounces back with a vengeance in May to really balance 78 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: it out. So there's nothing all that interesting there with 79 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: him either. Because you canbine those two months and the 80 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: overall production that he gets generally in the first couple 81 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: months of the year, it's pretty much in line with 82 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: what he does as a whole as a major leaguer. 83 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: And said, these five veterans coming up right now that 84 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: I thought had some splits that were at least worth mentioning, 85 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: the first one being Jonathan Vr. He's going to be 86 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: one of the most important players for this Marlins team 87 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: whenever the season does in fact begin. He's been in 88 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: the majors all the way since what twenty thirteen, Yeah, 89 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: he debuted close to seven years ago now, and a 90 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: lot of that time with Brewers, of course, last year 91 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: with the Orioles, and even before both of that with 92 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: the Houston Astros. Historically, he's been pretty bad in March 93 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: and April games. He has a slash line of two 94 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: forty three oh eight three sixty two A six seventy 95 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: ops in games that he plays during that opening month 96 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: of the regular season, and that's his lowest ops for 97 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: any month of his career that he has. More so 98 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 1: than the batting, what stood out to me is his 99 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: base running, As you know, that was a big motivator 100 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: for why the Marlins acquired him. They were a terror 101 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: base running team last year and VR was poised to 102 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: be a huge reinforcement in that regard. The especially last 103 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: year he was a special overall base runner, a guy 104 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 1: that added nearly an entire win to his Orioles team. 105 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: Simply with his legs and what he did on the bases. 106 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: So what I'm curious about is how when you look 107 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: at it, even though he doesn't get on base as 108 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: much as usual in April in March, generally speaking, even 109 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,559 Speaker 1: when you adjust for how often he was on base, 110 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: his approach to base running was definitely more timid at 111 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: the start of the year historically than it usually is. 112 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: This is a guy last year, of course, that stole 113 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: about forty bases, and even in his past he's had 114 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: a one year where he stole over sixty in a season, 115 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: but those numbers that he puts up generally happened later 116 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: in the year. For his career, just twenty six of 117 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: his stolen bases during March and April games. That's compared 118 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: to every other month in May that dials up to 119 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: thirty nine. In June, it's only twenty one, but that's 120 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: because he's lost a lot of playing time during the 121 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: middle of the years in the past. When you scale 122 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: it for the playing time that he gets in April. 123 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: In March and April, his base stealing is definitely down. 124 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: His efficiency is still pretty good twenty six for thirty 125 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: two in overall attempts that he's had at the first 126 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: month of the year, but the overall attempts relative to 127 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: how often that he's been in position to steal bases 128 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: is way down. If you look at September and October, 129 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: for example, where he has pretty similar playing time in 130 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: his career, compared to March and April, he has twice 131 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: as many stolen bases, nearly forty six stolen bases in 132 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: the final month of the year as compared to twenty 133 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: six in the first month of the year. That's a 134 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: little curious to me. So the big question, of course 135 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: is whether when the season eventually gets off to its 136 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: delayed start, hoping that it does start at some point 137 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: and that's no guarantee, would he still be running with 138 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: him is the kind of timidness that he has historically 139 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: shown in March and April games, or with the fact 140 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: that it's later into the year that he's several months 141 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: into ramping up physically and getting into shape, would he 142 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: would that be a different story, and would he proportionally 143 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: be even more impactful during the twenty twenty season than 144 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: he has been in the past Because you throw out 145 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: that historically slow start that he tends to get to 146 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: as a base runner. Next up, I want to go 147 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: to Corey Dickerson, who is got the biggest free agent 148 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: contract that anybody ever has so far under New Marlin's ownership, 149 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: and what stood out to me with him is definitely 150 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: the bat. During his career games in March and April, 151 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: he's slashing two ninety eight, three point fifty one, five 152 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: sixty six A nine to eighteen ops, which even for him, 153 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 1: and we have repeatedly on the pod during the offseason 154 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: talked about what a great offensive track record he has 155 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: in the majors with a variety of teams, even as 156 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: recently as last year, but even by his standards, this 157 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: is excellent. This is clearly the best offense that he 158 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: provides during any month of the year. And that's despite 159 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: having some misstime in his past with injuries at the 160 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: beginning of the year, with injuries and emotions. So he's 161 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: only played one hundred and twelve career games in March 162 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: and April and only ninety three games started. He has 163 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: started ninety three games during that opening month of the year, 164 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: and he's homered twenty two times. Wow, So you extrapolate 165 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: that over a full season, it would be in the 166 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: high thirties, which is a number that he's never hit 167 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: in the season in his major league career. Overall, as 168 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: a hitter in March and April, he's basically a left 169 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: handed JD. Martinez. Think about that payoff coming. 170 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 2: I sent out to write and Deep Harper looking up 171 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 2: and it's in too tonight at a second deck home 172 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 2: run for Corey Dickerson. That was a mammoth shot and 173 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 2: the Pirates down a run now. 174 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: And one key to that production is that he just 175 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: doesn't strike out very often either during that first part 176 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: of the year. His strikeout rate tends to increase as 177 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: the year goes on. However, that increase comes pretty quickly. 178 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: If you compare his March April to his May, the 179 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: batting average is the same, the on base is a 180 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: little lower, the slugging is fifty six points lower, and 181 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: the strikeout rate is way up. In March and April games, 182 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: he strikes out about one every six plate appearances, which 183 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: is much better than the league average. Then in May 184 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: it's ninety four strikeouts and four hundred and twenty played appearances. 185 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: That's a percentage in the low twenties. That's about major 186 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: league average, so things pretty quickly normalize for him in 187 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: terms of putting the ball in play, and the home 188 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: run rate comes down once you get into May as well. Overall, 189 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: I just found it pretty interesting the kind of starts 190 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: he gets off to when he in spring training with 191 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: the Marlins this year. Frankly, he didn't do a whole 192 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: lot of impressing during the exhibition games during the Grapefruit League. 193 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: Not a whole lot of long fly balls I think 194 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: maybe just one ball that even made it to the 195 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: warning track during all of his spring training appearances. But 196 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, once it turns into the real thing 197 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: and switches over to the regular season, historically he gets 198 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: off to those fast starts, and that's what the Marlins 199 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: would be hoping for. A big reason why they signed 200 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: him is to plug a hole in the outfields and 201 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: give their top prospects in the outfields at triple A 202 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: time to really finish off their development and come up 203 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: when a need arises. So he wasn't guaranteed to serve 204 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: out his entire two year contract with the Marlins. He 205 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: was a guy that they could look into trading as 206 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: soon as the middle of the twenty twenty season if 207 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: it was apparent that this next wave of outfielders was 208 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: totally ready. At the very least, he was going to 209 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: be a big part of the team early in the year, 210 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: and historically he performs really well early in the year 211 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: and someone that you could definitely count on to help 212 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: them win more games than they did the previous year. 213 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: Another outfielder to bring up, one who's not technically on 214 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: the roster, a non roster invitee to spring training Matt Kemp, who, 215 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: of course is a former National League MVP who has 216 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: a pre existing relationship with manager Don Mattingley dating back 217 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: to their days with the Dodgers. A lot like Dickerson, 218 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: he gets off to some great starts offensively. His slash 219 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: line in his career from March and April games almost 220 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: identical to Dickerson. A three zero nine batting average, three 221 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: sixty on base five point forty nine, slugging fifty four 222 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: home runs in the equivalent of about one and a 223 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: half seasons. Oh yeah, about one in two third seasons 224 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: translates to a home run pace in the high thirties 225 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: if you were to extrap late over a full year. 226 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: Just far and away his best individual month that he 227 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: has if you look at his career, splits that nine 228 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: to nine ops helped a little bit by an inflated 229 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: batting average on balls and play a three sixty babbit 230 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: in his career in March and April. This is someone 231 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: that as recently as twenty eighteen he was hitting the 232 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 1: ball hard, and that's one reason why the Marlins thought 233 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: it was interesting to take a flyer on him, aside 234 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: from his track record that he's not that far removed 235 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: from making really great quality contact which can which is 236 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: generally something that can overcome what you might think about 237 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: somebody's good luck or bad luck. You can make your 238 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 1: own luck if you have high enough quality of contact. Personally, 239 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: I would be really surprised if he made the team. 240 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: He was brought into camp to be given a chance 241 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: to stick, more so as just a glorified pinch hitter 242 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: veteran leader off the bench. He just didn't look He 243 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: didn't look ready in spring training, So I guess he 244 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: is a beneficiary of this delayed season for whatever reason. 245 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: I know he was adjusting to a new diet he went. 246 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: If I'm correct, he went totally vegan with his diet 247 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: this year, which is always an interesting look for a 248 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: guy that is was a really big build and for 249 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: someone that in the past has been one of the 250 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: more athletic players in the league to suddenly cut out 251 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: meat and other key ingredients from your diet, but that 252 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: simply didn't add up all that well. They of course 253 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: tried to experiment with him at first base after being 254 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: spending his career as an outfielder, and the limited looks 255 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: that we got him on that position weren't all that 256 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: exciting either. I guess aid a beneficiary of this delayed 257 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: season for sure, because he simply didn't look He didn't 258 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: look at he would have a good shot at making 259 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: the team, and now he has a chance to regroup 260 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: back home out in the West Coast. On the pitching side, 261 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: Brandon Kinsler, who has brought in specifically to be a 262 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: late inning reliever for the Marlins, if not their closer. 263 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: All indications were that he would open the season as 264 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: their closer job. He's done a little bit in the past, 265 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: but overall he has had plenty of work in high 266 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: leverage situations. He's another hot starter of this bunch for 267 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: his career. In March and April games, he allows an 268 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: ops under six hundred an ERA of three ten that's 269 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: compared to his career ERA of three point thirty seven, 270 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: a little better than usual in those situations, but things 271 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: really catch up to him. He has hit some rough 272 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: patches in his career once it flips over to the 273 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: month of May, allowing batting average against of two ninety 274 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: nine and OPS of eight h five, and both those 275 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: marks are the worst that he has in any individual 276 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: month of his career. This is someone that has been 277 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: around now for close to a decade in the major 278 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: league level, so you're never gonna get the large sample 279 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: sizes that you want for someone that spencer entire career 280 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: pitching out of the bullpen, but he's if there is 281 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: any reliever that you're gonna try to use this type 282 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: of splits with, I guess Kinsler would be a good 283 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: candidate just because his stuff has been pretty consistent throughout 284 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: his years on various teams, and even as someone that's 285 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: now in his mid thirties, he's a similar type of 286 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: pitcher that he's always been, so that makes it somewhat 287 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: easier to compare year over year. Similar to Dickerson, He's 288 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: someone that is under control technically for two years twenty 289 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: twenty with a club option for twenty twenty one. But 290 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: if the Marlins get the kind of production that they're 291 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: looking for from some of their internal candidates, then Kinsler 292 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: could easily find himself shopped at the trade deadline. The 293 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: March in April stuff is legitimately good, but the May 294 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: stuff is legitimately concerning. His walk rate really spikes during 295 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: those months, allows about one and a half base runners 296 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: for every ending pitched in May, and he really settles 297 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: in during June and July instead, a time of year 298 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: that could also be pretty effective if you look at it. 299 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: Last year with the Marlins, they had Sergio Romo, a 300 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: very similar position to Kinsler. Romo did not get off 301 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: to the greatest of starts for the Marlins in twenty nineteen, 302 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: and he really found his groove in June and July. 303 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 1: He had a long scoreless ending streak in there. I 304 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: don't think he blew a save in all of June 305 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: or July. I'll have to double check that. I don't 306 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: think he had a single blown save during the entire run. 307 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: And that's what allowed them to flip him in a 308 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: trade to the Minnesota Twins and get a lot in 309 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: return for him, so that would be that'd be another 310 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: good outcome for the Marlins in their handling of Kinsler. 311 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: One more to fit this theme of monthly splits, another 312 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: non roster vite is I guess the pitcher version of 313 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,239 Speaker 1: Matt Kemp is Brad Boksberger, the right hander who is 314 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: entering what is age thirty one season, age thirty two 315 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: season as birthday in May, and he was fantastic in 316 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,959 Speaker 1: spring training. He probably needed to be fantastic just to 317 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: ensure that he was gonna get a spot on the 318 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: opening day roster. And unfortunately for him, of course, the 319 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: league was shut down right before the Marlins had to 320 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: make those type of decisions about who to put on 321 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: the roster and who not to The forty man roster 322 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: is full, but reporting from both Craig Mish and from 323 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 1: Chuoe for Sorrow indicated that Boxburger had done enough to 324 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: show that he was a rejuvenated version of himself, and 325 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: I think the better word is a reinvented version of himself. 326 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: He had a bad twenty nineteen with the Royals, and 327 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: that throws a wrench into some of his lifetime early 328 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: season stats. He's someone that historically had been at his 329 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: best or pretty damn near his best when pitching in 330 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: March and April and May games. A three fifty eight 331 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: career era in March and April, a two fifty eight 332 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: career in May. If you combine those, it's right around 333 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: three even three point zero career earned run average during 334 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 1: those first couple of months of the year. One hundred 335 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: and five strikeouts in eighty three innings five and eighty 336 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: three innings, a strikeout rate in nearly thirty percent in 337 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: appearances that he makes during the first couple of months 338 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: of the year. As I said, twenty nineteen with the 339 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: Royals was a different story. It continued a long trend 340 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: of his stuff deteriorating, his fastball velocity continuing to dip, 341 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: and he put in the work this offseason with a 342 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: drive line baseball. They switched up some of his mechanics, 343 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: he fine tuned some of the secondary pitches that he 344 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: had to compliment his fastball, and from what he showed 345 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: during off season bullpen session that led to the Marlins 346 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: signing him. And then what he continued to show in 347 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: game action is that he looks better than he has 348 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: in the years. 349 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 3: As he faces Justin Williams called strike three, Williams called 350 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 3: looking Boxburger's got decay to begin ning number eight swinging 351 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 3: amidst my shock, he's down on strikes, two outs. Noobody 352 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 3: on here. 353 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: In the eighth inning, it was looking pretty inevitable that 354 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 1: he was going to get an active roster spot. And 355 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: as long as he stays healthy during this break and 356 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: doesn't lose what he worked on during the offseason, he's 357 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: going to be a big asset to the team. And 358 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: you would think, especially early in the year, unlike with 359 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 1: Kinseler and Dickerson, he's not controllable. Beyond the twenty twenty season. 360 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: He'd be able to re enter free agency again, which 361 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: makes him even a clearer candidate to be flipped during 362 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: the middle of the season to a team that is 363 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 1: more likely to be in contention than the Marlins are. 364 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: And all signs are pointing up. He's a guy that 365 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: if he just shows up in the same type of 366 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: condition that he did initially in February, that whenever this 367 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: season finally gets underway, he's someone that is poised and 368 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: based on his history, to really jump out of the gate, 369 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: performing really well and helping this team in these high 370 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: leveraged situations that caused them so much stress. Just one 371 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: season ago. We transition to a very different type of 372 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: baseball analysis now, something that is not rooted in any 373 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: hard analytics and isn't unique to myself. It's based on 374 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 1: crowdsourcing that we did to the Fish Strip's audience on 375 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: Twitter and on Instagram, based on the current theme of 376 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: our lives, which is how you're coping with this current isolation, 377 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: self quarantining to prevent the spread of coronavirus and help 378 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: us get back to our usual lives as quick as possible, 379 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: keeping our distance, spending time with immediate family, or pretend 380 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 1: potentially even on your own. And to give it a 381 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: Marlins twist, the specific question I asked is you have 382 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: to be quarantined for the next month with one Marlins 383 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: player past or present. Who's your top pick and who's 384 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: the worst pick. We got a lot of creative responses 385 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: to this, more than sixty responses so far, and I 386 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: just tried to focus on the first few dozen that 387 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: came in. I don't want to make this episode excessively long, 388 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: but we got a lot of creative responses because it 389 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,959 Speaker 1: was a question that I wasn't too sure of myself 390 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: after reading some of your inside I've reached my own 391 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: conclusions about this. I'll share my picks at the very 392 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: end of this segment. Beginning with let's see Jason was 393 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: the first once respondent looks like and he picked as 394 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: his favorite self quarantined buddy Jose Fernandez or Dee Gordon. 395 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: You're about to see a whole lot of Jose Fernandez picks. 396 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: Not all that surprising based on the type of personality 397 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: and radiance that he showed on the mounds and even 398 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: when he was in the dugout off the field. In general, 399 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: he's a guy that always found a way to have 400 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 1: a good time even when the conditions weren't all that 401 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,360 Speaker 1: right before it. Joe Gold on Twitter said his top 402 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 1: pick is Logan Morrison that his worst pick is Heath Bells. 403 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: That's another pick that you'll see repeated a few times here. 404 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,959 Speaker 1: Heath bell the closer for the Marlins in twenty twelve, 405 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: didn't go all that well on bothforman standpoint and his 406 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: personal conduct when it came to dealing with his teammates 407 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: and the media and the fans, etc. Continuing to scroll 408 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 1: through here from Nick Pana, his top pick is Cliff Floyd, 409 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: and his worst pick is aj Burnett, the former right 410 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: hander for the Marlins. Ted Hill picked as his top 411 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 1: guy Jose Fernandez, an honorable mention to Bobby Bonilla, and 412 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: his worst pick to self quarantine, with Emilia Bonifacio next 413 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: up from Justin. His top one is also Jose Fernandez. 414 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: His worst one is Lewis Brinson. This annoyed me a 415 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: little bit in these responses, with people simply distancing themselves 416 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: from bad baseball players. I think everything we know about 417 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 1: Lewis Prinson is that he would be very cooperative guy, 418 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: someone that while personally as a player he's had his 419 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: obvious struggles, sometimes lost some confidence in the process. Off 420 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: the field, he seems like it seems like someone that 421 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: I would actually trust a lot in this situation. So 422 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: he'd be pretty high up on my preference list, not 423 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: my top pick in that situation, but more so as 424 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: a desirable quarantine mate than as someone that I'd want 425 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: to avoid. So very rude for people to turn this 426 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: into an indictment on player performance. There's things that are 427 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: more important than that. Another way of looking at this 428 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: comes from the Fish army. Those are our guys, Jacob 429 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: and Shane, who do a great job on Twitter. From them, 430 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: their worst pick would have to be Uguth Urbina and 431 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: the closer from the two thousand and three Florida Marlins 432 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: championship team. But this is not a reference to his 433 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: performance or who he was as a baseball player, but 434 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 1: rather to what ended his baseball career. When I just 435 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 1: got the clarification on this now that he was in 436 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: fact imprisoned for over seven years after being charged with 437 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: attempted murder. There are people on his property in Venezuela 438 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: and that were either there trespassing or in whatever case, 439 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: he overreacted a little bit and actually attacked them, and 440 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 1: he was charged for that and did his time in prison. 441 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: From what I know, is now out of prison. But 442 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: this clearly makes him someone that you won't necessarily want 443 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: to trust in that situation, someone that doesn't like to 444 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: share what he has with others. Clearly, and a very 445 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: clever way of looking at it from the fish Army guys. 446 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: As we keep going from thunder Snow, he picked Charlie Huff. 447 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,479 Speaker 1: The stories would never end. I agree, that's another good 448 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: way of looking at it. Huff has been around the 449 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: Marlins quite a bit, even since he retired about twenty 450 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: five years ago, someone that played in the game a 451 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: long time and as a pretty unique perspective on life. 452 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 4: Here, I am forty five years old and the Marlins 453 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 4: called me and I get to pitch the first ever 454 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 4: game in South Florida against my old team that died you, 455 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 4: my favorite manager, Tommy Lasorda. It was like a dream 456 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 4: come true, and it was like that day. It was 457 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 4: kind of a rotten morning, rainy Laosi day, and then 458 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 4: game time was gorgeous. 459 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: He really is a clever guy and definitely would be 460 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: someone that would probably keep a nice disposition about him 461 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: and keep morale pretty high where wherever you are being 462 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: isolated with him. From Twitter handle a la fish Heat 463 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: selecting Miguel Cabrera as the most desirable self quarantine mate 464 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: and the worst one being carl Pavano. He's a prick, 465 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: all right. Moving on to Mike Hirsch, he also selects 466 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: Charlie Huff and then to J. C. Perez. He says 467 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: Miggy referring to Miguel Cabrera because he drinks a lot, 468 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: so it's perfect. Another off color comment there from our 469 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,679 Speaker 1: audience taking a look at it in a way that 470 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 1: I definitely wasn't at this question. You guys probably know 471 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: that after Miguel Kobber left the Marlins over a decade ago, 472 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: he had a domestic incident that was seemingly related to alcohol, 473 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: and I think by all accounts, he actually had to 474 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 1: stop drinking because it was becoming quite a problem in 475 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 1: both his personal life and his professional life. Switching over 476 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,120 Speaker 1: to Instagram, we got a few responses over there, including 477 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: from Zach Rabb, a longtime reader of fish Drives and 478 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 1: one of the great guys to talk about any type 479 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 1: of baseball with. He says, definitely Pablo Lopez and I 480 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: would not want to be stuck with Billy the Marlin. 481 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 1: They have pretty defensible picks on both edges right there. 482 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 1: Also from Instagram, This is from the Handle and Sharona. 483 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 1: Top pick would be Brian Miller, who was not even 484 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: on the Marlins major league roster. I think everybody else 485 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: here actually picked a Marlins major leaguer, but this is 486 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 1: going with the outfield prospect Brian Miller, who was at 487 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,640 Speaker 1: Marlins spring training, not just because of his wife Michelle. 488 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: This is part of the package. I do a I 489 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: don't have a bottom pick because all Marlin's Rock, so 490 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: might might be some personal relationship there between this person 491 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: and the Miller family. And then to Jacob on Instagram 492 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: saying gian Carlos Stanson with one, two, three, four, five 493 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: six exclamation points. So a very strong endorsement of gian 494 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: Carlos Stanson for sure. I another good pick in my opinion. 495 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 1: So we move on back to the Twitter conversation from 496 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: j Albert three oh five. Oh my scrolling went two 497 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: fest From j Albert three oh five, he says Jose 498 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: Dontrell or JP meaning Juan Pierre answer for his worst pick. 499 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: He's also going with Ugith Urbina Mason with an M 500 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: says Pablo, he just got the game MLB the Show, 501 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: so probably him. A handful of Marlins players are now 502 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: playing that video game MLB The Show twenty that was 503 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: just least earlier this month. I think the most prominent 504 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: Marlins player that uses it would be Sterling Sharp, but 505 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: Miguel Rojas also has it. Pablo Lopez announced on Twitter 506 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: earlier this week that he finally got his copy of 507 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:18,959 Speaker 1: the game. It's a pretty popular team bonding experience throughout 508 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: this whole situation, and it's good to see. It's good 509 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: to see them putting those baseball muscles to work, even 510 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: if they're not working out directly or you know, directly 511 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: spending time with each other. From Corbett Harrel, he says 512 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: anyone not picking Sergio Romo tops is wrong. Sergio was 513 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: made such a great impression on everybody. He was only 514 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: with the Marlins organization for what about five and a 515 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: half months before getting traded in between his signing in 516 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: his trade last July, but he made an amazing impression 517 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: on everybody. A fun, loving, loving guy that doesn't take 518 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: himself too seriously. From Sofia Dissolo, the top one is 519 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: hard but probably Jose Fernandez. Worst one Brian Anderson. I'm 520 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: not sure where that's coming from. Brian Anderson seems to 521 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 1: be a fine guy by all accounts. He's got a 522 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: couple of dogs to keep us company in the meantime. 523 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, Sophia hating on BA. Next up, 524 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: Jose Felix Diez. He chooses Andre the Hawk Dawson. We 525 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: just put the Hawk in an article that was on 526 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: Fish Stripes earlier this week about one of the many 527 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: players that had a star career elsewhere, and in the 528 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: case of Dawson, a Hall of Fame career elsewhere, but 529 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: ended up finishing out that career playing out the string 530 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: with the Marlins in a non competitive situation in a 531 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: part time role, trying to draw the parallels between someone 532 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: like Dawson and Tom Brady, of course, the legendary quarterback 533 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 1: that just signed with the Tampa Bay Bucks. So Dawson 534 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: was on my mind already because of that recent article, 535 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: and Jose goes with him understandable one. Of course, Dawson 536 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: also spends a bunch of years around the Marlins organization 537 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: after he retired, until recently with the change in ownership, 538 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: they removed him from that advisory role that he had 539 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: on the team as an ambassador. But someone the team 540 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 1: is generally pretty well liked and obviously has a lot 541 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: of great stories in the same vein as someone like 542 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: Charlie Huffwood. From there goes my Hero, He's picking two 543 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: Juan Pierre and Dontrelle Wildness, both fairly good selections if 544 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: I do say so myself. From Andrew who has the 545 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: account handle ABEC nine to eighteen, Scott Olsen, Cody Simmons 546 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: is selecting alex Vessia. So there's actually another prospect right there, 547 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: Vesi an amazing performer ever since the marlinsdrafted him in 548 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. A fun ripple effect of this delayed season 549 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: is that his scoreless streak lives on, dating all the 550 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: way back to July twenty nineteen. He is not allowed 551 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: a run in any type of pitching situation, which includes 552 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: time with Hi A Jupiter, w A Jacksonville, the Arizona 553 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: fall Ley in Major League spring training. It's a scoreless 554 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: streak that goes on for over forty innings and as 555 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: of this recording, for over eight consecutive months. But we're 556 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: still a couple months away, probably from the resumption of games. 557 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: So that scoreless streak that Vessia has, amazing as it 558 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: was already, looks even more impressive as we move forward 559 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 1: without any other baseball to challenge that streak from continuing. 560 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: Next up, from Billy to Marlin, Can we pick? Can 561 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 1: I pick represent both the worst and the best player? 562 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 1: He goes with Kevin Malar and Kevin Malar, so both 563 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: the guy you'd want to spend the most time with 564 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: and the one that you wouldn't want to spend time 565 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: with for various reasons. Malar obviously had is that has 566 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: a notoriously loud personality and has still been in the 567 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: baseball media ever since retiring from his playing career, someone 568 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: that is very well known publicly for both good and 569 00:32:56,040 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: irritating reasons. Anthony Vega also goes with Kevin Malar from 570 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: Bill Turnbull his account. Bill from Boyden. Jose Fernandez is 571 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 1: his pick for obvious reasons. The worst one would be 572 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: Kevin Brown, he says, because all he would do is 573 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: sit and brood. From Mary Lou Briggs, she says, I 574 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: would like to hang out with Ryan Stannik because he's 575 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: cool and funny in my fave. I even have his 576 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: autograph tattooed on my ankle. There's no worst pick. I 577 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: like them all. I'm sixty five. They're my boys. And 578 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: she sent a picture of Ryan Stannik's autograph tattooed on 579 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 1: her ankle and it looks really good. That's a bizarrely 580 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 1: specific tattoo choice that she made, but definitely the first 581 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: that sided with Stanik on this one for sure. Ian 582 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: Wallace goes with his top pick, Christian Yelich. His worst 583 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: pick is that crafty lefty Jason Vargas to Cindy. Cindy 584 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: says Francisco Survelli, the new Marlins backup catcher that was 585 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: signed over the offseason, well respected veteran player and someone 586 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: that is generally very well liked all around Major League 587 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,439 Speaker 1: Baseball by both fans and from teammates. Just a few 588 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: more fan responses to go through before I make my 589 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 1: own highly anticipated picks for this exercise. Nick se goes 590 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: with Jose Fernandez and puts a frowny face. Of course, 591 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:31,879 Speaker 1: we all miss Jose very very much. From Daza at 592 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: the account handle Raider Nylon also goes with Jose Fernandez 593 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 1: from sports Goofs. They say Heath Belt would eat your 594 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: month's supply of rations within the first week, which is 595 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: very true. That's a clever way of looking at it. 596 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: Remember this hypothetical was one full month with a Marlins player. 597 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,720 Speaker 1: You need to coexist with that player, and no doubt, 598 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,360 Speaker 1: I mean, with the limited ways that we can get 599 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: food at this time around the US, and considering that 600 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 1: you want to be stocking up in advance, I think 601 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: that has to be a consideration. Is how this player 602 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: would split the food with you, how generous they would be, 603 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: and how disciplined they would be. Heath Bell, someone that 604 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: was not so quietly having some issues with his weight 605 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: gain at various points in his career. From Eric Fetcher, 606 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: his best one would be Juan Pierre, but a lot 607 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: of other good ones. His worst would be Mike Piazza. 608 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: He'd only stay for like a second. Very clever one, 609 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: alluding to the fact that Mike Piazza was only a 610 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: Marlin for about a week before being traded along to 611 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: the Mets in the late nineties. From Christian f he 612 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:45,400 Speaker 1: says the top one Dan Ugla or Logan Morrison, the 613 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 1: worst one, Leo nuniez Akajuan Carlos Ovedo. Lisa Larson says, 614 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: yes please Dontrelle Willis no thanks to Ugith Arvina, So 615 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,880 Speaker 1: that's he kind of up three times that people have 616 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,360 Speaker 1: chosen Urbina as the worst one. Last one from Madison Marie. 617 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:07,520 Speaker 1: She says in all caps Jordan Yamamoto, which is not 618 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: surprising at all because Madison happens to be Jordan's fiance 619 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: and they are self quarantining right now, so I guess 620 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 1: things are going pretty well. Thank you for the report, Madison, 621 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,320 Speaker 1: that we know that our boy who had his exciting 622 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,920 Speaker 1: rookie year with the Marlins at twenty nineteen seems to 623 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: be doing pretty well. With all these great suggestions taken 624 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: into consideration, I'm finally gonna make my picks for this exercise. 625 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: As a reminder of this specific question was you have 626 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,800 Speaker 1: to be quarantined for the next month with one Marlins 627 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: player pastor president. Who's your top pick and who's the 628 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 1: worst pick? For both of mine, I'll have to go 629 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 1: with past Marlins players. The top one was pretty easy 630 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 1: for me. It would have to be the legendary outfielder, 631 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: the future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki, who in his 632 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:02,240 Speaker 1: playing career between Japan and the major leagues, has earned 633 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,879 Speaker 1: what about two hundred million dollars in salary, not even 634 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: to mention some of the endorsements, so he is obscenely wealthy. 635 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,120 Speaker 1: We could get just about anything that we want, I 636 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: imagine brought to us, and no limitations on the kind 637 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,920 Speaker 1: of amenities that you would have while being locked together 638 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 1: with each hero. I would really look forward to. How 639 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 1: am I going to entertain myself without having live sporting 640 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,760 Speaker 1: events or anything else really going on in the world, 641 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,360 Speaker 1: And a key for me would being able to spend 642 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,840 Speaker 1: time with him on his property and watch his daily workouts, 643 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: someone that was legendary for the way he worked out, 644 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,799 Speaker 1: and as recently as twenty nineteen when he's spending time 645 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:49,640 Speaker 1: around the Mariners after officially retiring from his playing career, 646 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,760 Speaker 1: he was amazing that he already in his mid forties, 647 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,400 Speaker 1: was continuing to take daily batting practice with the team, 648 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,560 Speaker 1: can go through other drills with them. He's someone that 649 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 1: is kept himself in extraordinary physical condition, even as eventually 650 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: father time brought his playing career to an end, and 651 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:13,319 Speaker 1: his batting practice sessions sort of things of legends. Someone that, 652 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 1: of course, when he was actually playing games in the majors, 653 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: he was famous for the kind of how he guided 654 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 1: the ball, his bats ball skills, and his bad control 655 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 1: rather than hitting for power. But you hear about the 656 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 1: rumors of his batting practice sessions, he was the guy 657 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,320 Speaker 1: that had about as much raw power as anybody. 658 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,840 Speaker 3: With each road drills at right field and deep. 659 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:42,400 Speaker 2: Back Gostkim it is gone a three year run shot. 660 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 3: The forty three year old goes deep. 661 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,560 Speaker 1: I would really look forward to watching his private batting 662 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:53,440 Speaker 1: practice sessions to see how exactly that compares to some 663 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: of the myths about him as someone that is about 664 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 1: the same size as me. Each ye Road is probably 665 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,759 Speaker 1: about an inch taller than me and actually a little 666 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: bit thinner than I am. Another thing you're taking into 667 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: consideration that you want to have that doesn't necessarily hog 668 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: all the food to himself. And I imagine that someone 669 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:17,680 Speaker 1: that not only was raised in Japanese culture, but someone 670 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,600 Speaker 1: that was very obsessive over his physical condition, that his 671 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,800 Speaker 1: diet looks a lot different than my own junk food diet. 672 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,400 Speaker 1: There wouldn't, I would imagine, be much overlap between what 673 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,240 Speaker 1: he likes to eat and what I like to eat. 674 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:34,399 Speaker 1: So all of us would be able to live our 675 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 1: best lives for lack of a better phrase, during this 676 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,879 Speaker 1: difficult time that we're enduring. And he also was rather 677 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:47,320 Speaker 1: famous for being somewhat of a prankster among his teammates, 678 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,560 Speaker 1: A guy that creates a lot of fun even outside 679 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 1: of games and finds his own entertainment in life. So 680 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,400 Speaker 1: I'd really look forward to that, even being victimized by 681 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: some of his pranks, that seems a good way to 682 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,320 Speaker 1: pass the time. On the other side of the coin, 683 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,640 Speaker 1: the marlin who I would not want to be quarantined 684 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 1: with is Kevin Malar, someone that we've gotten to know 685 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,280 Speaker 1: pretty well as a media personality over the last decade 686 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,880 Speaker 1: plus with now on MLB Network, and that's in addition 687 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:19,520 Speaker 1: to being on The Marlins himself a couple of decades ago. 688 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,319 Speaker 1: I find him pretty obnoxious as simple as that. I 689 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,160 Speaker 1: think I'd go crazy to spend a lot of time 690 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,440 Speaker 1: with him, and he doesn't strike me as the most 691 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,600 Speaker 1: disciplined person in a matter of respects, one of those 692 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,319 Speaker 1: being his diet. Someone that's a little overweight and I 693 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: imagine would have a pretty big appetite for a lot 694 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,560 Speaker 1: of the same foods that I like, So there could 695 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:45,080 Speaker 1: be some tension there between him trying to eat his 696 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,759 Speaker 1: comfort food and I'd try to eat mine when we're 697 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,520 Speaker 1: together in this situation, and more so, I don't really 698 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:55,799 Speaker 1: trust him to remain self quarantined. That goes back to 699 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,719 Speaker 1: the discipline again. He's stricting as the guy that within 700 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,319 Speaker 1: a couple of days he'd find excuses for going out 701 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:06,080 Speaker 1: into the outside world and interacting with people. That's something 702 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 1: that probably made him pretty successful as a teammate and 703 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 1: continues to make him successful as a media personality. But 704 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,400 Speaker 1: in this situation, I don't think he's necessarily built for success. 705 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,720 Speaker 1: If you didn't get a chance to answer these questions 706 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:26,000 Speaker 1: on social media, if you weren't around on Saturday or Sunday, 707 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,920 Speaker 1: be sure to answer in the comments on the article 708 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,480 Speaker 1: that is posted to Fish stripes dot com. And we'll 709 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:36,440 Speaker 1: continue to ask some clever questions on social media during 710 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:40,200 Speaker 1: this entire delayed season. Upcoming episodes of this pod, I 711 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,600 Speaker 1: promised to have some live guests on with me, but 712 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,759 Speaker 1: even when I don't have guests, the hope is to 713 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,040 Speaker 1: have a lot of this fan feedback, some of your questions, 714 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:53,000 Speaker 1: some of your suggestions to make this really a communal 715 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:57,360 Speaker 1: podcast for all Marlins fans. Thanks a lot for joining me. 716 00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:00,720 Speaker 1: As always, make sure to tune in for our coming episodes. 717 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,759 Speaker 1: We have some fun stuff plans to help pass the time. 718 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm Ela Susman. Go Fish