1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Hey, Welcome to Bigfish Small Pod. Today is June tenth. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: I'm Andrew Wardahal and the Marlins have just swept the 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: Washington Nationals after a dramatic meeting before Tuesday's Game one 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: of the series. The Marlins went from that moment and 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: have now won three straight. So really, like what I 6 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: talked with you on Wednesday about was kind of wide scope, 7 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: impressionistic take on like the meeting itself, the idea of 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: even just like a manager, initiating such a meeting to 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: get to like the core of whatever issues were around 10 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: and bringing all of that to light over the course 11 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: of a ninety minute meeting in front of the team 12 00:00:54,320 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: and addressing murmurs, backtalk, gossip in a sense that's more direct, 13 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: potentially confrontational, and at least out in the open. So 14 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: today what I'm going to talk about is really what 15 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: seems to be the takeaway from this meeting that some 16 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: people think jazz is too loud. I have a tool 17 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: that's called I don't care. So, as The New York 18 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: Post reported, a jazzism turned out to be the subject 19 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: of criticism in the team meeting, according to sources, as 20 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: teammates apparently aren't always as enamored as fans who love 21 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 1: the style and sizzle. Direct quote from a John Hayman 22 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: article which also included a note from quote one person 23 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: who suggested teammates may be jealous, And I really do 24 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: wish Hayman did cite that quote one person any like 25 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: amount of citation, because it isn't clue that he's even 26 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: talking about someone involved with the Marlins. So I can't 27 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: quite take it with much more than simply a grain 28 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: of salt. But it doesn't seem like much of a 29 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: stretch to agree with that. That totally tracks with my 30 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: impression of someone that's jealous and looking to not necessarily 31 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: take down a teammate, but asking them to get more 32 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: in line with where they themselves are at. So as 33 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: described in a June sixth article, a day ahead of 34 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: the meeting with the Athletic and written by Brittany Garilli, 35 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: there is an obvious undercurrent to the way Jazz plays 36 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: despite his early season performances, which have seen notable improvement 37 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: from Jazz in terms of production. Certainly is slugging has 38 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: really jumped out, but his plate discipline has also seen 39 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: a real step four, swinging less at pitches out of 40 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: the zone, striking out less, walking more, along with an 41 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: increase in aggression at the first pitch. He swings four 42 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: percent more at the first pitch than he did like 43 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: last year. But it's also really telling towards Jazz's actual 44 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: expansion of a plate discipline that he's avoided a similar 45 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: increase in first pitch strikes. He's either keeping pitchers away 46 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: from him by being more of a threat of the plate, 47 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: or he's doing a better job at staying in the zone, 48 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: or actually both. It's a real irony that someone might 49 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: come at Jazz for not, you know, doing the work, 50 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: or focusing too much on the style or whatever, not 51 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: that Jazz doesn't have room for improvement at the plate. 52 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: Certainly his two fifty five batting average could be a 53 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: bit higher, and his spray chart does really favor that. 54 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: Like pull side of the field, they're seemingly like something 55 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: that could open up there. The opposite field gap stands 56 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: out as a possible target and one that many veteran 57 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: hitters have found a career with, players like John Birdie, 58 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: Mickey Roe, Joey Wendell, and as The Athletic reported, Mickey 59 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: Roe seems to suggest a more tempered style of play 60 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: with Jazz, noting that he did spend a lot of 61 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:38,119 Speaker 1: last year asking Chisholm, why die for every single ball 62 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: near him? If you don't, if he didn't have to, 63 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: why risk injuring his shoulder on a routine ground ball. 64 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: Why not prioritized games played over making some highlight reel? 65 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: I went through earlier, it earlier in my career, Roha said. 66 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: For me, it's helping change a little bit of his 67 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: why and learning what to do off the field to 68 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 1: stay on the field. Well. Jazz presents more of a 69 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: two geared existence, saying if I'm up, I'm up, Otherwise 70 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: I'm sleeping. There's literally only two options of jazz. They get. 71 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: It makes sense that Garrett Cooper, talking about this meeting 72 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: to local media, dismissed it as a bunch of nonsense, 73 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: but apparently topics like work, ethic and attire were discussed. 74 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: Don maddingly brought forth a moment to address some talk 75 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: within the team and he needed to bring it out 76 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: in the open. To the athletic Richard Bleier talked positively 77 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: of Jazz, saying he always says hi, He's very respectful 78 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: to us veterans. He doesn't think he's better than anybody, 79 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: so that's really all you can ask for. In my opinion. 80 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: I don't know how everybody views it, but it's not 81 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: offensive to me or the old way of baseball where 82 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: people would try to muzzle him, suggesting that Jazz has 83 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: that sort of humility and understanding of himself that makes 84 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: him a teammate that veterans can talk to and be 85 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: in line with, not really your adversarial teammate that you 86 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: need to make a ninety minute meeting about too, like 87 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:18,239 Speaker 1: apparently shame it's a little ridiculous, as like The Athletic 88 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: continued to report on Jazz's offseason. Barry Larkin, who he 89 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: worked with on some fielding and like kind of mental 90 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: focus elements of the game. Barry Larkin said he's a 91 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: great personality for the game. I hope people can appreciate 92 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: what he does really helps to like track forward from 93 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: this June sixth article to this June seventh team meeting. 94 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: That there is an undercurrent in baseball against that sort 95 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: of flare, and to suggest jealousy is quite appropriate. Richard 96 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: Bleier affirmed what we know by saying that Jazz's play 97 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: is loud and it serves to reason that it would 98 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: draw the attention of others, and it sure does sound 99 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: like some of these others are bringing with them their 100 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: hard work experience and imposing that onto Jazz, as Jazz told, 101 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: and it'll be networked after the game on the seventh. 102 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: I have that tool that's called I don't care, and 103 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: I mean, and I mean use it to its fullest potential. 104 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I just use it to have fun. I mean, 105 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: the game blesses me every day and I just get 106 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: to go out and enjoy it. A perfect shield for 107 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: the arrogance of others who would impose their gameplay onto another, 108 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: rather blind to the confessional and humility full Jazz who's 109 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: already spending his days balancing out his game winning level 110 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 1: of play, blocking their arrogance with his own, and asking 111 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: more for a tempered presence of others who have the 112 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: patience to watch, listen, and witness his climb from talent 113 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: to start, taking with him the lessons of veterans like 114 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: Rojas and Barry Larkin and incorporating them into his game himself. 115 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,119 Speaker 1: He's Jazzism junior, and there hasn't been a player quite 116 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: like him. And if you don't like it, not that 117 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: you don't like it. In the interest of resolution, if 118 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: the way he plays gets under your skin, check yourself 119 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: first for holes. As Kim Ang told New York Post 120 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: onj Justism, he's good and at twenty four you might 121 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: just be asking him to learn now what he hasn't 122 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: learned yet. But even the brightest talents still need room 123 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: for their growth. So tonight another opportunity for a real 124 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: life fresh take at a picture eight ten Eastern time. 125 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: Miami will be facing the Astros in Houston. Pablo Lopez 126 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 1: will be facing Luis Garcia. Both of these pitchers facing 127 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: each team for the first time, so we'll see that 128 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: clean slate for pregame prep against this new picture, which 129 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: itself will be something to watch. Fish Stripes Live will 130 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: be with you pregame as the Marlins go from the 131 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: sweep of the Nationals into a matchup with one of 132 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: the league's most practices practiced offenses. So for the podcast, 133 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: I've been Andrew Ridall, thank you for listening, and we'll 134 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: be back with you next week.