1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Big Fish Small Pod. I'm at wardoal 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: and honestly, if you've with us, still with us this far, 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: with us at all, thank you so much for your attention, appreciation. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: Just everything that you do, everything that you bring to 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,159 Speaker 1: fish stripes is what makes baseball fun, no matter what 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: a little bit I mean. I mean that seriously, I 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: mean that in all earnest. The fact is that this 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: Marlin's series has been rough with the New York Mets, 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: It's been upsetting. It's happened amidst just like a like 10 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: a climate catastrophe and then just like toxicity amongst fans 11 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: and players and owners and presidents and a DWI for 12 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: a GM. It's been a rough week. It's in like 13 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: Marlin's Baseball in the National LEAGUEE. Just from that like 14 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: microscopic spot, I totally just wanted to like start with 15 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: that before moving into the game itself. Eli Sussman has 16 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: an interview with JJ Cooper of Baseball America also on 17 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: the pod, so definitely like check that out too. So 18 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm kind of gonna skirt around the minor league talk 19 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: on this episode just because of that. Totally tune into 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: that too. But really where the Marlins game was at 21 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: last night. Sandy got the start against Carlos Carrasco two. 22 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: Just like great pictures. To my mind, Sandy's the more 23 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: like established like ace cat, like ace caliber pitture, with 24 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: like the durability behind it to go deep into games 25 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: and get like all that done and be like an 26 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: intelligent leader for the Marlins. But I mean, Carlos Carrasco 27 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: is to some extent not as much of a focal point. 28 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: I don't know like how he is as a person 29 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: at all, so much as I know he has amazing stuff. 30 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: So much as I know he's been good for the 31 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: Mets and the Indians, and at least I think that 32 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: I'm kind of guessing about the Indians. I do seem 33 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: to recall that I didn't need to tip my hand 34 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: there to you, certainly not. But I'm a tea word all. 35 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: I just want to introduce myself as like a commentator 36 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 1: to some extent, I've been doing this podcast for the year, 37 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: you know, like we all have. It's been a good 38 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: journey here at Fish Stripes. Admittedly, at times I haven't 39 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: known what to talk about. I still don't know what 40 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: to talk about. I'm not quite sure what you like 41 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: to listen to yourself as the listener, So like totally, 42 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: if you'd like us to stop talking about something or 43 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: start talking about something different, give us a shout. I'm 44 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: on Twitter at at word all or we'd all at 45 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: I really don't know, but if I were going to 46 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: try and find it myself, I'd be able to find 47 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: it in an instant with either one of those pieces 48 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: of information. Anyways, last night's game kind of an electric start. 49 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: Announced attendance at City Field was twenty seven seven thirty seven, 50 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: pretty interesting in my mind, highest attendance of the series 51 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: for the Mets. Obviously, something to be said for the 52 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: fact that, like higher numbers, maybe more people just needing 53 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: something just to escape, which is like a great thing 54 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: that baseball can provide just to an evening. And also 55 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: the fact that I really thought that the Mets had 56 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: higher attendance numbers. I just did. I don't know anything 57 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: to say about that. I just back pocket noted from 58 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: the box score this morning. As the game got underway, 59 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: Michael Rojas took the first pitch from Carlos Carrasco deep 60 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: really curious, like how exactly that went down? Was he 61 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: like really like attuned to something Carlos does every game, 62 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: or just had a really strong suspicion, or maybe he 63 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: just really just saw through the guy. I don't know, 64 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: but Jazz followed with a double that he really just 65 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: like worked for. Uh lent deep into the count and 66 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: just like got him hitch he could take, and he did. 67 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: Hayes's aguilar brought him in put the Mains ahead pretty 68 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: good pretty early. But Jonathan Vir hit the first pitch 69 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: from Sandy out of the park pretty miraculously, so just 70 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, magical to an extent, but dramatically tone setting. 71 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: The Met's got ahead fast and the fourth inning Brandon 72 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: neimo soft single to is San and then thrown just away. 73 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: It's like he just tried to make a play just 74 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: out of his shoes, and he seemed just tight in 75 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: the body. I don't really like I'm no expert at 76 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: like scouting ballplayers by any stretch of the imagination, but 77 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: to my eye, what I saw was something that seemed 78 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: paralleled in his swings, just like a swing with a 79 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: lot of holes in it and like a stiffness with 80 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: the body throwing. There wasn't like like that fundamental like 81 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: looseness that you see and like a really good baseball player, 82 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: one that can like bring it every day, like a 83 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: one Pierre. And there also wasn't like that like like 84 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: wickedness of like just ability that you see with like 85 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: a like a Brian Anderson at third base, just like 86 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: making just amazing throws and sometimes like amazing swings. I mean, 87 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's like a direct correlation between that, 88 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: but this is like totally different skills but still athleticism. 89 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: On the next play, Planet Cisco Lindor doubled really just 90 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: like brought home Nemo. Then a Bach brought home Francisco Lindor. 91 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: After a Peta Lonzo, the ground at had moved into third. 92 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: Bach brought home to run, gave the lead to the Mets, 93 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: and it wasn't until like the sixth inning that the 94 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: Marlins got something going again. After Miguel Rojas leadoff single, 95 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: Jazz struck out. Certainly not a highlight, but like it 96 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: is how it happened. Jazz has still like done that. 97 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes he hasn't really like stabilized his bat yet. We 98 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: see all these talents, but he's not like established as 99 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: you're like everyday major leaguer gonna be a good hitter 100 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: every at bat too. It's I mean, a hard thing 101 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: to do. Certainly takes a lot of focus just in 102 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: the dugout, paying attention to the picture. And if you 103 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: want to be on, you have to, like really want 104 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: to be on at the major league level. So Jazz 105 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: probably just missing pitches, not quite there with the eye yet, 106 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: I mean physically not fully developed either, So I mean 107 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 1: inconsistencies just might be the nature for a young hitter 108 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: like Jazz. Still like we're talking potential Hall of Fame talent. 109 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: Hazu's Aguilar then walked Hazes Sanchez after Carlos Carrasco was chased. 110 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: After the Aguilar walk, Aaron Lup came in, walked Hazes Sanchez, 111 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: then Lewis Brinson that scored Miguel Rojas. Game was tied 112 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: from that moment, tie game. In the sixth three to 113 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:39,239 Speaker 1: three score, Isan Diez to the plate would be facing 114 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: a tough lefty Aaron Loop Sandy Leone came in for 115 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: the pinch hit and platoon advantage. He struck out then 116 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: where hey al Faro grounded out to end the inning 117 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,679 Speaker 1: without any more runs coming across. And then the seventh, 118 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: the Mets got to Sandy again, Jeff McNeil singled Patrick 119 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: Mazeika single behind him, Jesus Sanchez made an error, Jeff 120 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: McNeil made it to third. Then a Dominic Smith single 121 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: scored Jeff McNeil, and that was the game. Sandy's final 122 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: line six and a third inning, eight hits, four runs, 123 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: all earned, zero walks, six strikeouts, and that home run 124 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: to lead off the game ninety eight pitches and Sandy 125 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: was fully there, but a focused Mets attack was able 126 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: to get it done when it counted eight hits in 127 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: total for New York four for Miami, a one run game. 128 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: Nearly the entire game. After the decision, Blier and Bender 129 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: were good, didn't allow a hit across five batters, striking 130 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: out three. As far as other news, Zach Thompson is 131 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: allegedly moving into the John Curtis quote role in the 132 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: b where he'll be kind of given those like early 133 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: innings in like a game where the starter has some 134 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: trouble thinking like the third to six inning might do 135 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: some bulk one run like just one inning here there, 136 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: one plus inning here or there in the middle innings, 137 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: expect him to like play about as often as John 138 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: Curtis did imagine. We'll see him this weekend at lone 139 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: Depot Park against the Philadelphia Phillies. Jesus Lozardo gets the 140 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: start to going against Kyle Gibson, someone who you might 141 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,599 Speaker 1: not even recognize as a Philly but is ten and 142 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: five with a two nine four ERA behind one hundred 143 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: and sixteen strikeouts. The game time is seven ten. Fish 144 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: Stripes Live will get us more on the ground before 145 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: then after this nasty sweep out of New York, they'll 146 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: be with you at six tenth. Stay tuned also to 147 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 1: the podcast Network for Eli's interview with JJ Cooper. Now 148 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: I've been eighty adults. H