1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to Big Fish Small Pod. I'm 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: at Wardhal, your host here on Fridays throughout the playoffs 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: on the Fish Stripes podcast network, as always a ten 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: minute pod catching you up on the latest in Miami 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: Marlins without Marlin's action. For the most part, this week, 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: I found that I wasn't really impacted by that in 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: the sense that, like, I don't know, I stuck with it. 8 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: I was still invested in the Marlins despite the lack 9 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: of you know, like games involving them. It was like 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: a fun week of baseball to some extent. It's difficult. 11 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: I mean, some of these teams I don't really like 12 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: to watch, just for like various reasons. Like the Wildcard Series, 13 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: I felt like it was cool. You saw like basically 14 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,559 Speaker 1: like the four largest market teams, the Yankees, Red Sox 15 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: playing against each other in the one game elimination. It 16 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: like the playoffs just haven't had like the edge of 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: like an actual wild card where like you have, like 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: you know, your Yankees, and you're like upstart, like Marlin's 19 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: coming at him in the World Series in like two 20 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: thousand and three, like that like narrative that like Cinderella 21 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: that like two thousand and seven Rockies that you know, 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: perhaps the rays of a different time, but that's not 23 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: where we're at. We don't have that like strong narrative, 24 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: classic narrative. We have a much more convoluted spot. It's strange. 25 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: It's like what we're looking at is the just the players, 26 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: Like this is the time of the player. I feel 27 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: like it's a ridiculous statement, like baseball has always been 28 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: played by players, but now more than ever, like seeing 29 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: like Chris Taylor with the Dodgers hitting the walk off 30 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: home run wearing like a wristband in support of the 31 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: minor leaguers that generally speaking are like not in the 32 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: best of situations. It's kind of an overall like awareness 33 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: movement in baseball where even as like a fan or 34 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: it's hard to ignore what's not on the field, you 35 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,679 Speaker 1: can't get past it. You have to know the circumstances 36 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: players are in to really like understand why your team 37 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: is like winning or losing, even to the extent that 38 00:02:51,400 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: like we've seen teams really rationalize selling players, trading away 39 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,119 Speaker 1: like talent, we've seen that kind of comeback around as 40 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: like talent is the scarcity the like San Francisco Giants 41 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 1: who start tonight in their playoff quest. I'm personally really 42 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: excited to see them. Donovan Solano, Uh, just wild, old friend. 43 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: I just didn't expect. I'm so mad at myself for 44 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: calling him an old friend. I'm not friends with Donovan Solano. 45 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: We've never met, but I've watched him on TV playing baseball, 46 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: and I just didn't expect him to be in that spot. 47 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: And I just think that's like a good story and 48 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: I'm happy for him. I want to get away from 49 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: that kind of talking about baseball like it's something that 50 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: it's not. Really. What we're seeing now is like that 51 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: like Evan Longoria, who the Raids just wouldn't pay after, 52 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: you know, like initially pinching him her service time purposes. 53 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: We see like an ownership that. I mean, I just 54 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: can't get past ownership in Tampa. I'm so out of 55 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: touch with it. I don't have interest in it. I 56 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: like the players. I think they have a really exciting, 57 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: like brand of baseball. It's like really cool to see 58 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: just like pitcher after pitcher come in and have like 59 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: amazing stuff and just like it's like an avalanche. It's 60 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: it's just a wild pitching and then some like players 61 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: that'll like blow your mind, like Randy or Rosarina stealing 62 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: home amazing, like that's like the thrill of the sport. 63 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: And then you have like Brett Phillips just you know, 64 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: hanging out like that's a fun dugout, especially when you 65 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: can say like Nelson Cruz and what he's like been 66 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: in baseball. However, like unsupported he was in Minnesota. Now 67 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: it's a matter of him being on a path to 68 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: be a real difference make or head into a World 69 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: series potentially. But this is a Marlins podcast, so that's 70 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: really all I'm interested in. Yeah, I look at that 71 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: like raised lineup and it doesn't look like it's nine 72 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: batters deep. Do they seem like they're I mean, at 73 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: this point in the series, they have like a like 74 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: a positive five run differential against the Red Sox and 75 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: a win over them, need two more to just win 76 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: the series go to the ALC. Truly, the playoffs do 77 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: seem short. They'd be there, but it doesn't feel like 78 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: they have like a full, like nine hitter lineup. It 79 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: feels like they have a lot of like pitchers that 80 00:05:55,839 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: can maybe not work into like the later innings. But 81 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: that's perhaps like the bar in the American League, having 82 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: a lot of good pitchers, starting pitchers that can go 83 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: like five, a lot of talented relievers, six hitters. And 84 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: then I compare that to the Marlins where I think 85 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: they're at, and they seem, at least on paper, like 86 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: a team that could have certainly like competitive with it 87 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: pitching depth. And if the Marlins are to be believed 88 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: about their actual earnest financial commitment, and Jeter's whole like 89 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: he degree like his whole thing about respect coming out 90 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: into the off season looking like they're going to spend 91 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: look like I mean spent big two. Like the numbers 92 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: I've heard floated are at least like, oh, he's like 93 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: the numbers are like, oh, you don't want to pay 94 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: your superstar, Okay, we'll pay your superstar for you. That 95 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: sort of like Jose Ramirez could be a target, not 96 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: like in any like actual sense, that's like pure I'm 97 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: just picking that apart. I heard a rumor that the 98 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: Blue Jays went after Jose Ramirez this past trade deadline 99 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: in the interest of like giving their lineup like different looks, 100 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: just making pictures have to approach them differently with like 101 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: just different approaches to expand what like a pitcher has 102 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: to do to get through a lineup, make that more 103 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: difficult for the individual picture, that's what they got, like 104 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: Corey Dickerson throughout the year, like a left handed bat 105 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: like him, pretty high contact, different look, more work for 106 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: the opposing team. It's like a solid team building like ethic, 107 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: like building off of your player and how they relate 108 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: to each other, and just utilizing the fact that this 109 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: is a team sport to make things work out from 110 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: like the general manager level, like down like setting up 111 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: so many different things that like enough of it will 112 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: go right to get you over the top end of 113 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs and you know you want to win a 114 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: word series. So the first week of the Marlins offseason, 115 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: it's just looking at the fact that they didn't this year. 116 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: I haven't been able to come around and watch like 117 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: a lot of baseball yet I'm at and that'll change today. 118 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: I'm I like the National League over the American League 119 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: for just a specific bias that I can't place. So 120 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to a full day of baseball today, 121 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: starting at two seven with the White Sox Astros at 122 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: about four thirty with the Brewers and the Braves, followed 123 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: by the Red Sox and the Rays at about seven, 124 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: and the Giants and the Dodgers at nine thirty, all 125 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: Eastern Time games to look forward to today. As far 126 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: as looking ahead for the Marlins, their biggest news really 127 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: is that they let go quite a few staff members, 128 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: like Mike Jacobs, he'd been managing in Beloit. Who's I mean, 129 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: they're set to change their name. Kind of interesting rebrand 130 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: going on, worth like Google if you're into it. But 131 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: really the athletic training staff as well was also let 132 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: go for the Marlins. Their role in just preventing entered 133 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: injury and like facility in recovery. Clearly not like the 134 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: best job. Some kind of soft tissue injuries going on 135 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: this year, and some pitchers like never really got it, 136 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: like six Stone never really got it going Gazer had 137 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: trouble just all throughout. It felt like a year that 138 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: there could be improvement there. But with some like that, 139 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: there's still a fear that it could be a penny 140 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: pinching move to prevent people from getting raises or something 141 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: like that. Just fully like be on the lookout for 142 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: some upcoming hires that could certainly be of interest. In addition, 143 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: to whatever player plans are at hand moving forward. For now, 144 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: I've been at or Doll. I'll be back with you 145 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: next Friday. Otherwise, for the latest in Marlin's news, keep 146 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: following Fish Strips. We'll have more podcasts coming out here tomorrow, 147 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: but I hope you enjoy a good day for baseball.