WEBVTT - Top Marlins Call-Up Candidates to Join 2026 Playoff Push 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:00.800 I'm Thomas White. 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:03.480 You're listening to Fish on First on Foul Territory Network. 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.200 Fish Unfiltered, Episode one fourteen here on the Fish on 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:29.520 First podcast presented by jet Ski Rentals of South Florida, 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:33.080 part of the Foul Territory Network. I'm Eli Susman, the 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:36.800 founder of fof along with Kevin Burrall here on Unfiltered 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:40.000 Weekend's episode of the show, the second Unfiltered of the week. 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.720 If you've already missed it, I've been living under a rock. 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:46.520 We had the biggest guest possible, Bruce Sherman, principal owner 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:48.120 of the Marlins, on the pod, So i'pe you listen 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:49.440 to that if you haven't already coming out of the 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:51.800 All Star break, and then since then the Marlins have 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:54.320 lost the game. By the time you listen to this show, 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:56.560 they may have lost another game, they may have won, 0:00:56.800 --> 0:01:00.800 but we're kind of getting extremely close to deadline mode 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:03.760 here on the show here across Fish on First, and 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:06.360 as kind of a tie into that in terms of 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:08.880 what the Marls maybe looking for from outside the organization, 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:12.000 I wanted to do this special show just to really 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:14.240 take a close look at who they have inside the organization. 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:16.880 Guys that aren't on the big league team right now, 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:19.240 but many that we've seen on the big league team 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:21.399 at various times this year or the year before, and 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:23.720 other guys that are absolutely pounding on the door with 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:24.880 Triple A Jacksonville. 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:26.360 So this is the idea I came up. 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:28.800 With with Kevin, that we just want to get caught up 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.119 on guys that maybe we don't mention enough on Unfiltered 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.520 or even enough on streams. We've been covering them on 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:35.760 our prospects reports in other ways, but frankly, some of 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:37.520 these guys have kind of fallen through the cracks and 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:40.400 been forgotten about, and I felt it was a good 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:43.360 idea to just check in on all these various players 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.320 and how they can help over the course of the season. 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.560 So yeah, without further ado, we're going to dive right 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.640 into it. This in two parts, first looking at the 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.920 hitters and then the position player side. So flashing on 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:58.240 the screen for those of you watching on YouTube, Kevin, 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:00.880 you can open up where you want to when it 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.600 comes to the hitters that are down in Jacksonville right now. 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:06.680 Who jumps out in terms of a guy that you 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.800 want to see at the big league level, Who deserves 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:12.280 a shot that's now currently in Miami, but could be 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.400 very soon and could actually make a difference in terms 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.079 of what the Marlins are trying to do this year. 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:18.320 Yeah, I want to go all the way at the bottom. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:22.120 When the outfielders. Cam Canerella just got promoted to Jacksonville, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.480 And it was interesting, right because he only plays thirty 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.079 four games in Pensacola. Started the year in Hia, got 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.040 hurt in Hia, came back, and ever since then he's 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.800 been tearing it up and really felt like he didn't 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.639 need the Double A level all too much. He absolutely 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.560 raked there and now he's in Triple He only played 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.600 one game so far as we're recording. They didn't do 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.160 anything in that game. I'll put some contact, but nothing 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.200 else outside of that. I really think the Marls make 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:49.880 this move assuming trying to see if they could get 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.680 anything else out of Canerella in Triple A and hopes 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:54.679 that he could help this team out at the major 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:58.080 league level late into the season for one final playoff 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.919 push as an internal add through the death line. As 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:04.440 we like to say, he's having an awesome year, not 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.000 striking out a lot. I think the concern still remains 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.320 on the defensive side of things just isn't exactly what 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:14.240 you assume. I know, he spoke to Isaac and Carver about, 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:17.280 you know, the possibility of him, you know, finally having 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.680 his arm b one hundred percent, which was something that 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:24.000 I think, I think is really important. But with the 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:28.000 struggles of Marci at the major league level, Canerella kind 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:30.400 of continuing to maybe push him a little more and 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:35.200 that gap that once was starting to really shorten and 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:39.120 becomes smaller. And you know, he's only striking out thirteen 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.000 percent of the time this season, which is insane. He's 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.640 also walking thirteen percent of the time, which is also 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.920 really impressive. The power, I think is the biggest surprise 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.120 out of everything. Not a guy that was known for 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.800 his power, but we're starting to see that a lot 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.800 more now. Twelve home runs this season. I think the 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.200 only downside is the stolen bases. He only has ten 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.040 of them this year. He's a guy who does have speed, 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.040 like he's a fast dude with a lot of speed. 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:04.800 I wish we could see a little bit more of that, 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.600 especially on the base paths, but Canerella is certainly a 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.560 guy that stands out, at least amongst the guys that 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.200 you know, half prospect pedigree and really have a shot 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:13.960 at coming up this year. 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:16.880 As you mentioned, he's the brand newest edition there. 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.279 He's played one game at the rivallet level so far, 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.840 something I did not realize. He is the first position 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.560 player in his draft class from the twenty twenty five 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:27.840 class to actually legit and make it to Triple A 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.359 via promotion, like I had assumed. In some years we 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.760 see guys that are really fast tracked across the league 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.400 and are writing the majors within a year, but that 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:38.599 hasn't really happened with that draft class. He shines out 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:40.600 like he is not just in the Marlins organ but 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:43.640 across the baseball He is one of the best players 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:45.440 to come out of that twenty five class so far. 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.720 Even by missing time due to injury earlier this year, 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.240 he's been so amazing when he's been healthy. With all 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:53.160 these guys, it ties in directly to whose not alternatives 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.240 are at the big league level, and with him, him 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:56.120 and Marcy. 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:57.720 Are like tied up the hip here. 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.680 They're both left handed hitting outfield who can play a 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:03.200 lot of center field, and who have the ability to 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:07.000 both hit for some power and run the bases. Statistically 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.880 Marcy last year. Really the main difference was that he 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.400 was just stealing a lot more bases, but he was 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.600 getting a lot fewer hits as well. Like what Canarella 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:17.480 is doing opsing over a thousand is just completely unheard of, 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:19.919 considering that this is his first time at these levels. 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.560 The way that he's dominating is off the charts, and 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.560 that's kind of why he's even worth mentioning when ordinarily 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.640 I would just flatly turn it down, say this guy 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:30.839 is going to wait until twenty twenty seven, but the 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:34.560 results have been so amazing. You mentioned the power on 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:36.480 how many of those home runs go to the opposite 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.760 field too. That's what just really stood out is that 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.480 a guy that we assumed his profile was going to 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:45.200 be poking balls to the opposite field for singles, some 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:47.760 of those have gone over the fence for homers in 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.240 a way that I couldn't have anticipated. They're going to 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.240 give him some time at Jacksonville, Like this isn't one 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:53.919 that you could really make the immedia case. I'll have 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.440 to prove himself a little bit. It's just that I 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.159 think as soon as September first is when this becomes 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.560 a real conversation especially if Marcy is struggling. I don't 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.560 think they're going to send down Marcy. 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On their active roster. 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.280 You have Leyo Jimenez, you have a Reese Hines, you 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:43.760 have Brian Navareto, guys that like are all right handed hitting, 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.840 and I guess they're meant to like even they're meant 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.480 to compliment all the lefties on this roster, but they 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:50.200 just can't hit. 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:51.680 None of them can hit at all. 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.240 And yet at the minor league level, you have now 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.360 a Costa back from an injury, guys that have been healthy, 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.360 and we're demoted from the big league team Augustine Ramirez 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:01.320 and Connor norby your top of mind too, That's not 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:03.160 the reason why I want to do this episode, because 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.520 I don't want to forget about those guys who were 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.800 conceivably gonna be big parts of this team entering this year. 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.400 I mentioned this on the rounding table that we did, Kevin, 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:13.760 so I wanted to just for you to expand on 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:17.040 that a little bit between Gus and Norby, guys that 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.880 we've seen can be really productive in stretches, really productive 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:24.320 big league hitters that are right handed hitters. Which of 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.920 them do you think makes more sense for this roster 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.160 at some point down the stretch. Which one of them 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.760 do you think could get closer to saving their season 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:33.320 that to this point has gone pretty poorly. 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:35.920 I think a lot of it depends on what the 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.160 Marlins do at the major league level with the trade deadline. 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:39.560 I know a lot of reports are going out there 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.920 saying that the Marlins may move big league pieces for 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.920 big league pieces, and that seems to be the notion 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:46.800 for a lot of teams, not just the Marlins, but 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:50.040 you could see a world where they move. I saw 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.200 Ken mention this name, so I'll only mention it because 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.320 he did. Liam Hicks, like I would be stunted they 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:57.320 move them. But you know they have catched I guess, 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.839 quote unquote catching that they believe Augustin is still a 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.800 which I don't think he is. I know Clayton told 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:04.960 us on the podcast a couple of weeks ago that 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.160 they may try him at first base, and that continues 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:08.920 to be the case and something that they may be 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:09.920 still pushing for. 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.760 I would personally try it. Augustine. 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.360 The bad is legit. I think he has a lot 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.240 of power. He goes the opposite field, he uses the 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.240 whole field. He could still help you out of the 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:23.160 base running department too, just a little bit. He's the 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.280 guy who really stands out still with the bat. I 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.240 know the defense isn't there, and he gets a lot 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:28.680 of slack for that, and that's a big reason why 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.319 he has struggled offensively because of the defense, in my opinion, 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.480 So if you just take the defensive aspect out of 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:37.600 it completely, I think Augustin could really help this team 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.640 against left handed pitching too. And I know the consensus 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:42.400 would be like, hey, he could still catch every couple 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.760 of weeks against one of there's a lefty on the 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:46.520 mountin he would played, but most of the time would 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.560 have to be their DH or first base. And that's 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.840 the big thing there too with Norby. 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:52.360 Norby, I really don't. 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.400 I think the power just doesn't there with him anymore 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:55.800 like it once used to be. It's a lot of 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:59.760 warning track does at the warning track just still striking 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.240 out now. First base isn't an issue, and he's very 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:03.880 I don't think he's played first base since he's gone 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:05.960 to Jacksonville maybe a couple times. It's been a lot 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.320 of third, It's been a lot of the corner outfield spots. 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.400 So they're trying him out to see what sticks, but 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.200 to see maybe if the bat could take him a 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.160 next step. But right now, if if I had to 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:17.840 call someone up between one of the two, it would 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.000 definitely be gus, just to see if you could get 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:21.680 something out of the bat and help you out offensively, 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:23.760 because because as you said, he like a team with 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:26.920 Brian Avarett and Laojimenez on your bench certainly is not 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.440 a playoff caliber team, at least sustainably. I think you 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.920 need to obviously they're gonna make moves, but you know, 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:37.000 Gus is right there. I even think, like, I know 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.640 he's not a right handed hitter, but Graham Polys look 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:41.400 really good in triple A. And I know we do 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:44.240 this same song and dance for the last two years 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.520 where he comes up finally he's good and you know 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:49.880 after the second stint, but he looked good in the 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.160 limited sample size he did come back from that Saint 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.760 Louis game. It was very little, but it was very 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:58.200 good for the limited aspect of it. And I wouldn't 0:10:58.200 --> 0:10:59.840 have sett him back down. I know they did, but 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.240 I would like to see another shot at Graham Polly 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.280 up in the make big league level. He has the 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:06.800 best defensive third basement amongst the three, and I think 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:11.319 like has the highest floor amongst Lao, at least between 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.599 him and Lao. Like you know, san Ojas floor is 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:15.960 already quite high just because he could play different positions. 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:20.400 But I think offensively, Pauli has the better, better outlook 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:22.240 in terms of like, hey, if he puts it all together, 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.840 he could be He has the power, he could hit 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:28.280 to all fields. Great defensive third baseman, Like that's a 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:29.880 solid player at the end of the day that if 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.600 he's giving you between the ninety to ninety five WRC plus, 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:34.199 you're happy with that. 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:36.960 Yeah, which just one other hitter. I wanted to touch 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.440 on on this segment. If people were giving I don't know, 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.960 ten guesses to assume who the best offensive performer has 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.480 been for Jacksonville the last couple of months, I think 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.719 they would use up all their guesses and still not 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:52.560 land on Gage Miller. His numbers are still incredible. We 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:54.360 had a discussion on where to put him on the 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.480 FLFT Top thirty when we reranked last month, and I 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.360 kind of convinced you guys that know, this guy's kind 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:03.160 of a fluke. He's only playing part time when he 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.800 is playing with Jacksonville this year, Gage Miller, and he's 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.600 an infielder. If anybody that's unaware, they would not recognize 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:09.920 his face. 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:10.440 I don't think. 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.280 But a twenty twenty four draft pick plays several infield spots. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:17.360 He's slashing three point fifty one, four sixty seven, six 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:20.199 point twenty two. That's in twenty three games with Jacksonville. 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:23.959 It's an ops near eleven hundred five homers in that time, 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:28.520 nearly as many walks as strikeouts. I know you took 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:30.400 notice of him when he's put up numbers. He's still 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.000 putting up numbers even if he's a has been playing 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.640 a ton, So you know, where are you on him 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:38.800 in terms of is he gonna have any role with 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.199 this team? Given that in his limited time he's actually 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:42.080 been really productive. 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:44.839 I think the one thing you noted to us when 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.400 we were talking about the top thirty was he's not 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:51.160 playing every day, and even then, you know, if he 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.000 was playing just a little bit more, maybe they would 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.680 be of consideration. I think he's been great. He's having 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.360 a really good year. He was great in Pensacola, gets 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:02.240 the promotion, he's actually been even better in Jacksonville. He's 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.160 only played twenty three games, but he's not striking out all. 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.480 He's walking more than he's striking out as well. And 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:10.960 he's also not playing third base full time. He's playing 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:12.600 a lot of second as well. Like he's really been 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.679 splitting time between those two spots. I personally, of course, 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.000 like if you get an opportunity to call up a 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.200 better bat than what the Marnins currently have at third base, 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.040 of course you try to take that risk. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:25.680 Will they do it? I think it's unlikely. 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:27.240 You would have to clear out a forty man spot 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.520 and it would just be a whole thing. And I 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:32.920 don't know if they think this guy's ready. I think 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.000 what I think is more realistic is that Gage Miller 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.120 is an NRI next year and he tries to compete 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:39.880 for the third base job unless they make a move 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:42.720 this trade deadline with for a guy who has multiple 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:44.880 years of control, which I doubt. I think they'll go 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:46.600 for a rental or a guy who has an option 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.600 for next season. So yeah, that's where I kind of 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:51.280 stand with Gage Miller. One other guy wanted to mention 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.760 in Jacksonville who has quietly had a good year, not 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:55.320 talked about often, is Andrew Pinar. 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:56.640 He's been pretty good. 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:59.000 He's guy who could play all three outfield spots, plays 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.640 a good primarily center. He's probably gonna move over to 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:03.840 the corners now because camp Knerella now up there. But 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.439 Pintar is having a good year. Eight homers, twenty one 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.320 stolen bases, he's walking eleven percent of the time, one 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:13.560 of five WRC plus. Maybe not a guy he'll call up, 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.120 but maybe a guy who could you know, be of 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.360 interest to other teams at the trade deadline if they 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:20.600 think this is a player that could potentially get a 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:24.040 better opportunity elsewhere. The Martins had an opportunity to forty 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.480 man him last season to protect him from the Rule five. 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.040 They decided not to do that. They could do it 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.080 again this offseason. I think there's a better chance he 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:35.040 goes this time around than last year if he goes 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.360 on protected. Obviously that's all on hold because of the 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.720 pending lockout, but he's a guy who's really stood out 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:42.920 to me. Him and Engage Miller are like two guys 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.120 in a very interesting spot because yes, they are probably 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.040 worthy of a call up, but knowing the Marlins, they 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.880 probably won't do it. And I think, honestly, if you 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.240 could cash in on those two guys for players at 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.400 the deadline, you go ahead and do it somehow. 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.800 We have brought up Kemp Alderman, so that's a very 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:01.560 li that I'll mentioned here because he was top of 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.200 mind entering this season after being their Minor League Player 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:05.760 of the Year last year, and that was when he 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.440 was only an outfielder. He's added first base verstsatility during 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.600 the course of the season. He's kind of hit exactly 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:12.760 as advertised this year he's right around three hundred with 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:16.160 a nine hundred ops and homering at a rate that's 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.200 like a thirty home run pace if he was fully healthy. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:19.880 He missed a little bit of time to do to an 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:22.280 elbow injury, but now he's back and now he's still hitting. 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:25.520 The strikeouts are high, so that's kind of the really 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.440 main knock on him, but they've been steadily coming down 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:29.960 from where they were at the beginning of the year. 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.120 I think above all the guys we mentioned, I think 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.320 Kemp is actually the one that I'm most excited to see, 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.320 just because his power is on another level. His raw power, 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.800 his ability to go to the other way as well 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:46.280 is really unmatched among anybody else that's in Jacksonville right now. 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:48.360 It's a little bit better than Gus, it's a little 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.720 bit better than Davis and de los Santos, and just 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.200 as a complete hitter, he's awesome. So there's not an 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.760 obvious bit just because they've kind of figured out first 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:57.760 base as the season that's gone on between Hicks and 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:01.120 Stours for the most part, like there's not every day 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:02.760 playing time for camp where a lot of these other 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.120 guys'd be. You could slide them into a part time role. 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:06.680 And that's the thing with Kent is that he's so 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:10.240 good of a prospect that you want to have a 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:11.960 more natural spot for them to play every day when 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:15.080 he actually comes up. So yeah, nothing's imminent with him, 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.040 but I don't want him to go under the radar. 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:18.200 That's a really good. 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.840 Player, definitely, yeah, And I think that's a guy who 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.560 the Marls could potentially move into trade as well. From 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.320 my understanding, it's just like not that they aren't high 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.760 on him. I think they do like the player, and 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.480 obviously he was the Marlins minor league player that year 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:33.320 last season, but I think there is definitely concern with 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:35.480 the strikeouts they have gone up. It's seven percent higher 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:39.760 than it was last season, and just I don't know, 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.320 I'm not totally convinced like he's a good player, Like 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:43.840 I would like to see him up here. He would 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:45.360 definitely provide the Margins with some help. 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:47.560 But you know, they put him at first base to 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:48.600 add some versatility. 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.240 He's I believe he's still maybe playing some outfield and 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.880 if you can move him for in cash at the deadline, 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:55.240 you do it. 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:56.840 I think he's one of those guys that you could. 0:16:56.680 --> 0:17:01.000 Maybe sell high on, as they say, end up in 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.640 the prospect world and that goes for him. And we'll 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:05.560 talk about a picture that I think could definitely be 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:06.800 fall under that same boat soon. 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:09.600 M Let's take a brief break right now and come 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.560 back to discuss some call up candidates on the pitching 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:14.159 side for the Marlins down the stretch. 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.320 Tod Father, are you hitting some games this summer? What's 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:19.240 the deal, of course? 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.119 And it's real simple, Scottie Braun. You know how it is. 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:24.160 You go to seat geek and you can find any 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:26.760 deal you want in any section you want, even if 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.160 the game sold out. 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