1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: This is Big Fish Small Pod ten minute show here 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: on Fish Stripes family of podcasts. I'm at word all 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: your host here on Friday's during the off season, or 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: so it seems whatever you call this like nebulous time. Now, 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: that's by no means a typical off season. We're looking 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: ahead at a lockout December first totally on the pod. 7 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: Want to get you up to speed on the latest 8 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: in talks about labor in Major League Baseball. Essentially, Major 9 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: League Baseball put forth a solution, like some weeks ago, 10 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: they made forth a proposal that you know, all the 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: talk is about compensation and payers players being paid fairly 12 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: for their work. The latest proposal by Major League Baseball 13 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: itself is pretty disappointed. A couple of weeks ago, they 14 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: put forth a rule that, just like free agency begins 15 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: when you are twenty nine point five years old, just 16 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: kind of whatever offseason would be after that, essentially giving 17 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: players up to like eleven years of team control of 18 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: a player, assuming like a high school draft pick, that 19 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: might like encourage college more. There's so many like potential 20 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: fallouts for it. But before we really get into that, 21 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: the latest aspect of it is that they want to 22 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: do away with salary arbitration. Generally speaking, players qualify for 23 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: that after two or like three years of major league service. 24 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: They then get to go to an impartial arbiter face 25 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: off with the team and present with their agents what 26 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: they believe they should be paid. The team presents theirs, arbitrator, 27 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: you know, decides who is right. So Major League Baseball 28 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: has pretty unilaterally decided that they want free agency at 29 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: twenty nine and a half and that arbitration salaries. You 30 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,839 Speaker 1: shouldn't go through that nasty process. You should just look 31 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: at the Fancrafts leaderboard and sort by war and that 32 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: is a reflection of what players should be paid for 33 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: those arbitration years ahead of their twenty nine and a 34 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 1: half age where they'd approach free agency. Lindsay Adler, who 35 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: covers the New York Yankees for The Athletic, on Twitter, 36 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: she said, I cannot explain the size of the stick 37 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: of dynamite. MLB just threw into the query sized powder keg. 38 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: That is the act of determining a players all around 39 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: value on the field. Incredible in essence. Suddenly Major With 40 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: Baseball is picking a side in an analytical debate that frankly, 41 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: they came forth with an answer that doesn't really even 42 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: like satisfy the like Saber Metric crew, major League Baseball 43 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: and the Players Association feel really far apart. Really, major 44 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: League Baseball hasn't so much seemed like they're inclined to 45 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: prevent this December first lockout. It feels like an inevitability 46 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: at this point. Again, a couple weeks prior to it. 47 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: Maybe there is like some good faith negotiation that happens 48 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: before that point, and we're singing a different tune in 49 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, but for now, that's the look. 50 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: What that means for the moment is that with the 51 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: lockout would be a freeze and transactions, So we might 52 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: approach these coming weeks with more moves than expected. Given 53 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: that some players would like to lock in their deals 54 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: before whatever happens next, especially those players that are gonna 55 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: get like eight figures nine figures in the free agent market, 56 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: they might really look for those sorts of deals to 57 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: settle now, as opposed to just getting into this frenzy 58 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: and probably like February. All signs seem to say that 59 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: it'd be that like a two and a half month 60 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: process to really get on the same page. So that 61 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: is certainly what it sounds like. Now we might see 62 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: some teams like shoot their shot to just make sure 63 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: they don't miss out in a scramble. In February, as 64 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: kim Ang went to go speak with MLB Network, did 65 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: not tip her hand much at all about where they are, 66 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: and she was asked pretty bluntly like hey, like in essence, 67 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: do you want to extend your pictures or do you 68 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: want to like trade your pictures? She like tactfully took 69 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: a step back and responded with just information about their 70 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: own internal valuations and what it is to receive that 71 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: external feedback. She refused to like show it on a 72 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: national platform, what her intent is. I think that's really 73 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: encouraging for a general manager, while also highlighting that she 74 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: is listening to what others are saying and spoke highly 75 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,119 Speaker 1: of the groundwork that she laid at the general manager's meeting. 76 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: With the good groundwork with a patient approach to external feedback, 77 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: it sounds a lot like kim Ang is positioning herself 78 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: to be reactive in the off season towards offers, presumably 79 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: spending time finding out exactly what she wanted. It doesn't 80 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: necessarily seem like anything is imminent. Word is that Kim 81 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: Ang did talk with like Scott Boris about like Nick 82 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: Kayastanos Avaceli Garcia of the Brewers is a name that 83 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: also has come up. So you know that she has 84 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: a bit of a pulse for the free agent market 85 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: as a pulse for what the other clubs are thinking, 86 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: and she knows what she's thinking, whether or not she 87 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: tells the media. It isn't the most exciting day for 88 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:57,119 Speaker 1: the Marlins, but it's a cool one. We are also 89 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: heading up on the Fall Star Games this wend. Definitely 90 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: check it out. It is like also broadcast on MLB 91 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: Network at JJ Blade will be featured in that. Just 92 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: for like the sake of it, I want to just 93 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: go look at some of these Arizona Fall League statistics 94 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: also check out, like the Liga de Baseball for the 95 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: Toros del Este, who like Brian de la Cruz and 96 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: uh Jezus Sanchez haven't played for in the Dominican Winter League. 97 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: Checking first at the Dominican Winner League, Jesus Sanchez has 98 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: played in seven games, had about twenty eight at bats, 99 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: eight hits for those doubles, no home runs yet, no 100 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: triples either, but still like a respectable line with a 101 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: three seventy five OBP and two eighty six batting average 102 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: eight oh four ops. Overall, well, Brian de la Cruz 103 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: has made a pretty big impact in a small amount 104 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: of time, just two games, seven at bats for the 105 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: Marlins rookie, two hits though a double and a gram slam, 106 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: So it's pretty significant impact from his bat and really 107 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: small doses. Kim Ang also went on to say, and 108 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: it will be network how like everyone was surprised by 109 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: his performance in twenty twenty one and if you don't 110 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: trust surprises, so far in the Dominican Winner League, he 111 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: has kept it up. Checking out the AFL JJ blade 112 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: stands out pretty highly on like the Arizona Fall Leagues 113 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: like leaderboards. He's sixth in the AFL ver ops. He's 114 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: played in twenty games, got eighty three at bats, five 115 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: home runs, twenty two RBIs he's hitting three to twenty 116 00:08:55,000 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: five well. Not far behind him is camp Meisner game 117 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 1: sixty six at bats with seven home runs, putting in 118 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: just two back of the AFL lead. Also in there 119 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: on the leaderboard of ops, Troy Johnson makes an appearance 120 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: with his seven thirty six a solid performance from some 121 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: Marlins bat as. The Masa solar stocks have like led 122 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: the league in ops so even with a lack of 123 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 1: premiere pitching talent in the league, the Masa solar stocks, 124 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: led pretty heavily by some Marlins, have still stood out 125 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: in the fall. For today, November twelfth, this is big 126 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: Fish Small Pod. Thank you for listening. I've been at 127 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: ward all