1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the show. I'm Andrew Ardahll. This is 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Big Fish Small Pod to show here on the Fish 3 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: Strips podcast network, where we break down look into really 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: just kind of address something in this Marlins season, this 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: today as it is. So today, what I'm going to 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: address is the Garrett Cooper ascension to the All Star Game. 7 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: Initially being left off, but as the players voted him 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: next in line on the reserve list for the DH position, 9 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: he has moved in to the All Star Game, filling 10 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: in for the injured Philadelphia Philly Bryce Harper. So with 11 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: that news, Marlins went on to face the Pirates last night, 12 00:00:54,640 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: falling to the Yellow Crew. But just as a note, 13 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: the Marlins will be back again today at six p 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: forty playing at Lone Depot Park behind Pablo Lopez on 15 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: the mound in game three of four against these Pittsburgh Pirates. 16 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: But anyhow, as we talk about Garrett Cooper, first of all, 17 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm like excited about this announcement. I think it's really 18 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: well deserved for the hitter. So I'm glad for Garrett, 19 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: glad for the Marlins organization. 20 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 2: I suppose to be the first time out there is 21 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 2: pretty wild and to be in LA you know, with parents, 22 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 2: you know, brothers, family, sisters, everybody out there. It's just 23 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 2: something that you know, only a little kid could dream about. 24 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: I believe myself. So I believe myself as you know, 25 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: a top hitter in this league. And I've always thought that, uh, 26 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 2: you know, maybe injuries have played a part where you know, 27 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: I don't get a showcase staff for a full year, 28 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: but to be healthy for you know, the first half 29 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: and you'll be you know, put up some numbers that 30 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: are deserving to be in this game. 31 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: But I saw something that really stuck out on Twitter 32 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: today by Daniel R. Epstein d Epstein, nineteen eighty three. 33 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: If you're looking for that handle the tweet going out 34 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: specifically from Daniel, I'm going to need someone to explain 35 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: to me very slowly choosing Garrett Cooper over Freddy Freeman 36 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: or Josh Bell. Someone chimed in with the information about 37 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 1: the player's ballots, and it is the player's vote as 38 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 1: to who fills in these reserved spots on the All 39 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: Star Games lineups like Garrett got in because of the 40 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: vote of his peers and that sense of respect and 41 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: understanding from those players and peers within the Game of 42 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: Baseball recognized him as more worthy I mean succinctly then 43 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: Josh Bell or Freddie Freeman, and like, certainly we all 44 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: like get that. Daniel in defense of his financial statement 45 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: said that he did literally understand the rule, but that 46 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: he didn't quite get why. So I dug a bit 47 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: into that. What struck me initially on the subject is 48 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: the voting for the players wasn't conducted yesterday. There's a 49 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: big question of, like when that happened, and it really matters, 50 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: Like Freddie Freeman, for example, has gotten on a real 51 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: hot streak over the last month, so his like candidacy 52 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: is much more relevant today than it was on say, 53 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: June thirteen. Checking in with like the Fangrass leaderboards to 54 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: get a feel for how Garrett Cooper is positioned with 55 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: Josh Bell and Freddie Freeman going back a month, we 56 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: see that Garrett Cooper batting three fourteen better average than 57 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: Freddy Freeman. Freddy does lead Garrett Cooper in terms of 58 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: like your offensive metrics, what you might expect to find 59 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: on something like fangrafts, like your just offensive runs created 60 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: being twelve point four ahead of Garrett Cooper's ten point 61 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: two and both of them ahead of Josh Belt five 62 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: point three. But really where we are today is a 63 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: totally different like league of those metrics for Freddy Freeman 64 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: Josh Belt as they compare to Garrett Cooper. Whereas Garrett 65 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: Cooper in the time of sense, has only brought his 66 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: offensive runs number up by like about one to eleven 67 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: point six, Freddy Freeman is sitting with about double the 68 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:08,559 Speaker 1: offensive impact that he had sit in the season leading 69 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: up to June. Third team Josh Bell now sitting with 70 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: about thirteen point four and currently having a higher batting 71 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: average than Cooper. So it does stand out that Garrett 72 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: Cooper is an All Star over these seemingly otherwise solid 73 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: candidates for an All Star selection for a DH position 74 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: kind of setting inside the DH position as a position 75 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: for a moment, that's how that makes sense. The ballot itself, 76 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: like the fan ballot, might have succinctly separated like first 77 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: base from DH, and of those players, Garrett Cooper would 78 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: be distinctly the only candidate of them eligible for that spot. 79 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 1: But in light of just the understanding of what like 80 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: an like an exhibition game can be certainly like Freddie 81 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: Freeman or like Josh Bell, or Reys Hoskins could step 82 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: into the DH position for the night or whatever. It 83 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: doesn't really matters so much like the pretension and like 84 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: what it actually means to be the specific player on 85 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: the All Star roster. It's that level of being on 86 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: the team that is the matter of yesterday. Of Garrett 87 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: Cooper's ascent to that All Star status, it does like 88 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: deserve to be recognized that like Garrett Cooper has been 89 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: like performing as a hitter for a few years and 90 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: having had like unlucky injuries aside from that sort of impact, 91 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: he's been a really consistent hitter, and it is in 92 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: his batting average where that does come through the most. 93 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: Like I think that there's something to be said for 94 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: his batting average as it relates to the player votes, 95 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: not in some anti Saber sense that like on base 96 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: percentage and slugging in whatever else do you want to 97 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: say the ball is doing at any given moment, It 98 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: just isn't the same thing to be coming up the 99 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: bat in a lineup when you're surrounded by reliably impactful bats. 100 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: As a fan, it certainly feels like he's often the 101 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: only player who's really like cracked the nut of the 102 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: opposing pitcher. Even setting aside the argument that these players 103 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: Josh Bell and Freddie Freeman were likely not on the 104 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: DH portion of the ballot for the All Star Game, 105 00:07:53,040 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: Garrett Cooper's name obviously is there with the players vote. 106 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: It's certainly been a matter of like a well earned 107 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: respect to get to that point as a batter. It 108 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: isn't like this is the first time that he's performed 109 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: at an All Star level. Going back to twenty twenty, 110 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: the Marlins playoff push was really like to the credit 111 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: of Garrett Cooper as a batter, and maybe he doesn't 112 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,119 Speaker 1: even get in the conversation if he hasn't hit over 113 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: toot eighty for the past four consecutive years. So for now, 114 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: the Marlins are sending three players to Los Angeles, with 115 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: Sandy Alcandra, Chaz Chisholm Junior, and Garrett Cooper all representing 116 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: the Marlins team and all well deserved on their way there. 117 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: So for the Marlins, what's next is closing out this 118 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: series with the Pirates with two more games six forty 119 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: Star time Tonight as Pablo Lopez will face the Pittsburgh Pirates. 120 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: So thank you for listening. Hope that that slow explanation 121 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: does clarify a little bit what might seem like a 122 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: bit of a real choice made by the voters. I 123 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: think probably the exact right people to know who is 124 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: the best designated hitter for the National League or really anywhere. These, 125 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: just like Major League eyes, are something else. So it's 126 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: cool to see that they also see that in Garrett 127 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: Cooper's swing. So thanks for listening. I've been Andrew Ridall. 128 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: I'll be back with you on Friday.