1 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: The show goes on. This is the official show on 2 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: the fish Stripes podcast channel with me Eli Susman Be, 3 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: Managing editor of fish Stripes, where we cover your Miami 4 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: Marlins every day in our own way, a whole bunch 5 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: of places you can find us the mothership for all 6 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: our content fishstripes dot Com, across so many social media platforms, 7 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: from Twitter to Instagram to TikTok to Facebook to YouTube 8 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: as well. Just search fish Stripes, find us there, follow 9 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: us there, because every single platform has some of its 10 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: own exclusive content. 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This was the perfect example 19 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: of It went all the way down to the final 20 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: out of the final game of this Crazy Marlins Week 21 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: and their series against the Padres was really the perfect 22 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: microcosm of this twenty twenty two season so far. The 23 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: Fish fall down to third place in the division about 24 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: one sixth of the way through the regular season. So 25 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 1: on the other side of this break small pod portion 26 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: going through the Friday, Saturday and Sunday games and then 27 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: the second half of the show. We need to make 28 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: sense of this COVID outbreak that is happening within the 29 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: Marlins clubhouse, what exactly that means in the year twenty 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: twenty two in this post vaccine era, and as well 31 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: as focusing in on the team's performance or lack of 32 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: performance in clutch situations, an all two familiar sight for 33 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: this Marlins team to be struggling in close games. Stick 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: with us. Circling back to Friday, this was already game 35 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,839 Speaker 1: two of the series against the Padres, a four game 36 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: set at Pego Park. The Marlins lose three to two 37 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: in what was continuing an unprecedented trend, losing five consecutive games, 38 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: all of them by exactly one run. Margins Sandy Alcontro 39 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: got the start in this one. To me, his results 40 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,399 Speaker 1: really didn't match up to his stuff. This was perhaps 41 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: his best pure stuff that he had had in any 42 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: start so far this season, regularly hitting ninety nine one 43 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: hundred miles per hour with his fastball and getting great 44 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: action on both his slider and his changeup. I feel 45 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: like if you replay this start one hundred times, maybe 46 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: seventy five or eighty of them, Sandy easily gets through 47 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: five innings, if not six. Instead, he kind of got 48 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: stuck in that middle endings with the team down by 49 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: a few runs. They end up putting up a fight, 50 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: as they have often done this season, even when it 51 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: doesn't look like they have much of a chance. Hey 52 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: suss Aguilar a two run home run, a no doubter 53 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: that allowed them to claw back into this one, I 54 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: think in the seventh inning to make it look more respectable, 55 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: but just could not get anything else going offensively outside 56 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: from that hitless with runners in scoring position in this game, 57 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: the Marlins defense wasn't ideal in this one. The umpiring, 58 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: especially at home plate, didn't do them any favors. The 59 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: bullpenant and relief of Sandy didn't allow a single hit, 60 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: so that was encouraging, but at the very end they 61 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: had an opportunity as late as the ninth inning, actually 62 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: facing what was a rookie in that safe situation instead 63 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: of the usual Padres closer and had an opportunity and 64 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: just could not push across a run even then, So 65 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: a tough loss right there. Then on Saturday, bouncing back 66 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: in a huge way, and it was the debut of 67 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: Joe Dunanz. We've been talking about him for a while. 68 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: He's a former guest on this podcast around this time 69 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: one year ago. Came out of nowhere to make his debut. Frankly, 70 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: I don't think a lot of people realize that he 71 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: was on the Marlins taxi squad for this road trip, 72 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: and as the COVID cases started piling up. Remember this 73 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: is unofficial, with the Marlins not announcing themselves exactly why 74 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: Brian Anderson and then John Birdie and then Richard Bleier 75 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: have been placed on the injured list, but reading between 76 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: the lines, that's the reason why, and it allows four 77 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: non forty man roster players like Dunanz to come out 78 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: of nowhere and step onto the team and make an impact. 79 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: His debut went as well as anybody could have hoped. 80 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: His very first at bet, his first swing as a 81 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: major leaguer at go ahead home run, he makes his 82 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: major league debut here tonight. It sends a flyball out 83 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: to left field, it spins profar back. It's deep and 84 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: welcome to the show, don't you know? Joe makes it 85 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: one nothing. The Marlins piled on from there, ended up 86 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: winning eight to nothing, one of the more lopsided wins 87 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: of the year. Not that to take nothing away from 88 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: dounand Pablo Lopez was the most important player in this 89 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: game for Miami, going eight innings to match a career 90 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: high in length, retaking the major league lead and earned 91 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: run average. He's down to an even one point oh 92 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: oh to this point in the regular season against the 93 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: Padres team. Frankly, he looked a little bit shaky in 94 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: the very first inning and then cruised from there. Didn't 95 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: rely too much on swings and misses, but very smart sequencing, 96 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: good commands, and he was able to get through it 97 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: against this Padres team. The exclamation point came courtesy of 98 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: Jorge Solaire, a massive grand slam in the top of 99 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,679 Speaker 1: the ninth inning to put this game out of reach 100 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: for whatever reason. So Laiir hitting great in low leverage 101 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: situations this season, but not so much when he can 102 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: truly alter the outcome of a game. So again, congress 103 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: to Joe making his debut, not just doing well offensively 104 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: with a home run in a line drive double, but 105 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: also defensively, starting a third base in several situations, playing 106 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: as part of the shift, moving all the way to 107 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:44,119 Speaker 1: the right side of the Diamonds, and functioning between first 108 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: base and second base. He looked comfortable over there as well. 109 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: His defense as well as his hitting or things that 110 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: really transformed in him during the twenty twenty canceled minor 111 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: league season. It's glad that he was able to make 112 00:06:58,279 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: an impact. I don't think it's going to be a 113 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,679 Speaker 1: super long stay in the major leagues, but you should 114 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: be seeing him as a factory at least during this 115 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: upcoming series against the Diamondbacks. Then on Sunday, an opportunity 116 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: to get back to five hundred to split the series, 117 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: things were looking pretty good a matchup between Trevor Rodgers 118 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 1: and Joe Musgrove, where I think anyway, if you hadn't 119 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: been looking at the scoreboard, you would think that Musgrove 120 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: was having the better game. He did look sharper. He 121 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: was getting more swings and misses on his secondary pitches 122 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: than Trevor Rodgers. Was, and he ended up outlasting Trevor 123 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: pitching into the seventh inning, whereas Trevor sort of danced 124 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: his way through five scoreless innings. There are he's still 125 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: in a kind of uncomfortable situation, whereas clearly is not 126 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: the same guy he was at the start of his 127 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: rookie season that earned him an All Star nod. But 128 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: this was important to kind of right the ship and 129 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: to bring down his era from the sixes to an 130 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: even He allowed a lot of contact in this one, 131 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: but nothing that really threatened to go over the wall. 132 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: Some long line drives that he didn't like, and his 133 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: changeup in particular just not getting the chases and the 134 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: swings and misses that it did for so much of 135 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: last season. Fastball velocity as well, looks great in the 136 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: first setting and then can't quite get back to that 137 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: same level the rest of the game, not working very efficiently. 138 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: But you need to give him some credit for at 139 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: least throwing up the zeros. It went better than I 140 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: feared it might, the Marlins taking the lead in the 141 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: middle endings and then adding insurance on a Jazz Chishom 142 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: junior solo shot Casusaguilar just after having his on base 143 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: streak snapped, starts a new one in this one, and 144 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: with two doubles as well. With him, I think this 145 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: was a very important series, not just establish him as 146 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: that on base threat that he's been for most of 147 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: the year, but too reshow that extra base power that 148 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: had kind of been absent from his game for a 149 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 1: lot of last season towards the end and the very 150 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: early portion of this year. For him to pile up 151 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: three extra bases three extra base hits in this series 152 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: was encouraging and it validates the decision to have him 153 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: batting up near the top of the lineup. That being said, 154 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: Marlin's up to nothing heading to the bottom of the 155 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: ninth inning, Cole Solcer gets to save opportunity. Things were 156 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: looking pretty good. The Padres did enough to extend the 157 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: game and bring the potential go ahead run to the plates, 158 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: and it was old friends Orge Alfaro. Very first pitch 159 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: with two out, two on, down by two runs. You 160 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: know what you're supposed to do in that situation, get 161 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: him to chase a pitch outside the zone, but Cole 162 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: Solcer leaves a cement mixer right in the middle of 163 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: the plates and al Faro with one of the the 164 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: defining moments of this Major League Baseball season, changing the 165 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: game with one swing of the bat and winning the 166 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: series for the Padres. The pitch swung on dramn a 167 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: left center field and deep al file close the bat. 168 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: It is a home run walk off style for Jorge 169 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: al Far the first pitch he sees deep into the 170 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: Padres bullpen in the Padres walk off with a victory 171 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: three to two. Wow, three to two. The final score 172 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: of that serious finale. Manny Machado overall, he was the 173 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: true MVP of the series, going seven to thirteen with 174 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: two home runs, a stolen base, three walks, and they 175 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: hadn't struck him out a single time until the back 176 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 1: half of that Sunday game. It was only towards the 177 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: end of that serious finale that he started to look 178 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: human again. Lastly, on the minor league side, my fish 179 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: Prospects of the Week overall, a pretty nice week for 180 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 1: the minor league system and some key prospects. Pitcher of 181 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: the Week going with Zach mccandley with double a Pensacola. 182 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: He was one of the bigger disappointments through April. In 183 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: early May in the Marlins farm system, coming back to 184 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: Pensacola after finishing last year there getting hit around and 185 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 1: lacking his control. For his first handful of starts in 186 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: this one this past week, absolutely shoved. Only allowed two hits, 187 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:30,359 Speaker 1: one walk, eight strikeouts with a quality start for Pensacola 188 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: to write the ship and show why he is on 189 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: the shortlist of best pitching prospects in the organization. Not 190 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: quite at Max Meyer, Juri Perez, Edward Carbrera level, but 191 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: that very next year right behind them. On the hitting side, 192 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: Hitter of the Week J Bladay triple a Jacksonville an 193 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: amazing series against Memphis, including three consecutive games with home 194 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: runs four Bladay including i think one against the left 195 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: handed pitcher as well, so overall his numbers for the 196 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: season looking much closer to what we would have hoped 197 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: for entering the year. Honorable mentions on the pitching side, 198 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: I'll go with M. D. Johnson for hy A. Beloyd's 199 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: seven strong endings. Like mccampbley, only allowed two hits and 200 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: had very good commands, and the only two hits that 201 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: he allowed were ones that just barely found the grass. 202 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: One Victor Mason Junior lost it in the sun in 203 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: center fields and allowed it to fall. And then the 204 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: other one a sing eye ground ball that got through 205 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: the right side of the infield, and that was it. 206 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: Another honorable mention on the hitting side, Let's go with 207 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: Griffin Conine, who overall got off to a slow start, 208 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: also like mccampberley repeating Pencil Colea after finishing there last year, 209 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: in this particular week, just continues to hit exceptionally well. 210 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: He seems to be prioritizing is discipline and making contact 211 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: more so than he did last year. But also the 212 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: power is still there, as he reminded us on Sunday, 213 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: hitting a home run to dead center field well over 214 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: four hundred feet away for Pensacola in that big situation. 215 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: Encouraging to see Conine on the right track, whether you 216 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: like it or not. We need to spend more time 217 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: revisiting that Sunday game against the Padres and the Marlins. Overall, 218 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: just failures in clutch situations. It was so predictable coming 219 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: into the year. We pointed it out. It wasn't only 220 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: me about how it didn't feel like they invested enough 221 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: energy and resources tightening up this bullpen, bringing back so 222 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: many familiar faces from last year, during spring training, one 223 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: of those familiar faces gets hurt and still hasn't returned 224 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: in Dylan Floro. They did something toward right before opening 225 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: day on the EVA opening Day finally give into the 226 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: pressure make the trade with the Orioles so acquire Tanner, 227 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: Scott and Cole Solzer, who I think you'd have to 228 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: say overall have been good. They have certainly improved this bullpen, 229 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: but they are just not on the kind of tier 230 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: as some of the pre eminent closures in baseball. And 231 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: it's a cliche. Finding somebody to get the final three 232 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: outs of a game is different than other situations, yet 233 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: it proves itself to be true a year in year out, 234 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: especially for this Marlins team. They trouble filling that role 235 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: last year and it's been the same this year. I 236 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: should say, different guys getting those opportunities, but the same results. 237 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: Where they are. Their season is swinging in a completely 238 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: different direction just because of how these save situations are going. 239 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: So Anthony Bender, who has had most of those opportunities 240 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: to this point this season, made an appearance in the 241 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: sixth ending on Sunday, so an entirely different role for 242 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: him that I thought was slightly encouraging as we saw 243 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: his change up behave better than it had at any 244 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: point this year. He's followed by Anthony Bass, who at 245 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: this point is now kind of definitively the best Marlins 246 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: reliever to this point in the season. He's the one that, 247 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: even though it got started on the wrong foot, he 248 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: ended up taking the loss on opening Day. Since then, 249 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: he has been nearly perfect for this whole season. Overall, 250 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: now fourteen and two thirds innings, he has not allowed 251 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: any inherited runners to score. He's getting out lefties almost 252 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: sufficiently as he's getting out right he's and in this 253 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: one he was able to show that he can go 254 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: up for a second inning when needed. He pitched one 255 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: in two thirds innings, got five outs all in a row, 256 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: including Manny Machado. He had the most impressive matchup with 257 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: Machado of this entire series, striking him out looking on 258 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: a slider outside corner of the plate. That was an 259 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: awesome performance and it seemed to poise the Marlins to 260 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: close out this game. All they needed was Cole Solcer 261 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: to go through what was what the bottom portion of 262 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: that Padres lineup to bring them home with the victory. 263 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: And that ninth inning man. First it was he got 264 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: the strikeout to open up the bottom of the ninth, 265 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: then a line draft single, then that crazy play with 266 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: him recording the second out of the inning by himself 267 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: racing over to cover third base in a shift situation 268 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: for the second out. Couldn't retire Cja Rims, the rookie 269 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: infielder slash outfielder for the Padres. They had a chance 270 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: to put the game away right there. Then coming off 271 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: the beach, it was Jorge Alfaro, former Marlin, coming back 272 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: to haunt them. As I said, just a terrible mislocation 273 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: on his pitch, knowing that you want Paro to chase 274 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: outside the zone instead of leaving it over the middle. 275 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: That's gotta be one of the more impactful swings of 276 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: the entire Major League season for any team. By win 277 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: probability added zero point nine two wins on one swing. 278 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: They just have one void at the very back end 279 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: of the pen that there's no obvious solution knocking on 280 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: the door in triple A. We've spoken now on a 281 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: couple of our Twitter spaces, and I think we've mentioned 282 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: it a little bit on our live streams as well, 283 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: about some very dominant arms down in Double A Pensacola, 284 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: from Colton Hawk to Andrew Nrdi to Josh Simpson to 285 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:03,640 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Yan. The ones that aren't necessarily an upgrade over 286 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 1: who they currently have in these situations as well good 287 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: arms in the minor league system, but the best of 288 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: them are ones who are starting pitchers in Max Meyer 289 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: and Edward Cabrera. There doesn't seem to be any appetite 290 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: from the Marlins to put them in those roles, and 291 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: I kind of understand that as much as it may 292 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: seem like an easy transition to go from starting pitcher 293 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: to reliever, it's still a very foreign routine for these 294 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: guys to suddenly be able to respond physically on back 295 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 1: to back days. And you never know, at least in 296 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: most cases, you don't know exactly how the conversion to 297 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: the bullpen will affect a guy's stuff, whether it will 298 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: in fact play up, or whether it won't make a 299 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: difference at all. So as that possibility has been floated, 300 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: and I think it is worth now talking about even 301 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: more now that you have yet another competent reliever that, 302 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: when put in this critical situation, isn't getting the job done. 303 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: I think it is fair to turn over every cushion 304 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: on the couch looking for a solution here, even if 305 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: that means kind of complicating a young pitcher's development process, 306 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 1: if you are putting that much of a premium on 307 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: winning this year and winning right now, I think either way, 308 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: whether it's as a starter or as a reliever, we're 309 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: only a matter of weeks, perhaps just a matter of 310 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 1: less than a week from seeing either Max Meyer or 311 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: Edward Gerrera come up here. And regardless of which one 312 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: it is that gets that shot first, both of them 313 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: have the kind of premium secondary stuff and the plus 314 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: velocity put it all together. They are going to miss 315 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: bats in the major leagues, and they are going to 316 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: add more of that elements than the current bullpen has 317 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: or the current pitching staff as a whole has. But 318 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: you just can't trust them, regardless of their prospect pedigree, 319 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,719 Speaker 1: quite to the same level as you could for somebody 320 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: who's actually been there and done that at an elite level. 321 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: And this team, whether it was a matter of resources 322 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: or an overestimation of then their talents that they had 323 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: on the bullpen, they just did not make that final 324 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: step to tighten things up. They're paying the price entering 325 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 1: Monday a five to nine record in one run games, 326 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: and it's just as bad as last year. It is 327 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: exactly deja vu. This is just a long way of 328 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: saying for people not to panic yet to naturally be 329 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: angry about the way that things have gone so far. 330 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: But if they're going to turn it around, you gotta 331 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: forget about making big trades at this point in the year. 332 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: Those are not going to happen. Those players are not 333 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,479 Speaker 1: on the market right now, regardless of how bad their 334 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: own teams are. It's going to be just a learning 335 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: process as we go get a larger sample, and you 336 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: need to be able to adjust to mistakes. There's really 337 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: no excuse for the pitch that Sulcer through to Jorge Alfaro. 338 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: It was a terrible lack of execution that ends up 339 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: making the difference in these games. When you miss your 340 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 1: spot by about a foot, even against a hitter like Alfaro, 341 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: who I think many of us agreed is a very 342 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: flawed offensive player, they are going to once in a while, 343 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: they're going to make you pay for the mistakes that 344 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: you made, and they certainly made the Marlins pay dearly, 345 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: shifting the entire narrative of the season quite a bit 346 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: with that one swing, going from potentially reaching five hundred 347 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 1: and splitting the series and remaining in second place in 348 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: the National LEAGUEE to dropping a game below that and 349 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: now two games under overall into third place in the division. 350 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: It just tastes different those words coming out of your mouth, 351 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: second place versus third place. But before I go, a 352 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: quick overview of the COVID situation as we're recording this 353 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: heading into the dineback series. Three players that are sidelined 354 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: because of this, Brian Anderson, John Birdie, Richard Blier, each 355 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: of them going on the injured list one day after 356 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: each other. For the moment, the corresponding moves for them 357 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: have been Brian Delacruz coming right back up, as we mentioned, 358 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: Joe Dunance getting his first opportunity to fill in and 359 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: play quite a bit of third base it would seem 360 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 1: for the near term future. Also Eric Gonzalez getting his 361 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: opportunity as a corresponding guy for Eric Gonzalez was absolutely 362 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: raking at Triple A. You can't put too much weight 363 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: on that performance. As somebody that has plenty of big 364 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: league experience already and tons of TRIPLEA experience. He was 365 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: right in his elements with Jacksonville, and you shouldn't expect 366 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: too much offense from him at the major league level 367 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 1: if he's anywhere within I mean, I think being a 368 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,160 Speaker 1: major league average hitter would be too much to ask. 369 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: If he's just better than mediocre, considering the versatility that 370 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 1: he brings and particularly in the infield, he's going to 371 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: be a pretty important piece to get them through the 372 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: next few days if both Anderson and Birdie are out 373 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 1: for the near future. To be clear exactly what the 374 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: protocols are at this stage, this isn't the twenty twenty season, right. 375 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: I remember at the time, with no vaccine and so 376 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: many questions about how this would work, guys would disappear 377 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: for several weeks after testing positive for COVID. That should 378 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: not be the case this time. If you are a 379 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: vaccinated player, a boosted player, and are asymptomatic, it's just 380 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: a matter of getting two negative tests that are at 381 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 1: least twenty four hours apart, allowing you to return to 382 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: the team. So looking around the league, the Marlins are 383 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: not the only team going through that. The Giants, perhaps 384 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 1: more so than any other team to this point of 385 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,959 Speaker 1: this season, have been missing key pieces. As a result, 386 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: the Cardinals have recently missed a couple guys as well. 387 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: I think I saw the Twins and the Red Sox 388 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: just off the top of my head. At this point, 389 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: almost half the teams in Major League Baseball have had 390 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: at least one COVID related stint on the injured list. Now, 391 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: the terminology that the teams use the communication style varies 392 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: quite a bit, so the Marlins are never going to 393 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: confirm anybody having COVID in particular, whereas some other teams 394 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: are far more direct about it and where those players 395 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: are in their return to play protocols, we don't know 396 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: exactly where the Marlins guys are. I think it's safe 397 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 1: to assume that those three Anderson birding Blier are going 398 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: to be out for the series against Diamondbacks, and the 399 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: question now is who else potentially has to follow them 400 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: to the sidelines. The Marlins are prepared for that. They 401 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: have continue to fortify their taxi squad now that some 402 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 1: of the actual taxi squad players are on the major 403 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: league roster. We know that Brian Miller left from their 404 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: series over the weekends and presumably is meeting them in Arizona, 405 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: so Brian Miller would seem to be the next man 406 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: up on the position players side if one of those 407 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: guys test positive and is ineligible to go on I 408 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: wanted to finish off is an understanding of how the 409 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: Marlins have been fortunate from the player availability standpoint to 410 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: this point in the season. Baseball Prospectus has an injury 411 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 1: ledger that tracks which players miss time, how long they 412 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: miss time, the reasons why they are sidelined, and adds 413 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: it all together to compare a team versus team, year 414 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: versus year how much injuries impact the season impact your 415 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,719 Speaker 1: ability to win games. As of Sunday, the Marlins have 416 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: missed the fifth fewest total games due to injury and illness. 417 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: They have been one of the most fortunate teams in 418 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,680 Speaker 1: all of baseball in terms of having their major league 419 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: players available to play. The methodology isn't perfect because it 420 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 1: doesn't consider guys that have been on the minor league 421 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: injured list as six Do Sanchez has been all season 422 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: and Edward Cabrera was for a few weeks, So not 423 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: perfect overall. That's something that I think every team is 424 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: being miscounted a little bit in that regard. So this 425 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: gives you an idea that the Marlins really, aside from 426 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: Dylan Floro and those pitchers I mentioned who are both 427 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: still not quite proven at the major league level yet, 428 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: that this team has been pretty close to full strength 429 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 1: to this point in the season. So for them to 430 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: have a losing record and for them to, as we've said, 431 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: have a positive run differential like this Padres series really 432 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 1: was the microcosm of it all. They outscored the Padres 433 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: by five runs over these four games, and yet they 434 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: lose three of the four games. Doesn't add up, and 435 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 1: it will leave it out a little bit over the 436 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: course of the season. The concern is whether they dig 437 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 1: themselves too deep of a hole at this point in 438 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: the year. I think they have to regret at this 439 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: point not being more active on the relief pitcher side 440 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: for this near term future. Just going back to the 441 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: guys who are sidelined, John Birdie on a per played 442 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 1: appearance basis, was as effective as anybody that they've had 443 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 1: this point in the season. He's been terrific, and they 444 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: are without him as encouraging as the start of Joe 445 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: Dunan's career was. I think anybody would take Bertie over 446 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: dunand over any sort of sample, so that's going to 447 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: hurt the team. Dela Cruz and Brian Anderson, that might 448 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: be pretty close to a wash, except for the fact 449 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: that Dela Cruize isn't as versatile as BA is. You know, 450 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 1: he's not going to give you any assistance at third base, 451 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: putting a lot of trust in Dunan's and a healthy 452 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: Joey Wendell to hold that down. Then we have Richard Blier, 453 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: who had not been performing all that well to this 454 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: point in the season, So that's fair to point out, 455 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: but puts a lot more pressure on the other relievers 456 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: in this bullpen to get it done. The fact that 457 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,239 Speaker 1: Dylan Floro's return doesn't seem quite as imminent as it's 458 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: supposed to, and he's not looking one hundred percent like 459 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: himself on this rehab assignment, these other guys had to 460 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: hold up and as we saw, you know, their season 461 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: on an individual level can change just like that. But 462 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: still one hundred and thirty four games to go. 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