1 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and thank you for logging on the Fish Bites. 2 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: My name is not Arum, so don't worry. If you 3 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: are listening and you're thinking, wow, his voice really changed, 4 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: You're not going crazy here. My name is Daniel Martinez. 5 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: I am a lead writer for Fish Stripes. You may 6 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: have heard my voice in earning their stripes, and we'll 7 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: talk about that in a little bit. But we're gonna 8 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: add a little bit to the formula here. Arum is 9 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: not going anywhere. Arm will still be giving us this 10 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: amazing Fish Bites content that he always provides, as well 11 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: as the in depth interviews that we have grown to love. 12 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: But I'm being added to the formula. Our goal here 13 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: is to create Fish Bites into a weekly Major League 14 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: Baseball only product that takes a look at the pro 15 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: ball club in Little Havana, that takes a look at 16 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: the direction of the team, how the team has performed 17 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: over the previous week. I want to do something where 18 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: there is so much consistency and so much fan feedback 19 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: that every single every single Monday morning, That's what I'm 20 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: aiming for right now, every single Monday morning, when you 21 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: are on the way to work or in South Florida 22 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: traffic or wherever you listen to us from. You know 23 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: exactly what you're going to get every week. You're going 24 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: to get mbe content, you're gonna get analysis, you're gonna 25 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: get scouting, you're going to get good guests, and you're 26 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: going to get something radical that I'll introduce later on 27 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: that I want to bring to this podcast. It's always 28 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: been destined to be in my Miami Marlin's community of 29 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: top notch quality, and you know, I'm going to get 30 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: to know a little bit about you all, and you' 31 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: all going to get to know a little bit about 32 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: me in particular on today's episode. But something you should 33 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: know right off the bat is I believe that it's 34 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: about engagement. I believe that it's about reaching out to fans. 35 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: It's about making this podcast exactly what you want, the 36 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: exact segment, the exact quality and content and conversation pieces 37 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: that you are looking for in a podcast. So I'm 38 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: going to introduce how I'm going to get that information 39 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: from you later on, but I kind of want to 40 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: lay out what we're going to talk about today. Obviously 41 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: it's my first time on Fish Bites. I want you 42 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: to know a little bit about me. I think the 43 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: first thing I'm going to jump into is an introduction 44 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: of who I am. And I say that because if 45 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: you've heard me on earning their stripes the first day 46 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: I was there, I said, relationship is going to work here. 47 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: We have to build one, and it cannot just be 48 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: a one way street where I am speaking to you 49 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: and speaking to you and speaking to you, but you 50 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: know nothing about me or about who I am or 51 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: what I like, what I dislike, and I know nothing 52 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: about you and what you want to hear and what 53 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: content you want. So we're going to try to defeat 54 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: that ambiguity a little bit today by me disclosing a 55 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: bit about myself and hopefully us building a relationship together. 56 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: I'm also going to outline a little bit of what 57 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: my concept of my portion of fish Bites will look 58 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: like the weekly again Monday morning on the drive to work. 59 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: What you're going to get m'lb content, scouting, analysis, interviews, 60 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: but something radical as well that I want to add. 61 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: I won't get to that yet. I'll give you a 62 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: tease for a second, but there's something radical that does 63 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: not happen on other podcasts ever, that I want to 64 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: add into my portion of fish bites that I think 65 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 1: the fans will appreciate. Today, we're also going to look 66 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: at a conversation for the last twenty minutes or so 67 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: of this forty or forty five minute podcast. Before I 68 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: started recording, I asked individuals on Twitter as well as 69 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: some individuals that I know are listeners of our fish 70 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: Stripes podcasts, which are one of the three, may be 71 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: what they would want me to talk about today what 72 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: they felt would be a good baseball conversation to have. 73 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: And man, did they give me a good one that 74 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: I can go off on a ridiculous rant on. And 75 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: I'm not going to say what it is quite yet, 76 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: but trust me, you're going to want to stick around 77 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: for it because it's really the hot topic of everything 78 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: Marlin's Baseball. It just is. It's going to be able 79 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: to give you an understanding of who I am, of 80 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: what I think about the Marlins direction, the organizational plan, 81 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: whatever the case is. So we're going to get to 82 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: that later on in the show, but for now, like 83 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: I said, I believe in building a relationship, and I 84 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: really do. And when I say that, I want you 85 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: to put me to the test. Right, I told you 86 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: that that I'm the lead writer for fish Stripes. Go 87 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: to fish stripes dot com and there's a masked head 88 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: section there with all of the you know, staff writers 89 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: and lead reporters and you know, shout out to Ian 90 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: Smith and and and all of the individuals that work 91 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: with and contribute to fish Stripes. When you click on 92 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: my name, you're going to see all the articles. I 93 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: want you to go to the articles, and I want 94 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: you to see the comments, the number of comments, and 95 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: then I want you to click on the comments. It's 96 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: not it's not like it was a pre planned for this. 97 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: But what you're going to find is feedback and then 98 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: me replying to every comment. I believe in them. I 99 00:05:54,360 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: believe that my life, as in sports, should be pursuing engagement. Right, 100 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: it should be me giving something to you, content, you 101 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: giving feedback, and then me responding. If not, then it's 102 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: just me on a soapbox talking or writing and not 103 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: caring about what the feedback is, what the replies are, 104 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: or having any type of conversation. And for me, that 105 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: just doesn't cut it. So when I say that I'm 106 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: about engagement and that it's not lip service, put me 107 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: to the test. But comments. See if there's one that 108 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: I don't reply to, go look on Twitter see the engagements. 109 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: The way I run my Twitter account and the way 110 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: I run my articles is the way I want to 111 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: run this podcast. I want there to be a two 112 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: way conversation and something that sounds like it's only one 113 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: person talking into a mic. I want you to be 114 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: the one that feels like they are the director and 115 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: the editor and you know, the programmer of this podcast 116 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: because what you requested of me is what you heard 117 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: Monday on the way to work. I want you to 118 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: feel like this podcast truly is full or you. I 119 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: mean in my own experience. The podcasts that are great, 120 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: that make it for a long time, that have you know, 121 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of listeners, are the individuals that not 122 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: only have good content. I mean listen. If I don't 123 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: give you a good content, leave, I don't want you 124 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: to stick around. But that should be the bare minimum 125 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: for everyone. The good content should be the bare minimum. 126 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: The ones that really hold me on, the ones that 127 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: really keep me going are the ones like Craig Mish 128 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: where I know a little bit about Craig because his 129 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: personality comes across I know a little bit about him 130 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: because he discloses, he shares a little bit about himself. 131 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: He gives us his opine, his opinion when it matters, 132 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: and he backs it up. That's what I want here. 133 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: I want you to know me, and that's where we're 134 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: going to start off. We're going to start off with 135 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: with who I am. I already said, you know, my 136 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: title with fist stripes is the lead writer. I love writing, 137 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,679 Speaker 1: I love the content. I love informing and also creating 138 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: arguments and debates and and you know, conversations at the 139 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: local barbershop or while we're having some cafecito and in 140 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: visias or something like that. But that's not the only 141 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: thing that I am. You know, if you want to 142 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: know who I am, I have three passions. I have 143 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: a love for my family, a love for baseball, and 144 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: a love for clinical psychology. And yes, that is a 145 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: very variable and diverse triad that I have going on there. 146 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: You know, the love for family is very cliche, but 147 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 1: but not for me. It's authentic. It's not a big family. 148 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: It's a small family. My wife, my mother, my in laws. 149 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: And I don't just say that because I think that 150 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: they're going to listen to this Intrinidad. No, I really 151 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: love them and my cats. I mean, I guess the 152 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: love for cat has come after I've I've got married 153 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: and my wife had two cats. But I love my cats. 154 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: My mom my wife are my heroes. The things we've 155 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: gone through, the things we still go through, the growth 156 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: of development. You want to get to my heart, it's 157 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 1: either food or my wife, my mother, my family. I 158 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: have a love for baseball. If not, I wouldn't be 159 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: doing this. From the moment that I was born, there 160 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: was a baseball on my hand. Very cliche, right, little 161 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: Danny with a toddler, you know, picture with the baseball 162 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: on my hand. I'm the kid who had to play 163 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: at bird Lake Park, at Tropic Cana Park, you know, 164 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: Tropical Park. Well, whatever the case is, and I had 165 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: to be on the Junior Marlins. You better believe it. 166 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: Whether it's junior high or high school, whether we eventually 167 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: go into you know, coaching, whether we are scouting, whatever 168 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: it is that I'm doing, Baseball is a part of 169 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: my life. I had the honor of being interviewed by 170 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: Jessica Blaylock on air opening day. You know, no pressure, 171 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: just like the most watched Marlins game for the season 172 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: likely most likely, and she asked me. She didn't really 173 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: tell me what she was gonna ask me, but she 174 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: she ended up asking the first question, you know, why 175 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: is baseball important to you? Why is opening Day important 176 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: to you? And for me, it was something to the 177 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: extent of because it's consistent. You know, in the chaos 178 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: of life, baseball is there. And then this isn't a 179 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: therapy session, so we don't have to go into my 180 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: own chaos, my own childhood. But it's been chaotic. If 181 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: it's chaotic for you, and I'm sure that it is 182 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: in everyone's life, then of course it's chaotic for me too. 183 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: But baseball is there. Baseball, the game itself, the sport 184 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: itself is consistent. It's a beautiful nine inning game. You 185 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: need all twenty seven outs. Consistency baseball. What about clinical psychology, Well, 186 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: clinical psychology is interesting. I am a doctoral level psychology trainee, 187 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: which basically means, you know, I'm a future clinical psychologist. 188 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: I've completed all my coursework, I've completed my clinical practice, 189 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: my clinical competency exams, and my directed studies and all 190 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,599 Speaker 1: the milestones that we need. And I love the field. 191 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: I love sitting with someone in a psychotherapy room and 192 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: working together collaboratively to defeat what's going on. You know, 193 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: we're not avoiding it, We're attacking it. We are destroying 194 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: the ambiguity. We are talking about how together we are 195 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 1: going to build a rapport, we are going to build alliance, 196 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: we are going to invest in each other, and we 197 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: are going to get better. It's very cliche to say 198 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: I'm in a helping service because I want to help people. 199 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: But you know what, call me cliche, it's the truth. 200 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: I saw what this field can do for people in 201 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: my family. I saw what this field can do for 202 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: people in general, and I decided that one day I 203 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: wanted to be the person that could help Danny's mom, 204 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: or that could help Danny's family member, or that could 205 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: help whatever the case may be, that could help Danny. 206 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: I've decided to go into that field, and it's my passion. 207 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: But it definitely gets shared with baseball. My family takes precedent, right, 208 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: but it definitely takes it definitely is shared with baseball, 209 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: which is what we're here to talk about. So let's 210 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: see what else about me. Well, I'm Cuban American. I 211 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: was born in Miami. Florida born and raised. Really, you know, 212 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: I've visited a few parts of the world, but stayed 213 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: in Miami, and I don't think I would leave it. Yes, 214 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: I am a Marlins fan. You know this is something 215 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: that we're honest about in Fits Stripes, Fitz Strips. Is 216 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: a Miami Marlins community. Are we objective? Are we informed? 217 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: Are we educated? Do we know how to you know 218 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: scout to a certain degree, do we know we're speaking 219 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: about Yes, but we are a Miami Marlin community. No 220 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: one's shying away from that. I think this is also 221 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: a part of me. Right If if you're going to 222 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: hear my words, if you're going to read my writing, 223 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: you should know my history. But I'll say this, what 224 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: I need to do is hold me accountable. It's very 225 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: easy to say, oh, well born in Miami, has a 226 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 1: pride for his city, loves the sport, loves the fish, 227 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: He's going to be biased. I'm not so certain. I'm 228 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: not so certain about that. Heck, in Miami, you honestly 229 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: get like the anti Marlins bias anything. What I want 230 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: is accountability, engagement and transparency. You know, I could be 231 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 1: a fan of the number four, but it doesn't mean 232 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: that when two plus two equals four, it's just because 233 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: I'm biased towards the number. There will be pro Marlin 234 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: statements that I make that are objectively reached. There will 235 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: be anti Marlin statements that I make that are objectively reached. 236 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: Not everything is well he doesn't like the Marlins because 237 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 1: he was a fan, or he loves the Marlins because 238 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: he's a fan. No, there's a behind it, and that's 239 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: why this dialogue will always be important. Also, I mentioned 240 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: I'm Cuban, so I do talk relatively quickly. We're you know, 241 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: a few minutes, fifteen minutes and change into into the podcast. 242 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: I'm trying to slow down my rate. If I start 243 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: talking about you know, the rebuild or a million other 244 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: different things, I'll probably speak a little quicker. But I 245 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: have faith in you, Miami and anywhere that you are 246 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: that if I can begin to understand my Trinidadian wife 247 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: within a few months of dating, then you can definitely 248 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: understand me when I talk a little quicker. So I 249 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: have faith that that will not that that will not 250 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: come as an issue. I also know that I'll probably 251 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: have something that pops into my head that I want 252 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: to share with you. Throughout the episodes. So this is 253 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: not the only time I want to talk about myself, 254 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: the only time I want to introduce myself. But you know, 255 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: just just know that I am here to be transparent 256 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: and that I'm looking forward to building this relationship with 257 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: you guys. So let's talk about what this will look like. 258 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: We want this to be a weekly, like I said, 259 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: major league content podcast. So that's what we're going to do. 260 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: We're going to provide updates on what the major league 261 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: level is looking like. You know, spoiler, we're not hitting 262 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: very much right now. We're going to talk about what 263 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: has worked the previous week, what has not worked the 264 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: previous week, news that may have occurred or that you 265 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: may have not heard yet. We'll dabble a little bit 266 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: into the minor league system. But for that, you know, 267 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: for that you need to go listen to myself and 268 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: Ethan Bodowski in Ian Smith on earning their stripes. Right 269 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: there a podcast for fish Stripes and one of the three. 270 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: And let me add this. You know, we don't get 271 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: anything necessarily from from you guys clicking and from you 272 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: guys going there other than sharing really fun content. Please 273 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: make sure you check out this week's Earning their Stripes. Yeah, 274 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: I was I bowed out from this one. I was 275 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: a little under the weather, so I decided not to 276 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: partake in this one. But Ethan and Ian did an 277 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: amazing job with Will Stewart. Will Stewart, of course acquired 278 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: from the Phillies and the jt Remudo trade has been 279 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: lighting up in his first couple of starts that he's 280 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: had this year and last year as well. Quite frankly, 281 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: amazing guy. The way he talks about baseball, the way 282 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: he talks about the clubhouse. He gives you some interesting 283 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: and funny nuggets about his his teammates and his previous 284 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: experience in the minor league system. You know, whether it's 285 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: staying somewhere that he felt that they should not have 286 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: been staying. But that's the life of minor league players, 287 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: So go ahead and check it out. You know, Earning 288 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: their Stripes, the same as Fish Bites is anywhere that 289 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: you could find a podcast, Apple, Spotify, you know, iTunes online, 290 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to find this, So make sure 291 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: you subscribe, make sure you check out that episode that 292 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: you follow both accounts, because you're just going to get 293 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: really good content. So major league content, minor league content 294 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: more for earning their stripes. We'll still touch a little 295 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: bit about that, and then the discussion in the guest interviews. 296 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: You know, I'm going to strive, and the Marlins communication 297 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: department is fantastic. I'm going to strive to get Marlin's 298 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: players right, to get Marlin's media personality, to get just 299 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: even Marlin's executives, you know, Chip Bauers, give me a call. 300 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: Let's let's let's make this conversation happen. But here's my 301 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: radical idea. My radical idea is that no other podcast 302 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: engages with the fans as much as I feel they 303 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: should because it's risky. Like it's risky. You could email 304 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: me and you can say, hey, I would love to 305 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: be on the on the pod. It is risky to 306 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: just up and decide that that's what we're gonna do. 307 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: We don't know what we're going to say. We don't 308 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: know how that conversation is going to go. Are you 309 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: used to being on air? Whatever the case is, well, 310 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: I say forget the risk. I want this to be 311 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: a fan driven podcast and I want to have fans 312 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: on here. It's as easy as calling in, right, would 313 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: we would obviously make sure that we have some agreement 314 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: of when you're going to call in and what we're 315 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: going to do. But it's as easy as calling in. 316 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: I want to make that happen. I'll let you know 317 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: how to make that happen later on in the podcast. 318 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: But that's my radical idea for weekly segments too. It 319 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,239 Speaker 1: should not just be me talking all the time, and 320 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: it should not just be waiting on guest appearances. It 321 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: should be the Miami fan base, the Marlins fan base, 322 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: showing to the national media and showing to the national 323 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,479 Speaker 1: perspective that it is a myth that Marlins fans do 324 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: not exist, and that it is a myth that Marlin's 325 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 1: fans do not grasp baseball, and that is a that 326 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: Miami and baseball cannot co exist. Because I know for 327 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: certain on Twitter, in the uh, you know, all the 328 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 1: engagements we get on articles, in the conversations at barbershops, 329 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: that this fan base understands baseball. Is it a upset, 330 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: scorned fan base. Absolutely? Is it a fan base that 331 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: has gone through very highs and then been just absolutely 332 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: and incredibly betrayed. Absolutely? Is it a fan base that 333 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: understands the intricate differences and the tactful differences between this 334 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 1: rebuild and others somewhat. But what it is is definitely 335 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: a fan base with an opinion, and I want to 336 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: hear it, and make no mistake about it. It will 337 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: not be opinions that I always correlate with. I don't 338 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: want that. I don't want yes fans, right, yes, man, 339 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: yes fans. I don't want that. I want us to 340 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: come in here and have a conversation where we disagree 341 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: and we have the discussion. So that's my radical idea. 342 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: It's not something you know that you hear in a podcast, 343 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: because I get it it's risky. It might be something 344 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 1: that as soon as we do a few of them, 345 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: we're like, okay, yeah, we can't do this, and that's fine, 346 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: but I want to give it a shot. I want 347 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: to have fan input. Now. The other thing I get, 348 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, and like I hinted earlier, I 349 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: want this to be ran by you. I want the 350 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: segments to sound like you want. I want the content 351 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: to be what you want. So I want you to 352 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: write this down for me. One. I want you to 353 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: bring out, you know, a pad or your phone or 354 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,719 Speaker 1: notes or whatever, and I want you to start writing 355 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: down what you're looking for, and then I want you 356 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: to put down fish Stripes dot com. And again, when 357 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: you go to the mast head section and you see 358 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: our staff, you'll click my name and my email will 359 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,479 Speaker 1: be there. I want you to email me what you 360 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,959 Speaker 1: want and I will do it. I will make this 361 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: podcast about us, not just me. I also want you 362 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: to remember the gym manditch call for the Dolphins whenever 363 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: they scored a touchdown. All right, my Iami, because that's 364 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 1: my user name on Twitter at all underscore right underscore Miami, 365 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: So all underscore r I ght underscore Miami. Tweet me 366 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: what you want. This podcast is about us. It is 367 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: not about me. Contact Eli Sussman, contact the other writers, 368 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. It's about us, not about me. Now, 369 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: how do I prove that in the first episode? Well, 370 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 1: I already am starting to do that, right. I reached out, 371 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: like I said earlier, and I teased what the conversation 372 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: should be like, what the conversation should be like today? 373 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: After I give my introduction, right, I wanted you to 374 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: know a little bit about me. I wanted you to 375 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: know why I love baseball, why I am the way 376 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: that I am. I wanted you to know that this 377 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: is going to be an MLB content podcast, that we're 378 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: going to recap the week that you need to go 379 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: to earning their stripes to get the minor league stuff. 380 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: Even though I'll touch on that as well. I wanted 381 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: you to know all of that as well as the 382 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: fact that I want you to run this podcast and 383 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: give me feedback. So I asked after that, what do 384 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 1: you want me talk about today? What do you want 385 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: me to start off with? And, like I laughed earlier 386 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: and I joked about earlier, you guys chose a good one. 387 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: So here's the question, right, Danny, what do you think 388 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: about the rebuild? I got that from four people, right. 389 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 1: Other people had different, you know questions, whatever the case is. 390 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: Before people gave me that. I only reached out to 391 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: about ten. And you know, I'm going to use that 392 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: forty percent success rate or you know, consistency, right, and 393 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna choose that one as the answer. So in psychology, 394 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: we try to train psychologists to ask open ended questions, right, 395 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: because what you want is not to have a leading 396 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: question or a closed question where the conversation can go 397 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: no further. You guys, gave me a good open ended 398 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: question with what do I think about the rebuild? So 399 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: I'll attack it in three in three ways. First, I'll 400 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: answer the question do I think the rebuild was necessary? 401 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: Because that's something I see a lot in the common 402 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: section of my articles. Two, you know, what are the 403 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: positives and what are the negatives? Because quite frankly, we 404 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: should all be tired of the black and white thinking 405 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: that happens the therapyre room. Black and white thinking is 406 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: what it sounds like. It's this extreme thinking, like there's 407 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: no gray area, there's no tact there's no context or 408 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 1: critical thinking involved. It's either, well, the rebuild was perfect, 409 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: the rebuild was awful black and white thinking. I'm going 410 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: to say that I'm a little bit more in the gray. 411 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: And my second point there is I'm going to tell 412 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: you why I'm in the gray. And then third, just overall, 413 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: how do I feel about it? My content and my 414 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: angry am I hopeful we'll see? So the first one, 415 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: do I believe that the rebuild was necessary? Yes? I do, 416 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: without a shadow of a doubt. I believe the rebuild 417 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: was necessary. And here is why seventy five wins is 418 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:13,360 Speaker 1: what that offensive core was averaging. So whenever the years 419 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: that Stanton and yell A, Chenozuna and the rest of 420 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: them were up, they averaged seventy five. Said then the 421 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:26,959 Speaker 1: single seventy five wins. Seventy five wins. When you are 422 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: averaging seventy five wins with an offensive corp, you do 423 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,479 Speaker 1: not have any prospects that are coming up other than 424 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: Brian Anderson, which means you don't have any pitching prospects 425 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: that are coming up. You don't have any prospects to 426 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: trade for pitching. Your farm system is bottom three in 427 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,719 Speaker 1: the league. You don't have any pitching up there, especially 428 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: after the tragedy of Jose Fernandez and his friends and 429 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: your bottom five in attendance, and Stanton's contract is about 430 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,959 Speaker 1: to come up because Laura backloaded it knowing very well 431 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: what he was going to do with his team. Guess 432 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: what you probably need to rebuild. You probably need to rebuild, 433 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: you know, I'll say that statement, and I really really 434 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: think the majority of the fan base, which is really 435 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 1: tuned in, has accepted that fact. Now, they might have 436 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: an issue with the positives and the negatives of the rebuild, 437 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: and we'll get into that in the second point. But 438 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: The first plant is yes, they absolutely had to rebuild. 439 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: The contrarian or the skeptic and I don't mind those 440 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: opinions will come in and say, well, they were two 441 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: pictures away. I disagree. They were like four pictures away. 442 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: Oh and like five bullpen pieces. To me, that's the 443 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: magical unicorn theory, the two magical unicorn pictures away theory. 444 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,239 Speaker 1: It's just false. They weren't. And you know, if we 445 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: had those pictures, we traded them away. Chris Paddock gone, 446 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: Keeney gone, Marte who's had his own issues gone, Trevor 447 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: Williams gone, Lewis Castillo gone, They're all gone. If you 448 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: had them in the system and you hadn't traded them 449 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: for the likes of Fernando Rodney, then maybe possibly you 450 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: look at a rebuild that wasn't necessary because you had 451 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: pitching coming up. But that wasn't the case. They had 452 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: no pitching and they could not acquire it, and they 453 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: weren't two free agent pitchers away in what was a 454 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: weak class. So they do the rebuild, right, they conduct 455 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: the rebuild. And I'll just add, actually one more point 456 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,719 Speaker 1: before I go to the second point here. You know, 457 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: you look at the recent franchises that have had recent success, 458 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: not just one year in no consistent success. If you 459 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: look for thematic patterns, what you're going to see is 460 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: that they have a talented farm system and pitching. A 461 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 1: talented farm system and pitching. You want to win, get 462 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: a talented farm system and pitching. The Marlins had neither. 463 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: So when you ask me, is it necessary, that's the 464 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 1: answer for me. They did not have pitching nor a 465 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: talented farm system. They weren't going anywhere, and the seventy 466 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: five win average is what shows that. Okay, so we 467 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 1: move on and we say, Okay, maybe Danny has a 468 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: point here whatever. I might not agree with him, but still, 469 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: you know they they were only averaging seventy five wins. Okay, 470 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: a rebuild was needed. But Danny, you know it's been 471 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: a bad rebuild. Maybe that's your point, and I'm okay 472 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 1: with engaging in that conversation. So let's do it. First off, 473 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 1: the first question is should it have been a full 474 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: rebuilder a partial? I'm I'm really okay with entertaining those 475 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 1: that say, hey, it should have been a partial. You 476 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: don't give into Yelich's trade demands. You don't give into 477 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: Remudo trades demands, but you trade everyone else right or 478 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: regressing Dee Gordon and aging and regressing Marcelo Zuna, especially 479 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: since he was a two year rental. And then you 480 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: definitely always, no matter what type of rebuild you do, 481 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: you have to get rid of Stan's contract. Maybe I'm 482 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: okay with that because then you have yell At, you 483 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: have Remudo, you have the rest of the individuals that 484 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: we currently have on the offensive side, and then you 485 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: except for Alpha ro obviously, and then you have all 486 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: the pitching right now on the major league roster that 487 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: we would have had even without those two trades. I'm 488 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: okay with that. I'm not agreeing with it, but I'm 489 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: okay with the people that say that that's what should 490 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: have happened. So I concede that point. However, I do 491 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: not concede the belief or the black and white thinking 492 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: that this entire rebuild has been awful. See, you have 493 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: the individuals that will defend every single move, every single 494 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: move that Derek Jeter, Bruce Sherman, Michael Hill, Gary denbo 495 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: and company have done. And I'm sorry, Marlins, You're not 496 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: going to get that from me. I don't love every 497 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: single move, right, how boring would that be. However, you 498 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: also have the people that are entirely too far on 499 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: the other side, and they feel that every single move 500 00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: has just been awful. That's also Aseneine, it's ludicrous. Every 501 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: move has been awful. If you ask me, it really 502 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: is somewhere in the gray, they really have had solid moves. 503 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: If I have to without even going into content for 504 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: time purposes, but if I have to really dive into 505 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: good and bad, Look, the de Gordon trade is a 506 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: good trade. The Ozuna trade, now we're playing results a 507 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: little bit here now, is a good trade. You see 508 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: what Sandil Contra can do. Have you realize what Zach 509 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: Gallan has been doing? And oh, by the way, the 510 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: prospect everyone gave up on Magnera Sierra only twenty two, 511 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,439 Speaker 1: just turned twenty three and is already lighting up the 512 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 1: miners because he's finally in the developmental year that he 513 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: needs to be in. I wouldn't say the Marlins are 514 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: winning that trade. Azuna's on a tear right now, but 515 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,959 Speaker 1: again he's a free agent after this year. Give me 516 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: five six years plus of Sandy Gallon and Sierra over 517 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: two years of Ozuna. Well, you could bring back if 518 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: you wanted to. After this year. The Stanton trade was 519 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: the only one that's an actual fire cell. That's another 520 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 1: narrative that I get really tired of. Oh well, they 521 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: they did fire sales. Listen. This is something I did 522 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: a lot of research on for my articles. The rebuilds 523 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: were not the same. Lauria's two rebuilds were not the same. 524 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: As this. Laura would pair contracts of value with contracts 525 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: that were heavy, which would decrease the return of the 526 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: contract of the players coming back. Which is why the 527 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: farm system never took the increase and the step forward 528 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: that this year's farm system has. The farm system never 529 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: took that step forward because Lauria cared more about the 530 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: money than the product and the return, and he lowered 531 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: the value by pairing expensive contracts with the value that 532 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: he was sending out. Jeter didn't do that. Hill didn't 533 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: do that. He just Stanton. And that's the one fire sale. 534 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: That's the one budgetary relief mood move that we can 535 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: talk about. And even in that one, go look up 536 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: Jose Dever's number. Nineteen year old shortstop probably going to 537 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: be the future of the Marlins. There at the Shortstop position. 538 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: Go look up the way that he's swinging the bat 539 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: right now. And we've always known that he could be 540 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: a goal glove caliber short stop. Castro is what Castro is. 541 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: I think there's a fun fact that he has actually 542 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: more hits than Stanton does since the trade and a 543 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: similar war since Tanton does. Since obviously you know you're 544 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: comparing apples and oranges there, still he is what he is. Oh, 545 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: and then you have George Guzman, who was a top 546 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: one hundred prospect at the time of the trade. Another 547 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: another pet peeve of mind when people say, oh, they 548 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: didn't get top one hundred prospects at the time of 549 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: the rebuilds. The Marlins who had top one hundred status 550 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: is San Diaz, Monte, Harrison, Louis Brinston, Magneri, George Guzman, 551 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: Sandi al Contra, Nick Knier gained it after a mid 552 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: season of being here. All of those people had Baseball 553 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: America Top one hundred or Baseball Prospectus Top one hundred designations. 554 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: So let's stop saying they didn't get top one hundred 555 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: content for that have they fallen off shore some of them, 556 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: but at the time time of the trade. So if 557 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: we don't use hindsight. At the time of the trade, 558 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,959 Speaker 1: they got top one hundred prospects back, and then they 559 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: finish it up with an amazing Remudo trade. Now you 560 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: want a negative, here's my negative. When Yelich asked for 561 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: a public trade demand, which for what it's worth, let 562 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: me get this out of the way. I don't blame 563 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: any of the players for doing so. Do I think 564 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: they should have done it privately instead of going public 565 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: with their agents. Absolutely, But I don't blame them for 566 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: wanting to get out in their prime and go to 567 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: competitive teams. I really genuinely do not. Anyway, when Yelich 568 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: demanded that, I think that they panicked a little bit, 569 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: you know. Craigmish confirmed that the Blue Jays and the 570 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: Milwaukee Brewers were the only teams that had offers out 571 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: on the table for Christian Yelich, which means number one, 572 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: hats off to Stern and the Brewers for seeing the 573 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: talent there, but also that a lot of other teams 574 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: did not see it, did not offer anything of substance. However, 575 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: the Marlins did not panic and take quick deals with 576 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: J T Remudo if you remember last year's fan fest, 577 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: so not this year, but last year's there was the 578 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 1: rumor that came out that JT wanted a trade, but 579 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: they did not have to panic. They waited and they 580 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: got the right deal. They waited in another year and 581 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: they got the right deal for Remutto. I think that 582 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: that was a mistake to not do that with Yellow. Nonetheless, 583 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: the other deal is still not necessarily done. Seventy five 584 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: percent of the prospects are not at the major league level. 585 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: Clearly Brentson is struggling and we need to see what 586 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 1: happens there. So this trade are awful. The optics of 587 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: this trade are awful. The man goes and wins an MVP. 588 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of base ballpark factors there 589 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 1: that people just love to ignore, but still credit to him. 590 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: We still do have to see though, what he Sundiaz becomes. 591 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: We have to see what Monte Harrison becomes. It just 592 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: head a Grand Slam this week. We have to see 593 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 1: what Jordan Yamamoto, who quite frankly has been the best 594 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 1: performer out of the four in the returns last year 595 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: and this year. We have to see what happens. However, 596 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: we now have a clear example of what the Marins 597 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: are capable when they do not panic for a public 598 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: trade demand because the jt Ramudo trade is saucy. They 599 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: got Hodei Alfaro, who's by far the person looking like 600 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: the strongest core player right now moving forward, who was 601 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 1: a top one hundred prospect for years and years and 602 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: years as a catcher, and fun fact, was ranked just 603 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: one spot lower in total War for a catcher last 604 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: year than jt Ramudo. So J. T Romudo is the 605 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: best catcher in baseball. Hodei Alfo was ranked unspot lower 606 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: than him in total War. I think about that, and 607 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: you got him for a lot more years than you 608 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: would have had J. T Ermudo. But don't even worry 609 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,959 Speaker 1: about Alphao. You got little Pedro Martinez and Luis Severino 610 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: with six Do Sanchez census top right handed prospect in 611 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: the game of baseball, not just the Marlins, the game 612 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: of baseball, Top twenty five across every list that you 613 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: want to find, getting comps comparisons to Pedro Martinez to 614 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: Luis Severino, kid with ridiculous plus pitches and plus control, 615 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: top of the rotation, bonafide ace six Do Sanchez. And 616 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 1: then the third piece is Will Stewart again, go make sure. 617 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: You see his interview which was amazing with Earning Their 618 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:34,320 Speaker 1: Stripes this week. An amazing character and even better pitcher 619 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,480 Speaker 1: from the left side, incredibly deceptive mechanics looked like a 620 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,799 Speaker 1: mixture of Alex Wood and Chris Sao, like you'll hear 621 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: in the Earning Their Stripes podcast. Incredible. The package that 622 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 1: they got for one cure who was demanding a trade 623 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:54,240 Speaker 1: and was going to walk in a year, incredible return 624 00:34:54,719 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 1: two years. They could have done that with Yaolich. They 625 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: could have done that with Yelich, but they didn't. And 626 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 1: that's where a negative comes in. Another negative is the 627 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,759 Speaker 1: entire public relations the first year that they were here, right, 628 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 1: the bad look of the Tommy not the Tommy Hutton, 629 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: but the Rich Waltz, even though it has more to 630 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,319 Speaker 1: do with the Fox Sports Florida than anything. The bad 631 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,760 Speaker 1: look of the scout that was dealing with an illness 632 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: but got fired, you know, the lack of transparency with 633 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 1: the rebuild. I get that. I get how that's another negative, 634 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: but look at how quickly that changed because Derek Jeter 635 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: went out and decided to get himself. Chip Bowers. Chip 636 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 1: Bowers is the man who before the Golden State Warriors 637 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:45,880 Speaker 1: were good on court, turned them into a competent business 638 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 1: and fan base off court. He didn't do it when 639 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: it was easy after they were winning titles. He did 640 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: it before when it was still difficult. Well, Chip Bowers 641 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 1: now runs the business organization for the Marlins, and if 642 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: you haven't seen the differences, then that's just on you. 643 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: We start the DM low campaign, which was the boxes 644 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: where the fans could basically give their impression of what 645 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: needs to change right and almost everything that was discussed 646 00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,760 Speaker 1: there from someone who had access to these to these requests, 647 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: everything has been done. The Marlins and the fans wanted 648 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: a new jerseys, new logo. They got it, and the 649 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,240 Speaker 1: retail the retail figures are showing that it's been wildly 650 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 1: successful for rebrand. They wanted the statue gone, it's gone. 651 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,280 Speaker 1: They wanted the centerfield statue gone and replaced with something 652 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: that was better. Now you look at the Auto Nation 653 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:36,359 Speaker 1: Ali and it's a beautiful, beautiful spot to see the game, 654 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:38,800 Speaker 1: the ivy on both sides. If you haven't gone to 655 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,239 Speaker 1: the new park upgrades yet, you have to go. It 656 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: is a great experience. They wanted more community outreach, you 657 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,359 Speaker 1: got it. Marlins are literally building parks for kids all 658 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,919 Speaker 1: across Miami. How about lower concession prices. Oh, you could 659 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: get a bunch of food items now for three or 660 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:59,240 Speaker 1: five dollars. You want better concessions, We'll bring in local 661 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 1: restaurants like Pinchot. You want things to look nicer, We're 662 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,799 Speaker 1: gonna do the concessions all over again. We're gonna do 663 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 1: the walking area all over again. We're gonna do the 664 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: center field, We're gonna do the exterior. We're gonna make 665 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,399 Speaker 1: it so that everything that you want that we can 666 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: handle right now. Because the baseball side is a rebuild, 667 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna take time. The business side can be done 668 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,080 Speaker 1: right away. You know what, We're gonna spend fifteen million 669 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:27,240 Speaker 1: dollars and we'll fix it. You want international involvement, We're 670 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: creating a complex in the Dominican Republic. You want international signings. 671 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:35,280 Speaker 1: Here's the number one international prospect free agent in baseball. 672 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:42,839 Speaker 1: It's it's phenomenal. It's phenomenal. The business side has been great, 673 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 1: it's been adaptive, it's been dynamic, it's responded quickly. The 674 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: baseball side, like I said, has its positives, has its 675 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: things that we would most likely be a few years 676 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,240 Speaker 1: away from But let me tell you something, you don't 677 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: do awful trades and you don't have an awful rebuild 678 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,760 Speaker 1: by going from dead lass in pharm system organizational rankings 679 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 1: according to Baseball America or I believe it was actually 680 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:14,359 Speaker 1: bottom three in organizational rankings to top thirteen before their 681 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: first rebuilding draft. Because see, the Marlins haven't even taken 682 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,319 Speaker 1: advantage of being pad yet. They haven't taken advantage of 683 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,359 Speaker 1: the rebuild yet. Last year their pickles number thirteen because 684 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:29,880 Speaker 1: they was still off the win loss record of the 685 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen team. This is the first year, this upcoming draft, 686 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,360 Speaker 1: the first year where you can count it as a 687 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: rebuilding draft, and even before their first year of a 688 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: rebuilding draft, they're a top thirteen farm system. You want 689 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,520 Speaker 1: proof that this works, go look at the last five years. 690 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: Go look at the five years prior to winning the 691 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 1: World Series for the Astros. Go look at the five 692 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: years prior to winning the title for the Cubs. Why 693 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: don't you go ahead and do the same for the Braves, 694 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 1: Go ahead and do with the Royals. What you're gonna 695 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:06,080 Speaker 1: see is a team that was mediocre, seventy five wins, 696 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: seventy five wins, very similar to the Marlins, start losing 697 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: and getting to sixty wins, sixty wins, and then all 698 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:16,359 Speaker 1: of a sudden getting better and winning a title. Why 699 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,799 Speaker 1: was that well because each one of those teams, while 700 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,920 Speaker 1: their right win loss record at the pro level was 701 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:28,160 Speaker 1: getting lower, their organizational rankings were raising, similar to the Fish, 702 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,400 Speaker 1: from bottom three to top thirteen even before their first draft. 703 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: After this draft, they'll be top ten. By next year, 704 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: they'll probably be a top seven farm system, and by 705 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:37,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, get ready, because the kids are going 706 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,239 Speaker 1: to be able to play, the pitching will not even 707 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,359 Speaker 1: be an issue at all. We're gonna have extra pitching. 708 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,120 Speaker 1: They're gonna have extra pitching to be able to trade 709 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,719 Speaker 1: for hitters. If you think that the hitters are an issue, sure, 710 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 1: but we can trade for hitting. We can draft hitting 711 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,520 Speaker 1: in this draft. And quite frankly, it's not like the system, Barren. 712 00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,880 Speaker 1: You wouldn't mind Jose Devers up or Victor Victor Mesa. 713 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,719 Speaker 1: Who's what hitting four six the last six games? What 714 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:07,840 Speaker 1: about Monte Harrison, what about Isan Diaz, Tristan Pompeii, Connor Scott. 715 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: There are bats in this system, and if not, there's 716 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,000 Speaker 1: finally pitching to go out and acquire the bats that 717 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 1: you needed. At the major league level. You're looking at 718 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 1: a core of Alfa, Ro and Anderson for certain, and 719 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,279 Speaker 1: hopefully Brinson can put himself into that mold as well. 720 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 1: The offense will be there. The offense right now is 721 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,200 Speaker 1: historically bad, make no mistake about it. I'm sure it's 722 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 1: something I'll talk about for next week. But the plan 723 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:43,000 Speaker 1: is in place. So that was a rather lengthy number 724 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 1: two of what are the positives and what are the negatives? 725 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,880 Speaker 1: Number three, again, is my overall feeling. Guys, My overall 726 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: feeling is content. I'm content with where we're at, and 727 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,160 Speaker 1: I'm hopeful for the future for the first time in 728 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,719 Speaker 1: a very long time. There are many fans, and I 729 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 1: get it, it's not the national perspective, but there are 730 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: many fans who tell me they have enough felt this 731 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:13,440 Speaker 1: hopeful quite frankly since before Jose Fernandez. Because there's reason. 732 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: There's reason. Every single night that you look in the 733 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 1: minor league staff right now, you're gonna find an arm 734 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,960 Speaker 1: taking the mound that could be a future ace every 735 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:29,680 Speaker 1: single night. Six Do Sanchez, Nick Nider, Jordan Yamamoto, Braxton, 736 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: Garrett Jordan Holloway, Trevor Richards, Will Stewart, Zach Gallen at 737 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 1: the major league level, Pablo Lopez, Sandi Au Contra, Caleb Smith, 738 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:42,120 Speaker 1: Trevor Richards, you want to, I mean Chris vallimont In 739 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,799 Speaker 1: single a you. Everywhere you look, there is someone there. 740 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 1: George Guzman, Edward cup Berrera. These are all names that 741 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,920 Speaker 1: are going to force their way up. And if they 742 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:55,719 Speaker 1: don't force their way up, they'll be used as a 743 00:41:55,719 --> 00:42:02,960 Speaker 1: piece to get hitting. Farm system and pitching. Farm system 744 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,799 Speaker 1: and pitching that is what leads to success, and that 745 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: is finally what the Marlins have. I don't blame anyone 746 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: for being angry. I don't blame anyone for feeling like 747 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:17,280 Speaker 1: that scorned lover or abused or betrayed, or not wanting 748 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,439 Speaker 1: to grasp the prospects or not wanting to really dive 749 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:25,040 Speaker 1: into that. We want immediate satisfaction. We want winning right now. 750 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,280 Speaker 1: Well guess what we weren't getting it with the previous cores. 751 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:32,520 Speaker 1: Really that simple for me, pitching in a talented farm system. 752 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,239 Speaker 1: The Marlons have it. You want to know how I 753 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:40,759 Speaker 1: feel about the rebuild. It's a necessary evil. It's a 754 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,680 Speaker 1: necessary way to get to where you eventually want to go. 755 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:49,120 Speaker 1: When Miami Marlins are winning again, Miami will pretend that 756 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:53,080 Speaker 1: they never left. If they kept losing, they'll pretend they 757 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:56,960 Speaker 1: were never there. It's what part of this fan base is. 758 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,400 Speaker 1: And I don't blame us, I don't. I don't blame 759 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:03,000 Speaker 1: the city of Myneami for this. I really don't. All 760 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:07,720 Speaker 1: I ask is for a little perspective. So you wanted 761 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:10,880 Speaker 1: to know how I felt about the rebuild. That's how 762 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 1: I feel. I feel it was necessary. I feel that 763 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,399 Speaker 1: there's clear positives and clear negatives and that the answer 764 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,760 Speaker 1: is somewhere in the middle. And I'm content and hopeful. 765 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:24,560 Speaker 1: Will I miss Ozuna as he hits five home runs 766 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,040 Speaker 1: in the last six games, Yes, will I miss Yelich, 767 00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:29,759 Speaker 1: Will I miss Stanton? Will I miss these players and 768 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,960 Speaker 1: seeing this offense? Absolutely, But I'm not gonna miss seventy 769 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:38,240 Speaker 1: five wins. Now we're gonna be wrapping up shortly for today. 770 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,880 Speaker 1: I want to highlight just two things again. One is 771 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:46,520 Speaker 1: that the only change here is that we're gonna start 772 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:51,560 Speaker 1: doing weekly podcasts. On my end of it, looking at 773 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:55,040 Speaker 1: MLB content, dipping a little bit into minor league content, 774 00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:56,719 Speaker 1: but really that's for earning their stripes. So we're not 775 00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:00,719 Speaker 1: gonna touch that too much, and you could expect this 776 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:06,880 Speaker 1: every Monday while you're driving to work. Two, I want 777 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,080 Speaker 1: to engage with you, and I need this podcast to 778 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:13,400 Speaker 1: be about you. I want this relationship to be built, 779 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:15,800 Speaker 1: and for the relationship to be built, it means that 780 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,440 Speaker 1: I need your feedback you want. Honestly, I am honestly 781 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,680 Speaker 1: going to be disappointed if I don't have one email, 782 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,440 Speaker 1: or one tweet, or one anything about a segment that 783 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,600 Speaker 1: you want for next week. I want you to take 784 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,000 Speaker 1: advantage of this. I want you to take advantage of 785 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,399 Speaker 1: me here. I want you to tell me exactly what 786 00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,719 Speaker 1: you want from this podcast, because that is what will 787 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 1: make it successful. If you're a fan and you want 788 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,040 Speaker 1: to be on the on the air, let me know. 789 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:42,880 Speaker 1: We'll set it up. It's as easy as you calling in. 790 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:50,560 Speaker 1: We can make this happen. We can make it a success. 791 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:54,000 Speaker 1: And all I know is that the same way that 792 00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:58,760 Speaker 1: I have passion and love for my family for my field, 793 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:02,040 Speaker 1: I have passion and love for baseball. And as long 794 00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:05,040 Speaker 1: as you meet that standard, you are more than welcome 795 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:09,279 Speaker 1: to be here. All right, I love you all I 796 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,000 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys listening to me. 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