1 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: The show goes on. This is the official show on 2 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: the Fish on First podcast channel with me Eli Susman, 3 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: the managing editor of Fishtribes. We're covering your Miami Marlins 4 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: every day in our own way at both the major 5 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: league and all of the minor league levels. If you're 6 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: listening to this on Fish on First, you should have 7 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 1: just gone through hearing State of the Fish that's led 8 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: by Grant Kiefer, including members of our staff, including people 9 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: like you who call in during the show to speak. 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: That's here on the same channel. 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On this 20 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: particular episode, I just wanted to share observations from each 21 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: of the minor league affiliates. Low A Jupiter, Hi A, 22 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: Beloit Double A, Pensacola, Triple A, Jacksonville. Now that all 23 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: of those seasons are underway, this was a pretty exciting weekend, 24 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 1: and most of these teams just got started over the 25 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: last couple of days. It's been an exciting start to 26 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: the minor league season, I thought, for a farm system 27 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: that bluntly has been underwhelming considering how much money and 28 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: how much emphasis the Marlins have put into getting homegrown 29 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: talent produced by themselves. This is such an important year, 30 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: and I think things are off to a fairly encouraging start. 31 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: As I'm going to get into very briefly, the Triple 32 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: A season started a full one week in advance of 33 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: these other affiliates. We're going to save that or the end, 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna do quick hits on the lower levels 35 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: leading up to that, pointing out particular players and trends, 36 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: and just giving you a general overview about where some 37 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: of these top prospects are starting their twenty twenty three 38 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: minor league season. So stick with me. Right after the break, 39 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: we begin with the Jupiter hammer Heads three games into 40 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: their season. What I'm focusing in on are the pitching 41 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: prospects Carson mill Brandt. He was the second pitcher the 42 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: Marlins selected in the twenty twenty two draft. They bought 43 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: him out of his college commitments. Again, the sign played 44 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: him a multimillion dollars signing bonus. He there wasn't like 45 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: a whole lot of particulars out on him at the 46 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: time of the draft in terms of what to expect, 47 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: other than he had a lot of starting pitcher traits, 48 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: and I think there was some reporting from Baseball America 49 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: that his fastball velocity was trending upwards heading into the 50 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,119 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two draft and poking into the mid nineties. 51 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: So for this right hander to see, he got a 52 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: little taste of pro baseball last summer, but this was 53 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: his first thing resembling even a full length start, and 54 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: he didn't even quite get that far, just four innings. 55 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: What stood out to me was that fastball velocity in 56 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: this outing for Jupiter, mill Brandt sitting in the mid nineties, 57 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: averaging just under ninety five miles per hour on his fastball. 58 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: That certainly caught my attention. And in that same grouping 59 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: we have Jacob Miller. He was drafted just ahead of 60 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: mill brands in twenty twenty two out of an Ohio 61 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: High School. He's well known for his breaking balls, and 62 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: so his debut went a little bit differently, and that 63 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: the results were terrific. He pitched five scorelessettings, only allowing 64 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: two hits in the process on a hyper efficient sixty 65 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: five pitches. Although his fastball velocity was a couple ticks 66 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: down from mill Brands, he was averaging about ninety two 67 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: and a half on his heater in his first of 68 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: this season. So Miller is somebody that you would expect 69 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: if nothing else. There's a lot of confidence in his 70 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: breaking balls and being able to miss bats, even if 71 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: it's ultimately as a reliever one way or the other. 72 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: Kind of surprising how few swings and misses he got 73 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: in this very first outing with Jupiter. Some other notable 74 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: prospects assigned to the Hammerheads to begin the year infielder 75 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: Ian Lewis utility guy Javier Sonoa. With Lewis missed a 76 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: good chunk of last year due to injury. Signed out 77 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: of the Bahama's Way back in twenty nineteen. He's somebody 78 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: that could rise fairly quickly in the system if he 79 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: hits the way that we expect him to. He's been 80 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: a little bit inconsistent in living up to what I 81 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: think his immense hitting potential is. And Sonoah is somebody. 82 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: He had a fascinating year last year. He lit up 83 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: rookie ball struggles actually with Jupiter in both stops, showed 84 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: tremendous contact hitting, and that continued over the winter playing 85 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: Venezuelan Winter Ball. As one of the youngest players out there, 86 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 1: Sonoah is listed at five foot seven and I think 87 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: that's right about accurate. So there's clearly limitations in terms 88 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: of his power potential at this stage of his career 89 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: at least, But just like lewis the young guy, I 90 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: think he's right around twenty years old right now. So 91 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to him kind of repeating this level, 92 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: to have a lot more success offensively and to make 93 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: his way up to Buloit. So we're going to spend 94 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: a lot of time here on Buloit. If you listen 95 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: to the stream that I did with Alex Carver Fish 96 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: on the Farm as well as Daniel Devivo. I think 97 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: we agreed that the Beloit skycarp are the minor league 98 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: affiliate to watch this upcoming season. Some of that comes 99 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: down to their broadcast elements. I want to shout out 100 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: Larry Larson and their whole crew that produces both the 101 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: radio side and television product. A really good camera angle 102 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: at their home ballpark, good graphics, slow motion replays like 103 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: you can really see their games in high quality and 104 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: understand what's going on there. Get a real good feel 105 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: for these prospects. More so than anything else, it's driven 106 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: by the caliber of talent that is on these affiliates. 107 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: Beginning to me with Khalil Watson, I'd see him as 108 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 1: a big bounce back candidate. Very disappointing first year in 109 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: Pro BAWL last season on and off the field. So 110 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: far on the field in Beloit, it's been a great 111 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: opening weekend for him, particularly on Saturday. He went three 112 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: for three with a home run, a walk, an outstanding 113 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: defensive play at shortstop as well, one to. 114 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 2: Oh Pitch rolled to the hole at short backcandid play 115 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 2: by Watson. Throwed a first in time to get him, 116 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 2: but Watson is hobbling down the third base line. 117 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: There was an injury scare when he was making that 118 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: defensive play. He heard his ankle it looked like but 119 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: then he stayed in the game and that's actually when 120 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: he hit the home run, and you can see him 121 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: very noticeably lipping around the bases. Very brief injury scare. 122 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: He didn't start on Sunday, but he did come into 123 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: that game as a pitch. So now with the off 124 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: day coming on Monday, thing should be business as usual. 125 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: You would think this upcoming week for Khalil Watson, who 126 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: has all the potential to establish himself as a MLB 127 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: top one hundred overall prospect. Once again, just immense offensive tools, 128 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: the defensive play at shorts probably the most encouraging thing. 129 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: Earlier in the same weekends, he did make a pretty 130 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: routine error, so I want to be fair on both 131 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: sides of it. It wasn't a perfect start for him 132 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: in that aspect. The upside is immense. I still understand 133 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: completely why the Marlins took him where they did and 134 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: with their very first pick in the twenty twenty one draft, 135 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: and now we go to Jacob Berry first round pick. 136 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: Last year. You'll remember that myself and a lot of 137 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: our staff we were very critical of the decision to 138 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: take him in the first place. No offense to him, 139 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: it's just understanding who else was on the board with 140 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: a six to overall pick. He had a very milk 141 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: toast debut at low A last year they promoted him 142 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: up Beloit. Anyway, what stood out about this opening series 143 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: is in his very first game he stole a base 144 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: after stealing only one base in thirty something games the 145 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: year before in pro ball. Then the next day he 146 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: had a triple to right center field when not one 147 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: of those flooky triples. He just crushed the line drive 148 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: into the gap, made it's the wall, and he was 149 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: busting it around the base bases to get to third. 150 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: So somebody not known for his athleticism, In fact, his 151 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: lack of athleticism being pointed as a reason why he 152 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: was perhaps an unusual pick as high as he was 153 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: that showed up in these first couple of games. I 154 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: was not expecting to see that a pleasant surprise. Then 155 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: on Sunday, to finish off that game, he did this 156 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: is what we expect from Jacob Barry. He rips a 157 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: single between first and seconds to drive in the winning run, 158 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: a walk off RBI single to win Beloit their opening series. 159 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 2: Barry grounds it through the right side, pass it of 160 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 2: a Costa Rosario gets the wave around third, the throat 161 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 2: of the plate is it's not in time, Rossario slides 162 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 2: around the tag and Jacob Barry delivers a walk off winner. 163 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 1: Barry is somebody that if he hits the way that 164 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 1: he's supposed to, he could move up in the system 165 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: before the end of the year. The bad is the 166 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: one thing at least a hit tool for the switch 167 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: hitter is thought to be the safest thing with him, 168 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: So anything else beyond that that is gravy. At this point, 169 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: We'll see how long he sticks defensively at third base. 170 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: I think that is the only defensive position he played 171 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: during this opening series. Let me just double check that 172 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: for you as we go into Jacob Barry for Belloyd, 173 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: he was at third base in each of these games. 174 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: So only two hits during these first three games, if 175 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: you want to dive really deep into small sample sizes. Overall, 176 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 1: I'm encouraged by the athleticism portion of it. On the 177 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: pitching side, Alan Williams, the eleventh round pick of the 178 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: Marlins in this past draft. His high debut six scoreless endings. 179 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: What stood out to me fastball commands getting whiffs up 180 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: in the strike zone with it, as well as his 181 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: change up. It has that vertical drop you one, and 182 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: it also has that arm side movement that comes in 183 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: the late as well to get some whiffs as it 184 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: was just a great pitch for him. The fastball is 185 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: where he got most of his damage. My favorite play 186 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: was what he did defensively on a shallow fly ball 187 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: to right caught by Osiris Johnson, and in the course 188 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 1: of chasing down that pop up, the defense on the 189 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: right side got scrambled. Williams has a cover first base 190 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: for the runner that was on first and had floated 191 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: off the bag. Williams makes a great catch on the 192 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: throw in from right field to double off that runner. 193 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: That was a great moment to keep the shutout intact. 194 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 2: Waits for the two to one as the runner goes 195 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 2: The pitches popped up on the first base side long 196 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: run for Marina. As Johnson, the right fielder, slides and 197 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 2: makes the catch throws the first that's a double play 198 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: as Williams gets over to cover. 199 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: Some other notables on the skycarp roster. We have Yiddi Cape, 200 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: the reigning Marlins Minor League Player of the Year. He's 201 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: experimenting at the middle infield spots for this team. Joe 202 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: Mack behind the plate, he's been solid so far in 203 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: this super small sample size, and Van Fitverer, who I see, 204 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: is somebody that is capable of a lot more than 205 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: he's shown in the minors so far. His first start 206 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: once again played plagued by just bad control. I think 207 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: eventually he's going to figure that out. This is a 208 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: crucial year for him to do so, not starting on 209 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: the right foot, and after spending so much of last 210 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: year in Beloit, I'd like to see him get positive 211 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: results relatively quickly. Finishing off this segment, we're gonna go 212 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: to Jack Xenville after the break in between Double A 213 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: Pensacola and the natural places start with the BLUA. Who 214 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: is YERI Perez a little bit surprising that he's repeating 215 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: the Double A level. Widely regarded as one of the 216 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: best pitching prospects in all of baseball and finished last 217 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: year on a high note. Like he was missing bats 218 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: at Double A during the starts where he was fully 219 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: healthy last year, he was really successful for the moment. 220 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: They just have a lot of arms above him on 221 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: the depth charts in Triple A, and I think that, 222 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: more so than anything, explains why he got this particular 223 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: assignment Once again. His debut was I don't know if 224 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: you want to say bad, not what you're looking for. 225 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: Four innings pitched and it took him in inefficient eighty 226 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: nine pitches to get through it. That might be his 227 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: highest pitch count so far during his pro career. He 228 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: had three hits, three runs, but only one earned three walks, 229 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: five strikeouts in a home run on for Yuri. The 230 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: reason why I had to push back the recording time 231 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: of this podcast because I was just following some updates 232 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: on this Sunday Pensacola game that started at five o'clock 233 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: Eastern and I see the first couple times through the 234 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: order that Pat monte Verde, the left hander, was like 235 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: perfect through three innings, and so I had to tune 236 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: in and watch that before going into record that, just 237 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: to see how far he would go with this. And 238 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: I'm this is still in the middle of the game, 239 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: so maybe his final line will look different. But six 240 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: innings pitch so far, one hit, one walk, eleven strikeouts. 241 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 2: Things of a no hit performance, but it was a loss. 242 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 2: Smack it up miss at a high fastball strikeout number 243 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 2: eleven for Patrick Monteverdi. 244 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: This has yet another pitcher that was drafted recently twenty 245 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: twenty one out of Texas Tech. If I remember correctly, 246 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 1: I came to like him a lot as last year 247 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: went on. He did finish last year in double A 248 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: eleven strikeouts, though, is something new for him last year. 249 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: Was stood out is his general pitch ability, the variety 250 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: of his pitch mix, but not so much missing bats. 251 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,439 Speaker 1: In this one, it mainly was with his fastball, fastballs 252 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: up in the zone, fastballs inside as well. What stands 253 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: out to me is his willingness to throw fastballs inside, 254 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: not worrying about hitting batters, and low kating precisely enough 255 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: to get cold strikes on those pitches that batters really 256 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: don't want to do much with. Anyway, He's got a 257 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: change up He's got to me. I see two different 258 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: breaking balls, a slider and a curveball in Monteverde. It's 259 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: somebody that hasn't got a whole lot of love. But 260 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: I mean this particular game, I'm sure he's going to 261 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: draw a lot of attention to him. Shout out to 262 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: him another player that is relatively filled out physically. He 263 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: doesn't really rely on velocity too much. I think he 264 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: off the top of my head, I think he's twenty 265 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: five years old, so he could move up fairly quickly 266 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: if he's having success as well. An extraordinary starting moment 267 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: for him, one of the better outings that probably in 268 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: all of minor league baseball. To this very early portion 269 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: of the season, we've seen glimpses immediately of what made 270 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: Na seem Nunez so awesome last year, as well as 271 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: Paul McIntosh, both of them back in Pensacole after being 272 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: part of the Southern League champs last year, and the 273 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: Seam made an incredible defensive play at shortstop, and on 274 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: this Sunday game he scored the first run, scoring from 275 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: first on a double without a throw. So easy, so extraordinary, 276 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: And we do have from the Seam from a few 277 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: other players on this roster. We brief interviews posted on 278 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: the Fish Strip's YouTube channel if you haven't already seen 279 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: those from Pencacle's media day with McIntosh. He had a 280 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: grand slam to right center field. I didn't get the 281 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: official essden on it. It was easily four fifteen feet 282 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: maybe more than that. Just a no doubter to one 283 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: of the deepest parts of the ball. Hark this player 284 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: that similar to Uri and probably more so to Yuri. 285 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: It is difficult to explain why it is that Macintosh 286 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: didn't get bumped up to Triple A because the bad 287 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: is there, I guess I want to give him every 288 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: chance to be a catcher. What actually stood out about 289 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: the Sunday game is he started in left field, and 290 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: that was the first time him starting in left field 291 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: since in any regular season game since twenty twenty one, 292 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: so that's something to watch. Cody Morrissett is assigned to 293 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: this team. He's actually rehabbing with Jupiter this past weekend. 294 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: Usually when you're already playing minor league rehab games, that 295 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: is a good sign that you're close to returning. So 296 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: I'm mentioning him here just because I anticipate him rejoining 297 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: or actually joining for the first time, the Pensacola roster 298 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: sometime during this upcoming week. He's coming back from a 299 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: very problematic ankle injury that took a pretty serious surgery 300 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: to repair, so just a little bit behind schedule. I'm 301 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: excited to see him once he gets fully up to 302 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: speed again. Other notables from this Pensacola roster they have 303 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: Dax Fulton, who I don't think he needs much introduction. 304 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: A lot of promise with him, and he was the 305 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: one that actually got the opening day start for this team. 306 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: Victor Mesa Junior finally caught up to Victor Victor Mesa. 307 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: They're both on the same roster. Victor Junior obviously the 308 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: priority at this stage of his career. My personal favorite. 309 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: Sean Reynolds. He's a high leverage reliever for this team. 310 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: Actually did pretty poorly in his season debut. There's no 311 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: rush with him in his first year on the forty 312 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: man roster. I expect him to spend this year split 313 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: between Double A and Triple A, even if things go well. Lastly, 314 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: I want to mention I don't know if he's still 315 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: prospect eligible. Jose Devers just twenty three years old. He's 316 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: still here. He was awful in twenty twenty two. I 317 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: had come pretty close to giving up on him, so 318 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: much to that simply being injury related, due to what 319 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: was initially a shoulder injury that he suffered during in 320 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: the big leagues. In Pensacola, they're giving him some short 321 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: starts at short that actually moved na Seem over to 322 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: second base. So I'm still a little iffy on Dever's future. 323 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if that arm strength is coming back, 324 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: that power will probably that was never there in the 325 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: first place. I don't think it is going to be there. Still, 326 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: this is pretty close second behind Beloit in terms of 327 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: intrigue for the talents of valuators among us. After the break, 328 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: we get to Triple A Jacksonville players going up and 329 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: down between there and the big leagues, and now with 330 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: a couple of new injuries on the Marlins bick Ley Groster, 331 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: these are guys that will be knocking on the door 332 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: as loudly as ever to get their opportunities. Stick with me, 333 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: I'm extremely excited that all Triple A teams this year 334 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: now have full stack cast data available to us to 335 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: interpret in real time. That is awesome. It is right 336 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: up there nearly as thorough as what we get for 337 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: these major league games this year. For Jacksonville, we only 338 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: got them when they made road trips to Charlotte, the 339 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: White Sox Triple A affiliate. Now we get them for 340 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: every single game, and I feel spoiled with all this 341 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: insight that gives us a really much clearer understanding of 342 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: how these players productions could translate to the big leagues 343 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: and whether the peripherals that they're putting up are something 344 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 1: that would actually work at the highest level With Jacksonville. 345 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: Starting with the negative, they're pitching staff as an era 346 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: right around seven to this point in the season that 347 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: is not going to do. That's unsurprising when you look 348 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: at the roster, they're just aren't interesting starting All the 349 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: starting pitchers are either longtime depth guys or minor league 350 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: free agent journeyman. It's lacking in velocity and swing and 351 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: miss stuff. It's an un sexy group, to say the 352 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: least among those that are actually gobbling up the majority 353 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: of the innings for this team. On the offensive side, 354 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: Gerar and Karnacion name you guys are very familiar with. 355 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 1: We saw him in the big leagues last year and 356 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: it went poorly that and it was frustrating considering how 357 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: well he did in the upper miners leading up to it. 358 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: To this point, he's off to another slow start at 359 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 1: the plate at TRIPAA right now, striking out over fifty 360 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: percent of the time. And now I was problematic in 361 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: the majors when he was striking out forty percent, and 362 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 1: for him to go down even under a small weak 363 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: plus sample size, striking out half the time, it just 364 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: hammers home. My concerns in particular about him catching up 365 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: to velocity. From what I've seen, it's a lot of 366 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: strikeouts on fastballs, including those that are in the zone 367 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: or near the zone, the type of pitches that you 368 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: simply can't miss and you shouldn't miss for a player 369 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: like him. And yet on positive side, on Sunday, he 370 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: made an amazing home run Robbery and Field at Jacksonville's 371 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: home ballpark. They have a short wall where you don't 372 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: have to jump to reach over it. In this case, 373 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: he did have to leave his feet and he makes 374 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: he gets it in the glove at least two feet 375 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: above the top of the wall. This one was so 376 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: obviously going over the wall, and this is the kind 377 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: of athleticism that you don't expect for somebody of his size. 378 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 2: And the one I fly ball the right pretty deep 379 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 2: and Carnassio back at the wall, leaps and he took 380 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 2: it back. You all right, carnassion r home run. 381 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: All things considered, I still have him significantly below Payden 382 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: Burdick on my depth chart when we're talking about players 383 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: that are on the forty men roster who should be 384 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: in the very near term future considered for call up 385 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: candidates now that a Vassiel Garcia has suffered potentially another 386 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: hamstring injury similar to what kept him out for a 387 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,959 Speaker 1: lot of the second half of last year. Peyden Burdick, 388 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: he is off to a hot start, making a ton 389 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: of hard contact and sending a lot of it over 390 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: the wall. He has four home runs. He has he 391 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: really has three home runs because one of them was 392 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: against a position player when in game I think only 393 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: with ten or eleven endings during the first series against Gwinnette, 394 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: they just ran out of pitchers that they were comfortable using, 395 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: given how much rest they had had or what the 396 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: mandates from the parent club were. Even in the I 397 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 1: think it was a tie game, they had to bring 398 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: in multiple position players to get them through the rest 399 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: of the game, and Burdick took advantage of that. There's 400 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: no doubt that he's His game power is extraordinary and 401 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: we've seen that in the past. He is also striking 402 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: out a lot. To be clear, actually his strikeout rate 403 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: is over forty percent of triple A so far this year. 404 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: That is, you know, that's in the fact that he's 405 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: only drawn one walk to this point. Is also concerning 406 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: I'm just still wowed by the quality of contacts he 407 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: is making that has culminated to this point in a 408 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: ten twenty ops over one thousand with three doubles in 409 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: addition to those home runs ten runs driven in. This 410 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: is in just eight games played, and I think he's 411 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: seen time at each of the outfield positions. His biggest highlight, 412 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: well as big, I guess the home runs are the 413 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: biggest highlight. He also made a great defensive play ready 414 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: this season and outfield assist from right field either one 415 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: or two hops to get to home plate. It was 416 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: just precisely online so that the tag could be made 417 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: in time. That's been the biggest positive surprise about his 418 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 1: entire development since he's been the system for the last 419 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: four years. Is his defense that he's good enough and 420 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: athletic enough to fake it in center field, and he's 421 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: certainly adequate enough in the corner spots to add some 422 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: value over there. If you are a close listener to 423 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: our content, and I thank you if you are, then 424 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: you may have caught One of my preseason bold predictions 425 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: on Unfiltered was that Burdick would hit fifteen plus home 426 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,880 Speaker 1: runs in the big leagues this year. I do think 427 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 1: he's going to get up relatively soon, and that once 428 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: he gets up, I expect him to stay up for 429 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: the vast majority of this season. He can be better 430 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: than what we saw during his cup of coffee in 431 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: the big leagues last year. I also did want to 432 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: shout out Austin Allen. He was a non ruster invitee 433 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 1: to spring training. He did play quite a bit in 434 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: those games. In this small sample, he is also hitting 435 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 1: the ball hard just as much as Burdick. I think 436 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: his max exit velocity is one hundred and fourteen miles 437 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: per hour. Now, there are sometimes bugs in this system. 438 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: He can never be one hundred percent short. To my eye, 439 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: it does look like he's hitting the ball as hard 440 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: as anybody on this team. He's a big body for catcher, 441 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: bigger than you would expect, and he can put the 442 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 1: ball in the air. Overall, there are still some limitations 443 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,439 Speaker 1: to his offensive profile. When it comes to defensively, he 444 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: has an accurate arm, but not the greatest arm strength, 445 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: and he is a pretty slow pop time. There have 446 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: been to this point several games I've seen where the 447 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: opponents are running rampant on partly the Marlins pitchers, but 448 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: even more so on Austin Allen himself. So at a 449 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: time where Jacob Stallings off to another slow start offensively 450 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: and dealing with very minor back issue at the moment, 451 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: and with Nick Fortes, Let's be transparent about it. Nick 452 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: Fortes is not hitting either to this point in the season. 453 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: I know he is somewhat of a fan favorite, but 454 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: he's three for twenty one. Aside from that one no 455 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: doubt home run he had during the opening series, he's 456 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: given them practically nothing offensively. So it's not crazy to 457 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: think the Marlins may need to utilize another catcher at 458 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: some point this season, and Austin Allen could be the 459 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: next man up if there is an injury or if 460 00:25:54,840 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: there is difficult to explain struggles from Fortes that continue. 461 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: Guys that are in part time roles doing fairly well 462 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: and so far cj Enojosa and Jake Mangum. You remember 463 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: both of them from spring training. Probably I don't see 464 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 1: imminent fit for them on the active roster, but Mangum, 465 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: they're both dom well offensively and Inojosa is versatile at 466 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: each of the infield positions, and Mangum is pretty good 467 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: in center field, So I mean there there's possibility that 468 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: you'll see them if they do sustain this over the 469 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: course of the year. Something that was mentioned during spring 470 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: training by Skip Schumacher Xavier Edwards trying out center field 471 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: for himself, given how much infield depth that the Marlins 472 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 1: have and the difficult path to playing time for a 473 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: guy that's already on the forty man roster, and the 474 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: clock is ticking a little bit on finding out who 475 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: he is. So he has played two games in center field. 476 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: From what I've seen, there just haven't been really any 477 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: eventful opportunities for him to succeed or fail. To this point. 478 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: The jury is out on how that goes. He's been 479 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,479 Speaker 1: fined offensively to this point in the season, still running 480 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: well and still making contact at a fairly high rate. 481 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: Getting back to the pitching side, the one that is 482 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: mostly negative. The notables are out of the bullpen, and 483 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: there was actually news earlier on Sunday about Eli Via 484 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: Lobos being designated for assignment. He'd gotten off to a 485 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: very slow start, a bunch of base runners in each 486 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: of his first three outings, including home runs allowed in 487 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: the last two, so they are hopeful to sneak him 488 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: through waivers, given the timing of his struggles and that 489 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 1: we're at a point in the season where maybe teams 490 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: aren't going to bend over backwards to make room for 491 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: a guy whose arrival in the big leagues isn't imminent. 492 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: We'll see if via Lobo sticks around. I do expect 493 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: him to. The ones I most caught my attention are 494 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: Anthony Maldonado, in Zach Lebon, Liman Zack Lebon. I need 495 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: to triple check that pronunciation. On Lebon. He had an 496 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 1: eventful outing on Friday when he walked the bases loaded, 497 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: but then struck out the next three after that, and 498 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: he still has not allowed a hit this season, although 499 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: he has put on a lot of base runners with 500 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 1: his wildness, mostly sinker slider combination with a few changeups 501 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: mixed in, and the fastball velocity gets into the touches 502 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: on ninety seven. From what he saw in his most 503 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: recent outing with Maldonado, it's less so about the velocity, 504 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: it's more so about the quality of his wipeout breaking ball, 505 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: and also his control has been pretty good every step 506 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,479 Speaker 1: of his development. I think both these guys from the 507 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen draft, if I remember correctly, and Maldonado is 508 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: one I've been following relatively closely that we've been able 509 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: to see him in international ball now on a few 510 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: occasions in this past World Baseball Classic for Puerto Rico, 511 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:57,479 Speaker 1: a couple Winter League regular seasons in Puerto Rico this 512 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: past year, and then two years prior to that, also 513 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: pitched in the Caribbean Series representing Puerto Rico. So I've 514 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: been watching him there and he seems to handle those 515 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: high leverage moments pretty well. So that's one of those 516 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: intangibles that stood out to me in this minor league season, 517 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: just one run aloud in his first five and a 518 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: third innings with eight strikeouts to those eighteen batter's face. 519 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: I know. I got a question from Marcelo de Vivo 520 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: about when we think Maldonado could be coming up in 521 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: light of this new injury to J. T. Chagua and 522 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: Stephen Okert not quite back from his injury yet. Yeah, 523 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: there is potentially some room for a younger, inexperienced arm 524 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: to come up and claim it. I think he's gonna 525 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: be under consideration soon, but not necessarily somebody that's gonna 526 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: leap frog guys already on the forty man roster. Yeah, 527 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: I can't say that I'm looking for anything in particular 528 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: that he needs to prove at this point to get 529 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: up there, but I would as I look at this, 530 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: do we think would get called up if the Marlins 531 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: are in need of an additional right hander in their bullpen. 532 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: They are getting relatively fittin on the forty man relief 533 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: front among the guys that are actually available, given that 534 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: George Soriano is off to kind of an uneven start 535 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: and hasn't actually pitched very much to this point in 536 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: the regular season, and Tommy Nance still hurt. Yeah, It'll 537 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: be interesting to see whether they just wouldn't want to 538 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: put Meldonado in a position where he leaves the big 539 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: leagues and then they feel pressure to get that forty 540 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: man spot back and designate him for assignment. I think 541 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: they feel a little bit they regard him more highly 542 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: than to bring him up in an emergency. I think 543 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: for the time being, Steven Okert relatively close to coming 544 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: back healthy once he gets through a couple of reheab 545 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 1: outings on this Jacksonville team, and he would be the 546 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: natural body to fill in for Shaugua temporarily, so I 547 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: think Maldonado is somebody to check back in, perhaps in 548 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: a few weeks. I was gonna say a month, but 549 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: I think he's getting close if he keeps us up 550 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: for another few appearances where he's just not quite dominant, 551 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: but great. If he keeps us up for a little 552 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: while longer, then they're going to have to take a 553 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: serious look at Anthony Maldonado on the big league team. 554 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: That Jacksonville team not as sexy in terms of high 555 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: ceiling prospects among the ones that are actually available to 556 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: pitch at the moment, but nonetheless, that is my roundup 557 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: of where we are with this minor league system to 558 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: this point in the season. This has been Eli Susman 559 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: from Fish Stripes. 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