1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Here we go, the official show here on the fish 2 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: Stripes podcast channel, where we cover the Miami Marlins every 3 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: day in our own way. I'm Eli Susman, the managing 4 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: editor of Fish Stripes. This show presented by Symbol the 5 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: Stock Market for Sports. Thank you guys all for listening 6 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: to the show. Hopefully you subscribe wherever you get your pods, 7 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: rate and review us wherever that's applicable. This is going 8 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: to be a pretty quick pod because I'm recording in 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: between picks of the first day of the MLB Draft, 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: right after the Marlins just finished the pre All Star 11 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: Break portion of their schedule. Our small pod with at 12 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: Whirred all goes over what happened in Sunday's game and 13 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: the futures game performances from Jake Eater and Max Meyer. 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: I was planning for this episode to focus mostly on 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: these first half awards for these Marlins player. I came 16 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: up with some predictable and also some creative awards to 17 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: give out for the Marlins for their first eighty nine 18 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: games of the regular season, and then the MLB Draft 19 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: threw us a curveball. We tried our best prepare for 20 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: the draft to every which way about what the Marlins 21 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: could do. Profiled more than a dozen different candidates who 22 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: kind of made some sense for the Marlins at their 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: number sixteen overall pick. But I am recording this very 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 1: shortly after they made the news official, selecting prep shortstop 25 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: Khalil Watson from a North Carolina school, Wake Forest High School, 26 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: with the number sixteen overall pick. This guy, we need 27 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: to just go into him first before getting to these 28 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 1: awards coming up. That Khalil was a consensus top eight 29 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: prospect in this class. You could ask anybody, there was 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: not an obvious number one in this class. You could 31 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: say if you were watching the draft that the number 32 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: one overall pick to Pittsburgh Henry Davis. That caught a 33 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: lot of people off guard. So this was not the 34 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: only surprise of the round. But there was supposed to 35 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: be this top tier of six seven eight players and 36 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: Watson was expected to be part of it. That their 37 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: upside was just so high, and he's just eighteen years old, 38 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: that he there was just no way that he was 39 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: going to be available with the Marlins this far down 40 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: in the draft. If you were going to be mad 41 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: at the Marlins for whatever irrational reason for sneaking into 42 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs last year and falling this far down in 43 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: the draft. It would be because damn they miss out 44 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: on an opportunity to get an all star caliber player 45 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: with their first round pick, and miraculous, miraculously they figured 46 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: it out. And I guess it will take a while 47 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: for this whole story to come out that for whatever reason, 48 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: quote unquote, character concerns with him, signability concerns, whatever reason, 49 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: that he Khalil Watson fell into the Marlins lap, and 50 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: everybody is totally surprised by it, just as much as anybody. 51 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: Director of Amateur Scouting DJ. Sphilick. He was pretty upfront 52 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: with us. He was kind of in line with the 53 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: other evaluators publicly that this guy was in that tier 54 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: who was not going to be available, that he was 55 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: just too good to fall to the Marlins. 56 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 2: Khalil is one of the more dynamic players in the draft. 57 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: You're talking about a guy that has a plus arm, 58 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 2: plus run, electric bat speed combined with a great swing 59 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: and athleticism. He plays right up the middle of the field, 60 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 2: which is everything we stress in the organization. So he 61 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: checked all the boxes. He performed all summer for us. 62 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 2: We spent a lot of time in the summer watching 63 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: these players play, and when you get a player that 64 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: has that type of talent confined with that kind of performance, 65 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: to have him fall down to us for our pick 66 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: was extremely exciting. 67 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: Eighteen years old, just turned eighteen in April, so he's 68 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: perfectly normal age to be a high school senior eligible 69 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: into this draft. From Prospects Live, quote, Watson maybe the 70 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: most explosive prep shortstop in this class, and if everything clicks, 71 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: he could be a star build and sometimes shorter arm 72 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: actions suggest a move to second base is at least possible. 73 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: It's some similarities to I'm not kidding. They mentioned Jazz 74 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: Chisholm as a comp for him in Prospects Live right up, 75 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: as as did our friend Ian Smith. He made that 76 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: exact same comp that there are a lot of similarities 77 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: between Watson and the Marlins exciting rookie middle infielder right 78 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: now at the major league level. From other sources, Baseball 79 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: America had him as number six overall prospect in their rankings. 80 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: That quote, Watson isn't the most physically physical player you'll see, 81 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: but there are scouts in the industry who believe his 82 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: combination of athleticism tools and defensive profile give him the 83 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: most upside in the class. Watson has outstanding bat speed 84 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: and plenty of strength in his swing, with the tendency 85 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: to make to take massive hacks and to try to 86 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: hit for power from MLB pipeline. They had him at 87 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: number four overall in their Draft Prospect rankings. Quote. Though 88 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: he has an aggressive power over him approach that may 89 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: need some toning down against more advanced pitchers, he does 90 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: make consistent contact and he doesn't chase pitches out of 91 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: the strike zone too often. Running better than ever as 92 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: a senior, Watson consistently displays well above average speed and 93 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: is a base stealing threat. I tried pulling up his 94 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: high school stats at max Preps, and I'll have the 95 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: double check this in the morning to make sure it's accurate, 96 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: because it's unbelievable that in his senior year only fifteen games, 97 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: but he hit five thirteen with an ops of eighteen 98 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,119 Speaker 1: thirty four one eight three four. He only struck out 99 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: once in fifteen games. For a guy that has power 100 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: over hit concerns, just ridiculous. His upside is Fangrafts also 101 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: had him as the fourth ranked prospect in their class. 102 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: He throws righty, he bats lefty, and nice to see 103 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: a left handed batter because Marlin system is a little 104 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: dry on left handed guys that you really trust coming 105 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: up through the system. There's just no way that we 106 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: thought he'd even be available here. So to go over 107 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: some of the specifics about actually getting the deal done, 108 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: the signing deadline for Watson is going to be August first, 109 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: less than three weeks away to actually put pence paper 110 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: and get it official. And as we've seen with their 111 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: other top draft picks in the past couple of years, 112 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: these negotiations will probably go down to the wire. I 113 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: think it will take probably up until the final day 114 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: of those negotiations to finalize things. But you should be 115 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: pretty confident that the deal is going to get done, 116 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: that they took him understanding what his demands were. In 117 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: terms of his signing bonus, he was, as I said, projected, 118 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: a top eight talent. And if you look at what 119 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: the slot values are the recommended signing bonuses are for 120 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: players selected in that neighborhood, it is let's go number well, 121 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: the number one slot was eight and a half million. 122 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: If you go down to number seven for five point 123 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: four the number eight pick was five point two million. 124 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 1: The number nine pick was four point nine to five million. 125 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see exactly what that number is. 126 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody knows for sure, but whatever, it 127 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: should be well above the Marlin slot value of three 128 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: point seventy five million dollars that I think it's safe 129 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: to bet Watson will take up half of their entire 130 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: signing bonus pool, of their ten million signing bonus pool, 131 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: if not even slightly more than half. So it's a 132 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: very unorthodox approach compared to what the Marlins have done 133 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: in every other draft under this ownership. And it's kind 134 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: of understandable why they had to do it, just because 135 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: they were picking further down in the draft order than ever. 136 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: They are putting a lot of they're putting a lot 137 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,239 Speaker 1: of eggs in the Khalil Watson basket that they really 138 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: believe he is sure fire going to pan out, that 139 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: he's going to be a major leaguer for quite a while, 140 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: and he's going to have a bright future. And if 141 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: you do that a five million dollars signing, just for example, 142 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: that's a bargain. The draft can be an ultimate bargain. 143 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: If these guys do ultimately pan out. There's still a 144 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: lot to learn about him because again we simply didn't 145 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: do a whole lot of due diligence on him, not 146 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: expecting him to be on the board for the Marlins 147 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: at this spot. It is very exciting. By the time 148 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: I finished recording this, will know who the second pick 149 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: they make in the compround number thirty one overall, and 150 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: then the rest of the draft, Rounds two through ten 151 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: will be on Monday. Rounds eleven through twenty will be 152 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: on Tuesday. We'll have coverage of all these guys, and 153 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: to kind of tie it all together, this is but 154 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: this is that as surprising as you could have a 155 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: legit surprise that this really did come out of almost nowhere, 156 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: and it's it's something that we'll understand a little bit 157 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: more the farther we get away from it. But at 158 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: the very least, I think all the evaluators are kind 159 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: of in line here that Watson does have the ceiling 160 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: to be an above average major league player. The way 161 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: the draft work, if you get one above average everyday 162 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: player in your draft class, that's a win. When the 163 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: Marlins drafted Brian Anderson in twenty fourteen and thus far 164 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: haven't gotten a whole lot else in that draft class 165 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 1: outside Brian Anderson. That's a successful class when you get 166 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: one guy that is going to be playing for you 167 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: year in year out as an everyday caliber player. That's 168 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: the approach they're going for, and it's very unusual. It 169 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: puts a lot of pressure on Watson. That's going to 170 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: be the key. It does put a lot of pressure 171 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: on this one player. He has to be very cognizant 172 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: of the fact that it's not a one man draft class. Overall. 173 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: We'll see what they do with these later round picks, 174 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: but he is he kind of does. Even though he 175 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: is going by name in the number sixteen overall pick, 176 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: They'll be paying him certainly more than that, and they'll 177 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: have the responsibility of being somebody that went a lot 178 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: further up. He will be the face of this draft class, 179 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: regardless of what they do from here on out. We 180 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: are expecting to see the Marlins take a catcher when 181 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: their fairly early overall picks. As we've laid out in 182 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: some of our draft previews, Marlins on the pitching side, 183 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: they love focusing on guys with big fastballs and plus 184 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: breaking balls. I'm sure we'll see a picture that fits 185 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: that archetype. Go At some point in the first handful 186 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: of rounds of this draft. We'll have all coverage of 187 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: that coming up on fishtraps dot com. But for the moment, Khalil, 188 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Miami. This show brought to you by our 189 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: partners at Symbol. E've been with us all season long 190 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: on the Fishtrips podcast. 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There's never been a World 214 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: Series winner that lost fifty games before the All Star break. 215 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: I think it's time to let go of that dream. 216 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: You know what the playoff odds are for this team 217 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: right now, they are in the very low single digits. 218 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I've kind of been in this camp for 219 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: more than a month that they were going to be 220 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: sellers heading up to the trade deadline, and still not 221 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: a whole lot of movement or rumors specifically on that front. 222 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: You know, we'll still let the play out those games 223 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: the final couple weeks coming back from the All Star break. 224 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: Now that we are at the break, it's a chance 225 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: to breathe and digest a lot of what we've seen 226 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: and observed from this team. I mean, you know, the 227 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 1: big picture topics about where they are in the standings, 228 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: and yet where they are with their run differential, which 229 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: is even they've surpassed the Braves again by winning on Sunday, 230 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,599 Speaker 1: that the discrepancy between the record and their run differential 231 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: is so extreme that they continue to struggle in so 232 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: many of these one round games, and that should even 233 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: out a little bit by the end of the season, 234 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: but simply not enough to kind of undo the damage 235 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: that has already been done. Even so, it has been 236 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: an entertaining year from an individual perspective. With this first award, 237 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: I start with the top newcomer on the Marlins, somebody 238 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: who is not in the organization in twenty twenty and 239 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 1: just arrive either via some sort of transaction to trade 240 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: or free agent signing or waiverclaim, and I settled on 241 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 1: Adam Duval as the top newcomer on the Marlins. Duval's 242 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: lack of on base skills is a glaring flaw in 243 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: his game, for sure, but he does almost everything else right. 244 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: He is overall, I think, an enjoyable player to watch 245 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: this year is I guess his overall production doesn't quite 246 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: measure up to what it was with the Braves the 247 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: year before. But when you bacon the age related decline 248 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,479 Speaker 1: and the fact that he has actually played better defensively 249 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: than anybody could have imagined, he has been certainly a 250 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: big net positive for this team. Adam duval I mean, 251 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: leading the team home runs, tied for the league lead 252 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: in runs patted in, just a great situational hitter. The 253 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: surprising versatility that he has shown defensively to make good 254 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: plays in right field and in left field and in 255 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: center field in the few occasions where he needed to 256 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 1: play that as well. Some others I considered here for 257 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: top newcomer. You know one of them for sure, Anthony 258 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: Bender hashtag bender Mania. It was some sort of a 259 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: close call, I'd say here until the last few days 260 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: when Bender has come back down to earth. During that 261 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: final Brave series to head into the Alstar Break, he 262 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: had a couple you know, bad outings, one where he 263 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: had no feel for the slider. His most recent one 264 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: he actually did finish off the final It was a 265 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: nice sight to see him finish off the final game 266 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: heading into the AL Star Break. That felt really good. 267 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: He did allow a home run though in that process, 268 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: and so the numbers are coming back down to earth 269 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: for Bender, They're still outstanding. A crazy staff that I 270 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: just noticed heading into the break is that the only 271 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: pitchers on the Marlin staff that have more strikeouts this 272 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: seas than Anthony Bender are Pablo and Sandy and Trevor, 273 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: you know, the three, the big three on top of 274 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: the rotation. Nobody else on the whole pitching staff has 275 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: more strikeouts than Bender's thirty nine. He has been such 276 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: a great story. I also considered briefly Dylan Floro because 277 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: I did like another version of this newcomer discussion. He'll 278 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: remember on the podcast I think in early June, and 279 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: I named I think it named Dylan Floro as the 280 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: top newcomer at the time. He did go into a 281 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: slump almost immediately after that, but now he has dug 282 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: himself back up. Don Mattingley has consistently used him in 283 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: high leverage situations and way more often than not he 284 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: has been successful. He is really like validated Mattingly's trust 285 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: in him, and I think Marlins are pretty satisfied with 286 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: the trade that they made to acquire him. Top Rookie 287 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: award for the first half is somewhat of a noe 288 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: brainer at this point, it's Trevor Rodgers who is a 289 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: deserving All Star. He was just spectacular in the first half. 290 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: He was so consistently good in the first half. Did 291 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: not allow more than three runs in any single outing 292 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,479 Speaker 1: of that entire first half of the season. That's incredible, 293 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: absolutely incredible. The stats two point three to one earned 294 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: run average a fielder independent pitching, a two point fifty 295 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: fielder independent pitching that almost matches the era. He was 296 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: the best qualified starter in baseball at keeping the ball 297 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: in the ballpark. Only five home runs allowed in more 298 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: than one hundred endings, so that one's an easy one. 299 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: He and of course he won nationally Rookie of the 300 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: Month in April and in May. Briefly considered, of course 301 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: Bender himself and Jazz Chisham Junior. There were inconsistencies for 302 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: Jazz in that first half of the season, which is 303 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: to be expected, but overall you need to be very 304 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: happy with what Jazz did during this first half of 305 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: the season. I mean, he's almost on pace for a 306 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty home runs in stolen bases season, so I 307 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: think certainly someone that was made this a lot more 308 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: tolerable to go through. And that ties perfectly into the 309 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: next category. One that's a very personalized award for me. 310 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: It's the most giveable player, one who inspires more of 311 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: my fish Stripes gifts than anybody else. And this one 312 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,919 Speaker 1: was a fairly easy one as well, going to Jazz 313 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: where not just the reactions, and not just the style 314 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: that he has, and not just the mannerisms, but you know, 315 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: just the appearance, just the way that he is willing 316 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: to be so authentically himself, and the way that he 317 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: plays the game with a whole lot of joy and 318 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: a whole lot of swagger. Countless countless moments I've been 319 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: able to preserve in gifts from him. He is someone 320 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: that fans naturally want to emulate, that they want to 321 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: be close to. Yeah, just absolutely a whole lot of 322 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: fun to follow Jazz during this first half of his 323 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: first full major league season. Also considered here Hasius Aguilar. 324 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: I mean speaking of guys who have a lot of 325 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: fun on the field and are very expressive about it 326 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: and off the field and in the dugout as well. 327 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: There have been a lot of moments to capture with 328 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: Hasius Aguila. One of my favorites is probably him running 329 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: off the field after making that bare handed play at 330 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: third base that one time he played third base in 331 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: an emergency setting Anthony Bender, just for the sheer nastiness 332 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: of his pitches and a couple good reaction shots of him, 333 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: but more so just this one is just an acknowledgment 334 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: of the nastiness of his pitches that don't really look 335 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: like anybody else on this pitching staff. That's been a 336 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: lot of fun to capture that. Going to the craziest 337 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: play of the first half of this Marlins season, plenty 338 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: of candidates here. The one that came to mind me 339 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: pretty immediately was Aguilar at first base against the Giants 340 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: on April seventeenth. I think he could just listen to 341 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: this one and you know what I'm talking about, him 342 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: around third base and then decided to hold up Ralph. 343 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 2: Ball Chaz gets to it behind the. 344 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: Bag off balance, Agular made the play. What ah play, 345 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: Just tremendous hand eye coordination. Remember it's the top of 346 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: the tenth ending the Marlins were already down one run, 347 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 1: and that play he saved at least one other run 348 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,719 Speaker 1: from scoring. In that ending, they go to a replay review, 349 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: They take a very close look at it for several minutes, 350 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 1: and the play stands. The Marlins end up winning that 351 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: game on that incredible play by Jesus Aguilar, who overall, 352 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: you know, defensively, he's had his ups and his downs 353 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: this year. That was a highlight that really stuck with me, 354 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: just from the the coordination it took well, the original misstep, 355 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: and then the way he made up for it immediately. Again, 356 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: plenty of candidates for craziest play if you want to 357 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: go to it, I mean, unfortunately, the one that also 358 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: comes to mind is this recent one on Saturday, the 359 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 1: Jazz Chism inside the Park home run, the first one 360 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: for a Marlins player in more than three years. I 361 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: don't want to highlight it too much though, because of 362 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: the fact that Ronald Acuna suffered a season ending knee 363 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: injury on that same play, but the Marlins have played 364 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: really good defense this year at a variety of positions, 365 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: as something that's I kind of anticipated that happening. They've 366 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: been very impressive from that standpoint. Another unique award to 367 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: this show the Rainiel Pinto Award, an homage to Pinto, 368 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: who in the late two thousands was in the Marlins bullpen. 369 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: A reliever here that you are most uncomfortable watching, the 370 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: one that you simply cannot trust no matter what. This 371 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 1: one a fairly obvious winner to me. It was Anthony 372 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: Bass where you look at his overall stats this year 373 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: to this point in the season, and they don't really 374 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: seem terrible, but when you're actually sitting through it, when 375 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 1: you understand the context of the ways that he has 376 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: struggled in the situations where he has let you down, 377 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: I think most people would agree that he is the 378 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: epitome of that late ending reliever that you just dread seeing, 379 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: no matter what kind of hot streak he's on, that 380 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: doesn't quite seem to get it done when it matters, 381 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: and for the most part, just has not been a 382 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: successful free agent signing for them. Still under contract for 383 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: at least one more year beyond this year, so still 384 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: some time for him to make up for it, but 385 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: so far not off to a great start in the 386 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: final two here with the least valuable player on the Marlins. 387 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: The LVP not trying to make anybody feel bad. My 388 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: policy here is not to pick on any rookies because 389 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: there have been a lot of rookies on this Marlins team, 390 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 1: some forced into action earlier than they should have been, 391 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: or into larger roles than it was fair for them 392 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: to be ready for. So I'm not even considering them 393 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: candidates here, but of the non rookies for least valuable player, 394 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 1: I would go with infielder Isan Diez first got called 395 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 1: up I think right after the Jazz injury that was 396 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: in April, going way back to late April, and then 397 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 1: subsequent injuries to Brian Anderson and then to Miguel Rojas. 398 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: I mean overall, Isan stuck on the active roster for 399 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: more than a month. He was close to an everyday 400 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: player during that time, at either second base or third base. 401 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 1: Such an extended opportunity for him to finally, you know, 402 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: establish himself as a viable Major leaguer, not even you know, 403 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: an average one, not even living up to his prospect pedigree, 404 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 1: but just somebody that was at least replacement level. And 405 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: he responded with a one forty six two eighty six, 406 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: two twenty three slash line and ops barely over five hundred. 407 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: A couple home runs, one was a Grand Slam, the 408 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: other was at home run against Max Scherzer to spoil 409 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: a shutout, memorable home runs, and just basically nothing else. 410 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: Just somehow, you know, lowered the bar even lower than 411 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 1: it had been for his previous major league experience. He's 412 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: gone back to Triple A. He's crushing it in Triple A. 413 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: It's a real mystery with him that it just can't 414 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: click once he gets to the highest level. The Marlins 415 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: lost some games in there. When they built this team, 416 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 1: they anticipated that if anything went wrong with those infielders, 417 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: with Rojas and Anderson and Chisholm, they were hopeful that 418 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: you wouldn't be losing multiple of those guys at the 419 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: same time. But they thought Isan could be the next 420 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: man up at a couple of those positions. They did 421 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: not go outside the organization. They did not pay up 422 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: for any sort of established infielder to handle that, and 423 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: they were proven wrong. I mean, Youson did not take 424 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: advantage of that opportunity. We'll see what the second half 425 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 1: of the season holds for him. Also considered in this 426 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: category Chad Wallach. I mean Wallack played honestly, he played 427 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: pretty decently for a lot of that twenty twenty season. 428 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: There were even flashes in twenty nineteen, where it seems 429 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: that if he got the right pitches, he could actually 430 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: hit for some power. Not to mention, not to overlook 431 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: the fact that he was supposed to be a very 432 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: solid defensive catcher, someone who not only did some of 433 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: the tangible things right like control the running game and 434 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: frame pitches, but someone that the pitchers themselves swore by 435 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: that they loved to work with and were on the 436 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: same page with. Those things just did not carry over 437 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: to this season. I mean, his strikeout raid was through 438 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,479 Speaker 1: the roof. As a hitter, he was not hitting with 439 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: the ball with authority as we were accustomed to seeing 440 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: in those previous years. The offensive numbers, bottom line production 441 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: was very similar to yan A. Five seventeen ops, only 442 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: three extra base hits. I remember that triple. He did 443 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: have a triple that I guess he could put somewhere 444 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: in the conversation of craziest play when while had that triple. 445 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: There he's down in triple A just like Esan is. 446 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: He's doing fine down there. The Marlins thought they had 447 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 1: a very serviceable backup catcher in him, and that has 448 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: not been the case. I mean, frankly, that whole position 449 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: continues to be a big head scratcher for them in 450 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: a point of stress as to how they're going to 451 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: address that position moving forward. Finally, the most Valuable Player 452 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: of the first half of this Marlin season. Mean, for me, 453 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: this was a fairly obvious one, but I'll be curious 454 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: to hear what you guys think about it as well. 455 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,959 Speaker 1: I went again as the same winner for top rookie, 456 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: it's Trevor Rodgers that he by being consistently good every 457 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: single start but being occasionally awesome in some of those starts. 458 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: That the consistency, the way he keeps the ball in 459 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: the ballpark made this fairly easy that he was the 460 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: most productive player they had at any position. This is 461 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: a award that typically you think MVP and you lean 462 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: towards a position player. The Marlins did have a lot 463 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,959 Speaker 1: of interriest to some of their core position players. I mean, 464 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: Brian Anderson is someone that we saw as a breakout 465 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: candidate and this year Starling Marte. The way he started 466 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: this season was outstanding, and he looked out standing right 467 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: when he came back from the IL, but then there's 468 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: been that big slump more recently that has brought his 469 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: numbers way back down. To Earth. Simply the miss time 470 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: for him for BA, even with Miggey Rowe, I think 471 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: he just missed too much time for you to really 472 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: see him as an MVP kind of guy. The ones 473 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: I really considered here aside from Trevor were Adam Duval. Again, 474 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: the Duval was healthy until this very last stretch of 475 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: this first half of the season Sandy al Contra, where 476 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: he certainly gave them the largest workload of any of 477 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: these pitchers the way that he pitched so deep into 478 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: these games, But his effectiveness did slip, you know as 479 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: we got later into the season, as I already touched 480 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: on previous pods, that his swing and miss stuff was 481 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: not the same as we got deeper into this first 482 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: half of the season. Pablo Lopez was great in this 483 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: first half, but I don't think you could really find 484 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: any measure that says that Pablo was quite as good 485 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 1: as Trevor was. You know, almost the exact same amount 486 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: of innings and batter's faced, but not as much swing 487 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: and miss stuff, more home runs allowed, and unfortunately really 488 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 1: not through any fault of his own. There was that 489 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: ejection in Atlanta that simply took a shot at his 490 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: workload total to compare with Trevor Pablo was great, just 491 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: not quite at that same level and worth of mention 492 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: here again also, hayesus Aguilar were how productive he was 493 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: really durable? I have to double check was he actually 494 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: their leader in a playing time during He certainly was 495 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: by a pretty big margin if he didn't realize. Aguilar 496 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: eighty five games played. Nobody else had more than seventy 497 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: nine in the first half of the season, most played 498 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 1: appearances by about forty over the next closest player tied 499 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: for the national league lead, and runs batted in his 500 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 1: defense was fine overall. I'd say he had those really 501 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 1: crazy home road splits for a lot of the season, 502 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: but that finally starts to eat even out during this 503 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 1: final home stand before the break. Aguilar is great. As 504 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: I've teased on a couple other platforms, I am working 505 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: up a trade proposal idea for Aguilar, though that just 506 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: to fit with the organization long term doesn't quite align 507 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: for me in my opinion. Nonetheless, he's been just a 508 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: terrific pickup for them overall during these parts of two seasons, 509 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: and they wouldn't be as fun during this first half 510 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: of the year without him, that's for sure. And I 511 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: mean he's the one that put them over the top 512 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: of that walk off win just a few days ago. 513 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: He could point to several games probably where Aguilar made 514 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: the difference. Overall, I think Trevor is the one that 515 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: had that biggest impact. It's so wonderful to be in 516 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: that position with someone like Trevor, who is rookie eligible. 517 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: He's under control for five more years at least before 518 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: free agency, beyond twenty twenty one. Just the epitome of 519 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: a building block player for the Marlins. So I will 520 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: print up these award winners for you just so you 521 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: can stare them over and tell me which ones I 522 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: got wrong. Top Newcomer, Top Rookie, Most Giveable, craziest play, 523 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: rain Yelle Pinto Award, Least Valuable Player, and Most Valuable Player. 524 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: Thanks as always for listening. We'll have more complete draft 525 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: coverage up on the site as the rest of this 526 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 1: draft plays out over the next couple of days. We'll 527 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: certainly have all star coverage to see what happens once 528 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: Trevor Rodgers gets into that game on Tuesday in Course 529 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: Fields in Colorado, and we'll look forward to the entire 530 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: second half of the season, especially the trade deadline coming 531 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: up barely two and a half weeks from now. Almost 532 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: every single day there will be trade talk, I'm sure 533 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: on our comments section on our social media accounts, so 534 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: be sure to follow us on all the platforms where 535 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: you can find Fish Stripes for Marlin's coverage. The headliner 536 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: of this episode again, Khalil Watson is going to be 537 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: a Marlin. Just an outstanding surprise that this amateur scouting 538 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: department continues to impress with the kind of talent they're 539 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: able to pick up. That is so so critical to 540 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: sustaining this as a contending team, being able to pick 541 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: up these type of dynamic players and hopefully hopefully getting 542 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: the most out of them. It's just one step at 543 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: a time with Watson, get them signed, get him to 544 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: debut in pro ball and rookie ball later this summer. 545 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: We'll be following him every step of the way, and 546 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: we hope all the Khalil Watson fans out there are 547 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: falling along with our Marlins coverage as well. Moving forward, 548 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: I'm Eli Susman. As always, go Fish