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Speaker 1: You are tuned into the latest episode of Fish Bites.

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Speaker 1: My name is Danny Martinez. Yes, I am back. I'm

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Speaker 1: back from my honeymoon, which of course we scheduled in

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Speaker 1: what would be a franchise altering week for the Miami Marlins.

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Speaker 1: Thank you to Eli for coming in and filling in

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Speaker 1: amazingly the way that you always do, and for Wells

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Speaker 1: for coming on. I loved the interview. I need to

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Speaker 1: have Wells back on at some point when I'm hosting,

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Speaker 1: because he's just one of my favorite individuals to talk

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Speaker 1: sports with and follow on Twitter. I said that it's

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Speaker 1: a franchise altering week because, in my opinion, it is.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have forty five minutes to an hour conversation

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Speaker 1: today where it's just me, it's just my voice. I

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Speaker 1: am back. Maybe I missed the microphone. Maybe it's just

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Speaker 1: because there's so much content, but there's no interview today.

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Speaker 1: It's just myself and you wherever you're listening, because we

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Speaker 1: need to devote the time for what happened this week.

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Speaker 1: You know, I get it. I'm a positive guy, so

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Speaker 1: today might be a little different for you. It's not

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Speaker 1: all perfect in my eyes. When I say franchise altering.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sell you solely on the positive here.

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Speaker 1: It could This could be a franchise altering week in

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Speaker 1: a very radically positive fashion, but it could be a

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Speaker 1: franchise altering week in a negative fashion as well. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk about the deals that were made, why I

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Speaker 1: have some cognitive dissonance over it, what we can expect

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Speaker 1: from some of the players. You know, we just recorded

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Speaker 1: and released on Earning their Stripes a breakdow down of

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Speaker 1: these trades. And if you want to have three opinions

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Speaker 1: instead of just one, I advise you to go listen

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Speaker 1: to the Latest Earning their Stripes podcasts. But I know

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Speaker 1: that there are some listeners that necessarily don't love listening

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Speaker 1: to minor league prospect talk, right. That's not their cup

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Speaker 1: of tea, that's not their cup of coffee, And I

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Speaker 1: don't blame them, so they listen here for the major

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Speaker 1: league content. The reason that I'm going to be able

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Speaker 1: to discuss that is because well, it was the major

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Speaker 1: league trade deadline and the deals did come from a

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Speaker 1: major league rebuilding fashion. So we're gonna discuss it. But

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Speaker 1: please go ahead and also listen to ets the Latest

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Speaker 1: episode there, you're going to want to hear what myself,

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Speaker 1: Ian and Ethan thought of these deals. We're also gonna

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Speaker 1: pick up a conversation. If you remember, maybe five six

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Speaker 1: episodes ago, we spoke about a poll that I sent

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Speaker 1: out to the fan base on whether they felt that

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Speaker 1: the rebuild was ahead of schedule or behind schedule or

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Speaker 1: on pace. It's a really good time to update that,

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Speaker 1: so I sent another poll and that's going to be

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Speaker 1: the second conversation piece that we have today, after we

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Speaker 1: talk about the deals that were made. Of course, then

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Speaker 1: we're going to wrap it up with pitching performances of

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Speaker 1: the week and your hitters of the week. But like

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Speaker 1: I said, forty five minutes to sixty minutes of meaty

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Speaker 1: conversation because it's needed. It's needed. This was one of

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Speaker 1: the more aggressive, surprising, creative, risky deadlines that I can

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Speaker 1: remember the Miami Marlins conducting. And maybe there was something

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Speaker 1: to the extent of the waiver trades no longer being

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Speaker 1: able to be done. Matter of fact, I'll say this,

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Speaker 1: if we were still operating under those rules. For those

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Speaker 1: that don't know before, the deadline wasn't really just July thirty. First,

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Speaker 1: you could conduct trades via waivers. After July thirty first,

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Speaker 1: that's no longer in the ballgame, so you can't do that.

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Speaker 1: If you could do that, I think that there was

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Speaker 1: for a new Walker or Starlin Castro, something to that extent,

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Speaker 1: but that's out of the window. It's out of the

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Speaker 1: scope of baseball anymore. And what we saw were teams,

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Speaker 1: the Marlins were as creative as they've ever been in

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Speaker 1: this organizational history. Maybe it's just the fact that this

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Speaker 1: new regime, this new front office is creative. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: but make no mistake. With that creativity came risk. So

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Speaker 1: let's get right into the deals. The first one, and

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Speaker 1: trade for a Zoona. We didn't get anything that we

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Speaker 1: gonna amount to anything. Some of us, including yours truly,

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Speaker 1: talking about make no mistake, jass Chisholm is the better prospect.

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Speaker 1: Jassism has a much much higher ceiling of what he

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Speaker 1: out of all of those out there that said, oh,

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Speaker 1: They validated those of us listening and myself that said, listen,

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Speaker 1: He is very good at shortstop, but he's not our

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Speaker 1: But who has been an elite prospect and has performed well.

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Speaker 1: Oh and by the way, he led the minor league's

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Speaker 1: Even with the way that Zach Gallen performed at Triple A,

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Speaker 1: trying to sell you here on Jazz. I'm telling you

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Speaker 1: they didn't believe me. If he reaches his ceiling, he

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Speaker 1: the only person to see this to say that, go

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Speaker 1: look at fangraps, go look at baseball America. A superstar,

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Speaker 1: and I really mean this, almost never have I seen

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Speaker 1: I can't I can't go back now, and I truly

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Speaker 1: out of the park. So twenty twenty one, when you

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Speaker 1: have a lineup of four and again I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: all four of these guys are going to reach their

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Speaker 1: ceilings if they do, just book the championship rings right now.

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Speaker 1: But if two of them reach their ceiling, if one

431
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Speaker 1: fails entirely and one reaches his floor and he's an

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Speaker 1: average guy, you have an incredibly impressive lineup from twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one moving forward with the lefty power that they

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Speaker 1: brought in. But nonetheless, I digress, I was mentioning how

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Speaker 1: they packaged Sergio Romo and Chris Fallomont. Chris vallomont is

436
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: he was drafted last year. Okay, he's been in the

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Speaker 1: system for a year. They have upped his value. He

438
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:19,080
Speaker 1: wasn't a top round draft pick, and they packaged him

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Speaker 1: for Lewen Diaz. Lewin Diaz is someone that I have

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00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 1: been targeting as a fan. Of course, I have been

441
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: targeting since the beginning of this rebuild. You know, we

442
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: all love receipts, and my receipts are on Twitter from

443
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Speaker 1: November of twenty eighteen and even earlier, I was saying

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Speaker 1: that someone I would want the Marlins to target to

445
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,919
Speaker 1: fulfill that first base void, whether Gerret Cooper is there

446
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,919
Speaker 1: or not, is Lwen Diaz of the Minnesota Twins. He

447
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: was in a system that had other prospects that could

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Speaker 1: fill that first base void for the Twins and was

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Speaker 1: someone that I identified last year as someone who was underperforming,

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Speaker 1: and he was. He was underperforming to an extent that

451
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: he wasn't even protected in the Rule five draft. He

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Speaker 1: went undrafted in the Rule five draft. Basically no one

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Speaker 1: was taking a chance on Lwin or Laywin Dz. He

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Speaker 1: is a power hitting lefty. He has an excellent glove

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Speaker 1: at first base. He's one of the best fielding first

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Speaker 1: basemen in all of minor league baseball. He's never going

457
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Speaker 1: to run, okay, he's never going to be a speedster,

458
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 1: but overall he has four very solid tools. Average hit

459
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: or average contact, well above average power, well above average defense.

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Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, twenty eighteen was just off the

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Speaker 1: tracks bad for Laywin Dz. I mean off the tracks

462
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Speaker 1: awful for laywen ds. He went from being a top

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Speaker 1: ten first base prospect in baseball across the different sites

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Speaker 1: to hardly being mentioned after this year. And you know what,

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Speaker 1: I can't blame them. I identified him as someone who's

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Speaker 1: a bounced back candidate. I haven't written out on Twitter

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Speaker 1: if you want to find it, and you want to

468
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Speaker 1: just make sure that I'm not bluffing you here, But

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Speaker 1: I can't blame anyone for that. He went from someone

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Speaker 1: that had again waded runs created plus of one twenty three,

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Speaker 1: well above average in twenty fifteen one forty nine in

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Speaker 1: the great to elite level in twenty sixteen one fourteen,

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Speaker 1: again again above average in twenty seventeen two sixty eight.

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Speaker 1: Now he had some injury concerns, but still even when

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Speaker 1: healthy sixty eight that is well below league average. His

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Speaker 1: OPS was sitting under six hundred, his slugging was sitting

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Speaker 1: under three fifteen. He was getting on base only twenty

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Speaker 1: five percent of the time. An incredibly bad year. But

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Speaker 1: what did Danny see that was happening. I don't know

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Speaker 1: what happened in the in the minor league system for

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Speaker 1: the two wins, but Laywin, his body, his his his durability,

482
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Speaker 1: he just looked off. I have no idea. Okay, this

483
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: is all speculation. Maybe something was going on with him,

484
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Speaker 1: Maybe something was happening with health, maybe something was happening

485
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Speaker 1: just with his personal life. But it did not look

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Speaker 1: like the laywin Das that had been there all those

487
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Speaker 1: years before. And that's why I wanted to buy low candidate.

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Speaker 1: Well the Marlins did that, but make no mistake, it

489
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Speaker 1: was no longer a buy low candidate because in twenty

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Speaker 1: and nineteen, in hyay weighted runs created plus one fifty

491
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Speaker 1: four ops eight sixty six, he was slugging five thirty three.

492
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Speaker 1: He was getting on base thirty four percent of the time.

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Speaker 1: This was the lay win Das Danny liked. A year

494
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Speaker 1: prior he gets promoted to double A weighted runs created

495
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Speaker 1: pross one fifty nine, ops nine twenty eight, slugging five eighty,

496
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: getting on base again thirty four percent of the time. Suddenly,

497
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: Laywin Diaz was that prospect who was a top ten

498
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Speaker 1: prospect at the first base position across all the sites

499
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: two years ago, and the Marlins identified that, they identified

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Speaker 1: another position of need. They got shortstop with Jazz, they

501
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: got outfield, which isn't necessarily a need, but you know what,

502
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: let's get greedy with Hesu Sanchez. They even got bullpen

503
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: help and above average bullpen help with Ryan Stanek, which

504
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: is again that raise deal che chef kiss, because just beautiful.

505
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: And then they fulfill a first base hole with Laywin Diaz.

506
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Speaker 1: Just incredible, just incredible, a franchise altering deadline. And for

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Speaker 1: those that say, oh, but look at the pitching they

508
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Speaker 1: gave up, Okay, I'm just wanting gonna say one more thing.

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Speaker 1: They got three top prospects, two which are in the

510
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Speaker 1: top one hundred, and the third is a plus fielder

511
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Speaker 1: plus power who was in the top ten and likely

512
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Speaker 1: after this year will be again in the top ten

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Speaker 1: of his position, without giving up Pablo Lopez, without giving

514
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Speaker 1: up Caleb Smith, or san Diao Contrera without giving up

515
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Speaker 1: sixt Sanchez or Edward Cabrera or Trevor Rodgers or Braxton

516
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Speaker 1: Garrett or Luis Palacios or whoever else you want to

517
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Speaker 1: add to the list. A masterful job of getting value,

518
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Speaker 1: developing value, and trading it and flipping it for more value.

519
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: Risk absolutely, anyone who's telling you otherwise is trying to

520
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Speaker 1: fool themselves and fool you as they do it. Risk

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Speaker 1: is there, but creative aggressive. And if they hit on

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Speaker 1: even two of these three deals, they're gonna hit on

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Speaker 1: that raised deal. Okay, if they hit on either of

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Speaker 1: the other two deals, this is a positive franchise altering deadline.

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Speaker 1: Before we leave the farm system, I want to say

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Speaker 1: one more thing after these moves to prize top five

527
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Speaker 1: farm system in baseball. Fangrafts has them ranked number four.

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Speaker 1: Ben Badler was just on the broadcast yesterday, I believe

529
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Speaker 1: Saturday evening, and he was talking about how this is

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Speaker 1: one of the most advanced, in one of the most

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Speaker 1: improved farm systems in all of baseball. Ben Badler works

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Speaker 1: for Baseball America. They have them number ten prior to

533
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Speaker 1: this deadline, prior to adding a top one hundred prospect

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Speaker 1: from their own list, another prospect who was just top

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Speaker 1: one hundred, and Laywin Dias, which they have ranked as

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Speaker 1: the tenth prospect in the Marlin system. My guess is

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Speaker 1: that they are at the lowest seventh pipeline. MLB dot

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Speaker 1: Com has them with the fifth most prospect points. That's

539
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Speaker 1: not an indicator of where they're going to rank them organizationally. However,

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00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: typically those align very well, so I'm not saying it's

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Speaker 1: a one for one indicator, but it is a factor.

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Speaker 1: The Miami Marlins, one point seventy five years into their

543
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Speaker 1: rebuilt have an elite farm system. I got a lot

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Speaker 1: of hate for saying that they would end this year

545
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Speaker 1: with a top ten farm system. That even happened before

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Speaker 1: the deadline because after the draft came out. In the

547
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Speaker 1: post drafts, Baseball Meerk already had them ten. Got a

548
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: lot of heat for it. I've been validated now they

549
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,800
Speaker 1: have a top five farm system. Definitely have a lesser

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Speaker 1: strength at the major league level in pitching, because when

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00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: you take out Zach Gallen from that rotation, you do

552
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,520
Speaker 1: lessen the strength at the major league level, but they

553
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: still have an elite pitching farm. The Marlins are going places.

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Speaker 1: The question and our second dialogue piece today is how

555
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: quickly are they going to get there? But we keep

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Speaker 1: having this conversation one because people keep asking for it

557
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Speaker 1: after anything that happens. So they got the draft, okay, Daniel,

558
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Speaker 1: does this change the timetable? They got the international free agency?

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00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,240
Speaker 1: Does this change the timetable? And of course you guessed

560
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Speaker 1: it all right. We traded for three great prospects, good

561
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Speaker 1: to great prospects. Does this change the timetable? Well, you

562
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Speaker 1: know me, I like to give you my opinion, but

563
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Speaker 1: I also like to give you the opinion of others.

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Speaker 1: So I did that poll again. I originally sent out

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Speaker 1: the poll. I believe it was June early June. I

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Speaker 1: want to say June fifth or June sixth. I said,

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Speaker 1: in your opinion, the Marlins are blank of skit of pace,

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Speaker 1: ahead of expected pace, on expected pace, or be high

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Speaker 1: an expected pace, I said. Things to consider are the

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Speaker 1: big league pieces, the twenty eighteen twenty nineteen drafts, which,

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Speaker 1: for what it's worth, twenty eighteen draft. Connor Scott is

572
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Speaker 1: having an amazing, amazing year, especially after his promotion. Go

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Speaker 1: look up his numbers farm system talent production and then

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Speaker 1: the business side of the rebuild at that time, remember

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Speaker 1: that was the one that got like six hundred and

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Speaker 1: something votes. Thirty one percent of individuals said they were

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Speaker 1: ahead of expected pace, fifty five percent of individuals said

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Speaker 1: they were on expected pace, with eight percent saying behind expectations.

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Speaker 1: But you know, they never actually tell me and explained

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Speaker 1: to me why they chose that, So I really I'm

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Speaker 1: not even sure if that's valid or if that's just

582
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Speaker 1: someone that wants to, you know, change it up a

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Speaker 1: little bit and be a little anti Marlins. But even

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Speaker 1: if we say that that was entirely valid, that means

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Speaker 1: that eighty six percent of individuals felt that the Marlins

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Speaker 1: were either on expected pace or ahead of expected pace,

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Speaker 1: with again thirty one percent saying ahead of expectations. I

588
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Speaker 1: decided to refresh the pull and send it out again.

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Speaker 1: The answers were different. Fifty eight percent set ahead of expectations.

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Speaker 1: Remember previously, thirty one percent had said that choice, thirty

591
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Speaker 1: seven percent said as expected, which means that together and

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Speaker 1: I'm really bad at math, I believe that is ninety

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Speaker 1: six percent. Ninety six percent that should be ninety five.

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Speaker 1: Ninety five percent of individuals said they were either on

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Speaker 1: expected pace or ahead of expected pace four percent, which

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Speaker 1: is why the numbers aren't adding up. That's just because

597
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,240
Speaker 1: Twitter is bad at fact fractions said behind an expected place,

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Speaker 1: that's impressive. That's impressive. That's what the fan base thinks.

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Speaker 1: Do I think that I think that I would still

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Speaker 1: say on expected pace. I've always said that my belief

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Speaker 1: is twenty twenty one. In twenty twenty one, we should

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00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: see the fruits of the rebuilt at least getting you

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00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,439
Speaker 1: that you know, that five hundred win or getting close

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Speaker 1: to a wildcard spot. That's my expectation. I have no problem,

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Speaker 1: and it's probably recency bias, right. They are changing their

606
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 1: opinion on what happened. That's not a bad thing. It

607
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 1: means that you're dynamic. It means that you don't stick

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00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 1: to the one thing. At the end of the day,

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00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: we now suddenly have a five to a number four

610
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Speaker 1: top farm system in baseball. Of course, you should possibly

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Speaker 1: be dynamic in your thinking and change your expectations. I

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Speaker 1: just don't think it does it for me because I

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Speaker 1: truly believe that with the Marlins have shown me this

614
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,880
Speaker 1: years that they are going to be patient with these prospects.

615
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: We're seeing it with Eson Diaz, even Lewis Brinston. Listen,

616
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Speaker 1: Lewis Princeton Saturday night hit two homers. He behind Eston

617
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Speaker 1: Diaz is leading the team in ops. You know, he's

618
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: doing well. He's even striking sorry, he's even striking out

619
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Speaker 1: less than thirty percent, which is significant what we're talking

620
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Speaker 1: about Lewis Princeton, and yet they're still being patient with him.

621
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Speaker 1: They're still being patient with Eston Diaz. They're being patient

622
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Speaker 1: with a six Do Sanchez or an Edward Kober, regardless

623
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Speaker 1: of the promotions that they have gotten. Why would we

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Speaker 1: expect them to be anything different with a hiss Su Sanchez,

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00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: regardless of how lee he is, With a JJ Bledet

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Speaker 1: who had an RBI double today, with Leywin Diaz, with

627
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 1: Jazz Chisholm, who they should be patient with, Absolutely be patient.

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Speaker 1: He's again potential superstar, but very volatile. If the Miami

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Speaker 1: Marlins continue to be patient, then I still think twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one is that year, because see, unless you are

631
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Speaker 1: going to convince me that the twenty twenty opening day

632
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Speaker 1: lineup is going to have all of these guys, I can't.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to say that they're going to be

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Speaker 1: over five hundred and in a wild card spot next year,

635
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Speaker 1: or at least in contention throughout the year. And that's

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Speaker 1: what ahead of schedule would be if instead of twenty

637
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Speaker 1: twenty one, it's now twenty twenty that we're competing. And

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Speaker 1: since I don't buy that, since I don't believe that

639
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Speaker 1: they are going to all of a sudden change their

640
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 1: style of development and not be as patient with these guys,

641
00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: I think that I'm still on the expected pace. Am

642
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 1: I leaning towards ahead of schedule? Absolutely? Whoever's leaning towards

643
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:07,760
Speaker 1: behind schedule, I'm so sorry. I don't see your rationale

644
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 1: at all. I would love to see an email from

645
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 1: you telling me where it is, you know, on the

646
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: on the Twitter proll I said at the bottom, listen,

647
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: I'm not here to tell your opinion is wrong, but

648
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: please tell me if you're if you're voting behind schedule,

649
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 1: what the rationale is and the logic there, because I

650
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: want to know that perspective. If you are listening and

651
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 1: you think they're behind, please email me because I just

652
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:32,840
Speaker 1: don't see it. So you know, either it's on pace

653
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 1: and then you're leaning right on pace, or you're saying

654
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 1: no a little bit towards the head of schedule. Whatever

655
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 1: the case may be. It's good. It's good. It just is.

656
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: You know, at this point, we're not I can't even

657
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: I can't no longer even complain that the national media

658
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: isn't seeing it. Fangraphs is seeing it. Their writers are

659
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: pointing out good things about the Marlins and the rebuild.

660
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 1: Baseball America is going on their own broadcast network on

661
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: MLB Network and talking the positives of the rebuild, even pipeline,

662
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: which I think is too reactionary, both in the positive

663
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 1: and the negative. Even pipeline. Jim Kallis and the folks

664
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: there Jonathan Mayo are saying, you know that they underestimated

665
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: this rebuild, that they didn't think they would be able

666
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: to do it this quickly. And of course everyone brings

667
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:20,839
Speaker 1: up Jeter. You know that I'm not one to do that.

668
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: It's Sherman and Jeter and Gary Dembo and the Amateur

669
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 1: Scout Department and the driver. It's the group. It is

670
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: the Marlins. It is not lightning post Jeter. In one

671
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 1: point seven one point seventy five years, one in three

672
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: quarters since they started this rebuild, have an elite farm

673
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 1: system with pieces at the major league level, a good

674
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 1: starting staff and even better coming behind them. If you

675
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 1: are a Marlins fan and you feel like you're closeted

676
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,800
Speaker 1: because you know, everything has to be negative and everything

677
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,760
Speaker 1: has to be diminutive, and it just tell people, and honestly,

678
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,479
Speaker 1: very respectfully, to just shut up and learn the game,

679
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: because at this point, it's not even the national media

680
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: who doesn't see it. They do. It's not scouting sites

681
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: who don't see it because they do. It's not those

682
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 1: around the team because we've been seeing it at this point,

683
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: it's people who just don't want to see it. Good

684
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,719
Speaker 1: on the Marlins for allowing themselves to stay to this plan.

685
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 1: If they continue to do so, I think that they

686
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: will be on schedule for twenty twenty one competitive, touching

687
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,320
Speaker 1: the playoffs, possibly their kind of year, and by twenty

688
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: twenty two, you would imagine they would have two free

689
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,840
Speaker 1: agency markets that they would have been active, and I

690
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 1: still think twenty twenty one would be much more active

691
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:50,440
Speaker 1: than twenty twenty. The Marlins themselves active. It's coming. Just

692
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:52,879
Speaker 1: remember those who have been with you along the ride,

693
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,839
Speaker 1: and remember those who have been trying to tell you

694
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,399
Speaker 1: has it been perfect? I sent out a laundry list

695
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: of fifteen twenty things I would have done differently on

696
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: this rebuild, And of course there's hindsight in that, and

697
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about that in the next episode.

698
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,280
Speaker 1: Hasn't been perfect, but man, there's reasons to be hopeful

699
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 1: and to have some optimism when you're a Marlins fan.

700
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 1: And I can't remember the last time I could say that.

701
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: The pitching performances of the week and the hitter of

702
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: the Week. Monday, the twenty ninth, Caleb Smith went up

703
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: against the Diamondbacks. He went seven innings, nine strikeouts to

704
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: one walk. Just that ratio alone should tell you everything

705
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 1: you need to know about why Caleb Smith is one

706
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: of the candidates for pitching Performance of the Week. Whenever

707
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 1: you could go seven innings, nine k's and one walk,

708
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: it also it's almost irrelevant what else happened. You could

709
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 1: have lost this game. The Marlins could have produced no

710
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 1: offense for you. But once again, when you go seven

711
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,400
Speaker 1: innings pitch with nine k's, one walk, oh and by

712
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:02,240
Speaker 1: the way, only four hits, you deserve to be mentioned. Now,

713
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 1: this game could have looked a lot differently if it

714
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 1: wasn't for one pitch. See. Caleb also gave up four

715
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 1: runs in this outing. Three of them came on an

716
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: awful pitch to Katl Marte who had a three run homer.

717
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 1: And then after that, Caleb was Caleb. Caleb dominated getting strikeouts,

718
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: looking get a strikeout, swinging, getting weak contact. Without that

719
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,799
Speaker 1: one pitch, he would have dominated that entire game. Now,

720
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:35,760
Speaker 1: we don't live in a world without but impressive. Nonetheless, Monday,

721
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: the twenty ninth, first performance of the week. Thursday the

722
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 1: first Now we're in August, Yamamoto goes up against Twins.

723
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: This is right after Zach Gallen has been traded away,

724
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, there's a lot of people

725
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,240
Speaker 1: on Twitter saying, oh, I much rather would have traded

726
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 1: Jordan Yamamoto or Sandial Contura, And quite frankly, I don't

727
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:58,880
Speaker 1: even necessarily disagree, But Jordan Yamamoto made sure to remind

728
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,240
Speaker 1: people of why he can also be someone that pushes

729
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: that ceiling. His ceiling is very similar to Zach Gallon,

730
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: at least from a scouting perspective. You know, it's not

731
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 1: the liveliest of stuff. They have a good arsenal, they're

732
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,440
Speaker 1: precise with their with their pitches, but the ceilings typically

733
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: is a three four five guy for both of them.

734
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: I would personally likely have Zach Gallen's ceiling a little higher.

735
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 1: But Jordan Yamoto decided to go out go six innings

736
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:27,959
Speaker 1: pitch eight, strikeouts two ready for it, zero walks, eight

737
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: to zero. Six inning pitch eight, strikeout, zero walks. He

738
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 1: also allowed four earned runs. But here's the catch where

739
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 1: the starts are very different between Kleb and between Yams.

740
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,880
Speaker 1: Yams got touched up on seven hits. Now, when you

741
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,919
Speaker 1: watch the game, there's a difference between you box score.

742
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 1: He gave up maybe two hits that were solid contact hits.

743
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:54,720
Speaker 1: The rest of them seemed like they were little decks,

744
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 1: little deek shots behind Cooper at first or behind whoever

745
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: was at first that night, scribblers that go through uh

746
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: through the middle of the infield. We saw what we

747
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 1: continue to see from Yams, which is we contact, getting

748
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,920
Speaker 1: into damage but then limiting it. It's just it's just

749
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: who he is, you know, it's just who he is. Well,

750
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 1: we didn't. What we saw that was a little different

751
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 1: from before was that the week contact was not coming

752
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 1: from walks or from only being able to nibble around

753
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,840
Speaker 1: the corner. You know it was it was coming, and

754
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: the damage rather was coming from those that we contact.

755
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,439
Speaker 1: Because when you go out and you strike out eight

756
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:37,280
Speaker 1: opposing hitters and don't walk anyone, that's impressive. You decide

757
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 1: who the pitching performance of the week was. But in

758
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 1: a week where there weren't a lot of WS to

759
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,320
Speaker 1: talk about, there was exciting games, but there weren't a

760
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 1: lot of WS to talk about, these two pitchers gave

761
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: us something to take a breath on and relax and

762
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: understand that pitching all of sudden did not become a

763
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 1: weakness with hitter of the week. You know, Brian Anderson, Listen,

764
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: I've said it's seventeen times, if not seven hundred times

765
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,760
Speaker 1: by now. He needs to be the person that gets extended.

766
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:10,720
Speaker 1: Give him a contract right now, eat out his arbitration years,

767
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,160
Speaker 1: eat out a few of his free agents in years,

768
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 1: and let him be the first cornerstone of this rebuilt

769
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:21,640
Speaker 1: Anderson has something like seven hits this week. That's not

770
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,279
Speaker 1: a lot. That's not a lot. That's not the point

771
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: I'm trying to make here. But four of them are homers.

772
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:31,800
Speaker 1: He's driven in eight runners, he has three four walks,

773
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:35,839
Speaker 1: including today's game. This is a middle of the order

774
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: bat who by the time the Marlins are ready to compete.

775
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:42,319
Speaker 1: And here's where things get scary. The guy that's on

776
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 1: pace to have like twenty five home runs this year,

777
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 1: Brian Anderson might not even be your number two three

778
00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,360
Speaker 1: four hitter, might not even be your fifth hitter. With

779
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,279
Speaker 1: as deep as the bats now suddenly are, with a

780
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:57,280
Speaker 1: Blade and a Meisner and a Sanchez and Anistan Diez

781
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:59,200
Speaker 1: and a lay Win Diaz and a drazz Chism and

782
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:02,399
Speaker 1: on and on and on, Brian Anderson might not even

783
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: be a two, three, four five hitter for you, and

784
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:09,479
Speaker 1: yet he's on pace for twenty five homers around that

785
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: that era, that area. He continues to take his walks,

786
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: and he continues to produce run production in a lineup

787
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,920
Speaker 1: where hardly anyone is ever on base. Because again we're

788
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,720
Speaker 1: just being honest, nothing has changed with this anemic offense

789
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 1: other than some some pieces like a Brian Anderson or

790
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 1: Hail Drmirz or a Garret Cooper are starting to produce.

791
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: He needs to be extended. Harold Ramirez is also one

792
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: of the options. He hit two ninety one got on

793
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: base around thirty two percent of the time this week.

794
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 1: Sucking six forty. He has two homers, including one of

795
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: the walk off ones, which was great to see. I

796
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:49,920
Speaker 1: love Harold one double, one, triple, one walk and he's

797
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 1: driven in six this week. He continues putting himself into

798
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: the conversation of being a core piece down the line,

799
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: even if some like Mice self believe that he'll eventually

800
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:06,839
Speaker 1: be a fourth outfielder for this organization. It seems unfair, right,

801
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: It seems unfair when I say that. It seems like

802
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:13,560
Speaker 1: I'm prospect hugging right, like I'm too too focused on

803
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:16,200
Speaker 1: what could be instead of what's happening in front of me.

804
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 1: I understand all of those caveats. I concede to all

805
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:26,719
Speaker 1: of that. It's just tough to imagine that with the

806
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:31,960
Speaker 1: types of ceilings that the prospects have who are outfield

807
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:35,320
Speaker 1: only prospects, as well as the understanding that Garrett Cooper

808
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,880
Speaker 1: would likely be moved into right field when Leywan Diaz

809
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 1: is ready, just who is Harold gonna continuously beat out here?

810
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,040
Speaker 1: It's tough, and this is coming from someone that I

811
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,880
Speaker 1: am a big fan of Harold Ramires, But who is

812
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:57,759
Speaker 1: he going to beat out for the three positions out there?

813
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:00,960
Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, you call me prospect hugger

814
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:03,719
Speaker 1: all you want. It's not his Sue Sanchez. Sue Sanchez

815
00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 1: is playing at the major league level and is likely

816
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:08,839
Speaker 1: going to be well above average at the major league level.

817
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,279
Speaker 1: I don't think it's Monte Harrison either. Monte, if he

818
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 1: stays healthy, has one of the highest ceilings, and with

819
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:18,920
Speaker 1: the improvements he made this year, one of the one

820
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,719
Speaker 1: of the higher floors. All of a sudden, he's not

821
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:27,320
Speaker 1: as volatile as he was before in this system. Victor

822
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,719
Speaker 1: Victor Masa has even been doing well over the month

823
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 1: and a half that he has over the last month

824
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,400
Speaker 1: and a half. You have someone like JJ Bleda, you know,

825
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 1: don't look too much into the numbers, whether good or negative.

826
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 1: This year for him, he is coming off of a long,

827
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 1: a long season in college and this first year is

828
00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:51,239
Speaker 1: more for him to work out certain kinks. Remember I, I,

829
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:53,560
Speaker 1: you know, gave you the insight. I believe it was

830
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:55,640
Speaker 1: Craig Mish who gave us the gave us the initial

831
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 1: insight that Gary Dembo. They do not tinker with a

832
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:01,800
Speaker 1: player's development until untill six months of seeing them play.

833
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,800
Speaker 1: So this is JJ Pleda, the college hitter without even

834
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 1: having everything that is given to a major league a

835
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:15,759
Speaker 1: franchise to develop their players. Yet he's someone that is

836
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:20,279
Speaker 1: going to be out there. You still have guys like

837
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: a Lewis Princeton, You still have guys like a Gare

838
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: Cooper who can move over. You still have individuals even

839
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 1: like a Brian Anderson. Now he is the answer at third.

840
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 1: I roll my eyes every time that I see him

841
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: not penciled in at third. I do not like it.

842
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:39,960
Speaker 1: But let's say that they go and get free agency

843
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:41,959
Speaker 1: at their base or whatever the case may be. Brian

844
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,240
Speaker 1: Anderson then goes out to right field. There's so many

845
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 1: options in the outfield projection projections moving forward for the

846
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:53,080
Speaker 1: Marlins that it is tough to see Harold Ramirez really

847
00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:59,160
Speaker 1: continue to hit his way into the playoff team that

848
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:03,759
Speaker 1: will eventually be mim of Marlins. But man, I hope

849
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:07,080
Speaker 1: he keeps proving me wrong because it's it's just it's

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Speaker 1: just crazy. And again it's not even proving wrong. I

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00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:11,279
Speaker 1: love Harold Timers. I think he's going to be one

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00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 1: of the best fourth outfielders in baseball by the time

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Speaker 1: this team is ready to compete. I said it last

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Speaker 1: time that I was on the mic, but it's tough

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Speaker 1: to see him be in front of other individuals that

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Speaker 1: have such high ceilings. The last candidate, Miguel Rojas. He

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Speaker 1: had three forty eight, three seventy five, six fifty two

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Speaker 1: this week with nine hits, two home runs, one double,

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Speaker 1: one triple, and he drove in three. He continues doing

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Speaker 1: exactly what we have started to expect from Miguel Rojas.

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Speaker 1: He is a two win if not better player right

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Speaker 1: now when we're looking at wins above replacement. He is

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Speaker 1: going to be the starting shortstop next year. For those

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Speaker 1: of you that I think it's Jazz Chisholm that will

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Speaker 1: eventually start. Absolutely for those of you that think he

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Speaker 1: will already start next year, I don't think so. Miguel

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Speaker 1: Rojas is under contract for next year. After that he's

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Speaker 1: a free agent. I think that he is someone who

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Speaker 1: the Marlins would be very wise to extend at the

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Speaker 1: appropriate market value. Have him be your utility player, have

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Speaker 1: him be your leader, have him be someone who can

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Speaker 1: be there if a Jazz Chism or if a Jose

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00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 1: Devers don't become the stars. And for what it's worth,

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Speaker 1: jazz Chism has a much higher star pedigree than Jose Devers.

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Speaker 1: But still I think that he's someone who should stay.

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Speaker 1: I think he's someone that should be extended. He's a leader,

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Speaker 1: he is a captain, and he continues to hit again.

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Speaker 1: Three forty eight, three seventy five, six fifty two. This week,

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Speaker 1: Brian Anderson Harold Dmirez and Miguel Rojas in a week

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Speaker 1: again where the offense was a little frustrating aside from

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Speaker 1: their Saturday night game with the Rays. In a week

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Speaker 1: where there was a lot of divisiveness and a lot

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Speaker 1: of very quick passionate reactions to the trade deadline. In

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00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:52,560
Speaker 1: a week where there is just volatility everywhere. We don't

885
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:54,480
Speaker 1: know when he saw Diaez is going to be called up,

886
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:58,400
Speaker 1: Starlin Castro's taking ground balls at third. That's probably Getysaun up.

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00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:02,800
Speaker 1: There is a lot happening. It is nice to see

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Speaker 1: that with all of the moving parts, the plan is

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00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:11,400
Speaker 1: still there. Brian Anderson is still hitting. There are still

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Speaker 1: cogs and the pitching staff that should be here long

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Speaker 1: term that are producing. People in the national perspective are

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Speaker 1: paying attention. The Marlins are coming. I feel like I've

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00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:29,040
Speaker 1: said that two three times, and I'm sure that some

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00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:33,440
Speaker 1: are tired of hearing it, but they are. When we

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Speaker 1: told you a year ago, what was happening, six months ago,

896
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,960
Speaker 1: what was happening three months ago? We were called Homer's

897
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,080
Speaker 1: and we were called a million other things. That's okay.

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Speaker 1: I like diversity of thought, but I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: change my opinion, especially not while others are now starting

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Speaker 1: to realize it. The Miami Marlins are coming. If you're

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Speaker 1: a fan, don't worry about the ridicule. When you're talking

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00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:58,320
Speaker 1: to your friends and they laugh at you, don't worry

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00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:02,920
Speaker 1: about the jokes. When you consider what the standings say

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Speaker 1: this year and likely next year as well. Remember the perspective.

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Speaker 1: The Astros were there, the Cubs were there, the Braves

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00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 1: were there. The Marlins are here now, and they have

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00:55:15,239 --> 00:55:17,640
Speaker 1: rebuilt their farm system and have it at a higher

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Speaker 1: spot than any of those organizations did two years into it.

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Speaker 1: They are deep, they are talented, and oh they're coming

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Speaker 1: as always are. When I really do appreciate it. I

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Speaker 1: told you I really was excited to talk today, so

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Speaker 1: I was going to talk a lot. I hope you

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Speaker 1: kept up with my Cuban pace. I appreciate you all listening.

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Speaker 1: I will always ask you to like, and I will

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Speaker 1: always ask you to leave reviews because I want to

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Speaker 1: see them. Keep emailing me if you're interested in joining

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Speaker 1: the show and stop you know, stopping by as a guest.

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Speaker 1: Let me know and we'll make it happen. We're getting

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Speaker 1: towards the end of that list, so I want you

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Speaker 1: to refresh that list for us, and as always, go

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Speaker 1: fish un