1 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: It's always interesting when my two career paths engage with 2 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: each other. For instance, one of the things that we 3 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: sit with in psychology all the time is the fact 4 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: that ambiguity fights with control. There are things in your 5 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: life that you can control, and then there are things 6 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: in your life that are simply ambiguous, that are simply uncontrollable. Here, 7 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: I am thinking that I have a beautiful plan for 8 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: the next four episodes of fish Bites. Here you are 9 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: listening to it last week and saying, oh, I like 10 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: this idea. I like this fish Bites, the Fishies final awards. 11 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: I like the fact that we're gonna have some interviews 12 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: coming up shortly, and I love the fact that we're 13 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: gonna allow ourselves fans to vote for the Fishies. And 14 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: then ambiguity happens, because if you are listening to this, 15 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: you're likely a Marlins fan who is already aware that 16 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: the Marlins have extended Don Mattingly. They've also extended Miguel Rojas. 17 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: There's a million and a half different things that I 18 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: could have prepped for, and neither of them were those two. Now, 19 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: interestingly enough, one of those conversations is something I was 20 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: asking for in Miguel Rojas and the other conversation was 21 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: something that I was most definitely on the other side 22 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: of the aisle on, which of course, is going to 23 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: lead to an interesting episode today because that plan of 24 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: having an interview and having our results and all that 25 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: is out the window. It's out the window because well, 26 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: we need to discuss this. We need to discuss the good, 27 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: we need to discuss what might be the criticism, and 28 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: in reality, we have to have a conversation about what 29 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: this means for the organization. So today on fish Bites, 30 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: a Fist Stripes podcast shown on Serious XM Slam Radio 31 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: XM Channel one forty five, myself is going to have 32 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: a conversation with you about what this means for the 33 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: Marlins and what it means for the fan base. We're 34 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: gonna start off with the fact that yes, Don Mattingly 35 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: has been extended through twenty twenty one, and I'll give 36 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: you my thoughts on that. I promise We're gonna discuss 37 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: the Miguel Rojas extension. We're also going to discuss something 38 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: that came up on our timeline and was something a 39 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: few listeners wanted to continue discussing, which was the progress 40 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: of east Adias. I'm gonna give you three very interesting 41 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: splits that he has which may tell us something about 42 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: his performance that is not shown at the face value 43 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: normal box scores, some positive, some negative. But you're gonna 44 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: want to stick around to have that conversation. We're gonna 45 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: start off with Don Mattingley. You know, the Marlins just 46 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: finished having their presser with Mattingly, with Mike Hill and 47 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: with Derek Jeter, of course. And the reality is that 48 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: I was incredibly shocked, and I was I was shocked, 49 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: and I was surprised that this is the actual outcome 50 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: of the question will Don Mattingly survive after the season? 51 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: The reason for it, number one is because he quite 52 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: literally has just set precedent. There are not many examples 53 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: of managers, whether it's his fault or not, when we're 54 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: looking at a roster construction that have the win loss 55 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: percentage that he has over the last four years and 56 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: survives to get another fifth year. Now, interestingly enough, some 57 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: of the examples of those that did come back have 58 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: actually been very successful, and you can go do your 59 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: homework on that and see who that is. But it's 60 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: still incredibly unlikely, and it was unlikely that this was 61 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: the case. I've also been very vocal on the fact 62 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: that I have my own disagreements and this is an 63 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: incredibly external view from animor your level. Right, people pick 64 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: up a mic, whether it's myself or anyone else, and 65 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: think that they know baseball. They don't. No one knows 66 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: baseball more than the people that are in the organization. 67 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: Do The different organizations have different levels of intelligence, of analysis, 68 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 1: of understanding, of a feel for the game. Absolutely, But 69 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: if you are listening, unless you are an ex manager 70 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: or an x GM or whatever the case may be, no, 71 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: believe it or not, you are not more intelligent than 72 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: Donnie Baseball, someone who had an incredibly successful career as well. 73 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: Now there's the other side of that. They're the individuals 74 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: that say, well, just because you have never known baseball, 75 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: or because you have never played, or you've never managed, 76 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: you do not get an opinion that's incorrect as well? 77 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: Are we, you know, Monday morning armchairing baseball managers? Are 78 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: we armchairing? Are sports? Absolutely? We concede that at least 79 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: those of us that have a brain and those of 80 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: us that are humble. I understand that when I disagree 81 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: with the way that puts together a lineup. At the 82 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: end of the day, it's still him and I would 83 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: probably still take his advice. After it, I concede that 84 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: I don't know everything that's happening in the clubhouse, the people, 85 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: and this is just really a warning and just a 86 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: personal thought. I guess the people that do try to 87 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: convince you that they know more are the ones that 88 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: you should likely not pay attention to. With that being said, yes, 89 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: of course, I've had disagreements with the fact that he's 90 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: done on field managing, whether it's bullpen usage, and that's 91 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: really my biggest gripe with Dottie Baseball. It's the way 92 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: he holds on to his arms on the mound and 93 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: who he goes to. And I promise you it's not hindsight. 94 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: You could see my Twitter feed flooded with real life, 95 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: time stamped situations of me saying, well, this isn't going 96 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: to work out. I don't appreciate the way that we've 97 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: also utilized some of our younger prospects within the batting order. 98 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: I don't appreciate the way that there's such high variability 99 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: from one lineup to the next. All of that is 100 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: well documented, which then leads to the question of, well, Danny, 101 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: if you were magically the GM of the Miami Marlins 102 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: or the CEO, would you have brought Donnie Baseball back? 103 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: And almost all of me says no. I think that 104 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have brought Donnie Baseball back because of the 105 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: circumstances rather than because of him. And I think that's 106 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,679 Speaker 1: where there is a level of either maturity or comfort 107 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: that the Marlins felt comfortable with that an external person 108 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: and an external voice on a microphone like myself wouldn't 109 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: be able to get a grasp of because the realities 110 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: that from the outside, I could very easily say that 111 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: don Maddingly and the Marlins were at the perfect point 112 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: for a breakup. And of course it wouldn't have even 113 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: had to have been through termination. It would have simply 114 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: been through the fact that they didn't have to extend him. 115 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: This would have allowed a new fresh face to come 116 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: in and then really start this launching pad of the rebuild, 117 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: which is twenty twenty forward with a new identity. However, 118 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: I can understand and my perspective wasn't the one that 119 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: was chosen, and my perspective wasn't the one that they're 120 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: going with that, there might have been someone in the 121 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: room that shared my perspective, and guess what that person 122 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: got outvoted. And when that happens, we don't have to 123 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: fall into black and white thinking. Black and white thinking 124 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: and psychology are the extremes. It's either everyone loves me 125 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: or everyone hates me. Listen, just because the Marlins chose 126 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: something that I, possibly from my external view, with different 127 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: factors involved, might have not chosen, does not believe, rather 128 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: does not lead me to say that this is the 129 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: most awful situation in baseball, or that this was an 130 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: incredibly ridiculous decision, or that this is going to fail. 131 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: Because one I understand who I am and who they are, 132 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: and two I understand that I don't have all the information. 133 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: But what do I see then? How did Donny Baseball 134 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: get an extension? Well, for me, it's it's pretty simple. 135 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: The one thing I can tell you is that the 136 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: people in that clubhouse, players in that clubhouse love him. 137 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: I can tell you that from speaking with them, they 138 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: love don maddingly. The players and clearly the ownership seems 139 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: to agree. The other thing I can tell you, and 140 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: this one isn't for me being there. This is from external. 141 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: Whenever he speaks, there seems to be a level of 142 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: transparency about him. I would imagine that that doesn't change 143 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: if you're not going to be transparent. You know, you're 144 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: not going to be transparent with the media, and you're 145 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: not going to be transparent with the players. But if 146 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: you had to choose, you're most likely not going to 147 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: be transparent with the media. So think about that. Donnie 148 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: is the inverse. He is actually transparent with the media. 149 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: I can only imagine that makes him even more of 150 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: a genuine, authentic individual within that clubhouse. That's what you 151 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 1: want when you are a player at a major league level, 152 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: or really at any level whatsoever. Transparency in a plan, 153 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: transparency in how you're doing, transparency in your development. Whether 154 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: you're a teller at a bank, you're a psychologist in 155 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 1: a hospital, or you are a major league baseball player, 156 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: you want transparent and see from your superiors and your supervisors. 157 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: And it seems like he's offered that. In that transparency. 158 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: We have seen something from Donnie Baseball, which is that 159 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: his tone, his way of leading, almost at least from 160 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: what we see in the media, has also become dynamic 161 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 1: and adaptive. The Donnie Baseball that we talk to right now, 162 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: and this rebuild is not the same Donnie Baseball that 163 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: was trying to manage the John Carlos Stanton, Christian Yelch's 164 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: of the world. He's a different individual. He's bought into 165 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: a plan. Matter of fact, we're gonna talk about Miggy 166 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: Rowan a little bit, Miguel Rojaus. He spoke about that 167 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: that the front office in the management is transparent and 168 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: that there's a clear, definitive plan that he believes in. 169 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: I think that's how Donnie Baseball got this extension. I'm 170 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: assuming that a majority of this is his interpersonal handling 171 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: of the rebuild and that clubhouse, the fact that the 172 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: players legitimately love this man and want to play for 173 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: him and win alongside with him. My difference in opinion 174 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: on in game decisions is well documented. But just because 175 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: I disagree at face value at the first step, because 176 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: the first step is would you have brought him back? 177 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: Just because I disagree with that first step does not 178 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: mean that all of a sudden, whether you fall on 179 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: the oh I love this or oh I hate this, 180 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: everything about it has to be good or bad. So 181 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: then how do you reassess, how do you reframe. Well, 182 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: the question, or rather the answer is pretty simple. If 183 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: we had to bring him back, or if we had 184 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: chosen to bring him back, my decision, and I sent 185 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: this out before we knew the parameters of the deal 186 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 1: would have been Well, the perfect amount of years is 187 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: two years. You extend him for two years. This was 188 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: again stated. And everything that I ever say is is 189 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: available to everyone the public. It's available on the air 190 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: waves and it's available on Twitter. Before we even knew 191 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: the numbers, I said, two years is the perfect deal. 192 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: And why was that? Well, because two years puts him 193 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: at twenty twenty and twenty twenty one for the eternity 194 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: of this or for the length of this rebuild. You 195 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: have heard me saying the launching pad year for the 196 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 1: Miami Marlins rebuild is twenty twenty one. Well, this allows 197 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: you to see and assess if Donnie can really compete 198 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: with an adequately formed and roster constructioned team. Because now 199 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: he has twenty twenty that's still a transition year. But 200 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: you're also giving him twenty twenty one and saying this 201 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: is when you need to show yourself. In theory. The 202 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: two years allows Donnie to show himself as an adequate 203 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: or above adequate manager with competent roster construction. And it's 204 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: also not long enough to be troublesome for the Marlins organization, 205 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: because if by twenty twenty one the Marlins are still 206 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: not competing, and then you're clearly behind schedule, Donnie goes, 207 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: Donnie doesn't get extensioned, or doesn't rather doesn't get an extension, 208 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: and you bring someone in in a new phrase, in 209 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: a new face when you're about to have a launching 210 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: pad of a year in twenty twenty two. So do 211 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: I agree with the decision to extend. Part of me 212 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: says no. But if we're going to extend, I think 213 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: that they did the perfect amount of time. You extend 214 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: for the two years, and you see what he can 215 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: do now. I will say this part of my perspective, 216 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: and this is where people will say, oh, well, Danny, 217 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: now you're just backtracking. That's fine, you can tell me 218 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: whatever you want. Part of my perspective in life is 219 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: that we should be dynamic. And seeing that press conference 220 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: and seeing the unity between the three and remember I 221 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: look at things differently. I just do. It's my training. 222 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: If you're a mechanic. You hear car noises better. If 223 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: you're a police officer, for better or for worse, you 224 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: are a lot more protective of your home. You see 225 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: things in individuals look profiling. I'm not saying is a 226 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: negative or a positive thing, but it's part of the training. 227 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: We have to be able to identify risk, We have 228 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: to be able to identify safety. You are taught this well, listen. 229 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: As a psychologist, that's what you're taught as well. You're 230 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: taught to see nonverbal cues. You're taught to see verbal cues. 231 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: You're taught to be the clearest assessment of what someone 232 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: is trying to tell you and what someone is trying 233 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: to not And if I'm going to be dynamic and 234 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: I request that of my patients, I should request that 235 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: of myself. And when I see those three individuals up there, 236 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: and Michael Hill and Donnie Baseball and Derek Jeter, and 237 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: you see the unity, and you see the nonverbal cues 238 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: that tell you that they really are on the same page, 239 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 1: that this isn't some facade. It's important. It's important because 240 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 1: it's simply another cue, and it's simply another example of 241 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: the organization all being on the same page. You've heard 242 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: it from the Prospects on earning their stripes. You've heard 243 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: it from Miguel Rojas. If you saw the press conference today, 244 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 1: you see it from don Mattingly. And sure is there's 245 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: still some political talk going around the finances and not 246 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: disclosing certain things. Absolutely, but when they're talking about the 247 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: fact that Donnie's the right person to lead this team, 248 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: there's congruency across the board. When they're talking about the 249 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: fact that continuity with an organization is important, there's congruency 250 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: across the board. When they're discussing the fact that to 251 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: have a manager throughout a rebuild, know that it is 252 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: awful to lose, but know that the players gain and 253 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: develop from something because of the steadfast ability to control 254 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: his emotions and to control the way that he manages 255 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: the team. There's congruency across the board. That's what you 256 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: want to see, because you know what, at the end 257 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: of the day, the same way that the Miami Dolphins 258 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: have decided that they are going to be in this 259 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: rebuilding process that the Marlins decided a few years ago, 260 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: they have decided to extend Donnie Mattingly. And that is 261 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: the reality of life at the moment. At the very least, 262 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: it's good to see that there's congruency and that this 263 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: is not something that they're having issues with or that 264 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: they're going back and forth with. The Marlins extending Don 265 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: Manningly is something that surprises me. The Marlins extending Don 266 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: Manningley for two years is something that I can agree with, 267 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: and after seeing that presentation, there's a part of me 268 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: that thinks that it's the right choice. But it didn't 269 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: stop at Mattingly because then Miguel Rojas comes out. This 270 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: is the best part of the conference. If you can 271 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: go back and see it again, I'm sure that there 272 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: will be ways and fashions to replay this video. Please 273 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: do so, if anything, just for the Miguel Rojas part. 274 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: Mcgau Rojas is someone that, unlike Don Mattingly, I have 275 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: been stating and asking and advocating for an extension. Now 276 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: everyone knows that I'm mister Pey Ryan Anderson, but if 277 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: you read some of the articles I put out, Miguel 278 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: Rojas is someone who should also be paid. Mcgo Rojas 279 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: is the heart of this team. McGaugh Rojas has been 280 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: a leader and guess what, mcgil has been good at 281 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: shortstop and has been good with the bat. Your Marlins 282 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: have three, or rather their top three Marlins in wins 283 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: above replacement are all now pieces of the future. Brian 284 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: Anderson is a four win player. His Baseball Reference wins 285 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: above replacements are three point nine. But you know what, 286 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: I don't think you'll be too angry with me if 287 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: I give him a zero point one boost to be 288 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: a four win player. Sandi al Contreo's behind him at 289 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: a two point six, almost a three win player. Guess 290 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: who's right behind him, Miguel Rojas at a two point four. 291 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: And he's done this because he's gone from being an 292 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: elitesman with the glove who was never able to hit 293 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: and had a belief of a low ceiling because he 294 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: was never gonna be able to hit to suddenly being 295 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: able to hit swing the bat. You don't have to 296 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: worry about a Miguel Rojas only being there on the 297 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: defensive side. No, no, Miguel Rojas is gonna come and 298 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: he's gonna get you that big time hit. He's going 299 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: to be able to drive some doubles in for you. 300 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: He has been effective with the bat in a fashion 301 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: that we had not seen him do previously. He's good. 302 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: He's good, and guess what the extension, once again is 303 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: for the right amount of years, a two year contract. 304 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: Let's see if he can win with this team. Let's 305 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: see if he can continue being that leader that we've 306 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: seen in the clubhouse. I believe it was Derek Jeter 307 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: that mentioned that micguil Rojas has almost been an extension 308 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: to Donnie Baseball. That's the what you want as you 309 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: when you're a manager, and that's what you want when 310 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: you have a type top five elite farm system in 311 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: baseball coming up. You want to walk into that clubhouse 312 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: see milgul Rojas and know that it's about to go 313 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: down and that you better get your game together. You 314 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 1: want to walk in see a micgul Rojas who didn't 315 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: have anything handed to him, who wasn't a top signing, 316 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: who wasn't a top prospect, who didn't have a magical 317 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: little forty man roster spot because he was a top 318 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: ten prospect in baseball or in the pipeline or in 319 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: their own system. Now, someone who came in every single 320 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,239 Speaker 1: day and knew that he had to develop because if 321 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: now he was going to be out of baseball before 322 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: he was even in it. That's what you want to see, 323 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: because let me tell you something. For me, that would 324 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: be a reminder that guys like that are going to 325 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: come take my job for that. It would be a 326 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: reminder that guys like that are the reason that if 327 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: I'm a I don't know, lower tier prospect, well, you 328 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: know what, there's still a place for me in this 329 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 1: organization where two years from now I could be sitting 330 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: next to the CEO and the GM signing a ten 331 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: plus million dollar contract extension. Miguel Rojas being added to 332 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: the future, at least the short term future of this 333 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 1: team and given some certainty for his family, for himself, 334 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: for his work ethic is something that should make everyone 335 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: here happy and someone that should make everyone here excited 336 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: about the plan of this team. He's a leader, he's 337 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: committed to this team, he's committed to this community, and 338 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 1: there's nothing to really dislike about the man that Miguil 339 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 1: Rojas is. He gave us some nice quotes and he 340 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: told us about the fact he said, but the front 341 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: office has been transparent for the first day they've been here, 342 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: and that's something that multiple players have been saying. Again 343 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: or prospects have been saying that. Other major league players 344 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: have been saying that. Now we hear that from Miguel Rojas, 345 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,360 Speaker 1: where I genuinely believe and this is all my assumption, 346 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: but when the players say we have been transparent, I 347 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: believe that at some point, someone whether it's dere Jutor 348 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: or someone else, has been honest and said, listen, I 349 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: know this is going to be a growing pattern. I 350 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: know that this might be tough, but if you perform, 351 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 1: you will be rewarded. And micguil Rojas has not been 352 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: the test of that promise. He also gave us the 353 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 1: regular thing that we might hear from players, I'm here 354 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: to win a championship, But somehow it feels more authentic 355 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: when he says it. I believe that he really is 356 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: here to win a championship. We've heard that from the 357 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: Monte Harrisonce, We've heard that from other players that have 358 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: been on the show, and yet when Miguel Rojas says it, 359 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: there is a level of authenticity that I really truly 360 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: and genuinely believe, and I believe it with the other 361 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: players as well. They're simply more weight when it comes 362 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 1: from the captain of that clubhouse, because if the captain 363 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: of that clubhouse really portrays himself in that fashion, and 364 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: by all accounts, everyone looks up to Miguel Rojas in 365 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: that clubhouse. And you don't look up to someone if 366 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: you don't believe in them, if you don't trust them, 367 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: if you think that they're full of boloney, and yet 368 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: they do. It tells you that he's a man of 369 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: his word. It tells you that he's not two face, 370 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: and that when he says I'm here to win a championship, 371 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: you should take him for his word. The Marlins have 372 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: a plan we have discussed and from external sources, whether 373 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: from myself or the top member of the Marlins media, 374 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: whoever you might want to put up in that pedestal, 375 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: we all look at it from the external. We all 376 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: make assumptions of what needs to happen. We all make 377 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: beliefs and theories of how much they're going to spend, 378 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 1: and whatever the case may be. The people who will 379 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 1: ultimately know and decide if they're going to spend, the 380 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: people who ultimately know and decide what the plan is 381 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: are in that organization, in that office space. So to 382 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: hear the captain of this team. Because he is say 383 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: that we are here because of the transparency of the ownership, 384 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: because they have a plan, and that my only goal 385 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: is to win a championship. It should allow you to 386 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: vary easily, like a child connecting the dots. See what 387 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: the transparency and plan is. Every team could say that, 388 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: I understand. Every CEO could say the who little hoopla 389 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: about this is for a championship. This for a championship. 390 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: But when Miguel Rojas says it, it should add a 391 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,439 Speaker 1: little bit of flavor. It should add a little bit 392 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: of weight. It should add a little bit of depth 393 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: to the understanding of what they're trying to build here. 394 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,479 Speaker 1: Well they succeed, I'm not sure, but the fact that 395 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: this man got an extension is a good sign for me. 396 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: I don't think he's the only one that will get 397 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: an extension before this time next year. How about some 398 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: Yan Diaz conversation and today will be a quick episode, 399 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: but I wanted to hit those three topics for you 400 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: Eastan Diaz. I was doing some homework on him and 401 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: how he's been playing, because everyone wants to know about 402 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: Ean Diaz. My goodness, we already have some readers who 403 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: leave comments on fish stripes, pretending that Isan Diaz is 404 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: already going to be out of the league in a year. 405 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: He's already, you know, Lewis sprintson, My, I just I can't. 406 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't. But that's fine. Everyone's allowed to 407 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: have their opinion, even those of us that might pull 408 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: the trigger a little bit too soon on a twenty 409 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: three year old. Nonetheless, I digress, I get off the soapbox. 410 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: The Sandias has three very unique splits that might tell 411 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: us a little something about his mindset and might tell 412 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: us a little something about his performance. The three splits 413 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 1: are home and away, high leverage versus low leverage at bats, 414 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: and then the amount of men on base, whether bases 415 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: were empty, whether there were men on base, even if 416 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: it's just someone at first, and then specifically whether there 417 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: were men in scoring position runners in scoring position. Let's 418 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: look at these three splits, and we're gonna start off 419 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 1: with home and away splits. I'll be using on base 420 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: plus slugging. It captures a good amount of your slash 421 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 1: line and weighted runs created plus. You know I like 422 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: weighted runs created plus. Remember that the average for that 423 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 1: is one hundred. His home ops is seven thirty seven, 424 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:19,360 Speaker 1: which is good. So when he's hitting at home he 425 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: has an OPS of seven thirty seven with a weighted 426 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: runs created plus of one hundred and five, so that 427 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: is slightly above average. His away ops sits at three 428 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: point fifty five, that is well below average, and his 429 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: weighted runs created plus is negative nine when he is 430 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: in an opponent's stadium. Remember, weighted runs created plus an 431 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 1: average is not zero, it is a one hundred total. 432 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 1: He is at a negative nine when he's not at 433 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: Marlin's park. Sit with that information and then we'll talk 434 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: about it in a second. Second split. That's interesting. High 435 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: leverage at bats. Someone is running, is in a is 436 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: in scoring position, it's late in the game, the game 437 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: is close. Whatever you might consider high leverage at bat. 438 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: Fangrafts is a very good time job of operationalizing that title. 439 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 1: His high leverage at bats, His OPS is over one thousand, 440 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: one thousand and eighty six. His weighted runs created plus 441 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: once again averages one hundred is one hundred and seventy eight. Basically, 442 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: if A Sandias is up to bat in a high 443 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: leverage situation, something clicks, or rather hint hint, something unclicks 444 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: and he performs. How about low leverage at bats a 445 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: little better than his away splits, but not by much. 446 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: Four to ten OPS with a twenty weighted runs created plus. 447 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: Now again, I mean, I want you to look at this, 448 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: because this split is the biggest of the group. High 449 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:58,719 Speaker 1: leverage high pressure weighted runs created plus seventy eight points 450 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: better than the average low leverage weighted runs created plus 451 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: a full eighty points below the average, a difference of 452 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty eight data points between pressure situations 453 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 1: and non pressure situations. He absolutely excels when the pressure's on. 454 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: Think about that. We're going to revisit it. Third split, 455 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 1: men on base, so base is empty versus men on base, 456 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,479 Speaker 1: which means even someone just at first base and runners 457 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: in scoring position. Runners in scoring position. His OPS is 458 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: almost a thousand. It's in the nine hundreds weighted runs 459 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: created plus one thirty six when there is a man 460 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: on base, even if it's just one at first base. 461 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: His OPS is above average at seven seventy weighted runs 462 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: created plus slightly above average at one hundred and four 463 00:26:52,520 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: bases empty OPS four hundred and eight, well below average, 464 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: even lower than his low leverage at bats weighted runs 465 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 1: created plus fourteen. Okay, here is where future doctor Danny 466 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,719 Speaker 1: comes into play and tries to assess what might be 467 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,719 Speaker 1: happening here, because what you're seeing is very clearly right. 468 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna split up the splits one more time. 469 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: He performs above average to well above average at home. 470 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,199 Speaker 1: He performs average or above average to well above average 471 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: in high leverage pressure at bats, and when men are 472 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: on base or runners aren't scoring position. That is the 473 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: grouping where he Sawn Diaz is the player that we 474 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 1: saw in triple. 475 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 2: A d ash fly ball, right field, three run over run, 476 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 2: three sandys on the violet, all the way back. We're 477 00:27:51,400 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 2: time at seven. A young man has a flair for 478 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 2: the dramatic. 479 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: My goodness, where is he the player that we've never 480 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: seen before in his career? Well, he's away when there 481 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 1: is no one on base, and when there is absolutely 482 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: no leverage in his at bats, when there's no pressure. 483 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: You would think that a young player and a young 484 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: man would have inverse splits here. You would think that 485 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: he would have difficulties with the pressure, or with being home, 486 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: or with trying to drive runners in, but that then 487 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: he would sit back when the bases are empty because 488 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: We see this with some players. We saw this with 489 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: a young Stanton when the bases are empty, when there's 490 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: no pressure on Ah, when you're away and everyone's against 491 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: you anyway, you would think that's when he would thrive. 492 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: You would think that, you know, even just going into 493 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: my field and lifespan development, a young twenty something year 494 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: old would be like be able to perform like that 495 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: when things are easy for them, But then when controversy 496 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: is showing them in the face, they would fail. And 497 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: yet Isan Diaz is entirely the opposite. Let me tell 498 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: you why, because when you talk to athletes. When you 499 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: talk to athletes, they tell you that when something at 500 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: least a majority do that, when it comes down to 501 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: the moment and they don't have to overthink and they 502 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: just rely on their natural talent seaball hit ball, they perform. 503 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: This applies incredibly well to baseball because the reality is 504 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: that baseball is a thinking man's game. I understand that, 505 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: But the best players, the hobby biases of the world, 506 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: tell you that they just play Isan Diaz when he 507 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: gets up to bat and doesn't have to overthink the 508 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: situation because the pressure's on might you won't ever know 509 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: until you talk to him, fall back on his natural talent, 510 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: his natural ability, and the way that he just plays ball. 511 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:14,000 Speaker 1: But when you're away and everyone's against you anyway, when 512 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: there's no leverage at all, there's no pressure. When no 513 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: one's on base, you and your mind are allowed to 514 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: race a little bit, You're allowed to spin a little bit. 515 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: The pressure's not on. That anxiety isn't there, at least 516 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: not to the level of it is when you're at 517 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: home and you have fans watching you that you don't 518 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: want to disappoint in a two strike count and a 519 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: man on third. See, it's different. Now, there are some players, 520 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: and there are some individuals that will tell you that 521 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: they even fine tune a little bit more, that they 522 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: eliminate different circumstances because they don't want to overthink in 523 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: pressure filled situations, and that they perform better. Here's the 524 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,040 Speaker 1: two things that I'm getting at. The first one on 525 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: his head, he's Sandias is going to be fine because, 526 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: let me tell you something, it's a lot easier to 527 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: teach someone how to control their mind and be able 528 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: to replicate what they do under pressure when there isn't pressure, 529 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 1: then it is to teach someone to generalize what they 530 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: do when there's no arousal and no difficulty or no pressure. 531 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: When the heat is on, it is a lot easier 532 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,719 Speaker 1: to take someone who knows how to handle pressure and 533 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,479 Speaker 1: teach them how to generalize that when there isn't pressure, 534 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: then the other way around. And number two, it's just 535 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: about comfort. It's just about comfort. You know where you 536 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: see this happen on his defensive side, on his defensive side. 537 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: This is one of the best gloves at Triple A 538 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: this year. Let me tell you something that glove didn't change. 539 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: The dirt didn't change, the grass did not change. The 540 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: speed certainly might have changed quite a little bit, but 541 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: let me tell you something that Triple A players they 542 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: know how to hit the ball with the eggs of 543 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: velocity as well. The only thing that changed is the 544 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: fact that the wheels are spinning a lot quicker at 545 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: the major league level. And when that changes, you just 546 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: need to get over your learning curve and you need 547 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: to find that comfort. Is Sandias is gonna be a 548 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: good baseball player. I think he's gonna be a well 549 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: above good baseball player. It's gonna get there. And those 550 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: three splits let you know that the talent is present. 551 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: Those three spits are relatively equal. He has twenty games 552 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: at home, he has nineteen games away. This isn't such 553 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: a small sample size if we're looking at everything over 554 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty at bats. The talent is there now, 555 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: we just need to get that mental stability to go 556 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: cross both sections, to even out these splits and to 557 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: find that comfort. It's been a day. Don Mattingly got extended, 558 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: Miguel Rojas got extended. On the Dolphins side, Josh Rose 559 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: as the starting quarterback. There's a lot to talk about, 560 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: but one of the things that shouldn't be on the 561 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 1: table is whether you Sandiez is going to be a 562 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: productive Major league or not. So comment if you wish, 563 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: but let's just go ahead and sit back a little bit, 564 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 1: because eventually these splits are going to normalize. As always, guys, 565 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: I know this has been a shorter episode, but I 566 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: appreciate you listening. I appreciate the fact that we continue 567 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: to get a good plan of what the s Marlin's 568 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: organization is moving forward. And even if I would do 569 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: things differently from an external and humble point of view, 570 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 1: knowing damn well that the people making the decision are 571 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: more competent than I. 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